Chapter 197: Besieging the Xiangyang Palace
"General, why are you here in person?" Xu Gang accompanied Shi Yinglong in the quiet garden, stepping on the newly fallen yellow leaves, making the sound of "Kaka", the autumn wind hit, and it also brought a touch of autumn coolness. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"You kid, how can I not come, the king of Xiangyang is the prince, should you be a trivial matter? I've already seen the letter of alliance from Bao Heizi, and I have also determined the authenticity of the letter of alliance, so we can act directly. Shi Yinglong glared at him and said.
"Uh~~ Don't you wait for the will of the Son of Heaven? I heard that Master Bao has already played a setback. Xu Gang often mingles in officialdom, and he has become even less familiar with the style of the detective army, which he is not very familiar with.
"There is no time, Guangxi Nong Zhigao has been recruiting troops and horses recently, preparing grain and grass, I am afraid that if you want to use troops against our dynasty, you must cut off the tumor of Xiangyang King as soon as possible!" Shi Yinglong frowned slightly, and a hint of fierceness flashed in his eyes.
Xu Gang glanced at Shi Yinglong, was shocked by his eyes, and stopped and asked, "General, what do you mean?" ”
"Recently, the internal army was transferred to storm the Xiangyang Palace, and the traitorous king was arrested and returned to Beijing for trial!"
"Ah~~~" Xu Gang secretly exclaimed, never thought that the general would attack directly.
The general glanced at Xu Gang, who was making a fuss, and continued: "Wait a minute, I'll lead you to meet someone!" ”
Who? Xu Gang naturally didn't ask, but followed the general in confusion, came to the second hall of the Yamen, and just entered the door, he saw a strong man sitting in the hall, about forty years old, seven feet long, thick eyebrows and big eyes, majestic posture, but the tattoo on the face looked a little not good-looking.
"General!" As soon as the strong man saw the general, he got up and gave a salute with his fists, although he was very respectful, but he was neither humble nor arrogant.
Shi Yinglong nodded slightly, then pointed at Xu Gang and introduced: "Hanchen, this is Xu Zhuangyuan of the third yuan in today's Kelianzhong!" ”
As soon as Di Qing heard Shi Yinglong's introduction, a ray of light shot out of his eyes, and a smile slowly appeared on his face, and when he walked in front of Xu Gang, he took a deep look and said, "Thank you Zhuang Yuanlang for speaking for me!" ”
"Oh?" Hanchen's words made Xu Gang dizzy, and he didn't know what he meant by this? The confusion in his eyes grew stronger.
"Hahaha, Zhengyuan, have you forgotten the article you wrote during the palace exam?" The Admiral reminded from the side.
"Uh~~~" Xu Gang suddenly recalled that at that time, the imperial court was debating whether to let Di Qing be promoted to the rank of privy deputy, and his article became a powerful promoter, which immediately strengthened the belief that the Son of Heaven was promoted to Di Qing, and Di Qing also learned that Xu Gang had helped him in the conversation with the Son of Heaven.
"Report~!" Suddenly, a forbidden soldier rushed in outside the hall, and after Di Qing nodded in agreement, he came to the front and reported a news, and everyone was shocked when they heard it.
"I didn't expect that the traitor king had already discovered that the alliance book was missing! In this case, without further ado, I also asked Deputy Envoy Di to quickly transfer troops to surround the Xiangyang Palace, and the old man led people to guard the passage to the north! The general was so shocked that he got up and immediately deployed a plot to capture the traitorous king.
After the general finished speaking, he left with Di Qing in a flash, Xu Gang was stunned in place, and shouted at the general's back: "General, what is my task?" He waited for a while, but no news came back.
"Forget it, let's go to the traitor's mansion first!" Xu Gang sighed and chased after him.
As soon as Xu Gang arrived at the Xiangyang Palace, he saw that the palace had been surrounded by the forbidden army, Di Qing was directing and dispatching not far ahead, he looked at the palace thoughtfully, his eyes gradually brightened, and he walked to Di Qing's side and said: "Deputy Envoy Di, this traitorous king is scheming, I am worried that we can run out around him like this......"
"Oh? But listen to the champion Lang Takami! Di Qing felt a little uneasy in his heart at this time, and after giving an order, he looked at Xu Gang and said.
"The traitor king has been running Xiangyang Mansion for so many years, I am wondering if he has dug a tunnel that leads directly to the outside of the city?" Xu Gang looked at the sky and said lightly.
"Oops~~~ I always feel that something is wrong, Zhuangyuanlang, you are a word to wake up the dreamer! You, come here! Di Qing was about to order his subordinates to take people outside the city to search, when he suddenly looked at Xu Gang again.
"Zhuang Yuanlang, I heard the general say, you are extraordinary in martial arts, brilliant in wisdom, and I also know very well about your defense in Luzhou, whether you are willing to lead a battalion of soldiers and horses to be responsible for the search in the south outside the city?"
"Huh?" Xu Gang pointed to his nose, his face was happy, and he asked in a slightly excited tone, "Can I?" ”
Di Qing smiled a little mysteriously, then nodded lightly and called a conductor over.
"Ah, Huaiyu ......" Xu Gang exclaimed as soon as he saw the person coming, it turned out that this person was Yang Huaiyu, the son of Yang Wenguang.
"I've seen General Xu!" Yang Huaiyu came to Xu Gang's side, hugged his fists and gave a salute, with a faint smile on his face, as if he had already guessed that Xu Gang would be so surprised.
It turned out that after Yang Huaiyu followed his father Yang Wenguang to the Deshun Army, the father and son met Di Qing by chance, and after talking, Di Qing deeply felt that the two were extraordinary.
Not long ago, the imperial court appointed Di Qing as the Xuanfu envoy of the North and South Road of Jinghu Lake, and promoted the thieves and thieves of the east and west roads of Guangnan, and ordered him to assist the general in dealing with the affairs of the king of Xiangyang, and then went to conquer the rebellion of Nong Zhigao, the barbarian leader of Yongzhou, so he transferred Yang Wen and his son to his army.
Xu Gang took Yang Huaiyu out of the city, and searched more than ten miles to the south, and saw that there were sergeants in groups of three or five, searching back and forth sparsely, and the formation was very messy.
"General Xu, this is my father's deliberate plan to lure the enemy!" Yang Huaiyu pointed to those sergeants and explained to Xu Gang, only then did Xu Gang know how powerful Di Qing was, it turned out that he had already thought that the traitor king might escape from the ground, and had already arranged for men and horses to ambush outside the city.
The two continued to the south, but there was a temporary camp, adjacent to the official road, a few miles ahead, there was a lush forest, the forest was deep and dense, even in the daytime, it was gloomy and rich, and it was difficult to see the situation inside.
There were only a few hundred people in the camp, Yang Wenguang was already waiting here, and when he saw Xu Gang accompanied by his son to the outside of the palace, he was extremely happy, and hugged his fists and said: "General Xu, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you lately?" ”
"Commander Yang, oh no, Yang Zhijun, hahaha~~~" Xu Gang smiled slightly, greeted Yang Wenguang with each other, and continued: "Yang Zhizhou, where are the people in your camp?" Why are there only so many left? ”
Yang Huaiyu looked around, and snickered: "Deputy Envoy Di ordered us to transfer most of the people away, saying that it was to make some space for the traitor king and let him play freely, hehe--- there are five or six thousand people scattered around here, don't underestimate it, these are all elites from the northwest ---General Xu, do you think the traitor king will choose to escape from this side?" (To be continued.) )