Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 325
Yamen of the magistrate of Yangzhou,

The street entrance to the west in front of the door,

On the north side of the corner, the footsteps of a large number of soldiers suddenly came, and then the soldiers of the Yangzhou government army appeared in front of Zhang Jinyu in large numbers. The distance between the two armies was less than a hundred meters.

There seemed to be a confrontation between the two armies, and the echoing army formed a faint evil spirit. The soldiers of the government army on the opposite side all gathered together holding the weapons in their hands tightly, and their faces were calm and a little scared.

Seeing the unknown soldiers in front, the soldiers of the Pioneer Battalion drew out their weapons one after another to be on guard. Seeing that there were no less than 6000 people on the opposite side, there was also a rough man riding on a horse, holding a Qinglong Yanyue knife and waving it. Zhang Jinyu is still really interested. It's hard to see more powerful generals in Jiangnan, but there is one thing, is it true that Yangzhou city is full of rebels?
Zhang Jinyu actually praised,

"You are really brave and fearless. You are the leader of Yangzhou Fucheng's army. Why did you come here with a group of soldiers and crabs? What do you mean?"

Xiang Zhengsu, the general of the government army, was a little happy at first, but when he heard what was said later, his expression was shocked. He hit the ground with the big knife in his hand, and a deep pit appeared on the bluestone on the ground.

Xiang Zhengsu raised his head and looked over, Luo Yunhou was not very old, he just had more cavalry around him, counting the number of people in the Imperial City Division, there were only 3000 people, and in the city, he was twice as many as the other party The men and horses thought about the explanation of Yang Cheng, the commander of the secret guards, and also estimated each other's strength in their hearts.

It's just that the opponent's soldiers are all in heavy armor, and the soldiers' cold expressions, at this moment, I feel a little fearful in my heart,
Therefore, facing Luo Yunhou's inquiry, he had to answer first;
"The last general, Xiang Zhengsu, is the guard general of the Yangzhou city government. Today, in the city, Lord Hou's subordinates are killing innocent people indiscriminately. I'm not afraid that the last general will join you."

Zhang Jinyu thought inwardly, thinking that it would be a reckless move to come up, the place is narrow, which is not good for the cavalry, and then looked around, it was all at the intersection of Shifang Street, and there were many soldiers on the other side, taking advantage of the location.

"It's up to you, if you can participate in three of my books, don't participate in one. Lord Patrol Censor Lin was murdered to death by the Wang family, so do you know about it, General Xiang, or that you and the Wang family are in the same gang?"

Xiang Zhengsu was blocking the road ahead and was shocked when he heard Marquis Luo Yun say that Mr. Lin had been killed by the Wang family. Commander Yang had not told him about this. Murdering an official of the imperial court was tantamount to treason. The reporter said that Lin Ruhai was the emperor's confidant, and Xiang Zhengsu suddenly felt paralyzed, unable to advance or retreat.

"Mr. Hou was joking. How could it be possible for the last general to be with those rebellious officials and thieves? Don't blame the last general. It's just that Lord Hou killed a lot of people today. Those gentry families have already sent people here to comfort the last general. Master Hou is keeping people under the sword."

Xiang Zhengsu was telling the truth. The city of Yangzhou, which had not seen blood for a long time, was now being killed by people under the command of Marquis Luo Yun. Many squires and wealthy families were so frightened that they closed their doors and sent many stewards to the government. Jun Xiang Zhengsu went to his house and wanted to ask General Xiang to come forward and persuade him. It happened that Xiang Zhengsu also received a secret letter from Commander Yang of the East Prince's Palace to help save the Wang family. Only then did this happen.

But I didn't expect that Luo Yunhou was not afraid at all. Didn't he see that he had more soldiers than he did.

Zhang Jinyu was feeling annoyed, looking at Xiang Zhengsu showing off his power, and cursed;

"What the hell are you brewing? How dare you be so arrogant in front of me? Get off your horse and kneel here. I can forget about it."

Zhang Jinyu pointed at the ground in front of him with a whip, and asked Xiang Zhengsu to kneel there without mercy.

"Master Marquis, mountains and rivers will not change, so don't bully others too much. At the end of Yangzhou City, I haven't met anyone who dares to run wild in the south of the Yangtze River."

Xiang Zhengs solemn face turned red, sweat broke out on his rough face, his eyes were slightly opened, and he said with an unkind expression.

Magistrate Ye and Wan Tongzhi at the Yamen Gate were also shocked when they saw Luo Yunhou and General Xiang Zhengsu leading their troops to confront each other at the street entrance.
"What's going on? Wan Tongzhi, why did General Xiang bring the army here?"

"Back to the magistrate, I don't know, is it because of the Wang family, will there be a fight?"

Wan Haihe was also sweating profusely. He was scared out of his wits after all the twists and turns today.

"Stop talking nonsense, you and I should hurry up and stop it, otherwise we will fight, and the official positions of you and me in Yangzhou will really be over."

"This, my lord said, let's go."

Wan Haihe's face showed helplessness, and he had no choice but to support Ye Yuanchang. The two stumbled over, and then Wan Haihe shouted;

"Lord Hou, Lord Hou, hold your hand, don't worry about General Xiang, the officer has something to say."

Zhang Jinyu was actually stalling for time. Ningbian should have received the news. The reinforcements would arrive in a while, and the soldiers from outside the city would also enter the city. What will happen to this person at that time will be in his hands.

"It turns out to be Magistrate Ye, what's the matter?"

Xiang Zhengsu also found the steps, immediately sat on the horse, bowed his hands to the two of them, and said;
"Xiang has met Prefect Ye and Prefect Wan, so please bother you two."

Ye Yuanchang was standing in the middle of the troops on both sides, his legs were trembling, watching the soldiers on both sides staring at each other, his heart jumped into his throat, what is this?

"Master Marquis, General Xiang, there is still rebellion in the city, and the mastermind has not been caught. There is no way for you two to do this. It is better for us to take a step back, so that we can discuss it easily."

Zhang Jinyu saw that his legs were still trembling, and he needed Wan Tongzhi's support. He still admired Zhifu Ye's courage and made sense, but he couldn't let him go.

Xiang Zhengsu backed down a little. Why did things in Yangzhou City seem to be getting more and more complicated? It seemed to be different from what the people in the East Prince's Mansion said. I was afraid that I had fallen into a pit. Thinking of this, I also broke out in a cold sweat, no Consciously blinked his eyes.

"What Ye Zhifu said is reasonable, but Ye Zhifu, the Wang family plotted against him, and General Xiang wanted to protect him. Benhou always kept his word. He killed the entire Wang family, leaving no one behind. Kill as long as there is suspicion. I think General Xiang is very suspicious. , tell Ben Hou, who sent you here."

Zhang Jinyu suddenly snapped.

It turned out that the guards behind him were also whispering messages from behind;
"Master Marquis, General Ning led his brothers around the back of the government army, and Commander Lu will enter the city immediately with 5000 troops."

Hearing that the person on his side was ready, Zhang Jinyu didn't want to talk nonsense with this person anymore.When Xiang Zhengsu was reprimanded abruptly, he suddenly became angry from embarrassment and yelled in front of his brothers;
"Luo Yunhou is so majestic, and he doesn't look at whose territory this is. If he is happy, he will call you Lord Marquis. If he is not happy, you are considered the old man. I don't agree with the six thousand brothers under my command. Brothers, what do you say? no?"

"Yes."

The soldiers of the government army on the opposite side also echoed each other from a distance, and their momentum was very strong for a while.

However, after a while, there was a large number of horseshoes from the west. The people present looked at the west street, and saw Commander Lu of the Water Transport Guard with five thousand horses galloping towards the place. Commander Lu dismounted immediately,

"Report, Lord Marquis, a total of 5000 people from the Guards and Pioneer Battalion have arrived. Please give me instructions."

"Well done, old general, please get up!"

Zhang Jinyu didn't expect Commander Lu to lead the army so quickly. To his surprise, Commander Lu stood up with a knife and shouted;
"Who dares to plot rebellion, you have to think about it, plotting rebellion requires the Yi tribe."

This voice actually directly extinguished the morale of the 6000 troops on the side of the government army. Everyone, including Xiang Zhengsu, felt a chill in their hearts. The soldiers of the government army could not help but look at their commander.

At this time, Xiang Zhengsu had no choice but to think of retreating.
"Hmph, we don't know who is plotting rebellion and who is using this to eliminate dissidents. I will definitely report it to the court and the emperor. Wait, brothers, let's go."

Xiang Zhengsu left a message saying that he would lead the troops back to the camp, but Zhang Jinyu could not let him run away. It was not that easy to just pretend once and just want to leave after yelling.

"Who told you to go, General Xiang probably didn't understand what Ben Hou said, Ben Hou asked you to get off your horse and kneel here, did you understand?"

Xiang Zhengsu's expression changed, and he hit the Yanyue Sword in his hand hard on the ground. With a loud "bang" sound, the bluestone on the ground cracked. It was so powerful that the surrounding soldiers retreated unconsciously. step.

"Marquis Luo Yun, don't force a certain family. There are six thousand brothers behind me."

Zhang Jinyu squinted his eyes and looked at the generals in front of him who were not good enough, and looked up at the sky. It was getting late, and he could still fight. He stretched out his palm and warned;
"General Xiang, I'll give you ten seconds to kneel here, otherwise I won't be polite."

After finishing speaking, the vanguard battalion, the guards, and the sergeants of the Imperial City Division stepped forward in unison and shouted;

"Huha! Kill, kill, kill!"

The bloody baleful aura rushed forward, the people of the government army were a little timid at the moment, and there was also a cheering sound not far behind, the lieutenant general's complexion changed drastically,

"General, there are also Luo Yunhou's troops behind,"

Xiang Zhengsu's face turned pale, looking at Luo Yunhou who was only a weak crown on the horse in front of him, after all, he didn't dare to raise his hand again, looking at the uneasy faces of his subordinates, he muttered in his heart, it's over, no battle And lose, nothing more.

Xiang Zhengsu jumped off the horse, walked to the center with the Yanyue knife across, looked at Luo Yunhou and said;
"Today, I confessed to Zhengsu that Luo Yunhou had no doubts, but he was the most popular among the people. He took it orally, but he still didn't accept it. This general was born as a military general. He had a Yanyue knife in Jiangnan and asked himself that he had no opponent. Dare to ask the Marquis Lord, how dare you fight me here."

After finishing speaking, he waved the Yanyue knife in his hand, and the horizontal knife immediately stood in the center of the two armies, quite generous to die alone.

Zhang Jinyu also curled his lips when he saw it. This guy is not short of brains. Since when has it become popular for generals to fight in single combat? Without even looking at it, he waved his hand and the guards behind him surrounded him.

"Cut the crap, take it down,"

"It's Lord Hou."

Xiang Zhengsu said angrily when he saw a large number of cavalry surrounding them;

"Luo Yunhou, you humiliate me so much, you coward, you don't dare to challenge me one-on-one, I'm afraid you're a silver spear and wax head, I won't accept it, I won't accept it."

"Stop, wait, it seems that he has dissatisfied with the general, and has withdrawn his weapons. This Marquis will fight with him."

"Well, Lord Marquis, it doesn't have to be like this."

Commander Lu didn't want Lord Hou to take risks, so he stopped him directly.

Zhang Jinyu threw the knife to Commander Lu and said;

"It's okay, I didn't see that General Xiang was not convinced, and he didn't use a weapon, and practiced with him with bare hands."

Seeing that Master Hou insisted, Commander Lu personally led someone to touch Xiang Zhengsu's body before letting him go.

"Okay, Xiang Mou is here to experience Lord Hou's fists and feet, and see how good Lord Hou is, whether it is a beautiful fist or a leg."

After speaking, Xiang Zhengsu rushed over with his bare hands.

(End of this chapter)