At this moment, the two of them are in different moods, Pei Du was shocked and had an inexplicable joy in his heart, and even said that he was happy, before the expedition, Li Chun told him to pay attention to Li Mao's movements at the right time, and when the battle situation was decided, he could read the holy decree to him, transfer him to Beijing, and relieve him of his military power.

Pei Du and Li Mao are not very close, but he has no bad feelings towards Li Mao, but he admires his achievements in the country very much, from the bottom of his heart he does not want to see Li Mao be relieved of military power, and then reduced to a prisoner, but Ziqing has been flattened, the next target of the imperial court is Hebei, the three towns of Hebei Wei Bo is young, Chengde is chaotic, only Youzhou is strong, if you want to calm Hebei, the first step must be to take out Li Mao. Sure enough, it was just to relieve him of his military power and confine him in Chang'an, which was the best ending.

But this is just a beautiful idea, where things will go, but no one can predict, thinking of this Pei Du is not sad.

When Li Chun left Beijing, he only told him this, and he didn't say a word about how to do it, and it was not his turn to ask about those things. The emperor communicated with him in advance, just to let him know in his heart and pay attention to cooperation. The real one should be his deputy and overseer.

When Tutu Chengguang left Beijing, Li Chun summoned him alone and bluntly told him that Li Mao had an antipathy, and if he didn't deal with it as soon as possible, he would become Tian Chenghei, Li Baochen, Li Huaixian, and even An Lushan.

The emperor's trust in Tutu Chenghuang has been loosened because of Li Mao, and this mission is obviously a test of loyalty, if he wavered and had two hearts, he might not be able to return to Chang'an.

As for Li Mao's side, even if he doesn't do it, others will do it, Lin Ying of the Longxiang camp is sitting in Huazhou at the moment, and it is expected that he has already laid a net, just waiting for a trumpet on his side.

Tutu Chenghuang originally thought that it would not be a problem to coax Li Mao to Yanzhou and detain him, but after he was detained, how to close his residence department without rebellion, or how to suppress it in time after the rebellion, this must be prevented.

Tutu Chengguang has been a lieutenant of the Left Shence Protector Army for many years, and he has a deep understanding of the real combat effectiveness of the Left and Right Shence Army, and he has also worked as a supervisor in Liaodong, and he is no stranger to the combat effectiveness of the Anton Army.

Don't look at the 30,000 soldiers of the two armies of Shence with clear banners, bright clothes and armor, majestic style, and bullish coaxing, it is all a fake style, and it is not the opponent of Liaodong's Huazi soldiers at all.

The Youzhou Army is the foundation of the Anton Army, these years have been used many times outside, the combat effectiveness is very strong, and the past Anton Army is different, the equipment of the Youzhou Festival is obviously much better, the horses in the army are all Khitan horses, the armored scimitar is very sophisticated, once the Youzhou soldiers are in chaos, he can't cope with it by his left and right strategies.

Therefore, he persuaded Pei Du to interview Tian Huaiji, Li Yu, Li Quanzhong and others in the name of recruiting envoys, and the main purpose was to seek the allegiance of the three in order to deal with the chaos that might arise in the future.

Needless to say, Li Quanzhong's position is not very stable, and he needs to rely on his strength, so he will naturally respond to his needs, as for Tian Huaiji, he is seeking progress, and he will not give up this opportunity. As for Liu Wu and Han Hong, they were smoke bombs released by him, with the intention of confusing Li Mao.

Liu Wu has a deep relationship with Li Mao, and occupies Caozhou, if he and Li Mao are eye-to-eye, and they turn a blind eye, no one will be able to stop Li Mao. You have to try to stabilize him first, so that his position is not very solid, just give him a favor, and he Liu Wu will not be unacquainted, Tutu Chengxuan and Liu Wudong Laxi talked about it, and tentatively asked him how he would deal with himself if there was a rebel minister in the court, Liu Wu naturally patted his chest and said that he would follow the court.

Tu Tu Chengguang then borrowed the rod to go up and described to Liu Wu the benefits of cooperating with him. Liu Wu, who said bluntly, was overjoyed, thinking that he had climbed a big backer.

As for Liu Wu turning around and going to report to Li Mao, it was not something that Tutu Chengxuan could have predicted, after all, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and it is really difficult to see through.

Until Li Mao raised his feet and left, Tutu Chenghuang did not suspect that Li Mao had taken precautions because of Liu Wu's ventilation message, after all, Liu Wu only had risks for him to do this, but there was no direct benefit.

Tu Tu Chengguang preferred to believe that it was the pervasive intelligence system built by Li Mao himself that made him expect the opportunity and get out. But in fact, this suspicion is untenable, after all, there is only the emperor himself in the whole world under such a secret, he, Pei Du, and at most one Wang Shoucheng knows, no matter how capable Li Mao's spies are, what ability can dig out the news from their mouths.

Since it is impossible to trap Li Mao, then come to the second hand, let Lin Ying and them hack Li Mao, these things do not need him to suddenly vomit Cheng Huang himself, just need him to send a trumpet.

Although Tutu Chengguang is literate, and the writing is smooth, and the handwriting is also good, but he never touches the copywriting, he called the secretary of the camp, in the name of Pei Du and himself, drafted a circular, and asked the states and counties along the way in the two towns of Weibo and Chengde to carefully prepare to welcome Li Mao's car, and fully assist Li Taiwei to return to Youzhou as soon as possible and safely to preside over military affairs, and give the enemy in Koubian a head-on attack, so that they can understand that the Tang Dynasty Tianwei cannot offend Yuan and Zhongxing, you better go back to the grassland to graze.

This report was sent back five times in a row, and it was barely passed until the secretary vomited blood.

After receiving the signal from Tutu Chengxuan, Lin Ying, the military envoy of the Longxiang battalion in Huazhou, immediately issued a secret order to pursue Li Mao with all his might.

An overwhelming net was quietly laid on the land of Hebei, target: Li Mao, order: extermination.

Liaodong Beisha City.

The 1st Brigade of the 10th Division of the Andong Army was stationed.

Sang Rong sat in the shadow inside the gate, waiting eagerly.

Three huge ships quietly docked at night, and the coast was about three miles away from the station of the First Brigade, because of the topography, when the weather was fine, you could see the masts of the ships moored in the bay at a glance, but it was the beginning of the day, and it was pitch black all around, and nothing could be seen except the howling sea breeze.

Li Mao walked into the gate wrapped in a black rainproof cloak, and Sang Rong hurriedly greeted him, and the two looked at each other and nodded without speaking.

Came to the heavily guarded inner hall, Li Mao took off his cloak and drank a bowl of hot tea, Sang Rong waved his hand to let everyone retreat, and when there were only two people left in the hall, Li Mao and Shi Kong, Sang Rong said: "What happened to Ziqing, so anxious to rush back"

Shi Kong said: "There is a traitor in the court, and he wants to murder the captain." ”

Sang Rong looked at the north and said to Li Mao: "The soldiers and horses of the 10th Division are ready, and they can set off at any time. ”

Li Mao said: "Don't worry, call Ma Xiong'an over." ”

Sang Rong hesitated slightly, and immediately went out to give the order, Ma Xiong'an, the deputy commander of the 10th Division, was stationed in a mountain depression one hundred and twenty miles north of Beisha City, and the task was to ensure that the land route between Beisha City and Kicob Mountain was unimpeded.

Receiving Sang Rong's call, Ma Xiongan didn't say a word, and immediately got on his horse and rushed to Beisha City. Although he is the deputy commander of the 10th Division, he is actually acting first, and the commander Sang Rong can't control it at all, Sang Rong is also a smart person, and he never gives orders to him on weekdays. Sang Rong was unusual, sending someone to summon him late at night, and Ma Xiongan felt that there should be other changes.

At dawn, Ma Xiong'an arrived at Beisha City, and the herald did not call the city gate, but led him to the first brigade station, which was outside the city, facing the sea by the mountains, and had a ** military port.

When he saw Li Mao, Ma Xiongan's heart relaxed, and his prediction was exactly right.

Li Mao picked up Ma Xiong'an and said: "There is a traitor in the court, I have a secret edict, go back to Liaodong to gather soldiers and horses, prepare King Qin, deputy commander Ma, are you willing to fight with me?"

Ma Xiong'an said goodbye: "A certain liver and brain are smeared, and he swears allegiance to the captain." ”

Li Mao asked Shikong to help him up, and said to Sang Rong and Ma Xiongan: "Command the soldiers and horses to fight a big battle, I can't do it, and neither can you, we still need a senior staff." This person is in the town of Kikageshan, and you go with me to invite him out of the mountain. ”

Li Mao's high-ranking staff surnamed Ma Ming Hedong, Ma Xiong'an's uncle, a senior general of the Anton Army, was detained here for the crime of rebellion.

Hearing that Li Mao was going to reactivate his uncle, Ma Hedong was moved to tears, he abandoned his personal relationship because of justice, and betrayed his uncle in a time of crisis.

Now Li Maoneng has reactivated him regardless of his previous suspicions, which is to give himself a chance to atone for his sins, and this bloodline that has been cut off by interests can be continued again.

Ma Hedong's small courtyard is located in an abandoned quarry, backed by a cliff, facing a pool of clear water, the hillside on his left hand is green, and his right hand is his newly opened vegetable garden.

In the past two days, Ma Hedong urged his wife and daughter to weave nets, preparing to choose a good weather to do a big job, catch a batch of fish, dry and pickle, and keep it for winter.

Li Mao appeared in front of the small courtyard without warning, so that Ma Hedong couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, and he took off his clothes and bowed. Li Mao hurriedly stepped forward to hold on and shook his hand vigorously.

Ma Hedong saw Ma Xiong'an standing behind Li Mao, and nodded at him silently, since he was imprisoned, Ma Xiong'an had to come every other month, but he never let him step through the door.

Li Mao glanced around, looked at the cliff behind the house, and asked the accompanying officials: "That cliff is left by quarrying, aren't you afraid of landslides?"

The accompanying officials were nervous for a while, and they all looked at Ma Hedong, who hurriedly excused everyone: "The place I chose, I insisted on coming, I can't blame them, this cliff is in danger of landslides, I want it to always alert me, don't forget the sins I committed." ”

Li Mao said: "A thousand sins, just repent." It is true that you were wrong when you raised an army against me, but what I did was flawless, and it was your opposition that allowed me to rein in the precipice and change course in time. In the past few years, the life of the people of Liaodong has been much better than before, and half of the credit is due to you. ”

Ma and Dongdao: "I have no credit, I was ambitious back then, and now I often have nightmares, I always wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat, if I had done something, will Liaodong be like this today, I am in this kind of food, fish farming, a person is busy and busy, but often take care of his head, if there is no company to supply, the family is difficult to take care of." It is difficult to gather a family, how can we govern the country and level the world"

Li Mao nodded and said, "Shibei should be even more impressed in the third day, you have read a lot of books over the years, thought about a lot of things, and understood thoroughly." When it came to asking Ma Hedong to go out of the mountain as a staff officer, Ma Hedong was a little hesitant, and when he heard that there was a traitor in the court, Li Mao was sent to Liaodong to rectify the army, and when King Ma Qin, Ma Hedong immediately agreed to go out of the mountain without saying a word.

Li Mao Baima and Dong were the staff divisions, and on the same day he led the main force of the 10th Division, the 1st Brigade of the 7th Division stationed in Guizhou, and the Kikco Mountain Garrison to Liaozhou.

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