Western State.

Now there are more than 32,000 soldiers stationed in Xizhou, which is interesting, a month ago, after the Western Regions suddenly increased troops in Xizhou, he took the initiative to send an envoy to Wuzhou, and gave Li Xun an explanation, the previous 10,000 troops of Tubo took a small road to bypass the Western Regions, raided Wuzhou, and increased troops in Xizhou, not only for their own safety, but also for the safety of Wuzhou.

If Li Xun hadn't understood the inside story, he might have been deceived by these rhetoric.

In this regard, Li Xun showed a gesture of understanding and gratitude, and gave some money and food to the Xizhou garrison to paralyze the other party.

At the same time, the request of the Western Regions to reopen the trade channels was politely rejected by Li Xun, delaying time, Li Xun knew the other party's thoughts, and used the purpose of trade to explore the truth of Wuzhou, just 50,000 troops arrived in Wuzhou, Li Xun could not let the other party know.

West State Governor's Palace, night.

At this time, a grand banquet was being held in the Governor's Palace, and almost all the civil and military officials of the entire Western Prefecture came.

Such a big banquet is not once or twice, in just one month, three days and two ends are going to be held once, and everyone is still quiet in a brilliant victory.

Chen Tu, who was sitting in the back seat of the military attache on the left, looked around, and when he saw the young man sitting in the main seat, there was a sneer and disdain on his face.

The governor of Xizhou is called Zhan Heng, and he is the younger brother of Zhan Bai, the prince of Anshu.

In the Western Regions, because there are many countries and the land is scattered, so there is no official position of governor, after Zhan Bai led the countries of the Western Regions to defeat the Dashi Empire, relying on the military power in his hands and his own prestige, he set up the position of governor in two important regions, and stationed a large number of troops, all of which are to take on heavy responsibilities with their own blood relatives and henchmen, and firmly grasp the power in their own hands, which is a very important step for Zhan Bai to move towards hegemony.

Zhan Heng has just turned twenty this year, he has no prestige or ability, and the reason why he can take on important responsibilities is only because he is Zhan Bai's younger brother, and it is just such a relationship, which allows him to grasp the military and political power of three or four small countries in the Western Regions, including Xizhou.

Although many people don't say it, they are extremely unconvinced, Chen Tu is one of them, in the war against the Dashi Empire, he has made great contributions several times, but because he is a Han and a foreigner, he has always been rejected and guarded against by most people, compared to Chen Tu's merits, he just gave him a position as a general, which is obviously not enough.

It is precisely because of this that Chen Tu was resentful in his heart, and was moved by Fan Zhongyun's righteous words, and finally decided to defect.

Perhaps feeling Chen Tu's gaze, Zhan Heng looked at Chen Tu, and suddenly there was an obvious look of contempt on his face, and he raised his glass and laughed: "General Chen, it is said that you are an all-rounder of cultural relics, and everyone is happy today, why don't you come out and dance the sword to help the fun?" ”

Hearing this, most of the people present laughed, and at the same time raised their glasses, chanted Chen Tu's name, and asked him to come out and dance the sword.

Chen Tu clenched his fists, his heart was full of anger, but his face really didn't move, he stood up crookedly, and said indistinctly: "I... I'll dance the sword. ”

Chen Tu couldn't even hold the sword steadily, stood up, staggered a few times, and fell directly to the ground, unable to get up.

Seeing Chen Tu's appearance, the scene erupted into laughter again, Zhan Heng glanced at Chen Tu on the ground with disdain, and waved his hand: "General Chen is drunk, help him down." ”

Zhan Bai once told Zhan Heng that if he is not of my race, his heart must be different, after arriving in Xizhou, if he has the opportunity, he will immediately remove Chen Tu's military power, but Chen Tu is very respectful to Zhan Heng, and even his favorite concubine is a gift, Zhan Heng is afraid of face, and he has no action for a while, but for Chen Tu, Zhan Heng feels that it is better to meet than to be famous, it is too rubbish, not worth mentioning, and it is not too late to do it later.

Two soldiers stepped forward to help Chen Tu leave quickly, Chen Tu shook the sword in his hand and muttered, "Don't understand me, I want to be happy for the Governor." ”

Seeing Chen Tu's appearance, everyone laughed again, but not everyone was stupid, among them was a middle-aged general, who had a few years of war with the Dashi Empire, he also had a part, on the battlefield, he had seen Chen Tu's power, and he knew that Chen Tu was pretending to be there.

The middle-aged general walked up to Zhan Heng and whispered something, Zhan Heng glanced at him in surprise, then put the wine glass heavily on the table, and said hatefully: "This barbarian, dare to lie to me, I will not spare him." ”

The middle-aged general hurriedly said: "Send someone to detain him and punish him again." ”

Zhan Heng waved his hand: "Tomorrow, Chen Tu can't run out of my palm." ”

Zhan Heng is on the rise at the moment, he doesn't want to be disappointed by this matter, and he thinks that this is Xizhou, he is the biggest, where else can Chen Tu go?

The middle-aged general said urgently: "I'm afraid that it will change later!" ”

Zhan Heng didn't seem to hear the middle-aged general's persuasion, hugged the beautiful woman beside him, put his hands up and down, laughed, and was so unhappy.

Seeing this, the middle-aged general shook his head and sighed, and could only retreat.

After leaving the governor's palace and getting into the carriage, Chen Tu still looked like he was really drunk, and the soldiers on the left and right were dumbfounded when they saw it, but they knew the amount of alcohol their general, what was this wine?

After returning home and entering the house, Chen Tu pushed away and supported his pro-soldiers on the left and right, and instructed the pro-soldiers on the left: "You take a few clever people, go out to investigate, and see if Zhan Heng has sent someone to keep an eye on him, go and go back quickly." ”

"Yes, General."

The soldiers were ordered to leave.

Chen Tu said to the pro-soldiers on the right again: "Tell everyone to gather in the front yard immediately, and don't bring anything except weapons." ”

"Yes, General."

After giving the order, Chen Tu glanced up at the dark sky, and a sneer appeared on his face.

Wuzhou direction.

Hundreds of cavalry rushed out of the city gate, led by Li Xun.

Li Xun stopped his horse and looked back, and on the castle tower, a rotten head was floating there.

That was Cai Cheng's head, after the state broke the city, he did not leave, but drunk Lingding, not awake, Li Zhong originally did not want to kill him, but Zhao Zhi hated him, issued a secret order, caught Cai Cheng, divided his five horses into corpses, violent corpses all over the place, in order to set an example, his head was sent to Wuzhou, hanging on the city tower, it has been more than 20 days.

Li Xun said lightly: "People die and enmity, let them be buried in peace." ”

Hou Quan on the side nodded and asked a soldier to solve it.

After that, Li Xun rode his horse forward, and half an hour later, he arrived at the Mulang River, where hundreds of boats and 55,000 troops had been assembled.

"See the marshal."

When Shan Qiu and more than a dozen other senior generals saw Li Xun coming, they all came to pay their respects. 2k reading web