Baba Daosheng bowed down and replied: "Before the death of Emperor Daxing, he left an edict to inherit the unification by Wang Jian of Yongchang, and now the army of the Northern Expedition has escorted the coffin of Emperor Daxing and Daxing to arrive in Woye Town, and the ministers have been ordered to come and announce the decree to the prince!" ”

Tuoba Su raised his hand and waved: "The announcement is slow, I want to know how the Emperor Daxing died?" ”

Baba Daosheng was about to answer, but Tuoba Su pointed to his son Tuoba Ke Xiling: "You say! ”

Tuoba Ke Xiling is actually very conflicted and painful in his heart, how can he be a son and unite with outsiders to deceive his father? But he can't help but do this, after all, this matter is very important, once he tells the truth, his father is likely to remain neutral or refuse to respect Tuoba Jian as the emperor, and instead respect Tuoba Pi, in this way, Tuoba Pi's strength will skyrocket, because Tuoba Su can win over a large number of clans, and when the time comes, the two emperors will fight, which will definitely be a huge disaster for the entire Great Wei world.

Whether to tell his father the truth or not, Tuoba Ke Xiling has been thinking about it these days, and at this time, he can no longer hesitate, he must make a choice.

"Back to my father, that day, Emperor Daxing personally led the Yulin army to fight with the Rouran army, was besieged, suffered heavy losses, and died shortly after breaking through!"

Tuoba Su immediately expressed his doubts: "Under siege? The Western Route Army led by His Majesty has more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and now that the Rouran people are grazing everywhere, the troops cannot be concentrated at all, how can the Rouran people have many soldiers and horses to besiege His Majesty? ”

Tuoba Ke Xiling replied: "The army fought all the way to the Qionglong Ridge, the Rouran people scattered and fled and hidden, the Daxing Emperor ordered the division of troops to search, the troops left behind in the camp were scarce, the Rouran people took the sound of the east to attack the west, and the tiger left the mountain to besiege the Shuzi army, the Daxing Emperor sent more than 7,000 people to the rescue of the guards who stayed in the camp, and the Rouran people took advantage of the emptiness of my camp to launch a surprise attack, and His Majesty personally led the Yulin army camp to be besieged!" ”

Tuoba Su could imagine that the battle must have been extremely fierce, but he was puzzled: "Did the Rouran people use the strategy of attacking the east and the west and diverting the tiger from the mountain?" When did they get so smart? ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "It is not surprising that there are always so many smart people in the clan. If they learn the culture of the Central Plains and read the military books and tactics written by the sages of our generation, it will not be strange that they will understand the art of war! ”

Tuoba Su glanced at Zhao Junsheng again, holding the hilt of his sword and walking in front of the three of them, "How did Lone hear that Emperor Daxing was assassinated and died?" Now that King Yongchang has succeeded to the throne, he has made the greatest profit, and he is also the most suspected of plotting to assassinate the Emperor of Daxing! ”

Baba Daosheng's heart is more contradictory than Tuoba Ke Xiling, his family has all the family business in Pingcheng, and now Tuoba Pi has ascended the throne in Pingcheng, if he supports Tuoba Jian, he is desperate to plan for Tuoba Jian, and persuade Tuoba Su to respect Tuoba Jian as the emperor, Tuoba Pi knows that he will let his family go in the future? He was deeply jealous in his heart.

He had been hesitating to do everything in his power to convince Tuobasu, or if he just couldn't do anything.

Zhao Junsheng saw that there was no reaction on the Baba Road, his face changed uncertainly, and he didn't know what he was thinking about, he didn't have time to think about anything else at this time, so he immediately stood up and hugged his fist at Tuoba Su and said: "This is a rumor spread by a person with bad intentions, who wants to pour dirty water on His Majesty and win the support of the people for himself, so that his plan to usurp the throne will become justified!" The prince is a wise man, how can he listen to such rumors that have caused trouble in the world? Besides, Emperor Daxing has many guards around him and is heavily guarded, are the soldiers all paper-paste? How could an Assassin approach and assassinate him so easily? ”

Tuoba Su believed it a little, not for anything else, just for Tuoba Tao to command the army in power, in addition to the familiar eunuchs, Ouchi guards, the periphery are battle-hardened generals, foreign assassins must not easily mix with the emperor to assassinate, if it is said that the people around him did it, it is even more impossible, to do it early, do not have to wait until now.

Tuoba Su looked at Zhao Junsheng and wondered, "Who are you?" Why haven't I seen you? ”

"The former commander of the Jinling battalion, the defense envoy of the defense line from Nantianbao to Da'e Mountain, and now the Marquis of Yunzhong and the general of Pingbei, Zhao Junsheng, have seen the prince!"

Tuoba Su looked at Zhao Junsheng with a curious gaze, "Among the Han generals of Hanchen, there are no more than those who are named marquis and worship generals in this dynasty, but there are few of them, you, General Pingbei and Marquis Yunzhong, are Tuoba Jianfeng, right?" Looks like you should have made a big deal out of his succession! ”

"The prince really knows everything, and the last general will admire it!"

Tuoba Su looked at the three of them and pondered for a moment before saying, "I'm tired of being lonely today, come here!" ”

"What does the prince command?" The butler walked in and asked.

"Duke Ruyin and Yunzhong Hou came from afar, invite them to the post house to rest, arrange food, wine and food, don't slack off!"

"Yes, Lord Wang!" The housekeeper agreed, turned to Baba Daosheng and Zhao Junsheng and said, "Grandpa, Houye, please come with the villain!" ”

Baba Daosheng and Zhao Junsheng also knew that it was impossible to make Tuoba Su make a decision at this time, and this matter was not in a hurry, so the two had to clench their fists at Tuoba Su: "I'll retire first!" ”

Yi Cheng arranged Baba Daosheng and Zhao Junsheng in two connected rooms, Zhao Junsheng approached his room to take a look, and when the housekeeper left, he checked it in detail.

Zhao Junsheng took off his helmet, unloaded his armor and hung it on a hanger with the help of Li Bao, and changed into a regular suit.

"Send two people to guard the door, and everyone else will go to rest and eat!" Zhao Junsheng gave Li Bao and took Lu Xuanbo to the outside of Baba Daosheng's room.

"Your master is here, right?"

"Yes, please come in with the villain!" The attendant led Zhao Junsheng into the room as he spoke.

Baba Daosheng also changed into civilian clothes at this time, and turned his head when he heard the voice, "General Zhao is here, is there something?" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "There are some things I want to say to my grandfather alone!" ”

Baba Daosheng waved his hand to his entourage, and the retinue saluted and stepped back.

The two knelt facing each other, and Zhao Junsheng said: "When I met King Changshan just now, why did my grandfather hesitate and say nothing?" You are the right envoy, and the responsibility of the last general is only to protect the grandfather, has the grandfather forgotten his mission? ”

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When Zhao Junsheng saw his expression, he immediately understood Baba Daosheng's concerns, "Grandpa's thoughts, the last general understands, Grandpa is worried about the safety of the family members who stayed in Pingcheng, right?" ”

Baba Daosheng looked up at Zhao Junsheng and sighed: "It's still seen by the general, this official is really worried!" ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head: "In the eyes of the last general, Grandpa's worries are unnecessary. It is true that Tuoba Pi can threaten you with your family, but if he is smart, he will never kill them easily, and you must know that hostages are only useful if they are alive! Grandpa has no military power in his hands, and is not the main target of Tuobapi's threat, he may order your family members to be arrested, but he will not kill them easily; The commander of the army is the main threat to Tuoba Pi, such as Su Xijing, Da Xi Guangliang, He Duoluo, Tuoba Fan, Yanpu and others, even so, he will not kill their family members casually, once the hostages are killed, then there is no room for relaxation, these people will be desperately loyal to His Majesty and hate Tuoba Pi! ”

"Moreover, the forces of the DPRK and China are intertwined and intricate, and the marriage between important ministers and big clans has become the norm. Your Majesty still has the edict of the throne as a basis, what about Tuoba Pi? He has nothing, only Liu Jie, Zhang Song and others really support him, and the other courtiers are estimated to be either coerced or wait-and-see! He is now busy winning over people's hearts, how can he easily offend the major families? ”

When Zhao Junsheng said this, he took a deep look at Baba Daosheng, "Grandpa, there is no turning back when you open the bow, if you keep swaying and the two ends of the snake's head, in the end, I am afraid that both sides will not fall well, and the end will only give you a reminder, as for whether you listen to it or not!" The last general will take his leave! ”

Back in his room, Zhao Junsheng knelt at the table, drinking tea, he thought about whether to send someone back to Woye Town to remind Tuoba Jian to be careful against the generals of the army, such as Su Xijing, Da Xi Guangliang, He Duoluo, Tuoba Fan, and Qiu Mu Lingshou.

After thinking about it, Zhao Junsheng still decided to give up this kind of thought, if this kind of thing needs to be reminded by him, Tuoba Jian will really be unable to support the wall, and those ministers and strategists around him are only afraid that they are all wine bags and rice bags.

He believed that with Yu Ji, Cui Hao, Kou Qianzhi and others, they would think of this layer, they were Wenchen, they didn't have so many scruples, and they didn't pose much threat to Tuoba Pi in essence.

The two emperors competed with each other, and the main force of the struggle in this situation was the army, and whoever achieved a decisive victory in the military would be able to sit firmly on the emperor's throne, so the generals of the army, the generals of the local towns, and the history of the assassins became the focus of contention and co-optation between the two sides.

It didn't take long for a post soldier to bring food from the post station, and Zhao Junsheng drank some tea after eating in the room, and walked out of the room to relax.

He saw Li Baozheng coming over with his mouth wiped and asked, "Have you finished eating?" ”

"Go back to the general, you're done eating!"

"Okay, call two people, let's go out on the street! This Tongwan City used to be the capital of Hu Xia, so it must have been very lively! ”

"Yes, General!"

When the group came to the street, Zhao Junsheng carefully observed and found that this Tongwan City was completely an exotic city, there was not a single tree in the city, all of them were earthy yellow at a glance, and all the buildings were made of adobe.

There are many Hu people on the street who set up stalls, selling things used by barbarians.

"Look, general, there seems to be a eunuch over there!"

Zhao Junsheng listened to Li Bao's words and looked ahead, and sure enough, he saw a few people coming out of the door of an inn, one of them was a eunuch, holding a whisk, wearing clothes sewn from precious fabrics, and there was an official beside him.

The high-ranking officials of the imperial court accompanied by eunuchs, could it be that Tuoba Pi was sent to win over Tuoba Su, the king of Changshan? Hiss –

Zhao Junsheng felt that the situation was serious, and immediately said: "Go, follow them, and see where they go!" ”

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