The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 245 Drive away the jackals, come again tigers and leopards

The night sky was burning red with flames, and the black smoke swept away with the wind. The entire Yushan military camp was ablaze, and the sound of fighting was boiling. Human figures ran and fought in the flames, and arrows with flames fell like rain. The soldiers in the barracks screamed and rushed out of the tent, and then were stabbed to death by the cavalry who rushed over. The corpses on the ground stretched out, surrounded by enemies who rushed into the barracks.

The gate was burning, and the body of the archer was hanging upside down on the edge of the sentry tower. A group of cavalry escorted several people on horseback and slowly entered the gate. During the fight, one of the cavalry galloped over with the enemy general and threw him to the ground, "The last general Wang Yanzhang , Capture Yushan Army Envoy Yang Shouxin alive here!"

"King of Dongping, King of Dongping." Yang Shouxin rolled to his feet, his iron helmet had been lost for a long time, and he looked towards the opposite side with disheveled hair, "I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender, and I can also worship you as a foster father."

The horsemen who entered the gate looked at each other and laughed, Zhu Wen urged the horse to come out slowly, the fire light reflected on his face, he pursed his lips and looked down at the enemy general who had struggled to get up from the ground, snorted coldly, and raised his hand: "If you recognize the eunuch as your father, you are also worthy to be my adopted son? Pull it down and chop it up, so as not to be an eyesore."

"The King of Dongping is merciful, merciful, let Shouxin"

Yang Shouxin bowed and kowtowed on the ground, Zhu Wen waved his hands impatiently: "Niu Cunjie!" In the voice, a burly and majestic general behind him jumped off his horse, stepped forward and rushed forward, with a 'clang' He drew his knife and chopped Yang Shouxin's neck, and his head, which was opening his mouth to speak, fell to the ground with a 'boom'.

"Being dead, there are still so many words!" The general named Niu Cunjie kicked the head away, and it fell into the burning tent in the distance. Nongxu stretched and laughed and returned to Zhu Wenma before returning to the team inside.

Immediately Zhu Wen led the generals into the barracks stepping on the headless corpse on the ground. At this time, the battle in the camp was coming to an end. A large number of Yushan barracks soldiers chose to surrender at this time and were dispatched to put out the fire in the camp.

"Your Highness, you shouldn't kill this Yang Shouxin. If you use his hand to win over Yang Fugong, after taking over Chang'an, the adopted sons from all over the country will also submit to him. Once they are in the hands, it will not be too late to get rid of the eunuch."

The person who spoke was Jing Xiang, a scribe riding a horse to Zhu Wen's right. Like Xie Tong, he also failed the Chang'an scientific examination and lived in Bianzhou. Later, he was appreciated by Zhu Wen in Bianzhou. Xie Tong had gone to Huazhou at that time. There was no one around to offer advice, so he recruited people around him to ask for advice. Zhu Wen was still hesitant to send troops to Chang'an this time. After Jing Xiang analyzed the pros and cons, he decided to let Ge Congzhou be the commander, Yang Shihou as the general, and Wang Yanzhang as the vanguard. The target is Yushan Military Camp.

He thought he would encounter a tougher resistance, but in half an hour, more than ten thousand soldiers in Yushan collapsed. Zhu Wen looked at the surrendering figures, glanced at the surrounding generals, and looked at Chang'an.

He is no longer the same Zhu Wen who came to Chang'an at the beginning. Behind him are counselors Xie Tong and Jing Xiang, and a group of generals such as Ge Congzhou, Yang Shihou, Wang Yanzhang, Liu Wei, Niu Cunjie, Pang Shigu, Zhang Quanyi, Wang Zhongshi, Wang Jingren, etc. Wait, any one of them can stand alone, and there are as many as 15 soldiers and horses. Looking at the world, no one dares to underestimate the former Dangshan robber.

"Hmph, getting power from eunuchs is ridiculous. If you want to take it, you will go to Chang'an to ask the emperor for it!" In the firelight, Zhu Wen squinted his eyes, and said in a majestic voice: "Send the order, quickly recruit the prisoners, and follow them!" I marched into Chang'an—"

"Yes!"

All the generals cupped their hands and shouted in unison.

Not long after, [-] soldiers and nearly [-] descended troops rushed into the night and spread to Chang'an.

At the same time, in Chang'an Imperial City, Li Ye, who received the congratulations from all the officials, was leading people to inspect the section of the imperial city. Looking at the red half of the night sky in the north, his face was also somewhat shocked.

"When did Li Shunjie be so expensive and fast?"

"Your Majesty, the general has been out of the city for less than half an hour. There should be King Dongping's troops outside." Liu Chongwang reminded in a low voice. If it fails, all the officials will not be spared. With Dongping King's soldiers and horses outside, the eunuchs will not dare to mess around.

"Liu Xiang worked hard, and I will reward you a lot in the future."

Only then was he able to get out of trouble. In front of all civil and military officials, Li Ye was not easy to lose his temper. Zhu Wen, the king of Dongping, how could he not know his temper these years, and if he was brought to Chang'an, he might be more terrifying than those eunuchs.

After a pause, the emperor turned around and continued: "Wang Qin of Dongping, Wang Chang'an, his heart can be expressed, but the chaos in the palace is settled, and it is not suitable for foreign troops to settle in, so as not to disturb the people and cause trouble, and order Chang'an's gates to be closed. Let anyone in unless there is an order from me!"

As the voice fell, Dong Yanbi, the commander of the Shence Army, led his troops up below the city wall, "Report to Your Majesty, a cavalry has entered Chang'an, and they are said to be under the command of King Dongping."

"What." Li Ye's face changed drastically. He hadn't recovered from the eunuch's fright before. Hearing the news, he became a little dazed again, leaning against the wall, "Entered the city? Pass my order, immediately Order Li Shunjie to lead troops back to Chang'an and station at Chunming Gate!

"Report-"

From below, the voice came again, "Your Majesty, King Dongping led [-] soldiers and horses to approach Chunming Gate two miles away, and the soldiers under his command have already guarded the city gate."

At this point in the matter, all the civil and military officials in the city didn't know what happened. They all looked at Prime Minister Liu Chongwang. The latter's eyes were round, and he stomped on the ground fiercely.

"Dong Ping Wang, a wolf and ambitious man, Dong Thief!!"

"Your Majesty, I don't know my ambitions because of my loyalty. Your Majesty's situation today is due to my fault." Liu Chongwang almost cried out, "I am a sinner!"

Just rescued the Son of Heaven from the wolf's den, but he pushed into the tiger group again, he was so sad and ashamed for a moment, he called out 'sinner', knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to Li Ye, got up together, and climbed up the wall without waiting for everyone's reaction Duo jumped straight down the top of the city, and there was a 'bang' from a distance in the darkness, the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

"Liu Xiang!!" Li Ye leaned down and shouted sadly towards the wall, gritted his teeth and shed tears, "I didn't blame you, why can't you think about it so much!!"

Qin Huaimian, Zhou Chenghui and other civil and military officials came to comfort them, and the emperor took a deep breath, "Immediately send someone to Chunming Gate to convey my will to King Dongping. If he wants to enter Chang'an, he must first bring Yang Fugong's head to me, otherwise he will not be allowed to enter the city. Don't see him!"

Yang Fugong fled out of the city and disappeared long ago. The civil and military forces immediately understood Li Ye's intentions. With this imperial decree, if Zhu Wen could not kill Yang Fugong, he would not have the conditions to enter the city. If he forced it, he would be a traitor. It doesn't sound good.

Of course, if it's like Longyou before, just come in for a few days, and then retreat after the emperor returns, then it doesn't matter.

The horse rushed out of the imperial city and arrived at the Chunming gate. The general guarding the gate has been replaced by a general named Wang Zhongshi. This man is a rare general under Zhu Wen's account, not much worse than Wang Yanzhang. After seeing the imperial decree, Without thinking too much, he asked someone to let him go, and then passed it to Zhu Wen, who was less than half a mile into Chang'an.

"Hehe. It's just an imperial decree, so I'll just treat it as if I didn't receive it, and don't worry about it."

"Your Highness, don't do it!" Jing Xiang hurriedly stopped, "The imperial decree is handed out in front of all civil and military personnel, how can no one know it, then Yang Fugong is not difficult to catch, you might as well give it a try, if you really can't find it, go to Chang'an again It's not too late, anyway, Chunming Gate has been guarded by Wang Zhongshi, and His Highness can enter this bustling city at any time."

"Well, then listen to you."

Soon, hundreds of scouts scattered out, and under the moonlight, they searched in all directions with Chang'an as the center. In the middle of the night, they found Yang Fugong and the others who were resting in the nearby forest. After fighting for a while, they sent out Signal, within an hour, a large number of cavalry rushed here.

Yang Fugong was frightened, several confidantes with outstanding martial arts fought with the entangled scouts for a while, and then guarded him and ran for his life in a panic. The three directions of southeast, north and south were quickly blocked, so he had to turn west and head towards Fengxiang.

"Drive! Drive! Damn beast, run faster!!"

The whip whipped wildly, Yang Fugong turned his head from time to time, in the darkness behind him, there were continuous torches spreading from the hands of the pursuers.He kept cursing and cursing the mount, the horse was also a rare good horse, running a hundred miles overnight without diarrhea collapse was already the limit.

"General, there are also pursuers over there—" At this time, there are only two confidantes who are following him, one of them is pointing to the road ahead, there are soldiers and horses blocking there, and there are also fires everywhere, and all the cavalry stand out with guns and horses , as if waiting for him specially.

"It's over."

Despair appeared on Yang Fugong's face, he was about to turn his horse's head and rush to the nearby woods, when he suddenly saw that there were many carriages in the cavalry, his mind was active, and he immediately understood that if the soldiers were chasing them, how could they have carriages?
Looking carefully, there was a somewhat familiar figure on the chariot, and his eyes lit up the moment the horse approached.

"Shang Shuling, servant Yang Fugong!!"

The knight holding the bow was stunned for a moment when he heard the shout of the person coming. Fu Daozhao also looked at the figure on the carriage, "Sir, there are still pursuers behind this man. If we save him, we must fight hard."

Geng Qing didn't speak, just got off the carriage and came to the front of the team. Yang Fugong, who was riding over, saw Geng Qing approaching. He reined in the reins and slowed down the horse. Before the horse stopped, he got off the horse in a hurry and fell down. , Pain, and rushed over rolling and crawling.

"Shang Shuling, slave Yang Fugong, you still want to save my life!"

The eunuch stumbled closer, and across the field of vision, the young man standing between the two knights smiled, but raised his hand to the side like a servant, as if he was holding something.

"Shang Shu Ling"

A few steps closer, while Yang Fugong shouted joyfully, Geng Qing raised his finger over, and the heavy object in his hand made a loud 'bang', and the flame exploded in mid-air.

The eunuchs who came running were smashed into a sieve in an instant.

"My flame palm is getting more and more proficient."

With a dark face, Geng Qing blew the smoke from the six holes with a smile, looked at the corpse lying on the ground, and threw the firearm to Dachun, "Useless things should be disposed of."

In the words, several Longyou knights shot out their crossbows, nailing the eunuch's two henchmen to death.Afterwards, Geng Qing raised his hands and walked to stand beside the corpse, and looked at the group of cavalrymen who were chasing him with a smile on his face.

When the pursuers came over, the first general raised his gun and shouted, "Who are you waiting for? Quickly hand over the body of this eunuch."

"Hehe. A general of King Dongping?"

Geng Qing looked at him, and didn't intend to move, but his voice was raised after the words, "Let Dongping King come over and ask me for it. You are not qualified yet!"

Behind him, Fu Daozhao drew out his short spear, and the two thousand cavalry raised their spears in the darkness, ready to charge.

　There is only one chapter tonight, I have something to go out during the day, I didn’t have time to think about it

　　
　
(End of this chapter)