Early in the morning, the head of Yang Fan, the retainer of the Northern Qi Mansion, was hung high on the city gate as a sign of punishment. Tang Lan’s notice was posted on the side. The imperial law prevails in Bailing City. Those who commit suicide pay for their lives. Killing must pay for life!
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"when!"
With a heavy palm falling on the golden silk-wood desk, Bei Qiying, who was nearly sixty years old, looked angry. He was a member of the Yihe Kingdom Heavenly Book family, and the only person in Yihe Kingdom who could write the Heavenly Book. How could the Emperor of Heaven’s cultivation base be able to withstand such suffocation, and shouted with an angry look: "My Northern Qi Mansion and the Empire are not at odds with each other! Lin Muyu killed my son, Bei Qihuan, and now Tang Lan actually deceived people too much. , Yang Fan who killed me in Beiqi Mansion is really hateful!"
On the side, the eldest son Bei Qi said: "Father, don't be angry... Hmph, this old thief Tang Lan has less than 10,000 troops in his hand. After being distributed to the four major gates, he will only have a few hundred people available. The private army has a total of 2,000 people, plus hundreds of books, and are still afraid that one Tang Lan in his district will not succeed? As long as his father gives an order, the child will immediately lead the nursing home and the private army to kill the Nanwang Mansion and kill Tang Lan. Drive these imperial eagle dogs out of Bailing City!"
As he said, the corner of Bei Qi's mouth raised and said: "Father, most of the Dotons are trapped in the sword pavilion, but Marshal Long Qianlin is already on his way back. Once he meets the Dodos, he will surely attack Bailing City. At this time, our Beiqi Mansion can seize Bailing City with the power of one mansion and dedicate it to Dadutong. () Then our Beiqi Mansion can be called the first feat of Yihe Kingdom, what does my father think?"
"Zhe'er, you still don't think deeply enough."
Bei Qiying smiled coldly: "Tang Lan, this old thing, why do we need to do it ourselves? We just need to move our mouths and spend some gold coins to let Tang Lan send his head to the tower by himself!"
"Oh? What is my father going to do?"
"Just so..."
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At noon, a large group of Yihe country civilians surrounded the Zhennan Wangfu. Everyone’s faces were filled with righteous indignation. They waved their fists loudly at the soldiers holding shields in front of the Wangfu and with a panic expression on their faces. He yelled, and at the same time wrote a line of words in red ink on a long white cloth-"The imperial eagle dog loses the heavens, I live and die with Yihe!"
Not only that, these thousands of people even waved their arms and shouted this slogan in unison. Tang Lan must give an explanation, otherwise they would continue to quarrel and surround the palace, making Tang Lan unable to advance or retreat.
In the afternoon, the gate of the palace finally opened. Tang Lan walked out in a brocade robe, wearing a three-star purple flower military emblem around his neck, looking at the troublemaker outside the palace with cold eyes, and said: "Give it all to me. Be quiet, let's talk, what do you want?"
Among the crowd, an old man walked out and said tremblingly: "Old man, see His Royal Highness Seven Seas King!"
"Old people don't need to be polite, just talk."
The old man nodded and said: "The Kingdom of Righteousness has always promoted the equality of all living beings and treats people as benevolence. Now the empire has seized our city and killed our robes. The brutality of the empire's soldiers and the indignation of all people and gods. Your Highness the Seven Seas Kings, you killed Yang Fan privately. , Killed many of the people of Yihe Kingdom, everyone said that the empress Qin Yin was merciless, but now we don’t see the slightest mercilessness. How is it different from wild beasts that you commit this brutality?"
"Yang Fan will kill people in private fights, and you will die." Tang Lan said coldly.
"This is the territory of the Yihe Kingdom, so the laws of the Yihe Kingdom should be implemented. It is not illegal to kill people in the heavenly book."
"Presumptuous!" Tang Lan's eyes were cold: "Balling City has been an imperial territory for thousands of years, so you should obey the imperial laws and kill and pay for your life. No need to say more."
The old man gritted his teeth: "His Royal Highness is so indifferent, which is really disappointing. I and others are all free citizens of the Yihe Kingdom. I would never be a slave to the Empire. Your Highness will go my own way. I have no choice but to die!"
"you!"
Tang Lan's eyes were cold, with five fingers, and said: "Tang Bi, put out an offensive line to block the entrance to the palace, kill no mercy!"
"Yes!"
Tang Bi led a group of Tang family soldiers rushed forward and directly killed several people. The blood water directly stained the steps of the palace. When they saw the dead, many people were already shocked, but a few people in the crowd picked them up. The bricks were smashed at the Tang family soldiers, and Tang Bi became angry for a while, holding the steel knife and said: "Kill me, these unsophisticated people!"
"Yes!"
Everyone started to kill, and all the arrows were fired. In an instant, the troublemaker was killed. The soldiers also smashed their eyes, rushed out of the mansion with their weapons, and even killed people on the street.
"It's killing! It's killing! The Imperial Eagle is going to slaughter the city!"
Some people were yelling, and it was time for business in Bailing City in the afternoon. The countless merchants and pedestrians on the street were scared with fright, especially when they saw the Tang family soldiers who were carrying knives in the distance to kill. One by one, they fleeed in desperation, and in a blink of an eye the streets were already in chaos.
Throughout the afternoon, the news spread throughout the streets and alleys of the city. I don’t know who was spreading the news that Tang Lan was about to massacre the city. Almost millions of people in Bailing City knew that Tang Lan was about to wield a butcher knife. !
When night fell, the city gates had been attacked again and again, and countless people asked to go out of the city. When the guards did not open the gates, many mercenaries and knight fighters chose to do it. This night is doomed. It was a night full of turmoil.
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In the early hours of the next morning, Tang Lan stayed up all night, and his hair was all gray.
"His Royal Highness..."
Tang Bi said palely: "The South Gate Defenders lost more than 300 people last night, and the North Gate lost more than a thousand people. Even we don’t even know who killed them. It’s sad. … As imperial soldiers, we should have died on the battlefield, but now we are dying under these despicable swords!"
"Tang Bi."
Tang Lan looked at this old man with no charm in his eyes, and said: "I Tang Lan worked out of my scheming, but now I am about to die under the scheming of others. I am not reconciled..."
Tang Bi said, "His Royal Highness, who do you think this group is?"
"It doesn't matter who it is." Tang Lan seemed to be old for decades, and said: "Qin Yin wants me to die, and Qin Yi also wants me to die. Lin Muyu, Feng Jixing, Su Muyun and others can't wait to kill me. Skinned and eaten meat, and now even these uncles of the Yihe Kingdom want me to die... Beiqi Mansion, Beiqi Mansion, Tang Lan has been in the world in my life, and I have never been afraid of such a villain, but now... The checks and balances of the government."
"His Royal Highness..." Tang Bi said with a heartache, "We still have at least five thousand men and horses in our hands. There is no need to be restrained by the Northern Qi Mansion. They have the heavenly books, and we also have them. Why are you afraid?"
Tang Lan slowly shook his head: "It's useless... It's useless. The crime is on me, Tang Lan, not on you, Tang Bi, you immediately gather the people and bring these five thousand people out of the city. Your Highness Yin just ordered me to defend the city. , Then... Let me, Tang Lan, stay in Bailing City alone. Life or death is all by destiny."
"No!"
Tang Bi gritted his teeth: "The veteran will never leave his Royal Highness. If he wants to die, he will die together. The veteran will summon everyone to guard the palace!"
"Ugh… "
Tang Lan sighed: "Why are you doing this?"
Tang Bi smiled: "This is my last loyalty as a general of the Tang family. Please also give me this opportunity to let me die on the battlefield with me, and fight with them. , I die without regrets."
"good!"
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At midday, Tang Lan's army abandoned the four gates and gathered all five thousand people in the palace. It seemed... Tang Lan was already contending with the forces of the Yihe Kingdom.
Amidst the sound of horses' hoofs, a line of cavalry galloped in, facing Tang Lan's army from a distance.
"Who are they?"
Tang Lan was wearing armor, holding a steel knife and asking the people around him.
Tang Bi said: "It's a mercenary, a mercenary of the Yihe Kingdom."
"Oh?" Tang Lan couldn't help laughing: "Yihe Country actually spent money to hire mercenaries to kill me?"
"It seems so." Tang Bi gave a wry smile.
At this moment, a mercenary with a high-ranking rank rode forward with a beard and a heavy battle axe in his hand. He smiled and said, "You old guys...Which one is Tang Lan?"
Tang Lan strode out: "That's the old man."
The mercenary laughed: "It turns out it's you. It seems that you can't stand the axe of Lao Tzu at all...Tang Lan, listen up, Lao Tzu is the president of the Jianfeng Mercenary Guild of Righteousness and the State, and his name is Li Dalei, remember. In the name of Lao Tzu, the people in Beiqi Mansion bought your head with 20 million Jin Yin coins. As long as we get your head, we will have no worries about food and clothing in this life."
Tang Lan sneered: "It turns out that my head is so precious, Li Dalei, if you want the old man's head, come and get it, if you have this ability!"
"Stop talking nonsense, kill me!"
Li Dalei gave an order, and the mercenaries immediately launched a charge.
"Array, defensive array!"
Tang Bi gave an order, and suddenly a group of veterans moved with shields in their hands. Although they were older, their ability to fight was tens of thousands of times stronger than this mob of mercenaries!
Shields, spears piercing, and three consecutive lines of defense made the mercenary’s horses useless. Soon, each mercenary became a skewer on the tip of the spear.
"It's Lao Tzu's!"
Li Dalei became angry from embarrassment: "All charge!"
Nearly two thousand mercenaries came to kill, and a bloody battle immediately kicked off in front of the palace.
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On February 23, the entire Jianfeng mercenary army was destroyed, and Tang Lan's army also lost nearly a thousand men.
In the early morning, another group of people began to attack the palace. It was a government army from the counties and counties under the jurisdiction of Bailing City. There were more than 4,000 people and well-equipped. After a few rounds of arrow shooting, Tang Lan’s people were shot and killed. A hundred people, at this time, Tang Lanjun was also showing fatigue, and his physical strength and energy were already exhausted.
However, the number of troops outside the mansion is increasing, and the flags of Yihe Country are joined together.
At noon, the crowd separated, and Bei Qiying, the patriarch of the Northern Qi Mansion, walked out in a gown, clasped his fists and smiled: "Tang Lan, Lord Lan, Your Highness the Seven Seas King, the old man is here to send you on the road!" I1292