Chapter 34: Blood Bats

Of course, Wei Wenzhong's intuition is not wrong, he has always trusted Tao Chenmo very much, and the things that Tao Chenmo gave him will naturally be his own business, those strange people from the West have been very normal recently, they still just go in and out to buy some fruits and vegetables every day, and occasionally go out for a walk in the evening, and there is no other action, and the two guys in charge of keeping an eye are also a little tired, but Wei Wenzhong knows that this matter is not ordinary, these people come to Yuzhou and neither travel nor plan for a livelihood, they only stay in one place every day, it is too suspicious, But he couldn't say what the problem was, these people were brought by Nie Qingyun, but since then, Nie Qingyun has never been here, and these people have never gone to find Nie Qingyun, could it be that they are just relatives and friends who are not very close to Nie Qingyun, and after coming to Yuzhou, they have no contact after being arranged by Nie Qingyun indiscriminately? This also doesn't make sense, so before leading the troops north, Wei Wenzhong called Xia Xu and Zhang Hao, who were in charge of stalking, to explain carefully.

There is a more important point is that in fact, Qin Yong did not leave Zhongzhou at all, he went out of the imperial city, and he did go in the direction of Youzhou, but he stopped when he reached the border of Youzhou, although he didn't know whether the murderer who assassinated King Changning was Lu Shoufu or Cheng Jinshang, but he knew very well in his heart that no matter who this person was, the ultimate goal was to provoke the relationship between him and the emperor, so as to create chaos and take advantage of the fisherman. So he left Tai'an just to make a gesture to the emperor, that is, he really went deep into the field to investigate the assassination of King Changning, as for how to tell the emperor specifically, he has already thought of countermeasures, you can blame me, who said that I can't treat others in his own way?

Wei Wenzhong and Cheng Jinshang went to Wanning together, and then led 70,000 troops alone to continue to attack Chengping in the north, this line, Wei Wenzhong and Cheng Jinshang were very relaxed, because they knew that this was just a temptation, Qu Hongsleeve was also very happy, because her opinion was once again adopted by Cheng Jinshang, since Tao Chenmo and Wang Jinyi went to Yinzhou, Qu Hongsleeve became a well-deserved first strategist around Cheng Jinshang, although Cheng Jinshang himself is also a person with his own decision, but he is a martial artist after all, this mind is naturally not as good as a scholar, What's more, this scholar is still a more delicate woman, so Cheng Jinshang trusts her more and more, and this time he went to Wanning and let him accompany him all the way. Of course, Cheng Jinshang also has another meaning, that is, to let Qu Hongsleeve go to Wanning to experience the situation on the front line, and then evaluate for him when he can really attack Zhongzhou.

Wanning is located in the northernmost part of Yuzhou, is the gateway of Yuzhou's northward advance, Huang Chengxiao is overconfident and easily sent troops out of the city to be attacked by Cheng Jinshang before and after, not only his own death but also lost this trench Xiongguan, with Wanning in hand, the initiative to attack Zhongzhou was transferred to Cheng Jinshang's hands.

Xiongguan Pass, the river water is green, the autumn is thick, the maple leaves on the river bank compete for red, and a little breeze, such as the immortal to put the finishing touch, a picture of the autumn rivers and mountains will come to life. Standing on the city wall, Qu Hongsleeves couldn't help but be a little stupid, the clear water stretched, the rivers and mountains were good, how could she be attacked by the sword and sword, but soon, she pulled herself out of this blurred state, she waited for a long time, and finally decided to go out of the mountain to join Cheng Jinshang's account, but not only to enjoy this mountain and river scene, she also had more important things to do.

And the vision is incomparable in Cheng Jinshang's eyes, in addition to the quiet landscape and autumn colors, there is also a pavilion woman standing in the wind, beautiful scenery, beauty, it is really pleasant, so he just watched from a distance, and he didn't want to stop the wonderful time in front of him.

But suddenly, the wind stopped, Qu Hongsleeve also turned around, and Cheng Jinshang immediately returned to his usual appearance.

"I've seen the prince."

"Didn't disturb the girl's elegance, did you?" Cheng Jinshang smiled and approached Qu Hongsleeve,

Qu Hongsleeve sighed slightly, turned to look at the river bank, and said with a slight smile: "If you only look at the scenery in front of you, who would have thought that this mountain and this water are actually a key place for life and death." ”

"Yes, Chengping covers up heroes, and some things will always seem less important at the wrong time."

"But my subordinates think the time is right now."

"Oh? What does this mean? ”

"Now is a troubled time, since you can achieve a hero like the prince, and the hero uses force to calm the troubled times, and then return a peace in the world, this beautiful scenery can be reproduced in the eyes of the world."

"But in the end, how can we make it clear who rules the world?"

"This attack on Chengping, as long as you can win, Zhongzhou will be chaotic, when the time comes, the prince will take the lead, once he enters Tai'an, the things will be much more logical after that."

"The girl thinks Wen Zhong will be able to succeed on this trip?"

"The prince has no confidence?"

"The Chengping garrison is more than 100,000, and there are two acropolis within fifty miles to attack and defend together, I'm afraid it's difficult, but this king doesn't hope for success in a battle, and he always has to test and tempt."

"Why, the prince has no intention of taking Chengping at all?" Qu Hongsleeve thought that Cheng Jinshang would definitely go all out to capture Chengping.

"Most of the main force of Yuzhou is in Yinzhou, if it is really hard to fight for peace at the moment, even if it is a victory, it will be a tragic victory, and when the time comes, the imperial court will concentrate its forces to counterattack, and Yuzhou is afraid that it will be difficult to fight back."

"My subordinates have something I always want to say, but I'm afraid that the prince will misunderstand."

"It's not clear who this king is, but it's okay to say it."

"Lord Wang, my subordinates have always felt that it is a little inappropriate to send heavy troops to deal with Lu Shoufu, the combat power of the Bozhou army is far stronger than that of the imperial court, why does the prince choose the strong and abandon the weak? Of course, General Tao naturally has his reasons for advocating attacking Yinzhou, but his subordinates still don't understand it. ”

Cheng Jinshang smiled slightly and said: "What should be the matter with this king, how can you be the same as Wei Wenzhong, if you have objections, you have to hide them." ”

"Wei Wenzhong? What happened to General Wei? ”

"It's nothing, this time all the generals suggested taking the opportunity to take Chengping, only Wei Wenzhong disagreed, if it wasn't for the king himself to ask, he probably wouldn't have said it."

"Oh? It turned out that General Wei did not agree to attack Chengping? Then why did the prince send him to lead his troops north? ”

"Now is not the time to fight to the death with the imperial court, General Wei does not recommend fighting hard, naturally it is the best choice to test the attack, and this king has never thought of wanting the end of the minister and Jin Yi to take down Lu Shoufu in a short time, the reason why this king agreed to the proposal of the end of the minister to enter Yinzhou, the biggest purpose is just to contain Lu Shoufu's forces, so as to threaten the peace of my Yuzhou, contain Lu Shoufu's forces in Yinzhou, and this king has the opportunity to peek into the movements of Tai'an."

"The prince is high, but his subordinates are stupid."

"Where is it, Tai'an is the center of the country, and this king is also eager to get it, but the time has not yet come."

Qu Hongsleeve said these words for two purposes, one is to test Cheng Jinshang's true intentions, and the other is to test how much Cheng Jinshang trusts Tao Chenmo, of course, she also got the answer she wants, Cheng Jinshang's heart to dominate the world is obvious, but he is not a person who is eager for quick success and quick profit, regardless of the situation, on the other hand, Cheng Jinshang agrees with Tao Chenmo's strategic analysis, in other words, Cheng Jinshang has complete trust in Tao Chenmo, so at the moment, her plan still cannot be implemented, but, Qu Hongsleeve is known as the "red fox", so she naturally thought of another way.

This time, Nie Qingyun did not go with her, but stayed in Yuzhou, so Xia Xu and Zhang Hao, who were in charge of keeping an eye, also saw the scene where he went to Zhanlu Street to meet those mysterious people in the middle of the night, but because Wei Wenzhong confessed, they didn't know what happened in that hut.

Wei Wenzhong on the front line of the whole army array, an order began to attack Chengping, as expected, Chengping is like an iron barrel, the city wall is deep, it is extremely difficult to break through, a rush to kill down, Chengping is almost not damaged, he has lost thousands of people, the spies reported, Chengping's Acropolis soldiers and horses have begun to assemble, Wei Wenzhong immediately decided, Mingjin collected the troops, and soon the whole army retreated south.

Qin Yong was very happy when he received the news that the Chongqing army was attacking the city, and immediately decided to go south to personally command the defense of the city. Qin Yong's departure from Tai'an this time, the purpose is very simple, since the emperor gave him a month to investigate the case, then he naturally had to put on the appearance of investigating the case, so he went in the direction of Youzhou, but in fact, when he went out of the city, he thought of a countermeasure, and after arriving at the border of Youzhou, he sent someone to the prince, asking the prince to tell all the things he knew about the king of Changning, and comforted the prince, let him continue to stick to Youzhou, and it won't be long before he could return to the imperial city. This undoubtedly gave him more words on how to explain in front of the emperor.

Wei Wenzhong retreated, Qin Yong walked around Chengping according to the established plan, and saw that the January period was coming, so he set off back to Tai'an.

After returning to Tai'an, Qin Yong twisted a large number of documents and went directly into the palace.

At this time, Song Ji had already lost a lot of anger, and he really didn't expect that this Qin Yong would really go to Youzhou to investigate the case, although it was overdue, after all, he really brought back a lot of things, so he didn't blame too much.

According to Qin Yong's inference, the king of Changning was assassinated in Chuzhou, and the one who benefited the most was the Lu family in Bozhou, and as soon as the king of Changning died, the Chuzhou army was all in the hands of Lu Wenzhao, so this murderer was naturally him Lu Wenzhao, but there was no evidence, but there was really no evidence, what should I do? This is not difficult for him, the prime minister of Dayuan, very simple, although Lu Wenzhao controls the military and political power of Chuzhou, but there are still many people in the army who have received the favor of him Qin Yong, so when he arrived in Youzhou, he sent someone to inform a few cronies in the Chuzhou army, although these people do not know what the assassination of King Changning is, but this is not important, as long as they follow Qin Yong back to Tai'an, saying that they have overheard that Lu Wenzhao is plotting to replace the king of Changning, and they have also privately received an order not to ask the cause of the death of the king of Changning.

But this emperor will not be so easy to believe, it is easy to say, and then find some people to pretend to be the murderer of the king of Changning, after the matter was killed by Lu Wenzhao, but one or two of them slipped through the net, when they learned that Lu Wenzhao wanted to kill people and kill the mouth, they repented, so they fled to Youzhou, Lu Wenzhao's killer followed, and then in the fight by the Youzhou defenders all captured alive, since then the truth has been revealed, of course, the two who were lucky to survive also carried Lu Wenzhao specially built for them Donggong thread knife.

After describing all this he had carefully planned, Qin Yong naturally had to say that he had planned to return to the palace immediately to reply to the decree, but it happened that the traitors in Yuzhou were attacking the city, so he went south to personally command the defense of the city and ensure that nothing went wrong before returning to Tai'an, so that the time exceeded the emperor's regulations.

All of this is naturally not just talking, there are human and material evidence, and he has what the emperor wants.

After listening to Qin Yong's report, Song Ji really believed it, because the facts were in front of him, Chuzhou did fall into the hands of Lu Wenzhao, and after a long sigh, Song Ji asked Qin Yong to hand over all this to Dali Temple, and after verifying the conviction, it was announced to the world.

Coming out of the palace, Qin Yong breathed a long sigh of relief.

Back in the Prime Minister's Mansion, he didn't have much time to rest, and in the more than one month that he was not in Tai'an, there were naturally a lot of things happening in the imperial city and the border, and he needed to know everything.

One of the most important is how to arrange Ran Mingli's affairs after the retreat of the North Abandonment, Ran Mingli sent a letter to ask him to go to Anzhou to fight against Wei Rong, Qin Yong thought so, so he called An Yingdong to discuss.

An Yingdong heard that Qin Yong had retreated from the assassination of King Changning, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised, this Qin Yong was much more powerful than he imagined, when he learned that Qin Yong was going to make a move on Wei Rong, he was even more shocked into a cold sweat, no, he must not let Ran Mingli go to Anzhou, so he naturally tried his best to persuade Qin Yong to transfer Ran Mingli to Youzhou to deal with Lu Wenzhao, but this time Qin Yong did not listen to him, and finally decided to let Ran Mingli go to Anzhou.

Coming out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, An Yingdong immediately ordered someone to send a letter to Qi Ningyu, saying that the situation was urgent and that he needed to meet immediately to discuss countermeasures.

Qi Ningyu used the excuse of coming from her hometown and went out of the palace to see An Yingdong secretly.

"This palace has long said that Qin Yong is by no means an ordinary person, we just created chaos, but we didn't think about how to let Qin Yong get into it, this time, the trouble came to our side."

"In any case, Ran Mingli must not be allowed to go to Anzhou." An Yingdong said anxiously.

"But Qin Yong has already made up his mind, and he will never change this decision unless there is a perfect reason." Qi Ningyu shook her head and said.

"Cheng Jin is still calm and sophisticated, Yuzhou can't move his hands and feet for the time being, it seems that he can only let Jiao Liansong find a way in Chuzhou."

Qi Ningyu still shook his head and said: "Lu Wenzhao is good, but he is not a fool, Chu and You have gathered more than 400,000 people on both sides of the border, and he will easily use the soldiers and horses that he finally got his hands on?" If Jiao Lian Song was too impatient, it would cause Lu Wenzhao to be suspicious. ”

"This ...... Mother, how is that good? ”

Qi Ningyu pondered for a long time and said slowly: "Ling Jian." ”

Although he knew that this day would come sooner or later, An Yingdong still looked a little shocked, after all, the trump card in their hands would not be used easily unless it was absolutely necessary, An Yingdong said slowly: "Niang Niang plans to use Ling Jiantang's blood bat now?" ”

"We can't force the forces of Chuzhou or Yuzhou to make it difficult in order to prevent Ran Mingli from going to Anzhou, if Cheng Jinshang or Lu Wenzhao become suspicious, it will be a greater loss to us, so now we can only use blood bats, and after such a long time, it is time for them to make a move."

"But Niangniang, what should I do if I return to the city?" An Yingdong asked worriedly.

"Guiyi City and I did set the rules decades ago, they don't interfere with us in the west, and we can't come to the Central Plains to expand our power, but there are many places to kill people and there are many ways, he Guiyi City has set the rules of martial arts, if this matter becomes a court dispute, even if they have hands and eyes to the sky, they won't think that we did it." Qi Ningyu said coldly.

"Niangniang means to let the Chuzhou incident repeat again?"

"Yes, but compared to King Changning, Ran Mingli is strong in martial arts and more cautious, so this time you can't let ordinary people do it, but you have to let the blood bat go out in person, and you must hit it with one hit, and it must be clean, and you can't let the people of Guiyi City notice."

"Okay, my subordinates will do it."

"Yuzhou is too far away from Jing and Anzhou, so don't move the people of Yuzhou first, you transfer the meaning of the palace to the senior brother in charge, and let him arrange the specific matters."

"My subordinates understand."

Nie Wuxiang, who was thousands of miles away, received a letter from An Yingdong, knowing that Ran Mingli was about to go to Anzhou, he couldn't help but feel moved in his heart, it seemed that things were far more complicated than he had planned.

When he saw his junior sister Qi Ningyu's suggestion, he fell into deep thought.

The blood bat has been sent out a long time ago, it's just a matter of when to use it, he doesn't doubt the execution ability of the blood bat, but has a deep fear of Guiyi City, if something goes wrong, once Guiyi City intervenes, then this card in his hand can't play the biggest role, but he believes in his junior sister, since she has a way to make this matter a court dispute, then let him do it, not to mention, of course, there can't be too many concerns and any hesitation at the critical moment, otherwise it will be a big loss due to a small loss, and the whole game will be lost.

Ran Mingli's prestige is not covered, Wei Rong's army is like a bamboo, and after breaking Jingzhou, he went all the way deep into Anzhou, almost swallowing the entire Anzhou, if he was not worried that this would completely anger Ran Mingli and temporarily took the initiative to give up the attack, I think that this Anzhou would have fallen a long time ago.

Ran Mingli acted resolutely, and after obtaining Qin Yong's permission, he took the elite of the North Abandoned Army to turn the gun and immediately rushed to Anzhou, the morale of the Anzhou defenders was greatly boosted, Ran Mingli struck while the iron was hot, launched a series of counterattacks, and completely drove the Wei Rong army out of Anzhou in more than a month, of course, in order to preserve strength, there are also reasons why Nie Wuxiang took the initiative to give up resistance, but in this way, the mood of the Dayuan defenders has changed, if it were not for the Tianye of Jingzhou, Ran Mingli would inevitably return to Jingzhou in one go, Completely drive the Wei Rong army out of the territory of Dayuan.

In the face of the menacing Ran Mingli, Nie Wuxiang had no more way but to guard the heavens and wait for the implementation of his junior sister's clever plan.

Ran Mingli is the commander of the 100,000 army, where is it so easy to get rid of him, unless he uses some means above the court to give him a big crime, but now that time is pressing, where can he be allowed to exert power and authority above the court, not to mention that Qi Ningyu is a person in the harem, and his influence in the court is limited.

The only way to do this was to lure him away from the army and assassinate him again.

But Ran Mingli is very cautious, and there is no way to succeed with ordinary means, so this requires a process.

So soon after Ran Mingli successfully counterattacked in Anzhou, Qin Yong sent someone to bring condolences, and also brought a lot of grain, grass, and weapons, of course, this was naturally An Yingdong tried his best to persuade Qin Yong, Qin Yong also felt that Ran Mingli alone reversed the passive situation in Dayuan, the award, and specially asked Emperor Song Ji for a reward, promoted Ran Mingli to the prince of Zhenguo, and ordered the eunuchs of the inner palace to go to pass the decree, An Yingdong has been a scholar in the Prime Minister's Mansion for nearly ten years, and it is naturally not difficult to arrange one or two of his own people to mix in the team.

Therefore, when the eunuch and the condolence group of the Prime Minister's Mansion came out of the handsome tent, one of them stayed and handed Ran Mingli a secret letter, saying that Qin Xiang had other instructions, but the matter was very important and needed to be taught by private message.

After everyone retreated, Ran Mingli opened the secret letter, and sure enough, it was Qin Yong's own handwriting, and there was also a waist card of Qin Yong, of course, this was also from An Yingdong's hand.

Letter: The imperial city has changed, and the son of Yucheng Anqing Fang.

There were only eleven words in the letter, which made Ran Mingli confused for a while.

There are changes in the imperial city, could it be that the emperor is in trouble, or it may be that the prince or Qin Yong himself has encountered some big trouble, Yucheng is only more than 30 miles away from where he is stationed now, and Anqingfang is located at the west gate of Yucheng.

Ran Mingli was still a little unsure, he originally wanted to recruit the person who sent him the letter, but after thinking that since this person gave the letter and waist card in private, he must be afraid that others would know, so he decided to meet him later.

The Xuanzhi Guards came from afar, naturally to entertain, Ran Mingli secretly observed, the person who sent the letter to him did not drink a drop of wine during the banquet, and seemed very cautious, and he also looked at him from time to time, he was sure that this person should still have something to explain.

After everyone drank and had fun, Ran Mingli followed the messenger to the outside of the tent.

asked, "Xiangye, but do you still have something to explain?" ”

The man looked around cautiously, and then said in a low voice: "King Changning is still alive, the prime minister has arrived in Yucheng, Grandpa Guo can go according to the instructions in the letter, there are spies from King Changning in the army, you need to be careful." Anyway, it didn't matter whether Ran Mingli understood it or not, he left directly.

That's right, the more mysterious it is, the more credible it is, especially the fact that King Changning is still alive properly confirms that "the imperial city has changed". Ran Mingli knew very well that King Changning was Qin Yong's trouble, and he was still alive, which meant that the situation in Tai'an was very unoptimistic, so he believed it.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, and it is the time to kill.

Ran Mingli led a lieutenant general and thirty good men, under the cover of night, quietly left the tent to the east, out of the warning range and galloped wildly, Yucheng is only thirty miles away from here, and it will be reached soon.

However, he did not arrive after all.

Anzhou has been out of the Central Plains, mostly ravines, paved with a lot of loess, the moonlight poured, a miserable white.

The galloping war horse seemed to smell the murderous aura, its front hooves were raised high, and it neighed, and Ran Mingli's horse team was blocked by a man and a knife that suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Who?" Ran Mingli asked cautiously.

"The one who wants your life."

"You weren't sent by Xiangye?"

"Xiangye is far away in Tai'an, so naturally not."

Ran Mingli's heart was excited, and he handed a color to the left and right, and the thirty-one battle-hardened warriors formed a defensive momentum with a snap of their fingers.

"So Qin Xiang didn't come to Yucheng at all?" Ran Mingli asked coldly.

"Yes, but you know too late."

"You're from Weirong? Or is it the people of King Changning? ”

"Neither."

With his intuition from years of fighting, Ran Mingli knew that he was not alone at the moment.

His instincts were correct, there were five of them, each with a long knife, the knife was not unsheathed, but it was already cold.

But Ran Mingli is not afraid, he has been fighting on the battlefield for decades, and he drinks more blood than others drink.

Suddenly, the wind rose.

The horse blocker took the lead, the figure was close, but the scabbard had not fallen to the spot, only to hear the sound of "poof", a pawn on the side of Ran Mingli was already in a different place, this action was too fast, so fast that Ran Mingli only felt a cold neck before he could react, he subconsciously raised his knife to block, only to hear the sound of "bell", a few sparks leisurely, this sound also made him sober up a little.

At this moment, the other four killers also covered up. It stands to reason that the thirty-one soldiers brought out by Ran Mingli are all good at one enemy and ten, but the other party is too fast, the blade is everywhere, and the murderous aura stretches, like the water filling the stone cracks, and the wind enters the long forest, which is really pervasive. The battlefield pays attention to the formation, but the fierce killer has dodged and assassinated several times, coupled with the cooperation of the hidden weapon in his hand, and after a while, their defense will be scattered, where have these battle-hardened warriors seen such a killing move, only resisted for a while and were killed most of them, the yellow sand is like a eater, and the moonlight is bloody.

At this point, Ran Mingli felt that the big thing was not good, he wanted to organize everyone to evacuate, but the horse blocker in front of him not only did not give an inch but pressed step by step, the knife was fatal, he didn't even have a chance to breathe, at this time, the crazy lion on the battlefield was completely enraged, Ran Mingli roared, set up a machete wheel in a circle, and finally forced the horse blocker to take a step back, and he finally found an opportunity to examine the situation in front of him.

It's okay not to look at it, but when I look at it, I feel that my life is not long, and the thirty-one good players he brought have all fallen, including the lieutenant who fell last and had an unbelievable expression in his eyes.

Then, five killers besieged him.

He couldn't remember how long he had resisted, and he didn't know how many knives he had received, one, two, three...... It wasn't until his whole body was stained with blood and he didn't have the slightest strength that he knelt on the ground with a knife in his eyes, his eyes full of unwillingness and anger.

"Lao Tzu has been fighting on the battlefield for decades, but he doesn't want to die in the hands of a group of killers, hateful, hateful." Ran Mingli roared angrily with the last of his strength.

A killer wanted to cut off Ran Mingli's head with a knife, but the horse stopper stopped: "Leave him all dead." ”

He did this naturally because of the benefits of doing so, of course, there was also a little admiration for Ran Mingli, the soldier's severed head should be on the battlefield, not here.

The moonlight suddenly became very cold, and the yellow sand greedily sucked in the last drop of blood left on Ran Mingli's body.

The commander of the three armies, a generation of famous generals, and the pillar of the country fell sadly on this dark and windy night, and the fate of Dayuan will also undergo a complete change.

No one else saw this assassination, no matter what, no one wanted to see the pillars of the Great Abyss die in panic, unfortunately, no one saw the famous blood bat so ferocious, and it was almost effortless to kill more than thirty masters.

Ran Mingli's guards searched for a long time and did not find Ran Mingli, until an adjutant general remembered that he had explained all the things in the army and was temporarily represented by him, so he felt that something was wrong, and after some inquiry, the sentry informed Ran Mingli that he had ridden out of the camp the night before, and the deputy general took people to look for it along the way, and they naturally found Ran Mingli and the bodies of thirty-one soldiers who fell to the ground.

The generals in the army have been killing the enemy on the battlefield for many years, and they don't seem to be very good at surveying the scene, but they only know that the killer knife is deadly, and none of the people who came out of the camp with Ran Mingli are alive, Ran Mingli still maintains a posture of kneeling and not falling, his eyes are wide with anger, and his face is full of indignation. All the generals were cold, followed by anger and helplessness, only a small colonel named Tian Chong carefully examined the wounds on the deceased's body in the angry scolding and wailing of everyone, and began to be a little puzzled, and then seemed to have an epiphany, and then suddenly realized.

Although several generals in the army repeatedly confessed that they would first take down the news of the assassination of Zhenguo Gong, the news of Ran Mingli's murder quickly spread all over the world, and there were those who lamented, those who were cold, those who were angry, and naturally those who rejoiced.

The army of the northern abandonment became ready to move again overnight, and Turan Bingmu immediately summoned Qiu Xinzhi to discuss countermeasures to the south, of course, Qiu Xinzhi suggested that if it was slow, Wei Rong had to move first.

After Cheng Jinshang received the news, he was first shocked, and then confused, standing on top of the city tower, looking at the northwest, and lamenting: "The great abyss will perish." ”

And Qin Yong suddenly felt that all the previous calculations were meaningless, and he now regretted that he did not follow An Yingdong's advice and let Ran Mingli go to Chuzhou to deal with Lu Wenzhao. Who would dare to assassinate the prince of the dynasty so boldly? After thinking about it for a long time, there are too many possibilities, because there are too many enemies, but no matter what, you have to find someone to be responsible for this matter first, and the best object is naturally the Lu family in Bozhou.

There are already rumors in the market that because the king of Changning was assassinated, the Lu family held a grudge, so they waited for an opportunity to take revenge on the prince's family, because Ran Mingli was the strongest backing of the prince, so he became a substitute for the dead. Since the common people are willing to believe this statement, then he will naturally push the boat with the current, anyway, he has already torn his face with Lu Shoufu.

In fact, Lu Shoufu and Cheng Jinshang are in the same mood, no matter what their position is, after all, Ran Mingli is a generation of famous generals and has no bad deeds, but he has made great contributions to Dayuan, he is an official in the same dynasty, and he is a martial artist, where will there be no sorrow in his heart, but he didn't expect that Qin Yong would actually say that he was a murderer, it was really stupid, Ran Mingli was far away in Anzhou, the most likely murderer was naturally Wei Rong or the Northern Abandoned Man who had suffered a big loss under the grandfather of the country, how could it not be his turn to be this murderer. But this is the way things are, and the more impossible things are, the easier they are to be reminiscent.

The assassination of Ran Mingli was successful, Qi Ningyu was extremely excited, and finally suppressed her ecstasy, and after going to the palace to accompany the extremely sad queen mother for a few days, she instructed An Yingdong to carry out the next plan.

Tao Chenmo and Wang Jinyi, who had not been troubled by war for many days, welcomed a visitor from Yuzhou on this day, Wei Wenzhong.

Wei Wenzhong went to Yinzhou to bring tens of thousands of new military horses to Tao Chenmo, which was Yunzhou's contribution.

In addition, there are two meanings, one is to convey Cheng Jinshang's military order, transfer Wang Jinyi and Chen Zhengang back to Yuzhou, and start preparing for the conquest of Rongzhou, and the other is that Cheng Jinshang intends to build another guard, which is to "Xiaowei", in parallel with Yunwei, to strengthen the military strength of Yuzhou.

King Tao and the two didn't think much about it, since the prince decided, the two of them naturally obeyed unconditionally.

After Wang Jinyi and Chen Zhengang sent 60,000 troops back to Yuzhou, Wei Wenzhong told Tao Chenmo about the recent situation in Yuzhou.

"Why did the prince suddenly have this arrangement?" Tao Chenmo asked.

"It's all Miss Qu's idea."

"Oh?"

"Miss Qu suggested that the general and General Wang are the giants of Yuzhou, and it is inevitable that the two marshals of one army and two marshals will not be able to play the greatest role in Yinzhou, and now that Ran Mingli has been assassinated, everyone in Dayuan is in danger, and the court can't take care of Rongzhou, so now is the right time to take Rongzhou, so let General Wang return to Yuzhou to start the expedition."

"Miss Qu's suggestion is very good, she controls Rongzhou, and the southern border of Dayuan has become the prince's world."

"But this will reduce Yinzhou's troops, do you have to give up Yinzhou for the sake of Rongzhou?" Wei Wenzhong asked puzzled.

"At that time, the purpose of my suggestion to send troops to Yinzhou was not to swallow the Lu family's army in one gulp, which is also unrealistic, in fact, the main purpose is to contain and help the Lu family's forces and prevent them from going south to threaten the stability of Yuzhou.

"But these 60,000 people are also the elite of Yunwei, this is also Miss Qu's suggestion, she wants to build Xiaowei based on these 60,000 elites, how can she feel that there is some decentralization?" Wei Wenzhong looked left and right, lowered his voice and said.

Tao Chenmo's heart moved, and he regained his composure, and said with a smile: "It's not that serious, Miss Qu is right, how can an army have two marshals, since I am in charge of Yunwei, then if General Wang wants to continue to destroy the city for the prince, he naturally needs a sharp weapon in his hand." ”

"But in addition to Yunwei, the other armies in Yuzhou are under the jurisdiction of General Wang, so why should Miss Qu do this?"

Tao Chenmo continued to smile and said, "Wen Zhong, I don't think you are like a martial artist, but you have a lot of ideas in your heart. ”

Wei Wenzhong also smiled and said, "There is no other meaning to be humble, it's just that I think this Qu girl has too many ideas." ”

"Since she is a minister for the prince, of course she has to share the worries of the prince, take a step back, her suggestions seem to be really beneficial and harmless now, what do you say?"

"That's right." Wei Wenzhong thought for a while and said, "Oh, by the way, there is one more thing that I think is very suspicious. ”

"But the Westlanders I told you about?"

"Yes, these people neither make a living nor travel in the mountains and rivers, they stay on the same street all day, which is very puzzling, and the last time they attacked Chengping, the lowly and the prince and Miss Qu all went north to Wanning, but Miss Qu's personal guard Nie Qingyun stayed, and what is even more suspicious is that he went to see these people in the middle of the night, and then there was no contact."

"Nie Qingyun is a master, these people are mysterious and secretive, and they must not be ordinary people, this matter is quite interesting."

"Alas, by the way, what about Miss Su? General, don't you know, then Mr. Su always asks when you will return to Yuzhou and when you will return Miss Su to him. ”

"The mother of the child is worried, not to mention that Miss Su is a woman, isn't it normal for Mr. Su to be worried and worried?"

"So, is there any progress?" Wei Wenzhong suddenly asked with a wicked smile.

"What's the matter? What progress? Tao Chenmo asked solemnly.

"Ah, nothing, nothing, just ask, by the way, not only Mr. Su is asking our Miss Su, but also the princess Niangniang is also often worried about it, a few days ago, the princess had a serious illness, so she nagged to let Miss Su diagnose and treat her, and after careful questioning, I knew that Miss Su had come to the army as a medical officer, and this time I also brought some gifts to Miss Su."

"Don't talk about these kids, the princess is worried about Miss Su and knows to bring gifts to Miss Su, what did you bring to me?"

"Didn't I bring you the news of Yuzhou, besides, in the entire Yuzhou City, in addition to the prince, the most worried about the general is not our brother Wang, I heard that the prince sent me to Yinzhou, he is so envious, hahaha, it is really laughing to death."

"It's also hard for him, guarding Yuzhou is indeed against his original intention, but the prince left him in Yuzhou, naturally he has his intentions, and besides, the world is in chaos, and his battles will be indispensable in the future."

"What does the general think about the stabbing of King Changning and Ran Mingli?"

"The world is complicated, how can I see through it, a prince of the dynasty, a commander of a large army, even died at the hands of assassins, in addition to the people who have power behind them, sometimes the number of qi is also a little bit reasonable, but to say that it is just the Bozhou Lu family and the court dumping each other, I don't believe it, who knows what other unsightly things are there."

"The general is talking about Wei Rong and Beiqi?"

"Ran Mingli's death, these two parties are the most likely murderers, but it coincides with the assassination of King Changning, and the court and the Lu family blame each other, so the real murderer of Ran Mingli's assassination is likely to be ignored."

"Yes, this assassin is also capable, kill the prince, and kill the commander of the army again."

"The assassination has always been treacherous, but it is also very particular about the means, the murderer can succeed, naturally not an ordinary outlaw, sometimes, the most terrible thing is not the fierce enemy in front of him, but the hidden murder behind it."

"As soon as Ran Mingli dies, Beiqi and Wei Rong will inevitably take the opportunity to invade on a large scale, and the imperial court will have a hard time this time." Wei Wenzhong said with emotion.

"Da Yuan's qi is exhausted, Ran Mingli is just their last fig leaf, and now that Ran Mingli is dead, Da Yuan will have no way to live."

"Alas, I think that when we were in Yunyang, who knew that we would have the opportunity to kill the dragon of Dayuan, but now that the situation is treacherous, we really have the possibility of creating a new world." Wei Wenzhong suddenly felt a little arrogant.

Tao Chenmo smiled and said: "You are right, as soon as the imperial court falls, Wei Rong, Beiqi, the Lu family in Bozhou and us will inevitably compete fiercely, no matter who can win in the end, at least we will walk out of Yunyang and yearn for the world." ”

"Let's not talk about Wei Rong, but the northern abandonment must not be underestimated, the northern abandonment wolf cavalry is famous, and it is difficult for the Central Plains cavalry to compete with it today." Wei Wenzhong said.

"Take precautions, I want to form a new cavalry formation for a long time, we haven't paid enough attention to this issue, I even have a name in mind, let's call him Feiyun Cavalry, the more than 10,000 war horses you brought this time can just be filled with the existing cavalry, I will train it myself."

"That's a good feeling, we are Yunwei, it is definitely not enough to have a large-scale infantry guard, if there is a strong cavalry regiment, it is perfect, and the Feiyun Cavalry matches the title of our Yunwei, it's very good." Wei Wenzhong said happily.

Both of them were in a good mood, later, Wei Wenzhong went to visit Su Mu, brought a gift from the princess, at dinner, Tao Chenmo rarely organized Wei Wenzhong, Li Xiu, Ji Heqing and other soldiers to drink some wine, Su Mu personally cooked, everyone rarely ate happily, during the banquet, Wei Wenzhong also inevitably made some small jokes about Tao Chenmo and Su Mu, so that the two were sometimes embarrassed and sometimes happy, Li Xiu and Ji Heqing were also happy in their hearts, although Tao Chenmo was their general, but never put on a shelf, In particular, Wei Wenzhong almost didn't regard him as his superior, and told some jokes unscrupulously, for the two of them, this was the ease and pleasure that Yang Mingzhen had never had.