Xu Shiji looked at Weicheng County with complex eyes in the team. This county town that once entrusted all his hopes and ambitions has gradually blurred and gradually faded away in his memory, like a cicada's fading shell.

Although he was only twenty-three years old and the youngest general in the Sui army, he felt that he had experienced vicissitudes and his heart gradually became old. Xu Shiji sighed softly, and he felt that he had lost his passion for a long time.

At this time, the city gate opened, and a soldier rushed out and rushed to the Sui army and asked loudly: "I'll look for General Xu!"

"I'm here!"

Xu Shiji urged the horse to come out. He glanced at the soldier and recognized him, "You are Wang Xiaomazi."

The soldier was extremely excited and stepped forward and knelt in front of Xu Shiji, "The Fourth Head, it's me!"

Xu Shiji took a deep breath, the title of "Fourth Head". He smiled softly and said, "Do you have anything to come to me?"

"General Song asked the Fourth Head to come to the city to discuss it!"

Luo Ziyu, the deputy general next to him, immediately stepped forward, "General, you can't enter the city, it's too dangerous."

Xu Shiji shook his head, "If you want to take down Liyang City, I must enter Weicheng County. There are five thousand elite riders here. I wish they dare not do anything. Just wait for me here, and I will come back soon."

Xu Shiji turned around and waved his hand to his personal soldiers, "Come with me!"

He led more than a hundred personal soldiers to the city with the soldiers. As soon as Xu Shiji entered Weicheng County, hundreds of veterans knelt down together, "Fourth Head!" Many people burst into tears, and some even burst into tears. The grievances they suffered over the past six months were poured out at this moment with Xu Shiji's appearance.

Xu Shiji quickly turned over and dismounted, walked to the middle of the veterans, and said to everyone: "Thank you, brothers, for remembering me, but now I am not the Fourth Head of the Army. I have no relationship with the Wagang Army now. I just hope that all the old brothers can have a good end, farm and support their families, and be able to keep their children and grandchildren around them. Then I have no regrets."

The veterans were extremely moved and shouted: "Sizhu, take us all away!"

At this time, the chief general Song Jianpu came over and bowed: "How is General Xu safe?"

Xu Shiji also bowed and smiled, "I'm here this time, I'm going to bother General Song."

"You don't have to be polite, please follow me."

Song Jianpu brought Xu Shiji into a room not far away, and there were only two of them in the room. Xu Shiji immediately asked, "Is Sun Changle's mother in Weicheng County?"

Xu Shiji was very nervous. If Sun Changle's mother was not in Weicheng County, then his plan would have failed. Although she should be in Weicheng County or Wagang Village, Sun Changle was also likely to take her mother to Liyang City in private. This speculation has been pressing into his heart like a stone, making him uneasy these two days. At this time, Xu Shiji was staring at Song Jianpu, and his heart was full of expectations and tension.

Song Jianpu joined Wagangzhai in the eighth year of Daye, and is also considered a veteran. He understood Xu Shiji's nervousness, but he had his own ideas.

"Sun Changle's mother is in Weicheng County. I have sent someone to pick her up, but......"

Speaking of this, Song Jianpu stopped, and he said to Xu Shiji meaningfully: "But I hope the Fourth Head of the Army can lead the brothers to build Wagang again and revitalize the former glory of the Wagang Army."

Xu Shiji was stunned. He didn't expect Song Jianpu to say such a thing. After a while, he smiled bitterly, "Does General Song think this is possible?"

"There is nothing impossible. Now Wagang Village and nearby prefectures and counties are in my hands. There are thousands of troops, and there are more than 100,000 old subordinates who miss Brother Zhai. As long as the Fourth Head raises his arms and shouts and raises the banner to revive Wagang, I believe that countless old brothers will come to join. The Fourth Head Home, now Li Mi is dragged in Pengcheng County by Yu Culture and is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Do it!"

Song Jianpu stared at Xu Shiji with bright eyes, his eyes full of eager expectations. Xu Shiji still shook his head, "My wife, children and father are in Taiyuan, how could I leave them behind and become a bandit again..."

"Fourth Head!"

Song Jianpu was excited and shouted loudly: "A real man should put the world first. What should I not give up? As long as the Fourth Head family becomes a hero, will Yang Yuanqing really kill your wife, children and old father? The Fourth Head family, you must listen to me today. I, Song Jianpu, are you willing to support you as the new master of Wagang!"

Song Jian took out a long sword, put it on Xu Shiji's neck, knelt in front of him on one knee, stared at Xu Shiji, and said viciously in a tone that could not be refused, saying, "Fourth Chief, you must agree!"

Xu Shiji lowered his head and was silent for a while, "Have you ever thought about the five thousand cavalry outside the city? They are only loyal to Yang Yuanqing. I am just a general who leads the army. They cannot rebel with me."

"You can let them leave. I, Sun Changle's mother, give it to them. I know you are going to take Liyang City, so let them seize the city by themselves, and the Fourth Head will stay."

"Okay! I asked my personal soldiers to send Sun Changle's mother out of the city, and I stayed there. Maybe I can fulfill Brother Zhai's last wish and re-summon all the old brothers."

Song Jianpu was overjoyed. He kowtowed three times to Xu Shiji, "This is my apology to the Sidun family. After the incident, I will donate blood and wine to apologize according to Wagang's rules."

He stood up and shouted, "Come on, send Sun Changle's mother out of the city!"

.........

Xu Shiji's personal soldiers guarded a carriage out of the city. Xu Shiji stood on the top of the city and watched the five thousand cavalry turn north and gradually disappeared. He turned around and walked to the top of the city. A thousand old and weak soldiers under the city were lined up in order, while Song Jianpu and his dozen of his subordinates surrounded Xu Shiji. They held the hilt of the knife in their hands and had doubts in their eyes. Song Jianpu wanted to force Xu Shiji to make a swearing again, so that he would believe Xu Shiji's sincerity.

"Dear brothers!"

Xu Shiji's voice was not high, but everyone could hear it clearly, "I, Xu Shiji, want to ask everyone, are you willing to revive Wagang with me?"

"I am willing to serve the Fourth Head of the Family!" A soldier raised his arms and shouted, and all the soldiers shouted, "I am willing to serve the Fourth Head of the Family!"

Everyone's eyes were full of expectations and enthusiasm. They longed for Xu Shiji to take them back to the heyday of the Wagang Army. Xu Shiji sighed secretly in his heart, why no one was willing to retreat to the land, why did he have to rob and kill people?

The knife on Xu Shiji's body had been taken away by Song Jianpu, and he had bare hands. Dozens of his personal soldiers stood a hundred steps away. They also had no weapons. This was the condition for sending Sun Changle's mother out of the city.

"Fourth Head, you can make a vow. Brothers are all looking forward to it!" Song Jianpu urged.

Xu Shiji glanced down. He was standing just above the corridor in the upper city, only one meter away from the corridor. He slowly raised his arms and knelt down on both knees. Everyone knelt down with him, including Song Jianpu, and he also knelt down.

At this moment, Xu Shiji jumped out of the corridor from the double-team of three Song Jianpu's personal soldiers. Before everyone could come back from the reaction, he jumped up again. He jumped out of the corridor and rushed into more than a thousand soldiers.

The sudden change shocked everyone, and Song Jianpu was the first to react. He pointed at Xu Shiji and shouted: "Catch him!"

More than 300 of his personal soldiers rushed down from the top of the city and rushed towards Xu Shiji. Xu Shiji had already seized a spear. He waved his spear and overturned two soldiers in a row, shouting loudly: "Brothers, Song Jianpu is Li Mi's spy, arrest him!"

More than a thousand soldiers looked at each other, and no one knew who should listen to them. The soldiers did not move, just like bystanders. At this time, Xu Shiji's eighty personal guards rushed up. They had already seized their weapons and fought side by side with Xu Shiji, and the two armies were mixed together under the city wall.

I don’t know who shouted, “Listen to the Fourth Head of the House!”

More than a thousand soldiers woke up like dreams, shouting toward Song Jianpu. Outside the city, five thousand Sui cavalry killed them again. Seeing that the situation was not good, Song Jianpu turned over and rushed out of the city. Xu Shiji ran two steps tightly, raised his arms and threw the spear out of the city. The spear was strong and flew dozens of steps away. "Puff!" pierced from Song Jianpu's back heart, and the tip of the spear came out from the front chest. Song Jianpu screamed and rolled down from the horse and died on the spot.

Song Jianpu's death stopped the melee in the city. Song Jianpu's personal soldiers put down their weapons and squatted on the ground with their heads in their arms. At this time, Luo Ziyu wanted to lead the cavalry into the city to assist in the battle, but a personal soldier of Xu Shiji ran out of the city and said to Luo Ziyu: "Report to General Luo, General Xu asks the Sui army not to enter the city, he can solve the chaos in the city."

In the city, Xu Shiji was full of tears and shouted passionately to the veterans for the second time, "Everyone is a veteran of the Wagang Army. Think about it, how many of the three thousand veterans who were fighting with Brother Zhai back then are still there? Most of them died in battle. What did they get? Apart from the destruction of the family and the separation of their wives and children, they have nothing. Brothers, put down their weapons! Go back to your own home, maybe your wives and children, your parents, and your parents are still waiting for you, go home! Don't die on the battlefield anymore, the era of the Wagang Army is over!"

More than a thousand veterans looked at Xu Shiji silently, "Dang!". I don't know who was the first to put down his spear, followed by the second and third, and more and more soldiers put down their weapons.

.........

At noon the next day, Xu Shiji led 5,000 cavalry to Liyang City. He sent people into the city to deliver letters to Sun Changle. Together with his mother's token, he ordered his personal soldiers to support Sun Changle's mother onto the war horses so that everyone on the top of the city could see it.

Xu Shiji knew that Sun Changle was a famous filial son in the Wagang army, and using coercion and inducement may not work. Only by using his mother as a hostage can Sun Changle surrender.

Five thousand cavalry lined up outside Liyang City and waited for almost half an hour. There was still no movement in Liyang City. Deputy General Luo Ziyu couldn't hold back, "General Xu, could it be Sun Changle surrender?"

Xu Shiji bit his lip tightly, and the general manager only gave him three days. He focused his future and reputation on this move. He spent a day on this. If he couldn't take it, he would become the laughing stock of the Sui army. Xu Shiji was extremely nervous.

"Stop it!"

He whispered, which was also telling Luo Ziyu, "No matter what, he will react again."

Time has gradually passed, and just as the Sui army was already a little impatient, even Xu Shiji himself was about to despair, suddenly a personal soldier pointed at the city gate and shouted: "Look at General, the city gate is open!"

The gate of Liyang City slowly opened, the suspension bridge was lowered, and teams of Wagang soldiers walked out of the city with white flags. The leader was Sun Changle, the chief general. In the face of his filial piety to his mother and loyalty to Li Mi, he finally chose the former.

Xu Shiji was so excited that he almost shouted that the five thousand defenders in Liyang City surrendered to the Sui army on the last day of the first year of Jiye in the Sui Dynasty.
Chapter completed!