Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 312 Captive

Sun Xida completed his mission and was ready to rush back to Yancheng immediately to report the news, so he left Jianhu County overnight and rushed to Yancheng along the official road before the army was dispatched.

He originally planned to travel overnight so that he could enter the city early the next morning before the news of Zhang Shicheng's troops was sent back to Yancheng.

However, what Sun Xida never expected was that shortly after they left Jianhu County, they were blocked by several cavalrymen.

These cavalrymen were scouts sent by Jia Qiong, and the leader was Liu Xianglian.

After Sun Xida left the city that day, Liu Xianglian followed him all the way to Jianhu County, so when he saw the three masters and servants of Sun Xida, he immediately recognized their identities.

The moonlight was dim, and Sun Xida couldn't see clearly the costumes of Liu Xianglian and others, and thought she was being robbed by a strongman.

If he immediately turned around and ran away, he might be able to escape back to Jianhu.

But Sun Xida didn't have the guts, so he quickly took out his money bag and said: "My little brother passed by here late at night and disturbed the rest of all the heroes.

I'll pay you for this small amount of money to treat you to a drink. "

After saying that, Sun Xida threw the money bag out with all his strength, but his strength was weak and the money bag fell on the ground more than ten meters away.

When Liu Xianglian heard what Sun Xida said, her thoughts moved, she hurried forward a few steps, picked up the money bag with a gun, weighed it, put it into her arms, and said, "If you want to give us away with such a small amount of money, then that's a waste." no.

Let's do this, you leave the horse and I'll let you pass. "

Sun Xida was in a hurry to return to Yancheng, so how could he leave the horses behind? He hurriedly said: "I really have something urgent to do and I have to go back to Yancheng, otherwise I wouldn't have traveled all night.

Hero, do you think this will work? Give you two of the three horses and I will keep one. "

Liu Xianglian said impatiently: "No, no, either keep the horse or the head, it's your choice!"

Sun Xida broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this. He could only make a final struggle and said: "My younger brother is Sun Xida from Yancheng. Can you all be accommodating to me?"

I promise, if you can let me go today, I will thank you greatly when I go back! "

Hearing this, Liu Xianglian laughed and said, "Hahaha, it turns out you are from the Sun family in Yancheng.

You came from Jianhu County in the middle of the night, and you must have wanted to go back to Yancheng to report the news.

Our brothers were going to defect to Marshal Zhang, and we were worried about not having a meeting gift. Unexpectedly, you bumped into him yourself, and it was our brother's turn to make meritorious deeds.

Brothers, capture the three of them alive and send them to Marshal Zhang tomorrow, and we can become officials. "

When Sun Xida heard that this group of strongmen was going to defect to Zhang Shicheng, he quickly said: "The good guy originally planned to defect to Marshal Zhang. This is really a flood that has washed away the Dragon King Temple.

Our Sun family has already surrendered to the commander-in-chief. I went to Yancheng this time on the commander-in-chief's order and prepared to cooperate with the commander-in-chief to capture Yancheng.

If my brother catches me and delays the commander's plan, it will be a failure but no success. "

Liu Xianglian hesitated and said, "You said you are Zhang Dashuai's man, do you have proof?"

"Of course I do. I have Dashuai Zhang's token on me. Just check it, hero."

Sun Xida took out the token given by Zhang Shicheng from his arms and threw it over.

Liu Xianglian stretched out her hand to catch it, looked at it, threw it back to Sun Xida, drove the horse forward, and said, "I didn't expect that the Sun family in Yancheng would also join Marshal Zhang. Since he is one of his own, Brother Sun, please do what you want." He finally felt relieved. He caught the token, held it in his hand and said, "Thank you very much. I don't know what the hero's name is. We will definitely get closer to each other in the future."

"It's easy to talk. I am Liu Xianglian, a staff officer under General Anton. Since Brother Sun is anxious to return to Yancheng, you should go back with me."

Sun Xida was shocked when he heard this, and immediately wanted to ride his horse to escape, but at this time Liu Xianglian had already galloped forward, and shot him in the back, knocking him off the horse.

Upon seeing this, Sun Xida's two servants drew their sabers and attacked Liu Xianglian, one from the left and the other from the right. However, they were no match for Liu Xianglian. Within five moves, one of them was directly stabbed to death by Liu Xianglian's gun, and the other was decapitated with a sword.

Sun Xida was so frightened that her liver and gallbladder split apart. She did not dare to make the slightest move and could only surrender.

Then he was blindfolded, gagged, tied to a horse, and escorted back to Yancheng overnight. He was then sent to the county government without anyone noticing.

Jia Qiong immediately interrogated Sun Xida. This Sun Xida was not a tough guy. Faced with Jin Yiwei's methods, he did not last more than a quarter of an hour before he accused the four surnames and Zhang Shicheng.

After getting the conclusive evidence, Jia Qiong did not hesitate and immediately sent an order to search the four surnames in Yancheng.

At dawn, the mansion where the four surnames lived in Yancheng was surrounded by the army at the same time.

All the principals and clan members of the four surnames were arrested and imprisoned one after another. Other servants, servants, guards, etc. were also temporarily detained, and all those who resisted were killed.

Because the four gates of Yancheng were closed, no one could leave the city, so news from within the city could not be conveyed.

Zhang Shicheng didn't know that his allies in Yancheng were completely destroyed, so he still dispatched the army as planned.

As a vanguard general, Zhang Shide led 5,000 troops to set off first. As a vanguard general, his main duty was to explore along the road to see if there were any ambush or the like.

However, Jianhu County and Yancheng County are located in the Jianghuai Plain. The terrain here is flat and the views are unobstructed. Even small hills are rare. It is really difficult to ambush.

Moreover, Yancheng only had so few troops in total, and Zhang Shide didn't think Jia Qiong dared to go out of the city to fight in the field.

So he just focused on marching in a hurry, thinking about getting to Yancheng as soon as possible and grabbing the first victory. He never thought about detecting the ambush.

Zhang Shide marched along the official road at a very fast speed, and arrived in Yancheng County in the afternoon of the next day.

At the junction of Jianhu County and Yancheng County, there is a small, unnamed mountain, which the locals call Cuizhu Mountain, with a height of less than 100 meters.

Because Cuizhu Mountain has dense vegetation, it is impossible to open up farmland, and it is far from the official road, so there are no villages nearby, and the nearest village is five miles away.

In the past, people often came to chop bamboo and dig bamboo shoots on the mountain. However, due to Zhang Shicheng's recent rebellion, there was chaos everywhere, so most of the people stayed at home and did not dare to go out at will.

So no one knew that there were five thousand troops hidden in the dense bamboo forest of Cuizhu Mountain at this time.

Some of them were eating dry food, some were wiping their swords and guns, and some fell asleep directly, but no one made a sound. At first glance, they were an elite army.

At this time, a soldier quietly came to Feng Ziying and reported in a low voice: "General, Zhang Shicheng's forward troops have just passed the White Dragon Temple, with a strength of five thousand.

The main force was five miles behind, with about 30,000 troops. "

Feng Ziying, who was sitting on a rock and taking a nap against the bamboo, opened her eyes and said, "It seems the information is correct. Let brothers get ready. Let's set off as soon as it gets dark."

(End of this chapter)