At the first watch, Sun Xiaozhen galloped to Zhengzhou on horseback. From a distance, she saw a huge military camp beside the official road. Sun Xiaozhen ran to the gate of the military camp. Immediately, a soldier shouted: "Stop! Let's release arrows before running again!"
Sun Xiaozhen quickly reined in the reins and shouted loudly: "I came from Kaifeng County, and on the orders of the Yangzhou Governor, I urgently asked to see General Li!"
The general, Li Lingyao, is about forty years old. He is tall and handsome. He was originally a general under Pugu Huai'en. Seven years ago, he participated in the suppression of the rebellion in Shaanxi Province and was named General Zuo Xiaowei for his meritorious service.
He led 30,000 troops to sit at Hulao Pass and defend Luoyang and Chang'an.
This time, he ordered the emperor to station troops at the junction of Zheng and Bian. The purpose was also to put pressure on Tian Shenyu and force him to release the impounded imperial tax ship.
When Li Lingyao heard that Liu Yan sent someone to see him, he hurriedly called him into the tent. After a while, the soldiers brought Sun Xiaozhen in. Sun Xiaozhen bowed and took out Liu Yan's letter and imperial edict and handed it to Li Lingyao, "Please take a look at it, general!"
After Li Lingyao read the letter, he was silent for a while. Liu Yan actually told him in the letter that someone was going to assassinate Tian Shenyu, and the Bian Song army would be in chaos. It was a good opportunity for the imperial court to take back the four states of Bian Song and Xu Bo, so he quickly marched into Kaifeng County to
A fire started at the top of the city as a signal.
Li Lingyao also knew Liu Yan, a very stable veteran, but how could he become so adventurous and resort to assassination to solve the problem? How could Tian Shenyu be so easy to assassinate?
Sun Xiaozhen said anxiously: "General Li, don't you believe what the letter says?"
"I'm a little confused. Who did Governor Liu send to assassinate Tian Shenyu?"
"It wasn't someone sent by Governor Liu, it was the top master of the Hidden Sword Pavilion, or the one who assassinated Li Fuguo."
Li Lingyao suddenly realized that he was not an assassin sent by Liu Yan, a master from the Hidden Sword Pavilion, but wasn't he an assassin sent by the emperor?
At this time, Sun Xiaozhen took out her own card and said: "General Li, I am also a warrior of the Hidden Sword Pavilion. I am absolutely telling the truth!"
Li Lingyao finally made up his mind and nodded, "I will gather the troops and set off!"
Li Lingyao immediately ordered the army to assemble. A quarter of an hour later, 30,000 troops left the barracks and quickly marched eastward, heading towards Kaifeng County.
In an official residence covering an area of ten acres in the west city of Kaifeng County, General Yang Huiyuan had just gone to bed. During this period, Yang Huiyuan was in a bad mood. He had followed Tian Shengong in the east and west for more than ten years, and his military exploits were outstanding. He was considered the first in the Bian Song Army.
One elder.
After Tian Shengong's death, his brother Tian Shenyu took over the Bian Song Army, and the younger brother inherited his elder brother's business. However, Tian Shenyu could not tolerate the veterans in the army. He deprived him of military power, and even used marriage to sow relations, which made Yang Huiyuan frustrated.
Feeling cold.
Half a month ago, Hebei Tian Chengsi secretly sent someone to visit him and was willing to support him as the envoy of the Song Dynasty. This really made Yang Huiyuan a little excited. He also had thousands of troops under his command. With his qualifications, there was no way to separate a state.
The question is, in the past two days, he has repeatedly asked Tian Shenyu to station in Songzhou, but Tian Shenyu refused. Today, he even scolded him and warned him to stay away from Tian Chengsi, otherwise he would be killed to sacrifice the flag.
Tian Shenyu's threat made Yang Huiyuan burst into murderous intent. Tomorrow he would ask Tian Shenyu again. If Tian Shenyu still refused, then don't blame Yang Huiyuan for being unkind.
At this moment, there was a loud bang outside the tent, which immediately woke up the wife beside Yang Huiyuan. She asked tremblingly: "Husband, what is that sound?"
"Don't make any noise, I'll go take a look!"
Yang Huiyuan heard clearly the sound of the window breaking. He pulled out his long sword from the wall, jumped up and got down from the tent, and asked in a low voice: "Who is it?"
No one answered and there was no movement in the room. Yang Huiyuan faintly smelled a smell of blood. He quickly lit the lamp and saw a bloody human head on the ground. His wife also saw it and screamed in fright.
"shut up!"
Yang Huiyuan angrily scolded his wife, stepped forward and picked up the head with his sword, and looked at it under the light. His eyes suddenly widened. The head turned out to be Tian Shen Jade.
He stood still for a moment and immediately looked at the left ear of the head. There was a large black mole under the left ear with black hair on it. This was an inimitable feature. It was really Tian Shen Jade. Yang Huiyun sat down on the chair.
I'm confused, what's going on?
"Husband, whose head is this?" his wife asked timidly.
"It's Tian Shenyu's head."
"ah!"
His wife also exclaimed and said worriedly: "Could someone frame this for you? You have never killed Tian Shenyu!"
His wife's words suddenly awakened the dreamer. Xing Yanen and Fan Zhixin must have blamed Tian Shenyu's death on themselves and took the opportunity to kill themselves.
An ambition arose in Yang Huiyuan's heart. Since Tian Shenyu was dead, why not take advantage of him? Kill Xing Yanen and Fan Zhixin and replace Tian Shenyu with them.
After thinking for a moment, Yang Huiyuan finally made up his mind. He turned around and said to his wife: "You can take your two children and hide at your wet nurse's house in the countryside of Chenliu County. If anything happens to me, you will immediately flee back to your hometown in Xiao County and stay in the old house."
There is a batch of jewels, gold and silver hidden in the belly of the Buddha statue, which is enough for you to live on."
"Husband, nothing will happen to you!" His wife was so frightened that she cried out.
"I don't know, and I don't want to die. Go and wake up the two children now. Go!"
The wife was so flustered that she quickly put on her clothes and ran to find the two children.
Yang Huiyuan's ex-wife and son died twenty years ago. His current wife has been with him for many years and gave him a son and a daughter. The eldest daughter is sixteen years old and the son is only nine years old. He knows that there will be chaos in the city tonight. As long as his wife
If he and his children hide first, then he will have no worries.
Yang Huiyuan summoned two hundred soldiers and escorted a carriage towards the west gate. The general guarding the west gate was his general. He could control the west gate. There were eight thousand troops loyal to him in the west camp outside the city. He would
Rely on this army to replace Tian Shenyu.
The west gate opened, and the carriage of Yang Huiyuan's wife and children drove out of the city and disappeared into the night. Yang Huiyuan had no worries. He wanted to do something big. He took out his tiger talisman, handed it to the soldiers and said: "Go to the West Camp quickly.
, ordered General Mao to lead his troops over immediately, saying that the situation is extremely urgent!"
"Obey the order!" The soldier took the tiger talisman and flew away.
Yang Huiyuan faintly heard the noise in the city, and he was extremely nervous. If he could not capture Kaifeng County, he would lead his army south to Songzhou.
At this time, the Jiedu Mansion was already in chaos. Tian Shenyu's sons were all mediocre people. The death of their father left them at a loss as to what to do.
On the other hand, Captain Jiang Ping was calmer. He said urgently to Tian Shenyu's eldest son, Tian Rui: "Now is not the time to be sad. Young master must take control of the military immediately, otherwise those with ulterior motives will definitely take the opportunity to rebel, and the consequences will be disastrous."
Tian Rui said after a while: "But I don't know where my father's tiger charm is?"
"I know where the Jiedushi's tiger talisman is?"
A group of people suddenly appeared next to him, and the leader was none other than Xing Yanen. Just now, a letter was shot into his bedroom. The letter said that Tian Shenyu had been killed by Yang Huiyuan, which immediately frightened him into a cold sweat. Yang Huiyuan had killed Tian Shen.
Yu, he would kill himself next. He immediately led more than a thousand troops to the Jiedushi Mansion. He did not see Yang Huiyuan, but learned that Tian Shenyu had really been assassinated.
Tian Rui was overjoyed and hurriedly came to greet him, "I beg Uncle Xing to make the decision for my nephew!"
Xing Yanen nodded happily, "Let's go to the study to look for it. It must be in the study!"
Next to him, Jiang Ping was in a hurry and rushed forward to stop Tian Rui, "Young master, you can't believe his words!"
Xing Yanen was furious, so he secretly drew his sword, and when the other party was unprepared, he pierced Jiang Ping's back with the sword. Jiang Ping screamed and died tragically on the spot.
Hundreds of Xing Yanen's men swarmed forward and hacked the remaining twenty-odd soldiers to death. Tian Rui was so frightened that he froze.
Xing Yanen grabbed his arm and said with a sneer: "My dear nephew, don't believe other people's instigation. If you find the handsome tiger talisman, I will support you as the lord of Bian Song Dynasty."
Xing Yanen needed to coerce the emperor to control the princes and control Tian Rui as a puppet. He, Xing Yanen, was the leader of Bian Song Dynasty.
In Fan Mansion in the south of the city, Fan Zhixin's son Fan Yue was holding a letter with an arrow in his hand. He stood in front of the door and looked uneasily to the north. This was a letter he had just received. Someone shot an arrow into his bedroom.
There is only one sentence on it, 'Tian Shenyu was assassinated!'
This news really shocked him. He was not sure whether it was true, so he asked two generals to inquire about the situation. At this time, the two generals galloped over on horseback, shouting from the front: "Master, it is true, Tian Shen"
Yu is dead, and Xing Yanen has gone to mobilize troops outside Beicheng."
Fan Yue turned pale with fright, hurriedly got on his horse and ran towards the South City Gate. At this time, a dark shadow followed Fan Yue. When Fan Yue ran to the South City Gate, the shadow also climbed up to the top of the South City Gate.
"I am the son of General Fan. Is General Wu here?"
The general guarding the South City Gate was Fan Zhixin, whose surname was Wu. He was a school captain. He knew Fan Yue and asked quickly: "Master Fan, what happened?"
"Something big has happened in the city. Tian Shenyu is dead. I want to report to my father immediately and open the city gate!"
Hearing that Tian Shenyu was dead, Lieutenant Wu was shocked. He quickly ordered the soldiers to open the city gate and lower the suspension bridge. Fan Yue led two of his men out of the city gate and urged his horse to gallop towards the dock. His father
Fan Zhixin led 10,000 troops to guard the tax boats on the bank of the Bian River.
The dark shadow at the top of the city is none other than Guo Song. He is lying at the city gate, watching Fan Yue run away. The Fan family is the last link in his entire plan. As Fan Yue leaves the city, this last link should be closed.
Guo Song had already changed into a suit of armor. The armor was peeled off a soldier and looked a little smaller. He also knew that the command code for tonight was White Crane.
At this time, Lieutenant Wu had already run down to the city, preparing to welcome Fan Zhixin back to the city. There were only five or six soldiers on the city wall, and the rest were still sleeping.
Guo Song quickly came to the tower and climbed up. The tower has two floors. The downstairs is where the soldiers sleep at night. The second floor is the drum tower. There is no one in the drum tower. In the middle stands a drum of unknown age.
The corners of both sides of the big drum were filled with shabby bedding, which was dirty, torn, and covered with fleas. Even the soldiers disliked it and refused to use it.
Guo Song took off the gourd on his body, which was filled with lamp oil. He poured the lamp oil on the bedding, lit a fire and threw it up.
Within a moment, a pile of beddings began to burn. The tower was at least a hundred or two hundred years old, and the wood had long since decayed. It burned extremely quickly. In just a moment, the entire Drum Tower was filled with fire.
More than thirty soldiers sleeping under the city were awakened by the thick smoke. They ran out in fear, shouting, "The city tower is on fire!"
The raging fire shot straight into the sky, which was particularly dazzling in the dark night and could be seen dozens of miles away.