Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 233
Qiao Hongyue was also shocked.

Immediately organized the guards around them, rushed to the two boats and started to fight, shouting and killing sounded all around for a while, the Taiping Jiaoren who dived from the water came to kill the boatmen who were carrying them.

The strange sound on the boat also aroused the vigilance of Han Chun in the palace, and immediately asked the guards of the palace to take people to check. After a while, the guards of the palace and the people from the Taiping Sect were killed together, and more and more people came up from the water.

The restaurants, brothels, and shops by the pier closed their doors tightly when they heard something wrong, and the diners in the restaurants dispersed immediately. Xu Jing's expression changed, and he rushed to the pier with his guards.

second floor,

Bai Shuiyue is also unbelievable. Could it be that there are water bandits at the pier in the capital? It's impossible. Could it be another member of the Taiping Sect.

"Master, we have to withdraw first. It must be members of the Taiping Sect, and only they have the strength and courage. This place is too close to the Water Transport Guards."

The right protector also changed his face and said.

"Okay, let's go now."

The group of the Bailian Sect did not drag their feet. They quickly went downstairs and disappeared into the market town in a short while.

And Zhang Jinyu led the army to the north of the pier not far away, vaguely saw the brightly lit market town in front of him, and asked in surprise;

"That's the wharf, why is it bigger than the average town?"

Ningbian also watched it for a while, knowing that the wharf here is the same as the outside of the capital, a temporary gathering area, but there are people from the government here to manage it, so it should be more regular, so he replied;
"Master Hou, this place is the same as the one outside the gate of the capital, except that there are people from the imperial court here to make arrangements, which makes it look better."

Only then did Zhang Jinyu understand that the wharf had become a small market town. Looking at it, he felt a little weird. There were no one in the brightly lit streets, but there were many more guards. It seemed that something happened in the town.

"Nyongbyon, the plan has changed. You let the brothers in disguise, take torches, go to the guards to light a fire, and then run away. Let's chase again. You see that the guards are gathering and heading into the town. Do you see it?"

Ning Bian also looked over there, and sure enough, the assembled water transport guards ran towards the pier, so the camp would be empty.

"Master Hou, the situation at the pier is unknown, we'd better be careful."

"Well, that's right, tell the pretended brothers to run to Nantou to meet up with the brothers from the Pioneer Battalion, and then come back to the pier. Including the 5000 cavalry behind us, there will be [-] people, and we will directly take over the market town at that time."

Zhang Jinyu resolutely wanted to take over the town directly, but it was all her own mouth.Looking at Wei Jun, Ning Bian asked worriedly;

"Master Hou, what about the guards?"

"Naturally, we should return to the camp and stay there, otherwise we will directly take down the garrison general. The guards at the capital wharf are rated at 3000, and if there are [-] people, it will be a high incense."

Zhang Jinyu directly replied domineeringly, if you want to do something, you can't offend others, and besides, it's all scraps of cannon fodder, so there's nothing to be afraid of.

"Yes, Lord Hou, the general knows what to do."

Then a whistle sounded in Yongbyon.

The 500 people in the frontier army outside the pass took off their cloaks to reveal black brocade robes. At first glance, they looked like dead soldiers, with a bit of evil spirit.

Then, looking at the military barracks near the dock market town not far away, he lit a torch and rushed over.

And the steward of the Zhen family who was leading the way was also anxiously urging,

"My lord, please hurry up, the thieves are all ashore."

Xu Jing, who was sitting in the restaurant waiting for the food box, saw the sound of killing from the ship at the pier, and hurriedly led people out of the restaurant, but halfway there, he saw many fleet guards gathering towards the two ships, even the guards of the palace passed by.

Just thinking that there must be a lot of thieves, for fear of making a mistake, he led people straight to the guard camp of the Water Transport Yamen,

Seeing the guard Lu Guangju, he asked the general to send troops to help immediately, and also mentioned that the people from the Beijing Palace had also arrived.

Naturally, Lu Guangju's face turned pale with shock, and his heart was stunned. What was he transported? It took such a lot of trouble, and there were bandits who hijacked the ship. It hadn't happened for many years, but he didn't dare to delay. After all, it was his own defense area, so he had to gather 2000 troops from the guard camp, and hurried out of the gate and ran to the market at the pier.

After a while.

The sound of rumbling horseshoes suddenly sounded, which also shocked the sentries of the guards' battalion to be speechless. It was not until the unidentified cavalrymen arrived at the gate of the camp that they suddenly blew their horns to signal the enemy's attack.

However, bandits disguised as soldiers from outside the pass rushed directly into the camp, picked up torches and set fire to the tents, stables, and firewood sheds for fodder. As if entering an uninhabited area, the fire started after a while.

The captain who led the army saw the fire and calmly led the people out of the barracks and galloped south. No one was killed and one was injured in this sneak attack.

The guards running towards the pier suddenly stopped when they heard the warning horn of the camp. The guard Lv Guangju looked back and saw that the camp was on fire. He was also shocked and ordered directly;
"The whole army obeys the order, the rear team becomes the front team, and returns to the camp quickly."

"Yes, General"

All the troops of the guards hurriedly turned around and retreated, but Xu Jing, the steward of the Zhen family who was asking for help, was in a hurry.

"General, we are here ahead. If you catch the thief, you will know who is behind it. Then the Zhen family and the prince will say something nice to the general, and everything will be safe."

Hearing this, Lu Guangju's face was cloudy and cloudy. He said so, but he came to deliver the goods in the middle of the night, and he was robbed so coincidentally. It seemed that there were quite a few of them. He was afraid that the gods would fight mortals and suffer disaster.

Looking at Manager Xu Jing and Xu who was leading the way anxiously, he took a breath and refused coldly;

"Manager Xu, I must first ensure that the camp is not lost, otherwise I will not be able to appease you by removing my duties. I will come back to support you after saving the camp."

Manager Xu looked at the general of the guard army in disbelief, so he threatened anxiously if he didn't give the prince and the Zhen family face;

"General Lu, you should think about it. This is the goods of the King of Beijing and the Zhen family. If something goes wrong in your land, how will you explain it? Besides, the people who attacked the camp are not easy. If I guessed correctly, there are so many horseshoes, they are cavalry."

Seeing Xu Jing's unfriendly threat, Lu Guangcai hesitated for a while, and what he said was reasonable. If it was really cavalry, these people and himself were really no match for them. It seemed that it was God's will, making him unable to advance or retreat, but thinking that if he really lost the barracks and then lost the pier, his head would not be enough to cut off.

Looking at Xu Jing in front of him, Lu Guangju said sadly;
"It's up to you. The reason why this general is in such a situation is that your Zhen family knows best. Regardless of life or death, this general will always be loyal to the court."

Looking at the barracks that was already on fire, Lu Guangju shouted;

"Brothers, no matter what happens tonight, I will never back down and fight back to the barracks."

Lu Guangju drew out his long knife and rushed back first, and the guards behind him also shouted to keep up.

"Kill it."

Xu Jing stared blankly at Wei Jun killing him back, and the guard behind him said urgently;

"Xu Guanshi, what can we do now, do you want to stop him?"

"You go and stop it, it's red-eyed, listen, go back and support."

Xu Jing also drew out his long knife and charged towards the pier.

on the pier

The guards of the Zhen family were still fighting bravely on the boat, but the people from the Taiping Sect had already controlled the big ship, and their manpower came prepared, killing the guards of the Zhen family with heavy casualties.

On the shore of the pier, with the joining of the guards of the palace and the guards of the Zhen family, they immediately killed the thieves who came diving from the shore.

Although they blocked the Taiping Sect's attack, the two large ships that came had already lowered their anchors, hoisted their sails and started to leave the shore.

The guards of the royal residence didn't dare to go forward when they saw it. There were almost no one of their own on the boat, it was all a brigade of thieves.

The liveliness here opened the eyes of everyone at the pier. The people from the Imperial City Department were also hiding in the stronghold and looking out of the window, and they kept recording something in their hands, and other hidden threads were even more busy checking.

And on the lake,

There was a passenger ship that went along Anhu Lake and entered the right protector of Bailian Sect in Anshui. It had already brought people down to the south of the Yangtze River. Bai Shuiyue sent people off and did not go back.

Instead, he stared at the lake and saw the two large ships being attacked raised their sails, set sail and left the pier, knowing that the people of the Taiping Sect had succeeded.

Seeing that the camp of the Water Transport Guards was also on fire, my heart was moved. There are so many people in the Taiping Sect. Could it be that they are going north in a big way?

It's not right after thinking about it, there should be other people, looking at the camp not far from the market town through the firelight, and saw a large cavalry not far away, who are those?

Outside the marina market town.

Behind the dirt slope five miles away, Zhang Jinyu didn't take people to rush there immediately. I felt that what Ningbyon said was right. The market town at the wharf felt a little weird tonight, because in the capital, I had heard for a long time that the Anhu Wharf in the capital city was lit up all night, and there were quite a lot of people. Many big ships came at night, and the coolies on the wharf were full of loads.

What's going on today is full of weirdness everywhere, Zhang Jinyu really didn't expect someone to rob him boldly.

After a while, I saw that all the guards had withdrawn, and by the light of the fire, I saw that the leading generals were also in a hurry to arrange for the sergeants to fight the fire, and they were not in a hurry to return to the dock.

Only then did Zhang Jinyu realize that it shouldn't be a big deal, otherwise he wouldn't have come back so soon. Ning Bian also saw the situation of the barracks behind him.
"Master Hou, the guards have withdrawn, and there are less than 3000 troops in the barracks, should we go out after waiting so long?"

Zhang Jinyu was waiting here for a while, and after posing as a horse bandit, he ran back to his side after meeting up with the supporters. Seeing the 1000 people, Zhang Jinyu was not in a hurry, and said;
"Don't worry, wait a little longer, the Marquis still didn't see what happened, neither did the palace's convoy, be careful, wait a little longer,"

(End of this chapter)