The powerful explosion shook the city head violently, the city gate was blown to pieces, wood chips flew everywhere, thick smoke filled the air, and the shock wave from the center of the explosion shook most of the hundreds of soldiers on the city to death, and even if they did not die, their internal organs were also severely injured, lying on the ground groaning in pain.

Guo Song, who was two miles away, waved his sword and shouted: "Kill into the city!" ”

30,000 cavalry suddenly launched, like a tidal wave, and slaughtered the city.......

At this time, the 20,000 soldiers in the city were awakened by the sound of a strong explosion, and they rushed out of the barracks in a panic, but they were confronted by the cavalry of the Hexi Army who had entered the city, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides in the dark.

Some soldiers finally found the main general Meng Siwu, only to see him sitting on the city tower with a sword in his hand, blood flowing from his ears, eyes, nose and mouth, his face was hideous and terrifying, and he had been dead for a long time.

Night battle is the advantage of the Hexi army, each soldier has been trained countless times, for them, there is no difference between night and daytime, and even at night can play a more technical combat level, but the soldiers of the Northern Tang Army are obviously not good at night, their eyesight is weak, they can't see the enemy's weapons clearly, they are timid, and they are killed by the Hexi army.

The 2,000 heavily armored infantry showed their might, they were invincible, and everywhere they passed, they killed piles of corpses and rivers of blood.

This night, the sound of killing in Yuxiang County continued, everywhere was the street battle of the Hexi Army and the Northern Tang Army, Guo Song was well versed in the psychology of the enemy, ordered the city gate to be opened, and ordered the soldiers to take the head of the enemy general Meng Siwu everywhere to show the public, and gradually disintegrated the enemy's will to resist, from the beginning of the third watch, a large number of Northern Tang soldiers fled outside the city, to the wilderness, the advantage of the cavalry was really shown, they chased and killed in a hurry, completely formed a side of the slaughter.

Except for surrender, the Northern Tang Army had no way out.

The day gradually dawned, the battle inside and outside the city of Yuxiang County has stopped, this night battle, the Hexi army suffered more than 2,000 casualties, while the Northern Tang Army lost 7,000 people, 13,000 people were captured, and the Hexi army successfully occupied Yuxiang County.

There are two official roads from Guanzhong to Hedong, one is north to Hedong County, and the other is south to Yuxiang County, because the epidemic in Hedong County has not ended, so once the Hexi Army occupies Yuxiang County, it means that it is difficult for the Northern Tang Army to turn around.

At noon, Zhu Jun received the news of the annihilation of the entire army in Yuxiang County, and he was stunned, and a deep sense of powerlessness was born in his heart.

This time, even the military advisor Liu Sigu was speechless, and after a while, he sighed and said to Zhu Jun: "Hexi is in full swing, we should temporarily avoid its edge, and it is recommended that we recognize that Guo Song occupies Hedong, and we will temporarily withdraw our troops back to Chang'an." ”

Zhu Jun stared blankly at the map in front of him, Guo Song's territory on the map had been erased by him with ink, he found that he had been surrounded by Guo Song on three sides, and an inexplicable fear suddenly surged in his heart.

.........

In Chengdu, the situation of Emperor Li Shi's intervention in politics has become more and more obvious, he first started from the military power, the transfer of more than 100 troops must be agreed by him, and his transfer order must be transferred to the militia soldiers, and the scope of the army has also expanded the militia soldiers, at the same time, the Ministry of War must also get his permission to appoint the generals above the general, and the allocation and distribution of military salaries and military rations must also be approved by him.

The right to mobilize the army, the right to appoint and dismiss generals, and the financial power of the army were all firmly grasped by Li Shi, in fact, the army was completely controlled by Li Shi.

After thoroughly mastering the army, Li Shiren began to create public opinion in Chengdu and Bashu, the son of heaven Li Yi was superstitious about witchcraft, virtue was not worthy of government, he was not a qualified monarch, he could not lead the Tang Dynasty to rejuvenation, and began to prepare public opinion for the abolition of the emperor.

Chengdu Sanjiang Building, this is a famous restaurant in Chengdu, business is very prosperous every day, Xue Xun likes this restaurant very much, almost every day at noon will come to have a drink, of course, there is an important reason, the proprietor behind this restaurant is Zhang Lei, where you can drink authentic Meishou wine.

These lonely autumn took a boat to Jiangnan to inspect, and Xue Xun came to drink with another friend, Taichangqing Wen Ji, that is, the father of Wen Miao, who joined the army in Guo Songji's room, he was one year younger than Xue Xun, and the two were very familiar when they were teenagers.

Neither of them wore official uniforms, but wore ordinary green shirts and hats, no different from ordinary drinkers, but the guys knew that they had something to do with the proprietor, so they wouldn't ask too much.

Wen Ji picked up his wine glass and teased: "Brother Xue, I heard that your son-in-law swept Li Huaiguang, defeated Zhu Zhu, and has captured the entire territory of Hedong, have you never thought about returning home?" ”

"Your information is reliable?" Xue Xun asked in surprise.

"What do you say? My eldest son joined the army in Guo Song's office, and you say whether the news is reliable. ”

"Then why is there no news in the court?"

"I think the news of the imperial court has been blocked, haven't you noticed that in recent months, there has been no news about Guo Song's side?"

Xue Xun nodded silently, he recognized Wen Ji's words, it has been a bit weird in recent months, to be precise, the wind direction of the imperial court has been wrong since this year, not only is there no news of Guo Song, but there is not even news from Zhu Zhu and all over Hebei, but when I heard that Li Xilie was killed, everyone really celebrated.

But there is no other news, this is definitely not normal, someone must be deliberately hiding the news from the outside world.

"The Son of Heaven is in danger now!" Wen Ji picked up his wine glass and said.

Xue Xun quickly glanced at both sides, and hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "Don't talk about this here!" ”

Wen Ji waved his hand, "You're too cautious, what do you listen to the people around you talk about?" ”

Xue Xun was stunned for a moment, pricked up his ears to listen, and the surrounding talks that he didn't pay much attention to just now were all in his ears one by one.

"It is said that the Son of Heaven practiced witchcraft in the palace, what is the reason for this? It's hard to figure out! ”

"What can't I figure out about this, I'm cursing the emperor! Didn't the Emperor have an arrow wound? It is rumored that the Son of Heaven cut a villain, wrote a spell, and pricked the villain with a needle, and the emperor's arrow wound was committed again. ”

"Who do you listen to about this kind of thing?"

"Now Chengdu is saying this, saying that the Son of Heaven was seized, and he was not angry in his heart, and he changed his way to curse the Emperor Taishang to die."

"Have you heard that a cat soul has appeared in the queen's palace, which is brought about by witchcraft."

Xue Xun was terrified when he heard this, these rebellious words, the people in the market really dared to say it, it was like talking about the Longmen Array.

"This.... That's just too much! How could the imperial court allow the people to talk nonsense. Xue Xun trembled with anger.

Wen Ji shook his head, "Isn't this the Emperor's intention?" Ruin the reputation of the Son of Heaven, and then the time is ripe........"

"Say no more!"

Xue Xun's face became ugly, and although Wen Ji was telling the truth, he still couldn't accept it.

Wen Ji said unhurriedly: "I know that Brother Xue doesn't like to listen to these words, but I still have to remind you to be careful during this time, try to enter the palace as little as possible, and stay at home more, I'm afraid there will be a big incident in the near future!" ”

"Why did Brother Xian say that?"

Wen Ji lowered his voice and said: "The Son of Heaven is asking Wei Gao for help, I guess Wei Gao is going to lead troops into Chengdu." ”

Xue Xun was extremely shocked in his heart, even Wen Ji knew about it, can this still be called a secret?

........

In the Purple Cloud Hall of Yong'an Palace, Emperor Li Shi squinted and listened to Song Chaofeng's report, and said coldly: "He thought Wei Gao would obey his will and lead the army to Chengdu to mutiny?" ”

"Your Majesty, he has lost all his military power, and he can't even command the guards, what the old slave means is that since he has found Wei Gao, he must have some support, Emperor, we can't be careless."

Li Shi nodded, "You're right, we can't be careless, I considered all the armies, but I missed Wei Gao's Jiannan Army, this is very undeserved!" ”

"Your Majesty, it's not too late to make amends!"

Li Shi walked a few steps in the room, Wei Gao's 20,000 Jiannan army was mainly to defend Tubo and Nanzhao, stationed in Gongzhou, Yazhou and Yunnan in the south, relatively scattered, only 5,000 people from Maozhou could rush back to Chengdu in time, and Wei Gao himself was in Maozhou.

"When did he send someone to deliver a secret decree to Wei Gao?"

"Back to the Emperor, yesterday morning!"

It takes two days to get from Chengdu to Maozhou, prepare for one day, come back and walk for two more days, then it will take at least five days to arrive in Chengdu, and there is still time.

Li Shi nodded, "Our public opinion has been around for three months, it's almost, and I think it's time to close the net." ”

He turned around and said to a eunuch: "Quickly announce that Huo Xianming is here to see me!" ”