The palace guard who came to "invite" Yelu Min to return to the West Building is Abaoji's henchman, since he is the emperor's confidant general, his skills cannot be bad, but when facing the knife in Ding Hei's hand, the guard general who also crawled out of the pile of dead people almost didn't show any means of resistance, and his head was cut off by Ding Hei with a knife.

Yelubei didn't expect Li Congjing to do it when he said it, and what he didn't expect was that as soon as Li Congjing's words fell, Ding Hei had already taken the head of the guard. From Li Congjing's entry to the great change in the situation, everything was just a blink of an eye, and it was incredibly fast. Looking at the sharp soldiers of the Military Intelligence Department standing in the huge tent wearing the robes of the Tang Dynasty, and then looking at Li Congjing, who had an easy-going expression but eyes like a beast, Yelubei's heart sank to the bottom.

The noise in the tent startled the guards outside the tent, and when they swarmed in, the tent had already changed the sky, Ding Hei and the others surrounded the guards in the middle, blocking the guards' sight with their bodies, and Li Congjing had also climbed on Yelubei's shoulder, and the short knife moved behind Yelumin's waist, and said to him with a smile: "Let them out!" You are a smart person and know what to do. ”

Yelubei's eyes changed, and he waved his hand to let the guards who entered the tent retreat, and after regaining calm in the tent, he said to Li Congjing with a cannibalistic appearance: "Li Congjing, do you really think that I don't dare to kill you?" ”

"I know you dare, but I also know you won't." Li Congjing smiled and patted Yelubei's shoulder, put away the short knife, and sat down beside him, "Now that the envoy of the West Building is dead, you have no choice, and you have the only way to survive when you cooperate with me." ”

Yelubei sneered, "I'm afraid it's more than that, right?" If I take your head, even if the envoy dies, it will be enough to atone for the sin!" ”

Li Congjing smiled indifferently: "You're right. You're missing a little bit though. It's not enough to kill me, you have to tie up your own sister who has been dependent on you since she was a child back to the West Building. ”

The anger in Yelubei's heart made it impossible for him to accept Li Congjing's arrangement so easily, and he forcibly quibbled: "That's our brother and sister's business, you don't have to worry about it!" ”

Li Congjing picked up the knife on the table, cut a piece of meat on the leg of mutton and threw it into his mouth, and praised it after tasting it. In Yelubei's seemingly green gaze, he said lightly: "What you said is right, if it is a private matter, I will naturally not care." But the emperor's family has no selfish affairs, and private affairs are state affairs, so why can't I interfere? Besides, His Royal Highness the Prince, let me kill Abaoji's henchmen among the ten thousand armies, aren't you afraid that Abaoji will blame you for what to do? At such a juncture, His Royal Highness thinks that you still need to do a few things in front of Abaoji in order for Abaoji to have enough excuses for the East Palace to change hands? ”

Yelubei didn't know about it, and he sneered: "If you are released, my father will not blame the widow?" ”

"Naturally, but at least Abaoji won't use this as an excuse to threaten your crown prince." Li Congjing said something that made Yelu Bei rain in the fog, and when he saw Yelu Bei's expression that you dare to play me, I will kill you, Li Congjing explained unhurriedly: "Abaoji let Yelu Deguang serve as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses before, which was to suppress His Highness at the cost of offending the interests of some people, and this matter has made many people dissatisfied. And this time to borrow your hand to kill me, it is a secret matter, no matter what, it cannot be made public, otherwise it is tantamount to declaring war on Datang, which is a situation that Abaoji is unwilling to face now. At this time, you let me go, Abaoji is angry at most, because he can't let everyone know about the plot to kill me, and it is doomed that he can't use this matter as an excuse to attack you, otherwise in the people who support you and are in the unified chain with your interests, this is unreasonable to suppress you, then their previous dissatisfaction will take this opportunity to erupt, which is of course what Abaoji does not want to see. Your Highness won't tell me that no one has expressed dissatisfaction in front of you about Yerod's appointment as the generalissimo of the world, and intends to fight back, right? ”

Yelube's face kept changing, and he didn't speak for a long time. Li Congjing didn't urge, and let him make his own choices. Jerubi asked, "How can the death of the court envoy be explained?" ”

Li Congjing shrugged his shoulders and said innocently: "They died in the night attack of the two rebels of Huangtou and Stinkbo, what does it matter to you and me?" ”

Yelubei was so surprised by Li Congjing's ability to reverse black and white that he was speechless, and after thinking about it, as long as this matter is carefully arranged, it can be done. But Jerube always felt that there was something wrong with this, but he couldn't tell him what was wrong for a while.

Li Congjing continued: "The two night raids of Huangtou and Stinky Bo, killing the palace envoys, and at the same time capturing the Tang envoys, this is what will happen next. And although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suffered a small loss, it was not a big loss, and then as long as His Royal Highness could wipe out the two parts of Yellow Head and Stinky Bo in one fell swoop, this small loss was not worth mentioning to you. It's a happy situation, isn't it? ”

Jerubi was silent even longer this time.

After a stick of incense, Yelubei raised his head and asked in a deep voice, "What can you bring me in cooperation with you?" ”

"It's simple. Brings you two things. Li Congjing held out two fingers.

"What two?" Jerubi asked.

Li Congjing's expression became serious and serious, and he said to Yelubei very responsibly: "You can inform Your Highness in advance that since this marshal is sitting in Youyun, there will be no more peace on the border of the Khitan Kingdom!" ”

Jerod was shocked.

Li Congjing continued: "There is a war in the Khitan, in order to support Yelu Deguang, Abaoji will definitely send his army to the expedition, and Ben Shuai can clearly tell His Highness, Yelu Deguang, Ben Shuai will see once and fight once!" But it's different for His Highness, the marshal can contact His Highness when the war is ongoing, so that His Highness can show a far-sighted and visionary side, and there will be some military merits. In this way, Yelu Deguang became the general of the defeated army, and His Highness became a victorious general, if His Highness could not fight Yelu Deguang in the future, then there would be no way for the commander. ”

Yelubei's eyes lit up, he naturally knew the huge benefits in this, but he immediately said coldly: "Why do you think that you will definitely be able to win Yelu Deguang on the battlefield?" ”

Li Congjing stood up and stood with his hands in his hands, "Because I am Li Congjing!" ”

Yelubei was shocked by Li Congjing's arrogance, but then remembered that the three words Li Congjing did not only refer to a person's name, but also to a famous general of the Tang Dynasty who rose in a short period of time, and also to the commander of the Hundred Battles Army who had not been defeated since the establishment of the army! People who have these three words have this kind of conceit and even arrogance, and when he said this, which sober-minded person in the world dares not to weigh the weight? Conceit and arrogance don't have to be laughable, if you have the strength to match them!

Yelubei also stood up, he looked at Li Congjing, and said word for word: "If you can solve the last problem, the widow will believe you!" ”

"Your Highness, please speak."

"Right now, the guard general is dead, and we are still some distance away from the Yellow Head and the Stinky Bo Division, at this time, how can the two divisions attack our army camp at night?" Jerebe asked with blazing eyes, not knowing what he was worried about or expecting.

Li Congjing smiled faintly and did not speak, just made a gesture of waiting and listening.

Just when Yelubei was puzzled for a long time, waited for a long time, and was about to get impatient, Li Congjing smiled and said, "Your Highness, listen." ”

"Listen to what?" Yelubei asked reflexively, and then without Li Congjing answering, he heard a noisy and noisy sound not far outside, the sound broke out very suddenly, and it was not clear for the time being, but Yelubei had been fighting for many years, how could he not hear it, it was the movement of a large army rushing into the camp?

"What's going on, someone!" The general's habitual thinking made Yelubei think that an enemy army was coming, and he hurriedly called the guards outside the tent. In fact, there was no need for him to shout, because the guards had already entered the account, and they reported in a panic: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the enemy is attacking!" ”

Enemy attack.

These two words fell on Yerod's heart, like a thunderbolt from the sky.

His next action turned around and looked at Li Congjing.

I saw that Li Congjing had already stepped out of the desk, bowed to him slightly, and the smile on his face did not decrease, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, as early as a day ago, Ben Shuai's cavalry was already far behind your army, but you don't know it yet." You see, aren't the two parts of 'Yellow Head and Stinky Bo' coming to attack at night? ”

"You ......," Jerubi could no longer speak, "it can't be!" How can your army appear on the steppe! ”

"There is nothing impossible in this world, it just depends on whether you dare to do it and whether you can do it." Li Congjing said indifferently, "Has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince forgotten that the cavalry that appeared in the southern part of the grassland some time ago and attacked many Khitan tribes?" I forgot to tell Your Highness that they have a battalion number of their own - Junzidu! ”

Li Congjing waved his hand and walked out of the tent, "Tell Your Highness the truth, since I, Li Congjing, dare to cooperate with you, I will not be without capital!" Whether it is the twenty people who killed the palace guards in front of you today, or the gentlemen outside the camp all attacked at night, it was not a temporary idea, let alone a coincidence, but a layout. Although I, Li Congjing, am not afraid of death, but I can't help but cherish my life, I dare to enter the grassland alone, I dare to follow the army westward to this point, I dare to seek the country with your majestic prince, how can I not have control over the grassland? Although Ben Shuai is playing with his head, he will never accidentally lose his head! ”

Speaking of this, he turned around, clenched his fists at Yelubei, and smiled gently, "His Royal Highness the Prince, there will be a period later!" ”

When Li Congjing left the big tent, he would leave the camp immediately, but Yelubei was stunned in place, unable to move his steps for a long time, as if he was petrified. He thought that he had paid enough attention to Li Congjing, he thought that he had looked up to Li Congjing high enough, he thought that he had understood Li Congjing well enough, but until this moment, he knew that he was wrong, ridiculously wrong.

There is a kind of person in this world that you can't look up to.

A cold sweat the size of a bean broke out on Jerube's forehead. He originally thought that even if he didn't agree to Li Congjing today, he would be able to take down the other party! But he suddenly thought that if he really didn't agree to cooperate with Li Congjing, then today's gentlemen's attack on the camp would not just give him an excuse to escape and guard the death of the general, but a real night attack, right? At that time, Li Congjing will still be able to leave safely!

Li Congjing...... What kind of person are you? Jerebe muttered to himself, "No, what kind of devil are you?!" ”

Half an hour later, under the escort of Junzidu, Li Congjing and others rode out of Yelubei's military camp.

When I looked back, there was already a raging fire in the barracks.

"Li Congjing, wait a minute!" Yelubei led more than a dozen horsemen to catch up, shouting from afar.

Li Congjing pulled his horse and turned around, quietly watching Yelubei rush to the front with a sweaty face.

Yelubei originally had a lot to say, but at this time, he suddenly couldn't say anything, and after a moment of silence, he said in a deep voice: "Li Congjing, I hope you remember your words today!" ”

"I remember everything I said." Li Congjing smiled.

Yelubei nodded, leaning back to the fire in the night and the whole night, and said heavily: "Min'er...... I'll leave it to you, you have to promise me to take good care of her! Don't, make her sad again, make her happy! He smiled miserably, "Help me convey a word: I, Yelubei, am not a good brother." ”

Li Congjing nodded, "Don't worry, I will settle her down." ”

At this point, Yelubei was about to turn back, but he hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Can you ask, why do you want to help me get on the throne?" ”

Li Congjing said bluntly: "Because Yelu Deguang's ability is greater than yours, if he becomes the Khitan Emperor, it will be even more difficult to deal with." ”

This is a very hurtful sentence to people's self-esteem, but after hearing it, although Yelubei's face was not very good-looking, he had a relieved expression, he saluted Li Congjing, and led more than ten horsemen to turn around and return to the camp.

Li Congjing looked at Yelubei's distant back, looked up at the night sky, and muttered: "The sky of this grassland is about to change!" ”