: Encountering

So, a strange scene happened in Zhangbei. People living in the city walls were thinking of ways to escape, while people living outside the city were thinking of ways to go to the city.

Different interests of each person lead to different behaviors when danger comes.

In the evening, with Tie Mo's order, Shi Hu and Zhou Dingshan opened the city gate, and countless people began to rush out of Zhangbei and fled around.

However, not long after, the scattered people found countless ragged men entering the city with weapons.

On the top of the city, looking at the people who spontaneously organized to defend Zhang Bei, Chen Zilong sighed deeply, "Iron Guard, if you dare to order those people to be let go, will it be that if there will be more people guarding Zhang Bei for them?"

Tiemo smiled slightly, but she smiled bitterly.

"Yes, the reason I conclude so is that a year ago, I was the same as those outside the city. County Magistrate Chen, you have never experienced the experience of starving people to death, so you won't feel like us. When you finally have a full meal, if someone dares to ruin this hard-earned life, we will fight to the death."

"We are all afraid of death. It is precisely because of fear of death that we are fighting harder than anyone else. We don't have much way to retreat, and we have to retreat. When we retreat, we will definitely fight harder when we die."

Chen Zilong was a little moved. Until now, he realized the difference between himself and Tie Mo.

Tiemo can be said to have been working hard from the bottom of the class, and he knows the needs and ideas of those people at the bottom of the class better.

......

Zhang Bei closed the city gate again, and the city was already crowded at this time, so there was no need to worry about insufficient troops defending the city. Some people regretted it. They returned with the refugees who were reopening the land, but more people hesitated and lost the last chance to return to the city.

After the city gate was closed, Chen Zilong took his people to do a major thing, that is, to search the house.

All the Shanxi merchants who abandoned Zhangbei were confiscated and all the houses of gold, silver, and soft houses were confiscated.

The worst of them is the Kang family. In the past six months, the Kang family has run five stores and built a good house in the city. Now it has been taken away by Chen Zilong. Chen Zilong is very straightforward in doing things, so he took over the house and sold it to the Tie Shoujie for 1,000 taels of silver. As for those stores, they were absorbed and digested by several Shanxi merchants of the Chang family and Cao family.

Chen Zilong was almost robbing it, but he could rob the land deeds and house deeds, which is his ability.

To be honest, it is a matter of blame. The second young master Kang is also considered a bold master, but he did not expect Tie Mo and Chen Zilong to play like this. As an official, he robbed him directly. Because he didn't expect that when he left, he did not bring the land deed or the house deed. He thought that after Bayan Khan conquered Zhang Bei, they would come back to accept Zhang Bei.

After learning about Zhang Beicheng, Qiao Liuyun's face turned green with anger, "Second Young Master, what should I do now? Now the shops and real estate have been all covered by Tie Mo and others. We have worked hard for half a year to make wedding dresses for others."

Kang Zhendai would not admit that he miscalculated. He sneered with a cold face: "What's the matter? Those things are just temporarily falling into their hands. When Bayankan takes Zhang Bei, aren't those things ours still belong to?"

Qiao Liuyun frowned. At this moment, he had already developed a hint of suspicion about Kang Zhendai. Can Bayankang really defeat Tiemo and others? If he couldn't take Zhang Bei, then the Shanxi merchants would have lost their money to their grandma's house.

It’s too late to say anything now, so let’s hurry up first!

Suddenly, a rumbling sound came from a distance, looking along the dizzy setting sun, there were figures surging there.

Come from the north, and the murderous aura is like a river and sea!

A Mongolian was galloping on his horse and getting closer. Soon after, more cavalry appeared on the sky. They shouted, waved the scimitar in their hands, and rushed towards the caravan where Kang Zhendai was.

Judging from the outfit, it was Bayan Khan of Sunit's troops. Did they break into Zhangbei so quickly?

Kang Zhendai opened his mouth, a little stunned. Qiao Liuyun was even more anxious and sweaty on his forehead. He pushed Kang Zhendai and urged: "Second Master, what's going on? Why does it seem to be coming for us?"

Kang Zhendai smiled bitterly, "This... should be a misunderstanding... Lao Bazi, shout quickly..."

Lao Bazi quickly shouted in Mongolian saying, "Which warrior is opposite? We are Bayankhan's friends, we are our own people...we...uh...uh..."

Lao Bazi opened his eyes wide and covered his neck tightly, unable to say a word.

A feather arrow shot his neck against him, and the murderer smiled sinisterly. A strong and powerful hand, a fiery red belt, a dirty brown animal leather jacket, tilted his head, and his eyes were full of irony.

"Who are you? Don't know? All the things in the car and valuables are left behind, otherwise he will be your fate!"

The Mongolian man whistled, and hundreds of cavalry surrounded him. These men were all fierce and evil, with blood shining in their scimitars in their hands.

Without any surprise, in order to save his life, Kang Zhendai and others had to leave all the objects and flee in a hurry.

After Kang Zhendai and others escaped far away, the murderer put down his longbow and grinned.

“Things are going very well!”

At this time, Ruan Sangou, dressed in Mongolian cavalry costumes, looked coldly at the direction of Kang Zhendai's escape, and asked unwillingly: "Balie, why didn't you kill them all?"

"Why do you have to ask Tie Shoujie for this? I will follow the orders. Okay, take the things back to Zhangbei City first."

.....

In the northwest of Zhangbei, in the small Yellow River area, Aqige and Duolei Chenbing were on both sides, but no one was in a hurry to take action.

After nightfall, the water flowed smoothly in the little Yellow River. Duolei personally led a thousand soldiers and horses to secretly bypass the southern end of the little Yellow River. At midnight, he launched a sneak attack on the main camp of Aqige.

Originally, Aqige should have been prepared for a long time, but for some reason, the entire camp was almost unprepared, which made Duole's sneak attack go smoothly.

Orge led his troops to stop him, but suddenly happened. After Dolei led his troops to break through the first line of defense, he immediately sent a signal. At this time, the main force, hiding in the north, led his main force to cooperate with Dolei to launch a strong attack on Aqige's troops.

After losing more than 400 people, Orge and Aqige fought and retreated, retreating towards Zhangbei.

Aqige retreated directly to the line of Xiaohuanghe. At this point, Zhangbeicheng became Aqige's last line of defense.

Duole naturally would not miss this good opportunity. He sent someone to notify Tuobuhua. In less than half a day, Tuobuhua gave up confronting Batu and went south to meet with Duole. For a time, Sunit's troops gathered in the Little Yellow River, hoping to win Zhangbei City in one battle.

What is disappointing is that after Tuobuhua led his troops to evacuate, Batu did not force his troops north to force Sunit's nest, but instead held his troops and looked lively.

Batu's actions can be said to have completely pushed Aqige's troops into the abyss.
Chapter completed!