Now, in Lanling County in Northern Xuzhou, Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling of Qi State, looked at this holy decree from Yecheng, Emperor Gao Wei's promotion and salary increase, but he didn't feel good in his heart, and he didn't even know whether to cry or laugh, because he knew that this holy decree was Emperor Gao Wei's reward for him on the surface, but in fact, it was Gao Wei's way of depriving him of military power!

And he couldn't understand why Gao Wei, who had always wanted to kill him, why he suddenly let himself go this time, and didn't kill himself directly, but also used such an obscure method as Ming Sheng and Secret Descent to deal with himself!

"Why did Your Majesty suddenly promote the prince to such a noble official position as the Great Sima? You must know that we have just lost a battle, and we have lost Xuzhou, such a sin, Your Majesty is already the emperor's grace if you don't kill us, why doesn't Your Majesty not only blame us, but also reward the prince? If Your Majesty wants to take away the military power of the prince, or even want to harm the prince, just rely on this crime of defeat and take us down directly, why do you still send someone to Beixuzhou to replace us, and then let us return to Yecheng immediately? When we defeated Xiao Yao's forward brigade in Linying County, and defeated Lu Guangda in Xuzhou some time ago, when we made so many achievements, Your Majesty didn't even say a good word to us! Wei Xiangyuan said with some incomprehension.

"I don't understand it either, but since Your Majesty doesn't kill me, but only uses the false position of Da Sima to take away my military power, maybe he also has his own scruples! After all, my Gao Changgong also has some reputation in the military circles of the Qi State, plus His Majesty killed General Hu before and exterminated the clan, if even I am executed this time, it will definitely turn the military circles of the Qi State upside down, and when the situation is chaotic, I believe that this Majesty has no ability to control the whole situation at all! Gao Changgong said in an analysis.

"Anyway, since Your Majesty did not pursue the crime of defeat of the prince, the prince still escaped the catastrophe! So what should we do now? His Majesty has promoted the prince to the rank of Grand Sima, and he wants the prince to return to Yecheng immediately, so do we still want to lead the soldiers here in Northern Xuzhou to withdraw to the Qi State together? Yu Xiangyuan asked.

"Alas! As soon as the decree comes, I will no longer be the commander of these soldiers, and I will no longer have the authority to direct these soldiers! Gao Changgong shook his head a little helplessly and said.

"This, Lord Wang, do you mean that we will ruthlessly leave these soldiers here in Beixuzhou, and then we will return to Yecheng ourselves? But Xiao Yao may attack Northern Xuzhou at any time, and letting the soldiers stay here is not equivalent to asking them to stay here and die? Wei Xiangyuan said excitedly.

"Of course I don't want to see these Qi soldiers stay here and die, but Zu Yan, the new Northern Xuzhou Thorn History, should already be on his way! If I bring all the soldiers here back to Qi now, wouldn't it mean that I would give up Northern Xuzhou to Xiao Yao? Then when Zu Yan, the assassin of Northern Xuzhou, comes here, what should he do? You must know that now he is the supreme commander in charge of the military and political affairs of Northern Xuzhou! Gao Changgong also said a little excitedly.

"And this holy decree also mentions that I just want to return to Yecheng alone, if I now privately order the withdrawal of the army, and then bring the army back to the Qi country, then isn't it disobeying the holy order, maybe I will be framed by those villains around His Majesty, saying that I took this army back to force the palace to rebel, then I will be saddled with the infamy of a rebellious minister and thief!" Gao Changgong said with a wry smile.

"However, if we want to leave these soldiers who were born and died with us, and return to Yecheng alone to live alone, I am really unwilling!" Wei Xiangyuan said indignantly.

"I'm not reconciled! Da Sima, this title sounds very majestic, very high, but this is just a fictitious position, it is estimated that after returning to Yecheng, I will be monitored or even put under house arrest by His Majesty, and I will no longer be able to lead the soldiers into battle to kill the enemy, no different from a wasted person! Any idea what I'm thinking right now? I now hope that Xiao Yao can suddenly appear in this Lanling County, and then I can fight him to the death, even if we are not his opponents, and even if I will die on the battlefield, I will also die blindly, after all, I have shed the last drop of blood for Daqi! Gao Changgong said sadly.

"Then we will lead the army now, kill Xuzhou, and find Xiao Yao to fight to the death! Even if the whole army is wiped out, all our soldiers are willing to live and die together with the prince and sacrifice their lives for the country! Wei Xiangyuan also said sadly.

"It's not terrible to die, it's terrible to die meaninglessly, and you have to bear the infamy of rebellion! Alas! From the time I received this decree, I had only one way to go back to Yecheng to receive the order! Gao Changgong still couldn't get rid of the shackles of the loyal and patriotic thought of being a minister in his heart, so he didn't dare to have any other ideas except to accept Gao Wei's order!

"Lord Wang, the soldiers, they all want to follow the Lord Wang... Alas! Wei Xiangyuan also looked anxious but helpless, and then he didn't say anything anymore, after all, he persuaded Gao Changgong not to return to Yecheng, and continue to stay here in North Xuzhou and advance and retreat with the soldiers, then he was really instigating Gao Changgong to resist the decree, in this era of the supremacy of monarchy, resisting the decree means rebellion, and rebellion means leaving a stink for 10,000 years!

"Although Zu Yan is a mercenary villain who frames Zhongliang, he is also a little talented, I heard that he supported him to become a servant and was in charge of the government in the past few months, but the atmosphere of the court was put in order by him, and there was no chaos at all because of General Hu's death! Maybe he came to Northern Xuzhou and was able to lead these soldiers to successfully resist Xiao Yao's attack! Gao Changgong comforted Wei Xiangyuan, and at the same time comforted himself.

A few days later, because of the defeat of the party struggle in the imperial court, he lost Gao Wei's favor, and Zu Yan, who was demoted from Yecheng, also rushed to northern Xuzhou. So, after Gao Changgong and Zu Yan completed the handover procedures for military power, they didn't have much communication with the villain who killed Hu Luguang, so they took Wei Xiangyuan and his own private guards, and also with full of grief and unwillingness, under the complicated eyes of the soldiers to say goodbye, they left Beixuzhou without looking back, crossed the Yellow River, and returned to Yecheng!

Two years ago, Gao Changgong came quietly, bringing full of enthusiasm and ambition! Two years later, Gao Changgong quietly left, but he didn't take a cloud with him, only with a heart full of grief and unwillingness!

And here in Xuzhou, the inauguration ceremony has just been held, and Xiao Yao, who was officially appointed as the military governor of Xuzhou, and Xuzhou Assassin History, also got the news that Gao Changgong was transferred back to Yecheng!

"Governor Xiao, now that the North Xuzhou side has changed generals, and it is still a powerless old blind man to be the assassin of North Xuzhou and lead all military and political affairs, they will definitely lose their morale! We can take this opportunity to raid North Xuzhou, and we will definitely be able to take North Xuzhou in one fell swoop and complete the task assigned to us by His Majesty! Lu Guangda suggested excitedly.

Because some time ago, he constantly suggested that Xiao Yao should immediately send troops to Northern Xuzhou to defeat Gao Changgong completely while Gao Changgong had not abandoned the city and fled, but Xiao Yao refused for various reasons! Fortunately, the envoy from Jinling two days ago not only brought an order for Xiao Yao to serve as the assassin of Xuzhou, but also brought an order for Xiao Yao to immediately attack Northern Xuzhou. This made Xiao Yao a little relieved and decided to send troops to Northern Xuzhou.

But at this time, he heard that Gao Changgong was suddenly transferred back to Yecheng, which made Lu Guangda, who had always wanted to capture Gao Changgong alive, a little disappointed, but as a veteran, he also knew that this was a good opportunity to break through Northern Xuzhou, so now he came to suggest to Xiao Yao to send troops immediately, and was afraid that Xiao Yao would suddenly regret it, so Lu Guangda also specially reminded Xiao Yao that this was the task that Emperor Chen had to explain!