The wind was strong and the waves were high. Zhou Zhengshan and his trusted soldiers in the camp ran as fast as they could and finally arrived at the city gate just before dawn.
Looking from afar, the tall and solid walls of Wujiabao seem indestructible. It is a fortress like the Great Wall. The people of Wujiabao relied on this wall to block countless attacks by Japanese pirates.
At this moment, he has also arrived here.
Victory or defeat depends on this round.
Thinking of this, Zhou Zhengshan raised his head with a solemn expression and shouted to the militiamen on the city gate: "We are ordered to come to rescue the Crown Princess. Please open the city gate upstairs!
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The militiamen on the city gate were obviously accustomed to reinforcements knocking on the door. After all, Wujiabao was established to resist pirates. Every time pirates came to rob, they had to send someone to report the news and ask the government for support.
There was such a big commotion in the city this time, so naturally everyone here also received the news.
Sure enough, after the person at the city gate asked Zhou Zhengshan to show his badge, he opened the gate and let him pass.
Zhou Zhengshan wiped the rain off his face, rode his horse and led several hundred of his personal soldiers into the city.
After entering the city smoothly, Zhou Zhengshan felt relieved. He had received Zhao Er's letter before, so he intercepted the messenger sent by Su Yao for help in advance.
This time difference is enough for him to bring his people here.
As long as he helped the pirates kill Su Yao during the chaos, he could use the excuse that he had received the news and came to rescue the emperor.
After several days and nights of travel, his men were a little tired. Zhou Zhengshan looked at everyone, slowly scanning each of their faces, and then ordered his trusted deputy general: "Quickly take a hundred people to the west gate, open the gate and release the people."
The situation was explained in the letter that Su Yao sent to ask for help. She knew that there were people in the city who were colluding with the Japanese pirates and there were traitors.
So Zhou Zhengshan estimated the number of her personal guards, plus the militiamen from Wujiabao, and he was afraid that Zhao Er would not be able to complete the task successfully.
In this case, it is necessary to introduce external forces again to muddy the waters and make the situation even more chaotic.
Only when things are in complete chaos will it be difficult to hold anyone accountable.
After his trusted men left, Zhou Zhengshan reorganized the team and took them to find a place to rest.
A few hundred people is not a lot, but not a few either, and the noise is bound to be huge. Zhou Zhengshan only hopes that even if Qin Dadang and Zhao Er fail, at least they have caused an impact on the city, so that he will have enough time to stir up trouble again.
Just as he was about to go around the huge archway after entering the city, he saw several horses exploring the way ahead suddenly kneel down.
The soldier on horseback naturally lost his balance and flew forward and fell to the ground.
Zhou Zhengshan was startled. After all, he had been in the army for many years. He immediately realized that it was a tripwire. He immediately stopped those who were about to move forward and shouted, "Be alert! There is an ambush ahead!"
He pulled the reins and looked with shock at the few soldiers in front of him who had fallen to the ground and couldn't get up. He felt a little confused for a moment.
How could there be an ambush
How could there be an ambush here at this time
Could it be that these people in the city did it? But what were they defending against
This is the road the imperial troops came from. Even if they wanted to set a trap, it should be at the west gate.
Why is it here
But, but if the people in the city already knew that they came with bad intentions, how could they let them in
He was stunned for a moment, and before he could fully react, he suddenly heard a sharp sound of breaking air behind him.
It's an archer!
He shouted and dodged quickly.
However, many of the personal soldiers were inevitably injured and fell off their horses.
The series of unexpected events caught him off guard, which made him extremely angry. He raised his voice and questioned the militiamen holding bows and arrows behind him: "Are you crazy? How dare you attack the imperial army?! Are you planning a rebellion?!"
The militiamen made way in silence.
Su Yao walked from the back to the front with Liu Jie, smiled at Zhou Zhengshan and raised his eyebrows: "Who did Lord Zhou say was planning a rebellion?"
Zhou Zhengshan was startled. When he saw Su Yao, he felt his heart stop beating. His lips moved, and all kinds of thoughts came to his lips. In the end, he hurriedly forced a smile on his face: "Crown Princess! I finally found you! We received a message saying that you were trapped in Wujiabao and were in great danger. We are here to rescue you!"
Even at this point, he can still lie without batting an eyelid.
Su Yao found it a little ridiculous. She asked Zhou Zhengshan calmly, "Master Zhou, the people I sent were going to the nearest guard post to seek help. How did they end up asking for help from you?"
Zhou Zhengshan was stunned for a moment, and soon wanted to explain.
Su Yao said no more, but said in a deep voice: "The pirates entered the city last night and have been subdued by us. The weapons held by some of them are the ones we brought from the Ministry of Works in Beijing this time. They all have special emblems. They are the ones assigned to your camp. Sir Zhou, do you still want to refute?"
All the hairs on Zhou Zhengshan's body stood up.
This woman, this woman is so terrible!
No wonder everyone says she is the most cunning. His expression suddenly became solemn.
Having come this far, there is no turning back.
Either kill Su Yao, then silence everyone present at the scene, and then falsify the scene afterwards.
Otherwise, it's a dead end.
He already had enough people with him, and Su Yao had much fewer people around him. If they really fought, even if some people had been lost, he still had the advantage. He immediately led his men to rush towards Su Yao.
Liu Jie reacted very quickly and immediately covered Su Yao and retreated to the back.
Listening to the movement in front, Su Yao asked expressionlessly: "Is everything arranged?"
Liu Jie nodded, not caring about his own danger, and tried his best to block Su Yao with his body, and hurriedly explained: "Don't worry, Princess Crown Prince, everything has been arranged. As long as we can delay them for a while, the militia and the recruits in the city will be here soon."
It will be much easier then.
Seeing Zhou Zhengshan fighting frantically in the crowd, Su Yao narrowed his eyes.
He is truly a capable general, and there is a reason why he has been able to reach this position.
It’s a pity that we took the wrong path.
The blade is not pointed at the enemy, but instead turned against his own people. No matter how capable such a person is, it is useless.
Zhou Zhengshan was quite relaxed at first. After all, he felt that the people on Su Yao's side seemed to be much smaller than his own. As for those militiamen, he didn't take them seriously at all. They were just a bunch of rabble. When fighting with regular soldiers, they were completely a mess.