In the early morning of this day, Yang Tong came to the Yellow River with dozens of generals, only to see a fleet of 1,000 warships slowly coming from the wide Henan, which was a fleet from Liyang, transporting 100,000 troops, ordnance materials, and siege equipment.

Yang Tong boarded a five-toothed giant ship, surrounded by the dead skin and the water Tianji brought by the face, in order to get out of the palace, she waited for Yang Tong for several nights in a row with fairy-like happiness, and without paying attention, she fell for the beauty trick and promised to take her south.

When Yin Mingyue waited for Shurawei to board the ship, the giant ship quickly left the north bank and crossed the Yellow River and headed south.

The humid air came to her face, Shui Tianji looked at the river and saw the river break to both sides like a tide, only to feel a wave of nausea in her abdomen, she also took a boat to swim in the Shenwu Palace, but she didn't feel this way at the time, but for some reason, sailing on the choppy river at this moment, Shui Tianji suddenly felt a sense of dizziness.

"Husband, I'm dizzy and nauseous and want to vomit! Do you have another child? Shui Tianji leaned over and fell into Yang Tong's arms, she shook her head, and endured the discomfort,

"Ordinary northerners sailing on this river, how much will have this symptom, this big river is turbulent, but it is not comparable to Shenwu Palace Mirror Lake." Yang Tong laughed when he heard this, before he came, he specially asked Sun Simiao to pass the pulse for Shui Tianji, and he didn't let her come without a happy pulse, so he wouldn't let his daughter-in-law take risks with a big belly.

"Oh." Shui Tianji responded, and also put her mind at ease, if there is a child, then she has to return to Yecheng and stay in the Shenwu Palace obediently.

"You look straight ahead, you see far away...... It would be better that way. "Yang Tong is very strange, it stands to reason that riding a horse is similar to riding a boat, his wife is a good rider, she is free in all kinds of terrain, but as soon as she gets on the boat, she will faint, it is really strange.

soon

The Wuya warship had already anchored in Xingze County on the other side, and a group of soldiers got off the ship and quickly led them ashore.

The military camp on the other side stretched for miles, and there was no end in sight, and the terrifying momentum made people's hearts palpitate.

The first cadre of generals and colonels waited on the shore early, led by Qin Qiong, the commander of the Second Army and the Duke of Hu Guo, who led the officers and men of the Second Army to a successful landing two days ago and achieved considerable results.

When Yang Tong landed on land, Qin Qiong led the generals to salute and said, "The last general will see the saint and the mother!" ”

"No need to be polite!" Yang Tong handed Shui Tianji to Shura Wei, took the Lixian Arrow, and headed towards the military camp, asking as he walked, "How is the situation of Li Yuan and Li Mi?" ”

"Li Gongxiao of Xiangcheng commanded an army of 40,000 and garrisoned Yu Yangzhai, and it seemed that he was planning to invade Xingyang, but when our army came, he shrank back. The last general was worried about the entry of the Tang army, so he sent General Wang Wei to lead 30,000 elite cavalry to the south around the city to contain Li Gongxiao outside Kangcheng. At the same time, General Zuo Tiancheng captured Yangcheng County, Henan County, which was almost defenseless, one could be connected with Kangcheng and form horns with each other, the second was to prevent Li Daozong's troops from entering Xingyang, and the third was that if our army was blocked outside the Tiger Prison Pass, Yangcheng could also directly attack Luoyang City. As for Li Mi's Dongjun, Chen Liu, and Yingchuan Army, there was no change. ”

"In this way, our army has seized the opportunity! Very nice arrangement. Yang Tong said approvingly.

Qin Qiong was worried: "The two generals are going around the city, and the rear is still the territory of Wang Shichong, and the last general suggests that the whole territory should be recovered with absolute male soldiers, so as not to become a lone army." ”

"How many counties have been recovered?"

"Wang Shichong has gathered all his troops to Luoyang, and the four counties of Yingze, Yuanwu, Suozao, and Yangwu surrendered without a fight."

"So, there are still seven southern counties that haven't arrived?"

"All it takes is an order from the Holy Lord, and the end will guarantee that the whole territory will be recovered within ten days!" Qin Qiong said proudly.

"It doesn't have to be such a hassle." Yang Tong said with a smile: "Xingyang is originally in my bag, why use soldiers? To give me an order, I only need to send a small army to take over the city, starting with Xingyang County. ”

"Uh......" Qin Qiong was slightly stunned, he didn't know where Yang Dong's confidence came from, so he had to nod.

"Li Xiaogong has grown rapidly in recent years, and I am worried that General Wang Wei is not his opponent. You led 10,000 soldiers to the south to assist. And prepare to fight Li Tang, and the grain and grass will arrive later. ”

"Whoa." Qin Qiong bowed his hand and quickly organized his army south.

Yang Tong then ordered Mai Mengcai and Xue Wanbei to lead 10,000 county soldiers to recover Xingyang counties, and gave an explanation to the two, and the two generals set out with a stunned expression.

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Outside Xingyang City, a soldier and horse under the banner of Li Tang stopped at the place where two arrows were thrown outside the city.

"What does that mean?" Mai Mengcai looked at the flames burning in the cave of the city gate, and looked around to the left and right.

"It is said that Li Yuan persuaded Zheng Shanguo to agree to help drag Wang Shichong's soldiers and horses, and asked Li Tang to annihilate all the troops in Xingyang, but now it seems that this method is cheaper for us to wait." Yin Hongzhi said with a smile.

"General Mai, I don't understand, my Great Sui is now sitting in the north, why does the Holy Lord still want us to fight the banner of the thief army? This white flag is ugly to death. Beside Mai Mengcai, a young general couldn't help but complain.

"You don't understand?" Mai Mengcai turned his head to look at the young general and said with a smile: "Actually, I don't understand either, so I asked Yin County to guard." ”

The young man turned his head and looked at Yin Hongzhi on the side.

"If it is under the banner of our army, if many things are done, they will be realized. Under the banner of the thief army, it will be much easier! Yin Hongzhi said with a smile: "Now that our army has just occupied Xingyang, the place where the family gathers, the foothold is not yet stable, and there is no reason to slaughter the family, so we can only do it in this way." killed people in the name of Li Yuan, and in the future, the responsibility was all pushed on Li Yuan's head. ”

"Will anyone else believe it?"

"It doesn't matter if others believe it or not, the important thing is that we can't bear this pot of slaughter and persecution of the scholars! If someone jumps out to accuse the imperial court, the imperial court will have a reason to deal with these people. ”

The young general nodded as if he didn't understand, and he didn't speak anymore, but his eyes were fixed on the burning city gate, and the fire gradually went out as time passed.

"Report!"

A scout rushed over, bowed to Mai Mengcai and said, "General, the army in the city has come out of the west gate, and there is no intention of fighting our army!" ”

Mai Mengcai frowned and looked at Yin Hongzhi on the side.

"Obviously, Wang Shichong has given up the outer city, and plans to gather heavy troops in Luoyang City and fight to the death with Li Tang! The stronger Luoyang's troops, the greater the damage to Li Tang, let's leave this army alone. Yin Hongzhi said lightly, they were originally to recover the city, and it would be better for Wang Shichong's army to take the initiative to evacuate, if it was stupid to prevent the return to the division, it would be Li Yuan who was cheaper.

"Into town!" Mai Mengcai also had a similar idea, and immediately waved his hand and led the troops into the city.

In the city gate cave, the flames have not been completely extinguished, and the charred car frames are blocked at the door, and waves of heat continue to pour out, and the fierceness of the fire can also be seen.

Mai Meng ordered someone to clean the city gate so that the army could enter the city, and at this time, Zheng Shanguo rushed up with several family members, and hurriedly said: "This general, the thieves have come out of the west gate, and the other party only has 5,000 men!" Why didn't the general pursue it? ”

"Ben will do things, and you still need to teach?" Mai Mengcai glanced at Zheng Shanguo unhappily and said indifferently.

"But the Wei Lu dog thief is now far away, and you don't respect the order of the Tang Emperor and let him escape, could it be that he has colluded with Wang Shichong's traitor?" Zheng Shanguo looked at Mai Mengcai with a calm gaze, he hated Wei Lu now, so he must force this army to go on the expedition, he said sharply: "I will sue you in front of the Tang Emperor!" ”

"Who are you? What is your name? ”

"It's not Zheng Shanguo, it's the head of the Zheng family in Xingyang." Zheng Shanguo said proudly.

"Oh?" A chill flashed in Mai Mengcai's eyes, turned his head to look at Yin Hongzhi beside him, and said jokingly: "Send someone to inform Li Xiaogong, just say that the thief is cunning, before we arrive in Xingyang, see through our plan, Zheng Shanguo, the head of the Zheng family, was unfortunately killed by Wei Lu in order to block his back road, and all the people died at the hands of thieves." Well, isn't that so? ”

"The general is right, that's what happened." Yin Hongzhi nodded, and summoned someone to explain to pass the message.

"You ......" Zheng Shanguo's face changed greatly, and he subconsciously took two steps back, but saw that several Li Tang soldiers had already blocked his retreat, swallowed his saliva and said: "I am a celebrity, how are you doing?" ”

"Mai knows." Mai Mengcai turned over and dismounted, and patted him on the shoulder in Zheng Shanguo's frightened gaze: "The head of the Zheng family is a famous man who can be killed but not humiliated, unfortunately he was killed by Wei Lu angrily, Mai is a step late, it is a pity, if he has the opportunity one day, he will avenge the famous man!" ”

Zheng Shanguo wanted to run, but Mai Mengcai's palm seemed to be casually on his shoulder, but when he wanted to struggle, he found that the hand was like iron, and no matter how he struggled, he didn't move a bit.

"General, if you are in a hurry, please ...... general"

"Poof~"

A short sword pierced his chest, and Zheng Shanguo's eyes widened, looking at Mai Mengcai incredulously.

"Celebrities and celebrities have always been killable and not humiliated, and I have fulfilled you, no need to thank you. Also, you are already a dead man, and dead people will scare children when they speak. Mai Mengcai pulled out the short sword and stabbed it into his chest again: "Celebrity? The head of the house? …”

Zheng Shanguo stared at Mai Mengcai in astonishment, he never dreamed that in order to deal with Wang Shichong's troops in Xingyang, he ran around, and even did not hesitate to exhaust his family wealth.

Wiped the short sword clean with Zheng Shanguo's clothes, Mai Mengcai wiped the blood splashed on his face, waved his hand and said, "Drag it down, just find a place to bury it." ”

"Whoa." The two soldiers dragged Zheng Shanguo away like a dead dog, leaving a few Zheng Mansion family members who looked at them with frightened faces, and looked at Mai Mengcai helplessly.

"How did Zheng Shanguo die?" Mai Mengcai looked at these family members and smiled very kindly.

Several family members looked at each other, and a clever person's eyes lit up: "If you return to the general, the head of my family was brutally killed by Wei Lu's dog thief." ”

Turning over again, he glanced at him approvingly and said, "There is a future, go, lead the way to Zheng's house to see!" ”

Xingyang City has been controlled by the army brought by Mai Mengcai, and after arriving at the Zheng family's mansion, he saw many Zheng clan people commanding the family to fight the fire.

Mai Mengcai made a gesture, and a group of soldiers rushed forward to catch the well-dressed men, women, and children of the Zheng family, and in the stunned eyes of the people who put out the fire and the Zheng family, the Zheng family was thrown into the raging fire.

The terrible screams resounded, and the onlookers and firefighters dispersed in an instant.

"General, Tan Ma Lai reported, the vanguard of the Sui army has arrived outside the city!" Mai Meng was just about to go to the county government when he received a report from a scout.

"How many people came?" Mai Mengcai raised his eyebrows, he knew that it was Xue Wanbei who was chasing after him, and this time, they were going to load Tang Jun to the end.

"Back to the general, more than 10,000 people are here."

"Withdraw!"

Soon after Mai Mengcai left, Xue Wanbei waved his troops into the city and began to advertise the people.

At the same time, the county-level officials who came from Yecheng were also in place in one step, and they each brought 2,000 county soldiers to pacify the locality.

And Mai Mengcai continued to chase the 'Tang Army' who went to Guancheng

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