Zhang Xutuo looked at Li Jing, who was always inaccessible, and his eyes almost burst out with fire. He angrily reined in his horse and shouted angrily: "Li Jing, if you have the ability, you can decide the winner with me openly." What kind of hero is he who uses sorcery to deceive people?" Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "How can Zhang Shuai say such words after spending his whole life in the army? With your status as a general, there is no need to say these irritating words." Zhang Xutuo's face immediately showed anger. He restrained himself and said coldly: "Li Jing, since you have trapped me, you will probably lack the means to take my life. Just do it, but don't say anything to persuade me to surrender!" Li Jing sighed: "Why should Commander Zhang To be so stubborn, you must know that Yang Guang" Zhang Xutuo interrupted him sharply and said with emotion, "Your Majesty has betrayed the world, but he has never betrayed Zhang Xutuo. I am just dead today. You don't need to say it anymore, otherwise you will be looking down on me. If you disobey me, I will look down on you!" Li Jing knew that this man's heart was as solid as gold and stone, so he stopped trying to persuade him and could only hold his hands on his horse and said, "Although Li Jing doesn't agree with Zhang Shuai's foolish loyalty, he has to admire Zhang Shuai's integrity. "I hope you and I won't have to meet each other on the battlefield in the next life. Li Jing bids farewell to Zhang Shuai." There were eight changes hidden in the eight-door golden lock formation. As Li Jing thought, the area around Zhang Xutuo suddenly turned purple. Red sea of ??fire. Zhang Xutuo let out a long laugh in the flames, seemingly not feeling the pain at all, and in an instant everyone was reduced to ashes. Li Jing sighed, raised his hand in the air, and there was a thunder on the ground. The eight gate flags disappeared out of thin air, and a large number of unconscious people fell around him. They were none other than the one hundred personal guards of Pei Yuanqing and Zhang Xutuo. The dozen or so soldiers around Li Jing didn't know what was going on. They felt as if they were having a big dream. When they woke up, the enemy who was rushing towards them had already fallen to the ground. It wasn't until Li Jing ordered "Take these people away" that they hurriedly dismounted from their horses and tied them up one by one with ropes. Seeing that Pei Renji, who was gradually suppressed by his own generals, was still trying his best to command the Sui soldiers to resist, Li Jing shouted on his horse: "General Pei, Zhang Xutuo is dead, and your son has been captured by me. Why do you still have to bear the consequences?" Resistance will cause these soldiers to bleed needlessly!" Pei Renji was shocked. He looked around and saw that Zhang Xutuo was nowhere to be seen, and his son Pei Yuanqing was unconscious and bound with ropes. Look again at the soldiers whose morale dropped to the bottom in an instant. He sighed with a look of sorrow on his face and threw the spear in his hand to the ground. Zhang Xutuo was defeated and died, and Pei Renji and his son surrendered. Xingyang was as if it was undefended for the Dingshi Army, and it was easily captured that day. After breaking the city. On the one hand, Li Jing went out to pacify the people, but on the other hand, he ordered his disciple Qin Qiong to be the main general, with Yu Chigong and Luo Shixin as his deputy, and led 5,000 elite soldiers to attack Luokou Cang not far from Xingyang. Qin Qiong and other three generals led their troops on a parallel journey and rushed to Luokou Cang before the news of the fall of Xingyang reached. Taking advantage of the laxity of the Sui soldiers on guard, they suddenly made a surprise attack and invaded Cangcheng in one fell swoop. Li Jing¡¯s army then arrived, inspected the 3,000 huge grain cellars, counted more than 24 million tons of grain and rice stored in them, and immediately ordered the warehouses to be opened to release grain. Relieve hungry people everywhere. Due to Yang Guang's tyranny, the people of the Central Plains had been hungry for a long time. After hearing the news, they all cheered and rushed to Luokou Granary to receive grain and rice. Most of them immediately joined the Dingshi Army, causing the Dingshi Army to expand rapidly in a short period of time. The total number of soldiers and civilians was It has reached hundreds of thousands. However, at this time, the Dingshi Army also needed some time to digest the rapidly expanding territory and population, so it temporarily restrained its troops and temporarily changed to a defensive posture. The news spread back to the court, and the officials in charge hurriedly reported the matter to Yang Guang. But after the memorial was submitted, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no response again. The person who submitted the memorial was afraid of delaying the important event, so he tried every possible means to find someone to inquire about it, only to learn that Yang Guang had read the memorial. But he put it aside indifferently, because all his energy in front of him was focused on another major event - digging the canal and patrolling Yangzhou in the south. Within a few days, the imperial court issued a decree, ordering millions of civilians to be recruited to dig a canal to connect the north and the south. As soon as this order came out. Immediately, countless subordinate servants, like wolves and tigers, broke into people's homes to arrest Ding Laf. During this period, dark and dirty things such as plundering and extortion could be seen everywhere. After the captured laborers arrived at the construction site, they faced endless hard labor. Only one out of ten could survive the opening of the canal and return home. During the construction of the canal, a group of corrupt officials led by Shuma Shumou, the governor of the river, took the opportunity to deliberately build the canal over the homes and ancestral graves of wealthy households along the way, taking the opportunity to extort huge fortunes from anyone who disobeyed. Then he was accused of resisting the decree and killed. When the canal was opened, Yang Guang ordered people to plant willows on both sides of the river, and then took a large dragon boat to go south along the river, accompanied by thousands of ships, full of harems, kings, princesses, officials and even monks, nuns and Taoist priests. On the way to the boat, Yang Guang ordered 180,000 boat trackers to be recruited, and even more creatively recruited civilians.There are thousands of beauties, all dressed in white and pulling their own big dragon boats with colorful ribbons. It is difficult to describe all the extravagant and debauched acts. This canal brought Yang Guang, who was already angry and resentful, to the point of being criticized by all the people. At this time, Li Jing had completed the integration of various resources in the territory, and personally drafted and published a second message to attack Yang Guang. He declared that as long as this remnant of the people survived, the world would rarely have peace, and he called on the heroes of the world to join him as volunteers. , went to Yangzhou to defeat the tyrant, and vowed that even if the Dingshi Army sent troops all the way, the tyrant would never leave Yangzhou alive. As soon as the proclamation came out, the situation in all directions was turbulent. Regardless of whether they were sincere in upholding justice for heaven and punishing the people, in short, all the rebel armies in the world responded one after another, sending elite soldiers and generals to Yangzhou, attacking cities and villages along the way, and fighting fiercely with the soldiers and generals left behind in various places in the Sui Dynasty. Suddenly, the world of Sui Dynasty was full of weapons and wars. On Wagang Mountain, Li Jing gathered the generals, inspected 30,000 troops, and prepared to go south to Yangzhou. He first handed a command arrow to Yuchi Gong and said seriously: "Jingde, I still order you to be the front vanguard this time. There is one thing you need to keep in mind. The city passes along this way have been ordered by the teacher to make people. After investigating clearly, the other city gates are fine, but Linyang Pass, Hongni Pass and Dongling Pass are quite difficult. The guard of Linyang Pass, the first of the three passes, is known as the "Four Treasures General". There is a rare treasure with you. When you get to Guanxia, ??just set up camp and wait until the army arrives before you can send troops to the battle." Yuchi Gong has always been in awe of his master. Although he didn't think so in his heart, he didn't dare to show arrogance on his face. He still honestly stepped forward to take the command arrow, bowed and said, "Disciple, I sincerely abide by Master's teachings." Then he turned around and went out to order troops. Qin Qiong looked at Yu Chigong's back and said to Li Jing with some worry: "Master, Jing De has a fiery temperament. I'm afraid the more you say that Master Shang and his disciple are powerful, the more he will fight with him." Li Jing smiled and said : "It doesn't matter. If Jingde fights against Master Shang and Disciple Shang, he will suffer some hardships, but his life will not be in danger. This black guy has been quite arrogant recently, so it would be a good idea to take this opportunity to temper his temper." (To be continued.)?¡