"Huh?"

Yu Shinan's attention suddenly shifted from Guo Ye to the other side, looking at the firelight in the sky, he couldn't help but exclaim, "What the hell are the White Lotus Sect bandits doing?" Self-destructing the ship, acting like a retreat, could it be that there was infighting? ”

Infighting?

Guo Ye suddenly remembered that when Yuan Tiangang crossed the river late at night to visit, he mentioned to him that he wanted to provoke infighting in the White Lotus Sect, as if he vaguely remembered that he said that he would let Hu Bilie and Dugu Yu join forces to kill the Yu family's father and son tonight.

At that time, he thought it was Yuan Tiangang's joke, could it be really a prophecy, Yuan Tiangang did it?

As for the withdrawal of the White Lotus Sect bandits and the abandonment of the city, I am afraid that it is also Yuan Tiangang's contribution to the troubles, right?

Because there is also a Heishui River between Qianzhou City and Lingnan City, it is impossible to see the situation in Qianzhou City at a glance at this time, whether the White Lotus Sect bandits really withdrew their troops and abandoned the city, Guo Ye is not sure.

If the White Lotus Sect bandit army really retreated from Qianzhou City under Yuan Tiangang's covert force, then his southern counterinsurgency task would basically come to an end.

Because at least now, with his tens of thousands of troops, it is impossible to take the initiative to attack to pursue and suppress the other party's hundreds of thousands of bandits, and if the other party retreats towards Guangzhou Mansion, don't forget that there are still hundreds of thousands of Dugu Mu's protector troops on the Guangzhou Mansion. When the other party's two groups of men and horses are combined, it is seven or eight hundred thousand bandits.

In order to verify the authenticity of this matter, he immediately instructed Cao Luxun, who came to report the news: "Old Cao, you should now ask your Black Armor Xuan Barracks to send a boat, quietly cross the Heishui River and land on the shore to check what is going on, and if anything is wrong, return to the boat immediately." ”

Cao Luxun snorted and said, "Let your subordinates run it themselves." ”

Guo Ye did not object, nodded in acquiescence, and instructed: "You are doubly careful, I will wait for you to interrogate you on this city tower." ”

Cao Luxun left abruptly and hurriedly went down the city tower.

At this time, Yu Shinan reacted a little hindsightly, and asked Guo Ye in a strange tone: "Could it be that you already know that the White Lotus bandit army will be infighting tonight, and will retreat from the city?" ”

Guo Ye smiled bitterly and said, "Do you know that they will retreat from the city?" Teacher, you think too highly of me, really when I am Zhuge Kongming, an uncertain prophet? However, I know something about the infighting that they will have after they change back to the gold bricks tonight. ”

"Oh?"

Yu Shinan is not a brainless person, he is also a generation of famous Confucians, he knows the meaning of elegance when he hears the sound of the strings, and he has already tasted the true meaning of Guo Ye's words by drawing inferences, and immediately asked: "So, you use gold bricks in exchange for me to get out safely, and there are still some secrets behind me that are not known?" ”

Guo Ye snorted, and slowly revealed the identity of Yuan Tiangang lurking in the bandit army on the other side, and also told him that Yuan Tiangang crossed the river to visit him late that night and proposed to exchange gold bricks for Yu Shinan.

After listening to this, Yu Shinan sighed thoughtfully: "Yuan Tiangang? It turned out to be him, this person is not only the protector of the imperial court, but also knows astronomy and geography, and is also the post of Qintianjian. So, I'm wrong about you? You got out of it with me, but it was just a mistake? ”

It seems that Lao Yutou is still struggling with this matter, reputation is important in the end, losing one's life is small, losing one's festival is big, at least Yu Shinan thinks so.

Guo Ye saw that Yu Shinan's attitude towards him had changed greatly, indicating that the misunderstanding between the two had gradually been eliminated, but through this incident, he also had an understanding of himself, the old principal, again.

Bandang loyal ministers, full of learning and Confucianism, high wind and bright festivals, is definitely not too much.

So, he nodded slightly and replied: "Yes, this is the plan set by the student and Yuan Tiangang, and the return of the teacher is just an accident that was not planned, and the teacher misunderstood the student." ”

"Ah...... That's good, that's good~ It's the old man's fault for you. ”

After hearing Guo Ye's affirmative reply, Yu Shinan was finally comforted, and then he asked why Yuan Tiangang appeared in the south this time.

It stands to reason that Yuan Tiangang's identity is a Taoist, and he is only a Qin Tianjian who observes the celestial phenomena and guards the national fortune in the court, and the southern rebellion has nothing to do with him at all.

And listening to Guo Ye's slight words just now, it seems that Yuan Tiangang has always had a big idea from beginning to end, but Guo Ye, the general manager of the Guangnan Road march who is responsible for conquering the southern rebellion, still has to listen to his dispatch and repeatedly cooperate with Yuan Tiangang's arrangements.

Isn't this obvious nonsense without distinguishing between priority and priority, when did a Taoist also mix up national affairs.

As soon as he thought of this, Yu Shinan's donkey temper came up again, and he couldn't help but urge Guo Yedao: "Tell me quickly, is there anything else to hide from me?" ”

Guo Ye naturally had no need to hide it from Yu Shinan, who had always been respected, and then told the real purpose of His Majesty Li Er sending Yuan Tiangang south.

After some words, Yu Shinan became silent.

After about a while, he muttered to himself: "Your Majesty wants to take the opportunity to eradicate several Guanlong clans entrenched in the south, and the old man can understand it completely. But why did you have to reach such an agreement with Yuan Tiangang to worship the Tao and destroy the Buddha? Could it be that he wants to support Taoism as the state religion of the Tang Dynasty, and wants to use the power of the Southern Daomen to repay him, and to uproot the Buddhist forces that secretly obeyed the orders of the Guanlong clan? This kind of means forgive the old man does not dare to agree, it is too overkill, alas, it is not appropriate, how can the court be involved in such a thing as the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism? Besides, even if you want to support the Daomen, you shouldn't completely destroy the Buddha, you can worship the Tao and suppress the Buddha, so that the means are gentle. Besides, there are many good people in Buddhism, great monks who guide people to goodness, this time, alas, ......"

Guo Ye listened to Yu Shinan's sigh of self-muttering, and he was also slightly helpless in his heart, and secretly degraded, no, His Majesty Li Er is too resentful and too cautious.

But this matter, he really didn't want to get involved, he had already planned to stay out of it, not to mention that Yuan Tiangang's relationship is here, just say that His Majesty Li Er's temperament has decided what he wants to do, can you really persuade it?

Dead admonition? How many hard bones like Wei Zheng are super lucky in this world? Guo Ye is not Wei Zheng, and he doesn't want to learn Wei Zheng.

For a moment, the two were relatively speechless, and the atmosphere was a little calm.

About half an hour later, Cao Luxun returned to the ship and returned to the castle tower.

As soon as he saw Guo Ye, he handed over his hand and reported: "My lord, that's right, hundreds of thousands of White Lotus bandits have not only burned hundreds of ships on the shore, but also almost all of them have withdrawn from Qianzhou City, and they should have retreated in the direction of Guangzhou Mansion." ”

It's really a retreat from the city!

Guo Ye muttered secretly, it seems that it is Yuan Tiangang's work again. This time I owe him a favor again.

He knew very well in his heart that if the other party's internal strife was over, once the opinions were unified and all the troops were pressed to force the Heishui River and attack Lingnan City, the chances of victory on his side would be almost equal to zero.

It seems that Yuan Tiangang wants to solve his urgent need to be besieged.

But despite this, he still couldn't be happy.

Because the White Lotus bandit army has begun to retreat, will his task of going south to quell the rebellion come to an end for the time being?

He was not very stupid and naïve to take the initiative to attack with the 30,000 troops in his hands, pursue and suppress hundreds of thousands of bandits, and go straight to Huanglong to Guangzhou Mansion in one go, and completely solve the matter in the south.

It's just a fantasy.

Now that the bandit army has withdrawn south to Guangzhou Mansion Huihe, I don't know what they are going to do next, and Li Jing did not play according to the routine, and actually went to fight Annan and Jiaozhi, the two white-eyed wolves of the Tang Dynasty.

So what are his more than 30,000 soldiers and horses doing in the south?

Disaster reconstruction? Re-set up an official office in the recovered Lingnan Road Prefecture to restore local security?

This doesn't seem to be his duty, it should be the matter of the officials of the Chang'an Imperial Court, and he can't trespass.

Then lead the army back to Chang'an?

It seems that the southern counterinsurgency has not succeeded, and the imperial court has not issued an edict to let his class return to Chang'an.

This is really neither advancing nor retreating, Guo Ye frowned for a while and was puzzled.

It seemed that Yu Shinan saw Guo Ye's knot, and said softly: "Guo boy, the old man is now out of trouble, and it is time to go back to Chang'an to face the saint and return to his life." Why don't you leave the tens of thousands of sons under your command in Lingnan Town for the time being, and then you personally lead a group of soldiers to escort the old man back to Chang'an? Although the edict of this class to return to the dynasty has not yet come down, it is reasonable for you to escort the old man, the minister who went south to Xuanfu, back to Chang'an, this is completely flexible! ”

A word to wake up the dreamer!

Guo Ye slapped his head and gave a thumbs up and praised: "Teacher, Jiang is still old and spicy, and you still think it through." Cheng, I will first arrange arrangements in Lingnan City in the past two days to make some explanations, and then I will personally lead the armor to escort you back to Chang'an. When I arrived in Chang'an, I thought that the Holy Lord would definitely summon me into the palace for questioning, and he would arrange it when the time came. ”

"Okay, stay here for two days now, and the old man will take care of himself first, and then set off with you."

After speaking, Yu Shinan found Zhu Fatzi not far away and asked him, the logistics manager, to arrange a place for him to rest.