"Koji Gongzi, these are all my entourage!"

Zhou Yu hurriedly poked his head out of the car window, he had already seen the koji nobles, but he didn't want to make extraneous branches, so he planned to avoid them, but the koji nobles took a fancy to these officials, which made him secretly complain.

"Oh! It turned out to be the Zhou County Order. ”

Zhou Yu is Koji Liang's henchman, and the relationship with Koji Guigui is very good, Koji Guigui patted Yang Yuanqing's broad shoulder with a horsewhip, and the guards showed anger in their eyes, their hands pressed on the handle of the knife, seeing that they were about to burst out and kill, Yang Yuanqing hurriedly gave everyone a look, and they were not allowed to move.

Koji Minggui didn't know that he had come back from the ghost gate, so he laughed dryly and said to Zhou Yu: "Zhou County Order, you are good servants!" Where did you get it? ”

Zhou Yu saw that he actually patted Yang Yuanqing's shoulder with a horsewhip, and his heart was so frightened that his heart almost stopped beating, and he hurriedly said to the officials: "You go to the side first, and I will say a few words to Gongzi Gongzi." ”

Yang Yuanqing glanced at Zhou Yu meaningfully, turned the horse's head, led the guards out of the carriage, and waited not far away, Zhou Yu realized that he had made a mistake and should not let the officials go away, but there was no way.

He had no choice but to bite the bullet and say to the koji nobles: "Koji Gongzi, these officials used to be Dou Jiande's soldiers, and I selected these 20 people from Pingyuan County as government officials, and the war horses were also brought back from the army. ”

Koji Minggui squinted and smiled: "Then can you send me a favor, these officials will follow me in the future, how about it?" ”

Zhou Yu scolded secretly in his heart, "I don't know what is dead or alive!" ”

He showed a look of embarrassment on his face, and said for a while: "That's it! I left them behind when I left Baode County, and I still need them to escort them these days. ”

Koji was overjoyed, "Then we'll make a decision!" ”

He was afraid that Zhou Yu would regret it, so he beat his horse and galloped out of the city. Watching him walk away, Zhou Yucai shook his head, urged the carriage to come to Yang Yuanqing and the others, pointed to an inn not far away, and said to Yang Yuanqing: "You can stay at the Anfeng Inn over there, if anything." I'll come to you. ”

Yang Yuanqing understood what he meant, and ordered left and right: "Let's go!" ”

More than 20 cavalrymen followed him and galloped away, Zhou Yu looked at Yang Yuanqing's back and sighed, his wife and children and parents were in Yang Yuanqing's hands, no wonder he was not afraid of making any flowers by himself......

The night was getting deeper. The gate of Ande County has also been closed, and the outside of the city has become silent, and there is no longer a shadow of a pedestrian to be seen on the official road. There was a faint glimmer of light.

Then. A cavalry of about five hundred men came unhurriedly from a distance, and controlled the sound of horses' hooves, and they entered a wood, startling a tree of birds.

The leader of the generals was Han Xiaoguo, the pro-soldier general, and they followed Zhou Xianling and his party from afar until it was completely dark. Only then did he slowly approach the southern city, waiting for news from the city.

Han Xiaoguo led the cavalry into the woods. This forest covers an area of about 100 acres and is dominated by pine trees. The woods were covered with fine pine needles, and Han Xiaoguo urged his war horse to pass silently through the pine forest, and came to the other side, looking at the south city gate two miles away in the distance, and the city gate was also dark.

After looking at it for a moment, Han Xiaoguo turned around and ordered: "Everyone rest on the spot and wait for the order!" ”

The soldiers dismounted one after another to rest, Han Xiaoguo looked at the city gate from afar, and was a little worried in his heart, I don't know when the news came? ……

Ande County Yahou Mansion, here is the mansion of Taishou Koji, and it is also the command center of Maitreya Sect, outside the door of the house quietly, there are a few carriages parked, at this time the side door opened, revealing a piece of light, and two maids went out of the house with lanterns.

"Koji Taishou doesn't need to be sent, the lower official will disturb Taishou tonight."

Pingyuan County Commander Zhou Yu walked out of the house, followed by Koji Liang, he sent Zhou Yu out, Koji Liang said earnestly: "Zhou County Order, what I ask for, you must do it, time is running out, I hope you go back tomorrow and start preparing immediately." ”

"Rest assured, the lower officials know in their hearts that they will never make a mistake!"

Zhou Yu got into the carriage, the carriage slowly went to the post house, Zhou Yu saw that Koji Liang had entered the house, the door was closed, and the door became dark.

He immediately instructed the coachman, "Go to the Anfeng Inn!" ”

The carriage turned its head and headed towards another main road, and after a while, the carriage slowly stopped at the door of the Anfeng Inn, which was very quiet around the inn, no one entered or exited, only a large dilapidated lantern hung in front of the gate.

In the backlight of the lantern, there was a black shadow standing faintly, suddenly, the black shadow rushed towards him quickly, Zhou Yu was startled, and thought it was a night thief who robbed the road, and when he got closer, he found that it was a guard wearing a military uniform, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked: "Is the prince here?" ”

"Please come with me!"

The guards brought Zhou Yu into the inn, and the entire inn had been chartered by Yang Yuanqing, and there were no other guests, and the shopkeeper and his men were not allowed to enter the inner courtyard.

After walking through two doors, I came to a small courtyard, in front of which there were four guards, and the lights were on in the room, and the lights were reflected in the courtyard, and the figures in the room could be seen walking back and forth.

"The proprietor of Qiqi, the order of Zhou County is here."

"Come in!"

There was only Yang Yuanqing in the room, he was thinking about how to pay tribute to the prince Li Jiancheng, and he didn't come to be rude, Li Jiancheng actually played a small move in Hebei, if he didn't pay tribute to him, it would be too cheap for him.

Since last autumn, he has been preparing for the Hebei campaign, and it has been more than half a year, in this more than half a year, although there was no large-scale war between the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the armistice agreement was abided by, but the small actions of the two sides continued, from the beginning of the year when the Sui Dynasty used Hedong merchants to buy a large number of Chang'an materials, to the Tang Dynasty to buy Wang Xu's son, and now to provoke a rebellion in Hebei, the two sides have been secretly fighting.

Yang Yuanqing didn't want to fight the Tang Army for the time being, but he wanted to clean up Li Jiancheng, if he hadn't inadvertently gotten the news of Pingyuan County, wouldn't he have succeeded Li Jiancheng.

At this time, the soldiers brought Zhou Yu in, and Yang Yuanqing glanced at him and said with a smile: "I thought that the Zhou County Order would lead a large group of sect members to come." ”

Zhou Yu blushed and said: "Your Highness is risking your life, this is a trust in your humble position, if I live up to this trust, won't I be punished by God!" ”

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but secretly praise him for being able to speak, he didn't say that his parents, wife and children were controlled by the Sui army. But he said that he trusted him, so Yang Yuanqing nodded, "If this time the matter is done, you will be promoted to the magistrate of Pingyuan County." ”

Zhou Yu knelt down with a thud, kowtowed to Yang Yuanqing three times, and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Highness's trust and tolerance." Humble duty can only be repaid by breaking bones! ”

Yang Yuanqing said lightly: "I think you are truly repentant, so I will give you a chance, if you have the slightest concealment and deception, your head has already fallen to the ground at this time, get up!" ”

Zhou Yu was grateful in his heart. In awe again, he stood up and said: "Your Highness, the lowly post has important information to report, the lowly post just came out of the Taishou Mansion, and the important people who worship the Maitreya Sect are all meeting in the Taishou Mansion. Your Highness. This is an opportunity. ”

"Do they have any plans?"

"Yes! Koji told the lowly that the time of the uprising had been decided to be advanced, and that it would begin in six days, and that all the congregants would gather in Ande County to send Maitreya, and that the uprising would be launched at that time. ”

Yang Yuanqing sneered and rebelled six days later. They don't have a chance anymore......

The counties of Hebei have not yet set up county soldiers for the time being, so the city gates of each county are managed by the officials. Close the door every day and check the personnel. However, the guards at the city gates of Ande County are no longer government officials, but 500 Maitreya protectors, who are not only in charge of the four city gates, but also maintain the law and order of the county seat, and act as a guard of honor in various worship ceremonies.

These 500 Dharma Protectors were commanded by koji nobles, and of course, the clothes they wore were still the red and black official uniforms of the officials, and on the surface, they were still the officials.

Night shrouded the county seat, and the streets were empty, and there was not a single pedestrian in sight, only the occasional sound of bangzi and hoarse shouts, "Bang-Bang!" The weather is dry and dry, pay attention to the water! ”

At this time, more than 20 black-clothed people appeared under the eaves of the south gate, they moved quickly, their skills were agile, and they quickly approached the south gate, there were two lanterns hanging under the south gate, and under the faint light, three defenders squatted at the base of the wall and took a nap.

Several dark shadows slowly approached, their figures like ghosts, flashed to the side of the three defenders, and quickly left, and the three defenders had fallen to the ground limply, becoming three corpses.

Someone waved, and more than 20 black-clothed people rushed to the city, sticking to the root of the wall, and slowly went up the city along the road to the upper city, to their surprise, there was not a single defender on the head of the city.

All the dozens of defenders on duty hid in the city tower to sleep, more than 20 men in black rushed up to the city, they pried open the back door of the city tower, rushed in, only heard a low scream, in a moment, more than 30 defenders on duty were all killed.

The drawbridge was slowly lowered, the gates opened, and an orange lantern swayed on the city's head.

Two miles away, five hundred soldiers hiding in the woods were resting, and suddenly, one of the soldiers pointed to the distance and shouted in surprise: "General Han, the signal is here!" ”

Han Xiaoguo had already seen it, he was overjoyed, and turned around and shouted: "All on board!" ”

The soldiers turned over their horses one after another, and Han Xiaoguo waved his sword, "Follow me!" ”

Five hundred horsemen rushed towards the city gate like a gust of wind, and although the sound of horses' hooves pierced the silent night, no one heard it, and the five hundred horsemen rushed into the city, followed the man in black, and in a moment rushed to the county office.

Yang Yuanqing had been waiting here for a long time, and Han Xiaoguo stepped forward to salute, "Please give the order!" ”

Yang Yuanqing glanced at the Taishou Mansion, his eyes burst with murderous intent, and he coldly ordered: "Rush in for me, no matter men, women, old or young, all of them will be killed, and no one will be spared!" ”

Five hundred cavalry rushed into the Taishou mansion, slashing with knives, and the screams resounded throughout the mansion, and more than a dozen people including Taishou Koji Liang, who was holding a meeting in the study, found the abnormality and fled one after another, but they were killed by the cavalry, none of them ran away, and all of them were killed......

Two days later, Yang Xuanjiao, the Taishou of Hejian County, led 10,000 troops into Pingyuan County, controlled all the county towns and passes, and the whole county searched and arrested, capturing the Buddha, Buddha, Buddha, and thousands of people who worshiped the Maitreya Sect, including more than 20 county officials who joined the Maitreya Sect.

Yang Yuanqing ordered that all the more than 1,000 backbone cadres and officials be beheaded, that all the evil things of the church be burned, and that all the property offered to the church by the believers be confiscated and not returned, as a punishment for their religious beliefs.

The so-called innocent believers have always been unreliable, and instead of persuading them with hard work, it is better to let them lose their property and interests in vain, and they will naturally be deeply distressed and will not believe in Maitreya again, which is more effective than any propaganda and persuasion.