The Beacon of Kyushu

Chapter22

Three days later, the scorching sun was in the sky, scorching the earth and Fu Zhaoxin's heart.

Fu Zhaoxin was sitting in the study at the moment, holding the letter sent by Yun Zixiao in his hand, with an expression of joy or worry on his face, "Yun Zixiao, my uncle planned to get rid of you by the hands of the Liao Kingdom. Thinking of how self-defeating you made such a remarkable achievement, it seems that Uncle Ben Guo underestimated you before!"

While talking to himself, he fixed his eyes on the family letter written by the queen, and sighed heavily, "Oh, if I let Yun Zixiao return to the Daming Mansion alive, how should I explain to the officials and my sister? !"

Fu Zhaoxin stood up ponderingly, looked back at the map hanging on the wall of the study, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Yes! The biggest victim of the Song-Liao peace talks is Han, why don't I send someone to pretend to be a soldier of Han, in the cloud Before Zixiao returns to the Daming Mansion, kill him on the way! But who should I send..."

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Fu Zhaoxin hurriedly asked vigilantly: "Who is it? What's the matter with my uncle?"

"Brother Yi, it's me." The voice was bright and uninhibited, it was Yuwen Yanyi.Before Fu Zhaoxin opened the door, Yuwen Yanyi pushed the door open and walked in.

Looking at Yuwen Yanyi, Fu Zhaoxin couldn't help but change his mind, thinking, "Yi brother, although you are both civil and military, you are a rare talent, but the limelight is too strong. Now, the civil and military people of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of the Li people in the Song Dynasty in the Song Dynasty are talking about the frontier customs." Who doesn't give you a thumbs up, who remembers that I am recruited by North Road. Although my father likes you and the government thinks highly of you, so what! If you don't die, I'm afraid I, Fu Zhaoxin, will never be able to make it in my life! Why don't I send you to kill Yun Zixiao? He is now a hero in the peace talks. Once he dies, the world will think you are narrow-minded and good at killing Zhongliang, and the Eighth King will never spare you. If you don't kill Yun Zixiao, then I will secretly report this matter to Long Live, so that you can't eat it and walk around!"

Seeing that Fu Zhaoxin remained silent for a long time, Yuwen Yanyi guessed nine times out of ten, with a smug smile on his face, he deliberately asked, "Brother Yi, what are you thinking?"

Only then did Fu Zhaoxin come to his senses, and he smiled a little at a loss, for fear that Yuwen Yanyi would notice the clue, "Hahaha, it's nothing! I'm just happy that the peace talks between Song and Liao will be successful, and there will be no more wars at the border for a while!"

Yuwen Yanyi shook her head, raised her eyebrows slightly, "Yi brother, why should you hide it from me? A few days ago, the Eighth Prince came to Daming Mansion in the name of rewarding the army, presumably there are other things besides rewarding the army and visiting his cousin. Is there anything you can do?"

Fu Zhaoxin was startled when he heard the words, and whispered warily: "I am the only one who has read the Queen's letter, how do you know about this?"

Yuwen Yanyi tapped on her temple, said with a smile, "Of course it's here!"

Fu Zhaoxin nodded, "Forget it, you and I are considered a family, so I won't hide it from you, but if you dare to leak information, be careful of your head!"

Yuwen Yanyi said disapprovingly: "Since the day I joined the army, I have never thought that I will die, so why should Yixiong scare me with my head? But don't worry, Yixiong, no matter what kind of secret, I will keep it secret." !"

"That's good." Fu Zhaoxin pointed to the family letter, and said very solemnly: "This is the family letter brought by the Eight Kings when they rewarded the army. The family letter has the empress's seal, and he must not know the contents. Let me get rid of the thief Yun Zixiao as soon as possible to prevent future troubles. I sent him to negotiate peace this time because I wanted to borrow a knife to kill people. I didn't expect him to be able to retreat from the court of the Liao Kingdom. There must be the thief Yun Yimo His soul body protection! So we must not let him return to Daming Mansion alive!"

Yuwen Yanyi seemed taken aback, her face turned a little pale, "What? Brother Yi wants to kill Yun Zixiao! He is a hero of the Song Dynasty, and he is also a cousin of the eight kings and thousand years old. If we kill him, I'm afraid..."

Fu Zhaoxin said helplessly: "This is the order of Long Live, who dares to resist the order? Even if this action is bound to annoy the Eighth Prince, but for the sake of the official family and the great Song Dynasty, I will not hesitate to do it!"

Yuwen Yanyi said worriedly: "Yun Zixiao is brave and careful, and it is not easy to kill him. This matter is of great importance. I don't know who the righteous brother wants to send? The righteous brother wants to remind you here , this person must be above Yun Zixiao in culture and martial arts, and be very familiar with side affairs, otherwise not only will he not be able to kill Yun Zixiao, but he will even throw stones at his feet!"

A slight sneer appeared on the corner of Fu Zhaoxin's mouth, which made people shudder after seeing it.He walked up to Yuwen Yanyi, patted him on the shoulder lightly, and whispered in his ear: "Brother Yi, aren't you the most suitable candidate?"

Yuwen Yanyi was so frightened that her legs became weak and she almost fell to the ground, "Yi...Brother Yi, are you trying to kill my younger brother? Although my younger brother has experienced many battles, he has never met an opponent in his life, but the golden mace of the Eight Kings is not the same. Vegetarian, if you are not careful..."

Fu Zhaoxin laughed and said, "Brother, being a brother is not harming you, it is clearly giving you the opportunity to make meritorious service. If you can really accomplish this, the officials will never treat you badly!"

Yuwen Yanyi shook her head vigorously again, "Brother Yi, although the officials will not treat me badly, I have to be ordered to accept the courtesy of the officials. If I lose my life because of this, wouldn't everything be over? Empty talk!"

Fu Zhao said: "Don't worry, I will go to Rongcheng in person under the name of Jieyun Zixiao, and I will bear the responsibility of my brother-in-law if something happens!" After he finished speaking, he pushed open the door and walked away.Yuwen Yanyi looked at the back of Fu Zhaoxin going away, while clenching her teeth, she was secretly happy...

The next day, Yun Zixiao left Liao Kingdom with two entourages and returned to Daming Mansion. He was familiar with the road along the way, and arrived at the Juma River at the junction of the two countries in two or three days.The three of them crossed the river and traveled a hundred miles forward, when a not-too-high mountain appeared in front of them.

The older follower said: "Lord Yun, Rongcheng County is not far away. If we go out of the city for a few dozen li, we will return to Daming Mansion!"

The younger entourage said in admiration: "Lord Yun, you are usually quiet and reticent, but I didn't expect you to have such a good eloquence! If you were not there, let alone peace talks with Liao Lord, even when we just disembarked I have to run back to the Daming Mansion in despair!"

Yun Zixiao didn't seem to hear the praise from his followers, and his eyes were still looking at the mountain not far away, although he was thoughtful, but the expression on his face was still calm and breezy.Suddenly, this peaceful atmosphere was interrupted by the sound of gongs and drums, and then there was the sound of people shouting and neighing at the foot of the mountain, as if a large army descended from the sky, instantly breaking the silence between heaven and earth.

The faces of the two attendants turned pale when they heard the sound, and their legs trembled involuntarily. Not to mention moving forward, even fleeing had become powerless.They looked at Yun Zixiao nervously, and stammered: "Yun...Master Yun, this...what...what's going on?"

Yun Zixiao is still calm and composed at this moment, as if everything has long been under his control.He heard the two ask himself, but he did not answer, but drew his sword from his waist.Killing intent was already in his eyes at this time, but the sword in his hand was as heavy as a thousand catties, and he couldn't lift it no matter what.

At this time, a group of Huns approached from behind the mountain.Everyone in the team has bright helmets and armor, and everyone is extremely brave, and they have a murderous aura that soars to the sky without drawing out their weapons.They were dressed in Northern Han military uniforms and carried Northern Han banners, but the leader was Yuwen Yanyi, a famous general of the Song Dynasty!
The two attendants were stunned when they saw that General Yuwen was carrying the banner of the Northern Han Dynasty, "Yu... General Yuwen, you... this is..."

Yuwen Yanyi looked at the two attendants who were stuttering even when speaking, and a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.He actually slowly took out a white-painted birch bow from his back, and skillfully attached two sharp arrows.

"Whoosh!" Two sharp arrows were shot out at the same time, and the sharp arrows emitted a cold light in the air, as bright as a shooting star, and also as short-lived as a shooting star.With the disappearance of the cold light, two bloody lights collapsed together.The two attendants stared at Yuwen Yanyi in disbelief, and then turned their eyes to the sharp arrow piercing their throats. They fell to the ground in bewilderment, and the ground was instantly stained red with blood.

I'm afraid that anyone would be surprised, puzzled, and astonished by this situation, but Yun Zixiao seemed to think it was perfectly normal, as if everything in front of him was within his expectations.But he couldn't bear to close his eyes after all, and sighed softly: "General Yuwen, they just follow suit, why bother?"

Yuwen Yanyi slowly retracted his bow, and said indifferently: "If you want to achieve great things, you must not have the heart of a woman, and anyone who may affect our plans will not be able to live!" His voice was very cold, and his tone was very soft, as if The lives of the two are nothing more than worthless in his eyes.

Yun Zixiao nodded lightly, not sure if he was persuaded, or if he compromised for self-protection.It took him a long time to ask: "General Yuwen, is everything in our plan?"

Yuwen Yanyi smiled and said: "Secretary Yun has a wonderful plan, that guy Fu Zhaoxin was really fooled, and I have tricked him into Rongcheng. Everything can be done according to the plan."

Yun Zixiao said: "Okay, act according to plan."

Yuwen Yanyi laughed loudly when he heard the words, "Hahaha, I was still worried that Secretary Yun would not be ruthless, but I didn't expect that you and I are indeed in the same path!" He said and returned the Liuyun Sword to Yun Zixiao, "Give me back the sword! You, this general will return to Rongcheng according to plan, and the rest is up to your friend!"

Yun Zixiao was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, he thought everything was within his own plan, but he never figured out what Yuwen Yanyi meant.Just when he was puzzled, a white horse had arrived in front of him, and immediately sat a young man in a white helmet and white armor, holding a long gun. He had met him once in Yuhua Tower and had a drink with him. Murphy has passed.

When Mo Feigong saw Yun Zixiao, a long-lost reunion smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Young Master Yun, are you okay after not seeing you for a long time?"

Seeing that it was Mo Feigong, Yun Zixiao's heart fluttered suddenly, not knowing whether to hang on or let go.Presumably, the people Yuwen Yanyi brought must be his cronies, and they will never leak the news.As for Mo Feigong and himself, he only met once. Although it is not unpredictable for friends and enemies, it is absolutely difficult to confide in him. Therefore, if there is a change in this game, it will definitely fall on him.

When Mo Feigong saw Yun Zixiao, he was silent for a while, thinking that he had forgotten himself, so he had to introduce: "Young Master Yun, next to Mo Feigong, I met you a few days ago, do you still remember?"

Yun Zixiao came back to his senses when he heard the words, pretending to be enlightened and said: "Oh, so it is brother Mo Xian, no wonder he is so familiar. Brother Yu has been thinking about the peace talks between Song and Liao these days, and he has completely forgotten about you. Seriously. Sin, sin! I don’t know why my virtuous brother came here?”

Mo Feigong said indifferently: "Brother Yun, just find a secluded place and wait for a while. After the big plan is completed, we can talk later!" He said with a wave of the strange weapon in his hand Instead of a military order, he led the army to march towards Rongcheng quickly.

The sun was shining obliquely on Rongcheng at this moment, and the entire city tower was covered with a golden light.Fu Zhaoxin led a group of soldiers to the top of the city in high spirits, looking into the distance constantly.These soldiers all looked happy, looking forward to Yun Zixiao's triumphant return and a meal of celebration wine, only Fu Zhaoxin was waiting for Yun Zixiao's head!
A moment later, a general suddenly appeared in the distance with a dozen soldiers in a panic.They rushed towards Rongcheng in a panic, and kept turning their heads to look behind them, like a group of stragglers who had just lost a battle.

Everyone on the top of the city was at a loss when they saw this, and they couldn't figure out what was going on, they were all stunned.As this team got closer and closer, the people in the city gradually saw the appearance of this group of people. They saw that this group of stragglers were all wearing the uniform of the Northern Han Dynasty, carrying the banner of the Northern Han Dynasty, and the leader was wearing a robe. Song turned out to be Yuwen Yanyi, the border guard of the Great Song Dynasty.Everyone was in an uproar when they saw this, and there was a lot of discussion immediately.

"No wonder I haven't seen General Yuwen in the past two days. It turns out that he led the troops to rebel!"

"Impossible! If it's true, why did you bring your troops back to Rongcheng?"

"No, General Yuwen is afraid that he has lost his mind!"

"Aren't you all curious, who beat the ever-victorious General Yuwen into this look?"

While everyone was discussing, Yuwen Yanyi had brought the remnant soldiers and defeated generals to the city like a storm.Seeing this, all the soldiers raised their bows and arrows, and looked at Fu Zhaoxin in unison, and all the arrows would be fired when he gave an order.

Fu Zhaoxin shook his head, and said solemnly: "Put down all your weapons, and open the city!"

Chengju Sun Li asked puzzledly: "General Fu, Yuwen Yanyi and the others are all wearing Han military uniforms. If they rush to open the city, I'm afraid it would be inappropriate?"

Fu Zhao said: "You know what! It was the general who asked them to pretend to be the Han army. Open the door!" As soon as he said a word, everyone who had been discussing shut up, and at the same time their eyes widened.There was a sudden silence on the tower, and the atmosphere was extremely dead.

After a long time, Sun Licai asked: "General, why did you let them wear Han military uniforms? If word of this gets to the officials, they will think that we are going to submit to Han. This is a capital offense!"

Fu Zhaoxin knocked on Sun Li's head vigorously, and said loudly: "Are you pig-headed? Now that the peace talks between Song and Liao have been successful, the state of Han is bound to be in jeopardy. They are bound to intercept and kill our Song envoys along the way. So in order to deceive others, To ensure the safety of Secretary Yun, this general asked General Yuwen to go to the border to pick him up as a Han army, do you understand now?"

Everyone woke up like a dream, their hearts were relieved, and they all praised: "General Fu is really clever, you can think of such a strategy, who will dare to say that General Fu is less strategic than Yuwen?" The general is so resourceful!"

Hearing the words, Fu Zhaoxin's face turned ashen, and there was a faint killing intent in his eyes. He was about to get angry when he heard Yuwen Yanyi's shout from below the city, "Brother Yi, open the city gate quickly, the Han army will come to kill you if it's too late." Already!"

The atmosphere on the city tower became tense again, and even Fu Zhaoxin panicked, and hurriedly shouted at Sun Li: "Go and open the gate, go and open the city gate!" Sun Li hurriedly ran to the gate and opened it quickly. city ​​gate.

Seeing that the gate of the city was opened, Yuwen Yanyi felt complacent again, and led his troops to rush into Rongcheng.Fu Zhaoxin hastily ordered the door to be closed, and then hurriedly ran down the wall.The first thing he said when he saw Yuwen Yanyi was, "Yi brother, where is Yun Zixiao's head?"

"I didn't see it! Life or death is uncertain!" Yuwen Yanyi panted heavily and dismounted, "Brother Yi, I didn't see Secretary Yun, but I met the Han army on the way. I guess they probably heard that After discussing the peace talks, he is going to kill Secretary Yun on the road."

Fu Zhaoxin was taken aback, and quickly asked: "How many people are there in the Han army, and how far is it from here?"

Yuwen Yanyi said with some guilt: "The Han army originally had 3 people. I led the troops to fight bravely all the way, and captured more than 5000 people. The [-] people under my command were almost wiped out. I hope my righteous brother will punish me!"

At this moment, Fu Zhaoxin didn't care about Yun Zixiao's life, let alone punish Yuwen Yanyi, so he asked in a panic, "Who will lead the rest of the Han army?"

Yuwen Yanyi pondered for a while, and said, "It's General Yang Jing!"

Fu Zhaoxin was completely panicked when he heard the words, and immediately stammered, "What... what... is... Yang... Yang Jing! Is it Yang Yanzhao, the son of the Han general Yang Ye?"

Yuwen Yanyi nodded shyly, "That's right, besides Yang and his son, who else is my opponent?"

Fu Zhao thought confidently, "Presumably the Han army is not far away, and it must be too late to abandon the city. The only plan for now is to strictly guard against it, and maybe there is still a chance of survival." He thought hurriedly: "Yi brother, you Although Yang Yanzhao couldn't beat Yang Yanzhao, he could still defend the city, right?
Yuwen Yanyi nodded quickly, "Don't worry, Brother Yi, I will defend Rongcheng even if I die, and I will never let the traitors get involved in my Dasong Jiangshan!"

Fu Zhaoxin said with a satisfied smile: "That's good! Brother Yi, I will go back to the mansion first, gather troops, horses, food and grass, and then come to defend the city with Brother Yi!"

Yuwen Yanyi said confidently: "Don't worry, my righteous brother, I will try my best to defend the city and pay off my crime!" As he spoke, he cupped his hands towards Fu Zhaoxin, although his tone seemed humble, but there was a sense of pride in his expression .

Fu Zhaoxin patted him on the shoulder, "Well, if you have a righteous brother, you can feel relieved as a brother!" After he finished speaking, he got on his horse and galloped towards Duzhaofu, as if he was afraid of delaying for a while, and he wanted to The head fell to the ground.Seeing that Fu Zhaoxin had left, Yuwen Yanyi clenched his right hand into a fist, as if everything was in his palm.

As soon as Yuwen Yanyi climbed to the top of the city, he saw the dust rising up in the northwest, and there were countless powerful horseshoes and the footsteps of the marching army, and the mountains and the ground trembled.The defenders on the top of the city turned pale when they saw this. If it wasn't for their duty, they might have already fled here and there.

At this moment, Sun Li's hand holding the sword was trembling slightly, "General Yuwen, Yang Yanzhao is here! How should we resist?" Before he could finish his words, the Northern Han troops had rushed to Rongcheng.

Yuwen Yanyi said confidently: "Kaicheng!"

Sun Li was so shocked that he almost sat down on the ground, "Kai...Kaicheng? General Yuwen...will...surrender?"

Yuwen Yanyi smiled slightly, "It's not about surrendering, it's about beating dogs behind closed doors and catching turtles in the urn!"

Sun Li said worriedly: "But... But what if it becomes self-defeating!"

Yuwen Yanyi frowned, "Don't you know that military orders are like mountains!"

Sun Li nodded quickly and said: "It's all up to General Yuwen!" He shouted to the soldiers behind him: "What are you still doing, open the city!"

The soldiers guarding the city were a little hesitant. No one dared to stand up against Yuwen Yanyi, and no one dared to go to Kaicheng. They just stood there blankly, and no one wanted to be this early bird.

At this time, Mo Feigong pointed his sword at the top of the city, and shouted: "Song Guoshu, I, Yang Yanzhao, are here, so hurry up and open the city gate! Your general Yuwen Yanyi has already been defeated by this general's sword!" , Do you still want to continue to resist! The truth is that you should leave the city and surrender as soon as possible, and you can save your life, otherwise the day when the city will be broken will be the time when you will die!"

Yuwen Yanyi was standing behind the female wall at this time, stomping her mouth with her hand on her mouth, and looked at Mo Feigong with admiration.Then he turned around, walked to the gate in person, slowly raised the thousand-jin gate, and the heavy gate of Rongcheng slowly opened.

Seeing that the city gate was opened, Mo Fei laughed and said, "Hahaha, the rats of the Song Dynasty, you are so smart, this general will preface the conversation, and spare you all!" He swung his long sword and rushed into the city first. Go, the soldiers behind him also flooded into Rongcheng with Mo Feigong.

Seeing this, Sun Li hurriedly said, "General Yuwen, should we close the city gate and shoot these thieves to death with random arrows?"

At this moment, countless pairs of eyes were staring at Yuwen Yanyi, waiting for his order.

Yuwen Yanyi stroked her chin lightly, and fell silent, as if hesitating.

Before Yuwen Yanyi could speak, the troops of the Northern Han Dynasty had already rushed to the top of the wall. They were coming in a menacing manner, and it was obvious that the promise to spare their lives was a lie.Everyone didn't wait for Yuwen Yanyi's order, they all drew out their weapons and started fighting with the Northern Han troops.

Yuwen Yanyi saw that the officers and soldiers defending the city were instantly killed to the point of blood flow, and the corpses of the martyred soldiers were spread all over the city tower. Instead of helping, he showed a triumphant and sinister smile.Seeing that Mo Feigong and Sun Lizheng were fighting inextricably, he slowly drew out his long sword and walked slowly over the corpses all over the ground.

Seeing Yuwen Yanyi walking towards him, Sun Li thought he was here to help him, so he breathed a sigh of relief, "General Yuwen, the surname Yang is very brave, you have to be careful!"

Yuwen Yanyi sneered and said: "You should be careful!" As he spoke, he drew out his sword abruptly and swung a gust of wind. Sun Li's back was pierced by the long sword in Yuwen Yanyi's hand, and blood splashed out of his mouth immediately. out.

Sun Li turned his head in disbelief, looked at Yuwen Yanyi, and asked with the last bit of strength: "General Yuwen, you...why did you kill me?"

Yuwen Yanyi kicked Sun Li down, and said coldly: "All those who may stand in the way of my cause will always have one result—death!"

After listening to Yuwen Yanyi's words, Sun Li smiled bitterly unwillingly, and finally closed his eyes slowly.Seeing this, all his subordinates rushed towards Yuwen Yanyi crazily. The corner of Yuwen Yanyi's mouth was pursed, and the sword moved with his heart. All the soldiers who rushed up fell to the ground and died in an instant.

Seeing that Yuwen Yanyi was so ruthless, the remaining Song soldiers were all terrified, and some even peed their pants on the spot.Yuwen Yanyi has been on the battlefield for many years, and he seems to be familiar with the appearance of soldiers. He didn't even want to look at them, and walked straight to Duzhao Mansion stepping on the corpses under his feet.

Seeing that Yuwen Yanyi was about to leave, Mo Feigong hurriedly said, "General Yuwen, what should we do with these people?"

Yuwen Yanyi waved his hand nonchalantly, "Kill! No one will be left behind!"

As soon as his words fell to the ground, Mo Feigong led others to raise the butcher's knife in his hand. With a flash of cold light, the city was ablaze with blood. In an instant, cries and pleadings resounded throughout Rongcheng, and in mid-air In the roundabout, it will last for a long time!

(End of this chapter)