Jiang Hai looked at Jia Zuozhen's cowardly look, and his eyes slightly curled up.
"From this moment on, no one is allowed to leave the Jia Mansion without my order, or they will be beheaded!"
Jia Zuozhen was so frightened that his pupils trembled, and he quickly fiddled with the old housekeeper beside him.
"Hurry up and take everyone to the backyard and lock them up."
The old butler turned pale with fear and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, I'll go right away..."
Jiang Hai winked at his attendant.
The attendant nodded and immediately followed the old butler...
Magistrate Tian looked at Jiang Hai in bewilderment.
"Master Jiang, I---shouldn't we run away?"
The rebels have entered the city, and it will be too late for them to escape if they don't run away now.
"Run!" Jiang Hai looked at Prefect Tian with a sullen face.
"Do you think you can run faster, or can the rebels' crossbows kill you faster?"
Unless he doesn't want his family anymore and runs away alone.
Thinking of this, Jiang Hai's eyes trembled slightly, and his gaze fell on the yamen runner dressed as a commoner.
"Are there any people walking on the streets?!"
"Yes, the rebels did not touch the civilians."
The bailiff thought about it carefully, and then he saw a man standing at the city gate to welcome the rebels.
The man just glanced at the people watching in the city without any reaction.
If the rebels are members of the Xiao family, they should not harm the people.
Jiang Hai stood with his hands behind his back, staring at the clothes on the yamen runner. Just as he was about to speak, he was suddenly interrupted by a voice.
“Report!!”
Everyone in the hall looked at the bailiff who rushed in.
The yamen runner knelt in front of Jiang Hai with an excited look on his face.
"Sir, the imperial reinforcements have arrived and are at the city gate."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and the only sound in the entire living room was gasping.
The yamen runner's excited expression froze on his face, and he looked at the stunned crowd in confusion.
What's going on?
Why are you so unhappy? Aren’t you all waiting for reinforcements?
Jiang Hai pulled the corners of his lips helplessly.
Now, he couldn't run away even if he wanted to.
The rebels and reinforcements entered the city at the same time, which had never happened in Daliang State.
He is now like a mouse caught in the middle, unable to reach either end.
The Jia Mansion is located in the northwest of Guangfeng City, close to the north gate. If he takes his men to meet the reinforcements now, he may die faster than the reinforcements.
"Have you opened the city gates to welcome the imperial army?"
After Jiang Hai thought it over, he looked at the yamen runner and asked.
The yamen runner was slightly stunned.
"It's open, but---"
"Huh!?" Jiang Hai frowned and looked at the bailiff.
The yamen runner said quickly,
"When my subordinates arrived at the South Gate, they found that the soldiers guarding the gate were all fast asleep and could not be woken up no matter what we did."
"The city gate is closed, and there's a pile of stuff stuck behind it. When I came to report, the brothers were just moving those things..."
"By now, the imperial army should have entered the city."
After all, when he came to report, the imperial army had already arrived at the city gate, waiting for the gate to open so they could enter the city.
Jiang Hai's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.
It seems that the rebels sneaked into Guangfeng City last night and knocked down all the defenders on both sides.
The elite troops who usually came early to discuss battle plans have not arrived yet, and are probably defeated by the rebels.
Magistrate Tian came to his senses and excitedly took two steps towards the yamen runner.
"How many reinforcements have arrived from the imperial court?!"
"General Tian said it was an army of 100,000." The bailiff replied truthfully.
He heard Tian Xiao shouting on the city gate tower, "One hundred thousand troops" and so on.
He didn't hear the details clearly, and Tian Xiao's voice was a little hoarse.
"General Tian!" Prefect Tian smiled and looked at Jiang Hai, "It's my nephew Tian Xiao, he has been promoted to general."
This is really a great thing.
The general with 100,000 soldiers is his nephew, so he can also get a job in military industry.
Jiang Haili ignored Magistrate Tian.
Being entrusted with a task in a time of crisis is nothing to be surprised about.
The imperial court did not send the powerful General Bai, but let Tian Xiao, who had never led troops before, lead the troops. This was to give Tian Xiao Guangfeng City as a training ground.
The two groups of people entered the city almost at the same time. Wouldn't they fight in the city then?
He couldn't imagine the scene of the rebels and reinforcements joining together in the city.
Three hundred thousand rebels (truth or falsity to be determined) and one hundred thousand reinforcements (real) confronted each other. Just thinking about it makes you see blood everywhere.
This time, Guangfeng City will be flooded with blood...
Jiang Hai frowned and looked at the yamen runner and ordered,
"Immediately notify the officials living nearby and have everyone hide in the mansion and don't go out."
"If there are any secret rooms or cellars in the mansion, hide inside. The doors are tightly closed and no one is allowed to enter or leave!"
"Go!"
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