() Ma Teng, Li Xiangru's remonstrance did not sway Geng Bi. In his opinion, since the Qiang people were powerful, the court naturally gave priority to safety. Before the troops from other counties arrived, the troops from Longxi

No matter what, you cannot take the initiative without permission.

And this delay lasted for more than a month, which made the situation in Liangzhou even more serious. Just after the time entered late autumn, the rebel army marched eastward again, and this time their target was not the surrounding small towns.

County, but went straight to Longxi County, the center of Liangzhou.

Even though many horse thieves have been persuaded and began to harass the rebels in an organized way, in the face of absolute strength, the harassment team of less than a thousand people did not have much effect.

Many people died as a result. In this way, when the rebel army entered Longxi County, they had no worries.

After half a month's attack, in late October of the second year of Zhongping, the rebel army reached Jincheng County, an important town in Longxi. Jincheng was the Lanzhou of later generations, and its geographical location was very important. Guarding the west of Longxi County, you could

It is said to be the most important barrier in front of Long County. In order to prevent enemy invasion, there are 30,000 troops stationed here, which should be enough to defend it for a period of time.

But the facts shocked everyone. On the third day when the rebels besieged Jincheng, the Han army defending the city suddenly killed a behead, and then the city gates opened wide. All 30,000 defenders in the city surrendered. When they saw the city

When the defenders came out to surrender with their weapons raised high, the rebel leaders Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou were greatly surprised, and even suspected that it was a deception by the army.

Only when someone recognized that the head of the person who was thrown out of the city was Jincheng Governor Chen Yi, did they believe that the officers and soldiers had indeed left the city to surrender. But a question still bothered them - why did the defenders

How about killing the commander-in-chief and surrendering in Kaicheng when there is a good chance of a battle with him?

This question was answered by a general in his thirties with a red face. This man's surname was Han Yue and his courtesy name was Wenyue. He was a general in Jincheng County. The reason why he did this was

It's for your own safety.

Just a month ago, Han Yue had a bad relationship with the prefect Chen Yi over some trivial matters, and the two parties broke up. At that time, Han Yue did not take this matter to heart. After all, he held military power, even though Chen Yi was the prefect.

I didn't dare to do anything to him. But who knew, at this time, the imperial court suddenly handed over the power of commanding the army to Geng Bi, and Chen Yi, like Geng Bi, got his official position by flattering the eunuchs in the court.

, the relationship between the two has always been good.

In this way, when Geng Bi took control of the military, Chen Yi also rose to the point where he even had the military power in his hands. Han Yue did not take this matter to heart at the time. He had long forgotten that he had a relationship with him some time ago.

There was a quarrel between Chen and Yi. Unexpectedly, he forgot, but the other party did not forget. Just after the rebel army attacked the city, Chen Yi found an excuse to attack him.

Last night, when the exhausted Han Yue, who had commanded the garrison to resist the rebel army's siege all day, went down to the city to rest, a group of officers and soldiers suddenly came up and surrounded him. Han Yue immediately became angry: "You guys

What are you doing? Do you want to rebel?"

At this time, Chen Yi calmly walked out of the crowd and said with an upright face: "Han, please stop pretending. I have fully grasped your collusion with the rebels outside the city and will arrest you without any effort!"

"What did you say?" Han Yue suddenly changed his color, and then he thought of the problem: "You... you are framing me!"

"Framing? If not, why can't you kill the rebels in two days? I can see clearly that you are stalling for time to create opportunities for the rebels outside to break the city!" Chen Yileng

He said in a voice, and then ordered: "Come here, take down Han Yue for me, but if he resists, shoot him without mercy!"

Those officers and soldiers were all Chen Yi's confidants. After hearing his orders, they pounced on Han Yue fiercely without waiting for Han Yue to argue. At this time, Han Yue also knew that the other party was avenging private revenge, so he used some excuse to kill him.

If he killed him himself, he would naturally not just surrender, so he immediately drew his sword and started fighting with the officers and soldiers.

Although Han Yue's martial arts skills were not weak, after working hard all day, and being outnumbered, he was knocked down after a while and was trapped in human hands. Seeing that Han Yue was captured, Chen Yi

He even smiled proudly: "Han Yue, it seems that you really have something in your mind, otherwise why would you fight to the death and resist? Someone will throw him into prison. After the enemy retreats, I will report this to the court and kill him again."

It’s not too late for him!”

Just when Han Yue thought he was going to die, several soldiers took the risk to sneak into the prison in the middle of the night and rescued him. Han Yue, as the guard general of Jincheng for many years, still had a certain status in the army.

Once he was able to escape, he immediately returned to the military camp, gathered his troops, and then launched an attack on the prefect's mansion where Chen Yi was located.

Chen Yi was completely unprepared, and because he had no more capable fighters than Han Yue, he quickly fell into the opponent's hands. At this moment, he realized what a stupid thing he had done. He should have killed Han Yue before

Otherwise, the current situation would not have occurred. But because of Han Yue's reputation in the army and worried that killing him would arouse the dissatisfaction of the sergeants, Chen Yicai temporarily placed Han Yue in custody, but let Han Yue stand up.

"Han Yue, you... how are you doing? Don't forget, I am the prefect of Jincheng designated by the imperial court. If you dare to touch me, you are rebelling and causing chaos. The imperial court will definitely not let you go!" Although he said threatening words, but

He still showed his fierce inner feelings.

Han Yuehan had a face on his face and was also weighing up. The man in front of him had enemies with him several times, and today he almost took his own life. He couldn't stay no matter what, otherwise who knows whether this man would suddenly change the situation.

What about turning it over? But if you kill him, how should you explain it to the court? This puts Han Yue in a dilemma, and he doesn't know what to do for a while.

At this time, a general named Bian Yun reminded him: "Brother Han, our Jincheng may not be able to defend the current situation. If we persist in defending, I am afraid we will also die. Why not..."

Although he didn't finish what he said, Han Yue understood the meaning of his words - he wanted to open the city and surrender. This was indeed the most beneficial approach for him. He was not afraid of being blamed by the court and could save his own life.

, it can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

Over there, Chen Yi also figured out the key, and his expression suddenly changed: "Brother Han, General Han, you... you must never betray the imperial court. Don't forget that the reason why you

Today, it's all the court..." He didn't say anything, Han Yue's knife had already been slashed on Ke's neck, and the rest of his words turned into a scream.

Killing Chen Yi with a knife, the evil look on Han Yue's face suddenly increased. He glanced at the officers and soldiers around him: "Everyone has seen that I, Han Yue, did such a thing out of helplessness! Since I have already

There is no way to survive, so we rebel! If you want to save your life, please come with me and surrender. If you don't want to surrender, I will never force you!"

All the soldiers were already leaning towards the general Han Yue, and seeing the murderous intent of Han Yue, they knew that if they refused, they would end up in a bad way, so they all said that they were willing to open the city and surrender. After daybreak, the whole city gathered.

Tens of thousands of people agreed to surrender to the rebels, and Han Yue and Bian Yun even found a suitable reason.

The reason why they surrendered to the rebels was because they were moved by the opponent's slogan of siding with the Qing monarch and eliminating the eunuchs. They believed that it was indeed time for rectification and change within the Han Dynasty.

Faced with such an unexpected surprise, Beigong Boyu was naturally very happy and immediately organized 30,000 officers and soldiers into the team. Han Yue, Bian Yun and others naturally became one of the several rebel leaders. With these three

With the addition of Wan Shoujun, the forces of the rebels further expanded. They also targeted Longxian County, the administrative center of Longxi, and prepared to take over this important place in Xiliang, thereby completely gaining control over Liangzhou.

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At this time, the troops from other counties finally arrived near Long County, and Geng Bi prepared to lead his troops to meet the rebels. Not long after the army set out, Jincheng fell and all the defenders rebelled.

The news spread, which immediately dampened the morale of the officers and soldiers, and the situation became very bad.

Brothers Ma Yue and Ma Chao are also in the army with their father this time. One of them can advise his father, and the other is brave and capable of fighting. They have become Ma Teng's indispensable helpers. When Ma Yue learned the bad news, he was also shocked.

He was speechless for a long time: "Father, now that we have calculated the strength of the rebel army is more than twice ours, and the opponent's morale is high because they just captured Jincheng, if we have a head-on battle with them, I'm afraid...

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"Yes, once Jincheng is lost, we no longer have the geographical advantage, and it will be even more difficult to defeat this rebel army. What's more, Geng Bi is not supported by the sergeants, and the army's morale is loose. How can we do it? But Geng Bi had already left the city.

At that time, I made up my mind, this time the Immortal Rebel Army vowed not to return to the city, but what should I do?"

"Father, no matter what, we must persuade him to go back. Relying on the city defense of Long County and asking for help from the imperial court, we may still have a chance to win, otherwise we will end up in a complete defeat!"

"But he won't listen to what I say. If I insist again and again, it will only make Geng Bi suspicious, which will make it worse. Then Han Yue and I have always been on good terms. For this reason alone, it will be difficult to explain to the court in the future.

Which." Ma Teng smiled bitterly again.

"What should we do?" Ma Yue felt helpless and could only hope that other officials could persuade Geng Bi.

But how could Geng Bi be persuaded so easily? Even Fu Xie, who was on good terms with him, refused to listen. Not only did he refuse to retreat and return to Long County to borrow the city to defend, he instead ordered his general Cheng Qiu to be the vanguard.

, took the initiative and wanted to defeat the rebel army in one fell swoop.

With this order, the situation in Xiliang became uncontrollable and defeat was certain!

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Just now, a message suddenly appeared on QQ, saying that there is a village in Hangzhou where the entire village has not taken a shower for a month, but it scared passers-by in Zhejiang.

This damn weather has been hot for more than a month without any decent rain. If it continues like this, the Jiangnan water town will turn into the Sahara Desert.
Chapter completed!