Of course, it is impossible to completely block the news from outside the city. Even though Lu Zhongtian was under martial law in the whole city and strictly controlled the city gates and city walls, there were still high-ranking people who came and went freely. And there are many ways to deliver messages, such as carrier pigeons entering the city, arrows shooting letters into the city, etc. As long as you have a heart, you will always pass on the message. Therefore, the news from outside the city is actually transmitted in a steady stream, but it is all carried out secretly.

For example, in the Battle of Qingshui River, the news of the defeat of the Jurchen army by the Luoyan army was known to many people in the city, and even many officials in the court and China knew about it. The largest news that caused a wide range of people to spread was the news that Guo Kun ascended the throne as emperor in Shili Changgang. That night, someone transcribed thousands of copies of the edict of enthronement and the holy decree of the crusade against the national thief Lu Zhongtian, and spread them all over the city when the night was dark and the wind was high. At dawn, many people found these leaflets of edicts and holy decrees spilled down in the courtyards in front of their houses and behind their houses. Most of the people in the capital learned the news of the new emperor's accession to the throne. I also learned from those leaflets that Lu Zhongtian colluded with the Jurchens to betray the son emperor of the Jurchens in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Although Lü Zhongtian soon ordered the confiscation of these edicts and leaflets, and therefore carried out a search and killed many people who were said to have spread these things. He also posted a notice saying that this was a demagogic ploy by the Falling Goose Bandit Army, and that the news was all fabricated lies and rumors. However, the people of the capital actually have their own judgment in their hearts. After many of them learned the news that Lin Jue supported Guo Kun to ascend the throne, their hearts suddenly ignited hope. Whether Guo Xu was killed by Guo Kun or not, that is also an internal matter of their Guo family. Guo Kun is qualified to ascend the throne as emperor. After the new emperor ascends the throne, he should unite the strength of everyone in the Great Zhou, and the Great Zhou may be able to usher in new vitality. For individuals, it was also a turning point in life. Therefore, many people were secretly excited and happy after getting the news, they hoped that Guo Kun and Lin Jue would return to Bianliang as soon as possible, and then their hard days would be alive.

Some things in the city are, of course, done by Ma Bin. Ma Bin personally infiltrated the capital as early as the beginning of the southern invasion of the Jurchen army. At first, Ma Bin's purpose was to take his Xuanyimen's men to find out the news of the Bianliang court, and take advantage of the fluctuating hearts of officials in Bianliang City to win over some officials and generals, not only to provide useful military and political information for Luoyan Valley, but also to accumulate some forces that can be used.

Ma Bin has indeed made a lot of progress, and Ma Bin is basically in control of the actions of the court and the development of events. And Ma Bin also rebelled against more than a dozen officials and generals, and organized a large force. Although Lu Zhongtian's blockade in the city was strict, Ma Bin still secretly spread the news outside the city in various ways. Guo Kun's edict on enthronement was written by Ma Bin after receiving the news, and then took advantage of the cover of the night to personally lead the martial arts masters in the Xuanyi Guard to run on the rooftops of the streets and alleys of the inner and outer cities, and scattered these leaflets.

A few days ago, the wind in the city suddenly became extremely tense. After Lu Zhongtian returned to the city with his troops, he immediately carried out a large-scale search and arrest of Bianliang City. This time, tens of thousands of forbidden soldiers searched from house to house, and carried out identity checks and interrogations on everyone, but all those who were found to have suspicious behavior or suspicious identities were arrested. Moreover, the methods are extremely ruthless, and the arrested people are directly killed without any interrogation and verification. In a matter of days, thousands of people died, most of them ordinary people.

Ma Bin originally had a normal hidden identity, and Xuanyiwei's personnel in the capital had a normal identity cover, some of them opened teahouses, some opened shops, and some were ordinary citizens, all of which were not verified. But under this kind of high pressure, a court official who Ma Bin had previously wooed showed his flaws because of timidity, and immediately reported after being arrested. Fortunately, the news came quickly, and after Ma Bin got the news, he immediately moved from the inner city to a remote place in the outer city to hide, so that he was not arrested by Lu Zhongtian's people. But as a result, Ma Bin basically has no room to move around in the city. Lu Zhongtian knew that Ma Bin was active in the city, and portraits of the whole city were posted to arrest him, which greatly restricted Ma Bin's actions. Lu Zhongtian let go, as long as it was revealed that he had any contact with Ma Bin, he would be killed all over the house for any reason. Under such circumstances, it is basically impossible for Ma Bin to plot against the officials of the DPRK and China and contact them. Ma Bin felt that there was no need to stay in Bianliang anymore, the war was in full swing outside, and he was bored in the city and did nothing, which was really depressing.

At this time, Bai Bing carried Lin Jue's letter into Bianliang, and according to the secret agreement, Bai Bing found the secret residence of Xuanyiwei on the side of the wild lake in the southwest corner of the outer city, and found Ma Bin, who was sleeping under the quilt.

In the middle of the night, two figures climbed out from the southwest corner of the city wall, and when they left the city, they also killed eight soldiers who were on night duty in the enemy tower in the southwest corner. Ma Bin also dipped his clothes in blood and wrote on the wall the words 'Your grandfather Ma Bin is going' to vent his anger. Of course, this was done to let Lu Zhongtian know that he Ma Bin had left, and there was no need to conduct indiscriminate search and arrest and kill people in the city, which could be regarded as a move to protect his Xuanyiwei brothers and some officials and generals who were rebelled in the city.

At dawn, the two parted ways fifty miles west of Bianliang City. Bai Bing went southwest to Luoyan Valley in Funiu Mountain to deliver a message, while Ma Bin was on an important mission. He was going northwest to Taiyuan Mansion, and he was going to meet Sun Wanchun, the leading general of the remnants of the Northwest Army. The key to the success of Lin Jue's plan to lure the enemy to attack the mountain and intercept is whether he can persuade this Sun Wanchun to return to the new emperor.

Two days later, the exhausted Ma Bin arrived in Taiyuan Province, and soon his whereabouts were discovered by the soldiers of the Northwest Army, who surrounded Ma Bin as a small group of cavalry patrolled outside Taiyuan Province. Ma Bin revealed his identity, and the soldiers did not dare to make a mistake, so they took Ma Bin's blade and escorted him into the city, and quickly reported it.

Half an hour later, Ma Bin met Sun Wanchun, the deputy envoy of the Northwest Army. Of course, he was not alone, when Sun Wanchun learned that Ma Bin was the identity of the deputy marshal of the Luoyan Army and came to see him on the order of Lin Jue, he knew that Ma Bin's trip would not be simple, because he had already received a letter from Lin Jue before, and he also vaguely knew the purpose of Ma Bin's trip. So he asked more than a dozen senior generals in the army to come as witnesses and ask for their opinions.

Ma Bin rested for half an hour, and after drinking some water, his spirits improved a lot. After entering the hall of the prefect's yamen, he saw the generals of the Northwest Army standing in the hall waiting for his arrival. Ma Bin accurately found Sun Wanchun, who was standing in the crowd and was not amazingly tall, and walked a few steps forward to salute.

"General Sun, I'm Ma Bin, I'm polite."

Sun Wanchun was a little surprised, and bowed back: "General Ma is polite, how did you recognize me?" Have I met you? ”

Ma Bin smiled: "General Sun may not have seen me, but Ma Bin has seen you." At the beginning, I was serving in the Imperial City Division, and once the commander of the Northwest Army sent Lord Yuan Zhenqian back to Beijing, I took people to guard the periphery. I naturally got to know the people around Master Yuan Zhenqian. At that time, General Sun rode a yellow horse behind the left head of Lord Yuan Zhenqian, wearing a black chain mail and a blue cloak, yes or no? ”

Sun Wanchun was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's really good, it's really hearted." You're not wrong at all, I was dressed up at the time, and it was the first time I returned to Beijing with Lord Yuan. That's already ...... It was six years ago, right? I didn't expect you to remember it so clearly. ”

"Isn't that what General Sun impressed me? General Sun was in high spirits and quite mighty, and that spirit made me unforgettable. So I remember it clearly. ”

Ma Bin said with a smile. Ma Bin did see Sun Wanchun, but his words were a bit exaggerated and flattering at the moment. He remembered Sun Wanchun not because he had a special impression of Sun Wanchun, but because of the sensitivity of his position as the deputy envoy of the Imperial City Department at that time. The people of the Imperial City Division are all police dogs, and the instinct of their profession requires them to be able to keep an eye on many people. The important figures in the Northwest Army are naturally extraordinary, and remembering Sun Wanchun's identity and appearance is also a professional requirement.

Sun Wanchun didn't expect Ma Bin to be so good at talking, and he was quite useful when he listened to it. Suddenly laughed and said: "Where is it, General Ma has a good reputation, I don't dare to be, I don't dare to be." If we say that we are in good spirits, this is true of our Northwest Army. That is the legacy left by the old man Yang Shumi, and Commander Yuan has also taught us all the year round that the officers and men should have the spiritual outlook of the Northwest Army. It's not unique to me, Sun Wanchun. ”

Ma Bin nodded and said: "That's true, hey, it's a pity, I didn't expect the situation to change so quickly, and it came to this point in a blink of an eye." And the commander of the Northwest Army, Lord Yuan, actually died on the battlefield not long ago. This is really unacceptable and extremely sad. ”

Sun Wanchun's expression darkened, and his face showed pain. Although more than two months have passed since Yuan Zhenqian's death, this is still a pain in the hearts of the people of the Northwest Army. Ma Bin's words evoked this pain.