Chapter 1066 The emperor takes turns
The thieves became more and more fierce, constantly attacking.
This kind of impact can be endured, but the thieves behind are constantly shooting arrows, making it difficult for the soldiers of the team to guard against.
If there is a big battle, the spearmen and Mo Daomen in front will wear heavy armor, and the arrows will hardly hurt them. But this time it was escorting silver, who would wear heavy armor?
Dozens of brothers have been dragged behind, and the accompanying doctors have no time to deal with them.
Lu Jin went up, holding a horizontal knife and beheading a thief who rushed into the car formation, turned around, shouted with blood on his face: "Fight it!"
Can't stop it!
Wang Yun took a deep breath, "Get out of the way!"
Wang Yun jumped onto the cart and threw himself down.
The horizontal knife kept flying, and the thieves around fell down one after another.
This is bravery!
Driven by him, those soldiers actually counterattacked.
The black-faced man sneered, "The last struggle, go up!"
More than 20 people have been silent behind, and stepped forward upon hearing the order.
"kill!"
Just one knife, Wang Yun felt wrong.
The new thief looks indifferent, and he looks like a veteran, and he is skilled in knife skills and powerful.
It was only a brief fight, and Wang Yun was stabbed.
He twisted his body desperately, avoiding a stabbing, but seeing that the twenty or so people formed a front arrow array to attack, he couldn't help shouting in despair: "It's the elite of the aristocratic family!"
The black-faced man smiled and said: "Is this thinking how many people can get away and go back to report? Wishful thinking, surround and kill them!"
The thieves swarmed up.
Da da da!
Da da da!
Da da da!
The sound of hooves came from the right.
The black-faced man tilted his head to look, but this place is in a wide area, and the road on the right cannot be seen.
The man beside him ran over and looked on tiptoe.
His movements froze.
At the corner ahead, Yiqi suddenly turned out.
The war horse is majestic. When turning, the whole body is exerting force, and the muscles are stretched...
The horse panted and raised its head.
The knight on horseback looked up.
Those eyes were indifferent, and then smiled slightly.
The man fell to the ground.
The black-faced man smiled and said, "Stand firm."
He said and sprinted forward.
Both sides who were fighting stopped for a moment and looked to the side.
Choking!
The knight draws his sword!
The war horse rushed out.
Immediately behind him, a war horse rushed out at the corner, and the knight on the horse was unbelievably majestic.
Someone is screaming, it's the convoy sergeant.
"It's Zhao Guogong!"
Boom!
In an instant, the atmosphere exploded.
"It's Zhao Guogong!"
The thieves lost their minds for a moment.
The black-faced man rushed forward, staring blankly at Jia Pingan who rushed forward.
"Why is he here?"
When Jia Ping’an destroyed the Khitan last time, he came back by sea in a circle, and he landed in Dengzhou.
So many of those sergeants have seen him.
"kill!"
The thieves frantically rushed over.
The not-so-wide road was crowded with people. Jia Pingan rushed over on his horse, and those people kept falling to both sides, as if they were cutting through the waves.
"Stop him!"
The black-faced man turned livid, "Fire the arrow, shoot the arrow!"
Wang Yun shouted: "Quick, attack! The whole army attacks!"
The only hundred remaining sergeants rushed out, immediately disturbing the thieves.
The black-faced man stomped, "Kill him!"
Jia Pingan rode his horse and came towards him.
Behind him, Li Jingye rushed into the thieves with the others.
The black-faced man turned around and ran away.
He ran into the woods out of breath, and when he looked back, Jia Ping'an's war horse followed in easily.
It is very pleasant to ride a horse in the sparse woods, and Jia Pingan even sees the scenery when he has time.
"Come here, meet me!"
Two riders came out from the depths of the forest. They were the attendants of the black-faced man, and they were the most skilled.
The black-faced man was ecstatic, "Kill him!"
Killing Jia Ping'an can make the emperor, especially the empress heartbroken.
And Jia Ping'an was killed, the next generation of Datang will lack handsome talents!
"kill him!"
The black-faced man shouted wildly.
Jia Ping rode forward immediately.
The two sides rode horses to hedge.
The opponent struck Jia Ping'an's neck like lightning.
The black-faced man stopped and turned around, clenched his fists, and said through gritted teeth: "Death!"
clang!
Jia Pingan blocked the knife, the horizontal knife slid down, Abao moved forward, and the horizontal knife pulled past the opponent's waist.
The second opponent let out a tiger roar, and unexpectedly rushed over from the horse.
This one can be said to be like an antelope hanging horns, no trace can be found, and even a well-informed person will have to kneel.
The black-faced man laughed wildly.
A Bao suddenly stood up, Jia Pingan gripped the horse's belly, and looked at the black-faced man contemptuously.
The opponent is in the air, but the opponent suddenly becomes Po.
A Bao falls high...
Boom!
The man flew straight out as if he had been hit by a speeding car.
Jia Ping'an dismounted.
Behind him, the first opponent slowly fell off the horse at this moment. There was a big **** in the chest and abdomen, and blood gushed out one after another, and his eyes lost their luster.
The second opponent fell in front of him, his chest sank deeply, and he could only breathe out, but not breathe in.
Jia Ping'an stepped past this person.
That hand moved hard, trying to hold Jia Ping'an's leg, but it fell down when it touched his calf.
The black-faced man turned around and wanted to run.
"If you let you run away today, Jia will go back to the mountains and forests!"
The black-faced man turned around, pulled out the horizontal knife, narrowed his eyes and said: "Let me go, when the world is full of gunpowder, I will spare your family!"
Jia Pingan walked slowly, "Your words have revealed a lot of news... Only those in Guanlong dare to say that the world is full of gunpowder, and the gentry can't do it. The world is full of gunpowder, that is to say, you want to make trouble? If you make trouble, just do it." Let’s talk about it, it’s still Chang’an... Otherwise, how dare you say that my family is not dead?”
The black-faced man was stunned, and immediately regretted it.
"Forgive me!"
He holds a knife in both hands, "I know where a lot of money is hidden. When the world was in chaos, how many rich and powerful people were purged, and the money was buried everywhere, only to be used again when the time is right. You just need to let me go, and I will take it with you." I'll let you find it."
Jia Ping'an approached, "I found a mountain of silver in the country of Wa, which can produce millions of taels of silver every year. Do you think I will take your money into my eyes?"
While speaking, his horizontal knife drooped a little.
The dark-faced man's eyes turned cold.
"kill!"
The horizontal knife strikes like lightning.
Jia Pingan's drooping horizontal knife seems to be provoked by someone, from bottom to top...
clang!
The black-faced man's horizontal knife was pulled away, but Jia Pingan dropped the knife, leaned forward, and punched...
Boom!
The black-faced man who had been punched by Yintang fell down suddenly.
"Bound!"
Jia Pingan picked up the horizontal knife, turned around and left.
Behind him, Bao Dong and Lei Hong rushed over like wolves and tigers.
After a while, Jia Pingan arrived at the battlefield ahead.
At this moment, most of the thieves have been wiped out, and there are many dead and wounded everywhere. There are still many kneeling on the side, waiting to be captured.
There are more than a hundred people remaining in formation to resist stubbornly.
Li Jingye was covered in blood, "Brother, do you want to live?"
More than a hundred people!
Lu Jin's eyes lit up, "Duke, you can torture him!"
Jia Pingan shook his head.
The soldiers pushed up step by step.
Lu Jin was puzzled, "Duke, I want a confession!"
Jia Pingan pointed to the black-faced man who was carried out of the woods by Bao Dong and Lei Hong, "Where is the leader, what are these trash fish doing here?"
Lu Jin was taken aback, "The Duke actually captured their leader alive?"
Jia Ping'an walked towards the dead and injured soldiers.
"How many died in battle?"
Wang Yun knelt in front of a sergeant, wiped away tears, "Thirty-two people died, most of them died in the surprise attack."
Jia Pingan patted him on the shoulder, turned around and said, "Torture immediately, except for the leader, the others don't need to worry about their lives."
Lu Jin couldn't help feeling awe-inspiring.
Someone whispered: "This is the decisive Zhao Guogong!"
The confession will be available soon.
"They are all from Guanlong. There are five families who made the move this time. They gathered their hands and came all the way here."
Jia Pingan sat in the shade, "There is a lot of movement among the thousand or more people. There must be someone to meet them along the way. There are officials and generals. It doesn't matter, just clean up along the way."
…
Huayin.
In the county hall, Chen Yongfang, the county magistrate, is handling affairs.
A small official stood in front of the case and reported: "...the collection of taxes in various places is good, but the two villages have not received the same collection. It is said that this year is difficult."
Chen Yongfang raised his eyes, his eyes were indifferent, "If you don't pay taxes, you will die!"
"yes!"
There are noisy footsteps outside.
"who!?"
Someone yelled loudly, and then fell silent.
The little official turned around.
Chen Yongfang raised his eyes.
Boom!
The door of the duty room was kicked open from the outside.
Among the smoke and dust, a man stood outside, his eyes turned, and then fixed on Chen Yongfang, "But Chen Yongfang?"
Chen Yongfang frowned, "Who are you?"
The man nodded, "Take it!"
Two sergeants rushed in from outside.
Chen Yongfang suddenly stood up and stepped back, "Come here!"
"Boom!"
With just one punch, Chen Yongfang was knocked down and then tied up.
Chen Yongfang was panting, thinking that she hadn't committed a crime recently, so she scolded: "You bitch, who told you to wait here? Also, who are you?"
The man at the door said: "Jia Ping'an."
Chen Yongfang's body was shaken violently, and then he was escorted out by two sergeants.
The county officials all came out, and stood silently outside the duty room, watching a group of people come out.
Chen Yongfang suddenly asked: "Why arrest me?"
Jia Pingan asked back: "Is it you who provide convenience for those people and help them hide their tracks?"
Chen Yongfang softened, "Zhao Guogong, please...please let my family go!"
Jia Ping'an said: "I also want not to implicate your family, but once you succeed, there will be small wars in this world, and countless people will become corpses..."
Li Jingye was waiting outside the gate. When Jia Pingan came out, he said, "Brother, since something may happen in Chang'an, why don't you hurry?"
"If we don't clean up the back road, those people will not be able to touch Chang'an from Luoyang direction."
…
Chang'an.
Chang'an in summer is full of purples and reds, because the emperor went to Jiucheng Palace, so it is much deserted.
"Aniang, let's go out and play!"
Su Ho is afraid of the heat, wishing he could stay in a room with ice all summer. But Doudou is different, he is not afraid of the heat at all, and just wants to go out to play.
Su Ho said with a straight face, "What are you going out to play? There are not many people outside now."
Doudou pouted, "A lot of people have gone out to play, brother, they all went."
…
"His Royal Highness, those students of mathematics are going out of the city today, saying that they want to practice in summer."
Looking at the sunshine outside, Li Hong felt for the first time that being a prince is really good, at least he can choose to stay in the palace while waiting.
Dai Zhide picked up a document and communicated with Zhang Wenjin in a low voice.
Very harmonious.
After Jia Ping'an went to pick up the convoy, there was unprecedented harmony around the prince.
"It's time to eat."
The prince is kind, and he also took care of the lunch at noon.
The same goes for Li Ji.
As one of the benefits of officials, one meal is managed in the unit.
As he got old, his appetite gradually decreased. He only had a small bowl of Houtou at noon, and he didn’t even eat any cakes.
"Prince of Great Britain, Shen Qiu asks to see you."
Li Ji threw away the half-eaten Hoto, "Take it away."
Shen Qiu came in, and after saluting, he looked at the old man of the Tang Dynasty, feeling a little worried, "Mr. Ying, there are more people in the city recently, and their whereabouts are strange. Someone saw them go to the official's house."
Li Ji took a sip of tea, and then remembered what his grandson said about the elderly drinking less tea, "What does your highness say?"
Shen Qiu said: "Your Highness, please keep an eye on it."
Li Ji smiled and said: "A lot of things just look at it, and then deal with it when you find something wrong."
Shen Qiu lowered his voice, "Duke Ying, Your Majesty has taken away most of the army in the city, and there are still some in the imperial city. The army in Daming Palace is not much, two thousand..."
Li Ji smiled, "The old man is here!"
…
Somewhere in the city.
"Xin Zhao."
The old man at the top patted the table, his wrinkled face was full of anger, "Why do you have the least number of people coming from your house?"
Five people sat in the room, and a tall and thin man below sneered and said, "There are more than 500 people from Mr. Zhao, how many people are there? Do you know how many connections Mr. Zhao used to bring these people into Chang'an City quietly?" .”
The old man narrowed his eyes, and said dissatisfiedly: "If you enter the city, you can hide. There is no shortage of food, so what are you worried about?"
Xin Zhao looked at him, "You, Wang Gui, are not much better. You stare at the Imperial City today and the Daming Palace tomorrow, wondering what will happen to Li Ji all day long..."
The old man said indifferently: "My family is strong enough, but Li Zhi's son was poisoned by the eldest grandson Wuji's case, and suffered heavy casualties... Originally, the old man thought that it would be okay if we just go on like this, at least wait for the children and grandchildren to work hard. But come on." What did Li Zhi do when he was still there?"
The middle-aged man on the opposite side grinned and said: "That lowly dog slave, before he went to Jiucheng Palace, he was promoted and demoted secretly, transferred more than ten officials from Guanlong to the idle yamen, and even took down nine of them. This little bastard, Changsun Wuji was so stupid back then, he should lead us to rebel."
"Zhang Lin, what you said is light." The middle-aged man at the bottom is handsome, with elegant words and deeds, "Do you know why Li Zhi recruited Li Ji and other veterans in the first place? He wanted to suppress us. Otherwise, you think that if Changsun Wuji dies, we Will you hang your hands and wait to die?"
Zhang Lin scolded: "Your Dugu family was cheated to death by Li's father and son, why are you still putting on airs of a handsome man while you are still alive?"
The handsome middle-aged man said indifferently: "Your Zhang family was not from my Guanlong family in the first place, but you got attached to it later and followed it to prosperity."
Zhang Lin suddenly stood up, "Bitch, yeah, I'll kill you today!"
Yang Xuyi, who was sitting under him, got up and persuaded: "Hey! Why bother! It's all here. If it doesn't work, the whole family will be exiled. Why are you arguing?"
Zhang Lin sat down, and Dugu Chun said calmly: "The Dugu family has lost its population. This time I only brought more than a hundred people. They are all loyal servants of my Dugu family for many years. They are not afraid of life and death."
Wang Gui stroked his beard, and the wrinkles on his face stretched a little, "The Dugu family was abused by Li Yuan and Li Shimin's father and son, what a scene it was..."
Zhang Lin sneered, "It's all about being able to give birth to a daughter. If you give birth to a beautiful woman, you will marry a noble person. Dugu Xin was born back then. All three daughters became queens, and three sons-in-law and three grandsons also became sons-in-law. Li Yuan is The grandson of the Dugu family...is there to be a fart!"
Dugu Chun looked slightly cold, "The Zhang family was only Guan Long's vassal at first."
Zhang Lin laughed loudly, "Do you, a Hun, dare to shout in Chang'an?"
The Dugu family was originally the Huns, and they hang out in the circle of Xianbei people, called Xianbei Huns.
Dugu Chun said indifferently: "During the former Han Dynasty, my ancestors once besieged Han Gaozu Liu Bang!"
Zhang Lin said disdainfully: "But he was beaten into a dog by Liu Che later, and fled everywhere. I heard where he fled to? The Far West."
"alright!"
Wang Gui stopped them and said: "Li Ji is getting old. Li Zhi took most of Chang'an's army away. The remaining part is in the imperial city and the rest is in the Daming Palace. They found out that there are only two thousand troops in the Daming Palace. How many people have I waited for?"
Xin Zhao said: "It's less than three thousand."
Yang Xuyi sighed: "There are too few people."
"That's why we need a thunderbolt." Zhang Lin said: "Once the Daming Palace is raided, they will be burned and killed everywhere. Just kill Li Hong and come out with his head, and Chang'an will be in chaos. Then those who are ready to move people will follow, what is the use of the army in the imperial city?"
Wang Gui said: "It's been hot recently, and most of this group of soldiers are newcomers. They haven't calmed down yet, and they will be caught off guard if something violent happens. So what I'm waiting for is...decisive!"
…
Li Ji showed some signs of heatstroke, the crown prince ordered a medical officer to come for diagnosis and treatment, saying that he should rest for a few days and he would be fine.
"old."
Li Ji mounted the horse slowly and stiffly.
"British sir, slow down."
Li Ji left the imperial city, and at least five people around him were staring at him.
"Li Ji suffered from heat stroke and threw up all over the floor in the duty room."
Wang Gui was quite excited, "With him not here, our confidence will be greater."
Zhang Lin shook his head, "This is a surprise attack, it doesn't matter whether he is there or not."
"Yes." Duguchun unexpectedly agreed with Zhang Lin's opinion, "Once it is activated, it will seal everywhere. It is useless for him to have prestige."
"Exactly." Xin Zhao said: "Everyone, it's almost there."
Wang Gui said slowly: "How long has Jia Ping'an been gone?"
Zhang Lin said: "Eleventh?"
Dugu Xin smiled, "The other side will do something. When Jia Pingan arrived, he could only look at the corpses and the wrecked cart and cry bitterly, worrying about his future."
"One hundred thousand taels of silver. Once we succeed, we can use this money to recruit troops and rebuild the country."
Wang Gui spoke out of breath.
Xin Zhao suddenly asked: "Which family should I become the emperor this time?"
Wang Gui was taken aback.
Everyone was startled, then lowered their heads uncomfortably.
Dugu Chun said quietly: "The Dugu family has been making wedding dresses for Guan Long for many years, so much so that when Li Yuan ascended the throne, he ruthlessly targeted his own mother clan. In exchange and in exchange... the emperor takes turns to do it, so it's time to come to my house this year!"
(end of this chapter)