These old Manichaean brothers, though faithful to themselves, were too short-sighted. A scholar is a scholar, and his vision is really different from this group of old men, and it is not unreasonable that there is an old saying in the Song Dynasty called "sharing the world with scholars". It seems that he still needs to allocate more readers, that is, after winning the world, if he wants to govern the world well, he still has to use more and more scholars to do it. Didn't someone say, 'Win the world immediately, Ma Da rule the world'? Zhong Ziang's heart will also have such thoughts from time to time.

During this period of time, Jiang Yiju, who was proficient in etiquette, became Zhong Ziang's closest person. Naturally, the others were not to be outdone, and went back every night to study the scriptures and find out the ceremonies held by the sages and famous monarchs when they ascended the throne, and as a result, more than 50 procedures were designed for Zhong Ziang's coronation ceremony, so that the entire enthronement ceremony took more than four hours. made Zhong Ziang feel that the ceremony of succeeding the sect leader in the past was like a child's house.

As soon as he saw Zhao Cao, Zhong Ziang greeted him with a big smile and said, "King Ming, you are also back." It is rare for the brothers in the church to gather together, and I will order the people to hold a feast, and we will all have a good drink tomorrow night. ”

Zhao Cao said: "Respect the order, sect leader."

Zhong Ziang smiled slightly and said, "Tomorrow is the enthronement ceremony, if there is anything special to pay attention to, let Director Jiang explain to everyone, I will go back to rest first, and we will get together in the evening." With that, Zhong Ziang turned around and walked towards the inner hall. Zhao Cao looked at Zhong Ziang's distant back, and suddenly found that Zhong Ziang seemed to have changed a lot.

Jiang Yiju arched his hand and smiled: "Everyone, in fact, there is nothing special to pay attention to tomorrow, just listen to the An faction below." But tomorrow, you can no longer be called the master, everyone should be called the king, this see etiquette also has to be changed, I will teach you how to perform tomorrow, this point you must remember, tomorrow can not make a mistake. ”

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On the tenth day of the seventh month, the time of the child. Five miles outside Pingdan Post City.

All the Song armies lurked outside the Pingdan Post City with scriptures, but because it was a night raid, the Song army did not bring tower cars, kicking ladders, crashes and other large siege equipment, only brought some ordinary ladders, and now wait for the fire in the city, and then immediately start attacking the city.

It turned out that Yang Yan had already arranged that Xie Yuanqing's caravan set off on the fifth day of the seventh month to go to the area occupied by the Manichaeism, this time it was all dressed up by the strong martial arts among the disciples of the Huang family, and led by Ling Xiang and Huang Zhengping. In order to create a good opportunity for the Song army to attack the city.

At the end of the shift, the sky is full of stars tonight, and there is a waning moon hanging on the earth. As far as the eye can see, the city tower of Pingdanyi is brightly lit, and dozens of guards are sparsely standing, walking back and forth lazily.

However, now that the appointed time is approaching, there seems to be no movement in the city, and the people waiting outside the city are a little anxious at this time. Chen Dong and Zhang Shiyan paced back and forth, rubbing their hands from time to time. Cao Xun and Gao Zhen couldn't stop muttering, and Huang Mingxia was even more uneasy in her heart, because the people who sneaked into the city were her closest people, and if they cared, they were chaotic, and at this time they were even more unstable and restless. Although Yang Yan's face remained calm, he was actually a little uneasy in his heart.

Qi Dazhu also lurked outside the city with the White Army, and he was very excited. Finally, when it was time to send troops, I could finally avenge the villagers, and the hand holding the big knife was full of sweat.

There was still silence inside and outside the city, only the sound of the wind and the whining of frogs.

Yang Yan looked up at the sky, thinking that he had reached the first change. At this moment, the color of the dark blue sky on the top of Pingdan Post City seemed to change, gradually becoming clearer and clearer, turning into a clear red, illuminating half of the sky. The soldiers at the head of the city also seemed to become panicked, scurrying back and forth like headless flies.

As soon as Yang Yan saw it, he knew that Ling Xiang had succeeded in the city, and immediately ordered an attack. At this time, Zhang Shiyan and Chen Dong had been waiting impatiently, and as soon as they heard Yang Yan's order to attack, they immediately led their men and horses to separate up and kill the east and west gates of Pingdan Post City.

It turned out that this time Ling Xiang brought a total of more than 120 people, set up more than 20 carriages to pretend to be Xie Yuanqing's caravan, and entered Pingdan Post on the eighth day of the seventh month, although the number of people was much larger than before, but because they usually entered the Manichaean area to do business, this time under the pretext of celebrating Zhong Ziang's claim to be king, and handed over a few door bags, so the defenders of Pingdan Post did not doubt them at all, and they were very enthusiastic.

On the night of the ninth day of the first lunar month, Ling Xiang immediately began to arrange, arranging an ambush of fifty people in the east and west cities, preparing to meet the Song army besieging the city, and the remaining twenty or so people filled the carriage with fire-starters, first set a fire on the inn where they lived, and then set each carriage on fire. The horses pulling the carts were so frightened that they scurried around the city, causing fires in many places, and the city was in turmoil.

However, the leaders of Manichaeism have all returned to Guizhou to participate in Zhong Ziang's enthronement ceremony, and now the highest guard in the county town is a Manichaean altar master named Du Yi, who is stationed in the city with several incense masters. Usually it's okay to have nothing to do, but as soon as there is an accident, they are immediately at a loss, and Du Yi himself panicked first.

The distance of four or five miles was not long coming, and the Song army quickly rushed to the edge of the city wall, and immediately set up a wooden ladder to begin the siege. When the defenders of the city saw it, they hurriedly met the battle. One side has been waiting for a long time and is well prepared, while the other side is rushing to the battle and taking care of the other. The two sides were not at all a one-level contest, so although the Song army attacked the city with ordinary wooden ladders, many Song troops soon stepped onto the city wall and engaged in fierce battles with Manichaean soldiers.

And the disciples of the Huang family, who had been lurking in the city in advance, would suddenly kill out at this time, shouting: "The Song army has entered the city, and they have all entered the city." "On the one hand, he killed the city gate, opened the gate and locked it, and let the Song army enter the city.

The Manichaean army was already flustered, uncertain, and did not know how many Song troops had entered the city, so they suddenly lost their fighting spirit and found a way to escape. The disciples of the Huang family who had infiltrated the city took the opportunity to open the city gate and let the Song army enter the city.

As soon as Yang Yan saw that the Song army had successfully attacked the city gate, he immediately ordered Huang Mingxia and Liu Tianbiao to lead the men and horses into the city. Huang Mingxia had been waiting impatiently for a long time, and when she heard Yang Yan's order, she pulled out the lancet and rushed out first. Qi Dazhu also held a long-handled thick-backed machete high, followed her, and rushed towards Pingdanyi. Most of the members of the Guangxi Army and the White Army were people who had enmity with Manichaeism, and since they formed the army, it was the first time they went into battle.

Qi Dazhu rushed from the city, and happened to encounter a group of defeated troops who escaped from the city tower, Qi Dazhu roared: "Brothers, avenge the villagers?"

As he spoke, he waved his machete and rushed up, "Huh, Huh" two knives, slashing and killing two Manichaean soldiers, and the more than 20 soldiers who followed him were all villagers of Qijia Village, including Qi Dazhu's two uncles, Ji Chengjiang and Ji Chenghe, who also raised their knives and guns and rushed up. There were more than 100 defeated Manichaean troops, but they all thought that they had no fighting spirit, and they were rushed by Qi Dazhu and their 20 people, and they were immediately killed, throwing down dozens of corpses, and scattering and fleeing.

Qi Dazhu was killing to the fullest, and when he saw that the Manichaean army had fled in all directions, he was about to chase after him with a big knife. At this time, Ling Xiang swung his sword and killed, and said, "Qi Dazhu, don't chase these small soldiers, go and capture the county government, the main generals in the county town are all there." ”

Qi Dazhu nodded, and followed Ling Xiang to kill the county government of Pingdanyi. At this time, the Chinese army led by Liu Tianbiao led by the Guangxi Army also killed the county ya, and was fighting fiercely with the Manichaean army at the gate of the county ya. Du Yizheng led the remaining Manichaean men to defend the county office, because they had no way to retreat, so they desperately defended it, and the Song army could not attack it for a while.

At this time, the Tabai army arrived and also joined the battle group. Ling Xiang swung his sword into the crowd, moving his sword like flying, killing several people in one breath. Although the Manichaean army tried their best to resist, the disparity in numbers was too great, and Ling Xiang's martial arts were too strong. Therefore, it was finally invaded by the Song army into the county ya.

Seeing the situation, Du Yi knew that he couldn't escape today, so he raised his knife and roared towards Ling Xiang, Ling Xiang was on the side, dodging the knife, the long executioner slashed horizontally, blood splashed, and Du Yi immediately fell to the ground. The other Manichaean armies were also tenacious, and they all preferred to fight to the death rather than surrender to the Song army. But after all, after all, the general trend has gone, and after a fierce battle, except for a few people who escaped by taking the road, the rest were all killed in the county office.

The Song army captured the county government and completely occupied the Pingdan Station.

"the *** bear." Lei Tongtong spat on the ground fiercely, ignoring the blood stains on the ground, sat on the ground with a fart, and gasped: "This is much more tiring than usual training." ”

Wang Qi took off his helmet, wiped the sweat on his head, and said: "What Yang Shuai said is not wrong, if you practice martial arts well and practice high, you will be able to kill the enemy, otherwise you will be killed by the enemy and give your life in vain." If it had been a few months ago, Lao Tzu would not have survived until now. ”