Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 508 The Great Army Enters the City
Li Kaiyuan led a large group of soldiers to leave the Xinxinghou Mansion, Yuan Pengnian was somewhat worried, "Master Hou, are you alright?"

Jiao Lian squinted his eyes and snorted coldly, "These people don't consider His Royal Highness Gui Wang at all for their own reputation. Lord Yuan don't have to worry, Li Kaiyuan is a small magistrate, and he can't do anything to this Marquis! After Lord Yuan returns to the mansion , don’t come out again, so as not to fall into the trap, and lend the rest to Jiao Mou!”

Seeing this, Yuan Pengnian boarded the carriage and bowed his hands to bid farewell, and Jiao Lian also bowed his hands, "No~" After speaking, he turned and went back to the mansion. After entering the courtyard, he said to his confidants: "Go , let Yongzhong come to see me!"

Jiao Lian returned to her room, sat down to write a letter, and not long after, a young man about 30 years old appeared at the door, bowed and saluted, "Is brother-in-law looking for me?"

"come in!"

The young man walked into the room, his name was Lin Yongzhong, he was Jiao Lian's brother-in-law, and he commanded Jiao Lian's personal soldiers. Although he had a nepotism, he was actually very talented in martial arts.

At this time, Jiao Lian finished writing the letter, put the letter paper and a piece of jade pendant left by Yuan Pengnian into the envelope, and was about to hand it to Lin Yongzhong, but suddenly poured out the jade pendant, tore off the letter, and asked after a moment of thought. Said: "Has the number of people watching outside increased?"

Lin Yongzhong nodded, and said angrily: "The secret whistle has changed to a bright one, and there are people watching at the front and back of the house, and there is no one in the whole city that they don't suspect. Since no one is worthy of trust, then this little court should die. "

Jiao Lian nodded and handed the jade pendant to him, "Tonight, you find a chance to go out of the city and give the jade pendant to Wang Xianggong. Just say that at five o'clock tonight, I will let go of the east gate and invite Wang Xianggong to enter the city."

Lin Yongzhong nodded again and again, and put the jade pendant into his arms, "Don't worry brother-in-law, I will definitely get things done."

"Be careful, don't be found out, don't come back in a hurry when you leave the city, you can enter the city with the imperial soldiers and horses." Jiao Lian instructed a few more words, and waved him down to prepare.

In the blink of an eye, it was dark, and the inspections in Guilin City became more stringent, but curfews and laws were basically used to restrain ordinary people, and were basically of no use to those who were bold, skilled in martial arts, or powerful dignitaries.

Lin Yongzhong used to be a bodyguard of a bodyguard company, and he belonged to the ranks of those with high martial arts skills. Although there were people watching outside the Xinxinghou Mansion, and soldiers patrolling the streets came and went, he still left Guilin silently under the cover of night .

Outside the city, after failing to deceive King Gui, Wang Yan could only choose to besiege the city, but he still didn't want to attack Guilin by force. First, it would take time and resources to fight.

Wang Yan gave three days in the city to think about it, but he didn't wait outside the city, and he was also ready to attack the city.

At this time, Wang Yan was observing the sand table just made with several generals, looking for the weakness of Guilin city defense, but Lu Shikui lifted the curtain and walked in quickly to report, "I want to report to my lord, one person came down from the city, saying it is important Report the matter."

Wang Yanwen raised his head, then straightened his body, "Bring him in!"

After a while, several soldiers brought up Lin Yongzhong, who was wearing black night clothes. He looked at the generals in the tent, and finally guessed that the young man in the middle was Wang Yan. Personally guard hundreds of households, and pay homage to my husband!"

Lin Yongzhong reported his family background, but Wang Yan was slightly puzzled. In order to win over officials, the King Gui regime often promised high-ranking officials and nobles. As a result, within the King Gui regime, which only ruled Guidi and a part of southwestern Guizhou, there were as many marquises as dogs. , Uncle walked everywhere, Wang Yan really didn't know who Xinxinghou was.

At this moment, thanks to Chen Bangyan who was at the side reminding him in his ear, he knew who it was, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and laughed, "So it's General Jiao's subordinate!"

Lin Yongzhong only has a household of one hundred, and it is a great honor to be supported by Wang Xianggong. He was so excited that he didn't care about Wang Yan's little embarrassment just now. He quickly took out the jade pendant from his bosom and presented it to Wang Yan with both hands, " This is a token that my Lord Hou got from Mr. Yuan, please have a look at it."

Wang Yan took the jade pendant and looked at it, it was not wrong, it was indeed the token he had agreed with Yuan Pengnian, so he put away the jade pendant, and said joyfully, "General Jiao, what can you say?"

Wang Yan's earliest image of Jiao Lian was when he quelled the Jingjiang Rebellion. He had heard of him as a number one figure. Later, he seemed to be one of the main generals that Qu Shixu relied on.

This time when the soldiers encircled Guilin, they also conducted some investigations. There were less than [-] soldiers in the city, and Jiao Lian had [-]. If he could cooperate, the army could enter Guilin with little effort.

"Reporting to Xianggong, my Lord Marquis said that at the fifth watch, he raised a fire as a sign and opened the east gate to welcome Xianggong into the city!"

Wang Yan was very happy when he heard that, so he asked Lin Yongzhong to go down and entertain him with wine and meat.

In the city, Wang Yan gave three days for King Gui's regime to consider, and Qu Shisi also took advantage of these three days to recruit young men, strengthen the city defense, and seize the command of the army.

There are only [-] regular troops in the city. In order to prevent the generals from betraying others and minimize the harm, generals like Jiao Lian who command thousands of troops rest on the sidelines first. Take control.

Qu Shiqi divided the ten thousand households into two parts of the city, five during the day and five at night, with four in each group guarding a city gate, and one of them patrolled the city. He was well prepared.

Today was the last night of the deadline, and Qu Shixu was really worried. He had been patrolling the city, and it was almost five o'clock before he couldn't take it anymore. He hurried back to rest and regain his energy to deal with the possible siege during the day.

He had just fallen asleep when he received an urgent report from the soldiers that Xinxing Hou Jiaolian led more than 20 personal guards out of the Hou Mansion and went straight to the east gate.

In the city of Guilin, Qu Shiqi arranged a large number of people to monitor, but there were also many places to monitor. Merchants, nobles, gentry, high-ranking officials, and generals, on average, the manpower was scattered. Jiao Lian's mansion was the key care, but there were no more than ten people in charge of monitoring. People, they basically can't play any role except to report the letter.

After hearing the report, Qu Shiqi's face changed drastically, so he had to cheer up and go to the east gate to check.

He hurriedly dressed and led hundreds of people out of the gate of the mansion. He didn't walk too far on the street when he saw the fire at the east gate, followed by the sound of shouting and killing.

Qu Shixu was stunned, hurriedly urged his horse forward, and led a hundred soldiers to run towards the fire, but before he reached the east gate, he met several soldiers who came to report the news.

Qu Shiqi stopped them and shouted, "What happened?"

"Gebu, Xinxing Hou opened the city gate, the Five Loyalists have already entered the city, and the brothers have all run away."

Qu Shixu felt his eyes darken, and almost fell off his horse. Jiao Lian offered the city and surrendered. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "This villain who betrayed his master and begged for glory, this pavilion must kill him!"

Qu Shixu immediately cursed, but instead of going to the east gate to settle accounts with Jiao Lian as he said, he turned his horse around and fled to the palace.

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