General Dingchao of the auxiliary state sent a messenger to General Huang Zhipeng, saying that at midnight tonight, he would be the first to send troops to attack Guluguan City and annihilate the rebels in one fell swoop, and asked him to send troops to assist him.

General Huang looked at the tone of the letter as if he was very confident, and thought that old man Fang was too eager to take credit. He had been dealing with Yuwen Haotian for more than ten years, and he knew very well how powerful the King of Zhenbei was.

, but he couldn’t be careless, but he didn’t want Old Man Fang to take the lead, so he ordered General Qi Buqun to mobilize 20,000 elite troops to cooperate with General Fang’s troops to attack the city.

It turns out that General Fuguo learned the lesson from the last battle in Tongyuan City. After sending troops to the northern region this time, he sent spies everywhere to first inquire and collect the enemy's military information.

These spies tried their best to enter Guluguan City and the border of Tufan Kingdom outside the pass, and spied a lot of information about the Zhenbei King's army and the Guancheng area.

An important piece of news is that there are rumors that the King of Zhenbei will defect to the Tufan Kingdom in the near future to resist the imperial court's suppression, and then attack the interior of the Central Plains. However, many of his soldiers are very dissatisfied with this and are unwilling to betray their country for glory, and some have defected.

Guan's plan.

One day at a market outside the customs, four spies spotted a very luxurious carriage coming to the market. There were two ladies, an old man and a young man, sitting in the car, who seemed to be buying goods at the market.

Suspecting that it was someone from the palace, four spies immediately hijacked the carriage and took it back to the military camp.

As a result, the first trial found that these two women were the mother and wife of Duan Fei, a general in the royal palace. They reported it immediately. Master Fang was overjoyed when he heard the news. He immediately went to the military camp to meet the two wives and held a banquet to calm his shock.

During the dinner, Mr. Fang continued to use reason and emotion, and persuaded the two ladies to write a letter to General Duan, persuading him to surrender to the court, end the rebellion, resist the Tufan, and serve the country.

No, the two ladies had no choice but to send letters to persuade them to surrender. When General Duan was anxious about the disappearance of his mother and his wife, he received the letter to persuade him to surrender. After thinking about it again and again, he felt that this was the only way out under the current circumstances, so he agreed one by one, and agreed in his reply letter.

At midnight the next day, he launched an attack in the city, opened the east and south gates, and cooperated with the imperial army to attack the city and capture the rebels.

At midnight that day, there was a sudden cannon blast in Guluguan City, shaking the earth and the earth. General Duan Fei led his 30,000 soldiers to stage an uprising in the city. The rebels quickly seized the east and south gates of the Guan City, and

Surrounded the prince's residence and the handsome manor.

Fortunately, General Lu Shaobao of the Military Aircraft Department got the information in time and led his troops into the commander's mansion. He rescued King Yuwen and a group of ministers and generals who were discussing matters here. Then he joined General Chen Jinchao and his 20,000 men who came to rescue him.

The officers and soldiers fought their way out of the west city gate and fled to the southwest.

General Lu Shaobao led more than a thousand people to the prince's residence to rescue Wang Yuwen's family. When they arrived, Duan Fei had already led the rebels and surrounded the prince's residence.

Lu Shaobao led his troops to fight their way into the encirclement from the outside, and together with the more than 500 guards in the palace, fought against the rebels.

Originally, both sides were brothers who were born and died together. Now, although they are fighting for their own masters and have turned against each other, they are still fighting to the death. Therefore, the fighting between the two sides is not fierce, but gradually becomes a stalemate.

From time to time, the imperial army led by General Fang arrived and shouted: "Whoever captures the members of the Wang family in Zhenbei will be greatly rewarded!" and charged into the palace with all their strength.

At this time, Lu Shaobao and other officers and soldiers could no longer resist the enemy's attack, and gradually retreated until they reached the outside of the princess's palace, forming the last line of defense.

When Lu Shaobao and his soldiers were fighting to the death to defend Princess Deji Yangzong and her children, the door to the princess's palace suddenly opened, and Princess Yangzong appeared at the door. She was heard shouting: "General Shaobao! You are waiting for me quickly."

Get out, there is no need to escort you here." After saying that, he turned around and entered the palace, and the door was then closed tightly.

As soon as the door was closed, a "bang" sound was heard, and a raging fire suddenly broke out in the princess's palace.

The entire palace was swallowed up by huge flames in an instant, and the fire became more and more intense.

The rolling waves of fire, one wave higher than the other, suddenly illuminated half of the night sky in the Northern Plateau.

The soldiers on both sides who were fighting fiercely had to disperse quickly. Seeing that there was no hope of saving anyone, Lu Shaobao quietly led the remaining soldiers to withdraw in the chaos and retreated to the back hall. He also asked the soldiers to cut the yellow silk into small strips and tie them to the back hall.

On top of his head, after dressing up like the rebels, he mingled with the rebels and fought his way out from the south gate.

At this time, the troops led by Fang Dingchao and the rebels had completely controlled Guluguan City. General Huang received the news and rode his horse personally.

When the two arrived at the Zhenbei Palace, the fire had gradually extinguished. The princess's palace had become a charred ruin, with eighty-nine corpses lying staggered among the ruins. The death was so tragic that people could not bear to see it.

There were about a dozen burnt wine jars placed around the palace. It seemed that it was the princess who ignited the local strong wine herself, which caused the fire. Such a strong-willed woman is rare in the world.

After the rebel general Duan Fei stepped forward and bowed to the two men, he reported: "Guluguan City has been completely controlled by us. Yuwen Haotian and a small group of enemy troops have escaped from the west gate. The palace palace has been burned by fire.

After checking, there were nine burned corpses inside, one of them, one young and one young, were the children of Princess Deji Yangzong and King Yuwen."

Fang and Huang were overjoyed when they heard this. They didn't expect that the rebel city, which had been difficult to conquer for more than ten years, would be captured overnight, and all the family members of the rebel leader were killed. It was really a great achievement! At that moment, the two of them started to attack one after another.

He said to Duan Fei: "General Duan, please rise. General Duan, please rise. For such a great achievement, I will definitely report it to the imperial court to ask for a reward for you!"

It is said that General Lu Shaobao led the remnants of his troops and ran all the way in the direction where King Yuwen's troops retreated, and finally caught up with King Yuwen at Qinggan Ridge, fifty miles away.

Lu Shaobao immediately knelt down in front of King Yuwen's horse and cried out how he had rescued the princess and other family members and how he had been raped by the princess in the palace. He burst into tears, pulled out his sword, and wanted to cut his neck to apologize.

King Yuwen shook his riding whip, knocked down the long sword from Lu Shaobao's hand, and shouted: "Why did Shaobao commit suicide? Although I didn't give my order, you led your troops to save the princess without permission, causing the loss of five hundred of my elite soldiers. It's really a shame."

It’s a big sin, but I’m still of great use to you, so just get up.”

Lu Shaobao stood up after thanking him. He thought that the prince was not sad and angry for the loss of his family, but was heartbroken for the loss of hundreds of elite soldiers. It was really puzzling, and it was really touching.

King Yuwen got a horse, called Lu Shaobao aside, and asked him to receive three thousand taels of silver immediately. He took his more than five hundred men, dressed in casual clothes, disguised as merchants, and went to Youjing City to station and send a letter.

He handed the letter to him and said: "The specific task arrangements are in this letter. Burn it after you read it and keep it in your heart."

After Lu Shaobao received the order, he went to the military account office to collect three thousand taels of silver as well as carriages, horses, grain and grass and other items. He found that the palace's army's property and grain, grass and baggage had been shipped out with the army in good condition, and the 20,000-horse army had a capacity of

They were neat and tidy, their morale was high, and they didn't look defeated at all. I secretly admired General Chen Jinchao for his skill in managing the troops and his quick actions.

Lu Shaobao and his subordinates changed into casual merchant clothes, said goodbye to Queen Yuwen, and headed for the capital of Youjing in the mainland of the Central Plains. Here King Yuwen led 20,000 soldiers and continued westward, heading straight for the Western Regions.


Chapter completed!