Hua County fell silently into Zhu Yuanzhang's hands. This small county town, which was very close to Xi'an, had been completely blocked by the Zhu army at this time. All the people in the city were forbidden to go out, so as not to reveal the current situation in Hua County, and the people outside the city were not allowed to enter again. All the city gates, together with every inch of the city wall, were under the surveillance of Zhu army.

Officials and militia leaders were all detained in the prison underground in the county government. However, they were not locked up in the same cell, but were detained in different cells.

The dungeon was very dark and wet, and they were also imprisoned those who had been imprisoned by Huaxian County Magistrate for committing a crime. When ordinary thieves break through the city, they would release all the offenders and let them join their own army. However, the Zhu army did not do so. They ignored these offenders at all and allowed them to continue to be locked in the dungeon and feel the smell of darkness with the officials.

Li Qingshui sat dejectedly in the corner of the cell, feeling full of annoyance. He sat for a long time and suddenly thought of committing suicide. This time he was too embarrassed. Instead of being humiliated by the thief and then killed, it would be better to die by himself. If he dies, he will be completely destroyed and there is no need to throw it into his eyes.

Li Qingshui stood up and wanted to find a suitable way to die. He had to find a rope even if he hanged him, right? At this time, a soft cry came from the cell opposite him: "The county magistrate, are you seeking death?"

It turned out that the Luochuan scholar Li Panlong was imprisoned in the cell opposite. When he saw Li Qingshui trying to commit suicide, he quickly persuaded him: "The county magistrate, don't seek short-sightedness. If he dies, he will not be able to do anything."

Li Qingshui smiled bitterly and said, "If I don't die now, I will be humiliated by Zhu Ba's evil thief. What's the difference between dying sooner or later? Anyway, a young man like me can't do anything... Alas... I have been playing with by thieves in the past two years. What's the use of me like this?"

Li Panlong smiled bitterly and said, "Don't be rude to the county master. It's not that you are useless, but that Zhu Ba is really too powerful. To be honest, the student had a deal with him a few years ago. At that time, the student led the village army to pursue Miao Mei, but he didn't expect to be ambushed by him. The student thought the village army was full of flaws in front of him. He was scared by his words... After that, the student was also very depressed for a while, but the student thought of a few words and stood up again..."

"Oh? What words?" Li Qingshui was slightly surprised.

"If you are going to surrender a great responsibility to join us, you must first..." Li Panlong said against him.

"Okay, stop memorizing it, I know what you mean." Li Qingshui sighed: "But this time I can't get slapped by suffering a little. You and I will never escape death."

"This may not be necessary. According to the students' eyes, Zhu Ba's is not bloodthirsty. The last time the student fell into his hands, he was not killed by him. Although he caught a lot of people this time, none of them lost their lives." Li Panlong said seriously: "The students thought that when he gave up Hua County and went to the next county town, we would be let go."

"You can indeed escape, but I can't escape this time." Li Qingshui shook his head and said, "Even if Zhu Ba doesn't kill me, the emperor will not forgive me. I will definitely not escape the charge of tolerating the thief. Maybe I will implicate my mentor. It's better to die here so that my mentor will not have to be implicated."

Li Panlong thought about it, but he didn't know what to say to persuade him.

Li Qingshui searched around the cell but couldn't find something that could be used to kill himself. He hit the wall and was afraid that he would not be able to die. So he took off his belt and wanted to hang himself on the beam of the room. As soon as he put the belt on the beam of the room, he heard a group of incoming in the prison yelling at the door of the prison. Xu Rujie, who was named the Grand Marshal, came in. He led a large group of confidant soldiers to the front of Li Qingshui's prison door and shouted: "Why are the county masters playing with the belt?"

Li Qingshui snorted coldly and said, "Mr. Xu, you are very good. You should punish the nine clans if you ask for crimes."

Xu Rujie ignored his words and said with a smile: "Brother Zhu, please go and have a chat, oh, by the way, and brothers Li Maocai, let's have a tea together."

"I have nothing to say to the thief." Li Qingshui snorted coldly.

"For the sake of the tens of thousands of people in Baishui, you should chat with Brother Zhu." Xu Rujie said with a threat.

Li Qingshui was silent. He was holding his life to the family and threatened the people. He was so angry that his hair almost stood upside down, and he snorted angrily: "Okay, I want to go and hear what he has to say."

Xu Rujie invited Li Qingshui and Li Panlong, and then went out of the township chariot leaders from Huaxian and Pucheng. These two people were like Li Panlong and were also the most famous rich gentry in the local area. The people walked out of the dungeon together and arrived at the study of the county government. They saw that tables and chairs and cups of tea had been arranged here, which was like a way to entertain guests.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat high in the head, next to him was a large group of thieves' leaders, and two people with faces covered and armored faces were also sitting next to him. I wonder what the two people came from. Of course, Li Qingshui could not know that these two generals covered were actually two big and small Cao Caos. They were also held hostage by Zhu Yuanzhang and were invited over.

As soon as Li Qingshui came in, he said angrily: "What do you want to say? Say it quickly and give me a knife. Don't get bored by quarrels like this."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly, coughed lightly and said, "I want you to come here, I want to tell you a small thing..."

He paused and saw that all his attention was focused on him, so he slowly said: "It won't take long for our army to occupy the entire Shaanxi West and drive all the officers and soldiers and court officials out. However... without officials, it will be difficult to manage the county town and other things. I can't use a group of illiterate leaders to manage government affairs, so I would like to ask everyone here to help me manage the place."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's faces turned into sè.

Li Qingshui said furiously: "All nonsense is lying, occupying the entire Shaanxi West. Are you talking in your sleep when you are awake?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Isn't it nonsense? Please come with me to see you!" He stood up and led out the door.

The crowd wanted to see what he was selling in the gourd, so they stood up and walked out of the yamen with Zhu Yuanzhang. The streets of Hua County were covered with bandits. The bandits seemed to be gathering towards the Ximen. They were holding muskets, crossbows, and even several teams of soldiers pushing cannons, all moving towards the Ximen.

Zhu Yuanzhang brought them into the military service. After a while, he brought all the incoming groups to a high arrow tower beside the Xicheng Gate. A group of soldiers came over, tied them up with ropes, and stuffed their mouths with cloth: "You are here to watch the show, and a good show will be staged in a while."

The crowd had to watch helplessly.

The Zhu army on the side of the city wall was preparing something. Two hundred of them were replaced by the Yuanyang War Jackets of the Guards, and they immediately turned into officers and soldiers of the court. Other bandits still kept the costumes of the brave soldiers. A big banner was raised by the city and the words "Baishui Minzu" were written on it.

Three hundred and fifty musketeers drilled into the houses on both sides of the city gate, and the crossbowmen were on the walls and on the roofs. Five hundred infantrymen made formations at the corners of the street. Xue Hongqi led 500 cavalry out of the city and ambushed in the woods several miles outside the city.

The whole process was quiet and a little sound was made.

Li Panlong's reaction was the fastest. He was the first to see that the bandits were preparing to ambush something, but he didn't know who the target Zhu Jun was going to ambush. He only saw Xu Rujie sweating profusely and kept silent. Unfortunately, he was tied up and stuffed a bun in his mouth, and he was helpless.

Time passed slowly, and I don’t know how long it took, but Li Panlong suddenly saw a big banner appearing on the official road to the west, and an army of thousands of people appeared on the horizon.

This is the army that Zhu Ba was about to ambush? Who is coming? Li Panlong tried hard to stretch his neck to look at it. It was not until the army got closer that he finally saw the words on the flag. This made him shocked him that one Buddha was born and the other Buddhas were promoted to death. The high-rise military flag read: "Hong, Governor of Military Affairs of the Five Provinces".

It turned out that it was Hong Chengchou's army!

When Li Panlong thought of this, he felt a layer of sweat all over his body, and his heart fell to the bottom of the valley. No wonder Zhu Ba said that he was about to occupy the entire Shaanxi West. It turned out that Hong Chengchou was coming into the big pocket he had laid.

Only then did Li Panlong remember that they had written a letter to inform Hong Chengchou of the fight against the bandits here. Hong Chengchou left five thousand defenders in Xi'an, and then led five thousand Jingrui to Hua County. His original intention was to help them retreat to the enemy and drive the bandits out of Tongguan. Unexpectedly, Hua County fell into the bandits' hands first. Hong Chengchou knew nothing about this... It was over, everything was over!

Li Panlong felt so heartbroken. Li Qingshui next to him was full of conscience. He shouted, wanting to do something, but he couldn't do anything. Tears burst out from Li Qingshui's eyes, soaking the official uniform... Li Panlong sighed in his heart, and couldn't help but think: What a powerful Baishui Zhu Ba, this is simply a chain of schemes, one by one, and playing with all the inscriptions in his hands. Shaanxi*xi is a must-have to change the main inscription, what will happen to our Baishao's fate?

At this time, Hong Chengchou's army had arrived outside the city gate. Hidden in the house, the muskets and crossbowmen on the roof were all in combat readiness. The soldiers had loaded ammunition for the muskets and inserted the fuse rope. The crossbowmen on the roof were also ready, and all the five hundred infantry soldiers at the corner of the street were ready.
Chapter completed!