Sima Jiu and his entourage hurriedly reined in the galloping horse, and looked intently, only to see Yang Xuanren wearing heavy armor, very powerful, he was no longer yesterday's rout costume, and on the neck of the black horse under his crotch, the heads of several Han army generals were dripping with black blood.

Yang Xuanting's half of his armor was stained with blood, but his eyes were bright, obviously still immersed in the battle in the early hours of this morning, after he saw Sima Jiu and Li Jiancheng and others, he immediately galloped over, and before the people arrived, they were already laughing on the horse.

"The general of the Pingyao city gate and the armory have all been killed by this general, and now, the rebels in the city have been in chaos, and hundreds of elite horsemen who rushed out of the general's mansion last night were all killed by this general."

"However, General Ben regrets that he was not able to use Xiao Maha, which is really unpleasant. Come to think of it, Xiao Maha was contained in the General's Mansion by you, right? ”

Li Jiancheng saw Yang Xuanting's unfinished look, so he said: "After Xiao Maha was seriously injured by us, he has died at the hands of the assassins of the Imperial Star Network. Now, the rebels in the city are leaderless, and Brother Yang has made a surprise move to make Pingyao City into a pot of porridge, thinking that the rebels are no longer able to return to the sky. ”

"The Imperial army is coming, and taking this city is just a matter of scooping for things."

"Huh?"

Yang Xuanting raised his eyebrows, looking quite unhappy.

"I didn't expect this heavenly merit to be obtained by the Star Network Assassins, so my brother has to say it again in front of His Majesty."

When Li Jiancheng heard this, his heart moved.

Originally, he only knew that Yang Su was powerful and powerful, and he was entrusted with the important task by the former emperor to lead the most mysterious Star Network Assassin Group in the empire, but he didn't know that the children of the Yang family were competing with each other, and the relationship did not seem to be so harmonious.

"Brother Jiancheng doesn't know anything, the Star Network Assassin Regiment has always been in charge of affairs, and it has always been handled by my brother. As a pioneer, General Ben hunted for Xiao Maha's head, which was already a sure achievement, but the Star Network Assassin Regiment intervened......"

"I killed the enemy Yingye on the front line, but the first credit for killing the enemy's head is not in my hands, which is really embarrassing."

Yang Xuanting stepped forward and patted Li Jiancheng on the shoulder, obviously among the people present, only Li Jiancheng, the eldest son of Tang Guogong, was an existence that could be equal to him.

Venturing into the city and fighting all night is nothing more than fame and fortune.

At this time, Yang Xuanting had a vague uneasiness in his heart, he stood with Li Jiancheng quietly, it seemed that Li Jiancheng seemed to be his arm in the Guanlongmen valve that might develop.

Sima Jiu understands these doorways too well, but Li Jiancheng naturally knows it, he looked directly at Yang Xuanting, bowed his head slightly, and said that he understood him.

"Hunting Xiao Maha and breaking Pingyao City, Brother Xuan Ting has made great contributions, in the future, the younger brother will definitely show his uncle and correct Brother Xuan Ting's name."

After Yang Xuanting listened to Li Jiancheng's words, he smiled and nodded, and was about to say something.

Suddenly, three low horns sounded from the west of the city, and the deafening sound of the galloping horses was immediately much quieter.

"Three horns, my father is about to lead the army into the city."

"My father's military orders are strict, and when the army enters the city, those who do not kneel to greet them will be punished as anti-thieves and the same party, I can't be lazy, let's go and meet it quickly."

After Yang Xuanting finished speaking, he took the lead towards the west gate, and everyone did not dare to slack off, so they ran all the way with him.

When everyone rushed to the west gate of Pingyao City, the city gate had been opened.

Yang Xuanting's personal soldiers guarded the doorway, and the corpses of the two armies at the city gate were dragged to the side of the road and piled up, and dozens of women were wiping the blood stains on the ground.

In the most conspicuous position at the gate of the city, Yang Xuanting silently bowed on one knee in the army, while Li Jiancheng and others knelt beside him.

At this time, although Sima Jiu was quite unhappy, he was forced to kneel beside Li Jiancheng.

In his heart, he despised the old society and the old habits.

The work of a pillar of incense was fleeting, and a large number of people and surrendered Han troops had gathered at the gate of the city, and they knelt together along the streets.

There were many soldiers and civilians on both sides of the road, however, the atmosphere was terrifyingly oppressive.

Hardly anyone made a sound, not even the sound of a child crying.

In the distance, the sound of silk and bamboo slowly remembered.

Gradually, the sound of horses' hooves could be faintly heard.

Sima Jiu lowered his head, not knowing much about the movement at the city gate.

At this moment, he was curious about what Yang Su was about to see, however, he was more concerned about the safety of the people in the city.

Not long after, Sima Jiu heard a horse slowly coming from outside the city, and then stopped not far in front of Yang Xuan.

Then, a deep baritone sounded in Sima Jiu's ears: "The imperial soldiers are loyal and brave to kill the enemy, and their ambitions are commendable, so they are all exempt." ”

Sima Jiu saw that Yang Xuanting, Li Jiancheng and the others had straightened up, so he got up.

After Sima Jiu got up, he looked intently not far in front of him, and saw a handsome middle-aged man in armor, looking at everyone with a smile.

"He's Yang Su? The all-round civil and military all-round man with both military and political powers, wisdom and courage, and outstanding talents recorded in the history books? The right-hand man who assisted Yang Jian in creating the 'Prosperous Era of the Emperor'? ”

The Yang Su that Sima Jiu saw with his own eyes seemed to be different from the Yang Su he imagined.

According to historical records, Yang Sunai was the first important minister of the Great Sui Dynasty, the crown prince and the prince, and the leader of the Guanlong aristocracy.

It should be majestic and extraordinary.

However, at a glance, Yang Su in front of him had a restrained look and temperament, if he wasn't wearing armor, he would look like an ordinary teacher.

Subsequently, Sima Jiu fixed his eyes and looked carefully, but he had a completely different feeling.

Yang Su seemed to be full of a kind of leadership temperament, which made people unconsciously want to follow him, in addition, Yang Su also vaguely gave Sima Jiu a sense of freedom and ease.

"What kind of person is he?" Sima Jiu was puzzled.

At this moment, Yang Su spoke: "My son is a virtuous nephew by his side? ”

Li Jiancheng saluted and said, "The little nephew greets his uncle." ”

"The old man just got the news that in the action to kill the rebel general Xiao Maha, the virtuous nephew has contributed a lot, which can be described as the mainstay. Haha, before coming here, the old man had played a game with Brother Shude, but I lost, and today the virtuous nephew helped me kill Xiao Maha, but let my depression of losing chess dissipate a lot. After speaking, Yang Su stroked his beard and smiled.

Li Jiancheng approached Yang Su's side and gave another nephew salute.

"The virtuous nephew has seen the outside." Yang Su kindly signaled that Li Jiancheng did not need to be polite, and then said a few words to him, looking very affectionate.

Sima Jiu knew that their actions in the General's Mansion had been reported to Yang Su by the Star Network, and he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.

At this time, Yang Su's elite cavalry was slowly entering the city, they were all armored cavalry with black horses, the military appearance was neat, and the spirit of slaughter was fully revealed.

Sima Jiu had met Xiao Maha's elite guards, Yang Xuanting's elite forwards, and Shi Xiang's elite cavalry, but none of them had the momentum of these soldiers in front of them.

Their armor is not bright, and if you look closely, your armor is covered with knife wounds and arrow marks, and it is obvious that they are all soldiers of a hundred battles.

Only a soldier of a hundred battles, who has experienced a bloody battle, can train a sharp spirit.

At this time, it was this domineering spirit that made the heads of the soldiers and civilians on the side of the road buried even lower.

"Our army's horn sounded three times, burned a pillar of incense, and those who did not come to surrender were all punished as rebellion, and within an hour, the goods were taken by themselves, and the people were killed!" Yang Su lightly instructed the several generals behind him.

After the generals agreed, they began to arrange the soldiers and horses.

Seeing that a catastrophe in Pingyao City was inevitable, there were many sobs of women and children in the crowd.

Sima Jiu's heart was shocked, he had long been thinking about how to avoid possible disasters for the soldiers and civilians in the city, and he also vaguely hoped that Yang Su would not be as cold-blooded as recorded in the history books.

But he never expected that Yang Su would be so resolute, and as soon as he entered the city, he issued an order similar to the slaughter of the city.

"Lord Steward, my subordinates take the liberty to say that the people in Pingyao City have returned to the empire, can you allow them a little time to submit to your lordship."

Sima Jiu gritted his teeth and was about to step forward to say something, but Li Jiancheng had already begun to persuade him.

Yang Su, as the head of the march of the state road, is in charge of the affairs of the state, and the state is controlled by him, so Li Jiancheng can naturally be regarded as Yang Su's subordinate.

At this time, Li Jiancheng was commensurate with his adults and subordinates, and he wanted to persuade Yang Su from the perspective of military affairs.

Originally, Yang Su and Li Jiancheng were very affectionate, but as soon as Li Jiancheng's words came out, Yang Su's face turned cold.

"The old man has commanded the army for decades, especially the military orders are strict, afraid of me insulting the enemy, fearing the enemy insulting me, this is the purpose of the command, virtuous nephew, don't you know?"

Although Yang Su's words still had a joking tone, they contained an inviolable majesty, and for a while, Li Jiancheng was speechless.