A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 267
The camp is blocked.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Su Lie came over, "Did something important happen?"

"It may also be a routine exercise." Huaiyu laughed.

Su Lie was a little helpless, "I'm your deputy. If something really big happens, you can't hide it from me. I have to be mentally prepared."

Just as he was talking, Niu Jianwu also came over with a leg of lamb, "I ordered it in advance from the merchant group. It has just been roasted and it's hot. It smells so good."

Huaiyu saw through this guy's mind at a glance, "You also want to know?"

"You can't keep us all in the dark, can you? Besides, if you really want to make a big move, Erlang, don't you have to show us the commanding talisman?"

Although Wu Huaiyu has the privilege of entrusting the emperor's entrustment to worship, and also has double banners and double festivals, he is not the only one who has the final say on the army, and there must be certain procedures, otherwise there will be no chaos.

Huaiyu looked up at the sky.

Su Lie and Niu Jianwu also watched the sky, but there was nothing but the sun and clouds, and the weather was fine.

"hold on."

"Wait for what?"

"Wait for the sun to go down,"

Huaiyu really insisted on waiting until the sun went down before ordering the soldiers to be summoned.

Under the twilight, the distant mountains are like Daisy.

Wu Huaiyu took out a secret letter.

"Zhao Cihao, Sima of Binzhou, and Yang Ji, commander of Binzhou, sent an urgent letter half a day ago. The governor of Jingzhou and Li Yi, king of Yan, pretended to be secret edicts and sent troops south, defrauding the city of Binzhou.
Li Yi is reversed! "

As soon as these words came out, the stone was shocked.

Everyone didn't realize it for a while, Yan Wang Li Yi rebelled?They all went from Jingzhou to Binzhou, and even swindled the city of Binzhou,
Isn't that twenty miles north of them?

But why did the Marquis of Shouyang let them stay here for a long time for such an important military situation, and wait until dark before announcing it.

"Although we were ordered to go to Yanzhou for garrison, since Li Yi's rebellion happened to happen, it was time for us to serve the country.
I have already sent someone to contact Zhao Sima and Yang Tongjun, and we have agreed to attack the rebels in Binzhou City at midnight tonight!

Gentlemen, it is tonight to fight against rebellion and chaos, and to make achievements! "

"Follow me to fight against you!"

The discussion ignited.

Morale is like a macro.

The soldiers and horses set out immediately,

Su Lie followed Huaiyu on a horse, and couldn't help but marvel, "Li Yizhen rebelled?"

"You'll be able to see him in Binzhou City in a while."

Su Dingfang couldn't help being amazed.

He is no stranger to Li Yi. They were both in Hebei back then. At that time, Li Yi was still called Luo Yi, who separatized Youzhou and dominated one side. However, although Luo Yi was fierce, he was trapped in a corner of Youzhou, surrounded by people from all walks of life. .

Back then, Dou Jiande also sent troops to attack Youzhou Luoyi several times, and Su Dingfang was still a vanguard general, but even Dou Jiande, who occupied more than half of Hebei when he was strong, could not attack Luoyi's Youzhou City.

Luo Yi is really good at fighting, especially his Youzhou Tuqi, which is very impressive.

"Why did he reverse it?"

Su Dingfang couldn't figure it out. Luo Yi was besieged by all kinds of roads back then, and he was also very difficult in Youzhou. In the end, he had no choice but to ask Li Yuan from Chang'an to join him. towards.

He also became Li Yi, king of Yan in the Great Tang Dynasty, and was listed as a member of the clan. Now he is the third division of Kaifu Yitong, an extremely human minister.
"It shows that this person has always had ulterior motives and is just born rebellious."

"We're going straight to Binzhou now, isn't it a little sudden? Shall we first scout out the enemy's situation carefully and plan the deployment in detail?" Su Lie reminded.

Huaiyu said, "What I want is to catch him off guard."

"Don't underestimate the enemy. Luo Yi and I have fought against each other several times, but we have never made a bargain. Back then, Lord Xia sent [-] soldiers, but Luo Yi and his Youzhou City couldn't be defeated."

"Brother, don't worry, I have a perfect plan."

Huaiyu and Su Lie led [-] elite soldiers and went straight to Binzhou City, leaving about [-] militiamen and camp followers behind.

Twenty miles is not far away. Although it is a night march, it is quickly approaching Binzhou.

Binzhou City.

Li Yi arrived in the morning and stole Binzhou City without a single soldier. After he led his army into the city, he put Zhao Cihao and other officials in the city under house arrest, and then ordered his men to seize the treasury in the city, collect food, grass and equipment, and divide the troops into guards. , ready to send troops to attack Yang Ji tomorrow.

However, Li Yi's behavior still made many of the soldiers under him puzzled. Originally, Li Yi was also in the name of entrusting the secret order, and did not follow the formal procedures to transfer troops to the south.

Now he entered Binzhou like this again, and even started to occupy it, which made some soldiers who didn't know the details frightened.Li Yi's confidantes and soldiers who knew about it were only a few, and they felt uneasy for a while.

In the middle of the night, Li Yijun fell asleep amidst the uncertainty. Li Yi lived in the governor's yamen and was guarded by his Youzhou pro-barracks.

But the more elite Youzhou Tuqi were stationed outside the city.

Silent night.

Undercurrents began to surge in Binzhou City, and many people began to quietly come out from everywhere under the cover of night and took action.

The north gate of Binzhou faces the Jinghe River.

In February, it was cold in the spring, and the cold wind was biting in the middle of the night. A group of Jingzhou defenders huddled in the city gate to warm up the fire. It will be in Binzhou City now.

The sound of the watchman's clapper came, and it was midnight.

Officials from the Binzhou Yamen brought a team of government servants, carrying hot soup cakes that had been cooked.

"According to the order, I specially cooked soup cakes for the officers and soldiers on duty at night to warm everyone up." A foreign official in a crimson official uniform stepped forward.

When the lid is opened, there is a burst of aroma, including coriander, garlic, and mutton oil.

"Oh, I'm freezing and hungry now,"

The gatekeepers gathered around after smelling the smell, and Jiang Gongfu's servant hurriedly made soup cakes for them, hot soup cakes, fingernail-sized noodles, boiled soft on the outside and chewy on the inside, the soup was thick and fragrant. Tangy.

After receiving the made soup cake, he didn't care about it being hot, and immediately drank it, turning the bowl while drinking, the soup entered the throat and lower abdomen, and immediately warmed up the frozen body.

"Cool!"

Soon, the guards on duty at the city gate and at the top of the city all had a big bowl each, squatting on the ground and slouching.

Some people even didn't forget to give some compliments to Jiang Gongfu's petty officials and Min Zhuang, and by the way, some compliments to the Binzhou Yamen.

Jiang Gongfu's little official smiled enthusiastically, "Everyone is not enough, there is still more, after eating, I will add more. It is too hard to march in this cold weather, and to be on duty at night."

The clerk held a long spoon and squatted next to the noodle bucket to chat with them, and whoever had almost finished eating would add another bowl to them, "It's not enough and there is more."

One person ate three bowls in a row and was very satisfied. Just as he was about to drink the fourth bowl, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach.

"hiss,"

The bowl in his hand fell to the ground, and then the person fell to his knees.

Soon, another guard also fell down clutching his stomach.

People fell down one after another.

"poisonous!"

Someone wanted to pick up a knife and a spear, but they couldn't stand still.

Jiang Gongfu's petty official looked at the fallen soldiers, still smiled and said, "If you want to blame, you can only blame you for following the wrong person and rebelling with Li Yi. This is your own death."

After speaking, Jiang Gongfu led people to quickly repair them, and then came to the city gate hole, took out a few packets of oil and poured it on the door shaft, then quickly removed the city gate bolt, and then opened the city gate.

After refueling, the heavy city gate was pulled open without any sound.

After successfully taking down the North Gate, the agreed signal was sent out, and Yang Ji, who had been lurking near the North Gate, quickly led his troops into Binzhou City.

They went straight to the Governor's Mansion where Li Yi was.

The thousand men under Yang Ji's command were all dressed in iron armor and even equipped with breaking crossbows.

Of the thousand government soldiers, [-] are Jianghuai crossbowmen who were transferred with Li Keshi last year to help defend against the Turks, and another [-] are cavalry soldiers transferred from Weibo, Hebei.

Wei Bo's Xiaoqi and Jianghuai's strong crossbow will join forces to attack tonight.

Although the crossbow is not as mobile as the bow, the Jianghuai crossbowmen are also a well-known and powerful unit. At this time, they are even more powerful when they raid at night, and they go all the way to kill the governor's mansion.

Jingzhou soldiers on guard along the way tried to intercept them, but they were all shot down by a row of crossbow arrows. At this time, Wei Boxiao was galloping on the streets of the city where there was no one in the middle of the night.

They didn't meet some decent resistance until they reached the governor's mansion. Li Yi's Youzhou soldiers screamed to warn them and tried their best to intercept them.

But it's too late.

The crossbowmen fired in volley, and the cavalry also shot quickly with their horn bows. After charging close, the Jianghuai crossbowmen instantly turned into Jianghuai infantrymen again.

Back then, Wang Shichong relied on the Jianghuai crossbowmen to build his family. These are elite soldiers who can strengthen the cavalry, especially the soldiers in Xuanzhou, Runzhou. That is the ancient Danyang County, which has produced elite soldiers since ancient times.

In front of the governor's mansion, countless torches lit up like daylight.

At this time, Yang Ji, the commander of the army, also played the banner of seeking rebellion and quelling rebellion, and asked the soldiers to shout loudly that Li Yi had rebelled and rebelled, and the fact that they were seeking rebellion and quelling rebellion.

This made the already chaotic situation even more chaotic.

Some soldiers from Jingzhou arrived from other places in the city. After hearing these words, they hesitated.

Meanwhile, the gates of Binzhou city had been successively captured and controlled by Yang Ji, Zhao Cihao and their men, Ma Liyingwaihe, who locked the gates and kept Li Yi's [-] Youzhou cavalry and [-] Jingzhou cavalry out of the city.

There were only 1000 troops of Li Yi in the city, but except for the stubborn resistance of the personal battalion, the rest of the soldiers who came were either separated at a distance, or had begun to hesitate and cower.

Those who really know the truth and are willing to rebel against Li Yi are still a minority after all. Now is the time, who is willing to rebel again?

When Huaiyu arrived with his troops, the city of Binzhou was still full of killing noises, and the 2000 troops outside Li Yi's city were also in chaos. Some of Li Yi's cronies led troops to attack the city, trying to rush into the city to protect the lord, while some The generals hesitated to wait and see.

Su Lie led [-] cavalry to kill them first, charged behind the attacking rebels and scattered them.

Wu Huaiyu also rushed up with the infantry, shouting as he rushed.

Shout out Li Yi's rebellion and rebellion, and their Yanzhou army will fight against the rebellion.

"Those who plot rebellion and rebellion are heinous, and those who follow rebels and thieves will be punished."

"If you are deceived and coerced by Li Yi, hurry up anyway, kill the thief and make meritorious deeds!"

"Rebel!"

"Kill the thief!"

Li Yi came to Beijing under the banner of receiving a secret edict, and in a hurry, he only brought 3000 horsemen to defraud Binzhou. Li Yi successfully defrauded Binzhou without a single soldier, but he ignored one thing.

Of the three thousand soldiers he brought, even if they were the ones he thought were more reliable, when he really played the banner of rebellion, there were not many who could wholeheartedly gamble their lives and even their wives, children, and families.

Wu Huaiyu and Su Lie charged first, then loudly announced Li Yi's rebellion, and then made people shout that Li Yi had been executed in the city.

The 2000 troops outside the city almost collapsed.

No fighting spirit.

No matter how brave Youzhou Tuqi is, he still has to fight for a goal, and the goal must be clear, as chaotic as tonight, from generals to soldiers, too many people are confused.

How can such an army fight, especially a battle like tonight.

This is just like last year, the three hundred elite Youzhou Tuqi who were given to Jiancheng by Li Yi. They were also very brave in front of the Xuanwu Gate under the leadership of Xue Wanche. But when Yu Chigong displayed the heads of Jiancheng and Yuanji on the Xuanwu gate, and announced the emperor's edict, saying that Jiancheng and Yuanji should be punished for rebellion and chaos, they immediately broke up.

It is exactly the same under the city of Binzhou in front of you.

Without fighting spirit, without determination, no matter how good the equipment and brave soldiers are, they will not be able to win the battle. Many people put down their weapons directly, knelt down and begged for mercy, shouting that they were deceived by Li Yi at all, that they had no Thought about rebelling.

Some people turned around and shot at their original companions, just to atone for their crimes.

Wu Huaiyu and the others took control of the [-] Jingzhou soldiers outside the city with almost no effort, including the [-] well-equipped Youzhou Tuqi, and [-] of them were armored cavalry who were too late to put on armor.

When Huaiyu entered the city, the governor's mansion was still fighting.

Li Yi was besieged as a bastard, his personal battalion was still fighting, and Li Yi was also fighting in armor and holding a bow, but when Wu Huaiyu led the fight and showed the banner, announcing that the two thousand soldiers outside the city had surrendered, the governor's mansion The rebels were desperate.

Meanwhile, Yang Ji and the other Tang troops erupted into deafening cheers. Although some people wondered why the garrison of Yanzhou Town just passed by, they knew that they had won.

Soon the remaining rebels were slaughtered like melons and vegetables, and Yang Ji was the first to enter the mansion.

Li Yichang Shi was killed, as was his wife, Meng Shi, who was with the army.

Li Yi failed to escape, Wu Huaiyu and the others arrived just in time, they quickly disintegrated the [-] soldiers outside the city, and made it impossible for any of the [-] Li Yi soldiers in the city to escape from the city.

Close the door and beat the dog.

Catching turtles in a urn.

Li Yi and his son wanted to change their clothes and run away to hide. Jingzhou Sima Du Zhongda and Li Yi's personal commander Zhao Qi looked at each other.

Then the two attacked at the same time,

Du Zhongda slashed at the neck of Li Yi's son, while Zhao Qi ruthlessly pierced the lord Li Yi's chest.

Li Yi looked at Zhao Qi in disbelief.

This is his adopted son, who has been with him since he was the general of Huben Zhonglang Zhenbeiping. For more than ten years, he has been relying on him as his confidant, but unexpectedly tonight he pierced his chest with a spear.

"Why?" Li Yi spat blood, his eyes widened with anger, and he was extremely puzzled. He was not so surprised that anyone betrayed him.

Zhao Qi pulled out the lance, but Li Yi held it tightly, he gritted his teeth and kicked Li Yi's abdomen, using his strength to pull out the lance, blood splattered everywhere.

Zhao Qi looked sullenly at Li Yi, who was still struggling on the ground, "You shouldn't have colluded with the Turks to rebel against Tang, and it's impossible for me to betray Tang with you either."

Li Yi died with regret.

A generation of heroes just ended hastily.

When Huaiyu saw the corpses of Li Yi's father and son, and Li Yi's glaring and unrepentant expression, he didn't feel sorry for him at all.

"Have you checked and confirmed that it is the traitor Li Yi?"

"It is indeed the traitor Li Yi,"

Huaiyu breathed a sigh of relief, and the important task entrusted by the emperor was successfully completed.

It was much easier than expected, even too easy, the main job was done by the commanding army Yang Ji, without Sima Zhao Cihao.

However, Wu Huaiyu and the Yanzhou officers and soldiers must have contributed to this great achievement. They defeated and surrendered two thousand elites outside the city, and entered the city to attack the Governor's Mansion. Even the corpses of Li Yi and his son were dedicated to the Yanzhou soldiers by Zhao Qi and the others.

What many people don't know is that outside the battlefield tonight, there is another battle without swordsmen, which is the action of the troops led by the six-door flying snake Li Wujie.

Including Zhao Qi, his adopted son who killed Li Yi in the last shot, was actually instigated by Li Wujie a long time ago.

"How did he die?"

"How could he die like this?"

The most unacceptable was Su Dingfang, who had confronted Li Yi many times and spoke very highly of Li Yi, but now seeing Li Yi's tragic death with glaring eyes, although that face was familiar, it was definitely Li Yi, he But some refused to believe it.

A brave general like Li Yi actually died here, without even making waves?

"The times make heroes, and if Li Yi insists on acting against the sky, he will perish if he can't even set off a wave,"

"Come here, take Li Yi's head out of the box and send it to Chang'an!"

"Disarm all Jingzhou soldiers, put them in custody in the camp, register and review them, strictly investigate Li Yi's party members..."

(End of this chapter)