Cheng Kai's words made everyone in the hall jump, especially Mrs. Tang, who was weak by nature. She was so frightened by Cheng Kai's shouting that she almost cried. She held her husband's hand tightly, palm in hand.
Sweat was already oozing out.
Li Yan gently patted Tang's little hand to express comfort, then turned to face Cheng Kai and said calmly: "This general's words are wrong. The student thought that it is not a big deal to miss the old master."
Wrong, if the student had recently taken refuge with the prince, he would immediately lead people to capture the old master, which would be despicable."
"You... Cheng Kai glared at Li Yan and closed his mouth angrily. He couldn't refute what Li Yan said. If he immediately bites his old master now, that would be really looked down upon.
Pang Gang on the side also understood Li Yan's mood. He smiled and said: "Jing Bai is right. Although you have taken refuge with me, you can still remember Li Zicheng's kindness. This kind of kindness is really rare. This time I will
I won’t force you, but after wiping out Li Zicheng and the others, you have to fulfill your responsibilities, can you do it?"
Li Yan saw that the boss had already talked about this. Is there anything else he could do? So he had no choice but to nod, "Since the prince has an order, Li Yan will naturally obey it. I will not let down the prince's expectations in my humble position."
"Okay, that's it." Pang Gang stood up, "Jingbai, you can rest first, and I won't disturb you. By the way, the king will hold a banquet here tomorrow to greet you, so you must
I want to be rewarded!"
After hearing what Pang Gang said, Li Yan quickly stood up with a look of gratitude on his face, "The prince cares about his subordinates. I am grateful for my humble position!"
After watching Pang Gang leave the house, Li Yan sat back on the chair and looked out the door without saying a word, silently thinking about his thoughts.
Mrs. Tang knew that her husband was worried, so she didn't dare to disturb him. She just stood by her husband's side silently to accompany him. After a long time, she heard Li Yan mutter to himself in annoyance: "Madam, is my husband an unfaithful person?"
A righteous man would betray King Chuang and take refuge with others. How will future generations record him as his husband a hundred years from now?"
Seeing her husband's weakness at this moment, Mrs. Tang shook her head and said: "My dear husband, have you forgotten how King Chuang treated you? If King Chuang hadn't listened to you, why would you have ended up like this?"
What's more, he took the help of others and completely consumed the Henan Camp, otherwise you and I would not be here today."
Tang is Li Yan's wife. She knows very well how Li Zicheng has squeezed out her husband in recent times. Although Tang has a docile and virtuous personality, she is also from a noble family, and at least she still has good taste. Li Yan is
After joining the Dashun Army, Tang's previous respect and later cold reception had allowed Tang to see Li Zicheng's true colors, so she was not very disgusted with Pang Gang's olive branch extended to her husband.
Looking at Li Yan's still troubled expression, Tang said softly: "My lord, as the saying goes, a good bird chooses a tree to live in. My lord has read poetry and books since he was a child. Now is the time to make achievements. How can I be so decadent?"
I know that my husband surrendered to the King of Zhou because he couldn’t bear my concubine to accompany you, but after surrendering to the Queen of Zhou, you are afraid that people will say you are ungrateful and capricious. I don’t know if I am right?”
Li Yan sighed: "What the lady said is absolutely true. My husband is really hesitant. I am afraid that the world will think of my husband as a capricious villain. Therefore, although I have surrendered to the king of Zhou, I still have many concerns."
After hearing this, Mrs. Tang couldn't help but burst into tears. She cried and said: "Husband, since you have surrendered to the King of Zhou, you must wholeheartedly do your best for the King of Zhou. Today I see that the King of Zhou is a decisive person. Today, my husband has just
Surrender him. He can still persuade him with good words, but if your husband still shows this attitude of thinking about his old master in front of him in the future, I am afraid that no matter how generous the King of Zhou is, he will feel disgusted with you. You have read poetry and books.
, don’t you still understand this truth?”
Tang's words were like a heavy hammer hitting Li Yan's heart. Then he suddenly remembered that if he was just immersed in the past, then Pang Gang would not tolerate it indefinitely no matter how generous he was. According to
Judging from the attitude of the general just now, if he continues like this, even if Pang Gang can tolerate it, the rest of his colleagues will not tolerate him as an alien. I am afraid that if he is not careful, he will only end up with a different body and a different place.
end.
Thinking of this, Li Yan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and thought to himself: I am so conceited and smart that I can't even see through the truth that my wife can understand at a glance. It's really embarrassing.
Holding Tang's hand, Li Yan said: "What Madam said is true. My husband is confused and can't even understand such a simple thing. My ten years of hard study have been in vain."
Ah! Madam, don’t worry, I will apologize to the King of Zhou tomorrow.”
Seeing that her husband finally turned around, Tang's heart dropped to the ground. She burst into tears and smiled, looking charming: "I wish you could understand, I see that the king of Zhou is also a wise master, and my husband is in it."
The service under his command will surely fulfill his ambition, and in the future he will honor his ancestors and leave his name in history... Not to mention that Tang in the room was doing Li Yan's ideological work, let's just say that Pang came to the front hall of the mansion and sat down after leaving the door, and followed Pang
Cheng Kai, who was just behind him, said angrily: "Your Majesty, this Li Yan is too shameful. Your Majesty values him so much that he never kills him and instead wants to give him a future, but he has made a fool of himself."
He looks like he misses his old master, which is really disrespectful."
Pang Gang did not speak. He just closed his eyes and thought for a while before saying, "Forget it, don't blame him too harshly. After all, he has just surrendered to me. It is inevitable that he will have some thoughts in his heart. We can't be too harsh."
Don't be impatient and give him some time."
Cheng Kai hesitated for a moment and then asked: "What if Li Yan doesn't sincerely submit to the prince in the future?"
"Huh!" A hint of coldness appeared on Pang Gang's face, "If he still refuses to use me sincerely, I will not be stingy with a lead bullet... The night slowly falls on the earth. Look,
The seemingly calm capital city was now surging with turbulence. By this time, the news that Li Zicheng's bandits and Pang Gang's army had been wiped out had spread throughout the city. At this moment, I don't know how many people were staring at Pang Gang with anxiety.
Fresh movement.
There were more than a dozen men in gorgeous clothes sitting in a brightly lit and splendidly decorated hall. They were each sitting on chairs, looking restless. One was about forty years old, fat and had a round face.
The man opposite looked at an old man who was about fifty years old, with a thin face and eyes that were always moving around in circles. He looked very shrewd and asked anxiously: "Mr. Zhou, Pang Gang has entered the city now. The emperor is in the dust, how can you
As the head of the dynasty, I have to find a way out!"
This old man with a thin appearance was Zhou Kui, the head of the dynasty. The father of Empress Zhou was known for his greed for money. When the Dashun Army entered the city yesterday, he was panicked and the mansion was in chaos. Unexpectedly,
Before the Shun army could sit down after entering the city, the Great Zhou army led by Pang Gang arrived outside the city. After a day of fierce fighting, the entire Dashun army was wiped out. Now the Great Zhou army occupied the city of Beijing and began to sweep the entire city.
The search for the remaining thieves and bandits made all the dignitaries in the capital start to panic. They were afraid that Pang Gang would carry out massacres in the name of tracking down the remaining bandits. This kind of thing was not without precedent. Since there were so many people during the day, at night
At that time, some people who were usually close to Zhou Kui secretly went to Zhou Kui's house to seek help from Zhou Kui. The person who just asked Zhou Kui was Zhang Xinke, a member of the household department.
After hearing what Zhang Xinke said, Zhou Kui said impatiently: "What can I do? The traitor Pang Gang has already taken over the capital. The Forbidden City is already surrounded by them. We don't know whether the emperor is alive or dead in the Forbidden City.
, there’s nothing I can do!”
Zhang Xinke asked unwillingly: "Is there any news from Queen Zhou that week?"
Zhou Kui became angry, widened his eyes and said: "I said, now I can't even protect myself, how can I care about Queen Zhou!"
As soon as Zhou Kui said these words, a feeling of contempt arose in the hearts of the people around him. This old guy was usually the father-in-law of his own country. Now that they have invaded the city, they don't even care about their daughter.
If you hadn't had your daughter supporting you in the palace all these years, you would have been living in peace and quiet.
Zhou Kui lost his temper, but in the end there was nothing he could do. He just sat on the chair and groaned in silence. The people around him were usually smarter than the others when it came to making money, but now that such a big thing had happened, they could only act dumbly.
Sitting there and staring at each other, it was not until this moment that they realized that people like them worked hard to make money on weekdays, but when this disaster came, they were of no use at all. This kind of feeling of just watching others come to the door was really real.
It's so uncomfortable.
Time passed little by little, and soon it was the fourth watch (one to three o'clock in the middle of the night). Many people fell asleep, but there was still no one in the small courtyard where Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing and others were hiding. Under a dim light, Li Zicheng
His face was as gloomy as the upcoming snowstorm in northern Xinjiang.
Looking at the silent crowd, Li Zicheng said: "Song Military Advisor, Niu Military Advisor, you have all seen what happened today. Those Zhou troops were in the city to kill and arrest people. They relied on the strength of their numbers to attack every household.
They started searching, and many of our brothers who were hiding around were found by them. According to the current situation, if we don't think of a way, they will search us tomorrow, and by then we and more than a hundred brothers will all escape.
No, what are your suggestions?"
Niu Jinxing no longer had the high-spirited look he had after tripping Li Yan yesterday. His face showed a deep look of exhaustion. He sighed helplessly and said: "King Chuang, we made plans for today yesterday.
It seems that the plan we made is not going to work. Today, the Zhou army is searching all the places in the city like crazy. Even the refugees gathered here are searching one by one, let alone us.
At the same time, they also gathered local smugglers such as Li Zhengbao of this generation to identify people one by one. If they are not locals in the capital, they can't hide it from their eyes."
Looking at the depressing words Niu Jinxing said, Li Zicheng said impatiently: "I'm asking you to think of something, not saying these depressing words. Do you have any good ideas?"
Niu Jinxing opened her mouth wide and shook her head sadly, with a look of frustration on her face. Li Zicheng saw it and felt a sense of disappointment. He was completely disappointed with this military advisor who could only brag and flatter horses. Then he looked at
Song Xiance on the side.
At this time, Song Xiance's originally thin face became more sunken, and the forehead bones were more prominent. Moreover, his energy did not appear to be very good. The calm look that he had in control in the past was gone.
He frowned and said: "King Chuang, the situation is already very serious now. If we don't take action tonight, none of us will be able to escape when the Zhou army finds this place tomorrow. The only solution for now is to leave the city overnight!"
"Going out of town overnight?"
Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing were startled. The oil lamp placed on the table was blown out by the air they sprayed. The room suddenly fell into darkness, and only Niu Jinxing's angry voice could be heard in the darkness.
"Daozhang Song, you are crazy. The city gate must be tightly closed at night and heavily guarded. If we go there, wouldn't we be falling into a trap?"
Song Xiance's voice also came from the side. "I didn't even say that I wanted to go through the city gate. I don't believe that they can see all the walls in Beijing that are more than 20 miles long.
There are certain places they saw, and we will leave the city from there. We don’t need much, just a long and strong rope is enough!”
As soon as Song Xiance's words came out, the room almost fell into silence. It was obvious that the people in the room were deep in thought... The night slowly passed, and it was the fifth watch. This was also the darkest night and the most tiring one.
At that time, the patrolling sergeants on the city wall at the top of Beijing were exhausted and their steps had already staggered. They were already very sleepy after patrolling all night. Although they had to cheer themselves up under strict military discipline, they had already started to stagger.
The initial alertness is gone.
At around five o'clock in the morning, hundreds of dark figures cautiously avoided the cavalry patrolling the streets. They slowly touched the foot of the west city wall, and the dozen or so black figures headed by them slowly touched the city wall.
There are only ten soldiers patrolling this wall that is hundreds of paces long. There are not many people. After all, they are just defending the city. When there is no enemy situation, the officers cannot send all the sergeants to the wall, otherwise the sergeants will
You don't have to do anything else during the day, just sleep.
When more than a dozen shadowy figures touched the city wall, they discovered that although there were not many soldiers patrolling here, there were more than a dozen bright torches lit on the city wall. This section of the city wall was illuminated very brightly. If you wanted to
It is a fantasy that hundreds of people could escape from the city wall without alerting the defenders.
The leading figure in black gritted his teeth. It seemed that he had to take the risk. He winked behind him. He took out a short blade from his body, quietly touched the city wall, and lay down under the stairs.
After a while, a group of soldiers walked over with the unique military pace. A light of admiration flashed in the eyes of the men in black who were crouching under the stairs. Although these soldiers had been patrolling all night, they still did not dare to look.
The title of the elite army of the Zhou Dynasty is well-deserved, but no matter how elite they are, they will die if they block their way of survival.
After the ten soldiers passed in front of them, a man in black who was leading them glanced back, and a dozen people behind him immediately jumped out from behind and rushed towards the ten soldiers in front.
More than a dozen men in black moved swiftly, with ruthless precision, as decisively as hungry wolves pouncing on food. In less than a split second, a thumping sound was heard, and all ten patrolling soldiers were thrown to the ground.
, there was a short blade stuck in their necks, and blood flowed out. After they twitched on the ground for a while, they could no longer move. Under the light of the surrounding torches, streams of dark red liquid
It slowly flowed on the city wall, and there was a faint smell of blood floating in the air.
After succeeding, the leading man in black said in a deep voice: "Send someone quickly to report to King Chuang. Please ask King Chuang to go down the city wall from here immediately."
"yes!"
Soon, hundreds of Taoist shadows came here quickly. After they climbed onto the city wall, five ropes had already been tied to the crenellations on the city wall, and one end of the rope hung down to the dark place outside the city wall.
Among the hundreds of people who came up, the leader of the Yi people was wearing a gray short shirt worn by ordinary people, with a short beard on his face, and a look of majesty in his eyes. He was Li Zicheng. After listening to Song Xiance's words, Li Zicheng also realized
He realized that if he stayed in the city and waited for the Zhou army to search, there would be only a dead end waiting for them. Rather than sit back and wait for death, it was better to fight hard. Therefore, he made an astonishing decision and took all the remaining members of the guard camp to break out at night.
city wall.
The dozen or so people who took action just now are the most elite men in the Guards Battalion. They are all desperadoes who have followed me loyally for more than ten years and are used to killing people. That's why I was able to take down the ten patrolmen just now without being prepared.
The sergeant of Zhou Dynasty was killed.
The leader of the men in black whispered: "King Chuang, the ropes are tied, please get down quickly!"
Li Zicheng was not polite. He said to Niu Jinxing, who had been following him closely, and Song Xiance, who needed two people's support to avoid being pulled down: "Commander Niu, Military Counselor Song, you go down together with Gu. Military Counselor Song, you can do it."
?"
Song Xiance, who was supported by two guardsmen and had not expended much physical strength, nodded lightly with sweat on his face.
Li Zicheng didn't talk nonsense, waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's go down first!"
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to test the rope, and took the lead in turning over and sliding down the city wall. Niu Jinxing did not dare to show weakness and slid down immediately, followed by Song Xiance and the soldiers of the Guards Battalion.
Two quarters of an hour later, there were no more people on the city wall, only the bodies of the mission soldiers lying on the ground. Not long after, a group of sergeants who came to change shifts came over from under the city wall. As soon as they climbed up to the city wall, the first soldier
His eyes saw the ten corpses and the blood that had long solidified on the ground.
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