The darkness before dawn was silent.

After listening to Tongbao's story, Tonghu fell into deep thought, and it can be said that the moment to decide the fate of the family is just around the corner, one thinks of heaven and the other thinks of hell. Once this step is taken, there is no turning back.

Anyway, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of him, he can't hesitate, Tonghu said: "You hurry up and talk to Liu Yunbo, see how big the price is to open the water gate to welcome the officials and soldiers into the city, if it is too outrageous, promise him no matter what the conditions, and after the matter is completed, directly throw this guy into the river to feed Wang Ba." ”

"Big brother, you can rest assured, I will take care of this matter." Tongbao firmly believes that Xiang Liu Yunbo, a greedy and lustful guy, as long as he has enough money, let alone open the water gate, it is not a problem to let this bastard sell his wife and sister-in-law.

After the leopard went out, Tonghu said to Song Qian: "Your current subordinates are almost in place, I'm afraid that Liu Yunbo will have any deviations, although that kid is greedy for money and lustful, but he is also greedy for life and afraid of death, if the chain is dropped at a critical moment, you still need your people to forcibly take down the water gate." As long as the official army entered the city, no matter what kind of reaction Duan Xiaohu's bastard made, there was no organization for the official army to enter the city. ”

"There were two thousand five hundred, and most of them were actually made up. The maximum number of people who can really be used is a thousand, but this thousand is enough, the houses on both sides of the waterway inside the water gate are ours, as long as the archers are ambushed in advance, even if the rebels are killed, we can resist for a while, and there is enough time to welcome the officers and soldiers into the city. After all, Song Qian is a regimental training envoy and has led soldiers, and this kind of small-scale use of soldiers is handy, he said: "Big brother, let the third child of your family lead the archers of the same family to ambush, after all, this place is still handed over to your own people." ”

At this time, Li Chai said: "Everything must be considered completely. After all, the armament in the city is still in the hands of Duan Xiaohu, and no plan can be foolproof, so we still have to keep a backhand. Big brother, what I mean is to let the second child of your family lead hundreds of people, light fires everywhere, and make the momentum bigger, so that the rebels can't figure out the real situation, and then they will be overwhelmed, and when the official army enters the city, even if Duan Xiaohu is on guard, there will be chaos, and there will be no way to prevent the official army from entering the city. ”

"Yes, it's not a loss to be a county magistrate, your thinking is very good, and your strategy is not bad, so do it." After all, Tonghu knows nothing about military affairs, and can only rely on other people's strategies.

The same family is plotting, Duan Xiaohu is not idle, after listening to Wang Hua's report, he began to prepare, this guy means to release a part of the official army into the city, so as to take advantage of the opportunity to exterminate the official army, take advantage of the situation to destroy the same family, the Xue family and other big families, whether it is not important whether you can find out the gold, silver and jewelry, anyway, you have extorted 300,000, and now you want to exterminate these ill-intentioned guys.

Duan Xiaohu gathered his subordinates and began to deploy.

The first one to be called was Wang Hua, this guy had the easiest task, that is, to raid the Xue family and snatch Xue Yu, the eldest lady of the Xue family, back.

Duan Xiaohu picked up the military order and said: "Duan Fang, you lead three thousand elite soldiers to guard the Water Gate, remember not to attack as soon as you come up, let some people in, and then attack." ”

The third person to receive the military order was Duan Xiaohu's younger brother Duan Xiaolong, and this guy received the task of leading 3,000 elite soldiers to garrison in the center of the city to prevent the water gate from being unable to defend and rescue in time. In addition, if there is movement in other parts of the city, it can also be pressed as soon as possible.

Duan Xiaohu is not without reason, no matter what, the same family, the Xue family has been in Yun'an County for hundreds of years, deep-rooted, flourishing, and cannot be understood by those things on the surface. Tonghu will discount Xue Yunqi when he talks about the plan, won't Xue Yunqi discount it when he reports? Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case. Duan Xiaohu couldn't afford to lose, and he didn't want to lose, so he let his younger brother lead an army of 3,000 to guard in the center, so that he could suppress the rebellion in the city at any time, and he could also rescue the water gate in time.

Duan Xiaohu picked up the fourth military order and said: "Li Gu, you lead a thousand elite soldiers, as long as the water gate is opened tonight, you will destroy the same family, the Su family and other thirteen families, remember not one left, clean and neat." ”

"Wang Huan, you lead a thousand elite soldiers to guard the city gate to prevent the enemy from sneaking up on the city gate late at night." Duan Xiaohu knew that tonight was very important, so he prepared to take strict precautions tonight to prevent the official army from attacking the city.

The sixth military order was given to Zhang Ping, let this guy lead five hundred soldiers to guard the tunnel entrance, and now it can be said that the tunnel entrance has been dug on both sides of the city wall, but the two sides are staggered at the exit, this is Duan Xiaohu's strategy, that is, to destroy the plan of the official army to blow up the city wall through the tunnel.

In the end, Xiao Dahai led 500 soldiers to stick to various intersections, and directly suppressed the situation when encountered, this move seemed to be perfect, but in fact there was a fatal loophole.

Duan Xiaohu thought of everything he could think of, and believed that this time it was a last resort, as long as the officials and soldiers entered the water gate stupidly, then they would definitely be able to wipe them out. This time, let the officials and soldiers steal chickens and rice, and the officials and soldiers must be brought in. But the question is, how can the officers and soldiers be stupid?

Duan Xiaohu was just a ruffian from a ruffian, and he followed Wang Qing to make a little name, but after all, he didn't have formal military training, and with this guy's head, there was only so much he could think of. In fact, there is a big loophole in this. The rebels in the city claimed to be 13,000, but in fact 8,000 were killed, which means that on the surface, there were 14,500 people defending the city, but in fact it was about 900 people. If it is divided into two shifts, there are only about 110 men on each side of each squad of defenders, that is, about 450 men, to guard the four sides of the wall. This can't guard the entire city wall at all, and if some soldiers are lazy to sleep, the hole will be big.

It's a pity that at this time, Duan Xiaohu is about to get away with the beauty, and he has no time or energy to find the loopholes and make up for them.

Wang Hua, this guy happily went to Xue Mansion to meet him.

Kneeling down and kowtowing, this is the first time Wang Hua has done this, but this time it is so natural, not without any pretentiousness. He knelt on the ground and said reverently: "Master Xue, you really have no last resort, even someone as shrewd as Duan Xiaohu has been counted. Now that bastard is still holding the woman and being merry, but he doesn't know that the official army will enter the city tonight. ”

"Wang Tuan Lian, get up, in the future, the security of Yun'an County will depend on you, Lord Wang." The last time they met, Xue Yunqi bought Wang Hua, this is not something that money can buy, the core is still the title of training envoy with this Yun'an regiment. He said with a smile: "Wang Tuanlian, there is an opportunity, I don't know if you can grasp it, it's done, you are the county leader of Yun'an County, and the regimental training envoy." ”

"Please Xue Zhixian make it clear."

The last time I saw Xue Yunqi, Wang Hua saw a reply letter from the county prince of Qinling, which was very clear that the 200,000 officers and soldiers went south to exterminate the thief Kou Wang Qing, and Xue Yunqi served as the magistrate of Yun'an County, and had the right to appoint and dismiss officials of all sizes. If it weren't for Xue Yunqi who promised the position of the regimental training envoy at that time, Wang Hua would not have been bought, and he also promised to give Xue Yuxu to him.

You must know that Xue Yunqi has no son, only one daughter, marrying Xue Yu is equivalent to winning the Xue family's Wanguan family wealth, not only that, the Xue family's wife was born in the Cai family, and the Xue family's son-in-law is equivalent to opening the channel for promotion, which is why Wang Hua finally chose to betray Duan Xiaohu.

Xue Yunqi said with a smile: "Virtuous son-in-law, if you take down Duan Xiaohu's head, this is the complete work, you know this." Go ahead and do it, you don't have to worry about the army entering the city. ”

After Wang Hua left, a young man came out of the back room, this person was Feng Xiaoqing, the leader of the 14th squad of the Dragon Claw New Action Group, this guy had lurked in Yun'an County a year ago, you must know that this is the north gate of Nanfeng, how could Dragon Claw not arrange manpower?

Feng Xiaoqing said to Xue Yunqi: "Lord Xue, do you really want this son-in-law?" ”

"Brother Feng, you're kidding, how can this bastard be worthy of my daughter?" Xue Yunqi motioned for Feng Xiaoqing to sit down, and he said unhurriedly: "The little girl married into the county mansion, this is the matchmaker of the old lady's protection, I'm afraid you don't know about this yet, it's okay." From now on, we are a family. Okay, the safety of the Xue family is handed over to you, and after Duan Xiaohu's head is separated, there will be no need for Wang Hua to live, you can watch it! ”

"Understand, Lord Xue, you can rest assured, after dawn tomorrow, everything will be stable." Good guy, this sinister old man is going to become the father-in-law of the lord, of course Feng Xiaoqing knows what to do.

Although Yun'an County is small, if you want to take Yun'an County, it is not enough to rely on Yang Zhi's 10,000 elite soldiers, how could Liu Zhenglong let Yang Zhi follow, the reason for this arrangement is mainly that the dragon claw team has long been ambushed in Yun'an County, as for the plan of Tonghu and others, it is just a small episode, whether there is or not will not affect the official army to take Yun'an County.

Feng Xiaoqing's work has been a year, everything has been arranged, even Duan Xiaohu's closest strategist Hu Wan is a member of the Dragon Claw team, as for the woman Duan Xiaohu made love with tonight, she has already been bought, which is why Yang Zhi so readily agreed to Tongbao's suggestion and sent Cao Zheng to lead three thousand elite soldiers into the city.

These 3,000 elite soldiers attacking Watergate are destined to be intercepted by the rebels, which are all calculated. This is just a feint, mainly to contain the rebels. The real main attack is that Yang Zhi personally leads the army, and he wants to kill through the main gate, as for how to open the city gate, that is Feng Xiaoqing's business.

Seven thousand dragon troops, divided into two routes, four thousand elite soldiers led by Bao Xu, Dongjin, launched an attack from the east and west, one of the two was responsible for attacking the east, and the other was responsible for attacking the west. Yang Zhi personally led 2,000 Longxiang troops to storm the main gate, and 1,000 soldiers attacked from the tunnel under the leadership of Li Yun.

The work of opening the main gate is destined to be handed over to the Dragon Claw team, Feng Xiaoqing is in charge, and Wang Hua is being wooed, so how can Wang Hua's brother Wang not be wooed?

Wang Hua is greedy for money, Wang is still lustful, and the two brothers are destined to be co-opted.

Wang didn't think of letting Duan Xiaohu, a bastard, let him guard the main door, since this was the case, then this matter was much simpler, and Wang also personally invited Feng Xiaoqing to his home to spy on every detail of the two. In fact, half a year ago, the two began to visit the Qinglou together, even if Wang Hua was not persuaded by Xue Yunqi, Wang would have persuaded his brother in person.

As soon as the day was watched, Wang also led his subordinates to guard the main gate, and this guy quietly replaced Duan Xiaohu's cronies. Those who were swapped were secretly executed by members of the Dragonclaw team.

Feng Xiaoqing did not appear at the main gate, he secretly lurked in Duan Xiaohu's mansion, if Wang Hua killed Duan Xiaohu, then he would personally execute Wang Hua. If Wang Hua missed, then he would personally execute Duan Xiaohu.

Liu Yunbo extorted 20,000 taels of shadows, and he was very excited, he opened the water gate on time at the beginning of the second watch, and the officers and soldiers lurking outside slowly entered the water gate.

Cao Zheng was a very cautious person, and when the Long Xiang army entered the city, he put the shield knife hand at the front to prevent it from being attacked by the rebels.

Sure enough, not long after the Long Xiang army slowly entered the water gate, torches lit up all around, and dense rebels appeared in front, bows and arrows kept shooting.

Sure enough, there was an ambush, but the Long Xiang army had always only attacked, not fled, and in the absence of Yang Zhi's order, even if the three thousand Long Xiang army were ambushed and killed, they would never be able to retreat.

Cao Zheng was not flustered at all, he ordered the Long Xiang army to counterattack, and led the charge at the front.

In terms of combat effectiveness, the Long Xiang army was much stronger than the rebels, and soon began to counterattack, and soon became entangled with the rebels. It was at this time that the shop lights on both sides of the road were lit, and the archers of the same house inside began to attack the rebels.

Duan Fang is Duan Xiaohu's cousin, this guy can also be regarded as a fierce general, that is, a fierce general, he is the first soldier, and it is indeed powerful to charge into battle, but it is far from leading the troops. In the face of the powerful Long Xiang army, Duan Fang didn't know what to do, he only knew that he was the first, but he didn't know how to organize the defense.

As soon as Duan Fang came up, he killed seven or eight dragon troops, but unfortunately soon this unlucky guy encountered Cao Zheng, and the two fought fiercely. Cao Zheng was an apprentice personally brought out by the leopard head Lin Chong, and his martial arts were far above Duan Fang, so he quickly cut off this guy's head.

Seeing Duan Fang's head cut off, the rebels panicked and began to retreat one after another.

The Long Xiang army was like a tiger driving a flock of sheep, killing the rebels in all directions, and the water gate was lost.

Before the Water Gate was lost, the main gate had already been lost, and not only that, but the city wall was full of Longxiang troops, and the rebels who had been killed were scattered and fled.

The official army entered the city, but it was not a blessing for the same family, because Li Gu, this guy, led the army into the same family and fought fiercely with the family members of the same family.

It's okay for the family members of the same family to be powerful and prosperous, that is, to bully the common people, but if they face the rebels who are full of evil, it is not enough to see, and they are soon killed and scattered and fleeing.

At this time, Tonghu reacted, and the same family was betrayed by Xue Yunqi.

"Xue Yunqi, you old fox, don't think that Lao Tzu is so easy to bully, your Xue family will be retributed in this life." Tonghu ordered the family to cover the same period of Yun's departure, and to leave a root for the same family no matter what.

If you don't leave roots for your family, how can you take revenge on the Xue family?

Up and down the same family, all the men and women were killed, and not only that, but more than a dozen other families were also killed.

On this night, the entire Yun'an County was slammed, but these had nothing to do with the Xue family. Xue Yun slept very peacefully, but Xue Yu didn't sleep, she chatted with her mother in her mother's room, of course, the theme was that she was unwilling to marry the prince of Qinling County.

"Mother, you see, when I asked my daughter to marry the prince of Chu as a side room, my father refused in every possible way and defended his daughter in every way. But now how can he take the initiative to give his daughter to the Qinling County Duke as a side room, you must know that he already has a wife and concubine at a young age, and if he marries and his daughter is a concubine, isn't that falling into the fire pit? Mother, mother, you must be the master of your daughter! ”

Cai Shi took Xue Yu's hand and said, "Daughter! This is not your father's intention, it is my mother's idea. ”

"Mother, how can you throw your daughter into the fire pit?" Xue Yu pursed his lips, knowing that as long as he made a fuss, his mother would definitely be soft-hearted.

Cai said with a smile: "Wang Qing, the king of Chu, to put it bluntly, is a traitor, sooner or later his head will be cut off, marry his son, that is destined to be executed, how can a mother be willing to let her baby daughter push into the fire pit?" But the county prince of Qinling is different, he is young and promising, and he is destined to be crowned the marquis and worship the prime minister in the future, and after the rebels are exterminated, it is not impossible to be crowned the king of the county in the future. Besides, the official family has a will, the prince of Qinling County only has a wife, no concubines, and now he is already from the fourth grade, you marry the past is the fourth grade of the wife, and enjoy endless glory and wealth for a lifetime, we can also enjoy Qingfu and spend our old age in peace. Don't worry, my mother won't hurt you. ”

Xue Yu stopped talking, she knew that once her mother made up her mind, she would never change, and there was no point in making trouble in this situation.

Cai's knew that her daughter was not convinced, and she continued: "It is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, at the age of the prince of Qinling County, he can control so many women, then you will be happy if you marry, you will also enjoy happiness, you don't understand this, my mother taught you what happiness is." ”

The Xue family is warm, but Yun'an County has become a mess, and after the rebels who are powerful and prosperous on weekdays encounter the Longxiang army, the gap in combat power suddenly appears, and the killed are scattered and fled.

Duan Xiaohu soon found out that something was wrong, this guy pushed away the woman under him and was about to go out, but at this time, Wang Hua killed him.

"You, you dare to rebel?"

Wang Hua's combat power is far above Duan Xiaohu, and Duan Xiaohu consumes energy on women, in this case, how can he be afraid of the other party? This guy said coldly: "Don't think I don't know how my sister died, it is rumored that she died of illness, but she was actually killed by you." Today, the official army has entered the city, and your time of death has come. ”

"I'm fighting with you." Duan Xiaohu tried his best to find the sword and Wang Hua, but the sword had already been taken away by the woman, and this guy's head was cut off.

The woman had only one belly pocket on her body, and after she saw Duan Xiaohu's head cut off, she hooked her fingers at Wang Hua and said, "Come on, that bastard didn't feed people, come on, I heard that your Lord Wang is very powerful as a dog." ”

"Then I'm here." Wang Hua has been coveting this beauty for a long time, how can he let it go today?

took off his clothes, but he was not happy, because Feng Xiaoqing killed him and stabbed Wang Hua in the back of the heart.

This night, the shortcomings of only two gates in Yun'an County were shown, although the rebels scattered and fled, but in the end most of them were killed, and they couldn't run out at all, although some of them lurked in the people's homes, but more than 8,000 rebels were also killed, and nearly 7,000 were captured.

After Yang Zhi entered the city, he secretly felt lucky, if there was no cooperation from the Dragon Claw team, he would either not be able to enter Yun'an County this time, or he would suffer heavy losses.

The casualties of the Long Xiang army were less than 500, and the biggest credit was not the Long Xiang army that came in from the water gate, nor the Long Xiang army that came in from the main gate, let alone the soldiers who killed the head of the city. It was these soldiers who came in from the tunnel, who originally dug the tunnel to blow up the city wall, but under Hu Wan's operation, it turned out to be a large army into the city.

Among them, Hu Wan was the biggest hero in the attack on Yun'an County, this guy not only plotted to dig tunnels, but also successfully won over Zhang Ping. And the price is only five hundred yuan, plus a Qinglou woman.

Yun'an County was taken down, and it was time to reward meritorious deeds, after Yang Zhi and Xue Yunqi of the county magistrate came up, they directly appointed Hu Wan as the county magistrate.

Xue Yunqi made the right move, of course, it was his wife Cai who played a big role in this. If he hadn't been involved with the Cai family, how could Liu Zhenglong give him this opportunity?

When Yang Zhi took Yun'an County, Li Jun led the naval army on the way to Yun'an, but this naval army did not enter Yun'an County.

On the third day after Yun'an County was captured, Duan Er, Duan Wu, and Duan Qi led an army of 50,000 to kill them, and not only that, but Wang Qing, the king of Chu, had already ordered Li Zhushuai's army to return to Yun'an.

50,000 rebels trapped the small county of Yun'an in the center.

The news that Yang Zhi was trapped in Yun'an County soon spread, and Shi Bao knew that the crisis in Shouchun Mansion was lifted, so he hurriedly sent someone to tell Prime Minister Wang Yin to see what to do next.

Wang Yin had already straightened things out at this time, and the former prince Fang Tianding finally chose to give in and was willing to go to Nanyang to expand his territory for Liu Zhenglong overseas.

The one who should be suppressed has been suppressed, and the one who should be killed has also been killed, and now there are no more rebels, at this time, Wang Yin knows that he should make a meritorious career, as long as he leads the army to defeat Li Zhu and exterminate Wang Qing, it can be regarded as a real vote.

After Wang Yin arranged the things around him, he ordered Shi Bao to chase after Li Zhu, and he led an army of 50,000 to arrive later, and the decisive battle was held in Yun'an.

After the defense of the rear was handed over to Liao Yong and others, Wang Yin led the army to set off, he never took Li Zhu seriously, and this time he wanted to hold back his strength to destroy this Mr. Jin Jian. Wang Yin did this as Liu Zhenglong's view, and it can also be said to be for the imperial court, so that those big masters would have fewer excuses to attack Lord Liu.