Yang Guang's sword and Lai Hu'er's official prestige were far more effective on the soldiers and horses of the imperial camp than on the soldiers of the Xiongwu camp. Especially when it was discovered that Lai Hu'er, Yu Wenshi and five thousand reinforcements were following behind them, many imperial soldiers
The soldiers of the battalion took the initiative to put down their weapons and let go of the camp gate that they had defended to the death a quarter of an hour ago.
The brothers from the Xiongwuying camp cheered and swarmed in. "The emperor has promised to bring justice to everyone, and General Yuwen is going to kill his relatives out of justice!" The brothers who came later quickly passed the good news to Paoze, who had previously blocked the gate of the imperial camp.
.Although with some distrust, Qin Xingshi took the initiative to hand over the command of the troops and horses. With Yang Guang's emperor's sword and the personal guarantee of coming to protect his son, he could not help but choose not to compromise.
"You and Lieutenant Cui will lead the brothers in your headquarters to surround the imperial camp. If you don't have my order, kill every one who escapes!" Yu Wenshiji glanced at Qin Xingshi and deliberately raised the order a little higher to calm the morale of the troops.
Seriously, as for whether Qin Xingshi's previous actions violated military laws, he had no time to investigate.
"Lieutenant Zhang, you order five hundred brothers to follow me into the camp to capture people. Anyone who resists will be killed!" After Cui Qian and Qin Xingshi were pushed away, Yuwen Shiji turned his head to Zhang Xiu again, his eyes full of expectation.
He needs the latter's full cooperation. Whether the Yuwen family can survive this hurdle depends on whether Zhang Xiu can do it.
Living up to his hint, Zhang Xiu tried his best to select among his troops those who had little connection with the Yuwen family and who were extremely loyal to his coach. More than forty of them were even children from his hometown recruited by Zhang Xiu himself. They
They were all inspired by the stories of Li Xu and Zhang Xiu to seek fame in the army. They had seen the general's brocade robe, but they had not seen the blood stains and dirt hidden under the brocade robe.
"Come, old general, please hold the Emperor's Sword and enter the camp to declare His Majesty's will!" After Zhang Xiu calmly arranged the formation, Yu Wenshiji first hugged his fists and then made a gesture of invitation.
"Yeah. That's fine!" Lai Hu'er nodded and strode into the depths of the imperial camp. Seeing the Emperor's Sword in his arms, many officers took the lead in kneeling down. Zhang Xiu followed the marks on the armors of everyone in the camp.
, ordered people to pick up those who were higher than the captain and put them at the end of the team.
Seeing Yu Wenshiji personally leading the army into the camp to capture people, Huaji and Zhiji, the two brothers, immediately lost their backbone. They knew that the situation was over, so they did not dare to take advantage of the situation, so they obediently opened the incense table in the middle of the army.
"According to reports from loyal soldiers, brothers Yuwenji and Zhiji colluded with individual imperial camp generals to sell food to support the enemy. The Holy Spirit issued an oral order and asked the Navy Commander to come and protect the children. Yuwenshi, the commander of the Xiongwu Camp, and all those involved were captured and escorted immediately.
Enter the palace and be interrogated by Your Majesty in person!" Lai Hu'er finished recounting Yang Guang's oral instructions neatly, held up the emperor's sword with both hands, and held the country's head high.
"Impossible, didn't my father ask for mercy in front of His Majesty?" Yu Wen Zhiji was so frightened that his body softened and he collapsed in front of the incense table. Before he could continue to argue, his voice was immediately replaced by a lot of calls of injustice.
He was swallowed up, "Unjustly accused, old general, we didn't know anything about it!" "I am unjustly accused!" The other dandy boys who were mixed up in the army to gain fame immediately lost the domineering energy they had when chasing Zhao Ziming, and they cried and fought for the earth.
Howling incessantly.
"Since Your Majesty said he would interrogate himself, he would not wrongly accuse an innocent person!" Lai Hu'er couldn't bear the cowardice of these nephews, so he snorted coldly, put the Emperor's Sword on the incense table, and turned around to leave the tent.
. Taking advantage of the opportunity that came to Yuwen's door, he gave Yuwen's family a hard blow, which really made him feel happy. But since Yuwen Shiji could still gain Yang Guang's trust, Laihu'er didn't want to do things too badly. So he deliberately
Take the first step to avoid witnessing the Yuwen family brothers killing each other and embarrassing both parties.
"All the people above the rank of captain have been tied up and escorted into the palace. The others are locked up in the camp and awaiting summons at any time!" Yu Wenshiji's face was as cold as ice, and the voice coming out of his throat was without any emotion. Hearing the general's words
After giving the order, Zhang Xiu and his men rushed forward quickly and pulled up the generals who were still lying on the ground crying out for injustice one by one and tied them with ropes.
"Unjustly accused. We are unjustly accused!" More than twenty captains, more than a dozen other generals, governors, and soldiers all burst into tears. They did not dare to resist, and allowed Zhang Xiu's soldiers to tie them up like sheep.
After leaving the Chinese army, someone walked a little too slowly and was immediately punched and kicked by the brothers from the Xiongwu Camp.
"Let you hack Captain Wu to death!" "Let you hunt down Zhao Canjun!" "Let you wear better armor than us!" Many people took the opportunity to avenge themselves and beat the kidnapped until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen.
Seeing his colleagues around him being kidnapped one after another, Yuwen Zhiji was frightened. He took a few steps forward and hugged Yuwen Shiji's legs. "Second brother, second brother, help me. I know I was wrong. I will never do it again."
I don’t dare anymore!”
Hearing his brother's cry, Yuwen Shiji could no longer keep his face straight, and tears rolled down his face. "You still know you were wrong! The entire Yuwen family has suffered miserably at the hands of you two. My grandfather is still apologizing in front of His Majesty.
, how can this crime of betraying the country and seeking glory be easily forgiven!"
Yuwen Zhiji usually hated his second brother's wordiness the most, so he didn't dare to talk back at this moment. He just hugged the other man's thigh and cried non-stop. Yu Wenzhiji, however, was a bachelor, so he stepped forward and pushed him, scolding him loudly.
He said, "Why are you crying? If you cry, will he have the guts to help you? After the two of us die, he will be the only one left in the Yuwen family. If he doesn't add insult to injury now, you should recite the Buddha's name. You are still thinking about him."
Come and save you!"
"Brother, what are you talking about? I just heard about this and I wish I could use my own life to take the blame for you two!" Yu Wenshiji wiped away his tears and choked up his defense.
"In fact, in the end, it was you who came to arrest us and bring them to justice! A man is responsible for his own affairs. Apart from Zhiji and me, and a few soldiers of our Yuwen family, no one else was involved in this case. You can arrest both of us.
Go and do the work, don't make things difficult for my brothers!" Yu Wenhuaji refused to listen to his brother's explanation. He put his hands behind his back and strode up to Zhang Xiu, "Tie him up, Captain Zhang. Congratulations on your great contribution!"
"How offended the general is!" Zhang Xiu first bowed to Yu Wenhuaji, then personally held a rope and stood behind the confessor. His stature was far less than Yu Wenhuaji's height, and he almost had to raise his feet to move.
Straightening the rope. The moment he passed the rope under Yu Wenhua and his armpits, Zhang Xiu whispered into Yu Wenhua's ears in a very low voice: "Uncle Mao instigated, and Zheng Lu led the strings. You are just being deceived."
!”
After saying that, he quickly pulled his head away from Yu Wenhua and his ears, and shouted at everyone: "Everyone just escaped from death. Logically speaking, Zhang should not make things difficult for you. But I have my own destiny, and I dare not violate it.
Don’t worry, everyone, the emperor is a wise man. When you meet him, you can tell the truth and don’t make random comments!"
"Hmph, you think we are the folk shrews!" Yu Wenhuaji snorted coldly and strode towards the tent door. The moment he turned around, he stepped on Zhang Xiu hard with the heel of his boot.
Pain surged into Zhang Xiu's head along with ecstasy. He knew that Yu Wenhuaji understood his hint. He handed over the task of tying up other generals to a lieutenant under his command, and walked into the Chinese army with his absolute direct descendants.
Another leather tent on the side.
In the meeting tent dedicated to the direct descendants of the Yuwen family, several close friends of the family were in a mess. Seeing Zhang Xiu enter, they immediately gathered around. "Zhang Duwei, you have to tell the second young master to let him go."
He saved the prince!" Yu Wenmao, Yu Wenming's distant uncle and his personal aide, was the first to say. Because he usually moved around a lot, he got to know Zhang Xiu very well and knew that the other party was a confidant of the family head who had personally conquered him. He could do it at critical moments.
Use as backup.
"Keep your voice low, don't let people outside hear it. The prince has been kept as a hostage by the emperor, and the second prince is not allowed to act rashly. He asked me to ask you, what is going on? Who is involved? How many people know the details?
?" Zhang Xiu looked around carefully, first ordered his cronies to hold the account, and then asked in a very low voice.
"It's a long story. At first, everyone thought they couldn't defend this place, so they followed the Duke's order to find a way out for themselves!" Yu Wenmao didn't dare to hide anything and reported in a voice as loud as a gnat.
"To make a long story short, it's just our family. Where are the other ministers in the court?" Zhang Xiu frowned and urged.
"Ten peace orders were exchanged at the beginning. Master Pei took the lead, and Master Yu also had a share. But they were so cunning that they did not send any confidants to participate in the specific transactions. Later, when the second young master entered the city, they suggested that everyone stop. But the Turks started
The price offered is so tempting that the Third Young Master cannot resist..."
"It's ridiculous. If the Turks asked you to open the city gate, you would do it too? How come you don't know about the Second Young Master for such a big thing? We can't even take care of you!" Even though he had guessed it in advance, Zhang Xiu was still worried about the deal.
They were shocked by the transaction. Pei Ji, Yu Shiji, and Yu Wenshu, these three people were all the leading figures in the civil and military affairs of the Sui Dynasty, the Qiancheng of the country. But in the face of crisis, what they thought of was how to betray the Sui Dynasty in exchange for their own family.
Safety.
He felt a chill in his heart, but he had to wear a kind smile on his face. This was the unique skill that Yu Wenshu "taught" to him personally, to induce him to reveal the relationship between his mentor Yang Fuzi and Li Xu.
He has the same smile and looks the same trustworthy person.
"How could that happen? We only sell things and don't open the city gate!" Yu Wenjie, another distant relative of the Yuwen family, saw Zhang Xiu's confident look and felt relieved. He replied with a playful smile. "The master and the prince also had good intentions at first.
I am going to leave a way for everyone to survive. As for the Second Young Master and you, I have specially warned you that the Second Young Master is too kind-hearted and is not suitable for doing these things!"
"Oh, if we had let the Second Young Master and me know earlier, there would not have been such a big mess. How did the people in Xiongwu Camp know about the situation, and what evidence was stolen?" Zhang Xiu stamped his feet and complained pretending to be annoyed.
"It's an account book. It was supposed to be destroyed. But I don't know where those people from Xiongwu Camp got the information. They dared to come and steal it. However, they didn't get any advantage. More than 20 people came and only escaped alive.
Let’s go with three!”
"Everyone who escapes is troublesome. Uncle Jie, go and find all the people in our family who know about it. Everyone will pretend to be my personal soldiers in this tent. After the guardian is gone, I will take you to leave quietly!"
"The prince is always careful when doing things. Almost all the people who know about it are here. There are still a few soldiers who are confused and can't explain why they were caught. Lieutenant Zhang can't afford to worry about them." Yu Wenmao took it.
Huatou, take the initiative to report. If you can escape from the imperial camp, everyone will not worry about finding a way to survive. The Yuwen family has close friends all over the world. They went out to lie dormant for a while, and everyone was still arrogant when they came back.
"In that case, everyone is getting ready to change clothes. Uncle Jie, there is a brigade leader named Zheng Xin among the personal guards. You can also find him. The second master specially ordered him to be taken with him!" Zhang Xiu nodded and said.
"I'll go right away. Thank you General Zhang for taking the trouble!" Yu Wenjie agreed repeatedly and walked out of the tent. "Zhang Xiu is a good boy. It's not in vain that I cultivated him once." Thinking proudly, he walked to the wedding room.
From the soldiers' tent, the anxious brigade leader Zheng Xin was called out, and he took him with him to find Zhang Xiu to recover his life.
"What do Lieutenant Zhang want to do with me?" Zheng Xin, the brigade commander, asked suspiciously with a confused look on his face. He was just an ordinary soldier brigade commander, not a confidant of Yuwen Shiji, and had never been involved in the confidential affairs of the family.
Just now, he came to protect his children and entered the camp to capture people. All the soldiers at the lower level hid in the military tent. As a small brigade leader, he stayed in his tent honestly, fearing that he would get burned if he was not careful.
Many unforeseen disasters often occur without any clues. "Don't ask if you shouldn't ask, Second Young Master ordered you personally!" Yu Wenjie replied proudly, and at the same time quickened his pace. How many people can be favored by Second Young Master?
Didn't he rise to great heights? Think about that Zhang Xiu, who was just a pawn at first, and reached the fifth rank of martial arts in a few years. If the second young master personally called my name...Dreaming sweet dreams, he unknowingly returned to his previous status.
Military tent.
Zhang Xiu, who was standing at the door, was already a little impatient. When he saw the two coming back, he frowned and ordered, "Hurry up and change clothes. You must be on the road before dawn, otherwise it will be too late!"
"Hey, hey, I've troubled you to wait, sir!" Yu Wenjie, who was in front of Zhang Xiu, immediately changed his demeanor and humbly agreed. There was no one else in the tent, and several of Zhang Xiu's soldiers were holding two
They were waiting for their clothes to be put on. Not daring to trouble each other too much, Yu Wenshu and Zheng Xin took the clothes from the soldiers and hurriedly put them on.
The clothes that had just been taken off from the soldiers were still warm to the touch. They were just a little small and a little tight on the chest. Yu Wenjie tugged hard, but found something wrong with his body. He borrowed the tent
I looked at the torch in the middle carefully again, and what I saw was a ball of blood.
Immediately afterwards, the tip of a knife emerged from the old blood stain, adding a touch of bright red to the clothes. Yu Wenjie felt that the strength in his body was slowly disappearing. Before he died, he reluctantly turned his head and saw Zhang Xiu lying on his back.
After starting, Shi Shiran left the military tent. (To be continued)
