Not long after Yu Wenhui and the two hundred guards returned, two black-clothed men on horseback slowly came to the door of the Sui military camp.

Shan Xiongxin's eyes were complicated, he was silent all the way, and he seemed to be preoccupied, but Xu Shiji was excited, although he was young and old, but thinking of seeing the world-famous Yang Yuanqing still made him show his young side.

"Brother Shan, you said that he was also a chivalrous young general back then?" Xu Shiji asked curiously.

"Shiji, that was seven years ago, what has become of him now, I really don't know, don't think too well, he is now the enemy of Wagangzhai after all."

"I won't, I just want to meet him."

When the two came to the Sui military camp, a sentry soldier shouted from afar: "Stop! ”

Xu Shiji said loudly: "Please tell General Yang that the envoy of Wagangzhai asks to see you!" ”

A few soldiers went in to report, and after a while, a personal soldier came out and asked, "Is the person who came with the surname Shan?" ”

Shan Xiongxin arched his hand and said: "In the next order Xiongxin!" ”

"Please! The general waited in his tent. “

The pro-soldiers led the two of them to the big tent of the Chinese army, and when they came to the door, the two pro-soldiers stepped forward to search their bodies and put their swords and daggers into the basket, "Two please!" ”

Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji walked into the big tent, only to see Yang Yuanqing standing in front of a map with his hands behind his back, Xu Shiji saw Yang Yuanqing for the first time, seeing that he was extremely tall, with broad shoulders, wearing a golden helmet, wearing iron armor, and his eyes were as sharp as a knife.

Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji stepped forward and bowed, "Wagangzhai Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji see the general!" ”

Yang Yuanqing stared at Shan Xiongxin for a long time, with a hint of disappointment in his eyes, and said lightly: "We haven't seen each other for a long time." ”

Shan Xiongxin smiled bitterly, "It's just that I didn't expect to see the general again in this capacity." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, and his gaze fell on Xu Shiji again, "You are Xu Shiji?" ”

Xu Shiji was stunned, he shouldn't be very famous, how could he know about himself?

"Under Xu Shiji, I came to negotiate with the general on the orders of my general."

"Negotiations?"

Yang Yuanqing laughed, as if he heard a very absurd sentence, he shook his head, "I don't want to hit your self-esteem, but at least now you are not qualified to negotiate with me, I just look at your attitude to decide your life and death." ”

Shan Xiongxin raised his head and said, "Now that we have released Yu Wenyi and two hundred guards, we are still a quarter of an hour away from the hour set by the general. ”

Yang Yuanqing glanced at him and said with a smile: "Don't be busy talking about this first, please sit down!" ”

Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji glanced at each other, the two sat down together, and Yang Yuanqing ordered his own soldiers, "Give them two cups of tea." ”

The soldiers served tea to the two, and Yang Yuanqing said to Shan Xiongxin: "Tell me about you!" How did you get to Dongjun, and how did you get into Wagang? ”

Xu Shiji stood up, "I'll go outside and wait." ”

Shan Xiongxin grabbed him, "No! ”

He pulled Xu Shiji to sit down, and then sighed and said, "There's nothing bad to say, the people of Shangdang County basically know." ”

"After the end of the four years of martial arts in Renshou, we returned to our hometown, my eldest brother and I were introduced, respectively in the county and the county government to find a job, the year before last I resigned and went home, opened a wine shop, the business is very good, the eldest brother did Cangcao to join the army, last August, the imperial court ordered Shangdang County to transport 5,000 stone official grain to Liaodong, my eldest brother organized a manpower ox cart, the grain was transported to Liaodong, but the military verification was less than 300 stones, not allowed the eldest brother to explain, so he immediately killed him, and threw the body into the Liao River."

Speaking of this, Shan Xiongxin slammed his fist on the table, his eyes were dripping with hatred, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I decided to rebel when I got the news, but the incident was not secret, and I was denounced, my wine shop was destroyed by officers and soldiers, Erxianzhuang was burned, my wife and daughter and dozens of subordinates were arrested, I killed the whistleblower in a fit of rage, fled in all directions, and later came to Dongjun, and met Brother Zhai on the boat and they robbed the merchants, as a result, Brother Zhai was kicked down the Yellow River by me, and he came to pull me into the gang, I saw that they robbed money without insulting women, and I thought it was good, so I joined Wagangzhai. ”

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a while and asked, "Do you have a wife and children in Wagangzhai?" ”

Shan Xiongxin shook his head, "My wife and daughter are still in the party prison, and I have entrusted someone to redeem them." ”

Yang Yuanqing looked at Shan Xiongxin and said: "If you are willing to leave Wagangzhai and come to my side, I can let you be the Eagle Yang Lang General, how about it?" ”

Shan Xiongxin refused without hesitation, "My brother was killed by officers and soldiers, I have sworn that I will never serve the imperial court, and I will overthrow this damn emperor, Yuan Qing, your kindness to me in the past, I Shan Xiongxin will not forget, but I am sorry for this matter." ”

Yang Yuanqing knew that Shan Xiongxin was a fierce bull, and once he decided something, it would be difficult for him to change it, so he smiled and said to Xu Shiji: "What about Brother Xu Xian?" Interested? ”

Xu Shiji shook his head and smiled: "I'm not optimistic about the imperial court. ”

"Think about it again, this opportunity, once missed, you won't have it again." Yang Yuanqing was still persuading them earnestly.

Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji shook their heads almost at the same time, Yang Yuanqing was very helpless, although he found these gold early, but everyone's life trajectory was not something that Yang Yuanqing could change, and he could hardly even control his own life path.

His voice became low, "If one day, if Wagang fails, when you are cornered, just come to me, my Yang Yuanqing's door will be open for you, I will give you a future, you remember my words today." ”

Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji nodded silently, they remembered Yang Yuanqing's words.

"Alright! That's all I have to say about private matters, and now I'll talk about business. ”

Yang Yuanqing looked at them, the smile on his face disappeared, and he said coldly: "Since Wagangzhai can send people back according to my orders, I will give you three hours to evacuate, and after three hours, my 10,000 iron horsemen will set foot in Wagangzhai!" ”

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Wagangzhai began to evacuate, one tent after another has been dismantled, all the weapons, equipment and food supplies are transported to the ship, not far, one by one small boats will first transport the supplies to a reed island in the water to hide, and then come back to transport the war horses, and the 2,000 people are extremely busy, but orderly.

Zhai Rang sat on a large rock and reluctantly looked at the dozens of wooden houses he had led his brothers to build, which he could not take with him.

At this time, the military advisor Jia Xiong walked up to him and whispered: "I have a plan, I can completely annihilate Yang Yuanqing's 10,000 cavalry." ”

"Tell me about it!"

"Entering Wagangzhai from the outside, there is actually only one sand road, surrounded by water swings, the narrowest part of this sand road is only ten zhang, and when their cavalry enters Wagangzhai, we will dig up the sand road, so that they have no way to retreat, they will be cut off from food, within three days, they will be unable to fight again, we can go back to the village to kill them."

"No!"

Xu Shiji came out of nowhere, glaring at Jia Xiong hatefully, "According to your idea, we will all be killed!" ”

Jia Xiong said angrily: "Where is my idea bad, but you are against it, I doubt that you have the promise of Yang Yuanqing to defend him everywhere!" ”

Xu Shiji was furious, pointed at him and scolded: "Do you think that others are stupid and will really kill all 10,000 troops into Wagangzhai, that is just someone else's threatening words, are you serious?" What food is cut off, and people can't kill horses? Now Yang Yuanqing obviously let us go, but you don't appreciate it, and you have to go to kill people, I have never seen such a stupid person as you! ”

There were already hundreds of Zhai Rang's personal soldiers around, Xu Shiji's words made them laugh coaxily, Jia Xiong couldn't hold his face, he was bold, and he suddenly pulled out his knife and slashed at Xu Shiji, "You little thief, you have repeatedly insulted me, today is either you die or I die!" ”

At this moment, Zhai Rang suddenly drew his knife and slashed Jia Xiong to death from behind, he shouted: "Jia Xiong colluded with officers and soldiers to subvert Wagang, and his crime deserves death!" ”

Jia Xiong is a big family in Weicheng, brought a lot of money to Wagang, to help Wagangzhai through the most difficult moment, he also became the second leader of Wagangzhai, but as he grasped the power, his short-sightedness, conceit and stupidity were gradually exposed, appointing people as relatives, only promoting Weicheng County people, mediocre people can be on, excellent people are suppressed, Zhai Rang has been unbearable to him, today I will use this opportunity, Zhai Rang got rid of him in one fell swoop.

"Jia Xiong colluded with officers and soldiers to subvert Wagang, and he has been killed, and he has nothing to do with others!"

The orders were passed down one by one, Zhai Rang patted Xu Shiji's shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "From now on, you take over Jia Xiong's position, Shan Xiongxin is the third master, you will not live up to my Zhai Rang, and I Zhai Rang will not fail you!" ”

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In the evening, the three-hour period passed, the sound of horses' hooves on the sandy road leading to Wagangzhai was like thunder, and the five thousand cavalry were like a long black dragon, galloping towards Wagangzhai, far away, in a reed, several Wagang scouts looked at the Sui cavalry galloping all the way, and the momentum formed by the five thousand iron cavalry was enough to destroy everything and sweep everything, which made them tremble.

Five thousand cavalry rushed into the Wagang camp, and the men had fled, leaving only a few dozen large wooden houses and facilities for practicing mounted archery.

"Stepping on Wagangzhai, not a single inch of grass is left!" Yang Yuanqing gave the order.

The fire was blazing, the wooden houses were burned, the fortifications were bulldozed, the gate collapsed, the high flagpole was cut off, and the big flag of Wagangzhai fell from the sky, which was a symbol, which meant that Wagangzhai was destroyed, although many Wagang generals were opposed, but Zhai Rang still used this banner as an explanation for Yang Yuanqing.

That night, Yang Yuanqing led his army to leave Wagang and return to Beijing, and a month later, the banner of Wagangzhai fluttered again in the sky over this land that had been trampled on.

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In November of the seventh year of the Great Cause, Yang Yuanqing was officially appointed as the governor of Youzhou in the capital, and the governor of Liaodong was heavily relegated, at the same time, Yang Xuangan was impeached by the Yushitai for killing his wife, and Yang Guang issued an order to remove him from the post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites and Taiwei, and demoted to the Taishou of Dongping County.

Beginning in October of the seventh year of the Great Cause, the 32 counties east of the Kushan Mountains broke out again in autumn and winter, and the epidemic was epidemic, and on the third day of October, the pillar of the Yellow River collapsed, blocking the river and making the river flow backwards for dozens of miles.

A long comet streaked across the night sky of the Great Sui, causing criticism from all over the world.