Under the leadership of Song Jian and Gu Yuan, hundreds of soldiers swarmed into the commander's mansion and hacked Li Linfu and Zhang Jun to death in the blink of an eye.
At the same time, the Tang army prisoners of war, who had been incited by Chang Yuchun to rebel, took advantage of the chaos in the city to secretly open the city gate and let Chang Yuchun's army enter the city.
The Tang troops in the city were fighting each other and had already become a mess. Although they knew that the Sui army was entering the city, they could not organize any effective resistance, and the Sui army easily occupied the entire city. Song Jian, Gu Yuan and others all died in the rebellion. Nearly 10,000 of the 30,000 Tang troops died in the battle, and more than 12,000 were captured.
At the same time, Wang Shichong, who traveled to Hongnong County at night, vigorously purged the pro-Tang Dynasty forces in the city. Yang Hong, the new head of the Yang family in Hongnong, was forced to commit suicide by taking poison.
After Wang Shichong stabilized the situation in Hongnong, he used Li Tang, who had rebelled, to trick the Tang Army's vanguard general Li Xiaoji into taking advantage of the situation. Finally, he broke through the front of the Tang Army and captured and killed more than 4,000 Tang soldiers.
Successful reports came frequently in the battle of the Central Plains, which made Yang Gao secretly relieved and began to shift his focus to Lingnan.
Two days ago, Yue Fei and his son had rushed from Xingyang County to Wu County, took over the 50,000 troops who had come to protect their children in Jiangnan, and marched to Lingnan at starry night.
Wang Shouren had led 15,000 county soldiers to Jian'an County on the border of Lingnan Road more than 20 days ago. Judging by the days, he should have been at war with Hong Xiuquan's Taiping Army by this time.
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Jian'an County, Longxi County.
Hong Xiuquan's vanguard general Wei Changhui led an elite army of 10,000 to De'an Town, twenty miles south of the county seat.
Wei Changhui had just set up camp when the soldiers outside the tent suddenly came to report: "Your Highness the King of the North, the Longxi County Magistrate and the elders and squires from Longxi County are outside the camp asking for an audience."
Wei Changhui was overjoyed when he heard this. The magistrate asked him to see that he was most likely here to surrender. He immediately waved his hand and said, "Please come quickly!"
Not long after, the soldiers led the Longxi County Magistrate into the big tent, knelt down to Wei Changhui and said: "Xiaoguan Longxi County Magistrate Wang Yangming welcomes the arrival of the heavenly army on behalf of the 100,000 people in Longxi County."
Wei Changhui smiled slightly. What he said to welcome the arrival of the heavenly army was nothing more than seeing that his own side was powerful.
However, Wei Changhui is not a reckless man with a simple mind and simple limbs. He knows that such civil servants are indispensable in the world if he wants to win. So he forced out a smile, helped Wang Yangming up and said with a smile: "If Wang County Magistrate can obey the will of heaven and submit to the Kingdom of Heaven, he will surely become a pillar of the Kingdom of Heaven in the future, and glory and wealth will be at your fingertips!"
Wang Yangming said sternly: "His Royal Highness Bei Wang, I am not a person who covets wealth. I just hope that His Highness Bei Wang can restrain military discipline. Then the hundreds of thousands of folks in Longxi County will always remember His Highness Bei Wang's great kindness!"
It turned out that he was afraid that he would massacre the city, but he could ask for orders from the people. It seemed that this magistrate Wang was still useful.
Wei Changhui nodded secretly and said with a straight face: "What did Magistrate Wang say? The mission of our Kingdom of Heaven is to create a world where there is no dispute, no oppression, and people live and work in peace and contentment. How could I violate the mission of the Kingdom of Heaven? Magistrate Wang, you can rest assured!”
Wang Yangming showed an ecstatic expression on his face and bowed respectfully to Wei Changhui, "The King of the North is kind, and I thanked the King of the North for his kindness on behalf of the people of Longxi. After I return, I will give it to the King of Heaven." We built a shrine with King Bei, and let the villagers burn incense and pay homage to express our gratitude to heaven for its kindness in recreating us."
Wei Changhui narrowed his eyes proudly, raised Wang Yangming up with both hands and said with a smile: "County Magistrate Wang is serious about it. I believe that when the God of Heaven sees that Magistrate Wang loves the people so sincerely, he will definitely bless the people of Longxi for their happiness and prosperity!"
Wang Yangming was helped up by Wei Changhui, and he hurriedly raised his hands and said: "Your Highness, King Bei, the army has worked hard all the way. Xiaguan and the folks in Longxi County have prepared hundreds of jars of fine wine for the army. Quan should be able to wash away the dust for the army."
Wei Changhui nodded, "Magistrate Wang is interested. The brothers have been working hard for days, so it would be good to reward the whole army with some fine wine."
Wei Changhui gave the order, and the whole Taiping Army camp burst into cheers. Not long after, the entire military camp was filled with the strong aroma of wine and meat.
As for the interior of Wei Changhui's handsome tent, it was even more beautiful. Wang Yangming specially found a few beauties to accompany Wei Changhui. The words of these charming women had already made Wei Changhui unable to find the north, south, east, and west. He didn't even notice that several squires brought by Wang Yangming had secretly sneaked out of the handsome tent.
After drinking half full, Wei Changhui was in high spirits. Suddenly, there were loud shouts of killing outside the camp. Wei Changhui was so startled that he quickly pushed away the dancers around him, quickly drew his sword and shouted fiercely outside the tent. : "What's going on? Where did the shouting of killing come from?"
A bloody soldier stumbled in and said breathlessly: "General, something bad has happened. Tens of thousands of Sui troops suddenly came outside the camp. The gate of the camp was opened without knowing when. The Sui troops marched all the way." Fighting in."
"Then why are you still standing there? Hurry up and gather your brothers..." Before Wei Changhui finished speaking, he suddenly felt that his head became very heavy, and his limbs suddenly became sore and weak. In an instant, he could not stand still, and he used his sword to He stood up and knelt down.
Mongolian sweat medicine!
Wei Changhui reacted immediately and quickly turned his attention to Wang Yangming who was standing aside, only to see him looking at him with a sneer on his face. He immediately understood everything. He raised his finger tremblingly and pointed at Wang Yangming and said: "You...who are you? How dare you assassinate me?"
Wang Yangming laughed loudly and said: "Wei Changhui, you fool, I am Wang Shouren, the governor of Yangzhou in the Sui Dynasty. You traitors do not understand the destiny, deceive people's hearts, openly rebel, and you will not be punished. I am specially ordered by the emperor. Come to arrest you and other traitors!"
"Wang Shouren, you traitor, I swear to you..." Wei Changhui gritted his teeth and wanted to scold Wang Shouren, but before he could say anything, his vision suddenly went dark and he fell to the ground.
At this time, Wei Changhui's handsome tent was suddenly opened, and a burly man with distinct facial features strode in. He laughed at Wang Shouren and said, "Brother is really powerful. He wiped out Hong Xiuquan's men without any effort." The vanguard army, I admire you so much!"
Wang Shouren smiled slightly and said: "Zhongsi, what are the casualties of our army?"
"Reporting back to brother, most of the rebels in the camp have been knocked down by brother's Menghan wine. Brother Yu led the army into the camp and only encountered sporadic resistance. Unfortunately, only seventeen people were injured and no one was killed."
Rao was Wang Zhongsi, the great general of the Mid-Tang Dynasty who once left a great reputation in history. Now facing such a record, he was in a state of admiration.
