After noon, a gust of wind suddenly blew up, and in a moment, it was covered with clouds and snowing. The ground suddenly turned white. Yang Hao was afraid that he had taken the wrong path and repeatedly reminded Han Sui to pay attention to the road. Han Sui smiled and said, "I have walked this road no less than a hundred times, and I can walk back even with my eyes closed."

The snow was still falling, and everyone was covered with snow coats. A town suddenly appeared in front of him. Yang Hao said in surprise: "Based on time, we shouldn't go back to Hengsai Town at this time. I have never heard of any other town within a radius of 100 miles, but where is this place?" Han Sui saw that he was suspicious and smiled and said, "There is a ghost town in front of him."

This is indeed an abandoned town. The city is not small, with three streets from east, west, south and north, and there are ruins of city walls made of stone and blue bricks around it. There are ruins in the city, and only the northwest corner is a lonely dome house.

Han Sui pointed to the city gate made of big bluestone and smiled and said, "This place is called Dongsai Town. At its peak, the population exceeded 10,000, which was larger than Yongfeng at that time. It turned out to be a earth mountain called Yuanbao Mountain. The garrison cut it open from the east, west and south sides, and built a stone wall with the terrain. The wall was nine zhang high and as smooth as a mirror. It is really a dangerous place where a man can pass through thousands of people. The wall built with huge stones on the north side, and the wall built with blue bricks on it was ten zhang high. In the early years of Yuanhe, a 50,000 Uighur army besieged the city for eight months and could not be broken, and it was said that the "golden city is not broken."

Yang Hao looked at the towering city wall. Although it had been abandoned for many years, he could still feel his majestic posture and bustle and prosperity in his prime.

"Why did you abandon it later?"

"Because two Uighur princes died in battle under this city, the government and the Uighurs later reconciled the alliance with the Uighurs. In order to show their favor to the Uighurs, the corrupt ministers deposed him. They destroyed Dongsai Town, but the Uighurs rebuilt the Bulletin Fort. It's a wonderful irony!" Han Sui said fiercely, and pointed to the dome house and said, "There is an old monk living in that Daqin Temple. Let's go to him to ask for a cup of hot tea." Yang Hao looked at the sky with concern. Han Sui said, "It's okay, go for another forty miles southeast and reach Hengshe."

Daqin Temple was already dilapidated, with dead grass all over the ground, and it didn't look like someone living there. Yang Hao was suspicious in his heart, and the round wooden door suddenly opened. A Hu man wearing a leather hat walked out with a look of surprise, and hugged Han Sui with his arms. He looked at Yang Hao and asked with a smile: "Are you Yang Hao, a halberd?"

Yang Hao was shocked: Who is this Hu man? He knew his class in the sting horse camp? He pressed the handle of the knife and was about to ask, but another person walked out of the round door and said coldly: "You don't have to be suspicious, they are all your own people. I asked Brother Han to bring you." The person who spoke was Meng Bochang in casual clothes.

Yang Hao asked in surprise: "Brother Meng, which one do you sing?" Han Sui smiled and said, "Don't tell lies in front of the real person, he went from the fifth-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-rank high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking generals of the Yulin Army."

Yang Hao was very shocked. Unexpectedly, Han Sui was also a member of the Mazhan Camp, and he was a horizontal sword with a status far above him. It seemed that he had planned to lead him here for a long time. But he followed him unknowingly, and this scheming should not be underestimated.

Meng Bochang said lightly: "Come with me, Mr. Zeng has been waiting for you for a long time." Han Sui was happy when he heard this, took off his leather hat and handed it to his entourage, and walked into the dome house.

The space inside the house was very small, because a corner of the roof collapsed, and the cold wind poured in with snowflakes. Yang Hao looked around, but he didn't know where the "Mr. Zeng" that Meng Bochang mentioned was.

Cao Feng walked to the center of the house and stomped the ground with his feet. With a "boom", a secret door appeared on the wall in the northwest. After Cao Feng waited for the three of them to enter the secret passage, he closed the secret door and guarded outside.

The secret passage was more than thirty feet long, allowing only one person to pass through. At the end was an ordinary wooden door. Meng Bochang knocked three times and pushed open the wooden door. In front of him was an eight-foot square secret room. There was a brazier in the middle of the secret room. A scholar in his early 40s was looking at the fire. Yang Hao did not know him, but judging from Meng Bochang and Han Sui's attitude towards him, this person's position in the camp should be far above the two.

"These two are Han Sui and Yang Hao." The scholar asked Meng Bochang, and Yang Hao was shocked: "It turns out that this is the first time Han Sui has seen him."

"It is Han Sui, Mr. Zeng, who has long been looking forward to you coming." Han Sui seemed very excited.

"I thought I had come, but the road was not peaceful. The judgment hall was full of spies. In order to protect me, more than a dozen brothers lost their lives." The scholar named Zeng sighed, looked at Yang Hao with a squint, and did not say anything. He called the three of them to sit around the brazier, tear open the sleeves and take out a letter wrapped in oil paper and said: "The General Manager has an order to order Zeng Chongyang to carry out the sword to instigate the Tiande Army. All the assassinations in the Tiande Army will be dispatched by Zeng Chongyang."

Zeng Chongyang showed the letter to the three of them. The letter was not signed, and the handwriting was vigorous and powerful, making it a family. Meng Bochang and Han Sui nodded after reading the letter, but Yang Hao didn't say anything.

Zeng Chongyang threw the letter into the fire and burned it to the three of them, "It has been decided above. On the first day of the first lunar month, three places will take action together. The other two places are bluffing to attract the attention of the eunuchs, and only the Tiande Army is here to be the real one. After the matter is completed, I will be the one who stays in the Tiande Army, and all those who have made meritorious will be promoted to one level." Meng Bochang and Han Sui showed joy when they heard this.

Zeng Chongyang suddenly turned his face and said to Yang Hao coldly: "The chief executive was very angry about your rebellion and surrender to the Shence Army. He had to punish him severely. I thought you were a meritorious and had made merits before you could make meritorious. You should know what you are." Yang Hao had trouble saying, and agreed to his promise.

"Bochang, tell me our plan." Zeng Chongyang seemed to attach great importance to Meng Bochang.

"On New Year's Eve, I led the Fengzhou Governor's Guards and two cavalry brigades of the Left Army to enter the Governor's Mansion, imprisoned Meng Chu and his subordinates, and received the military talismans of the left and right armies, and at the same time welcomed Zeng Gong to the city. Han Sui took the military talismans to lead the main force of Tiande's left and right army and a unit of the right army to march into Feng'an, and joined forces with Feng'an Governor Liu Yifeng to seize Feng'an City. Yang Hao led the Hengsai Town Camp to enter the city from the south gate of Yongfeng at the first five o'clock of the first lunar month, and rushed to the Yongfeng Governor's Mansion.

The ban on Mengchang and the officials of Yongfengzhou were appointed to join the lieutenant Zhang Cheng to take over Yongfeng City. The ward general of Hu Town Zhang Yannian took over the defense of Hengshe, Wu Feng and Changqing Town at the same time to prevent the Hebei Ghost City from taking advantage of the fire. When Han Sui attacked Feng'an City, the governor Liu Yifeng led the guards of the governor's palace and the patrol camp to attack the supervisor Chang Kun, welcome you into the city, and carry the righteous soldiers with white scarves as their right arm. After taking Feng'an, you immediately lead the army eastward to Jiuniang Pass to prevent Wang Qian from going eastward to rob him."

After Meng Bochang said that, Yang Hao's mind buzzed, and he was really amused and crying. The blood stains on the jade steps of the Daming Palace had just been wiped clean, and the Tiande Army was about to start a war. He even thought that Meng Bochang would attack Meng Chu behind his back. Could it be that he could ignore family affection for the so-called righteousness of the monarch and ministers?

"I think Bochang's arrangement is very appropriate, I don't know what you guys can add."

"There are at least 60 defenders in the south gate of Yongfeng City. There will be a fight when the Beiyi enters the city. The southern gate is only one mile away from the Nandaying of Tiande Right Army. At that time, reinforcements come to the rescue, wouldn't it be a waste?" Yang Hao said with concern.

"Don't worry, I've arranged this for you long ago. At the end of the first and fourth day of the first lunar month, you will arrive at the south gate, and naturally someone will be able to pick you up into the city." Zeng Chongyang said with some sensation, "Local customs, no matter whether you are rich or poor on New Year's Eve, you must be vigilant. At that time, the governor's mansion will set up a night-long gambling game. At the fifth day of the day, people are the most sleepy and powerless. When you enter the mansion, you will definitely be invincible!" Zeng Chongyang waved his hand, as if victory was right in front of him.

"Bochang, what I am most worried about now is Meng Chu's military talisman. Are you sure you can find it?"

Meng Bochang replied: "I have seen it with my own eyes that he hid the military talisman in my Sanniang."

Zeng Chongyang nodded, stood up and said, "Winning and defeat are here, please let me know."

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This was the most festive and peaceful day of the year, but this Spring Festival has become a barrier for Yang Hao.

After returning from Dongsai Town, Han Sui officially handed over the city patrol camp to Yang Hao, and he brought fifty soldiers to Yongfeng City in the name of giving gifts. It was the Chinese New Year, so it was normal for those officials who received New Year's goods to go around. Who would have the nerve to ask Han Sui if there were any military orders and warrants to bring so many people into the city? After giving the gifts, Han Sui set off for Fengzhou again. The fifty elite soldiers he brought turned into pieces and hid in Yongfeng City.

Yang Hao's proposal was to set up an ambush in the city. Although Zeng Chongyang promised him swearingly that he had arranged for someone to pick him up into the city. However, for some reason, Yang Hao did not trust Zeng Peijian. When he told Han Sui about his thoughts, Han Sui also agreed. He chose the infantry and army he admired the most to take on this position.

The lights are decorated in Hengsai Town, and every household is welcoming the New Year.

Qing'er started preparing the New Year's Eve dinner several days in advance. Yang Hao felt very guilty when he looked at Bo's busy figure. He could not tell Qing'er about New Year's Eve actions, but he couldn't bear to leave without saying anything. So he lied that a new judge from the Tiande Army had arrived, and was selfless and had extremely strict control over the village below.

Therefore, although it was the Chinese New Year, the night police officers should not relax at all, so as not to hit him at the gun and be shameless. Qing'er was silent for a while and said, "It's good that you don't come back. I happened to have an appointment with Mama Qin and the others to play cards." Even though she said that, she still couldn't hide her disappointment.

Snowflakes danced on New Year's Eve. At dusk, Yang Hao put on his clothes and armor and said goodbye to Qing'er. The patrol camp came out in full swing, and the soldiers quietly disappeared into the vast night in white cloaks.

Hengsai Town is seventy miles away from Yongfeng City. By the end of the third day, everyone had already arrived at Yongfeng City. More than a dozen red lanterns on the arrow tower in the south of Yongfeng City were swaying in the morning breeze, surrounded by solemnity. The soldiers guarding the city hurried in the arrow tower and drank and gambled, and it was noisy. Occasionally, someone came out to look around. The earth was snow-white, and it was not hidden. Since you could not see anything, it was peace in the world.

The biggest official in the Arrow Tower was a team deputy named Erlai. Last night, the governor held a banquet to spend the festival with the soldiers in the city. After drinking until the first day of the day, he started a bet. Erlai, who was gambled, did not dare to play too much. The bet was too big, which was astonishing. But when he returned to the city tower, Erlai set up a bet. Only in front of the soldiers can Erlai find the feeling of being a dealer.

Two days ago, the military pay that had been delayed for half a year was reduced, with each person having 108 cents of silver, and there were also one or two cents of red envelopes for the New Year. The soldiers had no family, no family, no concern, and they really didn’t know where to spend it when they had money.

Yongfeng is a big city, with more than a dozen music halls in the city. The Hu girls are both charming and beautiful. However, Mengchang is too strict in governing the army. Once the soldiers are prostitutes, they will reward eighty military sticks first. They will be beaten to death for three years and are driven to work as coolies for three years with this ban. Who dares to act rashly when gambling? But Mengchang has a different attitude towards gambling. Turn a blind eye. There is no way, who can make him better.

"Bang!" The door of the arrow tower made the wind blow open, and a cold wind suddenly poured in.

"Ouch! So cold! So cold! Damn, who is so thick-handed, close the door quickly!" Erlai shouted loudly, and even if he caught three turtles, he would be crazy even if he had a good temper, not to mention that Erlai's temper was not good at all.

"Who! Close the door!" Erlai roared again. Grandma's, this one is not a turtle, but it's a fucking nine! Erlai was so angry that he needed someone to vent his anger.

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Chapter completed!