Li Jing broke through the ambush of Beisha City, killing nearly a thousand in one burst, and the rest were captured. The 2,000 crane army drove directly to the city, and Zhang Dewei was shocked. Summoned the generals, intending to abandon the city and leave.

"Today, Li Jing is powerful, and the stone city and the stone pillar city have fallen on both sides. That Li Jing is not even his opponent in Duli Town, we are difficult to compete, I want to abandon the city and avoid it, I don't know what your opinion is? ”

A subordinate said: "It's better to invest in the town of Duli, in the past, we also allied with them." ”

A lieutenant under the seat said: "By all means, Naduli Town has been defeated and conquered by Li Jing, and both times it was saved by huge indemnities." Now they are too busy to take care of themselves, and they have to marry Wang Pu's daughter and Li Jing as concubines, and they also sent a huge sum of 4 million yuan to make Li Jing truce and stop the war. At this time, they would never offend Li Jing and take us in. What's more, Li Jing is a wolf, and Naduli Town is also a tiger, and they are not kind to us. ”

Another lieutenant also said: "Li Jing is a tiger, but Wang Pu is a jackal, if he goes to defect, he will definitely be swallowed up." In my opinion, it is better to take the initiative to give in to Li Jing. As long as the city lord sends a letter to Li Jing to express his submission, and then sends a certain amount of money, food, and silk, Beisha City can be guaranteed. ”

Zhang Dewei sighed and drooped his head: "If I descend to Li Jing, I'm afraid that he won't let me." ”

The captain said: "It's not that the lord really wants to surrender, we said in the book that the surrender is just a step for Li Jing to retreat." If we are weak, but Beisha City is a mountain city, strong and dangerous, Li Jing really wants to attack, we just need to hold on, even if he can take it, he will have to break a few teeth. Judging from the fact that Li Jing defeated Duli Town and was willing to negotiate peace with them, Li Jing was a cautious person, if he was not completely sure. He was not willing to take the risk of attacking the city lightly. On the one hand, we surrendered to Li Jing. Conveying money and silk. While sticking to the city and holding on behind closed doors, Li Jing will retreat. ”

Zhang Dewei hurriedly said: "Those things will be handed over to Captain Guo to personally go out and send a letter to Li Jing." ”

The two lieutenants were a pair of brothers, Guo Zhenshan and Guo Zhenhai, both in their twenties, and they were the children of a large Han clan in Beisha City. Since childhood, he has been practicing martial arts diligently and is familiar with military books. Not only does he have a good ability to ride and shoot. He is also familiar with the art of war and tactics, although he is young, but the brothers are from good backgrounds, and their skills are also strong, although they are young, they each lead a battalion of soldiers and horses. This time, Zhang Dewei sent troops to Qingni City, and the brothers stayed in the city. Last night the king went to war, and they also advised him to be careful, but the king did not listen, so there was such a great defeat.

The brothers did not shirk either. went straight down the mountain to see Li Jing and said, "After Zhang Dewei's defeat." Killing people indiscriminately, there is chaos in Beisha City at the moment, and the people are all there. My two brothers had heard of General Ji Yu's prestige, and they knew that General Lu Dao was benevolent and lived in peace under his rule. Now we can't bear to see the city of Beisha destroyed in the flames of war, and the people suffer. He is willing to defect to the general and drive for the general. ”

Li Liang said on the side: "How do we know if you came to deceive you?" ”

Guo Zhenshan said: "We came just to tell the general about this." I would like to stay and let my brother Zhenhai go back. We have already made a plan and contacted some lieutenant generals and colonels who are dissatisfied with Zhang Dewei, so that we can launch an attack and capture Zhang Dewei alive in the near future. At that time, there was no need for the general to intervene, we just wanted to take the city of Beisha and present it to the general. The general only needs to promise that after winning the city, he will not embarrass the people in the city. ”

Li Jing pondered for a moment and said happily: "It is really fortunate to have the help of two generous generals. As long as you can take the city of Beisha, I promise not to infringe on the people of Beisha at that time. And as long as it is done, I should pay the two of you heavily, the position of the lord of the new city of Beisha City, and I can also appoint one of your brothers to fill it. ”

Guo Zhenhai looked excited, and was about to agree with a smile, Guo Zhenshan, who was standing next to him, saw that several generals wearing armor beside Li Jing were looking at them coldly, and his heart was in a pang at the moment, and he immediately reached out and gently pulled his brother's shirt. Preemptively said: "The general has benefited, my brother is just a junior colonel in the first army, because he can't bear the suffering of the people in the city, he came to ask for his life, and he is willing to contribute, how dare he covet the position of the city lord." ”

Guo Zhenhai also heard the words of the eldest brother at this time, and hurriedly said: "What the elder brother said is that after Beisha City is captured, it will be dedicated to the general." I wait for my brothers, only willing to follow the general and the queen from now on, only the horse is the first to see. ”

The big clan in Beisha City of the Guo family saw that Zhang Dewei was losing his troops and losing his generals, and Beisha City was not protected. At this time, how can he still be willing to continue to follow Zhang Dewei to stay on the same broken ship that is about to sink. Thinking about it, the only way to go to Li Jing is to go to Li Jing. Even Duli Town bowed to Li Jing, Qingni City has been attached to Li Jing, their Guo family is just a big clan in Beisha City, but it is nothing in Liaodong. With Li Jing's momentum now, following Li Jing is also a good way back. However, it is not so easy to attach to Li Jing, and after thinking about it, it is best to launch a mutiny and capture Beisha City as a gift to Li Jing.

The Guo family has this strength, Zhang Dewei lost his troops and came back, but he made a stupid move, the Hu soldiers in the Great Purge Army, and the Hu people in the city. It made people panic, for hundreds of years, since the time of Goguryeo, Beisha City has long been a mixed population of various ethnic groups. By now, the relationship between marriages and marriages between various ethnic groups has long been unclear. Zhang Dewei killed Hu, but it made those Tang people who had an intricate relationship with Hu people panic.

After the 5,000 soldiers and horses were wiped out last night, there are still more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city, but there are only four or five thousand real veterans among them. Among them, Guo Zhenhai's brothers each led a battalion of 1,000 people, and many lieutenant colonels and lieutenants in the army were also dissatisfied with Zhang Dewei and wanted to find another wharf. There was a plan for Sima's father Guo Cheng'an in Beisha City, and things did not hinder much. The key is whether they can get Li Jing's support after they capture Beisha City. Guo Cheng'an was scheming and thought that Li Jing had swallowed Qingni City, but even if he dedicated Beisha City to Li Jing, he would not have enough men to take over this place for a while, and he would have to hand over Beisha City to them to manage at that time. At that time, the Guo family will still be able to ensure that their status remains unchanged, and they can even take the opportunity to improve.

Li Jing was very satisfied with the attitude of Guo Zhenhai's brothers, and ordered a banquet to entertain the two, and Li Jing did not leave one of them as a hostage, but personally sent the two out of the camp.

Li Juyi said: "I'm afraid that what these two people said is not all the truth." ”

Li Jing chuckled: "It doesn't matter if he is true or not, let's just wait and see what happens." If there is real civil strife in Beisha City, it will be a good thing for us regardless of who wins or loses. Wouldn't it be better if the Guo family really took Beisha City and dedicated it to us? If they take the city of Beisha, they want to defend themselves. It was after civil strife. They are weaker. And how can you resist us? He chuckled. Originally, he was only going to come to Beisha City to extort a sum of money, and he would go back to Da Xie Yan after knocking and knocking them, but he didn't expect that there would be such an unexpected joy. ”

On the same day, after Brother Guo Zhenshan returned to Beisha City, he said to Zhang Dewei that under the persuasion of my brother, Li Jing had reluctantly agreed to our conditions. He said that as long as I surrender three thousand horses in Beisha City. and 100,000 stone of grain, he did not blame the past and retired from the army. And in order to show his sincerity, he had already taken the initiative to retreat fifty miles.

Zhang Dewei sent scouts to investigate, and after the scouts investigated, they reported that Li Jing had indeed retreated and stationed fifty miles away. The other troops and horses that were scattered to suppress the bandits also returned to the division together and retreated fifty miles.

Although I heard that the conditions of three thousand war horses and one hundred thousand stone grain were very harsh, they could add up, and they were only worth seven or eight hundred thousand yuan, although the flesh was painful. But it's worth it to get the money back to Beisha City. Zhang Dewei immediately ordered the city to prepare 3,000 horses and 100,000 stone grain, but he still felt a little heartbroken. But he didn't dare to bargain with Li Jing's conditions. After the end, he directly ordered all the rich families in the city to pay 1,000 yuan per family, and ordinary people to pay 1,000 yuan per household, so as to loot to make up for their losses.

Guo Chengan nodded excitedly after hearing his two sons report on the meeting with Li Jing in the mansion. "Li Jing has already agreed, so there will be no worries about this matter. Today, Zhang Dewei didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and he actually ordered to loot money from the whole city, wanting to make up for his losses. He did us a lot of help by doing this perversely. Today, he ordered, and dozens of other families that were still hesitant had already sent people to agree to participate in the event. ”

In the evening of the same day, Guo Chengan held a banquet in the mansion, inviting Zhang Dewei, the generals of Beisha City, and the heads of major families and other prominent people to the banquet to celebrate the resolution of the crisis in Beisha City. At the banquet, Guo Chengan invited Maiji Kabuki, and there were countless delicacies and wines. kept persuading Zhang Dewei and the generals to drink, and in the middle of the banquet, Zhang Dewei was already half drunk, and the other generals were also in a similar situation.

Brother Guo Zhenhai reported softly to Guo Chengan, "Everything is ready, Zhang Dewei's guards are all drunk with the wine they were sent. My eldest brother and I have already surrounded this place, ready to do anything. ”

Guo Chengan nodded: "Okay, I have ambushed two hundred family members with knives and axes in the wings on both sides. After a while, I smashed the cup, and the knife and axe hand immediately came in and killed Zhang Dewei and the generals. Your brother is responsible for dealing with the guards of Zhang Dewei and others. After succeeding, according to the plan, with the families of other families and the soldiers and horses in their hands, they separately captured the four gates and the warehouse, the government barracks, etc., and if they encountered resistance, they just killed them. ”

Zhang Dewei was half drunk, and when he saw Guo's father and son talking, he shouted: "Guo Changshi, come, let's continue to drink, this wine of your family is really delicious, but it is a bit top."

Guo Chengan stepped forward and said with a smile: "It's not a secret, this wine is called Wuliang Jade Liquid, and it is said to be the tribute imperial wine drunk by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty today." ”

"Oh, you can even get the imperial wine of the Son of Heaven, why don't you send me some." Zhang Dewei was slightly drunk and said with some dissatisfaction.

Guo Chengan chuckled: "This wine was given to the old man by Li Jing and given to the city lord, but I am afraid that the city lord will not dare to accept it." After speaking, regardless of the frightened look on Zhang Dewei's face, the white porcelain wine glass in his hand fell heavily to the ground.

The beautiful white porcelain glass is torn apart on the ground, and there is a mellow aroma unique to fine wine.

Drop the cup!

I only heard countless heavy footsteps suddenly surging outside the hall, the door of the hall was slammed open, and a team of Guo family members wearing iron armor and holding spears and horizontal knives rushed in. Zhang Dewei understood what was happening, but when he turned around, Guo's father was gone.

There was an exclamation in the hall, and many people who had already known about the matter had already stood to the side, and the rest of the people were still drunk and couldn't understand the situation. One of the generals was half-drunk and said, "Guards, where are the guards!" ”

In response, he was greeted by a whistling white feather arrow, piercing through the open mouth with a puddle of blood from the back of his head.

"Woohoo!" Arrows continued, and one after another the generals fell.

Those of the clan who did not participate in the mutiny were also targeted, and were shot to death by the archers one by one. The incident happened suddenly, and they were all half drunk, so how could this happen. I want to resist and escape, but I can't even take steady steps when I'm drunk, and how can I escape.

In a few breaths, twenty or thirty of the hundreds of people in the hall had fallen. Zhang Dewei was slapped in the face by the Guo family's family, his lips were cracked, his teeth were broken, and the whole person fell to the ground, and he was quickly tied up by several family members with cowhide ropes.

The rest of the people either died or reacted and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Guo Chengan reappeared at this time, looked at the people in one place, waved his hand, and made them all tied up. Looking at Zhang Dewei, whose face was swollen like a pig's head, Guo Chengan chuckled: "Hold it up and send more people to guard it, this is a good gift for General Li Jing, but you can't miss it." ”

Zhang Dewei had already woken up at this time, and the sharp pain on his face made half of his face numb. He glared at Li Jing angrily and shouted: "Guo Cheng'an, Lao Tzu has always treated you and your Guo family well, how dare you treat me like this." ”

"No way, who made you mess with someone you can't mess with, and now you also put us in danger of being burned by you. So, for our safety, I have to be sorry for you. ”

Beisha City was in chaos at this time, Guo Zhenhai and Guo Zhenshan brothers, mainly with two battalions of soldiers and horses, launched a mutiny, as well as many other officers and some of their subordinates who participated in the mutiny, as well as private soldiers and family members who participated in the family. According to the plan that had been predetermined, they raided the military camps, as well as the city gates and the treasury warehouses.

In the various military camps in the city, most of the main generals were invited to participate in the Guo family's night banquet, and many of them were newly recruited this time. After being raided, the reaction was chaotic and all kinds of battles were fought. Some resisted desperately, some surrendered immediately, and some fled in all directions.

There were many chaotic soldiers, people and ruffians, etc., who took the opportunity to cause chaos, looted and committed adultery, arson and robbery. The entire town of Metropolitan was in chaos, with shouts of killing and firelight everywhere.

The chaos did not end until after dawn, and under the light of the morning sun, the streets and alleys of Beisha City on the top of the Great Black Mountain were littered with corpses. Bands of rebels with strips of white cloth tied around their arms were clearing the last of the resisters from the worst of the resistance. Some people began to come out with buckets to help put out the burning houses, while others were summoned to clean the city and carry the corpses.

In the Beisha City Lord's Mansion, Guo Zhenshan and Guo Zhenhai, who were covered in blood, strode into the hall and excitedly said to their father, who was sitting on Zhang Dewei's seat in the past: "Father, Beisha City is already ours. ”

Guo Chengan stood up from the city lord's seat, glanced back at the city lord's throne with some reluctance, and said, "No, Beisha City is now Li Jing's." (To be continued......)