I saw that the corpses outside Shanyang City were piled up, and after the blood flowing all over the ground coagulated, the green grass was dyed black and mottled. And Shanyang City has opened its gates, and the rogue who is lucky to be alive is kneeling on the ground like a tired man, and the balloon like a singing opera in his mouth spares his life.

At first, Sun Ah Si was worried that these evil rogues were cheating, so he first sent someone to bring a few leaders back and interrogate them in person.

As a result, the weak and thin leader quickly recounted the events of last night.

It turned out that last night, the fifth battalion of Gezuo in the city made a disturbance because of the competition for food, and soon this turmoil spread outside the city, and finally it was out of control. In fact, it is no longer a matter of one or two days for the fifth battalion of Gezuo to run out of food, these days it has been taking turns to supply limited food to each battalion, if it is a battalion with a slightly worse background, I am afraid that it will not be able to share a meal of food for six or seven days, so it can only dig wild vegetables nearby, and the battalion next to the canal can also catch a few fish in the river to feed the hunger.

However, no food is not a long-term solution after all, but I didn't expect the camp to be so terrible.

Last night, the rebels inside and outside the city were like crazy, killing people when they saw them, cutting them when they saw people, and grabbing women was a way to vent. The dissatisfaction accumulated in my heart for several days turned into anger and was vented. Only a small number of homeless people sneaked away before the camp Xiao was lucky not to be affected by the camp Xiao.

"What about your leaders?

The little leader howled twice: "No one has seen the big leader since the camp was in turmoil. The big leader in his mouth refers to the old Hui Hui Ma Shouying.

Lao Huihui did not know whether he was alive or dead in the roar of the camp, and his elite collapsed, and this rogue who ravaged half of China ceased to exist.

After Sun Ah Si learned that there was no cat in the city, he immediately ordered the capture of Shanyang. As soon as he entered Shanyang, the strong blood and stench almost made him faint. There is little place to stand on the streets of the city.

After Sun A's four subordinates ordered people to control the city gate, they led people deep into the city, and only by occupying the state and county yamen can this city be completely recovered, but such a dead city, is there any difference between recovering it or not?

As he went deeper into the city, Sun Ah Si found that the description of the little leader had shrunk, and the city was not only killing, but had even reached the point of cannibalism, and on several charcoal fires that had not been extinguished, there were clearly human limb fragments, and the burnt smell of the skin and flesh made him instinctively swallow the increased water. But soon, he felt a wave of nausea.

In this night, I don't know how many people were killed and how many people were eaten in Shanyang City. Not far away, several houses have already started a raging fire, and there is a tendency to spread to the left.

The few people led by Sun Asi were not enough to put out the fire, so they had to watch and prepare to go to the state and county yamen to see if there would be any new gains. But soon, the smoke and dust in the city quickly filled the city, and there were more than one fire in the city, and as it gradually ignited, the scale became larger and larger.

At this time, Sun Ah Si realized the danger, if he didn't withdraw as soon as possible, he might be burned to death in this ghost town.

Compared with the north, the streets of the small city of Jianghuai are narrow, and the wooden roofs and beams are scattered next to each other, as long as one family is on fire, if it is not put out in time, it is likely that one or even several streets will be burned down.

"Let's go, get out quickly, this place can't stay for people!"

Fortunately, they left in time, and they were able to get out of the city gate, and when they looked back at Shanyang City, they saw that the fire was raging, and it was as if the whole city was in a sea of fire.

After a long time, Sun Ah Si breathed a sigh of relief: "It's burned well, it's burned well, this kind of ghost town, if you live in it, can't it be haunted every day!" ”

The news of the burning of Shanyang City soon reached Baoying, and everyone rejoiced at the destruction of the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo. Even Zhang Yingxuan and Chen Kaiyuan couldn't help but get excited. So far, the Three Guards have successfully completed the task ahead of schedule in the plan to open up the Grand Canal, and none of their previous worries have come true.

"Could it be that you and I mistook Li Xin as a person?"

After a long time, Zhang Yingxuan suddenly raised this question, compared to Zhang Yingxuan, who only made a change at this time, Chen Kaiyuan was earlier.

"No matter what, you and I have finally lived up to the trust of the cabinet when we go south this time."

This also means that they are all meritorious people, and they will have great hope of becoming knights when they return. These are not counted, the experience of these days will be an important asset for them in the future when they are promoted.

Chen Kaiyuan is a person who attaches more importance to practical benefits, so although he is also happy, the content of his joy is not the same as Zhang Yingxuan. At this moment, Zhang Yingxuan thought more about the future direction of the imperial court.

But just a moment later, Zhang Yingxuan's brows tightened again, and his face showed an unprecedented look of worry.

"Brother Baomo, Brother Baomo, what's wrong with you?"

"Hey! See the poor dagger, what should come is always coming! ”

Chen Kaiyuan understood that Zhang Yingxuan was worried that once the Grand Canal was opened to the north and south, the imperial court would inevitably liquidate Li Xin, and it was unknown that this might cause unprecedented shocks in the imperial court. The elders and the emperor in Beijing may not know Li Xin's current strength, but the two of them have really gone to Nanjing in person, and Li Xin's ability to recover those scholars who are the best at intrigue has been demonstrated.

Now Zhang Yingxun is worried that the imperial court is not Li Xin's opponent, and if he suffers a loss in his hands, how will it end in the future? Chen Kaiyuan thought about it, but felt that this matter might be the opposite of Zhang Yingxuan's judgment.

"Everyone in the world says that Li Xin is arrogant, but in the eyes of the younger brother, it may not be true, maybe Li Xin will admit some dumb losses."

At this time, Zhang Yingxuan suddenly straightened his slightly hunched waist.

"You! still regards Li Xin as a person who schemes and deceives. With his character, he is only afraid that people will treat each other politely, if anyone dares to make trouble without anything, I am afraid that he will die to the end! ”

The two of them had different speculations about Li Xin, and in the end they failed to form a unified opinion.

Early the next morning, all the personnel of the Three Guards Army marched in Baoying and went to Shanyang. Chen Kaiyuan and Zhang Yingxuan are also among them.

Mi Yan looked north of the Huai River, and the opposite side was still lifeless, and there was still no atmosphere of a decisive battle for the army. And now that seven days have passed since Shanyang was burned, no matter how slow Lu Xiangsheng's march is, there will not be any movement at all. He was keenly aware that something must have gone wrong.

That night, Mi Yan went to see Zhang Yingxuan and Chen Kaiyuan for the first time.

Chen and Zhang were confused about Mi Yan's arrival. Mi Yan, on the other hand, was not ambiguous at all and went straight to the point.

"Has there ever been any news from Shandong?"

"What? Is there anything wrong? ”

Zhang Yingxuan smelled an unusual smell from Miyan's culture.

"The Lu Pavilion Department uses troops like a god, according to common sense, it should have been fought to Qinghe and the Three Guards Army a long time ago, but now Huaibei has not moved......"

Speaking of this, he no longer spoke, but what was hinted at, Zhang Yingxuan and Chen Kaiyuan were clear.

But neither of them knew anything, and certainly couldn't help much.

After leaving the residence of Zhang and Chen, Mi Yan went straight back to his Chinese military tent and held a military meeting overnight.

"Early tomorrow morning, cross the river north and attack the Qing River!"

Originally, Lu Xiangsheng and Li Xin agreed that the two sides would take the Huai River as the boundary, Huainan would be returned to Li Xin, and Huaibei would be returned to Lu Xiangsheng to fight, so Mi Yan let go of the possibility of delaying the fighter plane and attacked the south bank of the Huai River. Now, he realized that something must have happened north of the Huai River, since this is the case, there is no need to wait any longer, for the success of this battle, even if the emperor Lao'er comes, he will not be able to prevent the Three Guards from crossing the Huai River.

The army bypassed Hongze Lake, landed from Caowan, and made a bend to the city of Qinghe, which surprised the Liukou of the 5th Battalion of Gezuo, who was desperately defending the canal. However, it was too late to regret it, and the cannon fire of the Three Guards completely shattered everyone's hope of luck.

Qinghe County went down two days, and the rogues in the city surrendered unconditionally, they just wanted to survive. Now Huaibei is going crazy, because the old Hui resistance officers and soldiers are too ruthless, they are blocked in the city by the Three Guards, and even the city and people are burned clean with a fire.

Da Yu burned for seven days and seven nights in a row, and even now you can still see rolling black clouds in the sky south of the Huai River.

This is the notoriety and benefits brought by the accidental fire in Shanyang to the Three Guards. In any case, the infamy of the Three Guards has always been a lot in the imperial court, and now it is the first time that they can get real benefits because of their infamy.

However, after interrogating the captives, Miyan received shocking news.

The emperor had already recalled Lu Xiangsheng seven days ago, and replaced him with Yang Sichang, who had previously escorted him to the capital to be convicted.

Now the armies of the two sides are gathered on both sides of the Grand Canal in the Taoyuan section, waiting for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle.

After hearing the news, Zhang Yingxuan almost vomited blood in anger, although he instinctively did not believe the news he got from the prisoner's mouth, but the trend of reality supported this statement.

Chen Kaiyuan is also like a mourner, he and Zhang Yingxuan both rely on Lu Xiangsheng to be reused, and now Yang Sichang has replaced Lu Xiangsheng, this person has a lot of disagreements with Lu Xiangsheng, how can they be treated fairly after today? It seems that this credit has also flown away.

In addition, replacing Lu Xiangsheng with Yang Sichang, who wanted to oppose Lu, was a punitive official promotion and transfer for Lu Xiangsheng himself.

And what did the emperor think, why did he change generals at the critical moment when Lu Xiangsheng was about to succeed in a battle?

Mi Miyan secretly speculated that behind the appointment and dismissal of officials this time, he couldn't figure out the emperor's true intentions for a long time, and there must have been something in the Jingshi court that he didn't know about, maybe it had happened, but he couldn't see it through.

But from an outsider's point of view, the emperor's move is undoubtedly self-destruction of the Great Wall, and the Ming Dynasty may be terminally ill by the emperor who is stubborn and self-serving.

And just when he felt confused, Li Xin rushed to Qinghe overnight, and the news he got was first-hand news from Jingshi, Lu Xiangsheng was convicted!