At noon the next day, Wang Tong's pacification army was incorporated into the Zhali Haxin Prefecture Army.

On the same day, the army went south, passed through Yangqu County, and when it successfully passed through Yangqu Pass, it was found that the defenders of Guanzhong were only a few hundred people.

This pass is located between Taiyuan Mansion and Xinzhou, only forty miles away from Taiyuan City, usually controlled in the hands of Taiyuan Mansion, the army wants to enter Taiyuan Mansion from Xinzhou, south to Pingyang Mansion and Guanzhong, must pass through Yangqu Pass.

Because of the importance of this pass, when Zaliha led the army to pass the pass, he kindly divided 500 troops on the grounds of reinforcing the pass and garrison, and stayed at Yangqu Pass, so as not to be taken by thieves and block their way back to Xinzhou in the north.

The small guard of Yangqu Pass did not have the strength at all and did not dare to refuse, so he had to agree to Zaliha to divide the troops to garrison, but he still had one or two hundred people, Zaliha left five hundred people, and the other party could be anti-guest if there were many people, and there was no doubt that this pass would fall into the hands of Xinzhou, but his status was not high, and he had no right to oppose the defense.

After the march of the Zhalihaxin Prefecture army passed the pass, they slowly rushed to the direction of Taiyuan Mansion without hurrying.

The forty-mile journey was a full day and a half, and when the sun was about to set in the afternoon of the same day, he rushed to the north of Taiyuan City, and was stopped by the Taiyuan Mansion Guards three miles outside the city.

Zaliha rode on a tall horse, looking at the other party's group, with a very unhappy look on his face.

"We kindly sent troops from all over Xinzhou to help Taiyuan Mansion to help you quell the chaos, what do you mean by stopping me here?" Zaliha was unceremoniously the first to strike.

The leader replied: "The adults have come hard, should have been in the city for the adults to pick up the wind and wash the dust, but for several days because of the civil unrest, the city is busy in the dark, plus not long ago I learned the news that the adults have passed the customs, and I have not had time to prepare, and now it is late, it is quite troublesome to enter the city, and please camp here, tomorrow at noon, wait for the adults to enter the city on time, and receive the wind for the adults." ”

Zaliha's face darkened, and he said in a deep voice: "You also know that it is getting late, but you are still delaying the march here. This place can already see the head of Taiyuan City, but let my soldiers sleep in the wild, this season night night mosquitoes and poisonous ants so many, from Xinzhou on the way has made the whole army suffer, many people are also seriously ill, reduce hundreds of people, kind to support you, but let us sleep in the wilderness, what is the intention? ”

The face of the leader changed, and he replied coldly: "Half a month ago, the left-behind adults sent people to Xinzhou for help many times, you were grinding, and you decided to send troops ten days ago, Xinzhou to Taiyuan City is only more than a hundred miles away, how many days have you walked?" Don't you want to watch the fire from the other side and watch Taiyuan Mansion fall? When the civil chaos is calmed down, Xinzhou must give an explanation! ”

"Say, what do you want, the civil unrest in Taiyuan Mansion is your civil unrest, and there is a problem with the governance of your Taiyuan Left-behind Mansion, what does it matter to us in Xinzhou! Now that we've raised our own food and grass to lead the troops, what do you want? Zaliha said angrily.

Seeing that the other party was speechless, Zaliha continued: "Just one word now, we are going to spend the night in the city tonight, let you not enter the city, if you are not allowed to enter the city, we will go back to Xinzhou now, the civil unrest in Taiyuan Mansion, you will calm down by yourself!" ”

After a moment of silence, the leader replied, "You can enter the city, but there is one condition that you must abide by. ”

"Say!"

"Rest in the city for a day, and the day after tomorrow you must go south to Taigu and Qi County, and join the Taiyuan army within three days to speed up the chaos."

"As long as your Taiyuan Mansion provides grain and grass, it will naturally not delay the march date. As for whether you can quell the civil unrest, it depends on how much combat power your Taiyuan Mansion army still has, if you can't play tricks and can't make our soldiers bleed and fight to the death, when the civilian chaos will be possible, then no one can say. Zaliha's face softened.

The face of the leader changed slightly, and the current situation of the defenders of Taiyuan Mansion was actually seen through by the other party, but this is the case, the adults left behind have no choice, what can he do, so he replied: "The grain and grass you consume in Taiyuan Mansion will naturally be supplied by Taiyuan Mansion, I hope that the adults will abide by the agreement, lead the troops south early the day after tomorrow, and meet the Taiyuan defenders as soon as possible." ”

"If there is enough food and grass, we will naturally keep our promise." A faint smile appeared on Zaliha's face.

The person at the head saw the change in the other party's expression, but there was nothing he could do, whoever let them themselves not be able to quell the civil unrest as soon as possible, and invited others to support, always had to pay some price.

"Okay, that's a deal. Come with me into town! ”

As soon as Zaliha gave the order, the Xinzhou army immediately moved and continued to march to Taiyuan City, a few miles away.

That night, more than 12,000 people of the Xinzhou army successfully entered the city of Taiyuan, most of the soldiers lived in the barracks of the Taiyuan defenders, and some were placed in various houses.

The next day, Zaliha went to the left-behind mansion, met the left-behind adults, and by the way, learned about the details of the mob in various places, while the ordinary soldiers moved freely in the city, resting and relaxing.

That night, at the time of the second watch, Zaliha convened the whole army to discuss the meeting and issued a secret order: the third watch acted on time and captured Taiyuan City!

In the dead of night, riots suddenly began in Taiyuan City.

Soon after, heart-rending screams rang out throughout the city.

Ordinary people don't know what is happening, and even if they hear the movement, they don't dare to go out to investigate, let alone open the door, so they simply pretend to be asleep and wait for everything to calm down naturally.

After the unrest lasted for half an hour, the city gradually calmed down.

Taiyuan stays in the house, and the lights are bright.

Zaliha sat in the hall of the house, looking at the more than a dozen people who were tied up in front of him, smiling, as if he was looking at the loot.

"Zaliha! What do you mean by this, are you going to rebel? One of the old men turned blue and struggled to rebuke Zaliha.

"Wanyan Hongjiao, whether it is a rebellion or not, I won't tell you, let you come to me alive, just let you know that my original name is not Zaliha, my surname is Xia, my name is Xia Chengjie, and my ancestral home is Linzhang County, a famous mansion."

"Are you Han?" Taiyuan stayed behind and was shocked.

After Xia Chengjie finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to the other party, waved his hand and commanded the soldiers in the hall: "Drag them out, kill them all, cut off their heads, and pickle them." ”

The soldier was ordered to drag all the kidnapped people out of the hall, ignoring insults, begging for mercy, or simply shouting.

A moment later, the colonel came in and reported: "All beheaded!" ”

"Okay, keep their heads." Xia Chengjie replied lightly.

After a short time, the various armies successively sent people to the garrison to report that they had already won their respective targets.

After receiving reports from various armies and knowing that they had completely occupied Taiyuan City, Xia Chengjie stretched his waist.

Then he ordered all the troops to strictly guard their posts tonight, not to leave without permission, and not to let anyone out of the city without an order.

At dawn on the second day, the sun rose, except for the obvious increase in the defense of the city, the ordinary people did not feel much difference in the middle city, but the city gate was closed, and they could not go out of the city at will, but for the vast majority of people, whether they could get out of the city or not had much to do with their lives for the time being.

There are people in the city who have special connections and are well-informed, and finally learned a day later that the people who stayed in the mansion have changed, and now the person in charge of Taiyuan City is a person from Xinzhou the day before yesterday.

But the replacement of the left-behind mansion still has little to do with ordinary people, anyway, they didn't have much to do with the left-behind mansion before, in fact, whether to change people, what to change, they don't care very much, as long as they can still keep them alive, don't kill them, don't rob them.

Xia Chengjie planned to stay in Taiyuan City, so it was strictly forbidden for soldiers to loot in the city, and they were not even allowed to trespass on people's houses.

After occupying Taiyuan City for a few days, from the outside, Taiyuan City is as usual except for the closed city gate.

Ten days later, Taigu County.

In the Jin military camp, the main general's face was gloomy.

"What about those who go back to get food! Still haven't heard any news yet? ”

"I sent three batches back to Taiyuan before and after, but there is no news so far, and I haven't seen them come back, so I don't know what happened." The colonel who joined the army next to him replied.

"Send someone back again, don't come back if you can't get food and grass!"

"Yes, I'll send someone back right away."

"No, you go on a trip in person, and ask them if they still want to suppress the civil unrest, if not, I will lead the troops back immediately, and if you want to, send the military rations over quickly!"

"Yes, General."

"Report! A rebel leader was caught outside the camp, and he said that he had something important to discuss with the general! "I just sent someone to Taiyuan Mansion to urge food, and before I rested for a while, the main general was shocked by the herald.

"Leader of the Rebels? How many of them are there? ”

"Just one person, saying that he came from Taigu County to discuss important matters with the general."

"I have something to discuss with the rioters, ask for identity, find out the origin, and tie it up." The general didn't want to negotiate with the rebels, all he wanted was military merit.

"Yes."

"Wait, bring him here." After thinking about it for a while, the Lord still thinks that it is good to meet each other, and maybe he can pull out some news about the origin of the rebellious people from the other party's mouth.

Not long after, a middle-aged man with his hands tied behind his back was treated by the Jin Army soldiers to the main general's tent.

"I heard that you are going to see me, and you are going to discuss important matters with me, what qualifications do you have to discuss with me as a disorderly people?" The Lord will laugh.

Who knew that the man had heard this, but he laughed and said: "Whether you are qualified or not, when I tell the general two news, the general will know." ”

"Oh, is it so amazing? Then I'm going to have to listen to it. "The Lord will laugh as if he had heard a very funny joke.

The man smiled, and when the other party's laughter stopped, he said slowly: "The first news, three days ago, the Jiexiu defenders were all wiped out, Jiexiu had fallen into our hands, and the roads in Taiyuan Mansion and Pingyang Mansion were cut off. ”

When the Lord heard this, his face changed slightly, and his smile faded.

The man paused for a moment and continued: "Second news, ten days ago, the defenders of Taiyuan City were completely annihilated, and the officials who stayed behind were beheaded, Taiyuan City and Yangqu Pass were occupied by our army, and the roads and news between Taiyuan Mansion and Xinzhou were cut off. ”

"Impossible! When pigs fly! Hearing the second news, the Lord's face changed dramatically, and he rose to his feet.

"It's impossible, it's clear if the general sends someone back to take a look. However, if the general has a heart, he should note that the Taiyuan Garrison Mansion has not sent anyone for many days. The man replied very calmly.

When the Lord heard this, he sat down with a slump as if he had been drained of all his strength in an instant.