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Chapter 44 Apricot Flag

With Sima Qiao Yu's martial arts, these four soldiers can't do anything to him, but this is in Tian Xiu's house, how can he resist, not to mention that Tian Xiu is still his boss, once he fights back, it is rebellion, even if he is attacked.

He was killed, but no one cared. Four soldiers held him down, said "offended", and pulled him out of the flower hall. Sima Qiaoyu was helpless. After being pulled out, the soldiers pushed him to the ground and took him away.

Come to the stick, and hit eighty army sticks with a "crack!"

The soldiers knew him well, and when they attacked, they didn't use a fatal blow, so they only used seventy-eight percent of their strength. But even so, it would be really hard for an ordinary person to take these eighty blows. It was also because of Sima Qiaoyu's excellent martial arts.

, his body is strong, so his muscles and bones are not broken. If it had been anyone else, he would have cried and begged for mercy, but he just grunted a few times.

According to Tian Xiu's instructions, after the battle, the soldiers sent Sima Qiaoyu to the military camp for custody. Because it was a pass, the military camp was in the city, not too far from Tian's mansion. When they were leaving, Sima Qiaoyu's soldiers looked at

He knew it clearly, so he hurried forward to ask, but the soldiers only said that they were following orders and sent the people away. Officials at the higher level would kill people, especially military commanders, who were far less polite than civilian officials.

Three days later, the Tatar soldiers finally called. The sentry outside the city had been on the road to check the Tatar march, and kept reporting the distance between the Tatars and Zhangjiakou to the city. When the disciples were still twenty miles away from the pass,

When Tian Xiu heard the report, he immediately went to the city. However, before going to the city, he summoned a confidant named Tian Xi, who was Tian Xiu's personal bodyguard.

"Tian Xi, take my order, go to the prison, and kill Sima Qiaoyu for me."

Killing Sima Qiaoyu at this time is actually to silence him. He wanted to abandon the pass and escape. Sima Qiaoyu saw the signs and had to kill him. In the Ming Dynasty, lieutenants had no right to kill guerrilla generals at all.

He was imprisoned and then impeached, but when the leak reached the top, the court would definitely send someone to verify it. Once Sima Qiaoyu told the truth, it would be very detrimental to him. After all, he was not dead when the city was destroyed. Of course Tian Xiu also hopes that Tatar

After Zibing entered the city, he entered the prison and killed Sima Qiaoyu. But what if the Tatars were anxious to retreat and did not enter the prison? Also, there was no property in the prison. As a robber, there was a high possibility of entering.

Low.

In this case, let's do it ourselves, kill Sima Qiaoyu, and look like he was killed by the Tatars. That's it. Anyway, Sima Qiaoyu is the only prisoner in the whole prison now.

Sima Qiaoyu was very popular in the military camp, so even if he didn't send his confidants to take action, he was also worried about the people below him cheating.

Tian Xiu rushed to the city tower, and Tian Xi rushed to the prison. The prison was very close to Tian's mansion, and Tian Xi arrived very quickly. As soon as he arrived in front of the prison door, Tian Xiliang showed his command arrow and said that he had been ordered to visit Sima Qiaoyu. When he was guarding the door, he saw the command arrow.

, immediately released him, led Tian Xi into the prison, and came to the cell where Sima Qiaoyu was.

Tian Xi knew Sima Qiaoyu. When he arrived at the door of the prison cell, he saw Sima Qiaoyu lying on the haystack. He was wearing prison uniform and his buttocks were covered with blood. Seeing that Sima Qiaoyu looked like a half-dead man, Tian Xi was secretly happy.

, I expected that it would not be easy to deal with such a person. He asked the prison guard to guard the door. When the prison door opened, he asked the prison guard to step back and waited for the others to leave before entering the prison cell in a big way.

Tian Xi knew Sima Qiaoyu, and of course Sima Qiaoyu also knew him. Sima Qiaoyu originally had his eyes closed, but when he heard the sound of the cell door, he opened his eyes and waited for Tian Xi to send the prisoners away and walk into the prison cell.

, Sima Qiaoyu said in a weak voice: "Tian Xi, what are you doing here? Did the general ask you to let me out? By the way, did the Tatar soldiers come? How is the defense in the city doing?

How is that?"

Seeing that Sima Qiao Yu was still concerned about the city's defense even when he was about to die, Tian Xi couldn't help but chuckle and said: "General Sima, the Tatars are coming in twenty miles, so you don't need to close the city's defense. My general

It has been arranged. As for me coming to see you, it is indeed the order of my general, and I am here to take him home."

While talking, Tian Xi walked towards Sima Qiaoyu. When he finished speaking, he had already walked to Sima Qiaoyu.

"Thank you, General. Tian Xi, there is no need to send me home. The Tatars are not far from here. They are expected to attack the city as soon as they arrive. Please help me up quickly and send me to the top of the city." Sima Qiaoyu said seriously.

said.

"I didn't expect that General Sima would still care about the safety of the city at this time. It's really admirable." When he said this, Tian Xi put his right hand into the cuff of his left hand, held the dagger that had been hidden, and then said: "However, defending the city

General Sima doesn’t have to worry about the matter anymore. My general asked me to take the general home, but... he is going back to his hometown..."

When he said the words "go back to my hometown", Tian Xi suddenly pulled out the dagger and stabbed Sima Qiaoyu's vest. This move was very fast. An ordinary person, even if he was not injured, might not be able to escape.

It's a pity that Sima Qiaoyu is not an ordinary person. He practiced martial arts in his early years. He joined the army at the age of sixteen and fought many battles with the Mongols at the border. He earned his official position with every shot. His reaction speed was extremely fast. Tian Xi's tone was wrong.

He realized that something was going to happen. The moment Tian Xi took action, he knew that the other party was going to kill him. He quickly gathered his strength and rolled towards Tian Xi. He rolled to Tian Xi's feet. Tian Xi stabbed the air with his knife, and before he could turn back, he realized that something was going to happen.

After pricking his hand again, Sima Qiaoyu already grabbed Tian Xi's crotch with his right hand.

"ah……"

Sima Qiaoyu's grasp was fast and accurate, and he just caught Tian Xi's vital part. Tian Xi screamed in pain, and dropped the dagger from his hand, covering the vital part with both hands. And Sima Qiaoyu took advantage of the time.

, stood up suddenly, and hit Tian Xi on the chin with an uppercut. With a "bang", Tian Xi fell directly to the sky. Sima Qiaoyu had quick hands and eyes, and before Tian Xi fell to the ground, he grabbed him

He held on, stretched out his hand to strangle Tian Xi's throat, and asked sternly: "Tian Xi, I had grievances with you in the past, and we have grievances today. Why do you want to kill me?"

"My general asked me to kill you. I was just following the order, and I asked General Sima to be gentle." Tian Xi said with tears in his eyes due to pain.

"Why did General Tian want to kill me?" Sima Qiaoyu asked again.

"I don't know either..." Tian Xi said with a bitter face.

"Huh?" Sima Qiaoyu's voice turned cold, and the hand holding Tian Xi tightened.

"I...I really don't know...General, please spare your life..." Tian Xi really didn't know. He was pinched and was already out of breath.

Just then, there was the sound of footsteps outside the cell. It turned out that the prison guard who was guarding the cell had just heard Tian Xi's howling, realized something was wrong, and rushed over to check.

Soon, two jailers came outside the cell and saw Sima Qiaoyu pinching Tian Xi. They quickly persuaded him: "General Sima, don't mess around. He was sent by General Tian. If you kill him, the consequences will be disastrous."

,Calm down, calm down.”

The prison guard was actually an officer and soldier in the barracks. He was assigned to work here, so he naturally got to know Sima Qiaoyu. Sima Qiaoyu was a kind man, and the prison guard had a good impression of him, so he spoke out to persuade him.

Sima Qiaoyu was seriously injured by the club. The blow just now required almost all the strength of his body, but he knew that he could not fall down now, so he braced himself, tightened the hand holding Tian Xi again, and then said: "You two

I don’t know, but this guy came to assassinate me, intending to take my life. He is General Tian’s confidant. I just asked him why he wanted to kill me, and he said it was on General Tian’s order. Although I don’t completely know why General Tian

He wanted to kill me, but I could guess that General Tian wanted to kill people and silence them. At first, I advised General Tian to seal the north and south gates and defend them tightly to prevent the Tatars from leaving. But General Tian not only refused

Yes, he got angry because of this. He beat me with eighty military sticks and locked me up here. Why did General Tian not want to seal the north gate? He must be ready to escape. I estimate that once the Tatars attack the city, but

How long will it take before General Tian abandons the city and flees? When he leaves, the morale of the army will inevitably be weakened and the pass will not be protected. General Tian is afraid that if I don't die and I am exposed to him in the future, he is afraid that people will come to kill me and silence me. If you don't believe it, wait for the Tartars

When the son arrives, we will see that General Tian will definitely abandon the pass and run away. I advise you to follow him out of the city and escape by running to the west, maybe you can escape...ahem..."

At the end of the sentence, Sima Qiaoyu couldn't help but cough violently. But while he was coughing, he pinched Tian Xi's neck with his hand, and with a sudden force, there was a "click" sound, and Tian Xi's throat was cut off by him. Sima Qiaoyu

Qiao Yu let go of his hand, and Tian Xi's body fell to the ground.

Sima Qiaoyu continued to bend over and cough, but he easily grabbed the dagger that Tian Xi had just dropped on the ground.

"General Sima, are your words true?" a prison guard said nervously.

"Whether it is true or not, we will know soon. When I went to Tian's house that day, General Tian even transferred his family's property. How could this happen if he didn't intend to escape?" Sima Qiaoyu said.

"Well, based on General Sima's consistent behavior, I believe you. Sun Si, the Tatars are coming soon. Let's prepare to escape quickly. This place is not close to the north gate. Once chaos breaks out, we may not have enough time to escape."

The prison guard said.

Another jailer named Sun Si nodded and said: "I also believe what General Sima said, but can our heads believe it? If we want to go out of the gate, we will definitely be seen by people outside. What will we say then?

"

"If it doesn't work, let's just wait. If there is any movement, we will hurry up and escape." The jailer who spoke earlier looked at Sima Qiaoyu in the cell and said again: "General Sima, we two brothers believe in you.

It can make us two brothers prepare to escape in advance. But don’t say that we two brothers are unjust..." At this point, the jailer took off a bunch of keys from his waist, threw them into the cell, and then said: "We will open the door

Brother, I locked the door outside and left you the key. You can't leave now, and there are people outside, so you can't leave. We brothers pretend not to know anything about what's going on here. If the Tatars really come in, we will

Shout outside, and then you can open the door and escape. Life or death depends on destiny, what do you think?"

"Thank you very much!" Sima Qiaoyu hugged the two jailers.

Twenty miles, for today's Tatars, really takes a while, but twenty miles is twenty miles after all, so how long can it take?

Gradually, the Tatars got closer and closer to Zhangjiakou, and finally arrived at Guanxia.

Once they arrived at the pass, the Tatars didn't even have the intention of setting up camp. They resorted to the old method of driving the people to attack the city. According to Tian Shenglan's previous instructions, Tian Xiu first pretended to go to the city to resist, but put on a sympathetic posture.

When the people climbed up the city, they did not stop them. Soon, the people who climbed up the city began to run around, trying to get down from the city. In this way, the defenders on the city were rushed into chaos.

The Tatar soldiers took advantage of this opportunity and followed up. Tian Xiu then turned around and went down to the city and fled towards the north gate. Seeing that the general had fled, the defenders on the city had no intention of defending the city and just fled for their lives in panic. This time

, the Tatar soldiers easily boarded the city and massacred the people on the city.

At this time, Tian Xiu, who was the first to escape from the city, jumped on his horse and ran straight to the north gate.

The cries of killing and running for life outside the city were really loud, and they were heard immediately from the prison. Sun Si and another jailer realized that the Tatars had invaded, and immediately shouted: "The Tatars have entered the city, run away."

ah!"

After shouting this, he rushed to the prison gate and ran towards the north gate. The other guards in the prison did not know whether the Tatars had really invaded, but everyone was afraid of death. They knew that the Tatars killed people.

Don't blink, if you really come in, there is no way to survive. Since someone is leading the run, why are you waiting? Your life is at stake. Even if you really run wrong, you will come back. If you are right, then get out of the city quickly. So.

, whooped and ran away, no one paid any attention to the prisoners in the cell.

Sima Qiaoyu heard the voice clearly and quickly opened the prison door with the key. After the rest just now, he barely recovered a little strength. He gritted his teeth and ran outside.

All the guards inside and outside the prison had fled. Sima Qiaoyu quickly came to the street without encountering any obstruction. There were not many people on the street now, because before yesterday, almost all the people who could escape had escaped.

Sima Qiaoyu also fled towards the north gate, but he was injured after all. He couldn't run fast. He stumbled and didn't run too far. His strength was almost exhausted. When he passed through an alley, he suddenly discovered

, in the doorway in front, a man walked out slowly. This man held a small apricot-yellow flag in his hand, put the flag on the door, then closed the door and entered the house.

Seeing this scene, Sima Qiaoyu was very puzzled. Why would the Tatars come and put an apricot flag on the door? Would the Tatars be afraid and not dare to go in? Sima Qiaoyu was amused in his heart. When he raised his eyes, he saw the sign on the door.

The brand name - Wang Kee Goods Co., Ltd.

The owner of Wangji Goods Store is named Wang Dayu, and he is also a famous Shanxi merchant here in Zhangjiakou. Sima Qiaoyu, as a local guerrilla general, naturally knows this. He didn't understand what the Wang family meant, but he didn't have time to pay attention to it. He walked through the alley and continued to approach.
To be continued...