The North Battalion soldiers mentioned by Mo Qi Shentong refer to the right battalion soldiers stationed twenty miles north of Gushan Town, with a number of about four hundred, and they are the frontier fortresses of Gushan Town to guard Yunzhou, and the leading general Xun Bin is Shang Helai's wife and brother, Yu Hualong's absolute confidant.

The Beiying soldiers suddenly returned to the city, Li Mao suddenly felt that something was wrong, his outposts were set up outside the five gates and various wharves and intersections outside the city, the net was very open, but the weaving was not dense enough, it was inevitable that there would be fish that slipped through the net, and the Beiying soldiers, as Yu Hualong's absolute henchmen, were a sharp blade for Yu Hualong's defense of Yunzhou and dealing with internal enemies, and most of them would have their own independent communication channels, and it was normal for Li Mao's current strength to have monitoring mistakes.

Li Mao sent Qingmo to Zhou Hong, the judge of the Prison Military Academy, to inform him that his situation had changed and asked him to be ready to respond; On the one hand, he sent Mo Qi's supernatural power to bring Han Si's family in, and ordered the guards of the courtyard to climb on the roof of the house and guard the surroundings with bows to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the fire to rob.

Everything was ready, Li Mao dressed up and went to the city bureau, and summoned the officials to prepare to deal with the possible chaos in the city. Although the military courtyard of Gushan Town is in Gushan Town, it is surrounded by a high city wall, which is actually an independent city within a city, and the Beiying Army enters the city by the exclusive gate of the military academy, and the four gates are closed after entering the city.

The sky gradually brightened, and the military courtyard opened towards the three gates of the city, and the guards were on guard as usual, majestic and inviolable in the morning light. The town of Gushan is bathed in the cold winter morning light, peaceful and quiet. There was no planned rebellion, and everything seemed to be business as usual. Li Mao's heart was tighter than before, the Beiying army suddenly entered the city, but the city was as calm as before, this extremely abnormal phenomenon can only show one problem: things are going well, and the conspiracy planners have succeeded.

In many cases, the undercurrents under the surface of the water are far more dangerous than the wind and waves on the surface.

At two o'clock in the morning, Zhang Zhongqing, the flag officer of the Military Academy, went to the city bureau to give an order, asking Li Mao to go to the conference hall to discuss matters. Zhang Zhongqing was followed by four heavily armed armor soldiers, and the kind of awe-inspiring murderous aura penetrated people's hearts head-on. The officials of the city bureau looked at each other, Li Mao called them in the morning, but discussed some trivial matters, the words of the hall on weekdays were concise, and the city bureau that hit the theme of the city bureau made today endless, and the car said it over and over again, and everyone noticed that something was wrong.

They instinctively had a premonition that something was going on in the city, but they were confined to their humble positions and were not informed of the details. Now that the four murderous armorers had taken a stop in the hall, everything seemed to be clear.

Li Mao didn't say anything, and followed the flag. Zhang Zhongqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, before he set off, how could he explain that if Li Mao refused to come, he would use force and arrest him, the flag was bitter in his heart, Li Mao's martial arts were famous in the Qing Navy, not to mention that he himself was the two apprentices he taught, Qingmo and Mo Qi, which one was not a good man with one enemy and ten? Let yourself take four guards to the lobby of the city bureau to arrest people, what is the difference between seeking death?

Zhang Zhongqing came with the heart of death, but he didn't expect Li Mao to cooperate so much, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt a little worthless for Li Mao. At dawn this morning, Zhao Hede's mansion in Chunyangfang was broken by the Beiying Army, and his family was forcibly moved into the military courtyard and placed under house arrest in an independent small courtyard outside the Ma Army barracks.

Zhang Zhongqing didn't know who was behind the instigation of this rebellion, but he knew that Xun Bin was Shang Helai's wife and brother, and he was the general of Yu Hualong's family. Zhang Zhongqing was also at a loss as to what happened to Zhao Hede and his family under house arrest by the Beiying Army, but he saw Zhao Hede like a dog being pulled out by the Beiying Army and pushed into the military academy.

He didn't think it was a good thing. As for Li Mao, everyone knows that he is from Zhao Hede's lineage, will he still have good fruits to eat if he is taken to the military academy at this moment?

Zhang Zhongqing felt sorry for Li Mao, Li Mao has been a city bureau envoy for many years, in addition to indulging his father-in-law Su Zhen to make some black money by speculating on land, in fact, he has done a lot of good things, his aunt, wife, and sister are all working in the goose down factory founded by Li Mao, and the monthly salary is not much lower than him, and his wife and brother are in charge of the wharf outside the city, and the income is several times that of him.

But sympathy is sympathy, but the flag officer didn't dare to reveal the slightest rumor to Li Mao, Shang He came to that is the master who turned his face and didn't recognize people, and if he disobeyed his will, he would die.

The south gate of the military courtyard was opened, as usual, but there were twice as many guards as usual, but most of them were hiding in the dark, and the people in a hurry in front of the door did not notice it at all.

Li Mao dismounted in front of the military courtyard, and with his identity, he could ride directly to the front of the council hall and dismount again, but today he didn't want to hold it up, so as not to give the villain a tongue. The outside of the military courtyard is loose and tight, after the instrument gate, a solemn air of slaughter is coming, a small colonel in armor greeted him with a cold face, and asked Li Mao to hand over the saber and self-defense dagger, Li Mao handed over the saber, but refused to take out the dagger, the small colonel wanted to use the strong, Zhang Zhongqing scolded: "The military regulations only need to untie the knife when passing through the door, the city bureau is not an outsider, what are you talking about?" ”

The little school didn't dare to argue, and he didn't apologize to Li Mao.

Zhang Zhongqing drank and retired from the school, and beat the drum in his heart, leading Li Mao to move forward, from the Yimen to the council hall is still a mile away, three steps and one post on the way, five steps and one sentry, the soldiers are neatly draped, the waist is equipped with a knife and a bow, and the eyes are fierce, as if facing a great enemy.

There was no humming sound in front of the conference hall, and the civil and military generals were neatly arranged in shifts, solemn and speechless. Li Mao entered the hall and found his position and stood up, his eyes patrolled the group, the four major factions have been classified into two sharply opposed factions, Huang Fenglai and his faction have obviously stood on the side of the Yu faction, this faction is arrogant and arrogant, while the figures of Zhao He and Lu Ru are all frowning, their eyes flickering, obviously suppressed.

This result was already expected by Li Mao, Zhao Hede was personally designated by Yu Hualong before leaving Gushan Town to stay, how could he have the courage to yin him, but he didn't have the courage to deal with him publicly, killing Zhao Hede with his prestige would not be able to hold Zhao at all, and Gushan Town would immediately fall into division. At the moment of the great enemy, how could he afford such a result, he also needed Zhao Hede to be his puppet, to maintain the monolith on the surface of Gushan Town, and not to give the enemy who was eyeing him a chance to take advantage of.

This is Li Mao's confidence to dare to come to the military academy, he calculated that Shang He would not do anything to him.

The roll call officer has called the name, the drum beats the three links, and the lord will ascend to the seat. This day is different from the past, the first to step into the chamber is to create the general Shang Helai, he held his head high, full of magnanimity to look around the generals in the hall, in the main general of the tiger seat stood for a while, before letting aside, followed by the deputy envoy in charge of military affairs Zhao Hede, his eyes were calm, his face was cold, after entering the hall did not squint, went straight to the tiger seat, followed by him is the deputy general of the Beiying Army, Xun Bin, who carried a waist knife, such as escorting a prisoner.

When Zhao Hede stood still, Shang Helai and Xun Bin sandwiched Zhao Hede in the middle from left to right, and it was needless to say that Zhao Hede was a prisoner of the two.

Among the generals, Sima Duan Yingya was the oldest and had the highest status, and when he saw the three of them standing, he led the crowd to worship. Shang He came to worship and did not avoid it, and accepted it calmly. Li Mao noticed that Wen Cheng's brows frowned slightly.

After everyone saw the salute, Zhao Hede did not sit down, he cleared his throat and said weakly: "The Son of Heaven watched the army in Yunzhou, General Yu governed the army rigorously, and made outstanding achievements. Deputy Envoy Yin assisted meritorious service, promoted to Qianniu Wei Zhonglang General, and returned to Beijing with the angel to take up his post. The Son of Heaven is recruited, and the courtiers dare not fight, and the general's prestige is subdued by the three armies, if you stay in Yunzhou, then our army will lose its leader, I intend to ask Yunzhou to please let the general return to the town, the matter is very important, and I dare not make an arbitrary decision, please discuss it together. ”

As soon as Zhao Hede finished speaking, Chen Yangbi, the head of the sword and brand, shouted impatiently, and he shouted: "Talk about a fart, Li Shigu will not let the general return, let's kill Ben Yunzhou and cut off his head." Dong He, the deputy general of the Ma Army, said loudly: "Chen Dutou pays attention to your words, Li Shigu is our commander, how can you name names?" It's not exquisite. Zhao Jingye, the general in the front hall, shouted: "Such a person is also worthy of being handsome?" Chen Dutou, if you kill Ben Yunzhou, I, Chen Jingye, swear to follow. The generals of the Yu faction echoed, and Huang Fenglai's cronies also clamoured.

Zhao Hede lowered his eyebrows and said nothing, Lu Ru trembled angrily, but he didn't dare to say anything, the two families heard this rebellious words, or they were resentful and didn't dare to say anything, or they were silent.