Chapter 213: Going out of the city to ask for help
Le Yuan won the battle on the border of Daizhou, and the Tang Emperor Li Congke Longyan made a special decree to crown him as the Marquis of Anxi. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Du Chongwei was jealous of Le Yuan, and deliberately asked people to kill the Lord Qincha who passed the decree halfway, and in turn blamed Le Yuan, and then wrote a letter and presented it to Emperor Li Congke by courier of 800 miles.
Li Congke couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the twists. Du Chongwei expressed Yelu Deguang's ambition in the twists and turns, if he did not sacrifice Daizhou, he would defeat Taihang in one fell swoop and destroy the Tang Kingdom. After thinking about it, Li Congke had to agree to Du Chongwei's suggestion and cede Daizhou to the Khitan.
When Le Yuan heard about this in prison, he lamented in his heart. He was already in prison, and it was difficult to get out easily, so he especially missed his wife and children, so he instructed Lotte Zang, who came to visit the prison, to say: "Now that Du Chongwei has relieved me of my military power, I think my family will also be implicated." The only way to do this now is to trouble you to rush to Taiyuan overnight to inform my brother-in-law Liu Zhiyuan, and ask him to come to the rescue. Lotte Zang replied in a positive voice: "The younger brother will never give up, and promise to pass the words on General Liu." Le Yuan held his hand and said with emotion: "Tianzang, I thank you on behalf of the whole family!"
Lotte Zang hurriedly stepped forward to help him and said, "Big brother, what are you doing, take me back from Taiyuan, and then find a way to save you out." "Say goodbye immediately. Le Yuan instructed with concern: "Tianzang, Du Chongwei's people are bound to obstruct layer by layer, don't be careless when you go out of this door." Lotte hid at the door and turned around, patted the knife on his body and said: "The little brother has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and the sword never leaves his body, and ordinary people can't help me." ”
Lotte Zang left the prison and rode away in the direction of the West City Gate. Along the way, he noticed that several people had been following him. It turned out that Du Chongwei was worried about the chaos of the Anxi army, so he specially arranged for people to keep an eye on several generals under Le Yuan day and night. Lotte hid important things, so he naturally ignored these people, and just drove forward with his horse whip raised, and it didn't take long to reach the city gate.
The soldiers guarding the city raised their weapons to stop them, and one of them said: "What is the matter when you go out of the city late at night?" Lotte Zang deliberately said: "Several military masters, the little old mother has been itchy these days, and she has not improved after asking several doctors in the city for treatment, and now she is about to go out of the city to invite the old man in the mountain to come back." At this time, one of the soldiers stepped forward and said: "Lord Assassin Shi recently ordered that no one is allowed to enter or leave Daizhou City after the third watch, and a few of us are on errands, so we can't disobey the military order." Please come back!" With that, the man turned and glanced at the other soldiers defending the city.
Lotte Zang comprehended, and immediately took out the silver taels prepared in advance and handed it to him and said: "My mother's illness is urgent, and the little one is already anxious, and I hope that several military masters can be accommodating, so that the little one can do a little bit of filial piety." After speaking, tears broke down in their eyes, and when the soldiers saw this, they all said: "I don't look like a spy either, since his filial piety is commendable, let him go out of the city." The soldier then opened the city gate, let Lottenzo leave Daizhou City, and said loudly: "The outside of the city is very difficult, I hope to go early and return early." Lotte hid his horse and turned his head back and said with a smile: "Thank you for reminding the military master, the little one will definitely take care of his body." "Say goodbye and leave.
When the followers arrived at the gate of the city, they asked about the situation just now, and one by one they gritted their teeth with hatred for the soldiers guarding the city. But because of the face of Lord Assassin Shi, they couldn't help but say that the purpose of this trip was to take out Du Chongwei's token, and said proudly on the horse: "You wait to open the city gate as soon as possible, and we will go out of the city to do business under the order of Lord Assassin Shi." ”
Seeing that Du Chongwei's instructions were there, the soldiers defending the city had to swallow their anger and open the city gate to let them out. Looking at the dust raised behind them, one of them said indignantly: "At the same time, how can they be so arrogant when they are on errands!" The other patted him on the shoulder and said, "They are Du Chongwei's personal soldiers, and they followed him when they were in Fangzhou." We're just guarding the gates. Fortunately, we are now at war with the Khitan, otherwise, even we would have to fight with the Khitan Tartars. Brother, you better relax, right?" The man smiled: "What the eldest brother said makes sense, how long can you get away with the bastards!"
Those people left Daizhou City and followed the avenue to the mountains and forests. Lotte Zang was already standing in front of them with his back to him. One of them shouted, "Who are you who dare to stand in the way again?" Lotte Zang turned around, picked up the knife on the horse's back and said, "Your Excellency and the others have followed all the way, don't you recognize me?"
The man was shocked, thinking that Lotte had fled without a trace, but he didn't expect him to wait for his arrival peacefully. So he asked again, "Who are you?" Lotte Zang replied in a conversational manner, "It is Yang Da's brother who was captured by your Lord Du a few days ago. Those few people were shocked, and hurriedly took a few steps back, raised their shiny long knives, and said fiercely: "Sure enough, it is someone from the Leyuan Mansion, even if you plug your wings tonight, you will not be able to escape from Daizhou City." Lotte Zang asked, "Where is Yang Da now?" One of them said coldly: "Yang Da is beyond his strength, and he actually stopped us from arresting the murderer of Qincha. He has been executed by Lord Thorn. ”
After hearing this, Lotte Zang couldn't help but feel enthusiastic, thinking: "Now that the general has been relieved of military power, Du Chongwei will definitely not let him go." I have to get things done quickly and return to Daizhou City. Seeing him, those people said silently: "It seems that you are afraid, go back with us now to see Lord Du, and tell you all the things that Le Yuan told you, maybe as soon as Lord Assassin Shi is happy, he will be exempted from your sin." After hearing this, Lotte Zang smiled and said: "Trumped-up charges, you just have to Calais." You want to murder General Le, heaven and earth will not tolerate it!" Those few people saw that Lotte Zang didn't eat them, and hurriedly said: "I am equivalent to doing things for the court in Daizhou, and now I am persuading you with good words, if you don't listen, you will be offended by the blame brothers!"
Lotte Zang thought: "After all, these people are doing things for Du Chongwei, if they don't give them color, they will definitely not give up." So he jumped and drew his sword and jumped out of two feet, and landed right in front of one of them, who was caught off guard and was struck back three steps by him. The man was annoyed and shouted and slashed at Lotte Zang. Lotte leaned towards his chest, grabbed his wrist with his left hand, and shook it hard, only to hear the man's "ah", and the knife in his hand immediately fell to the grass. Lotte Zang's left hand quickly slid under his armpit, and with a hard push, the man was bounced to the ground. The man held his left arm in his right hand, curled up on the ground, and shouted: "I can't let him leave Daizhou City alive." ”