In Pu'an County, Li Chengqian is leading the army to hurry. Now Li Chengqian has less than 3,000 soldiers, and the number has dropped a lot. After all, many people ran away halfway because of hunger. Those who can follow Li Chengqian are at least loyal to Li Chengqian, or they still have a certain thought in their hearts, and they want to continue to work for Li Chengqian.
They are less than half an hour away from Pu'an County.
It is getting closer and closer to the county seat.
When Li Chengqian led his troops on the road, he was quite tired because of the urgency of the road. Especially Li Chengqian is now so hungry that his stomach growls, and he has lost a lot of weight. Even the spirit of the whole person is listless and looks quite decadent.
Li Chengqian is like this, and so are the more than 2,000 people under his command. One by one retreated from Jianmen Pass to Pu'an County, although they would find some food along the way, even though there was still some dry food, but after all, they didn't have enough supplies, and they couldn't rob people at will, that's why they were so miserable, they were all in such a mess, And they were all starving.
Li Chengqian couldn't bear it anymore, so he ordered people to stop and rest, and then ordered the soldiers to distribute some dry food. Now there is only a little dry food left in the army, which is very little. Along the way, Li Chengqian, except for some food he found along the way, was all supported by this little dry food. If there hadn't been a little dry food for the soldiers to hang, it would have been impossible to support him until now.
Li Chengqian ate some dry food and relieved his hunger a little. It's just that the dry food tastes like chaff. Even so, Li Chengqian ate some like a gulp. Li Chengqian thought that he was not far from Pu'an County, so he simply ordered people to scatter all the dry food for everyone to eat.
After all the dry food was eaten by the soldiers, each soldier regained a little bit of energy. After all, there is a little food in the stomach, and then there is some energy. Even so, his complexion looked yellow and he didn't have enough energy.
After a short rest, Li Chengqian ordered to continue on his way.
A group of people went to Pu'an County.
It took more than half an hour, because the group of people had some food in their stomachs, so the speed of the journey was a little faster, and it took less than half an hour to arrive at Pu'an County.
Li Chengqian never considered that he would be blocked in Pu'an County, Jianzhou, so when he arrived at the gate of the city, he saw the soldiers standing guard at the gate of the city preparing to block him, so he scolded: "This palace is Li Chengqian, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, let us make way. , my army has to enter the city to rest and resupply. Otherwise, there will be no mercy.¡±
The soldiers on guard backed away without stopping.
Li Chengqian snorted, with a smile on his face, and led people into the city quickly.
At this moment, Li Chengqian suddenly seemed to have strength in his body, and he felt much lighter. Because when he arrived in the county, his army was stationed, so he could have a good meal and drink.
When the army entered the city, there were no people inside or outside the city, and the city seemed empty. Li Chengqian did not doubt this, and continued to walk into the city. Because there is no Wengcheng in Pu'an County, Li Chengqian cannot be trapped in the Wengcheng, so Ma Zhou let Li Chengqian enter the city. When Li Chengqian's army entered the city, they entered the main road in the city, entered the North Street, and prepared to go to the Governor's Mansion.
It's just that when more than two thousand people entered the main road of North Street, they saw an army rushing out of the street, blocking Li Chengqian's way. Then at the gate of the city at the rear, another group of soldiers rushed out from the passage above the tower, quickly went down the tower, and blocked Li Chengqian's retreat behind, blocking Li Chengqian in the street.
Immediately, Li Chengqian was flanked back and forth.
Seeing this situation, Li Chengqian frowned. His eyes were sharp, he took a breath, and scolded in a deep voice: "Bastard, where is the governor of Jianzhou? Get out of here, the prince."
"Oh, Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian, you are really self righteous."
With a joking voice, it came from the rear near the gate of the city. It was Ma Zhou, Yang Lu, Tang Ziyong and Yang Zhengjian who were at the forefront.
Ma Zhou shouted: "Li Chengqian, you have been surrounded and become a bereaved dog. You don't look like a prince of the Tang Dynasty. What's more, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty has fallen, and the Tang Dynasty is about to disappear. What is the use of a prince of the Tang Dynasty. Li Chengqian, you can't bear it now, why bother to continue to resist, surrender."
Li Chengqian was in front of the army. When he heard the voice from behind, he turned and looked back, but a group of soldiers made way for him, so Li Chengqian went straight to the rear.
He stared at Ma Zhou with sharp eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you the governor of Jianzhou?"
Ma Zhou said: "Li Chengqian, you are really a nobleman who forgets things too much. I think that when I was an envoy of the Xia Kingdom to the Tang Dynasty, you, as the prince of the Tang Dynasty, were also in the court. Now I see you I, butI don't know. "
Li Chengqian stared at Ma Zhou carefully.
He looked at Ma Zhou, and indeed he looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before. Just considering that he went directly to Jianzhou, he subconsciously believed that the person in front of him must be the governor of Jianzhou.
Li Chengqian couldn't remember anything, his expression was still angry, and he said in a deep voice: "Who the hell are you!"
Ma Zhou said: "My humble Ma Zhou!"
"Ma Zhou?"
When Li Chengqian heard it, he immediately thought of Ma Zhou of Xia Kingdom. He was startled and angry, and shouted: "You are actually Ma Zhou, you are Ma Zhou next to Du Qi, and you are obviously serving as a military advisor by Xiao Yuanqi's side, how come you came to Jianzhou?"
Ma Zhou sneered and said: "Li Chengqian, you are really incompetent as a prince. Why did I come to Jianzhou? Isn't it simple? Naturally, it is to cut off your escape route, and naturally to arrest you. There are troops surrounding you. Li Chengqian, put down your weapons and surrender, or you will be killed without mercy."
Li Chengqian looked around. There were dark troops on the front and rear streets, and even on the houses on both sides of the street, there were archers, all holding bows and arrows and aiming at Li Chengqian and his soldiers.
was surrounded.
In Li Chengqian's heart, a heart sank.
At this moment, Li Chengqian was panicked. He gulped down a mouthful of saliva, but he opened his mouth and shouted: "Where is the governor of Jianzhou? Where is Tang Ziyong, governor of Jianzhou?"
Still unwilling in his heart, he shouted.
This seemed to be the last straw, but he never thought about it, never considered that even Pu'an County had already fallen into the hands of Ma Zhou, how could Tang Ziyong still belong to him.
Tang Ziyong stood up, but he was half a step behind Ma Zhou, and said coldly: "Li Chengqian, you still want to fight Xia Guo with your cowardice, that's hitting a stone with an egg. All the big Tang boys, you see Li Chengqian's appearance Is it? It¡¯s not worth following such a person, why not surrender immediately. Hitting a stone with an egg is the only way to kill yourself.¡±
In an instant, the soldiers of the Tang army were in an uproar, and they all started talking. The current situation is quite unfavorable to them. After all, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty did not have enough strength, especially because they were small in number, surrounded by groups and trapped in an ambush circle, and had nowhere to escape.
After hearing Tang Ziyong's words, everyone planned to surrender.
?No one is willing to fight to the death for Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian looked around and saw the soldiers of the Tang army who were discussing a lot, and even looked hesitant, and repeatedly scolded: "You bastard, you bastard, whoever dares to surrender will be killed without mercy!"
Ma Zhou took the words, and said disdainfully: "Li Chengqian, as the prince of the Eastern Palace, is this how you treat your soldiers? Alas, you are so stupid, so stupid. If I were these people, I would not be able to serve you."
"Because you never took these soldiers to heart."
"Tang Junzi, such a great Tang prince, ignores your life and death, does not treat you as human beings, but only as tools. He is not worthy of your service, let alone your death follow."
"He just said that if you want to surrender, you will be killed without mercy. It is not that if you can't stop it, you will surrender. He would rather die than surrender. Such a lord is not worthy of your service. As long as you surrender, I will guarantee your safety .Even if you want to leave Pu'an County, this official will not stop you, and even give you some money to let you go."
Ma Zhou said: "Of course, if you are willing to stay and serve Xia, I welcome you."
The soldiers of the Tang army were even more uproarious.
There was a lot of discussion.
Li Chengqian was furious and furious. But even if he was angry, it would not help. Because the current situation is no longer under his control, and is controlled by Ma Zhou everywhere. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com