Qin Xiao walked towards the camp gate with two guards, and the first person who reacted was Tu Kuohai.

He was talking to a few people, but he subconsciously looked outside the camp gate. At this moment, the guard guarding the camp gate had also noticed someone approaching, and immediately shouted: "Who is that person?"

Qin Xiao didn't stop and walked straight to the gate. He cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Qin Xiao, the young minister of Dali Temple, wants to see the Taihu wine general!"

At this moment, the eyes of the people behind the door were all fixed on Qin Xiao, and they could not recover for a moment.

"Master Qin!" After all, it was Feixin who was the first to react. He almost ran forward and said with great joy: "It's Master Qin, Master Qin is here!"

"Open the door." Tu Kuohai naturally recognized Qin Xiao.

Everyone rushed to greet them. Qin Xiao was excited when he saw so many acquaintances. Fat Fish also rushed forward and said excitedly: "Sir, you...how are you doing?"

Qin Xiao held Fat Fish's wrist and laughed and said, "It's so good to see you guys." Seeing Jiang Xiaochun and Tu Kuohai already coming forward, he cupped his hands and said, "Jiujiang, Commander Jiang!"

Jiang Xiaochun smiled and said: "Master Qin, we are discussing whether to send someone to the city to report to you, but I didn't expect you to come in person."

"The rebels suddenly retreated. I saw the fire flashing on the Xixia Mountain. I wondered if reinforcements were arriving, so I came to inquire." She Yue was trapped in the isolated city. Now that Taihu reinforcements arrived, Qin Xiao was naturally very worried.

Invigorate.

Tu Kuohai raised his hand and said: "Master Qin, go in first and then talk." Someone ordered: "Prepare the food and wine."

The Taihu Army's camp was in good order. When Qin Xiao went to the middle tent, he saw it and thought that Linghu Xuan's Taihu Army was indeed well hidden.

Entering the tent, Tu Kuohai invited Qin Xiao to sit up. Everyone sat down. Qin Xiao looked at Tu Kuohai, then at Jiang Xiaochun, and asked, "Commander Jiang, why are you together?"

"After the accident in Suzhou City, the rebels ambush a group of soldiers and horses at the foot of the mountain, just to trap us on the mountain." Jiang Xiaochun explained: "After we found out that there was an ambush, we secretly captured two tongues at night and went up the mountain for interrogation.

After some time, I found out that the Queen Mother Society had started an uprising in Suzhou and was chasing the princess everywhere. After some discussion with Mr. Fei, I felt that if we kept guarding the mountain, sooner or later we would be cut off from food and grass. Once the food and grass were really cut off, we would eventually be killed.

If I'm going to be trapped on the mountain by them, I think it's better to stand out and surround them while I still have food in hand." He raised his hand and touched his thick beard and said disdainfully: "I originally thought that since they were ambushing at the foot of Neku Mountain, the rebels wouldn't be able to escape.

He's too cowardly, but he's vulnerable to a fight."

"That's because they underestimated the brothers in the inner treasury." Feixin also said with a smile: "The brothers under Commander Jiang came down the mountain one by one like tigers, killing the troops and horses. We know that the Queen Mother Society has rebelled.

, the ferry must have been blocked, so we can’t go further north."

Jiang Xiaochun nodded and said: "There is a rebellion in Suzhou. The whereabouts of the princess and Mr. Qin are unknown, and we don't know where to find you. Mr. Fei suggested that we go to Hangzhou first and find General Changsun of the Hangzhou camp to discuss how to quell the rebellion. We are on the way.

We ran into several small groups of rebels and wiped them all out. We caught Tongue and interrogated them. We heard from them that the road to the south was full of rebels, and they were still looking for the princess and Mr. Qin, so we headed south.

Go, try to avoid the large group of rebels, and at the same time look for traces of the princess and Master Qin."

Qin Xiaodao: "We came out of Suzhou City

After that, we divided into two routes and headed all the way along the shore of Taihu Lake in the direction of Jianghuai. They wanted to distract the rebels from pursuing them. I protected the princess and headed south, intending to go to Hangzhou, but the rebels blocked the blockade too tightly.

The princess was slightly injured and could not go to Hangzhou smoothly."

"The princess is injured?" Jiang Xiaochun immediately became worried: "How is the injury?"

"It doesn't matter, she has almost recovered now." Qin Xiao said with a smile: "The princess is currently in Shuning City, and she is quite safe for the time being."

Feixin said: "Commander Jiang searched for the whereabouts of the princess and the Lord, but found nothing. However, a few days ago he discovered that a large number of rebels were gathering in the direction of Shuning City, and he felt that something was strange. The commander sent a few people to pretend to be rebels.

Sneaking into the rebel camp, I heard that two people rushed through the rebel camp in the middle of the night and entered Shuning City. When Commander Jiang learned about it, he guessed that the two people might be the princess and Master Qin. The rebels gathered heavily in Shuning City.

It must be because the princess is in the city."

"We are hiding in the nearby area." Jiang Xiaochun sighed: "I have too few troops to fight the rebels head-on. I have been paying attention to the movements of the rebels. The rebels' granary was burned, so I guessed that they were very dangerous.

They might make a desperate move and launch an siege, and the fact is exactly as we expected. When they attacked the city with all their strength, I led people to attack from the side and rear, hoping to disrupt their position and reduce the pressure on the defenders in the city."

Jiang Xiaochun said it lightly, but Qin Xiao witnessed it with his own eyes at the top of the city at that time. Jiang Xiaochun led less than 200 cavalry and killed the rebels in confusion. The gyro killing formation almost killed the right god general directly.

The bravery of the commander of the Neiku was expressed from the bottom of his heart. He said: "When the commander was leading the troops in a fierce battle, the princess saw it with her own eyes at the top of the city. She praised the commander and the brothers of the Neiku endlessly."

Jiang Xiaochun's eyebrows showed a look of joy and he quickly asked: "Did the princess see it?"

"When we were defending the city, the princess personally boosted morale at the top of the city." Qin Xiaodao: "From the time you appeared to the time you evacuated, the princess saw clearly. She said you were loyal, brave and fearless. She was not wrong about you."

She Yue was indeed very satisfied with Jiang Xiaochun, but she did not say these words herself, but Qin Xiao knew that Jiang Xiaochun and the Neiku cavalry fought bravely in the hope of getting the princess's forgiveness. His words would also make people

The pressure on Jiang Xiaochun and others has been greatly reduced, and it can also boost their morale.

When Jiang Xiaochun heard this, he was indeed very excited and said: "With these words from the princess, we will die without regrets."

"We are just talking." Qin Xiao saw Tu Kuohai sitting at attention beside him and said with a smile: "Jiujiang, we met last time in Suzhou City, but we haven't seen each other for several days. I heard that the troops from the Suzhou Prefecture's Yamen went there that night.

I tried to catch you, but I failed."

Tu Kuohai smiled and said: "Tu would like to thank Master Qin again for his help that day."

Others did not know that Tu Kuohai and Qin Xiao were only entangled and were a little surprised. However, Qin Xiao hesitated and then said: "There is something that I wonder if the King of Taihu already knows...!"

"Master Qin, are you talking about Qiao Shenggong?" Tu Kuohai seemed to already know what Qin Xiao wanted to say.

Qin Xiao nodded and said: "That's right. Qiao Shenggong has been bribed by the Qian family secretly. He cooperated with the Qian family in acting in order to pin the charge of rebellion on the head of Taihu King and achieve the purpose of using the princess to destroy Taihu. However, their conspiracy fell short.

, and failed."

"The leader already knows about this." Tu Kuohai couldn't just call Linghu Xuan the King of Taihu, but Qin Xiaoke

It can be said that if he really called Linghu Xuan king, he would have violated a big taboo. He clenched his fist and said: "The leader has issued a killing order. Qiao Shenggong is a traitor in Taihu Lake, and everyone in Taihu Lake fishermen will kill him."

"

Qin Xiao felt reassured and said with a smile: "The King of Taihu is extremely wise, and he is naturally aware of everything."

Tu Kuohai moved his lips and hesitated to speak. At this moment, someone had brought food and wine to the table, and a table full of them was filled with pickled fish and shrimp.

"We have enough food and grass here." Tu Kuohai said with a smile: "This is the fish and shrimp we pickled ourselves. It is not as good as the delicacies from the mountains and seas that you adults have eaten, but it has a different taste. You can try it."

The princess originally asked Qin Xiao to eat in the evening, but the two dishes were hard to swallow. Qin Xiao only ate two cakes at the top of the city. When he saw the dishes on the table, he was not polite and raised his hand and said: "

I really haven’t had a good meal in a while, come on, everyone use your chopsticks.”

"Everyone, we fishermen are used to being free and unruly. We don't have many rules." Tu Kuohai said with a smile: "You come as you please, you're welcome."

"By the way, Wine Commander, you also know that the princess is trapped in Shuning City, so you came here specifically for reinforcements?" Qin Xiao asked.

Tu Kuohai nodded with a smile and said, "I was ordered by the leader to bring three thousand soldiers and horses to reinforce the princess."

"If the princess knows, she will be happy." Qin Xiao was relieved. What She Yue was most worried about was that the Jiangnan family finally reached a reconciliation with the Taihu pirates and even joined forces to form an alliance. Once this happened, not only Jiangnan would be in danger, but even the south of the Yangtze River would be in crisis.

Now that Tu Kuohai has led troops to help, Linghu Xuan's attitude has naturally become clear.

Jiang Xiaochun asked: "Master Qin, how many defenders are there in the city now?"

"Originally there were only a few hundred people, and some of them were friends of Magistrate Dong in the world." Qin Xiao said: "But now the people in the city have been mobilized, and there are thousands of troops defending the city, but most of them

They are all ordinary people without training. They are barely usable when defending the city. If they fight head-on, they may not be able to use much strength." Then he smiled and said: "But most of the rebels are also common people who were forcibly brought here.

His hand-to-hand fighting skills are not very good either."

Jiang Xiaochun nodded slightly and said: "The rebels have about 6,000 people outside the city. Now the defenders in the city and the Taihu soldiers and horses combined, the strength will not be much less than the rebels, and they have enough strength to fight it out."

"The rebels' food and grass were destroyed, and Jiang Commander's two attacks have made them fearful." Feixin said seriously: "In terms of morale, the rebels are no longer the same as us, otherwise they would not panic.

Retreat."

Tu Kuohai glanced at a few people, smiled faintly, and said: "The rebels outside the city are nothing to worry about, our opponents are not them." He looked at Qin Xiao and said: "Even if we defeat the rebels outside the city,

The situation in Suzhou will not change completely. Mr. Qin, before the real enemy arrives, the Taihu soldiers and horses will not act rashly and will only be stationed at the foot of Xixia Mountain. This is the leader's order. We will not rebel outside the city.

The army launched an attack."

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Chapter completed!