The wilderness outside the city of Anlu.

The fog was rolling, and the four scouts were leading their horses to walk slowly in the field, they were the former army sentinels, and they were now on guard near the official road after receiving Hu Yantong's order.

The weather was so cold that they were afraid that the horses would not be able to withstand it, so they put a thin blanket on the horse's back. But the people were miserable, and the light horse scouts did not have thick armor on their bodies, and in this foggy day, the cold was pervasive. In a few moments, a layer of dew formed on their helmets and thin leather armor.

Someone is complaining: "General Huyan is really right, we are all in the rear here, and he sent us out." There are fraternal troops stationed on all the main transportation routes, is it possible that the thieves can still fly over with wings? ”

Another person shouted: "Old Seven, you can't be quiet." Along the way, you're the only one who keeps nagging. We are scouts, and we are born to go out on patrol and reconnaissance. Even if you don't fight, don't you have to come out? You don't want to talk straight and go back to being an infantryman. ”

"Go back to be an infantryman, I won't do it! It's good to be a scout, running outside all day long, watching a lot of things. As a foot soldier, he stayed in the barracks all day long to keep up his strength, and he had to suffocate to death. ”

"And what are you complaining about?"

The man said, "I'm complaining, I just think it's weird." On weekdays, our alert circle only spilled out for only twenty miles, but it has doubled in the past few days. It doesn't seem to be interesting. Yes, it's good to be vigilant. But no matter how big this circle is, it will coincide with the patrol circle of the brother troops, which is really a waste of energy...... It's as if you're guarding against your own people. ”

"Old Seven, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Lao Qi scratched his head: "General Hu Yantong seems to be a little wrong these days, especially after Li Heng entered the barracks, don't you think it's strange?" ”

"What's so strange about it?" Another asked.

Lao Qi said: "In the past, General Huyantong always liked to go down to the army to patrol the camp, once in the morning, noon and evening, and he would take the soldiers to train every day. But recently, he has been hiding in the big tent all day long and not coming out, constantly talking to the officer, and he doesn't know what the hell he is doing? ”

The scouts were stunned: "It seems...... Something is wrong. ”

Someone asked suspiciously: "By the way, hasn't Li Heng and Li Xianggong always been at odds with the military envoys?" Our armies don't like Li Heng either, why did Li Heng come to my barracks and stay for so many days? ”

"Who knows, the affairs of the big guys, how dare we soldiers ask, just do what we have at hand."

At this moment, suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard in the distance.

The scout's face changed, and he shouted: "Someone is coming, just riding, early in the morning, it seems that something is wrong, it can't be a thief's exploration horse, right?" Let's go, go and see! ”

The five of them turned over their horses at the same time, formed a semi-circle of circles, and slowly greeted them.

As a scout, it was the most skilled archer in the army, calculated the distance, and when he saw that it was almost there, the five of them pulled out their riding bows at the same time, and let out a loud shout: "What people, you have been surrounded by us, dismount, otherwise an arrow will kill you!" ”

"Who are you?" The fog was too big to see clearly, and I saw a black figure in front of me.

Lao Qi said coldly: "Grandpa and the others are scouts under the command of General Hu Yantong of the Sizhou Army, dismount!" His feathered arrows had locked on the black shadow, and as long as anyone came to do anything unusual, he would shoot it at it.

The man suddenly let out a surprise sound: "Have you arrived at Anlu, you can count it, you can count it!" Don't release arrows, don't release arrows, I'm Du Shu, a straight thief, do you want to scare the official to death? ”

"Ah, Judge Du!"

Scout leader: "Put down the bow for Lao Tzu, Judge Du is back, God, the judge is back, is the military envoy also back." ”

The scouts rode over in surprise, and sure enough, it was Du Shu.

This Du Shu didn't know how long he had traveled, not only the two war horses he brought were sweating profusely and he couldn't support them, but even he was wet, and water was dripping from his hair.

Everyone cheered and surrounded Du Shu and said, "The judge is back, the sky, where is the military envoy?" Since his old man went to Hunan, we are looking forward to the stars and the moon, and today we can be regarded as looking forward to him back. ”

Du Shu naturally would not say that Wang Shen was gone, and was leading the army to fight a decisive battle with the Jurchen Iron Cavalry in Yingzhou.

only smiled: "The military envoy is behind, it is estimated that the day after tomorrow will return with the main force, what is the situation at home now?" ”

The scouts replied that everything was fine and that nothing had happened, but that everyone was very uncomfortable. Now it's okay, with the military envoy here, we can be considered to be able to pull it out and fight.

Straight thieves, thieves are coming from all sides, fighting everywhere, we are not strong enough, we can only take a defensive position, and we don't have to annoy individuals.

asked Du Shu why he came back first alone, and he was in such a hurry.

Du Shu naturally wouldn't tell them why, but only replied that he had an emergency military intelligence transmission, so he came over to see Hu Yantong first.

He took everyone's words as he walked, listened to them for a long time, and felt relieved: This matter is promising, and this Hu Yantong is really weak-hearted.

From the words of the scouts, it was learned that the soldiers below did not know about Huyantong's rebellion. As for the reason, one is that Hu Yantong is weak, and the other is that Wang Shen's prestige is too high, if Hu Yan Tong clearly says rebellion, he is afraid that the army will be in chaos and cause infighting, and he may not be able to restrain it.

It seems that the soldiers of the former army are still loyal to Wang Daosi, and when the time comes, if Hu Yantong reads Wang Shen's handwritten letter to arrest Li Heng, it will be just a matter of getting lost and returning. Otherwise, the old man could mobilize the soldiers below and take down Hu Yantong and his henchmen in one fell swoop.

Hu Yantong and the group of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods under him are not worth mentioning, Daosi, look at my methods today.

Thinking of this, Du Shu thought that he had a plan, and his heart was relieved, and he talked and laughed with the scouts.

However, I don't know my own problems.

Du Shu is a good gentleman, with low eyes and masters, but he doesn't know anything about practice. The reason why he was able to become the head of a group of civil officials was because of his personal charm, and to put it bluntly, he was a mascot.

He had a plan in his heart, but he didn't arrange it in advance, but instead went with the scout to see Huyantong.

Later, after Wang Shen learned about this, he laughed angrily and said, "About it, about it, you are a gentleman, and I ignored what you shouldn't have done." Actually, your order of this is reversed. You should first mobilize the former soldiers, and then send my letter to Hu Yantong and lobby for it. ”

Under the leadership of the five scouts, at dawn, Du Shu entered the camp of the former army.

Everything was as usual in the camp, and after the soldiers had finished ordering, they all went out to practice in the field, and it was hot.

Hu Yantong was looking at things in the big tent, and when he saw Du Shu, he was taken aback, and Huo stood up: "Judge Du, didn't you go to Jiankang, and later brought a letter back to Anlu saying that you went to Hunan, why did you suddenly return to Anlu, what about the military envoy?" ”

His heart was empty, and he spoke with a trill.

Busy please Du Shu sit down at the top.

After Du Shu sat down, he didn't rush to take out Wang Shen's letter, but instead stretched out his hand to accept the letter of the military talisman on the big case, and said with a smile: "The military envoy is now coming with the main force, and it is estimated that it will arrive in one day at most." He said, let me take charge of the front army first. Yes, An Lu is now surrounded by enemies, but a group of clowns can take the military envoy. He had already thought of a strategy for retreating from the enemy, and asked me to come over and ask the front army to prepare for battle. Raise the account, gather all the officers above the head of the capital, and send the order of the military envoy. ”

Seeing that Du Shu took the soldier talisman seal letter as soon as he came, and said that he wanted the command of the front army, Hu Yantong's eyelids jumped: "The judge is in charge of my Jianghan civil affairs, and he has never led troops, so you can tell the last general if there is anything." ”

"What, afraid that the layman will command the insider? General Huyan, there is a sentence I don't know if you have heard of it, please go to Lingyan Pavilion for the time being, if you are a scholar and a marquis. Seeing you killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions on the battlefield, the old man's eyes were also very hot. Du Shu still smiled and said, "Is it necessary to tell you something, if you refuse to listen?" ”

These words were already unkind, and Hu Yantong's face changed greatly: "Judge Du misunderstood, you are the boss of the last general, how dare I?" However, the military envoy set a system, and the civil and military of the Great Song Dynasty were separated. The military is not allowed to meddle in military affairs. ”

"Oh, the system of the Great Song Dynasty, so you have no military envoys in General Huyantong's eyes?" Du Shu asked leisurely.

"How dare I?"

Du Shu suddenly straightened his face, pointed at Hu Yantong and shouted: "Hu Yantong, don't forget your fall in the Jiankang Left-behind Division back then. If there were military envoys, would you be able to have today's scenery? ”

Hu Yantong: "The kindness of the military envoy, Hu Yantong has no time or forget." ”

"That's good, the military envoy now orders you to hand over the team to the old man, do you want to disobey the order, or have other intentions and want to be a traitor?"

Hu Yantong: "Don't dare. ”

"What can you say except that you don't dare, in my opinion, you say no, but you are actually very bold!" Du Shu took out Wang Shen's handwritten letter from his sleeve and handed it over: "This is the order of the military envoy, you can see for yourself." General Huyantong, you have to look carefully. ”

Hu Yantong took the letter and read it for a long time, but he didn't say a word.

"It seems that General Huyan is really going to be a rebel, but I don't know how many benefits Li Heng promised you?" Du Shu screamed angrily.

Hu Yantong: "I, me, how can I be a rebellious ......"

Du Shu: "Then why did you treat Li Heng as a guest, and you still signed the confession book, Hu Yantong, I couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for three days and three nights!" ”

Huyan channel: "Things are not what the judge thinks, now Jianghan is in danger, the military envoy is far away in Hunan, we have no leader, and we really need a competent person to preside over the big situation." ”

"You're talking bastards, what's the reason, are you honest?" Du Shu asked.

Hu Yantong hugged his head: "I don't know, I don't know ......"

"What don't you know, it must be Li Heng who promised that once he takes the entire Jianghan, he will let you lead the entire imperial army of Jinghu. You person, I know best, thinking day and night is to restore the glory of your ancestors and glorify the lintel, which is really confused and blinded. The more Du Shu spoke, the more angry he became: "Ungrateful, without military envoys, can you have today?" ”

"I, I, I......" Du Shu's words have already been heartbroken, Huyantong really can't withstand the temptation of the Guangda Huyan family. Moreover, after Wang Shen went to Hunan, Li Cheng suddenly killed. Cao Cheng and Jurchen are here again. An Lu was really stormy, and his confidence in keeping An Lu was also shaken.

But from the root, he is very grateful to Wang Shen, and he is also an upright person. Look at Wang Shen's handwritten letters, which are written with sincerity. Not only did he not blame him, but he talked about many times when the two got along in the past, and said that his trust in him would never change.

Suddenly he was so ashamed that he couldn't speak.

Seeing that Hu Yantong's face was red and silent, Du Shu immediately shouted to the guards outside the tent: "Come on, raise the tent, call all the officers, and give a lecture!" ”

At this time, suddenly, Li Heng broke in with more than a dozen armor soldiers and his staff, and laughed: "Du Youzhi, don't come unharmed?" ”

Du Shu jumped up in shock: "Li Yanping, what are you going to do?" ”

"What are you doing, what do you want to do when Du Shu comes here?" Li Heng pointed behind him, and the scout named Lao Qi walked up.

Li Hengdao: "I heard what Lao Qi said about your coming to the barracks early in the morning, and I knew that you Du Youzhi would not come if you had nothing to do, so I came over to take a look." ”

After saying that, his face sank, and he ordered: "Give me Du Shu, if you resist, you will be killed!" ”