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Chapter 685 Li Kui Easily Conquers Putian

By the time Zhao Zhen's entire army had crossed, Putian City had already been captured by Li Kui.

It turned out that after Li Kui and Ruan Xiaoqi and others arrived on the other side in the first wave, they began to build a big village.

When the villagers saw them, they thought they were imperial soldiers. After Miao Fu and his men came to Fujian, they repeatedly went to the countryside to collect taxes and forced men to work, so the villagers hated them deeply.

Seeing the army coming across the sea with the same flags as the imperial court, they mistakenly thought that they were the imperial court's troops coming to collect taxes. Instead of reporting to the city, the brave ones came to help build a large camp.

After Ruan Xiaoqi and other naval forces left, Li Kui discussed with Xiang Chong and Li Gun to attack Putian.

"Brothers, we have not made much contribution since we surrendered to the king. We have only watched others boast about their eloquence and suffered from their bullying. Now we are on our own, why not take advantage of the king's absence and conquer Putian. Let the king be surprised."

Xiang Chong heard this and said, "Brother, the king told us to build a camp first and wait for the army to cross the sea to fight. Now we are attacking the city without permission. Aren't we going to suffer the consequences?"

Li Kui shouted, "Shut up. We have conquered Putian and accomplished this great feat. This will help us to save face in front of our brothers. How can the king blame us?"

【White Whirlwind】 Li Gui also said: "That's right, that's right, after all the credit has been given, who dares to say that we are not right?"

Zhang Chi, Ba Zeng, Ji Guang and Lu Duo were also making noises.

Li Kui saw this and said, "Xiang Chong, if you are afraid of punishment, stay here and guard the camp. We will go and fight to our heart's content."

Xiang Chong heard this and cried out in surprise, "Bullshit! You guys are so happy, but you left me here alone to be scolded by the king. Let's go together, let's go together."

Li Kui said: "Even so, we can't just go there rashly."

"Today, when I landed, I noticed that the farmers nearby were all saying, 'The imperial court is coming to suppress the Miao and Liu.' When Ruan Xiaoqi and Li Jun sent people to question them, I asked my brother Li Gui to secretly listen. The Miao and Liu are the rebels here, doing evil and unpopular. We can send a few people who have grudges against us to lead us into the city. If these guys are not prepared, we can seize the city gate and set it on fire. The army will rush in and take down Putian City. If the city gets the news, we can send people to lure the defenders out of the city and kill them first."

Xiang Chong and Li Gun looked at each other after hearing this, and muttered to themselves: This plan was thought up by this person?

At that moment, the plan was decided. Li Kui asked his men to find a few brave men who had grudges against the government troops in the city. Li Kui, Li Gui, Zhang Chi, Ba Zeng, Ji Guang and Lu Duo were mixed in. He asked Xiang Chong and Li Gun to lead the army and march slowly.

In Putian City, the one stationed in the city was a general of the Miao Fu family, named Miao Feipeng. Since he got this mission, he has been doing his best.

He patrolled the city every day and occasionally went out of the city.

In order to prevent this guy from causing trouble, people in the nearby villages offered gold and silver to protect themselves.

Li Kui and others were among them, all wearing straw hats, carrying loads of firewood, and walking towards the city. Seeing the city gate open, Li Kui sneered, lowered his head, and walked towards the city gate with one foot high and one foot low.

Outside the city gate, more than 20 soldiers sat sparsely under a thatched awning, drinking tea and chatting. From time to time, a few soldiers stood up and shouted at the farmers entering and leaving the city.

Li Kui's group had more than fifty or sixty people in total, divided into three groups, with Li Kui and Li Gui being the last ones to fall behind.

Three groups of more than ten people cutting wood entered the city one after another, which still attracted the attention of the ten generals guarding the gate. When they saw Li Kui's group coming, they ordered everyone to stop.

The guard was also a northerner. He shouted at everyone to stop and cursed, "What's going on today? There are so many people chopping wood."

He then said to a thin soldier beside him, "Go and ask which village these people are from?" The thin soldier heard it and asked in Putian dialect, "Which village are you from? Why are there so many people coming to the city to sell firewood today?"

Chen Que, who came to lead the way, shouted, "Brother, let's go sell firewood together today and buy some five-colored thread in the city, so that we don't have to spend an extra penny on buying medicine later."

After hearing this, the soldier turned around and said something to the ten generals. The defending general waved his hand impatiently and told everyone to enter the city.

Watching the crowd entering the city, the garrison commander suddenly pointed at Li Kui and Li Gui in the back and said, "Lin Fang, go and keep the last two men. The army is recruiting strong men, and these two are just right."

After hearing this, Lin Fang hurriedly shouted. Li Kui and Li Gui heard it but could not understand it. They only saw the soldier who had just shouted and thought something had happened. They dropped their burdens, pulled out two axes, and chopped at the soldiers guarding the gate.

The little man who was shouting was startled and turned around and ran away.

Before the other soldiers could react, Li Kui and Li Gui rushed over. With four axes in hand, they killed all the soldiers in the shed like chopping melons and vegetables before they could react.

The soldiers who came with them also shouted, each drew out their axes, and occupied the city gate. Zhang Chi, Ba Zeng, Ji Guang, Lu Duo and others who had entered the city earlier, heard the shouting and killing at the city gate, and each drew their weapons, leading forty or fifty soldiers to charge towards the city gate.

Li Kui charged into the gate guards and cut off the iron locks. Fifty or sixty people occupied the gate and piled the firewood they brought with them, mixed with wormwood, on top of the city walls and set them ablaze. A column of white smoke rose straight into the sky.

When Xiang Chong and Li Gun saw this, they hurriedly urged the soldiers to rush over.

In the city, Miao Feipeng heard about the incident at the city gate. He thought that it was the ignorant locals outside Putian who were causing trouble, so he quickly gathered his followers and rushed over on horseback.

On the top of the city wall, Chen Que, who was leading the way, pointed at the incoming cavalry and said to Li Kui, "General, the one riding the black horse is Miao Feipeng."

When Li Kui saw this, he asked Li Gui and a few others to guard the top of the city wall. He took two axes, went downstairs and quietly hid beside the city wall.

Li Gui cursed Miao and Liu for being treasonous on the top of the city wall. Miao Feipeng, who was listening at the foot of the city, became furious. He ordered the soldiers to dismount and rushed up along the horse path.

The soldiers dismounted, each holding a weapon, and charged towards the horse path which was slightly blocked by firewood.

When Miao Feipeng saw that Li Gui and his men were blocking the way ahead and the soldiers were unable to attack for a while, he yelled and asked everyone to remove the firewood that was blocking the road.

Li Kui had already come over from the base of the city wall. Without waiting for Miao Feipeng, who was roaring behind him, to react, he chopped Miao Feipeng down with an axe, cut off his head and tied it around his waist.

With a loud roar, he rushed towards the Miao Liu soldiers who were attacking the horse road.

After hearing this, Li Gui and others also roared and rushed towards the city.

Li Kui's gang were all brave men, and their leader Miao Feipeng had died first, so they naturally couldn't resist. Although Li Kui was alone, one strike of his axe could kill at least one person or as many as three or five people.

Each man with two axes pushed the Miao and Liu soldiers back continuously.

In just a short while, they attacked from both sides and killed all the soldiers.

(End of this chapter)