On the fourth day of the New Year's Festival, Liu Yi quickly left Jiangzhou and took Jinchangcheng directly to the general's mansion to ask for a meeting with the Emperor and return to the sect. The death of Xiru and the fall of the prince made the Taitai family unable to raise the excitement of the festival in this year's festival, and after the routine New Year's celebration, ancestor worship, and reunion dinner, the Tai Guizong was fully involved in the city defense, and when he heard that Liu Yi was here again, he decisively let the servant take the corner tower of Jinchang City.

The corner tower of Jinchang City is located in the four corners of the city, the blue strip stone fortress city, the high eaves fly beams, and there are small windows for only one person to poke out the head on three sides. He received Liu Yi on the corner tower in the southeast corner.

"General Shantai!" Liu Yi saluted respectfully, and without waiting for him to continue speaking, Tai Guizong asked a little impatiently: "But there is a change in the Tang Army?" ”

"I shouldn't have come to disturb the general during the New Year's Festival, but His Royal Highness the King of Ling was thirsty for talent, so he asked the subordinate to ask the general's opinion again. His Royal Highness also instructed in the letter that the general does not have to be reluctant, after all, there are too many variables in the road to succession, and the general can make his own decision, but His Royal Highness affirmed that the general must not choose His Royal Highness King Yu, and the reason does not need to be said by the official. ”

As Liu Yi expected, the return to the sect was indeed haunted by Xiru's death, and mentioning King Yu was so that he could make up his mind to choose a side. The clenching of his teeth exposed through his cheeks was completely watched by Liu Yi.

"General, Your Highness once again affirms that even if the general is unwilling to choose His Highness, His Highness will never hold a grudge against the Tantai family, but if the Tantai family wants to continue to maintain its current status, this military merit is always indispensable."

"Thank you for your compassion, Your Royal Highness King Ling, as for the establishment of military merits, I dare not forget it at a certain moment!"

"Now there is an opportunity for the general to establish military merits and avenge the murder of the woman at the same time!"

Tantai Guizong looked at Liu Yi cautiously, "What do you mean by Lord Liu?" Since there is no change in the Tang Dynasty, this establishment of military merits will not be discussed for the time being; But how to talk about revenge? The beloved daughter died in an accident! ”

"I am the Fourth Army of Liang, the old general Yang Jie of the Guangyuan Army has passed away, and his son can't talk to the old general; The Red Tail Army suffered a lot of losses in the Battle of Hu Eradication; Only the Xuanjia Army has been expanding more and more under the support of King Yu, but the lower officials have heard that 20,000 young adults have been recruited, even if the general is a military merit, how can he compare with the royal family? Liu Yi twitched his cheeks and said with a cruel smile: "Xia Guan will answer the general's first question again, Xia Tang is not without any changes, but has already occupied Hanzhou City!" ”

"What!" Yutai Guizong was surprised inexplicably, and felt incredible for a while, but he felt that this matter should not be used as a joke at will, "You say it again?" ”

"General Huiyu, the Tang Army launched a surprise attack on the night of the New Year's War, annihilated the right guard, captured Yan Xin and Mu Qingyuan, and fully controlled Hanzhou City!"

Tai Guizong grabbed the placket of Liu Yi's chest, instantly lifted it a few feet off the ground, and shouted angrily: "Why are you only here to tell now!" Are you having an affair with the next Tang! Say, or General Ben will let your head fall to the ground immediately! ”

Liu Yi gasped with difficulty, his cheeks slowly reddened, and he explained desperately: "The general spares his life, the general misunderstood!" The lower official also just knew, so he rushed to report to the general! ”

"You've been rambling for so long, but you've left such an important matter until now to say that you don't have ulterior motives!"

Liu Yi clearly felt the heat in the mouth of the Tai Gui Sect and sprayed it directly into his face, "General...... Can the general ...... Let the subordinate explain...... Otherwise, the matter has come to this point, and so is the general....... It's hard to escape the guilt", as soon as the words fell, his feet hit the ground, and the breath in and out was immediately unblocked. He took a big gulp of the cold air, and it took him a while to recover before he looked directly into the reddened eyes of the Emperor of the Emperor.

"The Xia Tang army raided Xia Guan on a snowy night and really didn't know, yesterday Xia Tang sent an envoy to Jiangzhou to persuade Xia Guan to surrender, and the reason why Xia Guan didn't dare to do it was because once this matter reached His Majesty's ears, this crime was brought down but the general bore the brunt!" Looking at the slightly pale-faced, Liu Yi continued to explain, "Xiaguan has already thought of countermeasures on the way here, first of all, he put all the blame for the loss of Hanzhou City on the heads of Yan Yuxin and Mu Qingyuan, saying that they had fornicated with the Tang people; Then, Xia Guan pretended to surrender and led the Tang army to Jiangzhou to surrender, at that time, the general led the god killing cavalry to besiege it, and Xia Guan and the general joined forces inside and outside to completely destroy the Xia Tang army", Liu Yi cautiously asked, "What does the general think?" ”

"Even if those two people are allowed to carry the bag, this general will definitely have more merits and demerits, this is the clever plan you came up with?"

"General Spiegel, the meaning of the existence of the Divine Killing Cavalry is to prevent the Lower Tang Dynasty, if the Lower Tang Dynasty is friendly with our dynasty or ends up in the same fate as Donghu, then will the Divine Killing Cavalry continue to exist? If the king of Yu ascends the throne, then I will have a war with the Tang Dynasty, and the following officials will look at it, there are four armies in, and it is only a long time to destroy the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Lord Liu, General Ben really underestimated you!" The Tangtai Guizong finally found out his true intention from Liu Yi's twists and turns, "You are forcing my Tangtai family to serve His Royal Highness the King of Ling, and the Tang army will directly cut off all my retreat when it occupies Hanzhou City!" ”

"The general's words are wrong! Xia Guan naturally hopes that the general can support His Royal Highness King Ling, but this move is also for the sake of the general's family, Xia Tang and my dynasty have been at peace for more than ten years, and the Tantai family is afraid that they have been forgotten by His Majesty, and if they want to have a long face in front of Their Majesty, how can a small war be? ”

Tantai Guizong narrowed his eyes and lowered his voice, "Lord Liu is really a good plan!" It's really aggrieved to stay in Jiangzhou! ”

"The lower officials are just recruiting talents for His Royal Highness the King of Tombs, and the lower officials only want the general to be able to soar, and when His Royal Highness ascends to the great treasure and the general is a very popular minister, he can reward the lower officials with one and a half officials, and the lower officials are enough!"

"Lord Liu is too modest," Tai Guizong's tone at the moment was much more relaxed, "Even so, there is no way back, the matter of Hanzhou City, a certain has no knowledge, a certain only knows that the Tang army will attack Jiangzhou the day after tomorrow, and the god killing turquoise cavalry will meet the enemy head-on, but he was unexpectedly seized the opportunity to lead the enemy into Jiangzhou City, and a certain will work together with Lord Liu to regroup forces in Jinchang City to jointly plan to repel the attacking enemy." ”

Liu Yi snorted, and immediately said with a smile on his face: "General Mingjian, everything is just like the general's arrangement, His Royal Highness King Ling must be very happy to receive the news from the lower official, and he will definitely help the general arrange contacts in the court, and please rest assured." ”

"Then there is Lord Lao Liu, go slowly, and so-and-so won't send it."

"The general stays!"

Seeing Liu Yi walk down the corner tower and walk far enough, Wengu Fang appeared from behind a pillar in the corner tower and asked, "Father, do you really plan to do this?" ”

"Liu Yi is two-faced and stabbed, and his mind is secretive, so he can't believe it at all. Yan Yuxin is a general under Shen Yongnian, who has followed him on the battlefield for many years and has made outstanding achievements; And Mu Qingyuan is the only son of Mu Jin, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, these two people are connected to foreign countries, this is unjustifiable in any case, how can Your Majesty believe such nonsense reasons? ”

"Then why did my father promise him?"

"Liu Yi is right in one sentence, Xia Tang is gone, our value has been completely lost, we have been waiting for ten years, and now it is time to take the initiative."

"Expanding the war, this child also supports his father, but the responsibility for losing Hanzhou City is a stain that cannot be removed!"

"Stains? That is also Liu Yi's stain, he was demoted to Jiangzhou and never repented wholeheartedly, disappointed His Majesty's heart, and accumulated hatred, and fornicated with the Tang people to occupy Hanzhou City, and Yan commanded the envoy and the great prince of Mu to resist the enemy with all his strength and martyred himself! At that time, we will only need to use Liu Yi in our hands. ”

"Father is clever!"

"Let's get ready to go, there's only one day left"

"Yes!"

"Wait! Don't tell your third brother today. ”

"Father, don't worry!"