Sui and Tang Dynasty Generals

Chapter 90 Where are the people?

The morning light cuts across the sky, and the sun rises over the distant mountains.

In East City.

The common people gradually came out of their houses. No one felt uneasy when they thought about the 100,000 rebel troops outside the city.

Unlike the Sui Dynasty army, the Sui Dynasty's soldiers were awarded titles and rewards for their merits, but the rebel leaders could not offer rewards, so they would often allow burning, killing and looting after capturing a city.

The people in the city were extremely frightened when they thought of the scene of more than 100,000 rebels burning, killing and looting everywhere in the city.

"Hey! Look!"

"Why did you kidnap someone?"

Some people had just arrived at the top of the city wall when they suddenly saw a man hanging on the city gate, and they started talking about it.

Soon the news spread throughout the city, and more and more people came to the city gate.

Lin, Xu, Lu and other elders from the noble families in East City, accompanied by their sons, came to the gate of East City. When they saw the hanging man, many of them looked at each other.

"Captain Wu, who is that?"

Old Xu looked at the densely packed crowd of onlookers, then he stepped forward first, came in front of Wu Liuzi, pointed at the man who was hung and asked.

"This is the person the captain led his men out of the city to capture last night!"

When Wu Liuzi heard Mr. Xu's question, he looked at Xiang Yifeng with a proud look on his face.

"This man's name is Xiang Yifeng, and he is a general in the rebel army!"

Wu Liuzi said.

"What? He's a traitor general?"

When Mr. Xu heard what Wu Liuzi said, his eyes widened instantly. He raised his hand in surprise and pointed at Xiang Yifeng.

Not only Mr. Xu, but also Mr. Lu and Mr. Lin behind him, and all the people were shocked and talked about it.

"That man turned out to be a general in the rebel army outside the city..."

"The captain left the city last night and captured the general of the rebel army outside the city and brought him into the city! How is this possible..."

Amid the noisy discussions, almost all the common people and people like Lu Lao looked at each other in bewilderment, unable to believe what they heard.

Last night the captain not only took people out of the city!
He also captured the rebel general from the rebel army outside the city!

Who would not be confused when hearing this, and who would be able to believe it?

It is Dongcheng that is being surrounded now! It is not them who are surrounding the rebels!
Under the city gate.

When Wu Liuzi heard the people around him talking, he couldn't help laughing. Not to mention the people, even he, who got the news, didn't dare to believe it at first.

but……

"Everyone, take a look!"

Wu Liuzi shouted loudly, and then in front of Mr. Xu, Mr. Lu, and all the onlookers around, he took Xiang Yifeng's seal and sword from the wooden tray beside him.

"Today, everyone on the city wall can loudly question the rebels outside the city and ask where their General Xiang is!"

Wu Liuzi shouted with a smile.

After hearing what Wu Liuzi said and looking at what was in Wu Liuzi's hand, Mr. Xu, Mr. Lu and others, as well as the people around them, finally had to believe that the man who was hung up was actually a general in the rebel army outside the city.

Captain Fu, you really took advantage of the night to capture the traitor general and bring him to the East City...

This Captain Fu is really too powerful!
“There is hope of defending the city!”

"With Captain Fu here, we will be able to defend the city!"

The current comments are not only the voices of the people around, but also the emotions of a group of elders from aristocratic families.

Perhaps the most shocked among them were the young men around Elder Xu and Elder Lu. In the past, it was these young men from Dongcheng who secretly laughed at Fu Zihou and called him a rat officer.

Thinking back to that period of time, they had often talked behind Fu Zihou's back and laughed at his title of Fenwu Wei. Now, facing an army of one hundred thousand thieves outside the city and looking at the rebel general who had been hanged, the men were so ashamed that they dared not raise their heads.

Inside the mansion.

Fu Zihou was lying on the bed and snoring. He had not had much rest for a whole day and night, and his expression had been tense. Now that he relaxed, he fell into a deep sleep.

The door slowly opened and a woman slowly walked into the room.

Just as the woman came to the bed, looked at the sleeping Fu Zihou and wanted to reach out her hand, she suddenly heard a voice.

"What are you doing?"

When the woman heard the voice, she turned to look outside the door and saw a young girl looking at her warily.

"Miss Li?"

Di asked.

Cui Wenjin did not answer Di. Instead, he looked at Di's charming face and her figure. For some reason, he felt uncomfortable and walked into the room step by step.

Looking at the clothes thrown away casually beside Fu Zihou, Cui Wenjin also knew that Di was probably going to take these clothes away.

But even though she knew it, Cui Wenjin was still a little concerned. What did these clothes have to do with Di's family? When would it be Di's turn to deal with them?

Think of this.

Cui Wenjin came to the bedside, picked up the clothes without saying a word, and looked at Fu Zihou who was still sleeping soundly, knowing that he was very tired in the past two days.

"My Di family is considered a semi-prominent family in Taiyuan. I also happened to have met Li Huanzhu from the Longxi Li family before..."

Just as Cui Wenjin was holding Fu Zihou's smelly clothes and preparing to leave, he suddenly heard Di's words.

In an instant, Cui Wenjin's expression changed slightly, and he looked at Di expressionlessly.

"who are you?"

Di stared at Cui Wenjin with interest.

"An ordinary person is not worthy of such care and concern from a young captain! Ordinary women from noble families dare not pretend to be the children of a noble family!"

Di looked at Cui Wenjin. Although Cui Wenjin was now dressed in plain clothes, she could sense that the origin of the woman in front of her was extraordinary.

"Knowing too much is not good for you! The same goes for your family!"

Cui Wenjin said softly.

Upon hearing this, Di's smile froze instantly. She looked at Cui Wenjin, then at the sleeping Fu Zihou, and quickly understood the meaning of Cui Wenjin's words.

If I knew, I might be silenced in the future.

If it were anyone else, Di would have sneered, but looking at Cui Wenjin's eyes, she did not doubt it.

"Then I won't ask. Is he your man? If not, I can..."

Di curled her lips and did not ask any more questions. Instead, she looked at the sleeping Fu Zihou, but she had not finished her words.

"no!"

Cui Wenjin looked at Di with a warning in his eyes, then turned around and walked out the door.

"He has a fiancée!"

Cui Wenjin's voice reached Di's ears. She couldn't help but smile. Looking at Cui Wenjin's departing back, she sighed, "Little girl."

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"General Xiang was ambushed and captured?"

In the rebel camp, Zhen Zhai'er heard a shocking news early in the morning.

Next to the map, Tang Zhenhao, Yang Boyao, Qin Guangzhi, as well as Cai Ran, Yu Lichuan and other advisers, all frowned and looked at each other when they heard the news.

how can that be!

Now, Jinyang East City and Jinyang West City have been surrounded, and soldiers have also been dispatched to guard the roads leading to other county cities.

Who would ambush Xiang Yifeng? Where would they take him?

"Could it be that there are Sui troops hiding outside the city?"

Cai Ran couldn't help but speak in confusion and looked at everyone.

"impossible!"

Yang Boyue shook his head. When the army arrived, he had already sent troops to patrol the area around Jinyang. It was impossible for there to be a Sui Dynasty army hiding there.

"Did the patrol outside the east city of Jinyang see anything unusual last night?"

Zhen Zhai'er turned to look at his confidant and asked.

"Report to the general! Several scouts outside the East City were killed last night! However, patrols and secret patrols did not find anything unusual! No one was killed today!"

When the trusted soldier heard the question, he immediately raised his hand to report to Zhen Zhai'er.

After hearing the words of Zhen Zhai'er's confidant, everyone in the tent ruled out the possibility of Jinyang East City.

The killing of a sentry was as normal on the battlefield as the killing of a scout. It even happened every night.

Not to mention the East City of Jinyang, even the West City on the other side of the Fen River was the same. The West City also kept sending soldiers to sneak out of the city to gather information or seek help.

What is really important is patrolling and secret patrols. Undercover sentry can be solved by consuming time or having enough manpower, but patrolling and secret patrols are not that simple. They are all done in black, in the absence of firelight, so often by the time one side discovers something, the other side has already discovered it.

The hidden sentry can be killed by relying on numbers, but the secret patrol is different, it is impossible for there to be no movement at all.

"Who could it be? And where could it be?"

Zhen Zhai'er was not surprised when she heard the report from her confidant.

Zhen Zhai'er was actually very confident in the defense he had arranged. It was no exaggeration to say that without the defense map, no general in the world could have crossed it without being discovered.

For now, rule out the possibility of Dongcheng!
There are only two possibilities. One is that these people are hiding in the deep mountains around Jinyang, and Yang Boyue had sent people to search for them but did not find them. The other is that those people are in the barracks.

Zhen Zhai'er felt that the former was unlikely, but the latter made Zhen Zhai'er feel chilled and cold.

(End of this chapter)