Although Taiyuan City is far less famous than Xi'an, Shaanxi, which is known as the capital of several dynasties, or the two capitals of the north and south, because it is located in the heart of the Central Plains and has been a place that military strategists have fought for thousands of years, the city's defense is also the best. The five-meter-high city wall alone is enough to put psychological pressure on the attackers, and its city is covered with weapons that are most conducive to defense. The only heavy city gates entering the city have been closed tightly in the past few days and are not allowed to enter and exit at will.

When Tang Feng brought his men to the city of Taiyuan and looked up at all this, he felt a little nervous. If he still attacked the city according to the strategy he had set before, as long as the anti-army in the city was determined to defend it, even the elite Liaodong army would be difficult to capture the city. But now it is obviously different, because he has changed his strategy and changed from a strong attack to a surprise attack and a fraud. [bsp;   The defenders on the city increased their vigilance when the troops appeared in front of him, and some people even raised their bows and aimed at the city. Because Taiyuan is the most important city in Shanxi, they stockpiled a lot of weapons in the city to support Datong and other important towns in the north at any time, but now they are cheaper in these anti-army. Many of these anti-army officers and soldiers were once soldiers of the garrison, so they are naturally familiar with the use of these weapons.

Seeing that the people were coming towards him, the people in the city were even more careful. As soon as the other party entered the range, they shot an arrow and shouted loudly: "Who is coming, please sign up!" Because their troops in Taiyuan City are now less than 20,000 left because they were sent to deal with the official army, they were still very careful, for fear that someone would take advantage of the situation and enter.

"Brother, why can't I even recognize you?" With the two short swords pressed under the armpit and their lives were controlled by human hands, Hu Kong had to answer as instructed in front: "I am Hu Kong."

"General Hu?" The defenders on the city also saw clearly the flags that the troops were slamming, and even saw the people standing in front of him who were familiar with each other, which made him feel a little relaxed. However, some of them asked in confusion: "General Hu, have you been ordered to attack and pacify? Why are you back so soon?"

Hu Kong tightened his face, but he couldn't answer. At this time, Tang Feng, who was standing on his body, whispered: "Tell them that you found the traces of the official army halfway. In order to prevent Taiyuan from making any mistakes, I will come back to report the news."

Hu Kong hesitated for a moment, and used a short knife to press his hand with a slight force, threatening: "Speak quickly!" In desperation, he had to say as Tang Feng said.

"What? There is such a thing! What should I do?" The people in the city exclaimed.

"Brother, let's talk about these things after we enter the city. Now the official army may come over at any time. What we have to do now is to guard the city and let them suffer this defeat." Hu Kong continued under Tang Feng's guidance.

"This... General Hu is forgiven. The order I just received today is that no one can open the city gate. If you want to come into the city, I have to ask the two kings. But don't worry, we have sent someone to ask, and there will be an order in a short while." The person on the top of the city said with some embarrassment. This made Tang Feng frown under the city. Unexpectedly, these rebels were still so cautious, which was a bit beyond his expectations.

However, this did not make Tang Feng lose his confidence. He immediately turned around and whispered a few commands to the soldiers behind him. Suddenly, someone walked out of the team as if he was very angry, rushed to the city and shouted and cursed at the people on the city: "What do you mean? We took the risk to rush back to report the news, just to help defend the city together, but you treated us like thieves, and he was guarding against him (mother's what happened?"

As he spoke, more and more people gathered in the city, and the scolding became louder, which made the defenders at the citytop helpless. Tang Feng looked at all this from behind, and a sneer flashed across his face. He knew that these thieves were not people who obeyed the orders, so he used this trick. Even if the people at the citytop were not convinced, there was no way. Moreover, even if they were not fooled and opened the door and waited for themselves, the soldiers who had reached the foot of the city wall could still go up to the city in the shortest time, so as to take the initiative.

After a long time of noise under the city, a majestic voice came from the city: "What are you doing!"

When Tang Feng heard this, he saw a man about forty and looked very elegant, looking at everyone with an angry face. Hu Kong cooperated and said, "This is our king Luo Rucai."

"There are people who will conquer the world in the future. They are still so unreasonable to understand the rules now!" Luo Rucai shouted loudly and said, "Didn't you just want to stay outside the city for a while? There is no wind or rain, what are you calling? Hu Laosi, how did you lead the soldiers?"

Hu Kong hurriedly said, "Master, I don't think about it either, but my brothers have been traveling so many times, and they are really exhausted..."

"I asked you to attack and pacify, but why did you come back? I found the official army on the way, are you timid and afraid, are you? Tell me clearly!" Luo Rucai asked loudly with a tiger face.

"It's the real king. We really found the outpost of the government army in Wangjiaji. After arresting a person, we found out that their target was my Taiyuan City. We were also afraid that the king would be unprepared, so Taiyuan was in trouble. Then we rushed to report the news. And after hearing what the arrested person said, the government army had tens of thousands of people, all of which were elite. We are short of people in the city now, so I changed my mind without authorization and helped defend the city first. When the enemy was defeated, we would attack and pacify it!"

This sentence made sense, and Luo Rucai on the city could not help but nodded in agreement: "Okay, if this is the case, you have made a great contribution. Open the door and put them in!"

After hearing that he finally gave this order, Tang Feng under the city breathed a long sigh. Fortunately, these people did not see any flaws, otherwise it would be difficult to easily take Taiyuan. With a creaking sound that made people sour, the huge city gate slowly opened. Tang Feng immediately ordered people to prepare for battle. After entering the city, he immediately controlled the situation on the wall.

Hu Kong was still walking in under Zhang Tai's hostage, but as he entered the city gate, Zhang Tai couldn't get too close to him. After all, it was not like the distance between a personal soldier and the chief general. Taking advantage of this moment, Hu Kong suddenly accelerated his horse speed. While avoiding Zhang Tai's short sword, he shouted loudly: "Be careful, these are all official troops!"

Luo Rucai and the anti-army soldiers who were just waiting at the city gate were stunned when they heard this, and then they realized that they wanted to pick up weapons to block the enemy from entering the city. But it was obviously too late at this time. With a "swoosh", an arrow had already hit Hu Kong's back. At this time, his people were several feet away from the anti-army. At the same time, the official troops who were originally smiling suddenly moved, and the various weapons that had already been in their hands were chopped out at the same time. The hundreds of archers there even shot a series of rapid shooting, and even shot over a hundred people who came up to the ground.

"Kill! Only at this moment to capture Taiyuan!" Wu Sangui shouted loudly and rushed out with one horse. Around him, many Liaodong troops also rushed up. Because they were going to pretend to be anti-army and open the city gate, these elite soldiers did not come on horseback, but even in infantry battles, they were not able to resist by ordinary people.

It turned out that less than 500 people were laid at this city gate, and there were less than 300 personal soldiers who followed him when Luo Rucai arrived. However, there were only 2,000 officials who rushed in in one go. Both the number of people and combat power, the official army had an absolute advantage. Suddenly, the city gate was completely controlled by Wu Sangui and others. The half-open city gate opened wide, and more officials rushed into the city. Now Luo Rucai and the others were even more difficult to resist.

Seeing that fighting would continue to die in vain, Luo Ru wisely chose to retreat. However, at this time, there were less than 300 people left, which shows how fierce the official army attacked.

At this time, the anti-army in the city had already received news, and the sound of horns came from all over the place. Countless people rushed from all directions with weapons to resist the invasion of the official army. A melee began at the east gate of Taiyuan.

Tang Feng also came into the city under the escort of several personal soldiers. After seeing the movements of the anti-army in the city, he showed disdain. Their reaction was not slow, but unfortunately they were completely in a mess. People kept coming like this, but only increased casualties. How could they be the opponent of the official army that had been through a long battle formation? He immediately ordered the army to set up a formation and advance in a slow but very effective way.

After the official army set up their formation, they even brought their combat power to the extreme. As they moved forward step by step, hundreds of anti-army fell under their swords. This was a huge blow to the anti-army, and they had no idea that they could not defend themselves.

At this time, Liu Guoneng also rushed over. When he saw this, his whole face turned pale. Such a strong Taiyuan was actually broken by the government army calmly, which was really unacceptable. What scared him even more was the combat power of these official troops. Although the troops were not more powerful than him, they completely crushed the entire Taiyuan City defenders in terms of momentum.

Finally, Luo and Liu gathered their troops, but more than 3,000 people had been lost. The others were also timid and were no match for the government army that was pressing step by step.

Tang Feng also saw the unstable morale of the anti-army. I think so, now that the official army has entered Taiyuan, they have no support for the most. After seeing the power of the Liaodong Army, how could they be as good as before? So he ordered people to express their meaning loudly: "Put down the weapons, those who surrender can avoid death, otherwise they will be killed!"

As soon as these words were said, the anti-army's awareness of resistance decreased a little, and some of the weapons in their hands were also a little low. Liu Guoneng was also shocked when he heard this and shouted: "Don't believe their nonsense. When will the government keep his word? If we put down our weapons, we will be afraid of death even worse. In order to save our lives, we must fight with them to the death!"

"Yes, we want to fight to the death with these hawks!" The confidants of Liu and Luo also shouted loudly, and at the same time they rushed up first, wanting to fight again.

Tang Feng snorted coldly, knowing that these people at the forefront knew that they would never be spared, so they wanted to resist stubbornly. However, this did not defy Tang Feng. He ordered: "Boundists, musketeers come forward and let them wake up!"

Immediately, thousands of archers and five hundred musketeers strode forward. A buzzing bowstrings and the banging sound of muskets, hundreds of people rushing up immediately died on the road ahead. Tang Feng sighed and said, "You all saw it, it's no trouble to kill you. But the court still cares about you, and hopes that you will not be encouraged and resist in vain. In addition to the chief offender, I, Tang Feng, Anping Hou, can guarantee that I will not kill one person indiscriminately!"

Even two years later, many people still remember the name of Tang Feng. Hearing that he was the Marquis of Anping, who was the former anti-Jin people and the eunuch party, the faces of the anti-army soldiers suddenly felt hesitant. This fell into Luo Rucai's eyes but was a little desperate. Tang Feng made everything clear, and as the leader, he would never give up easily. So he shouted: "Don't fall into his plan of discord. We will not be defeated, kill!"

However, only a few people came forward at his command, and the others stopped. This time, Luo Rucai was even more shocked. Before he could speak again, one of the anti-army people could not hold on and threw the weapon in his hand to the ground.

"Knock!" As the sound of the weapon falling to the ground came out, the anti-soldier soldiers who could no longer hold on to it finally collapsed. Countless people threw down the weapons in their hands, then knelt down on the ground, not daring to struggle anymore. On the other side, Luo Rucai and the others saw that the situation was hopeless, and couldn't help but sigh. At such a short distance, they had nowhere to hide and had no way to escape.

The official army immediately stepped forward and began to take the surrendered anti-army soldiers aside, reorganized and arrested them. Although they would not be charged with too much crime, the necessary punishments were still indispensable.

For the more than a hundred people in the middle who refused to throw down their weapons and dared not fight again, Tang Feng just ordered people to surround them. After the others were driven to both sides in an orderly manner, Tang Feng urged his horse to move forward and said to Luo Rucai and the other two: "Do you two want to struggle to death? Now that Taiyuan has changed hands, what else can you do?"

"Are you really Tang Feng, Anping Hou?" After a while stunned, Liu Guoneng asked.

Tang Feng nodded: "Yes, even Marquis Anping, I am also the commander of the three armies who came to quell the rebellion by the saint!"

"Although I have heard of many of your deeds before, I refuse to believe it. Now it seems that everything is true. You are indeed very powerful. You can actually outsmart the surprise soldiers and kill us Taiyuan City. This time, I am convinced by the loss! I hope you can keep your promise and do not harm others except us, the leader!" Liu Guoneng said as he suddenly put the knife in his hand on his neck. After exerting force, he fell down and saw that he was not alive.

After a tragic smile, Luo Rucai also committed suicide immediately. He left nothing because Liu Guoneng had already said everything he should have said.

Tang Feng sighed and ordered: "Burn them well. These two people are also considered personalities, don't slap their bodies." He knew what the two were thinking. They knew that once they were captured, they would not be allowed to be easily committed, so they simply committed suicide. This was also what Tang Feng let them do, otherwise they would not be able to commit suicide no matter how fast they were.

As the two committed suicide, the remaining more than a hundred people also lost the motivation to resist, and they also threw down their weapons and surrendered. Looking at the blood flowing on the ground, Tang Feng sighed helplessly. He didn't want to kill the people who were both Han people, but once the war started, the situation was not something he could do. Fortunately, it was acceptable to control the casualties to the minimum this time.

When it was dark that day, all the city defenses in Taiyuan City had been controlled by the Liaodong Army, and the prisoners had already settled in the military camp. The soldiers were guarding them and waiting for the imperial court to deal with them before they could be dealt with.

At this time, Tang Feng was taken by his subordinates to the residences of the wealthy businessmen and officials in the city of Taiyuan, where there were piles of silver and other property. That was obtained by the anti-army after taking down Taiyuan. Except for part of the people below, the rest were still here.

After licking his dry lips, Wu Sangui's eyes were a little blurred. He asked, "How to deal with these things in the Marquis?"

"Please take some of it for everyone to share. Our Liaodong Army hasn't received any money for a long time, so it's just enough to fill some of it. The others will be used as rewards for the next battle." Tang Feng thought for a moment and said, "Also, let's divide some of it for the people in the city. This period of time has made them suffer, even if you give them some comfort."

When the soldiers heard this arrangement, they were immediately happy and were grateful to Tang Feng from the bottom of their hearts. Indeed, the soldiers handed over their lives to get some benefits. Who would really have lofty ambitions and ideals?

When Wu Sangui and others were allocating these property, Zhang Tai said with some concern: "Mr. Marquis, aren't you afraid of criticizing me if you do this? Tang Wenzheng has been staring at you, and it is impossible to hide this from him. Also, there are still a lot of officials in Taiyuan, and their money..."
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