Yu Yanlu admonished: "The situation in Wuhai City is precipitous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, I am afraid that there will be fraud, my lord should not enter the city in person, let his subordinates do it for him." Yang Hao said: "It's a blessing or a curse, but I can't avoid it, I can't hide from anyone in order to send my relatives." Yu Yanlu wanted to lead troops to escort Yang Hao into the city, but Yang Hao refused to let him, handed over a bag to him, and advised: "If there is a change in the city, open the bag, act according to the plan, and don't make false claims." "He also ordered Mahshan to retreat eighteen miles and fortify at the mouth of the river.

Yang Hao took Zhang Lang, Li Wei, Qiu Lu, Wuwei four generals, led hundreds of guards in the temple to escort Li Qing into Wuhai City, Xie Bozhi, Lou Heyan as early as three days ago with a brocade curtain in the main gate to build a color shed to welcome Luan, the color shed is five zhang high, ten zhang wide, embroidered with flying phoenix and a hundred birds to congratulate the picture, extremely luxurious, in order to build this color shed, Wuhai City demolished more than 40 houses, costing about 30,000 taels of gold and silver, Li Wei teased: "No wonder the people of Shuofang are so poor, it turns out that the money is used here." ”

Xie Bozhi, Lou Heyan and send off relatives envoy Long Mingyue, Hao Zan and other officials of all sizes hundreds of people are waiting outside the color shed, in the sound of string music, Li Qing walked down the soft public opinion, after everyone met, the stars surrounded Li Qing like the moon and walked towards the color shed, Lou Heyan's tooth army blocked the guards of the inner temple, only Zhang Lang was allowed to enter the four people, and no weapons were allowed, there were soldiers to untie Zhang Lang's saber, Zhang Lang pushed down, the tooth army opened the bow to shoot, the inner temple fang guards did not show weakness, and there was a lot of tension for a while,

Xie Bozhi sneered: "Yang Tingshi, it's not good to dance with a knife and a gun in front of the princess, and besides, the color shed is a place to drink, what do you mean by bringing so many soldiers, and who dares to murder you in front of the princess." ”

Yang Hao: "As a guard general, the knife does not leave his body, this is the rule set by Emperor Taizong, as a family envoy, the princess Luan has not entered Lingzhou City, how dare we untie the knife." ”

The argument between the two alarmed Li Qing, she stood still, sneered and said, "Let them bring knives in, otherwise they won't be able to drink this glass of wine steadily." "When things got to this point, Yang Hao had no choice but to take a step forward, let Zhang Lang and the others untie their bows and arrows, put down their crossbows, and only bring their swords inside.

The waiter began to serve wine and food, Yang Hao put wine and food in front of him, but there were no chopsticks, Zhang Lang shouted: "Is this the host's way of hospitality?" Xie Bozhi sneered: "Shuo Fang's wine and meat are not something that you can eat as a prisoner." Standing up and slamming the wine glass on the ground, the brocade curtain around it was suddenly torn off, and hundreds of armor soldiers poured out to surround Yang Hao.

At the same time, the horns outside the color shed sounded in unison, and the shouting of killing was earth-shattering, Yang Hao shot the case and reprimanded angrily: "Xie Bozhi, what do you want to do." Long Mingyue overturned the table case and laughed loudly: "Yang Hao, up to now, you still dare to ask Lord Xie, you colluded with horse bandits to kidnap the princess, and you should be exterminated." Hundreds of people echoed: "Kill Yang Hao to thank the world." ”

Yang Hao smiled arrogantly: "A group of young people also dare to murder me, as an envoy of the imperial court, no one dares to touch me without an edict from the imperial court." Xiao Mingyue suddenly said: "The princess's dictation: Yang Hao, the assassin of Fengzhou and the defense envoy of Fengzhou and the commander of the Xining Army, colluded with the Shatuo rebels to hijack the palace to Fengzhou, and wanted to plot against him. ”

Yang Hao was like being stabbed in the chest, and his whole face suddenly turned earthy gray, and then another tooth ran in with blood to report: "Her Royal Highness the princess, and all the adults, the rebellion in Fengzhou has been completely wiped out." ”

Hearing that all the brothers who got along with each other outside the door were killed, Qiu Lu and Wu Wei each howled, drew their swords and jumped up to Xie Bozhi and Long Mingyue, the bowstring rang out continuously, one arrow shot down Qiu Lu, and the other arrow killed Wu Wei, after Qiu Lu was seriously injured and fell to the ground, six or seven Shuo Fangya soldiers stepped forward with guns and poked seven or eight blood holes in him.

Yang Hao stepped forward and grabbed a gun, swept away the tooth army in three moves and five styles, and glared at Li Qing angrily: "What crime did the minister commit, His Highness should treat the minister like this." Li Qing didn't answer coldly, but her eyes turned from Yang Hao to the side,

Long Mingyue and Xie Bo stepped forward to persuade Li Qing to leave the shed first, Li Qing nodded silently, and left the shed from the back door accompanied by Xiao Mingyue and others. ”

Lou Heyan persuaded Yang Hao: "I have heard that General Yang's martial arts and strategies are first-class in the world, but today Your Excellency is alone in a heavy siege, there are two hundred armor soldiers in ambush inside and outside this color shed, and the general will definitely not be able to get out. At this time, the curtain of the shed was lifted, and in the open space outside the door knelt seventeen or eighteen seriously injured and captured guards of the inner temple,

Lou Heyan said: "They are the best soldiers I have ever seen, I really don't want them to die in my hands, General Yang, their life and death are in your words." ”

One of the gang leaders gritted his teeth and shouted, "Your Excellency, don't worry about us. As soon as the words came out, a soldier strode forward and slashed at his neck, the head rolled to the ground, his eyes were still wide with anger, Yang Hao was speechless, abandoned the gun on the ground, Zhang Lang and Li Wei also lost the knife in their hands, the soldiers rushed forward, took off Yang Hao's helmet, untied his saber, and tied his arms behind his back.

The crowd strode out, kicked Yang Hao with his flying feet, his fingers almost touched the tip of Yang Hao's nose, and he sneered: "Do you know who I am, Lao Tzu almost made you lose your head." "It was Hao Zan, the deputy envoy who spoke, on the day Li Qing was robbed, he ran all the way to Youzhou, panicked and looked for death several times, but fortunately he was stopped by the attendants, just when he was in a panic, Bo Zhongyan, a red man next to Qiu Shiliang, suddenly found him,

Hao Zan knew that Bo Zhongyan was resourceful, and was busy asking him for advice on how to get out, Bo Zhongyan first scolded him with a split head and face, saying that Hao Zan was shocked, his heart was dead, and his heart was even more vigorous, Bo Zhongyan saw that the time was ripe, and changed the conversation and said: "It's all for the enemy, and I can't see death without help, if you want to live, you can only listen to my arrangement." Hao Zan grabbed a life-saving straw in despair, where was he willing to let go, and said earnestly: "If an adult can save my life, it is my reborn parents." ”

Bo Zhongyan helped him up, and said with a smile: "It is the general himself who saves the general, and Bo can only offer a strategy for the general." "Bo Zhongyan's plan was to let Hao Zan go to Xiazhou to see Lian Yong as a deputy envoy, tell him that the princess was kidnapped by Yang Hao in collusion with horse bandits, and ask him to send troops to assist the Shence army to go north to welcome back the princess.

Li Qing was kidnapped by horse bandits in his own jurisdiction, Lian Yong had already been frightened of the six gods, Xia Sui's horse bandits were as many as cattle hair, when Meng Bochang was in power, he forcibly suppressed bandits, large and small horse bandits fled one after another, after Meng Bochang's death, the bandits revived, and Lian Yong's means of suppression were exhausted, without reducing the effect at all,

However, although the horse bandits are stubborn, but for the government, it is only a problem of ringworm and scabies, which may disturb the people, but it does not hurt the muscles and bones, and it is harmless, Lian Yong could have turned a blind eye, but Li Qing's sudden robbery made him angry, and these days he mobilized heavy troops to prepare for a thorough cleanup of the horse bandits in the jurisdiction.

Lian Yong is not worried about losing the battle against the horse bandits, but it is not easy to win, and more importantly, even if the horse bandits are defeated, Li Qing can still be found in vain, and the court will still be held accountable, and he will still be unable to escape death.

Hao Zan insisted that the person who kidnapped the princess was Yang Hao, which made Lian Yong's heart bloom, with Yang Hao in front, the sky could not hit his head when it fell, but when Hao Zan proposed that Xia Suizhen send troops to assist the Shence army to go north to recover the princess, Lian Yong's heart was full of shadows, he instinctively felt the danger, and let the Shence army enter Xia Sui, what if they didn't leave, what if they didn't leave, what if he had any way to drive them out,

Hao Zan seemed to see through Lian Yong's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Brother Lian, please rest assured, the Shence Army is thousands of miles away, how can it be transferred for a while, please borrow three thousand men and horses, and blempty under my banner, then Yang Hao is not a fool, on the day the Heavenly Army comes, he will not return the princess." ”

Lian Yong thought about it, and calculated that he would not suffer a loss in any case, so he readily agreed, he immediately transferred 5,000 troops, 3,000 people under the banner of Hao Zan, 2,000 people under the banner of Xia Suijun, and 5,000 people clamored to go north, approaching Xiao Chang'an, but everyone also knew the strength of the Xining army, and there were more than 100 miles away from Xiao Chang'an.

Five days later, he heard the news that Yang Hao was going to escort Li Qing south to Lingwu, Hao Zan heard the news on the Gobi in the south of Xiaochang'an, and was overjoyed, he left the army and went straight to Lingwu.

At the same time as the drastic change occurred in the color shed, the hundreds of inner temple guards who stayed outside the door were surrounded by thousands of tooth troops, and fought fiercely for a stick of incense, except for seventeen or eighteen seriously injured and captured, the rest of the people were all killed, mixed in the crowd, the secret agent hurriedly went out of the city, and told the message to Yu Yanlu, Yu Yanlu was frightened, he hurriedly took out the bag that Yang Hao handed him, and shouted: "Beat the drum and gather the generals." The Agni Battalion was gathering all the officers in one place, and Yu Yanlu showed Yang Hao's warrant in the bag: "General Yang has an order, immediately retreat for thirty miles." Everyone looked at each other unconsciously, but it was written in black and white, and no one dared to object.

Retreating is sometimes more difficult and more dangerous than marching, and the slightest carelessness will give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of, since Shuo Fang dares to openly capture Yang Hao in Wuhai City, he must be ready to face the battle, for a well-trained army, the conversion of attack and defense can be completed in an instant, Lou Heyan used to deal with the fire battalion is five thousand "Flying Fish Army", "Flying Fish Army" is Wang Chongwen's guard army, the elite of Shuo Fangya's army,

When Hu Shide, the general of the unified army, heard that Yu Yanlu had withdrawn, he immediately ordered more than 1,000 people on the left and right flanks to go out of the camp to pursue. Hu Shide said: "Brother, you are a good hand at killing the enemy, but if you want to be a general, you must not only know how to charge into battle, but also know how to judge the situation, Yu Yanlu is Yang Hao's cronies, a tiger general in Fengzhou, Yang Hao was taken with him and retreated, don't you think it's strange, there must be fraud in this, and I am afraid that I will suffer a loss if I chase the past." ”

Lou Chuan also exclaimed: "Since the general is expected to be deceitful, why do you still attack on the left and right wings, isn't this driving sheep into the tiger's mouth." Hu Shide sighed and said, "What's the way, the princess and Lord Qincha must have an explanation." ”

As Hu Shide expected, the 3,000 Shuo Fangya army chased out of 18 miles and was ambushed by Mahshan's battalion at the mouth of the Jiahe River, and only 600 of the 2,000 men returned.