After Wang Weizhang finished speaking, several servants came in from outside the door. One on the left and the other on the right picked up the already limp Xiao Shiwei and dragged him out. Wang Weizhang even smelled a stinking smell. If a man dies, he will die. It was so disgraceful.

, which really disgusted Wang Weizhang.

Wang Weizhang lost all interest and walked out of the room, saying to his left and right: "Pass my order, all officers above the garrison level in Jianzhou will come here to discuss. I'd like to discuss it with you."

The servants on the left and right obeyed the order and left quickly.

At this time, there were more than 52,000 officers and soldiers in Jianzhou City, and almost all the officers and soldiers in northern Sichuan were gathered here. For this reason, Wang Weizhang even spared the Scorpion Block, which was in the limelight in northern Sichuan, and passed over Tianxing and other rebels.

If there is even the slightest difference in such a large number of troops, I am afraid that the entire Sichuan River will be overturned immediately.

The officers and soldiers in Jianzhou City arrived very quickly, and within an hour, they all arrived at the meeting hall.

Afterwards, Wang Weizhang straightened out his official uniform, tried his best to show an air of calmness, and strode in.

"The governor has arrived."

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As soon as the registration was announced, all the civil and military generals in the hall stood up to greet them. Wang Weizhang walked to the main seat in the middle without squinting his eyes, then stood still, pressed his right hand, and said: "Everyone, please sit down."

The civil and military officials saluted and then took their seats. Although Wang Weizhang did not inform them of the significance of this long-standing incident, the news of Chengdu's destruction had already spread, and everyone in the city knew about it, so he thought he would not say anything else.

Sure enough, after taking his seat, Wang Weizhang sighed and said: "All my colleagues must have known it. Yes, five days ago, the rebels were approaching Chengdu, and I wanted to send a large army to defend Chengdu. Unexpectedly, Xiao Shiwei, the commander of the Jianzhou Army, promised me that the city of Chengdu is strong.

The bandit army must be invincible.

At that time, I was also obsessed with thinking that Pei Xiaoer, the great enemy of Sichuan, was outside Jianmen Pass and could not lose it again. Therefore, I listened to the thief's suggestion and sent only 5,000 soldiers to attack the thief's rear.

Unexpectedly, the bandits were so powerful that they launched a surprise attack on Chengdu. The defenders of Chengdu were caught off guard and fell into the bandits' trick, and returned in defeat. The bandits took advantage of the situation to cover up the attack, and Chengdu fell. As the governor of Sichuan, I lost Chengdu and fell to Shu.

Fan, how can I survive in this world? Today, I, Wang Weizhang, can only commit suicide in front of my colleagues to thank the world."

With that said, Wang Weizhang took out the dagger he had prepared and stabbed himself in the chest.

"grown ups."

"Sir, no."

Wang Weizhang's actions startled these generals. Some of the ones who were close jumped over and knocked down Wang Weizhang's dagger. Afterwards, they knelt down in front of Wang Weizhang and said sadly: "Sir, Chengdu

The crime was not due to war, but because the thieves were powerful, and Xiao Shiwei was in the way. Even if the Holy One knew about it, he would still sympathize with the Lord's painstaking efforts."

"Sir." The other generals fell to their knees and begged.

Wang Weizhang glanced at the faces of these generals one by one, and found nothing out of the ordinary. Then he sighed heavily, "You are asking me to be a sinner for the ages. Forget it, I will keep my useful body for now and recover it later.

Chengdu, hang the traitor Pei, and then plead guilty to the emperor of the capital."

The generals finally breathed a sigh of relief and got up from the ground.

"I want to lead 30,000 troops and go to Chengdu in person to kill the Pei family thief under the city walls. All the troops are willing to give me a helping hand."

The generals were whispering among themselves, but no one came forward. When they stopped Wang Weizhang from committing suicide, it was because Wang Weizhang had not been tried by the court and had the emperor's decree. If Wang Weizhang died on them, they would not be able to escape the blame. But what if?

The Pei Jiajun who went south to encircle and suppress Chengdu needed to use their own capital to fight the Pei Jiajun head-on with real swords and guns. What they would lose was their own strength, so they were naturally unwilling to do so.

On a daily basis, these people are pretentious and only hate the lack of people in the world who appreciate them. They often ask for money, food, and rewards from the court, but when it comes to actual combat, they all act like cowards.

Everything Wang Weizhang did since he first entered the hall was for this final purpose. Unexpectedly, he had already performed, but none of these people dared to respond. Wang Weizhang couldn't help but feel a little angry. But this matter of going south to suppress bandits

We must not give up. Since they are unwilling to take the initiative to ask for help, they can only ask Wang Weizhang to name them personally.

"General Zeng, are you willing to go south to Chengdu with me?" Wang Weizhang looked at a tall man beside him.

Zeng Yingbing secretly thought that it was bad luck, but he did not dare to refuse Wang Weizhang's move. He could only go out and bow to Wang Weizhang: "My lord, I am inviting you, how dare you not obey my order?"

"Okay, okay!" Wang Weizhang stroked his beard and smiled, and then ordered 45 generals, and the garrison and other soldiers followed them south to Chengdu.

After the number of people was adjusted, Wang Weizhang said to Zhang Kejia, the northern Sichuan soldier of the 1st gang: "Sir Zhang, after I leave, the defense of Jianzhou 1st area will be left to you. Remember to keep the Jianmen and Jiameng gates in check.

If Pei Ni, who is outside the pass, is not allowed to attack the pass, I will ask the imperial court for merit in the future."

Zhang Kejia hurriedly said humbly: "I don't dare. Your Majesty has given orders. Kejia will do his best to guard the north gate for the Ming Dynasty and Sichuan."

The arrangements were made, Wang Weizhang didn't want to wait for a moment, and immediately ordered Zeng Yingbing to lead 5,000 troops to be the vanguard and clear the way for the army. He then led the main force and set off early tomorrow morning for Chengdu.

Zeng Yingbing had no choice but to take the order and go out. Not long after, 5,000 men and horses marched from the gate of Jianzhou City towards Chengdu. Early the next morning, Wang Weizhang packed up his troops, commanded an army of 25,000, and marched towards Chengdu with great momentum.

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The situation in Jianmen Pass has been calm in the past few days. Pei Xiaoer did not send anyone to die at the pass. He is now waiting. 1. Waiting for the news of Li Guojun who has invaded the hinterland of Sichuan. 2. Waiting for Pingwu to fight.

Liu Changle's good news. But so far, there is no news from these two directions.

On the contrary, battle reports came back one after another, showing that the situation in the rear was not as good as expected. According to the news from Wang Daozhi of Yunyang, the coalition forces of Chen Qiyu, governor of the five provinces, and Lu Xiangsheng, governor of Yunyang, had besieged Junzhou for ten years.

There was more than a day left. The army in the direction of Junzhou was completely exhausted and food supplies were running out. There was a serious shortage of defensive equipment, arrows, bows and crossbows.

Wang Daozhi had already ordered Xu Qijin, who was defending Junzhou, to break out in the direction of Yunguan. Immediately, Chen Qiyu and Lu Xiangsheng came to Yunguan. At the same time, they divided their forces to attack Fangxian, Zhuxi and other counties, which almost completely defeated Pei Xiaoer's original capture of Yunyang.

The route was walked over again. The rebels in these prefectures and counties surrendered in hope of the officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers almost without bloodshed brought these prefectures and counties back into the scope of the imperial court.

However, unlike Jiang Yunyi at the time, Wang Daozhi firmly controlled Yunyang, Yunxi, Baihe, Yunguan and other prefectures and counties near Hanshui. He used the boats in his hands to travel back and forth and deal with the officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers could not take these.

In this place, they could not take advantage of the convenient transportation conditions of the Han River, and the army could only fight with the Pei family's army in the mountains of Yunyang.

Although the Pei family's army has insufficient resources, when have the supplies of officers and soldiers been sufficient in recent years? Now it depends on which side can no longer support it. Wang Daozhi mentioned one thing at the end of the battle report, but it made Pei Xiaoer feel a chill on his back.

After his discovery, there may be people in Jinzhou, Hanyin, Ziyang, and even further places such as Xixiang and Nanzheng who have contact with Chen Qiyu.

This battle must end as soon as possible, otherwise the backyard will really catch fire. Pei Xiaoer secretly decided where to make a breakthrough.

When Pei Xiaoer was in trouble, Xu Yifan, the commander of the scout camp, suddenly claimed that he had something important to report.

Pei Xiaoer calmed down and said loudly: "Let him come in."

Xu Yifan entered the tent, bowed down and said: "General, there is something strange at Jianmen Pass."

"Oh?" Pei Xiaoer's heart moved.

It turns out that according to Xu Yifan's observation, the officers and soldiers at Jianmen Pass are rotated almost frequently, firstly to prevent people from colluding with the Pei family's army, and secondly to give the officers and soldiers a certain rest time. However, these two days have caught up with the rotation of officers and soldiers.

, but there was no usual rotation. Instead, it was still the same group of people.

Pei Xiaoer pondered for a moment and said: "Even so, it doesn't mean that there are any changes in the officers and soldiers. Maybe the officers and soldiers have changed the rotation time and lengthened it?"

"Absolutely not." Xu Yifan said resolutely, "According to my observation, the density of the defenders behind the sword gate is much thinner than in previous days. Some defenders originally only defended the west wall, but now they can even defend the east wall.

The presence of these people shows that the number of officers and soldiers behind the closed sword gate is far less than before."
Chapter completed!