Dragon Soul in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 149 The Battle to Seize the City ([-])

The night is as black as ink, and the wind sinks like stagnant water. I saw a few people wearing black clothes, blending into the night. Their bodies were extremely flexible lying on the ground like a loach, and they were slowly heading towards the edge of the city. It was impossible to tell them apart in the dark night. Are they human or ghosts?

The speed of these people was very fast. When they reached the mirror-like moat in the night, they leaned against the black water, slowly slid into the water, dived into the bottom, and swam to the other side of the river. There are ghosts on the road and dragons swimming in the water.

Zhu Gan could see as far as three feet in the dark night, and at this time he couldn't see the figures of the soldiers of the Mie Qiu Camp, let alone most of the ordinary soldiers with night blindness. The three of them disappeared quickly. Under the night.

In the huge city of Chengdu, a curfew has already been imposed. At this time, in the middle of the night, there are no soldiers on patrol. The clothed man moved quickly in the shadows of the street.

This time, Huang Lang officially took the lead in the operation and became the captain who planned everything. Looking at the quiet city, Huang Lang and his party seemed to be swimming in the ocean, with maps of the most important places in the city clearly appearing in his mind. It is really incomparably convenient to use the city model that Qian built to help me remember, and it makes the Mie Qiu camp even more powerful.

When the patrolling soldiers got up early in the morning, they found that the atmosphere in the whole city was unusually dignified, and many places were even ignited with huge fires. After inquiring, they found out that many generals in the city were assassinated at home. In the most famous Cuihong Building in the city, a commander of the Chengdu Guard and his subordinate Qianhu were killed in one pot.

Fear spread in the hearts of all the soldiers and soldiers. In one night, more than 30 leaders, large and small, were killed. Moreover, these people were not good people. .

However, the consequences of doing so made the defenders extremely passive. Where to find so many generals who are familiar with military affairs at once, they hit the backbone of the defenders in the city almost at once, making them feel difficult.

There are also some evil consequences that the common people don't know at all, that is, the Red Clothes Army carefully burned a lot of food hoarded in the city. You must know that the Shu Palace is rich in the world, owning sixty-seven out of ten of the land in central Sichuan, and Sichuan has been known as the land of abundance since ancient times. However, since the red-clothed army besieged the city, the food hoarded in the city had been consumed rapidly, and now more than half of it had been burned, and the remaining food could no longer support the long-term defense of the city.

What made Shu Palace even more angry was that the red-clothed army made such a big move, but no one knew how they entered the city. If the red-clothed army hid in the city ahead of time, it would be absolutely unreasonable, after all After the martial law in the city, the people's homes and some inns in the city were strictly checked, and there was no suspicious person at all.

But to cause such a large amount of damage first, there must be more than ten people in this small work, which is easier to be discovered, and it can only mean that these people came from outside the city.

After the analysis was clear, many officials were covered in white sweat from fright. Such a terrifying meticulous work was like an invisible and intangible sharp sword hanging over everyone's heads, which would fall at any time. You can kill everyone.

This is a matter of their own lives and safety, no one dared to delay, and strictly ordered the people below to intensify the search, absolutely no one can escape from the city, but what made them angry was that they couldn't even find a trace, and they didn't know it was the people below Too incompetent, perfunctory, or those secret agents grew wings and flew out of the city. In short, there was a fear everywhere in the city.

Pavilions, towers, pavilions, rockery and pools, no matter how beautiful the scenery is at this time, Zhu Pingnan can't arouse Zhu Pingnan's interest. She caresses the sword in her hand. His face was slightly raised, his eyebrows were slightly raised, and he was staring at himself majesticly, and his hand was gently stroking the blade of the sword.

I don't know if he was touching his raised eyebrows or feeling the sound of the sword, Zhu Pingnan suddenly stood up in the stone pavilion and swung his sword to the side. All the objects on the stone table were thrown to the ground by her. , the female soldiers waiting outside the stone pavilion knelt down in panic.

Zhu Pingnan sneered and said: "Good method! Really good method, they sneaked into the city without anyone noticing, killing my people, burning my food! Hmph! If you want us to give in easily, you will never possible."

Holding the sword in one hand, the sword stabbed into the sky. Zhu Pingnan said in a high voice, "Don't tell me that women are not as good as men. In ancient times, there was Mulan who joined the army for his father. Today, there is Ping Nan who holds a sword to protect the country. The people below are trash, come here! Give me Changing clothes, I want to inspect the city in person, I want to see what kind of tricks this red-clothed thief has."

Zhu Zhishu's figure is slightly fat and bloated, and his face is always smiling, with a bit of the kindness of Maitreya Buddha. As a prince, he has a graceful and luxurious temperament, but his smile is approachable. At this time, he changed into a suit of armor, and when the leader was about to go out, he was so frightened that he hurriedly led someone to stop him.

A large group of people rushed forward, Zhu Zhishu looked at Zhu Pingnan's attire, his face suddenly fell, and he stepped forward panting, grabbed Zhu Pingnan and said, "Nan'er, what are you going to do? Are you still planning to mess around? A woman can easily participate in military and state affairs. You see, the red-clothed thief used a trick that was not a bitter plan yesterday, and deceived you all around. You have no guard at all. Look! Today is the day! After so many things happened, do you still want to participate in the cooperation? Do you really want to make trouble and let the red-clothed thief enter the city, and the father and king have a lot of old bones, and jump into the well with your mother and concubine to die for the country?"

"Father, what are you talking about..." Zhu Pingnan wanted to refute, but seeing Zhu Zhishu's tired and haggard face, she swallowed the words again, and sighed helplessly: " Alright! Father, then I won't go to participate in the co-op, and stay in the palace properly."

"Be good! My father took the ancestral system and gave you the word Ping Nan. I just hope you are safe and sound. I don't want you to be a female general. A Qin Liangyu in Bashu is enough." Zhu Zhishu's words were enlightened, without any sourness at all. Furu is stubborn about women's bias.

Zhu Pingnan nodded obediently. At this time, she was extremely cute, but in the depths of her eyes, occasionally there would be a few cunning ghosts. She nodded and said, "Well, Nan'er knows."

As soon as Zhu Zhishu, king of Shu, left, Zhu Pingnan immediately asked people to put on armor again, and led them away quietly from the Shu palace. At this time, she didn't dare to be so high-profile anymore, and led them to a place in the west of the city. Outside the unremarkable small courtyard, he glanced at the old man beside him, and said softly, "Old Tang, I'll get rid of it this time."

The old man with white hair and childlike face came out more and more, cupped his hands, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "The princess is laughing. Although Tangmen has always ignored world affairs, we are all Bashu people after all. If the red-clothed thieves occupy the city of Chengdu, set foot here. Once the root is planted, there will be endless flames of war in Sichuan, and we will be implicated at that time, so for the sake of the people of Bashu, it doesn't matter if the Tang Sect contributes a little bit."

The old man knocked on the door a few times, only to see that the small courtyard door was opened by someone, an extremely familiar but strange face almost brought the old man to tears, he stared blankly at the man, stretched out his hand in disbelief Caressing this face slowly, he asked in a choked voice: "My child! You are finally back..."

"Grandpa, you have suffered. Biao'er is back, and I will never let you be wronged again." Tang Biao was already crying with joy at this time, and he had not been back to Bashu for more than ten years. , couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Looking at this strange scene, Zhu Pingnan coughed twice, and the two realized that now is not the time to reminisce about the old days. Tang Biao hurriedly welcomed Zhu Pingnan into the room, and after seeing the ceremony, he said: " Your Highness, if you want to deal with the red-clothed army, with the current strength of the Chengdu Guards, I'm afraid it's only possible if you take a risky gamble..."

Zhu Pingnan didn't know who the person in front of her was, but the people from the Tang Sect told her that there was a way to defeat the enemy, so she brought someone here, and now she said it straight to the point, but the person in front of her said such words, which made her very sad. Dissatisfied, he interrupted and said: "Why do we have to take a risk? If we rely on the high walls of Chengdu Mansion, I don't believe we won't be able to hold on for ten days and a half months. Why should we rush to deal with them? I believe we will delay can afford it, but the Red Army can't afford it."

"Your Highness, I'm sorry for the villain's boldness. If the red army really wants to take down Chengdu City, they will be able to take it down on the day they just besieged the city. The reason why they didn't take it for so long, I'm afraid there are other plans, and this plan is definitely not small. Ah!" Tang Biao arched his hands, looking determined.

Seemingly humble, but actually proud and arrogant, Zhu Pingnan glanced at Tang Biao lightly, with such a judgment in his heart, suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, and said cheerfully: "The Huguang soldiers have not moved for a long time, and Li Mingyang, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, has returned. Why interrupt! I don't believe that he wants to stay in and destroy the peasant army entering Huguang. I'm afraid the peasant army has already been defeated at this time. This is the news half a month ago!"

Unexpectedly, this princess, who looks delicate, is actually an aggressive master. Tang Biao smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness has great powers. It's not that my lord doesn't want to send troops to help Sichuan, but it's because Huguang has gone through a big war, and there are people running around everywhere." The bandits and robbers do all kinds of things that are harmful to nature, and the people have just suffered natural disasters, and now they are in trouble again, it can be described as miserable, and they really can't escape!"

"Oh! Really?" Zhu Pingnan's eyes full of aura flashed a little cunning, and he said jokingly: "Since he can't come, why did he station a heavy army in Jingmen? Let your lord not forget that he is from Guangdong and Guangxi. Although the governor is valued by the queen, he is not a warlord. As for what he is up to, let him think about it! What will be the consequences."

"I heard that the Shu Palace is rich and powerful. My lord wants to make a deal with His Highness. If the deal can be concluded, then the army stationed in Jingmen to encircle and suppress the peasant army will enter Sichuan immediately." Tang Biao showed an inscrutable smile on his face.

"Oh! I don't know what kind of business it is, it can be more important than the world." Zhu Pingnan smiled and became interested.