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Chapter 552 Xiangyang
Military constitution Zhang Kejian, styled Yu, was born in Tunliu, Shanxi Province. He was a Jinshi in the fourth year of Chongzhen. He was first awarded the county magistrate of Hui County. Rely on it.

The military government office where he worked was not far from Wenchang Gate, so after a while, Li Min'an galloped back from the military government office.

After Li Min'an returned to the gate of the city, he immediately sent someone to call Liu Xingguo who was waiting outside the suspension bridge to the root, and told him that Mr. Zhang, the military constable, had read the urgent official document of Mr. Gebu, and had checked and matched the military amulet himself. They entered the city and stayed at Chengtian Temple to rest and wait for the next morning to meet again.

He then asked again, "How many brothers did you bring with you this time?"

Liu Xingguo replied respectfully: "General Huili, including the humble ranks, there are a total of 28 people."

"Let's all go to the city to rest together. I will send someone to lead you to Chengtian Temple."

Li Min'an ordered people to go outside the suspension bridge to greet the remaining 27 people who came with them to lead their horses into the city. He led Liu Xingguo aside alone, avoiding the crowd a little, and then asked him in a low voice: "Now there are rumors about Shu It’s not good for the land suppression bureau, but is it true?”

But Liu Xingguo replied: "General Li, please don't listen to rumors. Although the suppression in Sichuan was not completely smooth militarily, the two thieves Xian and Cao will never escape from Sichuan.

Lord Gebu is now mobilizing more troops to continue the encirclement and suppression on all sides, and it is not difficult to wipe them all out in Shuzhong.General Li must beware of spies spreading rumors in Xiangyang City to confuse the public! "

Li Min'an nodded when he heard the words, and said: "That's right, maybe there are spies hiding in Xiangyang City, and they only want to spread rumors.

A few days ago, someone persuaded Mr. Wang, the magistrate, to be extra careful about the city guard of Xiangyang. Mr. Wang laughed and said, "Xian and Cao are far away in the middle of Sichuan. He can still fly to Xiangyang from the sky!" ’, I think the same way. It is too much to worry about Xian and Cao’s two thieves coming to Xiangyang. "

Liu Xingguo said with a smile: "General Li is naturally overwhelmed. Even if the thief has grown two wings, it will take ten days and a half months to fly from Sichuan to Xiangyang!"

Amidst a burst of cheerful laughter, the guerrilla general Li Min'an who was in charge of guarding the Wenchang Gate in the south of Xiangyang also smiled and watched Liu Xingguo walk towards Chengtian Temple, but he did not see the slant on the corner of Liu Xingguo's mouth when he turned around. With a sinister smile on his face.

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The waning moon has just risen, and the night near the third watch is thicker. Compared with previous years, Xiangyang's winter this year is a bit colder, especially at night without the warmth of the sun's rays, the night wind is even colder, and the river is frozen. A thin layer of ice.

A generation of giants Zhang Xianzhong, whose style name is Bingzhong, and whose name is Jingxuan, was originally from Liushujianbao, Haotan Township, Weidingbian County, Qingyang, Yan'an Prefecture, Shaanxi Province. He was one of the leaders of the peasant army in the late Ming Dynasty, and he even had a reputation at the beginning Above Chuang Wang Li Zicheng, even in the late stage, he is also the only giant bandit who can be as famous as Li Zicheng.

He studied when he was young, and later started a small business of selling red dates with his father. When he became an adult, he was a policeman. After being dismissed for something, he was sent to Yansui Town as a frontier soldier. .

In the third year of Chongzhen, 24-year-old Zhang Xianzhong gathered villagers who could not survive in his hometown, and he pulled up a team to revolt, calling himself "Eight Kings".

Because of his rough literacy, having worked as a policeman and a frontier soldier, he knows a lot about military affairs, is also brave and resolute, brave and tenacious, resourceful and good at fighting, and the team quickly grew.

By the fourth year of Chongzhen, his team had become one of the 36 battalions headed by Wang Ziyong at that time, and it was the strongest battalion among them. Jin Guo Xia, known as the 'Huang Hu' in the army".

At this moment, the giant bandit "Eight Kings" Zhang Xianzhong led a cavalry team of 500 soldiers, galloping silently on the road from Yicheng to Xiangyang, seeing that Xiangyang City was less than ten miles away.

He suddenly ordered the cavalry team under his command to stop advancing and rest at the foot of the mountain next to the official road, and strictly ordered everyone not to raise fire, not to make any noise, and to take good care of the horses and not to neigh.

The reason why Zhang Xianzhong ordered the army to stop here was because the lights above the south gate tower of Xiangyang City could already be seen here, and every bandit soldier at the foot of the mountain was very excited.

But amidst the excitement, he couldn't help feeling a little worried. He was afraid that if the surprise attack didn't succeed, those brothers who sneaked into Xiangyang City would be wiped out. Everyone sat and rested quietly by the horse, and no one spoke aloud. .

Zhang Xianzhong sat and rested for a while, then stood up and looked at the sky and moonlight. It was almost the third watch, and he shouted loudly: "Get on the horse!"

The 500 elite cavalry of the thief army immediately got up and mounted their horses, and then slowly walked towards the south gate of Xiangyang City. Under the twilight of the waning moon, the night was dim. army.

Because most of the bandits and bandits rushed to Sichuan in Xiangyang Fucheng, because the fighting here was temporarily suspended, the city guards only focused on guarding the six gates of the Fucheng, and strictly checked the soldiers and civilians entering and leaving.

However, there were no sentry cavalry to detect anywhere outside the city. Even the soldiers who were in charge of guarding and watching on the top of the city had already relaxed, and no one was on duty after the second watch every night.

When Zhang Xianzhong led his cavalry and galloped about two miles away from Wenchang Gate, the third watch drum had just been played in the city.

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Even when the Spring Festival approached, the city of Xiangyang at three o'clock was very deserted. This was caused by rumors spreading everywhere. People couldn't tell the truth from the fake, but the panic had already spread secretly.

All of a sudden, flames ignited near Chengtian Temple in Xiangyang City, and then a fire ignited near Duanli Gate of Prince Xiang's Mansion, and then inside Wenchang Gate, flames burst into the sky.

The street was full of people for a while, and people in many places yelled the words "the standard camp of Daotai Yamen has mutinied". The soldiers, civilians and people in the city were panic-stricken. Blow out quickly.

The guerrilla general Li Min'an, who was in charge of guarding the security of the south gate, led a small number of soldiers and hurried down the gate tower, preparing to suppress the rioting soldiers and people in the city.

He had just got on his horse inside the city gate when he saw Liu Xingguo who came into the city at dusk yesterday leading twenty or so cavalry charging towards him. He was wondering: shouldn't they be living in Chengtian Temple? Why?

He was about to ask questions when he heard the general Liu Xingguo shouting loudly: "General Li, there are spies in the city making trouble, quickly guard the south gate."

As soon as Li Min'an lost his mind, Liu Xingguo rushed to him, and he hurriedly asked: "The spies in the city are making trouble, Mr. Liu, what are you doing here..."

Suddenly a white light flashed, followed by a rain of blood. The guerrilla general Li Min'an was caught off guard, and half of his neck was chopped off by Liu Xingguo.

Seeing that the lord was hacked to death, his left and right soldiers no longer had the arrogant posture they used to, and immediately fled in all directions.

Liu Xingguo led the cavalry to slash wildly, and in a blink of an eye, they killed the officers and soldiers guarding the gate, and forced those guards who had not had time to escape to open the city gate, lowered the suspension bridge, and ignited the Wenchang Gate. city ​​gate tower.

(End of this chapter)