Zhang Xuan originally wanted to find the county magistrate Wang Kui, but as soon as he got off the city tower, he saw Lu Qingyuan rushing over with a young man.

The young man Zhang Xuan felt a little familiar. After thinking for a moment, he immediately remembered that he had seen Mr. Lu's birthday and the son of Cui's family in Qinghe, whom Lu Qingyuan introduced to him at that time.

"My brother!"

Lu Qingyuan waved to him in a hurry and shouted, "There is something important."

Zhang Xuan quickly came up to meet him. He had already remembered the name of this young man, Cui Yuanhan.

"Brother Lu, what's the matter?"

Lu Qingyuan pointed to the Cui family's children next to him and said, "This is Cui Yuanhan. My goodness has seen him in Lu's mansion. Do you still remember?"

Zhang Xuan nodded and saluted Lo Yuanhan slightly, "Does Brother Cui have any advice?"

Cui Yuanhan said anxiously: "General Zhang must break through as soon as possible. You have too few troops and cannot withstand Zhang Jincheng's full-scale attack. I can tell the general openly that Zhang Jincheng said that you were planning to ambush you this time. He dispatched five thousand Yama Army. This is his most elite army, and he wanted to kill the general."

Zhang Xuan was secretly shocked. Zhang Jin said that he was planning to ambush him? He asked anxiously: "What's going on? Can Mr. Cui tell me?"

Cui Yuanhan hesitated and said, "Then I won't hide it from the general. Zhang Jincheng has a disciple of the Cui family on his left and right. We received the news this afternoon. Someone in the court should have borrowed Zhang Jincheng's hand to get rid of the general."

Zhang Xuan immediately understood that if what Cui Yuanhan said was true, it could only be Yuwen Shu. It seems that fate has its own arrangements. If Lu Qingyuan did not walk with him, then Cui Yuanhan would not be able to tell him this secret. He might really be defeated in Qinghe County.

Zhang Xuan hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Mr. Cui, thank you for your kindness, Zhang Xuan remembers it in his heart."

Cui Yuanhan sighed, "In a chaotic world, people must be able to protect themselves first. The Cui family has no choice but to leave with confidence. Most of the people in the city are the families of Zhang Jincheng. He will not massacre the city, otherwise we would have been killed long ago."

Zhang Xuan nodded silently. Cui Yuanhankan told himself the truth, but because of Lu Qingyuan's face. At this time, he immediately made up his mind that he could not wait for reinforcements anymore. He had to break through. He asked Lu Qingyuan, "If you break through, will Brother Lu go with me?"

Lu Qingyuan showed a look of shame on his face. "I want to stay in the Cui family, I'm very worried."

He couldn't say it. He was afraid that he and his wife and daughter would not be able to break through and be killed by the rioters. Zhang Xuan could understand his difficulties, so he patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "Then I will hand A Yuan over to you too."

"No problem, I will take her back to Luoyang safely."

Zhang Xuan bowed to the two, "We will have a date later!" He turned over and ran towards Ximen with several subordinates.

Lu Qingyuan and Choi Yuanhan watched him go away, and Choi Yuanhan sighed: "I hope my decision is correct."

Lu Qingyuan smiled and said, "My grandfather attaches great importance to this person. He said that this person is definitely not a person in the pool. My brother has good intentions, and I believe that the Cui family will be rewarded later!"

"I hope! I won't say anything, go back first, I will arrange my brother and sister-in-law first."

The two of them also quickly left the street and walked towards Cui's mansion.

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Unlike the fierce battle between the East Gate, the outside of the West Gate was very quiet. The Sui army did not invest much force, and only Shen Guang led 300 people to set up defenses at the top of the city.

Zhang Xuan quickly stepped up to the top of the city. Chen Guang hurriedly stepped forward to see him. Zhang Xuan walked to the edge of the city and stared outside. He saw a thief army deployed hundreds of steps outside, about three or four thousand people, who were distributed in a semicircle and surrounded the West City Gate.

"General, they have not moved!"

Zhang Xuan nodded and said to Chen Guang: "Tell me brothers, prepare to break through!"

Chen Guang was shocked, "Are we not waiting for reinforcements?"

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "Qi County is more than 200 miles away from here, and it takes four or five hundred miles to go back and forth. No matter how fast it is, it will take the day after tomorrow, and it is too late."

Chen Guan pondered for a moment and asked, "General, what happened?"

"I'm wrong in my judgment!"

Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly and said, "I despise Zhang Jinsheng. I just discovered that their elite soldiers are no less than those of the Sui army, and there are thousands of people. If we fight fiercely with them, we may be wiped out."

Zhang Xuan did not tell Chen Guang that it was Yuwen Shu who was killing people with a knife. He didn't want his subordinates to know too much about the struggle in the court. Zhang Xuan stared out of the city for a moment and said, "Zhang Jin said that the deployment of troops outside the West City was to prevent us from breaking through, but I could only break through from the West City."

"How do the general plan to break through?" Chen Guang asked a little worriedly.

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said to him: "Prepare three piles of firewood on the top of the city first. Once my order comes, you can raise the fire immediately!"

"Abide by the orders!"

Zhang Xuan explained some details to him, and then he got on the horse and rushed back to the East City Gate.

The fierce battle at the East City Gate had reached a height. Lu Mingxing's eight hundred elite army quickly formed a shield formation. Two hundred shields were put together in the air, forming a solid shield-top corridor, effectively resisting the soldiers and arrows shot from the horse-faced wall and the huge rocks falling on their heads.

The arrows shot by three thousand crossbowmen under the city flew towards the top of the city, pressing hundreds of Sui troops tightly.

There were twelve floors of mud bags blocked in the East City. Within just a quarter of an hour, the bandits moved nine floors. More than a hundred Sui soldiers guarding the city gate raised their crossbows and shot them into the city cave. The arrows were like storms. More than a hundred thief soldiers carrying mud bags were caught off guard and were shot down one after another. Screams in the city cave were heard.

Lu Mingxing shouted anxiously: "Shield comes up!"

Hundreds of bandits raised their shields and rushed forward. There were only two layers of mud bags blocking the city gate. Seeing that the breakthrough was about to break, Yuchi Gong roared, jumped over the mud bag, and rushed into the city cave. He swung a hundred kilograms of iron stick and swept the dense enemy shield with the power of shaking the mountain. He heard a sound of fragmentation, and the shield and bones were smashed to pieces, and more than a dozen thief soldiers were smashed to fly.

Yuchi Gong showed his power and swept across the crowd with iron rods, causing the enemy's brain to burst, bones like gravel, and pieces of soldiers were knocked to the ground like straw. In an instant, more than half of the more than a hundred bandits who entered the city cave were killed. The Sui soldiers were stunned, and the arrival of the giant spirit god was nothing more than that.

The thieves in the city cave were even more frightened, screaming and retreating desperately, trampling on each other and running away. After a moment, the thieves in the city cave fled cleanly, and the strong shield corridor collapsed. Hundreds of thieves soldiers fled in a panic, with only a pile of bloody corpses in the city cave.

Yuchi Gong was so angry that he shouted loudly, and rushed towards the landlord Lu Mingxing, shouted loudly, and Yuchi Gong jumped high, and the iron stick hit him like a mountain.

Lu Mingxing was so scared that he hurriedly raised his gun to greet him. With a loud bang, Lu Mingxing's iron spear was stamped into a V-shaped shape. Lu Mingxing's arms were broken. He spitted out a mouthful of blood, screamed, his body shook, and almost fell off the horse. He controlled the horse with his legs, turned his head and ran away desperately.

Yuchi Gong was about to chase after him, when the Sui soldiers behind him shouted in unison: "General Yuchi, the chief general has an order to ask you to come back immediately!"

Yuchi Gong did not dare to disobey Zhang Xuan's orders, so he carried the iron stick to his shoulder, laughed, and turned around and ran into the city cave.

Zhang Xuan saw it very clearly. Although Yuchi Gong was invincible, if the other party’s three thousand crossbowmen shoot arrows at him together, he might not be able to escape and die. It was because Lu Mingxing was present that the other party’s crossbowmen threw rats and were afraid of weapons and did not shoot arrows. But once Lu Mingxing escaped, the dense rain of arrows coming towards him must be. Zhang Xuan called Yuchi Gong back in time.

The Sui army soldiers quickly built mud bags into the city cave again. At this time, the enemy's large-scale attack had not yet begun. This was their chance to break through. Zhang Xuan immediately ordered: "Shoot a rocket!"

Immediately, a soldier shot a rocket into the sky, which was to issue a fire to Shen Guang. At the same time, Zhang Xuan issued an order to retreat to the west gate, and the Sui soldiers rushed to the west gate from all directions.

Zhang Xuan ran up to the city and shouted: "Take the injured brother with you, no one is allowed to stay!"

The Sui army's excellent training was fully reflected at this moment. They carried nearly a hundred injured soldiers and retreated extremely quickly. In a moment, everyone retreated cleanly.

Zhang Xuan looked around and there were no soldiers missing from the city. He immediately turned his horse's head and ran quickly towards the west gate. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!