Luo Weichen searched all over Fengxuan and didn't see Chai Shangyan's figure, his mind was already confused, and he hurriedly ordered left and right: "Leave this place quickly, don't let the left army seize the handle." At this time, the Jin Temple has been surrounded by the military camp in the left army, and Lu Qi, the governor of the left army, personally commanded and arrested people, Luo Weichen and his people were driven to a side hall, and the left sergeant blocked the door of the palace and shouted inside.

Luo Weichen said to the left and right: "My lord took the risk of contacting the rebels for the safety of the people in Hedong, and now we can't be caught by Lu Qi even if we die, and hurt my lord, you rush out with me, you can go, you can go, if you can't go, you will cut yourself." Everyone was silent when they heard this, and then someone protested: "Chai Shangyan is greedy for life and afraid of death and left us alone, why should we accompany him to die." ”

Immediately, someone took the lead and walked out, Luo Weichen slashed a person with a knife, and shouted: "Whoever dares to surrender to the enemy will be the end." Before the words fell, someone stabbed him in the back, Luo Weichen was seriously injured and fell to the ground, unable to speak, everyone dedicated him to Lu Qi, Lu Qi was like a treasure, forced to ask Chai Shangyan's whereabouts, Luo Weichen laughed bitterly and bit his tongue to commit suicide,

Chai Shangyan and Qu Qingquan escaped from the Jin Ancestral Hall from the secret passage of Waiting for Fengxuan, in fact, Lu Qi led the troops to kill the Jin Ancestral Hall, all arranged by Chai Shangyan, he just wanted to take the opportunity to tell Qu Qingquan that he was weak and had no way out, and there was no too high use value, not to mention that he could kill Lu Qi alone, Chai Qi heard the news of Luo Weichen's death, and suddenly understood what Chai Shangyan meant by the "compensation" he said, and he cried for a while.

Chai Shangyan said to Qu Qingquan: "The matter has come to this, I think it is better to leave Taiyuan as soon as possible, so as not to be harmed by Lu Qi." ”

Qu Qingquan said: "If you leave, Lu Qi will no longer be able to be held hostage, if Taiyuan falls into his hands, it will be difficult to ask for it in the future." Chai Shangyan said: "But you have also seen it, I am unarmed, what can I do, not to mention anything else, as long as he Lu Qi leads a hundred people to attack the left-behind mansion, we are all tied up and ready to be captured." ”

Qu Qingquan smiled and said: "Don't panic, my lord, I have thirty black-clothed armor soldiers, all of whom are one in a thousand warriors, don't say that he is a hundred people who come to the camp, and can also protect the adults to leave Taiyuan safely, have you ever thought about it, you go empty-handed, where will you get a foothold in the future, why not take this opportunity to make a great contribution as a gift for the audience." ”

Chai Shangyan sighed: "It's not that Chai is greedy for life and afraid of death, he is really powerless and has nothing to do, if you have a way, just come out, I will give up my life to accompany the gentleman." ”

Qu Qingquan thought for a moment and said, "Your Excellency can summon all the troops to come to discuss the matter, and take the removal of the eunuch as a call, capture and kill Lu Qi on the spot, and force the generals to act together." Chai Shang pondered for a long time, but still couldn't make up his mind, Chai Qi persuaded on the side: "I think this plan is feasible, rather than being gray like a lost dog, it is better to give up your life and fight." ”

She asked Qu Qingquan again: "If Lu Qi is hunted and killed, how will Lord Yang settle his father in the future." ”

Qu Qingquan said: "If you stay in Hedong, you can be Taiyuan Yin, or the deputy envoy of Hedong." Hearing this, Chai Shangyan finally made up his mind and said, "Just follow your plan to capture and kill Lu Qi." ”

Lu Qi received an official letter from the left-behind government, asking him to attend the meeting, he hesitated for a while, he wanted to stay for fear of being ridiculed, and he was afraid of being scheming, his adviser Dai Hongqiang said: "Chai Shangyan is the queen of Hedong after all, and he asked the general to discuss matters with an official letter, and the general did not go, the fault was the general, and the general just went, forgive that cowardly person, dare to do to you." Lu Qi said worriedly: "I forced his son-in-law to die, how can he give up with me." ”

Dai Hongqiang sneered: "If he is a brave person, he should see Qu Qingquan in the left-behind mansion and go to the Jin Temple to see him, it is clear that he is weak-hearted, and he will not dare to do anything to the general." ”

Lu Qi nodded yes, rode to the left-behind mansion, but saw that the right army, the rear army and the central army were all present, and the deputy governor was there, and he was secretly relieved in his heart, Lu Qi asked the veteran general Mu Liangfang in Hedong why Chai Shangyan called the generals, Mu Liangfang told him secretly: "I heard that people are coming from the north, and the left-behind adults must have summoned us to negotiate peace with Zhenwu and Fengzhou." ”

Lu Qi was terrified when he heard this, and left Huwei Hall under the pretext of going to the toilet, slipped out of the back door, and after walking two steps, several black-clothed guards followed, Lu Qi drew his sword and asked, "What do you want to do?" A samurai shouted: "The villain who has taken refuge in the eunuch party has not bowed down and confessed his guilt." He stepped forward and flew his sword, and everyone rushed up, pressed Lu Qi to the ground, and tied him up, and the movement here alarmed the governors and generals in the Huwei Hall, and everyone looked at it, all of them in fear,

Surrounded by Qu Qingquan and a group of black-clothed guards, Chai Shangyan walked out of Huwei Hall with a radiant face, pointed at Lu Qi and said, "Behead this eunuch dog thief who plagued Hedong on the spot." When Lu Qi heard this, his legs and feet were sore, his forehead was full of cold sweat, his lips trembled, and he kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Mu Liangfang pleaded: "Although this thief is hateful, he is Qiu Shiliang's person, and the adult who stays behind can't do it because he offended Qiu Shiliang." Chai Shangyan shouted angrily: "The eunuch party is a scourge of the society, who does not hate the loyal people, Chai Shangyan wants to fight with this eunuch party." Qu Qingquan made a look, and a black-clothed armor stepped forward, took off Lu Qi's helmet, pressed his head, and chopped off a head with a knife.

Blood flowed all over the ground, everyone was cold, Qu Qingquan took advantage of the situation and said: "The eunuch party wants to seduce the Shatuo people to attack and occupy Hedong, Yang Hao and Liu Wei The two generals sent troops south to expel the eunuch forces, and also a clear Hedong, you and Yang Liu joined forces, it is a credit to Sheji, if you are obsessed and still hook up with the eunuch party, Lu Qi will be the end." ”

At this point, the generals will have to bow their heads and surrender,

On the day of the Chai Shangyan mutiny, Yu Chongchong sent the battalion to occupy Wenshui County, south of Taiyuan City, and sent the battalion to arrive outside the west gate of Taiyuan, only three miles away from the Liushou Mansion.

Cheng Keling, Qu Qingquan, Xiong Lindai, and Li Xuzhou, on behalf of Yang Hao and Liu Wei, negotiated with Chai Shangyan, Mu Liangfang and other Hedong generals to divide the sphere of influence in Hedong:

In the northeastern part of the river, Shuozhou, Yunzhou, Ulzhou and other places are included in the sphere of influence of Liu Wei, and the Zhenwu army can be stationed in the three states, but it is not allowed to interfere with the local civil affairs, and the officials of the states are also stationed in Taiyuan, and the income tax of each state is paid to Taiyuan, and two percent are kept at the disposal of the local government, and the rest is used as the military expenses of the Zhenwu army.

In the central region of Hedong, Xinzhou, Lanzhou, and Daizhou are assigned to Yang Hao's sphere of influence, and the Xining Army can be stationed in the above-mentioned states, and the income tax of each state is paid to Taiyuan, and two percent belongs to the local government, and the rest is used as the military expenses of the Xining Army garrison.

In prefectures and counties with garrisons of the Xining Army and the Zhenwu Army, the number of garrisons of the Hedong Army shall not be greater than the above two armies.

Chai Shangyan, Mu Liangfang and others did not agree to the dissolution of the local people's army, and asked Yang Hao and Liu Wei to promise that if Hedong was attacked by the surrounding feudal towns or the Shence army, the two had the obligation to send troops to assist, and at the same time required the total number of Xining Army and Zhenwu Army stationed in Tunhedong Army not to exceed 20,000, and the number of the garrison and the list of main generals should be notified to Taiyuan and the local government.

Because the war in Lanzhou has not yet ended, the negotiations have reached a stalemate for a while.

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There is a small village ten miles north of Lanzhou City, the population is less than 100 households, because of the war, the local people have fled, Yang Hao put the Chinese army tent here, the time is already the beginning of February, the heavy snow in the north finally stopped, the weather cleared, but the snow on the wilderness hill has not yet been able to melt,

Another guard died of hunger and cold, he froze to death while on duty at night, and after death he still maintained an upright posture, the hand holding the gun was stiff and could not be broken, this was the fourth soldier corpse lying in the snow that Yang Hao had seen with his own eyes, and when his companions carried him out, Yang Hao found that many soldiers' eyes were red,

Two days ago, two soldiers were so hungry that they broke into a people's house and took away two cold nests, and the people had fled, but the two people were still beheaded and hung at the gate of the camp for a day and a night, as an example.

Yu Yanlu walked over with a cloth bag in his hand, "There is a hunter behind the mountain who sent ten catties of beef, which is worth less than one tael of silver, I will give him one or two silver, this is not considered a bribe." ”

Yang Hao took the cloth bag and said with a wry smile: "There are more than one or two of these things now." ”

Yu Yanlu smiled: "Then I'll go back and send him two taels of silver." ”

Yang Hao handed over the burden to Zhang Lang beside him: "Send it to the wounded barracks, and change everyone's mouth." ”

Yu Yanlu was stunned, stopped Zhang Lang, and persuaded: "My lord, you are also sick." ”

Yang Hao was infected with wind chill two days ago, and he never got better, and he often coughed at night, Yang Hao waved his hand to send Zhang Lang away, and said: "My little illness is nothing, it's nothing more than two coughs, but there are many people in the wounded barracks waiting for it to save their lives." He looked at the faintly visible Lanzhou City in the south, then looked at the camp behind him, and called Li Wei to his side: "Please Mr. Zhang to come here." ”

The left side of the Chinese military camp was originally the camp of the logistics team of the Agni Battalion, but now it has been turned into a camp for wounded soldiers, more than 100 tents are full of more than 400 soldiers, the reduction of the Agni Battalion has reached one-third, of which ninety percent are frostbitten, since the siege of the city has been snowing heavily for several days and nights, the snow has reached more than two feet deep, the roads are cut off, the food, clothing, firewood and grass in the rear cannot be transported, the soldiers of each battalion can only endure hunger and cold, if it were not for the iron will to support it, the battalions would have collapsed long ago,

Dong Bacheng ate and drank in Lanzhou City, seeing the thicker and thicker snow on the ground, his heart was already happy, he deduced that soon the Xining army would run out of food and grass, Yang Hao would not be able to support it for long and would retreat, and when that time, he would follow and attack, not afraid that he would not bow down, but Yang Hao's actions made Dong Bacheng puzzled, not only did he not retreat, but also launched several small threatening sieges, if it weren't for Dong Bacheng's preparation, he was also attacked by him,

In addition, he obviously saw the Longbow Array enter the camp of the Xining Army, but he did not launch a fire attack for a long time, although Dong Bacheng had already taken certain precautions, but he also understood that the attack of the Longbow Array would make half of Lanzhou City burn red, and it was really unpredictable whether he could hold it by then, Yang Hao did not rush to use the Longbow Array, indicating that he still had food, otherwise how could he be so calm,

In order to verify his inference, Dong Bacheng took advantage of the cover of the wind and snow to go out of the city several times to challenge, he first lost to the Flying Tiger Battalion once, and then lost to the Weiyuan Battalion twice, and finally fought a draw with the Xiaoqi Battalion, tossing and turning, it was not a cheap deal, in fact, what he didn't know was that every time he went out, Yang Hao was pouring out the main force of the four battalions to fight, but the banners were different, and in the last battle, Yang Hao was exhausted and almost collapsed.

Zhang Bozhong inspected the wounded barracks, called the steward aside and asked, "If you need anything, just say it, I will try my best to help you solve it." The steward sighed: "Now there is a shortage of everything, not enough doctors, not enough medicines, not enough food, not enough firewood and grass, not enough nurses, not enough tents......

Zhang Bozhong waved his hand and said: "Okay, don't say it, you write a list of things you want to me, I will try my best to help you solve it, you are suffering from the wounded soldiers, and the battalions on the front line are even more bitter, we must be considerate of each other and overcome the difficulties together, Chai Shangyan in Taiyuan is already negotiating with us, I believe that it will not be long before things will take a big turn, besides, the ice and snow have begun to melt, and the supplies in the rear will be sent immediately." ”

Zhang Bozhong looked at the icy wilderness outside, and felt that his words were too mysterious, "In addition to treating their injuries, we must also help them get rid of heart disease, and when they are full of energy, their bodies can recover quickly." ”

Just said that Zhang Bozhong saw Zhang Lang walking over with a cloth bag, Zhang Bozhong greeted him, and after the two whispered a few words, Zhang Bozhong held the package and said to the wounded soldiers: "Brothers, guess what this is, this is the ten catties of beef jerky that the local people dedicated to Yu Tongjun, Yu Tongjun was not willing to eat a mouthful, it was all dedicated to Lord Yang, and Lord Yang was not willing to eat a mouthful, so Zhang Escort sent it to the brothers to change the taste." ”

When all the wounded soldiers heard this, they all calmed down and listened attentively, and Zhang Bozhong showed the package to everyone, handed it to the man, and ordered: "Boil it into broth and distribute it to everyone." ”

There were bursts of sobbing from all around, and someone said: "General Yang is also sick, and this meat should be eaten by the general." Everyone seconded the proposal, Zhang Bozhong was inexplicably moved, ascended to the heights and said: "Eat food and be a soldier, it is a blessing to be able to have such a general, and it is not their luck to be a general to have a loyal and brave righteous man like you, you see, the sky in Hedong has cleared, and the victory ultimately belongs to us." ”

Zhang Lang raised his arms and shouted: "Fengzhou will win, Xining army will win,"

When the slogan sounded over the wounded barracks, Li Wei trotted over, whispered in Zhang Bozhong's ear twice, Zhang Bozhong nodded, explained a few words to the steward, and then returned to the Chinese army's big tent.

Yang Hao heard the shouts of the wounded battalion, and felt an inexplicable melancholy in his heart, Zhang Bozhong strode over and said first: "The grain and grass in the camp are approaching, and if you boil it down, you won't even have to eat the bark, I think it's better to give in to Chai Shangyan and end this battle as soon as possible,"

Zhang Bozhong guessed that Yang Hao came to him to discuss the matter of making concessions to Chai Shangyan, at the beginning, he advocated not to make concessions to Chai Shangyan, but now when he has to make concessions, it is better to take the initiative to say it himself, Yang Hao said hatefully: "Chai Shangyan seems to be cowardly, but in fact, he is very cunning, and let him take a step, and it is not too late to clean him up after taking this breath." ”