Volume 3 The Two Capitals Chapter 12 Unpredictable Demons

Liu Tao galloped all the way with his head stuffed, and went straight to Nanying's general tent. Since they arrived in Chang'an for a few days, not only failed to control the chaotic situation, but there were many tragedies, there were Lingtai Cheng and Shiguan Ling two court officials died tragically, and if this development continues, the Son of Heaven will be furious, or to discuss a good strategy as soon as possible.

"Your Excellency, please stop!" Liu Tao looked up in amazement and looked at the military marquis who stopped him in front of the tent.

"This general, this official is ......." Liu Tao only said that he didn't know himself, so he wanted to reveal his identity.

"How can the last general not recognize Lord Jing Zhaoyin?" The military marquis looked apologetic: "It's not that the last general is rude, but that the general Zhonglang is discussing the military in the tent, and everything that has nothing to do with it can't wait....... alas!" My lord's forgiveness, the last general means that you are a civilian official, so you don't have to participate in the military conference! ”

"But this official has something important, and he must discuss it with Nanying Yang immediately!" Liu Tao couldn't help but be anxious: "There is General Lao to speak out for the official, this is always okay, right?" He was surprised for a while, the situation in this Xianyang Plain has already burned his eyebrows, what kind of military discussion is this Nanying Yang still opening?

"I'm sorry adults! The general once had a military order, and no one was allowed to disturb him unless the Son of Heaven sent his ministers to the military meeting! The military marquis smiled bitterly and said, "The last general will not dare to disobey the order!" ”

"You! This official is indeed ......." Liu Tao almost jumped up.

"My lord, the general is extremely strict in governing the army!" The military marquis frowned slightly, and said patiently: "You don't want to force the general to lose his head, right?" ”

"What?" Liu Tao couldn't help but be dumbfounded, stunned for a long time before he was like a deflated ball, and said helplessly: "Okay, General Lao will wait for the descendants of Nanying Yang to say hello, and this official will come back at the right time!" ”

When the marquis heard this, he hurriedly changed his face, bowed down and said, "Don't worry, my lord, the last general will definitely make a statement to Nanying!" ”

Suddenly, a tall figure rushed over, first saluted Liu Tao, and then shouted: "Li Jin, the head of Yangling Weishi, come on the orders of the general!" ”

"Come in!" Someone in the tent answered.

Li Jin saluted Liu Tao and the military marquis again, and strode into the tent.

Liu Tao's eyes straightened, pointed to Li Jin's back, and shouted, "Isn't Nanying Yang in the military?" Why can even a small number of chiefs be accounted for? ”

"Well, this one!" The military marquis looked embarrassed and whispered, "Your Excellency, have you forgotten?" This is a military discussion, and even the size of the military officer is considered a military officer, isn't it? ”

"How unreasonable!" Liu Tao's face was full of anger, and he turned around and left with a flick of his sleeves.

I only heard the military marquis shouting behind him: "My lord, look, this is too wronged for you!" Walk slowly! ”

"Hey, hey!" Liu Tao took a few steps, the anger on his face suddenly faded cleanly, and a strange smile appeared on his lips: "Did you notice Li Jin so quickly?" This Nanying Yang is indeed not simple! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen! Everyone has arrived! Nan Ying looked at Li Jin, who was respectfully saluting under the tent, raised his hand slightly and said: "You are all people who will be trusted, and this general will be outspoken!" ”

There were only a few people under the tent, but it was Gao Feng, Ma Jun, Hou Cheng, Cao He and Guan Hai, who couldn't help but look at each other when they heard the words, and everyone's eyes flashed with complicated and difficult to understand.

Since Nanying led the troops from the Eagle's Nest, he brought a total of nine people, including Gao Shun, Jia Xu, Gao Feng, Ma Jun, Dian Wei, Fang Hu, Qiang Tong, Yang Kun and Zhao Ming, and was accompanied by 200 elite Eagles Nest. Now, Fang Hu stayed in Luoyang to guard Ma Yuanyi, Jia Xu replaced Nanying to lead the troops north to join Lu Zhi, Qiang Tong and Zhao Ming also handed over the military power in Luoyang, Yang Kun trained war elephants in Yingchuan Mountain, and Nanying only had Gao Shun, Gao Feng, Dian Wei, and Ma Jun around. After a series of battles, nearly half of the 200 Eagle's Nest elites were lost, and most of them were sent to the mountains to assist Yang Kun.

Although there are still more than 1,000 subordinates of Nanying today, they are court soldiers, not his private soldiers, and there are not many people who can be trusted. And a few days ago, Dian Wei was also sent back to the Eagle's Nest to recruit reinforcements, which made the available people under the command of Southern Eagle even more stretched.

However, months of fighting against the Yellow Turbans have increased the strength of the Eagle's Nest. In the official army, Hou Cheng and Cao Xing followed Nanying with an iron heart, and they had the comradeship of life, both loyalty and ability were gratifying. Among the generals of the Yellow Turban Army, Pei Yuanshao was the earliest, and he made many meritorious deeds, and he was also appreciated by Nanying, and Gao Sheng, the younger brother of Gao Shun, led 2,000 troops to garrison the Bohai Sea, and his loyalty did not need to be doubted.

Nan Ying said a word of trust, several generals had different moods, some accepted it calmly, some were flattered, and some were a little surprised, but everyone had a doubt, if it was trust, why were there Guan Hai and Li Jin?

These two, the former was forced to surrender after being captured, and some of them were empty-sighted, not only did they not have the consciousness of surrendering to generals, but on the contrary, they looked down on their colleagues and often caused some small frictions. And Li Jin is just an outsider at all, or even just a chief, how can the general trust these two people?

Nan Ying looked at the puzzled eyes of the generals, couldn't help but smile slightly, and pointed at Guan Hai and said, "You! Don't think about it, if you follow the general, you will be the general's soldier! As long as you live up to Ben, Ben will never fail you, of course, I will trust you, otherwise Ben will want you to do nothing! ”

Guan Hai opened his mouth wide when he heard this, and he was stunned for a long time before he bowed again, but did not speak.

"And you, don't be surprised!" Nan Ying looked at Li Jin and said sincerely: "Although Ben General doesn't have the ability to see who is a traitor, he can understand a righteous man if he asks himself!" Therefore, Ben will hope to have more contact with you this time, and I also hope that you will consider joining Ben Jiang's subordinates, which may be a good choice for you! ”

"Thank you, General! Consider this matter at your own discretion! Li Jin's expression remained unchanged, still as usual, and he respectfully saluted Nanying.

"Good! Ben will never love! Make an exception and say a few more words! Nan Ying's face sank and said: "Except for Captain Huwei who led Pei Yuanshao to go out to track down the whereabouts of Li Youjun, everyone else has arrived, and Ben will now issue a secret order to you!" ”

Secret order? Everyone held their breath together, what kind of secret thing could it be?

"From now on! Closely monitor the four officials of Yangling and the three so-called masters! All the generals trembled together, and before they could exclaim, Nan Ying's next sentence made them stay on the spot: "There is another person, Jing Zhao Yin Liu Tao!" ”

Several people lowered their heads at the same time, and hid the look of horror on their faces in time, they did not dare to show too much shock in front of Nanying, so as not to make the general suspicious. But two people blurted out and shouted together: "Could it be that the general even suspects Liu Tao?" ”

Nan Ying looked at Gao Feng and Ma Jun who spoke in unison, and sneered: "Why can't Ben be suspicious of him? ”

Gao Feng preemptively said: "General, Lord Liu is the envoy personally authorized by the Son of Heaven, and he will inspect the emperors' tombs in Xianyang Plain with you, what evidence do you suspect he has?" ”

Ma Jun also hesitated: "The last general has heard of Lord Liu's reputation for being loyal and upright, and after getting along for the past few days, he doesn't seem to be a traitor!" ”

"Ben will make another exception today and explain the reason for doubting him! Whether you understand it or not, Ben won't explain it any more! Nan Ying said lightly: "Any court minister who has made a statement to the Son of Heaven and is eager to sweep away the Taiping Dao will have reason to suspect him!" ”

Everyone was confused, but Gao Feng and Ma Jun shouted "ah" together, and at the same time understood. On the same day, when Jia Xu formulated five steps to break the situation for the Son of Heaven, he once stated that the fundamental goal of the mysterious organization that had repeatedly assassinated them was to provoke a war between the court and the Taiping Dao as soon as possible, so as to achieve the purpose of profiting from it.

And Liu Tao was the first to write to the Son of Heaven several times, asking for the arrest of the three Zhang Jiao brothers and the important ministers of the court who swept away the followers of the Taiping Dao. If he is not loyal to the country, then there is only one possibility, he is simply a member of the Heavenly Stems Branch of the mysterious organization.

"The current situation is extremely serious, a mysterious force has carefully orchestrated a great conspiracy on the Xianyang Plain, and we have no idea what he wants to do!" Nan Ying said worriedly: "If it weren't for their self-defeating efforts this time, killing Ning Shao under the pretense of a demon beast, we would have almost ignored the existence of a traitor!" ”

"It turns out that the general has already seen this matter!" Li Jin suddenly spoke: "As soon as the humble official saw the death of the food official, he already felt that something was wrong!" He died too cleanly and too peacefully! ”

"Ben is really not wrong about you!" Nan Ying said happily: "The reason why Ben will lock the suspicion on the above people is because only they can deceive and kill the food official order in silence!" ”

"If it's an ordinary person, can you easily call out a dignified official of six hundred stones after sleeping peacefully in the middle of the night?" Nan Ying sneered: "This traitor thinks he has a plan, but it is precisely the biggest failure of one move!" ”

"I see!" Everyone suddenly realized: "It is true! ”

"So, what should the last general and the others do next?" Cao Xing has always been old-fashioned, and he thought for a while: "The last general and others have no deep friendship with these people, how can they closely monitor and not make them suspicious?" ”

"Nope! All they want is for them to be suspicious! Nan Ying said lightly: "We are in a hurry, they are actually more anxious than us, how can there not be an earth-shattering conspiracy behind such a careful layout?" As long as we can make them shrink and not be able to follow the steps, over time, they will show their own flaws! ”

"Moreover, our two reinforcements should arrive in a few days!" When Nan Ying thought of Yang Kun's Black Tiger and the Eagle's Nest's Beast Legion, he couldn't help but increase his confidence, and he said proudly: "At that time, we can find out that demon beast first, skin it and cramp it first, and see if the traitor behind it can continue to be as stable as Mount Tai!" ”

"And reinforcements?" Several non-eagle nest generals and Li Jin were overjoyed.

"General! Checkmate! A person outside the tent suddenly rushed in, but it was Pei Yuanshao.

"Huh? Didn't you go with the high school captain to track down that Li Youjun? Nan Ying was surprised: "Why did you come back suddenly?" Did you find him? ”

"Nope! Checkmate! We didn't find any trace of him! Pei Yuanshao's face turned pale and said: "However, there is another major discovery!" ”

"What discovery?" Almost everyone asked in unison.

"We, we found the footprints of that demon beast on the bank of Weishui!" Pei Yuanshao took a few breaths before he said.

"So what?" Nan Ying was slightly disappointed and said, "Could it be that you have tracked down the hiding place of that demon beast all the way?" ”

"But that demon beast, that demon beast, its footprints have been leading all the way to the water!" Pei Yuanshao finally shouted.

"That's easier!" Nanying crooked his mouth and said: "It must have been on the boat, and someone picked it up from the water, which just shows that this demon beast is raised by someone!" ”

"That's not right!" Li Jin suddenly shouted: "As early as a month ago, the government had banned all ships on Weishui!" ”

"What did you say!" Nan Ying's whole body bounced up, and he said in shock: "Could it be that the demon beast can enter the water?" ”

"Nope! That's impossible! He took a deep breath and said heavily, "This is absolutely impossible!" ”