"Xie Laogou, is this scene very familiar?" Ning Zhiyuan, who was standing on the tower of the north gate and watching all this in the distance, asked An Guogong Xie Mingshun, who had his hands in iron chains, in a rather smug tone.

Although An Guogong didn't say anything, his face was already very ugly.

This scene is not only familiar, but it is unforgettable for him.

During the Northwest War, the Ning family used such a musket array to deal with his million-strong army, but now it has been replaced by the Hu people.

It was because he saw the terrible lethality of the musket array that he asked the Ministry of Engineering to do its best to develop the musket, regardless of the cost.

Although he had long known that the Hu people were definitely not the opponents of the Northwest Army, he did not expect that the Ning family would use this method to exterminate the Hu people.

The Ning family did not use explosive shells to bomb the inner city, nor did they use superior forces to strangle the Hu people, but used a musket array to fight street battles with the Hu people, which was indeed unexpected by An Guogong.

But he had to admit that it was indeed a good move.

The Hu people trapped in the street have become turtles in an urn, unable to rush out and have nowhere to escape, and if they continue like this, they will only be consumed alive by the musket array.

For the use of muskets, the Ning family has indeed reached the point of perfection.

In other words, he really couldn't think of such an unheard-of method to kill the Hu people in the city.

However, An Guogong still had a big question here, so he had to ask clearly, "Ning Zhiyuan, how did you conclude that the Hu people would definitely go to the north gate?" ”

Because he had just smoked a large amount of black incense, An Guogong at this time not only did not cough, but was even a little excited, just like a patient who had returned to the light.

Ning Zhiyuan smiled lightly: "The south gate is guarded by more than 200,000 troops under my arrangement, and there is also an artillery formation, even if you give the Hu people a water tank as a guts, they don't dare to take the road of the south gate."

And the north gate is the farthest from the south gate, if you are a Hu person, you should also take this road. ”

"Just because of this inference, you put all the firecrackers on the side of the north gate?" Although Ning Zhiyuan made a lot of sense, An Guogong always felt that things were not so simple.

These more than 30,000 firecrackers were the Ning family's biggest hole cards, and he didn't believe that with Ning Zhiyuan's care, he would so easily bet all of this most important combat force in the same place.

In case of the wrong bet, the Hu people took the east gate or the west gate, and without the suppression of the fire gun array, it is very likely that these Hu troops trapped in the city will really break through.

With Ning Zhiyuan's temperament that he has always regarded as a mortal enemy of the Hu people, this is not like what he would do.

After Ning Zhiyuan heard this, he suddenly laughed and said, "Old thief Xie, old thief Xie, you really deserve to be an old fox, I really can't hide it from you."

In that case, I'm going to let you die a clear death today.

Abbas, bring that man in. ”

"Yes, father." Ning Yabai immediately ordered someone to do the same.

It didn't take long for a person to be taken to the city tower by Ning Yabai's guards.

That person was none other than Mr. Qiu, the commander of the Hu army who suddenly disappeared on the battlefield.

At this time, Mr. Qiu was still covering his face. Although he is also a prisoner, his treatment is much better than that of An Guogong Xie Mingshun.

Not only did they change into clean clothes, but their hands were not tied behind their backs or shackled.

If it weren't for the soldiers escorting him behind, those who didn't know would have thought it was Ning Zhiyuan's guest or staff.

After Mr. Qiu was brought over, he first respectfully saluted Ning Zhiyuan, and then turned his head to look at An Guogong Xie Mingshun, his eyes were complicated.

Although An Guogong Xie Mingshun didn't know the details of the person in front of him, he obviously felt that the other party's eyes were full of intense hatred when he looked at him.

Regarding the reaction of the two, Ning Zhiyuan just smiled, and then instructed the eldest son: "Ah Bai, except for a few of your brothers, tell everyone else to go down and stand by." Unless it's something important involving military intelligence, don't let people come up. ”

"Yes, father." Ning Yabai knew that the content of the next conversation could not be known to outsiders, so he immediately called everyone away, including the guards.

As for Li Dingbei, Xiao Zhijian, Zhang Wenxuan and other Ning Zhiyuan's henchmen and staff, they were guarding the eastern, western, and southern city gates, and they were not here at this time.

After waving everyone else back, there were only six people left on the city tower: Ning Zhiyuan, Xie Mingshun, Mr. Qiu, Ning Yabai, Ning Yafeng, and Chi Fei.

At this time, Ning Zhiyuan spoke: "Xie Laogou, now if you have anything you want to ask, just ask clearly, don't go down there, and still think how wrongfully you died."

First of all, I might as well tell you that the reason why my hundreds of thousands of Northwest Army were able to appear in Jiangnan at such a good time and just besieged more than 200,000 Hu troops in Xinjing was not really a clever calculation by us, but that someone had already revealed the movements of the Hu people to me.

Secondly, the fact that the Hu people would break through from the north gate was also in the hands of that person.

Or should it be said that this breakthrough plan was originally designed by that person for the Hu people.

As long as he informs me of this in advance, I can wait for the Hu people to fall into the trap.

As for the person I'm talking about, he's standing in front of you right now.

This person is the mastermind and military advisor of the Hu prince Arobu, and he is also a Han who is like a fake. ”

An Guogong first stared at Mr. Qiu fiercely, and then sneered at Ning Zhiyuan: "I didn't expect that the dignified Northwest General would have the ability to put the spy next to Prince Hu, it's really good."

In this way, your Ning family has long wanted to use the Hu people outside the Guanwai to overthrow the Great Wei and replace it? ”

Ning Zhiyuan said with a smile: "Xie Mingshun, Xie Mingshun, you always like to treat others with yourself, thinking that everyone is as treacherous and shameless as you, and always thinking that everyone will do anything to sit on that dragon chair like you, and even do not hesitate to collude with Hu people to lure wolves into the house."

It's a pity that you are wrong, the person in front of you is not a spy I sent in the past, but your enemy.

Everything he did was just to take revenge on your Xie family and the Zhao family. ”

"My enemy?" An Guogong looked at Mr. Qiu in front of him with a puzzled expression.

At this moment, Mr. Qiu, who had been silent, suddenly let out a cold laugh like a night owl, and his voice was hoarse and ugly.

After Mr. Qiu finished laughing, he said in a deep voice: "Xie Mingshun, you have really forgotten who I am."

But that's normal, and who remembers a dead man. ”

"Who the hell are you?" An Guogong asked coldly.

Mr. Qiu did not answer, but read in a strange tone: "The eldest prince is jealous, and killing is not the way of a saint."

The second prince is frivolous and resolute, so happy, no matter whether he is a king or a general, it is a big taboo.

As for the third prince, although he accepted the concubine of the Yan family as a side concubine.

However, the third prince is scheming and less decisive, suspicious and jealous, and even more forward-looking and hesitant when encountering problems, and he has ambitions but is difficult to achieve, so he is not optimistic about him.

And the five princes are indulged in pleasure all day long, and they are indulging in wine, and they obviously have no intention of becoming a big prince.

Only the Seventh Prince is still young, but he has a gentle temperament, is intelligent and silent, and is calm in trouble, and has the appearance of a wise monarch.

However, these are all secondary, and the biggest advantage of His Royal Highness the Seventh is that he has been raised under the knees of the Queen Mother since he was a child. Although he is not the queen mother's parent, he is no different from his sister-in-law in terms of identity.

And the queen mother's maiden family is the Xie family, the Duke of Anguo, who holds the military power in the southwest.

With the help of such a long-standing family, coupled with the relationship with the Queen Mother, His Royal Highness the Seventh Highness has the highest winning side among the princes.

The so-called good birds choose trees to perch, since they have seen the general trend clearly, smart people should choose the Lord and follow it.

Therefore, on behalf of the Yan family, I will surrender to Gong Xie late at night, hoping that after the official matter is completed, I will let go of my Yan family and let my Yan family avoid the disaster of pond fish.

This great kindness and virtue, the Yan family has no teeth to forget. ”

After reading this passage, Mr. Qiu finally slowly asked, "Xie Mingshun, you should know who I am by now, right?" ”

An Guogong looked at him in shock, and even subconsciously took two steps back, and then said with a look of disbelief: "You...... Are you Yan Beiqing?! But aren't you dead? That's impossible! ”

"Of course you want me to die in that fire, like all the Yan clansmen.

But God was fortunate enough to keep me alive.

This face was burned like this in that fire. After speaking, Mr. Qiu pulled down the face towel on his face.

It was a very terrible face, almost all of the face, except for the skin near the eyes, was burned beyond recognition, the flesh was rolled up, and the face was distorted, so that people were shocked to look at it, and they did not dare to look closely.

After letting An Guogong see his true face clearly, Yan Beiqing, who was alias Mr. Qiu, put on the scarf again.

"Ahem...... cough, cough, cough ......" was so shocked that An Guogong, who was in a state of turmoil, couldn't help but cough again after the recurrence of his old illness. Even the large amount of black incense that I had taken not long ago could not suppress this strong cough.

When An Guogong coughed violently, Yan Beiqing continued: "Xie Mingshun, you are indeed ruthless enough.

After your Xie family succeeded the Seventh Prince to succeed to the throne, he immediately launched a purge of various families and officials together with the Queen Mother.

I was too stupid at that time, thinking that with my best to assist the Xie family and the Yan family's initiative to retreat, I could find a way to survive from this battle for succession.

But I was wrong, because I underestimated the viciousness of the human heart.

Three hundred and sixty-four people, a total of three hundred and sixty-four lives of my Yan family were killed because of your Xie Mingshun's words, and even the babies who were a few months old were not spared.

Then the entire Changle Marquis Mansion was burned clean by the people you sent, and there was not a single piece of tiles left.

In this way, no one will know in the future that Yan Beiqing, the son of the Yan family of the Marquis of Changle, is actually a spy placed by Xie Mingshun, the Duke of Anguo, who placed him next to the three princes, not only for the Xie family, but also quietly reported when several princes forced the palace, and led the Xie family's army to reverse the situation in one fell swoop.

And your hand not only succeeded in eradicating people like me who knew too much inside information, but also got all the family property of the Yan Mansion for nothing, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Awesome, really awesome.

Whether it was scheming or the city, I was still too young at that time to be no match for your old fox.

However, you did all the calculations, but you still missed one point, that is, I didn't die in that fire.

This is what God means, God has given me a chance to take revenge.

So I'm back, I'm back to take revenge on you, Xie Mingshun. Speaking of this, Yan Beiqing let out a nervous weird laugh.

"So...... Instigating the Hu people to sneak attack the southwest region, is that what you did? An Guogong asked as he suppressed his cough and gasped.

"That's right, it was I who offered advice to the great prince of Hu, Arobu, that led to the alliance between the Great Hu people and the Tianlu people who lived in the southwest plateau.

As soon as the two sides formed an alliance, the Hu army could directly enter the interior of Great Wei from the southwest plateau, and then take advantage of the situation to sneak attack the southwest defenders and wipe them out.

By the way, do you know how your precious eldest grandson, Xie Changzhi, died?

When I found him, he wasn't actually dead, but he had a broken leg and an arrow in his waist, and he should have survived if he had been healed properly.

It's a pity that he is not only a member of the Xie family, but his grandfather is also named Xie Mingshun, how can I let go of the enemy's grandson.

I asked Hu Ren to cut off the flesh from his body piece by piece, and sprinkled salt on his wounds as he cut them, so that he could taste what it means to be better off to die.

Your precious grandson screamed for a day and a night before he died of pain, but unfortunately you weren't there at the time, otherwise you would have seen it with your own eyes.

Afterwards, I took the carcass of your precious grandson and fed it to the wild dogs. Although he didn't do anything good during his lifetime, he at least fed the wild dogs who were dying of starvation after his death, which can be regarded as accumulating some virtue, don't you say? ”

"You ......" An Guogong trembled with anger, eager to eat the person in front of him raw.

Yan Beiqing continued to say with a leisurely expression: "The next thing is Zhao Chunfeng's personal expedition.

I have long known that your Xie family wants to get rid of the disobedient Zhao Chunfeng by the hands of the Hu people on the battlefield, and what I have done is just a plan.

You must be curious to know how I managed to get the Hu army to bypass the various guards and outposts, and then ambush behind the army to carry out a sneak attack, right? ”

"Let me ask you, how did you get the southern defense map?"

"You really guessed it, it is worthy of An Guogong, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, and you can see the problem at a glance.

Indeed, I relied on the defense map in the south to make Hu Ren go around behind the army unconsciously.

As for the origin of these defense maps, you must not have imagined that it was obtained from Zhang Yinpei, the left attendant of the household department. ”

"Zhang Yinpei, the left attendant of the household department? Hasn't he already been beheaded by a raider? How could he have a defense map? After listening to him, An Guogong felt that there seemed to be more and more things he didn't know.

"The reason why Zhang Yinpei, who was supposed to be beheaded, did not die was naturally saved by me.

When I was working for your Xie family, there was a secret that I kept hidden in my heart and didn't tell anyone.

Zhang Yinpei's father, Zhang Kangyi, was actually a member of the Three Princes, but since Zhang Kangyi had died of a sudden illness before the battle for succession, very few people knew about it, and I happened to be one of them.

Zhang Kangyi has been serving as the secretary of the military department when he was alive, in order to assist the third prince to ascend to the throne early, he once used the authority of the military department to copy the military deployment maps of various parts of the Great Wei Dynasty, and also asked his son Zhang Yinpei to keep these military deployment maps in mind until he can draw them with his hands.

After the three princes and others failed to force the palace, the seven princes successfully ascended the throne, the general trend of the world has been decided, and several princes have no chance to turn over. This matter has become the biggest secret in Zhang Yinpei's heart, and no one dares to say it.

And I happened to be the one who knew this secret, so when Zhang Yinpei was in trouble, I used spies to rescue him.

The reason why I want to save him is, of course, to get the military deployment map of the southern region from him.

Unlike places in the northwest or southwest, the south has not been war-free for hundreds of years, and the location of local guards and outposts has hardly changed. So even the arming map of a few decades ago is still usable today.

From the day I got the southern defense map, once your Xie family uses troops in the south, it is already doomed to have no return.

The Southern Expedition led by your eldest son, Xie Yukun, will be wiped out, which is your retribution. ”

Hearing this, An Guogong's face had turned pale.

Originally, many things that I couldn't understand before have been answered.

"So, the great plague that happened in the provinces south of the Yangtze River, as well as the Hu people's ambush war against the army that came to aid Beijing, are also your handiwork?"

Yan Beiqing said with a smile: "Besides me, is there anyone else who knows so well about your Xie family?"

Every move of all of you Xie family is under my control.

I just want to use the Hu people to push your Xie family and the Zhao family to a dead end step by step, to repay the blood debt of hundreds of lives of my Yan family. ”

"When did you start hooking up with the Ning family?"

"Since the Hu people defeated the army leading by your son Xie Yuheng to aid Beijing, I began to secretly inform Ning Gong of the Hu people's plans and movements, and asked him to prepare early."

"Could it be that Ning Zhiyuan is willing to believe what you say so easily?"

"I just told him Hu Ren's plans and movements one by one, and as for whether he believed it or not, it was his decision.

The Ning family has a strong army in hand, and they are not afraid of any intrigues at all.

And at that time, I could already see that the Ning family had long been preparing to launch an expedition to Jiangnan.

For them, my move is just icing on the cake. ”

"Don't tell me that you're doing this to save the people of Xinjing."

Yan Beiqing looked up to the sky and laughed: "Who will save those foolish people, if they are eaten directly by the Hu people like two-legged sheep, I will be even happier."

When my Yan family was in trouble, these foolish people not only did not feel pity, but they were still there to applaud loudly.

What's more, they even gathered together to come to the burned Yan Mansion to find out if there was anything valuable to take away.

Such greedy and foolish people, if there is anything worth saving, it is better to die all. ”

"Then why are you doing this? The Ning family really deserves to be looked at differently by you? An Guogong stared at him deadly.

Yan Beiqing said indifferently: "I hate the people here, not the world."

Compared with the Hu people who can only rob everywhere and are vulgar and barbaric, the Ning family is of course more qualified to be in charge of this country.

At least they won't be like the Hu people, who only think about planting all the land they occupy with pasture, and are ready to turn the whole world into their pastoral area.

How can such a group of beasts be qualified to touch this great river and mountain.

Xie Mingshun, you are defeated.

Not only lost to the Hu people, but also lost to the Ning family.

Look at you, if it weren't for the black incense hanging on to your life, you might not even be able to stand up.

Who would have thought that An Guogong, who was in power and was invincible, would now fall into such a fate.

You're done, the Xie family is over, and your Xie family will never have a chance to turn over.

There is nothing more painful in life than to see the enemy ruined and die without a place to bury.

Joyfully! It's a pleasure! Speaking of this, Yan Beiqing couldn't stop laughing.

After listening to his words, An Guogong's whole person suddenly became as white as a blank sheet of paper, and he was shaky.

Yan Beiqing's words were like a blade that completely cut off the only remaining trace of dignity of An Guogong, making him unable to maintain his composure anymore.

At this time, the Principality of An, with ragged clothes, messy hair and beard, and a haggard face, if it weren't for the iron shackles that symbolized the prisoner on both hands, it would look like an ordinary old beggar who could be seen everywhere from a distance.

The end of the hero, but that's it.