"You already have a case?" On the way back, Li asked casually.

"The minister has only been here for less than an hour, how can he have a case so quickly."

Zhang Huan smiled faintly and said: "But there is one thing that the minister knows, no matter how powerful Zhu Xicai is, he can only do this kind of thing secretly, and the method used is nothing more than to kill General Duan, and then force the emperor to give him military power." ”

"But Old General Duan told me that you already have a belly case." Li looked at him and continued to ask reluctantly.

"In fact, the minister only has some ideas, not a belly case!"

Li suddenly fell in love with this young man, and he smiled and said, "Okay, just tell me what you think." ”

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The night fell quietly, and the far west canyon where the western surrender city was located began to rise in a cloud of mist, and the Yinshan mountain range was shrouded in misty fog, but the night sky was clear, the stars were brilliant, and a full moon slowly rose into the western sky, casting black shadows on the huge rocks.

Zhu Xicai stood on the city wall, staring for a long time as a group of cavalry gradually disappeared into the distance, their backs were soon engulfed in mist, and he had just received the news that Zhang Huan had been ordered to go to Daijun to collect grain.

He had already confirmed with his own eyes that it was Zhang Huan who was gone, taking his three hundred cavalry with him, Zhu Xicai pondered for a moment, and said to his own soldiers: "You are here to guard me, and as soon as there is news, report immediately." ”

The door began to close slowly, 'Boom! Three miles away, Zhang Huan suddenly stopped his horse, he turned over and dismounted, and with a wave of his hand, more than a hundred soldiers followed him and quickly ran on foot in the direction of the west surrender city, and disappeared into the thick night in a moment......

Since the withdrawal of the Hui army, Zhu Xicai has also begun to realize that the situation has changed subtly, and Li has gone to Duan Xiushi four times in three days, just to visit the patient.

The tacit understanding between him and the Li family that was established by the invasion of the Uighurs also began to collapse due to the withdrawal of the Uighurs, and the day of turning the hole cards between them was approaching day by day.

Zhu Xicai now very much wants to know what kind of role this sudden Zhang Huan will play, just a passerby, or will he become an opponent on the same stage.

The stakes are very high, Zhu Xicai did not dare to be careless, he decided to use his last hole card.

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At the end of the first watch, in an empty room about a few streets away from Li's residence, Zhu Xicai was pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, there was no light in the room, it was pitch black, from his fast and slow footsteps, he felt that his heart was very anxious, and when he walked to the door, he seemed to hear something, and couldn't help but stop, and listened to the movement outside the house with straight ears.

Someone came, he opened the door, and a black shadow quickly flashed into the room, wearing a bamboo hat and covering his face.

"I can't be out there for too long, what's the matter with you?"

Zhu Xicai closed the door and asked in a low voice, "I want to know Zhang Huan, how the Li Department is going to use him?" ”

"The emperor named him the general of the Tianqi Battalion, and he is the descendant army under his direct control."

Zhu Xicai walked a few steps, and suddenly asked, "Did Zhang Huan really go to charge grain?" ”

"Nope! The rations were just an excuse, and he went back to transfer troops, which I heard with my own ears. ”

"Sure enough, as I expected, the plank road is repaired in the bright and the warehouse is in the dark."

Zhu Xicai couldn't help but smile coldly, "But it's only now that I'm going to transfer troops, isn't it too late?" ”

"General, I have to go back." The shadow whispered.

Zhu Xicai nodded, "Go ahead!" I'll give you the assignment before you do it. ”

The shadow flashed out of the door, he looked warily to both sides, lowered the bamboo hat, and ran quickly along the wall to the other end of the street, through several streets, he soon returned to his room, he looked left and right, and pushed the door in.

Just as the door of his room was gently closed, a dozen steps away, a man in black slowly leaned out from behind the tree, he smiled coldly, and his figure quickly disappeared into the night.

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The lights in the room were dim, the bean-sized lamp seemed to be extinguished at any time, and the man in black was kneeling on the ground to report his findings to the emperor Li Department, Li Department's face was gloomy like water, and he was silent in the room with his hands behind his back, and in the corner of the room, stood Zhang Huan, who had left two hours ago.

"Your Majesty, the house where Mr. Ma went was heavily guarded, and he only stayed there for a while before returning, and he didn't see who he was going to meet with."

'Who else could it be?' Li Xian's eyes burned with anger, he couldn't believe that the traitor Zhang Huan suspected would be his closest eunuch, he restrained the resentment in his heart, and said lightly: "I know, you go down first!" ”

"Yes!" The man in black slowly retreated.

Only he and Zhang Huan were left in the room, and after a long time, Li asked in a low voice, "How do you know that there are spies around me?" ”

Zhang Huan smiled slightly: "On the day when the minister was dismissed by the Queen Mother last time, Cui Yuan invited me to his house for a drink, and during the banquet he tested what His Majesty and the minister said later, so the minister deduced that His Majesty must have his ears and eyes around him, but the minister did not expect that this person would be a man's servant, which was a windfall." ”

"I also know that there are people around me who are unreliable, but I didn't expect it to be him, and I also owe it to Aiqing who is thoughtful and keeps a hand, otherwise I will definitely lose this battle for military power."

Speaking of this, Li Department let out a long sigh and said, "I am very confused now, tell me, how should we move next?" ”

"Your Majesty, since there is a horse in charge, we can move as we want to move in the next move!" Zhang Huan smiled meaningfully.

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For the next two days, the situation in the city was unusually calm, and nothing happened, but in the early morning of that day, a cavalry envoy galloped from outside the city, bringing the news that the Hui army had completely withdrawn.

At the same time, Ma Yingjun's secret letter was also quietly delivered to Zhu Xicai's hands, with only one sentence on it, 'Zhang Huan has secretly arrived a hundred miles away with three thousand troops. ’

Zhu Xicai smiled coldly, the day of the showdown has finally come, and in the next step, the Li family will inevitably find a reason to leave Xishou City to lure him out of the city to pursue, since this is the case, why don't you plan it.

Sure enough, not long after lunch, news came from the emperor's side that since the Hui army had retreated, the emperor decided to move to Daijun and prepare to return to Beijing.

Shen Shizheng, the city head of the banner waving, trombone sounding in unison, the city gate opened, a thousand feather forest army guards guarded the carriage of the Li family slowly pulled up, left the west surrender city, and drove to Daijun.

Just as Li Department left, Zhu Xicai immediately secretly convened a meeting of several henchmen to discuss countermeasures, the windows were covered by thick curtains, and the room was dimly lit, full of tension and murderous intent.

"General, the last general thinks that the emperor has not actually left, as the general said, he moved to Daijun to lure the general to pursue, so he also has a great risk in doing so, and with his prudence and timidity, he will never risk himself."

"General Sun is right!"

Another general of Ma Tianyu said: "The last general specially observed when the emperor drove out of the city, when Duan Xiushi kowtowed to him to say goodbye, but he never showed up, which is unreasonable, so the last general dared to assert that the emperor was not in the carriage at all, that is, he did not leave and was still in the city." ”

Zhu Xicai smiled and waved his hand, "Everyone is right, I also think that he is still in the city, but the soldiers are not tired of deceit, we must plan and send troops to chase after us, and we must also use my banner to confuse the other party, and then take advantage of their lax defense, surprise soldiers to seize Li and Duan Xiushi, seize power in one fell swoop, and listen to my deployment below!" ”

Several generals immediately stood up solemnly and waited for Zhu Xicai's order.

Zhu Xicai pondered for a while, and then said to one of them: "General Sun, you can lead 2,000 people from your headquarters, use my banner, and choose another person to dress up as me and go out of the city at dusk." ”

"Obey!"

Zhu Xicai then gave a second order, "General Ma, I'll give you five hundred people to replace tonight's patrol post, listen to my rocket order at the first watch, and kill Duan Xiushi directly for me." ”

"As for the Li family." Zhu Xicai smiled gloomily, "It's up to Ben Shuai to deal with him personally." ”

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