In the city of Chang'an.

Liu Tang's grumbling continued until the moonlight sank, and then he did not embark on the way back in the beat of the curfew. However, he did not go home directly, but moved to the famous Pingkangli.

At least for most of the high-ranking officials and generals of the Great Qi court, compared to the hesitation of the first half of the night with a strong sense of socialization, their real meaning of the nightlife of pleasure has only just begun here.

And when he was completely relaxed in the car, Liu Tang no longer had the slightest resentment and grievances before; Although the dream of the Great Qi Imperial Court was established, and the glory, wealth, and authority were also there, everyone's minds were more scattered and they fought more fiercely.

But in any case, since some of the inside information and attitudes he knows have been handed over by this opportunity, the next thing is to see the other party's reaction and backhand. After all, his confession was not entirely fake, and the benefits and conveniences he received from the Taiping Army were also real.

As the general coordinator of the Taiping army in the south, he was not only able to benefit from the many projects negotiated by the Taiping army, but also to redistribute these resources, and then draw a good amount of water close to the water.

However, the good times did not last long, and soon many people became red-eyed, and simply designed and framed him to betray the interests of the new dynasty of Great Qi; Then, during the period when he was suspended and self-incriminated, he was responsible for the management and distribution of most of the powers that he was responsible for directly or indirectly embezzling and dividing up;

If it weren't for the fact that he still had Zhao Zhang, the servant in the political hall, as his backer and helper, I was afraid that he would soon be completely marginalized by the idle casters. But those people didn't get much to court.

Although he Liu Tang is not as good as those, the unjust brother or the old brothers of Yun and Pu who accompanied the Yellow King in the early years, but he also kept accounts from the local salt lord group, and he has always been the Yuan from the old faction of the military treasury of the Great General's Mansion.

The people under him are all old men and old affairs that they are familiar with, except for the monk who was very capable and methodical; There's no one who can easily insert it in, or drive it casually.

Not to mention that in recent years, the military government has used the money, grain, and materials to be accounted for, and various relationships and doorways have been operated; Can those who only see the good in their eyes, but do not see the toil, the hardships and sufferings?

Therefore, he is not in his position, and he does not need to design and instruct the old genus very carefully, as long as people ignore some key points in the overburdened affairs, and watch from the wall for a while; You can see those upstarts who have no clue at first glance, all kinds of scrambling, helpless embarrassments and continuous depravity.

But he still underestimated the ability and efficiency of these new celebrities who are obviously eye-catching, high-handed, or ambitious and talented, to mess things up and mess up; Under the selfish motives of their respective meritorious deeds, the volunteers and horses from all walks of life who happened to enter the winter inevitably bore the first to bear the brunt of bad luck.

As a result, on the three main fronts that the Great Qi Imperial Court was advancing and maintaining in the Guan, people were frozen to death and starved to death; In addition, because of the lack of supplies, the army of more than 100,000 was reduced by more than 10% in just one month.

Then, Fei Chuangu and Gai Hong, the left and right privy envoys who were angry and corrupt, directly broke into the inner hall to question the Yellow King; There was also a more fierce Zuo Wuwei general and northern envoy Huang Hao Huang Hao, rushed back to Chang'an City with his followers, and the great light and fire beat Huang Siyi, a member of the same clan who could not be dispatched in public, and could not tell the reason.

As a result, Liu Tang, who originally wanted to continue to watch the fire from the other side, had to be compensated for a lot of conditions before his gaffe became more corrupt, and then he was reinstated to his original post and asked out of the mountain to preside over the situation again.

Therefore, if he wants to regain his past authority, or even do more and perform, he is also inseparable from the cooperation and cooperation of the Taiping Army. For this reason, he can even justifiably reveal some inside information of the imperial court and secretly win the trust of the other party.

For example, at Fang Cai's banquet, he followed the opportunity of drunken gaffes and said vaguely that there were several people in the Taiping Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in the south, and they had always carried letters and received corresponding benefits in the goods in the name of old and kinship.

Then he mentioned that all the ministers in the political hall, including Wang Duo, the former prime minister of the previous dynasty, were very interested in every move of the Taiping Army's Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

Flowing thought so, and suddenly kicked the forward carriage and shook it hard, and then he was caught off guard and fell to one side of the wall, and was wrapped in the gorgeous ornaments of the carriage. It was only outside that a hurried shout sounded:

"There are assassins."

"Protect the Messenger."

"Be careful."

"Don't chase away. Beware of schemes. ”

Liu Tang, who was hit on his head and had a sticky feeling, suddenly woke up most of the time; Then the curtain of the car was also lifted, revealing the faces of the guards and said in a cut voice:

"Envoy, it's okay."

Leaning on the sloping siding, Liu Tang noticed that one of the two horses he was pulling had been shot, and the other had also been hit by an arrow and fell to the ground and struggled desperately. It had already hit the wall and slanted to the side of the volleyed and spun on the spokes of the car, and several slender carved arrows were inserted.

At the same time, Gao Yu, who was about to return to his station, near Huainan Diyuan, was also ambushed by a riot on the street. With clusters of sharp arrows shot from the dark city on the left, there were many masked gray-clad men who jumped out from between the eaves of the wall with swords in hand.

They besieged the guards silently and frantically, and in a blink of an eye they had cut them down and cut down most of them, while the rest of the guards simply fled in a frustrated manner.

However, they reluctantly created and fought for this buffer time, which also made Gao Yu resolutely abandon the car and walk with a few relatives, and retreated to the somewhat deserted and dilapidated city. Of course, these attackers refused to let them go easily, and they chased them into the alleys.

Then, suddenly a few fires that exploded in the night one after another, and the sound of dusty tremors, and they all rushed to retreat, but their numbers were already more than half, and they were more or less wounded or bloody on their bodies.

Not long after, Zhao Zhang, who was on duty at night in the political affairs hall, finally got an urgent report from the patrol officer on the street:

"Liu Du was assassinated and injured on the street. Now he is receiving treatment in the village behind closed doors. ”

"The Taiping Army envoy who had a banquet with him was attacked in Chongdefang near Dongshi, and his guards were killed and wounded and their bodies were everywhere, and I was missing."

- I'm the dividing line -

Outside the city of Chengdu. Then, the cavalry galloping in the distance also approached the front; The leader was Chen Jingxuan's confidant general Li Shunzhi, and he shouted loudly on the horse.

"Commander, please stay."

The sweaty summoning messenger suddenly showed a resolute look on his face, and whipped Chen Jingxuan's mount a few times, causing him to rush out in pain. However, he was riding a horse, and before he had gone far he was overtaken, and hurriedly cried out:

"I am in the Holy Lord..."

Seeing that a Qiang soldier with a full face who had rushed to his side suddenly drew his sword and flashed, the summoning messenger's voice stopped abruptly, and he screamed sharply, covered his blood-spurting chest, and fell off the horse in a daze. The rest of the retinue scattered in a hurry, and then they were chased by these horsemen and slashed and stabbed to death.

"You... You guys.. How dare you kill... I'm anxious to hurt me. ”

And Chen Jingxuan, who was then dragged back, was able to react at this time, but he didn't know whether he was frightened or angry, and pointed at them with a trembling arm.

"Second brother. This is not what you think. This matter is very strange and dangerous. ”

At this time, his only surviving brother, Chen Jingxun, the assassin of Langzhou, also stepped forward to explain.

Only then did he know that his younger brothers Chen Jingxun, the assassin of Langzhou, Li Shunzhi, the Marquis of Duyu, and Li You, the staff member, who stayed in the camp, felt that something was wrong after he was called away. On the spot, he instigated the Qiang generals who had already been subordinated, killed Li Huan, the deputy envoy of Guan Junrong, who had an ambiguous and suspicious attitude, and Zhou Wenjing, the detainer of the prison court, and regained control of the situation in the western suburbs.

"I have sent someone to inquire about the eldest brother before, but I found that the line is confined inside and outside, and the eldest brother does not know what to do; It didn't take long to report the news.,Zicheng was also closed.。。 I'm afraid that something has changed. ”

Chen Jingxun followed.

"I have already asked the summoned attaché, and the Holy Lord is indeed in the West Mountain Annex. I'm afraid that I was coerced and precipitated by people with ulterior motives. Please also ask the marshal to quickly lead the troops over to escort the car. ”

Duyu Marquis Li Shunzhi also said.

"But, but... In case not. ”

At this time, Chen Jingxuan's indecisive temperament made him hesitate on the spot.

"The kung fu wealth and authority on the festival are all related to the Tian Gong, if there is an accident in the public, the future of my generation's life depends on the decisiveness of the festival. Is it willing to give up a wife and children at the festival, and go to the hands of others? ”

As the mastermind, Li Youyou also hurriedly persuaded, and then increased the weight.

"Gao Renhou is coming. Tian Gong's more than those have to be paid in vain. ”

"But... Who should come first? ”

Chen Jingxuan finally relented.

"Ordinary soldiers are afraid of hesitation and repetition, although they can't use it, but those Qiang soldiers who can't speak and only listen to simple orders can use it, and then let's send the tooth soldiers to 'rescue'."

Strategist Li thought about it again and immediately offered advice.

"Strike... Well, listen to you. ”

Chen Jingxuan, who was like an ant on a hot pot, could only stomp his feet.

Not long after, a Qiang army with fur hats and beasts and clothes wearing ill-fitting iron armor began to scream and rush towards the location of the Xishan Villa. He also turned the houses in the cities and villages he passed along the way into cries and cries in the fireworks.