Yang Qing led his troops to attack the Wagang people, and he was originally successful in the first battle, and he was elated, but he thought that in a blink of an eye, he would let people seize the city. Yang Qingyi still didn't believe it, and pinched his thigh fiercely, only thinking that it was a dream, but the pain in his leg made him realize that this was not a dream, this was a cruel reality!

But how Li Mi took the city, Yang Qing was still at a loss. Of course, he knew Li Mi, but there were actually very few people in the DPRK who did not know Li Mi. This kid is known as a rebel, first for the emperor's personal guards, but was deposed by the emperor, and later rebelled with Yang Xuangan, who was a minister for Yang Xuangan's side. I heard that he had three strategies, one cut off Yang Guang's back road to conquer Liaodong, one took Guanzhong, and one captured the eastern capital, Yang Guang broke out in a cold sweat when he heard the upper and middle strategies, and said that if Yang Xuangan really listened to what Li Mi said, the Great Sui would be in danger. Since then, the courtiers of the Great Sui Dynasty have not been unaware of Li Mi. After Yang Guang returned to the Eastern Capital, he ordered the Wei Mansion to capture Yang Xuangan, Li Mi was the most important, Yang Xuangan was killed by his brother and sacrificed his head to the Eastern Capital, but Li Mi has been missing and extremely cunning.

Yang Qing also had the idea of capturing Li Mi at the beginning, but he never dreamed that when the two met again, Li Mi went to the wall, but he stood under the wall and looked up.

"What about Yuan Shanxing, let him get out and see me." Yang Qingcheng shouted and scolded. He suddenly figured out a lot of things, Li Mi is absolutely incapable of obtaining the Jindi Pass alone, and there must be someone to do it. And the people who have the strength to control the city gate tower are Yuan Shanxing and Fang Xianbo. No wonder Yuan Shanxing tried his best to persuade himself to go out of the city, presumably because he had opposing intentions, and he didn't listen to Fang Xianbo's words, and finally made a big mistake today.

Yang Qing's eyes widened angrily, but he was remorseful in his heart, secretly thinking that he would not listen to the words of his loyal ministers, and finally ended up in such a field, Fang Xianbo was loyal, and at this moment he was afraid that he had been plotted by Yuan Shanxing.

There was a 'whoosh' from the head of the city, and a round thing fell and smashed to the ground with a loud thud and dust splattered everywhere.

Yang Qinglema took a few steps back, looked down, his eyes were black, that thing was a bloody head, although the flesh and blood that had been thrown were blurred, he could vaguely distinguish the appearance of Yuan Shanxing.

The one who died was actually Yuan Shanxing?

"Yang Gong asked Yuan Shanxing to get out and see you, I have done it for you, I don't know what else to order?" Li Mi was not in a hurry.

Yang Qing said in a trembling voice: "Could it be that I am the one who sacrificed my uncle?" Li Mi, you let Fang Xianbo come out and meet me. ”

I thought that Li Mi would throw out his head, but he didn't expect Fang Xianbo to slowly appear on the wall, and he saluted from the city gate: "Lord Yang, I don't know what to do here?" ”

Yang Qing was furious, and scolded: "Fang Xianbo, I treat you well, but you are actually against me?" ”

Fang Xianbo was still respectful, "Lord Yang treats me well, but now that the faint monarch has no way, and the people are not happy, Lord Yang may want to die with the faint monarch, but the last general does not want to." Thinking that Pushan Gong should respond to the words of Tao Lizi, he is really the true son of heaven in the world, and everyone will return to their hearts, and the last general will just conform to the will of the people. Lord Yang, as the saying goes, those who know the times are Junjie, Pushan Gong has always loved talents, if Lord Yang abandons the darkness and turns to the light, Pushan Gong will definitely not blame the past, and will be entrusted with important tasks, where to go, please think twice. ”

"I think twice about your eighteenth generation ancestors." Yang Qing scolded, but he led the cavalry out, and he was helpless in the face of the high wall, "Fang Xianbo, you are rebellious, and you are already a capital crime to destroy the door." If you wake up and capture the thief Li Mi, I will remember your great merit, and all that happened will be written off, if not, if not......"

He even said two if not, he couldn't think of how to punish Fang Xianbo, people were all against him, what else?

Li Mi laughed, "I heard that Yang Gong said that he thought twice about the ancestors of the eighteenth generation, but I remembered an old thing, that is, Yang Gong's ancestor seems to be surnamed Guo?" ”

When he said this, he just smiled, and others didn't know why, but Yang Qing's heart shook wildly, and secretly screamed badly, how did Li Mi know that he was afraid of death?

If this matter spreads, whether or not Jindi Pass is taken back, Yang Qing knows that with Yang Guang's suspicion, he may not know when his head will be cut off.

Seeing that Li Mi was silent again, Yang Qing pointed the spear in his hand and shouted: "Li Mi, don't be complacent, today you have taken the Jindi Pass, I am afraid that you will not be able to hold it for a few days, let's go." ”

He said that he would leave, and left Jindi Pass with thousands of soldiers and headed in the direction of Xingyang County.

The city is high and the walls are thick, and now it is definitely not Yang Qing and the cavalry can fight down, and then everyone sent troops, just thinking about returning to the city to rest, now hungry, exhausted, withdraw now, but also save the surname, if it is delayed, the scattered Wagang people will rush up, and in addition to the soldiers in the city, they should be together, maybe the whole army will be annihilated. After Yang Qing understood this, he immediately led his troops to withdraw, just wanting to gather people and horses in Xingyang counties to regain his strength and recapture Jindi Pass to make up for his achievements. Although bandits have always been rampant, they have never been able to occupy fortresses like Li Mi for a long time, because the imperial court has always attached great importance to this and will attack with large soldiers, bandits are bandits after all, even if they occupy it, they are only plundering, and they dare not last, which is why Yang Qing decided to withdraw. But when Yang Qing thought of Li Mi saying that his real surname was Guo, he was like a man on his back, and he was panicked.

Seeing Yang Qing leave in the city, Rao is Fang Xuanzao was very calm and happy, but Li Mi still looked calm, looked at Fang Xianbo with a smile and said: "Xianbo won the pass this time, and he made great contributions, and Li Mi thanked Xianbo for the people of the world." ”

Li Mi shook his body, and Fang Xianbo hurriedly returned the salute: "Pushan Gong's words are serious, Xianbo only does some duty, Pushan Gong should be peach and plum, and he will enter the world in the future, treat people with generosity, and Xianbo admires in his heart, and he has already been obedient." Xuanzao came to persuade me, just what I wanted! ”

The three of them all laughed, and Li Mi smiled and said: "Jindi Pass has been decided, and this matter of appeasing the soldiers in the city is also invited to offer your labor." ”

"It is incumbent upon us to do so."

Before Fang Xianbo's words fell, a group of people had already come in the distance, chaotic, Shan Xiongxin rushed to the front first, and shouted to the wall: "Pushan Gong, have you ever succeeded?" ”

Li Mi asked Kaicheng to lower the drawbridge and let Shan Xiongxin and others enter the city. Walked down the city gate tower quickly, held Shan Xiongxin's hand and said: "Xiongxin is worthy of being the first brave general in Wagang, brave and strategic, this time to lure the enemy to achieve a complete victory, a great achievement." ”

Shan Xiongxin grinned, "I'm familiar with defeat, but it's the first time in my life that I can defeat and win, I finally saw Pushan Gong's methods, and I'm confident and convinced." ”

Li Mi took the Jindi Pass lightly, because he knew a lot about the hostile himself, and when he heard Shan Xiongxin's praise, he did not take credit, and said softly: "Please also ask Xiongxin to restrain his subordinates, we only take the heavy grain and grass from the government, open a warehouse and release grain, as for the people, do not disturb." ”

The bandits led by Shan Xiongxin entered Jindi Pass, their eyes were all noisy, and they were about to rob on a large scale, Shan Xiongxin nodded, "Yes, this is what does big things, I only know how to plunder, but I am still a bandit." ”

Under the leadership of Fang Xianbo, Shan Xiongxin led his men to the official office to get food and money, and after a long time, Zhai Rangcai led a group of Wagang people to pour in.

Wang Dangren, Wang Ruxin, Zhai Hong, Jia Xiong and others were all gearing up, but Zhai Hong shouted: "Brothers, go, go and grab money, food, and women!" ”

The ridicule in Li Mi's eyes was even stronger, but Wang Dangren grabbed Zhai Hong, "Zhai Er is in charge, now the people in the city are unstable, it is suitable to appease, it is not appropriate to rob it on a large scale, and besides, the money and food of the officials in the city are enough for us to use......"

"Are you in charge or am I in charge?" Zhai Hong said dissatisfied.

Wang Dangren coughed, and Zhai Rang shouted in a deep voice: "Big brother, wait first, this city is always the help of Pushan Gong......"

"If there is no Xiongxin to lead the troops, he will spank a fart?" Zhai Hong squinted at Li Mi.

Li Mi was not annoyed, he just laughed, but Wang Bodang clenched his fists and wanted to step forward, but was pulled by Fang Xuanzao.

Zhai Rang pulled an old face and scolded: "Big brother, if you say that again, then you will go out immediately." ”

Although Zhai Hong is the eldest brother, he is still a little afraid of Zhai Rang after all, and muttered, but he didn't dare to say anything more. Zhai Rang said: "Pushan Gong, this city was attacked by you with a plan, and you are invited to distribute money and things." ”

Li Mi sighed lightly, "Owner of the village, don't worry about distributing money, have you ever thought that although Zhang Xutuo is suppressing bandits in the Huainan area, he heard that Jindi Pass has fallen, why don't you come back to rescue?" Even if Zhang Xutuo doesn't turn around, Yang Qing has lost the Jindi Pass, and most of them are in a hurry to get it back, and at this moment, most of the people and horses from Xingyang County will be summoned to attack ......"

Zhai Rang changed color a little and said, "How is that good?" ”

Zhai Hong said on the side: "This is not simple, the woman who robbed the property of Jindiguan, everyone took it back to Wagang, and then hid and talked." ”

Although what he said was obscene and timid, Wang Ruxin, Zhai Mohou and others actually nodded, and Zhai Rang was also moved, but he still asked Li Mi's advice, "Please also ask Pushan Gong to make it clear, I am determined to respond." ”

Li Mi looked at Zhai Rang with a smile, "Village master, if it is according to my wishes, this retreat must not be retreated." Now we have the heavy grain and grass in Jindiguan, as long as we open a warehouse to release grain, we can gather tens of thousands of people. When the time comes, we will select elite soldiers, arm them with the equipment of the Great Sui, and go straight through the Tongji Canal to take the counties of Xingyang County. At that time, Yang Qing, as the Taishou of Xingyang, was exhausted, how could he have troops to attack Jindi Pass? Xingyang County has more storage, and if you take Xingyang again, the world can make money. ”

"But you forgot one thing." Zhai Hong said lukewarmly: "Let's not talk about whether we can defeat Xingyang or Yang Qing, just say that if Zhang Xutuo knows that we are attacking Xingyang, he will definitely come back to attack us." Li Mi, even if you are clever, I am afraid that this war still depends on us, who can stop Zhang Xutuo among the people present? ”

Everyone was panicked, although what Zhai Hong said was not to be heard, but who knew that it was the truth. Zhang Xutuo's southern and northern wars have been fought for a long time, and he has not been defeated, and he has long left a shadow in the hearts of everyone, not to mention fighting, as long as he heard that Zhang Xutuo was coming, he would have fled in panic.

Li Mi smiled and said: "Zhang Xutuo is also a human being, not a god, and if he is a human being, he will have weaknesses." The owner of the village, although I fight Xingyang is to attack instead of defending, but I also know that Zhang Xutuo will come, if you believe me, success or failure in this fight, if according to my calculations, Wagang will be a thousand years of flow, I have my own plan to deal with Zhang Xutuo. If you don't believe it, take the property and turn it back to Wagang, I won't stop it, but the opportunity must not be lost, and the loss will not come again, this opportunity is lost, and Wagang is only afraid of ......"

He wanted to speak and stopped, Zhai Rang looked around at everyone, saw or excited, or cowardly, or disdainful, or hesitant, and finally made up his mind, and said loudly: "Anyway, his mother's life was also picked up, according to what Pushan Gong said, we are open!" ”

**

In Xiangyang City, the city gate is closed, and dust and smoke are everywhere.

Countless bandits besieged Xiangyang City, and Xiangyang City has become a lonely city!

The bright river, the green mountain sides, and the open plains are full of bandits, and although there is no discipline, the ant-like density is also chilling.

Xiangyang City is located in the south bank of the middle of the Han River, relying on the water and the mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, most of the bandits are concentrated in the plains of the mountains to attack desperately, one after another.

Under the sun, the banner was clear, the armor was shining, but everyone's hearts were covered with dark clouds.

On the city tower, the soldiers of the Great Sui stared at the bandits attacking under the city gate with a grim expression, and a sense of panic also rose in their hearts. In essence, the bandits before this were not good in terms of strength and purpose. As today, the bandits' heavy attack on Xiangyang City is still unprecedented.

The bandits are more and more, Yang Guang's squandering in recent years has squandered the expectations of more loyal ministers and righteous people, and from the moment he went down to the south of the Yangtze River, many people have despaired.

Nowadays, the phrase "the queen goes around Yangzhou and turns around the garden" is not only widely spread in the eastern capital, but also to Huainan, to Xiangyang, to all parts of the Central Plains, few people know that Yang Guang went to Jiangnan to return to Chen Xuanhua, even if people who know, they think that this is just nonsense, who believes that the dead will be resurrected?

Since the moment Yang Guang went down to Yangzhou, everyone thought that Yang Guang had given up the country and wanted to retreat to Jiangnan to protect himself. Since there is no owner of the country, of course, anyone can call the shots!

All the accumulated dissatisfaction erupted at that moment, and Xu Shiji was not the only one who valued the geography of Xiangyang City. They may not be as clear as Xu Shiji, maybe they haven't considered dominating the world at all, maybe they just want to plunder the wealth and live one day at a time, but they already have the courage to aim at the important town of the Great Sui.

Zhu Cang, the king of Louluo, is one of them.

Zhu Cang has led his troops to attack Xiangyang City for three days, and in these three days, the bandits have suffered countless casualties, but they are still like moths fighting fire, which has made the Sui soldiers more and more frightened.

Zhu Cang gathered a crowd in Huainan County to raise an uprising, and the momentum was huge, but it was like a flash in the pan, and he was defeated by Zhang Xutuo with one blow. He is self-aware, knowing that he is invincible to Zhang Xutuo, and the surname Suo is developing upstream along the Huaishui, intending to get as far away from Zhang Xutuo as possible. Zhu Cang led his troops to burn, kill and plunder along the way, doing all kinds of evil, and soon aimed at Xiangyang.

The land here is fertile, food and clothing are abundant, and the city is high and the walls are solid, if it can be conquered, it is a golden mountain.

This place is too far away from Zhang Xutuo, who has been suppressing bandits in Henan and can't take care of it.

King Louluo ordered to conquer Xiangyang and slaughter the city three times, and those who entered the city first could plunder the jewels and women of Xiangyang City at will!

Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, and all the bandits will obey the order, and they will continue to attack like moths.

The moat has long been filled with corpses, even under the city of Xiangyang, the bones are piled up very high, some people step on the corpses, set up ladders, or climb with homemade ropes, and are shot down by the random arrows in the city, and soon join the ranks of those corpses. The moat was filled with purple blood, and the sun shone on it with a disgusting smell.

The weather was hot, the corpses quickly decomposed, mosquitoes, ants and flies buzzed and flyed, and a strange smell and color rose from the entire Xiangyang City.

Even in the eyes of the robbers who are besieging the city, they are reflected in a miserable red.

The soldiers at the head of the city looked at the bandits under the city and rushed like beasts, the arrows were a little weak, but they heard the slogans of the bandits, slaughtered the city three times, the chickens and dogs were not left, but they could only resist hard, and there were bandits in the distance who kept advancing to Xiangyang City, ragged, bare-handed, but also came to climb to the city wall.

Suddenly the drums at the head of the city beat loudly, and the soldiers of the city gate tower were lined up, and countless boiling oil fell, and the bandits under the wall could not dodge, and they were burned and screamed again and again. But the soldiers at the head of the city lit their torches and threw them down, and the city walls became a sea of fire in an instant.

The bandits stopped their attack for a moment and retreated, only to see the thieves in the sea of fire screaming all over their bodies, screaming with all their might, walking a few steps, falling to the ground, and gradually being burned to charcoal.

The oil was boiling, no matter whether the living or dead were stained, in an instant, thick smoke was billowing out, the flames were scorching, and a puff of black smoke steamed up, straight into the sky, covering the flames.

Both sides of the battle were silent for a moment, no matter how fierce the siege was, they could not be thrown into the fire, and the two opposing sides stared at the phantom in the flames and listened to the screams from hell, but there was no pity in their eyes, because they all knew that the next person to wail so much was likely to be themselves, and on the battlefield, there was no mercy at all.

The banner of the distant plain is open and spread, a person has two eyebrows and a beard as thick, a mouth is very large, it looks like it can be split to the back of the head, is sitting on a high platform in the distance, watching with interest his subordinates attack Xiangyang City, with a cruel smile on the corner of his mouth, a few bandits stepped forward and whispered something, that person was overjoyed, with a wave of his hand, the bandits had already escorted a group of crying women and children to the direction of Xiangyang City.

Some women and children saw the fire in front of them, knew the bandits' intentions, and retreated in horror, but were killed by the bandits behind them with guns in an instant.

**

"Boss Xiao, let's just look at it?"

On the distant mountain, Zhou Muru asked hatefully, Xiao Buyi crouched on the mountainside and looked at it, his eyes also showing helplessness.

"Boss Xiao, this Zhu Cang is simply not human, we must not let it go!" Zhou Muru said again.

Xiao Buyi still didn't answer, but just looked at Xu Shiji beside him.

"Boss Xiao, you have something to say." Zhou Muru pushed Xiao Buyi and said angrily.

Xiao Buyi finally said: "Those who listen to the world's achievements, I have already said that this battle is all under the command of the world's achievements." ”

Zhou Muru looked at Xu Shiji, frowned and said: "Xu Shiji, you boast of being a great talent, come here one day, and see these old and young women and children dying, do you just watch it?" To be honest, I'm so disappointed in you! ”

Xu Shiji didn't look back, just looked ahead, pursed his lips, and at this time, the flames under Xiangyang City gradually went out, and the bandits drove the old and young women and children to the city, and the defenders at the head of the city stopped firing arrows. After all, the soldiers guarding the city here are also the children of the surrounding counties, and these women and children are all captured from the surrounding areas, and there are likely to be their relatives inside.

A soldier suddenly shouted, "Mother, is it you......"

The old woman in the city trembled, "Child......"

The guards on the city suddenly rushed to the city gate and shouted: "They can't kill my mother, you go and open the city gate and let my mother in, ah......"

The mournful shouting came to an abrupt end, and there was no more shouting of the soldiers, no more heart-rending thoughts, and a deep voice came from the city gate, "Those who disturb the hearts of the army will be killed!" ”

Everyone knows that Fang Cai's soldiers have been beheaded by Dou Yijun, who guarded Xiangyang City.

The old woman cried, "My son......"

After she finished speaking, she didn't know where she got the strength, and turned over to grab the bandit who was holding her, trying to bite it. The robber was astonished, but the spear did not hesitate to poke at it, and the old woman was pierced by a shot, and fell limply to the ground, and when she died, she glared at the robber and did not close her eyes.

The bandit just sneered and said coldly: "Don't fight back, this is the end." ”

When the people who were escorted by the robbers saw the old woman resisting, they were all ready to move, but when they saw the old woman soft, they all settled down. After all, the blades of bandits are not something that their flesh and blood can resist, and sometimes, a moment to live is a moment!

The same ruthlessness on and under the city wall, taking life as a mustard, the man with the big mouth didn't know when, he had already ridden his horse to the city, and laughed: "Dou Yi, you are really a good means." ”

A man in armor appeared on the head of the city, his face was ruddy, and his eyebrows were tightly locked, "Zhu Cang, you eat human flesh, force women and children, attack Xiangyang City, destroy the lives of the people, and do something that is not as good as this beast, aren't you afraid of God's retribution?" ”

Zhu Cang laughed wildly, "The dignified Xiangyang County Guard actually told me something about retribution, it seems that he is helpless against me, which is really ridiculous." But Lao Tzu is the sky, not afraid of retribution, I eat people and kill people, why aren't you like this, just in order to achieve your goal, aren't you also a loyal soldier, a great filial son? It's all murder, what's the difference between you and me? ”

Dou Yi's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "If you say a word again, a brute, it will stain my mouth." ”

Zhu Cang laughed heartily, very proud, "Dou Yi, you can kill the soldiers in your hands, I see how many people you can kill, you remember, if you don't open the city, these people will not die in my hands, but in your hands." ”

With a wave of his hand, the bandits escorted more people to the city, and Zhu Cang shouted: "Those who enter the city first will be rewarded, and the jewel woman will take it, and attack the city!" Dou Yi, you don't claim to be benevolent and righteous, now it is said that whether these people are dead or alive is all in the thought of you, the benevolent and righteous guard. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the bandits swarmed up again to attack the city, only this time with hundreds of civilians under the city.

Dou Yi showed pain on his face, and when he saw the bandits climbing higher and higher, he finally waved his hand and said, "Release the arrow!" ”

**

"No, you can bear it, I can't bear it." Zhou Muru stood up and was filled with righteous indignation.

He can still watch how the bandit officers and soldiers died, it can be seen that so many innocent women and children were sent to death, his blood surged, he just wanted to rush over and kill King Louluo, Zhou Muru is also a farmer, and he really empathizes with this cruelty.

A hand pressed on Zhou Muru's shoulder, which was very light, but it was very heavy in Zhou Muru's heart. Zhou Muru looked at Xiao Buyi's hand and said in a trembling voice: "Boss Xiao......"

"If you can't help it, you have to endure it." Xu Shiji finally spoke, turned his head, and took a long breath, "Mu Ru, now Zhu Cang has already made the people hateful, and those who follow him are outlaws. Dou Yisu claims to be benevolent and righteous, but after this battle, he killed a lot of people, but I am afraid that the people's hearts will be lost. When the time comes, General Xiao will be king, and these people will obey. ”

"Don't keep telling me these big things, I won't listen. Just for the sake of this prestige, should these innocent people be sent to death? Zhou Muru said in a sullen voice: "If it is such prestige, I would rather not want it." ”

"So you'll never be king." Xu Shiji said lightly: "Do you want it or not, these are opportunities, just to see who can seize them." What can you do if you are dissatisfied now, can you still kill Zhu Cang, don't say that you can't, even Boss Xiao may not be able to. But even if you assassinate Zhu Cang alone, what can you do, kill Zhu Cang, as well as Li Cang, Zhou Cang, kill one person but save one person, and only by winning the world can you save the world! ”

Zhou Muru frowned and said: "But you still have soldiers in your hands, and you are still holding the soldiers, how can you bear it?" ”

Xu Shiji said in a deep voice: "These people are fate, aren't our soldiers fate?" I was immediately trusted by General Xiao and appointed the commander of this march, and I should ask for a successful blow to minimize the damage of the soldiers, and it was definitely not Xu Shiji's actions to shoot blindly. ”

Xiao Buyi gently patted Xu Shiji's shoulder, "Shiji, I can trust you, I just hope to kill Zhu Cang sooner." ”

Xu Shiji felt the weight on his shoulders, and said in a deep voice: "Shiji will definitely live up to General Xiao's trust!" ”

(To be continued)