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Chapter 1242 Money Valley
From evening to dark, there was still no sign of Tang Jun outside Taiyuan City.

Hao Tianting was getting more and more uneasy.

He received news that Tang Jun appeared in Wujinling, west of Shouyang.Then, according to the normal marching speed, Tang Jun will arrive at Taiyuan City until noon tomorrow.

There's still time to arm.

But this time is not enough.

Now a large number of troops are being led by Hao Tianyou to confront Liu Yuanli, and it is impossible to transfer them back within a few days.

Even until now, Hao Tianting has not even closed the north city gate. Too many horses and horses are crowded in the north of Taiyuan City, making it impossible for his troops to pass through. How can we talk about closing the city gate?
In addition, the soldiers and horses belonging to Ahema refused to allow him to close the city gate, because Hao Tianting did not tell them the reason.

The news of Tang Jun's arrival has not yet been confirmed, and it may not be true.Even if it is true, saying it now will only cause unnecessary panic.

Hao Tian really hoped that all the soldiers and horses in the city would directly carry out his orders without asking too many questions, but unfortunately they couldn't.

This was not the case in the Great Mongol Kingdom in the past. In the past, the Marquis was still in charge of the army and civilians, and he could decide everything on his own.It was Li Fen's rebellion that destroyed Shihou's power.

Hao Tianting had no choice but to find Ahema overnight.

At this time, he had been busy all day, and he didn't even have time to eat, so he rushed to Ahema's mansion in a hurry.Ahema was drinking with Sang Ge, and there was a whole roasted lamb in the yard.

"Marshal Hao is here. Come and serve another wine bowl."

"No need." He Tianting rushed to Ahema, without asking if his injury was healed, and said: "I need the Minister of Finance to order your troops to leave Beicheng immediately, I will seal the north of the city."

Ahema said with a smile: "On the grassland, there are no cities or gates. Does Marshal Hao know how the warriors on the grassland will resist if the enemy comes?"

"I don't have time."

"Courage." Ahema said: "Courage allows the grassland people to not need city walls, and courage allows the grassland people to have a vast territory."

"I need to close the gates."

"Don't always think about closing the city gate. We haven't even seen the enemy's figure. If we close the city gate just because the night falls, we will be laughed at."

Hao Tian was quite helpless, so he leaned into Ahema's ear and whispered something.

Ahema's expression froze immediately, and he asked, "Really? How serious is it?"

"There are only so few troops in Taiyuan City, and they are unprepared, and the enemy will arrive at noon tomorrow..."

"understood."

As expected of being an important minister of the Yuan Dynasty, Ahema quickly calmed down and looked very calm, saying: "Then Marshal Hao arranges to defend the city as soon as possible, and I will stop the delivery of money and food. In addition, the team that has already left the city must settle down. .”

"Yes, how long will it take for the treasurer?"

"I'll go now." Ahema said, "Leave Beicheng to me."

After all, he is the Great Khan's servant, and he is very reliable at critical times.

Hao Tianting breathed a sigh of relief, and hurried to arrange defense.

Tonight, there are still many things to be busy.

~~
Busy until the second watch, Hao Tianting felt very hungry. He took a piece of jerky and chewed it. Suddenly, a soldier shouted urgently: "Commander! Look!"

Hao Tian couldn't care less about eating jerky anymore, and hurried up the tower.

Lifting up the binoculars, the line of sight is not wide open, and there are mountains in the east of Taiyuan City blocking it.

Under the brilliance of the stars and the moon, the mountain outlines a magnificent black outline, bringing a strong sense of oppression.

Hao Tian looked away, but suddenly found that there was a shadow not far from the city wall... Like, the Tang Army's vanguard has arrived?
"Enemy attack! Drumming!"

The night started to get busy in no time.

Hao Tian couldn't understand why Tang Jun was able to move so fast. You must know that there are mountains to the east of Taiyuan, and the road is not easy to walk.

Fortunately, this was expected after all. Soldiers came to block, water came to cover, and it was not easy for the Tang army to capture Taiyuan from afar.

However, it was not Tang Jun who really hurt Hao Tianting's heart.

"Big guy! Big guy!"

"Didn't you see I'm busy?! What's the matter? Tell me!"

"Marshal! It's not good, Ahema fled from Beicheng with his people!"

"what?"

Hao Tianting turned his head and looked at the soldiers who came to report the news with surprised eyes, hoping that he had heard wrong just now.

"Ahema led people to escape from Beicheng."

Hao Tianting opened his mouth and said, "How come?"

He thought Ahema was just greedy, but his loyalty to Kublai Khan and his own courage should be impressive.Therefore, he never thought that Ahema would escape like this.

"That's right, a person who is so greedy for money, how could he not spare his life..."

"What did the master say?"

"Where's the north city gate? Is it closed?"

"Not yet, it's a mess over there now."

A shadow cast over Hao Tianting's heart.

He had a premonition that Taiyuan City would be difficult to defend.

Although he has the will to turn the tide, but the situation has reached this stage, it cannot be saved by manpower, so he can only do his best.

"Go! Follow me to Beicheng."

~~
The fire suddenly burst from a warehouse in the city.

Hao Tian, ​​who was still rushing to the North City, was stunned for a moment, his first reaction was that Tang Jun had already entered the city.

But he soon realized something was wrong.

This is not the fire set by the Tang army. The Tang army is bound to win the food and grass in Taiyuan and the city. How could it be set on fire?
It was released by Ahema when he was leaving.

"Hurry up! Put out the fire!" Hao Tianting ordered immediately, "Hurry up and put out the fire! The rest of you follow me to close the city gate!"

"It's water..."

The city became more and more chaotic. The peasants were at a loss pushing a wheelbarrow full of sacks on the street, and the soldiers rushed over to join them.

At the gate of the city, some people wanted to enter the city, and some people wanted to leave the city, but it was already blocked.

"boom!"

A group of red clouds suddenly exploded in the distant sky, like a signal for the Tang army to start attacking the city, but it didn't look like it, because the shouts of killing outside the city were not loud.

Hao Tianting glanced back, with a bad premonition in his heart, realizing that there was no time to seal the north gate for himself, and it was time to return to the battle tower to command.

But what's the use of commanding the defense if the city gates haven't even been closed yet?

The scene became more and more chaotic, and finally, after Hao Tianting beheaded two school generals who wanted to squeeze out of the city, showing a tough stance, he closed the north city gate.

He didn't care about what to do with the folk husbands and money and food who were still outside the city.

Hao Tianting then strode towards the tower, wanting to coordinate the battle situation from a high place.

"Big guy!"

Suddenly a soldier rushed over, blocked him, and said in an extremely flustered tone: "Commander, something is wrong! The Tang army has already entered the city!"

"what?"

Hao Tian was dumbfounded.

He thought Taiyuan would fall, but he thought it would be a few days later. He actually wanted to talk to Tang Jun's coach before it fell.

Never thought that it would be at this very moment, before the war even started... and it would have already fallen?
"How could Tang Jun...how did he enter the city?"

"Yang Hong, who guards the southern city, has descended."

Hao Tianting still didn't understand that Yang Hong had been screened by him personally, and he was assigned to guard the south city after confirming that he had no contact with the Tang army. How could he surrender just as he said.

However, so far, it is useless to say these things.

"Call our soldiers and horses and leave the city."

Hao Tianting gritted his teeth and made a decisive decision to leave Taiyuan.

He went north to be a proton when he was very young, and later became Kublai Khan's guard.Although it would be nice to go back to Shanxi to be a Marquis, but now he can't do it, and his first thought was to go back.

Even if you go back to the grassland and live the life of riding and wrestling in your youth.

In a hurry, there was only time to gather a small number of trusted troops, and they rushed to the west of the city.

Because the north gate has been blocked, you need to go out of the west gate, and then take a detour to escape to the north, and you may be able to gather some soldiers and horses along the way.

Shouts came through the streets.

"Wang Shi entered the city, Qiu did nothing wrong..."

Hao Tianting felt that the time was tight, and his steps became faster and faster.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly a crossbow arrow shot towards him, shooting down several of his personal soldiers.

"Take down Hao Tianting!"

"Kill it out!"

Street fighting broke out suddenly, but Hao Tianting felt something was wrong.

He didn't think Tang Jun could find him so quickly, that only showed that there were traitors in the city.

So he carefully looked at the soldiers who intercepted him, and he couldn't help being startled when he saw a few familiar faces.

"Fifth brother?!"

Hao Tianting hid among the soldiers and shouted: "Fifth Brother, why are you doing this? Come with me!"

"Kill him! He is Kublai Khan's old guard, he has long been turned into a fool!"

"Brother? I surrender, I surrender, let me go, brother."

Hao Tianyi finally appeared in the flames and shouted, "Kill!"

"Hao Tianyi! I'm your brother."

"Why didn't you say that when you killed me all those years ago?!"

"I can't help myself to protect my family..."

"That's enough! Winners and losers, why are you looking for an excuse? My Hao family doesn't have a fool like you!"

When Hao Tianyi stood on the other side of the general trend, the momentum suddenly emerged.

Hao Tian pouted, but had nothing to say.

"..."

A corpse fell in a pool of blood.

Hao Tianting finally gave up, stretched out his hand to support the spear that had pierced his chest, and fell to the ground.

He didn't expect that he would end up like this, or the situation changed too fast for him to react in time.

Looking up, I saw Hao Tianyi staggering over.

Hao Tian pouted, trying to tell his elder brother that he was also very helpless.

Because his family chose him as a hostage and made him a guard, under the circumstances at that time, he had no choice.

Suddenly, it occurred to him that he actually had a choice.

Many, many years ago, he was studying with Yuan Haowen. At that time, his family came to pick him up as a hostage. Yuan Haowen asked him what he wanted, whether he would like to go to the Khan Court or continue to study.

After making his choice, he said something while riding his horse northward.

"I'm afraid the old man is stupid. Following him to study is to seek fame. Of course, if you seek fame, you will make great achievements."

For this great achievement, I have been busy all my life, and after all, I have made soil...

"puff."

A soldier stepped forward and stabbed Hao Tian, ​​looking so ruthless.

The general trend of the world is rolling by, who cares whether people are helpless or not?
~~
In the distance, the Tang army was still pouring into Taiyuan like flowing water, but first they rushed to various granaries.

And when the night was still deep, the fire in the city had begun to dim.

"The fire is out! The fire is out!"

"The food is saved! Our food..."

The soldiers raised their arms and cheered.

When the cheers reached the top of the city, Yi Shiying had already set up a big banner there.

The rumors did not defeat him and his soldiers, but instead forced them to cross mountains and ridges, travel day and night, and further changed the situation of the world during this night.

(End of this chapter)