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Not long after, the generals on duty at the east and west gates were all brought into the yamen by soldiers. They stepped forward to salute and anxiously waited for Mi Fang's question. They have gained a lot in the past two days, I wonder if it is This made Mi Fang dissatisfied.

"Let me ask you, have any suspicious people entered the city in the past two days?"

The officer in charge of the west gate was also a village chief. He first replied: "Reporting to General Mi, I haven't found anything suspicious for the time being. Everything is as usual."

Mi Fang nodded, then turned to the officer on duty at the east gate, "Mr. Ma Tun, what's the situation on your side?"

"It's normal on the humble job side, and the flow of businessmen has not decreased at all." [

Mi Fang was more concerned about the situation in Dongmen, so he asked again: "Has anyone mentioned the situation in Xinling County?"

Ma Tunchang thought for a while and said: "The number of merchants from Xinling County has been relatively small in the past two days. Today, there is only one merchant. It is the Wu family caravan from Jiangling. They drove a group of cattle to Bashu. The famous Yang Jianshi is also in the team. .”

"Who?"

Mi Fang frowned and asked, "Which swordsman Yang?"

"It's Yang Jin, the disease specialist in Huarong County."

"Nonsense!" Mi Fang yelled angrily, "Yang Jin took his mother to Jiangdong to avoid the war before Cao Jun went south, how could he appear in Zigui again?"

Ma Tunchang was frightened and said tremblingly: "I have seen this person before, it seems that it is really him."

"What does it mean, where is he?" Mi Fang slapped the table and asked angrily.

"It should be in Wu's firm."

If it was normal, Mi Fang would not care about it. Now that he has Liu Bei's warning letter, he feels uneasy. He has to investigate any suspicious situations. Mi Fang immediately got up and ordered: "Follow me to Wu's Firm!"

Although Wu's Commercial Firm is only the third largest commercial firm in Jingzhou, it has the most stores and largest warehouses in Zigui County. It has a large warehouse covering an area of ​​more than ten acres in the north of the city, which is also the location of the commercial firm.

Before noon, hundreds of soldiers appeared outside the warehouse and surrounded the warehouse. Wu Song, the manager of the firm, was a nephew of the Wu family. He was about 30 years old and very smart and capable. When he came out, he happened to meet Mi Fang leading a group of murderous people towards him.

Wu Song hastily stepped forward to salute, "General Mi, what's the matter?"

Mi Fang's family has also been in business for generations. He himself has no prejudice against businessmen and is usually very polite, but today he showed a different attitude. He pointed at Wu Song with his horsewhip, and asked sharply, "Nanjun swordsman Yang Jinke is in the business?"

Wu Song was stunned for a while and said: "Reporting to Jiang Xia, this person came here this morning, but he has already gone to Bashu with the caravan."

How could Mi Fang believe his words, she snorted coldly, and ordered: "Search for me thoroughly!"

Hundreds of heavily armed soldiers rushed into the firm and began to search it earth-shakingly. At this moment, Mi Fang thought of Dow's firm again. If it wasn't here, it must be in Dow's firm. I'm going to search Dow's firm, search carefully for me!"

Dow's business is located in the south of the city, and it is also a large warehouse, but the warehouse looks very dirty and dark. This is because the main business of Dow's business in Bashu is coal, followed by grain. Behind the warehouse is a house covering an area of ​​two acres. It is also the property of Dow Trading Company.

At this time, in a room in the inner house, Xiang Chongzheng was discussing with an officer who had come earlier to attack the city. Li Yan used the method of many batches and few people to send soldiers to Zigui city one after another. He had dispatched 150 soldiers The rest of them basically pretended to be employees of the three major commercial firms in Jingzhou. [

Xiang Chong's entry into the city today is to finally lead these 150 people as internal support. In fact, Jiang Xia's army has seized Xinling County and is preparing to launch an attack on Zigui County. This time they cannot fail.

The officer who arrived earlier was named Li Zong, a younger brother of Li Yan's clan, a general who was brave in combat and suitable for assault, but lacked resilience and strategy, so Xiang Chong was in command of the internal response.

Li Zong reported: "Brothers are well arranged in the three firms. The weapons are hidden in Dow's firm, and they can act at any time."

Xiang Chong nodded and said: "The time for the operation is at the second watch tonight. We must gather at the first watch and snatch the East City Gate at the second watch. This operation is of great importance. It can only succeed, not fail!"

"Understandable!"

Suddenly, the manager of Dow's Commercial Bank rushed in, and said anxiously: "More than 100 soldiers came outside to search the firm. It seems that they want to catch Yang Jin, the swordsman from Nanjun. General Xiang, hurry up and hide in the cellar!"

Xiang Chong was a little surprised, did Liu Bei's defenders get any news?He immediately said to the steward: "Don't hide, just get me a suit of clothes for a buddy!"

Xiang Chong pulled out his long beard, washed off his scorched face and thick eyebrows, and put on the short coat of a coolie porter. It was quite different from the appearance when he entered the city, but he was worried about weapons, so he asked the steward Said: "General Li said that the weapons are hidden in the firm, is it hidden?"

"Please rest assured, the general. The weapons are hidden in the mud holes under the pond in the backyard. Even if you dive, it will be difficult to find them. Just in case you lose them."

Feeling relieved, Xiang Chong hurried to the front yard and mixed in with the crowd of fifty or so guys. From the outside, he was exactly the same as these guys, and there was no abnormality at all.

At this time, a hundred soldiers had already rushed into the business. They were not interested in the shabby clothes. They rushed into the tents and inner rooms separately, searching for the suspects. The soldiers knew very well, how could they pass up this opportunity to make a fortune Pass

The search of Wu's firm was over, and as soon as the search results were found, the Marquis who went to search Dow's firm also came back and reported, "No suspects were found!"

At this time, Mi Fang had already got the news from the guard of the west gate that the people from Wu's firm had indeed driven the cattle out of the city gate in the morning and went to Berkshire, the guards did not pay attention to the people who left the city.

Mi Fang thought to herself, 'Could it be that she is really suspicious? '

He couldn't find any evidence or clues, and he didn't want to offend a few big trading houses too much, so he ordered: "Order the east and west gates to strengthen their defenses, especially at night, don't be careless!"

The night gradually deepened, thick dark clouds covered the moonlight and stars, Zigui County was pitch black and very quiet, as the oil lamp of the last family was blown out, the whole county fell into a deep sleep, except for occasional stray cats Walking through the streets with wild dogs, there are only two torches lit in front of the barracks in the whole city, just like the two eyes of the county town.

In the charcoal warehouse of the Dow Company, 150 elite soldiers lined up neatly. They all put on the armor of the Jingnan Army, with only white feathers inserted on the helmets as a difference. They held spears, swords and crossbows , quietly listening to the leader Xiang Chong's arrangement.

"There are about 200 defenders in the east city. We are surprised that a hundred people can deal with it. But the key is that the barracks is only [-] steps away from the gate of the east city. Rescue will be very fast, so we must stop the rescue of the barracks."

Xiang Chong said to Li Zong again: "General Li can lead fifty crossbowmen to block the rescue of soldiers in the barracks, try to delay the time!"

Li Zong hurriedly bowed his head and saluted, "I obey my orders!"

He waved to the fifty crossbowmen on the left, "Follow me!"

Fifty people followed Li Zong in a hurry, and seeing that it was almost two o'clock, Xiang Chong said to the hundred soldiers, "Let's go!"

He got on his horse and led a hundred soldiers to march towards the west city.

Usually there are only a hundred soldiers on duty in the west city at night, but today Mi Fang ordered to strengthen the defense, so another two hundred soldiers were added, and the upper and lower walls of the city were tightly defended.

The defense under the city is still the daytime Chief Ma, who was reprimanded by Mi Fang, he dared not be lazy anymore, and forced himself to patrol back and forth in front of the city gate. Sergeant, are you here to change the guard?"

Commander Ma felt a little strange, he hadn't heard that there would be a changing of the guard tonight, could it be that General Mi wanted to increase his defense again?He felt that the latter possibility was more likely, and 200 people were not enough, so he added another team of soldiers to ensure that there was no mistake.

Thinking of this, Chief Ma Tun hurried up to meet him, and asked loudly, "But the brothers who came to reinforce?"

"Exactly!" Xiang Chong replied casually.

When he got close to the enemy, he shot Xiang Chong. The speed of the gun was like lightning, and it pierced the opponent's throat. Commander Ma just realized that something was wrong. He didn't know the opponent. There was darkness in front of him, the spear had pierced his throat, and the head of the village was killed instantly.

Picking up the long spear, throwing away the corpse of the enemy general, he shouted, "Kill!"

Hundreds of soldiers swarmed up and charged at the defenders like a pack of wolves. There was a sudden chaos under the city gate. The defenders rushed to fight, but were defeated by the Jiang Xia army. Hundreds of soldiers gathered at the head of the dragon, and soon they were eager to fight and fled in all directions.

At this time, the alarm bells on the city head sounded 'Dang!when! ’ The sound resounded throughout the city, and the defenders on the top of the city shouted: "The enemy has entered the city!"

Xiang Chong snatched a shield and held a gun in one hand, "Follow me!" He yelled, clamped his horse between his legs, and led thirty or so people to rush up the corridor, dozens of defenders on top of their heads were released at the same time. Arrows, arrows rained down, Jiang Xia soldiers were caught off guard, they were hit by arrows one after another, screaming and rolling down the city.

Furious, Xiang Chong leaped up to the top of the city, threw away his shield, and brandished his spear to kill the defenders at the top of the city. He assassinated five people in a row, and the defenders retreated again and again. Opportunities rushed to the top of the city

The alarm bell on the top of the city awakened Mi Fang. He jumped up from the bed and put on his armor in a hurry. He knew that his guess during the day was actually correct, but in the end he was careless. In a hurry, he shouted repeatedly: "No need to assemble, go to support the Dongcheng Gate immediately!"

Hundreds of Jingnan troops ran towards the gate of the camp before they had time to form a team, but as soon as they arrived at the gate of the camp, dense arrows were shot in front of them like a storm, and dozens of soldiers fell to the ground screaming. The Jingnan army was unprepared and scared They all returned to the camp.

In the darkness, in a forest dozens of paces away from the barracks, Li Zong led fifty crossbowmen, and after the first round of arrows were fired, they quickly opened their bows and drew their crossbows, aiming at the gate of the barracks.

Li Zong also knew in his heart that he just caught the enemy by surprise. Once the enemy found that there were not many arrows, they would raise their shields and rush out.

He looked back at the top of the east city, there was still no agreed flame on the top of the city, Li Zong couldn't help feeling anxious, why hasn't General Xiang taken the city yet, isn't it going well?

At this moment, the soldiers around shouted: "General, come out again!"

In the night, I saw a large group of black shadows rushing out from the gate of the camp, and among them were horses supervising the battle. This was the enemy army coming prepared. Li Zong shouted, "Shoot!"

Fifty arrows roared and shot at the enemy group again. This time, the sword and shield army cleared the way, holding up the shield, and the dense arrows crackled and shot on the shield. Only a few soldiers fell to the ground. , the crossbow had lost its deterrent power, and a large group of enemy soldiers rushed forward.

Holding the iron rod in his hand, Li Zong yelled, "Brothers, kill me!"

Fifty soldiers threw away their bows and crossbows, picked up their spears one after another and followed Li Zong to kill the enemy group

The battle for the gate-opening hub at the top of the city has reached a fever pitch. There are two hundred Liu Bei soldiers guarding the east side of the city. Facing the fierce attack of the enemy general and more than [-] Jiangxia soldiers, they desperately resist and hold the winch of the city gate. They were also very anxious, why the reinforcements from the barracks hadn't come yet, they were about to be unable to hold on.

At this time, the shouts of killing were loud outside the city, and Li Yan led five thousand Jiangxia troops to more than a hundred paces away. Xiang Chong was so anxious that his eyes were almost red. There is no hope for Jiang Xia's army to capture Zigui. If Zigui cannot be captured, Jiang Xia's army will be choked by Jiangdong's army in Wuchang, which will damage the entire battle situation.

At this time, Xiang Chong finally found out that the general who commanded the Jingnan Army to resist desperately should also be a tooth general. He stood in front of the winch of the city gate and shouted commands. Xiang Chong took off his bow and drew an arrow from the quiver on his back. With a sudden bow and arrow, he shot an arrow at the enemy general from the gap in the crowd.

The arrow hit the enemy general's neck, General Ya let out a scream, and fell on his back, the Jingnan army was in confusion, at the same time, the Jingnan army's reinforcements had already rushed out of the barracks, and led by Mi Fang, they came to kill at the east gate.

Seeing that the situation was extremely critical, Xiang Chong yelled, urged his horse to charge forward, brandished his guns and beat wildly, Jiang Xia's army rushed back ten steps, and finally grabbed the winch of the city gate.

"Quickly open the city gate!"

With a yell to Chong, the five soldiers worked hard to turn the winch together, and the heavy city gate finally creaked open, and the thousands of Jiangxia troops waiting outside the city rushed up and entered Zigui City.

Mi Fang was only [-] steps away from the city gate, and within the last [-] steps, Liu Bei's defenders fell short, and Zigui missed, which would change the whole situation.

Seeing the countless Jiangxia soldiers rushing into the county town, Mi Fang knew that the situation was over, and his heart ached uncontrollably, so he looked up to the sky and sighed, "How can I explain to the master!"

He turned his horse and ran towards the west gate, only leading hundreds of people to escape from Zigui in a hurry, and fled in the direction of Wucheng County. Zigui County finally fell, and one of Liu's chess pieces was officially dropped.

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