In Luzhou, Hedong, a military general hurriedly walked into the military mansion and said at the door: "My lord, the envoy has passed through Zezhou, and it may arrive tomorrow!" ”

The messenger said that the official sent by Tokyo to deliver the holy decree, and Li Yun already knew in advance what the content of the holy decree was...... The edict was read in front of thousands of people in the imperial city, and it was issued to all yamen, and Li Yun couldn't even think about it. At this time, he was squatting above, so he didn't raise his head and said, "I know, you go down." ”

"Whoa." When the general clenched his fists, he stretched out his head to look this way. Maybe I'm curious about what the two people above are doing.

Li Yun was squatting, and there was an old man in a robe opposite who was also squatting, who was his staff. There was a copper basin in the middle, and there was a lot of wood ash in it, and the old man picked up a brush, and after carefully scanning it for a while, he saw a tortoise shell that had been burned.

"This thing works?" Li Yun frowned and asked.

The staff said: "The ancient Yin Shang used tortoise shells for divination, and it has been like this for hundreds of years, so it must be credible." ”

Li Yun stared at the crack on the turtle shell with a questioning expression, and asked, "Then you can see if it is evil or lucky." ”

The staff looked at it for a long time, pondering and checking the book, and after a long time, said, "Fierce." The lord should not act rashly, otherwise it will be extremely dangerous. ”

Li Yun shook his head and said, "I still think it's ridiculous about you." ”

The staff stroked a handful of gray beards and said indifferently: "It's ridiculous or not, the lord should have it in his heart." ”

"Oh?" Li Yun looked at the staff's face with great interest, "You said a non-ridiculous truth, what does this turtle shell have to do with me?" ”

"It matters." The staff said, "The selection of shells, charcoal, and ignition are all done by the lord himself, right?" ”

"So what?" Li Yun shook his head and said.

The staff said: "I took a lot of turtle shells before, which piece the lord chooses, how much charcoal to put in, and where to light the charcoal fire, any difference will make the cracks into different textures." But the turtle shell is like this in the end, and that is the destined fate. ”

Li Yun still shook his head: "I didn't mean to get along with Mr. Zhong, but your mysterious words really can't convince me...... You didn't tell me, how can this turtle shell have anything to do with me? ”

The staff was not angry, and asked calmly, "Why is the water flowing down?" ”

Li Yun was stunned.

The staff asked again: "Why do the sun, moon and stars rise in rotation?" ”

Li Yun: "......"

The staff stroked his beard: "Heaven and earth are Hongmeng, there is one thing everywhere." He turned his head and pushed a stool with his hand, which fell to the ground with a "bang," and said, "The stool fell because I pushed it." Buddhists even put this kind of karma even more mysteriously, the suffering of this life is due to the evil created in the previous life...... None of this is right, the old man watched the stars at night, meditated for many days, and thought that everything in this world has a relationship that is not cause and effect. From the sun, moon and stars to this turtle shell, they are all closely related; Therefore, the old man read the books of the sages and sages, and was still willing to use the turtle shell for divination. ”

Li Yun was confused when he heard it, and felt that it seemed to make sense, but it seemed to be nonsense, and asked casually: "Even if you are right, what does it really have to do with it...... But how do you know what kind of stake it is? ”

"Forget yourself." The staff said indifferently, "Sincerity is spiritual." ”

At that moment, a young man came to the door and bowed, "My son has come to my father." ”

Li Yun turned his head and asked, "What's the matter?" But seeing that Li Shoujie didn't answer, he stretched out his hand and beckoned. Seeing this, the staff got up and said, "Retire first." ”

Li Shoujie stepped forward and whispered in Li Yun's ear: "Han Chongyun asks to see." ”

"Take him to the inner room." Li Yun stood up, no longer cared about the basin and turtle shells on the ground, and walked straight through the door by the wall. After a while, Han Chongyun came in to pay a visit.

After greetings, Han Chongyun asked a little impatiently: "Blacksmith Guo has blatantly usurped the throne and become emperor, when will Duke Li not be able to fight at this time?" ”

Li Yun groaned.

Han Chongyun hurriedly said: "I just heard that Blacksmith Guo wants to let Li Gong go to Hebei, this is a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, not to mention that the east of that place is the sea, surrounded by important towns on three sides; Li Gongzhen went, he couldn't use it, and there were no reinforcements nearby, so how could Guo Blacksmith deal with Li Gong at that time? Brother Zhao sent a letter and gave you an idea, as soon as someone from Tokyo came, Li Gong put out the spiritual position of Taizu, cried and said that Taizu was kind back then, and the world praised Li Gong's loyalty! ”

Li Yun said: "But Guo Shao also recognizes the Emperor Taizu, isn't it a bit far-fetched for me to cry like this?" ”

"Not far-fetched!" Han Chongyun said, "Taizu formulated the first emperor (Chai Rong) before his sickbed, and the first emperor passed on his son, who is Guo Blacksmith?" ”

Li Yun said with a sad face: "Just now, I invited a master to occupy a hexagram with the back of a turtle...... It's a bad hexagram. Superior people say, I can't act rashly now. ”

Han Chongyun's face twitched after hearing this: "Li Gong Hero I, believe that thing too?" I know that you are afraid of the strength of the forbidden army, and you hesitate......"

"Don't provoke me." Li Yun said quietly.

Han Chongyun said: "Don't worry about Gong Li, if you fight together, the army of the Northern Han Dynasty will go south to reinforce Gong Li in the name of allies; Not only that, but the Liao State also promised to send troops to attack Hebei to respond to Li Gong. Big things can happen! ”

"Can the Liao State send troops now?" Li Yun sneered.

Han Chongyun said: "It is rumored that the lord of the Liao Kingdom is mediocre, but the king of the southern courtyard of Youzhou holds a bear soldier and is willing to go south to help nearby." If Li Gong didn't believe it, he immediately sent someone to investigate in Hebei, and the Liao army should have been dispatched at this time! ”

…… Twenty miles northwest of Yizhou City, Hebei, there are really countless Liao horses appearing on the bank of the Juma River.

Many pontoon bridges were built on the river, and the cavalry ran directly across the river to the south, and the Liao army spread across the river like a flood. On the plain on the north bank, there are not only Liao cavalry, but also many infantry arrays, those are the servant army of the Liao army, mainly Xi people, and there are also some Jurchen slaves as miscellaneous soldiers.

The Liao army drove across the river and met no resistance at all.

A general wearing a cloak and a fur hat rode his horse to the river, he looked at the countless people and horses on the riverbank, looked to the east, and asked in Khitan language: "Yizhou City has not moved yet?" ”

The general said: "Just now, the horses were reported once, and the people and horses of Yizhou City were cowering in the city, reinforcing the city defenses, and they didn't dare to come out to meet the battle. ”

The general stretched out his fingers, smiled and smoothed the "beautiful" beard under his nose, and said loudly: "Even if he comes out, the heroic Khitan warriors can defeat him!" ”

The general echoed: "The Khitans are wolves, they have lived in the snow forest for a long time, and they are also fierce wolves; Han'er is a sheep, so he can only hide in the sheepfold, shivering. ”

"Haha......" The Liao soldiers cheered happily when they heard this.