The king behind the empress

Chapter 272
Mo Zizai led the Yuzhi Army and headed straight for Nanzhou County.

As for the rebels who besieged the county, they were nothing more than chickens and dogs.

Seeing Mo Zizai's cavalry approaching, those with eyesight ran and hid to the side, while those without eyesight stood in front of the cavalry's path, and shot one by one, directly clearing a spacious road.

Mo Zizai didn't care about these chaotic troops either. Wei Huang's troops would soon follow after the army was reorganized, and none of these people could escape.

At that time, those people who are coerced will not be all killed, and they can be dealt with lightly as appropriate. As for the chief culprits, there is no need to say, they must be beheaded for public display.

Mo Zizai led nearly [-] cavalry, among tens of thousands of rebellious troops, swaggeringly rushed to the county seat of Nanzhou County.

"Who is in charge at the city gate, come out and answer!"

After the Yuzhi army stopped in front of the city gate, Li Huai'en rode out and shouted at the tower.

The guard on the city gate is Gong Quan. Although he is not from the Yuan family, he has been tied to the Yuan family for a long time. Seeing such an elite cavalry rushing towards him unscrupulously, he couldn't help but have a bad feeling in his heart. .

"I am Gong Quan, the city gate guard. Who are you?"

Gong Quan didn't doubt that Mo Zizai and the others were rebels, after all he had seen the scene where Mo Zizai and the others killed them all the way just now, if they were rebels, there was no need to kill them.

"King Zizai is here to quell the rebellion, open the city gate quickly!"

After Li Huaien said this, Yang Yanzhang, who was behind, fetched a hard bow, fixed Mo Zizai's token on the arrow and shot it directly.

"Whoosh~"

With a sharp sound of wind, the sharp arrow shot at the city gate tower, and the body of the arrow sank more than a third of the city wall. Under the huge impact, the arrow feathers kept trembling in the air.

Although he knew that Yang Yanzhang was going to shoot the seal letter in, Gong Quan was startled when he heard the sharp whistling sound of the arrow, and it took a long while before he dared to let his hands go down to take off the token of Mo Zizai.

Familiarity with all kinds of seals is the basic skill of being an official, so after seeing the token, Gong Quan immediately confirmed the identity of the following people.

It's just that the Patriarch of the Yuan family is still surrounding Shi Zhipei. If Mo Zizai were allowed to enter the city like this, the Yuan family would inevitably be in a lot of trouble, so after hesitating for a moment, Gong Quan quickly made a decision in his heart.

He first ordered his confidants to go to the Yuan Family Ancestral Temple to inform Yuan Lianghan of the news, then he poked his head out a little nervously, and shouted to the city: "Forgive me, my lord, it is war time, and there are many rebels outside the city. This caused the rebellious army to take the opportunity to enter the city, and the lower officials cannot bear the responsibility."

"The next official will send someone to ask Mr. Shi for instructions and let him make a decision. I hope the prince can wait patiently for a while."

"You dare to stand in the way when the prince comes in person, you are so brave!"

Li Huai'en was furious when he heard this, "And the rebels outside the city gate have been wiped out by us a long time ago, where did the rebels come from, they deliberately blocked them, don't you want your head?"

While the two were talking, Mo Zizai turned to look at Yang Yanzhang, and asked, "Do you think this person is loyal to his duty, or has he reported to the Yuan family?"

"It must be the latter."

Yang Yanzhang said without hesitation: "We came from the rebellious army. There is no place for those rebels to meet. As long as this person is not blind, he can see it."

"But he knew that the rebels were nothing to us, and he didn't dare to attack the city gate while we were there, and blocked us outside the city gate. He must have a ghost in his heart."

"Since this is the case, then don't keep it." Mo Zizai thought the same in his heart, and seeing Yang Yanzhang also said the same, he said directly: "It's not convenient for Director Qiu to make a move, are you sure?"

"no problem,"

Yang Yanzhang nodded, and directly bent his bow and set an arrow. The eight-stone hard bow was creaking when he pulled it. Then he looked at Gong Quan who was still poking his head over the city gate to explain, his fingers loosened slightly. A few minutes faster and went straight to Gongquan.

"Bang~"

After being hit by the arrow shot from the full-stretched eight-stone hard bow, Gongquan's head was immediately burst open like a ripe watermelon.

The arrow with blood was directly inserted into the position similar to the arrow just now, but the difference from the arrow just now was that drops of blood were constantly dripping on the quivering tail feathers of this arrow. .

"Gong Quan stopped Wang Jia with wrong intentions, and was shot dead."

Yang Yanzhang looked at the terrified guards on the city wall and said in a deep voice: "If you haven't opened the city gate quickly, are you still waiting for the prince to enter the city and kill you?"

Apart from Gong Quan, there were a few of his confidants who were in charge above the city gate. Seeing Mo Zizai and his group start killing at the slightest disagreement, they immediately lost the courage to continue to fight.

It is true that they wanted to delay for some time, but this did not mean that they would risk their own lives. If they continued to obstruct Mo Zizai and insisted on killing them when he entered the city, the Yuan family would not come forward to help them.

What's more, even if they want to stop it, it's impossible. They are afraid of death, and the soldiers below are also afraid of death. Yang Yanzhang said that Mo Zizai entered the city and killed you, and that you and others included them. They were beheaded by Mo Zizai after he entered the city.

Therefore, if Gongquan's confidants stop him again, the soldiers below will definitely mutiny immediately.

"Open the city gate, open the city gate quickly!"

After knowing that there was nothing to be done, Gong Quan's confidants didn't dare to delay, and directly ordered the soldiers below to turn the winch and slowly open the city gate.

"I was confused for a while, and I hope the prince will forgive me."

As soon as Mo Zizai entered the city gate, there were kneeling soldiers on both sides of the road, headed by Gongquan's confidants.

Mo Zizai glanced at them and didn't have the time to pay them any attention. He asked Qi Xiu and Yuheng who came with the army, "You guys lead the way and go directly to the Yuan Family Ancestral Hall."

Due to the siege outside the city, Nanzhou County is now under semi-martial law, and there are almost no people on the street, so the two thousand riders rode on the street without any delay, and went straight to Yuan's ancestral hall.

Inside the Yuan Family Ancestral Hall, Yuan Lianghan's expression changed when he heard the sound of rumbling horseshoes.

Because if this cavalry belonged to Bai Changqiu, if he wanted to enter the city, he would definitely greet him.

But now, I haven't received any notice from my side, which means that Bai Changqiu has lost the battle outside the city, and the people who came were from the imperial court.

After he figured it out, Yuan Lianghan didn't hesitate at all, and immediately shouted sharply: "Quick, follow me out to meet the imperial army."

And Shi Zhipei, who was inside the ancestral hall, also heard the sound of horseshoes outside. Although he also felt that it might be the imperial army, he didn't make any moves.

Because in the morning, Yuan Lianghan just found out that his ancestral grave had been dug up. In a rage, he sent several masters to sneak in, trying to steal the genealogy. First, take Shi Zhipei and the others down.

It's just that they didn't expect that there were actually a few Sagittarius in the ancestral hall, so as soon as they entered, they immediately turned into hedgehogs.

Therefore, after hearing the sound of horseshoes outside, Shi Zhipei did not take any action, because he was worried that this was Yuan Lianghan's plan, so he simply waited and watched. Anyway, if it was the imperial army, they would come in sooner or later.

As for Yuan Lianghan, after he went out to see Mo Zizai and the others, he immediately began to sell miserably, crying loudly, as if he had been wronged by the heavens.

(End of this chapter)