The big bandit in the Red Mansion robbed Lin Daiyu at the beginning

"General, you may not know that Yancheng has already been captured by the rebels at the beginning of the Si hour today! And..."

"What? Yancheng has been taken over by the rebels?"

Zhao Zishan was instantly shocked when he heard this.

Although he had been asking Wang Hongguang to rescue Yancheng, he knew how strong Yancheng's defenses were.

Even when thousands of brutal and inhuman Japanese pirates attacked the city, with only 200 defenders in the city, we still managed to hold Yancheng firmly and did not let the Japanese pirates gain any advantage.

How could it be that it took less than half a day for the rebels to go from the Sheyang camp to the request for help from Yancheng, and then for Yancheng to be captured?

"Alas! I know General Zhao may not believe it, but this is the truth!"

General Li sighed, and then said in panic,

"Not only that, even our Sheyang camp has been captured by the rebels from Qingfeng Village! I escaped at the risk of my life!"

Zhao Zishan was shocked again in an instant.

"what?"

He couldn't help but reach out and take out the troop mobilization token he had just received from Wang Hongguang. For a moment, his head was buzzing and he was at a loss.

General Li hurriedly said to Zhao Zishan,

"I hope General Zhao can take me into the city so I can meet with Guardian Wang as soon as possible and present my many matters!"

Zhao Zishan came to his senses after hearing this, and did not dare to be careless. He responded solemnly,

"Okay! Please follow me into the city!"

Immediately, he turned around the dock and took General Li and rushed back to the Funing County Magistrate.

Soon,

Wang Hongguang, who was staying in a manor in Funing City, was awakened urgently after just falling into a drunken sleep.

When Wang Hongguang yawned and walked into the lobby with the hangover soup and saw Zhao Zishan and General Li standing in the lobby,

He couldn't help but frowned, and said with a little annoyance and dissatisfaction,

"Zhao Zishan, what's wrong with you? Didn't I already give you the token?"

"Why do you still bother me? Do you really think that I value your bravery and dare not punish you?"

"Sir, the last general..."

Before Zhao Zishan could speak, General Li fell to his knees with a thud, and said with a sorrowful look on his face,

"Master Garrison, something bad has happened!"

"Yancheng has been captured. Jinling sent in intelligence that around 9:00 PM today, Yancheng was captured by the rebels from Qingfeng Village."

Upon hearing this, Wang Hongguang sobered up instantly, broke out in a cold sweat on his back, and cried out in surprise.

"What? So fast?!"

General Li and Zhao Zishan both looked up at Wang Hongguang in confusion.

Realizing his gaffe, Wang Hongguang quickly changed his words.

"Oh, I mean, I didn't expect Yancheng to be so vulnerable. Go on, what other information do you have?!"

"Yes!"

General Li did not dare to delay for even a moment and hurriedly recounted the entire course of the battle.

"Just over two hours ago, the rebels took advantage of our camp's dinner break and launched a brazen attack. We were caught off guard and the camp was overrun by them, resulting in countless casualties."

Finally, with a crying voice,

"After this battle, the Sheyang camp was completely annihilated. General Qin was killed, and General Zhang and several others, along with over 10,000 soldiers, were captured by the rebels!"

"Under the protection of my brothers, I will fight my way out and report this news to the garrison commander!"

After General Li finished speaking in a crying voice, he slammed his head to the ground, hitting his head hard.

After listening to the entire battle, Zhao Zishan couldn't help but hold his breath and his expression became solemn.

I didn't expect that the rebels in Yangzhou were so fierce. A team of only a few thousand civilians could actually capture the heavily defended Yancheng.

That would have been fine, but the Sheyang camp had 20,000 elite troops ready to defend against the Japanese invaders, and faced with the rebels' attack, they were completely wiped out in less than half an hour?!

Moreover, judging from the expression on Guard Wang's face, it seemed as if he had anticipated this?

Wang Hongguang's eyebrows were also twisted into a knot at this moment.

Although he and Wang Ziteng are not from the same family, they both have the word "Wang" in their names, and they both sit on the side of the current emperor in the court.