"Little brother has met big brother!" As soon as they saw Zhang Jianyuan coming, Mei San and Mei Si immediately came forward to pay their respects.
"Two worthy brothers, please excuse me. Where is Wu Ziyi?" Zhang Jianyuan relaxed his eyebrows and asked them.
"Reporting to brother, Wu Ziyi has fled into this hall, and there are only a dozen soldiers left around him. Brother said that Wu Ziyi's life should not be harmed, so we only trapped this hall and did not attack by force. How to behave now is up to brother's instructions."
Zhang Jianyuan frowned and felt a little nervous. He knew that there were many secret passages in the palace. The governor's office was originally the emperor's palace. He was really afraid that there would be some secret passages in the palace and Wu Ziyi would escape through the secret passages.
Although Wu Ziyi was cruel and excessive, his methods were vicious and his heart was cold enough to become a powerful enemy. If he really escaped, he would inevitably have troubles in the future, which was not his own blessing, so he hurriedly said: "Send someone
Go in and search layer by layer. If there are any resisters, shoot them without mercy! However, Wu Ziyi must be spared one life."
Although Mei Er is the second eldest brother, in recent days he has mostly been following orders from his eldest brother and has rarely been in the limelight. He only obeys Zhang Jianyuan. How can he let others contribute more than himself? He hurriedly stepped forward to ask for orders: "I would like to be a pioneer."
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Zhang Jianyuan looked at him steadily, nodded and said: "Yes, but this is the last lair of the Wu thief. There may be some hidden weapons. Second brother, please be careful."
Mei Er said proudly: "Thank you, brother! Don't worry, brother, I haven't paid much attention to the hidden weapons of the agencies." He waved his hand, and the elite soldiers brought out from Guxin Pavilion lined up in eight columns and rushed into the spacious hall.
Rows of spears were held up flat, and their sharp blades were like bright steel knives. There were stairs on the left and right of the hall leading to the upper floors. The eight columns were divided into two, like two torrents sweeping across neatly on both sides.
The footsteps made a "boom" sound, which echoed in the hall and struck people's hearts.
Zhang Jianyuan slowly walked into the main hall, slowly looked up at Chengchen on the top of the hall, like a sculpture, silent and motionless...
Wu Ziyi stood alone on the fourth floor of the empty hall. Listening to the neat footsteps coming from downstairs, an indescribable bleak smile appeared on her face. In the empty hall, many plain silk hangings hung from the beams, straight to the ground.
Right in front of Suifeng Manjuan Hall, there is a book desk placed against the wall. There is a dark and shiny box on the desk. It is the wooden box he had in hand when he was reading earlier.
Wu Ziyi took off the blood-stained clothes when he killed the enemy, took off the damaged armor and threw them on the ground. He also pulled out the jade hairpin from which his hair was tied. He wore only a snow-white Gebu underwear and walked slowly to the desk.
Next to him, he touched the dark box with his trembling fingers.
The box was sealed, and there was sealing wax on the mouth. Wu Ziyi touched it for a moment, then suddenly raised his palm and slapped the box with a "pop" sound, cracking the sealing wax on the mouth of the box, and then slowly opened the box.
Yellow silk, with an unsheathed sharp dagger in the middle. The simple and unmodified wooden handle shows its natural beauty. There is a blood groove in the middle of the sharp blade. The handle and blade are almost the same length, and the total length is
No more than a foot
This dagger was Wu Ziyi's lifelong pride. When he struggled to win the top prize in martial arts, the dagger was given to him on the spot by Emperor Wanchang who personally watched the assessment. Emperor Wanchang took it off his waist and handed it to him.
At that moment, Wu Ziyi had already made an oath in his heart: I will be loyal to my emperor in this life.
This sharp dagger was polished until every detail was revealed, but Wu Ziyi was reluctant to use it. He just sealed it in this wooden box now. When it sees the light of day again, it will bear witness to his loyalty to His Majesty, and it will always be the same as that day.
So perfect
Wu Ziyi held the sword and slowly wiped the sharp and cold blade of the sword with his fingertips, making Wu Ziyi feel the last coolness in the world.
Wu Ziyi clenched her dagger and laughed loudly...
There is only one entrance on the highest floor of the main hall. The main force of Guxin Pavilion who came up from the stairs on the left and right sides met here and turned into a column again. Mei Er stood in the middle and looked up at the stairs that extended diagonally. More than ten people
An armored warrior stood on the stairs with his sword across his chest, looking at them nervously.
These dozen or so private soldiers are all burly, but they vary in age. One of them has fine hairs on his lips. He may not be in his prime. The dense clusters of spear blades under the stairs make his nervous forehead appear.
He swallowed with beads of sweat, glanced at the people on the left and right in a panic, and quickly stood firm again. Every soldier was afraid. Maybe they were not so afraid of death, but facing a battle that was destined to fail,
Can't help being frustrated
In the corridor, which was silent except for the bellows-like breathing, Mei Er suddenly shouted: "Those who surrender will not be killed!"
Mei Er's voice of internal strength echoed around, but no one on the stairs answered. The dozen or so Wu soldiers were silent, holding the weapons in their hands tightly.
There was a faint murderous look in Mei Er's eyes, and she shouted again: "Get out of the way!"
More than a dozen Central Army soldiers shrank slightly, but they looked back and their expressions became firm again.
Mei Er's eyes turned cold, he took a long breath, and said coldly: "Raise the spear!"
With a "Huo" sound, the elites of Guxin Pavilion raised their war spears high above their heads, and a forest of spears with sharp blades pointed upwards immediately appeared above their heads.
Mei Er stared coldly at the soldiers on the stairs, holding his right hands together like a knife, and slowly raised them
The soldiers of the Central Army on the steps raised their swords in vain, confronting them with great strength, but they didn't know where to strike with the swords in their hands.
"Throw the spear!" Mei Er's patience finally ran out. He slashed his right hand downwards. All the soldiers standing on the stairs threw their spears with all their strength. There was a buzzing sound on the stairs and handrails.
, the lintels and picture pillars were densely covered with spears, and the dozen or so soldiers had disappeared. They were buried in the thorn bushes composed of spears, and streaks of blood were like snakes crawling out from there.
Come out of the "thorn bush" and slowly flow down the stairs
"dash forward!"
Mei Er shouted low, and immediately rushed out from the back of the team, several soldiers still holding spears in their hands, swung the spears nailed to the stairs, kicked away the blood-soaked corpses, and cleared a passage for Mei Er among the soldiers.
Under the protection of the ground, they walked up step by step along this passage, and there were blood-soaked footprints under their feet.
"Hahahaha..." There was a sudden burst of crazy laughter in the hall, and then it quickly fell silent. Mei Er's heart moved, and he immediately quickened his pace, leading his soldiers to rush towards the pieces of cloth on the transparent hall.
Hanging from the beams of the main hall, gently rhythmizing in the wind like flags to summon souls, huge pillars are hidden among them.
Mei Er's eyebrows suddenly furrowed, and before she even said the word "search", she suddenly smelled a special smell.
He stretched out his arms to stop his soldiers. He glanced around suspiciously and slowly lowered his head to look at the traces of water under his feet, snaking like snakes. Mei Er sniffed and said in surprise: "Why?
liquor?"
With a "boom" sound, a ball of flames rose up and rushed towards them along with the wine flowing everywhere.
"No! Let's go!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Mei Er immediately led his people to escape back to the stairs. When he arrived at the stairs, Mei Er turned around and saw that at this moment, the fire had broken out, and the burning cloths attracted the fire snakes.
Towards the dust-bearing carved beams on the roof
In the spitting flames, he saw Wu Ziyi holding a short sword and stabbing it into his belly. The raging fire surrounded him and swallowed up his burly figure in an instant...
The soldiers surrounding the main hall had to retreat again and again, because the entire main hall had turned into a blazing torch. Even though they were more than ten feet away, the heat downwind still made people's skin and flesh hot. From time to time, there were huge burning trees.
It suddenly fell and threw up a cloud of flying sparks and sawdust, forcing everyone to continue to retreat.
Mei Er looked at the hall that was about to completely collapse and felt really unwilling. Wu Ziyi had caused huge casualties to them. Although the eldest brother Zhang Jianyuan planned to subdue him, Mei Er had actually made up his mind to catch him first.
, tortured him severely and then left it to his elder brother to be a good person. As a result, Wu Ziyi, the bastard, actually committed suicide...
Mei San stood aside with his arms folded, looking at the Rende Tower in the distance, which was about to collapse, and murmured to himself: "Wu Ziyi finally did something pleasing to the eye before he died. They call murder and arson a joy in the world. I am doing it."
I plan to pick two buildings to burn. The fire will be visible to the whole city, which saves me the trouble of doing it... But what if the elder brother asks me later? This is the main hall where the emperor lived back then.
Originally, we had agreed to live with my eldest brother."
"The eldest brother lives..., by the way, where is the eldest brother? Huh? Where has the eldest brother gone..."
Zhang Jianyuan walked silently, along the straight imperial road of the palace. In front of him, he could already see the two towering towers outside the palace gate. Occasionally looking back, he could also see the burning Rende Tower deep in the harem. The wind direction began to change, and then
The wind blew ashes from burning wood
The sun has set in the west, and countless rays of rays penetrate the clouds on the horizon, casting light and shadow into Changsha City. The ashes fly like butterflies in the light and shadow.
In the distance, there was a dull "boom", followed by the cheers of thousands of people. Zhang Jianyuan stopped and looked thoughtfully at the sky where a towering tall building once stood. Now, there.
There was only a column of smoke rising into the night accompanied by the light of the fire. Countless flying ash made the column of smoke look foggy. Rende Tower fell down. The owner of Changsha has changed. He will become the new owner here. My benefactor, miss, why do you insist?
Want to help this hopeless Lin Wei Tianxia? I am right, you are wrong, you are all wrong! You see, countless people are fighting for me or because of me, injured, bleeding, and even wiped out...
But they died without regrets, because the Lin Wei Dynasty had made it impossible for them to survive, and they were willing to build a new world for me—and for themselves.
Many familiar and unfamiliar faces resurfaced in his mind from the depths of his memory. They were all brothers and subordinates who once followed him. Now some of them have fallen asleep underground. The once towering Rende Tower has fallen.
Maybe after a spring rain next year, the ruins will be covered with weeds. In two years, no one will remember that there was a majestic palace there, but those good men who followed him, shed their blood and sacrificed their lives.
What? Where are their heroic spirits?
----------------------------------------Xiangyin County is south from Yueyang
The only road on the official road to Changsha was captured by the Yueyang rebel army going south a month ago. Now stationed here is a 30,000-strong army led by Chen Guangzu, the general of the Yueyang rebel army.
Because Yueyang was called Baling in ancient times, the Yueyang rebels at this time were called "Ba bandits" by the court. When Lin Xi received the imperial edict in Yueyang and dispatched troops according to the order, the Ba bandits had not only captured Changsha, but also took advantage of Changsha.
A great victory, taking advantage of the situation to cover up the enemy, and captured Zhuzhou and Xiangtan in one fell swoop
The Pakistani bandits took the opportunity to expand and reorganize. Currently, they have 80,000 people in Changsha, 40,000 in Zhuzhou, 30,000 each in Xiangtan and Xiangyin, and the total army is 180,000. However, according to the practice of the Pakistani bandits, if there is a war,
, it must be to coerce the people to go to war with the army, so the strength of the troops is difficult to estimate.
Zhang Jianyuan is a very strategic person. He is different from ordinary bandits in that he does not blindly expand the army. He focuses on selecting qualified soldiers as the main force, and the ordinary ones are included in the "subordinate war", which means that if there is a war, they need to be subordinate.
Originally, with the population of Changzhutan and other places, Zhang Jianyuan could expand his army to 300,000 people. However, after selection and reorganization, he ended up only organizing these 180,000 relatively elite troops.
When Lin Xi planned to send troops, Zhang Jianyuan had already mobilized his main force of 120,000 people to go south to Hengyang. The two armies of Chenzhou and Yongzhou, which had originally planned to go north to reinforce Changsha, met unexpectedly and immediately launched a counterattack. Of these two armies, one was the new victor.
The army of the two armies, with the remaining power of seizing three cities in a row, is full of evil spirit; on the other side is the army of revenge, determined to revive the prestige of the Xiaoxiang Guards, and is unstoppable. When these two armies meet, it will naturally be a fight.
But this time, Zhang Jianyuan was obviously more lucky than the Xiaoxiang guards. His army captured Hengyang City earlier. Hengyang City has Changsha Fort in the north and two camps in the south. It has never been undefended, so there is not a single soldier, only a gang.
The government officials maintained basic public security. Zhang Jianyuan's army arrived in Hengyang and took over the city without any effort. Then, relying on the advantage of defending the city and the number of people, it gave Xiaoxiang Guards a powerful kick and kicked them in.
on iron plate
At this time, Zhang Jianyuan had Hengyang City and an army of 120,000 people, and the total force that the Xiaoxiang Guards could mobilize was only eight guards, about 45,000 people, and they still had to carry out siege operations. After the setback in the first battle, the originally high strength
Morale immediately began to decline. It must be said that the Xiaoxiang Guards, who had not fought in a battle for decades, had only a slight psychological advantage over the bandits. Once the battle went unfavorable, this advantage would disappear immediately.
No trace
It's just that most of the soldiers Zhang Jianyuan led at this time were newly expanded troops, and military discipline and coordination were still very problematic. Facing the well-equipped Xiaoxiang Guards, although they were more than adequate to defend the city, they were slightly lacking in aggressiveness, and the battle situation suddenly became stalemate.
At this time, Lin Xi waited for the six Wuhan Guard reinforcements transferred from Hubei to formally swear an oath to go out to quell the rebellion!
