Xue Huaiyi's death did not have much impact on the entire Daibei Provincial Army, after all, he, the so-called chief of the march, did not have a high sense of presence in the army, and several chief of the march of the battalion and military affairs were appointed to work on behalf of him, whether he lived or died, and for most of the soldiers, there was no deep stake.

Of course, this is only on the surface, and no one can say what the soldiers of each battalion feel in their hearts. No matter how dispensable Xue Huaiyi is, after all, he is the chief of the march officially appointed by the imperial court, and he is suddenly executed like this, which is more or less suspicious.

At present, Qi Biming and other generals are only trying their best to restrain their troops through camp rules, and try their best to prevent any signs of collusion in the army. Although each of them has a certain number of henchmen, the proportion is very small compared to the entire army.

Therefore, after getting rid of Xue Huaiyi, they also need a figure like Wu Youyi to nominally control the whole army in order to control the situation. However, before the senior generals at the level of the general manager reached a consensus, they no longer dared to let the army travel rashly, fearing that uncontrollable variables might appear during the march.

As a result, the entire army can only temporarily remain in the northern part of the state. The only thing to be thankful for is that in the past few years, the imperial court has not conquered the Turks once, or Shuofang, or Daibei, and several times as the advance base of the army, and naturally there are some supporting infrastructure, such as camps, pastoral areas, etc., so that the army will not sleep in the wilderness.

However, without Xue Huaiyi, the nominal commander, Wu Youyi's own influence on the Daibei Dao army is not strong enough, and the news of the coup d'état in Shendu has spread among the high-level generals, which makes the army have no unified constraints, and the heads of the generals are also at a loss.

Now in the army, it is also divided into several factions, Qi Ming led the order in the old department of the capital protection mansion, and also led Li Duozuo's troops, a total of nearly 10,000 people, which is the head of the road with the most unified army.

But this is also based on the premise that the entire military command system has not collapsed, once the morale of the army collapses, the battalion commanders are no longer bound by military orders, at least Li Duozuo's subordinates will no longer be under the control of Qi Ming.

Cao Renshi supported the Chinese army, although the number of soldiers was not much, only more than 3,000 people. But these more than 3,000 people are all composed of the Nanya Forbidden Army, both in combat effectiveness and obedience, they are the leaders of the battalions, and they are also the backbone of the entire army.

According to the general structure of the Tang Dynasty combat army, it is usually based on a certain proportion of government soldiers as the core, and then paired with regimental training athletes and Hu servants, so as to form a large army.

Like Zhenguan and Gaozong in the early period, there were many brilliant records of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of foreign soldiers, and this is the reason. As the essence of the Tang Dynasty, it is the world's first-class strong army, and it is also the core force that has been able to sweep Zhuyi since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

However, it is precisely because of this that although Cao Renshi controls such an elite force, it does not mean that he can classify this army as his own self.

The premise that he can command the army is that he is the commander of the march appointed by the imperial court, and if he dares to give any orders that clearly disobey the imperial court, the military will not be attached, and maybe even a single general in the battalion will dare to cut him directly.

On the other hand, that is Su Honghui, there are not many soldiers under Su Honghui's direct command, only more than 3,000 newly recruited athletes in the first army, and the combat effectiveness is not high.

But Su Honghui's advantage is that he himself was born in Jiangmen, and as the grandson of the famous general Su Dingfang, there is no shortage of relatives and friends inside and outside the government and the opposition, both in the military and political circles.

Moreover, this time on behalf of the North Road March, Su Honghui himself also bears part of the responsibility of the marching chief, Xue Huaiyi, the chief of the march, is in vain, and most of the camp affairs are handled by Su Honghui, and he maintains a good interaction with most of the marching commanders.

Strictly speaking, Su Honghui is the most powerful general in the army after Xue Huaiyi's death. Xue Huaiyi's death did not cause much turmoil in the army, mainly relying on Su Honghui to run to the camp to restrain the soldiers. As long as he can speak bravely, most of the marching commanders and middle-level generals will tend to obey Su Honghui's orders.

However, Su Honghui's own personality is not strong enough, and he has no ability to deal with drastic changes, and he is even afraid to take responsibility.

Of course, Su Honghui's retreat is also quite fearless. Today, there is not a single person in the army who can completely control the situation with a single shout. Even if someone is relatively powerful and dares to directly kill Xue Huaiyi, they may not dare to harm him.

Even though there are changes in the DPRK and China, Su Honghui also has no shortage of family support in the DPRK and China, and there is no need to rush forward in such a sensitive situation to seek performance.

In this way, a relative balance of mutual restraint was temporarily reached in the Daibei Provincial Battalion, but the result of this balance was that the entire army was stalemate in place, unable to advance or retreat.

Of course, this state of affairs cannot be maintained for long, and there are small variables happening all the time, the most important of which is that the news of the coup d'état in Shendu is spreading into the army through various channels.

With the increasing number of news channels and the process of the entire coup d'état being outlined more and more clearly, the governors were full of amazement on the one hand, and on the other hand, they were also very tacitly blocking the news, not daring to let it spread to the middle and lower ranks.

However, the so-called defense of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan, how can such a shocking event be concealed for a long time. As the news goes deeper and the governor becomes more and more, the situation will become more uncontrollable.

"How? Is Mr. Su willing to enter the camp to discuss in detail? ”

In the big tent of the Chinese army, seeing Qi Biming and Cao Renshi entering, Wu Youyi stepped forward and asked impatiently.

At present, although he successfully killed Xue Huaiyi, he was also suspicious of Qi Mingming because he deliberately concealed the news before, and he did not dare to conspire again. Now although he is staying in the big tent of the Chinese army, he is under house arrest, he has no access to any military affairs, and he is extremely worried about his own safety.

Seeing that the two of them shook their heads silently, Wu Youyi couldn't help but stomp his feet and scolded angrily: "Su Honghui, this dog thief, is so bold!" I don't have the slightest responsibility, I just want to protect myself, and I don't care about it at allOnce the news spreads, the army will become a boiling soup, which is really hateful! ”

Qi Ming and Cao Renshi glanced at each other, and they also saw anger and worry in their eyes. Su Honghui couldn't shrink back, unwilling to discuss the future plan with them, and Wu Youyi did scold their hearts.

But the question is, where did Wu Youyi get the face to scold Su Honghui? If it weren't for the fact that he deliberately concealed such important news before planning the matter, making it difficult for Qi Ming and others to conspire with him again, the situation in the army would not have become like this.

Now Su Honghui is reluctant to stand up and discuss major matters, and although the joint forces of Qi Ming and Cao Renshi are not weak, they do not dare to use force to control the whole army. Once the current stalemate is broken and the news is completely leaked, it is really who moves first and who dies first.

Several people discussed, but there was no mature plan, so Qi Ming left the Chinese army's tent with a heavy heart, preparing to return to the headquarters camp.

However, when he left the camp of the Chinese army, his henchmen suddenly stepped forward and whispered: "General Yu, while waiting outside, I heard that the Chinese army soldiers privately discussed that the reason why the general conspired with King Jian'an to kill Xue Huaiyi was to invest in the Turkic ......."

When Qi Ming heard this, he immediately gasped, and then felt even more cold in his hands and feet, knowing that if this rumor spread, it would be enough to put him to death!

He subconsciously prepared to return to the Chinese army and wanted to discuss the matter with Cao Renshi, but after taking a few steps, he suddenly paused. Although he and Cao Renshi have a tacit understanding, they will never reach the level of trusting their lives, and they don't know how to convince Cao Renshi that he has no intention of fleeing, and if he turns back, he is afraid that he will fall into the net.

Qi Ming naturally has no intention of escaping, although he was born in the Tibetan Ministry, but his ancestors have been attached, both father and son are married to the daughter of the Li Tang clan, and they regard themselves as a Tang dynasty in their bones, and they have long been accustomed to living in Liangdu, how can they want to return to Saishang to live that kind of life without a fixed place and drinking blood!

What's more, the coup d'état in Shendu has little impact on him, and after the coup is returned to Li Tang, he may even be more reused with the identity of this layer of relatives. To say that he intends to flee to the Turks is simply nonsense!

But it is one thing to know what is in mind, and how to win the trust of others in such a sensitive situation. The rumors tied him to Wu Youyi, and there were deeds of killing Xue Huaiyi in front of him, in the eyes of some outsiders, there may not be no such possibility!

After thinking about it, Qi Mingming realized that he had been too active in recent days, and he commanded the most troops, which caused some people's hostility and malicious targeting.

But realizing this, Qi Mingming did not have any good ways to deal with it. The malicious target may be worried that he will directly anger him, so he can still exercise a little restraint when spreading rumors, and first spread them in the more obedient Chinese army, but if he really dares to react excessively, this rumor may be known to the whole army in an instant.

Qi Ming returned to the headquarters camp with a lot of concern all the way, first summoned some of his cronies and arranged them around his camp, and then ordered the whole camp to be on guard, and the soldiers were not allowed to communicate with the outside world.

But he knew that just blocking the whole camp was just sitting and waiting, and he had to save himself! It is impossible to escape, not to mention that he is reluctant to give up everything he has now, even if he has such an idea in his heart, the soldiers under his command will never follow him down such an underworld.

At present, all kinds of news are still spread privately, and Qi Biming also realizes that if he wants to survive, and even maintain his current power, he must have a deep connection with the powerful figures in the DPRK and China.

The Emperor's Heir?

The kings of the Wu clan were killed, and the imperial heir was out of the palace to supervise the country, and there was no doubt that he was the biggest victor of the coup d'état in Shendu City.

However, Qi Mingming quickly rejected this idea, and he did not have any close contact with the imperial heir, and suddenly declared that he might not be able to win people's trust. Second, as the biggest victor of the coup d'état in Shendu, there must be many governors in the army who have their hearts set on the emperor's heir, and those who secretly spread rumors may be this group of people, who want to carve up his military power.

King Yong!

King Yong is a young man of Zongzhi and one of the hosts of the coup d'état in Shendu, and he dares to make such a dangerous fight, which shows that King Yong's ambition is strong. And although King Yong is suddenly older, his foundation is still shallow, if he shows favor to King Yong first, King Yong should not turn a blind eye to him.

Even if the power of King Yong does not affect Daibei Province, which is far away in Bingzhou, but this army will eventually return to the Divine Capital, as long as he can grit his teeth and claim that he has a lot to do with King Yong, the other governors will not dare to deal with him!

For example, Wu Youyi, who was surrounded by Qi Ming's ambush soldiers in the tent, and when his life was threatened, he subconsciously shouted out and was also the name of King Yong. Since the rumors also linked him to Wu Youyi, and he really couldn't say it clearly, it was better to simply make the same voice and move closer to King Yong!

Qi Biming had just made such a decision, and suddenly the general rushed into the tent and announced: "General, the imperial envoy has arrived outside the camp!" ”