When Tang Xizong, who was awakened overnight, was surrounded by guards and walked up to the east wall of the sub-city again, all he saw was the chaotic fires raging in the gloom of Tai (Waiguo) City.

"Holy Lord. . . O Holy Lord. ”

When Tian Lingzi stumbled on the city tower later, everyone couldn't help but be in an uproar.

Because I saw that his voice was as terrible as a night owl, unkempt and bruised and hematoma everywhere, as if he had encountered a very tragic thing, and people almost couldn't recognize this "big father" who lived in the body and was kind and kind on weekdays, but the city government had an unfathomable bearing.

Behind him was Chen Jingxuan, who seemed to be dying, who was being carried by someone, and was still sprinkling drops of blood on the lifting frame, like a dead fish that had dried and straightened, only his mouth was still babbling weakly.

"Holy Lord, God is pitiful, I almost can't see the Holy Face and hear the Holy Words anymore."

The miserable Tian Lingzi shouted out again in a dumb voice.

"What's going on?"

His face was already pale, and at this moment, Tang Xizong, who was even more morbid as snow, couldn't help but tremble and asked. However, at this time, Tian Lingzi's body shook, and he fell to the side with white eyes in the exclamation, and was hurriedly supported by his entourage.

"Holy Lord Qiqi, when Tian Dagong and Chen Shushuai were summoned to come, they were attacked and killed by thieves with strong bows and crossbows in the Zhongdao Market.

A general who was also stained with blood on his body hurriedly said.

Wait until half-ring, and then go back to your house.

"Stupid, why don't you hurry up and pack it up. It's said don't overdo it, the Holy Lord doesn't realize it for a while, do you really think everyone else is blind and stupid? ”

Tian Lingzi, who had regained his bearing and calmness, roared angrily with hatred that iron could not become steel.

The injuries on his head and face were all really rolled out, but lying on the lifting frame humming and chirping as if Chen Jingxuan was about to die in the next moment, it was another matter. Immediately, he saw the other party covered in blood with embarrassment and a bright face, and threw away a punctured bag and said:

"Big brother, don't be angry, I'm not here to deepen my impression in front of the Holy Lord."

"Then you have to make me a little more decent, what does it look like to hold a blood bag with chicken feathers sticking to it."

Tian Lingzi said hatefully again.

"Now that the Holy Lord's instructions have been obtained, there is no need to look ahead and be soft. This line should be cleaned up and down, inside and outside the city, otherwise the disaster of our overthrow will really be in the moment. ”

"If it weren't for the secret report from the men who have received my kindness, someone would have taken the opportunity to attack before the Holy Lord and wanted to frame my brother in a Jedi; I'm afraid that the Ming Dynasty died without a place to be buried. ”

"Then let the other generation die first."

Chen Jingxuan no longer smiled humbly at this moment, and gritted his teeth with a hideous face.

At the same time, Yang Shili, the envoy of the Dongchuan Festival who was standing on the gate of the Jinqiao Bridge that had changed hands, also looked at the left and right with some dissatisfaction and scolded loudly.

"Why can't you take the sub (inner) city and the east and west city in one go? Only with the holy drive in hand, can we talk about peace of mind!! After rushing into the city, they couldn't find their own people except for the front team. Do you want me to personally lead the people to attack the city? ”

"Forgive me, most of the sons and daughters are from poor rural areas; It is inevitable that the black light will suddenly touch into this Jinguan City, and it is inevitable that he will be lost and unable to find the road for a while pursuing the enemy."

The generals faced each other for a long time before someone reluctantly stood up and said, but it was Zheng Junxiong, the general of the left wing.

"Just, just wait for me for another two or three hours, and keep those sons and daughters dragged back to obey orders."

Fortunately, Yang Shili did not mean to continue to delve into it, and then said to another general:

"Zhang Shi'an! The other centaurs will get lost in the city, why don't you build the team to get lost again? Why did I want to attack the inner city, but I have not been able to send it into the city? ”

"Dashuai Qian, although this Jinguancheng is a big place, the road is narrow and tortuous, and those newly built equipment have to be disassembled and packed before they can be transported into the city."

The veteran named Zhang Shi'an also complained bitterly

"However, if you want to use it in the city, you also have to find a suitable spacious place and spread it out on the spot. The sons have tried their best to get it. ”

"It's not enough! Where are you killers, what kind of road are you going to take?"

At this moment, Yang Shili only felt that he was about to be angry with the stupidity and stupidity of these people.

"Immediately bring someone to demolish it all the way from under the city gate, or set fire to it, and I must clear a smooth road to Naoko City."

"You have all understood to me, only by taking the sub-city and doing it, we are all contemporary heroes who protect the saint and wait for the public; But if you can't take it, no matter how much you say, it's all in vain. ”

"What the marshal said is very true."

"Follow the teachings."

The generals changed color one after another and rushed to get busy.

However, when the Dongchuan army easily completed the suppression of most of the city gates, and erected the stone cannons, crossbows and other objects for the siege, and lined up to hold the ladders and prepare for the attack, it was already when the sky was white, and unexpected variables still came.

"Report, there is a Xichuan Army banner in the southeast that is approaching the main formation."

A sweaty rider dismounted.

"Have you ever seen whose banner it is?"

Yang Shili couldn't help but feel nervous in his heart, but he arrived as if nothing happened.

"Back to the festival, it has been proved that it is the Yang character general."

Xun Qi didn't raise his head and said continuously.

"That's Xichuan's crusade against Deputy Envoy Yang Maoyan's men."

Yang Shili immediately laughed at the left and right.

"If that Gao Renhou came in person, I would still think highly of him; But this Yang Maoyan is just a vain style with few words. Come, dare to ask who would like to lead a group of troops to the camp outside the city to intercept it a little. ”

"I am willing to share my worries for the big handsome."

At this time, there were vanguard generals, all known soldiers and horses, and Hao Hao responded to the words.

"Okay, as long as you can use the camp tent as bait to delay him for a while, and then I will order the Yaqian horse team to attack the other door, and then break it with you."

So after more than half a day, Yang Maoyan, who was full of remorse, surrounded by hundreds of exhausted guards, watched his subordinates who had been divided by the Dongchuan Army on the left and right being chased and cut down under the swords and guns of the Dongchuan Army one after another, or kneeling on the ground in groups and begging for mercy.

This is an elite athlete he forcibly brought back from the Xichuan army that went out, relying on personal means and prestige, on the pretext of rushing to rescue the driver. As a result, he was hungry and tired and collapsed in the Dongchuan camp outside Chengdu.

Then, under the gray sky of the heavy wind and snow, Yang Shili, who was dressed in a fox fur, stood in front of these remnants, and the general Hao Hao shouted loudly:

"Yang Maoyan, the matter has come to this point, don't just be arrested, give yourself and others a way to live."

"Tied up."

"Hurry up, please come down."

The Dongchuan army, which was surrounded by regiments in all directions, shouted in unison. However, Yang Maoyan, who was full of remorse and despair, seemed to suddenly cheer up and said to the left and right:

"A certain regret did not listen to the words of the high-level criticism, and was eager to make meritorious contributions; Now I can only die to repay for a while.,It's a pity that these athletes who follow me.。。 ”

"I am willing to follow the deputy envoy to the country."

The guards on the left responded one after another. Then, under the leadership of Yang Maoyan, they puffed up their frozen bodies and residual blood, and suddenly rushed towards Yang Shili's place to kill.

However, they were blocked from the tip of the spear by many Zizhou Baiqi soldiers, and the crossbowmen who fought forward and were shot by the two wings were put into a pool of blood one by one.

When the line in Chengdu Zicheng belongs to the Hejie Ya, in the faint bloody atmosphere in the air, I see the sun rising again; There is also the side of the attack equipment in Waiguo Castle, the "Xichuan Attack" military flag that is hung upside down in the air, and many bloody heads that are inserted on the top of the robbery.

For a while, the shouts and exclamations of uproar and exclamation resounded on the wall. Even the defenders looked to the left and right with panic and panic, and lowered their bows and crossbows and swords and spears.

This is the second time that there are continuous shouts from under the city:

"Dongchuan Town guards Yang Shili, please see the dignity of the Holy Lord."

"Please see the dignity of the Holy Lord."

"Please see the dignity of the Holy Lord."

And beside Tang Xizong in the gatehouse, there was a panicked shout:

"Tian Guiren, where is Tian Guiren?"

"I can't find Chen Jieshuai."

"Holy Lord is in a hurry, how can this be good."

After such a toss until the afternoon, Tang Xizong, who had not been able to rest well for several days, walked up to the lookout at the highest point of the city tower with trembling steps under the persuasion and best guarantees of the left and right, and shouted with a strong spirit to the countless armor-crowned shimmering and flag-like Dongchuan troops in the field of vision:

"What did they do, they dared to commit a crime. I am not afraid of the death of the people."

After these words were passed back and forth by a sergeant with a loud voice, then Yang Shili stood out, and the generals around him responded loudly:

"From time to time, there are traitors who are in charge and mutilate the weight, so they have to do it. Please also ask the Holy Lord to discern it."

- I'm the dividing line -

Outside Gangneung City, the weather warmed up as the snow stopped; In the fields where the ravines are intertwined, the roads that extend in all directions, and the dense rivers and alleys like spider webs, they are already full of pedestrians, chariots and horses.

And Zhou Huai'an, together with Cao Hongyao, is also enjoying the pleasure of a short outing that is rare in winter, and casually watching the folk style for a while. At least most of the people I saw here were describing themselves as emaciated, but quite energetic, and no longer in the same way as they were in the first place.

Most of the people, except for business travelers, looked clean from head to toe, although their clothes were old and patched; The working people, including men, women and children, feel that the minimum hygiene conditions are well maintained, and the unkempt appearance of wandering outside the city in groups has basically disappeared.

In fact, with the recovery of productive forces and the recuperation of the hukou people, the market for basic folk entertainment consumption and daily demand in many cities and towns under the rule of the Taiping Army is also gradually picking up and recovering.

And these shops in the city that are not necessarily closed even in the cold winter, the transshipment wharf, the cattle and horse market and the inn, as well as the business travelers, vehicles and ships that shuttle between them, are the best portrayal.

Therefore, some of the entertainment methods and contents that are low-cost, easy to use and popular, such as tea, storytelling, and card games, are under the leadership of the Metropolitan Governor's Office; With the loosening of the atmosphere and the law, it began to quietly appear in various cities that gradually abolished the state of military control, or abolished the management of the city.

This place outside the city, Jingzhou Grand Theater, which pays attention to enjoying with the people and not for profit, is one of them. This is also one of the few specially approved entertainment and consumption places among the Taiping Army's construction projects that are not for the purpose of reproduction and infrastructure.