Yu Jingyang half-lay on the hot kang, took a sip of wine, and said to Cheng Yue who came in with shaking legs: "How is it outside?" Yelu Chongyuan has been besieging the city for more than ten days, and the artillery can't be erected, and he is still drinking outside the city? ”

Cheng Yue took off his helmet, sat on the kang, and said, "Let's surround it." The Khitans had just won the battle in the party, and at this time the money and grain were sufficient, and it was convenient for Dongshengzhou to be transported here, so it was so easy to leave. Behold, they will not give up until they are surrounded for a month or two. ”

Yu Jingyang shook his legs and said, "Let them go." If it's a year, grandpa will thank them. There is no worry about eating and drinking in the city, and the stored grain is only enough for us for a year or two, who is afraid of them surrounding! - By the way, is there a shortage of food outside these days? If there is a shortage of food, we will sell some military rations at a higher price, and we will get some money. The people who live in this city are all rich people. If I don't earn their money at this time, how can I live with my conscience? ”

Cheng Yue said: "It's winter now, and there is food everywhere, but for more than ten days, how can there be a shortage of food?" Wait a few more days. ”

Yu Jingyang patted the small table in front of him and said to Cheng Yue: "Use it to drink." It's freezing outside, and it's not easy for you to make a run. ”

Cheng Yue stepped forward, took a glass of wine and drank it all, grabbed a piece of meat on the plate and ate it.

The two drank for a while, and Cheng Yue said: "Eunuch, now the Khitan soldiers and horses have surrounded the outside, and the battle has started." Isn't it time for those people in Cui Duying to cook? Keeping them is a scourge after all, and as soon as the Khitan soldiers retreat and let them escape from the city, they are afraid of leaking our news. ”

Yu Jingyang thought for a while and said, "This matter is not in a hurry. Although there are not many soldiers and horses on Hedong Road, according to the usual means of the imperial court, there should be no rescue. But now is different from the past, in recent years, the three divisions have enough money and food, and have built railways, and everywhere is prosperous. Among those captains have food and soldiers in their hands, maybe any of them started a commotion, and it is impossible to say if someone is really sent to save them. When we really had no choice, we threw ourselves into the Khitan, and we were rich for a lifetime. ”

Cheng Yue was taken aback: "Does the capital eunuch really intend to defect to the Khitan?" Originally, we had to let Cui Duying give a few false news to the Khitans, so that they could bring troops to besiege the city, as long as we held it, we not only kept the money we had saved over the years, but also made a military achievement. Whether you stay here or move elsewhere, no one will ever talk about the past again. If you vote for the Khitan, it can be completely different. ”

Yu Jingyang grabbed a piece of meat and stuffed it in his mouth, and said vaguely while holding it: "If you can hold this city, if nothing else, who is willing to go to Khitan?" But the army is outside, and although the soldiers in the city are under our control, there are also Khitan people mixed in. One is not good, when the city is really about to be breached, it has to take that road. No matter what, no matter where we go, none of the money we have made in Tanglong Town in the past few years will be missing, which is what we rely on to live a good life in the future. ”

Cheng Yue drank two glasses of wine, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and said to Yu Jingyang: "Eunuch, think about it, no matter what, it is the best policy to hold Tanglong Town." With this military merit in hand, even if we are transferred to another place, there will be no obstacle if the incident happens here. I saw the Khitan soldiers attacking the city outside the city, and there were no other siege equipment, only artillery. Their artillery is far from being comparable to ours, and they can't hit the city walls with a single shot, so how can they break the city? has been besieging the city, and still wants to rely on the Khitan people in the city to respond. That being the case, we might as well strike first, arrest those people in Cui Duying and interrogate them, and the Khitan should be wiped out in one net to eliminate this trouble! ”

Yu Jingyang listened, sat up from the kang suddenly, thought for a while, took the wine on the table and drank it all in one gulp, slapped the table and said, "Okay, what you said makes sense, just do it!" Find reliable people in this matter, not only to kill all the fine works, but also those who know about us—"

Speaking of which, Yu Jingyang made a movement to wipe his neck, and Cheng Yue understood.

Since Du Zhongxiao left, the first Zhijun was fine, but from the second term, because the Volcano Army was developing too fast, and Tanglong Town's annual commercial tax figures were huge, and the Jinglu Division seized the power of its affairs, the Zhijun didn't care much about it. Now he is really in charge of the affairs of Tanglong Town, a director of the Economic Strategy Division, and Yu Jingyang, the commander of the soldiers and horses who is stationed here.

Yu Jingyang is greedy for money by nature, where can he endure being stationed in such a place? Most of the business in the city is directly under the jurisdiction of the Economic Strategy Department, and when Du Zhongxiao built here, the garrison was not allowed to interfere in the system. Yu Jingyang had no way to make money except for cheating and drinking and getting some small benefits from the merchants' shops. How willingly is he? I hit the idea out of the city.

With a knife and a soldier in his hand, Yu Jingyang used means to clean up all the black money and take a cut by himself. is not satisfied, hooking up with Yelu Buhua, smuggling contraband, trafficking in human beings, and gambling with prostitutes, there is nothing he dare not do. Over the years, I have made some money, but I have also condemned many people. Yu Jingyang was ruthless and cautious, and he didn't make a big mess for several years. Until recently, the Privy Council had transferred him elsewhere.

It is inevitable that the tea will be cold when people leave, as long as they are transferred, the people who Yu Jingyang has offended over the years will inevitably poke out his crimes. A small capital eunuch does not have the ability to suppress so many wealthy businessmen and giants here. Yu Jingyang thought about it, and through the previous way of colluding with Yelu Buhua and becoming an adulterer, he sent someone to report to Yelu Chongyuan that if the Khitan came to attack, he could sacrifice the city and surrender.

Yelu Chongyuan really brought the soldiers here, Yu Jingyang closed the door and sent his deputy Cheng Yue to lead people to defend it. At the same time, the people who were in contact with the Khitan were put under house arrest, and they were served with good food and drink, but they were not allowed to contact the Khitan again. There is no empirical evidence for the Yeqidans, as long as they withdraw from the army, Yu Jingyang will kill all the people who know about it, and no one knows about this matter anymore. With this great military feat, no matter how many sins there were in the past, no one would be held accountable.

When he came out of the house, the cold wind blew on his body like a knife cut. The snow under my feet has not melted, and it is slippery to walk, and I will fall if I am not careful.

After a cold wind blew for a while, Cheng Yue's wine slowly woke up, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart. Yu Chongyang is ruthless and leaves no room for change. Kill everyone who knows, what if there is only one left of yourself? If you want to be safe, Cheng Yue hesitated.

Over the years, with Yu Jingyang's work, Cheng Yue has also made a lot of money, and it is convenient here in Tanglong Town, so it has been replaced by gold ingots and silver ingots. However, most of the money was taken by Yu Jingyang, he was just a small head, but most of the things were done by himself. Now at the critical moment, Yu Jingyang is drinking comfortably in the house, but he has to clean up his own hands.

At this moment, a soldier flew to report: "Tiha, a group of knights have come up on the hillside outside, waving the banner of our Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Cheng Yue hurriedly asked, "Have you seen clearly, who is here?" Is it reinforcements? ”

The soldier crossed his hand: "Back to Tiha, the small one can't be real." The flag is the flag of our Great Song Dynasty, and the rest are not familiar. ”

"Take me to see it!" Cheng Yue turned around and ran quickly towards the city.

When I climbed to the top of the city, I saw some shadows on the hillside not far away. A big flag is on the top of the mountain, and the word "Song" flutters in the wind, which is very conspicuous. Because it is so far away, you can only see this one flag clearly, and the rest is not real.

After observing for a while, Cheng Yue said: "It looks like reinforcements have arrived." I don't know where the soldiers and horses came so quickly. It is impossible to do it in the nearby states, and there are tens of thousands of Khitan soldiers and horses outside, and they will not come to send them to death. ”

The reinforcements had arrived, and remembering what Yu Jingyang had ordered just now, Cheng Yue was anxious. Said to the general defending the city: "You look at our flag on the opposite mountain, whether it is a reinforcement or not." If there is any change, report it to me as soon as possible. I'll go back and take counsel with the governor. ”

The general agreed with his hands, and Cheng Yue hurriedly got off the city wall and walked quickly to the façade of the capital eunuch.

Reinforcements came so quickly, but it was a bit tricky. Things in the military city have not been cleaned up yet, and if the reinforcements drive away Yelu Chongyuan, things will be difficult to handle. Before the city is broken, you can surrender and be rescued by reinforcements, how can you cover up what you and Yu Jingyang have done over the years?