First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

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Since Ning Daoming raised his army, he has been stationed and closed the mountain for a period of time. Relying on the banner of the Ning family in Qinzhou, he recruited a lot of troops and recruited some talents under his command. But when facing Ning Chun's attack, he asked Feng Xuan for advice.

Feng Xuan, as the eldest son of the Feng family in Gaozhou and the eldest grandson of Lady Xian, the Holy Mother of Lingnan, has a high reputation among the various clans.

Now in Fengshan City, he is also the number two figure after Ning Daoming, but this guy's conduct is only average.

Seeing Ning Daoming asking himself, Feng Xuan was taken aback, rubbed his face to sober up, frowned and pondered for a moment, after all, he couldn't think of a good plan, so he waved his hands impatiently and said: "Soldiers come to cover up the water and earth, let's join forces 6 people, I am afraid that he would rather have the soldiers of this state than."

Feng Xuan's words reached Ning Daoming's heart. Ning Daoming was in high spirits. He slapped the table and shouted: "Feng Da is right. We have strong soldiers and horses, and we have so many people that we can't even stand on the city wall. Ning Chun If he comes, he will be in line with my wishes, and he will never come back."

The generals in the middle of the hall cheered one after another, and Ning Daoming was even more complacent, "Come, drink victory, and tomorrow I will follow my general to destroy Ning Chun first, and then send troops to Nanhezhou."

The crowd continued to exchange cups and cups, and there were three or two people who felt uneasy, but seeing that Ning Daoming didn't care at all, they had no choice but to put aside their worries and go along with the banquet.

Pang Xiaotai's remaining troops were arranged by Ning Daoming's people in several large courtyards, not far from the city gate. Pang Xiaotai was secretly happy when he saw this.

Not long after, the supply camp was ordered to send wine and meat. The mountain is close to the mountain. Every slanger is a qualified hunter, and there is no shortage of game meat, but wine is scarce, and three hundred catties of meat is only a lot, but this Out of a hundred jars of wine, only fifty or sixty jars were in Pang Xiaotai's hands, all of which were of the worst quality.

Pang Xiaotai was also a well-known Baizhou Liao chief with some reputation. The people in the transport camp were afraid of making Pang Shijun who had returned from the defeat angry, so they bowed their heads and smiled, "Forgive me, Pang Shijun, but this is the only drink in the warehouse." I will definitely make up for it later.”

Unexpectedly, Pang Xiaotai not only did not get angry, but shook his head and sighed: "How dare a defeated general drink alcohol in the army and keep the meat. This wine...you can transport it back."

The people in the supply camp were astonished, but seeing that Pang Xiaotai didn't seem to be joking, they hurriedly nodded and bowed to carry the drinks back, even walking much more briskly.

Turning his head and seeing the clansman whose throat was rolling, Pang Xiaotai smiled and cursed: "Don't be greedy, when I return to Baizhou, I will give you double, take the time to rest."

Liao Bing thanked him happily after hearing this.

In the middle of the moon, Pang Xiaotai stood up abruptly, put on his armor unhurriedly, and "prepared to seize the door". The deputy general Pang Xiaojie next to him immediately went down to prepare after hearing this.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the midnight hour has passed.

Although the first month has passed, the wind in early spring is still biting, and the temperature in the second half of the night is even lower.

All the soldiers on duty on the city wall hid in the gatehouse and gathered together to keep warm. The doors and windows were closed, but there was no one on the city wall. Even at the city gate, there were only two or three immature recruits, wrapped in thick mattresses and hiding in the city gate hole snuggle up.

Pang Xiaotai saw from a distance that there were no guards walking back and forth on patrol, and he was overjoyed.

He said to the lieutenant beside him, who was also his younger brother Pang Xiaojie: "Go and seize the gate to open the city, and I will go up the city wall and block them in the gate tower. Remember, light the fire immediately after opening the city."

Pang Xiaojie heard the words and responded, "Brother, be careful, there should be quite a few people in the gatehouse."

Pang Xiaotai grinned, "All of them are nestled inside. I will block the doors and windows, and set a fire. No matter how many people there are, it will be difficult for him to show his skills."

The two brothers immediately split up.

As the saying goes, if the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam is crooked. Ning Daoming, the leader of the rebellion, has no long-term plan. After occupying Fengshan City, he only had banquets every day. These people under his command are also mountain scumbags who defected from various states and counties and have never received formal training. Ning Daoming's heart is really big enough for the government soldiers to train and let these people defend the city.

Pang Xiaotai and 300 people had just climbed onto the city wall when they heard a scream coming from the city gate. It was Pang Xiaojie who had already taken action.

"Set fire and block the doors and windows," Pang Xiaotai immediately shouted.

All the people under his command are Baizhou Liaobing, who obeyed his words and were loyal. They immediately took out fire folders, fire oil tanks, oil lamps and other fire starters and threw them into the gatehouse, and soon a raging fire was ignited.

The guard who was sleeping soundly inside for warmth yelled in panic, and rushed straight to the door, but the door was already blocked.

At the city gate, Pang Xiaojie had already opened the city gate and lit the fire.

Hearing the piercing screams from above the city gate made people shudder.

Pang Xiaotai also shuddered. Now it seems that there is no need to continue blocking here, because the blazing flames are so hot that no one can stand within a few feet.

There were more than a hundred guards in the gatehouse, and because of the cold night, they were wrapped in mattresses and huddled together, but now with the kerosene infiltrating the bedding, hundreds of people crowded together, the doors and windows were sealed, and the inside suddenly felt like a purgatory on earth.

Pang Xiaotai's face was pale in the light of the fire, and he didn't know whether the sweat dripping from his forehead was caused by the fire or because he was frightened. There was a piercing scream, and the lips trembled, "Do, do evil...".

"It's too old, there are people coming over there," the soldiers under his command shouted hastily.

"Old" is the honorific title given by some savages and barbarians to the leaders and chiefs of the tribe.

Pang Xiaotai woke up with a start, pulled out the saber from his waist, looked at the rebels rushing over from the other side, took a deep breath, held the hilt of the saber tightly, "Kill, keep the city gate", and immediately rushed out first.

It is true that Pang Xiaotai has a submissive personality, and he didn't even have many lives on his hands, but his strong body, after being bloody, is quite fierce.

I saw Pang Xiaotai rushing towards him, and the captain of the city gate on the opposite side looked horrified, "Mr. Pang, you...".

Before he finished speaking, Pang Xiaotai waved his knife in the face. The captain panicked and couldn't dodge it, so he let out a scream. The knife didn't hit his head, but he cut off his right arm to the shoulder abruptly, and blood gushed out.

Pang Xiaotai wiped the blood splattered on his face, and under the light of the fire, he was extremely ferocious, "The Heavenly Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty put down the rebellion and killed."

On the hill two miles outside the city, Ning Chun and Lu Nan led [-] soldiers and horses to nest here, shivering with cold.

The fire in the city gate tower reflected the blood-red sky, which was particularly eye-catching.

Ning Chun was surprised.

Lu Nan said in a daze: "This, Mr. Pang, probably will burn the whole city down."

"Break the city and kill the thieves, make meritorious deeds, and kill them today."

Ning Chun reacted and immediately drew his sword and shouted, immediately got on his horse and headed straight for the city gate.

The process was extremely smooth, until Ning Chun led his army into the city, Ning Daoming's defenders hadn't reacted yet.

"Mr. Pang leads the way, go quickly to control the camp", Ning Chun made a decisive decision, and kept giving orders, "Magistrate Lu, go to the Governor's Mansion, don't leave Ning Daoming."

Lu Nan was overjoyed and immediately led his people straight to the Governor's Mansion in Jiangzhou. He had been to the Governor's Mansion in Jiangzhou many times and was very familiar with it. He immediately divided his troops to block the back door of the Governor's Mansion.

"My lord, my lord, the Tang army has entered the city, run quickly", the guards didn't care much, and rushed directly into the rear office.

Ning Daoming was sleeping soundly with two beauties in his arms, and woke up suddenly. After hearing what he heard clearly, he was half drunk and said with a look of astonishment, "How is this possible? There are [-] troops in the city."

"My lord, run quickly, it was Pang Xiaotai from Baizhou who set fire to the city gate and opened the city gate." The guards did not dare to delay, and dragged and dragged Ning Daoming up.

"No, I have [-] troops. Fight back. Quick, where is Shalu? Let him fight back." Ning Daoming broke free from the support of his guards.

"Your Majesty, General Sha is drunk. I don't know where he is now. The Tang army has already entered the city. It's too late to run away." The guard was about to cry. He picked up Ning Daoming and left. "Where can the thief go?"

With a long knife, Lu Nan rushed into the Governor's Mansion with more than 1000 people, killing everyone on sight. He quickly rushed to the back office and saw Ning Daoming in his inner clothes at a glance.

"Ah?" Ning Daoming was shocked and almost fell to the ground, "Who are you?"

"Lu Nan, the magistrate of Dongluo County, would rather the thief be killed." Lu Nan's blood surged up, and today is the day when he made meritorious service in killing the thief... Thinking of this, Lu Nan raised his knife and rushed forward.

The soldiers behind quickly wiped out Ning Daoming's personal guards, but Lu Nan went straight to Ning Daoming regardless.

The blade pointed directly at the unarmed Ning Daoming, and Lu Nan laughed and said, "Ning thief, let's capture him without a fight."

Ning Dao was rebellious by nature, the good son of the Ning family and the governor of Yuezhou refused to do it, he insisted on raising troops to rebel, and he called himself a general, which shows that he is rebellious by nature.

Facing Lu Nan who was holding a knife, Ning Daoming's eyes were red and his face was ferocious. He picked up a knife on the ground and rushed over, "Little county magistrate...".

However, before this sentence was finished, Lu Nan used a knife as a sword, and stabbed out with a knife, directly piercing Ning Daoming's chest, and the knife raised high in Ning Daoming's hand fell to the ground.

"You're a trash, but you dare to learn from others to rebel," Lu Nan spat and drew out his knife.

Ning Daoming widened his eyes when he heard this, pointed at Lu Nan, the corners of his mouth twitched but he couldn't speak anymore, and fell to the ground dead.

"You lead a team of people out to announce that the Ning thief is dead," Lu Nan turned around and ordered, then stepped forward and cut off Ning Daoming's head with a knife, and chuckled, "It's time to get a title this time."

There was no accident in the whole process, and Ning Chun took over Fengshan City smoothly.

The [-] rebels in the camp west of the city had no leader.

Ning Chun led people directly to surround the camp, shouting from all directions: The army of Guizhou is ordered to suppress the rebellion, the army of Nanyin Prefecture is ordered to suppress the rebellion...

After killing and wounding more than a thousand people, they had no choice but to surrender in a daze.

Ning Chun's general, Sha Lu, was decapitated in a deep sleep, while Feng Xuan woke up in prison after a hangover, with a dazed look on his face.

When Ning Chun cleared up Yuni in Fengshan City in an orderly manner, the reinforcements from Nanyinzhou, led by Li Guanglue and Lu Deyong, crossed the mountains and finally arrived at Dongluo City.

Seeing that Dongluo City was completely silent and there was no fierce fighting at all, Lu De's eyes darkened and he almost fell off his horse. He clutched his chest and cried out mournfully, "Nan'er...".

Li Guanglue also reacted, his face turned pale, and he hastily ordered: "Quick, call the city."

After a while, Lu De was in disbelief with tears hanging from the corners of his eyes.

It's really that the Dongluo county lieutenant's story is too bizarre.

Pang Xiaotai of Baizhou was ordered by Ning Daoming to attack Dongluo, but when the soldiers approached the city, Lu Nan gave him a slap in the face, so he lost his way, and the two secretly formed an alliance, and then went to attack Fengshan City together after Ningchun's reinforcements from Nanhe Prefecture arrived.

If he hadn't known the county lieutenant for a long time and knew his character, Lu Deyong would have thought it was a trick of the traitor.

Lu Deyong looked at Li Guanglue, "Captain, why don't you go to Fengshan to find out?"

Li Guanglue's mind was a little messed up now, so he nodded casually, "Just follow Deyong's arrangement."

The army of Nanyinzhou went to Fengshan again.

Night falls.

Fengshan City, Governor's Mansion.

As the governor of Nanyin Prefecture, Li Guanglue took the main seat, and on the left and right were Shi Lu Deyong, the governor of Nanyin Prefecture, Ning Chun, the governor of Nanhe Prefecture, Pang Xiaotai, the governor of Baizhou, Lu Nan, the magistrate of Dongluo County, and others.

Li Guanglue still couldn't believe it until now, Ning Daoming relied on the Ning clan of Qinzhou to raise the banner to rebel vigorously, and he was destroyed in Fengshan City like this, without even fighting a big battle.

Seeing that the corners of Lu De's mouth reached to the ears, he kept twirling his beard and smiling. He was quite satisfied with Lu Nan's performance.

Instigating against Pang Xiaotai and killing Ning Daoming with his own hands, this feat can at least win a county viscount title.

You must know that it is becoming more and more difficult to confer titles now. I heard that the saint still intends to reduce the title, and the gold content of the title will only increase in the future.

"Mr. Pang found his way back when he lost his way, and assisted in suppressing the rebellion. The governor will definitely report the truth to Gao Jinglue."

Li Guanglue looked at Pang Xiaotai and said with a smile, he has the highest official position here, and Jiangzhou is also under the jurisdiction of his Nanyin Prefecture Governor's Mansion, so he has to express this attitude.

However, upon hearing Li Guanglue's words, Ning Chun, Pang Xiaotai and others were all puzzled.

Pang Xiaotai looked confused, scratched his head and asked, "May I ask Governor Li, who is this Gao Jinlue?"

Li Guanglue slapped his head, and said with a loud smile: "The mansion report just came, you don't know, the sage has appointed Yan Guogong Gao Chong as the envoy of the Lingnan Economic Strategy, in charge of the eight Lingnan prefectures.

From now on, all government affairs, large and small, in Lingnan need to be reported to the Economic Affairs Bureau."

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words, and they were all shocked in their hearts. The Lingnan Economic Envoy was in charge of the eight government affairs... Couldn't he be the King of Lingnan.

Ning Chun was very happy, and said bluntly: "Gao Youzhi is both military and political. He will come to Lingnan to rule, and he will surely calm down the chaos."

"Then what should we do now?" Pang Xiaotai asked the most critical question, "Now that Ning Daoming has been executed, I intend to retreat and return to my hometown. Is it possible?"

Lu Nan glanced at Pang Xiaotai, immediately objected, and said bluntly: "There is still Qinzhou undecided, how can we retreat?"

Li Guanglue looked at Lu Deyong, Lu Deyong had heard about Pang Xiaotai, he hesitated and said: "According to the schedule, Gao Jinglue will arrive in Lingnan in a few days, why not go north quickly to welcome Gao Jinglue's arrival , we are at his disposal, after all, the situation in Qinzhou is relatively special, and it is really inappropriate for us to make claims."

Ning Chun echoed the words: "I agree, the situation in Qinzhou and Gaozhou is complicated, so it is not good to use troops rashly."

Seeing these two people express their views, Li Guanglue also agreed. For Gao Chong, he could only feel gratitude.

After all, when his second brother Li Guanglue rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, he tried his best to oppose it. Later, Li Guanglue was executed, and Gao Chong did not implicate Li Guanglue, but instead supported Li Guanglue to succeed the chief. .

The small Fengshan City is extremely lively now. Soldiers and horses from Nanyin Prefecture, Nanhe Prefecture, and Bai Prefecture are gathered here, with a total of more than [-] people.

In addition, there were [-] soldiers from Yuezhou in the camp in the west of the city, all of whom were disarmed and imprisoned, awaiting Gao Chong's disposal.

The next day, Li Guanglue ordered Lu Nan, the magistrate of Dongluo County, to lead his troops and send them to Gaocheng County.

The news of Ning Daoming's death has already spread. As soon as Lu Nan's soldiers arrived, the rebels in Gaocheng County dispersed in a frenzy. Lu Nan regained Gaocheng without any effort and made another contribution.

So far, Ning Daoming of Yuezhou rebelled, claiming to be a general, and all the captured Jiangzhou counties were restored.