Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty Tigers Falling Pingyang
It is easy to chase people during the day, but it is difficult to chase people at night. Moreover, the people who are chasing are not only like frightened birds, they dare not walk on the main road at all, but they only dare to run towards the small road. They also want to escape separately according to the posture of chasing people! Han Bo and Wang Qianli didn't want to go to the Fairy Temple, and they didn't want to chase them. Seeing that Liu Liangju and others wanted to escape separately, they immediately led the village heroes to surround them.
Liu Liangju and Dan Minglun, who were originally planning to go to Gaoyou, thought they were surrounded by defeated soldiers who could do anything, and were frightened to death. Until Wang Qianli revealed his identity, they both, Zhang Tingrui, the prefect of Yangzhou, who was about to go to the Fairy Temple to temporarily avoid them, Lu Wu Zeng, the prefect of Jiangdu, and Liang Yuandi, the prefect of Ganquan, breathed a sigh of relief.
However, the stone hanging in his heart soon became hung again as soon as it fell. The village warriors from Taizhou not only did not obey their orders, but also acted as if they wanted to take people. They could not drive them away no matter how hard they were. They just stood in a stalemate in this dilapidated temple by the river until late at night.
As a dignified Lianghuai salt transport envoy, Liu Liangju couldn't let go of his stature even if he ran for life. Wang Qianli and Han Bo also had a gloomy face and ignored his family. Jiangdu magistrate Lu Wu Zeng and Ganquan magistrate Liang Yuandi could only bite the bullet and talk nice things to Wang Qianli and Han Bo.
"Brother Wang, the bandits have arrived in Yangzhou, and it is less than twenty miles away from Yangzhou. It is really not a place to stay for a long time! You are a regiment training team, not an officer or a soldier, so you don't have to throw your life here. Listen to Lu's advice, go back soon."
"Master Lu, if Wansheng just goes back like this, when you see Mr. Xu, how can you ask Wansheng to work with Mr. Xu?"
"Even if I haven't seen us, what's wrong with me?"
"No, no, there is a mess outside. If Wansheng leaves like this, what should I do with Lord Liu, but what should I do with Zhang Futai?" Wang Qianli looked back at Liu Liangju and others who were eating dry food, pretending to be embarrassed and said, "Before coming, Mr. Xu told me that if Yangzhou City was not destroyed, I would let Wansheng be under Lord Liu, but Lord and Zhang Futai will serve under the command of Zhang Futai and live and die together with the Futai! Now that the city is broken, Wansheng is alive. If you go back like this, Mr. Xu will definitely cure Wansheng's crime. Maybe he will really chop Wansheng's head."
"Master Lu, we really can't go back like this!" Han Bo took over the conversation and said with a serene voice: "As soon as Mr. Xu moved to Taizhou, he recruited young and strong men and trained township heroes. As soon as he trained, he ordered Brother Wang and I to be the pioneers and led a scepter of the township heroes to help Yangzhou. Calculate the days, the brigade of troops led by our Taizhou Prefecture and Mr. Han are almost in Jiangdu. If the Fucheng is not lost, it will be collected. If the Fucheng is lost, it will have to be recovered. How can we escape without a single shot!"
Sometimes he said he would defend the city, sometimes he said he wanted to recover, but he said that the city was with people.
Lu Wu once heard the old face hot, and just didn't know how to continue talking, Liang Yuandi suddenly got up and pointed to Yangzhou and asked angrily: "Do you know how many thieves have come?"
"How many?" Wang Qianli asked calmly.
"Thirty thousand, thirty thousand, all of them are brave and war-friendly old thieves in Guangxi! There are only a few hundred soldiers in Yangzhou, so Lord Liu, but how can I defend it? Now the city has been occupied by bandits, how can you recover the hundreds of township brave men in Taizhou?"
Wang Qianli thought to himself that you were all high-ranking officials in the past, and they could not be able to curry favor with you. Now that the feng shui changes, you will not only no longer high-ranking officials, but will soon become criminals who want to arrest the court. If you are too lazy to save face, you simply get up and stare at him and said, "Mr. Liang, you don't like to hear these words late!"
"Why don't you like to listen?"
"As the magistrate of Ganquan, you are responsible for guarding the territory. How can you abandon the city and run away because of the great power of the bandits? You should have survived and died with Ganquan, but you have been betrayed the emperor's kindness and the people below. Our Master Xu actually thought you were a loyal minister and ordered Brother Han and I to lead the village courage to help at night. It was ridiculous and hateful!"
"You...you are just a child, you dare to commit crimes!"
"My surname is Liang, I, Wang Qianli, is also the seventh-ranked one. It is really impossible to argue that the following are the ones. Besides, I, Wang Qianli, need to be polite to those who are greedy and afraid of death like you? Even if I go to the capital, I, Wang Qianli, are not afraid!"
Han Bo also realized that if they didn't give them some colors, they would not submit easily, so he stood up and said coldly: "Mr. Liang, Mr. Lu, since you two have said this, Brother Wang and I have nothing to say, so we can only escort you to Taizhou."
Going to Taizhou, what a joke!
When he thought of Xu Ying who was not good at eating soft and hard, Lu Wu Zeng and Liang Yuandi's scalp became numb. Liu Liangju, but Minglun and Zhang Tingrui did not dare to go, so he hurriedly winked at them.
"Brother Wang, please calm down." Lu Wu Zeng reacted and hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "The enemy is in front of you, please say something."
"There is nothing to say, Lord Liu, but Lord Yang Futai, Wansheng has sent someone to find a boat. I have to ask the three of you to pack your luggage. We will set off as soon as the boat arrives."
Liu Liangju had no choice but to retreat, so he could only say in disappointment: "Brother Wang, I am grateful for your kindness. I am in charge of my official duties, and Taizhou really can't go."
"The Yunsi Yamen is in Yangzhou, and Lord Liu should go to Yangzhou even if he has official duties."
"Aren't Yangzhou occupied by thieves?"
"Yangzhou was occupied by thieves and may not be recovered in a while, but Lord Liu, you can't go too far. You should go to Taizhou with Wansheng."
As soon as Wang Qianli finished speaking, Han Bo took the opportunity to say: "Mr. Liu, but Master. Yang Futai, Wansheng is still waiting for you and the three of you to lead us to regain Yangzhou."
Zhang Tingrui's face turned pale and hated Xu Ying, who was far away in Taizhou, and thought that he had known that Xu Ying would take the blame, so he should have moved to Yizhen at that time, but it was too late to regret it now, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Brother Wang, we will definitely not go to Taizhou."
"This is unavoidable. The bandits may have already divided their troops to Gaoyou. Wansheng cannot let you fall into the hands of the bandits. For your safety, even if you tie them up, you will tie them up to Taizhou."
"You dare!"
"What are you afraid of if you don't follow your order?" Wang Qianli turned around suddenly: "Brothers, please obey the orders, and as soon as the ship arrives, you will escort several adults on board!"
"Abide by the order!"
"Brother Wang, do you have something to say?" Lu Wu once signaled his family to stop the village hero in Taizhou, begged with a bitter face: "Brother Wang, Brother Han, give us a good word, how can we let us go?"
"Master Lu, where did you say that? Although I, Wang Qianli, donated a seventh-grade top-notch dress, I am still a childless child after all. Please don't let Wang make things difficult for you. How can I let Wang let you go?"
Lu Wu suddenly realized that there were too many people in the dilapidated temple, so it was hard to say good things, so he immediately suggested: "Brother Wang, why don't we go out for some breath?"
"Okay, Mr. Lu."
"Please, Brother Wang."
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Han Bo looked at Liu Liangju and others, and also followed him out with the oxtail knife in his hand.
Liu Liangju became more and more frustrated as she thought about it. She clenched her fists and said hatefully: "A mere child dared to speak wildly. It's really a tiger falling into a flat sun and being bullied by a dog!"
"Sir Liu calmed down. In my opinion, he was a dog dependent on his power."
"It's really hateful that Xu Ying, who is so damn, we treat him so much."
"He must have wanted to exchange us for the top. If he had known that he would not have been moved to Taizhou today!"
"What's the use of talking about these now?" Liu Liangju glared at Zhang Tingrui fiercely. Zhang Tingrui was about to explain, and Lu Wu Zeng hurried in.
"What do you say about the Wang surname?" But Minglun asked anxiously.
"What else can I say, I want money."
"How much does he want?"
"Seventy thousand taels, one tael less is not enough."
"If you want 70,000 taels, he dared the lion to speak out!"
Lu Wu once said bitterly: "Mr. Liu, we have clearly marked the price for us. You, but Mr. Yang Futai is 20,000 taels each, and Brother Liang and I are 10,000 taels each. They are fearless and say that when the ship arrives, we can't get the money, so we will tie us up in Taizhou and hand it over to Xu Ying."
"The price is clearly marked. Are they robbing?"
"But sir, what are they afraid of in this mess? To put it unpleasantly, no one knows that even if they kill us all in this wilderness, maybe even the court will not ask about it."
He knew what he did. Thinking that once the imperial court knew about the redemption of the city, he would definitely send an imperial envoy to investigate the matter. Liu Liangju said solemnly: "If you go and discuss with him, we will say that we are in a hurry and don't bring much money on us. Let's see if we can lose more."
Chapter completed!