Chapter 42 The Oriole Catching Cicadas
Wu Chen walked into the verdict with a hot pot in his hand and his eyes were dull. Last night, he was busy with the disposal of a town general who deducted military pay until late at night. After sleeping for less than an hour, he got up again. Eight
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"Time is forbidden!"
When Wu Chen saw Xiao Jin, a servant who was squatting in front of the brazier, he couldn't help but feel moved. Last night, he was busy with himself until midnight. When he was asleep, he was busy copying official documents, but when he woke up early in the morning, he was energetic and busy, and he was so young that he was invincible.
As soon as Wu Chen sat down, the school came to report: "The guards are welcome."
"Oh, is there anything urgent to do so early?" Wu Chen was shocked and hurried to Qiu Shiliang's study half a mile away. After the palace transformation, Qiu Shiliang held several positions and was able to capture power inside and outside. Suddenly, he became busy. But no matter how late he was, he would go back to the Zuojun camp under the newly formed Golden Dragon Armor Guard.
Wu Chen never politely told him, and when he entered the door, he asked, "Kuangmei, why should I call me?"
The little eunuch was waiting for Qiu Shiliang to wear close-fitting soft armor. Qiu Shiliang didn't say anything, and pointed to a opened letter placed on the table. Wu Chen took out the letter and glanced at it, exclaiming: "This kid has some skills, and he actually moved the princess out." The letter was written to Qiu Shiliang by Princess Li Qing of Yichun. She asked Yang Hao to be her guardian.
"I'll come back to you for this letter." Wu Chen folded the letter and put it in his letter bag.
A little eunuch brought in a set of soft golden silk armor and whispered: "I serve the judge to change his clothes."
"Kuangmei, what is this doing?" Wu Chen was a little surprised.
"It's nothing. I'm idle today. Let's go out to hunt back." Qiu Shiliang put on his close-fitting soft armor, embroidered with gold guard lieutenant robe on his mask, moved his legs and feet, and said to Wu Chen with a smile: "Come on soft armor, it's too late, and the prey will run away."
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When Han Yue was successfully rescued, Yang Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Nian Hao told him to try to go out of the camp at dusk, and someone would pick him up at the gate of the camp to escape from Chang'an. Yang Hao didn't know if he could escape this disaster. If he couldn't, he would have to commit suicide before they took action, and he would never let them find a reason to hurt their family.
Before Han Jiawa's body was cleaned up, a small school rushed over with Qiu Shiliang's order, and ordered him to immediately rush to Zhenzhu Town 12 miles away to set up defenses. A eunuch who followed the commander came along, said that he was the lead of the road, but he was actually the supervisor of the army.
Zhenzhu Town was originally a military town along the river in the northwest suburbs of Chang'an. It had city walls and two city gates in the southeast. When it was in its peak, it had thousands of troops stationed. Later, due to the river's redirection, the military town was abolished. However, the town was not abandoned. Because the land around it is flat and fertile, the large households in the capital recruited refugees here to reclaim land. In more than ten years, it became a large town with a population of over 10,000.
When Yang Hao arrived, the Shence army had surrounded Zhenzhu Town and was blocked. The eunuch led the way to Yang Hao to the west bank of the old river. There was only one small road leading to Zhenzhu Town. Because Zhenzhu Town only had two gates in the southeast, the road was sparsely populated and almost deserted. The eunuch led the way to look at the terrain of the position and took out Qiu Shiliang's handwriting and said, "The guardian has an order. Captain Yang can scatter the people and horses in the woods on both sides of the road, but when he saw someone running west, he would arrest him immediately without delay.
Yang Hao implemented the law and after the arrangement was completed, he asked the eunuch: "Who is hidden in this town?" The eunuch sneered: "You don't know about Yang Zhengwei, how can our family know?" Yang Hao saw that he refused to say so, so he had to give up. Although the river was changed, because the terrain in the west of the town was low, a long and narrow pond that had already formed north-south directions. There was not much water in the pond and a thick layer of ice was formed.
Just after noon, two cannons suddenly sounded from Zhenzhu Town, and the sound of killing was shocked. Thousands of Shen Ce troops rushed from southeast, north and north to Zhenzhu Town. Flying arrows covered half of the sky like raindrops. In just half an hour, the sound of killing stopped. The eunuch led the way and shouted: "Wen Shimao is indeed a famous general of the world. He took the lair of the rebellion in just a few minutes."
Wen Shimao was the general of the former army of Shence Left Army. He was the same age as Hu Longhai. He was known as the "No. 1 pillar of Shence Army". He has been stationed at Liangchen Pass, the northern gate of Guanzhong. He secretly returned to Beijing. The eunuch led the way suddenly pointed at the ice and shouted in surprise: "Person Yang, your chance to make contributions is here." Yang Hao looked up and saw four or five people on the ice and were rushing to come here, for the sake of Nian Hao!
Yang Hao never thought that Zhenzhu Town was actually an important stronghold in the Spur Horse Camp and the last stronghold left in Chang'an City after the Palace Transformation. Qiu Shiliang had been secretly searching for this secret stronghold, but there was no progress. So he took a risk to take a step: first let Nian Hao rescue Han Yue, and then find Zhenzhu Town by following Nian Hao.
Yang Hao's blood suddenly cooled down. He secretly grabbed the hilt of the knife, and had a plan to kill him. The eunuch seemed to see through his thoughts and laughed sinisterly: "Person Yang, you must not miss the opportunity. If you can't catch them, the credit will be stolen by someone else." Yang Hao pressed the knife and asked, "What? Are there anyone behind us?" The eunuch smiled and said, "Who will let go of such a good opportunity to make contributions? There are still seven or eight people lying on this road. It was the guards who loved you, so you made you stand up for your contributions. You can't let him down."
While speaking, Nian Hao and his party were approaching the shore. What Yang Hao didn't expect was that Han Yue and Luo Liyan were among the crowd! Nian Hao noticed that there was an ambush on the shore and hurriedly called everyone to turn heads and run north.
"Brothers, catch a criminal and reward 500 taels of silver!"
The eunuch who led the way raised his arms and shouted, and the soldiers flocked to him. It was too late to save people. Yang Hao could only watch the troops knocked down the three of them...
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There were two rows of people kneeling on a flat ground outside the south gate of Zhenzhu Town, each with more than twenty people. These people were all "rebels" who participated in the palace transformation. The highest official rank was Han Yue, the general of the third-rank Zuo Jinwu Guard, and the lowest was the ninth-rank proofreader.
"Kuangmei, your move really opened my eyes." Wu Chen exclaimed sincerely.
"It's all the favor of God, the priest." Qiu Shiliang smiled, obviously very proud.
He changed his tone and said, "Yuliang, I have another good show to ask you to see." As he said that, he gave a wink to the eunuch beside him. The eunuch took out a piece of paper and screamed: "Zanjun lieutenant Yang Hao, Zanjun lieutenant Xiong Bihua, Zanjun lieutenant Shao Liangchun, Military Field Commander Liu Qingyun, Zuo Re-official Zheng Bing, and the rewarding councilor Li Ling, leave the list." Yang Hao was suddenly called and felt a little confused for a while, but then he calmed down: "It's already a defeat, die if you die."
The six people had just left the ranks and their weapons were confiscated. And behind each of them were two soldiers with a tiger-backed and bear-backed armored soldiers.
"Take Nian Hao!" the eunuch screamed.
Two soldiers led Nian Hao to the front of the six people. Nian Hao's bun was scattered, his clothes were torn apart, his hands were tied to his chest, and he was pulled and stumbled.
"One of these six people is a rebel party from the Sama Horse Camp. Nian Hao, please point out this person, and the guards will spare you."
Nian Hao laughed coldly and shook his head silently.
The soldiers of the Shence Army randomly grabbed four people from the two rows of people kneeling, and made the four people bow their heads and kneel on the ground.
"I'll say it again and point out your accomplices." The eunuch's eyes were already filled with murderous intent.
After Nian Hao hesitated for a moment, the Shence Army soldier took a knife and cut off a person's head, and blood splattered more than a foot high.
"Don't kill anyone anymore." Nian Hao roared in pain, and then he pointed at Yang Hao: "He is the person you are looking for."
The soldiers took Yang Hao to Qiu Shiliang. Yang Hao stood in a daze. At this moment, his feeling was a little numb. "It's already a defeat, just die if you die." With this idea, Yang Hao felt a clear mind, without any fear at all. He raised his head and stared at Qiu Shiliang with a bright look, and mocked: "The lieutenant really took a good move."
Qiu Shiliang did not respond to his words, but asked, "Do you have nothing to defend yourself?" Yang Hao remained silent and closed his eyes. Qiu Shiliang winked, and the soldiers pressed Xiong Bihua and other five people to the ground, and the five people shouted that they were wronged.
Wu Chen exclaimed: "Lieutenant, what does this mean?"
Qiu Shiliang smiled and said, "Can there be a sentence that is true in the words of the thief?" After that, he nodded slightly, and the soldiers raised their swords and cut off five bloody heads.
That night, Qiu Shiliang held a banquet to reward the three armies, and Yang Hao was also invited. Wine is good wine and dishes are good dishes. During the meal, there were warriors dancing swords to cheer up, and beauties singing and dancing with wine. The hall was warm and warm, but Yang Hao was like sitting in an ice cave, and his whole body was cold. After drinking a few glasses of wine, he fell asleep without feeling dizzy and fainting.
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Chapter completed!