A little morning light has leaked out of the sky, and the heaven and earth seem to be covered with a faint blue light.
The north side of the Zhuxian Yi Walled City opened quietly, and a group of men and horses wearing the uniforms of the Bianliang Forbidden Army, surrounded by a small number of war horses, filed into the Walled City under the cover of the dim morning light.
At midnight, two to three thousand black-shirted troops marched northward via Caihe River and landed at Zhuxianyi. There was no way to hide their presence.
However, when the black-shirted troops crossed the border, even if there were scouts nearby, they would not be able to get out of the way, and the households in the town and port were even more closed, and they did not dare to breathe hard.
At this time, except for the soldiers in Zhuxianyi's military stronghold, who else could discover that a team of two hundred people would enter Zhuxianyi's military stronghold at this moment?
The more than a hundred soldiers on the wall of the village were very confused when they saw this team marching into the village from the north. Some of the old soldiers, in particular, had deep doubts in their hearts: The black-shirted thieves had just passed through, so how could the reinforcements arrive so quickly?
However, all the generals and military officials above the team leader level were summoned by Chen Man to go to the Yamen Hall to discuss matters. General Zhao Cang and Secretary Han Gui were following Chen Man's order to welcome the reinforcements into the Walled City. Who dared to say a word?
Sitting in the yamen hall, he saw Zhao Cang and Han Gui leading the ambush troops into the courtyard. At this time, Chen Man looked at the generals and leaders sitting in the hall with a sullen face and said: "The black-shirted army is passing through, obviously.
We are heading towards Bianliang City, but if we stand still, we will be punished later. I wonder what you think?"
"Commander, don't worry about the number of thieves. It's important for us to defend the walled city. Who can punish us?" Someone comforted Chen Man and said, "If we really want to punish him, we have to wait until the commander is promoted to Duyuhou, with two or three thousand in his hand."
Let’s talk about the soldiers and horses!”
"Two or three thousand thieves rushed to Bianliang, what good can they get? Of course we didn't deliberately stand still, but gave the heavy military exploits to the friendly forces. How can we be blamed for this?" Someone else laughed.
smiled.
Many generals and team leaders did not think there was anything wrong with sitting and watching two or three thousand thieves crossing the border while they guarded the city wall. They just laughed at Chen Man for being too worried.
"What if we secretly collude with the black shirt army and intend to let them attack Bianliang?" Chen Man asked in a deep voice.
"Commander, are you kidding me?"
"Do I look like I'm joking?" Chen Man stood up suddenly, with his hand on his waist and the sword, and said, "The imperial court is weak, the soldiers are living a hard life, and there are many dissatisfactions in their hearts. Chen can see it, but Hu Lu
Invading the south, ravaging the Central Plains, wantonly plundering, raping, humiliating, burning and killing my brothers and sisters. The rivers and Huaihe River are thousands of miles of fertile land, and there are many bones. Do you really think that I, Chen Man, am willing to bend myself to become a thief? Or are you all willing to become a thief?"
"So what can you do if you don't want to be unwilling? They are powerful. The south is now being beaten back steadily. I heard that even Heluo will be lost now..." Someone whispered in a low voice, "Look how much time has passed. All the dignitaries have already been defeated."
How can we not be willing to throw away more than half of our country? Commander Chen, please stop joking with us, this is really not a joke!"
Some people were thinking about living an ignoble existence, some were silent, touched by Chen Man's words, and some were secretly wary of what Chen Man just said. Zhou Jing and Jiang Ping, Zhou Xuyi hid behind the tent and looked at the expressions of everyone in front of the hall.
Get it crystal clear.
At this time, Wang Zhang led dozens of warriors, held swords, walked to the corridor, and pushed open the ajar door.
The generals who were summoned to the Yamen Hall saw the soldiers standing outside holding swords. They were all tough soldiers with unfamiliar faces. Although they were wearing the uniforms of the Bianliang Forbidden Army, their murderous aura was definitely not that of these surrendered soldiers.
Comparable to the generals!
The generals of all the capitals and the leadership of the team are the real
I realized that what Chen Man said might not be a joke. These people could never be reinforcements from Bianliang!
When the capital generals Zhao Cang, who had long been dissatisfied with the atrocities of the captive soldiers, accompanied Han Gui, Wang Zhang and others, they walked into the government hall in stunned silence. Chen Man opened the curtain behind him and made Zhou Jing and Zhou Xuyi
The two men appeared and said loudly: "You should realize now that Chen is not joking, right? I believe everyone is familiar with the leader of Zhou Village, but he is actually the leader of the black shirt army, and this Master Zhou is even more famous as Chu Shanxing.
The battalion participated in the military. Those who landed from Zhuxianyi to attack Bianliang City in the north were actually not the main force of the black shirt army, but the Jingsheng Marquis of Dayue and the Yulu General Xu Huaisuo personally led the Chushan Xiongrui. I want to ask you, you guys.
Are you still willing to bend your body and become a thief, and are you not afraid that one day you will die and be buried without the face to meet your ancestors?"
"Jingshenghou Xu Huai?"
"The elites of Chushan are attacking Bianliang City?"
When Wang Xun was in charge of the defense of the capital, Xu Huai rose to the top of Tongbai Mountain, repeatedly defeated the barbarians in Shuozhou, and the rumor that he was Wang Xiaocheng's son had long spread among the troops in the capital, not to mention that he later assisted the king.
Wang Zhaotuan defended Gongxian County, attacked Qinshui River, and rushed thousands of miles to attack Taiyuan. His legendary achievements include this.
When other soldiers and horses rushed to attack Bianliang, the generals in the capital seemed to be looking for a dead end. However, with the legendary record of rushing to Taiyuan for thousands of miles, who dares to say that Jingsheng Hou Xu Huai personally led the Chushan elite to attack Bianliang.
Or a joke?
It is said that Xu Huai rushed thousands of miles to Taiyuan and killed Cao Shili. Li Chulin and other generals were like cutting melons and vegetables. They killed more than ten times the enemy's troops and left corpses all over the field. In the end, they were able to help Taiyuan's 100,000 soldiers and civilians retreat south without any damage. Who dares to say that Jing Jing
Will the victorious Marquis Xu Huai leave Bianliang's 40,000 to 50,000 defenders without any trace of troops again?
The generals and team leaders who originally thought something was wrong with Chen Manzhen and had different intentions, secretly informed the Imperial City Commander, all changed their minds at this moment. They immediately beat their chests and feet, and swore to the sky that they would not be in conflict with the Hulu.
There are only 500 defenders in Zhuxian Village from Chen Man down, and they are all surrendered troops from the capital. Wang Zhang personally led a group of guards and Zhou Luo led more than 200 black-shirted rebel generals, which was enough to assist Chen
Man has control over the situation in the walled city.
The reason for performing such a play is not only to gather all the generals and team leaders from all the capitals so that Wang Zhang and the others can enter the Walled City quietly, but also to identify which military officials still have some blood in them so that Zhu Xianyi can immediately
More manpower can be called upon.
Seeing that the situation here was settled, Zhou Jing immediately introduced Wang Zhang to Chen Man.
The next most critical thing for the Zhuxianyi military stronghold is to help Wang Zhang, Chen Man, Zhao Cang, Zhou Xuyi, Zhou Luo and his son to help Wang Zhang firmly control the military stronghold, seal it off, and cut off all connections with the outside world, making the Zhuxianyi military stronghold like a
The silent chess pieces are destined to disturb Hehuai as much as possible in the future. In the overall situation that is destined to disturb Hehuai, Yuehailou and Chihuping Yanzong Palace and Zhennanzong Palace ignore Zhuxianyi Military Village.
The presence.
After arranging all this, Zhou Jingze took the anonymous Jiang Ping, surrounded by several guards, and quietly left the Zhuxianyi military camp in the gradually brightening morning light, heading towards Bianliang to meet up with Xu Huai...
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"How panicked are you all? There are only two to three thousand thieves in black!"
When raising official matters, Yang Jingchen hurried from his residence to the Imperial City Government Office. He looked at all the relatives and ministers and gave orders for marriage affairs. Marquis Du Yu was as distracted as an ant on a hot pot, and started to scold him out of anger.
"Aren't you always complaining that these bandits are too cunning, hiding here and there, and can't be wiped out even if you send out troops? It's fine now, they have surrendered themselves to the trap, you are happy.
It's too late, why are they all crying and mourning, making people think that the heavenly soldiers and generals are coming to kill them?"
"Commander! The person coming may not be the black-shirted thief!"
A military commander came forward and said in a deep voice,
"We first received the warning that the black-shirted thieves were heading north via Caihe River and landed at Zhuxianyi Station to attack Bianliang. We thought that the thieves had fallen into a trap, and there was no need to make a fuss and disturb the district commander while he rested, so we did not report it.
Urge the soldiers of the various gates to go up to the city wall to defend; even when the rebels attacked Nanxun Gate, we just thought that the defender was careless. However, the more than a thousand soldiers and horses subsequently sent to Nanxun Gate for reinforcements have not yet arrived near Nanxun Gate.
, a group of thieves rushed in and were killed halfway..."
"What?"
Yang Jingchen suddenly took a breath of cold air and wished he could smash the tea cup on the table at the face of the bride-to-be.
Things like the bandit army's attack on Bianliang were delayed until now to inform him, and they even did not directly explain the situation clearly when they sent people to his residence.
Yang Jingchen suppressed his inner anger, sat back behind the case, looked at the generals in the hall, and asked,
"Who is in charge of Zhuque Gate now?"
Nanxun Gate is the south middle gate of the outer city, and Zhuque Gate is the south main gate of the inner city (inner city).
From Nanxun Gate to Zhuque Gate, there is an inner street that is more than a hundred steps wide. From Zhuque Gate to the north to Xuande Gate, the south gate of the imperial city, there is an imperial street that is more than 200 steps wide.
The bandit army made a surprise attack and captured Nanxun Gate. Whether it was to hold the position or to repel and annihilate the bandit army, the best place for the front army's command tent was naturally at Zhuque Gate.
Yang Jingchen did not rush directly to the Suzaku Gate, but wanted to maintain his general demeanor and understand the situation more clearly before making any calculations.
"General Congzong has gone to Zhuque Gate to take charge!" someone reported.
Yang Congzong was the eldest son of Yang Jingchen, and he had been in charge of Xiongzhou with him for many years.
Xiongzhou was besieged, and Yang Jingchen had no choice but to surrender to the Red Husbands for the first time, but he still believed that the Red Husbands might not be able to become powerful.
In order to keep room for returning to the south in the future, Yang Jingchen once claimed to be ill and retired, and entrusted the military and political affairs of Xiongzhou to his son Yang Congzong.
After Xiongzhou surrendered its vassal army to Chihu, Yang Congzong led his troops to achieve most of the victory.
After the fall of Bianliang, Yang Jingchen realized that the mansion of Dayue had collapsed and there was no room for recovery, so he came to Bianliang again to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Imperial City Division.
At present, the Imperial City has 50,000 soldiers and horses under its jurisdiction, and there are various military commanders and envoys, and the personal subordinate Yuhou serves as the commander of the army. Yang Congzong is only one of the six military commanders, but he commands the largest number of soldiers and horses.
, they are also the elites of Xiongzhou on whom the Yang family relies for survival.
Hearing that his son Yang Congzong had personally rushed to Zhuque Gate to take charge, he would naturally mobilize Xiongzhou's elite troops to encircle and suppress the bandit army that captured Nanxun Gate. Yang Jingchen breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Is there anything about the bandit army attacking and harassing me?"
General Bage?"
Although Ba Ge is one of the six major marriage commanders of the Imperial City Division, and the two thousand soldiers and horses under his command are far fewer than other marriage commanders, but who dares to ignore the fact that he represents Zhennan Zong's palace and is in Bianliang at any time?
The existence of Ba Ge who conveyed the orders of Zhennan Zong’s palace?
"We have sent people to inform General Bage. The people who just went to report came back and told General Bage to go directly to Zhuque Gate!"
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Bagenai, a veteran of the Red Guards, went straight to the Zhuque Gate after receiving the report. He obviously realized that something was wrong, and it might be more serious than imagined. Yang Jingchen immediately walked out from behind the case and hurriedly
He said, "You guys quickly come with me to Zhuque Gate to take charge..."
