When they saw that there were actually fully armed soldiers rushing out from the corridor of the lobby after throwing the cup, Gao Manzheng was dumbfounded, Yuan Xiaozheng was dumbfounded, and even Yuan Junzhang was a little dumbfounded.
The incident happened suddenly. Even if he was as smart as he was, he didn't know what to do for a moment?
You can’t say I didn’t drop this cup, right?
"Pindao just slipped his hand..."
Kong Qing's face was still calm and calm, as if he didn't pay attention to the soldiers who rushed in at all, and he clapped his hands lightly.
"I didn't expect there to be five hundred swordsmen!"
"Ouch..."
At this moment, Gao Manzhi, a sturdy man sitting next to Gao Manzheng, roared suddenly, jumped up, and rushed towards Yuan Junzhang, who was sitting in the middle of the lobby.
"Yuan Junzhang, how dare you plot against us!"
His reaction was quick and his response was very correct.
At this time, the most effective way to protect Gao Manzheng is to behead Yuan Junzhang directly.
Seeing Gao Manzhi's ferocious expression, although Yuan Junzhang had taken precautions, his heart still trembled suddenly.
"Where is the Dharma Protector!"
"Om ah hum..."
Following a vague Sanskrit chant, a man who had been standing behind Yuan Junzhang just now, like a guard, suddenly jumped forward and rushed towards Gao Manzhi's body.
boom!
The two people collided, causing a muffled sound in the lobby.
Gao Manzhi staggered back two steps, then casually picked up a copper candlestick next to him that weighed one or two hundred kilograms and used it as a weapon. He took a step forward and smashed the thick candlestick in his hand towards the figure blocking him.
Go down.
"Go to hell!"
The figure opposite didn't have any weapons for a moment, so he simply lowered his head, grabbed the cases in front of Yuan Junzhang with both hands, swung them, and faced the candlestick in front of him.
Click!
After a loud noise, the bluestone ground shattered under the feet of these two people.
Yuan Junzhang also took advantage of this moment and crawled to the corner of the lobby, mingling with the soldiers pouring out of the back hall. He took his sword from their hands and waved it with all his strength.
.
"Gathering the strength of the masses, we can defeat a thousand people!"
As he spoke, his momentum instantly rose, and then he swung the long sword in his hand towards Gao Manzheng.
"Come on, kill the high thief!"
Just as he finished speaking, but before the soldiers rushed to Gao Manzheng's side, a clear voice suddenly came from the lobby.
"Daxingtai, Pindao advises you to exercise restraint..."
The speaker was Kong Qing, who was dressed in white and looked like a fairy. He was standing behind the confused Yuan Xiaozheng, with a sharp ancient sword in his hand resting on his neck.
"We have hostages!"
As he said that, Kong Qing looked at Gao Manzheng, who had just gotten up from behind the desk with a look of disbelief, with a half-smile, and waved.
"General Gao, what are you waiting for? Come here quickly!"
Yuan Junzhang looked at his son with a depressed look on his face, with a sword held at his neck.
This treacherous son, just now he was asked to return to camp quickly, but he insisted on joining in the fun. Now he is fine. He has seen the fun, but his own life is about to be lost.
"Why, Daxantai..."
The ancient sword in Kong Qing's hand slowly dragged on Yuan Xiaozheng's neck, and a trace of blood appeared under the sword.
"Are you really not planning to have your son?"
Seeing the helpless expression on his son's face, Yuan Junzhang couldn't bear it anymore and shouted loudly.
"Stop it!"
Whoosh!
The soldiers who rushed in all around suddenly stopped.
"What a good soldier!"
Kong Qing looked around with a relaxed expression, as if he was not worried about the situation around him at all.
"It's not without reason that Saint Pingyang Princess values you so much, Yuan Junzhang, but you'd better keep these soldiers away from Pindao now, because Pindao is less courageous. If he is frightened, he will wave his hand slightly.
Shit, Daxingtai, you should send the white-haired person to the black-haired person."
boom!
There was another loud noise, and Gao Manzhi, who was in the center of the lobby, had another flawless fight with the guard wearing heavy armor. The side branch of a candlestick broke in the sound, and flew off the guard's head.
He went over and knocked off the helmet on the guard's head, revealing a shiny bald head.
"Huh?"
Kong Qing's eyes swept across the other party's shiny bald head. This brightness was definitely the result of having his hair shaved off and then applied with a layer of oil...
His eyebrows twitched slightly.
Why is it that wherever Pindao goes, he always encounters bald men who want to fight against Pindao...
Don’t you know that what Master Qingwei hates the most is the bald head of the Fahua Sect?
As if being reminded by the loud noise, Yuan Junzhang looked at the handsome Taoist priest in front of him, gritted his teeth bitterly, and waved his hand.
"You wait to guard the door and don't let anyone escape, especially the thief Gao Manzheng!"
"yes!"
After these soldiers agreed, they immediately retreated around the hall like running water, guarding the doors and windows.
"Yuan Junzhang!"
At this time, Gao Manzheng, who heard Yuan Junzhang calling himself a thief, pointed at him with his fingers, a look of heartache on his face.
"After so many years of our friendship, you can actually plot against me?"
Hearing Gao Manzheng's words, Yuan Junzhang also felt a little embarrassed on his face.
Yes, the two of them are indeed close friends. Not only are they good friends, but they are also the brothers-in-law of Dingyang Khan Liu Wuzhou. Together with Song Jingang of that year, they are also known as the three outstanding brothers-in-law, and they can be called the most trusted people of Liu Wuzhou.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Yu Chigong's wife came from the Su family, a prominent official in the Sui Dynasty, and that Yuchi Gong had a very good relationship with her and had no intention of changing her even after he died, Liu Wuzhou would have tried to make Yuchi Gong his brother-in-law, and he would have been with the above
Those three who make up the Four Heavenly Kings.
"So what if I plot against you?"
The guilt only lasted for a moment, and soon Yuan Junzhang felt confident again.
"You said today that you want to return to the Tang Dynasty, and tomorrow you say that you want to return to the Tang Dynasty. Have you never thought about what will happen to me, Daxantai, who was canonized by the Turks after returning to the Tang Dynasty? Did you see how Li Mi died...
…”
After hearing what Yuan Junzhang said, Gao Manzheng immediately retorted.
"But Emperor Tang has already said that he will not settle old accounts, and is even willing to give you an iron bond to swear to you..."
"Well, that's right!"
Kong Qing, who was standing aside, interrupted.
"This poor Taoist can testify that the sage has said that he will never be liquidated, and you will be made a Duke of the country as soon as you enter."
"Stop it!"
Yuan Junzhang waved his hand and said nonchalantly.
"It's not like Liu Bang didn't give Han Xin iron coupons back then, he was still the king, and then..."
After hearing what Yuan Junzhang said, Gao Manzheng was slightly stuck.
Yes, he doesn't know now whether the emperor's guarantee is of any use.
Ding-ding-ding-ding!
Just when Yuan Junzhang was talking to Gao Manzheng, Gao Manzhi was waving the candlestick, clinking into a ball with the bald donkey like iron. At this time, the candlestick in his hand could no longer see its original appearance.
, and the cases opposite also look scarred.
But no matter how hard Gao Manzhi tried, he couldn't defeat the bald man in front of him.
"Even so, as the saying goes, brothers should never speak ill of each other..."
Gao Manzheng looked at Yuan Junzhang with a heartbroken expression.
"Let's just part ways. Why do we want to ambush a knifeman and take the life of a certain family?"
"nonsense!"
Yuan Junzhang said with a cold face to Gao Manzheng's question.
"You leave today and he leaves tomorrow. If our army's morale is shaken by then, how can I still manage the army?"
"joke!"
Gao Manzheng pointed his finger at Yuan Junzhang, his whole body trembling.
"You can go down and ask yourself which brother is willing to follow you back to the Turks. Am I trying to shake the morale of the army? This is already the morale of the military now!"
"rest assured!"
Yuan Junzhang answered without hesitation.
"After I kill you, I will turn the morale of the army back."
…
"Du Yuhou..."
A handsome Taoist priest dressed in white was standing in Gao Manzheng's camp and said to a lean man in front of him.
"I just want to ask you a question, do you plan to summon the troops?"
"no!"
After Du Yuhou, known as Lao Du, heard Kong Qing's words, he immediately shook his head like a rattle.
"Without General Gao's order, gathering troops privately is a capital crime, and I will never do it."
"..."
In Yuan Junzhang's lobby, a Taoist priest in white who was threatening the hostages with a sword suddenly turned his head and said to Gao Manzheng.
"General Gao, now that the matter is over, do you want to summon your troops here?"
"I think so too..."
Gao Manzheng smiled bitterly at the Taoist priest in white.
"But the question is how do we gather people now?"
"oh!"
The Taoist priest in white nodded and then fell silent.
The next moment, a Taoist priest in white standing in front of Lao Du nodded to him in the same way.
"Don't worry, General Gao has agreed to gather the troops, so hurry up and beat the drum to gather the generals!"
"Taoist Priest, please stop joking..."
Lao Du smiled bitterly and bowed to Kong Qing.
"General Gao is not here, so why did he agree to it? You'd better get out quickly and don't interfere with what I'm doing."
"how?"
Kong Qing shook the whisk in his hand and looked at Du Yuhou seriously.
"So, Du Yuhou, you are not going to obey General Gao's orders?"
"It's not that I don't intend to..."
Before Lao Du finished speaking, he saw the white-clothed Taoist priest in front of him stretching out his fist.
boom!
After a muffled sound, Lao Du fell to the ground, his limbs twitching.
"well!"
A certain Taoist priest in white sighed.
"You have to do everything yourself..."
As he spoke, he lowered his head and dragged Lao Du to the side of the camp, throwing it behind a pile of boxes. Then he took out a strange candlestick from his sleeve, lit it, put it on the table, and shouted loudly.
"Someone is coming!"
A few minutes later, the exciting drum beat sounded and spread throughout the military camp.
After the two drums were played, more than a dozen men wearing powerful clothes or armor had gathered in the camp.
"Everyone..."
Seeing that the people had almost arrived, Lao Du, who was standing next to the main seat, took off a piece of order from the desk, held it in his hand, and circled around the men below so that they could all see clearly.
to the content of the command.
"Before General Gao left, he gave an order to a certain general, asking him to gather everyone half an hour after he left, bring weapons to Daxingtai's mansion, and admonish Daxingtai, asking him to be considerate of everyone and not to follow the Turks.
The road has gone dark. Half an hour has passed now. Please gather your team immediately and go to Daxantai's mansion!"
"yes!"
After seeing the order written by Gao Manzheng, these men had no doubts and bowed in unison.
"We obey!"
"besides……"
After the men finished saluting and stood up, Du Yuhou nodded, and then pointed at Kong Qing, who was standing aside with a candlestick in his hand.
"I believe everyone knows Taoist Priest Qingwei, and everyone is aware of his bravery."
After hearing what Lao Du said, the people present nodded silently.
That's right, they all know how brave this little white-faced Taoist priest is.
In fact, nearly half of the people present watched Kong Qing throw people away with their own eyes, while the other half were thrown away by Kong Qing themselves.
"Actually, this Taoist Priest Qingwei is the envoy sent by Princess Pingyang, specifically to welcome us back to the Tang Dynasty."
After hearing what Lao Du said, the eyes of the generals below suddenly lit up.
If their return to the Tang Dynasty was just their own plan at the beginning, then the appearance of Princess Pingyang's envoy now shows that the Tang army has also recognized them.
This is a good thing!
Lao Du, who identified Kong Qing's identity, looked around, looked at the expressions of the people present, and then waved his hand.
"General Gao specifically told us before leaving that Taoist Priest Qingwei will be solely responsible for taking everyone to the military remonstrance this time. Do you have any objections to this?"
"It's okay to have objections..."
Kong Qing waved his whisk with a smile and smiled at these people.
"As long as any one of you can defeat Pindao, then Pindao is willing to be driven and will never lie. Does anyone want to give it a try?"
As Kong Qing's gaze swept across the crowd, the generals below were all silent, and no one stood up to express opposition.
Just kidding, this Taoist priest has a strong background and strong fists. He is so full that he is now going to be the first to be the first. Anyway, he is not always under the jurisdiction of the other party...
"It seems that you all have no objections..."
Seeing the obedient expressions of these people, Kong Qing nodded with satisfaction.
"Thanks to everyone's kindness, Pindao will temporarily lead everyone to give military advice. I also ask you all to obey Pindao's orders and don't disobey them, otherwise General Gao will be ruthless in military law when he comes back!"
After hearing Kong Qing's words, all these generals surrendered.