Seeing this scene, the fierce generals who were arrogant and domineering just now were silent, drinking and eating meat one by one silently, until Cao Bin got up to leave, and then returned to the tent in twos and threes. From then on, except for Pan Mei, Cao Han and other deep-rooted fierce generals, the rest of the generals were all afraid of Cao Bin, knowing that this seemingly kind man had his own blade in the belly of the adult, and he was also a ruthless person.

In the early morning of the next day, a good general informed Cao Han and Pan Mei, who had a status in the army that could compete with Cao Bin. Pan Mei remained silent and left the singer she brought back yesterday in the camp. Cao Han immediately sent the singer who had a night of joy back to Cao Bin, and said with a smile: "This singer was sent by Xu Xian to please Du Du, he likes to cut it, what do you do with me?"

When Cao Bin heard this, he became even more angry, just because the second general Pan Cao was deeply trusted by the Zhao family, although he was a little reckless, but he was placed in the army with a faint intention to contain his dictatorship. So before I was completely sure that the two of them were brought down, I could only hold this depression in my heart, and it was inconvenient to show it. Seeing this, Wang Yu, who was well-informed, clear-minded, and provocative, took the initiative to go up and offer him a plan.

On the second day, the Lord will come to the tent as usual to count the money, but who knows that the seat of the commander is empty, and the Lord will not be there.

When the generals went to visit, they learned that Cao Bin was overworked from urging the troops to attack the city a few days ago, and he actually fell ill.

Cao Bin said, seeing that the takeover of Jinling was imminent, the army could not be left without an owner for a day, so he stayed in the camp with illness, Pan Mei Cao Han was in charge of the generals, Cao Han led the army into the city to take over the palace ban, and Pan Mei was in charge of the city defense and monitored the movements of the surrendered Tang army.

Pan Mei Cao Han couldn't help but be very excited after receiving the order, and immediately ordered the troops and drove into the city in a hurry. The generals of the Southern Expedition were not able to bear Cao Bin's control, and they wished to enter the city as soon as possible and let go of the looting, and for a time the armies from all walks of life rushed to the city, and there were those who wantonly robbed the people's wealth, some of whom raped ** women, and those who killed innocents indiscriminately, and the people of Jinling were considered to have suffered a great disaster.

Many of the Tang armies had their families in Jinling, and they were all indignant when they saw this, but since they had surrendered, and there was the Song army watching them, they had no choice but to stay in the barracks and watch their parents and relatives suffer.

Cao Han led 10,000 elites to receive the palace city, everyone knew that it was the place with the most wealth and beauties in the entire Jinling, and his generals were full of joy, secretly sighing that they were lucky to follow Cao Xianxian, and the three hundred Song troops who had broken into the city with Cao Han to force Cai Yu to surrender were even more arrogant.

Wu Yingying was waiting for this moment, the news of the burning and looting outside had already entered the palace, and people everywhere were panicking, and many eunuchs and palace maids had secretly escaped from the palace. Because except for a small number of people who are around Cai Yu every day, most of the guards who are born in the family have fled without knowing what to do.

Seeing that the dismissed palace people began to leave the palace in twos and threes, Wu Yingying took Chase to pretend to be a palace guard to find Huang Wen. He originally forged the waist cards of the guards and Heiyundu, but no one checked them along the way.

Walking to the Jianye Study, where the literary style was in the past, now there is only an endless bleak scene, and only a piece of rubble is left in the water on all sides.

I saw Huang Wen waiting alone beside the ruins like a mirror shining on water, with only one palace maid on her side. Thinking that Huang Wen had been standing here for a long time, the palace maid's face showed an anxious look, and she couldn't help persuading: "Baoyi, the study room is gone, and standing for a long time will only add to the sadness, so it's better to go back and rest first." ”

Seeing this, Wu Yingying motioned for Chase to cover his face with a face towel and walked forward quickly.

The palace maid who was with her was so frightened that she almost fell into the water when she saw two masked men wearing guard clothes suddenly appear in the bushes. Before she could scream, she was slashed in the back of the neck with a knife and fell to the ground.

Huang Wen heard the movement behind her, turned around, although Wu Yingying was masked, how could she not recognize it, her beautiful eyes flashed, and she seemed to shed tears excitedly.

Wu Yingying took off his scarf and smiled, "Are you waiting for me?"

Huang Wen's throat was already a little choked, and she held back her tears and nodded with a smile: "Well, I know, you will definitely come." ”

Wu Yingying saw that she seemed to be about to cry, so he laughed and said, "If I don't come, won't you have to wait all the time, and you will become a wangfu stone." ”

Huang Wen shook her head, bit her lip and said, "If I can't wait for you, when the Song people enter the palace, I will jump from here." ”

Hearing that the beauty is so precious, Wu Yingying looked at the green pool of clear water, two points of distress in his chest, three points of love, and only stretched out his hand to hold her soft pancreas tightly.

Since Chase was still by his side, the two were not too close, so Wu Yingying took Chase to move the stunned palace maid into the flowers and plants next to him, and then stripped off her clothes and handed them to Huang Wen to change into. The three of them pretended to be guards and palace maids, and went out of the palace together with the eunuchs and palace maids who were dismissed by Empress Zhou.

It wasn't until they came to the private house outside the palace that was originally going to dig tunnels that Chase retired with each other, and the two hugged each other tightly, looked at each other for many days, and waited bitterly for many days, and at this moment turned into joy.

After a long time, the two stepped out of the house. Huang Wenxia flew into a double face, the palace clothes on her body had been changed into men's clothes, and Wu Yingying had changed into a Song Army military uniform, together with Chase who had already changed into the Song Army uniform, as if two low-level officers of the Crane Army were escorting a civilian from Jinling, all the way back to a Shenwei army industry that had been prepared, and the three of them put it down with their hearts.

And the vanguard of the Song army commanded Cao Han to lead more than 10,000 elite Song army to set off early in the morning, looting all the way, almost at noon, before coming to the palace gate, shouting loudly The black clouds guarding the palace gate all opened the city gate.

Note 1: Cao Bin's beheading of Ji is seen in the history of Zhuye, but the author's interpretation is added.

Note 2: Shi Chongwei said that he was rich, and when guests came, he often ordered the beauty (concubine) to persuade him to drink, and if the guest did not drink enough, he thought that the persuasion was not effective and killed the beauty. Once Wang Dao and his brother Wang Dun (later in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, they were the prime minister and the general) went to Shi Chong's house, and Wang was afraid that Shi Chong would kill the beauty in anger, so he had to reluctantly drink. Wang Dun was different, he deliberately did not drink, so Shi Chong killed three beauties in succession, and Wang Dao persuaded Wang Dun to drink. Wang Dun said: "What does he have to do with you when he kills his family's people!"

Volume 4 Capture Hu Ma on foot and ride Chapter 78 to kill and surrender

The heavily armed Song army passed through the Hongqiao and packed the square in front of the south gate of the Southern Tang Imperial City. Captain Chi Chong of the Crane Military Academy moved the iron lance in his hand, pointed to the Black Cloud Capital soldiers guarding the city, and shouted: "I am under the command of General Cao Han, the commander of the vanguard of the Southern Expedition Camp of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Behind him, all the generals of the Song Army laughed, and Wei Chizhong, Gao Ling, Zhi Congxun and several others laughed especially loudly, this scene was like heaven and earth when the three hundred soldiers were trembling and facing the siege of the Tang army. Gao Ling raised the whip in his hand and said to the city head: "Rats, if we don't open the city gate early, we will set a fire and burn your bird city!"

Ma Chengyan, the captain of Heiyundu, looked at the laughter and scolding of the Song army below, but he was helpless, turned his head and ordered the Tang soldiers at the head of the city to put away the flag, open the city gate, and prepare to withdraw from the palace.

The south gate is the main gate of the forbidden palace, it is said that it is not often opened, the door shaft squeaks painfully, only to open a crack in the door, and the Song army waiting outside is impatient to rush in, when a fierce soldier casually draws a Tang soldier who is opening the door with a scabbard, and scolds in his mouth: "Slow hands and slow feet!" The beaten Heiyun Du soldier is usually above the top, but at this moment he doesn't dare to talk back, only leaning against the corner with his head down, and still trying to help open the city gate. After the Song army entered the palace city, they would slowly close the city gate.