Aggrieved Fish Sprite

The wind blows and turns cold, and the night that should be silent is as noisy as day.

In the Fucheng of Nanping County, the torches were brightly lit, and the stones, bows and arrows were transported up the city wall by coolies in turn.

Someone outside the city was digging ditches overnight, hoping to rely on the potholes to temporarily prevent large siege machines with wooden wheels from approaching the city wall.However, there were people coming and going, shouting and shouting, mixed with the noise of the overseer waving his whip and yelling and the slaves screaming in pain, it was a mess.

The inside of the city was not much better. The soldiers were ordered to demolish the houses and transport the wood and bricks to the city gates. Some of these things were used to block the city gates and strengthen the city walls, and some were counted as rolling stones and trees, ready to fight against the army. When attacking, push down the city wall and defeat the spirit of the rebel army.

Some people were kicked out from their homes, crying and begging for mercy, kneeling in the ruins and wondering what to do.

As a prefectural city, the people living here are actually relatively wealthy, and basically every household has a little foundation, and some of them have shops under their names.After all, the king of Jing and the dignitaries lived here. This should be the safest place in Jingzhou. Why did the world turn upside down in a blink of an eye?

Those who were related to the servants of the high-ranking and powerful families, shouted a few words at the top of their voices, and were beaten to the ground by whips that covered their heads and faces.

The first choice for house demolition is a few streets close to the city wall. Whether it is ordinary people or "backed" shops, they are now ignored and demolished.

Even if he wanted to put money in the past to beg for safety, he was pushed away mercilessly.

After all, the house is so big that it is very clear at first glance. Unless it is located on the edge of the demolished area, there will be no other houses and only your family standing alone in the ruins. Even a fool knows that there is a problem, so how can we make a deal?

It's not like usual now, Shangguan will turn a blind eye.

Once they are pulled down and dealt with, those who are light will be sent to coolies, and those who are serious will lose their lives, so as to make an example of others.

The tension inside and outside the city seemed to be on a string. When an order was issued, everyone was spinning like a top.

If there are not enough servants, the people will be recruited by force.

It doesn't matter who has paid money to buy it, whoever has served hard labor this year, and if he sees it, he will take it away if he sees it.

There is so much physical work to be done inside and outside the city, and the higher-ups are rushing for a while. The God-sent Wang Dajun has already arrived in Hua County, and it is less than half a day away. Who dares to sleep at night?The petty official who was scolded bloody by the Shangguan was vented on the servants and coolies in a blink of an eye.

"In the evening, so many people from Duohua County came to vote, and the ready-made labor doesn't have to force us to knock on doors in the middle of the night, what the hell!"

A petty official said cursingly, and another more mature man stroked his beard and sighed.

"It's not because the higher-ups are worried that the rebellious army will sneak into the city. No matter who they are, they are not allowed to enter or leave the city."

"That's right, not to mention ordinary people, even the side branches of the Kong family in Dongcheng in Hua County have been sent away?"

Those who can enter the city are all officials, but it is a pity that the county magistrate and county lieutenant of Hua County did not show their faces, and only a few trivial documents came.

The crime of abandoning the city and leaving is not a small crime, only a fool will hit the knife at this time, regardless of whether he is born in a family or has a relationship with Jingzhou high-ranking officials, classmates, classmates, teachers and students, etc., if he catches up at this time, he will just give his head away portion.

"...If you want me to say, if there is no place to go, these fat-brained guys would not stick to the city."

"Shut up, do you want to die?"

The little official who spoke first didn't take it seriously, and continued to complain: "Forget it, who cares about whom now? Like we can still go to Yangzhou if we seize the opportunity. Those aristocratic families go to Yangzhou depending on their faces. Not to mention the king, where can we go if we leave Jingzhou?"

"Really... really can't do it, can I retreat to Jiangxia?"

"Jiangxia's city wall is not as high as our mansion's city. Besides, General Nie has never betrayed the face of a noble family. He has been stationed in Jiangxia since the Chu Dynasty. Who can shake it? The current situation is that he has not established himself as a king. The king has lost face, how else do you want to contribute?"

"Come on, the more you talk, the more outrageous it becomes."

The petty officials rubbed their faces against the cold wind, rubbed their sleepy eyes, and continued to run their errands resignedly.

That night, I don't know how many people looked at Hua County from a distance, feeling panicked.

The rebellious army is like a broken bamboo, no one expected that they will hit Nanping County so soon, many powerful children in Jingzhou have not yet reacted, it seems that the army will be defeated when they wake up, and the isolated city will be hard to support.

At this time, someone in Prince Jing's mansion proposed a plan.

It can be described as a way of repairing the plank road in the open and keeping the warehouse in the dark.

The ugly thing is to abandon the city and seize Yangzhou to change to another territory. Anyway, King Ning just died, and Ning is in turmoil.

The dignitaries of the aristocratic families changed their faces when they heard this. Their roots were in Jingzhou. If they were easily discarded, their reputation in the literary world would suffer a disastrous decline.Facing the mud-legged mob like King Tianshou, defeat is already embarrassing enough, why don't you run away without fighting?

Some people objected, and naturally some people agreed, and the quarrel became a pot of porridge.

King Jing’s wounds were actually not serious. He pretended to be unhealed because of other reasons. He originally thought it was an assassin sent by the Qi Dynasty. Never thought that the assassin came from Yizhou, and Jingzhou was defeated like a mountain. There are still rumors that he was frightened by the assassin and dared not stay out of the house. .

That's all, probably because King Jing himself "doesn't live up to it", the counties and counties in Jingzhou didn't even pretend to be face-to-face, and just closed their doors and let the rebel army burn, kill and loot.

If they were willing to send troops, how could the Heavenly Grant King reach Nanping County so quickly?

King Jing was so angry that he wished to chop off the brains of those guys who were eating vegetarian meals.But he didn't think about why everyone believed this rumor when it came out.

——Besides pretending to be too real, it may be that he has always given people a bad impression.

It's too late to say anything now, King Jing should flee without fighting and completely confirm the rumors, or stick to Nanping County for the sake of face and give the group of rebels a good look.

Of course King Jing wanted to choose the latter, his reputation is like his fate, who would like to be recorded in the history books as a ghost who is afraid of death.But deep down in his heart, he knew that this was a moment of anger and it was meaningless. Nanping County's hearts were lax, and it might be feasible to keep it for seven or eight days, but they didn't have any reinforcements!

Yangzhou is another good place.

Just when King Jing was struggling in a dilemma, a piece of news hit his head like a bolt from the blue.

"Your Majesty, the Qi army crossed the river and already occupied two cities."

"what?"

Everyone was shocked, did Qi Chao want to pick up on something wrong?

After experiencing the ravages of the Tianshou Wang army, Jingzhou is in a mess, and it is indeed a good time to break through one by one.

King Jing was trembling with anger. A mad dog biting at home was not enough, and the wolves came in after him.

——Jingzhou is completely over.

Everyone quickly realized this, and couldn't help but turn to the back road of seizing Yangzhou.

"Come on, get ready..."

Before King Jing could finish his sentence, another urgent message came.

"Your Majesty, Ning sent [-] troops to Yiping, which is not far from Jiangxia."

It is one of the junctions of Jingzhou and Yangzhou, and it is also an important place that can be attacked, retreated and defended. It is okay to say that Ningdi is guarding against the king of heaven, and it also cuts off the way for the Jingzhou army to go south to seize Yangzhou in desperation.

If you don't go to Yiping, you can take a detour, but abandoning the city means that the rebellious army is chasing after you, who dares to delay?

King Jing slumped down on the chair.

He didn't think that the Qi army and Ning's troops were here to attack the King Tianshou. He must be counting on the Jingzhou Army to consume the strength of the King Tianshou and then take the opportunity to carve up the fat in Jingzhou. .

This wolf before the tiger, what else is there to survive?

For a moment, everyone was speechless, all of them pale, and they really realized what it means to be besieged on all sides, there is no worst situation, only worse.

***

"Ah!"

Liu Dan sneezed heavily, rubbed his nose and muttered, "Could it be that the water and soil in the south of the Yangtze River are against this general?"

In just two days, he had diarrhea seven times, and nothing tasted good.

It's not just him, the generals under him are more or less a little bit uncomfortable, after all, they are all from the north.

If it wasn't for the dispatch of troops this time, apart from Liu Dan, the direct descendant of General Dangkou, the army had also temporarily dispatched the Qi Dynasty navy that was originally confronting the Jingzhou army, and the entire barracks would have been in an embarrassing situation.

"Why didn't those Jin Yiwei get sick? Xu Qianhu and the others were in high spirits, and Gong Jun took people to Xuanchuan Pass as soon as he got off the boat. There was nothing wrong with the way he was rushing for hundreds of miles." Liu Dan was puzzled. Its solution.

"It's impossible to tell." General Liu's personal soldier said seriously, "Even if the commander of the palace is really disobedient and falls halfway, we don't know."

Liu Dan glared at him, but said nothing.

The soldier said sarcastically, "Maybe they practice martial arts, what kind of panacea do they have?"

Liu Dan thought for a while, and sent his own soldiers to find Xu Qianhu.

There is no panacea, there are also pills that are often sold in pharmacies, this thing is okay to eat by yourself, but it is a huge expense to feed tens of thousands of troops, and besides, it can’t be stopped after eating, who knows how long you will stay in the south of the Yangtze River , it is better to adapt directly.

Anyway, as long as I don't drink raw water, I go to the hut a few times to change my appetite.

Xu Qianhu didn't give General Liu any face at all, so he just raised the price, and the price of a pill increased ten times.

Liu Dan was so angry that he almost wanted to drag Xu Qianhu into a martial arts arena, but unfortunately his stomach didn't live up to his expectations, and he started to have a dull pain again.

"Too much deceit." Liu Dan scolded, covered his stomach and asked, "What's the news from the commander of the palace? Where did the Heavenly Grant King go? What happened in Jingzhou and Yangzhou?"

Even if you have diarrhea, you have to finish the military affairs first.

Although he, the bandit general, had long been looking forward to making contributions on the battlefield, but when the opportunity came, he found that it was different from what he thought.

Liu Dan felt grief and indignation, squatted in Gong's room for a while, then moved out with numb legs.

As soon as he pushed the door, he was pushed back by the soldiers guarding the door.

"No, General!"

Liu Dan was confused, endured the unspeakable smell in the room, and asked in a rough voice: "Did the King Tianshou break through Nanping County, or did Gong Jun discover that the rebellious army had a sharp weapon that could smash through the city wall? I can't say, Why are you here?"

The soldier said with a complicated expression: "It's the commander of the palace who has returned."

"Come back when you come back, isn't this general shameful?"

"...It's really hard to see something missing."

Liu Dan was puzzled, and said impatiently, "What are you trying to say?"

"No, my subordinate would like to ask the general to wait a while, and let you go out to meet with the palace commander after he finds the money bag and hangs it up for you."

Liu Dan: "..."