Chapter 213: Waiting for the Rabbit

The bustling crowds were everywhere, just like going to the market, blocking the road.

A news came from the north that the north city gate had been broken, and the landlords and gentry were immediately anxious. They knew that no matter who attacked, they were the targets of suffering. If the intruders came in, they would rob their property, and if the incoming Red Turban Army, they would not let them go.

They drove the carriage and took the soft and soft things in their homes, running away together, blocking the road. In order to compete for the road to escape, they tore off their former disguise. Even though they were drinking and talking to each other yesterday, they could even fight each other because of a harsh word on the road.

"Hurry, let them go." Zhao Lian said that there are still many people in Taizhou City. As long as the troops are gathered together, a counterattack is launched, and the rebels entering the city are eliminated. Otherwise, if Taizhou City is lost, even if he is in his capacity, he will be questioned if he goes back.

These personal guards are Zhao Lian's followers in the province and are very loyal. They are lined up in a falcon shape in front of Zhao Lian, and the guards in the front row show their swords.

Among the crowd, the bright knife still had a certain deterrent effect. The guards sandwiched Zhao Lian in the middle and walked forward step by step.

Before he could reach the barracks, seven or eight guards were separated by his side. Zhao Lian walked forward with the rest of the people worriedly. His uneasiness became stronger and stronger because he saw the defeated soldiers who escaped from the camp.

"Catch one!" Zhao Lian ordered.

The guards immediately forward and pulled a soldier in the crowd, wearing only tops and no pants.

"Brother, run away quickly. If you don't run away, you will be done." The soldier said.

"What did you say?" Zhao Lian asked immediately.

Seeing that he was an official, the deserter immediately softened: "Sir, the rioters have surrounded him from all directions. The north city gate has long been broken, the east gate and the south gate have also broken. Now, everyone is running towards the west gate."

"Aren't there thousands of brothers in our camp?" Zhao Lian asked. These thousands of people were his greatest hope.

Thousands? The deserter looked back in fear: "Sir, our thousands of men have been broken up. I watched with my own eyes countless brothers fall down beside me. Few people can escape. They blocked the gates of the camps on both sides of our country, and even the impact of the cavalry of the *** army is useless. Sir, let me go. If it is too late, I may not be able to leave."

Do you really want to give up? Zhao Lian was a little unwilling to give up. He wanted to ask, but saw a group of people coming from the street in the distance. They were all holding spears, with a rainbow of momentum.

"Sir, let's retreat too. I'm afraid you can't be sure that you are all in good condition," said the guard.

Zhao Lian sighed: "Then, let's retreat too!"

The defeat was like a mountain of defeat, and the camp of thousands of people was taken down by others. What else could he do? Only a dozen people, but when the other party came up, he couldn't even run away.

The deserters just now had already run away, and the guards covered Zhao Lian and rushed to the west gate together.

Among all the commanders, Lu Zhen felt that he was the most relaxed. The north was so lively that it had nothing to do with him. Other battalions were eating meat and he couldn't even drink soup. However, he had no choice but to blame his life: southeast, west, northwest, correspond to one, two, three, and four, and his third battalion was in charge of the West Gate.

"Brother, what should we do? Just wait here?" Liu Dezhi asked quietly behind him.

Hidden in the woods west of the west gate, the four hundred-man teams were already jealous. Listening to the familiar sound of muskets in Taizhou City, you knew that others were fighting. Liu Dezhi couldn't help but come to ask for battle on behalf of the wishes of the soldiers.

"Nonsense, this is the order of the elder brother. Our mission is to take people here and wait for those who come out of the city to fall into the trap." Lu Zhen said. "Give me some energy and follow my command later."

Lu Zhen was also a little suspicious. The eldest brother only robbed three doors and left one Ximen. Will the other party really come out of the Ximen? Also, what kind of person is that Shi Nai'an? Why does the eldest brother believe in him so much?

As I was talking, I saw the suspension bridge quickly lowering on the gate to the west, so urgently that when the suspension bridge hit the other side of the moat, it shook the shore and dust.

Then, the gate slowly opened and squeezed out from the city gate hole.

"Please note, everyone, all the big people driving carriages must stop me. What they carry are ill-gotten wealth and are obtained by exploiting us." Lu Zhen said.

The task given to him was to wait for the wealthy families who escaped from the city, ordinary civilians, to not have much things, nor were they worth escaping. Even if they escape, they would not have much money. And those wealthy families would definitely bring the gold, silver and fine materials that they had rush to pack up. These things were all the funds needed by the rebel army now.

The soldiers who had already been waiting in the woods held their energy and rushed out with their spears.

When they heard the loud noises on the north city gate, the whole city had woken up from their sleep, especially those big families, whose family had great business and were most afraid of being attacked by the rioters outside. When they heard the shouts of killing outside, the sound of "bang" muskets that were numb to their ears, the fear in their hearts arose. They knew that Taizhou City had been destroyed and those who had settled in had attacked in, where did they come from? This was not important, and they did not have time to think about this problem. The most important thing they had at present was to be able to escape their lives.

They woke up their wives, brought their valuable things from home, and asked their servants to get on the carriage. They all started to flee in panic.

Where to escape? There is no need to think about this question, so naturally I went to Yangzhou City to the west. Therefore, most people did not go to the east gate and the south gate, but ran directly to the west gate.

Some small households also joined their team, most of them hiding at home, waiting tremblingly for the uninvited guests who entered the city.

There are more and more people, and the more they are going toward the west gate, the more they are, the few of them are finally able to squeeze into the city gate.

Seeing this, the soldiers guarding the city were scared to death. If they opened the city gate, they would be punished by their boss. If they couldn't do it well, they would have to be beheaded. However, if they didn't open the city gate, these people blocked the door would rush forward and swallow them alive.

In the end, they no longer hesitated because they saw their companions and ran over the city walls on both sides, bringing amazing news: the city gates on three sides have been broken, and now only the west gate here is still there, so the camp may not be able to be saved. The most important thing now is to escape.

The centurion guarding the city gate finally gave an order to open the city gate!

The suspension bridge was lowered, the city gate was opened, and the black crowd finally left Taizhou City.

After leaving Taizhou City, they were just the beginning of their nightmare. A group of rebels, like wolves and tigers, had already rushed over.

Looking at the shaky spear, everyone was so scared that they were shattered.

If I had known it, I would have been hiding in Taizhou City. I still have some hope. Now, with so many things, how can I escape?

Fortunately, all the infantry caught up with them were all infantry. They chose a path at the same time: cutting off the reins of the carriage, running on horseback, taking their wives or taking their concubines, became a problem for them.

The carriage was left on the road, blocking the city gate, and the crowd behind cursed, but there was no way they could do anything, so they had to abandon the carriage and run away.

The soldiers who rushed over were not the escaped crowds, they were well-disciplined troops. During this period of training and discipline had already taken root in their minds. They would not kill innocent people indiscriminately, nor would they attack civilians. Besides, they had left things behind, so they could not force those generous big families to be kept.

"Listen, we are the team of Brother Zhang Shicheng of Xinghua. If you are willing to stay in Taizhou, everyone will get five acres of land and will be exempted from three years of taxes. Please return to Taizhou City with peace of mind!" Lu Zhen found twenty loud soldiers and shouted at the escaped crowd.

Of course, the big households in these people were unmoved. No, they should be very moved, because the fields they divided belonged to, and now they were so angry that they couldn't help it. Some of the ordinary small households who fled with the fleeing stopped.

Five acres of land are exempted from three years of taxes. This condition is simply great! It is much better than their current life. If this is the case, why can you run away?

They stopped, and the back became even more crowded.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" At this moment, a group of soldiers behind, holding big swords and spears, slashed at the crowd blocking the road without hesitation, trying to make a bloody road. This was a group of soldiers guarding the city who escaped from the establishment. They were stationed on the city wall at the northwest. Seeing that the situation was not good, the centurion immediately led his troops to break through. However, they chose the wrong direction and saw that the east gate was also taken down, so they hurried towards the west gate.

However, their speed is not slow, because they came out of this path.

No matter who they were, everyone who blocked the way became ghosts under the knife. In this way, they arrived at Ximen and saw the crowd fleeing at Ximen. They knew that this was the only way to live, so they even "hardly" to open a bloody road.

On the other side, the rebels holding spears were not offensive to the civilians and were still shouting. Even if some civilians were fleeing, they did not chase them. On this side, they were originally guards who protected the civilians, but they were attacking the civilians in a flash. In an instant, the outside of the Ximen fell into peace. The civilians hid back, but their eyes were extremely angry. If they had known, they would have stayed in Taizhou City honestly, with five acres of land, and could have enough food and live a good life.

"Let's kill them, these beasts!" Liu Dezhi said.

"Yes, kill them, they are simply not humans, but scumbags!" Liu Ergou also said from the side.

Lu Zhen was a little hesitant. The task assigned by the eldest brother to him was to have a disintegrated army, so he would take advantage of it. If there were a team of enemies, let it go. After all, this is outside the city. If you want to wipe them out, you have to spend several times more troops. However, looking at the beastly behavior of these soldiers, his mind began to heat up. Let these beasts go? No!

"The third team and the fourth team blocked them from both north and south and killed these beasts!" Lu Zhen brought the remaining brother to his 100-man team to block the west. Half of the team were musketeers, but he did not dare to use them. There were civilians behind him, and stray bullets would cause unnecessary casualties to civilians.

After breaking a road, the soldiers who escaped breathed a sigh of relief. The musket was so sharp that no one was sure that they could survive in that environment. Now, they could still run as far as they could.

However, when they raised their heads, they found that they had been surrounded by people.

There were bright spears everywhere, and dozens of muskets were pointing at them. They were not ruthless when they killed the civilians just now, but now they were a little hesitant.

Can you get out? You have already reached this place, do you still have to stay here? Or go back?

Rush! The leading centurion shouted: "Run to the south!" He didn't want to touch those muskets. He already knew that the team attacked the north salt field, and he could not escape north. Now only facing south is the only way out.

"Only we can survive after killing us!" said the centurion. The group of desperate people once again aroused murderous intent. They waved their weapons and shouted and rushed to the south.

Compared with the noisy deserters, the rebels on both sides did not say a word, but instead had a more fierce murderous aura.

"First row, prepare." The centurion commanded skillfully from behind.

The spearmen raised their spears, and the spear tips were shining, ready to return with a full drink of blood.

The deserters rushed up while shouting, one hundred steps, fifty steps, twenty steps, ten steps, five steps...

"Thorn!" cried the centurion.

"Brush!" Countless spears suddenly stabbed out. Suddenly, the deserters who rushed in front were stabbed into each other. They were ready long ago. As soon as the spear came out, they quickly used a knife to open the spear and cut off the handle. Until they were stabbed, they found that the other party was using a steel spear. They were unwilling to accept it. If they had known it, they would not have rushed over. This would be a death sentence!

"Second row, prick!" Then, the second row stabbed out, and many more deserters fell to the ground.

"Okay!" A voice suddenly shouted in the crowd.

Then several voices shouted: "This group of deserters deserves to be damned, okay!"

Many people made up their minds to return to Taizhou City, divide the five acres of land, and live a good life, which is much better than being angry under the Tartars.

Taking advantage of the attention of the sniper soldiers, countless large families were able to escape from the siege. They looked at the Taizhou City behind them and felt extremely heavy. This time, they really left the house with nothing.

Zhao Lian, who was so arrogant, just entered Taizhou City so grandly a few days ago, asked Daluhuachi to lead the team to attack and wipe out the gangsters entrenched in the east of Taizhou. Unexpectedly, within a few days, the wolf sent out did not bring back a lamb, but instead asked someone to take out the wolf's nest. If Zhao Lian had not been sent by the province, he would have thought it was a traitor sent by Xinghua. This was simply a slap in the face.

The main reason why Taizhou City was captured was because it was attacked by accident and the main general was outside, while Zhao Lian did not assume the responsibility of protecting Taizhou City. It happened that this gap was seized by the rebel Zhang Shicheng and turned the tables.

It was too late for Zhao Lian to say anything. Now, the most important thing is to quickly recall the sent-out Qibuhua. With his 10,000 elite soldiers, it is enough to recapture Taizhou City.

Zhao Lian immediately thought about it and the city gate arrived. What surprised him was that the crowd stopped moving when they arrived here. When he looked forward, he found that a team of escaped troops were being beaten by thieves.

He didn't think about going up to rescue. Only these people would die in vain if they went up. He had more important tasks. Taking advantage of the busy fighting on both sides, Zhao Lian and his personal guards, like other big families, finally escaped.

In fact, this was also Lu Zhen deliberately letting go. The task given by his elder brother was that people could leave and ill-gotten wealth would be confiscated. But what he didn't expect was that Zhao Lian, the big fish, quietly slipped away under his nose.

The spear formation in the north was slowly advancing. Except for a dozen lucky escaped, the deserters in the middle had turned into bloody corpses.

All those who should run away have already run away, and those who should stay have slowly retreated. Then, deserters ran out and saw those "role models", all of them were weak, so they ran back quickly and found a place to hide. Maybe there was still a way out.

Outside the Xicheng Gate, various carriages were scattered everywhere.

If I hadn't believed it before, now, Lu Zhen was so impressed by his elder brother's siege plan. He obtained this important military city at the lowest cost. The rebels had this solid city, which could attack and retreat and defend, turning passive into active.

Zhao Lian came to the north. From a distance, the north city gate had been blown up and the moat in front was blocked. He was excited: The city gate no longer exists now, and he called back the 10,000 elite soldiers led by Yibuhua and rushed in directly through this gap. In one or two days, the city gate hole would definitely not be repaired.

"Let's go, let's go and notify General Qinbuhua." Zhao Lian and the guards beside him said.

"Sir, we should return to Yangzhou. There are bandits everywhere, and we may find it difficult to help us." said the loyal guard.

To help me? When I return to Yangzhou, the official will be over! Zhao Lian doesn't want to go back so shamelessly. "No, let's go north! At this time, General Qinbuhua should have taken the salt field and led the team to quickly return to the aid and regain Taizhou City. We are still a great contribution."

The guards had no choice but to protect Zhao Lian and run north.
Chapter completed!