Liu Kun found Duan Moqi and asked him to send troops to help fight and attack Shile, but Duan Mozhu had secretly accepted Shile's bribe at this time, and had no intention of sending troops at all, he was about to send off the guests after a perfunctory prevarication, Liu Kun asked: "The name of your Duanbu Liaoxi Duke is sealed by the imperial court, and you are now the Duke of Liaoxi, why are you afraid and unwilling to contribute to the imperial court?" ”

Duan Mozhu said: "Although we are mainly in the Great Jin, we can't ignore the interests of the tribe, and we will fight hard with Shile, we will not save Jinyang, you better go back, otherwise, you go to my brother Duan Piyan, he may be able to help you." ”

Liu Kun said: "We have already turned our faces, it is because of you that he wanted to unite with me to attack you and regain the position of the Duke of Liaoxi, and I didn't want to intervene in the civil strife in your ministry, so I didn't move, but he thought that I was secretly communicating with you, so I turned my face with me, how could I go to him." ”

Duan Moqi was very disappointed in his heart, what he wanted to see most was that Duan Pizhen could attack Shi Le, so that his strength could be consumed, and he would not be able to compete with himself in the future, he waved his hand and said: "Then I have no choice, you better do it yourself." He ordered the eviction again.

Liu Kun returned to Jinyang City, looked at the tired Jin army at the head of the scene, looked at the camp of the Zhao army outside the city, and felt worried, at this time, a cold moon shone in the sky, he pondered hard about countermeasures, and suddenly thought of the story of the embattled, he hurriedly came to the city, gathered hundreds of soldiers in the army who would play the leaf flute, and took them to the city, and then he took out the orchid from his arms, and played the song "Yuehua Five Alleys", hundreds of soldiers spoke in unison, they blew that was sad, and graceful, expressing the boredom of war, the yearning for peace, More born of the hometown of the feelings of longing, Zhao Jun listened to this song in the quiet night, all of them were retreating, uneasy, gloomy tears, returning to the heart like an arrow, Shi Le heard the report that the army's heart was shaken, he looked around, listened to the soldiers' discussions outside the military tent, knew that once the army's heart was unstable, it would be defeated, Shi Le was afraid that Liu Kun would secretly attack, so he quietly retreated back to Xiangguo at night, Duan Pizhen and Duan Moqi attacked each other, Liu Kun remained neutral and did not want to intervene.

Duan Pizhen came back from the battle that day, and suddenly the soldiers brought in a middle-aged man: "General, this person wants to see you, he said that he was sent by the imperial court." ”

"May I ask who you are?"

"In the wind of money, under the command of Lord Wang Dun, I am here today to convey a secret decree and a sentence from Lord Wang."

"Secret?"

"Yes, the emperor has an extremely important task for you."

"Lord Qian, please speak."

"This is the emperor's secret decree, and the task is written on it, you can see it for yourself."

Duan Pizhen took the secret decree and looked at it, and there were four words on it: Kill Liu Kun quickly!

Duan Piyan couldn't believe his eyes, he rubbed his eyes, and then looked closely, it was indeed written like this, and he asked incomprehensibly: "Lord Qian, I don't know why the emperor wants to kill Liu Kun?" ”

"General Duan, since it is a secret decree, there is no need to say it too clearly, but according to my guess, it should be Liu Kun's disobedience."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Do you know that Liu Kun and Zu Ti were rewarded by the imperial court at the same time, but they both insisted on not reluctant, and the emperor also asked them to withdraw to the front line of Huaiyang and defend the Jingshi, but they did not obey the order, do you think the emperor can not kill them?"

"Lord Qian, I still don't understand, the Northern Expedition is almost successful, why ask them to retreat, Shile and the Yellow River can't cross, how can they cross the river, Gongwei Jingshi is not true at all."

Of course, Duan Piyan didn't understand that Sima Rui wanted them to retreat because he wanted them to use them to prepare to deal with Wang Dun, but Zu Qi and Liu Kun did not carry out the holy decree because they didn't want to see the results of the Northern Expedition go down the drain.

"General Duan, the most important thing for us as courtiers is to be loyal to the court, as for why, it is difficult for us to guess the holy will, you better implement it quickly."

"I still have one more sentence, Lord Qian, why does the emperor want me to kill Liu Kun?"

"Because you are a loyal and brave person in the Duan Department, and you are twelve points loyal to the court, the emperor specially entrusted you with the task."

Duan Pizhen turned his face with Liu Kun, he was worried that he had nowhere to vent his grievances, now he could kill him openly, Duan Pizhen arranged the money wind, and ordered someone to invite Liu Kun to drink the next day, Liu Kun heard that Duan Pizhen invited him, and thought that this was an opportunity to abandon his previous suspicions, so he happily went.

Liu Kun only brought a dozen cavalry soldiers to the Duan Department, and when he entered the tent and saw Duan Piyan, he found that there was no banquet in the tent, and some were just Xianbei wrestlers who were waiting for the battle.

"Brother Duan...... What are you going to ......? ”

"Take Liu Kun for me!" Duan Piyan shouted.

Xianbei Lux stepped forward to twist Liu Kun, Liu Kun said: "Duan Pizhen, what are you going to do, do you think a few wrestlers can take me down?" ”

"I know that you are strong in martial arts, but if you resist, I am afraid that you will be accused of being a rebellious minister and thief, because I am ordered by the emperor to take you, what can you say?!"

"The Emperor's Order? Where did the emperor come from? ”

"I want you to die clearly, look, this is the emperor's secret decree!"

Liu Kun took a look, and sure enough, it was a holy decree, and he was shocked: "Why did the emperor kill me?" Why did the emperor kill me!? I, Liu Kun, am loyal to the court and have no two hearts, how could I end up like this!? ”

"Take it! Wine! ”

Several wrestlers stepped forward to surround Liu Kun, Duan Piyan took out the poisonous wine brought by Qian Feng and handed it to Liu Kun, Liu Kun took the wine and shouted: "Your Majesty! Liu Kun's loyal heart can be learned from the world...... Emperor! While shouting, tears rained down, and he poured the wine into his mouth violently...... a generation of famous generals were executed like this, how can it make people sigh!

Qian Feng turned out from it and said: "General Duan, you have done a good job for the emperor, I will definitely play the emperor when I go back, and I will play you as the Duke of Liaoxi." ”

"Really?"

"Really, because Lord Wang is very optimistic about you, and he wants you to lead the three Xianbei tribes in the future."

"Lord Wang is the pillar of the court, if he can get his support and achieve his wishes, Duan Pizhen will definitely repay Lord Wang's kindness."

"Okay, it's good that you understand, now that Liu Kun is dead, you will annex his subordinates, Duan Mobo will not be your opponent, hehe, before the official appointment, you have to protect yourself."

"I understand, thank you for reminding me, thank you Lord Wang for your support!"

After Qian Feng left, Duan Pizhen went to Jinyang to take over the Jin army, and the Jin army heard that Liu Kun was dead, and knew that it was Duan Pizhen who was killed, no one wanted to go with him, and even someone wanted to kill him, and Duan Pizhen didn't win it alone.

Li Yun took most of the people away, and Wei Huacun knew that he was unable to return to heaven, so he also returned to Jiangnan.

Duan Pizhen returned to the Duan Department, just as Duan Wenyang had just come back, as soon as he saw Duan Piyan, he asked, "You killed Liu Kun!?" ”

"Yes, I was ordered by the emperor to kill him, and the court also sent someone, his name is Qian Feng."

"Holy Purpose!"

"It's in the tent, and you can see for yourself."

The two entered the tent, Duan Wenyang took the secret decree and looked at it, slapped his thigh and said, "Big brother is not good!" This secret is false! ”