The spring breeze in February is like scissors, deeply rooted in the hearts of many people.

Zhang Xutuo left the barracks, went to the city wall, chatted with the soldiers guarding the city for a while, and confirmed that the Wagang thieves did not move, and then he returned to the house with confidence. Unexpectedly, someone was waiting for him in the house.

"General Zhang, you're back." A man in silver-gray armor, seeing Zhang Xutuo's tired figure from a distance, stepped forward, bowed very low, and said with some unbearable feelings: "Your Majesty will bring a secret edict at the end of your life, please take a look at it." With that, he took off his armor, tore his underwear, and took out a silk handkerchief from it.

Zhang Xutuo bowed down, raised his arms flat, respectfully accepted the secret edict, opened it and glanced at it, folded the silk handkerchief expressionlessly, put it in his arms, turned to the subordinates in the palace and said, "Go and invite Lord Zhongyongwei." The man saluted respectfully, and then withdrew.

The soldiers of the Great Sui did not disrespect Zhang Xutuo, so the man was a little apprehensive, and felt that he was really sorry for Zhang Xutuo by sending this edict to Xingyang.

"The general has been running all the way, first go to the house to have some tea, Lord Zhongyongwei's mansion is not far away, and he will be able to come over soon." Zhang Xutuo saw the man's uneasiness, smiled slightly, and made a gesture of please.

Seeing that Zhang Xutuo had lost his military power, the man who passed the edict was still so calm, admired it even more in his heart, arched his hand, and followed Zhang Xutuo into the lobby.

Li Xuanba hurriedly came to Zhang Xutuo's mansion, saw the strange man, looked puzzled, Zhang Xutuo introduced, the man stood up, arched his hand towards Li Xuanba, his face was not respectful, Li Xuanba didn't mind, smiled in response.

"Xuanba, you have been able to stand alone, and Your Majesty wants you to temporarily take the position of Xingyang Tong." Each took his seat, Zhang Xutuo said casually: "Your Majesty trusts you so much, you must not live up to Your Majesty's expectations." ”

"The general laughed, Xuanba is not as weak as the crown, how can he take on such a heavy responsibility?" Li Xuanba chuckled, shook his head and said: "Xingyang's position is extremely important, Your Majesty is wise, it is impossible to hand over Xingyang to me for protection like a child's play." ”

The man who had passed the edict muttered in a low voice, "There is still some self-knowledge. The voice was very soft, and neither Zhang Xutuo nor Li Xuanba heard it.

"Your Majesty's secret edict has been sent, don't you still believe it?" Zhang Xutuo took out the secret edict and stretched out his hand to hand it to Li Xuanba, Li Xuanba took it at a loss, opened it and looked at it, and his face changed again and again.

The secret edict was written on the silk handkerchief, it seems that Yang Guang has realized that the world is not very peaceful, Li Xuanba sighed slightly in his heart, but his face showed a look of disbelief, and said in horror: "Your Majesty's will, Xuanba dare not accept it." General Zhang, the Wagang thieves are powerful, and it is not the general's fault that they cannot be exterminated, as long as the general plays according to the facts, His Majesty will definitely figure it out. ”

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty opposed Yang Guang's dismissal of Zhang Xutuo's military power, if Yang Guang could change his mind, this edict would not have been sent to Luoyang, Zhang Xutuo understood this truth very well. Moreover, this is Yang Guang's last fight, even if Zhang Xutuo breaks into Wagangzhai alone now and kills all the traitors in Wagangzhai, Yang Guang will find another reason to let him leave Xingyang.

"Shixin can lead an army to kill the enemy at the age of sixteen, so why should you be arrogant?" Zhang Xutuo smiled and said: "I have put the soldiers in danger several times, and each time you pulled them back from the brink of death, just the gratitude of the soldiers to you in their hearts is enough to stabilize the morale of the army." ”

Except for Li Xuanba, there is indeed no better candidate in Xingyang, but Li Xuanba still shook his head, not daring to take over the position of Xingyang Tongshou.

"Your Majesty's will, do you want to disobey?" Zhang Xutuo's face changed, and he said in a deep voice: "Tomorrow, I will wait in the camp, and when the time comes, if you haven't shown up, the military law will deal with it." After saying that, he angrily drove Li Xuanba out without giving him any chance to defend himself.

When Li Xuanba left anxiously, Zhang Xutuo said to the Jiangdu messenger: "Please return to Your Majesty, and Weichen will obey the order." ”

Out of Zhang Xutuo's mansion, Li Xuanba glanced back, and there was no panic on his face. Liang Xiao led Chiyan to Li Xuanba's side, followed Li Xuanba's gaze, and looked over with a hint of curiosity, but did not find anything special.

"Let's go back." Li Xuanba came to his senses, stepped on the red flame, pulled Liang Xiao to the horse, and said, "Listen to Mr. Wei, your martial arts are very good, but it is far from enough to only ring the head sword. When Liang Xiao heard this, his face showed shame. Li Xuanba smiled and continued: "You must first learn to ride a horse, and then you must learn to use a horse lance, this is the Liang Xiao that this son needs." ”

Liang Xiao didn't understand what Li Xuanba wanted to express, but he knew what he had to do, so he nodded heavily.

Back at the mansion, Li Xuanba told Fang Xuanling about Yang Guang's will, the stone in Fang Xuanling's heart finally landed, and he congratulated him repeatedly, Li Xuanba thought of the vicissitudes of Zhang Xutuo's eyebrows, and he didn't feel that there was anything to be happy about, his plain appearance made Fang Xuanling feel that he was calm.

On the second day, Li Xuanba arrived at the barracks on time, Qin Qiong and others handed over the talisman to Li Xuanba, and told him that Zhang Xutuo went out of the city overnight. Li Xuanba looked at the direction of the Eastern Capital and said in his heart: "I won't shirk today, why are you hiding so quickly?" ”

Zhang Xutuo rode an ordinary war horse, with only four attendants by his side, and when the hour came, he stopped the war horse, looked back, and could vaguely hear the roar from Xingyang. Zhang Xutuo breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued to hurry with a hint of pain.

Tang Guogong received the secret edict a little later, in which he handed over the military power to the two deputies to stay behind, and ordered him to move back to Luoyang with his family.

"Father, if you still hesitate, I'm afraid that except for the third brother, all of the Tang Guogong Mansion will have to be buried for those two concubines." Li Shimin wiped the blood stains on his sword and said calmly: "Those two generals have always been His Majesty's people, so those few people from Jinyang Palace can escape, although His Majesty doesn't know what happened in the palace yet, but he will know sooner or later." ”

Li Yuan's eyes were very dark, and he didn't know how long he hadn't slept peacefully, he looked at the secret envoy who died on the ground, and knew in his heart that Li Shimin had cut off all his retreats.

Pei Lin stood beside Li Yuan, bowed down and said: "Gong Li, what Shimin said is very reasonable, instead of waiting for the whole door to be beheaded, why not take advantage of the situation, whether it is the king of Yue or the acting king, it is more suitable for that dragon chair than the current majesty." ”

"Now that you've all planned it, what else can I say?" Li Yuan sighed deeply and said, "Just do what you say, but don't show your feet yet." Also, send someone to inform them that it will be built. After speaking, Li Yuan pondered for a moment and continued: "As for Xuanba, don't let him know yet. ”

Some people are heartbroken because they have received the edict, but some people feel bitter because they have not received the edict.

When Liu Wuzhou rebelled, Chen Xiaoyi and Hu Benlang of Yanmen County crusaded against Wang Zhibian together, but they did not expect Liu Wuzhou to collude with the Turks, not only did they not succeed in the crusade, Wang Zhibian also died on the battlefield, Chen Xiaoyi was alone, so he could only lead the army to withdraw to Yanmen.

Collusion with the Turks is a major event, as soon as Chen Xiaoyi returned to Yanmen, he wrote the matter as a fold, and sent a secret envoy to Jiangdu urgently, but the secret envoy came back for half a month, Jiangdu still did not send any will, Chen Xiaoyi had no choice but to write another excerpt.

There is more content than before. Because at this time, Liu Wuzhou had already captured Loufu and captured Fenyang Palace, he gave those palace maids to the Turkic Shibi Khan, obtained a large number of war horses, and became stronger.