"Lord Zhao," Wei Chengji coughed dryly, "just more than ten days ago, Jiangning Mansion was instructed to beat Cai Jing and Li Bangyan to death. "His 'look' is a little weird, Zhao Xingde has been in exile for ten years because of the exposé case, and he is the sworn enemy of Cai and Li, the death of these two people is inseparable from the Li Society, but I don't know if it has anything to do with Zhao Xingde?

"Is that so?" Zhao Xingde was dumbfounded.

Wei Chengji saw that his demeanor did not seem to be fake, sighed, told the ins and outs of the matter, and said: "Although the two adults have criticism of Cai and Li, but the two adults are the old ministers and important ministers of the imperial court. If the servants did it themselves, the court should arrest these fanatics and punish them, but," Wei Chengji looked at Zhao Xingde, "If the court officials instruct them to cut off dissidents, everyone in the court will be in danger." Because of this, Lord Cao had to go back to Chen Xianggong to ask for clarification. ”

After Wei Chengji finished speaking, he bowed his hand respectfully. Cao Gu snorted dissatisfiedly.

"The recovery of the Central Plains is a big matter, besides," Zhao Xingde said to Cao Di, "Cao Gong commanded an army of 100,000 and defeated the Liao Emperor Yelu Dashi, and when the merit of Zhongxing is at his fingertips, he should take advantage of the victory to enter the Central Plains." Now he is rushing back to the teacher, not only has he cheapened the Liao people in vain, but it has no help, the cases of Cai Jing and Li Bangyan, the imperial court has its own system......" said this, but his tone couldn't help but weaken.

"The imperial court system?" Cao Gu robbed Bai Dao, "When you killed Cai Jing and Li Bangyan, why didn't you see the imperial court system?" Now, if you don't seek justice for Cai and Li, kill you tomorrow, kill me the day after tomorrow, one day, kill you Lord Zhao, see if you have the leisure to sit and talk, hum! He no longer paid attention to Zhao Xingde and turned to Yue Feidao, "Our army will return to the army tomorrow morning, for the sake of fighting side by side just now, inform your army." He stood up and said coldly, "Now that the words are clear, please go back to the generals." ”

Just now, Cao Di had already explained to Yue Fei about the retreat of the army, Yue Fei was not a person who could speak well, and after saying a few words, the two sides froze, and the retreat of the Xijing camp was irretrievable. Coming out of the Chinese military tent, Yue Fei said to Zhao Xingde: "Although Cao Xianggong retreated, we still have tens of thousands of 'elite' soldiers in our hands, and hundreds of thousands of northern volunteers. Now that the Liao army has been defeated by this, it has been like a frightened bird, and it only needs to wave its troops straight forward, and the Central Plains will be restored. Zhao Xingde sighed and didn't say anything more.

In the Chinese military tent, Xin Zan turned out from behind the scenes, and his expression was a little unnatural.

"Please tell Xianggong Hou," Cao Gu arched his hand, "Our army will return to Hubei tomorrow, and this time we will seek justice from Chen Dong and avenge the two adults Cai and Li." Xin Zan's brows frowned slightly, Cao Di glanced at his son, and said slowly: "Please rest assured, my Xijing camp is the army of the imperial court, if Chen Dong wants to follow Wang Mang and Cao 'Cao', coerce the imperial court with soldiers and horses, and even coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, our Xijing army will never agree." ”

"The Cao era is loyal and good, and it is indeed the pillar of the imperial court." Xin Zan said respectfully, "Then the lower official will go back to report to his teacher." "Xin Zan is the commander of Linji County on Jingdong Road, and he is also the proud 'protégé' of Hou Huanyin, who participated in the governor's political affairs and appeased Hou Huanyin on Jingdong Road. At the beginning, Hou Huanying responded to Ezhou's "respect for the Son of Heaven and not serve 'chaos' orders" on Jingdong Road, and this person contributed a lot from it. This time, Hou Huanyin united with people who were dissatisfied with the Li Society, including court officials who sympathized with Cai and Li, and the squire Su Qi, who 'wanted' to take advantage of this incident to bring down Chen Dong in one fell swoop. Cao Di's class teacher is the most critical part of it, although Xin Zan has objections, he can only obey the teacher's orders to be this messenger, and after completing the mission, he will 'want' to return to Jingdong to resume his life.

Cao Di didn't keep it, thinking that although Xin Zan was just a small county magistrate, since he was entrusted with an important task by Hou Huanyin, he must be his confidant 'protégé', and 'privately' told Cao Gu to 'befriend' with him, and selected 'Jing' to ride fifty to escort him back to Jingdong Road. Cao Gu saw that Xin Zan was just a county order, and he didn't have much respect for his demeanor, so he didn't think much of his father's advice, but his face was 'handed', and ordered his subordinates to send fifty cavalry escorts for Xin Zan. Xin Zan couldn't shirk it, so he had to agree, but he secretly thought in his heart: "I heard that Zhao Xingde was famous, and when I saw it today, it was really a character, but unfortunately they were their own masters, and they couldn't talk to him." ”

............

The next morning, more than 100,000 Xijing troops pulled out of camp, and the forward cavalry pointed directly at Wusheng Pass. Yue Fei notified the Prime Minister's Mansion of the retreat from the Xijing camp overnight with a flying pigeon, and attached a letter of folding, asking the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Ministry of War to persuade Cao Di to return to the division, and never lose the great opportunity to recover the Central Plains. Cai Jing and Li Bangyan were guilty of misleading the country and the people, but they beat them to death without the imperial court, which was no different from the 'chaotic' people, and the prime minister's mansion was for the overall stability of the plan, and should not shield the 'private' people, and after the Jiangning Mansion was recovered, the perpetrators would be punished in a canonical manner, so as to show that the imperial court still had a system, which was conducive to the Northern Expedition.

"What do you want to do here?" Wu Zilong read the fold and angrily threw it on the table, "Joining forces with Cao Di? Conspiracy? ”

"Brother Wu," Cao Liangshi picked up the fold, "Even though Yue Pengju is out of proportion, he is worried about the country, how can he talk to Cao Di on the same day." He handed it back to Chen Dong and said worriedly, "Cao Di is menacing, and the county battalions in the southeastern states, including the soldiers and horses of Wang Guixin's fire gun battalion, are either unfought, sore, or rabble, and they can't resist at all." For today's plan, Yue Peng should be adjusted back to the division as soon as possible, and Cao Di will form a counterbalance, otherwise ......" Cao Liangshi was silent, but it was difficult to hide the worry in his eyes.

"This dynasty respects etiquette and righteousness, respects scriptures, although the village husband and village 'woman', the peddler pawn, also knows loyalty and righteousness, which is not comparable to the former Tang Dynasty," Wu Zilong said angrily, "Although Cao Di has a heavy army, does he dare to defy the world's disapproval and openly support the army to make 'chaos'?" He slapped the table and said loudly, "As a general of the army, he has been complicit in the rebellion by returning without authorization, and the court should quickly reprimand and select another good general to lead the Northern Expedition." He was still unsatisfied, and said in a low voice, "Yue Pengju doesn't know the severity, and Yuan Zhi doesn't persuade this person?" ”

"Brother Wu," Cao Liangshi glanced at Wu Zilong and held back the anger in his heart, "The matter of the military cannot be taken for granted. ”

"Tai'a is upside down," Wu Zilong retorted without giving in, "If the military department can't be controlled, how is it different from the former Tang Domain?" ”

"Alright." Chen Dong didn't have a good temperament, so he took out a large stack of folds and spread them on the table, "This is the state and county gentry in the southeast, and there are some official scholars who sacrifice wine, please ask the court to punish the real culprit of Cai Li's case." Wu Zilong's face changed, he picked up the chapter, flipped through a few copies, and said through gritted teeth: "These people are Cai Li's 'traitor' party henchmen, and they actually don't go through the Ministry of Rites?" ......" He looked at it at a glance and ten lines, his expression was counted, and the green tendons on his forehead rose. These sacrificial wines are stated in the chapter that because of the case of Cai Li, Wu Zilong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is to blame, so the chapter does not go through the Ministry of Rites, and goes straight to the Prime Minister's Office.

"Whether it's a 'traitor' party, I'll talk about it later," Chen Dong sighed, and 'pulled' out another piece of music, "Jingdong's Hou Huanyin is also involved." He opened Hou Huanyin's recital and 'handed it over' to Cao Liangshi, and after Cao Liangshi read it, he 'handed it over' to Wu Zilong, and their faces became grim. When Ezhou elected the prime minister, there were already many states and counties to promote Hou Huanyin, although Hou Huanyin then succumbed to the position of participating in political affairs, but in the court, the popularity of the court, but faintly and Chen Dong have a tendency to fight. Hou Huanyin said politely in the chapter, in the name of maintaining the dignity of the imperial court, he 'forced' Chen Dong to either track down the real culprit to the end, or take the blame and resign as prime minister.

"Hou Huanyin and Cao Di must have colluded," Wu Zilong said angrily, "embarrassed as a 'traitor'." ”

"Cao Di is just a martial artist, but Hou Huanyin used him as a helper and echoed each other in the court, so he can't be taken lightly." Cao Liangshi's face was grim, "The Xijing army is the 'elite' of the imperial court, and none of the remaining armies can match it." Yue Pengjun and Zhao Xingde must be transferred to lead troops back to help, otherwise, once the situation deteriorates, Hou and Cao Ruo will be killers, and we will all be mermaids. When he spoke, Wu Zilong also nodded, and the look on his face was even more anxious than Cao Liangshi.

"Alas—" Chen Dong was silent for a long time and said in a low voice, "Let me think about it again." ”

"Shaoyang," Wu Zilong stepped forward and said eagerly, "Without further ado, do you know that Hou Huanyin and Cai Li's henchmen have joined forces, even if they don't go through Cao Di's action, they can be impeached for some reason, and in the court, we don't have to win but are sure." For the sake of today's plan, we can only use military coercion to deter these jumping clowns first. ”

"Let me think about it again," Chen Dong suddenly roared in a low voice, his face was a little terrifying, which made Wu Zilong startled, and immediately stopped. Cao Liangshi looked at Chen Dong with some regret, only to hear him mutter: "I'll think about it again, otherwise, it will be a big mistake, I, Chen Dong, will be a sinner through the ages—a sinner through the ages!" ”

"Shaoyang!" Wu Zilong persuaded again, "The first striker, the last striker is controlled by others!" ”

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After the Xijing camp retreated, the general Ma Duzhong led the forward cavalry to Suizhou. On the grounds that he did not follow the order of the Privy Council, Qu Changqing, the assassin of Suizhou, not only closed the Wusheng Pass and did not accept the army, but also sent the soldiers from the left near the countryside to go to the city to help defend it. Although Ma Qianzhong stopped, as Cao Di's troops arrived one after another, and put on a posture of attacking Wusheng Pass, more than a dozen of Suizhou's emergency documents were sent to the military department in one day. The imperial court finally made a decision, the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Ministry of War urgently ordered Zhao Xingde and Yue Fei's troops to return to Suizhou to contain Cao Di. At the same time, the world is raging, and the spearhead is directed at the fake prime minister Chen Dong, many people say that Chen Dong instructed Liao Sheng to kill the important ministers of the former dynasty by 'private' torture, and used Zhao Xingde and Yue Fei's subordinates as minions, brutalized Zhongliang, and prepared for rebellion and usurpation.

Yue Fei and Zhao Xingde were stationed for two days, while cultivating soldiers and horses, they used flying pigeons to explore horses and travel between the north and the south. The tone of the military department urging him to return to the division is also getting tougher and tougher.

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