The emperor's dictation has been issued, and Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan, Zhu Xiuzhi and others had to hand over the matter of camping to the generals, and the three of them followed the eunuchs to the emperor's palace.

In the palace, the military generals stand on the left and right sides respectively, and the sentry posts inside and outside the palace are numerous, quite majestic.

After the eunuch's summoning voice came out, Zhao Junsheng and the three of them walked into the hall in turn, clasped their fists side by side in the middle and bowed: "The ministers meet Your Majesty!" ”

Tuoba Jian's face was expressionless, and his gaze swept over the three of them, "Let's talk about the death of King Changshan and Hedoro!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was about to speak, but he didn't expect Zhu Xiuzhi to stand up and clench his fists first and say: "Your Majesty, here's the thing, after King Changshan led all the armies to break through Baitan, he divided the army: the first route was that General Zhao led the Youzhou army to fight Fancheng and the area north of it; the second route, General Hua led 3,000 right wing troops to fight Pinggang; The third route was to lead 3,000 troops led by General Hedoro to attack Yangwu City; King Changshan himself led the remaining more than 20,000 people to take the path to kill the White Wolf City, and the last general and Yun Zhongjun followed the King of Changshan to the White Wolf City at that time! ”

"Who knows that our intelligence is wrong······" Zhu Xiuzhi then explained the situation in detail, of course, he didn't know what happened to Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan, but he could roughly guess it.

After hearing this, Tuoba Jian asked, "I am very curious, why did King Changshan and his soldiers and horses, including the leading army and the right wing army, die in the sneak attack of the Yan army, while you and your Yunzhong army are safe and sound?" ”

Zhu Xiuzhi said unhurriedly: "Back to Your Majesty, because most of the Yunzhong army of the last general are infantry, and the camp at night can not be defenseless, so when camping alone, and using a large amount of wood to build a camp, the Yan army sent troops to block the camp gate when the camp was attacked, our army wanted to go out to fight to rescue the king of Changshan, but never rushed out, and when the Yan army solved the king of Changshan and his soldiers and horses, the soldiers under the command of the last general were hungry again, and there was no grain and grass stored in the camp, and the Yan army blocked us in the camp and wanted to force our army to surrender!" Half a day later, General Zhao and General Hua came to defeat the Yan army, and the last general and the Yunzhong army were rescued! ”

A cold light flashed in Tuoba Jian's eyes, and he looked at Zhao Junsheng, "Zhao Junsheng, is what Zhu Xiuzhi said true?" ”

Of course, Zhao Junsheng knew that what Zhu Xiu said before was the truth, but it was nonsense to say that he was blocked in the camp by the Yan army, but he owed Zhu Xiuzhi a favor and had to lie for him: "It's true, Your Majesty!" ”

Hua Mulan couldn't help but look at Zhao Junsheng, not understanding why he covered up for Zhu Xiuzhi.

"Mulan, Zhu Xiuzhi's words, should I believe it?"

Hua Mulan can't be considered, she knows that she has to cover up for Zhu Xiuzhi, if she says that Zhu Xiuzhi lied, wouldn't it be equivalent to saying that Zhao Junsheng had committed the crime of bullying the monarch just now?

"Your Majesty, what General Zhu said is true!"

Tuoba Jian's gaze remained on the three of them, and after a long time, he asked, "How did Hedora die?" ”

Zhao Junsheng replied: "General Heduoluo died in the sneak attack of the Yan army, and the last general and General Hua captured the general of the Yan army, Huangfu Yan, who led the sneak attack at that time!" ”

"Where are their bodies?"

"Back to Your Majesty, due to the hot weather and the fact that there is nothing that can preserve the corpses from decay, the last general took the initiative to bury them according to the size of their titles before their deaths, and brought their clothes and belongings with them!"

After speaking, Zhao Junsheng turned around and waved outside the hall and shouted, "Send it in!" ”

The two soldiers walked into the main hall with a set of clothes and belongings.

It took Tuoba Jian a long time to come back to his senses, raised his hand, and the two eunuchs stepped forward to take the clothes and retreat.

Tuoba Jian collected his emotions and said, "Okay, let's talk about the siege of the city." My plan was to wait for the moats to be piled up before launching the siege, but not until then, the walls had to be tightly sealed. Our army must not only besiege the city, but also prepare enough troops to prevent the Yan army from breaking through, and the strength of the army on the south road is slightly insufficient! Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan, I order you two to lead your soldiers and horses to take over the siege of the southern city wall, and the replaced Wangshi army withdraws! ”

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan immediately clasped their fists and agreed: "Obey!" ”

Changli Gong Tuoba Qiu stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, our army is digging a trench outside the city, and the Yan army in the city will definitely not be willing to be trapped to death by our army, and it should not be watching us finish digging the trench, and the minister suggests that enough soldiers and horses should be prepared to prevent the Yan army from attacking out of the city!" ”

Tuoba Jian thought for a moment and looked at Cui Hao, "Cui Qing, what do you think?" ”

Cui Hao stood up and arched his hand and said; "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Chang Li Gong said is not unreasonable, and he should take precautions, as the saying goes, a rabbit will bite when he is in a hurry, and a dog will jump off the wall when he is in a hurry, so it's right to take precautions!"

"Good!" Tuoba Jian nodded, and ordered: "Tuoba Qiu, I will kill the 20,000 horses of the Xiao Cavalry Army and the Left Wing Army for you to command, and let Hejian Gong Tuoba Qi be your deputy general, and the two of you will be ready to meet the breakthrough and surprise attack of the Yan Army at any time!"

"Obey your orders!"

After coming out of the palace, Mulan followed Zhao Junsheng closely, "Brother Junsheng, why do you want to cover up for Zhu Xiuzhi?" Do you know that this is too dangerous, once the emperor is suspicious, he will definitely send someone to investigate in detail, how can he hide it when the time comes? This is a crime of deception! ”

Zhao Junsheng said helplessly: "In order to save you, when I borrowed troops from him, I promised to owe him a favor, and I can't help but repay this favor!" Don't worry, those captives are all locked up in White Wolf City, if the emperor wants to send someone to investigate, he must go to White Wolf City, the people who stay in White Wolf City are my people, I will send someone over to arrange it overnight, there will be no problem! ”

Although I heard Zhao Junsheng say that there was a way to cover up this matter, Mulan always felt unsteady in her heart.

At night, in a remote corner of the camp, a little eunuch walked up, looking left and right, holding his right hand in his left hand, and kept walking back and forth.

Guo Yi flashed out from a tent next to him, "Father-in-law Pan, long time no see!" ”

Father-in-law Pan looked left and right, and immediately said: "What's the matter with calling our family over so late, tell me quickly, our family is still waiting to go back to serve the emperor, it's not a joke to go late!" ”

Guo Yi asked: "After the dispersal of the dynasty today, what are the words and deeds of the emperor?" Who did you meet and what did you say? My host wants to know it clearly! ”

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A moment later, Pan's father-in-law left in a hurry, and Guo Yi turned around and flashed like a dark queen.

Soon, he appeared in the Youzhou Army camp outside the southern city of Longcheng, and soon came to the tooth tent.

"General, my subordinates are back!"

Zhao Junsheng inserted the war knife he had just wiped back into the scabbard, looked up and asked, "How is the investigation, what did he say?" ”

"He said that the emperor was already suspicious, and just now the emperor secretly summoned Yao Guangyuan of the White Egret Division and ordered him to send someone to investigate the real cause of death of He Duoluo and Changshan King Tuoba Su!"

After coming out of the palace, Zhao Junsheng sent people to intercept the people going to White Wolf City halfway, there should be no problems, but there is no guarantee that there will be no problems, after all, the people of the White Egret Division are all meticulous, and they are all clever like ghosts, and they found that it is not impossible for the interceptors to bypass them.

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, and instructed Guo Yi: "Take two reliable people with shovels and wait for me outside the enclosure outside the south gate, don't be discovered!" ”

"Yes!" Guo Yi didn't know what Zhao Junsheng was going to do, but he didn't dare to ask, so he promised to turn around and walk out of the tent directly.

Zhao Junsheng took off the war knife and held it in his hand, turned around and walked out of the camp tent, and waved his hand to Li Bao, who was about to follow: "Don't follow, I'll come back after a circle in the camp!" ”

Li Bao and the others stopped when they heard this.

Zhao Junsheng came to the periphery of the palace in the camp, which was very heavily guarded, and it was extremely difficult for a powerful assassin like Lu Xuanbo to get in, but this was very easy for Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng only asked one person to inquire about the location of Yao Guangyuan's camp, but this person was also killed by Zhao Junsheng, and he broke the other party's heart with one palm, and threw it into an unmanned camp tent.

When Zhao Junsheng found Yao Guangyuan's tent, it was dark and empty, but he didn't summon it, Yao Guangyuan was going to come back to sleep after all, he could just meditate and practice in the tent, waiting for Yao Guangyuan to come back.

A full hour passed, Yao Guangyuan came back, walked into the camp tent and took out the flint and steel and lit the oil lamp and incense, as soon as he turned around, he was startled, there was a person sitting cross-legged on the marching bed, and when he looked at it, it turned out to be Zhao Junsheng in civilian clothes.

"General Zhao, you ······ Why are you here? Don't light up either? Yao Guangyuan was a little apprehensive in his heart, this Zhao Junsheng's sudden appearance in his camp made him feel uneasy, he knew very well how powerful this person was, he suffered a big loss at the hands of Zhao Junsheng a few years ago, when Zhao Junsheng was only a lieutenant.

Zhao Junsheng opened his eyes, slowly stood up and looked at Yao Guangyuan: "Yao Bailu, I heard that Your Majesty asked you to send someone to check on me?" ”

Yao Guangyuan was shocked in his heart, but he frowned on the surface and said, "Where did the general hear this kind of gossip?" It's just a blind rumor, the general is a state assassin, a general in a border town, and an important minister of the court, how can he say that he will investigate? If Your Majesty does not trust you, how can you be put in a position of great responsibility? ”

This sounds very reasonable, Zhao Junsheng almost believed it, but he suddenly made a lightning move, and the ghostly speed made Yao Guangyuan unable to react and was slapped three times in a row by him.

Yao Guangyuan instantly felt lightheaded, his whole body twitched involuntarily, and he looked at Zhao Junsheng in horror: "You······ What do you do to me? ”

"It's nothing, it's just cutting off the circulation of a part of your body's qi and blood!"

Yao Guangyuan was like having a sheep epilepsy, his body kept twitching, "You······ You can't do this to me, I'm a minister of the court, if something happens to me, the emperor will already be suspicious! ”

"He's already suspicious!" Zhao Junsheng raised his finger as he spoke, "I warned you a few years ago, don't mess with me, but you didn't listen, I wanted to take your dog's life for a long time, but I didn't do anything to you for some reason, this time you can't complain about me!" ”