Lu Jue led the Northern Expedition army to Qiantangkou smoothly, looking at the rugged mountain road in front of Qiantangkou, although the ground is bumpy and difficult to walk, but it is very close from Qiantangkou to Hanguguan, as long as it is another day's journey to reach.

Under the command, the army methodically marched through a natural corridor sandwiched between two high mountains.

"This place is so strange, why has I never seen a sign of this terrain on the marching map?"

Li Siyuan was wearing armor, his heroic spirit was undoubtedly demonstrated, and the two giant axes behind him further set off a hint of arrogance.

Looking around, looking at the towering mountain walls on both sides, Li Siyuan muttered.

"Sure enough, as I thought, the major general chose the path used by the old general."

Xiao Han rode a horse and followed behind Lu Jue, and after hearing Li Siyuan's emotion, he smiled and said his guess.

This natural corridor, which is tens of thousands of miles long, has always been known only to some people who live in the surrounding area by collecting medicine for a living because it is on the border of the two domains of King Beichang and King Changwu.

Therefore, when compiling the map, this place happened to overlap with the dividing line of the feudal king, and many people did not know that there was such a shortcut.

Back then, Lu Youxu, Lu Jue's father, as a general of Zhenbei, could be said to know the entire northern frontier well.

Therefore, he was able to be completely prepared in the face of the invasion of the Tidi tribe again and again.

When Lu Jue decided to go to Hangu Pass, Xiao Han had already guessed that Lu Jue would take this road.

"When I was a child, I remember seeing this place on my father's surveying map."

Lu Jue smiled and explained to Li Siyuan and Xiao Han.

In my memory, Lu Jue was just sensible at that time, and he was somewhat familiar with many military things.

Once, Lu Youxu was studying the armament marker on his desk, and there were three maps that looked the same, but they were very different.

"Daddy, why do you put three copies of the same map?"

Lu Jue's immature voice sounded from the edge of the table, and a pair of innocent and clean eyes were full of doubts and incomprehension.

Lu Youxu looked at his son, touched his head with a smile, and then took Lu Jue in his arms, pointed to various places in the three pictures, and spoke seriously.

"These three seem to be the same, but in fact, there are many different places, this one is the division map of the feudal princes and counties in various places, this one is the land map of our Ye Dynasty's territory, and this one..."

Before Lu Youxu finished speaking, Lu Jue's mother walked in and interrupted the conversation between father and son with a smile.

"How old is the child, how can he understand what you say?"

Lu Jue's mother put the prepared snacks and tea on the table next to her, and then walked up to Lu Youxu's father and son, laughing and joking.

When the young Lu Jue heard his mother's words, he hurriedly pursed his lips, and replied with two small eyebrows and a little stubborn and unconvinced:

"Mother, I can understand!"

"Good, good! You know, you fathers and sons, born generals! ”

Mother smiled, looked at the stubborn Lu Jue, and couldn't help but reach out and nod Lu Jue's brow, as if she wanted to stretch out the frowning brow.

... ...

In this memory, Lu Jue has gradually forgotten his mother's appearance, and even his voice is extremely distant.

"Xiao Han."

Lu Jue stood in the tent and whispered to Xiao Han not far away, then nodded lightly to him and motioned for him to come closer.

It was already noon, and the marching team was repairing and resting, and they were preparing lunch.

Xiao Han heard Lu Jue calling himself, so he walked over and whispered, "What's the matter with the general?" ”

When Lu Jue saw Xiao Han walk in, he went directly back to the camp tent and beckoned Xiao Han to enter the camp together.

Looking at Lu Jue's face, it was obvious that he had something else on his mind, so Xiao Han also followed into the tent, and after lowering the curtain, he stood in place and waited for Lu Jue to speak.

"What happened to us Lu Jue back then, was it really the work of King Pingyi?"

When Xiao Han heard Lu Jue's question, his expression was stunned, he nodded a little puzzled, and asked, "Haven't we already investigated this matter?" Exchanged letters, etc., doesn't the major general believe it? ”

When Lu Jue heard Xiao Han say this, a trace of hesitation flashed in his bright pupils, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said softly:

"The King of Pingyi has something to do with this matter, I have never doubted this, it's just that the Pingyi King's domain and forces are in the southeast of the Ye Dynasty, and those courtiers came to see me back then, and they all controlled my father and the Tidi tribe in collusion, and they were all courtiers from the north, if it was said that my father blocked the financial path of these people, I could still understand it, but it had nothing to do with the King of Pingyi."

Xiao Han listened to Lu Jue's doubts, and began to mumble in his heart.

"Speaking of which, I also felt a little strange when I found out at the time, I followed General Lu from birth to death for so many years, and I have never heard of him having anything to do with the King of Pingyi, and I do feel a little inappropriate when a King of Pingyi persecuted the Lu family."

Lu Jue heard that Xiao Han was also thinking the same as himself, and the hesitation in his eyes gradually became resolute, and he said in a deep voice: "If it is not directly related to the King of Pingyi, then it can only be said that the King of Pingyi was only a helper at that time, then this person is most likely to be the King of Beichang." ”

It's not that Lu Jue didn't suspect others, the three vassal kings in the north, the king of Jiangyuan in the west, and the king of Changwu in the east, but neither of them is the most suspicious of the king of Beichang.

Moreover, the people who came to the Zhenbei General's Mansion at that time to raid the house and destroy the door were all all kinds of officials and soldiers from the underground of the King of Beichang.

Just as Lu Jue and Xiao Han were talking, suddenly there was a noisy sound of footsteps outside the tent, followed by a deep voice from outside the tent.

"General Lu, my subordinates have something to report."

When Lu Jue heard that the person outside the camp was Fan Di, who was in charge of grain and grass, he inevitably had a trace of doubt in his heart, and ordered softly: "General Fan Di, please come in." ”

Fan Di had a sad face, his brows were tightly locked, and when he saw Xiao Han also behind, his face seemed to show a trace of surprise, as well as a trace of shame and hesitation.

Without waiting for Lu Jue to speak, Fan Di knelt down directly on his knees, knelt in front of Lu Jue's handsome case, and bowed his head to plead guilty.

"Please punish the general!"

Lu Jue is just a young man, but Fan Di in front of him has reached the age where he can be his father, and suddenly he was kneeled like this, Lu Jue hurriedly stepped forward to help Fan Di up, and asked suspiciously: "Why is General Fan Di like this?" ”

Xiao Han on the side was also very surprised when he saw this, after all, Fan Di was the person he single-handedly promoted, Fan Di was extremely stable and thoughtful on weekdays, why did he suddenly come to ask for guilt today?