From beggar to emperor: I am not Zhu Yuanzhang

Yang Xingmi quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and sighed:

"It's like a dream, I can't believe Tao Ya died like this. Who, who killed my brother!"

Yang Xingmi's anger was ignited.

Xu Wen replied: "It was Du Hong's special envoy Sun Miao who forced Tian Kai to kill Tao Ya."

"It's Tian Kai again!"

Yang Xingmi clenched his fists and gritted his teeth: "I must personally cut this thief into pieces to avenge Tao Ya and comfort his spirit in heaven."

"Brother, please don't get angry. Taking good care of yourself is the most important thing at the moment."

"If I don't avenge this, what will my brothers think of me? How will I lead the troops from now on? I ordered the whole army to mobilize. I will lead the army to conquer Huangzhou in person. I will never retreat until Tian Kai and Zhu Yanshou are captured, Du Hong is wiped out! "

Xu Wen wanted to give some more advice, but when he saw the burning anger in Yang Xingmi's eyes, he knew that it was useless to say anything. Yang Xingmi was determined to kill them.

At this point, he had no choice but to comply.

A week later, Yang Xingmi's body basically returned to normal. He couldn't wait to hold a plenary meeting in the palace to discuss the matter of personally conquering Huangzhou.

On the day of the meeting, all civil and military officials in Yangzhou were notified that they were not allowed to ask for leave or be absent, and all must attend. Yang Xingmi had something important to announce.

Everyone who was supposed to come had arrived. The conference hall of the palace was packed with people. Everyone was waiting for Yang Xingmi to come out and reveal the answer. At this time, the officials did not know the news of Tao Ya's murder. Some people were still talking about the fact that there had been no news about Tao Ya for a long time. Several people were whispering and disagreeing.

Suddenly, a shout came from outside the door:

"King Hongnong has arrived——"

Everyone stood up as a reflex to greet him. Yang Xingmi, dressed in military uniform and with a sword hanging on his waist, walked up to the hall step by step. This rare attire shocked everyone. In their impression, Yang Xingmi always wore common clothes and was known as the "Confucian general". He was rarely seen wearing armor. Today, he was actually fully armed, with armor and a sword.

Everyone realized something big had happened.

Sure enough, Yang Xingmi got straight to the point after taking his seat. He didn't like to go around and make things mysterious.

"Yesterday, Huangzhou came to report that brother Tao Ya was unfortunately killed by gangsters. The unit has been disbanded. Zhang Chong's current whereabouts are unknown."

This short sentence was like a bombshell that exploded all of a sudden, and everyone was shocked.

After a brief silence, everyone whispered and sighed. Many people felt extremely sad for Tao Ya's murder.

Liu Wei stood up and asked, "I don't know who was so heartless that he killed my brother Tao Ya. I, Liu Wei, will definitely take his head to avenge brother Tao!"

"That's right, take revenge. This revenge is not worthy of anyone if you don't take the oath."

"It's too outrageous. Tao Ya can't die in vain."

"The army went out to conquer Huangzhou and massacred the city for three days, leaving no chickens or dogs behind."

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The crowd was furious.

Yang Xingmi didn't speak, maybe he was too angry and couldn't form words.

Xu Wen answered for him: "It's Tian Kai and Zhu Yanshou."

Everyone was in an uproar again. They didn't expect it to be these two people.

In Thirteen Miles of Crouching Tiger, Tian Bo ranked second, Tao Ya ranked fourth, and Zhu Yanshou ranked tenth. They were all Yang Xingmi's closest brothers and comrades. How could it not be regrettable that they have reached this point now?

"Tian Kai and Zhu Yanshou have lost their conscience and are no better than animals. They killed Tao Ya's brothers and committed a heinous crime. I asked King Hongnong to send troops to conquer Huangzhou, capture these two thieves, and kill them to comfort Tao Ya's spirit."

The ministers petitioned unanimously.

The atmosphere has been heightened to this point, and everything has come naturally. It's no longer possible to send troops even if you don't think about it.

Yang Xingmi took action:

"Generals, listen to the order. I will personally lead the army to Huangzhou in three days. I will not withdraw my troops until the two thieves are captured. This battle will capture Huangzhou, destroy Du Hong, kill the two thieves, and comfort Tao Ya's spirit in heaven."

After hearing these words, everyone's blood boiled with excitement, and they all took the initiative to ask for a fight: "I am willing to follow the king to conquer Huangzhou in person and fight to the death with the two thieves."

Since Dai Yougui had already gone through the retirement procedures and no longer interfered with current affairs, Yang Xingmi decided to leave Xu Wen to guard Yangzhou this time, and ordered Liu Wei, Gao Xu, Zhang Xun and others to follow him to Huangzhou.

The news of Yang Xingmi's army's expedition soon spread to Huangzhou. Zhu Yanshou did not expect that Yang Xingmi would go out in person, so he felt uneasy. He discussed the matter with Tian Kai:

"Brother Tian, ​​Yang Xingmi personally came to attack Huangzhou. I'm afraid the attackers are not good-natured and may be more dangerous than others. How should we deal with it?"

Tian Kai muttered: "Now I can only ask Du Hong to send troops to rescue him quickly. We cannot let him sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. We have to drag him down. If you want to take advantage of others, there is no way."

"What a great idea. I'll send someone to see Sun Miao right away."

The news of Yang Xingmi's personal expedition has reached Ezhou where Du Hong is located. The guy thought about it and realized that this was a good opportunity to defeat Yang Xingmi. He immediately ordered general mobilization and personally led his troops across the river to Huangzhou, where he attempted to defeat Yang Xingmi in one fell swoop and seize the Huainan territory.

However, he overlooked one thing. This time was different from the last battle in Huangzhou. This time Yang Xingmi came at him with full anger and was unstoppable. As the saying goes, "a sad soldier will win", Yang Xingmi's entire army is united in the same hatred of the enemy, and they are all gnashing their teeth and gearing up, and their morale is high. At this time, you, Du Hong, may not be able to take advantage.

Sure enough, outside Huangzhou City, the two armies faced each other for several days, and the first contact battle broke out. Yang Xingmi's troops all fought bravely, one to ten, and broke through the three lines of defense of Du Hong's army in one go, and directly entered Du Hong's headquarters.

Du Hong had never seen these madmen before, and he was so frightened that he quickly fled into Huangzhou City.

Yang Xingmi was unwilling to let him go, so he ordered a hot pursuit. The army surrounded the city on three sides and attacked fiercely. The reason why he left one side unencircled was to force them to abandon the city and run away.

Sure enough, when Du Hong saw that Yang Xingmi was here to risk his life, I don't want to risk my life with you, he immediately prepared to run away.

He found Zhu Yanshou and Tian Bo and ordered them to defend Huangzhou. He wanted to return to Ezhou to move reinforcements and would come back to rescue them immediately.

Even a three-year-old child couldn't be fooled by these words. Zhu Yanshou and Tian Kai knew clearly that this guy seemed to be running away.

So what do we do? If he falls into Yang Xingmi's hands, he will die an ugly death.

No, only fools are trapped in an isolated city. If you run away, I will run away.

On the second night after Du Hong crossed the river to escape, Tian Kai and Zhu Yanshou also quietly opened the city gate and ran away.

After daybreak, Yang Xingmi's army outside the city found that there was no movement in the city, and there were not many living people on the city top.

Yang Xingmi immediately sent Liu Wei to investigate. Liu Wei led a team of troops to climb up the city tower, only to find that all the defenders at the top of the city had escaped at some point. He immediately ordered people to open the city gate and let the troops outside the city enter. Huangzhou returned to Yang Xingmi's hands again.

After the army entered the city, they put out fires everywhere and captured the remaining enemies. At the same time, they also had a more important task, which was to hunt down Tian Kai and Zhu Yanshou.

Liu Wei searched the city but could not find any trace of the two men. He concluded that the two men had probably escaped from the city.