Chapter 362: Defection and seizure of the city

"General, it's not that we don't want to share your worries, but we really have no other choice!"

"Who is Yang Zhengshan? He broke through seven Hu tribes in eight days, and Korcha slaughtered tens of thousands of Hu people in one battle. What's more terrifying is that he killed Meng Temu by himself!"

"How can we be his opponent?"

Zhang Yuanwu said helplessly.

When Liu Zeqing heard this, his slightly sunken eyes suddenly became sharp. He stood up and looked at Zhang Chengzhi with a ferocious face, "Zhang Yuanwu, do you think this general dare not kill you!"

"The general is mighty, how could he dare not kill me, but I am really no match for Yang Zhengshan!" Zhang Yuanwu lowered his head and said in a steady tone.

Zhang Yuanwu was originally the garrison commander of Qihe City. After the Battle of Beidi, he was promoted to the commander of Songzhou Guard and served as the commander of the reinforcement camp. He was not Liu Zeqing's man. He represented the local faction of Songzhou Guard, that is, the military officers under Wang Bin at the time.

After Liu Zeqing took office as the lieutenant general of the East Road, he has been trying to win over the officials of the local faction and also vigorously placing his own people.

However, local factions such as Zhang Yuanwu are not so easy to win over, or not so easy to deal with.

Because Zhang Yuanwu and others have military merits and have been promoted by military merits, Liu Zeqing must have a reasonable reason to get rid of them.

Just like Han Cheng in Anyuan City, why did Han Cheng dare to refute Liu Zeqing? First, he had the support of Yang Zhengshan behind him, and second, he had real military merits.

Liu Zeqing couldn't do too much, so he could only fight with them.

After years of fighting, Liu Zeqing has almost controlled most of the forces under his command, but he still cannot get rid of Zhang Yuanwu and his group of local people!

But now he doesn't need to worry about these things. If Zhang Yuanwu doesn't know what's good for him, he doesn't mind killing him.

"Come here!"

Liu Zeqing shouted with a gloomy face, and the next moment dozens of soldiers wearing armor and holding weapons rushed into the hall.

"Since you are so ignorant, don't blame me for being rude!"

"Take them down!"

Liu Zeqing has lost his patience. He originally wanted to win over some more local officials. After all, these local officials have a great reputation in Songzhouwei. With the help of local officials, it is more conducive for him to control the soldiers of Songzhouwei.

But now he has no time and energy to entangle with these people.

Zhang Yuanwu is still silent, and the others are also silent.

A group of soldiers stepped forward to take them down.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside, followed by shouts and screams.

"Report, there are soldiers in the city making trouble, they are attacking the south gate!" A soldier hurried over to report.

"What?"

Liu Zeqing was shocked.

Zhang Yuanwu's mouth curled up slightly.

"You!"

Liu Zeqing looked at Zhang Yuanwu and the others, Zhang Yuanwu shook his head slightly and said, "General, this matter has nothing to do with us!"

"Damn it!" Liu Zeqing was furious.

It has nothing to do with you?

Are you fooling around?

If no one took the lead in organizing, how could there be soldiers making trouble in the city?

"Kill them!" Liu Zeqing could no longer care about anything else and decided to kill them first.

No matter what, he had to stabilize the situation in the city first, only in this way could he have a way to survive.

At this time, he didn't know that Ji Feiyu had given up on him, otherwise he didn't know what he would feel.

But just as his voice fell, the commotion outside became more intense.

Waves of shouts and screams sounded, as if they were just around the corner.

That's right, it was close at hand. The shouts and screams at this time did not come from the South Gate, but from the shogunate.

"Kill, capture Liu Zeqing and make amends!"

"Kill!"

Amid the shouts and screams, Liu Zeqing's face seemed like an eggplant leaf hit by frost, black and purple.

Zhang Yuanwu and other military officers were relieved when they heard the shouts and screams, and then pushed away the soldiers who were approaching, and then left the hall.

Liu Zeqing did not stop them, because even if he stopped them, it would be meaningless.

The strength of these military officers was not weak. Although he had the advantage now, it did not mean that he could easily capture Zhang Yuanwu and others.

Zhang Yuanwu and others did not leave after leaving the hall, but stood in front of the hall door and waited quietly.

Liu Zeqing also walked out of the hall and stood under the eaves, staring at them.

The shouts and screams were getting closer and closer, and soon a bloody figure appeared outside the archway.

"It's you! You're not dead!" Liu Zeqing saw the person clearly, and his eyes were full of gloom.

The man who came was a tall man with a scar on his face, which extended from his left eyebrow to his nose and jaw.

The bright red blood and the terrifying scar made him look extremely ferocious.

"Haha, Liu Zeqing, you didn't expect that I was still alive!" Zhang Chengzhi gnashed his teeth and roared.

Zhang Chengzhi, the former battalion commander of the Songzhou Guard Aid Battalion, was promoted to the commander of Songzhou Guard after the Battle of Beidi.

When Yang Zhengshan used the fire bull formation to attack the flag of Korcha, it was Zhang Chengzhi and Zhang Yuanwu who were responsible for driving the bull formation.

Before Liu Zeqing raised the flag to rebel, it was Zhang Chengzhi and Zhang Yuanwu who led the local faction to fight against him, but Zhang Chengzhi's attitude was much more intense than Zhang Yuanwu's.

So when Liu Zeqing raised the flag in response to Ji Feiyu, he directly killed Zhang Chengzhi.

Zhang Chengzhi was lucky to escape certain death. It was Zhang Yuanwu and others who saved him and hid him.

Liu Zeqing had suspected Zhang Yuanwu and others, and even sent people to search the residence of Zhang Yuanwu and others, but did not find Zhang Chengzhi.

At that time, he was still thinking about winning over Zhang Yuanwu, so he did not push too hard.

But he did not expect that Zhang Yuanwu did not hide Zhang Chengzhi, and Zhang Chengzhi had been staying in the camp of Songzhou Guard.

Hundreds of soldiers knew of his existence, but no one exposed him.

What is the local faction!

The local faction is deeply rooted!

Liu Zeqing can control the senior officials of Songzhou Guard, but he cannot control every soldier.

"Kill! Don't spare any!" Liu Zeqing roared angrily.

The next moment, he drew out his long knife and rushed towards Zhang Chengzhi.

"Kill!"

Zhang Yuanwu and others stopped talking nonsense, and instantly fought with Zhang Chengzhi.

In the blink of an eye, the entire Lieutenant General's Mansion became a battlefield, with soldiers fighting everywhere.

Liu Zeqing was the Lieutenant General of Songzhou Guards after all, and he still had a group of loyal subordinates under his command.

Although Zhang Chengzhi and Zhang Yuanwu had summoned a lot of soldiers, it was not easy to take down Liu Zeqing.

The reason why they waited until now to take action was because they did not have enough power and were not sure to take down Liu Zeqing.

Yang Zhengshan's arrival was the confidence for them to take action, otherwise they could only be insincere with Liu Zeqing.

At this time, Yang Zhengshan had just arrived in Songzhou City not long ago, and the soldiers were setting up camp.

"Report, General, there was a commotion in the city. For some reason, the South Gate has been opened!"

The main general's tent had just been set up, and Yang Zhengshan was preparing lunch when he received a report from the scout.

"The South Gate is open!"

Yang Zhengshan was stunned at first, then stood up suddenly, "Order, the five military camps follow me to attack!"

Although he didn't know the situation in the city, since the South Gate was open, he naturally couldn't miss this opportunity. Even if it was just a trap, he had to rush in to see it first.

A moment later, Yang Zhengshan led the five military camps to rush to the South Gate.

At this time, the South Gate was really in a melee. More than a hundred soldiers were guarding the open gate tightly. A large number of soldiers around were besieging them, and many soldiers actually attacked those soldiers besieging the gate.

Some soldiers were loyal to Liu Zeqing, some soldiers turned against Zhang Chengzhi and Zhang Yuanwu, and many soldiers didn't understand the situation at all, so they could only passively fall into the chaos.

For a while, the scene was extremely chaotic, just like a bombing of the camp, and it was hard to tell who was the enemy and who was the comrade.

"Open the city gates and welcome the king's army! Eliminate the rebellion and make new achievements!"

"Fuck, I'm Yan Zhengqing, everyone who knows me, come and stop these traitors!"

Yan Zhengqing, the commander of Songzhou Guard, stood behind the city gate with a sword in hand, roaring with a ferocious face.

"Open the city gates and welcome the king's army! Kill!"

"Kill!"

The roars spread across most of Songzhou City, and the riots spread from the South Gate to the surrounding areas.

Liu Zeqing had planted many confidants in Songzhou Guard and the reinforcement camp, but no matter how many confidants he planted, he could not control the lower-level centurions, flag officers and ordinary soldiers.

So a very strange scene appeared in Songzhou City, a group of centurions and flag officers led their subordinates to besiege their superiors.

For a time, there were battles everywhere.

However, Liu Zeqing was not without his own troops. Although there were many soldiers who defected, Liu Zeqing's own troops were the real elite.

A cavalry soon rushed to the South Gate, piercing it fiercely like a sharp sword.

Yan Zhengqing fought and retreated, and it seemed that he was about to collapse.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, General Yang is coming! The king's army is coming!"

Suddenly, a shout came from behind him. Yan Zhengqing was forced back by the enemy. He took the opportunity to look behind him, and saw the subordinates he had just sent out to deliver the letter galloping, and behind his subordinates were thousands of horses galloping.

"Sir, be careful!" The subordinate who came back suddenly reminded him urgently.

Yan Zhengqing suddenly came back to his senses, and saw a blade sweeping towards him.

"Damn it, my life is over!"

The knife came very quickly, and when he lost his mind, he couldn't stop it at all.

Seeing that the blade was about to fall on his chest, suddenly a sharp sound of breaking through the air sounded, and a short gun brushed his scalp and flew over, piercing the enemy in front of him.

"Get out of the way!"

Then he felt a huge force coming from his side, and the whole person instantly flew into the air.

This huge force did not injure him, but just threw him out.

His body was still in the air, he turned his head and saw a tall figure passing by him like lightning.

"General Yang!"

At this time, Yang Zhengshan didn't care about anything else. He didn't know Yan Zhengqing, but he was sure that Yan Zhengqing was the one who opened the city gate, so he saved his life.

Rushing into the city gate, he was like a thunderbolt, and plunged into the cavalry on the opposite side.