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Chapter 184 I have to continue to pretend to be sick (second update)
When Liu Zeqing got angry, these cronies and think tanks had no choice but to speak.

But all this talk can be broadly divided into two categories.Those who usually do not deal with Li Huajing, including those who are envious and jealous, take the opportunity to say that Li Huajing is such a person, and call Li Huajing an unrighteous villain. , betrayed the uncle, and claimed credit to the emperor, it is inhumane, it is really to be killed but not kept!
And those who usually have a good personal relationship with Li Huajing said that this is impossible. If that is the case, Li Huajing would not dare to lead the imperial envoy to his death. There must be something hidden in it. So as not to make a big mistake.

Liu Zeqing felt that there was some truth to these two statements, but after thinking about it, he was more willing to believe the former, because now he was fighting against the imperial court. In terms of strength, the weaker side was of course him, Bo Dongping, and there were hundreds of thousands of generals under him. However, those who share the same bed with him must be very talented, including his so-called trusted generals.

But these people succumb to his despotic power. When the court is not in front of them, they flatter their horses and flatter their farts. One is more capable than the other, and one is more loyal to themselves than the other. But if the court is in front of them, it will be a completely different matter.

Of course, Liu Zeqing, who has been leading soldiers for many years and has been refined into old fritters, knows these people's sophistication.No matter what the reason, these imperial envoys did not die, it must be that Li Huajing retreated and surrendered to the emperor after meeting the imperial envoy, or else he led the imperial envoy to the city without even sending a message, and even let him speak nonsense to Liu Zeqing Going out of the city to meet the imperial envoy, he knew that the imperial envoy was the one he was most afraid of meeting at this time.

Therefore, Liu Zeqing gritted his teeth when he heard this, and did not expect that Li Huajing would turn his back on him. He stared at him with two fierce eyes, which was very scary, and ordered: "Come on, let Li Huajing, a thief, be punished!"

The generals under his command were so frightened that they didn't even dare to breathe out, and those who didn't get along with Li Huajing gloated at his misfortune.At this time, a general agreed, and led a team to rush into Li Huajing's mansion, arresting the whole family of two hundred people, all young and old, and widowed them with one knife at a time. Inside, no one was spared.

The order was sent to kill Li Huajing's family. Liu Zeqing felt that the matter in front of him could not be settled. Li Huajing rebelled, and his evil deeds could not be covered up in front of the court. Killed under the city of Huai'an, and then pulled the team to surrender to the Tartars in Shandong, those who follow me will prosper, and those who oppose me will perish!

General Yao Chang thought it was inappropriate, shook his head and said, "You can't, uncle. Since Li Huajing has defected to the emperor and betrayed his uncle, they must have been prepared. In addition, they will kill the imperial envoy with great fanfare. The crime of rebellion, so rashly pulling the team to surrender to the Tartars, the future is uncertain."

"Then what do you say?"

"According to my humble position, uncle has to pretend to be sick, trick the imperial envoy into Huai'an city, and then close the city gate. It is best to ambush heavy soldiers in your uncle's mansion, and kill them without knowing it. One day the clouds cleared."

"But Li Huajing's stupidity has been exposed, can I still pretend to be ill?"

"It can be pretended, since they only came with 500 people, it means that the imperial envoy has not believed Li Huajing's one-sided words. Otherwise, they will return to the capital and let the emperor send a brigade to conquer them directly. Would they still come to Huai'an to die? Eating whole grains does not prevent you from getting sick, and the diseases can be divided into big and small, long and short, so you just lead your troops out of the city to meet the imperial envoys, and then you can just play by ear."

"Well, be careful!"

Liu Zeqing adopted the words of General Yao Wenchang, and ordered the entire city to assemble and stand by, and asked Feng Zhishan, the commander-in-chief, to immediately lay out an ambush, and wait for the imperial envoy to be taken into the city to trick him into the mansion. With the cup as a sign, these imperial envoys, including the traitor Li Huajing, will be wiped out, and no one will be let go.

Just in case, Liu Zeqing asked the city defense battalion to immediately dispatch soldiers and horses to come out from the west gate to cut off the imperial envoy's retreat.He also ordered someone to put on simple make-up for him, make his face ginger yellow, abandon his horse and sit in a sedan chair with armor clothes hidden inside, and a sharp knife hidden in the sedan chair. Send Yao Wenchang and others out of the city to meet the imperial envoy.

After everything was arranged, Liu Zeqing took the chief soldier Zheng Longfang and general Yao Wenchang in a small sedan chair, and under the protection of a thousand guards, they went out of the city to meet the imperial envoy.The thousand guards were dressed in strong and sharp clothes, and the generals under them were also fully armed, as if they were facing a big enemy.

Someone led a team to disperse the people in front, but they didn't need to disperse them. As soon as these generals took to the streets, especially when they saw Liu Zeqing's banner, the people of Huai'an hid like the plague, because Liu Zeqing had a very bad reputation for looting everywhere. Everyone was afraid of disaster, the people all closed their doors, and the streets were empty.

Liu Zeqing's horse team crossed the streets and alleys, and the chaotic sound of horseshoes seemed to crush Huai'an City to pieces...

The line of sight turned to the outside of Huai'an East City.After Li Huajing shouted outside the city, he returned to Liu Zhaoji and waited for the movement in the city.

Waiting is a kind of torment, especially when they have their own secrets and keep everything secret.Time is like this, the more you expect it to pass faster, the slower it will go, on the contrary, the more you dislike it, the more urgent it will pass.

They waited and waited, time seemed to be frozen, and they didn't know how long they had to wait. When Zhu Yousong was almost impatient, there was finally movement at the gate of the city.

In fact, Zhu Yousong and the others waited outside the gate for about a stick of incense, which was neither too short nor too long.Because welcoming the imperial envoys was not a matter of walking away. According to the etiquette at the time, they had to bathe and change clothes, prepare incense tables, and gather people. All these took time.

The common people fled in all directions, flashed out of the wide street, and with the sound of horseshoes, a team rushed out from the gate of the east city, crossed the moat like a whirlwind, and rode towards Zhu Yousong's team.

Seeing this style, Zhu Yousong had already guessed who was coming, so he raised his vigilance and made all preparations with the five hundred soldiers, including Liu Zhaoji and Li Quan, who couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

They are not afraid of death, they have already disregarded life and death, but protecting the holy car and living up to the holy order is the most important thing for them.

However, they only have 500 people after all!Facing Liu Zeqing's [-] generals, there are [-] in Huai'an City alone, whether it can be achieved in one fell swoop, seeing Liu Zeqing's troops approaching, Liu Zhaoji, Li Quan and other [-] generals all clenched their hands took a sharp edge.

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