Regarding the question of whether to take refuge in Li Shimin, the king of Qin, or Li Yin, the king of Jin, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin discussed for a long time, but they were still inconclusive.

In the end, Cheng Yanjin smiled and said: "Why do you and my brother have to vote for the same person? According to my Lao Cheng's opinion, the King of Jin, the King of Qin and the Prince of Tang must have a fight, until the final victory is unpredictable, it is better for you and me to serve the King of Jin and the King of Qin, if the King of Jin wins, I will say to protect your life, if the King of Qin wins, then your brother will protect my life, what do you think? ”

After hearing this, Qin Qiong nodded, and then laughed and said, "What if the prince of the Tang Kingdom wins?" ”

Cheng Biting Jin spread his hands and said: "Then there is no way, there is everything in this world, but there is no 10% deal to do, and at that time, you and my brother will go to the Hades Palace to report together, which is not a good thing." ”

As soon as these words came out, Cheng Yanjin and Qin Qiong couldn't help laughing.

The next day, Wang Shichong led a large army to the bank of Luoshui, sent troops to build a bridge, and prepared to cross the river to attack Yuzhou, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin led troops on the battlefield.

When the pontoon bridge was built, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin took dozens of subordinates and rode west for more than a hundred steps, and then dismounted and saluted Wang Shichong from afar, saying: "I have received special preferential treatment from His Majesty, and I always want to repay my kindness and serve, but your temperament is suspicious, and you love to believe in slander, which is not a place for us to support you, and now I can no longer serve you, and I ask to be separated from now on." ”

So jumped on the horse, galloped across the bridge to descend the Tang Dynasty, Wang Shichong was stunned at first, and then he was furious, and ordered several generals to chase and kill, after those generals set off with their troops, because they were afraid of Qin Qiong and Cheng Biting Jin's brave name, they did not dare to pursue excessively, and only walked a process at will, and then returned to the mission.

Pei Renji, Qin Qiong, and Cheng Yanjin are all old acquaintances, and they are very happy to see them come to vote at this time, and they warmly entertained the two of them, and after learning their thoughts, there was no hindrance, and they sent someone to escort them to their respective places.

Qin Qiong traveled to the northeast and went to Xin'an to take refuge with Li Shimin, he had already heard of Qin Qiong's reputation, respected him very much, and appointed him as the head of the horse army of the Qin Palace, and his position was the same as that of Pei Xingyan, who had taken refuge in Li Yin not long ago.

Compared with Qin Qiong's smooth and smooth defection to Li Shimin, Cheng Biting Jin had a little more twists and turns, when he just walked to Yuxiang County, Puzhou, he woke up and his mount was stolen!

"His grandmother's, if you let me know which lamb stole it, I will definitely break his leg!" Cheng Biting Jin scolded loudly in anger.

"Where did the vulgar people come from, disturbing General Ben's Yaxing!" The window of the high-rise building of the inn was pushed open, and a richly dressed man looked at Cheng Yanjin with disdain.

Cheng Yanjin was secretly angry in his heart, but he quietly asked the shopkeeper on the side, "What is the origin of this person?" ”

The shopkeeper said with a relative: "Master Jun, this person has a great background, you still don't provoke well, his name is Dugu Huai'en, not only my Tang Dynasty's Ministry of Works, but also the cousin of His Majesty the Emperor, recently led the troops to pass through Yuxiang, so stay in the shop." ”

After hearing this, Cheng Yanjin immediately didn't say anything, left the inn with the people, and then said to the left and right: "I have led the troops for many years, and I have never heard of the general going out to fight, but I sleep comfortably in the inn. ”

After hearing this, the soldiers beside Cheng Yanjin lowered their voices and said, "General, why don't we give that guy a little color?" ”

What kind of people, what kind of soldiers, Cheng Yanjin himself is as bold as a cylinder, and the soldiers around him are also a group of people who are not afraid of the sky and the earth, although they know the prominent identity of Dugu Huaien, but they don't take him to heart at all.

Cheng Yanjin thought for a while, and took out a small bag of crotons from his arms, "I still have to go to Baibi to join King Jin, I don't have so much effort to talk to this guy, Xiao Liu'er, let you let the Dugu general taste these crotons!" ”

The soldier named Xiao Liu'er took over the croton, "General, you go first, Xiao Liu'er will come when he goes." ”

Cheng Yanjin nodded, immediately rode the horses of his soldiers, and led people to the north, he knew the ability of this little Liu'er, so Cheng Yanjin was not worried at all, if Dugu Huaien knew that just because he scolded Cheng Yanjin with a word, he would make himself pull his stomach all day, but he was afraid that his intestines would be repentant.

When Cheng Biting Jin went north to Baibi, it was already mid-August, and Li Yin had already led a large army to confront Song Jingang for more than a month. After Cheng Yanjin saw the Tang Army's endless and magnificent strong camps from a distance, he couldn't help but secretly applaud.

"When I saw the ability to camp here, I knew that the King of Jin was really extraordinary!" Cheng Yanjin sighed to the soldiers beside him.

Suddenly, I saw a burst of dust in the distance, the sound of horses' hooves was urgent, and a large group of people and horses galloped straight to the place where Cheng Biting Jin was located.

"Phew!" After the knights arrived near Cheng Yanjin and the others, Le Ma stopped, "Brother Cheng! "Brother Cheng!" In the team that came at a gallop, suddenly two generals shouted excitedly, and then rode towards Cheng Biting Jin, these two generals were Luo Shixin and Pei Xingyan.

After Cheng Yanjin saw the two of them, the hanging heart suddenly let go, and then he stepped forward and met the two of them, and the three of them got off the horse and came together, telling each other what happened after parting.

Luo Shixin and Cheng Biting Jin, both under Zhang Xutuo's account, that is many years of friendship, and later Zhang Xutuo Dahai Temple was killed, Cheng Biting Jin and Qin Qiong were captured by exhaustion, and they had to surrender Li Mi, although they were a little sorry for Zhang Xutuo, but Luo Shixin had too many complaints about it.

Because in these troubled times, life is the most important thing, and those who generously go to righteousness for the sake of integrity are certainly worthy of admiration, but others cannot blame those who temporarily bow down in order to survive.

After Cheng Yanjin, Luo Shixin and Pei Xingyan talked for a while, Luo Shixin took Cheng Yanjin's hand and walked in front of Li Yin, "Brother Cheng, come, let me introduce you, this is our general of Zhengbei and His Royal Highness the King of Jin." ”

After hearing this, Cheng Yanjin hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and Li Yin immediately stretched out his hand to help him up, "General Cheng doesn't need to be polite, I have known your name for a long time, and now I have finally been able to meet, I have to be a general, and I am even more powerful!" ”

Li Yin immediately appointed Cheng Yanjin as the right third commander of the Jin Palace, in charge of the three thousand elite guards of the Jin Palace, Cheng Yanjin was very grateful, and said loudly: "Your Highness attaches so much importance to Zhijie, Zhijie will be repaid with death!" ”

Li Yin nodded, returned to the camp with him, and then ordered a banquet to be held to celebrate the arrival of Cheng Biting Jin.