Water Margin people

Chapter 1243 The army outside the city

The battle in Tokyo ended quickly. The sudden attack by the Qi army caught the Tokyo defenders off guard. The defenses in the city were all on the city walls.

The Qi army directly broke through the city gates and entered the city. Tokyo's high-level officials were once again blamed. The army, which was not prepared for street fighting, still guarded the city gates everywhere and was directly pushed flatly by the Qi army.

Immediately afterwards, groups of soldiers began to patrol the streets of Tokyo.

Lehe and Ma Lin had already led their troops to the houses of some important people of concern.

Li Gang and others followed Xiao Jiasui to the palace. He kept looking at the street. There were no people on the street anymore, and the commotion he imagined did not appear.

"Li Boji, don't look at it. I've already sent those middle and low-level officers past. There won't be any resistance in the city!"

Xiao Jiasui smiled and said, there are many officials in the city, and today there are many middle and low-level officers who did not go to the Ancestral Temple. These people, coupled with the servants in the palace, are also a force that cannot be underestimated.

Xiao Jiasui had already thought of this. During this period, he had already figured out the situation of officials in Tokyo, big and small, and marked those who might resist violently.

When the Ancestral Temple took action, these people were controlled.

"You can't control all the officials in the city!"

Li Gang still refused to give up.

"Li Boji, how could it be possible to control all the officials, soldiers, and servants in the city? But it seems that the sheep are not being herded!"

Xiao Jiasui smiled.

"What do you mean!"

Li Gang said coldly.

"Do you know how one person can herd thousands of sheep? How to drive the sheep all over the mountains and plains? The way is to drive the leading rams, and the rest of the sheep will follow obediently!"

Xiao Jiasui smiled and explained that he only needed to control those who were most likely to resist, and the rest would just stay at home when there was no movement.

Li Gang's face turned even uglier after hearing this. Everything in the city confirmed what Xiao Jiasui said. Their group of high-level officials were captured in one fell swoop. The middle and low-level officials in the city were leaderless, and some of them were controlled. The rest would just hide at home and wait for everything to be over.

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"Your Majesty, the enemies outside the city haven't arrived yet!"

Lin Chong saw Sun Lei coming with someone and hurriedly went to greet him.

"Master Lu should cross the river. The upper reaches of the Yellow River have been frozen a few days ago. People should be able to cross now!"

Sun Lei nodded, took down all the city gates, and killed the emperor and ministers. The battle in Tokyo City was over.

The beacon fire in Tokyo City has not yet extinguished.

Groups of beacon fires also rose outside the city, and beacon smoke quickly rose around the city of Tokyo.

The faces of Zhongshi Zhong and Yang Weizhong, who were monitoring the feudal king's army outside the city, changed drastically.

"No, something happened in Tokyo!"

Yang Weizhong looked at the beacon smoke and shouted, "The beacon tower will only be lit when there is an emergency."

"How is it possible? There are so many generals in Tokyo, and today is the Lantern Festival. The Supreme Emperor and everyone are worshiping their ancestors! These vassal kings' armies have been watched by us!"

Master Zhong said quickly.

"Something must have happened. Look, not just one or two, but all the beacon towers were lit!"

Yang Weizhong said.

The vassal king's army also became confused when they saw the beacon fire and smoke. They didn't know what happened.

"Could it be that Lu Zhishen from the north has crossed the river? Han Shizhong and Yang Keshi are both there, and there are more than 200,000 troops!"

Yang Weizhong started to think.

"No, those vassal kings' armies have moved!"

The seed master quickly reminded him.

"Without the emperor's order, foreign troops are not allowed to approach Tokyo!"

Yang Weizhong led his troops forward to block the feudal king's army. Their mission here was to keep an eye on these feudal king's troops and prevent them from participating in the battle for the throne.

But the feudal king's army didn't care so much, and Tokyo was full of smoke. It was obvious that something had happened, and they were going to welcome the feudal king back.

The two sides were at war with each other, and a cavalryman galloped towards them.

"General, the city of Tokyo has been destroyed. The Qi army has entered the city. General, please come back quickly for reinforcements!"

The cavalryman came to Yang Weizhong and said breathlessly.

This soldier was sent by Wang Zhen. Tokyo was thirty miles away. He rode on horseback for half an hour before arriving. "What? Tokyo City is broken!"

Yang Weizhong and Zhong Shizhong could no longer maintain their stability, and without caring about the vassal army, they led the army and rushed towards Tokyo.

The armies of the vassal kings were also anxious, and followed them towards Tokyo.

By the Yellow River.

"what happened?"

Han Shizhong was patrolling by the Yellow River when he suddenly heard the sound of a horn. Looking back, he saw smoke rising from the direction of Tokyo.

"How can it be!"

Han Shizhong looked at the motionless beacon tower by the Yellow River. Lu Zhishen definitely did not penetrate their defense line.

Han Shizhong rode back to the camp. At this time, the camp was also in chaos. The officers were in a panic and didn't know what to do.

"what's the situation?"

Han Shizhong asked as he walked into the camp.

"I don't know. Just after noon, the beacon towers in the direction of Tokyo were all lit."

Yang Kebi said.

After a while, Yang Keshi came in, all dressed up.

"Gather the troops quickly and return to Tokyo!"

Yang Keshi looked at everyone and said.

"The situation in Tokyo is unknown. If we leave, Lu Zhishen may take the opportunity to cross the river!"

Han Shizhong said, the Yellow River has been frozen. If they leave, Lu Zhishen's army will have no fear.

"I can't think too much about it now. The beacon fire in Tokyo City must have happened!"

Yang Keshi shook his head and said, the most important thing now is Tokyo.

Han Shizhong thought for a moment and stopped insisting. He called on everyone to gather troops and go back to Tokyo.

Outside Tokyo.

Sun Lei was sitting on the chair bored. Things were handled so quickly and smoothly, which made him a little bored.

Several prison cages were built on the city wall, and Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan, Zhao Zixi, Zhao Zicheng and others were imprisoned in them.

"General Wang, have you sent someone to notify us? Why haven't the troops come back yet? The sun is already setting in the west, and I will be holding a Lantern Festival party later."

Sun Lei looked at Wang Zhen next to him and asked.

Wang Zhen's face was very ugly, and Sun Lei was obviously trying to provoke him on purpose.

"Kill if you want, why humiliate us like this!"

Wang Zhen said coldly.

"General Wang has misunderstood. If I want to kill people, why do I have to come here? Isn't this just because I don't want to kill people?"

Sun Lei said with a smile, he did many things just because he wanted to peacefully win the city of Tokyo.

"Report, the enemy has arrived twenty miles away!"

A soldier reported.

"Twenty miles away? The speed is slow enough."

Sun Lei shook his head helplessly.

"General Wang, why don't you go tell them and save me the trouble of talking when the time comes."

Sun Lei looked at Wang Chen and asked.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll run away?"

Wang Zhen looked at Sun Lei coldly.

"Haha, if a monk can run away, he can't run away from the temple!"

Sun Lei pointed at Zhao Ji and others. If this was a treacherous minister, he would be really worried. Unfortunately, Wang Zhen was not. Since he was not, it would be easier to handle.