Just when Xia Fan was planning to transfer the rear army to the former army and set off for Beijun. Suddenly a group of dozens of horsemen rushed in front, led by Yu Huang, the deputy governor of the palace guards, and they saw that the army wanted to retreat, so they hurriedly rolled their saddles on the bridge and dismounted, and bowed their hands, "Taishou is about to enter the city, why do you deliberately want to retreat?" ”

As he spoke, they all knelt down on one knee, and their waist knives and spurs clanged.

"Oh, it's all my own brothers, what are you doing!" Xia Fan hurriedly dismounted, and picked up Yu Huang with a smile, "Why is Yunming like this?" Get up and talk first! ”

As he spoke, he glanced at He Chong standing behind him again, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Yunda is also there?" You, the captain of the six-rank division, have been working for almost three years, and after I enter Beijing this time, Your Majesty will definitely promote you heavily. When the time comes, I will be promoted, but don't forget my friend who stays in the northwest wind and sand all the year round! He laughed.

"Taishou!" Yu Huang didn't have time to pay attention to the greetings between the two friends, and asked with a pale face, "Since you have entered Beijing by order and arrived at the Linfeng Bridge, why does this army deliberately want to retreat?" ”

Hearing this, Xia Fan secretly glanced at Xu Yuan, who was silent on the side, and the two looked at each other and smiled at each other tacitly.

Xia Fan pretended to be aggrieved and lamented, "How can I not feel heartbroken!" However, the traitors in the DPRK are in charge, and His Majesty is not in the Jingshi. I have the courage to lead a large army into Beijing, if those traitorous villains jump off the wall in a hurry, I am afraid that something bad will happen to His Majesty who is thousands of miles away! ”

After speaking, he deliberately glanced at Yu Huang's reaction, and saw that he was lowering his head thoughtfully, and before he had time to rejoice, he suddenly heard He Chong quietly leaning into his ear, and whispered, "Helu, take a step to talk......"

The two stood on the west side of the bridge facing the wind and snow, facing everyone about 30 steps away. He Chong's face was a little gloomy and he asked, "Although you and I are not close friends, I ask myself that you are also like-minded friends." Recently, I want to hear the truth from you, you personally led so many soldiers and horses into Beijing today, is it really just for King Qin? ”

"Is Werder suspecting that I have other plans?" Xia Fan smiled, "Although I am a Song person, the country has long been destroyed by your Xu State. If it weren't for His Majesty's grace and love, I am afraid that I would have been in a different place a long time ago, how could I still be rich and prosperous today? ”

"If He Lu really thinks so in his heart, it's best to ......" He Chong hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Although Your Majesty is not in Beijing at the moment, there are more than 10,000 people in the Yulin Army of Beijing and the palace guards, and there is also an 'unpredictable' Han Xiaozhi here...... If something happens, it's a lose-lose situation! No one can get any cheap! ”

"This natural ......" Xia Fan was stunned, his face had already disappeared, he looked at He Chong thoughtfully, and said coldly, "Yunda advice, I will take it to heart!" ”

Seeing Xia Fan's unhappy face, He Chong sighed, "Lin Xiong once told me that everything he did was loyal to His Majesty and Da Xu, so he promised His Majesty that you would enter the King of Jingqin." He Lu must not live up to his trust and let him incur the disaster of killing! ”

"What else did Lin Shiyuan tell you?" Xia Fan was already expressionless, "Since Yunda recognizes me as a friend, you might as well tell me too!" ”

After staring at Xia Fan for a long time, He Chong couldn't guess what he was thinking in his heart, so he had to exhale softly, "Bai Ang was defeated a few days ago and lost Yangrong County. I'm afraid it has something to do with His Majesty's desire to disarm the four battalions......"

"Yang Rong?"

Xia Fan's pupils suddenly shrank, and he couldn't help but be stunned. Yangrong County, connected with the entire Hanzhou, was originally subordinate to the territory of the Song State, and after being wiped out by Bai Ang's army many years ago, Xia Fan has been thinking about recovering his homeland, and wanted to take this opportunity to destroy Bai Ang's Dongda Camp, regain the land from him, and reopen the old rivers and mountains.

But I never thought that people were not as good as heaven, and the first risk in the Central Plains had fallen into the hands of Tang Guo...... In this way, even if Hanzhou is recovered, without this Yangrong County as a barrier, he will simply kill himself!

After thinking for a while, Xia Fan finally spoke, "It stands to reason that disarmament is a military and political secret, how could the news leak in advance?" ”

"He Lu ......" He Chong's face suddenly wrinkled, and he replied with a tense face and a somewhat yin and yang tone, "Could it be that Your Majesty or Lin Xiong deliberately leaked it?" ”

"I don't dare to ...... this" Xia Fan saw that He Chong suspected that he was guessing the holy will, so he hurriedly changed his words and explained, "It must be Uncle Guo's doing!" He has always had an ambiguous relationship with the four battalions, and he just took this opportunity to make them have a gap between them and His Majesty. ”

Seeing that Xia Fan seemed to be a little frightened, He Cheng burst out laughing, patted Xia Fan on the shoulder with his hand and said, "Helu, let me be honest with you, only Your Majesty, Lin Xiong and Zhou Ning know about this matter!" As for who leaked it, I don't know. ”

Seeing that He Chong's attitude suddenly turned one hundred and eighty degrees, Xia Fan knew very well, he was just testing his attitude all the time, as for whether what he said was true or false, it could only be judged by himself.

Thinking of this, Xia Fan arched his hand and said, "Please also ask Brother Yunda to go back and tell Lin Xiong and His Majesty, just say that I, Xia Helu, have entered Beijing by order, and everything is just to quell the chaos and have no other intentions!" But for the sake of Your Majesty's safety, I have to temporarily lead the army to garrison Xiabei County at this moment, and at any time Your Majesty orders me to lead the army into the city to quell the chaos! ”

With that, he turned around and shouted at the military horse he brought, "Let's go!" ”

Looking at Xia Fan's distant army, He Chong couldn't help but laugh and said to himself, "This old fox is still very cunning......

At the end of the second day, three cannons rang out in the camp of Xiabei County, and the birds in the vicinity of the earthquake flew up in surprise and circled in the gray sky for a long time.

Hearing that Lin Xiong had arrived, Xia Fan hurriedly led a group of people out of the city to greet him. I saw Lin Xiong dressed in civilian clothes, wearing a light green leather robe, wearing a jade-colored belt, a pair of dark green thick boots under his feet, and his whole body was green and leisurely dismounted and walked over.

"Admiral Nakaro!" Xia Fan knelt in the snow and said loudly, "Xiaguan Xia and Lu lead the soldiers of the whole city to supply the adults!" ”

"And the road this is what to do! Hurry up, please ......" Lin Xiong helped Xia Fan up, and said with a smile, "You and I both work for Your Majesty, why do you have to see each other like this?" I really don't dare to be the one who fires cannons and opens the city gates to greet you! ”

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Xia Fan introduced the generals who came out to greet Lin Xiong one by one. However, Lin Xiong didn't know anyone, so he had to nod his head with an embarrassed smile.

When he was introduced to Xu Yuan, his eyes flashed, and he said with a smile, "Isn't this a talisman?!" The last time I saw you was five years ago, you were dismissed by His Majesty because of Uncle Feng's crimes, but I didn't think that you went to serve in the Lu Army! ”

Xu Yuan's face flushed, and he smiled a little embarrassedly, "That's all old things...... I was young and vigorous at that time, but now I am ashamed to think about it! ”

"Hey!" Lin Xiong waved his hand disapprovingly, "Taifu is a sincere and loyal heart to the country, what can An say about being young and vigorous?" Come, come, let's go into the city and sit down! ”

Xu Yuan nodded reservedly, and followed Lin Xiong and Xia Fan into the city.

Although he greeted him with a smile on his face, he had already complained about Lin Xiong, and his heart was even more unhappy. If it weren't for Xia Fanqiang pulling himself and telling him nonsense like "the overall situation is important", he wouldn't have come at all.

But outside the city gate, he saw Xia Fan farts meeting Lin Xiong again, and immediately didn't come out in his heart, let alone have any enthusiasm for Lin Xiong, and his heart was already worse.

Xia Fan glanced at Xu Yuan, who was sitting at the bottom of the hall, and saw that he was absentmindedly playing with a piece of jade pendant, and immediately understood his mind and attitude, so a sly smile flashed on his face, and he fell silent.

But what kind of alert and clever person is Lin Xiong? I have already seen the clues, but I still choose to smile and deal with everyone.

The banquet was not too sumptuous, and these military attachés did not pay attention to any delicacies from the mountains and seas, as long as they had good wine and fatty meat, they could feast on it.

After Xia Fan said a few words on the scene, the first few military academies had already shouted and shouted, and for a while, the whole hall became chaotic and noisy.

Although Lin Xiong is a military attaché, he is also a lieutenant general, but he is a close minister and confidant of Da Xu Tianzi, and he is very uncomfortable with this kind of vulgar and unbearable environment, so he just looked at the hall with cold eyes, picked a few bites of plain dishes and dealt with them in a slightly perfunctory manner, and turned his face to talk to Xia Fan.

I wanted to endure it and get through it quickly, but unexpectedly, when the banquet was in full swing, a general suddenly took out three pieces of gray meat from the plate, and asked the general on the opposite side with a somewhat angry face,

"Tan Ah Niu! What is this? ”

Lin Xiong looked at it fixedly, and almost vomited on the spot, it was a few fat, amazingly fat, dead green-headed flies!

"it!" Tan Aniu's fat face suddenly swelled like a pig's liver, and the muscles on his left cheek twitched violently.

Tan Aniu is angry by nature on weekdays, and he is very strict and cruel to soldiers, and often a few sticks can kill the offender on the spot.

Recently, it was rare for him to be in charge of the dishes, but he didn't expect to make a fool of himself in front of Lin Xiong, which caused Xia Fan to lose face, and his face was already unbearable, so he immediately scolded the cook outside the door, and shouted, "Stick waiting!" ”

The guessing and laughing stopped abruptly for a long time, and the generals saw that Tan Aniu was about to kill again, but they all wanted to watch a good show and enjoy it.

The cook trembled all over, trembling and bowing his head into the house, but the generals watching the play all picked their teeth and watched the excitement.

"General Tan......" Lin Xiong realized that something was going to happen, and hurriedly got up and said, "Everyone is happily eating and drinking today, you better save face for the big guy and spare this person......

"Lord Lin is right!" Xia Fan got up with a strange expression, and said to Tan Aniu, "Although we are all rough men who have been killed in a hundred battles, but this is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, we are all Your Majesty's soldiers, how can we still have any military ruffians left, and lose the face of Your Majesty and Lord Lin?" Now that Lord Lin has spoken, we must listen! And I'll tell you the truth, don't talk about this dead fly, I've even eaten dead human flesh on the battlefield......"

"it!" Lin Xiong almost couldn't hold back his vomiting.

Tan Aniu heard Xia Fan's words, and said so, when he was angry, he pointed at the cook and scolded with a smile, "Fuck your uncle!" Don't hurry up and kowtow to Lord Lin! ”