In addition to judging that Murong Yanzhao of Yingzhou would not come to the rescue, he also set up a cavalry ambush halfway south to Zhong Xiang's rescue.

At the same time, the Song army was led by Zhao Guangyi and Cao Bin to attack the Northern Han Kingdom because of the opening of the northern and southern fronts, and the main forces were led to the northern Han State by Zhao Guangyi and Cao Bin, which led to the limited strength of the southern border to deal with the Tang State, and only made up a total of 50,000 elites from Jingdong Road to Jingzhong Road, and 30,000 militia for Pan Mei to attack the Tang State.

Then, at this time, Jingling City can be imagined to be isolated and helpless, as for Li Chuyun, he is now only immersed in the joy of winning Wuping, and he has no idea what Fuzhou Jingling City is facing.

After the fall of Langzhou City in Wuping, Zhang Wenbiao did not let go of Zhang Chongfu, the only remaining main general in Langzhou City, this is because Zhang Chongfu swayed when resisting the Song Dynasty, and wavered when resisting the Tang State, and now seeing that Langzhou is difficult to defend, he simply opened the city gate directly behind Zhou Baoquan's back and welcomed Zhang Wenbiao into the city, so if Zhang Wenbiao wants to surrender to the Song State in the future, it is unknown whether Zhang Chongfu will harm himself, so of course now we must take the opportunity to get rid of these hidden dangers in one fell swoop.

"General, the army of Liu Renzhen of the Tang State was originally closely following the rear of our army, but after our army took Langzhou City, we didn't see the Tang army coming here to make a profit... Could it be some conspiracy? Zhao Shicheng, the strategist of the Hengyang Army, was a little confused, so he asked Zhang Wenbiao softly, after all, Tang Guojun was attracted by Zhang Wenbiao, what trick Tang Guo wanted to play, maybe only Zhang Wenbiao, who went to Jinling to ask for help, knew in his heart.

"What is Li Yu doing? Could it be that he really wants to protect my Zhang clan from enjoying happiness in Jinling after taking Wuping? Zhang Wenbiao also suddenly realized that Liu Renzhen's withdrawal was neat and neat, without any mud and water, no matter how you look at it, it seems that he received an order early.

So what does this withdrawal mean, Zhang Wenxian has a guess, that is, Li Yu has shown his sincerity through the withdrawal of the army, since you Zhang Wenbiao has already defeated Langzhou, my Tang State directly withdrew troops to show sincerity, if you obediently give up Wuping in the name of the table, then your Zhang clan can naturally die well, if you insist on cutting off Wuping, then what awaits you must be the whole clan is killed.

"Father... The Tang State retreated, probably because he saw the might of my Hengyang army, and he didn't dare to consume his own military strength..."Zhang Wenbiao's son Zhang Shi was slightly contemptuous, and bowed slightly.

"Nonsense! My Hengyang army has the elite swords of the Tang State in its hands, and these equipment will increase the combat power of our army by several times and can directly destroy the Wu'an army, how can the Tang State be afraid of the remaining thousands of soldiers of the Hengyang army? Zhang Wenbiao scolded a few times angrily, and then led the army to the Langzhou royal court.

"Pass my orders! The Zhou family does not leave a single one. ”

Obviously, Zhang Wenbiao did not intend to abide by the promise before entering the city, originally Zhou Baoquan thought that as long as he surrendered Zhang Wenbiao, he could save the Langzhou army and preserve the bloodline of the Zhou family, but now it seems that Langzhou City will inevitably experience a slaughter.

Since the slaughter order was issued, the Hengyang army began to slaughter Langzhou without sealing the knife within one day, in fact, the slaughter of the city is not just as simple as killing people, the purpose of the ancient slaughter of the city, most of them are for a money word, and the people trapped in a city are the most miserable, and they can even be described by the word animal.

The real slaughter of the city often symbolizes the complexity and professionalism of annihilating human nature, Zhang Wenbiao in order to boost morale before the expedition, he has promised to allow the soldiers to slaughter the city for a day, at this time there are inevitably people to ask, will the soldiers have no humanity, the answer is yes, the soldiers do have no humanity.

If a soldier puts his head around his neck all the time to fight for the army, he will lose his humanity after a long time, so whenever he captures a city, all he thinks about is killing people and robbing women, plundering money, and for money, even if he kills a few more people, it doesn't hurt.

At this moment, Langzhou City is already a blood-stained city, wailing all over the sky, that is, a fledgling flew from the sky, and was also shot down by the Hengyang army to vent his anger, after many days of fighting, and witnessing the death of the soldiers day after day, the principles and lower limits of these Hengyang sergeants have long been pulled to the lowest, and even on the city streets, in addition to being full of men's corpses, there are soldiers everywhere who have lost their humanity and directly tear women's clothes on the spot, and then violate and kill them on the street.

"Zhang Wenbiao, if you do this, you will be punished by God... You! Damnation will be! Li Guanxiang, the secretary in charge who originally commanded Langzhou to defend it, saw such a miserable situation in the city, his eyes covered his face, and he shouted to the sky. This scene, he didn't expect that Wu Ping ruled the country with inhumane martial arts, and sooner or later it would usher in a catastrophe, but anyone who saw this dark scene with his own eyes would tremble.

So, the soldiers of Hengyang are plundering and killing the civilians of Langzhou City, and they are taking turns to rape the women in the city, what is Zhang Wenbiao doing at this time, it is not difficult to guess that the soldiers are venting their anger, and Zhang Wenbiao is also venting his grievances.

"When Zhou Xingfeng and I started the army together, he said that after his death, he would pass on the position left by Wu Ping to me! Pass it to me! Why should I be in trouble, you useless boy! Zhang Wenbiao didn't know when, he killed the Zhou family in the royal court, there were corpses everywhere, and Zhang Wenbiao, who was covered in blood and covered in hair, questioned Zhou Baoquan, who was kneeling on the ground and was not yet ten years old, with an almost perverted expression.

"Father said that if you pass on the throne, Wuping will die." Zhou Baoquan responded with slightly trembling words to Zhang Wenbiao, who was almost murderous and insane.

"So, even if you drive me to the land of the Southern Barbarians, you still won't let me go? Will you still put me to death? Ben would rather die than let your Zhou family never recover! Zhang Wenbiao was angry and laughed back, apparently the pleasure of revenge had reached its peak.

"You... You can't die well..."Zhou Baoquan trembled a few times, was stabbed through the chest by Zhang Wenbiao with a sword, and then fell to the ground, this child who is no less than ten years old, has also done everything he should do, if there is no intervention by Li Yu, Zhou Baoquan will be able to die well even if he descends to the Northern Song Dynasty, but Li Yu wants to take Wuping, no matter what, the Zhou family can no longer survive.

Zhang Wenbiao was almost crazy at the moment, looking at the corpses of the Zhou family all over the ground, panting, but he did not feel the slightest guilt, even if most of the people on the ground were innocent.

In fact, I can't complain that Zhang Wenbiao would be so inhumane, in a good sentence, if a person has been living in hell and has never seen heaven, he thinks hell is reasonable.

Then a person has seen heaven and pulled him back to hell, this person will have a deep blood grudge against the person who pulled him into hell, Zhang Wenbiao's anger is not all driven by desire, it can be regarded as Zhou Xing's crime deserved, after all, before the incident, he did promise Zhang Wenbiao to stay behind.

After the incident was successful, he sat in the seat of the left behind and thought about letting the Zhou family be in Wuping for thousands of generations, just like the previous Chu King Ma Shi, it was not enough to drive Zhang Wenbiao to the south, and he sent people to keep an eye on him at all times, once he found something suspicious, he could kill him at any time, just imagine that in this case, even if Zhang Wenbiao was not driven crazy, he also thought that Zhou Xingfeng would be cut countless times.

"Zhou Xingfeng, my good brother, Ben will... I've come to see you! Zhang Wenbiao then slowly approached Zhou Xingfeng, who was lying on the bed and couldn't move, and when he took a step closer, he let out bursts of sneering.

Although Zhou Xingfeng was speechless, his consciousness suddenly awakened at this moment, his expression was not afraid, his eyes were full of bloodshots, and he was sometimes angry.

"Yo! They all say that you are terminally ill, don't you have one breath left? Zhang Wenbiao brushed away the masked hair, and looked at Zhou Xingfeng who was panting with a grin.

Cha! A sharp sword suddenly inserted into Zhou Xingfeng's chest, Zhou Xingfeng shook his neck, stared at Zhang Wenbiao with red eyes, and squeezed out a sentence: "You! Not worthy of doing... Wu Ping... Host! ”

"Alive? So... You can't die! Zhang Wenbiao suddenly laughed, the long sword in his hand twisted left and right, and black blood continued to ooze from Zhou Xingfeng's chest.

After struggling for a moment, Zhou Xingfeng's hands drooped, and he lost his life. Zhou Xingfeng died tragically, but Zhang Wenbiao was full of pleasure, and Zhao Shicheng behind him only swallowed heavily when he saw this scene, not only afraid of Zhang Wenbiao's cruel methods, but also secretly doubting what kind of monster he was assisting.

"General... Tang Guo, send a letter! Zhang Xingde burst into the hall, and he couldn't help but feel a little sick to his stomach when he saw this scene, but after a pause, he still stubbornly presented the letter.

"You're deliberately humiliating Ben... Illiterate? Zhang Wenbiao suddenly turned around, staring at Zhang Xingde with a pair of bloody eyes, as if he wanted to kill again.

"Stupid at the moment! I don't mean to..."

"General Zhang, show me the letter..."Zhao Shicheng hurriedly came out to relieve the siege, and Zhang Xingde heard Zhao Shicheng's words and hurriedly handed over the hot letter in his hand to Zhao Shicheng.

Zhao Shicheng spread out the letter with a slight tremble, and read it for a long time, his expression fluctuated, which made Zhang Wenbiao more and more curious, "What tricks is Li Yu playing?" What did the letter say? ”

"General Hui, Li Yu wants us to defend Langzhou... After the Song army entered Wuping, he and the Tang army jointly attacked Li Chuyun! Zhao Shicheng's eyes were cloudy, as if he was struggling.

"Is the Tang army's withdrawal this time to protect my Zhang family? So this attack on Li Chuyun, will he have to act according to Li Yu's words? Zhang Wenbiao was stunned for a while, hesitated, and threw the question to Zhao Shicheng.

"It is unknown whether Li Yu is good or evil, if he fights Li Chuyun together, even if he succeeds, we will not be immune to the settlement of the autumn!" Zhang Xingde hurriedly got up and blew the wind on Zhang Wenbiao.

"General... We don't have a choice... The general's clansmen who stayed in Hengyang City were all robbed to Jinling by the Tang Army..."Zhao Shicheng said with a little impatience, almost all the troops in Hengyang City were taken by Zhang Wenbiao to fight against Yang Shiwan, after all, Yang Shiwan is also a fierce general of Wuping, which cannot be underestimated, but Zhang Wenbiao can't help but take care of one or the other, and take the army away, then Hengyang City is bound to be empty, but he didn't expect Li Yu to try to rob his clansmen a long time ago.

"What's more..."Zhang Wenbiao asked again through gritted teeth.

"And... Li Yu had already fought with Li Chuyun at Badongguan in Shu, and passed on the news to Li Chuyun that the Hengyang army had formed an alliance with the Tang State, and then the Tang State was defeated and retreated..."Zhao Shicheng continued to read the letter slowly.

"So, Ben really doesn't have a choice." Zhang Wenbiao sighed, since ancient times, the strong have competed, and the weak have suffered, he has tried his best to save his people, but he still didn't wait for the calculation of preservation.

"General, there's something strange about this... The Tang army was defeated by Li Chuyun and left Jingzhou, probably pretending..."

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"Therefore, the Son of Heaven already knew that Zhang Wenbiao hated the Zhou clan to the core, so he used Zhang Wenbiao to kill the entire Zhou clan on behalf of Tang?" At this time, Lin Yan in Jiangling City, Jingzhou, was in a trance, and then he and his father said in shock.

"Not only that, even if Li Chuyun and Murong Yanzhao have a disagreement, the Son of Heaven also knows the roots, and he takes advantage of Li Chuyun's earnest nature to lead him south through the desperate Zhang Wenbiao!" Lin Renzhao did not hide his admiration at this moment, and the last doubt about Li Yu's ability also dissipated.

"Zhang Wenbiao and Zhou Xing are at odds, this is naturally known, but Murong Yanzhao and Li Chuyun of the Song Kingdom each have ghosts, even if I am a spy of the Tang Kingdom, I can't see clearly, how does the Son of Heaven know?" Lin Yan was still puzzled in his heart, and seeing that there was no one else in the hall, he asked again without scruples.

"Let my son remember that he who does not know does not ask, and he should not speak carefully.

Our saint is indeed not like an ordinary person,

To manipulate people's hearts and set up chess games, with the ability of heaven to attack the army,

We will only do what we are told, and we should not ask much about the rest, and beware of the evil that comes out of our mouths! Lin Renzhao seemed to remember that when he attacked Jiangling that day, he was almost punished for angering Li Yu, and hurriedly squinted his eyes to persuade Lin Yan, who was right.

Then, Wu Ping's task is halfway through, but the outcome of this game of chess in Jingling City is still difficult to detect.

At the same time, Li Yu's personal conquest is also under great pressure from Jinling, although the emperor's pro-conquest means that the emperor wants to do something, not an incompetent and mediocre monarch, but because of the danger of the war and Li Yu's young age, there are still some ministers in the court who oppose his pro-conquest.

For example, Tang Chen, Wei Weiqing, and Li Ping once admonished Li Yu before he set out on the expedition, "The ability of the saint is more geometric than that of Emperor Taizong?" The courage of the saint, how much is it better than Emperor Wuzong? If you rush to conquer in person, if you don't win, you will lose, and if you lose the elite, the country will be defeated! ”

The meaning at the moment is very clear, which means that you Li Yu has only been on the throne for a long time before you want to jump up and dance, and there are priorities in things, you Li Yu is in a hurry to conquer in person, you are in a hurry to achieve quick success and do not know the general trend, you are not as good as Emperor Taizong, and you are not as good as Emperor Wuzong.

"You despise me so much, what will you do if I win the Northern Expedition?"

"If the Holy One wins, the ministers will go out of the city to meet him, but if the Holy One is defeated and returns?"

The conversation between the two has been pulled to the point that Li Yu just wants to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to personally recruit Datang to win morale, and Li Ping does not deliberately want to humiliate Li Yu, but just wants to use some cruel words to make Li Yu retreat.

In a controversy at that time, Li Yu not only wanted the mouth of the hundred officials in the court to support his northern expedition, but at the same time did not want to kill loyal ministers like Li Ping to establish his authority and drink the hundred officials, so he had to make a military order in the court.

"I know that I will not succeed to the throne soon, and my qualifications are still shallow and difficult to convince the public, so today I will make a monarchy, if there is no victory in the northern expedition, I will not return to Jinling, and I will not be the emperor, and I can abolish it by myself! If the dragon heir does not come out, it will be difficult to settle the country, and Li Congshan, the king of Zheng, can succeed him! Li Yu's words were thrown out, but it suddenly made Pan You and the others panic, especially Li Ping, who was talking crazy, and Li Congshan, the king of Zheng, who had always been honest and honest, heard this and knelt directly on his knees, kowtowing and couldn't stop.

"Holy... The original intention of the minister..."

"You don't have to say it anymore, the matter of pro-conquest has been decided! If you don't break the Song army, you will never return to the Tang Dynasty! Prepare to go out of the city to meet me! Li Ping was trying to make amends, but Li Yu didn't give him a chance to continue, and then retreated, leaving only Li Congshan, the king of Zheng, who knelt on the ground and didn't dare to get up, and Li Ping, who stayed in place and was silent.