Chapter 20: Success in the East and Success in the West (13)

With his bare feet, Tian Fucheng spread his legs and ran to the turret of the mansion. At this time, he could see the inner city of Linzi, with fires everywhere, and the sound of killings. In the firelight, he could vaguely see a man with a red scarf on his head. The Gaotang soldiers are advancing rapidly through the streets. The flags of the Gaotang soldiers are rising on important government offices and mansions along the way, which means that these places have been controlled by the Gaotang soldiers.

The inner city of Linzi was originally guarded by 5,000 garrison troops, but because the tiger head deceived the inner city gate, this last line of defense that defended the Qi State no longer existed in front of the Qilu Army. The guards who were suddenly attacked were completely defeated, almost in the blink of an eye. In the meantime, they were divided and surrounded by a large influx of soldiers from the Qilu Army. Except for some who fled to the street where Tian Yuanyuan was, and the other who entered the palace, the rest were either wiped out or surrendered with their hands raised.

Tian Fucheng's face was pale. He couldn't figure out what Gaotang Hou was doing. Could it be that he wanted to change the dynasty? Even his father, who had been in power in Qi for decades, never took this step. Now he is in Qi. He is equal to the de facto king, but he still maintains courtesy in front of the King of Qi. Gaotang Hou, a guy who started as a pirate, does he think that he can secure his position by taking Linzi? In these days, Gaotang Hou Bai During their interactions with Cheng, Tian Yuanyuan discovered that this person was not a reckless and ignorant person. Of course, if he was really such a person, the Red Scarf Army would not have achieved what it has today.

"He's crazy!" Tian Yuanyuan muttered.

On the street, shouts of killing came in waves, and another wave of Linzi Guards fled here in a panic and entered the gate of Tian Mansion. Behind them, the Qilu Army Corps with red scarves and turbans had already arrived.

With a bang, the door of Tian Mansion was tightly closed, regardless of the hundreds of guards outside who had not entered. Tian Mansion was tall and solid, and for the defenders, it was no more than a fortress.

"Open the door, open the door quickly!" The guard's frantic beating on the door came from outside, but at this time, how could the door be opened in the house?

The guards outside the door hesitated for a moment, looking at the large group of Red Scarf Army troops getting closer and closer behind them, and finally let out a shout and dispersed.

The sound of horse hooves could be heard in the distance, and under the illumination of countless torches, Bai Yucheng, dressed all over his body, appeared in Tian Yuanyuan's eyes with a smile on his face.

"Marquis Gaotang, what do you mean by this? I, Mr. Tian, ​​have waited a long time for you. Why did you do such a thing? Do you still want to sit on the throne of Daqi?" Tian Yuanyuan stood in the corner. , regardless of the pull of the guards behind him, he opened his throat and shouted, from this distance, an arrow flew from the outside, and the powerful Master Tian was about to die.

Bai Yucheng slowly stepped forward on horseback, looked up at Tian Yuanyuan in the corner, and said with a smile: "Master Tian, ​​I have no interest in the throne of King Qi for this bastard!"

"What's that for? Now that our Daqi has gone through the most difficult period, it's time to flourish and show off our talents. If you stop now, I will let go of the blame. You are still the Gaotang Marquis of our Daqi. No, how about I let you be our Grand Lieutenant and command the troops of Da Qi?" Tian Yuanyuan shouted.

Hearing Tian Yuanyuan's shout, Bai Yucheng laughed loudly.

"So that Mr. Tian will know that my real name is not Bai Cheng, but Bai Yucheng. I wonder if Mr. Tian has ever heard of this name?" Bai Yucheng had a sarcastic smile on his face.

"Bai Yucheng, Bai Yucheng!" Tian Yuanyuan chewed the name carefully several times in his mouth, then suddenly remembered something, and his face suddenly changed.

"Young Master, have you remembered?" Bai Yucheng said with a smile.

"Bai Yucheng, the loyal and brave Marquis of the Han Kingdom!" Tian Yuanyuan murmured.

"Exactly!" Bai Yucheng chuckled and said, "After several years of hard work, today we are finally done. Mr. Tian, ​​do you still want to persuade us to surrender now?"

Tian Yuanyuan's last glimmer of hope came to nothing. Bai Yucheng, the loyal and brave Marquis of the Han Kingdom, was also the most mysterious Marquis of the Han Dynasty. Compared with the commanders of several major armies of the Han Kingdom, this guy who was named the Marquis was extremely He is rarely known to outsiders, and he has never led a large army to stand alone. Everyone only knows his name, but never sees him. The only person they know is that he was a horse thief he knew when he started his career in Gaoyuan. During the battle between Gao Yuan and the Donghu people, he had made great contributions.

There was silence in Tian Mansion. Everyone was obviously shocked by the news. The Gaotang Marquis of Da Qi turned out to be the Zhongyong Marquis of the Han Kingdom, the biggest enemy of Qi State. This joke was too big, and it was not funny at all. .

After a long silence, Tian Yuanyuan suddenly roared at the top of his lungs, pointing his halberd at Bai Yucheng, "Shoot him to death, shoot him to death."

As soon as he finished speaking, several feather arrows flew toward Bai Yucheng from the corner. Several shields came out at the same time, blocking Bai Yucheng tightly. With several clangs, the arrows landed on the shields, powerless. Falling to the ground, almost at the same time, the Qilu Legion's arrows rained down on the corner. Above the corner, Tian Yuanyuan screamed, shook, and disappeared from the turret.

Bai Yucheng took a few steps back from his horse and whispered: "Damn it, who asked you to shoot arrows? Don't shoot him to death."

"He shouldn't have been shot to death. I just saw his guards helping him down!" a general beside him whispered.

"Attack Tian's Mansion, remember, Tian Yuanyuan wants to live, but I want him to be useful!" Bai Yucheng ordered.

"Understood!" The general beside him nodded heavily, turned around and gave the order: "Feather arrows to cover, hit the wood and move forward, knock open the door, rush in, remember, you are not allowed to kill Tian Yuanyuan, you have to capture him alive."

Amidst the sound of swishing arrows, the soldiers of the Qilu Army rushed towards the tall wall of Tian Mansion with howls. Without preparing a ladder, the soldiers set up a human ladder. The soldiers climbed up the wall along the human ladder. The Qi soldiers inside wielded spears and swords, stabbing and chopping desperately. From time to time, soldiers from the Qilu Army fell down from the wall. However, the soldiers on the wall were also among the arrows outside the wall, falling like dumplings. Fall off the wall.

Dozens of soldiers carried large, thick logs, shouted slogans, and rushed towards the two thick vermilion doors. There was a loud bang. Although the doors were not knocked open, they were obviously recessed inward. There was a scream inside. It was obvious that someone was holding up the door just now, but due to the huge impact, the person holding the door was now dead or alive.

The soldiers shouted the slogan and stepped back ten steps, shouted, and rushed forward again. When the rumbling sound sounded again, the two vermilion doors had already flown back together, and dozens of people hugged them. The soldiers holding the logs staggered into the gate. The first few had already dropped the logs and smashed them into gourds rolling on the ground.

The door opened, and the soldiers outside shouted and rushed in swarm.

Seeing that the gate was broken, the Qi army who was standing in the corner of the wall immediately dropped their weapons, turned around and fled. The soldiers of the Qilu Army immediately climbed up the wall and ran along the wall, up to the corner, and walked along the roof. In an instant , the commanding heights of Tian Mansion were already filled with soldiers of the Qilu Army. Feather arrows sounded from time to time, knocking down the Qi troops who were running all over the yard one by one, until a smart man threw away his weapon and held his head with both hands. He squatted on the ground, and the arrow that was chasing him immediately changed its direction.

Following suit, more and more Qi troops held their heads in their hands and squatted on the ground, letting the Qi and Lu troops rushing in from outside push them to the ground one by one and tie them up.

Bai Yucheng strode towards Tian Yuanyuan's study. Outside Tian Yuanyuan's study, there were still more than a dozen loyal guards standing. Seeing Bai Yucheng coming, they howled and rushed up with their swords. Bai Yucheng snorted coldly. , took a diagonal step, and flashed a gleaming sword in front of him. The soldiers behind him rushed up and surrounded the dozen or so guards. Amidst the sounds of weapons constantly hitting and screaming and falling to the ground, Bai Yucheng pushed Opened the door to the study room.

Tian Yuanyuan looked pale, facing the door, sitting behind the big case, holding a cup in his hand, and raising it to his lips. However, his hands were shaking a bit. He brought it to his mouth several times, but fell down weakly. Next, seeing Bai Yucheng come in, Tian Yuanyuan gritted his teeth suddenly, raised his glass and tried to drink the contents in the glass.

Bai Yucheng raised his hand, and the sheathed scimitar flew out, hitting Tian Yuanyuan's wrist. With a clang, the cup fell to the ground, and the liquid inside spilled all over the floor.

"Master Tian, ​​it's better to die than to live. Since you don't want to die yet, you might as well live well!" Bai Yucheng walked to the big case, reached out to pick up the saber that fell on the case, and looked at Tian Yuanyuan ,road.

"I will never fall into your hands and let you humiliate me!" He turned around and reached out to pull out the sword hanging on the side of the case. When the sword was unsheathed, he saw Bai Yucheng holding his arms with his hands and looking at him with a sneer. He couldn't help but throw away the knife in despair. Bai Yucheng was a famous warrior, but he was just a scholar who used the knife in front of Bai Yucheng and brought humiliation to himself.

"Mr. Tian, ​​ants care about their lives, let alone humans?" Bai Yucheng said calmly: "Mr. Tian used to not think about food or tea, but after living by Dayan Lake for the past two years, he has gained a lot of weight and his face is rosy. Now every day I walked every day, walked horses and fished, and my life was enjoyable. You are his son, don’t you want to go to his knees and fulfill your filial piety?"

"How could my father, who was a hero, be willing to see me become a lost dog and beg for my life in front of you?" Tian Yuanyuan said with a sad smile.

Bai Yucheng chuckled, took out a letter from his arms, and placed it in front of Tian Yuanyuan, "This is the letter from the old man, read it yourself! People change, and Mr. Tian is very different now from before. .”

I opened the letter with trembling hands, and there were only four large characters on the paper that penetrated the back of the paper: "It's better to go!"

"Father!" Tian Yuanyuan wailed. The familiar font was the handwriting of his father Tian Dan. As soon as his hand was released, the paper fell to the ground weakly. Tian Yuanyuan collapsed on the chair, "Bai Yucheng, what do you want me to do?" "(To be continued)