Out of the Lantern Festival, Yunqing left Yuan Ying to guard Lanzhou City, and he himself went to attack Xicheng with an army of 80,000.

Yunqing originally planned to spend a day to capture Xicheng, but he didn't expect that the battle would end in less than two hours. It wasn't Yunqing who captured the city, but someone in the city who opened the city gates.

Yun Qing heard the city gate open and immediately ordered to enter the city. Seeing this, Cui Mo said, "General, be careful of deception. "This is really suspicious!

Yun Qing glanced at Cui Mo and said, "Chen Wei is not that stupid. "Their army is overwhelming, and Chen Wei's only reliance is on the strong defense of Xicheng. In this case, it is impossible for Chen Wei to open the city gate. Although Yunqing didn't know why the city gate was opened, if he missed this kind of opportunity, then he would be a big fool.

Cui Mo watched Yunqing give orders, touched his head, and said that it was the general who was cautious, and the one who waved the army into the city was also a general, and he didn't know which words to believe.

Chen Wei knew that it was the soldiers of the Xicheng Guard who opened the city gate and let the Northwest Army in, baring his teeth and tearing eyes: "Damn it......" If the person who opened the city gate stood in front of him, he would definitely break the other party's body into pieces. It's a pity that there is no chance now.

The subordinate said: "General, let's hurry back!" No one expected that the people in Xicheng would dare to rebel, if they knew, they would not have allowed these people to participate in the war at that time. It's just that it's too late to regret it now, and the top priority is to leave Xicheng and go back to Ho City.

Chen Wei said: "Let's go." "Without a strong wall, he can resist Yunqing with his 50,000 people.

It's a pity that Chen Wei didn't have the same good luck as Ji Xuan, and he was caught up by Cui Mo halfway through, and directly cut off his head and took it to Yunqing for an errand.

Not long after Yunqing entered the city, he saw the people who opened the city gate and let them in, and he didn't see all of them, but only the person who was the leader. That person's name is Lei Xingmin, and he is a hundred households in the Xicheng Guard. Baihu is also a six-grade official, and in a place like Xicheng, the official position is relatively high.

Looking at Lei Xingmin, Yun Qing asked, "Can you tell me why you opened the city gate and let us in?" Yun Qing really felt that this rebellion was really too easy. There is a Sun Shaojian in Lanzhou City to assist, and there is a Lei Xingmin in this West City, but I don't know if there will be someone to assist when the time comes to attack the pickaxe city.

Yunqing was alert and immediately shook off this thought. Although it was easy to break the city these two times, if he lost his vigilance and had such extravagant thoughts, he didn't know how to die. It doesn't matter if he dies himself, he has to involve his brothers who rebelled with him, as well as his wife and children who are waiting for him in Yucheng, so he must not be taken lightly.

Lei Xingmin's face turned red with excitement, and he said: "Lei has always respected the general, but I didn't expect to see the general in my lifetime." It is equivalent to saying that Lei Xingmin is a loyal supporter of Yunqing.

Yu Cong was secretly surprised in his heart, he didn't expect this person to open the city gate because he worshiped the general, it was really mysterious!

When Yun Qing heard this, instead of showing a smile, he said with a cold face: "You opened the city gate for this reason?"

Although Yun Qing rebelled, he was still a general, a general who led the troops, and he was very disgusted with this kind of behavior that was almost child's play.

Lei Xingmin shook his head and said, "Of course not." I heard that Lanzhou City, Wucheng and other places have posted notices, saying that there is no need to pay harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the future, and in addition, they also encourage the common people to open up wasteland and cultivate land. Of course, this is only one aspect, and some Lei Xingmin did not say it.

Yunqing is not a fool, how could he believe Lei Xingmin so quickly. However, when he opened the city gate and let them in, Lei Xingmin did make a great contribution. In order to reward Lei Xingmin, Yunqing promoted him to the deputy thousand households from the fifth grade.

Lei Xingmin was very excited and said excitedly: "Thank you, General." "He is only twenty-five years old this year and has become a hundred households, and he believes that with General Yun, the future will definitely be very good.

Yu Cong looked at Lei Xingmin's departing back, and said with a smile: "General, I didn't expect this Lei Xingmin to also worship the general!" Lei Xingmin opened the city gate, so that they didn't have to pay the price of casualties, and it was considered small to give an official from the fifth grade.

Yun Qing said: "You didn't listen to him, it was because I ordered the reduction of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes to encourage the cultivation of wasteland, that he opened the city gate? These things are not known to ordinary people, let people check the details of this person." "It doesn't look like an ordinary person.

It didn't take long for Yunqing to know Lei Xingmin's details. Lei Xingmin is not a civilian child, his family is also a family of military generals, and his grandfather and father both serve in the army. When his father retired, he was already the deputy president, and he was also the second-in-command in the Xicheng camp. It's a pity that he was injured later and couldn't continue to stay in the camp guards.

Yu Cong said: "General, this Lei Xingmin's father has a very good reputation in Xicheng. "As long as they don't commit adultery or anything like that, they won't move.

Yun Qing nodded and said, "Check carefully." ”

Yu Cong nodded and said, "I will." "Don't wronged a good person, and don't let go of a wicked person, this is Yunqing's own rules.

After a while, Cui Mo returned. After Cui Mo handed over Chen Wei's head, he said, "General, it's good that I didn't let him run away this time." "It's really a shame for him to let Ji Xuan run away.

Yun Qing smelled the smell and frowned: "Next time, you don't need to bring people into the house." "Kill it, kill it, take it and make it smell fishy in the house.

Cui Mo felt that since he married his wife, the general of his family has also become very particular. However, he didn't dare to resist, and nodded in response: "General, who is the one who opened the city gate today?" Facts have proved that his own general's vision is good, and the opening of the city gate is not a trap, but a real welcome to them into the city.

Yu Cong explained: "It is a hundred households in Xicheng Yingwei, called Lei Xingmin. The general had already seen him and promoted him by two levels. ”

Cui Mo said: "Lei Xingmin, this name is quite interesting. "I don't know, I thought it was hoping that the common people would prosper!

For this stupid question, Yunqing and Yu Cong didn't answer.

Cui Mo didn't care, he just said it casually anyway. Cui Mo asked Yunqing a question and said, "General, when are we going to attack Maicheng?"

Yunqing said, "Tomorrow." Seeing Cui Mo and Yu Cong's surprised looks, Yun Qing said: "The imperial court should have sent a large army to support Ji Xuan, we must fight quickly and break through the pickaxe city as soon as possible." "If we can't break through the city as much as possible, if it drags on until March, then the northern captives will attack. Then they will be under attack. Therefore, it is necessary to take Hocheng as much as possible to occupy a favorable situation, and then send troops back to Yucheng when the time comes.

From Xicheng to Maicheng, there are more than 400 miles of road. Yunqing led the army and arrived in only two and a half days.

Guan Tai was the vanguard, and seeing that there was not even a single soldier on the wall of Maicheng, he immediately replied to Yunqing: "General, there is no one on the city wall? ”

Yunqing didn't go directly into the city, but sent someone to investigate the truth first. After confirming that there was no ambush in the city, Yunqing led the army into the city.

The news of the Northwest Army's killing of corrupt officials and confiscation of their family wealth has long spread throughout the Northwest. Therefore, Guan Tai did not have a lot of money confiscated in Xicheng.

Guan Tai reported the amount of gold and silver and other things confiscated to Yunqing, and said, "General, these **** people heard that we were coming, and ran away with gold and silver treasures. "Knowing that it is a dead end, those officials and rich businessmen who don't run away after getting the news will not become fools.

Yunqing said: "Where can I bring a lot of money and wealth when I run away, let the soldiers search carefully, these people must have hidden gold and silver and other things." "Conquer the city all the way, kill officials and raid homes all the way. Not to mention the rest, tens of millions of dollars have been confiscated in Lanzhou City alone. However, in Yunqing's eyes, this money is not much after speaking. You must know that the pension alone will cost more than 4 million yuan! If there is a need to purchase war horses and replace weapons and equipment, it will not be possible to do it without tens of millions of taels. There must be a lot of other messy expenses, which is really not enough.

In the past, Yunqing didn't take gold, silver and money to heart, but since he became the head of Yucheng, he has been worried about money. In particular, Yuxi also took out all the dowry for him to use, which made him even more ashamed. A penny is difficult for a hero, now you can save more, this opportunity has passed, and there will be no such good things in the future.

Knowing that Yunqing was going to lead troops to attack Yongcheng tomorrow, Cui Mo said: "General, Maluo Mountain is only more than eighty miles away from here, and I will lead my troops to kill them." "There are only 2,000 men and horses in Ma Luoshan, and he brought the cavalry over, and it won't take half a day to wipe out those bandits.

If it had been before, Yunqing would definitely agree with Cui Mo's words, but he was talked about by Yuxi a lot, and he also felt that he shouldn't be killed.

Yun Qing said: "You take the troops to Maluo Mountain, and arrest Hong Feihu and a few other people." As long as the others did not resist and were willing to go home and farm, they were let go down the mountain. ”

Cui Mo didn't quite understand, and said, "General, why?" They can now completely kill the bandits in Maro Mountain.

Yun Qing said: "Most of the bandits in Maro Mountain are ordinary people who were forced by the government to go up the mountain to become bandits, so give them a chance to live." "Since these bandits were forced to go up the mountain in desperation, then he gave them a chance. If you don't cherish it, then don't blame him for being ruthless.

Yu Cong's face was happy and said, "The general is benevolent and righteous. "If you don't kill the bandits in Maro Mountain, if the other bandits get the news and don't need us to suppress them, they will disband themselves. Although it is easy for them to suppress bandits, it is also time-consuming and laborious, and there is no guarantee that there will be no casualties. It can be solved without effort, which is naturally a good thing.

If it had been before, Cui Mo would definitely raise an objection. But after experiencing the affairs of Lanzhou City and Xicheng, he felt that Yunqing's decision was right.

Cui Mo said: "General rest assured, as long as they don't resist, I will definitely not kill them." ”

It is also that although Ma Luoshan has collected tolls and robbed over the years, he will not kill innocents indiscriminately, nor will he rob and bully the surrounding people, so Yunqing decided to show mercy. If it is a thief who has done a lot of evil, it must be wiped out.

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