Your Highness, here they are. One of the guards pointed to the cavalry in the distance.

Yang Yong stood on the city tower, looking at the cavalry coming from afar, as if a black line was advancing rapidly along the official road in the distance, a large amount of smoke and dust flew above the black line, and the smoke and dust gradually formed a pillar of smoke above, and the rumbling hoof sound came, which was very small at first, but slowly became bigger and bigger, and gradually in my ears except for the roar of the cavalry galloping, I could no longer hear other sounds.

"What an elite cavalry!" Qu Tutong and Duan Da, who were beside Yang Yong, praised at the same time.

Qu Tutong and Duan Da were originally guarding the 2,000 rebels in the valley, but they were just replaced by the newly formed 400 government soldiers yesterday, and Yang Yong promoted all the guards in the valley to temporary chiefs, and each was equipped with ten government soldiers to guard the rebels in the valley, so that only forty guards were needed in the valley, and the other 160 guards had to be transferred to the city.

Although the personal strength of the government soldiers is far from the elite brought by Yang Yong, if it is on flat ground, even five or six people can not withstand a guard, but it is used to guard the valley but there is no problem, after all, there is a lot of strength in people, such rough work as logging and carrying boulders, a guard and a government soldier are not much different, if the defenders in the valley dare to impact outward, they can only throw heavy objects from the mountain and smash them.

Four hundred government soldiers in exchange for one hundred and sixty guards, the number of people in the valley doubled, the strength naturally increased a lot, however, such an army composed of government soldiers, once it was attacked by the outside, it was very easy to collapse, but if it was really attacked by Liang Shiyan, it was impossible to resist without replacing those elite guards, and after the elite guards withdrew to the city, the garrison of Wanrong County was greatly strengthened, plus the forty elite soldiers who were drawn out, there was a cavalry of three hundred people in the city again.

Whether the cavalry is elite or not, it does not have to be a fight. Experienced generals can estimate by looking at the marching queue and the smoke pillar above, the smoke and dust above the head of Liang Shiyan's cavalry gather but not disperse, the sound of hooves is clear but not mixed, almost a whole, forming a momentum that can tear everything apart, everyone can feel it when standing on the city tower, it can be imagined that if a group of infantry stands in the open space, facing such a cavalry impact. I'm afraid that if there is no fighting, it will collapse first.

Seeing this cavalry, Yang Yong couldn't help but think of the two battles with the Turks and the Goryeo, the Turks were skilled in bows and horses, but they had no discipline, although they were as imposing as a rainbow when they were victorious, but they were also like landslides when they were defeated, so that their 2,000 men would defeat tens of thousands of Turks. Although the Goguryeo archers and horses were inferior to the Turks, they already had strict military discipline, and compared with the Turks, the Goguryeo people were even more difficult.

Since returning to Chang'an to become the crown prince, Yang Yong seems to have been pressing a big stone in his heart. The fate of history, the ruthlessness of the royal family, and Yang Jian's suspicious nature. made Yang Yong have to suppress himself from time to time and look forward to doing things. Yang Yong finally knew how difficult it was for a powerful emperor to be the crown prince, no wonder the prince in such a situation in history either ended up being deposed. Either he was cowardly and incompetent when he was the crown prince. After becoming the emperor, he became obscene and shameless, because he was too depressed when he was the crown prince.

If you don't want to be deposed. Or become cowardly and incompetent, you must take your fate into your own hands, looking at the cavalry that is only rushing for less than a few miles in the distance, Yang Yong can't wait to roar on the city tower and vent all the previous things.

"Close the gates!" Yang Yong suppressed the excitement in his heart, and tried his best to calm his voice, but he couldn't stop the blood boiling in his heart, come on, just see how your five hundred cavalry break through the city.

"Yes!" A guard responded loudly, and the south city gate suddenly sounded a squeak, and then there was a loud bang, the entire city gate had been closed, and Liang Shiyan's horse was only a few hundred steps away from the city.

"Phew!" Seeing that the city gate was closed in front of him, Liang Shiyan had to raise his hand to let the cavalry stop.

"Ritsu." The sound of the horses sounded, and the whole cavalry team stopped, this kind of sudden from galloping to stationary, but the distance of more than ten steps, made people feel extremely coordinated, and the whole team was arranged in five horses, not chaotic at all.

Liang Shiyan was escorted by several subordinates, and slowly walked to the city, and a personal entourage stepped forward and shouted: "Listen to the people in the city, the Duke of Puzhou is here, open the city gate quickly, and let me wait to enter the city to meet His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Yang Yong said to Miao Meng beside him: "You go and answer, ask him, since you are visiting the prince, why did you bring so many soldiers and horses?" ”

Miao Meng also saw the majesty of the cavalry led by Liang Shiyan just now, and secretly said in his heart, this is the Great Sui Jing Cavalry, the soldiers in the city are too far apart, if it is usual, he is afraid that he will soon open the city gate to Liang Shiyan, at this moment with the support of the prince, Miao Meng felt that his waist was much straighter, and conveyed Yang Yong's words loudly.

The relatives hurriedly replied: "The Duke of Yu Guo is worried about the safety of the prince, so he specially brought someone to protect him and open the city gate quickly, otherwise he will delay the trip of the Duke of Yu Guo, and you can't afford to wait for the crime." ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very safe in the city, if you want to enter the city, please retreat the soldiers and horses back five miles, and the Duke of Yu Guo can bring ten people into the city."

"Bastard, call Yu Wencheng out, what qualifications does he have to prevent the Duke of Yu Guo from entering the city, beware of the Duke of Yu Guo impeaching him to the emperor, and he is a supreme official." Liang Shiyan's entourage couldn't help but be furious.

"The official of Wanrong County is Hedong County, so don't bother with the Duke of Yuguo." Miao Meng immediately retorted.

Shouting and following the helplessness, he had to retreat to Liang Shiyan's side: "Gong Yu, they want our army to retreat five miles before Gong Gong can enter the city, how to deal with it?" ”

Liang Shiyan was standing next to him, and he could hear the words of the city and the city clearly, and he couldn't help frowning, when he came to the place, he thought that it might not be easy to snatch the prince into his hands, but he didn't expect the city gate to be closed in front of him, after all, both sides are grasshoppers on a rope, and they belong to the cooperative relationship for the time being.

The people on the city tower also looked nervously below, if Liang Shiyan really would retreat and only bring a dozen people into the city, as long as Liang Shiyan was captured, this battle could be wiped out.

Xue Mo'er said beside him: "Gong Yu, it seems that something is wrong, the city is very wary of our army, do you know our intention?" ”

"Possibly." Liang Shiyan nodded, looked at the high city wall of the county seat, and couldn't help hesitating in his heart, if it was usual, he would not refuse to enter alone, so he had to look at it

There is something strange in Vang Vieng County, and I instinctively feel that there is danger in the city. It's just that inside him, the other party refuses to open the city gate, can he not attack it?

Liang Shiyan was in a dilemma, so he had to personally urge the horse forward, and shouted to the city: "This official is the history of Puzhou, and I also ask the Wanrong County Commander to come to the city to see him." ”

Seeing Liang Shiyan come out in person, Miao Meng suddenly didn't dare to answer casually, looked at Yang Yong, and Qu Tutong looked at the distance between the two sides. Liang Shiyan was only a hundred steps away from the city, and was within the range of his bow and arrows, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, I humbly ask to shoot this person." ”

Yang Yong once met Liang Shiyan once when he was exterminating Wei Chi Yuan, when Liang Shiyan, as the head of the marching army, had tens of thousands of troops in his hands, plus Yuwen. Cui Hongdu and the three of them are united, if they fall to Wei Chi Yuan, then Wei Chi Yuan wins, if they are loyal to the court. When the spirit was high, although he was over sixty years old at the time, he was in good spirits. Full of black hair, it's only been three years now. Liang Shiyan's hair is all white, and his face is full of age. These three years. Liang Shiyan is afraid that he regrets not supporting Wei Chi Yuan every day, so he will want to rebel again.

For this Rong Ma for a lifetime. Yang Yong couldn't help but feel a trace of pity for the veteran who had made great achievements in the Great Zhou, he knew it was like this, why bother at the beginning, if he wasn't greedy for money and accepted Wei Chi's gold, why did he end up like this, and now he shouldn't have half of his body in the ground, and he still wants to rebel, it can be said that he is a wrong step, a wrong step.

In an instant, Yang Yong's pity for Liang Shiyan disappeared, and he nodded: "Quasi!" ”

Qu Tutong was allowed, and he was immediately overjoyed, took off the strong bow on his body, bent the bow and set up the arrow, and as soon as his hand was released, there was a loud buzz, and the long arrow shot towards a meteor and quickly shot towards Liang Shiyan.

Liang Shiyan saw that the city did not answer for a long time, and was about to urge again, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a black light flying towards his throat, he had been in battle for a long time, and immediately reacted, someone in the city attacked him with a secret arrow, but he was just about to dodge, but his body reaction was not as good as before, the long arrow was approaching in the blink of an eye, and his throat seemed to have felt the cold arrow, and he secretly said in his heart, my life is over.

"Be careful." A black shadow hit Liang Shiyan's waist heavily, Liang Shiyan fell to the ground with a snap, as if the whole bone had been knocked apart, he touched his throat, although the throat was full of wrinkles, but unharmed, just a figure lying on the left, a long black arrow shot from the person's throat, through the entire back of the neck, even if the fairy came and could not be helped.

Liang Shiyan knew that it was this guard who had saved him with a heavy blow just now, otherwise the long arrow would have been stuck in his neck now.

"Quick, save the adult." When Xue Mo'er saw a long arrow flying towards Liang Shiyan just now, he was so frightened that his soul was scared, but fortunately, he had seen that something was wrong in the city, and asked a guard to always pay attention to Liang Shiyan's safety, so he saved Liang Shiyan's life.

Without Xue Mo'er's orders, several guards around Liang Shiyan had already come to Liang Shiyan's side, using their bodies to block the middle between Liang Shiyan and Wanrong City.

"Whew! Shout! Shout! The arrows on the city flew down like raindrops, they were all light horses and rushed forward, there was no armor on their bodies, the long arrows shot down from the city were dense and urgent, Liang Shiyan's guards screamed from time to time, and fell from the horse, but the rest of the guards still successfully helped Liang Shiyan to the horse, out of the range of the arrow rain in the city, but more than a dozen horses fell under the city.

Watching Liang Shiyan escape, Yang Yong sighed in his heart, it seems that he is not suitable to order a plot against others, the first time he ordered a plot against the Goguryeo generals, although he was shot, he still did not shoot him to death, this time he plotted against Liang Shiyan, but Liang Shiyan fell from the horse, and he didn't shoot at all.

Qu Tutong saw that the first arrow did not hit Liang Shiyan, he was very annoyed, and when he was about to shoot the second arrow, the other party's guards had surrounded Liang Shiyan, and he had to shoot at Liang Shiyan's guards, and more than ten guards below died under Qu Tutong's hands to less than four or five people.

Although Liang Shiyan was not injured by the arrow, he was hit by the guards first, and then fell off the horse, his body was not as good as a young man, in fact, he had been seriously injured, after being rescued by the guards, half of his body was numb, and he couldn't even stand up, he only felt that the pain in his body was as uncomfortable as a knife cut, if it wasn't for his own image, he couldn't wait to moan loudly.

Seeing Liang Shiyan's painful appearance, Liang Wu hurriedly ran over and asked, "Father, how are you?" ”

"Lord Guogong."

"Lord Guogong."

Many sergeants couldn't help but surround them, looking at Liang Shiyan with concern, Liang Shiyan endured the pain and waved his hand: "This official is fine!" ”

"My lord, let's go into the city and get Yu Wencheng out"

"Yes, Lord Guogong, this revenge must be avenged, let's go into the city."

His lord was injured by the secret arrows of the people in the city, and many people couldn't help but scold, and their hearts were extremely angry. They still thought it was Yu Wencheng's arrangement, a county order was so bold, it was unbearable, and these sergeants couldn't wait to level Wanrong County immediately.

Many anxious soldiers have stepped on their horses and jumped in the direction of Wanrong County, although Liang Shiyan was also angry in his heart, but he was not confused, the walls of Wanrong County were high and thick, and they were not bad compared with Fucheng, but they were not the same as some small cities, the cavalry could directly attack, or they could attack the city with ground, if the cavalry attacked directly like this, they could only find death.

"Come back, pass on the official's order, immediately retreat and camp, and then send a team to the nearby villages to collect grain, just say that Wanrong County ordered the city to rebel, and asked someone from the nearby villages to contribute to the force, assist the officials and soldiers to cut down wood to build a ladder, and then attack the city."

"Yes." Those who received the order temporarily held back the anger in their hearts, and reluctantly retreated.

Seeing that Liang Shiyan retreated, everyone in the city knew that when Liang Shiyan came again, it would be time to attack the city in a big way.