Tong Guan led an army of 500,000 people from Huaixi to Tokyo in a mighty manner. The place he passed was completely silent. The army of 500,000 people felt very oppressive, although most of them were surrendered soldiers in rags. , but the queue stretching for dozens of miles is still too scary.
Tong Guan kept the marching speed very slow. He wanted to show off his achievements and make himself the number one in the Song Dynasty army.
Tong Guan had always wanted to conquer Yanyun through the Northern Expedition, but there were always objections from the court, who believed that it was not appropriate to fall out with the Liao Kingdom at this time, saying that he could not fight off the wolves to attract tigers because his lips were dead and his teeth were cold.
But Tong Guan didn't want to care about that. He just wanted to regain Yanyun, become a king, and become the number one soldier in the Song Dynasty for a century.
Now this opportunity has come. The four major bandits rebelled against the troubled times, and the imperial court tried its best to encircle and suppress them. However, he was the only one among the four armies who succeeded, and he also captured an army of 400,000 people. If you don't build momentum at this time, when will you build momentum?
Tong Guan's army walked for a whole month before arriving in Tokyo from Huaixi. When Tong Guan came back, the whole of Tokyo was boiling. Tong Guan's return finally suppressed the assassin's turmoil.
The gates of Tokyo City were opened wide, and hundreds of officials went out to welcome the triumphant army.
The emperor had not come. The emperor who had just been assassinated would never leave the palace at this time. After a month of searching, there was still no trace of the assassin's whereabouts.
The eunuch came forward with the imperial edict, and Tong Guan quickly dismounted his horse. The generals and soldiers behind him knelt down quickly, and all the officials also knelt down to listen to the edict.
After the eunuch read out the imperial edict, Tong led the edict into the palace. The Tokyo Forbidden Army came out of the city and controlled the army. The prisoners brought back by Tong Guan would definitely not be allowed to enter the city. If the 400,000 rogue bandits made trouble, the whole of Tokyo would be turned upside down.
Tong Guan entered the palace all the way, and hundreds of officials also arrived at the palace. Today the emperor will hold a banquet in the palace to celebrate.
"Oh, the palace is so small, it's not interesting at all!"
Zhao Ji looked at the boring and monotonous palace and sighed. He finally recovered from the shock of the assassination, but now he is equivalent to being imprisoned in the palace. He has not visited Long Live Mountain for a long time, and he has not gone to Fanzhou again. The building is chic.
"My lord, Tong Guan pays homage to Your Majesty!"
Tong Guan, who was dressed in armor, knelt down and worshiped Zhao Ji.
"Pingsheng, Tong Aiqing is finally back."
Looking at Tong Guan who looked heroic and martial, Zhao Ji nodded with satisfaction. Tong Guan was also his favorite. Over the years, he had been entrusting military matters to Tong Guan, and Tong Guan had never let him down.
"Your Majesty, I heard that Your Majesty was assassinated. I wonder if the mastermind was caught?"
Tong Guan looked at Zhao Ji and asked.
"A bunch of trash. It's been a month and no one has been caught yet. I can't leave the palace or go to Long Live Mountain!"
When he heard about the assassin, Zhao Ji's face turned pale, and his unhappy things were brought back to mind.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to catch the thief!"
Tong Guan immediately said that he had people in Tokyo. He had already known the plans of Cai You and Gao Qiu. It was not that he was unwilling to destroy Tian Hu and Sun Lei, but that he needed to figure it out for the future. Yan Yun makes preparations.
"Okay, you go catch the thief!"
Zhao Ji was overjoyed. What worried him most now was not the rebellion of bandits, but the assassins hiding in the shadows. The existence of these people prevented him from leaving the palace.
This is the most terrible thing. As a big player among the emperors, not being able to leave the palace is equivalent to killing him. Long Live Mountain, Fan Tower, and lively markets are all things he can't live without.
This momentary change made Cai You and Gao Qiu's faces turn pale. They were blocked by Tong Guan before they could speak.
Taiyuan Prefecture.
Sun Lei was lying on the bench in the courtyard of the government office bored. Since the last war, Tian Bao escaped and Zhong Shidao retreated to Fenyang, and the war ended like this.
Boring, really boring. Sun Lei hasn't felt so bored in a long time. In the past, there was always something going on in Liangshanbo, big and small. He hasn't been so idle for a long time.
"Brother, if you feel bored, you can go to the city and have a look. Taiyuan Mansion has recovered a lot now."
Deng Fei seemed to see what Sun Lei was thinking and said.
"Forget it, we can't have too much interaction with the people here. We have to leave sooner or later and we can't harm them."
Sun Lei shook his head. This is not Liangshanbo. Once they leave, the people who are close to them will definitely suffer. So Sun Lei keeps everyone away from the people these days, not like in Liangshanbo.
"Then the younger brother and the others will accompany the elder brother out of the city for hunting!"
Jiao Ting said, since you can't go shopping in the city, then go out of the city. There are many mountains nearby because it is too far away. It is autumn now and the wild animals are fat and suitable for hunting.
"Okay, let's go out to the city to hunt and gather the army!"
Sun Lei became interested as soon as he heard this. Lying in the city was really boring. As a villain, he entered the city and neither killed people, set fire, nor raped and plundered. This was so strange. Then he could only go out to hunt in the city and pretend to be a playboy. .
Not long after, Sun Lei led Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Sun An, Tang Bin, Zhang Qing, Sui Sheng, Jiao Ting, Ou Peng, Deng Fei, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng and three thousand cavalry to clear the city.
Xiao Jiasui, Li Zhu, Qiao Daoqing, Shi Xiu, and Hao Siwen were left to guard the city.
At the same time, Qinyuan.
"Tell me, what bad idea did you come up with? Now Sun Lei has taken over Taiyuan!"
Tian Hu roared at Fang Xuedu. The table in front of him was overturned, and the dishes were shattered on the floor.
"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter if he occupies Taiyuan. Again, he can't stay in Taiyuan Mansion forever."
Fang Xuedu said without changing his expression, Sun Lei will leave after all.
"I'm very surprised. Why did the second king conflict with Sun Lei? Sun Lei came to help in the fight. He was very calm all the way. Why did he suddenly change his temper when he arrived at Taiyuan Mansion?"
Fang Xuedu looked at Tian Bao and Zhang Xiong and said. After Tian Bao and Zhang Xiong escaped back, they kept emphasizing that Sun Lei was not really helping the fight, but was here to grab territory.
It’s okay to deceive Tian Hu with such words. Anyone with a discerning eye will know it’s a lie. No matter how stupid Sun Lei is, he won’t lead 10,000 people to run thousands of miles away to grab territory.
"Sun Lei became arrogant as soon as he arrived at Taiyuan Prefecture. He asked us to hand over Taiyuan Prefecture. How could we be willing? So a conflict broke out!"
Zhang Xiong said immediately.
"Zhang Dianshuai, is this really what happened?"
Fang Xuedu looked at Zhang Xiong with suspicion. He knew Zhang Xiong's character very well. If Zhang Xiong said this, it would prove that there must be something wrong.
Tian Hu had already calmed down at this time, and he understood somewhat when Jingfang Xuedu asked him. Sun Lei had promised well in Qinyuan, but why did he change when he went to Taiyuan?
"Honestly!"
Tian Hu glared at Tian Bao fiercely. He knew this younger brother best and it must have been their fault.
Tian Bao didn't dare to see Tian Hu, so he could only tell everything honestly when he was asked like this. In fact, these things couldn't be hidden. There were many people who came back from Taiyuan together, and they could always find out the reason after questioning.
"Idiot! Why did you keep Sun Lei out of the city? He is here to help! You don't know who Sun Lei is? If you provoke him, he will definitely not let it go!"
Tian Hu felt that he was going to be pissed to death by this stupid brother, and the reinforcements who were doing well were turned into enemies.
