Although Yuhang is not as prosperous as Luoyang, it is also a major county in the south of the Yangtze River. The sun is rising, and it is the busiest time at the city gate. People are bustling in and out. Suddenly, a group of cavalry comes from the official road.
The soldiers guarding the gate were still a little listless, but when they saw this group of cavalry, they suddenly became energetic. One of them stopped him and shouted: "Where are you soldiers from? You are not allowed to enter the city without permission from the prefect."
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Someone in the cavalry team had already shouted sternly: "Bold! The new General Yingyang, General Hua, is here, why don't you get out of the way quickly!"
There are nine cavalrymen in this team. Except for the one in the middle who looks older, the others are not very old. However, they all have bright helmets and are riding tall horses, and they are full of momentum.
The gatekeeper who came out to stop his voice lowered his voice unknowingly, and said cautiously: "Reporting to the general, it's not just the young man who refuses to give way, but the fact that the prefect issued a strict order a few days ago not to let a single cavalry into the city.
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The older "General Hua" in the middle suddenly looked unhappy and said in a deep voice: "If I, the general, return to my own yamen, I will be restrained by your eunuch!"
In the official system of the Sui Dynasty, counties were divided into upper, middle and lower grades. The prefect of the upper county was of the third rank, the prefect of the middle county was the fourth rank, and the prefect of the lower county was the fourth rank. Yuhang was a middle county, and the prefect Dong Chao was an official of the fourth rank, while Ying Yanglang
It will be the fifth level, with a gap of two levels in between.
However, Yingyang Mansion belongs to the army and is not under the jurisdiction of local prefects. On the contrary, the prefects of each county have limited troops. When they encounter bandits and suppress rebellions, they have to ask General Yingyang for assistance. Therefore, under normal circumstances, various places have
The prefect will take the initiative to build a good relationship with General Ying Yanglang.
Moreover, the Yingyang Mansion in Yuhang is located in Yuhang City. Even if the prefect of Yuhang came in person, there would be no reason to prevent the "Flower General" from entering the city. The Hua General was naturally confident and did not take the few gatekeepers into consideration at all.
These soldiers have been guarding the city gate for a long time and are the most observant. They have no doubt that when the majestic "Flower General" is furious, he will definitely draw his sword and chop off their heads. The soldier had to change his smile and bowed repeatedly.
: "General, please calm down. I don't know why the prefect issued this order. I hope the general will wait here while I ask the prefect again."
"General Hua" said angrily: "Can you afford the penalty for delaying the military plane? Brothers, ignore him and break in!"
Suddenly there was a sound of bangs, and a row of soldiers appeared at the top of the city that had been quiet just now. They all picked up their bows and arrows, aiming at the group of cavalry below the city. The people who were entering and leaving the city watched the two groups of officers and soldiers.
If they want to get angry, they will disperse immediately.
The "Flower General" pointed the iron gun in his hand at the top of the city and shouted angrily: "You want to rebel, don't you?"
"Haha, haha." A man appeared on the top of the city, wearing a fourth-grade court uniform. He pointed at the city and laughed, "I am hunting for rebels in the city today. How can I allow other people to enter? Hua Yun, you are in such a hurry.
Entering the city, could he be an accomplice of the rebels? If you want to prove your innocence, you can enter the city the day after tomorrow!"
Tomorrow is the deadline for Hua Yun to take office. When the day after tomorrow comes, not only will General Ying Yanglang have nothing to do, but he will also be punished by military law. The insidious plan of the Yuhang Prefect has been revealed. The "Flower General" suddenly took off the
Helmet, shouted towards the city: "Master Dong, can you see clearly, who is below?"
The man on the top of the city looked carefully and exclaimed: "Li Jing!"
It turned out that this person was Dong Chao, the governor of Yuhang, who was Yang Su's old subordinate. When Li Jing went to visit Yang Su a few years ago, Dong Chao was also present, so he recognized him.
When Dong Chao was in shock, he heard the roar of people in the city. When he looked back, he saw a large group of government soldiers rushing towards him in neat formation. The leader was a young general, wearing a phoenix-winged helmet and bright silver armor.
Wearing a hundred-flowered robe, with a green horse under his crotch, a sword hanging from his waist, and a long spear in his hand, he looked majestic. A cavalryman behind him held a large flag high, with the word "花" written on it. It was Hua Yun, the new general of Ying Yang Lang.
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Hua Yun's ultimate goal was to take office in Yuhang. In order to prevent Hua Yun from taking office, the Yang family even took extreme measures such as chasing and killing him all the way. Naturally, they would even do something in Yuhang. Wei Zheng and Li Jing both thought of this. Hua Yun was recovering from his injuries.
At that time, Ah Fu and the four of them entered Yuhang City and monitored the activities near Yingyang Mansion day and night.
Yuhang Yingyang Mansion is located in the southwest corner of Yuhang City. Just outside the city is the famous West Lake. After Yang Wanxiang left office, the daily affairs of Yingyang Mansion were taken care of by the deputy general Guo Wenqing. After the New Year, it was spring plowing again, and Guo Wenqing was too lazy to do so.
The troops were gathered for training, eating, drinking and having fun all day long, but they also lived a carefree life.
Until yesterday morning, two people suddenly came to Yingyang Mansion in Yuhang. Immediately afterwards, Guo Wenqing led a few soldiers and followed the two people out of Yingyang Mansion. Agui followed them and turned around several
In the streets and alleys, I watched Guo Wenqing enter a big house and never come out again.
Today, Li Jing, Hua Yun and a group of fourteen people left Changshan Village, but they split into two groups. Hua Yun took four teenagers pretending to be farmers and sneaked into Yuhang City among the civilian team. However, Li Jing, using Hua Yun's name,
He swaggered to the city gate, and was stopped by the gatekeepers. What he didn't expect was that the prefect Dong Chao was also guarding the city in person.
In fact, it's no wonder that Dong Chao was Yang Su's old subordinate. After receiving the Yang family's secret message, he naturally wanted to try to prevent Hua Yun from entering the city. Today and tomorrow are the most critical days. Dong Chao was afraid of making mistakes, so he went back and forth between the four gates in person.
Patrol.
In addition, the Yang family has another trick, which is to hide Guo Wenqing. In this way, even if Hua Yun enters the city, he must first find Guo Wenqing to complete the handover.
Guo Wenqing used to be Yang Wanxiang's deputy and an old man in the Yingyang Mansion in Yuhang. He was a fifth-grade official, but he had no close relationship with the Yang family. However, the Yang family knew that he was a lecherous person, so they rented a house in the city.
In the big house, they summoned the two orchids that Yang Jishan had left in the manor outside Yanguan City. When Guo Wenqing saw them, he was really happy to miss Shu.
This move of the Yang family can be said to kill two birds with one stone. As long as it is delayed for three days, it will not only prevent Hua Yun from taking office as scheduled, but also prevent Guo Wenqing from escaping the blame. If the Yang family uses it skillfully, they can even make Yu Hangying, the deputy general of the Yang family,
The location is all in your pocket.
Sure enough, when Hua Yun found Yingyang Mansion, the gatekeeper told the deputy general Guo Wenqing that he had not returned since he went out yesterday. However, Ah Fu quickly stepped forward and led Hua Yun and his party to the large mansion.
There were more than a dozen guards in that big house, plus a few of Guo Wenqing's soldiers. Naturally they refused to let Hua Yun and the others in, but they just refused to admit that Guo Wenqing was here. Hua Yun was furious and hit Hua Yun with a slingshot.
The four of them, Ah Fu, are also good at martial arts. Although the other four teenagers are less skilled, they are not to be outdone. In a moment, the guards and soldiers were knocked to the ground. The group of people rushed straight into the back house, but they bumped into Guo Wenqing.
He was hugging two orchids and drinking and having fun there.
Although the new general was young, the documents from the imperial court were genuine. Guo Wenqing had no choice but to reluctantly return to Yingyang Mansion and hand over the seal. Hua Yun officially took office and immediately ordered the soldiers to be summoned.
The soldiers of the mansion work as farmers in peacetime and form an army in wartime. It is impossible to recruit them all in a short time. However, Yingyang Mansion also has 200 standing soldiers, plus some people living in the city, and they quickly gathered together.
There were more than three hundred people. Hua Yun personally went into battle and rushed to the gate of the city.
Although Dong Chao was a prefect, he only had fifty soldiers under his command, and they were poorly trained. The government officials did not dare to fight against the army. Seeing Hua Yun approaching with murderous intent, they had no choice but to order their bows and arrows to be put away.
He saluted from the top of the city and pretended to praise: "This must be General Hua, what a young hero!"
Hua Yun ignored him, pointed his finger, and shouted: "If you don't get out of the way, let my soldiers enter the city!"
Dong Chao's official position was higher than that of Hua Yun, but today he was in the wrong, so he could only say sarcastically: "Misunderstandings are all misunderstandings. General Hua is new to the post. I have prepared some wine to support the general, and I hope the general will appreciate him."
Hua Yun sneered and said: "Thank you for your kindness, sir. It's just that I am busy with affairs in the army and I don't dare to disturb you, so I will say goodbye!"
Over there, the gatekeepers had already moved out of the way. Li Jing rode into the city and laughed loudly. It was because of his and Wei Zheng's careful preparation that Hua Yun was able to successfully take the position of General Yingyang of Yu Hang, but he had to sit firmly
This location still requires a lot of effort.
As soon as he returned to Yingyang Mansion, Hua Yun ordered the drums to be beaten to gather the generals. Today, he had a bad relationship with Dong Chao, so he had to control the situation in Yingyang Mansion as soon as possible. As the only Yingyang Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River, Yuhang Yingyang Mansion
This is the Shangfu, with one chief and deputy general, one chief officer, one chief officer, two lieutenants, four lieutenants, and ten brigade commanders.
After each drum beat, Hua Yun slowly turned over the roster and fought in turn. The three drums sounded and the drums were fired three times. Everyone had just arrived late, and it was clear that Hua Yun, the new general, was not in their eyes.
This is actually one of the obstacles set up by the Yang family. Yang Wanxiang specially sent a message to tell these generals and subordinate officers that if Hua Yun could successfully take over, he would ask them to give Hua Yun a show of power and make Hua Yun lose face, even if
Once you sit in the position of general, your words will not be of any use in the future.
However, the people of the Yang family only knew that Hua Yun was working alone, but they did not expect that he had found helpers. Therefore, Dong Chao failed to stop him from entering the city, and Guo Wenqing was also dragged out of Wenrou Township by him.
Similarly, when these generals and subordinate officers walked into the big tent, they felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere. Hua Yun, who was sitting at the head, had a sinking face. On both sides, there were more than a dozen soldiers with unfamiliar faces wearing clothes all over their bodies, holding swords on their waists.
He was full of murderous intent. The deputy general, Guo Wenqing, sat aside dejectedly.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Hua Yun turned his head and winked at Li Jing behind him. Li Jing understood and said loudly: "The Great Sui Dynasty decree, if you can't reach one mao, the staff will be ten. If you can't get two mao, the staff will be twenty. Three."
If you can’t reach it, kill it!”
There was an uproar in the big tent. Among the fourteen generals and four subordinate officers, except for the two brigade commanders on duty who followed Hua Yun and broke into the city gate once and were not late, none of the others arrived on time. In the end, no one arrived on time.
What was even faster was that it took only one month for Chief Shi Zhao Zhengfeng, school captain Ma Dong and Zheng Hu to arrive.