Wu Chen walked into the magistrate's hall with a warm pot in his hand, his eyes were dull, he was busy until late at night to deal with a town general who deducted military salaries last night, and he got up again after sleeping for less than an hour.

"Time is not forgiving!"

Wu Chen couldn't help but sigh when he saw Xiao Jin, the waiter squatting in front of the brazier to add charcoal. Last night, he was busy with himself until midnight, and when he fell asleep, he was still busy transcribing official documents, but when he woke up early in the morning, he was energetic and busy, and he was really young and invincible.

As soon as Wu Chen sat down, the junior colonel came to report: "Lord Protector is invited." ”

"Oh, what's the urgency so early?" Wu Chen's heart was shocked, and he hurried to Qiu Shiliang's study half a mile away. After the palace change, Qiu Shiliang wore many hats, and as soon as he grabbed the power inside and outside, people suddenly became busy. But no matter how late he was busy, he would return to the camp of the left army to rest under the newly formed Golden Dragon Armor escort.

Wu Chen was never polite to him, and when he entered the door, he asked, "Kuangmei, why did you call me?" ”

The little eunuch was waiting for Qiu Shiliang to wear close-fitting gold silk soft armor, Qiu Shiliang did not speak, and pointed to an open letter placed on the table. Wu Chen took out the letterhead and glanced at it, and exclaimed: "This kid has some skills, and he actually moved the princess out." "The letter was written by Li Qing, the princess of Yichun, to Qiu Shiliang, and she asked to transfer Yang Hao to Jin Wuwei as her long-term follower.

"I'll answer this letter for you." Wu Chen folded the letter and put it into his sleeve.

A little eunuch brought in a set of gold silk soft armor and whispered, "The slave maid serves Lord Wu to change clothes." ”

"Kuangmei, what is this for?" Wu Chen was a little surprised.

"It's nothing, it's okay to be idle today, let's go out and hunt." Qiu Shiliang put on his close-fitting soft armor, covered it with embroidered gold to protect the lieutenant's official robe, moved his legs and feet, and said to Wu Chen with a smile: "Quickly change into clothes, it's too late to go, and the prey will run away." ”

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Han Yue was successfully rescued, and Yang Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Nian Hao told him to try to leave the camp at dusk, and someone would meet him at the gate of the camp to escape from Chang'an. Yang Hao didn't know if he could escape this catastrophe, if he couldn't, he must kill himself before they did it, and he must not let them find a reason to hurt his family.

Han Jiawa's body had not yet been cleaned up, and suddenly a junior colonel came galloping with Qiu Shiliang's warrant, ordering him to immediately rush to Zhenzhu Town, twelve miles away, to set up defenses. Along with the herald, there was also a eunuch who led the way, saying that he was leading the way, but in fact he was the overseer.

Zhenzhu Town was originally a military town along the river in the northwest of Chang'an, surrounded by city walls, there are two city gates in the southeast, and there were thousands of garrisons in the heyday. Later, due to the diversion of the river, the military town was abolished. However, the town was not deserted, because the surrounding land was flat and fertile, and the big families in Beijing recruited displaced people here to reclaim the fields, and it became a large town with a population of more than 10,000 in more than ten years.

When Yang Hao arrived, the Shence army had surrounded Zhenzhu Town, and the eunuch led Yang Hao to the west bank of the old river, where there was only one small road leading to Zhenzhu Town, because Zhenzhu Town only had two gates in the southeast, and this road was sparsely populated and almost deserted. The eunuch who led the way looked at the shape of the position, took out Qiu Shiliang's warrant and said: "Lord Protector has an order, Captain Yang can scatter the men and horses and hide in the woods on both sides of the road, but if you see someone fleeing west, arrest him immediately, and there must be no mistake."

Yang Hao did the same, and after the arrangement was completed, he asked the eunuch: "Who is hiding in this town?" The eunuch sneered: "You don't know Captain Yang, how can our family know" Yang Hao saw that he refused to say, so he had to give up. Although the river has been diverted, due to the low-lying terrain to the west of the town, it has now formed a long and narrow pond running north-south, with little water in the pond and a thick layer of ice.

Just after noon, two trumpets suddenly sounded on the side of Zhenzhu Town, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and thousands of Shence troops poured into Zhenzhu Town from the southeast, north and south. Arrows rained down on half of the sky. After only half an hour, the sound of killing stopped. The eunuch who led the way shouted with his eyebrows: "Wen Shimao is really a famous general in the world, and it will take a lot of effort to end the nest of the chaotic party." ”

Wen Shimao is the former general of the Shence Left Army, the same age as Hu Longhai, known as the "first pillar of the Shence Army", has been stationed at the Liangchen Pass in the north gate of Guanzhong, and I don't know when he secretly returned to Beijing. The eunuch who led the way suddenly pointed to the ice and shouted in surprise: "Captain Yang, your opportunity to make meritorious service has come." Yang Hao looked up and saw that there were four or five people hurrying over to this side on the ice, and the first one turned out to be Nian Hao!

What Yang Hao couldn't have imagined was that Zhenzhu Town was actually an important stronghold of the Thorn Horse Camp, and it was also the last remaining foothold in Chang'an City after the palace change. Qiu Shiliang has been secretly searching for this hiding place, but there has been no progress, so he took a risk: first let Nian Hao rescue Han Yue, and then find Zhenzhu Town by tracking Nian Hao.

The blood in Yang Hao's body cooled suddenly, and he secretly grabbed the handle of the knife, and he already had a plan to break the net in his heart. The eunuch seemed to see through his thoughts, and laughed suspiciously: "Captain Yang, don't miss this God-given opportunity." If you can't catch them, someone else will take the credit. Yang Hao pressed the knife and asked, "What?" Is there anyone behind us? The eunuch smiled: "Who would let go of such a good opportunity for meritorious service?" There are also seven or eight people in ambush on this road. It's the Lord Protector who loves you and lets you take the lead, you can't let him down. ”

While speaking, Nian Hao and his entourage were already close to the shore, and what Yang Hao didn't expect was that there were Han Yue and Luo Liyan in the crowd! Nian Hao noticed that there was an ambush on the shore, and hurriedly beckoned everyone to turn around and run north.

"Brothers, catch a prisoner and reward five hundred taels of silver!"

The eunuch who led the way raised his arms and shouted, and the soldiers swarmed up. It was too late to save people, and Yang Hao could only watch as the army knocked down the three people......

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There are two rows of people kneeling on a flat ground outside the south gate of Zhenzhu Town, there are more than 20 people in each row, these people are all "anti-party" who participated in the palace change, the highest official rank is Han Yue, the general of Zhengsanpin Zuojin Wuwei, and the lowest is also Zhengjipin School Shulang.

"Kuangmei, your trick really opened my eyes." Wu Chen praised sincerely.

"It's all God's favor, the kindness of God." Qiu Shiliang smiled, looking very proud.

He changed his words and said, "Yuliang, I have another good show for you to watch." Saying that, he gave a look to the eunuch next to him, and the eunuch took out a piece of paper and screamed: "Praise the military academy captain Yang Hao, praise the military academy captain Xiong Bihua, praise the military academy captain Shao Liangchun, Tuntian captain Liu Qingyun, the left supplement Zheng Ting, and the meritorious Lang Li Ling, out of the ranks." Yang Hao was suddenly called by his name, and he was a little dazed for a while, but then he calmed down: "It's already a defeat, let's die." ”

No sooner had the six men stepped out of the ranks than their weapons were confiscated. And behind each of them stood two armor warriors with their backs on their backs.

"Take Nianhao!" The eunuch screamed.

Two soldiers led Nian Hao to the front of the six, Nian Hao's hair was scattered, his clothes were torn, his hands were tied to his chest, and he was dragged and stumbled.

"One of the six is a traitor from the Thorn Horse Battalion. Nian Hao, you point out this person, and the Lord Protector will spare you from dying. ”

Nian Hao laughed coldly and shook his head silently.

The Sergeant of the Divine Ce Army grabbed four random people from the two rows of kneeling people and made them kneel on the ground with their heads bowed.

"I repeat, point out your comrades."

Nian Hao hesitated for a moment, and the sergeant of the Shence Army raised his knife and cut off the head of one person, and the blood splattered more than a foot high.

"Stop killing people." Nian Hao yelled bitterly, and then he pointed at Yang Hao: "He is the person you are looking for." ”

The soldiers escorted Yang Hao to Qiu Shiliang. Yang Hao stood still, and his feelings were already a little numb at this moment. "It's already a defeat, let's die." Thinking of this, Yang Hao's heart was clear for a while, and he didn't have the slightest fear at all. He raised his head and stared at Qiu Shiliang with burning eyes: "Lord Lieutenant laid a good trap with one hand. ”

Qiu Shiliang did not respond to his words, but asked, "Don't you have anything to defend?" Yang Hao was silent and closed his eyes. Qiu Shiliang made a look, and the soldiers moved to press Xiong Bihua and the other five people to the ground, and the five people shouted wronged.

Wu Chen exclaimed, "My lord, what do you mean by this? ”

Qiu Shiliang smiled: "Can any of the words that come out of the thief's mouth be true?" With a slight bow, the soldiers raised their knives and cut off five bloody heads.

That night, Qiu Shiliang set up a banquet to reward the three armies, Yang Hao was also invited, the wine is good wine, the food is a good dish, there are warriors dancing swords to help the fun, and there are beauties singing and dancing with wine. The hall was warm, but Yang Hao was sitting in an ice cave, cold to the bone. After a few glasses of wine, I didn't feel dizzy and fell asleep.