Seeing Zhou Qi open his mouth to ask his opinion, Lu Yanhong slowly raised his head and looked at Zhou Qi, the other party smiled and looked at him, he turned his gaze and looked at the others present.

"Lord Dutong had an explanation to Zhongwu Ba before leaving, and Wang Du was also present. Lord Tutong thought that we should go to Xichuan to escort and welcome His Majesty back to Beijing, which was the order of Lord Dutong, and Lu naturally chose to follow Lord Dutong's orders. ”

As soon as Lu Yanhong's voice fell, someone next to him objected, "General Lu, Your Majesty has the Shence Army by his side, aren't we being excluded when we go?" Moreover, it is a long way to go to Shudi here, and the soldiers have been out for a few years, and they all want to go home, so why go to Shudi to be angry. ”

"This is the confession of the Dutong Lord before his death, is it possible that after the Dutong is gone, there will be no Dutong in your eyes?" Wang Jian on the side knocked on the table and said lightly.

I have to say that although Yang Fuguang died, his reputation is still there, and seeing the unkind eyes of everyone looking at him, that Zhou Qi's cronies suddenly became a little annoyed and angry, and pointed at Wang Jian and scolded, "Eight thieves, don't think I don't know what you think." Everything is under the orders of the adults, why don't the rest of us know it, but only the two of you know? I think you are taking us to death for your own selfish gain. ”

"What do you say? Believe it or not, I hacked you on the spot? Wang Jian hated others to call him 'Eight Thieves', so he immediately pulled out the knife at his waist and put it on the small table next to him, staring at the other party deadly.

"You... The man saw the ruthlessness in Wang Jian's eyes, and swallowed back the words that had just come to his mouth, with a trace of hesitation and even fear on his face.

Wang Jian has a reputation in the Zhongwu Army, although he is treacherous, but his kung fu is not bad, and this can come to the present step by step.

Zhou Qi on the side naturally didn't see his subordinates being forced into such a situation, and said with a smile, "Don't be angry, Wang Jiang's people are a little ignorant, which annoys Wang Jiang, for Zhou's sake, don't be surprised." General He, still don't apologize to Wang Du? Nothing big or small. ”

Although the general was a little reluctant, when he saw Zhou Qi's eyes, he still honestly apologized to Wang Jian, although he was not very sincere, and his face was over.

"What's the plan for the marshal? Will you lead the whole army of our loyal army to meet you, or will you? Lu Yanhong looked at Zhou Qi seriously, he was very suspicious of Zhou Qi's attitude.

"Well... Zhou Qi looked at Lu Yanhong, deliberately lengthened his voice, and then said with a smile, "General Lu, Lord Dutong just asked you to go to meet the eight loyal warriors, not the entire loyal army. Now that the Yellow Nest has not been extinguished, if the whole army of the Loyal Army goes to meet it, wouldn't it allow the Yellow Nest to continue to breathe? ”

"It seems that the marshal is not going to go to meet him?" Lu Yanhong said lightly.

"It's not that the envoy doesn't want to go, but there is no need for tens of thousands of loyal soldiers to go. Your Majesty has the Shence Army and the Xichuan Army by his side, and it is of little use for us to go, and the officers and soldiers in the army are also homesick, so we can't help but consider the thoughts of the soldiers, right?

I think otherwise, if you want to go to meet you, you can follow General Lu and Wang Jiang and others to Xichuan, and if you don't want to go, follow this section to return to the garrison and quell the rebellion of Huangchao, wouldn't this be the best of both worlds? Zhou Qi looked at Lu Yanhong and the others with a 'sincere' face, as if he had made some embarrassing decision.

"Jie Shuai's idea is good, whether to go or not to meet the car is all voluntary." Zhou Qi's subordinates immediately chimed in.

Due to the fact that relying only on the eight capitals, there is still a bit of a weak force, and Lu Yanhong originally wanted to borrow the power of Yang Fuguang's adopted sons to oppose this idea. Although this idea seems fair, it is not, because the loyal army is basically from Chenzhou and Xuzhou, and they must all want to go home after fighting outside for a few years.

Zhou Qi's method obviously harbored evil intentions, because the main force of the Zhongwu Army was Zhongwu Badu, but if it was voluntary, a considerable number of people in Zhongwu Badu itself would definitely choose to stay. Those who remain will undoubtedly be swallowed up by Zhou Qi and his cronies and used to strengthen their strength.

But Yang Fuguang's adopted sons also have their own ideas, and not all of them want to meet them, including Yang Shouzong, who holds part of the military power.

"This Yang Shouzong, because he is still the adopted son of Lord Dutong, he actually doesn't stand by us at this time." As one of the leaders of the eight capitals of Zhongwu, Pang Cong complained in front of the other seven people after Zhou Qi and the others left.

"Everyone has their own ambitions, and Pang Dutou should not be angry, there is no need for this." Lu Yanhong persuaded, and then looked at everyone, "The others will not care, but we can't be torn apart." The split of the loyal army is inevitable, and if our loyal and military capital is divided, we will not be able to survive in this troubled era.

After you go down, try your best to persuade all your subordinates to follow you to Xichuan, without soldiers in hand, you have no status in this troubled era. ”

Saying that, Lu Yanhong looked at Wang Jian and Han Jian, especially Wang Jian, if the other party sang against him, Zhongwu Badu would not be able to unite at all.

Wang Jian is not a fool, he naturally knows the severity, and nodded, "There is no problem with this, but we also need to persuade the adopted sons of Lord Dutong, not all of them want to stay, like Yang Shouliang, who intends to follow us to Xichuan." If we only rely on the loyal military Badu, our troops will be relatively weak, and we will have no status when we reach Xichuan. ”

Lu Yanhong nodded, and he also knew the truth, and suddenly Pang Cong on the side interjected, "Are we really going to Xichuan?" Even if there is a letter from Lord Tutong, will Privy Envoy Yang treat us as his own? We have an army in our hands, why should we go to Xichuan to be angry? ”

Hearing this, some of the people were silent, and some wanted to stop talking, obviously not all of them wanted to go to Xichuan, but they didn't dare to bring it up, but Lu Yanhong stood up and explained, "Everyone, this time is not a question of whether we want to go or not, but we have to leave the river."

If we stay in the river, we will inevitably be regarded as a thorn in the side by Wang Chongrong and others, and even treat us as a bag; Back to Xuzhou and Chenzhou, Zhou Qi will also think about annexing us, so we must come to open, as for whether to go to Xichuan, we will talk about it according to the situation at that time. ”

After listening to Lu Yanhong's words, Wang Jian couldn't help but look up at the other party, a little surprised by the other party's words, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, but he didn't say anything.

"In this case, I am in favor of going to meet the driver, and I think Your Majesty will not treat me and other meritorious people badly." Han Jian on the side slapped the table and said loudly.

Some people took the lead, and others agreed, they naturally knew that the benefits of going to Xichuan were greater, but they were a little hesitant before. But I thought that since there was no way out, it was better to take the risk of going to Xichuan to seek a fortune.

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"What? Yang Fuguang is dead? Isn't he only 41 years old? Is this dead? ”

Hearing this news, Li Ye was obviously a little surprised. He has some impressions of Yang Fuguang, the reputation of this eunuch can also be regarded as good, and he made great contributions to quelling the rebellion of Huangchao, before Zhang Chengye, this can be regarded as one of the eunuchs who were loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

Unlike Tian Lingzi and Yang Fugong, although Yang Fuguang started with his adoptive father Yang Xuanyuan, but during his later tenure as a supervisor, he did many miraculous feats, and what he was best at was persuasion, and Zhou Qi was persuaded back from the Huangchao camp by him. But even then, his merits cannot be denied.

Li Ye had never seen Yang Fuguang, although he also had some regrets about this death, but he was more concerned about the changes in the court.

You must know that Yang Fugong, who is second only to Tian Lingzi in the eunuchs, is now more and more reused by Li Yi, not because of his own ability, but because Yang Fuguang supported him on the front line. Tian Lingzi was a little jealous of Yang Fugong, and even persuaded Li Yi to appoint Yang Fuguang as the commander of all the Dao camps, which was also Yang Fuguang's becoming more and more powerful, so as to leave a way back for himself.

It is conceivable that now that Yang Fuguang is dead, the pattern between the DPRK and China is bound to undergo tremendous changes.

"Your Highness, 41 years old is not too young. And according to what the officials heard, Yang Fuguang's biological mother died last year, and his long-term military career also left a lot of dark wounds, and it is very possible that he will not be able to bear it due to a sudden illness. Zheng Ningji on the side reminded.

Hearing this reminder, Li Ye realized that he had fallen into a misunderstanding, although Sun Ye in front of him was over 50, it did not mean that other people could live to this age. You must know that the average life expectancy of people in the Tang Dynasty was only 27 years old, although this number is not entirely accurate, but in this era when even a common cold can kill people, you have to thank God for living to the age of forty or fifty, and it is even more difficult to be sixty or seventy years old. Otherwise, why is 'seventy years old' called Gu Xi? The explanation is very scarce, unlike the later generations who will grab a handful.

"But I haven't heard that he is sick before, will someone poison him or something?" Li Ye suddenly fell into a conspiracy theory.

"This..." Pei Rong was a little unsure, "Your Highness, it shouldn't be, Yang Fuguang is also the commander of the army, and there are so many generals under him, if someone murders him in the second phase, there will be no movement." However, Your Highness, now that Yang Fuguang is dead, I am afraid that the situation in the DPRK and China will change dramatically, and the lower officials are worried that it will have an adverse impact on His Highness. ”

"The big change is certain, but I don't know how much impact it will have." Li Ye looked a little worried, this was no longer a situation he could anticipate and control, but he just hoped that it would not affect his release.

As speculated by many people, sure enough, less than half a month after the news of Yang Fuguang's death reached Chengdu, Tian Lingzi made a move, and the object of the move was naturally Yang Fugong. Under Tian Lingzi's slander, Li Yi ordered Yang Fugong to be dismissed from his positions as privy envoy and lieutenant of the Right Shence Army, and demoted to the rank of Flying Dragon Envoy.

Although the power of the Flying Dragon Envoy is much greater than that of the early Tang Dynasty, to put it bluntly, he is a horse manager, that is, Bi Ma Wen, which is not a grade at all compared with the privy envoys.

Yang Fugong lost power, and Tian Lingzi lost one less confidant, so he soon targeted Zheng Ji and Li Ye, who was about to hold a big wedding.