The moment the city wall collapsed, Yang Hao's heart suddenly tightened - the moment of counterattack finally came...

Before the dust from the collapse of the earthen wall had dissipated, a team of cavalry teams in bright armor rushed in, and the well-trained war horses gently avoided the earth, wood and stone blocking the road. Bayi Middle School     W★w   W★.

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"If you have a trap, withdraw your troops!" The knights quickly woke up and turned their horses to go back.

But the worst thing is that their retreat has been blocked by the infantry rushing in. This semicircular open space can no longer accommodate more people. The dense crowds are like thick pots of unsolved syrup, sticking together, tangled and tearing, and no one can leave anyone. The black waves outside the city continue to pour into the gap. Now the people squeezed in front can only stand on tiptoe. They don’t have to say wherever they go, and they have to depend on the direction of the crowd. The only thing they can do is pray for "Great Saint Ancestor Gaoshang Avenue Jinque Xuanyuan Emperor" to bless peace.

This sudden change poured a basin of cold water on the Hedong soldiers who were in a mad state, and the originally high morale suddenly dropped below the freezing point. Fear spread rapidly among the soldiers, and the tense nerves of the schoolmen had reached the critical point of collapse.

Suddenly, dust flew northwest outside the city, and an iron cavalry suddenly appeared behind the side of the siege army, as if a tiger was watching a flock of sheep. At the same time, hundreds of big drums hidden behind the city walls rumbled, and the sound was earth-shaking. It instantly defeated the last trace of the Hedong Army's morale.

A collapse suddenly came.

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Yang Hao suddenly understood what it means to be defeated.

The dark waves that were still pressing on my heart just now, suffocating and helpless suddenly collapsed like an iceberg. The Hedong Army, which was strictly disciplined and well-trained, was not much better than the new recruits and rookies when it was defeated.

"kill!"

"kill!"

The west gate of Feng'an City opened, and the long-suppressed soldiers of the Tiande Army rushed out like water breaking through, chasing the black waves that were ebbing down the tide.

Ling Tong, who had been soaked in sweat, suddenly danced and looked at the defeated Hedong Army like a young man with a stinky breast. Then his legs and feet became weak and his body fell heavily to the ground. The guard hurried over to help him, but he pushed it away roughly. He inserted the knife in his hand to the ground, lay down with his back, closed his eyes and breathed the bloody air. Now he didn't want to care about anything.

"Let them make trouble by themselves." Tang Hu's tense face also showed a smile. It was not that he was willing to give up command, but that no one could control such a chaotic situation. "Let them make trouble by themselves." It was a kind of heroism, but it was also a hint of helplessness. Looking at Yang Hao with a solemn face, Tang Hu smiled with relief. With this experience, his student can finally get out of the school.

On the eve of the Tiande Army's full-scale counterattack, a 100-man team hiding in the dense forest of Xishan, under the leadership of Cheng Keling, touched Dong Bazheng's command post and suddenly attacked. At the beginning of the siege, Dong Bazheng only had a dozen guards beside him. He originally thought that he could take Feng'an City with one move, but he didn't want to win and turned into a stalemate, and the stalemate evolved into a defeat. After the first round of siege was defeated, Li Yufang quietly sent people to draw 200 people from the foot of the mountain to protect the central army.

Cheng Keling's surprise attack seriously damaged the veteran's self-esteem. Seeing his subordinates retreating like water, the veteran's face turned blood red, and both eyes could spit out fire. Seeing Cheng Keling's team of 100 people coming out of the bushes panting, the 70-year-old veteran jumped up in disobedience, rolled up his sleeves and cursed to go against Cheng Keling.

Li Yufang tried his best to persuade him. Cheng Keling, who had always been known for his bravery, was forced by the momentum of the veteran. His hands, feet, and hearts were all weak. One hundred people watched Li Yufang with more than a dozen guards escorting Dong Bazheng, who was furious, calmly left. When he recovered and was about to chase him, the two hundred guards waiting not far away came over and Cheng Keling defeated after a little resistance.

At this time, the battle in the west of the city had ended. The stream and the roads were densely packed with corpses. The Hedong Army suffered at least two thousand people. The passionate Tiande Army did not continue to attack the Hedong Army, which retreated into the mountains. The Hedong Army was indeed a powerful brigade in the world. After suffering such a crushing defeat, the remaining soldiers had begun to wake up from the panic, one army, one gang, one team, one brigade... quickly assembled.

Dong Bazheng's heart also calmed down. He quickly summoned the generals to deploy a counterattack battle. The plan was in the sky. Just when Dong Bazheng and the generals and schools urgently negotiated the counterattack plan, the breeze was still not stirring, and the sky was clear, and suddenly there was thick clouds and the southeast wind was strong. The Tiande Army at the foot of the mountain set off a fire with the wind. It was raining in March, and the sky was dry. The fire that rose with the wind instantly turned Xiaoxishan into Avici Hell. Dong Bazheng's last glimmer of hope was also shattered. When the guards forcibly carried him to evacuate the hill, the veteran who had been half-life suddenly broke free from the guards' hands and crashed towards a rock.

Fortunately, Li Yufang saw through his heart in advance and hugged him tightly, so that he did not let a generation of famous generals feel hated on the battlefield.

Facing the defeated Hedong Army, some people advocated pursuing the victory and destroyed it in one go. Wu Ming asked Yang Hao: "You are the chief officer of Feng'an, what do you think?" Yang Hao said: "I really want to chase, but do we still have the strength to chase? Let's not chase." Wu Ming glanced at Tang Hu, then looked at Tan Kong, and suddenly said: "Yang Hao, kneel down in front of Chang'an." Yang Hao knelt down without saying a word.

"On March 29, the first year of Kaicheng, the young supervisor of the Chang'an Mass Academy, Wu Mingjin, on behalf of the second-rank magistrate of the 12th-generation disciple Yang Hao, was awarded the twelfth-generation disciple Yang Hao's Golden Eagle Badge in the west of Feng'an City."

Wu Ming pinned a golden flying eagle badge on Yang Hao's battle robe. Tang Hu helped Yang Hao up and said with a smile: "You are the first disciple of our Spurs of Horses in eleven years to get the Golden Eagle badge. I hope you can soar in the sky like this golden eagle and protect the Tang Dynasty."

Yang Hao knew that all the disciples of the Spurs Horse Academy who passed the assessment would receive a bronze eagle badge when they graduated, and only a few outstanding disciples could get the Golden Eagle badge. Looking at the heavy badge on his chest, Yang Hao didn't feel much joy in his heart.

Six days ago, Wu Ming rushed to Yongfeng late at night to summon Meng Bochang and read a secret edict with him. This secret edict was written on a ribbon by Emperor Wenzong Li Ang bit his finger. The general idea was that he was held hostage by the eunuchs and could not fulfill his obligation to be an emperor. He wanted all ministers and workers in the world to be diligent and loyal, and to relieve the people from the upside down.

Yang Hao and Meng Bochang both saw this secret decree with their own eyes, but they both could not understand the profound meaning behind it. Wu Ming's interpretation was that the emperor asked the conscientious ministers in the world to unite immediately, get up early to serve the king, eliminate eunuchs, and rebuild the country.

The old minister who lived in seclusion for many years began to travel around the world again. Yongfeng was his first stop after leaving Chang'an. In addition to reading this secret decree, Wu Ming also passed on an oral decree from Emperor Wenzong, asking Meng Bochang and Yang Hao to use the three prefectures of Hetao as the basis to consolidate the army and pass through the Wu, and then Xu Tu subdue Zhenwu, united Shuofang, Hedong and other vassal states to form a northern ring surround in Guanzhong occupied by the Shence Army. When the time was right, he would raise troops to Beijing and destroy the eunuch party in one fell swoop and revive the Tang Dynasty.

Wu Ming also revealed some of the contents of the four general managers of the Mazhan Camp who had secretly met in Beijing not long ago. In order to serve the king as soon as possible to eliminate eunuchs and rebuild rivers and mountains, the four general managers decided that the Yamato Society secretly organized the rebel army in Qianzhou, and joined forces with Shannan, Liangchuan, Jingnan and other towns to fight eunuchs together; the Yuanhe Society promoted righteousness and eunuchs in Liangzhe, occupied Liangzhe, and then subdued Huainan, and joined forces with Shannan East Road, Eyue and other towns to form an anti-eunuchs mutual protection alliance; Changqing Society raised troops in Lulong, joined forces with Pinglu and Weibo towns to fight eunuchs; Baoli Society raised troops in Tiande, subdued Zhenwu Town, and joined forces with Shuofang, and Hedong Town to face Guanzhong from the north to form a siege and deterrent force.

The newly established Kaicheng Society did not participate in the four secret meetings, but agreed to support all walks of life.

As the old sword of Yuanheshe, Wu Ming had long lost his opinion of the people. He loved Yang Hao, the only student in Baoli Society who passed the dual examination of civil and military affairs in seven years and the first Golden Eagle badge in eleven years. Because of this, after reading the secret decree, he called Yang Hao alone and had another conversation with him.

Wu Ming asked: "What do you think of the Four Secrets?"

Yang Hao replied: "If the four families work together, it is not difficult to overthrow the eunuch party. But besides the eunuch party, it may not be possible to do what Your Majesty wishes."

Wu Ming asked with a smile: "Why is this?"

Yang Hao replied with a smile: "I'm afraid that by then Your Majesty will be worried about the separatist rule of the vassal states again."

Wu Ming Zhanyan smiled and asked, "Will you be as respectful as them and rule the country?"

Yang Hao shook his head and asked worriedly: "Didn't your Majesty see this?"

Wu Ming smiled, "No matter how chaotic it was, it was his own business." He asked again, "What are you going to do?"

Yang Hao stood up and said in a stern voice: "The student is now full of mud in his mind. Please give me some advice."

Wu Ming nodded and gave Yang Hao an appreciation glance: "You just need to always remember that 'justice and laws are greater than one's own selfish desires'. The rest is just adapting to changes, don't be too rigid."

Yang Hao asked again: "How should that disciple take the next few steps?"

Wu Ming thought for a while and said, "Let's separate from Bochang, it's better to get an early score than a late score."

It was precisely because of this conversation that when discussing who led the troops to rescue Feng'an, Yang Hao and Meng Bochang were red in a fight. He felt that he owed Meng Bochang a favor and volunteered to take the risk to lead the army to create another natural enemy. Finally, under Wu Ming's mediation, Meng Bochang agreed to let Yang Hao lead the troops to rescue the siege. He not only asked Yang Hao to take away the two most elite battalions of the Tiande Right Army, but also allocated the two most capable deputy generals Ling Tong and Li Tong to Yang Hao.

After Dong Bacheng was defeated and left the west, Xiao Yong of Nancheng failed to defeat him for a long time. When he learned that the Western Route Army had retreated, he knew that he had no hope of winning and had to order the withdrawal of troops. Li Tong seized the opportunity and took advantage of the situation to attack. Most of the more than 1,000 people left in Xiao Yong were Liu Xi's old subordinates who were previously adapted. When they attacked the city, they were driven by the Hedong Army and did not dare to have any unfair intentions. At this time, seeing that the Hedong Army was in a desperate situation, they turned against each other in front of the battlefield and attacked the exhausted and panicked Hedong Army.

Xiao Yong was defeated and was particularly defeated. Except for the young people who crossed the river and could not escape, most of them were annihilated, and he himself was captured by Li Tong.

Feng'an City turned danger into safety, and the military and civilians inside and outside stood on the blood-soaked yellow soil and started to revel all night.

Note: "The Great Saint Ancestor Gaoshang Dadao Jinque Xuanyuan Emperor" is the Emperor Taishang Laojun, and his honorable title was given by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.
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