Back at noon on October 16 in the third year of Dade, Zhang Xiaowu summoned Zuo Xiangxue to the Central Palace, but in fact imprisoned Bianxue here in disguise. Then, Zhang Xiaowu successively summoned many ministers to the imperial city to discuss matters, but he never mentioned leaving, and everyone was puzzled. The officials were placed under house arrest in the Imperial City, and although they were free inside, they could not leave the Imperial City.

Soon, everyone discovered a terrible thing, it was not the Imperial Forest Army that was stationed in the Imperial City, but the Silver Guards.

People didn't dare to speak, they didn't dare to discuss, but their eyes showed uneasiness and panic, and everyone was trying their best to suppress one thing in their hearts, that is, Zhang Xiaowu's usurpation of the country. But even if Zhang Xiaowu wants to usurp the country, he must first stabilize the foundation, and now this stall is the time to gather the hearts of the people and hundreds of officials, how can he do such a thing that arouses the anger of the people?

Hu Ting, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, proposed to Zhang Xiaowu: "Lord Linggong, yesterday was the third imperial examination, and today's scholars should be the marking point. If the officials of the Ministry of Rites do not arrive, I am afraid that the scholars have no bottom in their hearts, and we ...... We need to go to the Tai Academy to supervise and approve it. ”

Ruan Qingwen came over and said comfortingly: "The bachelors in charge of grading in Tai Academy have been informed, and the grading of the examination papers will be postponed for three days. ”

"Why is that?"

"yes, why is that?"

"Lord Ruan, you sue us, why can't everyone leave?"

"Everyone has their own business, what do you want to do in this palace, and we are not officials of the six ministries."

"yes, it's not a delay."

"Our Ministry of Agriculture is just busy, and at this time, we have to count the fertile land every day, and we don't have time at all."

Ruan Qingwen waved his hand and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, everyone is dedicated to the country, and Lord Ling also knows that everyone is working hard, but this is an extraordinary time, and everyone needs to be united. ”

"What is an extraordinary period, how can it be extraordinary? Isn't it okay? Someone immediately asked.

Ruan Qingwen said: "The Jin Yiwei rebelled and has been arrested, but the Jin Yiwei is huge, and the imperial court cannot eradicate it for a while, so in order to protect everyone's safety, the Gongda will temporarily leave everyone here." ”

"What?" Everyone jumped up in surprise and shouted, "Jin Yiwei rebelled? What kind of rebellion is it? How did they rebel? "The courtiers talked a lot, it turned out that the house arrest of everyone here today was a rebellion by the Jinyi Guard. But how did Jin Yiwei rebel, how did they find out about their rebellion, and how did Lord Central Commander deal with it? Everyone urgently needed answers, but Ruan Qingwen didn't explain much.

It is also extremely difficult for the White Tiger Army to return to the Dynasty to avoid the people and merchants along the road, especially at the end of this year, many merchants have flocked to Longdu, and the departure of the White Tiger Army army from the battlefield will inevitably cause commotion, and there will be merchants brought to various places. Zhang Xiaowu believed that the White Tiger Army would return to the division this time, with a maximum of 30,000 people, a minimum of 10,000 people, and the number should be about 20,000, and the labor expedition was exhausted, so as long as they planned properly, it would not be difficult to deal with these tens of thousands.

After recruiting Wu Song and Ruan Qingwen, Zhang Xiaowu handed over the task of pacifying the ministers to Guan Xiang and Lu Baiting, who was able to cope with it easily, but Guan seemed to be doing this kind of work for the first time, and was stammered by the ministers into a corner, and almost collapsed.

At this time, Zhang Xiaowu had already recruited the two commanders of the Qinglong Army, Helanzong and Chen Qing, and Helanzong and Chen Qing probably also discovered the unusual smell diffused in the air, as if there was a huge tsunami about to erupt under the calm sea.

"What's going on?" Chen Qing asked.

Zhang Xiaowu told everyone about his bulldozing of Jin Yiwei, the two couldn't believe it, Helan Zong said: "Do you think they want to deal with you?" Do you think the White Tiger Army will definitely come back? ”

"I've sent people to visit the river, and they want to come back, either by boat or by land. But the land trip will inevitably alarm the officials and people along the road, so they can only walk along the river. Zhang Xiaowu said.

"Is Lord Ling overly cautious? It's just that Wang Jingzhi concealed the military situation, and even the golden guards were served? Chen Qing smiled bitterly, "What if it's just his personal behavior?" ”

"It is indeed his personal behavior, but don't forget his identity, he alone is enough to influence the entire spy system of the Holy Han." Zhang Xiaowu said, "History is written by individuals, and one of his decisions will bring such a great catastrophe to history." ”

Helan Sect suddenly asked, "Why did Lord Ling tell us about this, what do you need us to do?" Will you fight against the White Tiger Army? ”

Zhang Xiaowu asked with a smile: "Do you think Uncle Du Shanbo will let you go?" ”

Helan Zong said: "Probably will." ”

Ruan Qingwen shook his head, smiled faintly after getting up, and then said: "General Helan, Dushan Bo's temperament is as fierce as fire, if he knows that you have participated in the rebellion of King Jin, do you think he will sit idly by?" You dare to leave his henchmen, do you think he will give up? Then he stretched out his right hand and made a knife cutting gesture, which meant that Du Shanbo returned to Beijing, and everyone had to die.

Chen Qingdao: "Who did Bian Wen take refuge into?" Did he take refuge in Dushanbo? ”

Ruan Qingwen said: "He is an old fox, and their father and son are both old foxes, but Du Shanbo is an old hunter. Bian Xue and Bian Wen, the father and son, want to use Du Shanbo's hand to destroy us, but I am afraid that it will not be so easy, and in the end, he will most likely be the one who dies tragically. If I were a Dushanbo, when I had eliminated the enemy, I would have eliminated all the others. ”

"Report!"

At this time, Lord Bao Yin, who was in charge of inquiring about the news, returned, and Bao Yin exclaimed: "On the banks of the Longhe River, hundreds of warships have appeared, and Longyang County has been controlled. ”

Everyone clenched their fists, although everyone had expected it, but hearing the news still shocked everyone's hearts. Zhang Xiaowu and Helan Zong looked at each other, and couldn't help but nod with a sense of understanding, the White Tiger Army is back, they must stop the White Tiger Army, otherwise everyone will be in great trouble. Everyone coincidentally came to the side of the map to discuss countermeasures, and now the enemy situation is unknown, according to Zhang Xiaowu's estimate, the enemy army is about 20,000 people, and the Qinglong army has 10,000 people, and the silver guards have 11,000 people, and the two groups together can barely be on par with the enemy army.

Zhang Xiaowu immediately asked, "What other news do you have here?" What else did the scouts find out? ”

Helan Zong said: "Yes, yes, what else? How many people, how many enemies are there? ”

Cao Li said: "What do they mean when they stop in Longyang County?" ”

Bao Yin said: "Ling Gong, according to the analysis of the size and number of ships, this army should have more than 3,000 people, I guess it is their vanguard force. As for the large number of enemies who are nowhere to be found, I have sent scouts to search everywhere, and once they find their main force, the scouts will report it as soon as possible. ”

"If the enemy is on a boat, it means that they have no cavalry." Zhang Xiaowu was relieved, now that the enemy has appeared, it means that his previous speculation is correct. He laughed, his eyes were full of high fighting spirit, he was a strong person, since Du Shanbo wanted to challenge, then fight.