After nightfall, the surrendered city was a dead silence, the streets and alleys were full of night guards and secretly peeping fast catchers, the young Erlang, the shopkeeper and the second dog who provoked trouble, were taken into a large mansion in the city of Xi'an Le Fang, and several squares in the west of the city were all rich businessmen, these people were inextricably linked with the government, and the tooth army and the Luo soldiers easily did not dare to enter the house to search, so the three were able to save their lives,

The owner of this house is a young man, claiming to be surnamed Zhang Mingduan, the ancestor is a veteran of the surrendered city in Tunzhong, his grandfather was an official in Luoyang because of his military exploits, his father became rich in business in Luoyang, after his father died of illness, he inherited a property, because he was not good at business, he sold the shop, bought thousands of acres of land in Guanzhong as a landlord, his mother missed his homeland, he accompanied his wife back to his homeland to live,

Zhang Duan asked the three of them to recuperate in the house with peace of mind, and then send the three of them out of the city when the wind calmed down.

In the middle of the night, two plainclothes men wearing straw shoes knocked on Zhang Duan's door, these two people are the two vegetable farmers who beat the pawn with a flat pole on East Street in the morning, the real identity of the two is the secret agent of the Xining Army Intelligence Office stationed in the surrendered city, one is called Hou Jin, the other is called Tan Wang, the person who calls himself Zhang Duan, in fact, his real name is Wan Duan, his identity at this time is the director of the intelligence room stationed in the surrendered city, Hou Jin and Tan Wang are his subordinates,

The housekeeper led the two directly into the backyard secret room, Wan Duanzheng and a few subordinates bowed their heads to discuss secretly, and when they saw the two coming in, everyone stood up, and Wan Duan smiled: "What good news did our two big heroes bring this time." ”

Hou Jin said: "Weng Laosan, the leader of the vegetable gang in Beicheng, asked the soldiers to be tied up, and he instigated the gang to plot to make trouble, and now they have connected hundreds of people, but no one with high moral standing came out to take the lead, and they didn't dare to do it for a while." ”

Wan Duan groaned: "There is a person surnamed Gu in the vegetable gang, yes, called Boss Gu, this person has a high prestige, but let him come out to take the lead." Tan Wang said: "Boss Gu's daughter gave the youngest son of Zhang Chongwan, the street patrol envoy, as a concubine last year, and the two families are considered to be close, so he refuses to come out like this." ”

Wan Duan said with a smile: "Isn't Zhang Chongwan's youngest son the one named Zhang Song, this person lost 3,000 taels of silver last time he gambled with others, and he was afraid that his old man would know, so he secretly borrowed 1,000 taels of money from me, okay, just start with him, let him give me Boss Gu's daughter, his daughter is in my hands, and I can't help Boss Gu not listen to me." Speaking of this, Wan Duan turned to the people in the room: "Without further ado, you all act separately, this matter must be done beautifully, let them take a look in the temple, our intelligence room is not a vegetarian." ”

After sending everyone out, Wan Duan turned to Tan Wang and said, "Take his IOU and go to Zhang's Mansion with me." ”

Zhang Song did borrow Wan Duan a thousand taels of money, and he really couldn't pay it back, when Wan Duan proposed to use Gu Yun's eldest daughter Gu Yun to offset the account, Zhang Song agreed without thinking, the two made a contract, Zhang Song took Gu Yun out, and heard that her husband had paid off the account, Gu Yun bit her lip tightly and said nothing, Wan Duan glanced at Gu Yun, and scolded in her heart: "Straight thief, such a beauty has let this pickled goods be ruined." ”

On the second day, Wan Duan dressed up Gu Yun and took her back to her parents' house to visit her parents, and gave Gu Boss a generous gift when he went, Gu Boss was the person on the scene, seeing Wan Duan and other sons and brothers so polite to themselves, he already had a good impression in his heart, his wife Wan Shi saw Wan Duan's wealth and appearance and liked it even more, Gu Boss hated Zhang Song for selling his daughter to others behind his back, and Gu Yun complained in front of his mother with tears in his eyes, Gu Boss hated the Zhang family father and son when he arrived,

After that, Hou Jin asked the vegetable gang to come forward and ask Boss Gu to make trouble, Boss Gu agreed to come down, on the same day, hundreds of vegetable farmers and vegetable sellers of the vegetable gang went on strike collectively, and rushed to Yacheng to petition for the release of the arrested gang leader Weng Laosan.

Zhang Chongwan knew at this time that Zhang Song had paid off Gu Yun's debts, he was a face-to-face person, and he was afraid that Gu Boss would scold him in front of him for not stepping down, so he hid and did not come forward, Xiao Lingyi drew a line on the ground, and then ordered the tooth army to wait for him, threatening to die if he crossed this line, Gu Boss asked everyone to settle outside the line, and he held up the petition and knelt in front of the yellow line with three or five leading figures and asked to see Wang Feng loudly, Xiao Lingyi was disdainful at first, but everyone shouted too loudly, causing many people to watch, Xiao Lingyi was afraid that it would end badly if the matter was big, I had to let the soldiers open the city gate and let the boss and others enter the city to discuss,

At this moment, Tan Wang and Hou Jin were mixed in the crowd, and when they saw the gate of Yacheng open, Tan Wang shouted: "You can't go in, be careful of deception." While speaking, Hou Jin hid in the crowd and threw a brick at the city gate guards, the tooth sergeant was already nervous, and when he was provoked, someone slipped his hand and opened his bow to shoot an arrow at Gu Boss, which hit the shoulder, and the injury was not serious, but Gu Boss turned over and fell to the ground, wailing, the crowd suddenly exploded, and suddenly the bricks flew wildly, Xiao Lingyi saw that the situation was not good, and shouted: "Close the door, release the arrow." "Crossbow arrows flew at the head of the city, and people were constantly hit by arrows.

The petition field became a slaughterhouse again, Tan Wang, Hou Jin and several other companions mixed in the crowd worked together to rescue Gu Boss, everyone retreated to the alley outside Yacheng, the petition was slaughtered, the hope of peace turned into complete despair, after Gu Boss was injured, the people of Beicheng began to riot under the provocation of the vegetable gang, Shao Erlang, the shopkeeper and Ergou stood up at this time, denounced Wang Feng's tyranny, and encouraged the people to pick up sticks and beat down Wang Feng on the street,

Wang Feng was furious when he heard the news, and strictly ordered Xiao Lingyi to quell the riot within an hour, Xiao Lingyi's subordinates attacked the main force of the tooth army head-on, and sent a small group of troops in plain clothes to the corners of Beicheng District, kidnapping, assassination, ignition, and rumors, intending to break the morale of the rioting people, Wan Duan had already expected this, and preemptively sent people to ambush on the road, captured a few plainclothes tooth soldiers, tied everyone down the street, and let the people be vigilant, and the people of the tooth army went to spread rumors, and no one would believe it,

The rioting people rose up to resist, and the tooth army fought house by house, but the kitchen knife was no match for the horizontal knife after all, the frontal resistance was brutally suppressed, the rioting people were slaughtered in large numbers, Wan Duan relied on the network of contacts woven by money, moved around, and persuaded the soldiers of the tooth army to stop the atrocities against the people, some people in the tooth army began to waver, and the mutinous soldiers became more and more, and things became complicated and delicate, and an hour passed in a blink of an eye, Xiao Lingyi did not complete the important task of suppressing the people, he was afraid of being severely reprimanded by Wang Feng, simply fought back and sided with the mob,

Xiao Lingyi's counterattack made Wang Feng both angry and frightened, his own tooth army still made his own rebellion, who else could rely on, at this time, Feng Qingfeng had already returned to the city of Zhongshou, he persuaded Wang Feng to borrow troops from the barbarian blacks outside the city to quell the chaos, Wang Feng was surprised and said: "Isn't this to lure the wolf into the house, the next strategy, inappropriate, inappropriate." ”

Feng Qingfeng said disapprerovingly: "It is certainly the next strategy to lure the wolf into the house, but let the lambs continue to make trouble like this, what can the shepherds get, instead of being trampled under their feet, it is better to let them taste the power of the wolf, if they are bitten by the wolf, they will understand that it is better to follow people than to follow the wolf, and there will be no more trouble in the future." ”

Wang Feng pondered for a long time, nodded slowly, and said, "Just follow Mr.'s plan." ”

Three thousand barbarian blacks entered the city from the west gate and the north gate at the same time to press the rioting people, and the barbarian blacks who were accustomed to riding horses were neither familiar with nor accustomed to urban street fighting, but the barbarian blacks were more able to let go of their hands and feet, burning, killing, and robbing the people, and the barbarian blacks relied on these three to force the rioting people to a dead end in only half an afternoon.

At the moment of crisis, Wan Duan bought the captain of the East Gate Supervisor with a lot of money, and let go of hundreds of strong riot backbones such as the boss from the East Gate, and after the captain of the East Gate Supervisor let everyone go, he took his family and took the five thousand taels of "road money" given to him by Wan Duan to go out of the city and go to the east of the river.

The riot was quelled at dusk, but the calamity of the people of the surrendered city began at nightfall, after the northern city was burned to a scorched earth, the barbarian blacks ransacked the west and south cities, the raging fire continued through the night, the surrendered city was ten rooms and nine empty, the people were killed one-third, plundered into slaves one-third, one-third of the fugitives, at dawn, except for the four gates of the tooth city closed and proudly preserved, the outer city has become a ruin and scorched earth,

The barbarian blacks withdrew from the city one after another with the plundered property and population, and the people who were lucky enough to hide in Yacheng saw that their homes were destroyed and their relatives were plundered, and the sound of crying reached the sky, Wang Feng asked people to prepare cattle and sheep gold beads, and sent Feng Qingfeng as a messenger to the barbarian black barracks outside the city to reward the army, Feng Qingfeng just arrived at the gate of the barbarian black barracks, and the barbarian soldiers swarmed up, the morning glory of the cattle, the sheep of the sheep, and instantly robbed the army items, and the barbarian black soldiers who did not grab the things surrounded Feng Qingfeng, and asked sharply: "We are injured for you, You fool us with this little thing, and your conscience has been eaten by dogs. ”

Feng Qingfeng didn't dare to refute, he piled up a smiling face and bowed and apologized, the black man didn't know the etiquette of the Central Plains, seeing Feng Qingfeng raise his hand and thought that he was going to use force, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, he rushed up and beat him violently,

Feng Qingfeng's nose was blue and his eyes were swollen, and his ribs were broken, if it weren't for Gu Duoli's attendants who came to answer in time, he was afraid that he would be beaten to death.

I expressed my gratitude to Feng Qingfeng for coming to sacrifice the military bones, and said a few words of comfort to Feng Qingfeng for being beaten and injured, and then he changed his words and said: "Mr. Feng was unfortunately injured in my camp, I can't bear it in my heart, I want to give each of my brothers a sheep, which is regarded as reparation, and then the weather is hot, and my soldiers are still wearing leather boots, which is stuffy and hot, I want to ask each of my brothers in your army to help make a pair of straw sandals, I don't know if it is convenient." ”

Gu Duoli made a big detour, but Feng Qingfeng still saw through his true intentions: Gu Duoli was spying on the reality of Yacheng, before that, Feng Qingfeng got a military report, Park Eunjun's army had secretly crossed the Lianghe Valley and was detouring to Huyan Valley, if the Xining army occupied Huyan Valley, it would be equivalent to cutting off the road for the barbarian blacks to retreat north, Gu Duoli was going to withdraw the army to the north, he was spying on the reality of Yacheng, he wanted to see if he could get another one before leaving,

Feng Qingfeng coughed and said: "Your army has come thousands of miles to help in the war, and we should do it to beat a few pairs of straw sandals to reward the army, if the shoes are enough, we can give your army 3,500 pairs of straw sandals within two days, as for the sheep, the general also knows that the place in Yacheng is small, and the people are still crowded, and then send more than 3,000 sheep in, there is nowhere to put it, the general is kind, I thank my lord, and the sheep do not have to be sent." Gu Duoli laughed when she heard this,

Sending Feng Qingfeng away, a group of barbarian generals poured into the Chinese military tent and asked Gu Duoli: "General, we can't fight Yacheng yet." Gu Duoli lamented: "There are many soldiers in the city, it's hard to start, forget it, stay in the camp and withdraw overnight." Feng Qingfeng returned to Yacheng and hurriedly informed Wang Feng of the matter, at this time, there were less than 1,000 people in Yacheng, including the old, weak, and remnant soldiers and soldiers, Wang Feng was frightened into a cold sweat when he heard this, and said again and again: "If it weren't for Mr. Cleverness, Yacheng would not be safe." ”

That night, Gu Duoli stayed in the camp, and the army quickly retreated north, and at dawn, Wang Feng learned of the detailed report, but asked Feng Qingfeng: "What should I do now." Feng Qingfeng said: "There is no place to stand in the Tang Dynasty, if the lord does not want to hide in the mountains and forests, he can only go to the Bohai Kingdom." Wang Feng said: "Is it the Bohai Sea country on the coast of the East China Sea, why do thousands of rivers and mountains want to go there." Feng Qingfeng said: "The Lord of the Bohai Sea has admired the Tang civilization for generations, and the Chinese religious system of the country is modeled after China, and the Lord Duke can only be useful when he goes there." ”

Wang Feng lamented: "Those who have lost their homes are afraid that people may not be willing to accept them. Feng Qingfeng said: "Otherwise, the lord of the Bohai Sea is broad-minded, graceful and tolerant, and treats all heroes of the four seas with sincerity, does the lord still remember Li Shaoqing?" ”

Wang Feng asked in surprise: "But Li Shaoqing of the Guiyi Army, after he lost the battle for Fengzhou with Yang Hao, there was no news, could it be that he also took refuge in the Bohai Kingdom." ”

Feng Qingfeng nodded and said: "Yes, after his defeat, he took his people to defect to the king of Beijun of the Bohai Kingdom, and soon after the recommendation of the king of Beijun, he was named a prince by the king of Bohai. Wang Feng was overjoyed when he heard this, even if he wanted to pack up the soft treasures, burn the tooth city and go to the Bohai Sea,

Feng Qingfeng admonished: "You can just pack up the soft treasures, but the city must not be burned." ”

Wang Feng also came to his senses, wasn't he about to tell the Xining army spies outside the city that he was leaving, so he packed up more than a dozen boxes of rare jewels from Feng Qingfeng's plan, buried the silver ingots and gold nuggets that could not be taken away in the ground, or threw them in the dry well, and only took more than 50 personal guards, and Feng Qingfeng quietly went out of Nancheng by boat.

Wan Duan learned that Wang Feng had absconded, so he instigated Gu Boss to take advantage of the chaos to seize Yacheng, that night, Park Eun Jun sent the three sentinel vanguard army into the city to take over the defense, on the second day, Park Eun Jun and Suo Er escorted Wang Yun and Wang Bi brothers back to the city, but the city gate was blocked by the people in the city, and they were not allowed to enter the city.

The soldiers escorting the two kings shouted: "The new lord of the Tiande army has arrived, open the city gate quickly." A common man at the head of the city replied, "Our family has been ruined by the children of the royal family, and we are eager to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin, so how can we support him as the lord again." After that, clods of soil and bricks rained down on Wang Yun and Wang Bi brothers, and the two of them felt ashamed, and they knelt down facing the people of the city.

Park Eun-joon persuaded: "Don't be surprised, wait for me to ask the soldiers in the city to open the city gate." Wang Yun shouted with tears: "The people hate us so much, what face do they have to go into the city." Wang Bi burst into tears and said: "The blessings of the Wang family have been exhausted, the people's hearts have been lost, and there is no shame for the lord of the Tiande army. ”

Park Eunjun said: "Such a big event, Park doesn't dare to make the decision, so he can only convey his mind to the adults on behalf of the two." On the same day, the garrison was outside the city, taking out military rations to help the victims, the people in the city were a little at ease, Wanduan was secretly operating, Gu Lao led the people in the city out of the city to the Xining army to offer the letter of the people, offering the surrender of the city, Park Eunjun comforted everyone: "Such a big thing, Park Moushi did not dare to call the shots, only dared to transfer the gentleman and the people to Lord Yang, before the adults responded, please ask Mr. Gu to lead the people to self-government, Park is willing to do his best, assist Mr. ”

That night, Wan Duan visited the military camp at night and asked Park Eun-joon: "Why does the general refuse to accept Boss Gu's sacrifice of the city, it is a pity to miss such a good opportunity." Park Eun Joon said: "The Tiande Army is so broken, isn't it cumbersome to carry it on your back, and General Manager Wan is planning to get the Tiande Army in his hands, haven't you ever thought about this." Wan Duan sneered when he heard this: "The Tiande Army is the west gate of Fengzhou, although the people's livelihood is broken, the geography is very important, this gate is in the hands of outsiders, after all, it is a problem for the henchmen, the general is the chief general of the army, why is his vision so short-sighted." ”

Park Eun-joon was furious when he heard this, and he got up and shouted: "Send off guests." "I drove Wan Duan out,

On the third day of Wang Feng's absconding, Yang Hao received a secret report from Wan Duan and a military report from Park Eunjun, General Yang Hao reported that it was forwarded to the Military and Political Department for the meritorious award, but he held Wan Duan's secret report in his hands for a few days without a response. Guan Suo said: "This is Wan Duan's own decision, and I didn't know it in advance." Yang Hao said dissatisfiedly: "It's really good at asserting, and now he wants me to wipe his ass for him." ”

Guan Suo grinned and said: "Just take the wrong and forget it, Wang Yun is irritable, Wang Bi has a lot of eyes, and they are all unreliable. ”

"To put it simply, tens of thousands of mouths have been added to eat at once." Yang Hao smiled helplessly, the Tiande army has many mountains and few lands, the land fertility is thin, and the grain is insufficient every year, fortunately, the geographical location is advantageous, it is one of the important trade routes between the Uighurs and the Tang Dynasty, and the people in the territory mostly rely on this trade route to eat, the civil strife that occurred after Wang Qian's death cut off the trade routes, if there is no foreign aid this winter, famine is inevitable,

"Then move them here, Fengzhou land is fertile, divide the land for them to reclaim, and in three or five years, they can still pay for you as a soldier." Guan Suo said relaxedly, Yang Hao didn't want to argue with him, people are in different positions, and it is normal for there to be differences in what they think, the migration of tens of thousands of people involves all aspects of the problem, how can it be an easy task, but after thinking about it again, what Guan Suo said is not completely unreasonable, the matter has come to this point, I am afraid that it will not work if I am not ruthless,

"Go and invite Qu Qingquan, I have something to discuss with him."

Yang Hao shouted to Mu Lanqing who was watering flowers in the courtyard, Mu Lanqing hurriedly put down the water scoop and ran out, after Yang Hao received the secret report from Wanduan, he also had the idea of moving the population inside, but he was afraid that the matter would be too wide-ranging, and a slight improper operation would leave a lot of sequelae, so he went to the Wubei Academy to ask Tan Kong for advice, and Tan Kong told him an example: In the past, Liu Qingling recaptured the three cities of Yunbei from the Khitans, and once migrated nearly 100,000 people from the thirteen counties of Hedong to the north, and the mastermind behind this matter was Qu Chuji's uncle and nephew,

"I'll leave first if you have something, you don't like Wanduan, I'll transfer him back." Guan Suo got up and said as he walked out,

"This man is very capable, send him to the Uighurs, and it is better if he can bring me back the Uighur court as well."