readx; Chongyang Temple is a Taoist temple close to the north gate of Youzhou, located next to the wide official road, surrounded by lush forests, a gurgling river goes around the view, in addition to the Chongyang Temple, there are dozens of houses, there is a tea shed next to the official road not far away, the huge scaffolding supports, and there are more than a dozen tables and chairs placed below. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the late autumn of October, the dawn is later, the fifth watch has not yet arrived, the night is still dark and dreary, it is dark all around, there is not a single figure on the official road, only a few sleeping people are lying on the table under the tea shed, it seems that they are all merchants, and their luggage is placed under the table, these are missed accommodations, waiting for the city gate to open the foot merchants, almost every day.

The hut next to the tea shed has also been opened, the house is flickering with a faint light, and a figure is busy, this is the old man Sun who opened the tea shed is preparing tea and dinner in the morning.

Old man Sun is about fifty years old, his back is a little rickety due to years of hard work, he has been selling tea and rice here for more than 20 years, and he has seen a lot of merchants who come and go, but today these merchants make him feel an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart, and his eyes sneak out from time to time.

These businessmen are very young, burly and tall, this is nothing, Yan Zhao is a lot of strong men, most of the men in Hebei Province are tall, but these young businessmen are a little different, and Old Man Sun can't tell what is different, but he noticed a detail, for example, when these five businessmen were sleeping, the posture was exactly the same, which seemed interesting, but Old Man Sun felt a chill in his back.

"Old man, do you want my help?"

Suddenly remembered a voice behind him, Old Man Sun only felt that his scalp was about to explode, and when he turned around, he saw a man standing behind him with a smile, Old Man Sun was like seeing a ghost at night, his legs were weak, and he was about to sit on the ground.

The man's hand was weak, and he held him up, staring at him coldly, "Old man, what are you afraid of?" ”

Old man Sun's teeth were fighting, and he couldn't say a word, he suddenly turned over and knelt down, kowtowing, "Spare your life!" Spare your life! ”

The coldness in the man's eyes disappeared, and he smiled and helped Old Man Sun up, "I'm just a businessman, and I won't kill you for money and life, what are you afraid of?" ”

Seeing that he was smiling kindly, the fear in his heart gradually subsided, and he wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I thought you were robbers, and you really scared me to death." ”

The man smiled, found a small stool and sat down, and said, "Your name is Sun Li!" ”

Old man Sun was taken aback, his name had been useless for many years, and even the young people in the village didn't know it, how could this businessman know? He stared at him blankly, "Y-How do you know?" ”

The man nodded with a smile and continued: "You are from Sunzhuang, ten miles southwest of the country, your son died early, and your daughter-in-law also remarried, and now you are dependent on your wife and your seven-year-old grandson, right?" ”

Old Man Sun's eyes widened, revealing a hint of fear, who are they, and what are they doing?

"What are you going to do?"

The man's smile was still very kind, but the words he said were like a thunderclap, which stunned Old Man Sun.

"Your grandson Po is now in our hands!"

Old man Sun's grandson is the only cigarette heir of the Sun family, his lifeline, and everything in his life. ”

The man didn't get up, and with a flick of his hand, he flipped the old man Sun to the ground, and he sneered: "What are you anxious about, we didn't kill your grandson, he's fine." ”

This sentence made the desperate old man Sun suddenly sober up, he knelt and crawled in front of the old man Sun, kowtowed, and cried: "Master, you can do whatever you want, I can give you this shop, I just ask you to spare my grandson's life." ”

The man glanced at him and smiled again: "What do I want you to do, but what!" I have a little brother who wants to be your buddy for a few days, what do you think? ”

Old man Sun stopped crying, he looked at the man in a daze, he didn't understand, and the man also knew that he didn't understand, and said: "It's as simple as that, if you are obedient, not only will we not embarrass you, but we will return our grandson to you afterwards, and we will reward you with a hundred yuan, but if you are disobedient and go out to talk nonsense, then the first time I will give you your grandson's nose, the second time I will give you two eyes, and the third time I will give you other people's heads, do you understand?" ”

Old man Sun was terrified, and he was extremely frightened, he just nodded desperately, "I understand!" I know! ”

"Good!" The man beckoned, and a young man came in from outside, seventeen or eighteen years old, with a simple and honest face, which made people like that at first glance.

"His name is Sun Xiaoming, he is your nephew, he just came to you from Texas, don't you have a younger brother in your hometown in Texas?"

The young man obediently knelt down and kowtowed to Old Man Sun, and said in a pure Texas accent: "Xiao Ming kowtows to uncle!" ”

At this time, Old Man Sun gradually understood a little, they were going to borrow their own shop to do something, not for themselves, although he was scared in his heart, but he was relieved for the most part, he knew that as long as he cooperated with them, there would generally be no danger, the only thing he was still a little worried about was that the other party killed people afterwards, he said in a trembling voice: "I will do so, after the matter is over, I will return to my hometown in Texas immediately." ”

Seeing that Old Man Sun knew each other very well, the man couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, and at this time, someone outside suddenly whispered, "They came out!" ”

The man glanced at it, and saw from a distance that the gate of Chongyang Temple was opened, two carriages drove out, and there were dozens of cavalry guards around, so he asked Old Man Sun: "Do they have to have breakfast at your place every day?" ”

Old man Sun suddenly realized in his heart, it turned out that they were coming for this group of Taoist priests, he hurriedly said: "I have to steam a pot of vegetarian steamed buns for them every day to take away, but they don't necessarily sit down to eat, they seem to have to take the roll call at the fifth watch, and they will sit down and drink a bowl of soup when they have time, and they will take the steamed buns directly and leave when they are too late." ”

The man nodded, and when he heard the sound of the wheels of the carriage approaching, he whispered to Old Man Sun, "You will entertain them as usual." ”

He gave the young man another look, opened the back door, and walked away in a flash, leaving only two guests in the shed, and the others were gone.

Old man Sun felt like he had a dream, everything was so unreal, but the 'nephew' in front of him was a real existence, full of honest hey and straight smile, like a fool, Old man Sun sighed secretly, where is he a fool, it is clear that he is urging the little ghost, Old Man Sun thought that his grandson was still in their hands, so he had to fight his spirit, he took out a bag, pointed to the steamed buns in the pot, and said: "Xiao Ming! Help me put the steamed buns in the bag and give them to the group of Taoist masters later. ”

"Okay!"

Sun Xiaoming moved quickly, took the bag and went to get the steamed buns, at this time, the carriage stopped outside, and someone shouted: "Old man Sun, where are our steamed buns?" ”

"It's coming! Here it comes! ”

Old man Sun ran out of the house, only to see two carriages parked on the side of the official road, which were full of people, fifty or sixty cavalrymen next to him holding spears and guarding the carriage, and a Taoist priest in his thirties stood next to the tea shed, who was their senior brother Wangchenzi.

Old man Sun came out and said with a smile: "The night is cold in late autumn, do you want to drink a bowl of hot soup before leaving?" ”

"Tomorrow! It's a bit late to go out today. ”

At this time, Sun Xiaoming ran out, carrying a bamboo bag in his hand, and there was steaming hot air coming out of the gap in the bag, "Uncle, give!" ”

Old man Sun took the steamed bun, handed it to Wangchenzi and said with a smile: "This is your steamed bun, eat it while it's hot!" ”

"Thank you!"

Wangchenzi took the steamed bun, glanced at Sun Xiaoming and said, "Who is he?" ”

"Huh! He was my nephew, and I couldn't keep myself busy here, so I wrote to him to help. ”

"Hmmm! Your nephew is so strong and honest, Old Man Sun, you have a helper. ”

"That's it! Is that! ”

This group of Taoist priests is just a group of ordinary people, they have no professional training, and they don't have any sense of vigilance at all, so they don't take Sun Xiaoming to heart at all, and the duty of those soldiers is not to protect the safety of Taoist priests, but to be afraid that they will run away, so they take care of them, so they don't care about the tea shed and another guy, forget the dust and get into the carriage, the carriage starts, and goes along the north.

Sun Xiaoming watched their carriage leave, he couldn't help but shake his head, it was too easy to deal with these Taoist priests, he could kill them alone, but the general had a bigger plan, he didn't dare to mess around, he exchanged a look with the two merchants who were eating, the merchant nodded, the two took the horse, turned over the horse, and followed the carriage from a distance.

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Xishan Inn in Ping'an Town, at least Qin Haiyang and Zhang Yue have talked, they have met three times in succession, and the context of this operation has gradually become clear, one positive plan and two alternative plans have also been finalized, and all details have been implemented one by one, and now they are waiting for the time to act.

The sky has just been darkened, Yan Zhuang came back from Youzhou City, this time Yan Zhuang came to Youzhou, not entirely for An Lushan's gunpowder, and in order to contact several of his former best friends, such as An Lushan's Tuntian envoy Ma Jun, he was originally an An Lushan army in charge of financial power, is Yan Zhuang's henchman, but after Yan Zhuang left An Lushan, Gao Shang was in charge of An Lushan's internal affairs, and took power, Ma Jun began to be squeezed out by Gao Shang, and the situation is getting worse and worse, and now even the Tuntian envoy is almost unable to keep it, he wrote to Yan Zhuang last year, There is a faint intention in the letter to take refuge in Yan Zhuang, so this time Yan Zhuang came to Youzhou in person, just to win over old people like Ma Jun, in addition to Ma Jun, there are several officials, all of whom are old people who were pulled by Yan Zhuang in the past, and most of the current conditions are unsatisfactory.

Yan Zhuang entered the inn and saw that Qin Haiyang was asking the innkeeper what was going on, so he stepped forward and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Qin Haiyang sent the shopkeeper away, and then said to Yan Zhuang: "There is a small loophole, just now the innkeeper told me that in the afternoon, a medicine picker accidentally found the brothers hidden in the mountains, and when he came back, he talked about it in the wine shop, and the town has spread." ”

Yan Zhuang was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Does the town garrison know?" ”

"It's not clear yet, but the town is not big, and I'm worried that someone will probably tell the garrison that I have sent a few brothers to intercept them on the road just now, and if there are any soldiers who report it, they will all be intercepted and killed."

Yan Zhuang pondered for a moment, according to their first plan, they would launch the plan tomorrow night, but the situation was unexpected, and they might need to adopt an alternative.

"Does General Qin want to use the second option?"

Qin Haiyang nodded, "We can't have the slightest luck, any carelessness will be fatal, will make our action fail, I have decided to start the operation tonight, we will quickly withdraw from Youzhou afterwards, we will not take care of Mr., in order to ensure safety, Sir, please leave Youzhou immediately!" ”

"Okay, I'll go to Yizhou now."

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There are not many garrisons in Ping'an Town, only a hundred people, led by a brigade commander, stationed in a large courtyard in the easternmost part of the town, usually nothing to do, and the soldiers will not come out to patrol, but every three days they will routinely go to the West Mountain Road to walk around, most of the time will stay in the courtyard, gamble, drink, and the bold will occasionally sneak out to find women.

But the atmosphere was a little tense tonight, and this garrison had already heard a little rumor that there was an army in Xishan, although it was only a rumor, but it still made the brigade commander of the army nervous.

Brigade Shuai is a Turkic people, called Zaluhua, before and after the fall of the Eastern Turks, a large number of Hu tribes attached to the Tang Dynasty in the south, the authorities of the Tang Dynasty did not adopt a policy of integrating them into the Tang Dynasty, but let them live on the border, retain their own customs and tribes, and let them become the fence of the Tang Dynasty, when the Tang Dynasty was strong, there was no problem with this ethnic policy, but when the Tang Dynasty went into decline or civil strife, these Hu people would have different hearts and take the opportunity to attack the Central Plains, and the Anshi Rebellion and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms at the end of the Tang Dynasty came from this.

An Lushan himself is a Hu person, when he had the intention of rebellion, he began to reuse a large number of Hu people, not only middle and high-level generals, but even many low-level officers also began to appoint Hu people, this brigade commander Zaluhua is one of them.

This person does not understand Chinese, and the news he got is also very different from the actual situation, and the news he got is that there are bandits in Xishan, and it is the word 'bandits' that makes his vigilance not reach the highest level, and it is also one of his duties to prevent bandits in Xishan, and there is no need to report to An Lushan, as long as the bandits do not commit crimes, at most remind the local government.

Still, the cautious Turkic brigade commander was a little nervous, and he ordered the soldiers not to go out alone, but to stay in the compound.

The compound was full of people, a room was brightly lit, dozens of soldiers were gathering together to gamble, their brigade commander was nervous, but the soldiers did not pay attention, a few bandits could not affect their mood, drinking and gambling, all as usual.

But at this moment, the dark shadows around the compound were clustered, and the five hundred Falcon Battalion warriors had surrounded the garrison compound, and they moved quickly and with a slight voice, without alarming the surrounding residents.

At this time, a soldier rushed to Qin Haiyang and reported in a low voice: "The brothers have finished the search, there are no soldiers outside, all of them are in the barracks. ”

Qin Haiyang nodded, and then ordered: "Do it!" ”

Five hundred soldiers surrounded the compound in two ways, one of which surrounded the compound, while about two hundred of them climbed up to the roof from behind, they were as fast as raccoon cats, light as a feather, and the soldiers in the house were unconscious, they were still clamoring and gambling, not realizing that death was coming.

Inadvertently, a soldier who won the money looked up and laughed proudly, but suddenly saw countless arrows and crossbows with black holes on the roof, and the smile on his face suddenly turned into extreme fear, and before he could shout, he only heard the click of a crossbow machine, and a hundred poisonous arrows were shot at the same time, and the sixty-four people who were gambling in the house were hit by arrows together, and they were all shot in the head, and only let out a scream, and sixty-four people died at the same time.

The Turkic brigade commander next door heard the screams, and he ran out of the house, and before he could react, a crossbow arrow whistled and shot through his head.

The battle began in an instant and ended in an instant, the courtyard returned to a deathly silence, and the soldiers of the five hundred falcon battalions quickly carried a hundred corpses out of the barracks and buried them in a dense forest behind the barracks. ’

After sorting out all this, the five hundred soldiers turned over their horses one after another, set off in the dark night, and hurried towards the north of Youzhou City.

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(To be continued)