Thinking of this, Zhu Li immediately made a decision and immediately said: "You quickly return to Shuozhou and tell Mr. Guo that if the imperial court crusades against me in the name of my rebellion, let Gao Su immediately take the post of Xia Suiyinjiedu envoy in Hetao and defend the Hetao; Also, let Mr. Guo strengthen the precautions around Shuozhou, especially in the direction of Yanmen Pass, which must be heavily guarded, remember, only defend and not attack, and are not even allowed to fight, understand? ”

When the three ghost-faced warriors heard this, they didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly said, "No"

"Go at once, go." Zhu Li urged again and again, and the three of them saw the seriousness of the matter from Zhu Li's expression, and they didn't dare to hesitate, and after thanking them again, they immediately escaped into the forest and disappeared in an instant.

"Let's go back to camp at once." Zhu Li knew that the matter was serious, Gao Su was when Li Sigong went south to King Qin, and the soldiers besieged Youzhou, this matter was exposed, and with the means of Tian Lingzi and others, he would inevitably be accused of conspiracy and rebellion, and he had to plan for the worst.

The group hurried back to the camp, Zhu Li entered the big tent, and immediately called someone to recruit Shi Yan to come to discuss.

Half a cup of tea, Shi Yan hurried to Zhu Li's big tent, Zhu Li looked at Shi Yan and said solemnly: "We're afraid we're in trouble." ”

"What's wrong?" Shi Yan was stunned.

"In the morning, Tian Lingzi wanted to recognize me as a righteous son, but I refused in person, this eunuch will never let me go; Just now, Mr. Guo sent someone to summon him, Li Sigong's son Li Renyou has fled to Chang'an, and we are afraid that we will not be able to cover up the matter of the Hetao in secret. ”

"If you add in the filthy relationship between me and Li Keyong in the battle to counterbalance the rebellion in Shatuo, we are likely to be suppressed by several of them, and even more people will participate in the attack on us, or even fall into the ground." Zhu Li looked solemn and sighed bitterly.

When Shi Yan heard this, his expression changed suddenly, and his restless color suddenly appeared, he frowned, walked around in annoyance, and said indignantly for a long time: "Didn't Gao Su say that he had surrounded Youzhou, and he promised not to let the news reach Guanzhong, why did he let Li Renyou escape to Chang'an now, the man with a woman's face is really unreliable." ”

Gao Su's image is handsome, Shi Yan looked at him unpleasantly in the morning, and now he has made a mistake, so it's strange that Shi Yan doesn't complain.

Looking at Shi Yan's resentful appearance, Zhu Li secretly shook his head and said: "Now is not the time to complain, fortunately, Zhou Dewei and Meng Juehai left early, I am afraid that it is not far from Shuozhou's itinerary, their safety should not be a problem, those grass army soldiers who were hastily collected by me and us, and their relatives have a total of more than 100,000 people, even if there is a problem on our side, Shuozhou has obtained so many troops and population, as long as it is strictly guarded, it should be no problem in a short time." ”

"What we have to consider now is that they are still stationed here, the safety of nearly 20,000 people, these 20,000 people are the elite of a hundred battles, if they are all folded here because of me alone, how can I bear it." Zhu Li frowned.

"Then what can we do, at this time, as expected, the other party has already sent someone to closely monitor us, unless we kill it, I'm afraid we have no other way to think of it." Shi Yanying raised her eyebrows and said with a solemn attitude.

"They haven't made up their minds yet, I guess they haven't made up their minds yet, if we suddenly leave silently, we can always escape some people, if I expect it to be true, the other party's main target is me, if the big war breaks out, you and I will lead a part of the command, first work together to fight out of the encirclement, I will lead them away, you lead the others directly north, they are unlikely to pursue you, and naturally they can save some people." Zhu Li looked at Shi Yan seriously and spoke.

When Shi Yan heard this, his face changed instantly, and he screamed like a little daughter-in-law who had been abandoned from the beginning: "Du Du, what do you mean, am I Shi Yan a person who escaped from the battle, Du Du treats me like a brother, if I am in danger, I am still a human being?" ”

Zhu Li looked at the woman's sprinkled Shi Yan, frowned, and comforted: "You stinky temper, after listening to me, I will let you go, not for you alone, but for those under your command who sacrifice their lives to follow you, my brothers, you and my brothers, if it is only about the life and death of the two of us, fight hard, and die without regrets; But these nearly 20,000 living lives can't all die here because of your and my righteousness. ”

When Shi Yan heard this, his brows lowered, and he was still unwilling: "But, but let me leave you and escape alone, how will I be a person in the future?" ”

History records Shi Yan, after two masters, they are all dedicated, he has never betrayed anyone, if it is not for helplessness, he may only be loyal to Li Keyong from beginning to end, he is indeed such a person.

"What does it mean to be an only child, this is my plan and arrangement, not for you Shi Yan alone, but for those sons and daughters who have followed us in the bloody battle so far, understand?" Zhu Li couldn't help but aggravate his tone and solemnly declared.

"However, but the Governor ......." Shi Yan's face was red, and he was still arguing, Zhu Li didn't allow him to say anything more, and immediately interrupted: "No, with my martial arts and skills, plus the help of the Jade Qilin, it is not so easy for them to want my life." ”

"This matter is because of me, will make everyone suffer, I have always boasted that I am worthy of the sky, bow down to the ground, respect my parents, protect my brothers and sisters, and do not disobey my brothers and friends, everything I think and do is the four words 'clear conscience'."

"If I let these nearly 20,000 good men die in vain because of me alone, even if I live, I will feel guilty and blame myself for the rest of my life, do you understand?" Zhu Li looked directly at Shi Yan and said earnestly.

"Governor ......."

"Okay, this matter is settled, if you return to Shuozhou smoothly, you must help me implore the master, Mr. Guo, as well as Gao Su, Gao Yuan, Huo Qing, Wang Jing and others, if I have any accidents, please help me take care of my parents and little sister, and I must bring this words." Zhu Li was afraid that Shi Yan would have any impulsive actions on the way back to the north, and he was really worried about the livelihood of his parents and little sister in the future, so he had to tell Shi Yan repeatedly and cautiously.

"I, my subordinates, take orders." Shi Yan gave up with difficulty.

"Well, I ordered to go down, and start secret preparations tonight, we will withdraw to Weishui tomorrow morning, if things go well, you will directly lead your subordinates to take Fangzhou, Yanzhou, Yanzhou, and Suizhou, which is Gaosu's territory, this is also the nearest road, I will lead them east into Tongzhou, take Hedong, and go north to Shuozhou along the east of the river." Zhu Li told again, of course this is his plan, as for his own way, it is really difficult to say whether he can make it in the end.

"No"

On a June night, there was a cool breeze.

Under Shi Yan's orders, the Shuozhou army, which had a full meal, prepared everything and rested early.

In addition to the footsteps of the night guard in the barracks, only the low chirping of the evening insects in early summer remained, and the entire military tent was silent, and it was impossible to see that this was a large army ready to abscond north at any time.

According to Zhu Li's plan, he only led 800 close Ya soldiers to the east to Tongzhou, and Shi Yan wanted to lead more than 2,000 Yue cavalry and more than 16,000 guards to Fangzhou in the north.

The soldiers had prepared enough dry food for more than half a month in advance, threw away all their baggage, marched at full speed, and prepared to quickly arrive in Yanzhou when the local government soldiers of Fangzhou and Dunzhou were unprepared, so that even if the other party had sent people to contact the government soldiers of these two states to intercept them, they could also take advantage of the other party's lack of preparation to pass through the territory of the two states.

There was nothing to say all night, and all parties were prepared.

At dawn, about five o'clock in the morning, the Shuozhou army as a whole pulled out the camp and returned to the north, giving up all the baggage, grain and grass, and the army only carried some dry food with it except for the armor on its body and the weapons in its hands, and abandoned all the burdens and fled lightly.

As soon as the Shuozhou army moved, it was immediately discovered by several scouts who were monitoring Zhu Li's movements, and these scouts did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly flew to report to Li Keyong, Tian Lingzi and others.

Li Keyong was the first to receive the report, he turned over with a gloomy face and sat up from the white and tender maid, simply put on his robe, opened the door, and said to the scout: "Are you sure that the Shuozhou army has returned from camp to the north?" ”

"Yes, Governor, my subordinates have seen with their own eyes that the Shuozhou army has abandoned all its baggage, grain and grass, and the whole army has allocated it, and now it is fleeing to Weishui quickly." The scout hurriedly affirmed.

Could it be that someone leaked the news, Li Ke frowned and pondered for a moment.

However, their layout, to be exact, only four people know, who leaked the news, Li Keyong couldn't think of who it was for a while, so he had to sigh helplessly.

I saw him take out the fish talisman he was wearing, handed it to the scout, and said: "You immediately take my talisman and rush to the Cunxiao Mansion, let him immediately lead the Flying Tiger Army, catch up with Zhu Li for me, and you must drag the Shuozhou army to death." ”

The scout didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly took the fish talisman, turned around and ran out of the courtyard, and hurried to Li Cunxiao's mansion to pass the order.

And Li Keyong himself didn't feel sleepy, so he hurriedly called the maid to help him dress up neatly, and then immediately rushed to the palace to find Tian Lingzi.

When Tian Lingzi walked out, it was almost six o'clock in the morning, and after hearing that the Shuozhou army had no signs at all, and after pulling out the camp and returning north without greeting, Tian Lingzi's expression became gloomy, and his eyes were a little unkind when he looked at Li Keyong: "Li Dudu, if it were according to my plan, if I called your fake son last night and led the army to crusade against Zhu Li, he would probably have died a long time ago, how could such an accident happen?" ”

Tian Lingzi's anger, Li Keyong can understand, but he won't accept it, the Shatuo people are fierce and rude, plus in this era, their frontal combat power, no one can take it lightly, and when he heard this, he immediately retorted: "Tian, everyone is not so angry with Li, everyone agreed with my suggestion last night, and now that something has changed, you can't blame me alone; The sudden return of the Shuozhou army to the north was also unexpected by Li, but I am afraid that our plan has been leaked, otherwise Zhu Li would not have left so simply. ”