Chen Xuanli was summoned, and hurriedly rushed from the forbidden army prison to the Jixian Palace, the female emperor saw Chen Xuanli enter the palace, no longer made more greetings, and immediately said: "The Turkic army has launched a surprise attack, I now order you to be the supervising army, immediately return to the garrison with the 80,000 reinforcements who arrived in the Shendu yesterday, retreat from the enemy, and be sure to protect the Shendu, during which the military situation will be played directly by you to me!" If I can retreat from the enemy this time, I will give you a big reward! As soon as this order came out, in just a few days, Chen Xuanli had jumped from a person behind Li Sanlang to a prison army, and his promotion was not unpleasant. But why is this so, the female emperor has long-term considerations, firstly, her ability to do things is all in the eyes of the female emperor, the female emperor thinks that she is indeed a talent and intends to cultivate, but more importantly, the female emperor wants to use this to directly give grace to Chen Xuanli, so that he can be loyal to himself, so as to disintegrate his relationship with Li Sanlang. This matter is tacitly understood, and a clear-eyed person can understand it with a little thought, but how can she know that Li Sanlang and Chen Xuanli had a fateful friendship, so it made Li Sanlang secretly happy in his heart, so he went with the flow.

When Chen Xuanli heard what the female emperor said, he immediately looked shocked and replied in a trembling voice: "This... Why did the Turkic army launch a surprise attack so quickly, could it be that the news of reinforcements was revealed? Even though... The news is revealed, and it won't be so quick to react, isn't it... ”

Before Chen Xuanli could speak, the female emperor interrupted: "General Chen, this matter is indeed strange and suspicious, but this is not the time to discuss this matter, your current task is to retreat from the enemy as soon as possible, and everything will be dealt with after repelling the enemy army." ”

After the female emperor said this, Chen Xuanli was full of confusion, and it was inconvenient to say more, so he replied: "The last general will take the order!" The last general will not disgrace His Majesty's trust, and strive to defeat the enemy army to protect the gods! ”

The female emperor nodded with satisfaction, and waved his hand to Gao Lishi beside him, Gao Lishi understood, walked down the steps with the tiger talisman in his hand, and presented it to Chen Xuanli, he hurriedly took the tiger talisman with both hands, and then withdrew from the Jixian Hall after thanking him. Looking at Chen Xuanli in the distance, Gao Lishi whispered: "Your Majesty has a good eye for people, such a difficult task was actually handed over to a young man in his twenties, and the slave really admires it in his heart." ”

Although this Gao Lishi is the person next to the female emperor, he has never discussed the government since the day he entered the palace, and the female emperor was surprised by this sudden remark today, and the female emperor turned his head to look at him and asked: "What do you mean?" ”

Gao Lishi knew that he was speechless, and he replied in a trembling voice on his knees: "Slave... Gaffe, I hope Your Majesty will forgive you! ”

The female emperor continued: "I know that there is something in your words, and if you tell the truth, I can spare you, otherwise... ”

Gao Lishi replied in a trembling voice: "Back to Your Majesty, for a few days, I have secretly observed General Chen, it is indeed a usable talent, but he is still young and needs more experience, generally speaking, even if he is promoted and appointed, it will not be so fast, but His Majesty has been promoted exceptionally in the past few days, which shows that Your Majesty has a discerning eye and courage, and the slave is admired, so he lost his words." ”

After hearing this, the female emperor shook her head lightly, and said slowly: "I know that this is not the intention in your heart, but I advise you, some words are still rotten in your stomach, once you say it, it will become a disaster, you can do it yourself!" ”

After hearing this, Gao Lishi hurriedly slammed his head on the ground, and continued to tremble: "Thank you for your forgiveness, the slave will not dare to speak more in the future!" ”

After hearing this, the female emperor did not say more.

Chen Xuanli went out of the palace, but he didn't go far, he was stopped by Li Ke, it turned out that Li Ke had been waiting for Chen Xuanli outside the palace gate, Chen Xuanli saw Li Ke hurriedly saluted, Li Ke whispered: "This is not the place for discussions, come with me quickly." So, Li Ke led Chen Xuanli to a remote alley, a carriage was parked in the alley, and the person driving it was Pei Min, Li Ke walked straight over, got into the carriage, and Chen Xuanli climbed up without saying a word. There was already a person sitting in the carriage, it was Li Sanlang, Chen Xuanli saw that it was him who hurriedly saluted, Li Sanlang said repeatedly: "The situation is urgent, General Chen and I will dispense with those courtesies." ”

Li Sanlang changed his name to Chen Xuanli, which suddenly made Chen Xuanli quite unaccustomed, Chen Xuanli hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Li Sicheng, we are like brothers and sisters, today's official position is nothing more than a temporary seal by His Majesty, and I hope that Li Sicheng will call me by his name, don't call him a general, Chen Xuanli can't afford it!" ”

Li Sanlang sighed after hearing this and said: "A general is a general, not a deliberate title for me, but an affirmation of you!" ”

Chen Xuanli still didn't comply, and Li Sanlang had no choice but to call him by name when he saw this, and continued: "At this moment, we will no longer discuss this matter, I have something to ask you." ”

Chen Xuanli saw that Li Sanlang had changed his mouth again, so he dared to sit down and replied: "If Li Sicheng has anything to say, I will definitely know everything." ”

Li Sanlang nodded lightly and asked in a low voice: "If the estimate is good, did Your Majesty let you lead 80,000 reinforcements to return to the garrison to meet the Turks as soon as possible?" ”

Chen Xuanli was slightly surprised at first, because he didn't know why Li Sanlang knew about it, but he had no reservations about Li Sanlang, and immediately replied: "That's true!" His Majesty summoned me to the palace for this purpose. With that, he took out the tiger talisman from his bosom and handed it to Li Sanlang.

Li Sanlang didn't answer the tiger talisman, and replied: "How dare I accept the tiger talisman that Your Majesty gave you?" Put it away. ”

Chen Xuanli also took out the tiger talisman without thinking too much, and when he heard Li Sanlang say this, he hurriedly put the tiger talisman into his arms, Li Sanlang continued: "I can't hide it, just now I wanted Li Duwei and Pei Daxia to discuss this matter, and there must be something strange about this matter." ”

Chen Xuanli listened, nodded, and replied: "Shicai I told Your Majesty the same, but Your Majesty didn't say anything, and insisted on letting me lead the troops." ”

Li Ke said: "Your Majesty is so wise and wise, you will never fail to see that there is something strange in it, in Li's opinion, in addition to the enemy's eagerness this time, he is more planning to test the two." ”

As soon as Li Sanlang and Chen Xuanli heard this, they immediately understood the intention of the female emperor, it turned out that she was planning to use this matter to test the ambitions of the two, and the tiger talisman of the 80,000 army was in hand, whether they would obey her orders again. Li Sanlang said: "But is the risk of Your Majesty's temptation too great, in case the two of us have a heart of disobedience, wouldn't it... ”

Li Ke shook his head and said: "Your Majesty will never act like this, you must have made two preparations, I expected that the commander of the army should also explain it secretly, so I suggest that General Chen should rush to the military camp as soon as possible, convey His Majesty's will, and rush to the front." ”

Li Saburo nodded lightly and continued: "That's right, but I'm worried that it's not a Turkic invasion, but this divine capital... ”

Li Ke continued: "What Li Sicheng is worried about! According to Li's view, if the Turks invade on a large scale, they must make sufficient preparations in advance, grain, grass, war horses, and ordnance, but they can't, how can they start a war recklessly overnight because of the transfer of tens of thousands of troops, there must be other premeditated behind this matter, I even think... Li Ke stopped here and looked up at Li Sanlang and Chen Xuanli, the two of them were also looking at Li Ke with nervous expressions at the moment, and Li Ke said word by word: "There is no Turkic invasion at all, this is fake news." ”

Chen Xuanli was quite surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Fake news?" So what do they mean? ”

Li Ke's statement made Li Sanlang understand, so without waiting for Li Ke to speak, he said with certainty: "Shendu! ”

After hearing this, Li Ke also nodded silently and agreed.

The more Chen Xuanli listened, the more confused he became, and continued to ask: "Forgive me for being stupid, and ask Li Sicheng to make it clear." ”

Li Sanlang continued: "The purpose of spreading false news is to transfer away the 80,000 troops of the Shendu, and then the Shendu will be empty, and it will be convenient for the people behind the scenes to launch their conspiracy within the Shendu!" ”

Chen Xuanli was even more surprised when he heard this, and said: "The people behind the scenes? Grams? Wasn't he caught? ”

Li Sanlang shook his head and continued: "This matter is a long story, in short, Qi Le in the forbidden army prison at this moment is not the real Keduo, I am waiting for you here to let you find a way to slow down the march as much as possible, if the gods have changed, you must return to help as soon as possible!" ”

After hearing this, Chen Xuanli looked embarrassed, and replied in a low voice: "The marching speed is clearly stipulated by the imperial court, how do I want to slow down?" Also, how long is it going to be delayed? If our inferences are incorrect, and there is a real war ahead, what should we do? ”

Li Sanlang listened, it was not as good as how to answer for a while, this matter is indeed a little difficult, Li Ke on the side after a little thought, said: "General Chen, rest assured, according to my opinion, if the gods have changed, it must be tonight, after you arrive at the camp in a while, let most of the sergeants set off immediately, only need to leave some soldiers to help, and it is not too late to go to the front line after tonight. ”

Chen Xuanli nodded and replied: "If this matter is according to what Captain Li said, it will not be difficult to do, so I will go to the barracks and act according to the plan!" ”

Li Sanlang continued: "This matter is very important, I hope you must deal with it properly, in order to avoid extraneous branches, from this moment on, the contact between me and you can only be listened to by one person, that is, Zhang Jiuling, except for him, anyone who transmits the letter must not be believed again, remember it!" ”

Chen Xuanli arched his hand and replied, "Oh! Please rest assured, I have written it down. With that, he got out of the carriage and hurried towards the barracks.

Li Sanlang saw Chen Xuanli leaving, so he whispered to Pei Min and Li Ke: "Let's go too, go back to Long'an Division, and then inspect the defense of the Shangyuan Festival tonight, we must be foolproof." ”

But just as the carriage was about to leave, another person jumped out in front of the car and stopped the frame, this person was dressed in a black canopy, and his face was tightly encircled, for fear that others would see who he was, Pei Min vigilantly drew his sword, pointed at the person who came, and shouted: "Who is coming?" ”

The man carefully opened the cloak, revealing half of his face, it was actually Gao Jian, I saw that he was flustered at the moment, and whispered to Pei Min: "I know that Li Sicheng is in the car, and I have something urgent to tell you." ”