choke element

In the eyes of merchants, Yangzhou City is a hub of trade and transportation that occupies the southeast of the land, and the transportation of boats and goods.When the Jin army crossed the north of the Yangtze River and returned, they left behind a heavy general from Bohai called Dayai, who served as the capital of Yangzhou, intending to occupy this place for a long time.

Therefore, the defense of Yangzhou City has always been tight, and there are many garrisons.For example, a considerable part of the Wufeng, Wuding, and elite armies of the Zhenjiang Dutongsi are stationed here.Outside the city, there are also large military forts and supporting docks in Yangzijin and Guazhoudu, where large warships belonging to the Tangwan Navy of the Majun line are moored daily.

In such an environment, Yang You was able to mobilize hundreds of warriors to sneak into the city in batches, which is really not bad.This person was able to walk through the door of the Prime Minister of the Great Song Dynasty, and jumped from a down-and-out northerner to the new army commander. He has some real skills.But even if he was able to enter the city, in order to hide his whereabouts, he had to concentrate his people in a few adjacent houses.

Hundreds of people stood densely, crowded together, a few unarmored soldiers simply stood on the millstone in the courtyard, and four or five people sat around the edge of the well.

Yang You was shot to death suddenly, which immediately caused panic among the people in the courtyard, and when someone in the crowd suddenly drew a knife and slashed wildly, the situation in the courtyard fell into madness instantly.

The dense crowd huddled together.Some people were afraid that the sword would fall on them, so they used all their strength to squeeze back. As a result, several people behind them turned into gourds and pushed Yang You's body aside.Some people drew their swords to defend themselves, but accidentally injured their companions, causing more people to draw their swords and slash each other.

Someone in the crowd called miserably: "What are you doing? Are you all crazy?"

The first group of people who made the attack did not respond.They cut out an open space around them among the crowd, gathered in one place, and continued to slaughter.Those archers who shot Yang You to death with their arrows also pulled out their short knives and gathered together to fight with them.

This group of people planned to storm Jia She's mansion by force, all of them were fully armed, but at this moment the crowd was so crowded that there was no room for them to swing their knives.Since the party that suddenly attacked has won the upper hand, the fighting skills and battlefield experience of the latter party have no room to display. They can only watch the momentum of the enemy rushing towards them like a raging wave.

The people on the outermost layer tried to resist and were immediately killed. The people on the inner layer were exposed in a hurry, and they went to hell in a blink of an eye. The corpses of the layers of people kept lying on the ground, like a bloody cabbage, torn apart De-layer the cabbage leaves.

Someone in the crowd finally woke up and shouted sharply: "Over the wall! Over the wall and get out!"

As soon as these words came out, hundreds of people flocked towards the east courtyard wall behind them.The man with strong hands had already grasped the top of the wall with both hands and pulled himself up, but when his body was pulled to a high place, his whole body became stiff again.

Many other people didn't pay attention to him at all. Before they had time to climb over the wall, they swarmed and crashed into the wall.The dilapidated house where the poor guys lived could not be strong, and it collapsed after two bumps.

Smoke and dust rose up, and the road to another courtyard next door opened, and Yang You's men ran away in joy.Immediately outside the blocked field of vision, a familiar voice came. The voice was exactly the same as when Yang You was shot to death. It was the trembling sound of hundreds of strong bowstrings.

Dozens of people rushing to the front immediately fell to the ground wailing, and the people behind rushed out of the smoke-shrouded area regardless, and stopped instantly.

In the courtyard next door, there have long been people forming an array, watching eagerly.

The operation of infiltrating Yangzhou this time should have been a secret among secrets. Every link has gone through repeated scrutiny, and all kinds of dangers have been carefully eliminated.Even after arriving in Yangzhou, secret sentries were placed around the house where everyone gathered to ensure that no one would find out.

But now the situation is like this, it is obvious that the enemy has not only discovered Yang You's troops long ago, bought or killed the sentries outside in advance, but also kept silent when Yang You tried his best to persuade Li Jue and Ying Chunzhi. Deploy troops outside the courtyard!

There are so many people waiting in battle in the courtyard on the east side, and there must be people setting up nets on the north, south and west sides.At least 2000 people, maybe more.

Who has such a scheming?Who would deliberately deal with the loyal army like this?Who can mobilize so many people with the acquiescence of Song Dynasty officials, troops, and local figures inside and outside the city?

Among the soldiers of the Loyalty Army who ran out of the smoke and dust, there was a veteran who was over fifty years old. He was a wandering witch doctor in his early years.Seeing that his side was in a desperate situation, he came out more and more, and asked loudly: "Where is the friend who entertained us today? My family rule is dead, do you want to kill them all?"

Someone in the opposite army sneered: "You must be old and dizzy, can't you see clearly? The host who entertains you is an old friend from Shandong!"

The old general was shocked when he heard the local accent.He took a few steps forward suddenly, and sure enough, he saw several familiar faces in the opposite array.

He took a few steps forward regardless and rubbed his eyes: "You are the Fourth Lady's soldiers! Why did the Fourth Lady come here?"

The army formation was silent, but the killing in the courtyard at the back continued, and the bloody smell wafted in the wind, making people choke

The veteran shouted again in a trembling voice: "Don't kill anymore! Where is the Fourth Lady? I want to talk to her!"

In the depths of the army formation, Yang Miaozhen heard hoarse shouts, moved her footsteps slightly, and stood still again.

The female general who was powerful in Shandong back then came to Huainan only two years after the defeat of the Red Coat Army.

In the past two years, in order to maintain the survival of so many people in the remaining Red Coat Army and maintain the continued existence of this group, she has assumed too many responsibilities and faced too many problems.Many problems were still unsolved, and she had to struggle to survive in the cracks.At this moment, her face is more weathered, and she is more mature than the girl two years ago, and her eyes staring at the front of the formation are even more cold and abnormal.

The old general really has some contacts in the Red Coat Army. When he begged for mercy, several subordinates around Yang Miaozhen hesitated and looked sideways at Yang Miaozhen.

But Yang Miaozhen was not moved at all.

Yang An'er died that day, and the power of the Red Coat Army fell apart instantly.Yang Miaozhen and Yang You took the heads of the old faction and went south, while Liu Erzu, Zhan Hui, Fang Guosan and others established their own territory. There is actually nothing right or wrong.In Yang Miaozhen's eyes, the reason why Liu Quan and Guo Yao'er supported her, a girl like her, was not necessarily out of loyalty, it was just that they couldn't accept Yang You's violent and rude style.

After the two families gathered together and went south, on the one hand, they had to cope with the various demands of the Song Dynasty officialdom, and on the other hand, they inevitably had conflicts with the Shanshui villages in Huainan.However, each of the two families has its own means of foothold, and they chose to settle in Chuzhou and Zhenzhou, which are not adjacent to each other.At first, the subordinates of the two families paid attention to their friendship, had occasional contact with each other, and even helped each other several times.

But as Yang You started to run under Shi Miyuan's family, he got more money and food, and the official position he got was also scary.He was rich and famous, so he naturally began to compete for influence in the old Red Coat Army.Immediately, the two secretly wrestled continuously, and the fight became more and more fierce.Since the beginning of this year, Yang You has completely deprived the Chuzhou Loyalty Army of money and food, and even carried out merciless killings against the subordinates of the Chuzhou Loyalty Army.

Yang Miaozhen did not have any effective support in the officialdom, so he could only deal with it passively. More than 20 of his subordinates died before and after, and more than 2000 men who could fight were taken away by Yang You in four or five trips, which almost accounted for the force controlled by Yang Miaozhen in Chuzhou. one-third of.

The important generals under Yang Miaozhen were all furious at that time.They gathered troops to go to Zhenzhou to fight Yang You, but Yang Miaozhen arrived after hearing the news and forcibly suppressed their revenge.

Most of these generals have followed Yang An'er for a long time, and they usually regard Yang Miaozhen as their junior. Although they are kind, they may not respect her judgment.Being stopped by Yang Miaozhen, they were both dissatisfied and dissatisfied, complaining frequently.

It wasn't until now that the generals knew that Yang Miaozhen didn't seem to have done anything, but had already set up such a murderous situation.

Yang Miaozhen was silent, and the general did not dare to ask.

After a while, I heard Yang Miaozhen whisper: "Yang You is a ruler after all. Since he is dead, he must take some of his head and explain it to outsiders! These people are Yang You's best friends and cronies. The blood of my comrades in the red coat army, otherwise I wouldn't have been brought to Yangzhou city!"

All the generals looked at each other, and someone asked: "What does Fourth Lady mean..."

"Kill them all!" Yang Miaozhen scolded.

Some generals were taken aback, and retorted subconsciously: "Kill them all? That's us..."

The companions around violently shook their heads to stop them, and more people ran back to their own team in awe, giving orders.

The brutal fighting broke out again, and the screams and shouts resounded through half of Yangzhou City.About a mile away, on the Jianshan Terrace of Jia She's house, a group of merchants looked nervous, some of them dangled wine glasses, spilled all the wine, some of them rolled their eyes wildly, looking for a way out in an emergency.

Jia She sat still, and said with a smile, "Don't be nervous. Our Great Song Dynasty has been in Huainan for a hundred years, and we have encountered hundreds of deserters, thieves, pirates, salt dealers, and tea merchants in various places, and they have already experienced rich experience. Some small thieves are calmed down in an instant."

The merchants were shocked for a while, and then asked: "But I don't know, who is causing the chaos? Who is putting down the chaos?"

"Jia has been introspecting at home these days, keeping his ears to the outside world, how would he know the identity of the perpetrator?"

Jia She asked back in astonishment.

The merchants were about to agree, but they heard Jia She continue, "I only know that those thieves have kidnapped Li Jue, the envoy of the Jianghuai System, and Ying Chunzhi, the appeasement envoy of Huaidong Economic Strategy."

Someone asked in surprise: "What? Those two were kidnapped by the thieves? If anything happened to them...wouldn't they be in trouble?"

Some people were more alert and immediately hesitated: "Those two are usually stationed in Chuzhou and Jiankang Mansion, what are you doing here in Yangzhou?"

Jia She comforted them: "Well, the imperial officials are naturally running around for the sake of the imperial affairs. What should we think about? These two came to Yangzhou naturally to quell the chaos. If they die to quell the chaos, they will die. Glory! If they are not dead, they will be witnesses!"