"Lord Zhao, where are we going now?" Yang Shidao.

"It seems impossible for us to enter the barracks! Mr. Yang, who do you say this General Yue will be? Zhao Ding said.

"I don't know! I haven't heard of a general surnamed Yue in Han! Yang Shi shook his head and said.

"As far as I know, Emperor Xuanwu has a guard surnamed Yue Mingfei! Outside Xiangzhou City that day, Emperor Jianyan mishandled it, and it was this Yue Fei who took Emperor Xuanwu to Tongguan at that time! Later, he was in power, domineering and domineering, and drove all the people around Emperor Xuanwu to foreign enemies, and this Yue Fei was named the Henan Recruitment Division! I think this General Yue is that Yue Fei! Zhao Ding said.

"Ahh How can this Yue Fei return to Hanzhong? Isn't he in Henan? Yang Shi said in disbelief.

"This thing is very strange! I originally thought that the Jingyuan army had entered the customs in a big way, and it was possible to kill it, but now it seems that this may not be the case! The little emperor's cronies actually served as the chief general of the forbidden army, and the little emperor also stayed here for many days, looking at the appearance of those soldiers, they were all loyal to the little emperor, and I don't know if it was just the soldiers guarding the door or other soldiers! This thing is really too strange, could it be that the little emperor is now in control of this army? How is this possible? How can it be? Zhao Ding frowned and said.

"It's impossible! Lord Zhao really thinks about it! That little emperor is extremely mediocre, he has been a puppet all his life, and he will never be able to control the army! I think this General Yue must be a general in the Jingyuan Army, and it will never be Yue Fei! Yang Shi said disdainfully on the side.

"I hope so!" Zhao Ding still frowned and said.

"It's getting late today, let's rest here for the night, and then continue south to Sichuan and Shu to see if Qu Duan is commanding the army to recover Sichuan and Shu!" Yang Shidao.

"Good!" Zhao Ding nodded and agreed!

This night, Yang Shi and Zhao Ding rested in an inn in Nanzheng, and the next morning they headed in the direction of Shu Dao!

The two went all the way to the south, and the south was calm, without the slightest scene of war, and the two were more and more surprised!

When they came to the entrance of Shu Road, the two knew that the 30,000 Zhejia troops stationed here had surrendered to the Jingyuan Army, and the commander of the Jingyuan Army was Liu Qi!

"Liu Qi, this person is Quduan's right-hand man! Liu Qi is here, and Qu Duan must be here! Yang Shi said secretly.

"It seems that it is indeed the Jingyuan army that has entered Sichuan! I was worried about it before! Zhao Ding breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lord Zhao is afraid that the little emperor will personally control the army?" Yang Shidao.

"Of course! I hope that Hanzhong and Sichuan Shu will still be the same as before, and the people will be unstable, so that it will be the most beneficial to Emperor Jianyan! If the little emperor can quickly arrange for his cronies to take control of the army after the chaos, it can only prove one thing! Zhao Ding said.

"What's the matter?" Yang Shidao.

"It proves that the little emperor was pretending before, he was deceiving and begging, he was deceiving the world! He is not a faint king at all, he has been forbearing, always waiting for an opportunity! If that's the case, it's bad! Thinking of this, Zhao Ding suddenly felt a little chill in his body!

"This ...... He was a teenager, only ten years old when he left Kaifeng, how could he have such a scheming? Lord Zhao is really worried! Yang Shi said.

"Nope! I'm not necessarily worried! The little emperor said that Qu Duan never entered Hanzhong, it is very likely to be true! It is very likely that only some of the generals of the Jingyuan Army took refuge in the little emperor, just for greater power! The little emperor used this part of the generals of the Jingyuan Army to kill Zhe Keqiu's father and son, and then let his cronies take over the Zhejia army! No, no, it won't be like that...... I hope I'm blind ......," Zhao Ding muttered to himself.

"Lord Zhao, don't think about it too much, let's go to the Jingyuan Army and ask?" Yang Shidao.

Zhao Ding nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

At that moment, the two asked where the Jingyuan Army was stationed, and when they arrived here, they saw that the soldiers of the Jingyuan Army were neat and tidy, and their morale was extremely high, which was really different from the Zhejia Army, and they were both admired and vigilant in their hearts at the moment!

After the two explained their intentions, they really met Liu Qi!

"General Liu, I've admired my name for a long time!" In the camp, Yang Shi and Zhao Ding sat down, and Yang Shi said.

Yang Shi's attitude towards Liu Qi is completely different from his attitude towards Qu Duan at the beginning, he was dismissive of Qu Duan at the beginning, but this is not the case with Liu Qi at all! The reason is very simple, Liu Qi is also from a family of soldiers, Liu Qi's father Liu Zhongwu once served as the Baojing Army Chengxuan Envoy and the Luchuan Military Festival Envoy, Liu Qi is a nobleman in the army, Yang Shi thinks that Liu Qi can barely sit on an equal footing with him! Although Qu Duan's status is high, he is from a common people, and in Yang Shi's opinion, he is extremely lowly, so he looks down on Qu Duan!

"I have admired Mr. Yang's name for a long time! Lord Zhao is the secretary of the Jiangnan Ministry of Officials, and I often hear about it! Liu Qi smiled.

"General Liu, I don't know where General Qu is now?" Zhao Dingdao.

"General Qu? He's naturally in Jingyuan now! Liu Qi said.

"So, did General Liu come to Hanzhong with General Qu on his back?" Zhao Ding asked directly.

Liu Qi smiled and didn't answer directly, but said, "I got His Majesty's holy decree, so I came to the side of Hanzhong Qingjun!" ”

Zhao Ding's heart sank immediately! He felt like he had guessed correctly! Zhao Chen, the "faint king", was indeed forbearance and disguised before, he made everyone in the world believe that he was a "faint monarch", but secretly he encircled some of the generals of the Jingyuan army, and let some of the generals of the Jingyuan army lead the troops into the pass to kill them! After Zhe Keqiu was killed, this so-called "faint monarch" immediately arranged for his cronies to control the Zhejia army to balance the Jingyuan army!

"What a deep scheming! Is this the true face of Emperor Xuanwu? If Emperor Xuanwu is really like this, Emperor Jianyan is only afraid of danger! The whole Jiangnan did not have any vigilance against this Xuanwu Emperor, and they all treated him as a faint monarch, including me, Zhao Ding, who was blinded! No, I want to return to Jiangnan immediately and tell Emperor Jianyan about this! Zhao Ding's face actually had an anxious expression!

Yang Shi felt that Liu Qi was extraordinary, quite a "Confucian general" style, he secretly praised in his heart, thinking that Liu Qi was worthy of being a nobleman in the army, far better than Qu Duan, a guy from a humble background! Yang Shi wanted to stay here for a while, but not long after, Zhao Ding actually got up to say goodbye, Yang Shi had no choice but to leave with Zhao Ding!

"We can stay in the Jingyuan Army for a while longer, and find out more about the Jingyuan Army!" Coming outside, Yang Shi said with some dissatisfaction.

"No more inquiry! The number of Jingyuan troops entering Hanzhong will not exceed 50,000! Qu Duan, as the envoy of the Jingyuan Army and the envoy of the Jingyuan Army, has been operating on the Jingyuan Road for more than ten years, even if his generals betray him, it is impossible to take all the troops away! On the contrary, it is Emperor Xuanwu, it is too terrifying! He was only twelve years old, and he was only ten years old when he left Kaifeng, and he had such a scheming and such means! I feel chills in my heart just thinking about it! Let's hurry back to Jiangnan and let Emperor Jianyan beware of Emperor Xuanwu! Zhao Ding said.

"Yes, this faint king is really despicable to the extreme!" Yang Shi thought about it, and also felt that Zhao Ding's guess might be correct, and he was angry at the moment.

"But I'm curious to know how Emperor Xuanwu took Sichuan Shu! There are still Zheyan and 60,000 Zhejia troops in Sichuan, and now I don't know what the situation in Sichuan and Shu is? Zhao Ding said.

"We'll know when we go!" Yang Shidao.

Zhao Ding nodded!

*** ***

The two of them took their entourage south along the Shu Road and came all the way to Jianmen Pass!

Jianmen Pass, the first pass in the southwest!

This is the main road to Shu, and from ancient times to the present, it is a place where soldiers must fight!

Li Bai has a poem "One husband is a pass, ten thousand people are not open", which is what he is talking about is this sword gate!

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, I don't know how many wars have taken place here, I don't know how many generals have led the army to enter Shuchuan from here, and how many generals have resisted foreign enemies here and guarded Shuchuan!

However, after Yang Shi and Zhao Ding came here, they didn't have the heart to sigh, they were just carefully observing the situation at the Sword Gate Pass!

In their opinion, Jianmen Pass is very different from before they came, when they came, the soldiers here were very lazy, but now the soldiers here are extremely vigilant! The clothes of these soldiers are also different from before, they used to be the standard dress of the Fold Army, but now they seem to be the dress of the Navy Army! Wu Jue and Wu Ling trained soldiers in Yuzhou, mainly to guard the Yangtze River, so the soldiers under them were all naval formations, and it was normal to dress like this at the moment!

"Who's down there?" The gate of the sword gate was closed, and a general shouted loudly.

"We are the envoys sent by Emperor Jianyan to celebrate Emperor Xuanwu's wedding! Now we are going to leave Hanzhong, go to Jiangnan, pass by Jianmen Pass, please open the gate and let us pass! One of Yang Shi's entourages said.

The generals above were obviously taken aback, and the current lead was to let people open the city gates and check the identities of these people, and then let them pass!

"I don't know the general's surname?" Zhao Ding said as he walked forward.

"My name is Wang Song!" The general looked to be in his thirties, and his body was a little short and fat, and he said lightly at the moment.

"General Wang, I don't know where General Zheyan is? We visited General Orihiko before we came, and now we want to see him again! Zhao Ding said.

Wang Song's face showed an expression that seemed to be smiling, and he shook his head and said, "You want to see him, but I'm afraid you can't!" ”

Zhao Ding said: "Why not? ”

Wang Song laughed and said, "He has gone underground, if you want to see him, you have to go underground, are you willing?" ”

Zhao Ding was taken aback and said, "Underground? The general is saying that he has ...... He's dead? ”

Wang Song sneered and said, "Yes, he has been dead for many days!" If you want to see him, then you have to hurry up, he is afraid that he will be reincarnated when the time is late! ”

Yang Shi was furious and said, "What did you say? ”

Zhao Ding hurriedly grabbed Yang Shi, he handed out a piece of silver, and said: "The general is accommodating, this Shu road is difficult, we have been extremely tired all the way here, and we want to rest in the Jianmen Pass for one night, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Wang Song frowned, he glanced at Yang Shi, Zhao Ding and the others again, in his opinion, these two people were Wenchen, and they only had a dozen followers under them, and there were more than 5,000 troops here in Jianmen Pass, and he was not afraid that these people would pose any threat to Jianmen Pass! At that moment, Wang Song nodded, took the silver unceremoniously, and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, I'll arrange a place for you to live!" ”

Yang Shi, Zhao Ding and others closed down at the Sword Gate, Yang Shi didn't go out in the house, and Zhao Ding was looking around for news!

In the middle of the night, Zhao Ding returned to the room, he had not eaten until now, he was extremely hungry, at the moment he first took a bowl of rice and ate it in a big gulp, and waited until his stomach was a little better, he said: "Mr. Yang, Jianmen Pass has been occupied by Wu Jie!" ”

Yang Shi was stunned for a moment and said, "Wu Jie? Is that the Yangtze River defense envoy Wu Jie? ”

Zhao Ding nodded and said, "Not bad!" That's it! And it's not just Jianmen Pass, I'm afraid that the entire Shuchuan will be occupied by Wu Jie! ”

Yang Shi showed a shocked expression on his face and said, "Who is this?" We didn't know about this person before, he only had 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers under him, how could he occupy the entire Shuchuan? ”

Zhao Ding said: "I got the news that before Emperor Xuanwu's wedding, this Wu Jie started to act, he secretly calculated Zhiyan quality on Shu Road, and then he used Zhiyan quality to open the Jianmen Pass and occupy the Jianmen Pass!" After that, he left thousands of people to defend Jianmen Pass, and he himself went to Chengdu Mansion with Zheyan Quality, just afraid that he would have to deal with the 60,000 Zhejia troops in Chengdu Mansion! If nothing else, Chengdu Mansion has been taken by him! Although Zhi Yanzhi is the son of Zhe Keqiu, he is brave and incompetent, he may not be the opponent of this Wu Jie! We have rarely heard of this Wu Rank, and it seems that he is also a little emperor! This little emperor is so calculating! ”

Zhao Ding was also shocked in his heart, he really didn't pay much attention to Wu Jie! Although Wu Jie defeated the Jurchens, he took the credit of Wu Jie, except for a small number of people in the Jingyuan Army who knew the truth, few people in the world would notice Wu Jie! As for Jiangnan, they know very little about the news of Hanzhong and Sichuan Shu, and they don't know the details of Wu Jie! At this moment, hearing that this unknown general actually won the Zhiyan quality, it was difficult for Yang Shi and Zhao Ding not to be shocked!

After the two of them stopped at the Sword Gate overnight, they immediately headed towards Chengdu Mansion! When they arrived at Chengdu Mansion, they got the definite news that Zhi Yanzhi and Cao Rong were both killed by Wu Jie! As for the 60,000 Fold Army, it has indeed been incorporated by Wu Jie! It's just the specific method of incorporation, and the two of them can't find out! They only know that Sichuan has changed! Moreover, Wu Jie had just killed Zhi Yanzhi and Cao Rong, and immediately took out the holy decree of Emperor Xuanwu, in which Zhao Chen ordered Wu Yu and Wu Xuan to clear the monarch's side, and announced that he could ask for the crime of great rebellion! At that time, it happened to be the day of Zhao Chen's wedding!

"It seems that everything is arranged by the little emperor, this is undoubted! We should return to Jiangnan immediately! Tell Emperor Jianyan all this! Zhao Ding said secretly.

At this time, Zhao Ding finally regarded Zhao Chen as Zhao Gou's great enemy, and would never treat Zhao Chen as a "faint monarch" again! He was secretly anxious in his heart, Zhao Chen was the rightful crown prince who ascended the throne, and he held the jade seal of the country in his hand, and was considered by the world to be the real son of heaven! Now Zhao Chen has such a means, and Zhao Chen occupies the geographical advantage of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Zhao Gou may not be Zhao Chen's opponent!

"The state affairs are worried!" He was a little worried!

*** ***

It's the fifth day of the sixth lunar month, and the hottest time of the year has arrived!

In Jingyuan City in the northwest, the sandstorm that has been raging for several days has finally stopped! The sky is blue, the sun is fiery red, and I am sweating all over my body when I walk on the empty road!

Qu Duan has just entered the house from the outside, his internal strength is profound, and the cold and heat are not invaded, but for some reason, he has been feeling hot and dry these days! At that moment, he asked people to make a basin of cold water and poured cold water from the top of his head, which made him feel much more comfortable!

"Still no news from Wang Shu, Zhao Zhe, and Liu Qi?" Qu Duan wiped the water on his head and face before asking.

"There is no news of the three generals! I only know that they led the army to the east, and it seems that they went all the way to Dasanguan! One of the lieutenants below said.

"Damn it!" Qu Duan scolded fiercely.

At this time, a young man in brocade clothes walked into the room, this young man is eight points similar to Qu Duanchang, but he looks much weaker than Qu Duan, and his appearance seems to be a little obscene! Seeing Qu Duan in the room, the young man was startled, and he was about to turn around and leave, but Qu Duan was already shouting from behind: "Stop me!" ”

The young man stood a little dazed and said, "What's the matter with my father?" ”

It turned out that this young man was Qu Xiuwen, the son of Qu Duan, and he was also a famous gentleman in the northwest! At the beginning, in order to win over Qu Duan, I just wanted to marry Zhe Yueru to this son!

"Humph! You don't do your business every day, I heard that you killed a yellow flower girl a few days ago! The girl committed suicide by throwing herself into a well, and her parents took her body to the Jingyuan Yamen, and it took a lot of effort for her father to suppress this matter! You're damn good! Qu Duan scolded.

"This ......" Qu Xiuwen opened his mouth, and finally lowered his head and didn't speak.

"When I was your age, I was already serving in the army, fighting and assassinating the Tanguts! You see what you do every day? From now on, you will obediently stay in the house for me, and I will never go out again!" Qu Duan said.

"Father, wouldn't you suffocate to death if you stayed here?" Qu Xiuwen shouted.

"General, I think it's better to let the little general enter the army and train in the army for a while, maybe his temperament can get better!" The lieutenant said.

"Okay, tomorrow you can go to the army for me and train with those soldiers!" Qu Duan frowned and said.

"Father, the name you gave me by the old man is Xiuwen, I was born to read material, how can I enter the army and stay with those lowly sergeants?" Qu Xiuwen said dissatisfied.

"What lowly sergeant? Are you insulting your father? Your father and I were just an ordinary sergeant! A rotten Confucian like Yang Shi looks down on me, and you kid even looks down on me! Watch how I beat you! Qu Duan was furious, and he stepped forward to shoot his son to the ground!

The lieutenant over there hurriedly grabbed Qu Duan, who was still out of breath!

"Father's anger will only be sprinkled on me! I heard that Wang Shu, Zhao Zhe, and Liu Qi had taken away half of their father's army and took refuge in Hanzhong's faint king, why didn't my father go to the three of them to settle accounts, and not go to the faint king to settle accounts? Qu Xiuwen pouted.

"I'm not going to kill you today, I'm your son!" Qu Duan was furious, pushed away the lieutenant general, grabbed Qu Xiuwen's collar, and slapped it down!

Suddenly, Qu Xiuwen's cheeks were high and swollen, Qu Xiuwen cried, seeing his son's appearance, Qu Duan sighed, waved his hand, and said, "Hurry up, don't let me see you again in the next few days!" ”

Qu Xiuwen's heart was extremely terrifying, and he hurriedly left the room, and the deputy general also said goodbye and left!

"Wang Shu, Zhao Zhe, Liu Qi, did the three of you really betray me? How can this be! How can this be! Qu Duan looked at the scorching sun outside the house and muttered to himself!

He had an unusually bad feeling in his heart......