The Chronicles of Longevity on Liaozhai Road

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"Everyone should know that the military situation is urgent now, the White Lotus Sect is besieging, Jinan is extremely prosperous, and the other side has a large number of people, if you and my two families don't unite, I am afraid that Jinan City will not be safe, and the whole Shandong will be corrupted by then, and the situation will be out of control , so everyone should not blame the Fifth Highness, it is because he is worried about the Emperor, and the court has no choice but to take this matter."

The Fifth Highness Li Dugong mentioned was Shou Ming, who ranked fifth in the palace.

But this Shouming is a concubine, and he is not favored by his father, otherwise he would not be thrown to Yang Heng to be his apprentice.

But it was precisely because he was a concubine and became Yang Heng's apprentice that he had the opportunity to take over the military power and was valued by Emperor Shunde, and his future future was limitless.

Shouming seemed to be very ashamed, lowered his head, and arched his hands below as an apology to them.

Then Shouming and Li Dugong looked at each other, and after both of them nodded secretly, Shouming stood up and said to the people below: "Everyone, let's set off now without delay."

Then Shouming and Li Dugong walked out of the big tent first.

The other important generals in the big battle looked at each other, but in the end they could only follow these people out dejectedly.

When they came outside the big tent, they found that there was already a mountain of soldiers, and countless soldiers were ready to go.

Shouming looked at these soldiers with proud smiles on their faces. From now on, these people will be under his command.

Then the personal soldiers took the flatterer from the side, Shouming got on his horse, and then he and Li Dugong took the lead, and the others followed behind, and went straight to Yang Heng's central army camp.

When they came here, they found that the place was already surrounded by Yang Heng's pro-corps. It seemed that they had got some news.

But now that Yang Heng is dead, the golden cicada pattern should not be able to get rid of other troops, so Yang Heng can only get his own soldiers to protect the big tent.

Seeing this situation, Shouming and Li Dugong smiled slightly, and then Shouming waved his hand fiercely, and all the soldiers below rushed up, and surrounded the large tent of the Chinese army tightly.

At this time, the curtain of the Chinese military tent was opened, and two maids came out from inside, followed by Jinchanmen and Erya.

Jin Chanwen and Erya seem to have cried just now, and their eye circles are now red.

Seeing the two of them, Shouming was completely relieved. If Yang Heng died of serious injuries, even the opposition of the other generals who did not attend the banquet might not be able to stop the court's pressure.

Now Shouming thinks that he is the final winner, so he still wants to save some face.

He quickly got off his horse and trotted a few steps, as if heading to Jin Chanwen's side.

But Yang Heng's soldiers were still loyal to their duties, and immediately blocked their names on the outside, and at the same time the steel knives in their hands had been unsheathed, as if if Shou Ming wanted to break in, they would strike with both swords and swords.

Shouming had no choice but to stop, knelt down on the ground outside, cupped his hands to Jin Chanwen and said, "Teacher Shouming has seen Master, Master."

With Erya's support, Jin Chanwen reluctantly wiped away tears, and then asked weakly: "You are not in your camp, why bring these people to the Chinese army to fight?"

Shouming smiled awkwardly, then cupped his hands and said upwards, "Master's mother, please let me know."

Then Shouming stood up and said with a slight smile on his face: "All the generals in the barracks were very anxious after hearing that the master was seriously injured. They wanted to visit the master, but they were stopped by the master's wife. Therefore, these people felt uneasy, so they recommended me to come together to see the master's injury."

Jin Chanwen looked at Shouming coldly, and then said: "Your master's injury is nothing serious, it's nothing serious, just rest for a few days and you'll be fine, you can go back."

Shouming smiled, and then said: "Master, this is a major matter related to the court, how can you let us retreat with just one sentence?"

"Then what do you say?"

Shouming's face was already gloomy now, and then I said seriously to Jin Chanwen: "Please come out and meet us, master."

Jin Chanwen seemed a little flustered, and couldn't answer. Fortunately, the Erya who was next to her cleverly stepped forward and said: "Brother just went to bed, what do you guys have to talk about tomorrow."

"That's right, that's right, Mr. Xianggong's sound sleep just now is not to be disturbed, and he will naturally summon you tomorrow."

Shouming shook his head slightly, then looked disappointed, and said to Jin Chanwen and Erya: "Master, Aunt, you two should stop covering up, I am afraid that Master has fallen into a coma and is no longer able to hold power." gone."

"How do you know?" Erya asked in surprise, and she immediately knew that she had said something wrong, she quickly covered her mouth, and looked embarrassedly at Jin Chanwen next to her.

And the golden cicada pattern has now turned into despair.

Shouming looked at the two women in front of him and sighed, then said: "I know you two want to maintain Master's rights as much as possible, but the world is in turmoil now, and we don't have time to wait for Master to recover."

After Shouming finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the soldiers he brought drew their knives out of their sheaths one by one, and pointed their bows at Yang Heng's personal soldiers.

"Master, Aunt, if you are sensible, get out of the way quickly, otherwise don't blame the apprentice, I'm not welcome."

Following Shouming's words, the atmosphere at the scene immediately became tense, and the two sides were already at war.

At this time, a voice came out of the war.

"Why do you want to be rude?"

Following these few words, Yang Heng walked out of the big tent.

Li Dugong, who was following Shouming, saw Yang Heng coming out, and knew in his heart that something was wrong, and today's affairs might be ruined.

It's a trivial matter if things go wrong. If Yang Heng is very angry, and then he simply reverses, it will be a great disadvantage to the court.

If he didn't do anything, he would execute Yang Heng here, and even if there was some turmoil, there would be no big waves.

So Li Dugong quietly winked at Shouming next to him.

But now Shou Ming is already a little stupid, and at the same time his legs are a little weak, he doesn't look at Li Dugong at all.

Dugong Li stomped his feet angrily. This Shouming was so impassioned before, but why did he become a soft-footed shrimp when he saw Yang Heng.

Since I can't count on this Shouming, I might as well do it myself.

The reason why Dugong Li dared to be so presumptuous was because he could see clearly before the battle that Yang Heng had already been seriously injured, and seeing the blackness on his face, he must have been caught in a drama poison.

Under such circumstances, even if the current Yang Heng could stand in front of him, he might not have much strength left.

It was this judgment that gave Dugong Li courage. He took out a flying sword from his arms and threw it at Yang Heng.

There was only a flash of cold light and a flash of lightning, like Yang Heng's heart rushing towards him.

None of the people present thought that Governor Li would suddenly attack, and they all screamed "Ah".

Yang Heng, who was standing there, looked at the flying sword that was approaching in front of him, just smiled coldly, and then stretched out his hands to firmly hold the flying sword in his hands.

After that, Yang Heng put the little flying sword in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully.

All I saw was the light of Lan Wangwang shining on the flying sword, and there were strange spells on the sword.

This thing is exactly the same as the flying sword that hurt him in front of the two armies.

Yang Heng weighed the flying sword in his hand, then looked at Dugong Li with a gloomy face and asked, "Eunuch, why do you have the magic weapon of the White Lotus Sect?"

Seeing that his sneak attack failed, Dugong Li's face turned livid. He didn't answer Yang Heng's words, but said to Shouming who was standing next to him: "This is the end of the matter, so why hesitate? Just chop this traitor upside down." die."

Shouming immediately realized that if he didn't kill Yang Heng, he might be the first one to kill him when he recovered.

So Shouming waved his hand and shouted to the generals and soldiers behind him: "Kill Yang Heng, the traitor, and he will be promoted to three ranks, and he will be made Marquis of Ten Thousand Households."

Shou Ming thought that there must be a brave man under the heavy reward, and the generals below should ignore Yang Heng's prestige and go up to take Yang Heng's life.

The thing was exactly as Shou Ming thought, several generals jumped out from behind him, each of them went straight to Yang Heng with their weapons.

But these people ran for two steps and seemed to realize that something was wrong, but when they looked back, the soldiers under their command didn't follow them in at all, so there were only these few people left in the center.

This time, everyone was embarrassed, standing there a little at a loss, and didn't know whether to move forward.

Shouming frowned, then looked back at the soldiers, only to see that their swords and guns had turned a corner, completely trapping Shouming and his group in the middle.

At this moment, even a fool could see that they had fallen into Yang Heng's trap.

It means that now he feels a little regretful, he shouldn't be so reckless, but the matter has come to this point, and he can only go through it forcefully, he doesn't believe that Yang Heng dared to kill himself.

You must know that you are not only the supervisor of the army, but also a relative of the emperor. If Yang Heng dares to attack him, then he will be no different from a rebel.

Standing there, Yang Heng looked at Shouming who was glaring at him, shook his head lightly, and said, "I don't seem to be treating you well? Why do you want to betray?"

Shouming looked at Yang Heng and said proudly: "Although I am your apprentice, I am also the imperial court's supervisor, so what can I do for the imperial court's mere infamy?"

Yang Heng looked at this apprentice with a dead heart, so he said softly to Jin Chanwen next to him: "Next you deal with it."

After speaking, Yang Heng turned his back.

Chapter 568 Retreat

Jin Chanwen took a step forward and waved to the apprentices beside Shouming.

The few apprentices looked at each other, then smiled and walked out, heading straight for Jin Chanwen.

And those Yang Heng's personal soldiers did not stop them this time from letting the four of them come to Jin Chanwen's side.

"The apprentice has met the master, the master."

Jin Chanwen smiled slightly, then gave them a little help and said: "You have worked hard this time, if you weren't for you, these traitors would not have been exposed."

It turned out that they were all arranged by Jin Chan Wen to get close to Shou Ming on purpose.

This is a trick Jin Chanwen deliberately set for Shouming. If there were no such people around Shouming, Shouming wouldn't have the guts to resist Yang Heng.

Shouming, who was standing there, saw this situation, and didn't know that he had been fooled by the other party.

It seems that my master has never believed in himself.

Next, Jin Chanwen waved again.

The generals standing beside Shouming straightened their armor one by one, walked out of the encirclement and came to the vicinity of the golden cicada pattern, knelt down together and saluted her.

This time around Shou Ming, there was no other general following him except that Han Ming.

By now Shouming was already a little disheartened. He didn't expect that he kept recruiting people in the barracks, and thought he had controlled half of the people. In the end, except for Han Ming, he turned out to be a loner.

Jin Chanwen looked at Shouming, then at Dugong Li, and then said gloomyly: "My family is loyal to the emperor. I didn't expect that you people would use the name of the emperor to commit treason. Originally, you should be beheaded on the spot, but you people are either court officials or relatives of the emperor, and it is not my turn to deal with it. My husband will give a memorial to the emperor, and then we will see how the emperor will deal with you."

After Jin Chanwen finished speaking, with a wave of his hand, dozens of soldiers rushed forward, tied up Shouming, Dugong Li, and Han Ming, and pulled them down.

After disposing of these three people, Jin Chanwen waved his hand again, and said to the important generals and several apprentices below: "You all go back to the camp, be careful of the enemy's sneak attack, and let you know if there is anything tomorrow."

The people below hurriedly handed over their hands and withdrew from the scope of the Chinese army tent, and the soldiers they brought also retreated in an orderly manner.

After all these people had retreated, Jin Chanwen and Erya supported Yang Heng again and entered the central army camp.

After returning here, Yang Heng sat in the middle and sighed, "I was thinking of leveling the world for the emperor, but I didn't expect to receive such suspicion."

Jin Chanwen hurriedly comforted him: "Master, the emperor has always been like this since ancient times, so you don't have to be too sad."

But Erya at the side didn't care about this, she asked, "Senior brother, what are you going to do with Shouming and the others?"

Yang Heng lowered his head and sighed, and then said: "After all, Shouming and the others are officials ordered by the court, and Shouming is still my first disciple. If I can't bear to kill them, but if I want to stay here and continue to fight for the court, I was dissatisfied with it, so I decided to retreat back to Henan, and I don't care about the mess in Shandong anymore."

When he said this, Yang Heng's eyes flickered, as if there was something in it.

Er Ya didn't understand Yang Heng's calculations at all, and she was still complaining about Yang Heng's injustice.

"That's right, these people are like those treacherous ministers sung in dramas. If they don't know how to handle affairs, they know how to frame Zhongliang behind. Let's not serve them at all."

Only the golden cicada pattern fully understood Yang Heng's thoughts.

You must know that although Yang Heng is now in control of the soldiers brought from Henan, there are still 10,000+ elites commanded by Dugong Li in Jinan City.

These people have been fighting with Dugong Li for a long time. It can be said that they are all Dugong Li's confidantes, and it is impossible to surrender to Yang Heng.

Faced with this situation, the people under Yang Heng's command almost had to face pressure from Dugong Li and the White Lotus Sect.

In this case, in order to protect yourself, it is better to retreat temporarily.

As soon as Yang Heng withdraws from the territory of Shandong, the temporary alliance between Dugong Li and the White Lotus Sect will immediately disintegrate.

At that time, Yang Heng can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight in Shandong until Dugong Li and Bai Lianjiao are both injured and exhausted. At that time, Yang Heng can march eastward with his troops and take the whole of Shandong in one go.

After guessing what was on Yang Heng's mind, Jin Chanwen also hurried to help.

"What Xianggong said is that since they don't believe us, why should we stay here? It's better to go back to our own home."

When he said this, there was a gleam in Jin Chanwen's eyes.

Yang Heng nodded, and then said: "Let's rest today, the army will retreat early tomorrow morning."

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During the daytime of the next day, Yang Heng summoned all the generals in the big tent of the Chinese army.

And among these generals, there was actually Liu Yue who was beheaded that day.

It turned out that at that time, it was just a scene in front of Shouming. In fact, Liu Yue had already gone back to his big tent for a drink.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Yang Heng announced what happened yesterday, and then ordered the generals to pack their bags immediately, and set off westward after lunch. Let's go back to Henan.

The generals below were already a little displeased with the imperial court's suspicion. Now that Yang Heng issued an order, they packed up their luggage immediately after returning one by one, and waited for Yang Heng's order before withdrawing to Henan.

After eating the battle meal at noon, the whole camp began to be lively, and countless troops left the barracks and walked westward slowly.

However, in order to guard against the White Lotus Sect and the sneak attack in Jinan City, Yang Heng also ordered his confidant Liu Yue to lead the troops to kill the rear.

But Yang Heng himself was on the hill, watching the endless army with a gratified smile on his face.

Besides, at this time, Yang Heng's empty camp was in a large tent, and three people were being imprisoned. These three people were Shou Ming, Duke Li and Han Ming.