Suzhou City

After the rebellion of the Heavenly Taoist Sect, the Suzhou Assassin Xie Junlang committed suicide to apologize, and the former Suzhou Assassin Mansion had changed hands at this time and became the so-called imperial palace of the Heavenly Taoism.

The Heavenly Taoist Sect established itself as the 'Holy Dynasty', with the Holy Lord as the 'Holy Emperor', and the Prime Minister, the Great General, and the Six Ministries and Nine Qings, of course, because the time was too short, except for a few key positions, there were many vacancies in the rest of the official positions.

Ding Mian, the former master of the Qinglong Hall of the Heavenly Dao Sect, appointed himself prime minister, and before the Holy Emperor appeared, he ruled everything, and the position of general was held by the master of the White Tiger Hall.

"Uneasy, what's wrong, has Yangzhou City been defeated?" Sitting in the lobby of the Yamen of the Assassin History, Ding Mian was wearing a prime minister's official uniform modeled after that made by the court officials, but the patterns on it were different.

"Qi Yu Tang....... Well, Xianggong, news came yesterday that the general had led his troops to attack for several days, and the fall of Yangzhou was probably just a few days. Hearing Ding Mian's question, the servant beside him hurriedly replied.

"Huh......... That Yu Feihu is also a straw bag, tens of thousands of troops can't even take a small Yangzhou city, and he still has the face to say that the Northern Expedition to Luoyang will go straight to Chang'an, if he doesn't have some ability, he really wants to cut him. Ding Mian snorted coldly.

Venting the unhappiness in his heart, Ding Mian then asked, "Why, those old guys have been alive recently, and there are no surprises!" ”

"Don't worry, according to your orders, those elders are all watched by our people, no matter what, no matter how much rice we eat a day, we have a record, and there will definitely be no accidents." The servant replied.

The old guys that Ding Mian said are not others, but some old people of the Heavenly Dao Sect, don't look at Ding Mian is now covering the sky in the Heavenly Dao Sect, except for not having the name of the Holy Lord, the others are the same as the Holy Lord, but in the Heavenly Dao Sect, he is an out-and-out junior.

The Heavenly Daoist Sect was established after Chen Shuozhen's death, and it has been decades now, which has gone through three generations of holy masters, among them, except for the dead, the rest of the people have all become the elders of the Heavenly Daoist Sect, don't look at these people who are usually inconspicuous, but many elites in the Heavenly Daoist Sect are the disciples or descendants of these people, Ding Mian was able to ascend to the throne at the beginning, relying on currying favor with these people, with their support, he can slowly erect the Holy Lord, so as to achieve the status of ten thousand people under one person in the Heavenly Daoist Sect.

But that was the past, and now Ding Mian is no longer the same as at that time, this time the Heavenly Dao Sect rebelled, it can be said that Ding Mian single-handedly planned, using his power in the Heavenly Dao Sect to provoke those who were dissatisfied with the people who were dissatisfied with the south to eat in the south to start an uprising, and in one fell swoop attracted more than 100,000 people.

The land of several states in the south of the Yangtze River is in hand, and after taking Yangzhou City, it can be attacked, retreated and defended, given time, it is not a problem to really stand on his own as the king, at this time, how could Ding Mian be willing to have someone continue to ride on his neck, so, at the beginning of the rebellion, he asked people to arrest all the elders of the Heavenly Dao Sect, and now it seems that the effect is really good.

"That's good, by the way, there has been news of the Holy Emperor recently." Ding Mian nodded, then continued to ask.

"This ............"

Hearing Ding Mian's inquiry, the servant had a little hesitation on his face.

"Well, what the hell is going on, tell me quickly."

"Qi Yu Xianggong, in the past, the Holy Emperor was guarded by Xuanwu Hall disciples, and our people couldn't find out his whereabouts at all, and later, although some Xuanwu Hall disciples were bought, because their status was not high, they couldn't get exact news, and they could only get some vague news."

"Nonsense, where is the Holy Emperor now, what is going on, you hurry up and make it clear, and then dare to be verbose, be careful of your head." Ding Mian said sharply.

Hearing Ding Mian's reprimand, the servant was sweating profusely in horror, and hurriedly said, "Yes, I got the news earlier that the Holy Emperor went to Hangzhou City not long ago, and he participated in some Oiran Contest and got the Oiran, but later, after we suffered losses in Hangzhou City, there was no news of the Holy Emperor again." ”

"Hmph, rubbish, useless waste, get out, get out, get out, I'm upset when I see you."

After watching the servant escape in horror, the expression on Ding Mian's face changed for a while, and he gritted his teeth and said after a long time

"Hmph, Holy Emperor, Hangzhou City, one day I will make you all surrender at my feet."

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"Kill, kill, kill, tell the death battalion, whoever dares to turn back, don't worry about killing, if they attack the city, you can let them set up troops for three days."

Under the city of Yangzhou, an earth-shattering shouting of killing filled the sky, this shouting has been more than a day, more than a month, almost half of the time will be sounded, especially these days, almost every day is continuous.

Accompanied by the shouts of killing were countless corpses that fell to the ground, which may have belonged to the Tang army in Yangzhou City, or to the Taoist rebels outside the city.

Especially the Tiandao rebels outside the city, they don't have the sophisticated weapons of the Tang Army, nor do they have the experience of the Tang Army, and some of them only have that kind of blood, but unfortunately, on the battlefield, the most worthless thing is these blood.

Seeing that the 3,000 death battalion was driven by the guard battalion behind and launched another attack on Yangzhou City, Li Minghe breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Minghe was the commander of the 60,000 Heavenly Daoist rebels who came to attack Yangzhou City this time, and he was also the general of the Holy Dynasty established by the Heavenly Daoist Sect.

Speaking of which, Li Minghe is not a mortal, Li Minghe, who is less than 40 years old this year, can also be regarded as a veteran of great achievements, joined the government soldiers in his teens, and has followed many famous generals in Liaodong, Saiwai and southwest and fought with different foreign races, because of his extraordinary talent, natural strength, he has repeatedly made meritorious contributions on the battlefield, and when he was in his thirties, he was promoted from a pawn to the position of a captain of the fourth grade.

If nothing else, it will not be a problem to mix the post of a general in the future, but unfortunately, the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and he was in his thirties in a battle, because of a momentary mistake, which led to the defeat of the army and heavy losses.

If it were someone else, even if he was not beheaded, this life would be over, fortunately, because Li Minghe was extremely brave and good at fighting, and was also valued by some senior generals, after their plea, the imperial court dealt with him as appropriate, but unfortunately, the border army he could not stay any longer, and in desperation, he could only fall to the local Zhichong Mansion to serve.

After Li Minghe's activities, he was finally transferred to Suzhou, a place that seemed remote but was actually quite wealthy.

At the beginning, Li Minghe was quite satisfied, after all, it was his fault first, but after a period of time, Li Minghe became more and more uncomfortable in his heart, and he became more and more irritable, and he became more and more dissatisfied with the imperial court.

In this case, he happened to meet a person in the Heavenly Daoist Sect, who was also dissatisfied with the imperial court, so that Li Minghe thought that he had finally found a confidant, just like that, from the beginning of his interest, the Dao finally gradually agreed with the Heavenly Daoist Sect, could it be that Li Minghe's unwilling idea made him join the Heavenly Daoist Sect.

Because of his noble status, coupled with Li Minghe's ability to win people's hearts, he soon became one of the four hall masters of the Heavenly Dao Sect and the most important hall master of the White Tiger Hall.

"General, in the attack just now, someone has already attacked the city, it seems that the Tang army in the city is about to be unable to hold on, as long as we work harder, it will be in the next two days to take Yangzhou City." Li Minghe said what a general.

"It's been a month, more than 10,000 people have died in battle, and even a city with only a few thousand people can't take it, it's extremely useless, if it's a subordinate of a certain year, only more than 1,000 people are needed, and Yangzhou City can definitely be easily taken within three days, but it's a pity, Ding Mian This person is stubborn and self-serving, and he can't listen to the advice at all, and rashly launch a rebellion, it looks like a huge momentum, but it is a strong outside, you wait and see, I'm afraid it won't be long before the imperial army arrives, that is, when we are destroyed, I really regret not being at the beginning." Li Minghe said helplessly.

Hearing Li Minghe's words, a group of generals around him looked at each other, they could never have imagined that their own general would say so.

"Big ....... General, how can this be, now the court is incompetent, the people are poor, we are raising troops at this time, it is in accordance with the time, how can it be a foreign power, you will not be a momentary mistake, say it wrong! Although the person who spoke was wearing armor, his trembling appearance did not look like a soldier at all, and he looked too different from Li Minghe and the others.

This person is really not a soldier, he is nominally the military secretary of the Holy Dynasty, in fact, he is just an ordinary person, the reason why he came this time is to share Li Minghe's worries, but in fact, he is to monitor Li Minghe and others for Ding Mian, this kind of person, usually with the help of the power of the Heavenly Taoism, the fox and the fake tiger are all right, and when he really arrived at this bloody Shura field, he immediately revealed his original form.

Unfortunately, no one answered his words, and everyone's eyes were attracted by the changes in the city.

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Yangzhou city head

With the continuous attack of the Tiandao rebels, the disadvantage of a small number of people immediately appeared, and there were 60,000 Tiandao rebels who became them, they could attack continuously, or they could divide their troops to attack the four walls of Yangzhou City together, but the Tang army in the city plus the recruited Qingzhuang was only as many as 5,000 people, and after these days of fighting, more than half of the losses were lost, and there were less than 2,000 people who could really be used to defend the city.

Moreover, most of the two thousand people were still lightly injured, so at this moment, in the entire Yangzhou City, not only the people who could move were mobilized, but even all the officials had gone to the city, even Di Renjie, the imperial historian.

"Touching ......"

After an arrow was fired, Di Renjie saw that the rebel soldiers in the city who were about to approach the city wall were shot to the ground by his arrow, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Different from later generations, in the Tang Dynasty, people's requirements for scholars are not weak scholars who can't be mentioned, can't pick their hands, and don't even have the power to bind chickens.

This is also why in the poems of Tang Dynasty poets, you can often see words and phrases related to swords, not to mention anything else, even the poet immortal Li Bai is also a master of swordsmanship.

Therefore, don't look at Di Renjie's high position, in fact, he is quite proficient in horseback riding and archery.

"Lang Jun, go to the back and thank you, it's early in the morning, you have shot dozens of arrows, and if you don't rest, even if Yangzhou City is defended, your arm will be broken." Looking at Di Renjie's sweaty head and barely archery, the servant who served him couldn't help but say sadly.

"Don't worry, Dean, it's okay, I want to follow Mr. to learn archery, every day but at sunrise to start practicing, I know that I can only rest late at night, this little effort is nothing."

Having said that, when he tried to look at the bowstring again, he felt that his arm was sore, and he could no longer use his strength.

"Hey, God's will is like this, what can I do, forget it, forget it." Looking at the immovable bowstring, Di Renjie shouted helplessly.

For more than a month, Yangzhou City, with the hands of thousands of people, has not fallen, which has surprised Di Renjie, but unfortunately, by now, the entire Yangzhou City has indeed reached the last moment, without the soldiers who can fight, even if the walls of Yangzhou City are strong, what can they do, they still can't resist the attack of the rebels.

And the idea of waiting for reinforcements to arrive has long been completely abandoned.

Looking at the Heavenly Dao Sect rebels under the city who were like ants and attacked again, Di Renjie's eyes were blurry, his mind was blank, there was no chaos and no worries, so he stood there in a daze.

"Di Yushi, Di Yushi, the envoy invites you to come over to the city and talk about the big things to discuss." Just when Di Renjie was stunned, a soldier ran over quickly and shouted to him.

Hearing that it was Dong Haozhi's invitation, Di Renjie didn't stay anymore, and walked quickly towards the city, and at the same time had a little more expectations in his heart, after all, Dong Haozhi couldn't know what time it was, and he invited Di Renjie to discuss at this time, it must be about defense.

When Di Renjie walked to the city wall, he saw Dong Haozhi walking around there, at this time Dong Haozhi no longer had the graceful momentum he had before, but was replaced by an old man who was covered in filth and looked like a beggar, after all, at this critical juncture, it is still unknown whether he can survive or not, who can still take care of his appearance.

Seeing Di Renjie coming, Dong Haozhi's eyes lit up, and after walking a few steps to Di Renjie's side, he didn't care about saluting, and said directly, "So far, I don't know if Di Yushi has a good way to defend Yangzhou City." ”

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