Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 289 Who Serves His Madam Dressing

There are a lot of things at work recently, and I haven't saved the manuscript, so I can only post it now, sorry!
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The night was dim and the stars were shining.

In the middle of the night, most of the fires had been extinguished, and there were only seven or eight fires still burning faintly. From time to time, soldiers on night patrol passed by the fires, faintly, causing the Hanzhong army in the distance to scold Han. clearly.

Leaving hundreds of people to attract the scouts, Zhao Yun quietly left the depression with most of the soldiers and horses, carefully bypassing all the scouts, and after making a big circle, he touched the west gate of Nanzheng .

There is a torch on the head of Nanzheng City, which can illuminate about a hundred steps away.

Between [-] and [-] steps, if there is any movement, you can see some movement, but if it exceeds [-] steps, you can't see anything. Zhao Yun stopped at a safe distance and waited quietly.

Not long after, a faint flame lit up in the northwest direction.

At this time, tell the responders in the city that they are ready.

It was very quiet on the top of the city, and the fire that suddenly lit up in the northwest direction did not attract the attention of the guarding soldiers, or they didn't realize that there was a fire outside the city, so there was nothing to be surprised about.

A private soldier is a private soldier, no matter how good the armor is, it cannot replace the regular army.

If it is a real army, it must be reported to the superior when this kind of thing happens, and someone will be sent to investigate.

These private soldiers were indifferent, maybe as long as the Xiliang army didn't kill the top of the city, they wouldn't care about other things.

In the dark night, a carriage drove slowly over.

The soldiers guarding the top of the city stretched their necks to take a look, and immediately became alert.

"Head, the master is here!"

The soldier immediately leaned into the city gate tower and woke up the head of the guard who was sleeping on the straw mat.

"Well, the master is here?"

The leader of the private soldiers, Yang Shan, who was half asleep and half awake, responded, and the next second, he immediately turned over in fright.

"What did you say, the master is here?"

Yang Shan's drowsiness was gone, and he asked quickly in shock.

"Yes!"

The private soldier said anxiously: "The master is here, head, go and see what's going on!"

"Uh, let's go!"

Yang Shan didn't dare to be negligent, although he didn't know why his master came to the city gate in the middle of the night, but for private soldiers like them, his master was taller than the emperor's parents, so how could he carelessly serve him? It was a mistake. My errand was gone, and I turned around and rushed out.

I don't want to just rush out of the city gate, only to find that my master has already stepped onto the top of the city.

"master!"

Yang Shan was taken aback, and quickly stopped to salute.

It's just that I was really puzzled in my heart, what is my master going to do? Could it be that he wants to personally inspect the city defense?

However, this is not scientific!

My master is a civil servant, so patrolling the city defense, shouldn't it be the job of a general?
Yang Shan was full of doubts, but he didn't dare to ask more questions, so he had to wait carefully.

Yang Song waved his hand, walked straight to the battlements, opened his neck and looked into the distance for a while, then pointed to the faintly lit fire in the northwest corner and asked: "When did the fire light up there?"

"Uh……"

Yang Shan choked, and quickly looked at a soldier on duty at night.

When the fire was lit, no one reported to him at all, how could he know.

"Master, it was lit before a stick of incense!"

The soldier on duty at night knew it, seeing his master also looked over, he quickly replied.

"A stick of incense?"

After muttering for a while, Yang Song waved his hand and ordered, "Open the city gate!"

"..."

Yang Shan didn't come back to his senses for a while, thinking he had heard it wrong.

"What are you doing standing still?"

Yang Song's face darkened, and he reprimanded displeasedly: "Haven't you opened the city gate yet?"

"Master, this..."

Yang Shan finally came back to his senses, and said in a stunned voice, "Open the city gate, sir, did I hear correctly?"

Yang Song was so angry, this is too shameless, and angrily said: "Nonsense, do you want me to say it again? If you can't even understand human language, you will go back to the countryside to be a groom tomorrow. There is no need Stay in Nanzheng."

"This……"

Yang Shan was taken aback, he didn't dare to talk nonsense, and quickly said: "The villain obeys!"

I didn't react just now, but it was because such an order was too unexpected. No matter who it is, it would be a normal reaction to receive such an order suddenly. I wondered if I heard it wrong, or the master made a mistake.

But now seeing his master's gloomy face, if he couldn't react, he would be dead.

Yang Shan didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and quickly ordered to open the city gate.

The biggest difference between private soldiers and regular troops is that their allegiance will always be their own patriarch.

For private soldiers, the orders of their masters are heaven, and the orders of their lords are more important than the emperor's imperial decree. Even if their lords want to lead them to rebel, these private soldiers will have no hesitation.

The reason why the gentry families in the late Han Dynasty were strong is because of this.

It is for this reason that the princes tried their best to win over the elites of the gentry, not to offend them.

The gentry family not only monopolized knowledge and official career, but also mastered powerful power.

If the vassals want to secure their seats, they must get the full support of these gentry clansmen. Otherwise, if these gentry clansmen rebel, none of the princes can stand it, and it is definitely enough to drink a pot.

If these gentry clansmen colluded with foreign enemies again, it would definitely be fatal.

This is the main reason why Luo Zheng is not pleasing to the eyes of those gentry families.

For a hero with enough ambition, it is impossible to tolerate the existence of such uncontrolled power under the rule anyway, but Luo Zheng's methods are more radical in dealing with this kind of problem, and there is never room for turning around.

Amidst the ear-piercing sound, the suspension bridge slowly lowered and landed on the pier.

Afterwards, dozens of soldiers pushed open the heavy wooden door together.

Hundreds of paces away, in the dark.

"General, the city gate is open!"

A small school cheered up and hurriedly said to Zhao Yun.

"Go, enter the city!"

Zhao Yun waved the door, and more than [-] infantry rushed out of the darkness immediately.

All the private soldiers on the top of the wall immediately widened their eyes in surprise, a little unbelievable.

Damn, they didn't know when the Xiliang army came outside the city, how could this be possible.

However, before they could figure it out, the Hedong soldiers had already rushed to the city.

Zhao Yun was cautious by nature and didn't dare to be careless. As soon as he gave an order, a small school rushed in with a thousand infantry, but the large group of troops still stayed outside the city, and did not enter the city rashly, so as not to be caught off guard when something happened.

A thousand soldiers from the east of the river rushed into the west gate and immediately took over the city defense.

All the hundreds of private soldiers staying at Ximen were driven aside, and everyone was very upset.

But seeing that my master didn't say a word, I had no choice but to endure it.

It was not until Ximen was completely controlled that Zhao Yun breathed a sigh of relief and led the army into the city.

At this moment, another carriage rushed all the way to the gate of the city.

When the curtain of the car was lifted, a young man jumped down first, but it was Fazheng, followed by Yang Bai.

"Is General Zhao Yun in front?"

Fazheng had never met Zhao Yun, but this did not prevent him from finding Zhao Yun among the crowd.

Even if a tiger is mixed in with a group of bobcats, it can still be spotted at a glance.

Fazheng's eyes only swept away briefly, then fell on Zhao Yun, and asked loudly.

"Exactly, but Mr. Fazheng?"

Zhao Yun also arched his hands on the horseback, showing great courtesy.

Fazheng said: "I've heard of the general's name for a long time, but the general has been in Wuwei for a long time, so I'm on the side of Keng. But the military situation is urgent now, so I won't ask General Zhao Yun for advice. Please, general, speed up the army to raid the camp in the city. I'm afraid there will be changes!"

Zhao Yundao: "Be kind, just follow the sir's prayer!"

At present, hundreds of infantry were left to guard the west gate, and the four thousand troops went straight to the camp in the city.

Soon, the peaceful night sky was frayed.

There were killing sounds in Nanzheng City, and the howls could not be calm anymore.

Common people all know the truth, among all the thieves in the world, the most difficult to guard against is the family thieves.

The Yang Song and Yang Bai brothers took refuge in Luo Zheng, and Nanzheng was short of troops, so they had to rely on the private soldiers of the aristocratic families in the city to defend the city. In this case, the Yang brothers took over the Xiliang army to enter the city, how could the Hanzhong army react come here.

There were not many soldiers and horses in the big camp. Under the sudden attack, they were easily taken down by Zhao Yun almost without any reaction.

Hanzhong Prefect's Mansion, Inner Courtyard.

Zhang Lu was startled awake by the shouts of killing, and asked, "Where is the shouting of killing?"

Xinna's concubine shrank aside, her face turned pale with fright, and she couldn't speak.

Zhang Lu's heart beat wildly for no reason, he put on his clothes quickly, and the door was knocked before he got out of bed.

That's right, it was a shot. The soldiers outside slammed the door panel loudly, and shouted loudly, "My lord, something is wrong. The Xiliang army has entered the city, and our army camp has been destroyed. The Xiliang army has already killed them."

"what?"

Zhang Lu jumped up in shock, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, he was almost stunned.

It wasn't until the soldiers outside the door slammed on the door that they shivered cleverly and woke up abruptly.

Zhang Lu rushed over, opened the door and rushed outside, asking sharply, "What's going on, how did the Xiliang army enter the city?"

Wiping off his cold sweat, the soldiers said frightenedly: "It seems that Yang Song and Yang Bai opened the city gate and led the Xiliang army into the city."

"what?"

Zhang Lu's expression changed drastically, and his face suddenly became miserable.

Hearing the cries of killing that were getting closer and closer, his heart felt ashamed in an instant.

But no matter what, he felt a little unwilling in his heart, and asked anxiously: "Why did Yang Song and Yang Bai join the enemy?"

"This one……"

The soldier hesitated and said, "I don't know even if I'm small!"

Zhang Lu sighed, and when he was at a loss, the general Yang Ang pulled him in as if he couldn't wait to see him.

"My lord, something is wrong!"

Yang Ang roared in a hurry: "Yang Song and Yang Bo both surrendered to the enemy and opened the west gate to lead the Xiliang army into the city. Our army was caught off guard and the camp was broken. Please hurry up and break through with the last general, my lord. I'm afraid that the big thing will stop!"

Zhang Lu lost his mind and said: "If you lose Nanzheng, where else can you go?"

Yang Ang said anxiously: "My lord, if you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about running out of firewood! We can go to Yangping Pass. General Zhang Wei's army can reach Nanzheng in two days at most. As long as we can escape from Hanzhong, wait for Zhang Wei When the general arrives with a large army, Nanzheng can be recaptured."

"This……"

Zhang Lu's complexion changed several times, and a gleam of light finally recovered in his eyes.

Yang Ang waved his hand and said sharply, "Quick, prepare the horse for the Lord!"

More than a dozen personal soldiers rushed forward leading the horses, trying to help Zhang Lu get on the horse.

The desire to survive soon got the upper hand.

Zhang Lu was quick-witted, and immediately said: "Quick, take the piss and go!"

The soldiers who rushed over immediately started running in a panic, and the civil strife immediately turned into a mess.

The women panicked and rushed out with their hair disheveled before they could even put on their clothes. The dolls were terrified and crying, and the servants ran around like headless flies.

At this time, the sound of shouting and killing has reached the street ahead.

Yang Ang jumped anxiously, and said loudly: "My lord, it's too late, please get on your horse quickly, and we will break through soon!"

Zhang Lu said in surprise: "I can abandon my family and ignore it, just wait for a while!"

He turned his head and yelled at the soldiers, "Hurry up, I don't want all the money and goods, so hurry up and take the people away!"

The soldiers were also anxious to get angry, this road is not easy to run, the ladies don’t know how to ride a horse, so they have to set up a carriage, and some ladies didn’t even wear clothes, so they just ran out naked, what a shame manage.

The maids were so frightened that they didn't know where to go. Who would wait for the lady to put on her clothes first?
The soldiers also jumped anxiously, even more anxious than Zhang Lu, and they didn't dare to look at the naked ladies, and they didn't dare to step forward to help a lady who fell to the ground and screamed, for fear that she would die later. The lord settles accounts after autumn.

Yang Ang raised his eyebrows anxiously, and shouted: "Quickly, help the ladies to paint!"

Zhang Lu also yelled angrily, "What time is it, hurry up, get everyone away!"

The soldiers had no choice but to bite the bullet and stepped forward to lift the ladies who were naked and unable to climb into the carriage.

At this moment, there was a sudden cry of killing, and some servants rushed in from the front yard in panic, followed by a group of Hedong soldiers who were like wolves like tigers. "It's over!"

Yang Ang's eyes were also darkened, and he almost fell off the horse.

Looking back at the female relatives who were still screaming and running around, she couldn't help but sighed, feeling depressed and wanting to vomit blood.

After more than an hour, the shouts of killing in Nanzheng City quickly subsided.

Not only did Zhang Lu not run away, but even the gentry and bureaucrats in Nanzheng City were not caught.

When the incident happened suddenly, everyone was caught off guard. Under the support of brothers Yang Song and Yang Bai, all the influential Hanzhong gentry families were blocked in the city, and none of them escaped. It can be said that they won a complete victory.

Hanzhong Taishou Mansion, the front courtyard lobby.

Zhao Yun stepped down and stood under the stage, holding his sword hilt and looking outside.

Fazheng was standing on the left, with his hands in his sleeves, and he was in high spirits.

As for brothers Yang Song and Yang Bai, they stood on Zhao Yun's right, their faces fluctuating.

Zhang Lu, Yang Ang and a group of gentry bureaucrats who were captured alive were brought to the hall one by one, all of them were downcast.

Seeing the brothers Yang Song and Yang Bai, the gentry and bureaucrats in Hanzhong immediately gritted their teeth and their eyes lit up.

Zhang Lu gritted his teeth and said, "I never treated your brother badly, why did you betray me?"

Brothers Yang Song and Yang Bai were silent, and they didn't know what it was like.

(End of this chapter)