In the early morning, when the first rays of the sun shone out directly from the sky, Xingzhou, which is located south of the Qinling Mountains and north of Daba Mountain, was a tense atmosphere of the coming war.

Xingzhou Thorn Shi stood on the city tower and watched the endless rebel formations under the city, his legs trembled, if the people next to him supported him, it was very likely to fall down the city tower.

Before, he thought that with the 2,000 troops in the city, he could hold the city of Xingzhou, but when he saw the dense rebels under the city, the luck in his heart disappeared without a trace.

Under the rising sun, the flag covers the sky. Although there are rebels outside the city, Lu Yanhong also knows that the army is not a rabble, and still continues the habits of the loyal army, so the discipline of the loyal army is not worse than the army in the city, or even better.

Therefore, when tens of thousands of troops slowly advanced towards Xingzhou City with neat steps, the dull footsteps were like thunder in the sky exploding in my heart. The whole person was numb all over his body, and his fighting spirit was completely lost.

Even the Xingzhou Thorn Shi was trembling on the city tower.

"Your Highness, what now? Do you want to hold out until reinforcements arrive? A general next to him asked.

"What else is there to hold onto? There were thousands of rebels before, and they could naturally hold it, but there were tens of thousands of troops here, what are we guarding here? Sooner or later, the city will be broken, and if the rebels are angered by the people, aren't we the sinners of Xingzhou?

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Immediately send someone to bring a letter to the rebels outside the city, as long as they promise not to plunder the people in the city and not harm the lives of the soldiers in the city, we can open the city and surrender. ”

"But my lord, the marshal told us to hold out until reinforcements arrived."

Xingzhou Thorn Shi is Niu Miao's cronies, but at this time, this Thorn Shi threw Niu Miao's knotty envoy aside, "What hold on?" Can you hold this? Even the garrison of Lizhou may not be able to hold Sanquan, so immediately send people out of the city! ”

Two quarters of an hour later, as the conditions were unified, the Xingzhou Assassin led the entire city of soldiers and civilians to surrender. Niu Miao, who was far away in Fengzhou, did not expect that his trusted cronies had sworn to hold on to Xingzhou, but he chose to surrender before the siege officially began.

In this era, surrender is not a shameful thing, and only by saving your life can you think about other things.

Seeing the gate of Xingzhou slowly open, the rebels outside the city suddenly heard earth-shattering cheers, and the Xingzhou Assassin Shi, as a general, came to the rebel formation.

As the commander of this tens of thousands of troops, Pang Cong sat on horseback and stood still, and said with a smile to the generals on the left and right, "Xingzhou, a land of projectiles, actually dares to go against our loyal army. However, this assassin is quite familiar, and before we could start attacking the city, we chose to surrender the city.

We agreed to say that we would not harm the lives of the soldiers in the city. ”

Just when the Xingzhou Assassin was secretly rejoicing, Pang Cong's words sounded again, "Although we can not harm the lives of the soldiers in the city, our tens of thousands of troops can't stop the battle without blood." ”

After speaking, before Xingzhou Assassin Shi could react, Pang pulled out the horizontal knife on his waist with a sound of "Qiang", waved his arm, and the horizontal knife fell, and Xingzhou Assassin Shi didn't have time to scream before his head fell to the ground and his body was in a different place.

The huge head rolled on the ground a foot away, and its eyes were wide open, and it could not be blinded. The headless body fell to the ground, and blood gushed out instantly.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

Seeing this, tens of thousands of rebels shouted loudly. And all the officials and generals behind Xingzhou Assassin Shi were stunned there, hearing the deafening shouting of killing, they were stupidly in a daze, and they didn't know who shouted, so they ran away.

Looking at the Xingzhou officials and generals who fled in panic, Pang Cong smiled coldly, raised the horizontal knife in his hand, and shouted loudly, "Kill me!" ”

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Before the Xingzhou officials and generals could run back to the city, the rebels rushed towards the city gate like a flood, and those who fell behind were quickly killed by the rebels on the spot.

Looking at the Xingzhou officials and generals who died tragically under the swords of his soldiers, Pang never had a trace of sympathy, as he said, he needed to use blood to boost morale. Taking Xingzhou was only incidental, and more importantly, taking Sanquan, and then taking the entire Lizhou, unifying Shannan and Xidao, forcing the imperial court to recognize their legal identity.

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"Report 。。。。。"

A hurried voice sounded in the county town of Sanquan, and a fast horse galloped through the city.

Liu Qi was finishing his meal, and when he heard an urgent report, he quickly came to the outer hall, and saw a soldier drinking water in a hurry, his face sweating profusely.

When the soldier saw Liu Qi, he handed over the bamboo tube in his hand, and then said loudly, "General Qiyu, the rebels have conquered Xingzhou and are heading south along the Jialing River, intending to attack my Sanquan." ”

"What?" Hearing this, Liu Qi hurriedly asked, "How many rebels are there?" ”

"Back to the general, the rebel army stretches for more than ten miles, and there are about tens of thousands of people."

"Tens of thousands of troops?" Liu Qi's face suddenly became solemn, and he instructed Yuan Zhiqing on the side, "Immediately light the beacon and send someone to deliver a message to Deputy Commander Peng." Since the rebels are going down the Jialing River, it is very likely that they will also attack Qipanguan, so he must hold Qipanguan, and report the urgent military situation as soon as possible. ”

"Yes!" Yuan Zhiqing nodded and turned to leave.

"Come on, go and invite Wu County Ling and other county officials."

Hearing the rebels coming, Liu Qi was a little excited and a little apprehensive. Soldiers are born for war, so there is no war to fight, what do their soldiers rely on to obtain military merits? However, he had also heard of the prestige of the Zhongwu Army, and he was also worried about whether he could hold the three springs under the attack of the rebels.

However, seeing this easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack Guancheng, his confidence in his heart was also a lot stronger. What about tens of thousands of rebels? It doesn't matter if you are a dragon or a tiger, you have to be honest and obedient when you come here.

Sanquan County is located north of Chaotianling and is also the outermost gateway to Lizhou. Sanquan County is located on the side of the Jialing River, according to the drum platform, guarding the Jialing River; The Qipan Pass in the east is located in Qipanling, guarding the Golden Bull Road.

The two passes are horns of each other, and if one of them is lost, the other will be lost. In order to ensure the safety of the two passes, Qipanguan was guarded by Peng He with the second and third right capitals, and he led the first and fourth right capitals and the local garrison.

When sending a message to Peng He, Liu Qi did not forget to send someone to Lizhou.

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Just when the war clouds were gathering on the border of Lizhou, Li Ye also met with a group of officials in Langzhou Tengwang Pavilion in Langzhou.

There are three Tengwang Pavilion in history, which are in the current Tengzhou Tengwang Pavilion in Shandong, Tengwang Pavilion in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province and Tengwang Pavilion in Langzhong, Sichuan. The most famous is Nanchang Tengwang Pavilion, who asked Wang Bo to write a preface to Tengwang Pavilion for this, and since then it has become famous.

However, the three Tengwang Pavilions are related to one person, that is, Li Yuanying, the twenty-second son of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan. At the beginning of the title of King Teng, Fengyi is now Tengzhou, Shandong, and then transferred to the governor of Hongzhou, that is, Nanchang, Jiangxi, because of nostalgia for the attic of Tengzhou in the past, so he built a Tengwang Pavilion in Nanchang.

Not long after, Li Zhi relegated this imperial uncle to Longzhou at that time and renamed it Langzhou, this Gaozong's imperial uncle felt that the emperor was far away, and began to build the attic, and there was today's Langzhong Tengwang Pavilion. Langzhong County is the state seat of Langzhou, so it is generally called Langzhou Tengwang Pavilion in the Tang Dynasty.

Coming to this Tengwang Pavilion, Li Ye understood why Li Zhi, a cheap ancestor, would depreciate King Teng Li Yuanying again and again. This Tengwang Pavilion is completely built according to the pattern of the palace, although it is not as good as Daming Palace and Taiji Palace, but it is not worse than other palaces. The current Tengwang Pavilion is no longer as majestic as it used to be, but it can be vaguely seen how large the former Tengwang Pavilion was.

For this dishonest imperial uncle, it is strange that Li Zhi can be happy, and naturally warns him again and again. Of course, Li Yuanying didn't rebel or anything, but he lived an arrogant and lascivious life, which can be regarded as a model of a merry prince, so Li Zhi only warned again and again, and he didn't do anything to this imperial uncle.

It is precisely because of the scale and status of Tengwang Pavilion that before Li Ye came to Langzhou, Yang Hanzhou and other officials packed up Tengwang Pavilion and used it for Li Ye to live. Although many people covet this Tengwang Pavilion, the Tang Dynasty is very good, naturally no one dares to take this Tengwang Pavilion, which can be said to be a palace, as their own.