At the end of November, the Yellow River had formed a thick layer of ice, and the cavalry could cross the river by stepping on the ice, and the Yellow River was no longer a natural hazard.

The 20,000-strong army led by Yao Jin had been waiting on the north bank of the Yellow River for two days, and Yang Xuanying had gone to Ruxiang County two days earlier to prepare for the Jin army to capture Ruxiang County.

At noon, Yao Jin stood on a high place with his hands in his hands, looking at the other side of the Yellow River, at this time, the general Meng Yu stepped forward and said in a low voice: "We don't know anything about the other party's situation, could this be a trap?" ”

Yao Jin shook his head and said lightly: "This operation is guaranteed by the reputation of the Yang family, it will never be a trap, it should be difficult to cross the Yellow River, we must be prepared." ”

At this moment, a soldier pointed to the river and shouted: "General, there is a man on the river!" ”

Yao Jin immediately said: "It should be that he is back, let's take a look." ”

Everyone walked down the mountain quickly, to the Yellow River to greet them, the people had already come ashore, it was Yang Xuanying, who went to Ruxiang County two days ago, he saluted Yao Jin with a fist: "The lowly war horse stepped on a hollow ground by the river, his leg was broken, and the lowly could only walk to the county seat, delaying the time, please forgive the general!" ”

"Understandably, how are things going?"

Yang Xuanying sighed and said: "It's done, but the time is very tight, Yang Shan is going to be transferred to Pujin Pass, and he will set off the day after tomorrow, he will not be on duty tomorrow, only tonight's chance, I made an appointment with him for two watches tonight, and after the time has passed, this opportunity will be gone." ”

Yao Jin hurriedly asked, "How long does it take to get to Ruxiang County from here?" ”

"The march on horseback is about half a day."

Yao Jin looked at the sky, it was already afternoon, and the time was quite tight, so he immediately ordered: "Order the army, pack up and set off immediately!" ”

The 20,000 troops quickly packed their bags, and a quarter of an hour later, the 20,000 troops marched towards the ice of the Yellow River, the ice of the Yellow River had frozen solidly, like a huge mirror, the cold air penetrated the bones, the soldiers wrapped the horse's belly with sleeping bags, tied thick linen cloth on the horses' hooves, stuffed with cotton, and the soldiers wrapped in thick blankets, rode on horses, and slowly walked towards the south bank of the Yellow River.

"Young Master Yang, how does Qiu Jingcheng arrange it, is there a plan?" Yao Jin asked Yang Xuanying.

Yang Xuanying smiled: "I have already asked Yang Shan this question, and he said that he has a plan to use Qiu Jingcheng's weakness to get rid of him." ”

"What is Qiu Jingcheng's weakness?" Yao Jin asked curiously.

Yang Xuanying smiled slightly, "His biggest weakness is greed for money and lust. ”

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An hour later, the team crossed the Yellow River, which was more than ten miles wide, and it was already dusk, and in front of them was a slope 100 zhang high, and the official road was on the slope, and Ruxiang County was ten miles away.

Night fell quietly, and the soldiers on duty in Ruxiang County tonight were Yang Shan's subordinates, and according to Yang Shan's deployment, they firmly controlled the east and west gates.

At the end of the watch, Yang Shan came to the barracks and found the main general Qiu Jingcheng, Qiu Jingcheng had just drunk a few glasses of wine and fell asleep, and heard that Yang Shan had something good to do to find him, so he asked his own soldiers to bring Yang Shan in.

Yang Shan walked into the room and said with a smile: "There is a matter of making a fortune, and I dare not swallow it alone." ”

"What's the good thing?"

Yang Shan glanced at the pro-soldier next to him, Qiu Jingcheng understood, and waved his hand to let the pro-soldier retreat.

Yang Shan lowered his voice and said: "There is a big jeweler in Luoyang who went to Chang'an with a concubine and a batch of jewelry, but he died halfway, and now his concubine took his entourage to send the body of the rich merchant back to Luoyang, and now he is in the county seat, the concubine is as beautiful as a flower, and there are ten boxes of jewelry, is the general interested?" ”

Qiu Jingcheng's eyes lit up, and there was such a good thing, he hurriedly asked, "Where are they now?" ”

"Don't tell the general, the humble post has been started, and now a few retinues have been killed, and the concubine and jewelry are in the Yang Mansion in the east of the city, is the general interested in going to see the goods?"

Qiu Jingcheng was overjoyed, and he said impatiently: "Let's go and see the goods now!" ”

He bit the word so hard that they both laughed tacitly.

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Qiu Jingcheng took more than a dozen personal soldiers to follow Yang Shan to the Yang Mansion in the east of the city, they entered the mansion, the soldiers waited in the atrium, Qiu Jingcheng followed Yang Shan to the inner house, came to a small courtyard, the room was faintly lit, Yang Shan smiled: "The jewelry is in the outer room, the beauty is in the inner room, the general will go to inspect the goods first, and the humble post will wait outside." ”

Qiu Jingcheng was very happy, patted Yang Shan's shoulder and said, "Brother Xian has a heart, and my brother will definitely repay him." ”

"Big brother, let's go and see the color first! The woman is delicate, but don't scare her. ”

"I've always pitied the fragrance and cherished the jade, and I can't scare her."

Qiu Jingcheng's heart was full of lust, he pushed open the door and entered the room, the room was empty, he didn't see any jewelry boxes, and when he walked into the back room, he didn't see Mei Jiaoniang inside, only a dozen big men dressed in black and holding sharp axes, surrounded him.

Qiu Jingcheng was taken aback, instinctively went to put the sword on his waist, but he felt empty, his sword was not around, more than a dozen big men rushed up, and the axe slashed down, Qiu Jingcheng screamed a few times, and then there was no sound.

At this time, on the roof of the middle hall and on the wall, hundreds of people fired arrows in unison, and more than a dozen of their own soldiers were all shot and killed, and none of them escaped.

Yang Shan then ordered the body to be buried, and everything returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

At the second watch, the 20,000 army had arrived outside the eastern city, Yang Xuanying lit three torches and waved them, and Yang Shan, who was at the head of the city, saw it and ordered to wave three torches.

He immediately ordered the city to be opened, the city gate creaked open, and Yao Jin led an army of 20,000 into Ruxiang County.

Yang Xuanwu led Yang Shan to see Yao Jin, and the two saluted, and Yao Jin asked, "What is the situation of the other armies in the city?" ”

Yang Shanxing saluted and said: "Back to General Yao, the main general Qiu Jingcheng has been booby-trapped by me, the arsenal of the military camp has also been closed by his humble position, and the three thousand soldiers are still asleep, even if they wake up, they will be barehanded." ”

Yao Jin was overjoyed, and he really captured Ruxiang County without blood, and he immediately ordered the army to surround the barracks, and the three thousand soldiers were woken up in their sleep, and they all became prisoners of the Jin army in ignorance.

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Three days later, Yang Hongwei, the head of the Yang family, personally led 5,000 troops to surrender Yao Jin, so far, Guo Song's army did not hurt a single soldier, and the soldiers occupied Yuzhou without blood, cutting off the road to the east of Zhu Zhu.

When the news reached Chang'an, Zhu Jun panicked and urgently asked Liu Sigu and Yuan Xiu to discuss.

This news also surprised the two, Yuan Xiu said: "Although the Guo Song army has cut off the Tongguan Road, we still have Shangluo Dao, and I suggest that Your Majesty and the hundred officials move to Luoyang first, and most of the troops will be taken away, and the remaining materials and wealth will be transported to Luoyang by ship after the spring." ”

Zhu Jun thought of Shang Luodao, his heart was a little relieved, he saw that Liu Sigu was silent, so he asked, "What is Mr. thinking?" ”

Liu Sigu said slowly: "If Guo Song really wants to trap us, he doesn't need to go to such great lengths, he directly enters Guanzhong from Tongzhou, and it is enough to control Tongguan and Pujin Pass. ”

Yuan Xiu clapped his hands and said: "The military advisor is right, we thought that Guo Song didn't want to fight a decisive battle with us, and we also thought that he would let us move the capital to Luoyang, so what is the purpose of him capturing Yuzhou and cutting off our way east?" ”

Zhu Jun was confused when he heard this, and suddenly said urgently: "You two might as well speak bluntly, I am a little confused." ”

Liu Sigu smiled slightly: "The mean of despicability means that Guo Song cut off our road to the east, in fact, he wanted to bargain with us, he was like a mountain bandit who occupied the mountain and was the king, asking us to buy road money." ”

"What does he want?" Zhu Jun finally understood, and couldn't help but be a little angry.

Liu Sigu shook his head, "I don't know much about my humble position, so I have to negotiate with him." ”

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Zhu Jun listened to Liu Sigu's suggestion, and once again sent Zhang Yan, the secretary of the household department, as his special envoy to Taiyuan as an envoy.

At the same time, Zhu Jun began to prepare for the southern tour.

There was also a heavy snowfall in Chang'an, and the whole city became a snow-capped world, and the west market was also covered with heavy snow, but as the New Year approached, the east and west markets were particularly lively, and every household was doing a prosperous business, especially the business in the west market.

The West Market is mainly based on daily necessities, and the goods sold are inseparable from the four categories of clothing, food, housing and transportation, and every New Year's Eve, the business of the West Market is so good that it is hot.

The business of the cloth and silk shop in the southeast corner of the west market is also very prosperous, and it is the wish of every family to make a new dress for the child during the New Year, and more than 20 shops in the cloth shop are crowded with people who come to buy cloth.

Baili cloth shop is the largest cloth shop in Chang'an, but also the largest cloth shop in the world, it is actually formed by the merger of four cloth shops, the store alone is up to eight zhang wide, covering an area of seven or eight acres, in the west market of every inch of land is unimaginable.

Baili cloth shop business is the hottest, not only because it is the largest, but also because he also has an ace goods that no other store has, that is, cotton.

At noon that day, a sixteen-year-old boy came to the store, he held up a token of a big customer, and said to the man: "I want to find the shopkeeper Zheng!" ”

"Yo! It's Xiao Yang's son. ”

The guy recognized him at a glance, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Zheng is here, please come with me!" ”

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[There was something wrong with the body in the previous paragraph, and it was slowed down, and now the body is slightly recovered, and I will try to write a little more, not necessarily three more times a day, but Lao Gao will still try his best to thank you for your support, in May, please continue to support the monthly pass! ] 】

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