Bang!

A lead flew over Xia Guoxiang's head, and a sharp whistling sound hit a pine tree in the forest. Xia Guoxiang was so scared that he turned over and rolled on the ground, climbed behind a stone, and heard a loud voice on the opposite side: "Damn it, you are lucky, you didn't kill you with one shot, get out! What are you doing sneakily? This is the chariot and horse shop of Jiyuan. No matter which immortal you are, don't leave any fragments, don't think about leaving!"

Xia Guozhu did not dare to resist. He raised his hand and stood up from behind the stone. When he heard the name of Jiyuan, he knew that he had found the right place. This was an industry that Ma Guozhu and he both participated in. Ma Guozhu once said in his letter that he would send someone to fake the Jiyuan merchant group and sneak back to Chengdu. Xia Guozhu was quite scared at this time. The shot just now was not a warning shot, but a warning shot that was missed. He had just saved his life and dared not take risks. So he didn't care about his dignity and asked loudly: "Are you Ma Guozhu's personal soldiers? I am Xia Guozhu!"

"You fucking the Prime Minister Xia, I'm Wu Sangui!" A bearded man walked out of the bushes with a bow and arrow. The two of them went up to search for Prime Minister Xia with a knife, and turned around and said, "He is a penniless beggar. He smells foul and has a tender skin. He is a little older, otherwise we can be happy all night."

Prime Minister Xia was suddenly angry and slapped the man in the face, shouting: "I am Prime Minister Xia, and you are two of your generals. Ma Guozhu has relatives......"

Prime Minister Xia said several things about Ma Guozhu's near, but the personal soldiers dared not believe it. Prime Minister Xia hurriedly said, "Take me to see him!"

"Prime Minister!" Ma Guozhu looked happy when he saw Prime Minister Xia: "You are still alive, you are still alive! I thought you were dead!"

"This is not a place to speak, go in and say it!" Xia Guoxiang whispered.

Ma Guozhu immediately led Prime Minister Xia into the inner room. When Prime Minister Xia saw his reaction, he knew that something had happened in Chengdu. Ma Guozhu also knew. It was no wonder that Prime Minister Xia had just escaped half a day ago, and the horses from all the way east were lost, and there was no food on his body, which was really much slower.

"Prime Minister, I received news that Wu Qihua used war in Chengdu, took the relatives of the big guy, killed Wu Shifan and Guo Zhuangtu, and supported the prince as the governor..." Ma Guozhu asked hurriedly.

"Yes, I escaped by luck!" Xia Guoxiang took a sip, put down the teacup, and said.

Ma Guozhu asked: "What should I do now? I can receive the news, and Wu Guogui and others can receive the news. They missed the opportunity, and their family members were taken away again. Wu Shifan was also dead. I am afraid that people will be disagreeable."

Xia Guoxiang had thought about it and asked: "Guozhu, can you contact other people?"

Ma Guozhu nodded, and Xia Guoxiang said: "No matter what, everyone doesn't want to lose power and retire. They can still fight again. You contact each department immediately, and say that if you are in harmony, you will benefit from both sides, and if you are divided, you will lose all of them. Only by uniting together can you get better treatment from Wu Qihua!"

"Wu Guogui said the same thing!" Ma Guozhu said, he hesitating and asked, "The key is that everyone has no idea now. Wu Qihua is okay. If he can beat him, he will kill him. If he can't beat him, he will follow him. Anyway, it's not our turn to inherit the Xifan. But the problem is that the old prince and Wu Shifan are both dead. Where can we go to Pingxifan? It's the East Fan..."

Before Ma Guozhu finished speaking, Xia Guojin said directly: "What is the eastern island barbarian? What kind of way out? Of course, we will fight to the death with Wu Qihua. If we win, we will take the whole province of Sichuan to the Xin Dynasty. If we lose, we will open the Sichuan border defense and welcome the Xin Dynasty army into Sichuan. Besides, what other ways to survive? Not to mention the Pingxi vassal states that are now divided, even if the old prince is there, how sure is there to defend Sichuan? Haha, how arrogant the Qing Dynasty was once, wasn't it also swept away by the Xin Dynasty?"

"Yes, you're right!" Ma Guozhu let out a long sigh: "I'll be relieved if you think so."

Xia Guoqiao said: "If we want to surrender to the Xin Dynasty, we have more bargaining chips. At most, Wu Qihua is the control center, but all the elite troops of the Xifan are in our hands. Moreover, the emperor of the Xin Dynasty explicitly prohibited the support of Zhu Ming and split the world last year. But Wu Qihua is doing his own selfishness and is really seeking death! Guozhu, what we have to do now is to suppress the rebellion and never recognize the governor of Chengdu. In this way, we will have the next step in the Xin Dynasty."

What Prime Minister Xia didn't know was that he and Wu Qihua thought of going together, and they wanted to take advantage of the chaos to control the Xifan, and use this as a bargaining chip to surrender to the empire. Ma Guozhu's hands and feet were also quick. He quickly sent troops to contact several nearby troops, and gathered more than 4,000 people in a short time. In addition, in Chengdu, the two prefectures of Tongchuan successively broke into Wu Qihua's prefectures and counties, recruited strong men and plundered military funds, and then advanced to Chengdu Prefecture City.

Chengdu City.

Although it has been a few days since the incident, the smell of blood in Chengdu has not yet dissipated. Wu Yingqi's subordinates are also doing killing and looting when they capture the relatives of the rebel general. Countless wealthy families in the city were knocked open to the door, snatched away the goods, and the rebels were killed. The whole city fell into chaos. After finally controlling the situation, the prince of the regent and Wu Qihua, the King of Pingxi, had not yet been recognized by the servants of the vassals. The son-in-law of Xia Guo, Ma Guozhu and Wu Guogui, had already arrived.

Wu Qihua on the top of the city was wearing gorgeous armor. The dead Wu Sangui was extremely dazzling on the top of the city. He looked to the north of the city where the rebels were building a fort, only one mile away from the city wall. It is said that the rebels collected more than a dozen artillery pieces from the surrounding key passes, which was much more than those in Chengdu. After one night, the fort was in its infancy. It is estimated that the shells would enter the city tomorrow. Wu Qihua rushed around the city and asked, "Response, what should I do now? When will Ma Bao's reinforcements arrive?"

"This... is soon, it's soon, it's time to come." Wu Yingqi said. He sent several waves of people to urge him, but none of them came back. Wu Yingqi didn't know where Ma Bao's reinforcements were. He was worried that Ma Bao would use his brother to catch Xia Guoqiao and other people, but he didn't dare to say it out, because this would only make Wu Qihua, the idiot, even more afraid. He could only let the next wave of people take one of Ma Bao's sons to the south. The meaning was very obvious. If you dare to play tricks, you can only see the body of your family.

Wu Qihua said angrily: "It's so soon, it's so soon. You always say that, but you can't even see the figure. The response time is that you can't let the rebels' fort rise. In that case, the Chengdu city wall will be dangerous. Without the city wall, you will have no place to stay. So you have to find a way to destroy the rebels' fort."

Wu Yingqi's face looked extremely ugly: "What can I do? You have also seen that the enemy's joint camp is seven or eight miles away, but there are quite a few."

Wu Qihua said: "Of course it was unexpected. The enemy started building a platform last afternoon. I was busy all day and night. I would definitely be lazy and tired tonight. If you bring elite troops to raid tonight, you will definitely succeed. Bring some tincture oil and sulfur to ignite the enemy's gunpowder, and Chengdu will be foolproof."

Seeing Wu Yingqi hesitating, Wu Qihua said: "I will lead the main force to meet you outside the city gate."

Wu Yingqi had to admit that Wu Qihua's fool was very smart at this time, and this idea was not completely unreasonable. But Wu Yingqi didn't want to go. Night attack sounded like a clever plan, but it was an extremely complex tactical action. He fought with less and had to defend him. It was dark in the middle of the night. Not to mention the flying arrows on the formation, he would break himself in it. Now the situation is in hand. Chengdu's rebellion has been cleared. When Ma Bao arrives, he surrenders to the new dynasty and enjoys wealth and glory. He doesn't want to die in the first kick.

"Second brother, I have another way, maybe I can postpone it for a few days." Wu Yingqi said.

"If you have a way, use it!"

Military camp outside the city.

"You all keep your heart in your stomach. I have written a letter and sent it to the city. Let Wu Qihua and Wu Yingqi consider it themselves. If he dares to kill our relatives, we will kill their entire clan!" Xia State Prime Minister faced the generals and comforted them.

A general reminded: "Mr. Xia, you dare not force yourself. Both sides are injured. It will be bad after all."

Ma Guozhu smiled and said, "Don't worry, Lord Xia also wrote a separate letter to Wu Yingqi, directly explaining that he did not want to share life and death with him. As long as he could keep his family's young, he would be willing to give him a way out whenever he could. In the end, the troops were in Wu Yingqi's hands, and he could figure it out himself."

Wu Guogui also agreed and said, "Yes, what we have to do next is very simple. Attack Chengdu City. As long as they break the city wall, they will have to stop obeying. If they don't want to die, they have to surrender!"

"Report!" A Qianmao walked in and reported: "My generals, an angel has arrived outside the camp, saying that there is an edict!"

"What a bullshit edict, kill someone and hang it on the flagpole!" Ma Guozhu cursed.

"No!" Xia Guojin quickly stopped him, and he asked, "How did the soldiers outside react when they saw the angel?"

Mr. Qian replied carefully: "The envoy is a few eunuchs. When he appeared outside the camp, he shouted loudly, saying that he wanted all generals to receive the order. He was not allowed to do so. He also insulted him. He ordered arrows to be fired. Most of the soldiers below did not release them, and the few who shot the arrows did not hit him..."

"A bunch of waste!" Ma Guozhu cursed, because those people were his subordinates.

Xia Guojin hurriedly said, "No matter what, we are still holding the Ming flag now. We don't recognize the governor, but the prince is real. It is not an exaggeration for the people below to do this. Why don't we let them come in? As long as we come in, what happens is up to us to decide what happens."

"Okay, please bring the angel in."

Within a quarter of an hour, several eunuchs came in. Several generals went to see each other, but they felt familiar. They were really close to the prince. The eunuch put the whisk on his sleeve, pulled out a silk book, and shouted in his throat: "The generals received the order."

When the generals were hesitating whether to kneel down, Xia Guoping took two steps forward and suddenly pulled out the sword and slashed at the eunuch who was not a military general and had no real skills in his hand. The eunuch was very alert, but he cut his shoulder, jumped to the side, and shouted: "You traitor, you dare to attack the angel, you know that the angel is like a sergeant......"

Ma Guozhu and Wu Guogui reacted quickly, and rushed over and killed the eunuch. Ma Guozhu picked up the silk book with a blood-stained knife, took a look, and handed it to Prime Minister Xia. Prime Minister Xia smiled and put it away, saying, "Wu Qihua, this damn thing, dared to force the prince, issue orders indiscriminately, and even disband the battalions and dismiss the soldiers and generals!"

Ma Guozhu's face changed slightly. He clearly saw that the order was to order the battalions to return to the defense zone, and the generals entered the city to visit and receive rewards, but then he thought that it was very useful to say that the Prime Minister Xia's words could make the soldiers and generals in the camp share the same hatred for the enemy.

When Xia Guo saw everyone's faces, he said, "It's this time. Everyone is lucky. If you can't break this Chengdu Prefecture, we will be in trouble. But if you break Chengdu and master the situation, we will be up to us. We can not only keep our family small, but also gain wealth and glory."

Then, Xia State confessed that his confidant went to the battalions to "pass the order". Sure enough, the battalions were in anger and expressed their desire to return to Chengdu. The bodies of the eunuchs were also sent back to Chengdu City. The battalions stepped up the construction of the forts, and the forts were repaired overnight. Wu Yingqi's method of sending angels to alienate the generals did not work and could only attack at night, but it was just a formality. In the second half of the night, the attack outside the city was earth-shaking, but Wu Yingqi did not take any risks at all, so he returned to the city.

Although he did not achieve any results, he did not destroy the fort successfully. After all, he fought and increased the morale of the defenders. The next day, when Ma Guozhu was in charge of the attack, Ma Bao finally led the reinforcements. Ma Bao's reinforcements were extremely powerful. From a distance, the road was full of flags and dust, and the soldiers were also shouting in the mountains, and the earth-shaking shouts came one after another, from far to near, alarming the inside and outside the city, and even overwhelming the sound of artillery outside the city.

Ma Bao's reinforcements should have arrived long ago, but he suppressed the battalions and secretly participated in the war. He seized all the messengers from Chengdu, preparing to see Prime Minister Xia and Wu Qihua fight to the death before taking action. However, this plan was disturbed by the other side. Ma Bao received news that the empire's reinforcements from Qujing, Yunnan, had entered the territory of Chengdu Prefecture in a brigade of reinforcements from Qujing, Yunnan, and had already entered the territory of Chengdu Prefecture in two days at the latest. Another news was that the head coach of the empire, Li Jun, arrived in Chongqing and also entered Sichuan. Ma Bao knew that time was not enough to wait for people, so he could only march and appeared near Chengdu at the most dangerous time.

"Second brother, reinforcements have arrived, reinforcements have arrived." Wu Yingqi shouted loudly when he saw Wu Qihua running up the city wall.

Wu Qihua looked in the direction Wu Yingqi pointed out, and a flag appeared less than ten miles away. It was Ma Bao's subordinate. Wu Yingqi also said: "Look at the smoke and dust behind the flag, and the voices were boiling, I'm afraid there were tens of thousands of people."

Wu Qihua frowned: "Why are there so many people? Didn't Ma Bao bring only two thousand people? Could it be that this guy had some bad intentions?"

Wu Yingqi woke up in a daze and said, "Second brother, this is the time, and he cannot show too distantness. You can order Ma Bao's army to camp outside the city, attack the rebels sideways, and then ask him to enter the city to discuss. If he doesn't come, he will..."
Chapter completed!