Liu Zhengxing still lives in Zhengding, and said: "Our family doesn't know what's going on, but please be in a hurry, and our family will go over and ask them to open the door." So saying, he jumped off his horse and rode towards the moat.

Yang Yan also dismounted and said, "There can be a father-in-law there to call the door, I will go with my father-in-law." Father-in-law please. So saying, he walked towards the city gate.

Liu Zhengxing suddenly felt that something was wrong in his heart, but he couldn't say that it was wrong, and he didn't allow him to think about it at this time, so he had to come to the city with Yang Yan and shouted to the city: "I am Liu Zhengxing, I am Yang Zhaofu to return to Beijing by the edict, please open the city gate quickly and let us enter the city." ”

Someone above agreed, and after a while, the drawbridge "clanged" and the city gate "creaked" open. I saw two rows of armor soldiers lined up in the hole of the city gate, which seemed to welcome them into the city.

Yang Yan squinted at Liu Zhengxing and said with a smile: "Father-in-law Liu's face is so big, he shouted like this, and the gate of Jiankang City was opened like this." And there are also armor soldiers to greet you.

Liu Zhengxing was a little furious by him, so he smiled and said: "The horse is laughing, it's waiting for the horse to enter the city." Now that the gates of the city are open, come with me into the city. ”

Yang Yan said lightly: "That's natural, the city gate has finally been opened, not to mention that there are so many armor soldiers here, even if you don't want to enter, you can't do it!" Saying that, he helped the treasure knife behind his back, and then took a big stride and walked into the city, Liu Zhengxing didn't have time to think about it, and followed in.

Yang Yan walked through the city gate hole and walked into the city, only to see a column of armor soldiers suddenly appear in front of him, lined up sideways. In the middle, there was a ** shouting: "According to the edict of the Son of Heaven, Yang Yan supports the army and has bad intentions, dismisses Yang Yan from all official positions, immediately captures him, and hands him over to the three law divisions for discussion." Yang Yan, you can be caught quickly. Immediately afterwards, behind Yang Yan, only a "bang" was heard, and the gate of Zhengyangmen was closed again, only Yang Yan entered the city alone, and the other five hundred people were locked outside the city.

Yang Yan seemed to be expecting this, so he couldn't help but panic, but laughed and said, "What kind of edict are you serving?" Zong Tianxuan was there, let him come out to see me. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked, was it difficult for Yang Yan to know about this layout?

"Zheng!" Yang Yan suddenly attacked, and the treasure knife "Fenglin Volcano" suddenly came out of its sheath, emitting a dragon-like roar, which shook the eardrums of people within a radius of more than ten zhang. Immediately after that, the sword turned into a blue electric light, and it was unstoppable, and it slammed into one of the middle of the armor.

And almost at the same time, among the armor soldiers standing in the city cave, two people also jumped out, and two sword lights, like lightning, attacked Yang Yan's back.

The armor soldier who was attacked by Yang Yan was pretending to be Zong Tianxuan. After receiving the news that Yang Yan was about to arrive in Jiankang, he discussed with Xie Qingfeng and Song Yiren how to ambush Yang Yan. Because the palace has not yet been breached, the main forces of the rebels must be used to besiege the palace. The manpower that can be used to ambush Yang Yan can only dispatch a maximum of 2,000 troops.

And Jiankang City has a radius of more than ten miles, with tens of thousands of houses, if Yang Yan enters Jiankang City, it will not be so easy to catch him. Therefore, it is the best plan to attack by the city gate and ambush Yang Yan.

So Zong Tianxuan, Xie Qingfeng, and Song Yiren discussed and decided, all disguised as armor soldiers, and Xie Song and the two of them mixed in with the soldiers in the cave, just waiting for Yang Yan to enter the city, and cut off his retreat out of the city first. And Zong Tianxuan pretended to be the guard of the herald, but as soon as Yang Yan resisted the decree and counterattacked, the three of them shot together, attacking back and forth, and Yang Yan was caught off guard.

As soon as Yang Yan entered the city, he shouted out that they had broken their layout, which made Zong Tianxuan, Xie Qingfeng, and Song Yiren all feel confused, and they couldn't help but think in their hearts: How did Yang Yan know.

In fact, as early as when Liu Zhengxing went to Xixia to preach the decree, Yang Yan had doubts about the scriptures, not because the eunuch who passed the decree was not Cao An, but because the content of this decree seemed reasonable, but there was actually a big problem.

For such a big matter as transferring Yang Yan back to Beijing, it is impossible for Zhao Chen not to talk to Zhao Qianru first and discuss it. And just two days before receiving the edict, Yang Yan received a letter from Zhao Qianru about this, but did not mention it, on the contrary, he also said that Zhao Chen was very worried about the war situation in Western Xia, so that Yang Yan did not have to be distracted by the Jianghuai war, and was bent on fighting the battle in Western Xia. And from the point of view of time, when the edict was issued from Jiankang, the victory in Yanzhou had not yet been obtained, so in this case, it was obviously unreasonable for Jiankang to send such an edict with such content.

However, at this time, Yang Yan was only a little suspicious, and he was not completely sure. But now Yang Yan is not the ignorant teenager who didn't understand political affairs back then, after several years of tempering, Yang Yan's political sensitivity has also greatly increased, so he didn't show any color, but in the banquet of entertaining Liu Zhengxing, he deliberately made tentative remarks, assuming that Cao An had asthma, to coax Liu Zhengxing. At this moment, Liu Zhengxing immediately showed his feet, and he didn't know it yet.

At this time, Yang Yan was able to basically affirm that there was definitely something wrong with this edict, and it would definitely not be issued by Zhao Chen. Then someone must want to transfer himself out of the Western Xia army and go back to Jiankang. Reminiscent of the previous Zhao Qianru in her letter to her family, she mentioned that there were people secretly manipulating the public opinion behind the two court resolutions, which shows that something must have happened in the court. Therefore, Yang Yan couldn't help but worry in his heart.

Fortunately, now the overall situation of Western Xia is decided, leaving Gao Zhen, Yang Changpeng and others to sit here, Yang Yan can also rest assured, so Yang Yan decided, and did not say anything, so he simply calculated it, so he pretended not to see anything, and followed Liu Zhengxing back to Jiankang to have a look.

However, before leaving, Yang Yan only explained to Gao Zhen, Yang Changpeng, and Lai Wenzheng, and asked Gao Zhen and Yang Changpeng to be vigilant at all times, and as soon as he had a letter, he would immediately return to the army to build health. At the same time, he ordered Lai Wenzheng to immediately arrange manpower to investigate what happened in the Jiankang Dynasty before he arrived in Jiankang, so that he could be prepared. Moreover, on the surface, Yang Yan only brought 500 soldiers back to Jiankang, but in fact, he mobilized 5,000 elite men and horses, secretly followed Yang Yan and his party, and also returned to Jiankang, so as to ensure that once something happened, Yang Yan could immediately have a team of men and horses in his hands that could be mobilized.

And Liu Zhengxing didn't know anything about all these dynamics, he thought that Yang Yan was really deceived by himself, and he was complacent. In fact, on the way back to Jiankang, Liu Zhengxing's every move was under Yang Yan's surveillance. He sent someone to ride a fast horse back to Jiankang to report on Yang Yan's journey all the way, Yang Yan was all gone, of course, he just didn't know that the person Liu Zhengxing reported was Shi Miyuan and himself.

When there was still a day before Jiankang, Yang Yan received a message from the spy sent by Lai Wenzheng. Only then did I know that there was a rebellion in Jiankang City. However, because Shi Miyuan blocked the city gate, and the time was pressing, the spy personnel did not inquire very clearly, only knowing that Zong Tianxuan and others led the rebellion, as if they were besieging the palace, but now the rebellion has happened, whether the palace has been breached, and what happened to Zhao Chen, it is not clear.

Yang Yan also knew that it was not easy for them to do this step, at least to make themselves have a clearer understanding of the current situation. He was worried about the safety of the palace and the situation in the palace. But now that the city gate is blocked, there is no other way to know the situation in the city, so Yang Yan thought about it, and could only blend into the city with Liu Zhengxing tomorrow, because from the fact that the city gate is still blocked, it can be judged that at least until now, the rebellion has not been completely successful. Although it was a bit risky to sneak into the city, with his personal bravery and familiarity with the Jiankang calendar, he could still kill him in the palace to see Zhao Chen, or go back to the house to see the situation.

Therefore, Yang Yan immediately ordered someone to notify the people and horses behind him, and after three days, he raised a fire near the Shicheng Gate to attack Jiankang. The next day, Yang Yan entered the city with Wang Zhengxing.

After entering the city, as soon as he saw that the rebels were going to attack him at the gate of the city, Yang Yan was a little relieved, which showed that the rebels had not captured the palace yet, because in that case, they should have tricked themselves into the imperial city before they did it.

However, he also guessed that Zong Tianxuan and the others would definitely hide among the soldiers and prepare to ambush him, so he said Zong Tianxuan's name in one mouthful, and sure enough, he immediately felt that someone among the soldiers was shocked, knowing that it was Zong Tianxuan, so Yang Yan immediately took the opportunity to attack Zong Tianxuan. It's just that Yang Yan didn't expect that among the soldiers, there were still two masters hidden behind him, attacking behind him, and they were obviously also the remnant masters in the Tianji Palace.

But after all, Yang Yan took the lead with the economy, and he was castrated, so it was too late to turn back, so he could only move forward. There were two masters behind him, and he only had to face Zong Tianxuan alone, so in the moment of lightning, Yang Yan immediately judged the situation of Chunchu, continued to urge the sword qi, and within a short distance, adjusted himself to the peak state, and the sword rose sharply, striking towards Zong Tianxuan with all his might.

Although being broken by Yang Yan made Zong Tianxuan's mind confused, and judging from the terrifying power of Yang Yan's thunderous blow, Zong Tianxuan knew that he had been belittled of Yang Yan's martial arts before, but Zong Tianxuan's heart was also clear, as long as he could block Yang Yan's blow, Xie Qingfeng and Song Yiren would immediately catch up. With the three of them attacking Yang Yan back and forth, no matter how strong Yang Yan's martial arts are, it is difficult for the three of them to join forces. On the contrary, if he took a step back, it would be possible for Yang Yan to break through the encirclement set up by the rebels, and after he fled into Jiankang City, it would be difficult to take him again.

Zong Tianxuan also made a decision immediately and decided to frame Yang Yan's knife. Therefore, he immediately raised the strength of his whole body to the highest level, and the long sword was unsheathed, and lightning rushed towards Yang Yan's slash.