Mid-hour is coming.

Yan Lishi was covered in armor and sat on the chair behind the desk, with a calm face but resolute face. This time he secretly transferred two thousand dead soldiers into the city in the name of replacing defense, preparing to raid the city lord's mansion. Even if Yuan Mulan's cultivation level was high, she could only bow her head and accept her fate when she was caught off guard.

This is not a rebellion, but just a military admonition. Yuan Mulan would not have any worries about her life. Yan Lishi had even made plans to settle the score after the autumn. However, for the sake of national destiny, he had to do so.

"Father, you can leave!"

His confidant general, also his adopted son Yansun, wandered in. Yan Lishi slowly stood up and picked up the precious sword that he had been with him for many years. He was unsheathed for more than half of the blade. His blade was clear like water, and it suddenly became sheathed, making a sound.

"Walk!"

Yan Lishi strides forward, Yan Sunyou hurriedly chases him beside him and whispers: "Father, I have something to report to you..."

"Hmm? You said!"

As soon as Yan Lishi finished speaking, his waist was numb, his dantian was sealed, his body was sore and weak, and he could no longer move. He turned his head with difficulty and looked at Yan Sunyou, his eyes were full of unbelievable shock.

"Children... are the egrets of Hou Guancao!"

Yan Sunyou lowered his head and did not dare to look at Yan Lishi. He was deeply loved by Yan Lishi, and the emotions between father and son were also real. However, as a egret, he had his own beliefs and persistence.

Hou Guancao is not only the emperor's eyes and ears and minions, but also the last line of defense to maintain the stability of the empire. Anyone who is ruthless, disobeys, is particularly dissatisfied with resentment, and has ulterior motives can be killed.

Even if it is father and son!

Yan Lishi showed some relief. No matter what the outcome was, he tried his best to meet his ancestors even if he was killed.

The city lord's mansion is brightly lit tonight.

Yuan Mulan saw Yan Lishi in the secret room, and personally untie his ban, sighed and said, "Why do you do this?"

Yan Lishi smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, I have no selfishness and no different ambitions. I just want you to pity the country and raise soldiers. Save some seeds for the central army, and retreat early is the best..."

Yuan Mulan shook her head and said, "General is wrong. The Lord ordered me to be the commander and command the three armies. I have my own intentions. I stationed my troops here, watching Ye Min rampage and, I, let Dan Tai Douxing besiege Huatai, and I have my own intentions. As a member, you should have unconditional execution of my military orders. I want to conduct military advice tonight. It seems selfless, but I ignore the national law and military law. I have never thought that if you succeed by chance, and everyone will imitate the war in the future, where will the commander be placed? Furthermore, you think you are loyal and selfless, but you don't kill you. Where is the national law and military law? If you kill you, your historical pen is like iron. How should you say that the Lord and me?"

Yan Lishi was sweating profusely, sat wither for a long time, stood up and knelt on the ground, and said, "I will know my fault, I am willing to accept military law!"

A hint of unbearableness flashed in Yuan Mulan's beautiful eyes, but the military law was ruthless and could not tolerate the following. She said in a gentle voice: "Who can make it among your three sons?"

"The three sons of the sinners are all mediocre, and they are not talented. They are given by the Lord. The family has hundreds of hectares of fertile land, tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, more than ten houses, and more than a thousand slaves, which is enough for them to spend the rest of their lives." Yan Lishi said sincerely: "However, my adopted son, Yan Sunyou, is as meticulous as a hair, is very knowledgeable in military affairs. He stays in the marquis Cao Mingzhu, and asks His Highness to dismiss his duties and concentrate on his training in the army. I can guarantee that within five years, the Great Wei will have another general."

"As you wish!"

Yan Lishi fulfilled his worries, straightened his waist, closed his eyes and waited for death, but Yuan Mulan said, "Don't worry, I will accompany you until dawn. There will be a new battle situation in Luoyang, and you will die at peace."

Yan Lishi suddenly opened his eyes, his voice became higher uncontrollably, and said, "Luoyang?"

Luoyang.

After Ye Min led his army to leave, Zhou Shiting took over Luoyang's defense. He was also a famous general in the central army. He arranged in an orderly manner in all aspects. On the one hand, he strengthened the defense of Luoyang City, and on the other hand, he communicated with Xingyang and Hulao. He also used his social skills in Jinling to establish good relations with the families of the surnames in Luoyang City. He had no trouble outside and no worries inside. No matter how he looked at Luoyang, he was as solid as a god.

Two days ago, Xu You suppressed Yuan Mulan's main force on Junyi and could not move. Ye Min had already arrived at Yecheng as planned and confiscated Yuan Mulan's nest. Dan Tai Douxing made a little slow progress, but it also surrounded the sash platform and cut off the contact between the two banks of the Yellow River. Anyone with discerning eyes could see that the balance of victory was tilted towards the Chu army without reservation. Such good news is of course worth celebrating. Zhou Shiting deliberately spread these military newspapers, with the heart of peace and public, and also invited prominent figures in Luoyang City. Everyone praised them and patted General Xu's flattery and parted with joy.

Zhou Shiting, who was drinking a lot of wine, was about to rest when the guards came to report that Zheng Hui, the head of the Zheng family, asked for a meeting. This man made great contributions and exposed the conspiracy of the foreign marquis to invade Luoyang. Xu You also talked with him about drinking and having fun. Zhou Shiting deliberately won over this period of time, and Zheng Hui was also very up-to-date and donated a lot of food, clothing, and meat to work hard for the army. The two sides were very familiar with each other. Although they were drunk and in a trance, they had to meet the door in person.

Zheng Hun said excitedly: "I flew south by myself. Who has ever heard that the Han people have such a great victory over the Hu people? A hundred years of blood feud, today's snow is really exciting. It happened that I found a good thing from Hu Shang, and I came to offer it to the general as a congratulations to show my heart!"

Zhou Shiting received a lot of benefits from Zheng Hun, most of which were jade treasures that were hard to see in the Southern Dynasty. He felt itchy and coughed twice, saying, "It was not that Zheng Gong should have spent money, but the general told me to have more interactions with Zheng Gong before leaving. When he was in a great victory, he could not let Zheng Gong's kindness be disappointed..."

“Yes, yes!”

Zheng Hui laughed and lowered his posture, which was very different from the identity of the head of the Zheng family, but Zhou Shiting enjoyed this kind of flattery. If he was in Jiangdong, let alone Yu Liu, Xiao Yuan, or Gu Lu, Zhu Zhang, who would be so careful to please him?

After entering the room, Zheng Hui gave a wink. Zhou Shiting understood it and asked the guards to retreat outside the door. Zheng Hui took out a jade Buddha from the box, which was only the size of a finger palm, and could be carved vividly. The treasure face was flowing and lifelike.

Zhou Shiting's mother believed in Buddhism. Such a gift was delivered to her heart. She smiled so hard that she couldn't close her mouth and said, "It's too expensive, too expensive..."

After giving the gift, Zheng Hui took out another jar of wine and said mysteriously: "This is Jiujiuchun, which is treasured in my house. It is said that it was brewed by a secret method passed down from the palace during the Cao Wei period. It has been at least decades and I am reluctant to let it go, but this time I endured the headache of my heart and invited the general to drink it together."

Zhou Shiting's belly surging wine worms. He opened the jar and smelled it. It was so fragrant that the Adam's apple moved up and down and smiled and said, "Mr. Zheng, you and I are not outsiders. Please tell me if you have something to do. I will never refuse anything I can do. But if you say ugly things in front of you, if you violate the military law of the general, I will be powerless..."

When you go out, don't have your head on your belt and get some benefits with power. This is the unspoken rule within the Central Army. It's not harmful to say it out. Even if the Jingzhou Army is the same, perhaps only monsters like the Cuiyu Army and Chifeng Army can be no longer greedy for money.

However, if you are greedy for money, you must never cross the line. Zhou Shiting has a good grasp of the matter. He will not do anything that violates military law, do not do anything that harms the situation of the war, and do not do anything that disobeys the king and the general. If Zheng Hui thought that giving him some gifts would make him bow his head, it would be too simple.

"I have the courage to do something that is not upholding military law? That's it. I came from the Western Regions and bought and sold it in March. Later, wars broke out and I couldn't retreat. I just arrived at the boundary of Chang'an for more than seven months. I took too much land and took water. Now the water routes from Chang'an to Luoyang are under martial law. So I want to ask the general and General Shan, the commander of the Youdu Army, to tell me if I can allocate two ships to the old man and transport the cargo back. Of course, I will not take advantage of the Youdu Army in vain. The ship's supplies and all costs will be doubled..."

"this……"

Zhou Shiting thought about it and said that this matter was big or small. The navy had been secretly secretly when he was the late emperor. Anyway, the ships were trained to sail, and they spent a lot of money on the way to make up for the expenses. Taicheng and the Ministry of War were happy to see it.

"I have no friendship with General Shan, but I will talk to him tomorrow. Nearly half of the hundreds of ships in Youdu Army are repairing. Seconding two ships for one should not be a big problem."

"Then I thank the general in advance!"

Zheng Hui seemed very happy and filled Zhou Shiting and himself with a wine jar. The two of them drank happily and drank for half an hour. Jiujiuchun was well-known, and Zhou Shiting finally couldn't bear the power of drinking. He lay softly on the couch, shouting: "Don't leave, keep drinking..."

Zheng Hui was also drunk and stumbled on the side of Zhou Shiting's couch, pushed his hands and said, "General, get up, drink until dawn..."

Zhou Shiting had no reaction. Zheng Hun's eyes suddenly became clear, and a poisonous dagger slid out of his sleeve, and a puffy sound penetrated into his throat.

Zhou Shiting woke up from pain, grabbed Zheng Hun's shoulder with both hands, and a large amount of blood gushed out of his mouth and nose, like a dried-out fish. His body was struggling and twisting, and a creaking sound was made in his throat, but he died unwillingly.

When the guard heard the movement, he hurriedly broke into the door. Zheng Hui laughed loudly, turned his wrists backwards, and the poisonous dagger penetrated through his chest, feeling calm.

In order to win the trust of the Chu people, Zheng Hui and Luanniao joined forces to use the bitter meat scheme to ruin the lives of thousands of people from the three families of Chu, Pan and Yang, as well as Lian Jiuqi, the substitute, and many egret officials lurking in Luoyang City. In fact, even Qiu Liusong was on the list of sacrifices, but Xu You Aicai let him go.

Such a huge and bloody price allowed Zheng Hui to successfully invade the Chu army and finally fulfilled his mission tonight.

Mencius said that he would sacrifice his life to seek righteousness. From ancient times to the present, he was dedicated to the assassins such as Jing Ke, and the three brothers, the Taishi of Qi who insisted on "Cui Zhu killing his king", Jie Zitui, who lived in seclusion without saying good fortune, and Cheng Ying, who committed suicide to repay his friends, seemed different, but in fact they all died generously for their own way.

The land is not divided into north and south, people are not divided into Hu and Han, and countries are not divided into Wei and Chu. It is precisely because there are countless such patriots and kind-hearted men who can hear the truth in the morning and die in the evening. They are loyal to their country and nation, and dare to sacrifice and contribute, so that their national fortune and ethnic fortune can continue.
Chapter completed!