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Chapter 1251 The Battle of Hongnong (Part 1)

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    The rebels are ambitiously attacking Hongnong Palace, preparing to make a fortune.  At this time, the Sui army in Hongnong Palace also regarded the incoming rebels as prey, at least that was what Yang Zhiji, the prefect of Hongnong County, thought so.

    Yang Zhiji is the son of Yang Zheng, the second brother of Yang Jian, and was named King Cai.  During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, his father Yang Zheng accompanied Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to attack the Northern Qi Dynasty and died in Bingzhou.

    Yang Zhiji was an alternative in the clan. Although he was from the clan, the relationship between Yang Jian and Yang Guang and his son was not harmonious with the clan. After Yang Guang succeeded to the throne and deposed King Teng and King Wei, Yang Zhiji became the only one in the court.  He is not a prince of Yang Guang's descendants, so his situation can be imagined.  Moreover, the relationship between Yang Zhiji, the father of Yang Zhiji, and Yang Jian was not good, and the relationship between the concubine Wei and Queen Dugu was also not good. Therefore, although Yang Zhiji was granted the title of prince, he lived a wary life. In order to protect his own life, he acted extremely cautiously, even to the point of being  Even Yang Jian felt sympathy for him.

    Later, his brother Yang Zhiming, Duke of Gaoyang County, was deprived of his title because of his friendship with King Teng and King Wei. Yang Zhiji became even more cautious, fearing that he would be killed if he violated Yang Guang's taboos in the slightest.

    In the sixth year of Daye, Yang Zhiji was appointed as the prefect of Hongnong County. After taking office, he handed over all government affairs to his subordinates and lived alone, never letting Yang Guang think that he was greedy for power.  If it were not possible, he would not even be the governor.

    But now that Yang Xuangan is approaching the city, even if he wants to be clean, he can't.  Yang Xuangan wanted to overthrow the Yang family. If Hongnong City was captured by Yang Xuangan, he, Yang Zhiji, as a member of the clan, would have no chance of being spared.  Even if he could escape by chance, given the emperor's character and losing Hongnong City, the emperor would definitely put the blame on himself, and it would be possible for him to be deposed, exiled, or sentenced to death.

    Yang Zhiji didn¡¯t dare to bet on Yang Guang¡¯s strength, and he didn¡¯t have that many chips, so the only thing he could do was to defend Hongnong City and not give Yang Xuangan and Yang Guang the chance to kill him.

    Therefore, Yang Zhiji, who had not been in office for more than two years, unexpectedly summoned everyone to discuss how to deal with the upcoming Yang Xuangan rebels.

    At this time, there were no more than a thousand soldiers in Hongnong City. Facing Yang Xuangan's tens of thousands of troops, everyone was afraid and did not dare to speak.

    At this time, Yang Zhiji said: "The army of Yang thieves is approaching, and I am afraid that they will plot to the west to pass the pass. If their plan is successful, it will definitely cause shock in the world. I heard that the emperor's reinforcements are coming, so I will leave Yang Xuangan here in Hong Kong."  Under Nongcheng, it will not be able to go west. It will not take ten days by then. Once the reinforcements arrive, Yang Xuangan will be defeated."

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? With a mere thousand men and horses, Yang Xuangan's tens of thousands of rebels were stopped, fearing that they would not be able to attack a stone with an egg.

    Yang Zhiji couldn't convince everyone that he could stop him. When everyone was worried, the city gate defenders reported that troops had crossed the river from Choosang (now northwest of Lingbao City, Henan Province) and rushed to Hongnong City. It was Huang Mingyuan who sent them.  Reinforcements.

    The coming general is Gao Nie, the general of Tiger Benlang of Zuowu Wei. He has three thousand men and horses under his command. He came all the way from Heyang at night under the stars.

    After Huang Mingyuan arrived in Heyang, he knew that if he appeared in Luoyang, Yang Xuangan would never dare to fight him and would definitely flee west.  Therefore, in order to block Yang Xuangan's escape to the west, Huang Mingyuan ordered Gao Nie to lead his army westward from the north bank of the Yellow River and rush to Hongnong.  Their three thousand troops ran all the way and arrived at Hongnong City before Yang Xuangan.

    Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, everyone was overjoyed.  And when they heard that Wei Gong Huang Mingyuan had arrived in Heyang to command the counter-rebellion, they were even more convinced. No one objected to Yang Zhiji's suggestion to stop Yang Xuangan's rebels.

    Now, if we can hold off the enemy for a few days, it will obviously be a great achievement.  Even if the soldiers in the city are useless, they still have three thousand troops like Gao Nie, so everyone has nothing to fear.

    As the highest military attache among the people, Gao Nie took over the defense of Hongnong City.  He deliberately prevented people from setting up defenses outside the city, and ordered people to lower the flags to prevent the other party from discovering the inside story.  He also placed rolling logs, stones and gold juice at the top of the city, waiting for the rebels to arrive.

    On that day, Yang Zhiji gathered all the leaders of the aristocratic families in the city into the prefect's mansion, and sent troops to surround the prefect's mansion, isolating the inside and outside.

    Yang Zhiji was not worried about Gao Nie's defense of the city, but he was worried that Hongnong County was the ancestral land of the Yang family. The Yang family had been operating here for a long time and had a deep foundation. Once Yang Xuangan's troops came to the city, there would be people in the city who could cooperate with him.  A group of aristocratic families were imprisoned in the prefect's mansion. Even if the family had any ideas, they would take action.

    Yang Zhiji also ordered his confidants to arrest the families in Hongnong City who were leaning towards Yang Xuangan, and relieved their family power.  Anyone who dares to resist will be killed.

    Gao Nie was also greatly surprised by Yang Zhiji's thunderbolt methods. He had heard that Cai Wang Yang Zhiji was cowardly and timid, but he did not expect that he would be so decisive in his killing and his methods would be so fierce.

    Although Yang Zhiji¡¯s move did not destroy the city,?The rebel forces were wiped out in one fell swoop, but the possibility of someone offering the city was minimized.

    Yang Zhiji secretly sent people disguised as envoys from aristocratic families, went to Yang Xuangan's army, and pretended to surrender to Yang Xuangan.

    Yang Xuangan was overjoyed by this and was unprepared, so he agreed with the other party to steal the city at midnight and prepared to attack.  Yang Xuangan was born in a wealthy family, and he knew the power of the wealthy families very well. Although each family did not have an army, they had enough population and food. Once they united, it would be more than enough to attack a city from the inside.

    At night, Yang Xuangan's troops had a full meal and then rushed to the city to wait for the third watch.

    At the third watch, Yang Xuangan suddenly saw a red lantern swinging on top of the city. He was overjoyed. This was the secret signal he had discussed with the city's internal officials, so he immediately led his troops to the city gate.

    But when we arrived at the city gate, we didn¡¯t see the city gate open.

    Yang Xuangan was greatly puzzled, but looking at the top of the city, the red lanterns were still hanging.

    It shouldn¡¯t be.

    Yang Xuangan then ordered people to signal at the foot of the city, but no matter what they did, there was no response from the top of the city.  But the red lantern on the top of the city is still hanging.

    Yang Xuangan, who was just muttering in his heart, waited until dawn but didn't see the city gate open.

    Yang Xuangan had no choice but to return to the camp in frustration.

    At this time, the other party's envoy came again. Yang Xuangan asked the other party sternly why he had waited all night but never saw the city gate open. Could it be that he was deliberately trying to deceive him.

    The messenger repeatedly begged for mercy and said cautiously: "It's not that our family master broke the contract, but last night King Cai invited all the family heads to the house and asked us to hand over food to protect the city. My family master didn't come back all night, and he didn't let us go until dawn today.  So there is no way to open the city gate. I beg Duke Chu to forgive me, and I will do it at three o'clock tonight, as promised."

    Yang Xuangan understands this matter. Many times, local officials have to rely on local wealthy families to collect people and food. King Cai is incompetent and may only ask for money.  Therefore, although Yang Xuangan was dissatisfied, he still agreed to the matter and warned the other party fiercely that if he dared to deceive him again, he would be punished without mercy.

    Yang Xuangan waited for a day, but there was no attack.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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