Ningzhou City, which was boiling over, finally quieted down in the second half of the night. The Tiance army outside the city also seemed to be tired, and the sound of killing gradually dissipated. Yang Chongben, who was guarding the city, had a dark eye in front of him and almost fell headlong on the city tower. This night, the Tiance army seemed to have endless energy, arrows, stones, and fire oil as long as they could be used siege weapons all greeted Ningzhou City, at first they were still concentrated at the north city gate, but then the other three city gates also began to emerge Tiance Army, which made the Shence army in the city exhausted and tired of coping.

Yang Chongben waved his hand to ask the other generals to hurry up and rest, and after leaving some personnel on duty on the city tower, he also began to walk back. For him, the other party must have played the trick of Ming Xiu Plank Road Darkness Chen Cang, although Beicheng was attacked the worst, but the more the movement and quiet, the more it probably shows that the Tiance Army's strategy is focused. So he stubbornly covered the few mobile forces he had left, and stared at the east and south cities.

So before returning to the house, I went to check the city defenses of the east and south cities, and after making sure that there was no problem, I dragged my tired body back to the house.

This time he went back, the morale of the soldiers below suddenly dispersed, the morale of the Shence Army was not high, if it weren't for the fact that this part of the people led by Li Maozhen had fought a few battles over the years and had a little knowledge, it is estimated that they would have collapsed long ago. There was Yang Chongben who was under pressure before, but now that he goes back, how can these teams that are already ruffians and hooligans be able to persevere, and they can't wait to lie down.

To tell the truth, there are only a few troops in the world who can fight such accurately and fiercely in the field battles, such as the Tiance Army, the Hedong Army and the Xuanwu Army. The other feudal towns basically fought during the day, and it was enough to prevent sneak attacks at night. In recent years, the symptoms of night blindness caused by malnutrition have basically been incurable.

It was already the second half of the night when Ningzhou City was restored to tranquility, and only the screams of the wounded soldiers from time to time were still telling the fierceness of the previous battle. But these things don't make much sense to talk about now, I saw that there was a slight throbbing in the darkness quietly spreading, and one by one the black figures appeared at some point, taking advantage of the rare silence during this time to start their own plans.

However, when the Xuanying Guard hidden guards led by Hu Xiaosi were implementing their plans, an indescribable killing intent also emerged from time to time in the urn city military camp in Beicheng.

But under the dim firelight, Yang Yanlu's figure was uncertain, and a complicated look appeared on his face, sometimes painful, sometimes hideous, sometimes sad, sometimes with inexplicable excitement.

"Young marshal, make a decision early. The situation is not good now, and the Tiance Army may come in at any time. If it really comes to that time, it will be too late to regret it. In Yang Yanlu's figure, a dark voice slowly came out, and said: "As long as you can lead the army of Ningzhou City to retreat to Chang'an, he will send someone to take over the rest of the matter." After the matter is completed, it is not a problem to add an official to the knighthood. ”

For a long time, it seemed that this voice made Yang Yanlu wake up suddenly, and said in a hoarse voice: "One step out, either success or death." It's just that I have to pay too much? I'm going to leave a name for the ages in the blink of an eye. ”

"Have you forgotten what happened ten years ago? What do you think your father kept you for? The voice came again, with endless mockery.

Hearing this, a trace of inexplicable sadness and an indescribable hatred appeared on Yang Yanlu's face, his fists clenched with both hands shook in the air, and he finally made up his mind and said, "How could I forget what happened ten years ago?" I can't forget it, so let's do it tonight. According to the momentum of the Tiance Army, the destruction of Ningzhou City has been a matter of the past few days. Sir, you go and arrange a retreat, I'll do errands, and then we will meet in the east city. After speaking, he went straight out of the big account.

Yang Yanlu walked out of the big tent, and the owner of the previous voice also appeared in front of him, but at this moment, the other party also got out of the big tent and left quickly.

"Commander, the North City has moved." Hu Xiaosi, who was hidden in the dark, was silently counting the time, and the news from the secret guard in front of him made him stunned, and then smiled: "This old boy finally can't help it." It's good that I'll give you a ride, otherwise how can he have a reason to retreat towards Chang'an. Hurry up and arrange manpower, just wait for the general's mansion to be in chaos and set off fireworks immediately. Then let our men go and open the gates. ”

At this point, all the secret hands of all parties in Ningzhou City surfaced, and tonight was destined to be an unforgettable night, so that many things later were laid in Ningzhou City tonight, and this foreshadowing even directly changed the direction of history on the day of the outbreak.

And just when Hu Xiaosi ordered tonight's action, the general's mansion suddenly became chaotic, and masked people dressed in black emerged from all over the mansion and launched an inexplicable killing tonight. These people seem to be very familiar with the terrain and layout of the General's Mansion, and they never miss every shot, and they shoot ruthlessly, no matter who they are, they only see that the person who lives in the General's Mansion touches a knife and goes up directly.

Originally, their movements were very small, but after all, it was a time of war, as long as there was a little movement, it was easy for people to be alert, so it didn't take long for these people to touch the backyard where Yang Chongben lived, and it had already been discovered. I saw that all kinds of chaotic sounds sounded one after another for a while, and the backyard guard in charge of duty also hurriedly woke up. But the movement on his side also quickly spread to the masked man, and he saw this group of people abandon other areas and rush towards the courtyard where Yang Chongben was, and at the same time pulled out a strange bow and crossbow from behind, only to see that the crossbow arrows flew up one after another, and the guards who were responsible for guarding Yang Chongben fell to the ground one after another.

"Who the hell are you? How dare you trespass into the General's Mansion? Yang Chongben didn't wear his clothes well, and he broke out with a cloak, and when he saw his own guards lying all over the ground, he was immediately furious.

"Old thief, your time of death has come." The leader suddenly snorted coldly, and the bow and crossbow in his hand were aimed at Yang Chongben, and along with his movements, the others also pulled the reed at this moment, almost shooting him at the moment when Yang Chong didn't have time to react. Pity this general of the Shence Army, Li Maozhen's righteous son died and didn't know why he was killed.

And these masked people rushed to other courtyards non-stop after killing Yang Chongben and began to slaughter the Yang family members who had not yet left.

Yang Chongben's body fell to the ground and no one cared for it for a while, but soon a figure came out of the darkness, and it was Yang Chongben's son Yang Yanlu. I saw him look at Yang Chongben who fell to the ground and was silent for a long time, until the killing outside gradually subsided, and then he walked next to Yang Chongben's corpse, waved the long sword in his hand, and Yang Chongben's head was cut off and put into his leather bag.

At this moment, a huge firework suddenly appeared in Beicheng, which exploded in the air with a bang, and the dazzling fireworks bloomed with a scorching brilliance, illuminating the night. This is probably the first time that humans have ever used fireworks, but instead of admiring the beauty, they use their unique brilliance to guide the direction and signal.

Yang Yanlu stared blankly at the fireworks blooming in the air, he didn't know what it was, but he understood what was going on in an instant, and sneered: "Sure enough, it's still your Tiance Army that is powerful." But my mission was accomplished. What's the matter if Ningzhou City gives it to you. After saying that, he quickly walked towards the east gate. Yang Yanlu's henchmen in the defenders of Beicheng had already been transferred away tonight, and the city defense of Beicheng was also empty to the extreme, so he didn't care about the gains and losses of Ningzhou City. What he had to do now was to take advantage of the chaos to take away the 10,000 defenders that Yang Chong had placed in Dongcheng and Nancheng. So almost as he galloped, he instructed his guards to quickly gather the defenders of the two gates.

And at the moment when the fireworks bloomed, the directly subordinate battalion that had been guarding outside the north city all night saw the signal coming, and Lu Yi instantly turned over and galloped towards the city gate. As soon as he moved, more than 10,000 cavalry behind him also mounted their horses and galloped, and the hooves of the horses made the whole earth shake, and the rumbling sound even reached the city gate in an instant.

The dark guards of the Xuanying Guard in the city opened the city gate immediately after sending out the signal, only to see the firelight outside beginning to flicker with the pace of the cavalry charge. Hu Xiaosi was also secretly relieved to see the cavalry arrive as scheduled, and said to Zhao Si beside him: "You immediately send someone to blend into Yang Yanlu's team, follow him to see where he is going, and who is the person who connects with him over there?" Why does this technique feel a little familiar? ”

After Hu Xiaosi arranged all this, he hid at the gate of the city and watched tonight's actions, he didn't plan to inform Yang Tiancheng to pursue Yang Yanlu. This is a big chess piece that he will use in the future. It's just that he is very curious about his opponent, and one figure after another flashes in his mind, but it doesn't look like it.

"It can't be him, right?" Hu Xiaosi suddenly remembered a person, and then shook his head again, that person should be in Yang Fugong's hands at the moment, with this old eunuch's hatred for this person, he shouldn't be released, right?

"Little Four, what are you doing there?" Hu Xiaosi ignored the battle that started after the battalion rushed into the city, but after the gate of Ningzhou was opened, the infantry led by Yang Tiancheng also rushed into the city and began to receive targets everywhere, and the rebels were to be arrested and suppressed, so he, the commander, also followed into the city, and saw Hu Xiaosi hiding at the gate of the city in a daze, thinking that he was injured, and hurriedly called him and asked.

"Tiancheng, why did you come in? Aren't there Chen Yu and Lu Yi on the front line? Why, our General Yang can't bear the loneliness? Hu Xiaosi was suddenly awakened by Yang Tiancheng's shout, and hurriedly walked over with a smile.

"What happened to you?" Yang Tiancheng also ignored this guy's lack of morality, and asked, "Is it going well, do you want me to help?" ”

Hu Xiaosi shook his head, and said with a rare solemnity in his tone: "When I met an opponent, I was able to make small moves under my nose, and I didn't remember who it was for a while." Then he changed the topic and said: "Tiancheng, you'd better not chase too closely after the Shence army that withdrew from the east gate, and it may be more useful to put them back." ”

Hu Xiaosi's words made Yang Tiancheng groan slightly, nodded and said, "Let's go, let's go to Dongcheng." After speaking, let the heralds around him quickly go to the direct battalion to convey the order. Pursuit of this kind of thing can only be done by cavalry such as the direct battalion.

When the two arrived in Dongcheng, the chaotic city of Ningzhou tended to ease again, and after the Tiance army entered the city overnight, they immediately invested troops to capture the rebels and maintain stability in the city, so those who took the opportunity to make rebellion were quickly captured, and the people of Ningzhou rarely did not suffer from the rebellion. In fact, those who were able to escape basically started fleeing before the war, and the rest could not escape.

After all this, Yang Tiancheng took the generals to the General's Mansion. This place was blocked by the Tiance Army for the first time, and naturally Yang Tiancheng also knew about Yang Chongben's killing.

"Little Si, do you know why Yang Yanlu wanted to kill his father?" Yang Tiancheng was a little incomprehensible after listening to Hu Xiaosi's words: "There is still a feud between their father and son? Not really, right? ”

Hu Xiaosi shook his head and said: "The time that Xuan Yingwei arranged Ningzhou is too short, and this matter has not been found out, but I vaguely heard that in the early years, they seemed to be doing something like this, and Yang Yanlu's mother died tragically because of this, and the rest is still unclear." After a pause, he said: "Okay, Yang Dashuai, you can slow down Ningzhou here, but I have to deal with this Yang Yanlu, this guy will definitely say that our Tiance Army killed their family Manmen, and the family will escape to heaven alone." Troublesome, I hate this kind of dirty water thrown by others the most. ”

"Alright, don't complain to me. I don't know about you yet, but I still need you to do this in person? Just send someone to Chang'an to spread the truth. I'm still tired, Mr. Cen's civil affairs officer hasn't arrived yet, and I, the handsome, still have to take care of civil affairs, so this is a headache. Yang Tiancheng pushed him angrily, and said with a smile: "Okay, it's dawn, I'll write a battle report immediately, are you going to go north to meet the lord?" Just bring the battle report to the lord, and I sent someone from the province. I also have to report to the General Staff and try to let Tianxiang come over as soon as possible. The Battle of Kansai can now be carried out, and the other side is almost ready. ”

After the two discussed all this, Hu Xiaosi took Yang Tiancheng's battle report and went north to Fengzhou to find Li Xuanqing. It's just that what he didn't expect was that Li Xuanqing was silent for a long time after seeing Yang Yanlu's actions, and suddenly said inexplicably: "I still haven't turned this corner." I thought I could stop this tragedy. This sentence puzzled Hu Xiaosi beside him for a while, until many years later, after Hu Xiaosi retired with the rank of imperial general, he also recorded this faithfully in his memoirs, and also left a mystery for the ages.