Chapter 20
When Meng Bochang died suddenly at the city of Suizhou, Yang Hao was having wine and listening to music at the Linzhou Governor's Mansion hundreds of miles away.W w√W』.
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The women in Linzhou are beautiful and Shi Xiong's flesh is fragrant, but Yang Hao feels uncomfortable at this moment. The purpose of his trip is to persuade Shi Xiong to attack Hedong Lanzhou. Of course, it is not really an attack, but just to make a move and act like a gesture. Lanzhou is the northwest gate of Taiyuan, and the two places are only three hundred miles apart. Taiyuan Prefecture is the foundation of Hedong, with high city and deep ditches, large populations, and heavy troops stationed. It is not a matter of one day or one night to capture Taiyuan.
Hedong has nearly 100,000 troops. Although he was defeated twice by himself, his strength must not be underestimated. Half of the 100,000 troops were stationed under the strong city, Yang Hao had less than 20,000 troops, and he was away from the base. The victory and loss were really unpredictable. The best way to win was to design the troops stationed around Taiyuan, choose the weak points, annihilate them one by one, and then use the elite forces in Hedong, and then take Taiyuan again.
Shi Xiong attacked Hedong on Yang Hao. He advised: "Although Hedong is strong and powerful, it does not pose any threat to you and me. It is unreasonable to launch an attack on the people, which has caused the people to suffer. How can you bear it?"
Yang Hao could not tell him the Uighurs' plan, so he could only say that Dong Bazheng was preparing for war and showed signs of going north again. Shi Xiongyan said: "If he dares to raise troops to go north again, I will join in with him and fight with him to Hedong, and never stop until he dies."
Speaking of this, Yang Hao was disappointed when he knew that he could not persuade him. The banquet ended unhappily, and Yang Hao did not leave immediately. Although Shi Xiong was unwilling to send troops to help him capture Hedong, he also expressed his determination to advance and retreat with him. If he left at this moment, wouldn’t even be able to do it? Yang Hao smiled strongly and hugged a singer with one hand and returned to the hotel.
After playing with the two singers for a while, Yang Hao beat the two back on the pretext of being tired.
Zhang Lang prepared the foot wash water and was about to serve Yang Hao to wash his feet. Yang Hao suddenly jumped up and said, "Prepare the horse and go to Xiao Chang'an."
Zhang Lang wondered why Yang Hao changed his mind and asked, "Do you want General Shi to explain?"
"No need, leave someone, he will come to ask tomorrow morning and tell him. He said I had something urgent and didn't have time to say goodbye to him in person."
Midnight, Little Chang'an.
Li Changlin, the commander of the Polang Camp, had just finished patrolling the camp and lay down when he suddenly heard Yang Hao arrive at the verdict hall and hurriedly got up from the quilt to meet him. Seeing Yang Hao, Zhang Lang and others in neat clothes and armor, he said in a terrible manner: "I will be tired of my duties, please forgive me."
Yang Hao smiled and said, "You sleep alone, but your subordinates still open your eyes and dare not slackew. This is the ability to be a general."
Li Changlin followed Zhuang Yunqing to fight against the Quze tribe in the northwest of Helan Mountain not long ago, and swept thousands of Quze tribes with one battalion. Before the other three battalions had taken action, Quze tribe had already accepted the request to surrender. After the attendant was removed, Yang Hao said, "How many people are there in your city?"
Li Changlin replied: "Apart from the two sentrymen rushing to Suizhou, there are more than 600 people left."
Yang Hao nodded and said, "Leave a sermon to defend the city, and the rest of the troops immediately went south to seize Yulin Town. Stand on standby."
Li Changlin stood up without saying a word and said, "I'll go and prepare now." He asked again, "Who will defend the city here?"
Yulin Town was under the jurisdiction of Suizhou, with 120 defenders. Li Changlin attacked the town's main camp without any effort and captured 120 garrisons alive. The sky was gang and the gang was lit up, and a group of people came to the south of the town, which was Zhao Yong's unit of the Xia Sui Army. Zhao Yong was also from the Ghost Army. Later, he was stationed in Yinzhou with Meng Bochang and was across the desert from Xiao Chang'an. Li Changlin had joined forces with him to suppress the horse bandits, so he was also an acquaintance.
Zhao Yong rode alone to the city and bowed and said, "I came to take Yulin Town under the order of General Meng. Now the general wins first. How can I explain it if the last general goes back? Please see if the two alliances are in the hands of the general. The last general is grateful."
Li Changlin replied politely: "I am taking the town to help with the war by General Yang. Yulin Town is in the hands of General Yang, and the military order is in the hands of General Meng. If you are in the hands of the military order, you will not be able to obey your orders."
Zhao Yong cursed after hearing this, "Despicable villain, Marshal Meng has been hurt by you. You are still pretending to be so pretentious, it's really disgusting." Zhao Yong sent his horse back to his team, and the Xia Sui army set off to attack the city.
There were earthen walls around Yulin Town. The walls were not very high, but they were still more than enough to deal with the horse team. Li Changlin could not stand firm, and Zhao Yongyuan rushed for a few waves and could not break the city, so he retreated and set up camp five miles away.
When Wu Mei, the military supervisor of the Polang Camp, heard that Meng Bochang was dead, she thought to herself: "Li Changlin was originally a ghost army, but was later subdued by Meng Bochang, so that he would be rich today. He has always been grateful for Meng Bochang's old love. If he defected at this critical moment, he would have to implicate me."
So he sent someone to report to Yang Hao that Meng Bochang was dead, and at the same time he found the second whistle chief Wu Chenlu to discuss. Wu Chenlu and Wu Mei had no relatives and no reason, but Wu Mei forced him to make a relative with him on the grounds of the same surname and clan. Wu Chenlu heard Wu Mei's tone that he suspected that Li Changlin was going to rebel, so he said angrily: "General Li is loyal to the Lord, how could he do anything rebellious?"
Seeing that he was not kind, Wu Mei quickly changed her words: "I am not suspicious of his rebellion, but I am afraid that those who do not know the truth will coerce him to do something stupid. Therefore, I have no other intention to prevent it."
Wu Chenlu didn't want to get irritated with him, so she took a breath and said, "Mr. Supervisor wants to do what he wants, just give him the order."
Wu Mei said: "Before General Li went to war, he left the guard in Xiao Chang'an, with only three or five guards around him. You can immediately transfer thirty people to the central army to prevent someone from coercing General Li to make things difficult for him." Wu Chenlu could only agree. Before leaving, Wu Mei added another sentence: "If you have any abnormal movements, report it to me immediately."
After hearing what Zhao Yong said, Li Changlin also became suspicious, so he called his confidant Li Yue to the tent and explained to him to find out what was going on. Suddenly, there was a noise outside the tent, and thirty soldiers broke into the tent and lined up in front of the tent. Wu Chenlu walked into the tent alone. Li Yue was panicked and drew his sword to block his way. Li Changlin asked, "What are you doing?" Wu Chenlu knelt on one knee and said, "The military supervisor suspected that the general was intending to rebel, and ordered me to monitor the general's every move in the name of protection."
Li Changlin snorted coldly and said, "Since you are asked to monitor, you will obey your order, why bother telling me again?"
Wu Chenlu burst into tears when she heard this and said, "I am a person who is guilty of damnation. Fortunately, the general is unabandoned to have this today. How can I see the general in trouble without saying a word?" Li Changlin helped Wu Chenlu up and sighed, "I am loyal and suspected by a traitor. If you hadn't sacrificed your life to repay me, you would have been almost killed by him. But Lord Yang had no place to be sorry for me, so how could I bear to leave?"
Wu Chenlu said: "The general's words are different. If it weren't for the intention of the above, how could Wu Mei dare to have this evil thought? If the general did not make a decision early, he would only be afraid of death without a place to bury him."
Li Yue also advised: "Black plum is a shameless villain. On Zhuang Yunqing's birthday, he used pure gold to create a longevity peach, which is the risk of today. During the Western Expedition to Quze, the general made great contributions to cutting passes and seizing the land. As the commander, Zhuang Yunqing repeatedly made mistakes and was already resentful. Although the general was loyal, he was inevitably framed by the villain. For the sake of the current plan, he left here first and then made a decision."
Li Changlin sighed, then he and Wu Chenlu, Li Yue opened the door overnight and fled southward.
When Wu Mei learned that Li Changlin was fleeing, she was frightened and abandoned the city and headed north. She did not know of each post before her trip. At dawn, each post showed up to command the army, and the supervisor had all escaped without a trace, and there was a sudden chaos. Zhao Yong took advantage of the situation to attack the city, and the city was defeated. Zhao Yong chased and killed dozens of miles and killed more than a hundred people.
Wu Mei ran back to Xiao Chang'an. Yang Hao was shocked when he learned about Meng Bochang's death. But he was not very convinced and was about to send someone to verify it. But he saw Li Wei rushing over.
After Meng Bochang's death, various units of the Xia Sui Army elected Lian Yong as the commander, surrounded Suizhou City, and attacked day and night. Suizhou City was high and deep. Although the Xia Sui army had a large number of people, there were no sharp weapons to attack the city. Zhang Bozhong was on the risk of defending the city and was safe and sound for the time being. Lian Yong then sent an edict everywhere to ask the army to rush to Suizhou at night to avenge the commander. Zhang Bozhong knew that Suizhou would be destroyed sooner or later, but did not dare to give up without authorization, so he sent Li Weixing to Xiaochang'an at night to ask Yang Hao for advice on the strategy.
Yang Hao urgently ordered the Flying Tiger Camp, which was rushing to Xiaochang'an, to rush to Xiazhou, the Knight Camp rushed to Yinzhou, the Tiger Camp attacked Youzhou, the Leopard Camp rushed to Suizhou, and the Eagle Camp rushed to defeat the barbarian camp. The Fengya Camp went south to station in Xiaochang'an. He also ordered Li Wei to order Zhang Bozhong to stay and wait for assistance.
Zhang Bozhong read Yang Hao's secret order and said nothing. Fang Litian asked Li Wei: "Sir, what should Wu Cao do if he can't defend the city?"
Li Wei shook his head and said, "This master has never said it."
Fang Litian rubbed his hands and said, "This person knows too much. If he falls into the hands of others, he will suffer endlessly in the future."
Zhang Bozhong ordered Li Wei: "Take him to me immediately."
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Suizhou Military and Horse Envoy Office.
Thirteen Niang, wearing heavy makeup, twisted her waist and hips, walked towards the back door. Behind her, Wu Cao man dressed as a woman and lowered her head and followed closely. Before the person arrived, the fragrance smelled. The soldiers guarding the door widened their eyes. Everyone knew that Thirteen Niang was the woman of Wu Cao, the new military commander, but no one regarded her as a serious person. They were all greedy and stared at her like a fly.
Thirteen Niang didn't care about these things, her slender waist and fat buttocks were swinging even more happily.
The sergeant stopped her and asked with a smile: "Where is the madam?"
Thirteen Niang gave him a blank look: "Where am I going, are you in charge?"
The sergeant hit a nail, which made everyone laugh. The sergeant's face was a little uneasy, so he said in a business manner: "There is an order on the top of the mountain, and no one is allowed to go out without a waist card. You might as well go back."
"I have an adult's handwriting." Thirteen Niang smiled sweetly, took out a note with a body fragrance from her breast, and handed it to the squad leader. The squad leader quickly picked up the handkerchief and sniffed it under his nose, and was drunk for a moment. He didn't know the word at first, so he pretended to glance, then returned the note to Thirteen Niang, and said in embarrassment: "You don't have a token, which makes me feel very troubled." As he said that, he held up Thirteen Niang's soft little hand, put it under his nose and sniffed it greedily.
Thirteen Niang sneered and asked, “Does my hands smell fragrant?”
The soldiers cheered together: "Sweet, fragrant, really fragrant."
The sergeant dispersed everyone with a loud voice and said to Thiran Niang: "Forget it, since I have Master Wu's handwriting, I will make the decision to make an example." Thiran Niang smiled sweetly, brushed her slender fingers on the sergeant's face, and said in a soft and greasy voice: "Thiran Niang will never forget the great kindness of the general, Thiran Niang will never forget the whole life."
The sergeant was touched by her and was numb and itchy all over. He wanted to catch her hand, but Thirteen Niang gently avoided it. He wanted to hug her waist, but Thirteen Niang pushed it away again. He was annoyed in his heart, and suddenly saw Wu Cao's eyes flashing behind Thirteen Niang and suspicious, so he shouted, "Who is she? Why do she dodge her eyes when she saw me?"
Thirteen Niang's face changed, she hurriedly held his hand and said in a soft voice: "She is my tycoon girl, who comes to carry my luggage for me. When you see you, the general, are you afraid that you can avoid dodging?"
When Thirteen Niang spoke, her body was tightly pressed against the commander's hand, and her soft breasts touched the commander's hand several times.
Chapter completed!