Taoist priest Wei is now a popular figure in Xizhou City, and all civil and military officials have become his followers.
So when he appeared in front of Yang Wei, Gao Yi and others again, everyone bowed their heads, even more respectfully than when meeting their superiors.
"I watched the sky last night and found that there was a vicious evil ten miles east of the city. This is where the safety of our Xizhou lies. If we don't get rid of it as soon as possible, the evil will definitely attract villains and destroy the lives of our Xizhou."
Yang Wei and Gao Yi trembled and asked anxiously: "Immortal, how can we get rid of this evil spirit?"
Taoist Wei took out a sword engraved with yin and yang runes and said with a smile: "My lords, don't worry, we have already obtained this demon-killing sword from Master Taiyi. All we need is for the two of you to use the immortal power of Wenqu and Wuqu to guide you."
This way can control the formation, and slaying demons is not a problem."
When they heard that they had to go ten miles out of the city, Yang Wei and Gao Yi were a little reluctant.
"But... I heard that the rebels are in Pu County. Is this too risky?"
Taoist Wei said sadly: "How can you two adults not know this? This evil is the other evil. Only by killing this evil can the evil of thieves be avoided."
He added some more help.
"Pu County is hundreds of miles away from here, and the rebels can't fly over the mountains even if they have wings, and they come overnight. If you two adults feel that something is wrong, you can ask the soldiers to open the city gate when they leave the city and be vigilant at all times.
Once there is a real attack by rebels, we can return calmly, so that we can be sure that nothing will happen."
Yang Wei and Gao Yi thought about it and thought it made sense.
"It is our duty to slay demons and kill demons in a peaceful place. So, let's go there quickly."
On the second day, Taoist Wei made complete preparations and led Yang Wei, Gao Yi and others out of the city in a mighty manner and headed straight to the east of the city.
Just as they were leaving the city, two people were watching their movements at the noodle stall next to the city gate.
Seeing that the city gate was indeed open, the two were overjoyed. After paying some money, they quickly ran back to a hidden courtyard.
This seemingly ordinary courtyard actually had dozens of big men hiding inside.
The leader was none other than Liang Yue.
"Brother Liang, the dog officer has indeed left the city, and the city gate has not been closed."
Liang Yue couldn't help laughing and said to everyone: "Brothers, today it is our turn to perform a remarkable feat. As long as we seize the city gate and welcome the intruders into the city, from now on we will be indispensable for glory and wealth."
Now that the matter has come to this, everyone has already sincerely surrendered to Liang Yue.
"Brother Liang, let's do it."
Liang Yue was very proud and waved his hand.
"Set off."
Dozens of fierce soldiers left the courtyard and walked along the remote alley towards the city gate.
In the field outside the city, there were many people lying down at this time, and Li Guo was among them.
"Liang Yue, I have vouched for you in front of my uncle and uncle. If you don't succeed today, I will have to chop off your head with my own hands."
"Major General, look, the dog officer is out of the city."
Seeing the Xizhou city gate open and a large group of people heading east, Li Guo almost got excited.
Fortunately, he woke up quickly and still lay down where he was.
His men were very impatient.
"Major General, let's kill them. These dog officials are worse than pigs and dogs outside the city."
Li Guo scolded: "What's the hurry? What we want to attack is Xizhou City, and a few dog officers are not worthy of their duties. Besides, the general has his own arrangements there, so we don't need to meddle in other people's business. Let's show off our moves.
Wait, wait until there is movement at the city gate. If anyone rushes in slowly, I will kill him."
Li Guo didn't wait long. Just a few miles after Xizhou Wenwu walked out, panic shouts suddenly broke out at the city gate.
Then he saw a high-spirited man wielding a machete, killing the soldiers at the city gate, and guarding the city tightly.
He could clearly see that it was Liang Yue.
Li Guo was overjoyed. He jumped out of the weeds, pointed at the city gate and shouted: "Young men, kill!"
Thousands of rebels descended from the sky like magic soldiers, and in cooperation with Liang Yue, they directly killed the defenders at the east city gate and opened the way to Xizhou.
Yang Wei and Gao Yi, who had already walked far away, heard the movement behind them. When they looked back, they were immediately stunned.
"Ouch, no, the thieves want to seize the city. High defense...high defense..."
Yang Wei called out twice, but no one answered. When he turned around again, he saw a horse's butt running so far that it was almost out of sight.
He still didn't understand why, but suddenly there was a huge earthquake in the mountain road in the distance, with people roaring and horses neighing.
Soon, tens of thousands of rebels emerged from the dense forest and fought their way out. Under the sun, the light of their swords shone coldly.
Yang Wei finally reacted and slapped the sedan pole frantically.
"Quick, quick, hurry up and carry me away!"
However, the bearers felt that this suggestion was not friendly. If they obeyed, they might be buried with Yang Wei.
So the bearers threw the sedan away and ran away first.
Yang Wei was thrown to pieces, and he struggled for a long time before climbing out of the sedan. Before he could stand upright, a tall horse flew past him, and its huge hoofs kicked him on the head.
Mr. Zhizhou, who had read poetry and books, and Mr. Yang, who did not do anything in times of crisis but asked the ghosts and gods, finally went to see the ghosts and gods in person.
Taoist Wei did not run away.
He is an insider, he has merit, and he feels that he can find a bigger job.
So when he saw the rebels coming, he took the initiative to greet them.
"Everyone, I am..."
The pawn rushing from the opposite side only felt that he was making noise, and impatiently slashed at him with his sword.
Well, the people who specially invited God also went to see God.
Xizhou, an important town in western Shanxi, was ridiculously captured by the northwest rebels in one day.
The earth of the Three Jin Dynasties was shaken, and the imperial court was shaken!
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Zuo Mengeng received the battle report from Shanxi, but he was not too concerned.
Today, Li Zicheng and others are still unable to achieve success. They have had three ups and downs and do not have the strength to conquer the world and overthrow the Ming Dynasty.
His focus is on a piece of information that has been ignored by history.
This information is very interesting.
Many people who study history have never noticed it.
But the people in the Intelligence Department were very capable. After integrating the recent government affairs, they presented it to Zuo Mengeng.
"Wang Daochun...Wang Daoyuan...Wang Daozhi..."
Zuo Mengeng repeated the three names repeatedly, and then asked: "Are they brothers?"
The person in charge of this matter is Wu Zhenxi.
"Not only are they brothers, but they are also Wang Weiran's uncle. They are both from the Wang family in Puzhou."
Zuo Mengeng reviewed the information again and his smile became even brighter.
"It's interesting. The imperial court was not unjustly defeated."
After Wang Chonggu, the Puzhou Wang family still had members who were active in the court. Although Zhang Siwei was not as powerful as Wang Chonggu and was looked up to by the world, the power in his hands was not small at all.
Moreover, this kind of power would unknowingly cause great losses to the Ming Dynasty without attracting attention.
Especially starting from July of the fourth year of Chongzhen, these three people became extremely active.
Wang Daoyuan is okay and is far away in Guangdong.
He had been relatively quiet at first, but recently he participated in putting down the rebellion of Prime Minister Zhong Guo, Lu Yanbo, and Yan Dingji.
Gao Qinshun, the governor of Guangdong, has already petitioned the imperial court to ask for merit for Wang Daoyuan.
News came out from the court that Wang Daoyuan was planned to be appointed as the right chief envoy to Guangdong.
Compared to Wang Daoyuan who was far away, the actions of Wang Daozhi, the governor of Zhili, had to be thought-provoking.
In this July, Wang Daozhi took action one after another.
He first impeached Liu Bangyu, the deputy commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, for being extravagant, and then petitioned to lay off 200 weapons craftsmen in Shanhaiguan.
The nominal salary given is that it can save more than 3,000 taels of salary every year.
On the surface, everything he did seemed to be devoted to his duties.
But what time is it now?
Zu Dashou was building Dalinghe City, and everyone knew that Hou Jin would definitely attack, and a war was imminent.
As a result, in the tense atmosphere before the war, he impeached powerful generals and abolished military industries...
What Zuo Menggen didn't know was that Wang Daozhi would attack his deputy Meng Dao in early August.
First, he impeached Meng Dao for his failure to build the Hejiashan beacon tower, and he should be punished according to law. Then he said that Meng Dao fought bravely and took the lead, and his behavior was pitiable, so he could be allowed to serve for his crime.
This series of repeated attacks is tantamount to holding a powerful general in his hands and having to obey him.
Similarly, during the Battle of Daling River, Wang Daozhi would take action to impeach the deputy commander-in-chief Zhang Bin and Zhang Huiyou.
In the current war, the repeated attacks on former generals cannot help but make people doubt their purpose.
Especially since Wang Daozhi came from Shanxi, and Zuo Mengeng knew everything about what Shanxi merchants were doing, he became even more suspicious of their purpose.
Wang Daochun did not exert any influence on the Battle of Daling River, but his actions are worthy of study.
Because this person is currently a patrol officer in Shandong.
In history, the strange thing about this person's behavior is that he hid Sun Yuanhua's recruitment documents for Li Jiucheng, Kong Youde and others without authorization, and at the same time urged Shandong Governor Yu Dacheng to send troops.
As a result, the last remaining troops in Shandong sent by Yu Dacheng were wiped out, allowing Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde to successfully attack Dengzhou City, causing a catastrophe.
Seeing what the Wang brothers did at this time, Zuo Menggen couldn't help but feel sad for Chongzhen.
