Yang Xuangan attached his ear to Xiao Maha's mouth, and heard him say intermittently: "Beware, beware of Wang Hao, faith, trust in his hands." His voice grew lower and lower, and at last his head tilted, and he died for a long time.

Yang Xuangan put down Xiao Maha's corpse, his eyes were slightly sour, he wiped Xiao Maha's eyes that were not closed with his hands, and the round eyes were closed, and he said softly to Xiao Maha's corpse: "General Xiao, please rest assured, Xuangan will live up to your trust, you can go with peace of mind!" ”

Yang Xuangan stood up, rode on the black cloud, stood on the horse's pedal, raised his lance high, and roared: "Cheers, Xiaoguoerlang, our army has won a great victory!" ”

All the Warriors on the battlefield cheered in unison.

The results of this battle were quickly counted, and the Xiaoguo knights were killed 847 and 362 wounded, while the rebels from Xiao Maha and below killed more than 3,700 people, and only more than 400 were captured. After Xiao Maha's rear army was wiped out, Jinyang was right in front of him!

That night, Yang Su's army finally chased to the outside of Jinyang City, and Yang Liang finally escaped into Jinyang City because of an hour won by Xiao Maha's desperate battle.

When Yang Xuangan led the iron cavalry to run outside the city, there were more than 3,000 people outside the city, and the rebels in Jinyang were all discouraged when they saw the banner of Xiaoguo, and they didn't care about the accomplices who were not able to enter the city outside the city, so they directly put away the drawbridge.

Pity the more than 3,000 rebels, who have no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground, they have taken off their armor and fled in all directions, only hating their father and mother for missing two legs, but after all, the wheat iron rod is a rare species, and people can't outrun the four-legged horse after all, and they will soon be caught up.

After chopping melons and vegetables. The remaining seven hundred or so wretched creatures knelt in place. Surrender with your hands raised. The day's battle was completely over.

The rebels at the head of the city were terrified by this group of steel killing gods after seeing such a cold and efficient killing of the Xiaoguo knights outside the city, as if the other party was not fighting, but hunting.

This is the feeling of every rebel soldier in Jinyang City, after a battle, the soldiers defending the city are all as white as earth, their legs are like sifting chaff, and there are not a few who are so scared that they pee their pants.

Yang Liang himself was also leaning on the head of the city weakly. If it weren't for the support of the battlements in front of him, he was afraid that his whole body would have softened, and he suddenly felt a strong twitch in his stomach, and he vomited out of his mouth, and he wanted to vomit out the bile.

After experiencing the tumultuous river and sea in his stomach, Yang Liang leaned weakly against the city wall, and only now did he really begin to regret this uprising, in less than two months, his dream of dominating the world was the same as the hundreds of thousands of male soldiers he held two months ago. The ashes are gone.

Yang Liang shook his head painfully and closed his eyes. It is customary to shout: "The king joins the army, the king joins the army!" ”

A close attendant beside him whispered to Yang Liang: "King, Wang ran away with his son at noon the day before he joined the army, don't you remember?" ”

Yang Liang's eyes suddenly widened, and all his anger erupted like a volcano: "Wang Hao! You slashing dog! This king has killed you! ”

At this moment, in front of the Daizhou Pass, the Wang father and son, dressed as ordinary people, are hiding in a small forest, patrolling in front of the gate from a distance.

The two of them looked at each other for almost a morning before they saw a person leaving the customs, and this person was also searched inside and out by the soldiers guarding the customs, and even all the goods were opened and carefully checked.

Wang Yan looked at this qiē with a gloomy face, and sighed helplessly: "Son, it seems that we can't escape this time." ”

Wang Qi shook his head, his eyes full of disbelief: "No, Daddy, this road is not good, we can still go over the mountains and mountains." You don't have to go through this wild goose gate. ”

Wang Jun smiled bitterly: "Do you know why this pass is called Yanmen?" Don't say that we mortals, that is, the wild geese in the sky, come to the south and fly north every spring, take the reed leaves in their mouths, fly here, hover for half a day, until the leaves fall, and then they can pass the pass. It can be seen that it is not easy for even birds to pass the level, let alone us. ”

Wang Yan looked at his son's tired and sweaty face, and said: "You and I ran all the way from Artemisia Ze, and we ran here in less than two days, and even the horses ran to death, and we walked for forty or fifty miles, do you still have the strength to continue to climb the mountains and mountains?" ”

"What's more, you and I are completely unfamiliar with this mountain path, even if we go up the mountain, I am afraid that we will not be able to go out without a guide, and the posture of the guards is so closely investigated before this gate, there must be ambushes on the mountain path, and when the time comes, I will only be captured."

After Wang Qi was silent for a long time, he asked faintly: "Then according to Daddy, what can we do, wait for death?" ”

Wang Fei said hatefully: "Thinking of me Wang Fei, full of talent, in terms of means, scheming, and ruthlessness, I am not under that Yang Su, but unfortunately God does not bless me, and I am unlucky to meet a waste master like Yang Liang." Now I can't fall into the hands of Yang Su's kid and make his reputation. ”

Wang Qi lost his voice and said: "Daddy, don't do stupid things, the world is so big, we can't go anywhere, even if we can't go to the Turks, we can go elsewhere, it's a big deal to hide for the time being, and wait for the wind to calm down." ”

Wang Fei shook his head, the divine light in his eyes was gone, and he was hunched up, at this moment he was no longer a generation of black-bellied heroes, but a desperate old man with no ideals.

He said to Wang Qi: "Qi'er, Dad is old, he can't run, it will only drag you down!" After a while, we will go to Wutai Mountain in the south, where Dad will find a place to kill yourself, and you can hide by yourself, but don't go to acquaintances, you may be able to escape for your life after a long time. ”

As soon as Wang Qi heard this, tears erupted uncontrollably like a flood that had opened the floodgates, and he hugged Wang Qi's legs and cried loudly, crying and shouting: "Daddy, don't leave the child." ”

Wang Hao sighed, and his words were full of sadness: "Son, it is better to die alone than two people to die together." When I die, bury my body, and don't fall into the hands of others! Also, remember not to go out of the mountain, at this time, the so-called old friends will take you to repay the merits. By the way, I wash off my own involvement. It is better to starve to death in the mountains. You can't throw yourself into the net. Did you write it down? ”

Wang Qi was already crying so much that he couldn't speak, so he could only nod his head while wiping tears and snot on Wang Hao's legs.

Wang Fei patted Wang Qi's head and sighed: "Qi'er, my father has been busy with political affairs since he was a child, and he didn't pay attention to your education when he was young. ”

"The reason why my father wants to give it a go after knowing the destiny of heaven is for our royal family. I want to give Qi'er a good future, but it turns out like this, if you hate your father, I won't blame you. ”

Wang Qi cried even louder, and said while crying: "No, Daddy, how can the child hate you." ”

Wang Hao's eyes suddenly flashed with a fierce light, and he gritted his teeth and said: "It's all Xiao Maha, and he has to fight with me at a critical juncture, so that Yang Liang has no opinion." Retracted back to Jinyang, and lost the last chance in vain! Hum. I'm not going to let him die so cheaply, Qi'er, did you send the letter? ”

Wang Qi stood up, wiped his eyes, nodded and said, "Before we went on the road from Artemisia Ze, the child had already asked Wang Fu to send him to Daxing's cousin quickly. Calculate the time, and it should be there in two days. ”

Wang Fei clapped his hands fiercely and said, "Okay, my Wang Fei is going to die, and the surname Xiao and the surname Zhou also have to be buried with the whole family, hahahaha." ”

Wang Qi looked at Wang Qi in front of him, who had a hideous face, laughing like crazy, dancing with his hands, and laughing with endless resentment, and suddenly felt a piercing chill in his heart.

Ten days later, on the Han Palace, Yang Suzheng was sitting on the tiger skin throne of Yang Liang, while a group of generals were divided on both sides, everyone's faces were filled with joy after the victory, only Shangguan Zheng still stood down dejectedly, bowing his head and saying nothing.

Jinyang surrendered in less than three days after being surrounded, Yang Liang and his subordinates lost the confidence and courage to defend early, if it were not for Yang Liang sent several groups of envoys to repeatedly discuss the surrender conditions with Yang Su, I am afraid that they will not be able to hold it for even three days.

Until the end, Yang Liang still didn't wait for a promise that he would definitely save his life, and in the face of those around him who looked at him, his eyes began to glow green, and he seemed to be a bunch of subordinates with mountains of gold and silver, he still chose to open the city and surrender unconditionally.

Yang Liang himself was directly sent to the capital, and his rebel generals were all imprisoned in the prison of Jinyang, and this Han palace was occupied by Yang Sujiu, and it was used as the temporary marshal's mansion for the counterinsurgency.

In the past few days, the civil and military officials of Yang Lang's period have continued to come to surrender, presenting the tax books, rosters and maps of various prefectures and counties in the state, which also saves Yang Su a lot of tedious things when he took over the power.

Yang Su sat on the tiger skin chair, full of ambition, looked at the triumphant subordinates on both sides, and said with a smile: "This counterinsurgency is so smooth, and the enemy chieftain was captured in less than two months, all thanks to the efforts of the generals!" After returning to Beijing, the marshal was honored as a saint and asked him to reward the generals. ”

Except for the reluctant Shangguan Zheng, all the generals bowed their hands in unison and said, "Thank you Marshal Yang!" ”

Yang Su turned his head to look at Zhou Luohu, the deputy marshal on the left, and said with a smile: "General Zhou, has Wang Fei ever been caught?" ”

Zhou Luohu smiled and replied: "Marshal Yang, Yang Liang's chief adviser, and also his think tank Wang Fei, since he escaped in Artemisia Ze, he and his son Wang Qi ran all the way to Daizhou. ”

Yang Su was slightly surprised, "oh", and said, "Have you found the corpse and his son?" ”

Zhou Luohu said: "Wang Qi originally buried Wang Fei's body in a cave, but then he had nothing to eat for three or four consecutive days, and he was so hungry that he couldn't stand it, so he went out of the mountain and went to a subordinate named Yuan Junzhang before Wang Qi. ”

"This person is a native of Shuozhou, who used to be a guard of the Wang family, and now there is a small Zhuangzi outside the city of Daizhou.

Yang Su nodded: "So after Wang Qi defected to him, this Yuan Junzhang tied him up and sent him to Jinyang?" ”

Zhou Luohu said: "Exactly, not only that, Yuan Junzhang also took Wang Qi to find the body of his father Wang Gong and transported it to Jinyang together." Marshal Yang, how should this matter be handled? ”

Yang Su pondered for a moment and said: "This Wang Su is the culprit who instigated Yang Liang to rebel, and the emperor emphasized before our army set out to suppress the rebellion. The first evil must be investigated. The coercion may be lenient. As for the ordinary soldiers who surrendered voluntarily, they could be released. ”

"Wang Fei is the culprit of the traitor, even if he commits suicide in fear of crime, he must be punished in public in Jinyang again, and his body will be exposed for ten days to deter those with different aspirations."

Zhou Luohu saluted and said, "Leave this matter to me." So how did Wang Qi deal with it? ”

Yang Su glanced meaningfully at Yang Xuangan, who was standing on the other side, and said, "This son did not hesitate to sell his deceased father's body in order to survive. The heart is like a snake and scorpion, although the emperor has made a will, this kind of coercion can be lenient, but this dynasty takes filial piety first, this Wang Qi is not filial to this, and it is difficult to keep him alive!"

"General Yang, you go and interrogate if this person has any comrades, and then behead him tomorrow with his father in the downtown of Jinyang."

Yang Xuan understood and knew that Yang Su was giving him a chance to interrogate the whereabouts of Zhou Luohu's letter, because Xiao Maha had already said that the letter was in Wang Fei's hands before he died. If it can be found, the Zhou family will definitely be even more grateful.

Yang Xuangan glanced at Zhou Luohu. Sure enough, I found that his eyes were full of gratitude and expectation, and he was staring at himself with a smile.

Yang Yichen also spoke: "Marshal Yang, since our army entered Bingzhou, there have been more than 100,000 prisoners captured before and after, and now they are all concentrated in the former Yang Lang military camp outside Jinyang City, what should we do with these people?" ”

Yang Su said with a smile: "Didn't you say it just now, let's screen it, if it is an ordinary people's child who was coerced by Yang Liang to participate in the rebellion, he will let it go." It's just that before the release of the person, the name and residence must be registered, and then handed over to the officials of the county where they are located, and the focus will be on supervision. ”

"And if it is a rebel official and military general above the ninth grade, they will be imprisoned in this prison in Jinyang City, registered one by one, and wait for the emperor's fate."

Yang Yichen replied "yes" and said, "This matter will be handled later." ”

Yang Su turned to Zhang Xutuo again and said, "What is the matter of confiscating the property of the rebel officials?" ”

Zhang Xutuo said with a smile: "Marshal Yang, you don't know, this Yang Liang has been running Bingzhou for more than ten years, but he is really rich, not only him, but also Wang Cheng, Qiao Zhongkui, Yu Gongli, Su Liang, and other high-ranking rebel figures, are piled up with gold and silver, and the last general really can't figure it out, these people are all rich and rival the country, why should they risk killing their heads to rebel?" ”

The loud-voiced Yu Juluo spoke: "General Zhang, you yourself have no money to spare, you don't own any property, you can't understand the thoughts of these rich people, this money, naturally the more the better, never too much." ”

Yu Juluo's thunderous voice continued to echo in the room: "How can it be comfortable to be an emperor when you are a prince, so Yang Liang wants to go further, these people are not satisfied with being a local tyrant only in Jinyang, they want to enter Beijing to be a bigger official and make more money!"

Zhang Xutuo shook his head: "Anyway, Zhang can't understand it." Especially generals like Qiao Zhongkui, what do they want so much money for, no wonder they are greedy for life and afraid of death when they really fight. Marshal Yang, the property and account books obtained from the raid have been prepared and have been sent to the history office of the army commander. ”

Yang Su said with a smile: "Follow the army commander Shi Hu Sizheng to say, one-third of the income from these raids will be rewarded to the soldiers who went out this time." ”

The generals were all shocked when they heard this, and Zhang Xutuo's face also changed, and said: "Marshal Yang, these are all to be handed over to the national treasury, I'm afraid it will ......."

Yang Su didn't wait for Zhang Xutuo to finish speaking, then waved his hand to stop him from continuing: "Just make the account book beautiful, the brothers work hard to fight, don't they deserve a little reward?" Those of us who are officials and generals can naturally be promoted to knighthood after we go back, and what can ordinary soldiers get? Just do as I say. ”

Zhang Xutuo shook his head helplessly, said "yes", and retreated.

Yang Su turned to the map hanging on the side again, and saw that the locations of the various states and counties in the original state were already full of small red flags representing the officers and soldiers.

Yang Su frowned and said, "Haven't the rebels in Jiangzhou, Luzhou, and Jinzhou surrendered yet?" ”

Yang Yichen said: "Yes, I have been persuaded twice, and I also shot the handwritten letter of persuasion written by Yang Liang into the city, but the rebels defending the city in these three places still refused to open the city and surrender." ”

Yang Su turned his head to look at Zhou Luohu, and said with a smile: "Old General Zhou, after my army is in class, the thieves in these three cities will trouble you to lead a partial division to seek peace." ”

Zhou Luohu looked stern and replied: "After the counterinsurgency war, it is not appropriate to use swords and soldiers, these three states are now monitored by 2,000 people, and the traitors will not be able to make a name." ”

"At present, our army has broken Jinyang, and Marshal Yang intends to reward the soldiers, I am afraid that the soldiers have no heart to fight, and their hearts are like arrows, in my opinion, it is better to go first, and then report to the emperor, and re-recruit more than 10,000 people, so as to pacify the traitor remnants in these three states."

Yang Suzheng said: "What General Zhou said is very true, just do as you say." Guys, what else is there to mention? If there is nothing else, let's arrange it according to what we have just discussed. ”

Shangguan Zheng glanced at Yang Su twice, the corners of his mouth activated, as if he had something to say, but finally closed his mouth, continued to droop his head, and said nothing.

Two hours later, Yang Xuangan changed into a black cloak, dressed in civilian clothes, and walked into the prison in Jinyang City with Zhou Zhongyin and Zhou Zhongan, who were also dressed as clerks. (To be continued......)