late at night,

In the prefect of Fengyi County.

"Master, you have already arranged it!" A staff member in his fifty years old whispered in Xiao Zao's ear.

This is Xiao Zao's most trusted aide, Peng Zhi.

"Yes!" Xiao Zao nodded and waved his hand: "Go down!"

"Yes!" Peng Zhi said respectfully.

Peng Zhi was Xiao Zao's confidant and had been involved in confidential matters. This time, the cavalry along the way was transferred and Li Yuan was allowed to cross the river. Peng Zhi was the one who did it.

Peng Zhi turned around and left, before leaving, bowed and reached out to close the door.

Close the door and just about to turn around, a tall figure enveloped Peng Zhi's whole body.

"Click!"

The aide let out a muffled groan, his head drooped, and was dragged away by a tall figure.

The whole process only happened for a moment, and then became quiet, without disturbing anyone, except Xiao Zao, who had been paying attention to the movements outside.

"Don't blame me, you already know too much." Xiao Zao said viciously.

Peng Zhi has always been loyal to him, but at this time the relationship is of great importance, so Xiao Zao really has to be careful.

Xiao Zao looked at the direction of Hancheng in the north and lamented in his heart: "Li Yuan, I have given you what you want. I hope you keep your promise."

Picking up a thick tent on the table, Xiao Zao sighed and placed it in a brazier.

When the paper encounters flames, it ignites instantly. The thick account book cannot burn for a moment. A slight burst sounds in the brazier, floating out a semicircular unburned account book, revealing the traces on it.

"The magistrate of Dali County... contributed 50,000 stag..."

Dali County is the handle of Xiao Zao.

The real culprit for the rebellion in Dali County was Xiao Zao.

He ordered the corruption and corruption. He was also the one who was corrupt after Sun Hua rebelled and was eager to erase the evidence, and he was also the one who ordered the attack. In the end, Xiao Zao quickly cut off the mess, punished the officials in Dali County and silenced them directly.

Xiao Zao thought all this was done very secretly, but he didn't expect that it would be clearly seen by the eyes in the secret. When Li Yuan's envoy put the thick account book in front of him.

Xiao Zao knew that he had no chance to turn around. If all the evidence in the account book was published, according to the laws of the Sui Dynasty, even if Xiao Zao was beheaded ten times, he would not be wronged. He could only surrender to Li Yuan.

Xiao Zao stretched out his old hands and threw the floating piece of paper into the fire again, watching it burning.

The night was dark and the entire prefect's mansion was silent. There were fire in Xiao Zao's study.

"Boom!" An urgent footstep sounded, breaking the silence.

Xiao Zao felt nervous. He had ordered martial law in the whole city to be rigorous, so why was there such noise?

"What's going on?" Xiao Zao had a ghost in his heart and walked out of the room and asked.

"Sir, the big thing is wrong. The prefect's mansion is surrounded by a large army." A gatekeeper shouted and ran over.

"What?" Xiao Zao was shocked.

"Is it a mutiny..." Xiao Zao thought of a possibility, a huge fear covering his whole body.

At this moment, the prefect's house was in panic and screaming.

"boom!"

The gate of the prefect's mansion was knocked open.

A large number of soldiers in black-clad black armor rushed into the prefect's mansion and quickly occupied various favorable positions. They controlled the entire prefect's mansion in the shortest time.

"stop!"

Xiao Zao shouted! Behind him, twenty or thirty soldiers from the prefects were holding weapons tremblingly, with a panic expression.

The other side had no less than a thousand people, each of them was fully armed, and they only had twenty or thirty people. No matter how they fought, they would be dead!

"You and others openly broke into the prefect's mansion and dared not rebel. Where is Jiang Yuyong?" Xiao Zao said calmly. Jiang Yuyong was the chief lieutenant of Fengyi County.

"Is the prefect looking for me?" A general came out. This person was Jiang Yuyong.

"Master Duwei!" The soldiers of the prefect's mansion calmed down when they saw Jiang Yuyong appear, and said in a trembling voice.

"Put down your weapons." Jiang Yuyong shouted.

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The sound of swords falling to the ground was endless, and the soldiers of the prefect's palace had already been scared. Now, when they heard the order, they quickly threw down their weapons and squatted down with their heads in their arms.

"you!"

Xiao Zao couldn't help but get angry. These soldiers surrendered without any integrity and put him in a dangerous place.

"Jiang Yuyong, what do you mean? Do you want to rebel?" Xiao Zao shouted angrily.

"The Prefect is joking. I, Jiang Yuyong, are loyal to the empire. You may not be sure of you at that time?" Jiang Yuyong sarcastically said, "Have you not discovered it yet? These people are not subordinates of this commander."

Only then did Xiao Zao realize that these black-clad soldiers were extremely elite, all of whom were fully armed, which was not comparable to those ordinary county soldiers. They were indeed not the government soldiers of Fengyi County.

"Could it be..." Xiao Zao's heart suddenly sank. Since he was not a soldier from Fengyi County, these soldiers could only come from one person, that is Daxing City.

"Sir, this is General Li Jing and Li of Ying Yanglang." Jiang Yuyong introduced a huge figure behind him.

"Li Jing! The new General Yingyang Li Jing!" Xiao Zao exclaimed, turned his head to look at the soldiers around him, and said bitterly, "Then these soldiers are all..."

"Yes, these soldiers are all soldiers of Yingyang Camp. His predecessor was the famous special bandit suppression force. If the people of Yingyang Camp can make their attacks, the prefect will die without regrets." Jiang Yuyong sarcastically said.

"Xiao Zao conspired to treason, colluded with the rebel Li Yuan, and led the thief into the pass. He deserved to be killed. His Highness Dai Wang had an order and he should be taken down immediately!" Li Jing shouted.

Every time Li Jing said something, it was like a thunder blew up in Xiao Zao's ears. How could this be possible? Only his aides knew about this, and he had just silenced him, how could His Highness Dai King know so clearly.

Before this, he had a trace of fantasy. Now Li Jing directly shattered his dream. Xiao Zao felt his body weak and fell directly to the ground.

"yes!"

Two soldiers from the Yingyang Camp immediately stepped forward and detained Xiao Zao who had collapsed to the ground.

"Your Highness Dai Wang, please spare your life! The criminal is willing to make meritorious service with his crimes." Xiao Zao's soul was so heartbroken that he cried and shouted at Li Jing.

"I can continue to deceive Li Yuan and lead them into ambush... I will destroy Li Yuan in one fell swoop, and the criminals are willing to atone for their sins." Xiao Zaoyu was incoherent.

Li Jing looked at Xiao Zao pitifully and said softly: "Don't the prefect still understand? Li Yuan has entered the pass, and you have no effect anymore."

"It's useless?" Xiao Zao was stunned.

Suddenly, his inspiration appeared, and when he thought of a possibility, he couldn't help but stare at him, his heart was shocked.

Li Yuan had just entered Guanzhong, and the news had just reached Fengyi County. His Highness Dai King knew accurately that it was him who led Li Yuan across the natural danger of the Yellow River, and the Yingyang Camp, which His Highness Dai King relied the most, appeared in front of him in the shortest time.

All signs indicate that His Highness Dai had already known that Li Yuan would enter the pass, and deliberately allowed Li Yuan to enter the pass.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zao couldn't help but feel cold all over. This was a scam.

Li Yuan thought that his hidden actions were not hidden from His Highness Dai. Once His Highness Dai was prepared, Li Yuan's plan to attack was absolutely impossible to win.

Xiao Zao was sad in his heart. Li Yuan was defeated, but Xiao Zao was punished for his crime of letting Li Yuan enter the pass forever.

……………………

Jiangcheng.

"What? Li Yuan secretly built a boat across the Yellow River, and 30,000 Tang troops attacked Guanzhong," Qu Tutong suddenly stood up, his face full of horror.

Sang Xianhe nodded in panic.

"Who is the commander of the Tang army now!" Qu Tutong asked anxiously.

"Liu Wenjing, Sima of the Tang Army." Sang Xianhe replied.

Qu Tutong only felt cold all over, and his recent successive victory made him careless. At this moment, Qu Tutong discovered that the Tang army had been retreating northwest, and the Tang army's stationed position was only a hundred miles away from the Yellow River.

The Tang army has been unable to defend the situation these days, and it turned out to be a cover-up of the news that Li Yuan crossed the river.

"General, what should we do?" Sang Xianhe said at a loss.

"Don't panic, Daxing City has more than 100,000 troops, while Li Yuan has only 30,000 troops. In a short period of time, there will be no worries in Guanzhong." Qu Tutong calmed down and analyzed.

There were originally about 160,000 soldiers in Daxing City. Song Laosheng led 10,000 elite troops to defend the Liang Shidu in the Great Wall area. Qu Tutong led 30,000 elite troops and 20,000 new soldiers to guard Huoyi. After Huoyi City was broken, King Dai sent another 30,000 elite troops to defend Jiangcheng.

The third line of defense, Yao Junsu, led another 10,000 elite soldiers and 20,000 new soldiers to guard Hedong. Currently, there are still 80,000 elite soldiers and 50,000 new soldiers in Daxing City, with a total of 130,000 troops.

"Daxing City has 130,000. Although it is impossible to attack them all, it should be no problem to deal with Li Yuan's 30,000 troops!" Qu Tutong asked himself in his heart.

But the battlefield is dangerous, who can say it accurately, if...

Thinking of this, Qu Tutong couldn't help but feel numb in his scalp.

"The Ming Dynasty will lead 40,000 troops to rescue Guanzhong, and I will leave you with the first Jiangcheng 30,000 troops." Qu Tutong walked for a long time and suddenly ordered.

Sang Xianhe was shocked and looked at Qu Tutong incredibly: "General, now Li Yuan has brought 30,000 troops into Guanzhong, and there are only 20,000 troops left for Liu Wenjing. As long as our army attacks, Liu Wenjing will definitely not be the opponent."

Now Qu Tutong's army has the advantage, and it is the best time to annihilate the remaining Tang army under Jiangjun city. Qu Tutong actually wanted to divide his troops to rescue Guanzhong at this time.

Sang Xianhe looked at Qu Tutong in disbelief. He was stubborn and had no idea why Qu Tutong had to give up such a good opportunity but went to rescue Guanzhong. In his opinion, this was a meaningless military operation.

Qu Tutong felt bitter in his heart. Of course he knew that his return to Guanzhong was just the icing on the cake, but he had to go back!

As the highest general who stayed in Daxing City, it is his greatest responsibility to guard the safety of Daxing City. Now that Li Yuan has attacked Guanzhong from under his nose, it can be said that it is his responsibility.

Now that Li Yuan has invaded Guanzhong, even if Li Yuan has a one-ten thousand chance of attacking Daxing City, he Qu Tutong cannot afford it.

As the highest general of Daxing City, he shoulders the important task of safety of Daxing City. When Daxing City was broken, he was still in Jiangjun hundreds of miles away. This is simply a joke.
Chapter completed!