Tian Heng saw that Cao Zhuo and Empress Dowager He fell to his death, he was already frightened and at a loss, his back was leaning against the city wall, his legs and feet were a little weak, and he could only support his body with his arms so that he did not fall.

"Run!"

Tian Heng kept coming up with this thought in his mind, if he didn't escape, he would definitely die a miserable death, Tian Heng turned his head to look at the city, the soldiers were already in an uproar, many soldiers had already discarded the blades in their hands and ran to the city, Cao Zhuo locked a large number of soldiers outside the city gate, and he had lost the morale of the army, and no one was willing to die for Cao Zhuo.

Tian Heng is even more impossible, only by escaping back to Xizhou, there may be a glimmer of life, thinking of this, Tian Heng did not hesitate, hurriedly went down to the city, and fled from Ganping from Xicheng with his cronies.

Li Yun looked at Cao Zhuo, who fell to his death, and his heart suddenly fell empty, could it be the reason for the revenge?

Qiu Yu, the son of Jiangzhou Ye'an Taishou Qiu Yang, stepped forward and said, "Alliance leader, why don't you take this opportunity to attack the city?" ”

Li Yun pointed at the chaotic city with a horsewhip and said: "As soon as Cao Zhuo dies, the enemy army has no will to fight, send people to persuade him to surrender, and the enemy army will definitely open the city and surrender!" ”

Ji Yuanxu came to the city, looking at Cao Zhuo who was like a puddle of mud, his face was as cold as ice, now that the orthodox bloodline of the Ji clan has been broken, how should the rest of their Ji clan branches choose?

The important ministers of the court, the dead died, and the fleeing fled are long gone

How did the ambitious people in the world react when they heard that the emperor was dead, and he had already seen the strange expressions on the faces of some princes.

Ji Yuanxu waved his sword to cut off Cao Zhuo's head, and ordered his subordinates to wrap the corpses of the Empress Dowager He and the little emperor, so he found Li Yun and said to Li Yun: "Alliance leader, now that the great revenge has been avenged, if you don't enter the city, the head of the Cao thief will be handed over to the alliance leader, and only take away the corpses of the queen mother and your majesty, and say goodbye!" ”

Li Yun also bowed goodbye and said, "Ji Taishou take care all the way!" There will be a period later! ”

"Goodbye!"

Ji Yuanxu clenched his fists and left.

At this time, a soldier ran in panting and said, "Report! Lord, there are princes plundering the people in the city, and General Yangwu {Li Feng} asks you how to deal with it? ”

"Whoever robs the people will be killed!"

Li Yun shouted mercilessly.

"Yes!"

Yang Tiantian rushed into the mansion first, arrested a few servants, and led them to Cao Zhuo's residence, the attendants and maids who originally served Cao Zhuo and Empress Dowager He had already fled in all directions, and the entire courtyard was empty.

"Give so-and-so a search!"

Yang Tiantian gave an order, and a team of tiger and wolf soldiers broke into the hall, smashing all the cabinets and tables, as if they were going to dig three feet into the ground, constantly rummaging for something.

"Report, General Qiyu, I didn't find it!"

Yang Tiantian pondered: "There is no here, then it is on those squires who escaped!" ”

Then he ordered: "Block all the main roads for you, and arrest all these escaped attendants for me!" ”

One lieutenant asked, "If the leader asks, how do we answer?" ”

Yang Tiantian's eyes narrowed slightly, and he twisted the beard under his chin with his hand and said, "Just say... Capture the remnants of the Cao thief! ”

"Yes!"

Liu De had few soldiers, and they were all cavalry, so he did not follow others into the city, and stationed outside the city.

"Young Master Shao, I don't know how Gong Shao's health is?" Liu De opened the door curtain and saw Shao Qin's son Shao Rong serving by the bedside, and asked.

Shao Rong got up and bowed: "It turned out to be General Anbei, the doctor said that my father was angry, and it was no big deal, and he prescribed a smooth prescription, but my father also fell off the horse and broke his leg, and my father is old, I'm afraid he will have to recuperate for a while!" ”

"Virtue!"

Shao Qin heard Liu De's voice and called.

"Uncle, I'm here!" Liu De hurriedly stepped forward and walked to Shao Tan's bedside.

"Ahem."

Shao Qin coughed twice and said to Liu De: "Now that Your Majesty has died, the world will be in chaos, I don't know what you have planned?" ”

Liu Dedao: "Although Cao Zhuo is dead, his henchmen are still there, and I decided to go to Xizhou." ”

Shao Qin waved his hand and said: "Virtuous nephew, Cao Zhuo is dead, Xizhou has no leader, and it is not a big trouble, but there are still foreign clans outside Xizhou, so you must guard against it!" The only remaining Xizhou disciples are the first line of defense against Dafan, and the brothers are insulted outside the wall, and they must not let Yidi have the opportunity to invade our land because of internal strife. ”

"Good! I listened to my uncle, and I would also advise the alliance leader not to pursue Cao Zhuo's remnants, presumably the alliance leader would also understand Shao Gong's painstaking efforts. Liu De listened to it and nodded slowly, Shao Qin's words were something he hadn't thought about, and now it seems that Shao Gong is very right.

If the remnants of Cao Zhuo are completely wiped out or co-opted, Xizhou will not have the power to defend, and the princes of the Twelve Roads will not have anyone or ability to take charge of Xizhou, and the people of Xizhou will inevitably fall into the ravages of foreign races, and the entire land of Xizhou will have a poor life and mourn all over the wilderness, which Liu De does not want to see.

"Uncle, what are you going to do next?" Liu De asked.

"When the news of His Majesty's death reaches Yangzhou, there will inevitably be turmoil in Yangzhou, and the old man decided to return to Yangzhou immediately to prevent chaos, but unfortunately, the old man has a heart to serve the country, but now he will see the world with his own eyes, Cao thief! What a thief in the world of cholera! Now, I only hope that with the old man's half-cut body, Yangzhou will live a stable life for a few years! Shao Qin sighed.

Liu Dedao: "Uncle, you cultivate well, I'll go to see the alliance leader!" ”

Shao Tan's dry hands squeezed Liu De vigorously, slowly closed his eyes, and slowly spit out two words in his mouth: "Go!" ”

As soon as Liu De was about to get up, he was grabbed by Shao Tan's arm.

"Shao Gong?" Liu De wondered.

"How does the virtuous nephew look at Ling Cao?" Shao Qin asked.

"It's a tiger general, quite bold!" Liu De praised.

"Just let Ling Cao follow you! Under the old man, there is no place for such heroes! ”

Liu De shook his head and refused: "Captain Ling is a general under my uncle, how can I do this?" Moreover, my uncle also said that Yangzhou must have dòng luàn, and with this tiger, it will be able to ensure that Yangzhou is worry-free! ”

Although Liu De refused, in fact, he let Ling Cao continue to be under Shao Qin has a deeper meaning, and it must play a very important role in the future.

When Liu De got out of Shao Tan's big tent, Qin Qiong also hurried over and said to Liu De: "Lord, Yang Tiantian sent troops to guard various key roads and wantonly search for the people, I don't know what he wants to do?" There were also alliance leaders who sent people to kill several soldiers under the command of the princes, and there was almost a conflict, and some people even went to question the alliance leader, and in the end the two sides broke up unhappily! ”

"Ganping City is a fortress city, the people are poor, what is the use of looting them! A bunch of idiots! ”

Liu De scolded secretly, and then asked Qin Qiong, "Does the alliance leader know about Yang Tiantian?" ”

Qin Qiong replied: "The alliance leader is now busy because of the killing of the princes' soldiers, and I am afraid that he has no time to take care of Yang Tiantian..."

Liu De nodded, so he said: "You send someone to investigate and see what Yang Tiantian wants to do, and I will go to see the alliance leader!" ”

"Yes!" Qin Qiong should snort.

When Liu De saw Li Yun, Li Yun was not as anxious as Qin Qiong said, and his expression was as usual, Li Yun bowed to Liu De quite solemnly and said: "Thank you General Anbei for saving my sister's life, otherwise, how can I be worthy of my dead father." ”

Liu De hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Li Yun up, and said, "It's okay, after all, Lan'er and so..."

Both sides did not mention the matter of Liu De and Li Lan, because this is too serious, Liu and Li are both princes of a state, how can they easily marry, this is absolutely impossible, and more importantly, Liu De can't give Li Lan the position of his wife, which is absolutely not allowed by the Li family, Li Lei is angry because of this, in fact, Liu De can understand.

Although Liu De didn't mention it, as a man, how could he look at the woman who should belong to him and not be able to throw herself into his arms, which is definitely a great shame!

Still not strong enough, Liu De said in his heart, if his strength is enough to affect Li Yun, how can Li Yun be like this?

Liu De and Li Yun talked about what Shao Qin said, Li Yun agreed, and said to Liu De: "The general doesn't know, although we won a big victory, in fact, we also suffered heavy losses, and even Huaizhou Donghai Taishou Deng Yunhai was also killed on the battlefield, Huaizhou Guangling Taishou Xu Siye annexed the remnants of Deng Taishou on the grounds that he was also Huaizhou Taishou, and therefore had a conflict with other princes, and the matter of the Western Expedition was impossible!" ”

"Then how does the Alliance Leader want to deal with this?"

"How to deal with it? What else can I do..."Li Yun shook his head and didn't speak.

Liu De diverted the topic and mentioned to Li Yun that Yang Tiantian had some abnormal behavior, Li Yun patted his head and said: "There is indeed this matter, my brother told me about it, and I also sent someone to question, Yang Tiantian only said to arrest the remnants of the Cao thief, and I didn't pay much attention to it, and now I am listening to what the general said, isn't there something Yang Tiantian is hiding from us?" ”

"In this case, the alliance leader needs to send someone to investigate!" Liu De said.

"What the general said is reasonable!"

Li Yun nodded and shouted, "Come on, summon Li Feng over!" ”

After a while, Li Feng strode in and said to Li Yun: "Big brother, you are looking for me!" ”

Bow his hand to Liu De: "General Anbei!" ”

Liu De is also a return gift.

Li Yun whispered a few words to Li Feng, Li Feng nodded, indicating that he understood, and looked at Liu De with a deep meaning when he left.

Subsequently, Lingzhou Fuling Taishou Long Yan, Jiangzhou Ye'an Taishou Qiu Yang's son Qiu Yu, and Luzhou Le'an Taishou Zhang Zishan all came to Li Yun to resign, bluntly saying that Cao Thief had been awarded the head, and now he has been leading the army for a long time, and he is worried about the chaos under his rule, so he has come to say goodbye.

Li Yun knew the thoughts of the three of them, but he didn't say anything, but exchanged a few words with the three of them, and agreed to the departure of the few people.

At this time, Li Feng and Qin Qiong hurriedly came over one after the other, and informed the two of them of the information they had collected, Li Yun and Liu De glanced at each other, and both found the shock in each other's eyes, Li Yun said to the three of them: "Now it seems that I hope that the three of you will come with a certain trip!" ”

The three of them didn't know why, but they nodded in response.

Later, Li Yun sent people to gather the rest of the princes and meet at the city gate.

By the time Liu De and the others felt the city gate, Yang Tiantian had already clashed with the city gate guards, and there were even several people lying on the ground.

Li Yun shouted: "Stop it!" ”

Everyone looked at Li Yun, Li Yun's voice was quite indifferent, and he said to Yang Tiantian: "Why did General Yang suddenly say goodbye without saying goodbye?" ”

Yang Tiantian laughed out loud and said casually: "There is still something important to do, it is more urgent, so I want to get out of the city quickly, what?" If you go out of the city and return to the army, will the alliance leader still stop me? ”

The rest of the princes also rushed to get the news, and Shao Rong also came over instead of Shao Tan, Li Yun said coldly: "It's very simple for General Yang to leave, leave the jade seal of the country!" ”

"What! Heirloom jade seal! ”

Everyone didn't care about it, but as soon as Li Yun's words came out, they completely frightened everyone.

Yang Tiantian was stunned for a moment, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, and then he shouted to Li Yun: "What a jade seal of the country!" I haven't seen it at all, and I ask the alliance leader to stop talking nonsense and insulting people's reputation! ”

Liu De stopped Li Yun, who wanted to be angry, and just said to Yang Tiantian: "Please also General Yang, don't forget what you said today!" ”

"Liu De, I remember you! Drive! ”

With a wave of his horsewhip, Yang Tiantian led his corporal out of the city gate and galloped towards the east.

Li Yundao: "Originally, the Yang family didn't give a certain answer, but later Yang Tiantian suddenly sent troops to say that he wanted to add rù lián allies, it seems that it was the idea of passing on the jade seal of the country!" ”

Liu De looked at the road outside the city gate because of the smoke and dust billowing from the army, and thought in his heart: Although Yang Tiantian has 10,000 horses, they are all the elite of the Yang family, and the loss in this battle is the smallest, and it is impossible to stop Yang Tiantian in the end, who will it belong to to snatch the jade seal of the country? Don't forget, the Great Zhou Emperor has been killed by Cao Zhuo, that is to say, the current Great Zhou has no ruler at all, not even a nominal one.

No one will sacrifice their own strength to snatch something that they can't get their hands on, even Liu De is unwilling, because the jade seal of the country is now a hot potato, and there is no absolute strength in front of him, and whoever takes it is unlucky.

But now it seems that Yang Tianlong already thinks that his strength is fine!

The princes then dispersed, and most of them then began to withdraw their troops within a day or two.

There are also princes who do not listen to Li Yun's advice, and want to attack Xizhou to plunder wealth, mainly because Guangling is too guarded by Xu Siye, and after a fruitless quarrel, Xu Siye left with his soldiers at night.

And Liu De returned to the big tent and said to Dian Wei: "Go and bring the young general you captured and gather all the generals to come over!" ”

"Yes!"

Dian Wei should shout, and then go down to carry out Liu De's order.

When everyone arrived, Dian Wei also pressed Bai Zhan over, except for Bai Zhan who was hit in the back by Dian Wei's halberd, he was a little red and swollen, but he was not injured anywhere else.

looked at Liu De in front of him, with a look of resentment.

Dian Wei directly pressed Bai Zhan to his knees, Bai Zhan hissed and struggled twice, but how could he break free from Dian Wei's hands, seeing that it was useless, he was not struggling.

Liu De looked at Bai Zhan, who was quite young, leaned over and asked, "Bai Zhan, with your age, I didn't expect to be entrusted with the important task of commanding his most important 10,000 Xizhou Iron Horsemen. ”

Bai Zhan raised his neck and said proudly: "A certain is from a general's family, the Bai family has been a general in Xizhou for generations, no one is better at leading troops than our Bai family, and a certain leader of 10,000 cavalry also relies on a certain ability!" ”