Lu Xuanbo said: "I can enter and exit when I want to be alone, but it is not easy to rescue the young lady if I want to, the security here is too strict, and I only have a cup of tea to talk to the young lady."

"Young lady, listen, Tuoba Jun has succeeded to the throne as emperor, he is purging dissidents in the name of eradicating the clan and the remnants, I have received the news, he has issued an edict to the young master to come to Beijing half a month from the date of receiving the order to report on his work, just to coerce the young master to commit it, once the young master comes to Beijing, he will inevitably be imprisoned, deprived of military power, and then ······"

"I have ordered someone to send a secret letter to the young master, before the edict arrives, the young master will definitely think of rescuing the young lady, we must find a feasible way before the young master's order comes down, but now our strength in Pingcheng is too weak, I don't know if the young lady has anyone who can be trusted?"

Hua Mulan pondered in her heart and said, "There is no one who absolutely trusts, but ······ You can ask the lieutenant generals of the Right Wing Army, Fu Zhen and Sima Huying, to help do something, but you must not let them directly participate in the rescue! In addition, Wu Dade, who has now become the general of the Right Wing Army, this person can't be trusted, don't let him know about it! ”

Lu Xuanbo was quite surprised: "Why is this? Weren't these people the young lady's subordinates in the past? ”

Hua Mulan said: "Now that I am a prisoner of the imperial court, there is no benefit to having anything to do with me, although Hu Ying and the servant really respect me, they will not betray the court for me; As for Wu Dade, this person likes to speculate, he used to just join the army, and he didn't have much ability to lead troops to march and fight, but his ability to slap horses is something that few people can match, if he didn't serve Zong Ai, how could he be a general of the Right Wing Army? If he knows at this time, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not betray you in order to please Tuoba Jun, so this person must not be trusted! ”

"Okay, Lao Lu knows, I will spread the news immediately, young lady rest assured!"

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Pyongyang.

Zhao Junsheng received a secret letter sent by Lu Xuanbo through a secret channel, his premonition and Cui Hao, Kou Qianzhi's divination was confirmed, something really happened in Pingcheng, Zong Ai was killed by Tuoba Jun, a waste joint Yuanhe and others, Tuoba Jun ascended the throne as the emperor in one fell swoop, what made him angry was that Tuoba Jun, the bastard, actually arrested Mulan in prison.

"Bastard! Tuoba Jun dares to move a single hair of Mulan, and Lao Tzu will chop you alive! Come on, go and call Gao Xu, Cao Jiao, Cui Hao and Kou Qianzhi! Zhao Junsheng almost lost his mind and shouted.

Soon, several people who were notified arrived one after another.

"The last general (subordinate) to meet the prince!"

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "It's all exempt!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "There is a big incident in Pingcheng, this king only tells you a few, I believe you should also understand the intention of this king, the less people know about this matter at this stage, the better!" Not long ago, the emerging king Tuoba Jun united with Shangshu Yuanhe in the palace and Yulin Zhonglang Dugu Ni to launch a coup d'état, killing Zong Ai in one fell swoop and eradicating Zong Ai's henchmen, Tuoba Jun also took control of the power in the court and ascended the throne as the emperor! ”

"What?" Cao Jiao and Gao Xu were both shocked.

Cui Hao and Kou Qianzhi were also surprised, but their reaction was a lot more flat, they were surprised that it was Tuoba Jun who was known as the prodigal prince who did this, which was unbelievable.

Zhao Junsheng continued with a calm face: "Tuoba Jun quickly eradicated dissidents in the name of purging the Zong Aiyu Party, and the king's wife Hua Mulan was also arrested and imprisoned, and Tuoba Jun also ordered the king to rush to Pingcheng within half a month to report on his work, and the edict is still on the way to Pyongyang!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Junsheng looked at a few people and asked, "You say, what should this king do?" ”

Gao Xu immediately said, "Lord Wang, what are you waiting for?" We have to go and rescue Mrs., Lord Wang, let's raise troops, only by raising troops, Tuoba Jun will not dare to touch a single hair of Mrs. ”

Cao Jiao said: "Prince, we can't go to Pingcheng, Tuoba Jun has made it clear that he wants to use his wife as bait to force the prince to go to Pingcheng, the prince doesn't go, the lady should be fine, and he doesn't dare to kill the lady, because once he kills the lady, it is tantamount to forcing the prince to rebel!" If the prince goes, not only will the prince's title and military power not be guaranteed, but I am afraid that even his life will not be guaranteed, let alone his wife! ”

Zhao Junsheng thought about Gao Xu and Cao Jiao's words separately, Gao Xu's words sounded reasonable, but they were not feasible, once he rebelled first, it would be equivalent to forcing Tuoba Jun to kill Mulan, Tuoba Jun as the emperor naturally could not compromise with him and bow his head, and he would definitely respond with a tougher attitude.

Cao Jiao's words are very pertinent and the analysis is clear, but if Zhao Junsheng does not go to Pingcheng, how can he rescue Mulan? So he had to go to Pingcheng this time, and as for how to get there, it was worth thinking about.

Zhao Junsheng looked at Cui Hao and Kou Qianzhi: "How do the military advisors and heavenly masters think this king should deal with this matter?" ”

I saw Kou Qianzhi take out the tortoise shell and copper coin, "Wait for the old way to make a hexagram." Dare to ask the prince, what is the eight characters of the lady's birthday? ”

Zhao Junsheng said Mulan's birthday again, Kou Qianzhi put a few copper coins into the tortoise shell, put the two halves of the tortoise shell together, held the tortoise shell in both hands and kept shaking, shaking while whispering the incantation.

"Bang", the tortoise shell fell on the chessboard, a few copper coins popped out on the chessboard, Kou Qianzhi pulled twice with his fingers, and a few copper coins and the tortoise shell formed a special shape.

Kou Qianzhi stretched out his fingers and counted again, raised his head and said to Zhao Junsheng: "If the prince goes to Pingcheng, it shows from the hexagram that the prince and his wife are in danger!" ”

Zhao Junsheng still had some faith in Kou Qianzhi's divination ability, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Cui Hao said: "Regardless of whether the prince goes to Pingcheng or not, his subordinates think that the prince should tell the news of the great changes in Pingcheng to the other generals and officials under his account!" ”

Zhao Junsheng wanted to ask why, but he immediately thought that Cui Hao would definitely not suggest him do this for no reason, and he quickly figured out that doing so could test how loyal the generals and officials under his command were to him, and if he spread the news, would people disagree?

He wasn't too worried about the old subordinates who had followed him from the beginning, the key was that the people who had only started to follow him since he arrived in Youzhou had not followed him for too long, and he had not had time to observe the hearts of some people.

Zhao Junsheng thought about it, and he decided not to do it, which could certainly test some people's loyalty to him, but it would also make all the people who were tested feel guilty, and the gains outweighed the losses.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Junsheng said to Cao Jiao: "Cao Jiao, you lead 5,000 Youzhou troops to stay and defend Pyongyang, this king will give you 2,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry, and another 3,000 Yuan Yan troops and 2,000 Goguryeo soldiers, you have more than 10,000 men and horses here, it should be no problem, right?" ”

Cao Jiao hugged his fists and agreed: "Don't worry, the prince is in the city, and the people are dead in the city!" ”

Then Cao Jiao asked, "How should the last general deal with the relationship with Baekje and Silla?" ”

"We have no enmity with Silla and Baekje, so in the name of this king, you should first send someone to establish diplomatic relations with them, and see if they are willing to trade with us, and if they do, we will not ask for it; If we don't want to, we don't force it. On border issues, if they are honest, you will not understand them, if they are not honest, you can find out their truth and report to me, and I will send someone to send instructions! ”

Cao Jiao promised: "Obey!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said to Gao Xu: "This king will return to Youzhou first in a few days, you and Chang Kun will take the remaining soldiers and horses, including the Goguryeo troops, and return to Youzhou with the officials of the army later, and after answering Youzhou, everything will obey Mr. Dongfang's orders!" ”

"The last general obeys!"

Zhao Junsheng then gave an order to Wei Chi Yandong, ordering him to guard the original Goguryeo hometown north of Liaodong and Ma Zishui, and the Korean Peninsula south of Ma Zishui to be guarded by Cao Jiao, as for the original Yan State hometown was garrisoned by Bai Jinguang, which was also 5,000 men and horses, and the rest of the Youzhou Army, Yan Army and Goguryeo Army were all brought back to Youzhou for reorganization and training.

Before leaving, Zhao Junsheng issued a secret order to He Tong, the leader of the army who escorted the Goguryeo king Gao Lian, the members of the royal family, the ministers of civil and military affairs, and the leader of the Yan king Feng Hong, asking him to secretly execute all of them halfway, bury them on the spot, and issue a gag order to the accompanying soldiers.

For Zhao Junsheng, sending them to Pingcheng is to make trouble for himself, and it is always a big trouble to leave these people in Youzhou, so it is better to simply kill them all and solve a thousand sorrows with one sword!

The night before departure, Zhao Junsheng called Chang Kun and instructed: "After this king leaves, the envoys sent by the imperial court to announce the decree will definitely meet you, you must lead the troops to intercept them in advance and kill them all secretly, you can't let them read out the content of the holy decree, and the holy decree will also be destroyed!" ”

Chang Kun promised: "Obey!" ”

The next day, Zhao Junsheng only took 300 cavalry and Cui Hao, Kou Qianzhi and others to cross the sea and return to Youzhou on a North Korean sailor ship.

A few days later, Zhao Junsheng and his entourage disembarked and landed in the Dagukou area, as a surrendered naval fleet, of course, Zhao Junsheng did not worry about letting them release their own ducks, and sent some soldiers who were familiar with water on the boat, in the name of learning to drive ships, but in fact, the main task was to control them and prevent them from taking refuge in the Southern Dynasties.

After landing on the shore, Zhao Junsheng worked non-stop and returned to Jixian County in only two days.

"See the prince!" Dongfang Chen, Pei Jin, Liang Lin and others greeted them outside the city.

"This is the former Cui Taichang and the national teacher, you must all know each other, now the situation in the court is chaotic, they escaped from Pingcheng and temporarily served as a military advisor and joined the army under the command of this king, you are close to each other!" Zhao Junsheng introduced.

The two sides knew each other, Dongfang Chen was Kou Qianzhi's apprentice, and he was about to make a big salute, but Kou Qianzhi stopped him: "Now you and I are co-assisting the prince, and the scene is colleagues, so it's another matter in private!" ”

"That's it!" Zhao Junsheng agreed instead of Dongfang Chen.

The group talked as they walked towards the venue.

"Lord Wang, you must have received the news, there was news from Pingcheng yesterday, five days later, the emperor will behead a large number of Zongai's remaining party, including Madame!" Dongfang Chen introduced the situation to Zhao Junsheng with a serious face.

Zhao Junsheng's face changed: "Is the news confirmed?" ”