Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 611. 610. Rage and First Encounter
"Report!! Sang Quan urgent report!! Feng Yi and Sun Hua are attacking!!! Hurry up and rescue!!!"

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"Report!!!! Urgent military report! Changes in Hedong! Feng Yi and Sun Hua invaded Hedong!!"

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"Report!!!! Governor of Hedong for help! Feng Yi rebelled against Sun Hua and invaded Sangquan of Hedong!!!"

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In three days, the news that Feng Yi and Sun Hua crossed the river and invaded Hedong spread throughout Guanlong, Luoyang, Shanxi, and Jiangnan.

Although the news was received at different speeds, except for Li Yuan in Shanxi who received the news, he organized his troops overnight and ordered his eldest son Jian Jiancheng and his younger son Yuanba to rush towards Hedong, whether it was Jiangnan or Luoyang. The reaction given was unusually calm...or flat.

Before His Majesty came to Jiangdu, there have been some rebellious officials and thieves in the Northland, but it seems that His Majesty is not in a hurry to deal with these people.

Apart from sending Zhang Xutuo to suppress the confidant of Wagang Village, whether it is those so-called rebels or the rogues who rose up casually, other than the persuasion order issued by His Majesty, there is no other movement .

On the contrary, after Du Fuwei suddenly appeared in Jiangnan, His Majesty left Jiangdu.

And some kind of rebel would pop up in the north every now and then. Everyone didn't feel much when they heard that Sun Hua, who came out of nowhere, invaded Hedong.

In Hedong, there were rebels at the beginning of the year.

It must be that the rebels are not dead.

This world...

Not unusual.

The people think so, and some ministers may think so too.

But no matter what they thought, after receiving the news, Luoyang did not give any support to the soldiers.

His Royal Highness the King of Yue showed his first-class trust in Li Yuanchao, who was able to quell the chaos in Hedong, and thought that Feng Yi and Sun Hua were nothing to worry about.

However, in order to prevent Li Yuan from running out of supplies, some food and grass were approved.

The grain and grass came from the Hanjia warehouse in Luoyang, and it was transported to the east of the river in a mighty way.

But other than that, there is no support.

No one believed that Li Yuan needed support.

The soldiers under him were called the Xuanjia Army, and they all rode good horses from Pegasus City, with excellent armor and sharp weapons.

Although the number is not large, only more than 1 people, he can be used to pacify Hedong, and it is not difficult to deal with a Sun Hua.

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Eighty miles south of Sangquan City.

Beijie County.

Beijie County is located between Sangquan and Yuxiang. It is not a big county, but it has an extremely important geographical location.

That is to go down to Hejin Fengling Ferry, go up to Yishi Linyi, and east to Luoyang to the county and county official roads leading to various places, all passing through Beijie County.

And when Li Shimin deployed at Wanghepo, north of Sangquan, which is Sun Hua's landing site, after the soldiers found the large troops crossing the river, they rushed to report to Li Shimin. After thinking about it, he directly led With the exception of the [-] soldiers who stayed in Yuxiang to transport salt, the other [-] soldiers were all concentrated in Beijie City.

The city of Beijie is not big, the city is not high, and the walls are not thick.

It's ok.

Because he is here.

At the same time, the support from Shanxi will arrive here in seven to ten days at most.

When Sun Hua came here, he had no one to rely on, and he only guarded an isolated city. What could he do?
This is what everyone, including Li Shimin, thinks.

Before the arrival of support, they only need to station in Beijie, send out scout posts, and spy on Sangquan's military situation.

Everyone now understands one thing, that is, Sang Quan was given to Sun Hua by the Lu family on his own initiative.

Lu Kuang had already left Fu County.

Moreover, in this matter, in all honesty, he didn't do anything special.

The salt mine itself belongs to the Lu family, he just gave it to Sun Hua.

As for what the deal was, no one knows.

But the Lu family quit, just quit.

Nothing to say.

The current situation is that Sangquan City has quietly changed its new owner.

And the pressure came to Li Yuan's side.

Because as early as the day before Sun Hua's invasion, another piece of news spread throughout Shanxi and Guanlong.

Yue Wang Yang Tong issued a decree, Xu Shanxi Hedong consolation ambassador Li Yuan confiscated taxes and governed power.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere between the aristocratic families who originally only needed to huddle together and manage the two places in Hedong, Shanxi, suddenly became subtle.

Including Cui Shi.

After receiving this message, everyone understood what it meant.

What is the attitude of the Longyou Li family?

What is the attitude of the Lu family who originally wanted to share a piece of the soup of the dragon fire?

What will be the attitude of the Wang family who has been sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight?

And most importantly...

Cui family, what is your attitude?

After all, with this monopoly on taxation, as long as Li Yuan wants to... handle the upcoming autumn harvest tax a little bit, Cui Shi will have to pay a huge price.

And this matter can't protect the Cui family, let alone the Bodhi Temple.

Because this is the order of Yue Wang Yang Tong.

It is equivalent to the emperor's order.

How Li Yuan would deal with it, and how other people would react, everyone began to wait and see.

And Sun Hua's invasion was equivalent to giving everyone a chance to wait and see.

There will be no support.

Li Shimin knew better than anyone else.

Although he asked the Cui family for help symbolically, he knew from the bottom of his heart that no matter how close everyone was before, it involved the core interests of the family, so... even if Yu Kui's people wanted to help him, they had to wait for the family's reply. Just be sure.

And these people also want to see now...

As a sudden spoiler, this Sun Hua can rely on this Sangquan city to bring Li Yuan...or how much trouble the Li family has!
And what kind of benefits can they gain from these troubles.

Therefore, the Wang family still promised to provide the stable supply of salt to Yu Township, but at the same time...remind Li Shimin in a subtle way...

The Wang family does not get involved in Sun Hua's affairs.

You have to face it alone.

And this is another reason why he wanted to come out of Yu Township.

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The City Lord's Mansion was temporarily requisitioned.

Deputy Tang Jian was left in Yuxiang, preparing to escort the next wave of salt into Shanxi.

Beside Li Shimin, stood the only person who could advise him at this moment.

Du Ruhui just arrived from Hejin.

At this moment, Du Ruhui was dusty, with a look of exhaustion on his face.

Even his baggage was thrown on the chair next to the military map.

But at this moment, he was still at the time when Li Shimin needed someone to share the pressure the most. At the same time, after confirming that everything was safe at Fenglingdu, he came to Beijie as the head of Hedong.

Old Du frowned.

"That is to say, after Sun Hua entered the city, he didn't move any more?"

"That's right... the last news from Baiqisi was that the Xianfeng army did not harass any people after they entered the city. They just blocked every five steps, one post at ten steps, and blocked everything from the salt mine to the city. And Baiqi In order not to be exposed, the Secretary has already stated that unless it is a critical moment, they will not send any more news unless they have received... Li Shilang's order."

"...Understandable."

Du Ruhui nodded:

"Baiqisi really doesn't need to communicate with us. It's the best of humanity to give us some information."

With that said, he looked at the locations of the various cities on the map and asked:
"How many of them are there?"

"About eight thousand. Not many people...but they are all elite!"

"..."

Upon hearing this amount, Du Ruhui's heart sank.

If they were all the pioneers that night...

After thinking about it, he said:
"Has Second Young Master asked Cui for help?"

"I beg."

Li Shimin didn't have a particularly big expression, just shook his head:
"But I guess, without the permission of Cui's family, they could at most send some food and supplies over. The recruitment of refugees from the east of the river is the most important thing, and after Sun Hua took over Sangquan, he didn't do much... Besides, there are some You should know that too. They won't have any reinforcements coming for the time being."

"……Hey."

Du Ruhui let out a long sigh, and understood that what the other party said was the truth.

Then, he looked around...

"Why didn't you see General Tang and General Pei?"

"The two of them are in Yu Township, and they are going to escort out the urgently needed salt from Shanxi."

"At this time, we still need to transport salt? We need to disperse our forces? We only have 3000 people!"

Du Ruhui frowned.

Li Shimin nodded firmly:
"Brother Keming, before I came to Hedong, my father repeatedly told me that there must be no loss in maintaining the salt transportation in Hedong."

"..."

Du Ruhui was speechless.

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Outside the city of Yuxiang.

The county magistrate Wang Jintong looked at Tang Jian standing in front of him, and bowed his hands to salute:

"General Tang, this trip is treacherous, so I hope you'll be more careful. All Yuxiang can do is continue to dig wells and cut salt to stabilize production. Others, I really can't give the general any support. I hope General Tang will not blame him."

Hearing this, Tang Jian was also extremely polite, and bowed his hands in return:
"Your magistrate, don't do this. Being able to produce salt steadily at this time is already the greatest support for my general. Being so polite makes someone feel uneasy."

After finishing speaking, he straightened up and got on his horse:
"The military order is urgent, so I will go first. I will trouble Mr. Wang about the salt in Yuxiang."

"Ah."

Wang Jintong nodded:

"When you arrive in Beijie, please convey your apology for Wang."

Hearing this, Tang Jian nodded:

"Farewell."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand:
"Call!"

The team pulled cart after cart of salt bricks and walked away neatly.

After walking far away, Wang Jintong sat in a sedan chair which was more comfortable than a carriage, and returned to the county magistrate's mansion all the way, entered the study room, and turned around.

"Come out."

He sat on a chair in the study and said something indifferent.

Then the cloaked vulture came out of the shadows where the sun did not shine.

"Master Wang, but Tang Jian and the others are leaving?"

"Ah."

Facing the vulture, Wang Jintong didn't show any fear on his face. He took a sip of tea from a teacup and said:
"There are a total of one hundred cars of salt bricks. According to the agreement between me and Lu Kuang, we will not send out until Sun Hua enters Sangquan City. Now the convoy has set off, the agreement is completed, you can leave."

"Thank you sir."

The vulture cupped his hands in thanks, but suddenly asked:
"Master Wang, do you think Tang Jian will put this cart of salt bricks in Beijie instead of transporting them to Shanxi?"

"..."

Wang Jintong glanced at him.

Although he couldn't see the face under the cloak clearly, he didn't care, just shook his head:

"Since your master asked me to delay the delivery, he already knew that there was a gap in the salt warehouse in Shanxi. Li Yuan couldn't afford to wait for this truckload of salt. Therefore, it will definitely be shipped to Shanxi... As for what you mean by this, I will I don’t understand, and I don’t want to understand. But I still want to warn you, Mrs. Wang knows nothing about this matter. Whenever there is any rumor..."

Speaking of this, he was obviously just a child born in Wang's concubine, but there was an inexplicable coldness in his body.

Not from Qi, but from the pressure of a thousand-year-old clan:

"A Lu Lao Qi can't stop the Wang family's anger."

Vulture's heart trembled, but his voice remained calm, and he cupped his hands:
"Keep in mind Master Wang's advice."

"Ah."

Wang Jintong nodded:

"Walk slowly, don't send."

The vulture stepped into the sunlight at the door, and his body turned into a vague shadow.

And after he left, Wang Jintong didn't show any extra expression, he just walked to the small table again, took out the chess book, and there was still an unfinished game of chess in front of him.

Who will kill the deer is unknown.

It's hard to tell.

It's ok.

He is just playing chess.

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Hejin City.

"What!? Old Du left? When did he leave?"

Keeping quiet and speechless, he looked at Du Weiyong in front of him:

"How many days have you been away!?"

"It's been two days. After knowing that Sun Hua didn't land from Fenglingdu, but went all the way north, he left directly."

Looking at the Confucian scholar who was nicknamed "Old Du" but never heard of by his younger brother, Du Weiyong's tone was unhurried.

But Shou Jing was speechless.

Isn't it because he crossed the road and detoured for a certain distance, why didn't he catch up?
After thinking about it, he asked:

"Where did he go?"

"..."

Du Weiyong thought for a while and said:
"Bei Jie."

"……Where is that?"

"East of Yu Township."

"Uh……"

I no longer believe in the "GPS" in my heart, and it is difficult to keep quiet.

After thinking about it, he said:
"Then... can you find someone who knows the way and take me there?"

"it is good."

Du Weiyong nodded and directly agreed.

Shou Jing looked at this person quite unexpectedly...

"Old Du, you are also an honest person."

Suddenly, he said something out of nowhere.

Hearing this, Du Weiyong was neither annoyed nor disgusted with the familiarity of this Confucian scholar, and nodded with a smile:
"Thank you Mr. Shoujing for your compliment."

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Sang Quan.

"Tang Jian is already on the road, with a total of [-] riders."

Hearing Vulture's words, Sun Hua nodded:
"Thank you, Chief Vulture."

When he was speaking, he was still holding a very delicate mechanism box in his hand.

The box seemed to conform to a certain pattern, and it looked extremely messy at first glance, but in Sun Hua's hands, these messy symbol patterns were restored to integrity little by little while being twisted.

"nothing."

The cloak shook.

After a while, Vulture suddenly said:
"You are so confident that Li Shimin will definitely come to rescue Tang Jian?"

"It doesn't matter whether he saves or not."

Amidst the rattling sound, Sun Hua's eyes were extremely indifferent:

"He was in Feng Yi and killed hundreds of my brothers. I want to get back this revenge for my dead brothers. If I can't lure him out, then I will kill Tang Jian and these three hundred riders, and then kill him again." he."

"..."

For no reason, Vulture felt that the person who was supported by the Lu family in front of him was a little bit awkward.

I don't know how fourth master fell in love with him in the first place.

But these things are not something that I should consider. He came here just to pass the information to the other party.

So, inevitably, his attention was focused on the mechanism box in the opponent's hand.

After thinking about it, he asked:
"What is Commander Sun holding in his hand?"

"this?"

Sun Hua didn't hide anything from him, and said directly:
"Linglong lock. It's just a toy of the Mo family."

"..."

Hearing the word "Mohist", Vulture finally asked the doubts that had been hidden in his heart for a long time:
"Commander Sun has an old relationship with the Mohists?"

The Linglong lock in Sun Hua's hand was still turning, but the turning speed was slightly slower.

Then the vulture heard a sentence:
"I want to hear this secret, you are going to die here today, are you willing?"

Following these words, a murderous intent instantly rippled in the room.

"..."

The vulture was silent.

One last bow:
"It's the vulture talking too much, Commander Sun, now that the information has arrived, I will take my leave."

"Well, no."

As if what he just said was just casual, after he watched the vulture leave, the exquisite lock in his hand was unlocked at some point.

And looking at the lines, it looks like a landscape painting.

"Come on."

He messed up the landscape painting on the Linglong Lock again, looked at the soldiers who came over, and said directly:

"Get ready, let's avenge our dead brothers."

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"Clap!!"

"What did you say! Say it again! Make it clear!!! What did they do to Tang Jian~!!??!!!!!!!"

The furious Li Shimin smashed the cup in his hand, looking at the unkempt soldier covered in blood, his eyes were so red that he was about to bleed!
"General! They hung the captain on the top of the city! Right on the gate of Sangquan city! When I was released, the captain had already been exposed to the sun for a day! Seeing me go out, he was still shouting with all his might, Tell the general not to come!...General!"

With a plop, the soldier knelt on the ground:
"Please save the captain!"

"Come on! The whole army is assembled!!!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin gave a loud shout and was about to rush out.

"Second son can't!"

Du Ruhui subconsciously wanted to stop him!

The bloodied army soldier in front of him ran back to Beijie alone and on two horses. When he got to the gate of the city, he shouted for help.

At first, everyone thought it was a fraud, but after confirming that there was only one person, they brought him directly to Li Shimin.And Li Shimin immediately recognized him as one of the generals who stayed in Yuxiang to escort the salt truck.

Quickly inquired, only to find out that two days ago, their team was attacked by the Xianfeng army. Facing the Xianfeng army who had already ambushed, none of them escaped. They died and were arrested. .But Tang Jian was simply hung on the gate of Sangquan city.

When the general came back, Sun Hua deliberately released him, and brought a sentence:

"If you kill one of my brothers, I will kill ten of you. Now, you still owe me two hundred lives."

At the beginning, what Li Shimin met was a 50-member vanguard team.

Everyone was beheaded.

But this time, including Tang Jian and the lawyer Pei who led the team, the entire team consisted of [-] people.

Tang Jian is alive, lawyer Pei is alive, and the general in front of him is alive.

The meaning of Sun Hua's words is equivalent to...

The three hundred soldiers had all died in his hands.

And now he asked Li Shimin to pay back the two hundred lives.

The lieutenant general was hanged on the city gate, and even came to ask Li Shimin for [-] lives, not to mention Li Shimin who couldn't bear it, Du Ruhui also felt that Sun Hua was so cruel.

But cruelty is cruelty, and anger is anger. Seeing that Li Shimin's eyes were red and he wanted to take revenge, he quickly stopped him:

"Second son, there are several times stronger troops than us in the Sang Spring, and the reinforcements have not yet arrived..."

"Kemin!"

Without hesitation, Li Shimin interrupted him.

His eyes were blood red, like a wolf like a tiger, staring straight at Du Ruhui, as if he might choose someone to devour at any time.

"Don't stop me!"

Gritting his teeth, he growled these words from between his teeth. He looked at the generals who had already rushed outside:
"Assemble the whole army, prepare food and grass... Let's go!"

"Yes!!!"

There was a soaring shout, and the murderous man quickly walked out of the mansion.

The sound of the horn of the whole army resounded directly in the mid-air of Beijie City.

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"Huh? This is..."

With a sway of his shoulders, Shou Jing, who quietly appeared in Beijie City, was a little taken aback.

Trumpet sound?
What is this going to do?
He was puzzled, shook his shoulders again, came to the roof of a fairly high restaurant, looked in all directions, determined the location of the City Lord's Mansion, and quickly stepped over there.

After a few dodges, he came to the street in front of the city lord's mansion, and then saw the soldiers busy inside and out.

Everyone looked like they were boiling with murderous intent.

Watching Shou Jing with a dazed face.

After thinking about it, he temporarily gave up the idea of ​​going directly to Lao Du, but just stood at the intersection, watching with those people in Beijie City who were also a little puzzled.

After seeing those people busy for a while, the team began to gather in the open space in front of the City Lord's Mansion.

Not many people.

There are a hundred people.

Shou Jing reckoned that everyone else was rushing this way...or waiting somewhere.

Immediately afterwards, he saw Li Shimin, who was wearing armor and had the same murderous look on his face, coming out, and Du Ruhui followed behind him.

Du Ruhui kept saying "Second Young Master, calm down", but Li Shimin ignored it and said:
"Keming, you just need to transport the food and grass for me! Don't worry about the rest!...Please!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Du Ruhui to say anything else, he got on his horse directly:
"set off!"

There was another shout, and more than a hundred people rode their horses and swung their whips, and ran towards the city gate.

Seeing that he couldn't stop it, Du Ruhui had no choice but to quickly turn around and plan to go back to the mansion, and quickly arrange the transportation of grain and grass.

Seeing this, Shou Jing shouted directly:
"Old Du!"

"..."

Du Ruhui's footsteps froze for an instant, and he subconsciously turned his head, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

But when he saw the person coming, he was suddenly taken aback...

The person in front of him was dressed like a Confucian scholar... Although his appearance was somewhat similar to that of the Taoist priest, it was very different.

At this moment, with a wicked smile on his face, as if he didn't know what happened just now, he walked in front of him carelessly.

Who is this person?

Du Ruhui was still puzzled, but finally heard a sentence from the Confucian scholar in front of him:
"I'm here to help you for Li Shouchu!"

　The wrong cup will be repaired tomorrow, what I wrote is going to throw up!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)