In the early morning, the head of Yang Fan, a retainer of the Northern Qi Mansion, was hung high on the city gate as a punishment, and Tang Lan's notice was posted on the side, the imperial law is in Bailing City, and those who kill without permission must pay for their lives, even if they kill people in the Book of Heaven!

......

"Dang!"

A heavy palm fell on the table of the golden silk wood, and the nearly sixty-year-old Northern Qi Ying looked angry, he was a member of the Heavenly Book family of the Yihe Kingdom, and he was the only person in the Yihe Kingdom who could write the Book of Heaven, how could he stand such grievances as the second Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Realm, how could he stand such grievances, and shouted angrily: "My Northern Qi Mansion and the Empire are incompatible!" Lin Muyu killed my son Northern Qi Huan, and now Tang Lan actually deceived people too much, killing Yang Fan of my Northern Qi Mansion is really hateful!"

On the side, the eldest son Bei Qi said, "Father, don't be angry...... Hmph, this old thief Tang Lan only has less than 10,000 troops in his hands, and after distributing them to the four major city gates, he only has a few hundred people available, and our private army in the Northern Qi Mansion is full of 2,000 people, plus hundreds of heavenly books, and he is still afraid that he will not succeed with a single Tang Lan? As long as his father gives an order, the child will immediately lead the courtyard and the private army to kill the Zhennan Wangfu, kill Tang Lan, and drive this group of imperial eagle dogs out of Bailing City!"

Saying that, the corners of Beiqi Yun's mouth raised, and said: "Father, Dadutong is trapped in the Sword Pavilion, but Marshal Long Qianlin is already on the way back, once he welcomes Dadutong, he will inevitably aim at Bailing City, if at this time, our Northern Qi Mansion can take Bailing City with the power of a government and dedicate it to Dadutong, then our Northern Qi Mansion can be called the first meritorious service of the Boxer Kingdom, what does my father think?"

"Yun'er, you still haven't thought deeply enough. ”

Bei Qi Ying smiled coldly: "Tang Lan, this old thing, why do we need to do it ourselves to solve him?

"Oh, what is my father going to do?"

"Just ...... so"

......

At noon, a large group of Boxer civilians surrounded the Zhennan Palace, and all of them had faces full of righteous indignation, and one by one they waved their fists loudly and scolded the soldiers holding shields and having panicked looks on their faces in front of the palace, and at the same time wrote a line of words in red ink on a long white cloth - "The Imperial Eagle Dog has lost its conscience, and I will live and die with Yihe!"

Not only that, but these thousands of people even waved their arms and shouted this slogan in unison, Tang Lan must give an explanation, otherwise it will continue to make trouble, surround the palace, and make Tang Lan unable to advance or retreat.

It wasn't until the afternoon that the gate of the palace finally opened, and Tang Lan walked out in a brocade robe, wearing a three-star purple flower military emblem around his neck, looking at the troublemakers outside the palace with cold eyes, and said, "Give me a moment of silence, say, what do you want?"

In the crowd, an old man walked out and said tremblingly: "Old man see His Royal Highness the King of the Seven Seas!"

"The old man doesn't have to be polite, just say it. ”

The old man nodded and said: "The Boxer Kingdom has always promoted the equality of all beings and the benevolence of people, but now the empire has seized our city and killed our robes, the brutality of the imperial soldiers, the people and gods are angry, His Royal Highness the King of the Seven Seas, you have killed Yang Fan with private swords, and killed many people of the Boxer Kingdom, everyone says that the empress Qin Yin is lenient, but now we can't see the slightest bit of leniency, how is it different from a beast to commit this atrocity?"

"Yang Fan killed people in private fights, and he was innocent. Tang Lan said coldly.

"This is the territory of the Boxer Kingdom, so the laws of the Boxer Kingdom should be implemented, and it is not a crime to kill people in the Book of Heaven. ”

"Presumptuous!" Tang Lan's eyes were cold: "Bailing City has been the territory of the empire for thousands of years, so you should obey the laws of the empire and pay for your life by killing people, needless to say." ”

The old man gritted his teeth: "Your Highness is so disappointing, we are all free citizens of the Boxer Kingdom, and we are never willing to be slaves of the empire, Your Highness is determined to go its own way, and we have no choice but to break the net!"

"You!"

Tang Lan's eyes were cold, five fingers and one point, and said: "Tang Bi, set up an offensive formation, block the entrance to the palace, and kill no mercy!"

"Yes!"

Tang Bi led a group of Tang family soldiers to rush forward, directly slashing and killing several people, the blood directly stained the steps of the palace, as soon as they saw the dead, many people were already frightened, but a few people in the crowd picked up bricks and smashed them at the Tang family soldiers, for a while Tang Bi was angry, and said with a steel knife: "Kill me, this group of Diao people!"

"Yes!"

The crowd went on a killing spree, and in the blink of an eye, the troublemakers were killed, and the soldiers were also red-eyed, rushing out of the mansion with their swords, and even killing people on the street.

"Kill, kill, Kill! Imperial Eagle Dog is about to slaughter the city!"

Some people were shouting, and at this time it was the business time in the afternoon in Bailing City, and countless merchants and pedestrians on the street were so frightened that their faces were colorless, especially when they saw the Tang family soldiers who were killing people with knives in the distance, they were even more scattered and fled, and in the blink of an eye, the streets were already in chaos.

Throughout the afternoon, the news spread all over the streets and alleys of the city, and I don't know who was spreading the news that Tang Lan was about to slaughter the city, and almost millions of people in the entire Bailing City knew that Tang Lan was about to wield the butcher's knife!

When night fell, the four city gates have been attacked again and again, countless people asked to go out of the city, in the case of the defenders did not open the door, many mercenaries, warriors of the chivalrous inn chose to do it, this night is destined to be a night full of turmoil.

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In the early morning of the next day, Tang Lan didn't sleep all night, and his hair turned gray.

"Your Highness......"

Tang Bi said with a pale expression: "The defenders of the South Gate lost more than 300 people last night, and the North Gate lost even more than 1,000 people, and we don't even know who killed them, sad...... As Imperial soldiers, we should have died on the battlefield, but now we are dead under the swords of these despicable people!"

"Tang Bi. ”

Tang Lan looked at this old guy with no charm in his eyes, and said: "I, Tang Lan, have been working hard for a while, but now I am going to die under the scheming of others, I am not reconciled......"

Tang Bi said: "Your Highness, who do you think this group of people is?"

"It doesn't matter who it is anymore. Tang Lan seemed to be decades old, and said: "Qin Yin wants me to die, Qin Yi also wants me to die, Lin Muyu, Feng Jixing, Su Muyun and others are even more eager to skin me and eat meat, and now even these people of the Boxer Kingdom want me to die...... Northern Qi Mansion, Northern Qi Mansion, I, Tang Lan, have dominated the world all my life, how could I have ever been afraid of this kind of villain, but now...... I actually want to look up to people and be checked and balanced by the Northern Qi Mansion. ”

"Your Highness......" Tang Bi was heartbroken, and said: "We still have at least 5,000 men and horses in our hands, there is no need to be restrained by the Northern Qi Mansion, they have the Book of Heaven, and we also have it, why be afraid?"

Tang Lan shook his head slowly: "It's useless...... It's useless, the sin is on me Tang Lan alone, not on you, Tang Bi, you immediately gather people and horses, and break out of the city with these five thousand people, His Royal Highness Yin just ordered me Tang Lan to guard the city, so ...... Let me, Tang Lan, guard Bailing City alone, whether I live or die, it is all up to the destiny of heaven. ”

"No!"

Tang Bi gritted his teeth: "The veteran will never leave His Highness behind, if he wants to die, he will die together, and the veteran will gather everyone to guard the palace!"

"Alas......"

Tang Lan sighed: "Why do you have to do this?"

Tang Bi smiled: "This is my last loyalty as a general of the Tang family, and I ask His Royal Highness to give me this opportunity, let me die on the battlefield with me, and fight with them, I will die without regrets." ”

"Good!"

......

At noon, Tang Lanjun abandoned the four city gates and gathered all 5,000 people in the palace, which seemed to be ...... Tang Lan was already contending with the strength of the entire Boxer Kingdom.

Amid the sound of horses' hooves, a column of cavalry galloped towards Tang Lan's army from a distance.

"Who are they?"

Tang Lan was dressed in armor and asked the people around him with a steel knife.

Tang Bi said: "It's a mercenary, a mercenary of the Boxer Kingdom." ”

"Oh?" Tang Lan couldn't help laughing: "Yiheguo actually spent money to hire mercenaries to kill me?"

"It seems so. Tang Bi smiled bitterly.

At this time, a mercenary wearing a high-ranking military rank rode forward, with a bearded face, holding a heavy battle axe in his hand, and said with a smile: "You old guys...... Which one is Tang Lan?"

Tang Lan rode out: "The old man is." ”

The mercenary laughed: "It turned out to be you, it seems that you can't withstand Lao Tzu's axe at all...... Tang Lan, listen up, Lao Tzu is the president of the Boxer State Jianfeng Mercenary Guild, named Li Dalei, remember Lao Tzu's name, the people of Northern Qi Mansion paid 20 million gold coins to buy your head, as long as we get your head, we will have no worries about food and clothing in this life. ”

Tang Lan sneered: "It turns out that my head is so valuable, Li Dalei, if you want the old man's head, come and get it, if you have this ability!"

"Stop talking nonsense, kill me!"

Li Dalei gave an order, and the mercenaries immediately charged.

"Array, defensive array!"

Tang Bi gave an order, and suddenly a group of veterans moved with shields in their hands, although they were old, their ability to fight was tens of thousands of times stronger than that of this group of rabble mercenaries!

The shields were numerous, the spears were piercing, and the echelon gun formations of the three consecutive lines of defense made the mercenaries' war horse impact useless, and soon, one mercenary after another became a skewer of meat on the tip of the spear.

"Ge Laozi!"

Li Dalei was annoyed and angry: "All charge!"

Nearly 2,000 mercenaries came to cover up, and a bloody battle immediately began in front of the palace.

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On 23 February, the entire army of the Sharp Mercenaries was annihilated, and Tang Lan's army also lost nearly 1,000 people.

In the early morning, another group of people began to attack the palace, the government army from the counties under the jurisdiction of Bailing City, a total of more than 4,000 people, well-equipped, after a few rounds of arrow shooting, Tang Lan's people shot hundreds of people, at this time, Tang Lan's army also showed fatigue, and the body and energy were already unsustainable.

But the number of troops outside the mansion increased, and the banners of the Boxers were connected.

At noon, the crowd parted, and the patriarch of the Northern Qi Mansion, Beiqi Ying, walked out in a long robe, clasped his fists and smiled: "Tang Lan, Duke Lan, His Royal Highness the King of the Seven Seas, the old man is here to see you on your way!"