late at night

Feng Yijun is too guarded in the house.

"Master Qiqi, everything has been arranged!" A staff member around fifty years old whispered in Xiao Zao's ear.

This is Xiao Zao's most trusted staff, Peng Zhi.

"Hmm!" Xiao Zao nodded and waved his hand: "Go down!" ”

"Yes!" Peng Zhi said respectfully.

Peng Zhi is Xiao Zao's confidant and has always been involved in confidential matters. This time, Peng Zhi single-handedly transferred the cavalry along the way and let Li Yuan cross the river.

Peng Zhi turned to leave, and before leaving, he bowed and stretched out his hand to close the door.

After closing the door, he was just about to turn around when a tall figure enveloped Peng Zhi's body.

"Click!" Bang.

The staff let out a muffled grunt, his head drooped, and was dragged away by the tall figure.

The whole process only happened for a moment, and then it quieted down, without alarming anyone, except for Xiao Zao, who had been paying attention to the movement outside.

"Don't blame the official, you already know too much." Xiao Zaoyin said ruthlessly.

Peng Zhi has always been loyal to him, but at this time, the stakes are very important, and Xiao Zao really can't be careless.

Xiao Zao looked at the direction of Hancheng in the north, and lamented in his heart: "Li Yuan, I have given you what you want, I hope you will keep your promise." ”

Picking up a thick book on the table, Xiao Zao sighed and put it in the brazier.

When the paper met the flames, it ignited instantly, and the thick account book burned inexhaustibly for a while, and a slight crackle sounded in the brazier, and a semi-circular burning account book floated out, revealing the stained handwriting on it.

"Dali County Order... Donate 50,000 yuan..."

Dali. It's Xiao Zao's handle.

When Dali County rebelled, the real culprit was Xiao Zao.

It was he who ordered the expropriation and extortion, and he was also the one who was corrupt, and after Sun Hua rebelled, he was eager to erase the evidence, and he was the one who ordered the attack. After the worst, Xiao Zao quickly cut through the mess, and the officials of Dali County were blamed and directly extinguished.

Xiao Zao thought that all this was done very secretly, but he didn't expect that it would be seen clearly by a pair of eyes in the dark, when Li Yuan's secret envoy put the thick account book in front of him.

Xiao Zaozhi has no chance to turn over. If all the evidence in the books of accounts is published. According to the law of the Great Sui, even if Xiao Zao was beheaded ten times, he would not be wronged, he could only submit to Li Yuan.

Xiao Zao stretched out his old hands and threw the floating piece of paper into the fire again. Watch it burn out.

The night was dark. The entire Taishou Mansion was silent. There was a fire in Xiao Zao's study.

"Boom!" An urgent sound of footsteps broke the silence.

Xiao Zao's heart tightened, he had already ordered martial law in the whole city. How can there be such a noise.

"What's going on?" Xiao Zao had a ghost in his heart, and walked out of the door and asked.

"Lord Taishou, the big thing is not good, the Taishou Mansion is surrounded by a large army." A porter shouted and ran over.

"What?" Xiao Zao was taken aback.

"Could it be a mutiny...... Xiao Zao thought of a possibility, a huge fear enveloped his whole body.

At this moment, the Taishou Mansion was in a panic, all screaming.

"Boom!"

The gate of the Taishou Mansion was slammed open.

A large number of black-clothed and black-armored soldiers poured into the Taishou Mansion, quickly occupying various advantageous positions and controlling the entire Taishou Mansion in the shortest possible time.

"Stop!"

Xiao Zao drank! Behind him, twenty or thirty guards of the Taishou Mansion held their weapons tremblingly, looking panicked.

The other party is no less than a thousand, each fully armed, there are only twenty or thirty of them, no matter how they fight, it is a dead end!

"You openly broke into the Taishou Mansion and dared to rebel, where is Jiang Yuyong?" Xiao Zao forced himself to calm down, Jiang Yuyong was the lieutenant of Feng Yijun.

"Is Taishou-sama looking for me?" A general walked out, and this person was Jiang Yuyong.

"Lord Captain!" When the soldiers of the Taishou Mansion saw Jiang Yuyong appear, their hearts were slightly settled, and they said in a trembling voice.

"Lay down your arms." Jiang Yuyong shouted.

"Jingle Bell!"

The sound of the sword falling to the ground was endless, and the guards of the Taishou Mansion had already been frightened, and now when they heard the order, they quickly threw down their weapons and squatted down with their heads in their hands.

"You guys!"

Xiao Zao couldn't help but feel angry, these soldiers surrendered without dignity, putting him in danger.

"Jiang Yuyong, what do you mean by this, do you want to rebel?" Xiao Zao shouted angrily.

"Lord Taishou is joking, I, Jiang Yuyong, am loyal to the empire, and you may not be able to do so when the time comes, Lord Taishou?" Jiang Yuyong sneered, "Hasn't Lord Taishou found out yet?" These were not Captain Pontus's men. ”

Xiao Zao found out that these black-clothed and black-armored soldiers were all elite and abnormal, all of them were fully armed, but they were not comparable to the ordinary county soldiers, and this was indeed not the government soldiers of Feng Yi County.

"Could it be ......" Xiao Zao's heart suddenly sank, since he was not a soldier from Feng Yijun, these soldiers could only come from one person, and that was Daxing City.

"Lord Taishou, this is General Li Jing Li, the general of Yingyanglang." Jiang Yuyong introduced a huge figure behind him.

"Li Jing! The new Eagle Yang General Li Jing! Xiao Zao exclaimed, turned his head to look at the soldiers around him, and said bitterly, "Then these soldiers are all ......."

"Yes, these soldiers are all soldiers of the Eagle Yang Battalion, his predecessor is the famous special bandit force, and if you can let the people of the Eagle Yang Battalion go out, Lord Taishou can be regarded as dead without regrets." Jiang Yuyong sneered.

"Xiao Zao conspired to commit treason, colluded with the traitor Li Yuan, and led the thief into the customs, the crime deserves death, His Royal Highness the Acting King has an order, take it down immediately!" Li Jing shouted.

Every time Li Jing said a word, it was like a thunderbolt exploding in Xiao Zao's ears, how could this be possible, only his staff knew about this matter, and he had just been killed, how could His Royal Highness the Acting King know Lu Dao so clearly.

Before this, he still had a trace of illusion, but now Li Jing directly shattered his dream, Xiao Zao felt that his body was weak, and he fell directly to the ground.

"Yes!"

The soldiers of the two Eagle Yang Battalions immediately stepped forward and detained Xiao Zao, who had collapsed to the ground.

"His Royal Highness the Acting King spares his life! The guilty are willing to make meritorious contributions with their crimes. Xiao Zao's soul was furious, and he cried bitterly and shouted at Li Jing.

"I can continue to deceive Li Yuan and lead them into an ambush,...... Eliminate Li Yuan in one fell swoop, and the criminal is willing to atone for his crimes. Xiao Zao was incoherent.

Li Jing looked at Xiao Zao with pity, and said softly, "Don't you understand Lord Taishou?" Li Yuan has entered the customs, and you have no effect. ”

"Useless?" Xiao Zao was stunned.

Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration, thought of a possibility, and couldn't help but widen his eyes and shake wildly in his heart.

Li Yuan had just entered Guanzhong, and as soon as the news reached Feng Yijun, His Royal Highness the Acting King accurately knew that it was he Xiao Zao who led Li Yuan to cross the Yellow River, and that His Royal Highness the Acting King's most relied on Yingyang Camp appeared in front of him in the shortest possible time.

There are all kinds of indications that His Royal Highness the Acting King has long known that Li Yuan will enter the customs, and deliberately let Li Yuan enter the customs.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zao couldn't help but feel cold, this was a scam.

Li Yuan thought that his covert actions had not been concealed from His Royal Highness the Acting King at all, and once His Royal Highness the Acting King had already prepared, Li Yuan's plan for a surprise attack would definitely not be successful.

Xiao Zao was sad in his heart, Li Yuan's defeat was decided, but he had to bear the eternal charge of letting Li Yuan enter the customs privately.

………………

Jiangcheng.

"What? Li Yuan secretly built a ship to cross the Yellow River, and 30,000 Tang troops attacked Guanzhong, "Qu Tutong suddenly stood up, his face full of horror.

Sang Xianhe nodded in fear.

"Who is the commander of the Tang Army now!" Qu Tutong asked urgently.

"Tang Jun Sima Liu Wenjing." Sang Xianhe replied.

Qu Tutong only felt cold all over, and his recent successes had paralyzed him. At this moment, Qu Tutong discovered that the Tang army had been retreating to the northwest, and now the Tang army's garrison was only 100 miles away from the Yellow River.

In the past few days, the Tang army has not been able to hold out, and it turned out to cover up the news that Li Yuan crossed the river.

"General, what shall we do?" Sang Xianhe was also at a loss.

"Don't panic, Daxing City has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and Li Yuan only has 30,000 soldiers and horses, in a short time, Guanzhong has no worries." Qu Tutong settled down and analyzed.

Daxing City originally had about 160,000 soldiers and horses, Song Laosheng led 10,000 elite soldiers to defend Liang Shidu in the area of the Great Wall, Qu Tutong led 30,000 elite soldiers, 20,000 new soldiers stationed in Huoyi, after Huoyi City was broken, the king sent 30,000 elite soldiers to defend Jiangcheng.

The third line of defense, Hedong City Yao Junsu led 10,000 elite soldiers, 20,000 new soldiers, stationed in Hedong, at present, there are 80,000 elite soldiers and 50,000 new soldiers in Daxing City, a total of 130,000 troops.

"Daxing City 130,000, although it is impossible to attack all of them, it shouldn't be a problem to deal with Li Yuan's 30,000 soldiers and horses!" Qu Tutong asked himself in his heart

But the battlefield is treacherous, who can say for sure, in case .......

Thinking of this, Qu Tutong couldn't help but feel numb on his scalp.

"Tomorrow, Japan will lead 40,000 troops to rescue Guanzhong, and Ben will leave you with 30,000 soldiers and horses to be the first Jiangcheng." Qu Tutong paced for a long time, and suddenly ordered.

Sang Xianhe was taken aback, and looked at Qu Tu Passage incredulously: "General, now Li Yuan has led 30,000 troops into Guanzhong, and there are only 20,000 men and horses left for Liu Wenjing, as long as our army attacks, Liu Wenjing will definitely not be an opponent." ”

Now that Qu Tutong's army has the advantage, it is the best time to annihilate the remnants of the Tang army under the city of Jiangjun, and Qu Tutong actually wants to divide his troops to rescue Guanzhong at this time.

Sang Xianhe looked at Qu Tutong in disbelief, his head was tendoned, he didn't understand why Qu Tutong wanted to give up such a good opportunity, but he wanted to rescue Guanzhong, in his opinion, this was a meaningless military operation.

Qu Tutong felt bitter in his heart, of course he knew that his return to Guanzhong was just icing on the cake, but he had to go back!

As the supreme general who stayed in Daxing City, Qu Tutong guarded the safety of Daxing City was his greatest responsibility, and now Li Yuan attacked Guanzhong from under his nose, which can be said to be his responsibility.

Now that Li Yuan has invaded Guanzhong, even if Li Yuan has a one-in-10,000 chance of attacking Daxing City, he Qu Tutong can't afford it.

As the supreme general of Daxing City, shouldering the heavy responsibility of the safety of Daxing City, when Daxing City was broken, he was still in Jiangxian County, hundreds of miles away, which was simply a joke. (To be continued......)