The two scouts were taken to the study by Zhang Huan's own soldiers, and in the study, Zhang Huan was staring at a map of Youyan in front of him, he was just enjoying the joy of family reunion with his family, and a sudden news interrupted his drinking

"Governor Qiyu, they are here." Outside the door, there was the sound of the soldiers.

"Come on and they come in!"

In a moment, two scouts were brought in, and they stepped forward to kneel down to Zhang Huan and gave a military salute, "See the Governor!" ”

These scouts were the people sent by Zhang Huan to spy on Tuoba Qianli on his way back from Anxi, and they traveled for several months, got the latest information, and rushed back to Chang'an, Zhang Huan saw that they were haggard and had thin cheeks, and knew that their journey was very difficult, so he comforted: "You have worked hard all the way, and I will have a heavy reward later." ”

"Xie Dudu!" One of the lieutenants saluted again and said: "We are near the Julun Lake of the Wangjian River and found the whereabouts of the Tuoba for more than 1,000 miles, they still have more than 50,000 cavalry, all the way to the east defeated and retreated, and finally they entered the territory of the Songmo Governor's Mansion, it seems that they have reached some conditions with the Khitans, the Khitans left them behind, and then the Khitans suddenly attacked the Bohai Kingdom. ”

"Attack the Bohai Kingdom?" Zhang Huan was very surprised, now it is the middle of winter, and the Khitan is in the bitter cold land of the north, how can he start a war at this time, is this related to the arrival of the Tuoba Qianlibu?

At this time, the scout lieutenant took out a stack of drawings from his bosom and said: "The Khitans are well guarded, and their subordinates and others can no longer delve into their military secrets, so they drew a map of the mountains and rivers in the area controlled by the Khitans, and dedicated it to the governor!" ”

"Thank you for your hard work!" Zhang Huan nodded approvingly, and then instructed his soldiers: "Take them down, have a good rest, have a good meal, and reward each of them with 500 yuan." ”

"Xie Dudu's reward!" The two scouts saluted, and then went down with their soldiers, and Zhang Huan unfolded their map, although the drawing was relatively rough, but the mountains, rivers, cities, and villages were clearly marked. There is also the station of the Tuoba Chiribu, which can also be found on the map.

Zhang Huan slowly paced around the room with his hands behind his back. Thinking about this sudden intelligence, judging from common sense, it was precisely because of the arrival of Tuoba Qianli that the Khitan strength had greatly increased, and they dared to attack the Bohai State in winter.

And Tuoba Qianli failed to compete with the loyal khan for the throne, and he fled to the east perhaps really to find a piece of inheritance, and the wealth and prosperity of the Bohai State was indeed a piece of fat meat that he coveted, since this is the case. Tuoba Qianli should become the main force in the attack on the Bohai Sea. Why did the battalion be stationed in the south of the Khitan and delay in the attack?

Zhang Huan always had a faint intuition that things might not be so simple, judging from his understanding of Tuoba. No matter what this person does, the final goal always falls on himself, and the Khitans are not so stupid, they spend manpower to capture the Bohai Sea and then give it to him, is it not for the Bohai Kingdom, but for other plans? If so, what is his purpose? A series of questions arose in Zhang Huan's mind, suddenly. He seemed to have thought of something, and walked quickly to the table to check the map of Youyan, this map was drawn by the official, and the mountains and rivers were clearer than the scout's standard, but this map was left in the Kaiyuan period, it was relatively old, and the village book and the settlement of the Khitan people were very different from now. Put two maps together. Zhang Huan quickly found the camp of Tuoba Qianli on the official map, and he couldn't help but be surprised. The camp was less than two hundred miles away from Pinglu Jiedu Mansion.

Khitan, Bohai, Tang Pinglu Jiedu Mansion, Tang Andong Protectorate, the four places are in the shape of a zigzag structure, Khitan and Bohai are above, Pinglu Jiedu Mansion and Anton Metropolitan Protectorate are below, at present, Pei's Hebei Army is stationed in Pinglu Jiedu Mansion and Anton Metropolitan Protectorate There are more than 40,000 people.

Zhang Huan stood up suddenly, he thought of a possibility, Tuoba Qianli's real goal was still the Tang Dynasty, and the Khitan attacked the Bohai Kingdom at this time in order to lure the snake out of the hole and lead the Tang army to the Bohai Kingdom.

Wait a minute! Zhang Huan tried to calm himself down, this matter is very important, and he should not make a decision without definite evidence.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside, and Li Chuanyun's voice was heard outside the door: "Can I come in?" ”

"Come in!" Zhang Huan put the matter aside for the time being, and it could be heard from Li Chuanyun's footsteps that something big must have happened.

The door was pushed open, and Li Chuanyun hurriedly walked in, and said to Zhang Huan urgently: "Second brother, Cui Qinggong was defeated in Yongqiu" "Don't worry, sit down and talk slowly." ”

Zhang Huan asked Li Chuanyun to sit down, and poured her another glass of water, "Try to be as detailed as possible, how did you lose the ground?" ”

Li Chuanyun took a sip of water and said: "Three days ago, Wei Deqing and Cui Qinggong signed a New Year's armistice agreement, agreeing to a ten-day ceasefire, but last night, Wei Deqing highlighted the surprise army and burned Cui Qinggong's camp, Cui Qinggong was caught off guard and led the troops to retreat, but was ambushed by Wei Deqing's main force, and the army was defeated. ”

"This Wei Deqing likes to surprise soldiers, when he only led 2,000 people, he wanted to ambush my tens of thousands of main forces, but he didn't expect to repeat his old tricks, and this time he succeeded." Zhang Huan smiled coldly, and then asked again: "Do you know how many remnants of Cui Qinggong still have?" ”

Li Chuanyun took out a roll of pigeon letters and handed it to Zhang Huandao: "Today is just an express report, and the specific data has not yet come out, but I heard that more than half of Cui Qinggong's deaths and injuries, plus the surrenderers and fugitives, I think there are only 20,000 or 30,000 remnants left at most."

Zhang Huan glanced at the pigeon letter, and said: "Since Cui Qinggong fled eastward, he must have gone to Peng County, where there are still more than 40,000 people in the Ma Dawei Department. Speaking of this, Zhang Huan remembered something again, "By the way, is there any news about that Ma Siyi?" ”

Li Chuanyun shook his head, "Not yet, he should still be on the way, not so fast." ”

Zhang Huan walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, the key now is how many remnants of Cui Qinggong are left, as well as Ma Dawei's attitude, if Ma Dawei is ruthless and kills Cui Qinggong on the spot, then the battle will be over, but if Cui Qing still has a lot of remnants, and Ma Dawei is a little weaker, then the battle of the Central Plains will still be fought, judging from the fact that Ma Dawei took the initiative to give Cui Qinggong food, and he obeyed the dispatch to Peng County, it is estimated that the latter is more likely.

Thinking of this, Zhang Huan immediately wrote a military order, handed it to his soldiers, and said: "Send it to Guangling immediately and give it to Lin Jiuhan." ”

"Okay, I'm going back." Li Chuanyun stood up with a smile and was about to leave, Zhang Huan suddenly remembered what had just happened, so he said to Li Chuanyun: "There is one more thing I want you to do." ”

Li Chuanyun shook his head and said, "I am your subordinate, if there is anything, you can just tell me." ”

"You're my eldest sister, so be polite." Zhang Huan smiled, and then instructed her: "You go and help me to check, to see if there is an envoy from the Bohai Kingdom to Beijing recently, or a secret envoy from the north to find Pei Jun, this matter is very important, and it must not be taken lightly!" ”

"Bohai Country?" Li Chuanyun didn't understand why Zhang Huan thought of such a distant place, but she didn't ask anything, saluted, turned around and left.

Although today is Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhang Huan's heart is quite uncalm, the Central Plains Battle Wei Deqing is still so strong, and there is no Wei family to seize power as he thought, it is very likely that Cui Qinggong will die from this, Wei Deqing will replace him and rise strongly in the Central Plains, but Wei Deqing will let him go? He sent the children's book to Chen Liu to make a history of assassination, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that he did not believe in Wei Deqing, and Wei Deqing should also know it, so it can be seen that there must be some infighting in the Wei family.

Zhang Huan of the Wei family doesn't care about it, he cares about Pei Jun, Pei Jun is not only strong, but also has great influence in the DPRK, which is the biggest stumbling block on his way forward, and now Youyan has a change, how much impact will this have on Pei Jun? Zhang Huan couldn't see through it for a while.

He slowly walked to the window, looking at the heavy black fog in the night sky, and the laughter of the family was faintly heard in the twilight, Zhang Huan's heart couldn't help but feel a burst of warmth, he immediately walked to the candle, blew out the light, turned around and walked towards the big bar, and threw all the worries and confusion in the dark study. There was a sudden commotion in Wei Mansion, just last night there was a homicide in Wei Mansion, and the person who was killed turned out to be Wei Deqingdi's old lady, she was found dead on the bed in the morning, the murderer was very cruel, and even cut off her head.

This was undoubtedly a very serious matter, and Wei Ge was so angry that he searched for the murderer, and the murderer was able to enter the inner house through a strict guard, either by a skilled assassin or an internal thief.

The whole house investigated one by one, until noon, and finally found the clue, a pair of brothers and sisters in the house disappeared a few days ago, and the two brothers and sisters were arranged by the second housekeeper, but the second housekeeper couldn't tell their specific origins, and the subordinates who introduced them to the house went to the field to do business the day before, Wei Ge was like thunder, he immediately ordered the second housekeeper to be killed, and made every effort to track down the whereabouts of the brothers and sisters.

In the study, Wei Ge walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, his face was gloomy to the extreme, and there was a roll of pigeon letters on his desk, which was sent by Wei Qing 100,000 in a hurry yesterday afternoon, saying that Wei Deqing ignored his objections at all, attacked Cui Qinggong without authorization, and even moved out of the house It is useless, Wei Deqing only said one sentence, he will be outside, and he will not be affected by his life.

Obviously, Wei Deqing has begun to be dissatisfied, but at this critical juncture, his wife was killed again, the consequences of this incident are quite serious, once Wei Deqing sees his mother's head, all the hopes of the Wei family are over.

The stakes are so important that Wei Ge can no longer sit down, he immediately wrote a pigeon letter and ordered someone to send it to Wei Qing quickly, despite this, he was still not at ease, at noon on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Wei Ge went out of the capital under the escort of hundreds of personal guards, and rushed to Chen Liu.

(The second is to ask for a monthly pass, brothers, give me motivation with a monthly pass!) The faster the monthly pass increases, the thicker the old Gao's neck will be