In the big tent of the Chinese army in Liu Yang's military camp, this place has become a slaughterhouse at this time, as long as someone comes from outside the tent, eighteen brocade guards will shoot at the same time, kill with one blow, and then drag the body aside.

At this time, Liu Yang and two brocade guards walked in.

Liu Yang came to the tent and asked, "How many people are there?" ”

"Fifty-four." Yijin Yiwei replied.

The lamp and candle were lit, and Liu Yang saw the bloody scene in the tent, fifty-four corpses were piled up into a small mountain of corpses, fortunately, the big tent of the Chinese army was huge enough, otherwise it would be really difficult to hold these corpses.

There was blood under his feet, Liu Yang wiped his cold sweat: "All the people have been killed, what should I do now?" ”

Jin Yiwei took out two shovels from the side and said, "Bury them on the spot." ”

Liu Yang nodded, and then, everyone took turns digging and digging a huge pit in the big tent, and then everyone threw all the corpses into the pit and covered it with soil.

The middle of the big tent is convex, and everyone is depressed, but this is easy to do, the big tent of the Chinese army is not something that anyone can come in if they want to come in, as long as this place is supervised, no one will find this burial place

In the Chengqian Palace, Zhou Yi feasted the ministers, although it was very difficult to defend the city during the day, but it was finally defended, which is a fortunate thing to say.

At the same time as the banquet of the ministers, Zhou Yi also decided on the next general to defend the city, Yan Xiang's army was almost dead and could no longer be used, so he chose the second general, Qian Ling.

Qian Ling is the young master of the Qian family, and the Qian family is the second largest family in the royal city, second only to the Yan family; Like Yan Xiang, he also has 5,000 elites broadcast by Zhou Yi, in addition to more than 1,000 private soldiers in his own family, all the soldiers combined, about 7,000.

Early the next morning, Qian Ling went to the south gate to garrison.

In the barracks, Liu Yang gathered all the soldiers and selected fifty-four centurions and thousands, twenty of the fifty-four people were Jinyi Guards, especially the four thousand commanders, who were served by the four small banners in the Jinyi Guard.

Of course, there was also a little accident when choosing a centurion, and many soldiers were asking, what about the previous centurion? Liu Yang had already thought about this problem, so he said that the prince recruited each other, and there were other arrangements, anyway, the soldiers would not go to Zhou Yi to verify, and everyone would be suspicious, and finally it would be over.

After the selection, Liu Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and now the 5,000 army is really in his hands.

With the army in hand, Liu Yang immediately told Miansheng the good news

Wang Xu military camp.

After drinking all night, when it was almost dawn, Yuan Qiang and Yuan Luo helped Lu Yang back, Lu Yang was already drunk and unconscious.

Sun Yu, Zhang Meng and others were no better, they were all drunk, only Wang Xu, who drank less, did not get drunk at all, and after sending Lu Yang away, he also slept beautifully in the military tent.

Lu Yang did not wake up, the siege of the city was put on hold, and all the soldiers rested on this day.

At noon, Miansheng quietly came to the barracks, he was dressed as a personal soldier at this time, wearing thick heavy armor, and walked into the Chinese army tent: "Lord." ”

Wang Xu had already woken up, was sitting on the main seat to practice calligraphy, raised his eyes, when he saw that it was Miansheng, Wang Xu was overjoyed, he had been waiting for too long, just waiting for the good news in the royal city.

beckoned and called Miansheng closer, Wang Xu hurriedly said: "What's the matter, Liu Yangke has already controlled the army?" ”

"My lord, it's already in control." Miansheng said with a smile.

"Good!" Wang Xu is happy, as long as the army is controlled, the next thing will be easy to do.

Wang Xu said: "You go and tell Liu Yang now, tomorrow I will attack the city on a large scale, and kill the defenders in the city without leaving a piece of armor, and at that time, he can ask for battle, and Zhou Yi will definitely agree." ”

"As long as the city gates are in hand, our plan can be implemented."

Miansheng said excitedly: "Order! ”

Just when Wang Xu, Lu Yang and Zhou Yi were fighting, Wu Haoran, a Jinyi guard who was far away in the imperial capital, finally found the sixth prince Zhou Xie, and it was good luck to say that the sixth prince Zhou Xie went out of the palace to do business, but let him run into it.

Zhou Xie has always been greedy for money and lustful, and Wu Haoran almost didn't make much effort to lure him to the Four Seas Restaurant.

Zhou Xie took two entourages to follow Wu Haoran to the private room upstairs, pushed the door in, Zhou Xie frowned: "Where is the big business you are talking about?" ”

Wu Haoran looked at Zhou Xie's two entourages and said with a smile: "Please hold back for now." ”

Zhou Xie was a little embarrassed, the two personal soldiers behind him were carefully selected by him, with strong martial arts and outstanding swordsmanship, they were specially designed to protect his safety, and now they are outside the palace, so they should be careful in everything.

Wu Haoran saw his thoughts, and immediately said: "Don't worry, we are just businessmen, we only talk about business, and we will never have other intentions." ”

Zhou Xie pondered for a moment, and finally waved his hand at the two entourages behind him: "You are waiting outside the door." ”

"No."

Two attendants walked out of the room, and the door closed.

At this time, Ye Xiong walked out from behind the screen, covered his face with a black scarf, dressed in nocturnal clothes, and looked like an assassin, Zhou Xie was startled, and was about to shout, Ye Xiong said: "Your Highness doesn't need to panic, please sit." ”

Zhou Xie stabilized his mind, forced himself to calm down, and sat down with a flick of his robe: "Who is Your Excellency?" ”

"Merchant." Ye Xiong covered his face and spoke slurredly.

Zhou Xie was extremely puzzled in his heart, just now on the street, Wu Haoran told him that there was a big business of tens of thousands of gold to talk to him, he was curious, so he walked all the way, but now he is a man in black sitting here, is it talking to a man in black? You don't need to talk about business.

Ye Xiong didn't say much, waved his hand and motioned to several subordinates to carry out five thousand taels of gold from the rear, the gold was packed into five large boxes, unlocked and opened, and the room was bright with gold when it was neutral, like the scorching sun.

Zhou Xie opened his mouth wide, there are many ministers who give him gifts on weekdays, but no one will have such a big hand, the most is a thousand taels of gold, although he is a prince, but there is not much gold and silver in his hands.

Looking at Zhou Xie's greedy appearance, Ye Xiong smiled secretly, "Your Highness, this is just a deposit, as long as Your Highness helps me do something, after the matter is completed, I will give you double the gold." ”

Double? Zhou Xie was completely shocked, now there are five big boxes in the house, to say the least, it is five thousand taels, how much should it be? Ten thousand taels?

Zhou Xie's hands trembled a little, and he gently picked up the gold in the box: "You say, what's the matter?" ”

Ye Xiong said, "I am a horse dealer in Hexi County, often running with the imperial capital and Guxi, and now the king of Guxi is at war with Wang Xu, it is a good time for me to sell horses, but I heard that His Majesty the emperor intends to send troops to quell the rebellion, so it will cut off the financial road below, so I hope that His Royal Highness can make a proposal to the emperor, and then go west after the beginning of spring next year, so that I can make a few more money." ”

Zhou Xie came back to his senses and smiled: "It's really business-free and treacherous, but this prince likes it." ”

"What does Your Highness mean?"

Zhou Xie was embarrassed: "The matter of the western expedition has been agreed, and the expedition will be set out tomorrow. ”

Ye Xiong's heart was astringent, and he asked, "Who is the leading general?" ”

"Admiral Yu Yuan." Zhou Xiedao.

Ye Xiong thought about it for a long time, and finally said: "If Yu Yuan is seriously injured or sick, will the emperor order a slow march?" ”

Sick? Wounded?

Zhou Xie smiled dumbly: "Brother Tai, you may not know General Yu very well, although Yu Yuan is over half a hundred years old, he is old and strong, he has never been sick, and it is even more impossible to be injured, Yu Yuan's martial arts are exquisite, and he has the ability to penetrate Yang in a hundred steps, he has always killed people, how can he be injured." ”

Seeing that Ye Xiong didn't speak, Zhou Xie continued: "Of course, if he is really injured, the matter of the Western Expedition will definitely be suspended. But it is not allowed, and it is not known whether the father will send other generals to the battle. ”

Zhou Xie's eyes never left the gold in the box, Ye Xiong thought about it, and had a plan in his heart.

"Your Highness, General Yu Yuan will inevitably be seriously injured and unable to march before the expedition tomorrow, and the western expedition will be postponed at that time; His Royal Highness can take the opportunity to advise the emperor, saying that this matter may not be auspicious, and in addition, it is now a cold winter season, which is not conducive to the expedition, and for the sake of the overall situation, it should wait until the beginning of spring next year to go on the expedition. ”

Zhou Xiedao: "What if my father doesn't allow it?" ”

"Then Your Highness will ask for war!"

Zhou Xie understood everything at this time, I have to say that Ye Xiong thought thoughtfully, the military power was in hand, and he could delay as much as he wanted, even if he couldn't delay it any longer, the army could march slowly after the expedition, and it would take hundreds of miles to get to Guxi County, and hundreds of thousands of troops would have to walk for a month.

"Okay, this prince promised you!" Zhou Xie said briskly.

Zhou Xie smiled and pointed to the five big boxes in front of him: "What about these?" ”

Ye Xiong said: "It's all His Highness, Your Highness can come and get it whenever he wants, and a certain family has nothing to say." ”

"Yes, your Excellency is really refreshing." Zhou Xie was greatly satisfied, for him, money is the best thing in the world, and it is convenient to do anything with money.

Money can buy bodyguards with strong martial arts, buy official positions for his subordinates, install eyeliner anywhere, etc., these are the foundation of his life, and if he wants to live carefree, he must do so.

Unexpectedly, he came to the restaurant and got 5,000 taels of gold after a walk, Zhou Xie was very surprised, and his heart was infinitely happy.

The two negotiated, and Zhou Xie led his entourage out of the restaurant.

Wu Haoran came to the room and said, "Commander, how are you talking?" ”

Ye Xiong tore off the scarf: "Arrange for me to enter the palace immediately, I'm going to kill someone tonight!" ”

"Who?"

"Yu Yuan!" Ye Xiong's eyes showed a cold light: "He must die!" ”

Wu Haoran's back was cold, and he couldn't help but shiver, and arched his hand: "No, my subordinates will arrange it." ”

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