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Chapter 71 The Zheng family has a ventriloquist

The sharp whistle is still ringing, just like the [Are you there? 】.

Zheng Yuanwang was wearing armor, sitting on the horse's back, holding the rein with both hands and frowning, "What's going on with Zou Jirong?"

Tian Si said: "My lord, he has responded with a whistle just now, perhaps to avoid people's eyes and ears, and needs to wait for a while, let's wait at ease."

As soon as the words fell, a torch suddenly lit up neatly on the top of the city, illuminating the faces of the Zheng family father and son, and also illuminating the thousand soldiers hiding in the darkness behind them, waiting in full force.

"Who is coming!"

Jin Jiancheng shouted violently, and forcibly pulled out the conspiracy that was trying to hide in the night.

Zheng Yuanwang was obviously taken aback by this unexpected situation, and remained silent for a while.

Jin Jiancheng sneered, "Dare to lead troops to attack, but dare not make a sound, you are so cowardly, and you are making a fart of rebellion, go home and hug a woman to make a child!"

On the city wall, the Wudang sergeant laughed loudly, which caused a commotion among the Zheng family members below.

Tian Si hurriedly reminded in a low voice: "My lord."

Zheng Yuanwang came back to his senses, gathered himself together, and said in a clear voice: "General Jin, the lower officials know that the guards in Jiang'an City are empty, and they are worried about the safety of the Concubine De, so they lead a thousand soldiers from the county to come to support."

Jin Jiancheng took a sip, and didn't miss any chance to hurt the opponent's morale, "It's this time, if you still dare to do it there, don't admit it, a person like you is fucking trying to rebel, it's really embarrassing for the rebel!"

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a sergeant on the side picked up a cloth bag and threw it in the direction of Zheng's father and son, but the distance was too far, and he only landed halfway.

"This Jiang'an county lieutenant tried to open the city gate secretly, but was captured and killed by us. Prefect Zheng, do you recognize him?"

After speaking on the city wall, there was another burst of triumphant laughter.

They are all veterans of many battles, so it is unrealistic to say that everyone is planning and calculating cleverly, but if you want to talk about all kinds of careful tricks and tricks before the battle, they are all at your fingertips.

The morale of the Zheng family's army, which was originally smug and thought it was calculated by heart but not by heart, was hit to the bottom by this series of operations in an instant. There were whispers in the army and there was a commotion.

But after all, Zheng Yuanwang was scheming and planning for a long time, and there was no way out right now, so he quickly reacted, forcibly suppressed the shock and amazement in his heart, and forced himself to be calm, "Which strong man, pick up that head for me."

Tian Si turned his head and commanded two men, one with a shield on his back and the other with a stoop, went to pick up the cloth bag, and quickly retreated.

Zheng Yuanwang suppressed his nausea, opened the cloth bag, and it turned out to be the head of Zou Jirong's death.

He shouted angrily, "Everyone, this is the old man's confidant, the current Jiang'an county captain Zou Jirong, as long as he denounces us, he can have the glory and wealth at his fingertips, but under the strict defense of Wudang army, he resolutely chose his ideal in his heart, chose our agreement, and finally gave his life in order to overthrow the tyranny of Great Xia! How courageous and determined this is!"

"If the great cause is accomplished, I will raise a wife, serve her parents, and shade her children and grandchildren. All subsequent victims will follow this example!"

He turned his head and looked at the sergeant at the side, "Everyone, the first victim of our great cause has appeared, you and I will follow!"

Tian Si raised his arms and shouted, "I would like to follow your lord!"

The soldiers behind were infected one after another, roaring angrily: "I would like to follow my lord!"

After all, the old fox is an old fox, and his morale quickly returned to normal after some smooth talk.

But he knew very well that just talking about it was empty after all, and to really boost morale, there had to be real benefits.

So he turned his head to look at Tian Si, "Go and ask the young master to bring someone up."

On the top of the city, the sergeants of the Wudang Army who were waiting in full battle thought that after the roar just now, the rebels would take the opportunity to attack the city, but they didn't expect them to stop again.

Immediately, everyone on the city wall widened their eyes.

I saw the rebel army spread out towards the two sides, and a team of no less than a thousand people was driving them forward, filling the gap between the rebel army formation and the city wall.

Although this group of people is obviously inferior to the real rebels, their clothes are ragged, and only about 100 people have sharp weapons such as knives and guns in their hands, and the rest are holding sticks and shovels at most.

Once there are more than ten thousand people, there is no limit.

Although it was only two thousand, it still filled up a small half of the small open space in the north of Jiang'an City.

Jin Jiancheng's expression was solemn, as Mr. Xia said, the Zheng family and his son drove all the laborers from the labor camp to attack the city.

Zheng Tianyu, the former No. [-] son of Sishui Prefecture, rode forward, pointed at the city wall, and said in a loud voice: "Brothers, Jiang'an City is in front of you! You have been exhausted for the past two months, starved of food, poorly clothed, and those powerful and powerful people are holding their beautiful wives and concubines in their arms at this moment. They are big fish and meat, singing and drinking. Why!"

Flames gradually lit up in the eyes of the originally numb and frightened workers. It was the light of anger.

"If an emperor's concubine wants to come, she will build a platform and embroider ribbons. We can't even afford to eat! Do they care? They don't care, they just want to enjoy. The platform needs to be high, and the ribbons need to be spent. We need to use our hard-earned family property and our flesh and blood to whitewash their peace and beauty! Why!"

"Isn't our life our life?"

The workers all raised their heads, and in their sunken eye sockets, anger was brewed into hatred, shining with a biting light.

"Although we are ants, we don't want to die silently like this. Although we are worthless, we can't let them just step on our heads like this!"

"Left and right are dead. Tonight, we also want to let them see what it means to be angry!"

"Brothers, with swords and guns in hand, rush into the city and pull those powerful people off their horses! Let them understand that our lives are also our lives!"

Zheng Tianyu is worthy of being both civil and military, the first son of Sishui State, who has attracted a lot of celebrities in the state. The slogan he chanted was extremely provocative, which soon aroused the blood in the eyes of these workers, screaming, and frightened the guards on the city wall to turn pale.

As non-combatant soldiers, they were not afraid, but looked at the people in front of them and quickly stimulated these stragglers who had no combat effectiveness with just a few words. It was obvious that their pressure was much greater.

And relying on this low city wall that is less than two stories high to stop them, I am afraid that many brothers will die.

A sergeant of the Wudang Army silently tightened the spear in his hand, and spat, "Damn it, do these people hate the court so much? Just believe what others say!"

The fellow robe beside him also looked solemn, "Yes, anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that this is to make them die to open the way, but they still believe it!"

"It's a pity that the young master is not here, otherwise I will be able to persuade these people and prevent them from succeeding!"

"It's a pity that we still have to protect these lords, otherwise we will go out of the city and fight. A bunch of local chickens and dogs, how can they do these complicated jobs!"

"Hey, it's useless to think too much, let's fight."

"Fight!"

Compared with the solemnity on the city wall, behind the laborers, among the rebel army, there was a relaxed excitement, and the morale soared.

With these hundreds of workers working hard to clear the way, their siege will be much smoother!
Tian Si looked at this scene and said in admiration, "My lord is really clever!"

Zheng Yuanwang twitched his beard and smiled complacently, "I have been planning for a long time. These laborers are all suffering from grievances, their families are ruined, and they have been squeezed in labor camps. They have brewed boundless grief and anger. As long as they are guided a little, how can they not lead us forward!"

He thought to himself: If it wasn't for the fact that the junior of the Xia family had a branch, which made these lowly laborers less dead and suffer less, maybe the matter tonight would be a little easier, and there is no need to waste so much of his son's words.

But it doesn't matter, the overall situation is settled.

Four hundred Wudang troops, how could they rely on this low city wall to confront him with 2000 people!
He looked up and saw that the laborers were rushing towards the city wall with their ladders on their backs, with a smug smile on their faces.

At the north gate of Jiang'an City, above the open space, the laborers rushed towards the city wall with red-eyed anger and hatred, carrying ladders on their shoulders.

In front of them, there is an invincible army waiting in full battle, and behind them, there are rebels who are proudly watching the battle.

When a big battle was about to break out, a voice suddenly sounded, blasting the night sky.

"Zheng Tianyu! Are you still a fucking human!"

The sound was like thunder, causing the swarming laborers to pause. When they looked up, they saw a man in black on the city wall, amidst the flickering flames, holding something similar to the village suona, shouting loudly.

Zheng Tianyu, who was dressed in silver armor, suddenly raised his head and saw the other party.

Although the distance was far away and the lights were dim, he still recognized the other party at a glance.

Xia Jingyun!
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