"Your identity is undoubtedly exposed, as for why it was exposed, it is a trivial matter, and it does not prevent the situation at this time from changing drastically......" Usually by Zhu Yu's side, Lei Jiuyuan always looked gloomy, and at this moment, his pupils revealed a perseverance and decisiveness that could not be refuted by Wen Ruilin.

"Yes!" Wen Ruilin also knew that this was not the time for him to dwell on these details, and when the scouts dragged the dead bodies and wounded horses on the road into the forest to dispose of them, they rushed to Lianyunling more than ten miles west in the dark.

Not long after they arrived at a ruined village north of Lianyunling, the monk Shen Peng also rushed over with another group of people to meet.

The monk Shen Peng crackled the earthen wall with a horsewhip in annoyance, and said: "There are two people who saw the opportunity very quickly, and they actually let them escape, and failed to intercept the secret letter sent by Li Zhihe to Zhongli, Ninth Master, have you gained anything?" ”

Lei Jiuyuan waved his hand disappreciably, most of the people in Chao and Chu Prefectures had moved away from other places due to the war, and the places were sparsely populated, so they could lead a small group of people to lurk in, but at the same time, there were very few people they could use, and they couldn't do anything without mistakes.

"Are we going to move somewhere else right away?" Someone suggested that since Shen Peng had not been able to intercept all the messengers who had set off from Liyang, their whereabouts would be exposed.

"It's okay, even if Li Zhihe gets the news, he doesn't have time to send a large force of cavalry to search for us at this moment." Lei Jiuyuan asked everyone to say quietly, and handed the secret letter they intercepted to Shen Peng.

There was not much information written in the secret letter, Shen Peng handed the secret letter back to Lei Jiuyuan and asked, "What does the ninth master think about this?" ”

His Majesty was in the city of Xuzhou, three hundred miles away, and it was too late to send people to ask for instructions, and they had to make a decision and urge the Shouzhou army to take the necessary countermeasures. This is also the main reason why His Majesty asked Lei Jiuyuan to follow them into the hinterland of Chuchao, that is, considering that the situation may change unexpectedly at any time, it is necessary to respond as soon as possible.

Otherwise, without Lei Jiuyuan in it, Shen Peng or Wen Ruilin, these stinging tigers, can make the Shouzhou generals obey orders without reservation?

Lei Jiuyuan's thin old face looked calm and looked at Wen Ruilin.

In the final analysis, it was Wen Ruilin who was most familiar with the situation in the Chu State.

"Although this secret letter is a few words, it is enough for us to analyze some of the situation,"

Wen Ruilin thought a lot on the way to Lianyunling, and almost clarified a lot of tricks, and said,

Li Puqi is mediocre and suspicious, and he has long parted ways with his adopted son Li Zhihe. Deng Tai rushed to Liyang to report the letter, and the time from this secret letter was sent from Liyang was extremely short, and in such a short period of time, Li Pu was able to sign the seal on this secret letter so neatly, which showed that he had completely succumbed to Li Zhihe. And there are only a few possibilities to do this. First, Yang Yuanpu directly ordered to change the previous order, but this possibility is extremely low, if this is the case, Deng Taida can directly detain me and purge the army, without worrying about startling the snake. The second is that Li Pu has been detained by Li Zhihe by force, but Li Zhihe did not ask for an order, in such an urgent situation, the control of the generals of the Huaixi Forbidden Army is still seriously insufficient, and if he wants to directly engage in a mutiny, it will only cause unimaginable chaos. The biggest possibility is that Li Zhihe has actually always been a person from the Empress Dowager Wang Chan'er and Lu Qingxia's side, and it is very likely that he has obtained the secret edict of the Empress Dowager Wang Chan'er, and used the secret edict and force to force Li Pu to submit, and thought that it was ...... to persuade other generals to act in accordance with the Empress Dowager's edict."

Wen Ruilin has won his trust by Li Pu's side in the past two years, and he also knows how deep the infiltration of the former subordinates of the Divine Tomb Division such as the Late Red Mansion and the Marquis of Xinchang Mansion into the Great Chu Dynasty is.

For Wen Ruilin, who is good at scheming, he didn't think that Li Zhihe was secretly wooed by the Queen Mother Wang Chan'er and Lu Qingxia.

After all, in addition to Yang Yuanpu's trust and support, he also noticed that Li Zhihe was able to withstand such a big resistance and lead the Huaixi Forbidden Army, but there was actually another hidden force pushing it.

Lei Jiuyuan nodded, and looked at Wen Ruilin with recognition and approval, worthy of being the most outstanding tiger in Chengtian Division.

"So what are we going to do now?" Shen Peng asked.

The ice above the Huai River has only gradually thickened in the past two days, but whether it can be used by tens of thousands of elites to pass through between day and night has not been further confirmed.

At present, the soldiers and horses that can be used on the south bank of the Huai River are the 120,000 elite Shouzhou troops under Xu Mingzhen.

However, in order to avoid startling the snake, in addition to more than 20,000 remnants of soldiers under the leadership of Wen Bo, who were guarding Chaozhou City, the main force of the Shouzhou Army was still stationed in Shouzhou and Huozhou, and it was mainly footmen.

The only one who can be dispatched urgently is the 20,000 Shouzhou elite cavalry stationed at the junction of Chao, Hao and Shouzhou, led by Xu Mingzhen.

They actually have two options at this point.

The first choice is to persuade Xu Mingzhen to lead 20,000 Shouzhou elite cavalry, rush to Chaozhou City in the fastest time, drag the main force of the Huaixi Forbidden Army, so that it cannot be calmly withdrawn, and wait for the main force of the Liang cavalry and the Shouzhou Army to arrive, and encircle and annihilate the main force of the Huaixi Forbidden Army according to the original plan.

The advantage of this is that they can ensure that the main target will not be lost, but they do not have enough troops and horses to contain and intercept the Right Shenwu Army, so they can only sit and watch them flee to Chuzhou City.

The second choice is to ignore the main force of the Huaixi Forbidden Army outside Chaozhou City, and persuade Xu Mingzhen to lead 20,000 Shouzhou elite cavalry to the east, and intercept the remnants of the Right Shenwu Army and the Chu State Naval Division on the south side of the Wujian Mountain Range to flee south, so as to ensure that this part of the fruits of victory will be eaten first.

Wen Ruilin is inclined to be the first choice.

They have been planning for so long, and they finally have such an opportunity to deceive the monarchs and ministers of the Chu State into joining the court, just to annihilate the main force of the forbidden army of the Chu State gathered in Huaixi in one fell swoop. At this time, persuading Xu Mingzhen to lead the Shouzhou elite cavalry, drag the main force of the Chu army under the city of Chaozhou, and wait for the soldiers and horses of Daliang and the main force of the Shouzhou army to go south to encircle and annihilate, which is the goal they pursue.

Even if the Right Shenwu Army had fled to Chuzhou City at this time, the light warships of the Lou Boat Army and the Liang Army's Naval Division entered the Yangtze River through the Shiliang River, Xiaojin River, Shitang River and other waterways, and they could also seal the passage for the Right Shenwu Army to withdraw to the south bank of the Yangtze River.

After Wen Ruilin said his opinion, Lei Jiuyuan shook his head and said: "It's not that easy, Li Zhihe is very thoughtful, and he is not sure enough, he will not think of the consequences of acting hastily and startling the snake - as you guessed, the Queen Mother Wang Chan'er is likely to have secretly given the edict, and with Li Zhihe taking advantage of it, the Xuzhou Water Camp may enter the Yangtze River waterway south of Chaozhou at any time." ”

"Lu Qingxia and others have great scruples about Han Qian." Wen Ruilin raised his eyebrows and said.

"Where in this world is there hatred that cannot be resolved, and where is there eternal friendship?" Lei Jiuyuan said in a hoarse voice, "Although we have to concentrate our limited reconnaissance forces in Chao, Chu and other places, Your Majesty has repeatedly emphasized that we must pay attention to guarding against the possible actions of Xuzhou in Jinling, and a message was sent two days ago, saying that Han Qian learned the news of the Chu State Naval Division's attack on Hongzepu in Xuzhou, and it is possible to directly lead the Xuzhou Water Battalion to the east as soon as possible." If this is the case, counting the time in five or six days at the earliest, we will probably be able to see the sail mast of the Xuzhou warship on the Yangtze River. ”

“…… Han Qian dared to lead his troops out of Xuzhou without an edict? Wen Ruilin asked.

"When Han Qian entered Jinling to seize Li Pu's military power, was he too bold or too small?" Lei Jiuyuan glanced at Wen Ruilin and asked.

Wen Ruilin could hear Lei Jiuyuan's dissatisfaction, and hurriedly said, "It's Ruilin who is reckless." ”

"You young people, you want to fight for miracles, but there is nothing wrong with it, unlike me, the older I get, the less courageous I become, Your Majesty still has to rely on you to serve in the end." Lei Jiuyuan said indifferently.

"Is it possible, we will first send scouts to Yueyang and Ezhou to reconnoiter intelligence, as long as it is confirmed that there are signs of collusion with the Empress Dowager Wang Chan'er, Li Zhihe and others, we can completely stand still?" Wen Ruilin changed his tone of humble seeking advice and asked Lei Jiuyuan.

"What do you mean is that you escaped from the Chu camp, as long as you don't show up again, Li Zhihe and Li Pu have no way to say it clearly, we don't move, in the eyes of the monarchs and ministers of Chu State, the whole thing is completely a mutiny launched by the Queen Mother Wang Chan'er and Li Zhihe and Han Qian. Yang Yuanpu has an extreme temperament, as long as Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, Zhou Bingwu, Du Chongtao and others are also inclined to Li Zhihe, Han Qian and others to mutiny, there will definitely be great changes within the Chu State? Lei Jiuyuan looked at Wen Ruilin and asked.

"That's exactly what Ruilin meant." Wen Ruilin said.

"How do you convince Gao Long to stay put?" Lei Jiuyuan asked.

Wen Ruilin was slightly stunned, and secretly felt that this was indeed a difficult point.

After he escaped, he joined Lei Jiuyuan, and he was too busy at that time to think about it so much, so he immediately sent someone to secretly inform Gao Long to be on guard.

At this time, they temporarily blocked the passage to Zhongli, forcing the two fish that slipped through the net to flee to the Chaozhou camp - they could not move on their side, but Li Zhihe would send someone to detain Gao Long sooner or later, and they could persuade Gao Long to calmly endure Li Zhihe's torture and interrogation and even die for the sake of Daliang?

"Or send someone to see Gao Long?" The monk Shen Peng interjected, and at the same time made a throat-cutting action, meaning that he advocated taking advantage of Gao Long's unpreparedness to quietly assassinate Gao Long and extinguish his mouth.

When Lei Jiuyuan and Wen Ruilin were weighing the pros and cons, suddenly a rapid birdsong warning came from the southeast, as if someone was coming from that direction.

Lei Jiuyuan, Wen Ruilin, Shen Peng and others were shocked, walked to the wall in front of the ruin, and looked out from the gap, and saw a bonfire at the mouth of the valley outside the valley outside the city, and there were two or three hundred people, who were rushing in from the mouth of the valley.

"Ninth Master, you go to meet Xu Mingzhen first, and I'll lead some people to stay and break off!" Monk Shen Peng said.

"No matter who the other party is, most of us have already leaked our whereabouts when we intercepted and killed the Liyang Courier. We hurried to meet Xu Mingzhen, most of us will encounter ambush soldiers," Lei Jiuyuan said, "You send more than a dozen people to disperse and break through, go to Xu Mingzhen to report the news, and he will lead the cavalry to attack the Right Shenwu Army quickly, and the others will follow us into the mountain!" ”

Lianyunling stretches for more than ten miles, and the mountains are not dangerous, but more than 100 of them are the elite of thousands of choices, and they can't be outnumbered in the flat area, but it is easy to get out of the mountains!