Beiyanzhou, Daning County.
Crows fluttered their wings and hovered in the air. There were piles of corpses on the ground, all facing the city and lying on both sides of the road.
Horse hooves almost trampled the road. The woods not far away were still burning with flames. The flames were already very small. The dead trees were burned black. Even after the flames were extinguished, the billowing black smoke still rushed into the sky.
The rats came out of the pits and wandered back and forth among the corpses.
Yao Xiong led the cavalry and appeared under the city.
Yao Xiong's body was covered with darkness and blood stains had solidified. The sides of the horse were covered with heads, which could not help but shake as the horse moved forward.
The knights followed behind him, passing through the piles of corpses in front of them.
Yao Xiong looked at the corpses on the left and right, and suddenly stopped.
He jumped off the horse and opened the body lying on the ground. It was a young man with a frightened face. Even after death, his face still had that kind of deep fear and pleading. Yao Xiong's face was calm.
, unmoved, he just pulled out the broken arrow stuck in the chest of the corpse.
Yao Xiong picked up the broken arrow, looked at the sun and looked at it carefully.
Yao Xiong's face suddenly turned ugly.
He mounted his horse again and led the knights forward.
When they appeared at the foot of Daning City, there was chaos on the city wall.
Yao Xiong stood under the city wall on horseback and looked up at the city wall.
After waiting for an unknown period of time, a man in official uniform came to the tower. A soldier asked loudly: "Who is here?!"
"Yao Xiong, the loyal and brave general under General Anxi!"
"Open the city gate quickly!!"
Hearing Yao Xiong's words, there was an uproar on the city wall. The next moment, the chubby official poked his head out with a smile.
"General Yao!! It's really you!!"
Yao Xiong narrowed his eyes and stared at the official, "Prefect Wang, open the city gate quickly!!"
Wang Taishou gently stroked his beard. His face was not fat, but his abdomen was very large and protruded a lot. The official uniform seemed a bit tight on his body. It seemed that he had eaten well these days, and he was eating well.
Started to gain weight.
Prefect Wang said loudly: "General! You are the foreign general! We can't open the city to accept them without the governor speaking! Please don't blame me!!"
After Wang Taishou finished speaking, he withdrew his head and looked at the chief clerk beside him with a smile.
"This Qihu is really capable. Did he drive away the Turks?"
The chief clerk narrowed his eyes and smiled happily, "It should be driven out. Congratulations to the prefect, congratulations to the prefect! You have achieved such a great success and drove away the Turkic cavalry. Maybe you can take over the position of governor."
Taishou Wang raised his head and laughed.
He glanced at Yao Xiong at the foot of the city and said disdainfully: "These Qihus only know how to fight on horseback."
"We made a little plan and caused this guy to be in chaos. He was forced by the Turks to defend Huaihuanggu City for a while! If it weren't for Dugu Qi's evil deeds, he would have died in the city long ago. It's a pity, a pity."
The two of them were still talking in low voices, but Yao Xiong shouted again:
"What a fool!! Open the city gate to Nai as soon as possible!!"
Wang Taishou poked his head out again, equally angry: "Yao Xiong!! Your defense was not good before, which allowed the Turks to invade Yanzhou. Look at how Northern Yan was ruined by the enemy! The Turks burned and killed them everywhere.
The looting has almost turned hundreds of miles of land into ashes!"
"Now, if you don't want to chase them down and make up for your mistakes, why do you still want to lead troops into the city?! Isn't it enough that you have done harm to Beiyan?!"
Yao Xiong laughed immediately.
He nodded and looked to the left and right, "Get ready to attack the city."
The next moment, these knights were seen starting to attack left and right, and began to use local materials to build siege equipment.
Seeing them disperse, Wang Taishou thought they were leaving, and was about to declare his victory in a high-profile manner, but the next moment, he saw the other party's intention.
Governor Wang's eyes widened and he looked at the chief clerk beside him in disbelief, "Is Yao Xiong going to rebel?! He is going to rebel?!"
The chief clerk turned pale with fright and dared not speak.
Governor Wang asked loudly again: "General Yao!! What are you going to do?!"
"Nai Gong, following the orders of General Anxi, came to capture many official offices. If you know what's going on, open the city gates. Otherwise, when Nai Gong breaks the city, you will be chopped into pieces and fed to the dogs!!"
After hearing Yao Xiong's reprimand, Wang Taishou no longer had the scholarly temperament he had just now.
He dares to insult the country's loyalists, but he dare not insult the real rebels.
Facing his own family who came to rescue him, he was aloof, but facing the enemies who came to attack the city, he was as timid as a chicken.
Governor Wang was completely panicked. He looked at the elite knights and then at his own troops. He suddenly grabbed the chief clerk's hand, with tears in his eyes, "He really rebelled!!"
It’s really the other way around!! What can we do about it! What can we do about it?!”
The chief clerk was trembling all over at this moment, "Your Majesty! These are angry words, they must be angry words. We can't force such a general to rebel. Open the city gate, open the city gate!"
Governor Wang nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, this is for the sake of the world. How can we force a general who has made great achievements in the war to rebel?"
He immediately ordered, "Open the city gate! Open the city gate!!"
Just as Yao Xiong was preparing to attack, he saw the Daning City Gate being slowly opened. Next, he saw Prefect Wang leading many minions to rush out to welcome Yao Xiong.
There was a trace of astonishment in Yao Xiong's eyes.
He did not hesitate and immediately let the knights enter the city and took control of the city walls and gates. Governor Wang turned a blind eye to this and just stood beside Yao Xiong with a wry smile. He did not have the slightest courage when he shouted to Yao Xiong, "General Yao,
Don't blame me, we are helpless. The temple has an order not to allow foreign generals to enter the city. I have always admired General Yao the most."
Yao Xiong swaggered into the city, and a group of officials surrounded him and followed him on foot.
Yao Xiong walked all the way to the entrance of the official office, and then looked at Prefect Wang.
"Prefect, when I sent someone to tell you to step up your guard, you didn't respect me."
"When I sent people to help you defend the city, you didn't provide them with food and grass, and you didn't even allow them to come in. Obviously you didn't respect me."
"I beat away all the thieves, but you don't allow me to enter the city and you don't respect me."
"Why do you start to admire me when I start to attack the city?"
Prefect Wang continued to maintain the smile on his face, "General Yao misunderstood me. I used to do what I was ordered to do. I have always admired the general and can't wait to fight the thieves with him."
Yao Xiong nodded, turned over and dismounted, and took out a broken arrow from his sleeve, "Those corpses in the city had arrows in their chests, but the arrows were all shot together. What's going on?"
"General Yao, these rebels took advantage of the Turks to attack and attack the city, so I led my men to repel them."
Yao Xiong nodded again. He stretched out his hand suddenly, grabbed Prefect Wang, pulled him in front of him, and thrust the arrow in his hand directly into his chest.
"Pfft~~~"
The arrow pierced the opponent's chest. Wang Taishou trembled all over, and just as he was about to speak, Yao Xiong twisted the arrow. Wang Taishou screamed, and Yao Xiong fiercely pulled out the arrow and threw the opponent to the ground.
Prefect Wang lay motionless on the ground.
The surrounding officials were frightened, and the chief registrar took the lead in kneeling down to Yao Xiong.
"General, have mercy! General, have mercy!!"
"We are willing to surrender to General Anxi!! We are willing to follow General Anxi!!"
Yao Xiong slowly looked at them, with a sneer on his face.
"You think my general goes to the streets to collect ashes."
"Kill them all."
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
"ah!!"
After a moment, corpses were everywhere around Yao Xiong. Yao Xiong looked at the official office in front of him, waved his hand, and a knight came forward. Yao Xiong ordered: "Quickly rectify the soldiers in the city and collect them as soldiers."
For my own use, I will garrison this city and wait for officials from Hengzhou to be sent to govern this place."
After Yao Xiong gave all the instructions, he led the other knights and left here again.
There are many places he has to go.
Before his brother left, the order given to him was to capture the frontier states. There was a difference in conquering and counterinsurgency. He would conquer the city without opening the gates. If he encountered such a piece of shit, he would kill it.
Yao Xiong had wanted to kill them a long time ago. If it weren't for these idiots, how could he have been hiding in the city and not daring to come out?
It's just a pity that I can't follow my brother to do big things.
Northern Zhou Dynasty, Woye Town.
The entire city was on fire at this moment.
Corpses covered the entire city, extending all the way from the outside of the city. On the city walls, inside the city, on the roads, and in front of the official offices, there were mutilated and broken corpses everywhere.
Liu Taozi took the lead and rushed into the official office.
Some officials were burning documents. When they saw the enemy generals coming in, they all took out their swords and came to fight. Liu Taozi swung his sword and the heads flew high. He took a step forward and waved left and right, and two more people fell down.
The government office had been captured, and the soldiers began to cut off the enemy's heads.
Some people began to take off the enemy's clothes.
Kou Liu rushed into the official office, panting, "Brother, I have knocked down the arsenal!"
"good."
There were still fires everywhere in the city, but the original shouts of killing were gone, and the city became silent.
The victorious Qi soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, and some cavalry rushed from the city gate to report the situation to the nearest cities.
Liu Taozi took off his armor and the military doctor cleaned his wounds.
Kou Liu was not injured, but he had exerted too much force and his arm hurt badly.
"Brother, I'm afraid Yongfeng has already heard the news about this attack on Woye and has made preparations."
"Yongfeng is the core of the northern frontier fortress of the Puppet Zhou Dynasty. There are fierce generals stationed there. The garrison alone exceeds 10,000 people, and there is sufficient food and grass. They cannot surrender even under siege. There are many garrison towns around that will come to rescue. I'm afraid it's...
It is difficult to capture."
Liu Taozi raised her head and said, "No problem."
"Yang Zhong led the army away for a long time, and they didn't know what was going on in the distance. We suddenly rushed out and defeated the surrounding towns. They were frightened. This time we attacked the fertile field, but they didn't dare to come to investigate. This is obvious.
"
"In war, the brave will win and the timid will lose."
Kou Liu lowered his head and said, "Be taught."
"Rest and reorganize today, and send troops to Yongfeng tomorrow."
"only!!"
Kou Liu raised his head, his face extremely excited.
The northern border defense line of the Puppet Zhou Dynasty was completely centered on Yongfeng. Many garrison towns were connected to Yongfeng roads. Yongfeng hoarded money, grain, reinforcements, etc. to supply the frontier fortresses. Its status was comparable to Shuozhou of the Puppet Qi Dynasty.
If this place can be breached, at least half of the entire northern defense line of the Puppet Zhou Dynasty will be destroyed, and at least dozens of garrison towns will be abandoned. The enemy's border defense center may have to be directly adjusted to Guizhen. At that time, Wuchuan and other base camps will be directly moved.
Without the pressure from the direct enemy, it can develop stably. The enemy will not be able to advance from Beishuo next time if they want to attack fiercely.
However, it shouldn't be easy to get it off.
Yongfeng Town.
The garrison town was quite solemn inside and outside. Almost all the houses in the city had their doors closed, and no one else except soldiers could be seen on the road.
The soldiers on the city wall rotated from time to time, and knights came in and out with the latest news.
But inside the official office, the atmosphere became a bit wrong.
Hou Mo Chenqiong, the general in charge of Yongfeng's army in the past, was sitting in the upper position. A group of people were standing in front of him now, with their swords drawn.
Hou Mo Chen Qiong slowly looked at the angel in front of him.
He took a deep breath.
"I don't mean to disobey His Majesty's order, but at the moment, the enemy is at hand, and the bandit general Liu Taozi is leading an elite attack on the surrounding garrison towns. I would also like to ask the envoy to go back and inform Your Majesty that it is really not the time to change the general."
The general Liu Yong who came to read out the edict was also the person ordered to replace Hou Mo Chen Qiong.
He snorted coldly, "General Manager, your brother suddenly passed away from illness. His Majesty specially ordered you to go back to mourn. This is a gift to you and it is to fulfill your brotherhood. How can you violate it?"
"It is definitely not loyalty to let down His Majesty's goodwill in this way. Not going to mourn my brother after his death is not filial piety either. Please also ask the Chief Manager to return to Chang'an as soon as possible."
The veins on Hou Mo Chen Qiong's forehead popped out. He raised his head and looked at Liu Yong in disbelief.
"Liu Taozi is right outside!"
"It's less than fifty miles away from us!"
"You want me to go back??"
The elder brother of Hou Mo Chen Qiong was Hou Mo Chen Chong, who was considered by many to be the best general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. He did not die on the battlefield or in the hands of the enemy. He died at home.
The person who came to deliver the news informed Hou Mo and Chen Qiong that his brother had died of illness.
But Hou Mo and Chen Qiong could probably guess that his brother was stronger than a tiger and a bear, so he died of illness??
It was just that he was too close to the emperor and too far from a villain like Yu Wenhu.
He really didn't expect that Yu Wenhu would dare to attack his brother.
His brother and Yang Zhong were the rare heroes who could try their hand at the pseudo-Qi Duan, Hu Luguang and others. One of the two pillars of support was inexplicably torn down.
This is like the Puppet Qi suddenly killing Duan Shao or Hu Luguang. This makes no sense at all!
The most unreasonable thing is that Yu Wenhu wants to evacuate him. Hou Mo and Chen Qiong know his brother's choice and have no idea of ​​revenge for his brother at this moment. He doesn't have the ability.
However, the enemy is at hand!
It's like Yang Zhong is coming to attack Jinyang, and the emperor suddenly wants to send Duan Shao away who is guarding Bingzhou.
It doesn’t make sense!!
Looking at Hou Mo Chen Qiong's shocked eyes, Liu Yong said seriously: "Liu Taozi only has more than a thousand troops. He can attack those small towns, but it is not enough to take down the entire Yongfeng. Besides, with me taking over, how can it be so big?"
Does the manager think that if your family members are removed from here, the defense will be lost?"
Hou Mo Chen Qiong shook his head, his expression became extremely complicated.
He stood up slowly, but Liu Yong put his hand on the hilt of the sword. Hou Mo and Chen Qiong saw his movements, and he said: "It's okay to walk, but it's too far this way, I want to take him away
Use your own cronies to protect you."
Liu Yong was overjoyed and quickly let go of his hand. He was still thinking about how to get rid of those people who were not loyal to Yu Wenhu. You want to take them away? This is a good thing!
He quickly stepped forward, took the other person's hand, and showed some sadness appropriately.
"What happened to Duke Liang is really regrettable."
"Unfortunately, it is also Liang Guogong's own problem. He talks nonsense and this is what he ends up with."
"However, don't worry. Your Majesty has no intention of blaming the others. I heard that Your Majesty also intends to let you replace Wei Xiaokuan and guard Yubi City!"
"What?!"
Hou Mo Chen Qiong stared, "He even wants Wei Xiaokuan"
Hou Mo Chen Qiong took a deep breath, and his face gradually became calm.
"good."
"OK."
"Then I'll leave first, General Liu. This Liu Taozi is just a lucky guy. I wish you success and cut off his head as soon as possible!"
"I'm waiting for your good news in Chang'an!!"
"Hahaha~~Thank you, Chief Manager!"
The next day, Liu Taozi was riding a blue lion and was watching the knights go out of the city to gather at the city gate.
The knights formed up and left the city. Most of them were Yecheng soldiers, with a small number of Beiheng knights participating. The Yecheng soldiers were not very close to Liu Taozi at first, and they just wanted to follow him and do some military exploits.
But when Liu Taozi led them to beat Er Zhumin to pieces, the Yecheng soldiers' attitude towards Liu Taozi changed greatly.
Yecheng soldiers have not encountered such a reliable general for many years.
Each of them had made great achievements in battle and received rewards. Liu Taozi then led them to take a detour to the Turkic territory, and directly fought out from the north of the Puppet Zhou Dynasty to seize the city and kill the generals.
The Yecheng soldiers at this moment highly respected Liu Taozi.
Yecheng soldiers, we are the elite under the command of General Anxi. Besides, the general is from Cheng'an, and we are fellow villagers!
At this moment, Yecheng's elite, who had won several major victories in succession, were in high morale and fierce. They quickly left the city and prepared to overcome the last difficulty, Yongfeng Town.
Liu Taozi frowned. He was sure of taking Yongfeng, but he was afraid that he would have to pay a huge price, which might be even higher than the price of repelling Yang Zhong in the first place.
At this time, Kou Liu led Qingqi and ran back in a hurry.
He looked shocked and hurriedly reported: "Brother! Yongfeng has sent troops! They are rushing towards Woye!"
Liu Taozi was stunned, "Who is the general?"
"I shot a Liu-character flag and captured a few scouts, saying they were General Liu Yong."
"Liu Yong? Who is Liu Yong?"
"I didn't know they said he was Yu Wenhu's confidant and was sent by him temporarily."
Liu Taozi said oh and slowly looked in the direction of Yongfeng.
"Everyone has his own merits."
Chapter completed!