Zhang Huaxuan nodded, and replied directly: "Young master, please rest assured about this, I will guarantee the safety of my wife and young master."

With Zhang Huaxuan's guarantee, Xia Ting finally showed a reassured expression on his face, nodded slightly, and stopped talking. Immediately afterwards, he saw Xia Ting's face suddenly change, becoming abnormally pale, A look of pain flashed across Xia Ting's eyes.

Zhang Huaxuan and Zhang Sailiang had guessed the ending a long time ago, they didn't say much, just watched Xia Ting's mouth slowly ooze a blood stain, and Xia Ting himself just smiled and fell on his back.

Seeing Xia Ting fell to death on the spot, both Zhang Huaxuan and Zhang Sailiang couldn't help feeling emotional. They glanced at each other and shook their heads at the same time, as if they were also feeling worthless for Xia Ting's fate.But at this moment, only a cough came from the yard. Xia Wu and Xia Wen, one on the left and one on the right, helped Xia Cheng, who was wrapped in a silk scarf and had a sick face, slowly walked out of the yard. .

At this time, Xia Cheng completely lost the heroic bearing of the previous generation.At first glance, he looks like an ordinary middle-aged man.

Seeing Xia Cheng come out, Zhang Huaxuan, Zhang Sailiang and a group of soldiers outside all knelt down to Xia Cheng, and shouted in unison: "My subordinates see you."

Xia Cheng slowly raised his hand and waved it tremblingly, motioning everyone to get up, his old eyes glanced at Xia Ting's corpse not far in front of him.On the surface, Xia Cheng's face didn't seem to change much, but Zhang Huaxuan keenly noticed that Xia Cheng's eyelids twitched, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.Although Xia Ting rebelled against him, he was Xia Cheng's own son after all.Seeing Xia Ting's death here, how could Xia Cheng remain indifferent?

However, a generation of heroes is different from ordinary people after all. Although he is seriously ill now, he still quickly recovered his indifference, and muttered lightly: "Is he dead?"

Hearing Xia Cheng's question, Zhang Huaxuan immediately took a few steps forward, walked to Xia Ting's body, inspected it carefully, and finally cupped his hands at Xia Cheng and said, "Report to my lord. The eldest son has lost his breath. Indeed It's dead."

"Oh." Xia Cheng simply responded, then patted Xia Ting's arm beside him, then turned around and walked into the yard. While walking, he threw out a sentence: "A generous burial."

Changting, Luting Prefecture, Fujian Province, is located in the center of the city, a magnificently decorated mansion, which is the temporary residence of Gao An, the master of Fujian Road, and the temporary economic envoy of Fujian Road.

In the mansion of Jinglue envoy on Fujian Road, in the luxuriously decorated discussion palace, Gao An had a sad expression on his face, and sighed from time to time.It looked like he was very distressed.And in the Palace of Discussion, there is Gao An's most dependent minister, the wise Tong Wenbo.

"Oh! I regret it." Gao An sighed again, patted his thigh in frustration, and said to Tong Wenbo, "Master! If I had listened to you back then, I would have sent more people to Nanxiong Prefecture to find out about the disappearance. We won't be fooled by the Song army this time. Now that Liu Yi is dead and our west has lost its barrier, what should we do if the Song army attacks us!"

Hearing Gao An's words, Tong Wenbo just smiled helplessly. Originally, Gao An wanted to follow his advice and sent spies to Nanxiong Prefecture to contact Liu Yiduo.But at that time, Xia Cheng's youngest son, Xia Hu, was killed by the general of Liu's army, Wang Ziping, which completely broke the already weak friendship between the two parties, and Tong Wenbo's proposal was infinitely delayed.This also led to the Liu family army being attacked by the Song army this time, and Gao An didn't know about it until it was more than ten years late.When Gao An found out about this, he immediately dispatched soldiers and horses to prepare for assistance, but soon after, the news of Liu Yi's defeat and death came, and Gao An had no choice but to give up.

Now Wang Zongshi's army and the main force of Wang Hu's army are stationed in Nanxiong Prefecture like a tiger, looking like a tiger ready to go east at any time, which scares Gao An because he can't eat well and sleep well these days, and he is worried that the Song army will attack.It's no wonder that even though Gao An holds Fujian Road in his hand, he can be regarded as the overlord.But compared to Song Jun, it was still far behind.There is no one kind of prince in the world that can compare with the Song Army, which defeated the invincible Jin soldiers all over the world.No matter how confident Gao An is, he is no exception.Some time ago, Gao An deliberately transferred his two friends, Xia Cheng and Wang Xiong, the only two powerful generals under Gao An, from the north and south borders directly to the west, always ready to meet the Song army's attack, but even so, Gao An was still worried.

Tong Wenbo smiled wryly, and said, "Your Excellency, don't worry, the Song Army has captured Nanxiong Prefecture only by surprise attack. If they fail to break through the Xia's Army, the Song Army will never dare to take the initiative to fight our army."

"Hey! I also know this, but didn't I get the news earlier that something serious happened to Xia's army?" Gao An's face did not improve because of Tong Wenbo's persuasion. The next battle was defeated, and there was another internal rebellion. In this way, the strength of Xia's army will be greatly reduced. How can it stop the Song army? Xia's army has been wiped out, and it will be our turn next."

What Gao An said was the news that just came from Xia's army yesterday. The Xia's army went south and north, and they were defeated repeatedly. Xia Cheng's son Xia Ting launched a rebellion again, although Xia Cheng put down the rebellion in the end. , but it still has a great impact on the strength of the Xia family army.To be honest, after hearing the news, Tong Wenbo was also taken aback. He immediately thought of his friend Zhang Huaxuan, but he never thought that such a thing would happen if Xia Jiajun had Zhang Huaxuan in command.And what Gao An was worried about was actually what Tong Wenbo was worried about.

It's just that Tong Wenbo won't express his worries, that will only make Gao An more worried.As a courtier, it is natural to share the worries of the adults, how can they increase the worries of the adults?Tong Wenbo hurriedly comforted him: "My lord, don't worry. Although the Xia family army has been hit repeatedly, Xia Cheng is in charge of the soldiers of the three states, and his strength is extraordinary. Even if the Song army wants to destroy the Xia family army, it will not be able to do it in a short time. Moreover, I heard that Xia Cheng has sent secret envoys to come here. I believe that it will not be long before I come to Luting Prefecture, Fujian Province to meet my lord. When the two of us join forces, no matter how strong the Song Army is, we will still be able to resistance."

Tong Wenbo's analysis made sense, but it couldn't alleviate Gao An's worries.Gao An was so worried, not because Gao An was timid, Tong Wenbo's analysis was too rational, but he forgot to consider the mood of Song Emperor Zhao Zhen, the leader of the Song Army.Song Emperor Zhao Zhen was also the overlord after all, and Song Emperor Zhao Zhen was no longer young.Comparing my heart to my heart, if Gao An is replaced by Song Emperor Zhao Zhen, I am afraid that I will never miss this opportunity, and I will definitely unify the world in one go.After all, no one wants to bring regrets into the coffin.

After listening to Tong Wenbo's words, Gao An opened his mouth to say something, when suddenly a voice came from outside, but it was a civil servant who walked into the palace of discussion, it was Gao An's important minister Zhang Cang.Zhang Cang first saluted Gao An, then Tong Wenbo, and then said: "My lord, I just received the information. The envoys sent by the Xia family army have already entered the city." Zhang Cang followed Gao An has been around for many years, his qualifications are older than Tong Wenbo, and he is loyal to Gao An, so Gao An also entrusts him to manage the intelligence of the general.

"Oh?" Gao An and Tong Wenbo's eyes lit up, and now the alliance with the Xia family army is the only way out, and they are looking forward to it every day.Immediately, Gao An said to Zhang Cang: "Quick! Order someone to meet him immediately, and directly accept the secret envoy into the mansion."

After receiving Gao An's order, Zhang Cang went down immediately, and Gao An also looked excited, and he really wanted to go out immediately to meet the envoy himself.But when Gao An saw Tong Wenbo's calm look, he immediately realized that he had lost his composure, and immediately blushed, took a few deep breaths, suppressed his excitement, and gradually calmed down.

At this time, Tong Wenbo smiled lightly, and said to Gao An: "My lord, although it is imperative to form an alliance with the Xia family army this time, but when I see the Xia family army envoy later, my lord must not look too happy. Don't let the Xia family army know We were eager to form an alliance, but we fell behind."

Gao An also nodded again and again, and said: "Yes! I know about this, the commander-in-chief doesn't need to worry. By the way, it's not good to use my clothes to welcome the envoys. I'll go down and change my clothes, and then come to meet the Xia family army Messenger." After speaking, Gao An stood up directly.

Seeing Gao An got up, Tong Wenbo hurriedly stood up to see him off. Gao An was only wearing a set of very ordinary casual clothes, which was really not suitable for welcoming the envoy.But Tong Wenbo is now wearing a decent official uniform, which is just right for welcoming the envoy, and saves the trouble of changing clothes.

After Gao An left, Tong Wenbo also lowered his head, and slowly began to think about how to deal with the Xia family army's envoy this time.This time the envoys sent by the Xia family army must have come to discuss alliance matters with Gao An. Compared with Gao An's worries, Xia Cheng is probably the real imminent one.In the northeast, there is an army led by Zhao Yun. In the northwest, Huang Yunfei's heavy armored infantry, together with Shao Yun, Shao Long and other generals from the north, are ready to go south to Xinzhou at any time.In contrast, the situation of Xia Jiajun is obviously much more critical.What Tong Wenbo considered was whether he could rely on this alliance to earn more benefits for Gao An.

Not long after, Gao An also changed into his official uniform, and came to the Palace of Discussion, and waited in the hall with Tong Wenbo until Zhang Zhang brought the envoy of the Xia family army to come.About half an hour later, there was a sound of footsteps coming from outside the meeting palace, and the next moment, Zhang Cang's somewhat thin body appeared at the entrance of the meeting palace.

I saw Zhang Cang standing at the gate of the Palace of Discussion, bowing to Gao An, and said loudly, "My lord! The Jiangnan East Road Economic Envoy sent an envoy here, saying that he has something important to discuss with you."

In fact, from the day the messenger left Shangrao, Gao An and Tong Wenbo knew each other's itinerary clearly.But in front of others, this superficial effort still needs to be done.Gao An nodded, waved his hand and said, "Since you are the envoy sent by the Jiangnan East Road Economic Strategy Envoy, please hurry up and invite me."

"I obey." Zhang Cang responded, then took a few steps back, then saluted the people behind him, made a gesture of invitation, and said, "Honorable envoy, please come inside."

The Xia family army envoy also responded, and walked forward quickly, but when Gao An saw the appearance of the Xia family army envoy, he just felt familiar, while Tong Wenbo was completely stunned, with a look of disbelief on his face.Tong Wenbo never expected that this person would represent Xia Jiajun on the Fujian Road this time.

And Gao An's memory is not bad, although he didn't recognize the other person at first, but after Gao An filtered the person's appearance in his mind.Immediately remembered the identity of this person, and was startled, pointed at that person, and forgot to say anything.

Seeing Gao An and Tong Wenbo's expressions, the Xia Family Army envoy had a face that he had known for a long time, smiled faintly, then bowed his hands to Gao An, stood up straight, and said with a loud smile: "Boy Hu Zhuge, my respects!" The Fujian road has been slightly envoyed."

Yiyang City is the most important city to the west of Shangrao, and it is also the most heavily guarded city by Xia Jiajun.At this time, a small part of the Song Army's vanguard army, which made a sneak attack, was already approaching the city not far away.

Soon at midnight, not far from the west city gate, a team of more than a hundred people was sticking to the city wall, lurking quietly.The two leading generals were none other than Yang Mingli and Yang Wenshan among the descendants of the Xia clan with foreign surnames.Yang Mingli was squatting on the ground at the moment, his eyes were fixed on the direction outside the city, and he didn't dare to relax for a moment. He had maintained this position for a couple of hours, but he didn't move a single bit, his whole body was like cast iron. generally.

But Yang Wenshan who was next to Yang Mingli was not so strong, and he couldn't bear it after holding on for more than an hour.But this Yang Wenshan is also a hero, no matter how tired he is, he finally gritted his teeth and persisted.Looking up at the night sky and estimating the time, Yang Wenshan turned his head and whispered to Yang Mingli: "Brother! It's midnight now, do you think the enemy will come?"

"No hurry." Yang Mingli said two simple words, but blocked the last few words of Yang Wenshan. Seeing that Yang Mingli said so, Yang Wenshan could only shut up and continue to guard.

Fortunately, not long after, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes not far outside the city.Although the sound of horseshoes was not very loud, Yang Mingli and Yang Wenshan were both generals' children, and they couldn't be more sensitive to the sound of horseshoes. Immediately, their expressions changed, and they looked at each other at the same time.

But in order to hide well, they didn't light the torches, and now the night is dark, so the two brothers can only see the light in each other's eyes.But even so, they could see a hint of joy in each other's eyes.

It didn't take long before I saw another team not far outside the city. From a rough look, there were only about 2000 people.It's not wrong to think about it, the other party is here to sneak attack now.If he came here with great fanfare, wouldn't the enemy see through it immediately.The 2000 people were just right, and all they had to do was to open the city gate.

However, Yang Mingli and Yang Wenshan's mind was not on the number of the enemy, they all kept their eyes on the front of the army.Yang Mingli looked carefully, under the light of an extremely tiny torch, the one who led the battle in front of the Song army that came to attack was their target this time, General Liu Zheng of the Song army.

Seeing that it was indeed Liu Zhengjiang who came in person, no matter how calm Yang Mingli was, he almost couldn't hold back his yelling at this moment.Finally, holding back the excitement in his heart, he gestured to the soldiers who had been prepared for a long time behind him, called him to his side, and shouted to him in a low voice: "Report to the city immediately. The target has been confirmed. The net can be collected. "

When the soldiers reported back, General Liu Zheng, who was not far ahead, had just arrived at the gate of the city.I saw dozens of soldiers of the Song Army throwing the flying hooks directly under the order of General Liu Zheng. It seemed that they were going to use these flying hooks to fix and climb the top of the city.The two brothers Yang Mingli and Yang Wenshan couldn't help but gasped when they saw it. If they didn't see through Song Jun's strategy, they might be succeeded by the other party.

Soon, those flying hooks were fixed on the top of the city, and General Liu Zheng, who was standing on a horse at the gate of the city, was about to command the soldiers of the Song Army to climb up the top of the city.But at this moment, the closed city gate suddenly squeaked, and countless soldiers of the Xia family army rushed out of the city with their weapons held high. Yang Mingli and Yang Wenshan couldn't help shaking their fists, The army started.

"Brother." Yang Wenshan saw the Xia family's army and the Song army's soldiers colliding with each other to fight, and his blood boiled immediately, and he immediately said to Yang Mingli: "We will also go now."

"Wait a minute." Yang Mingli was not in a hurry, waved his hand at Yang Wenshan, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry. Our number is too small. If we rush up at this time, we will only seek our own death, and we will not achieve anything." Useful. Wait until Liu Zhengjiang puts all his troops into the battle, and then we will charge. Only in this way can we play the role of surprise soldiers."

What Yang Mingli said was correct, at this time General Liu Zheng was commanding the soldiers of the Song Army to fight against the soldiers of the Xia Family Army who poured out of the city, and there were still thousands of people guarding him by his side.Yang Mingli only brought more than a hundred people with him, and rushing up at this time might not be of much use.

But it doesn't take long to wait, because the number of the Song army is too small, there are only more than 2 people, and the entire city's defenders have already been sent out in the city, which is more than [-] people.Liu Zheng will definitely not be able to handle this force, and sooner or later he will retreat.When the time comes, it's time for Yang Mingli, a surprise soldier, to play a role.Yang Mingli's eyes never left the body of General Liu Zheng who was riding on the horse. In this battle tonight, General Liu must be captured.Sure enough, as Yang Mingli expected, at the beginning, Liu Zheng commanded the army to block the gate of the city, insisting on blocking the Xia family's soldiers and horses.But soon, as the two brothers Yang Kao and Yang Xiao, the generals of the Xia family army in the city, joined the battle, the fragile line of defense was immediately breached.In a blink of an eye, the Song army lost a lot of soldiers and horses. Liu Zheng, who was behind, saw that the city could not be taken by night attack, so he hurriedly turned his horse's head and retreated with the remaining Song army.

At this time, Yang Mingli's eyes lit up, he immediately raised his spear, and shouted at Yang Wenshan beside him and the hundreds of soldiers behind him: "It's time, go!"

"Kill!" "Capture Liu Zhengjiang alive!"

There was a sound of angry shouts. Although the hundreds of soldiers led by Yang Mingli were not many in number, they were like poisonous snakes. They hit the vital point with one blow, and they just blocked the retreat of General Liu Zheng's army.The soldiers, headed by Yang Mingli and Yang Wenshan, aimed directly at Zhengjiang Liu, obviously wanting to capture him alive and complete their meritorious service in one battle.

Facing the enemy who appeared suddenly, Liu Zhengjiang pulled the reins hard, stopped his mount, and looked at Yang Mingli who was getting closer and closer with a gloomy face, holding the saber tightly in his hand, but he didn't panic at all.As a veteran who has experienced many battles, Liu Zheng has experienced many thrills before, so naturally he will not panic because of this.

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