Contrary to Yang Changshi, seeing that Yuan Tanjun had been honest and did not move all night, and did not play any ghost tricks such as hiding from the sky and crossing the sea, and the golden cicada shedding its shell, Deputy Director Tao, who was anxious to pacify the three northern states, was secretly happy in his heart, feeling that this time the surrender had seen the light of day, and there was already some hope for the successful surrender of Yuan Tan's remnants.

If the Xuzhou Army can really successfully recruit the remnants of Yuan Tan's army, then even if Deputy Director Tao can't pass on Jiyou and Sanzhou, the time required for the Xuzhou Army to unify the north will be greatly reduced, and the soldiers will suffer from the war, and the people will be free from the war as soon as possible, and the ambitious Deputy Director Tao can also immediately free up his hands to clean up the third brother-in-law Yuan Shang, who is not dead, and then take two-thirds of the world's strength to kill the remaining princes in one go! With such lucrative benefits, Deputy Director Tao is naturally happy to see Yuan Tan surrender sincerely, and the battle in Yecheng will end as soon as possible.

The scout returned to the camp to report to Deputy Director Tao, saying that Yuan Tanjun had begun to gradually withdraw from the city, abandoned the city wall position and withdrew to the city, and also erected a white flag at the four gates, and gradually began to prepare for the surrender of the city. When Deputy Director Tao heard the news, he hurriedly ordered the scouts to climb the viewing platform provided by Yuan Tanjun, condescendingly supervised Yuan Tanjun's withdrawal from the city wall fortifications, and then summoned the whole army to surrender and decided to personally lead the army to the south gate of Yecheng to surrender.

At the same time, for the sake of prudence, the always suspicious deputy director Tao ordered the army to be on strict alert, and arranged six elite soldiers to wait for orders on the left and right of the three gates of Yecheng. did not give Yuan Tanjun the slightest chance to launch a surprise attack, Deputy Director Tao himself personally led an army of 15,000 to the South Gate City to surrender, and Xu Chu and Ma Zhong led the army to protect it.

For Deputy Director Tao's cautious arrangement, treacherous people such as Jia Lao Poison and Liu Ye and others all think it is very appropriate, and all the civil and military forces in Xuzhou have no objections, saying that even if Yuan Tan is deceitful, it can also ensure prevention in case, but our heartthrob Yang Changshi is sad face, and repeatedly reminded Deputy Director Tao not to believe Yuan Tan's surrender, and also volunteered: "My lord." It is very dangerous to fall under the city. The lord must not go lightly, Hongjiu received the lord's kindness, and is willing to come to the city to surrender on behalf of the lord, if Yuan Tan really surrenders. Macro leads him to the lord. If Yuan Tan is cheating. Hongdu deserves it, in order to repay the lord and the public to meet the great grace. ”

Not to mention, Yang Changshi's proposal has really won the support of some people. Zhao Yun, who had a good relationship with Yang Changshi and had a more cautious personality, strongly agreed with this proposal, and expressed his willingness to lead the army to escort Yang Changshi to the city of Yecheng to be surrendered, and asked Deputy Director Tao to stay in the camp and wait for news to avoid danger.

If it was Jia Lao Poison or Liu Ye and others who put forward this suggestion, Deputy Director Tao might have accepted it, but unfortunately, this suggestion was first put forward by Yang Changshi, and Deputy Director Tao, who knew Yang Changshi's personality and hobbies, was thinking with his toes, and he could guess that Yang Changshi wanted to take the opportunity to stir up Huang This time he was surrendered, so Deputy Director Tao rejected Yang Changshi's proposal on the spot, insisted on fulfilling his promise and came to Yecheng City to surrender in person. With Deputy Director Tao led the army out of the camp and rushed to Yecheng City to surrender.

After making all kinds of meticulous arrangements, at about two o'clock, Deputy Director Tao personally led an army of 15,000 out of the camp, first crossing the siege trench, and then dripping knee-deep muddy water, all the way to the south gate of Yecheng, lined up a mile away, waiting for Yuan Tan's army at noon to open the city and surrender. At the same time, Yuan Tanjun has also fulfilled his promise to withdraw all the defenders in the city, opened the doors and windows of the city tower, and let the Xuzhou scouts on the viewing platform inspect the scene in the building, so the formation of the Xuzhou army has not yet been listed, and the scouts on the viewing platform have already come to report, saying that there are no defenders in the city.

"Very good, continue to monitor, and call the police immediately if there is any abnormality!"

Before Deputy Director Tao's satisfactory instructions were finished, Yang Changshi couldn't wait to bow his hand to Deputy Director Tao and said, "My lord, for the sake of prudence, Weichen asked me to go up to the city platform and personally inspect the situation in the city for the lord. ”

Looking at Yang Changshi with a thirsty and anxious expression on his face, Deputy Director Tao smiled, and then nodded, Yang Changshi was overjoyed, and quickly led Li Lang and Wang Wu, two cronies, to beat the horse and gallop to the viewing platform in front of the front, and for the first time in front of the two armies, he went to the enemy a hundred steps away to observe the enemy's situation, and Deputy Director Tao smiled bitterly and said to Jia Lao Poison and Liu Ye on the left and right: "If this guy can use half of his greed for money and shrewdness to official affairs, I'm afraid the achievement is not below you." Jia Lao Poison and Liu Ye nodded together, agreeing with these words from the bottom of their hearts.

Not to mention that Deputy Director Tao is talking about right and wrong behind his back, just saying that after Yang Changshi climbed the viewing platform with the help of Li Lang and Wang Wu, he couldn't wait to raise his telescope to take a closer look at Yecheng City, but he was very disappointed to find that the city wall of Yecheng was indeed empty and there was not a single defender, and the city tower with wide doors and windows was also empty. I don't know if Yuan Tanjun was hiding under the window and didn't move, or if there was really no guard in the city tower.

At this time, Li Lang climbed up to the viewing platform again and asked, "My lord, do you find any suspicions?" ”

Yang Changshi shook his head dejectedly, and suddenly his heart moved, and he hurriedly asked Li Lang: "Li Lang, you are a veteran, with your experience, will the enemy hide under the window of the city tower, deceive our lord to a close place, and then suddenly release arrows to assassinate the lord?" ”

"It's unlikely, even if the enemy really arranges it like this, the chances of success are very small." Li Lang replied: "If it is hidden behind the arrow battlement, it is possible, but it is impossible to hide in the city tower, because it is impossible to shoot far away in the city tower, and it is impossible to shoot at a distance, so you can only suddenly rush out of the city tower, rush to the side of the railing or next to the arrow battlement, and aim and release arrows at the city below, so that it is possible to snipe the lord." ”

After explaining, Li Lang added another sentence and said, "Also, my lord, the villain can be sure that there is no enemy hidden in this tower." ”

"How do you know?" Yang Changshi hurriedly asked.

"Your Excellency. Look at the birds. Li Lang pointed to the castle tower and said, "There are some birds flying in and out of the castle tower, but there is no sign of fright, just by virtue of this, the villain can be sure that there is no enemy hidden in the castle tower." ”

Yang Changshi hurriedly raised his binoculars to take a closer look, and saw that there were indeed some magpies, sparrows and other birds flying in and out of the windows of the city tower, without the slightest sign of fright, and a few sparrows simply stopped on the lintel of the window to peck food, and indirectly reconnoitred for himself whether there were hidden soldiers under the window, Yang Changshi's obscene old face suddenly stretched longer than a donkey, and lamented: "Could it be said." Is Yuan Tan Pifu really planning to surrender? ”

"Your Excellency. Forget it. Li Lang comforted: "Yuan Tan surrenders, the battle in Yecheng can end immediately, and we can also enter the city, which is a hundred times better than living in a tent outside the city." ”

"Lord Ben would rather stay in a tent for a few more months. I don't want so much gold and silver treasure to slip away from my eyes. Yang Changshi wailed: "If Yuan Tan Pifu really surrenders." All the civil and military officials in Yecheng also surrendered. When the time comes, the lord will definitely order the protection of their property, and Lord Ben will have no chance to raid the house and make a fortune. ”

Li Lang, who followed Yang Changshi to raid the house, also sighed with a sigh. But the matter has come to this, Li Lang is also helpless, so he has to comfort Yang Changshi with kind words, persuade Yang Changshi to step down and leave, Yang Changshi, who is also helpless, has no choice but to step down with Li Lang in frustration, when he turned around, Yang Changshi raised the telescope in his hand again, looked at the street where the Jizhou officials' mansions he had once lingered in were concentrated, and his expression was so aggrieved that he almost wanted to cry, "So many gold and silver treasures, are you going to leave me?" ”

When Yang Changshi returned to the Zijun Banner Array, Deputy Director Tao wanted to ask him if he noticed any suspicions, but seeing Yang Changshi's depressed and painful expression, Deputy Director Tao immediately got the answer, so Deputy Director Tao didn't speak anymore, just continued to wait for noon to come, and at the same time thought in his heart, "If Yuan Tan really surrendered, then how does he plan to use his tricks?" ”

Deputy Director Tao and Yang Changshi, the unscrupulous ministers, were anxious and uneasy, and finally arrived at noon, first the suspension bridge at the south gate of Yecheng was slowly lowered, and then the city gate was slowly opened, Yuan Tan Gongzi imitated the Qin Emperor's son and baby recorded in the ancient books, dressed in a square scarf, tied his hands in front of his chest with white silk, and led Guo Tu, Gao Gan and other Yuan Jun Wenwu and a team of guards to walk out of the city slowly, walked across the suspension bridge to the other side of the moat, and knelt directly in the knee-deep muddy water, Guo Tu and Gao Gan and others also knelt down together, In an instant, he knelt behind and on both sides of Yuan Tan Gongzi, and Guo Tu also held the seal ribbon and household registration register in his hand.

When crossing the moat, Yuan Tan Gongzi brought out of the city the guards and Gao Gan, Hao Zhao, Lu Kuang and other generals, and also threw all the swords, guns and swords in his hands on both sides of the city gate to show the sincerity of surrender, crossed the river with Yuan Tan Gongzi empty-handed, knelt in the muddy water together, supported the ground with both hands, and waited for Deputy Director Tao to come and surrender.

Seeing this from the primitive telescope, the moment Yuan Tan Gongzi knelt down on his knees, Deputy Director Tao tightened his throat and suddenly put it in his heart, and said secretly: "It's impossible to cheat, it's really surrender." ”

"It's over!" This was Yang Changshi's first reaction when he saw Yuan Tan Gongzi kneeling.

"Lord, it should be fine." Jia Lao Poison also breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "You can go over and be surrendered." ”

Deputy Director Tao nodded, waved his hand and then clamped the war horse and walked forward, taking the lead towards Yuan Tan Gongzi, who was kneeling in the muddy water, and began to think about how to comfort and reward this brother-in-law who had changed his past wrongs, and set an example for the third brother-in-law. The generals of Xuzhou led their armies to follow, either on foot or on horseback, and with great difficulty they flowed through knee-deep muddy water to the Yuan army that knelt on the ground.

Only Yang Changshi stood still, until Li Lang quietly pushed Yang Changshi and reminded him in a low voice, Yang Changshi came back to his senses, and then he followed the team with a sad face.

Seeing that Deputy Director Tao was as expected, riding a horse and walking in the forefront, Yuan Tan Gongzi's heart was both happy and excited, but also very nervous, and his heart was beating so violently that even he could hear the voice. The same is true of military generals such as Gao Gan, Hao Zhao and Lu Kuang, and Mr. Guo Tu is even more nervous that his whole body is trembling slightly.

Time almost froze, as Deputy Director Tao and others gradually approached, Yuan Tan Gongzi became more and more nervous, although his limbs had basically been soaked in the frozen and slippery mud, but cold sweat was still rolling on his forehead, and he kept praying in his heart, "Tao thief, you must get off the horse to pick me up, you must get off the horse to pick me up!" ”

Finally. Deputy Director Tao restrained the war horse ten steps in front of Yuan Tan Gongzi, threw the reins and turned over and dismounted, and walked over to support Yuan Tan Gongzi, with a disgusting and ugly face with a sensible false smile. Seeing this scene, Yuan Tan Gongzi was so happy that his heart almost jumped out of his chest, subconsciously lowered his head to show submission, and quietly ripped off the live buckle on his hand, and also clenched the hard object in his hand............

"Wait!"

A thunderous voice suddenly came, and immediately after, Yang Changshi squeezed away everyone and rushed to Deputy Director Tao. Jumping off the war horse, Deputy Director Tao yelled, "Lord." Can't pass! What if the people around Yuan Tan Pifu are all knife and axe hands, and you are hacked to death with random knives? ”

"What?!" Yuan Tan Gongzi, Gao Gan and the others quickly raised their heads together and looked at Yang Changshi in disbelief.

"Yang Hong, have you made enough trouble?!" Deputy Director Tao, who was about to end the battle in Yecheng, was furious. yelled: "What nonsense are you talking about? Come. Take Yang Hong down for me! ”

"My lord. Wechen is loyal to you! Yang Changshi shouted: "Have you seen it, except for Guo Tu, a civil official, Yuan Tan Pifu is surrounded by military generals." There are also sturdy warriors, you went over to support Yuan Tan Pifu, if they suddenly rushed up and slashed you, how could you resist?! ”

"Where are their knives?" Deputy Director Tao couldn't stand it anymore.

"...... their knives?" Yang Changshi was stunned, and then he remembered one thing, Yuan Tan and the others had already thrown their weapons on the other side of the moat.

"Mr. Zhongming, your faithful lord understands." Jia Lao, who had a deep friendship with Yang Changshi, was afraid that things would make a big fuss, so he hurriedly excused Yang Changshi, and said: "But you have also seen that General Yuan and they are all bare-handed, so the weapons that came?" ”

"Their weapons?" Yang Changshi glanced back at Yuan Tan Gongzi, and suddenly shouted like he wanted to find a new continent, "Mr. Wenhe, you see, there is a red cloth strip in front of Yuan Tan Pifu, this may be the code prepared by Yuan Tan Pifu in advance, Yuan Tan Pifu went out of the city and knelt here, hid his weapon in the water, and took out his weapon ...... when the lord approached." ”

"Piff!" Yuan Tan, who was called to break the mechanism, snorted wildly, picked up the sharp knife hidden in the muddy water, and strode towards Deputy Director Tao, who was only five or six steps away.

"Do it!" Gao Gan also roared and jumped out with a weapon hidden in the muddy water.

"Kill the thief!" Hao Zhao, Lu Kuang and other three hundred Yuan army warriors also took out the swords and axes hidden in the muddy water, and rushed towards Deputy Director Tao with a roar. Even Mr. Guo Tu threw away the household registration register and took out a sharp knife from the mud in front of him!

"Huh?!" The incident happened suddenly, the Xuzhou army was taken aback, and Deputy Director Tao was also dumbfounded on the spot, never dreaming that his brother-in-law would have such a trick! Yang Changshi himself was even more dumbfounded, and blurted out: "Won't it?" Really hiding weapons?! ”

"Protect the lord!" Xu Chu and Ma Zhong rushed up at the same time, and Deputy Director Tao's guards also rushed together.

"Pottery thief! Death! Relying on his preparation in advance, Yuan Tan Gongzi was one step faster than Xu Chu and Ma Zhong, and rushed to the front of Deputy Director Tao one step faster, raising his knife with red eyes and both hands, and stabbing at Deputy Director Tao's heart and body who was caught off guard!

"Lord, be careful!" At the last moment, Yang Changshi, who had always been greedy for life and afraid of death, didn't know the courage that came from, so he threw himself in front of Deputy Director Tao and hugged it with his arms, and used his vest as a shield for Deputy Director Tao, and Yuan Tan Gongzi's sharp knife also accurately stabbed Yang Changshi's vest!

"Ahh Yang Changshi's screams also echoed under Yecheng City, which he had dreamed of for a long time.

"Piff!" Almost at the same time, Ma Zhong's spear also pierced Yuan Tan's chest, Yuan Tan Gongzi did not dodge, used his last strength, poked it again, and said that he would stab the sharp knife in his hand through Yang Changshi's body, and then stab into Deputy Director Tao's heart, which was three points blacker than coal! Yang Changshi's screams also echoed under Yecheng City again, and the blood quickly stained the clothes of the vest red............

"Whew!" Xu Chu's ghost head knife finally slashed, and a knife slashed at Yuan Tan's neck, Yuan Tan's head flew into the air in response, and the blood in the neck cavity flew out more than a zhang high.

"Did you kill the pottery thief?!"

There have been scientists who have done experiments, with the cooperation of a death row prisoner, to prove that after a person's neck is cut off by a sharp weapon, the head can still maintain a little time consciousness, and the same is true for Yuan Tan, when his head was cut off by Xu Chu and flew into the sky, Yuan Tan's last thought was not to hate Yang Changshi for ruining his big things, but to try to observe that his brother-in-law had been killed by himself, but unfortunately when Yuan Tan's head was spinning in the sky, although he saw his damn brother-in-law, he was extremely sorry to see that his damned brother-in-law was still standing in place, At the same time, the Xuzhou soldiers had also rushed to the brother-in-law's side, blocking the desperate self-army warriors.

"It's a pity." After flashing this thought, Yuan Tan's head fell to the ground, and he fell heavily into the cold and turbid muddy water, falling into the muddy water that was only a few seconds away from turning him into victory, and lost consciousness forever.

Xu Chu, Ma Zhong and Xuzhou Guards, who rushed in time, blocked the desperate efforts of Gao Gan, Hao Zhao and others, and also dragged Deputy Director Tao, who was still holding Yang Changshi, back to the crowd in time and strictly protected them. It was also at this time that Deputy Director Tao finally shed two lines of crocodile tears, hugged Yang Changshi and cried loudly, crying: "Zhong Ming, Zhong Ming, you can't die, you can't die!" I won't let you die! Come on, come on, and let Mr. Zhongming go down to the rescue! ”

Yang Changshi raised his hand, grabbed Deputy Director Tao's sleeve, and opened his mouth to call out with difficulty, "Lord......." ”

"Don't talk!" Deputy Director Tao cried: "You have to hold on, when you enter Yecheng, I will let you copy your house, let you go to copy Yuan Tan's house!" Raid the homes of all his accomplices! ”

"Thank you, Lord." Yang Changshi showed some joy, and spoke a lot more fluently, and said: "Lord, Weichen still wants to ask for a favor, when Weichen goes to raid the house, please ask the lord to send five hundred soldiers to Weichen to help." ”

"Good! Good! Deputy Director Tao nodded again and again, choked up: "If you want you not to die, don't say 500 soldiers, I'm afraid to send 3,000 soldiers to you!" ”

"Zhong Ming......."

Jia Lao Poison next to him finally cried, but Jia Lao Poison, who rarely shed tears once, only cried once, and was stunned like Deputy Director Tao - because Yang Changshi suddenly broke free from Deputy Director Tao's embrace, bowed to Deputy Director Tao happily, and said in a loud voice: "Thank you, Lord!" ”

"Why are you alright?" Deputy Director Tao, who still had tears on his face, took a long time to react.

"Because of this." Yang Changshi tore off some of his coat, revealing a close-fitting dark yellow soft armor, and said with a smile: "When Wei Chen was raiding his house in Xuchang, he copied a piece of soft armor woven by golden silk human hair, and he forgot to hand it over to the lord at that time, and today he suddenly remembered this matter, so he put this soft armor on again." ”

After smiling and explaining, Yang Changshi added in his heart, "Idiot! If Lord Ben hadn't been wearing a piece of soft armor, would he dare to go up to the city platform and be coldly attacked? And who dares to block the knife for you? ”

Seeing that soft armor, Deputy Director Tao and Jia Lao Poison were so stupid that they forgot that they were in the formation, and even more forgot that Xu Chu and Ma Zhong were still fighting bloodily not far ahead. At this time, Li Lang came over, pointed at Yang Changshi's vest and shouted, "My lord, your back is bleeding!" The soft armor is anti-slashing and afraid of stabbing, and Yuan Tan Pifu's knife seems to have pierced some soft armor! ”

"Bleeding? Yes! It's bleeding! Medical officer! Where is the medical officer?! Li Lang, Wang Wu, you two stupid people, why don't you go to the medical officer for rescue?! If Lord Ben unfortunately sacrifices his life for the country, what will you do?! ”

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By the way, more than a month later, when the stagnant water in Yecheng completely receded, and after the groundwater was found to have receded through the deep pit dug by himself, Yang Changshi immediately led thousands of soldiers to break into the Yecheng street that he was extremely longed for, and rushed into the mansions of one Jizhou official after another to search again, Li Lang and the Xuzhou soldiers were puzzled by this, because Yang Changshi had carefully searched these mansions before--he still led the army to search with wounds, but Yang Changshi ignored this at all, and just ordered: "Bring water, Fill all the rooms! ”

"My lord, what are you asking the soldiers to carry water and splash on the ground?" Li Lang asked puzzled.

"Idiot! Carrying water and splashing the ground, of course, it is to find the cellar of these corrupt officials in Jizhou to hide gold! The groundwater has receded, and if you splash water on it, the location of the underground cellar will absorb water, do you understand? Where these corrupt officials hide their gold, can they hide it from Lord Ben?! (To be continued......)