Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Where did the soldiers in the city know who Wu Bida was?But he was afraid that he was such a big man, so he asked patiently: "May I ask how old you are? What's the point of coming here? If you understand the question, you can report it to the officials. Opening the city gate in the middle of the night is a big deal. The little ones dare not make decisions!"

Wu Bida became more and more annoyed: "How good am I? I am super good. The concubine Wu Gui in the palace is my own sister, the third prince is my own nephew, and your commander, Mr. Yang Jiuzhi, is my own cousin. You bastard, how could you Dare to ask the young master to come back tomorrow, I will give you a chance now, quickly report to the inspector, and tell him that Wu Bida has arrived, and ask him to come and pick him up in person."

In Wu Bida's mind, if Yang Jiuzhi hadn't been honored by his concubine and sister, how could he be so majestic and sit in charge?

Now that it's good, a small soldier under him dares to look down on him, how can he bear it?

Tonight, there were ten soldiers who were guarding the city at night, but now there are only two guards at the city gate, and the other eight are eating meat and drinking in the castle below. But drink the northwest wind to defend the city.Thinking that the commander is entertaining guests, they also reward themselves.

There were two whistlers at the city gate, and the other one was sleeping dizzy, it might as well be Wu Bida scolded here, and woke up suddenly.

This soldier was a bit of a city mansion. He asked his companions carefully, and was surprised to hear that he was an imperial envoy, so he immediately frightened the drowsiness away.

The two held their heads together for a discussion, and then they blew on the torches in their hands to make them look down. Good guy, it turned out to be Long Qi.

This is the reliance of the imperial envoys who patrol on behalf of the sky. The imperial envoys have come to Ping Anzhou before, and the two of them have seen it before.

The soldier who woke up in the back was called Zhang San, and he stopped the soldier who spoke rudely: "Li Jiu, this is the imperial envoy, go and report to Chief Shi, let him report to Mr. Lang Guan, and say that the imperial envoy has come from the capital, and the man who claims to be Wu Bida calls the door, please The commander makes the decision."

In this way, the pawn reported to the corps chief, the corps chief reported to the chief, the chief reported to Lang Guan, Lang Guan reported to the school lieutenant, the school lieutenant, and then the captain, all the way to Yang Jiuzhi.

Yang Jiuzhi was drinking with other confidant captains, and they were discussing quietly during the dinner: "Didn't King Zhongyi say that King Zhongshun went to the sea to move troops, and he must have taken action a few years ago, telling us to wait for the good news. Now that he is old, he Why don't you hear it?"

Yang Jiuzhi smiled: "That bastard with no hair on his mouth, I didn't expect him at all. How dare he show off in front of this official, a poor commanding dog."

His confidant is Wu Bishu, who is also Yang Jiuzhi's cousin. He said: "Since the outside looks down on him, why should we rely on him? It makes him even more arrogant, dictating in front of us."

Yang Jiuzhi sneered: "If you don't want to use his reputation to play the banner of the King of Attendance and act cheaply, no one will bother to talk to him."

Wu Bishu laughed when he heard the words: "Let me tell you, my cousin is a hero on weekdays, how come he has no idea when he sees them."

Yang Jiuzhi said: "If I behave too shrewdly, won't it make them feel uneasy? I also want to use their reputation to attract the troops."

Wu Bishu laughed wildly: "Speaking of which, the King of Zhongyi County is stupid enough, thanks to his continuous collection of money for us all these years. Otherwise, we really have no money left to buy those poor mud legs. These stupid things, as long as they stutter , They believe what we say. In fact, we cheated them of money, and then gave him a mouthful of residue, and they would be grateful to us. Hahaha, there is really nothing more ridiculous than this.”

Yang Jiuzhi snorted: "Don't talk nonsense, what do you mean we defrauded them of their money? That's because the imperial court has repeatedly increased taxes to raise war funds in the sea and northern borders, understand? You can speak well, remember to say that next time."

Uncle Wu Bi poured wine for Yang Jiuzhi with a shy smile: "That's it, that's it. It's all because the court is greedy and disregards the lives of the people. If it wasn't for your kindness, cousin, they would have starved to death for 800 years."

Yang Jiuzhi happily took a sip of the fine wine, squinted his eyes and nodded: "Yes, that's it."

At this moment, the guards outside came in and reported: "Report to the commander. A man who called himself Wu Bida came to the east gate. He said that he was ordered by the Holy Spirit to come to work in the army. The commander should go to greet him in person."

Yang Jiuzhi frowned: "Wu Bida?"

Uncle Wu Bi laughed immediately: "It's the youngest son, ouch, this guy doesn't fight with dogs every day, how did he become an imperial envoy?"

Yang Jiuzhi smiled immediately: "Ha, it's about the same as before, trick me to guard the territory for him, oh, and catch the thief for him!"

Wu Bishu also laughed: "Last time I was given a military salary of [-], but this time I don't know what kind of reward it is."

Yang Jiuzhi waved his hand: "Go and see if it's Xiao Dazi. If so, let him in. It's not easy to travel in the cold winter and snow. Be polite to him. After all, he is the concubine of his sister."

Yang Jiuzhi doesn't take concubines very seriously now, given time, he can confer many concubines himself, an outdated concubine is useful.

However, right now, he still has to deal with the emperor's brother-in-law. When Zhongyi County King Zhongshun raises the banner of rebellion, he will take advantage of the situation.

It's ridiculous to be loyal to the county king all these years and treat himself as a dog's leg alms, shouting and drinking, and thinking of himself as the grandson of the emperor?

The hairless Phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken, it has become a lost dog, and it is really hard to figure it out if it is still showing off in front of me.

Hey, one day, I want you to know who is the master and who is the dog!

Yang Jiuzhi poured down a full glass of wine, bared his teeth, tasted it, and sighed: "It's a pity, the master and wife can't come out, and those three little bastards, who told you to be spoiled and unwilling to follow?" Dad came out to suffer, hey, now he is being held hostage, who is to blame!"

Here, Uncle Wu Bi arrived at the gate of the East City, and had a conversation with Wu Bida at the top of the city. He was indeed the third younger brother of the Wu family's first wife, and the youngest brother of Concubine Wu Gui.

Wu Bishu couldn't help scolding Concubine Wu Gui secretly in his heart, the most poisonous woman's heart.In such a cold weather, Wu Bida was actually sent out to make her face. After all, it is not something that crawled out of a mother's belly, so don't feel bad.

While sighing, Wu Bida ordered the soldiers to open the city gate and let Wu Bida and his party into the city.

At this moment, Wu Bida lost his temper when he saw Uncle Wu Bida, and entered the city gate. The brothers were overjoyed to meet each other, and they talked together.

Wu Bishu smiled and said, "You have a good temper, and you still want my cousin to pick you up in person. Before I came, I was afraid that I would pick you up and you wouldn't go to the city. It seems that I still have some face."

Wu Bishu is more famous in the Wu family than Wu Bida. He can read and has the reputation of a scholar.Everyone is optimistic about him, and in time, he will definitely be able to get a Jinshi.It's just that for some reason, he suddenly gave up his studies and joined the army, and came to Ping'an Island alone to become Yang Jiuzhi's staff.

But it is said that Wu Bida was welcomed into the city, followed by twelve guards, and behind him were 20 large carts, pulling labor supplies.

Jia Lian mingled in the car behind.

After entering the city, Jia Lian used the cover of night to cover his hearing to the Thousand Households at the East Gate, and found that there were less than 500 soldiers and horses stationed today.

Jia Lian had an epiphany after a little thought, probably all those who lost face went to the command post to drink at the bar.

Looking around the street, even though it was New Year's Eve, the number of patrolling soldiers in the city hadn't decreased, and the labor force had only progressed for a quarter of an hour, and Jia Lian saw three waves of patrolling guards.

Jia Lian cast his eyes on the tower. Fortunately, the soldiers on the city gate did not seem to do their duty as well as the patrolling soldiers in the city.

There were only two soldiers who stuttered on the tower, and the rest of the soldiers hid in the castle and faced the fire, drinking and chatting.

Half an hour later, the labor force team stopped at the square in front of the command post.

Sure enough, Yang Jiuzhi was very vigilant, he didn't come out to meet Lao Jun's imperial envoy at all, he just had Wu Bida and his long entourage escorted in.

Jia Lian's followers were left to dry in the yard to suffer from the cold.About a quarter of an hour later, the officers and soldiers of the Pingzi camp were almost frozen to death, and a group of people came from the command post to receive the supplies. Then, Jia Lian and the others were arranged to stay in a row of barracks one kilometer away from the square of the command post. 'This Yang Jiuzhi is really arrogant, he didn't even have a mouthful of hot rice when the imperial envoy came.

This is just convenient for Jia Lian to act.

Jia Lian led the Pingzi battalion into the barracks quickly, and he ordered the troops to stand by on the spot, while he himself let go of his listening skills and scouted the surrounding situation.

Jia Lian quickly realized that Yang Jiuzhi didn't seem to take these miscellaneous soldiers seriously, except that there were some guards guarding the door to prevent Jia Lian and the others from moving around at will, and there were no other precautions.

Jia Lian is secretly happy.

Afterwards, Jia Lian let go of his consciousness and realized that this was the ordinary barracks.In the open space about a kilometer away from the barracks, there were wooden houses built by the victims.

Yang Jiuzhi regarded Jia Lian and his group as disaster victims who had come to seek refuge.

Yang Jiuzhi's original intention was not to let these people spy on the distribution of troops in his command post, so that they would not gossip with Emperor Qianyuan after returning to Beijing, which was exactly what Jia Lian wanted.

Jia Lian asked people to close the door, as if preparing to sleep peacefully.

In fact, the three Lang teams responsible for the support of Pingziying had already pulled out from the backyard and headed for the northwest gate that had been agreed in advance, and cooperated with King Xijun and Wang Ziteng to attack the city.

Jia Lian led three Lang teams to ambush on the spot. Once the soldiers and horses from the command post reinforced the northwest gate, Jia Lian would lead the remaining three Lang teams to set fire to the barracks and warehouses, disturbing the enemy's rear and causing large troops to attack the command post. illusion.

In this way, Yang Jiuzhi would not dare to go out in full force, and if he went out, he would definitely return to help quickly.

Previously, Jia Lian had found out by detectives that on New Year's Eve, Yang Jiuzhi would hold a large banquet for officers above Lang Guan.

Therefore, the best result is that Wang Ziteng and King Xijun quickly took down the northwest city gate with lightning speed, and then, taking advantage of Yang Jiuzhi's unresponsiveness, 3000 troops hurriedly marched to surround Yang Jiuzhi's place without anyone noticing. command post.

Then, shotguns, bows and arrows were launched together, and the command post was attacked from all directions. As long as Yang Jiuzhi and those senior generals were eliminated, the remaining troops would be scattered and there was nothing to fear.

Of course, this is just Jia Lian's beautiful idea, and the specifics will not be known until Wang Ziteng and Xijun Wang have a battle with the garrison at the Northwest Gate.

Just after Jia Lian lurked in the backyard of the barracks for a quarter of an hour, there were bursts of shouts from the direction of the city gate.It's a pity that Jia Lian's hearing is limited and cannot cover the land boundary five miles away.

However, it is certain that the siege battle has already begun.

Jia Lian looked at the officers and soldiers of the Pingzi Battalion around him, but saw that they were at a loss. Jia Lian suddenly realized that his hearing was three miles better than theirs.

Jia Lian was overjoyed and hurriedly spread his hearing to cover the entire command post.Sure enough, Yang Jiuzhi was watching operas and drinking wine with his generals, singing wine songs and boxing, having a great time.

The command post is the center of the entire Ping'an City, and the gate of the city is about seven or eight miles away.As long as Wang Ziteng quickly eliminates the defenders at the northwest gate, and then kills the garrison at the southeast, the entire Ping'an City will become a fish waiting to be slaughtered.

Shi Nai's army had seen blood and killed people before.The more they kill, the more excited they will be.

Jia Lian was secretly proud of himself, but he was afraid that the second set of plans he set could be implemented.

Jia Lian was secretly complacent, but he did not relax his surveillance of Yang Jiuzhi.

Soon, a warning horn sounded from the southeast.

This shows that Wang Ziteng and King Xijun did not kill the garrison at the southeast gate in time, leaving them free to ask the command post for help.

Jia Lian felt that something was wrong.

However, it's not bad, since the southeast gate is warning, it means that Wang Ziteng has taken down the northwest gate, connected fire with the southeast thousand households, and suppressed the garrison at the southeast gate.Otherwise, they will not warn the coach for help.

Jia Lian nervously monitored Yang Jiuzhi's whereabouts.

However, Yang Jiuzhi reacted as soon as he heard the horn, and he shouted loudly: "It's not good, the Japanese pirates have stolen the city, gather quickly, and rescue the Northwest Gate."

All the officers and soldiers were originally drunk, but at this moment they heard the Japanese pirates attacking, and they all woke up in fright. All of a sudden, they were looking for armor and weapons, and the hall was extremely chaotic.

Yang Jiuzhi warned with his mouth, and his hands were not idle, and soon he was dressed neatly.

He was impatient, and couldn't wait for the team to assemble, so he rushed out of the command post first, and galloped away looking northwest.

He rushed out of the Hundred Guards immediately behind him, but Yang Jiuzhi had already thrown him hundreds of meters away.

Jia Lian was overjoyed when he saw Yang Jiuzhi go out in person.

He ordered the three Lang officials who stayed behind: "After most of them leave the camp, you wait for a cup of tea, and then light these houses, and after they are lit, you quickly retreat and lie in wait. Continue to set fire to harassment."

Jia Lian himself quickly chased after Yang Jiuzhi.

But it was said that Jia Lian put all his energy into his legs, and used his feet to climb the ladder. In just a quarter of an hour, Jia Lian had already caught up with Yang Jiuzhi.

At this moment, our army has occupied the commanding heights of the two guards at the Northwest Gate.

King Xijun has already boarded the city gate, ready to read out Yang Jiuzhi's crimes and announce the order to kill him.

Unexpectedly, Yang Jiuzhi rushed to him, and he shot an arrow from a long distance, forcing King Xi to stop his speech.

Yang Jiuzhi also wanted to go up to the tower and kill King Xi, so as to avoid future troubles forever.But he was stopped by two captains under Wang Ziteng and they fought together.

Yang Jiuzhi was indeed brave, and he fought against two captains at the same time but did not lose the wind.

Jia Lian quietly lurked next to King Xijun and Prince Teng, and learned that our army had disabled the Qianhu House in the southeast, but it was too late to stop them from sending signals.They didn't expect Yang Jiuzhi to come so fast, like flying through the clouds.

Hearing this, Jia Lian took a closer look at Yang Jiuzhi's mount and couldn't help exclaiming: "This is a bloody horse. It arrived in lightning after a journey of thousands of miles. No wonder he came so fast."

Wang Ziteng heard the words and took a closer look, he was indeed a bloody horse.It was black again because of the night, so I didn't notice it.

Although the king of Xijun is a royal family, he has never seen such a legendary bloody horse. Emperor Qianyuan once asked the grassland tartars for a lot of money, but he didn't get a reply.The result was endless harassment from the Tartars.

Duke Xi suddenly coveted his heart: "Here's an order, hurting people and not horses, try not to hurt his mount."

In war, people usually shoot horses first, but now horses are not allowed, and the soldiers are a little timid.The concentration of bows and arrows immediately decreased, and Yang Jiuzhi became more and more rampant, knocking a captain off his horse in the confusion.

Jia Lian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you love horses, so Yang Jiuzhi may not love you? Only when all arrows are fired can he be scrupled, and I can take advantage of the chaos to attack. The next official promises that as long as the horse is still breathing, I will take advantage of it." It must be saved."

King Xijun had no choice but to withdraw his orders: "Shoot horses with bows and arrows, shoot people with shotguns, remember, don't hurt yourself by mistake."

According to the previous agreement, Wang Ziteng shouted loudly: "Get ready!"

Several captains fighting Yang Jiuzhi got out of the way after hearing the news, and the shotgunners of Pingziying fired three rows of gunners in a row. As a result, Yang Jiuzhi's death squads were so rare that they rushed forward to block the guns. Dozens of cavalry fell down with a plop, and Yang Jiuzhi was only slightly injured.

At this moment, the left-behind Pingzi camp lit the barracks, and the direction of the command post suddenly burst into flames.When Yang Jiuzhi saw it, he returned to his horse and left: "There are gangsters attacking Xingyuan. Captain Mindu and I will go back to defend. The rest of the troops will join the Southeast Second Office to fight against the enemy. When I kill the place where the surprise attack retreats, I will immediately return to help."

At this time, Jia Lian had already changed into a set of military uniforms, mixed with the return team, and chased after him on horseback. Gradually, the two horses broke away from the main force and became the top of the return team.

Yang Jiuzhi turned around several times to praise Jia Lian: "Good boy, few people can keep up with my speed. What's your name? I want to use you again."

Jia Lianzhi smirked and didn't talk to him, and quickly chased after Yang Jiuzhi, because he had neither bow, arrow nor sword, and Yang Jiuzhi didn't see his hostility.Not alert either.Just when the distance between the two riders was one foot, something happened suddenly. Jia Lian suddenly flew up and landed behind Yang Jiuzhi with a swipe. Yang Jiuzhi didn't have time to react. Pond.Yang Jiuzhi suddenly couldn't move.

Jia Lian quickly returned to the horse with Yang Jiuzhi in his arms, and shouted loudly: "The officers and soldiers in Ping'anzhou have listened, your commander has been captured by me, don't act rashly, otherwise, I will kill him immediately."

Yang Jiuzhi's guards were stunned for a moment.Looking at being carried by Jia Lian, Yang Jiuzhi couldn't believe it.

They wanted to rush forward, but Jia Lian quickly blocked Yang Jiuzhi's neck with a dagger: "Don't move rashly, don't move rashly, otherwise, I'm afraid my hands will shake."

At this time, Captain Mindu also arrived.He also didn't expect that Yang Jiuzhi would stumble and be captured.

They were afraid that Jia Lian would be forced to hurt Yang Jiuzhi's life, so they didn't dare to attack Jia Lian, so they had to surround Jia Lian from a distance.

Although Jia Lian has done light work, it is not easy to lead Yang Jiuzhi to break out of the siege now.

He had no choice but to warn the prince Tengxi Jun Wang loudly: "My lord, I am Jia Lian. I have already captured Yang Jiuzhi. My lord, hurry up and read the call to action."

The king of Xijun was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly climbed up and shouted loudly: "The officers and soldiers of Ping'anzhou have heard that Yang Jiuzhi extorted violently and acted against the law. Are the officers and soldiers of the imperial court willing to sacrifice the lives of the whole family for Yang Jiuzhi's personal ambition?"

The two captains of the commanding envoy were all confused when they heard the words. Yes, Yang Jiuzhi was kind to them, and everyone also vowed to do a great job in the blood alliance. They thought that when a war broke out on the frontier, they could go to the front to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds. Wife, Yinzi, who knew that Yang Jiuzhi was planning to rebel?

Captain Min Du had seen Jia Lian's miraculous skills, and at this moment he was ready to retreat, and he shouted loudly: "The king of Xijun? I am Min Zheng, the captain of the Pinganzhou Guards. We have no intention of treason, just because someone stole , I thought it was a sneak attack by Japanese pirates crossing the border, so I came to rescue the city gate, since King Xi said that it was an imperial envoy, please show evidence, so we can distinguish right from wrong and make the right choice."

Hearing this, King Xijun sent his prince's seal letter and the imperial decree of Emperor Qianyuan appointing him as the special envoy of Pinganzhou to Minzheng to watch.

Min Zheng saw it, and immediately understood that they had been fooled by Yang Jiuzhi.What kind of Japanese pirates stole the city, obviously the imperial court came to Ping'an Island.

Min Zheng said: "My subordinates pay homage to King Xijun, but we are Yang Jiuzhi's subordinates. We don't know much about what he did. Now that we understand, we are willing to clear the border with him. I don't know what King Xi will do. Deal with the officers and soldiers in Ping Anzhou?"

King Xijun replied very straightforwardly: "As long as you know your way back, put down your weapons immediately, and stop being an enemy of my King Qin's teacher. This king promises to kill the first thief and the accomplices. As long as you put down your weapons at this moment and sincerely repent, I will let the past go, other officers and soldiers, as long as it is verified that you have nothing to do with the rebels, let you continue to garrison Ping Anzhou."

King Xijun broke a feathered arrow as he spoke: "If you break your oath, it will be like this arrow."