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Chapter 970 Seizing the City

After exiting Yang's house, turn left, and within a few steps is the Jinyiwei yamen.

Why did Jinyiwei be located here? It is said that the Duke couldn't find a suitable place at the beginning. The Duke wandered around and found that the next door was vacant, so he said, this place is not bad.

"Helian Baihu!"

Menzi saw that he came from the Yang family, and his face was reddish, smelling of alcohol, so he smiled more sincerely.

"Hard."

He Lianrong knew why the door became so friendly, and he still responded with a smile as usual.

Young people will hold their heads high, perfunctory and perfunctory, and feel that the world belongs to them.

He is not old, but has more experience than many old people.

He saw too many ups and downs in the sea of ​​people, and too many people who were twitchy, and it didn't end well.

Therefore, plainness is true.

"Helian hundred households." A small official stopped walking and saluted.

He Lianrong nodded and asked, "Is the Commander here?"

"The Commander is waiting for you."

The army is about to go out, and He Lianyan has a lot of things to do. He arranged for secret spies to set off first, to inquire about the news, and see if they can sneak into the city...

When he arrived outside the duty room, He Lianrong said softly: "Commander, my officer, He Lianrong, please see me."

He Lianyan, who was looking at the roster, looked up, "Come in!"

"Yes!"

He Lianrong went in.

He Lianyan said: "I have just ordered more than ten people, and I will let them go later."

"Yes!"

He Lianrong took the booklet, glanced at the names marked with a red pen, and put the booklet in his chest.

"The Duke invites you to drink, do you know the intention?" He Lianyan asked.

"Yes, the next official has nothing to worry about, and should be loyal to the Duke."

"I sent the manpower, unfortunately, it's too late." He Lianyan said: "Now that things are up, you have to deal with Beiliao, Daliao! What do you think about Daliao?"

He Lianrong raised his head, his eyes were bleak, "Xiaguan spent the first half of his life in Daliao. He was born, grew up, studied, took the imperial examination, and became an official. The journey went smoothly.

When he first became an official, the subordinate was dedicated to Daliao, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he loves the people like his son.But once the army was defeated, all relatives were implicated, and he was dismissed from office. He wished he could lead the army into Beiliao and kill He Lianchun alive! "

"It's human nature." He Lianyan put herself in his shoes and thought for a while. "When a large army fights, the swords and guns have no eyes. It's fine for the soldiers to die for the country, and the common people will die and suffer a lot. What do you think?"

"You mean you want to ask the next official if he still has affection for the people of Daliao?" He Lianrong asked back.

"You are a smart person." He Lianyan was satisfied, "Yes."

He Lianrong said: "If you say you don't have affection, it's a bit false. When the city was conquered last time, after the city was broken, the army strangled the remaining defenders, and many people in the city were killed or injured. The officer watched a woman howling with her dead child in her arms. Crying, at that moment, the official, heartbroken."

"It's the same clan after all."

He Lianyan said: "I am different from you. When I was young, my family was wiped out. Therefore, I have no affection for Daliao. You have affection, and I don't shy away from it."

He Lianrong raised his head, "Thank you Commander."

"If you are ruthless, I will ask the Duke for instructions that you will not be allowed to participate in confidential matters in the future." He Lianyan stroked her long hair that fell in front of her eyes, "A ruthless person is ruthless to everyone and cannot be reused."

"This is a mistake, Xiaguan." He Lianrong laughed.

"Is it a mistake?" He Lianyan asked.

He Lianrong smiled wryly, "You can't hide anything from the commander."

"From today onwards, you are another He Lianrong, so you can serve the Duke."

"Yes!"

As soon as he got up, two guards in Jin Yi came outside looking at the dust.

"Commander."

He Lianrong saw a burden.

"But..." His cheeks trembled.

A brocade guard nodded, "Helian Baihu, condolences!"

He Lianrong sniffed, "How did they die?"

"After being exiled there, they have to work every day. When ordinary people go there...just say the two of us go there, not to mention working, it's terribly cold."

"Be more direct." He Lianyan said.

"Yes. The lower official brought good wine, and used the good wine to question the few remaining criminals, and learned that they were taken away by savages. The lower official followed, found all the way outside the tribe, captured one person, and tortured them. After learning that...they were killed, they were thrown into the wild, where they were devoured by beasts."

He Lianrong asked calmly, "Do you know how you killed him?"

To ask such a tragic matter...Jin Yiwei lowered his head, "In that place, there are only women... As for men, they are not picky."

"understood."

He Lianrong took the burden and saluted, "Thank you two brothers for taking the risk of making this trip."

"You're welcome."

He Lianrong went out with the burden on his back.

He found a shovel and a hoe, went to the coffin shop, and agreed with the boss to deliver the coffin to the north gate later, and then rode out of the city. ,

When he was leaving the city, some soldiers saw him carrying these things and couldn't help being happy, "Helian Baihu is going to open up wasteland?"

"Yes! Open up wasteland!" He Lianrong smiled.

Go out of the north gate and go straight ahead. There is a canal on the edge of a field.

The canal is straight, with lush trees on both sides.

“This place is not bad!”

He Lianrong dismounted.

He found a place and dug it with a hoe first, and found that the soil quality was good.

"Just here! Lady?"

He looked at the burden, and then smiled, "You like water, and you always say that people who like water are kind. There are trees beside the water, so you have nothing to do. Lead the child to stand under the tree and look at the endless countryside ahead. Isn't it beautiful?"

A tear rolled down his face.

He started digging.

He lost his left hand, and digging with one hand is very difficult, and it is difficult to control the range.

After more than an hour, a big car came slowly.

"Helian Baihu!"

In order to please this powerful figure in Jinyiwei, the shopkeeper of the coffin shop personally delivered the coffin.

"Why do you want a small one? The big one is the same price!" The shopkeeper got off the carriage and said with a smile.

But the bigger the coffin, the more expensive it is!

"They're just clothes. They don't need to be too big. They don't like them being empty."

"Cloth tomb?"

"Yes!"

Seeing that it was difficult for him to dig with one hand, the shopkeeper said: "The villain has also planted the land, or else, the villain will come!"

"No."

He Lianrong pointed to the side, "Put the things down, you go back first!"

"it is good."

The coffin was unloaded, and the shopkeeper asked again: "Is there really no need to help?"

"Need not!"

He Lianrong continued to dig until evening.

He opened the coffin and the bundle.

The clothes in the baggage were messy and torn so hard to see.

He knelt down and straightened out his clothes bit by bit.

Then, put the clothes in the coffin.

"It's not that I don't have money to buy a coffin. I thought, the family is together, it's lively!"

He knelt beside the coffin and carefully looked at the clothes, especially the women's clothes and the children's clothes.

The setting sun fell, and the orange light shone on the earth.

A man knelt beside the coffin, crying hoarsely: "My lady, Dalang..."

Farmers in twos and threes returned home, and flocks of birds returned to their nests, chirping.

He Lianrong pushed the coffin into the pit with great effort.

He knelt on the ground panting, sweating profusely.

Looking at the coffin, he choked up and said, "I'm not a good husband, nor a good father. You went, leaving me to suffer alone in this world. I wanted to follow, but that dog thief is still there, and he is still the emperor. She The ancients are still there, and they are becoming more and more vicious. I hate it!"

He raised his head and slapped his cheek with his right hand.

"I hate it!"

He lowered his head abruptly, hitting his forehead heavily on the ground.

The face is also close to the ground.

Sounds burst from cracks in the dirt.

"He Lianchun, Shegu people..."

In the distance, Wu Da rode his horse and turned around.

All the way back to Yang's house.

"Buried outside the north gate?"

"Yes."

It is not suitable to bury people outside the north gate, but He Lianrong still put the clothes of his wife, children and family there.

"North!"

Yang Xuan understood He Lianrong's thoughts at this moment.

"He wants his wife and children to watch my Northern Xinjiang army advance all the way to the north until it breaks through Ningxing City and destroys He Lianchun. Maybe there will still be Shegu people."

This is a good thing.

"It's really hard to watch him kneel there and cry," Uda said.

"Who can suffer from the loss of a wife or son in middle age?" Yang Xuan said.

"Duke." A maid came out, "Mr. Da Lang said it's time to tell a story."

"Here comes."

Telling a story to A Liang every day is an agreement between father and son.

Ah Liang sat in his seat early, surrounded by swordsmen and riches.

"Aye!"

Yang Xuan came in.

Fugui came over enthusiastically and wagged his tail.

The swordsman glanced at him and lay down again.

"Today, let's tell a story about a foodie. In Chen Guoshi, some people like to eat fish..."

After listening to the story, it was dark.

It is the habit of many people to go to bed after dark.

It's a habit, but it's actually a helpless move.

Candles are expensive, and kerosene is not cheap. Who would light a lamp at night?

Moreover, many things do not need to turn on the lights, or even turn off the lights.

You want to go to the toilet, there is a dried pole at home, light one to go.

On the second day, Yang Xuan went to the Jiedu envoy's mansion.

"The food and grass are in place."

Liu Qing handed a booklet to Yang Xuan.

"Last year, we harvested a lot of food, but there is no shortage of food, but we are afraid of the enemy's sneak attack on the food road along the way."

"I will lay down a place first as a foothold!"

"where?"

"Bao De!"

Among the five cities in Kunzhou, Baode is close to Neizhou.

"Strike?" Song Zhen asked.

Yang Xuan shook his head, "No, a thunderbolt."

"Let who go?" Song Zhen asked.

This kind of raid requires generals to be decisive and must not be procrastinated.

"Second!" Yang Xuan said, "Assist Tu Chang."

It's time for Wang Laoer to make his debut, and this time making him the forward is the beginning.

"In this way, Baode is the key point of this battle. If you can't capture Baode, the army will have nothing to rely on. Once the surrounding enemy troops gather, this battle will be more twists and turns." Song Zhen frowned, "Let Wang Laoer go……"

If the mallet became impulsive, Tu Chang would not be able to control it!
"I said, if something bad happens this time, don't even think about jerky in the future."

After explaining some things after he left, Yang Xuan went out.

"Kingdom."

He met He Lianrong outside the door.

The man's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked a little gentle.

Fetters less than before.

"Good job!"

"Yes!"

Yang Xuan then went to Xuanxue.

"Leave tomorrow?"

Ning Yayun didn't see Ah Liang, so she lost most of her enthusiasm.

"Yes, we will set off tomorrow. Master, you won't go this time!"

"Let me sit in Tao County?"

"Yes." Yang Xuan said: "Whether troops will be sent here, and Chang'an will send people to do something, no one can tell. With you in Tao County, I can rest assured."

"Go at ease!" Ning Yayun flicked her tail.

"Why are you being perfunctory?"

"Then I wish you victory."

"It's still perfunctory."

The old man was dissatisfied and said: "After you leave, tell them that Ah Liang will send it every few days, and the old man will teach him."

"Don't you teach him those nonsense things."

Ning Yayun got up and opened her hands, "Do you think the old man is nagging?"

Yang Xuan took a closer look, "My god!"

……

In the early morning of the second day, Yang Xuan woke up early.

First went to see the two sons who were still sleeping soundly, and then went to Zhou Ning to say goodbye.

"be careful!"

"rest assured."

When Yang Xuan left the house, there was a crowd of people outside.

The horned dragon guard, the guards brought by Wu Da... and Jin Yiwei.

Jiang He'er stood behind him, watching this scene, couldn't help yawning.

"set off!"

It was still dark, and Yang Xuan came out of the alley.

In the distance, Ning Yayun stood under the eaves, watching him come out.

"Take care of yourself!"

Then, Ning Yayun turned and left.

Elegant posture.

Yang Xuan arrived outside the city.

Sixty thousand troops are waiting in line.

"Meet the Duke!"

The cries of 6 people awakened the entire city.

"The Duke is on his way!"

Those common people were no longer sleepy, even though they knew they would not be able to see them off in time, they still got up, dressed and washed, and went out of the city.

But when they arrived, there was nothing in the open space.

An old man looked into the distance, "Duke, let's go and return triumphantly!"

"There must be a triumph!"

The whole northern Xinjiang is looking at the north.

Countless people are praying, and some are cursing.

"he's gone."

Zhao Yun, who got up early, had big eyeballs.

"Yes, I left yesterday morning."

A maid brought tea, Zhao Yun took a sip, swished it a few times, and spit it into the spittoon held by another maid.

In the morning light, he looked at the north.

Said.

"Don't come back!"

……

Da da da!
Three thousand cavalry were galloping.

The morning fog has not yet dissipated, and the sound of horseshoes shakes the ground.

Someone in front shouted: "I found the Beiliao traveler!"

Wang Laoer said, "Kill it!"

There were screams ahead.

Tu Chang followed and said, "Second brother, what do you think?"

This time Wang Laoer was the vanguard, leading the army to raid Baode, Yang Xuanling Tu Chang accompanied him, one was the counselor, but restrained Wang Laoer.

Wang Laoer said: "There are travelers, which means that Baode has not found us yet."

He glanced at Tu Chang, "Tu Gong, when you smile...the wrinkles on your face look like one thing."

"what?"

"chrysanthemum!"

Wang Laoer rode his horse and galloped, "Let's go!"

Three thousand cavalrymen rode one with two, roaring away.

On the side of the road, two corpses lay there, their eyes glazed over.

……

In Baode City.

Jinyiwei Xiaoqi Tao Zhun and three of his men squatted behind the city gate.

Look, like a beggar.

It doesn't look any different from a beggar.

All places in the city where begging could be obtained were occupied. Tao Zhun led three of his men to kill a group of beggars occupying the south gate the night before, and he became the boss of the south city.

Ma Gui looked at a group of scouts coming in from outside the city, and said in a low voice: "It seems that they still haven't noticed."

Qin Er sat against the wall, put his hands in his cuffs, and sniffed, "The commander said before we set off that we mainly harass and restrain us. There are not many soldiers here at the South Gate, so it's easy."

Ma Gui said happily: "Yes! Credit is at your fingertips."

Seeing that Tao Zhun was silent, the two asked, "But isn't it?"

Tao Zhun nodded.

"My goal is to seize the city!"

(End of this chapter)