The song was sent away by fast horse for 800 miles overnight, and then Gaochang County was under martial law in the name of searching for spies; Jiaohe County ordered Li Yu to learn the news, hurriedly found Yuwen Chengdu, showed Yu Wenhua's letter, and said: "General Yuwen, Yang Chong's next step must be to ask us to bow our heads one by one and turn Gaochang County into a hall of words, and we must find a way to stop this matter." ”

Yuwen Chengdu said with a smile: "Yang Chong is currently the county guard, how can I stop it?" If he disobeyed the order, he could even find a reason to kill us. If Li Xianling wanted to stay out of the matter, he would follow General Murong's example and go away; You think, Master Cui has signed, what else is there to worry about, there is no need to make extraneous branches. ”

Li Yu didn't expect Yuwen Chengdu to ignore Yuwen Wenhua and his meaning, and suddenly choked on a mouthful of blood in his chest, said goodbye and returned to the ya, thinking about it in the middle of the night; Early the next morning, he had gone to other castles to inspect the county seat of Jiaohe in order to be famous, and halfway through the government and government soldiers, with six henchmen, he quickly rode to the south with a whip.

Li Yu thought of the end of the county to report to Li Jing, specially bypassed the castle of Tiandi County, and chose to cross the Gobi and desert in the Kurutag Mountains, and the road was quite safe, and then more than forty miles out of the desert is the Peacock River, and after the Peacock River is the end of the realm. The remnant sun was like blood, and the thatched stone and gravel of the desert seemed to be coated with a layer of luster, indescribable illusory, Li Yu and his party just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, when they saw a group of cavalry of about 100 people coming head-on, led by Feng Qiquan and Gao Bei.

Yang Chong really had no last resort, the generals were a little flustered, Li Yu sneered, reached out and took down the long knife on the side of the hanging horse, and instantly became a knife man, strength and courage boiled with the blood, and Sen Han's blade revealed an indescribable fierceness and arrogance in the sun. Li Yu let out a long roar, brandished a long knife to face the opposite side, and the six horsemen behind him each held a weapon and followed closely together, maintaining a small goose-like formation with Li Yu.

Gao Bei took fifty cavalry to meet him, these are Yang Chong's private soldiers, in their eyes, Yang Chong is the sky on his head, and the Li County Order on the opposite side wants to open this sky, then only you are dead and I will die. Fifty horsemen rushed and scattered, with long arrows like locusts, preventing Li Yu and the others from having the possibility of escaping by different routes; Then, according to Li Yu's momentum, he constantly changed the formation to find the most favorable opportunity.

When the cavalry meets, there are no superfluous ideas, and the weapons of both sides have been cut off each other's heads, depending on speed, skill, and luck. Li Yu watched and cut down four enemies in a row, and at the moment when the long knife was exhausted, Gao Bei suddenly accelerated, sat down and the war horse changed to a diagonal rush, shortening the distance between the two horses in the blink of an eye, and the mace smashed with a whistling sound; Li Yu only felt that his knife was hit by a thousand catties of weight, and he immediately let go.

A long lance behind Gao Bei stabbed, Li Yu didn't even have a chance to react, he felt a sudden cold light flash in front of him, and saw a stream of scarlet blood spurting out of his chest and splashing on the head of the horse in front of him. The war horse was startled, neighed wildly, and immediately threw Li Yu off the horse, Li Yu finally saw two spears stabbing at him fiercely, I don't know how many times he stabbed him, until he was no longer conscious.

Li Yu's six henchmen were killed one after another, and Gao Bei's men were killed nine and fourteen were injured. Feng Qi burned the bodies of Li Yu and others, asked Gao Bei to take people to Yinshan to hide, and hurried back to Nanping City.

Feng Qiquan had a lot of questions to ask in his heart, and the most important thing was why Yang Chong wanted to kill Li Yu, a person who abandoned his official position and fled, why did he kill him quickly. When I went to the governor's mansion to see Yang Chong, Liang Shuo, Miao Yun, and Zhang Guo were all there, and Yang Chong was obviously a little tired, but his mental state was still good.

Hearing that Li Yu was dead, Yang Chong was visibly relieved and said, "Now there is room for operation. ”

Yang Chong motioned to Liang Shuo to open the map of the four counties in the Western Regions and said: "Li Jing's military arrangement in Jimo County is neither prepared to support Qinghai County to deal with Tuyuhun, nor is it stationed in the west to deal with the Turks, and the 20,000 cavalry of the Three Route Army are all stationed on the road from Jimo County to Gaochang County, in order to reach Gaochang as soon as possible at a certain time. What is a specific moment? It was when someone in Gaochang sent a signal, and now look, Li Yu is one of them. ”

Feng Qiquan asked worriedly, "Could it be that Li Jing is here to reinforce Gaochang?" ”

"Impossible." Liang Shuo retorted: "If it is for reinforcements, Li Jing will definitely send someone to discuss the details of the route of action, the supply of the army, and the joint command with the county guard, but as far as I know, Li Jing has not sent anyone over once." ”

Yang Chong said calmly: "The garrison arrangements of the counties in the Western Regions are all reported to the Ministry of War, and what Li Jing does should be agreed or acquiesced in by the center, and there is a complete network of contacts in Gaochang. Even if Li Yu is dead now, once Li Jing gets the news of Li Yu's disappearance, according to my estimate, he will still raise troops to come. ”

Feng Qi's face changed greatly, and the map was clearly marked, 20,000 cavalry could kill Tiandi County in just two days, no wonder Yang Chong did not convene his military officials to discuss, but discussed it in a small area of his family first. Although Liang Shuo defected to Yang Chong relatively late, Feng Qiquan knew that Liang Shuo was a person who followed Yang Chong wholeheartedly, and was more loyal than most of Yang Chong's old subordinates, and like Meng Fan, he could do dirty work for Yang Chong.

Miao Yun and Zhang Guo's old faces did not change, and they waited for Yang Chong to follow; Yang Chong glanced at the closed door and continued: "Li Jing must have a bargaining chip in his hand, and after arriving in Gaochang, he can ask me to bow my head and hand over my power in front of the righteousness." It is likely that the task of the 20,000 cavalry is not to attack the city, but to protect Li Jing to reach Gaochang City or Nanping City, so to speak, the time has come for life and death. ”

Yang Chong's family in Gaochang County has a big career, even if he wants to escape, it is too late, not to mention that as long as Yang Chong shows a little timidity, the officials of the Gaochang clan will fall to Li Jing in an instant and tear Yang Chong to pieces. Miao Yun asked, "Are you going to use force to fight?" ”

Yang Chong smiled bitterly: "This is also no way, fortunately, if Li Jing comes rashly, it can be said that he is a rebellion, as long as he is beaten back to the end of the county, he can delay time and see if there is any other way." ”

Yang Chong said it implicitly, and the four of them all understood that Yang Chong's so-called other methods were either to rebel or contact the Turkic Tiele to protect themselves with strength. Feng Qiquan was silent for a moment and asked, "Senior brother, have you considered resigning from the official position?" ”

"I haven't thought about it." Yang Chong said without hesitation: "The Son of Heaven will go on a second crusade next year, and the chaos in the Central Plains will only increase, not decrease; Without strength, not to mention things outside the body, such as wealth, it is difficult to say whether your life can be saved. Senior brother, isn't we the only one who is killing people, and Lai Hu'er has considered the Nine Route Army of Yuwenshu under the city of Pyongyang? Similarly, would Li Jing consider the military and civilians of Gaochang County when he came? No, even Yu Wenshu and I are not worth paying attention to, what are the common people, in their eyes, there is only the glory and wealth stained red by other people's blood. ”

Feng Qiquan had nothing to say, Laihu'er ruined the lives of 200,000 elite Sui soldiers, and plunged countless families into the grief of losing their pillars. If Li Jing came to kill with this attitude, Yang Chong really had no way out.

Liang Shuo gave Yang Chong hundreds of praises in his heart and said: "Facts speak louder than words, let's look at Li Jing's attitude, but Gaochang County's preventive measures must be in place to avoid being attacked by others." It's just that Lord Fang and Master Cui have to spend more words, and they may not agree to the adult's measures. ”

Yang Chong said indifferently: "Liang Shuo, as long as you and Senior Brother Feng hold Nanping City, I will personally rush to Tiandi County and fight Sikong Xing to meet the enemy; As for Gao Changcheng, as long as I don't show up, Fang Xuanling and Wang Ting won't make any moves. Even if a small force of cavalry messengers arrived, Wang Ting would not open the city gates. If Li Jing is defeated and retreats, even if Gaochang City falls into the hands of the enemy, it can be calmly recovered. ”

Yang Chong's plan was good, but when Li Jing's army was dispatched, the news of the attack quickly spread throughout Gaochang County, and there was a lot of noise for a while, and everyone was panicked. Fang Xuanling and Wang Ting understood that Yang Chonghe and Sikong Xing went to deal with the enemy, but they didn't want to affect themselves after failure, so they did their best in the city; Cui Kaiyuan saw the fate of Cui Junsu of the same clan, and he was even less interested in Li Jing, and for a while, the officialdom in Gaochang City was in the same step, one word, etc.

But the news that came in the end made the whole city fall into tears, and before the battle could start, Li Jing was killed in a bombing camp, and it is said that the bones did not survive in the burning fire. The leading general, Ma Delai, was even more straightforward, and surrendered directly with 5,000 cavalry; Wang Wei and Zuo Kunlun withdrew their troops successively.

With such a great victory and consummation, Fang Xuanling and Cui Kaiyuan did not have any joy, and when they looked at each other, they both saw the trace of fear in each other's eyes.

(End of chapter)