"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Taishi worships, long-term Mu Tian's grace, the lord is extreme, and the shadow and the descendants, but he does not think about retribution, he is mad, he deceives the heavens and the earth, roars the court, mutilates the living beings, is unkind, and the crime is obvious! The state of recklessness, polluting the country and harming the people, poisoning people and ghosts, is really unforgivable! Dingyuan Pingkou general, Prince An Yue Le captured and killed this fang, his head hung high on the gate, collected the military power of the southern army, restrained the soldiers, rectified military discipline, and the prince of Pingxi Wu Sangui made peace with the soldiers, stopped the soldiers, and returned the grace of heaven to Yungui! Worship the party henchmen, Yue Le can judge the situation, cut first and then play, and if it should be disposed of, Yue Le will reward and punish it on behalf of the sky! Chin this! ”

After reading this murderous little pockmarked decree, Yue Le's first reaction was not to question the truth of this secret decree, but to feel that the world was spinning for a while, and he understood that what he was most worried about and feared finally happened, and then he tried to calm down and carefully check whether this secret decree was true or false - no way, I really can't blame Yue Le for being reckless and credulous, and before he could distinguish the truth of the secret decree, he doubted the harmony between the monarch and the ministers between Xiao Mazi and Aobai, the key is that the contradiction between Xiao Mazi and Aobai was too fierce and sharp, Lu Fatzi's trick to disturb the heart of the mite Qing army was too immoral and insidious, and Yue Le had already completely preconceived.

Lu Fatzi and Wang Shaobo teamed up to forge a secret decree, whether it was perfect, whether it could hide the eyes of Yue Le and Aobai, these old foxes, Lu Fatzi himself was not full, but in the barren mountains and mountains with black lights, it was really difficult for Yue Le to distinguish the true from the false by the moonlight in the sky and a few lights. Therefore, after checking and checking, Yue Le could only come to one conclusion - this secret decree, no matter the handwriting, shading, color, seal, or even the ink and seal, it seemed to be true!

"No, you can't be gullible." Yue Le rolled up the secret decree of this jade shaft gold book, and secretly comforted himself in his heart and said: "The handwriting can be imitated, the jade seal can be forged, I am the prince Wu Sangui old thief is also the prince, the jade shaft gold book holy decree given to the prince, Wu Sangui old thief also has samples there, as long as you are willing to smash the silver, it is not difficult to imitate as much as you want." But the fake will never be true, wait back to Huangzhou, find a well-lit place and then carefully check the authenticity, as long as it is fake, you will definitely be able to find flaws. ”

"Lord, it's time for us to go." Yue Le's personal soldiers urged: "It's too dangerous here, if the ambush of Wu Sangui's thief army suddenly kills, it's nothing to hurt the minions, if you hurt the prince's golden branch and jade body, the minions will die." ”

"Yes." Yue Le, who was in a bad mood, didn't have the courage to agree, stuffed the secret decree into his arms, and ordered: "Go, go back to Huangzhou City overnight." ”

Returning to Huangzhou from Tiger Rock must pass through Jiaoxi Pass and Jiming Pass, but fortunately, Gao Dejie's army has burned and abandoned these two passes when it fully retreated westward, and now these two passes are under the control of the Qing army, and at the same time, Ao Bai also sent a team of elite cavalry to ambush in Jiaoxi Pass waiting to meet Yue Le, Yue Le's team has just returned to the front of the pass, this team of cavalry led by the yellow flag general Ladaha immediately greeted the pass, and escorted Yue Le back to safety.

During this period, Radha had to ask Yue Le about the result of talking with Lu Fatzi, but Yue Le was up and down in his heart at the moment, and he dared to tell him the details, but he only vaguely ordered him to return to Huangzhou quickly, so as not to cause trouble, and Radha did not dare to ask more, but led his eight hundred cavalry to surround Yue Le and hurriedly went east, and returned to the Huangzhou camp of the Qing army outside Yuping Pass overnight.

The way back was very smooth at the beginning, and it didn't take much time to pass through the Jiming Pass and return to the relatively open territory of Sizhou Mansion, but at the time of the third watch, when Yue Le's team was about to arrive at Sizhou City, a Qing army team of about 2,000 troops suddenly came out of Sizhou City, with dense torches, blocking the way of Yue Le's team. What surprised Yue Le even more was that the leader of this Sizhou Qing army was none other than the Qing army commander stationed in Sizhou-Aixin Jueluo. Leer Jin!

"What kind of fame is Leerjin doing? I went to Jiaoxi Pass on business and informed him in advance? What's stopping me from doing here? Yue Le was puzzled in his heart, and hurriedly came out of the crowd, showed his waist card and official documents, and shouted loudly: "King Shunjun, don't misunderstand, I am Yue Le, Prince An, I was ordered to go to Jiaoxi Pass for business, and now the errand is completed, and I am about to return to Huangzhou Daying to make a business, don't misunderstand." ”

"Nephew Leerjin, please say hello to my uncle." Dai Shan's great-grandson, Leer Jin, who was two generations shorter than Yue Le, came out of the crowd in armor, and said to Yue Le on the horse: "My nephew is in armor, and it is inconvenient to salute, so I ask my uncle for forgiveness." ”

"The king of Shunjun doesn't have to be polite, and in the military, there is no need to talk about each other's seniority." Yue Le returned the salute and said: "King Shunjun, I have already sent someone to inform you before, I was ordered by the Taishi General to go out on business, and now I have finished my errand and am ready to go back to hand in the errand, why did you lead the army to stop me in the middle of the night?" ”

"Uncle misunderstood, nephew is not blocking you." Le Erjin shook his head and explained: "That's the case, my nephew just heard the scout report, saying that my uncle was outside Jiaoxi Pass, as if he had received an edict from the emperor and was entrusted by the emperor to be appointed. On top of this emperor's secret decree, can there be an envoy from the emperor to his nephew? ”

"You're sending someone to spy on me?" Yue Le quickly came to his senses, and then became furious.

"Uncle misunderstood again." Le Erjin hurriedly shook his head again and explained: "My nephew was ordered to be stationed in Sizhou to monitor and contain Wu Sangui's rebel thief town, and naturally he had to send more scouts to visit the movements outside the gate at night, and only then did he overhear some answers between his uncle and the emperor's secret envoy. ”

"Really?" Yue Le was suspicious in his heart - he had asked the guards to closely search the situation around Tiger Rock at that time, and the ordinary scouts sent by Leerjin could get close to him and Lu Fatzi so easily, and still hear the content of his conversation with Lu Fatty? Thinking of this, Yue Le subconsciously glanced at the twenty guards he had brought from Huangzhou, and was shocked in his heart—could it be that his guards were annihilated?

"It doesn't matter if that's the case or not." Le Erjin obviously didn't want to get entangled with Yue Le in this matter, so he just asked: "My nephew just wants to ask my uncle now, has my uncle received a secret decree from the emperor when he arrived outside Jiaoxi Pass?" On top of the secret decree, can there be an envoy from the emperor to his nephew? ”

"What the hell do you want to do?" Yue Le said angrily: "Whether this secret decree is true or not, leave it aside now, even if this secret decree is true, you are not qualified to know the content, right?" ”

"So, my uncle has admitted to this secret decree?" Le Erjin's expression was extremely serious, and he asked again: "Uncle, since you have this secret decree, why did you return to the Huangzhou camp overnight?" Could it be that the rumors in the army that you have taken refuge in the Taishi are true? ”

"When did the army get this rumor? How did I not know? Yue Le asked angrily. Leer Jin didn't answer, he was silent, but Yue Le himself quickly came to his senses and said angrily: "Could it be that just because I have been closest to the Taishi during this time, and the Taishi has given me many important errands, you suspect that I, Yue Le, betrayed the emperor and took refuge in the Taishi?" ”

"The nephew doesn't dare." Le Erjin finally opened his mouth and asked, "My nephew just asked my uncle, after receiving this secret decree from the emperor, why didn't my uncle discuss it with a royal family like us, but instead returned to the Huangzhou camp overnight?" ”

"What does this have to do with you?" Yue Le was even more angry, and shouted: "I received a secret order not to consult with you, and returned to the Huangzhou camp overnight, what does it have to do with you?" What right do you have to interfere?! ”

"Prince An!" Le Erjin suddenly became angry, and shouted loudly: "Prince An, although I am two generations younger than you and your nephew, I am the same as you, I am the descendant of Aixin Jueluo, the courtier of the Qing Dynasty, and the emperor's servant!" The emperor asked you, the prince, to kill the power of the court, not only did you not receive the order, but wanted to report the news and sell the lord for glory! As the king of the imperial court, am I not qualified to take care of it?! ”

"Who said I was a tipper, who said I was a traitor? Who is it?! Yue Le asked angrily.

"Since the prince doesn't plan to do this, then ask the prince to show the emperor's holy decree!" Le Erjin replied loudly: "Please read the holy decree to all of us, and see if the prince returns to Huangzhou overnight, does he plan to sell the lord to seek glory?!" ”

"Oh no, there must be a traitor in my personal team!" Yue Le's forehead was dripping with sweat, and he regretted it in his heart - he had long known that the emperor was not at ease with Aobai, and he had placed eyeliner on Aobai, why didn't he expect that the emperor was also not at ease with him, and he also planted eyeliner beside him?!

"Uncle, it's still too late for you to rein in the precipice." Le Erjin suddenly persuaded: "My nephew doesn't dare to deceive my uncle, in fact, in our army, there are already a considerable number of generals who have secretly sworn that as long as someone dares to do something that is sorry for the emperor and the court, they will rise up together to eliminate the annihilation of the country and the people!" Since the emperor has issued such a holy decree to your uncle, and you obey the decree, then you are our leader and our leader! As soon as you give an order, we will go to the soup for you, go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and we will never frown! ”

"Of course." Le Erjin paused for a moment, and then added: "If you not only disobey the order, uncle, but also want to report the news and betray the lord for glory - then I'm sorry, uncle, you are also the enemy of us loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty!" ”

"Bold!" Yue Le was furious and shouted, "Bold Le Er Jin! You dare to privately connect in the army, plot against you, and scatter the hearts of the army! Come on, take down the Leer brocade for me! ”

Including Yue Le's personal soldiers, as well as the assistant leader Ladaha sent by Aobai to protect Yue Le, they all did not move at all, as if they had not heard Yue Le's orders, let alone the two thousand troops behind Leerjin. Yue Le also said that Ladha and the others were afraid, and shouted again: "What are you still doing?!" Take down the Le Jin for me! What are the consequences, this king will bear it alone! This king wants to see today, who dares to follow Le Erjin to make trouble?! ”

Radha and the others still didn't move, Yue Le was shocked and angry, and directly named him: "Radhazo Ling, what are you still doing?" Didn't you hear the king's command? ”

"Back to the prince, the last general heard it." Radha bowed his head and replied: "But the last general thinks that what Prince Shun said is very reasonable, Lord Wang, you ......, it is better to restrain the horse from the precipice, it is better." ”

"What?!" Yue Le almost couldn't believe his ears, and asked loudly: "Bold Radaha, don't forget, you are a general under the command of this king, and you dare not listen to the orders of this king and your banner master Ao Taishi?" ”

"Back to the prince, the last general is indeed your general, and he is also the servant of the Ao Taishi." Radha hesitated for a long time, and finally said in a low voice: "But the last general is a courtier of the Qing Dynasty, a servant of the emperor, and the slave's surname is Niu Gulu, and the patriarch of his clan is the middle hall,...... Let the last general be loyal to the emperor. ”

"It turns out that the internal annihilation next to this king is you!" Yue Le suddenly realized, and finally understood why Radha had asked him about the content of the secret conversation with Lu Fatzi before, and after he refused, he asked his own soldiers again.

"The prince misunderstood." Radha shook his head and denied it: "The last general is definitely not an internal annihilation, the last general is just a servant of the emperor who works for the prince and the prince, and there is also to protect the prince." Therefore, the prince, the last general will not be able to disobey the holy order, please forgive the prince. ”

"Protect the king?" Yue Le laughed angrily, looking up to the sky and shouting, "Your Majesty, you saw it?!" The minions and the Ao Taishi are on the front line, charging into battle for you from birth to death, but your good minions are still stabbing knives in the back and stumbling and shaking the hearts of the army! Your Majesty, you are really holy! ”

"Uncle, don't say it so ugly, who stabbed the knife in the back and stumbled?" Le Erjin frowned and asked, and said: "Uncle, it's still the same sentence, you showed the emperor's holy decree, swore to obey the decree, and never betrayed the emperor and the Qing court, then you will immediately be the master of all of us here!" If it is inconvenient for you to show this holy decree in public, you can also go to Sizhou City with your nephew and show it to your nephew alone! ”

"What if I don't show it?" Yue Le sneered and asked, "Could it be that you still want to kill this king?" ”

"Of course the nephew would not dare to kill the uncle." Le Erjin said without fear: "But the nephew, as an important minister of the imperial court, should take down the uncle for such a crime of disobeying the order of his uncle and escort him to the capital to correct the law of the country!" ”

As he spoke, Leer Jin waved his hand, and immediately rushed out of a group of Qing soldiers from behind, forcing Yue Le with swords and guns, while Radha quickly led the army to retreat, allowing this group of Qing soldiers to surround Yue Le and the pitiful dozen or so personal soldiers beside Yue Le. Le Erjin asked loudly again: "Uncle, my nephew asked you one last time, do you want to follow this secret decree of the emperor?" Or do you want to resist the order?! ”

The night in the mountains is cold, and the night wind blows all the soldiers of the Qing army cold, and the cold enters the bone marrow, but Yue Le is covered in cold sweat all over his body, sweating like pulp, and he wants to hand over this little pockmark secret in his arms, but he is afraid of shaking the heart of the army, leading to infighting in the army and killing each other! Don't hand over this secret decree, now this pass can not be passed, now Radha has rebelled, now these dozen or so personal soldiers around him have no resistance at all in front of Leerjin's 2,000 army, once Leerjin really uses force, not only can this secret decree not be kept, but he will definitely be beaten into a fellow party, kill his head and rob his family, and destroy the whole door! In a dilemma, Rao is Yue Le has always been calm and wise, and he doesn't know how to choose.

"Just follow Lu Yifeng's advice just now." Nervous and embarrassed, Yue Le even began to regret that he didn't listen to Lu Fatzi's advice, "If you listened to Lu Yifeng's advice, didn't take this holy decree and didn't read the content of this holy decree, and directly excused it to be fake, and returned the holy decree to Lu Yifeng, there would be no such embarrassment." ”

"Prince An, do you obey the will of this holy decree?" Le Erjin urged loudly again, "Prince An, do you want to be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty?" Or do you want to be a lackey of the rebels and thieves?! ”

"No! I must not hand it over! Yue Le almost subconsciously calculated, "Once the content of this holy decree is announced, our army will immediately be torn apart, and Taishi Ao will definitely not be arrested under the fury of Taishi Ao, without Wu Sangui's old thief, we will have to fight ourselves!" ”

"Prince An, if you don't speak again, Xiao Wang will be rude!" Leerjin raised his right hand, ready to wave his hand at any moment to give an order.

"Hahahaha!" At the moment of great danger, Yue Le suddenly had an idea, took out the holy decree from his arms, shook it, and asked loudly: "Le Erjin, the holy decree you said, but this one in my hand?" ”

"Not bad." Leer Jin's face finally showed some joy after a long time, and he quickly nodded and said: "Uncle, just take out this holy decree, as long as you promise to obey the decree, your nephew will immediately kowtow to you to make amends!" ”

"Lord Shun, if this holy decree is true, then I will definitely follow it." Yue Le nodded, and said: "However, this emperor's holy decree is fake, it was forged by Wu Sangui's old thief to shake the hearts of our army, why should I follow the decree?" ”

After saying that, Yue Le suddenly struggled to tear this holy decree to pieces, and shouted loudly: "This is a false edict!" It deserves to be destroyed! ”

"Stop!" Le Erjin was so frightened that his soul flew away, and when he subconsciously pounced on the holy decree, Yue Le had already torn the holy decree to pieces, snatched the torch in the hand of a personal soldier, put the fragments on the fire and burned it, and shouted while burning the edict, "Listen to this king, this is a fake holy decree!" The king has destroyed it! The court investigates, and the king bears it with all his might, and it has nothing to do with you! ”

"Take down the thief Yue Le for me!" Leer Jin roared with red eyes, all the Qing soldiers pounced on him according to the order, Yue Le threw the fragment of the holy decree that had already burned into the sky in his hand, and laughed loudly: "Take it, take it, but you Le Erjin may not have the courage to dare to kill me, even what to do with this king, I'm afraid you Le Erjin doesn't know, right?" Hahahahaha....... ”

Laughing, the soldiers of the Leer Jin Army had already dragged Yue Le off the war horse, pressed him on the ground and tied him with a rope, Yue Le's personal soldiers did not dare to resist, they all put down their weapons and raised their hands to surrender, when Leer Jin sent someone forward to rescue the Holy Decree, most of the fragments of the Holy Decree had already been burned, not only could not be reassembled to distinguish the true from the false, but even what was on it, no one would ever be able to know.

Seeing this scene, Le Erjin almost went crazy, rushed forward and pointed at Yue Le is chest, and yelled: "Yue Le dog thief, you are so bold, you dare to tear up the emperor's holy decree, you are waiting to be beheaded by the whole door!" ”

"That's a false decree, what crime is this king destroying?" Yue Leqiang endured the sharp pain in his chest, laughed and asked, "Lord Leerjin, what can you do with this king now?" Do you have any evidence of killing this king? If you have a way to prove that the edict is true, then the king is willing to die, but can you prove it? ”

Le Erjin was speechless, he cut first and then played without evidence, and killed the prince without permission, even if this holy decree is proved to be true in the future, Xiao Mazi will definitely not spare himself! Take another 10,000 steps back and say, even if Xiao Mazi spares himself in the future, the nearby Ao Bai can spare himself? Without this holy decree of Xiao Mazi, he launched a mutiny to clean up his worship, and he was nameless, and how many mite Qing generals and soldiers could listen to themselves? In a fit of rage, Le Erjin could only kick Yue Le in the chest again, and scolded angrily: "Destroy the thief! ”

Leer Jin's kick was extremely heavy, and he kicked Yue Le to the point of spitting blood, but Yue Le was not angry, but kindly persuaded: "Leer Jin, I know that you are loyal to the emperor, otherwise you wouldn't treat me like this." But don't forget, before Wu Sangui's old thief's enemy, once we were in civil strife and divided, it was equivalent to sticking our head under Wu Sangui's old thief's knife and sending him to kill. Put me in the prisoner car, you personally escort me to the capital to hand over to the emperor to dispose of, and hand over this place to Taishi Ao, otherwise, the Taishi will be angry, and you will only die faster and earlier than me. ”

"I don't need you to teach!" Le Erjin yelled, "Come on, take the Yue Le dog thief into Sizhou City and imprison him, gather the army, and defend Sizhou City!" ”

"Le Erjin, are you crazy?" Yue Le also yelled, "You want to confront the army of the Taishi and let our Manchurian army kill each other?" You don't want to think about it, you are unknown, how many soldiers in the Sizhou army can listen to you? Listen to me, either escort me to the capital overnight, or let me go, I can act as if this incident didn't happen, and guarantee your innocence in front of the Taishi! I'll bear all the consequences! My Yue Le is a word, a mouthful of spit and a pit, to guarantee that you are fine! ”

Le Erjin was anxious and afraid, his mind was numb, and he was completely at a loss. Yue Le shouted again: "Le Erjin, you listen well, the holy decree is ruined by me, and it has nothing to do with you!" If you are obsessed with it and insist on provoking a civil war in our army, then not only will the Taishi not be able to spare you! The emperor can't spare you! You let me go now, I, Yue Le, swear to heaven that I will never pursue the debt from you, you have to believe me, this is your only way to live! ”

"Le Erjin, uncle begs you, it's too late for you to turn back now, you must not provoke a civil war! It's not enough for you to stuff the Taishi's army between your teeth! Let me go, I vouch for your innocence! Otherwise, you're dead! ”

"Less nonsense!" Le Erjin made up his mind and shouted: "Escort Yue Le back to Sizhou City, let the chief think!" ”

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That night, Le Erjin, who had no way back, took Yue Le back to Sizhou City and imprisoned him, and ordered to summon the Sizhou garrison back to the city, and at the same time sent a fast horse into Beijing to report the situation, preparing to defend Sizhou and wait for Xiao Mazi to reinforce. And the next day, under the fury of Aobai, who received the news, he really brought the army into Guizhou, surrounded Sizhou City, and vowed to kill this rebel army.

At noon on April 24 in the 11th year of Kang Mazi in the Qing Dynasty, the Aobai army surrounded Sizhou City, and then, Aobai sent a messenger to the city to shout, asking the army in the city to lay down their arms and surrender out of the city, and asked Leerjin to release Yue Le, so as to forgive Leerjin from dying. Although Le Erjin desperately stopped the shouting and boosted morale, his appeal and influence in the Qing army were far inferior to Aobai, and the morale of the unknown division was low, and the Qing troops in the city fled out of the city one after another, and many Qing soldiers simply slashed and killed the guards and rushed out of the city gate to surrender to Aobai.

As a result, it was only around the time of Shen in the afternoon, most of the 30,000 Qing troops in Sizhou City fled completely, and most of those who did not escape died tragically under the cannons of Aobai's counterinsurgency saber, leaving only less than 500 Qing troops surrounded by Leerjin and Yue Le to retreat to the south gate of Sizhou, surrounded by Aobai's more than 100,000 main forces in the city and outside the city.

"Leerjin Xiaoer, let go of Prince An, the old man will spare you from dying!" Ao Bai personally came forward to shout, brandishing a ghost head knife and yelling, "If you dare to hurt Prince An's hair, the old man promises to make you regret being born in this world!" ”

"Le Erjin, surrender!" Yue Le also shouted, "This king uses his personality to guarantee that he will definitely protect you from death in front of the Taishi, otherwise, you will really die!" ”

With all the enemies in the eyes, there is no way to go to the sky, and there is no way to go to the ground, Le Erjin simply wants to die with Yue Le, but considering his wife and concubine in the capital, Le Erjin can't make up his mind at all. But at this time of dilemma, outside the ranks of the Qing army, a group of men and horses suddenly rushed in, and the leader shouted from afar, "Taishi, the king of the county, Prince An, don't fight, you are fooled!" You're all fooled! ”

"Lu Zhen?" Ao Bai looked back and took a closer look, and couldn't help but be surprised, it turned out that the fast horse rushed over and shouted This person turned out to be Lu Zhen, the governor of Biyuan who was supposed to be stationed in Changsha to transport grain and grass.

"Don't fight, don't fight!" Lu Zhen almost rushed up to the Sizhou City Tower, handed a copy of the Di Bao to Ao Bai, and shouted with a crying voice: "Taishi, you have been fooled, the emperor did not let Wu Yingxiong and the dog thief go at all, the Di Bao that appeared in your army has been replaced, it is fake!" This is the real Di Bao! ”

"What?!" The thick-backed broadsword in Ao Bai's hand slammed to the ground, and he stared at him in disbelief and roared, "The Di newspaper is fake? How do you know?! ”

"It's fake!" Lu Zhen replied with a sad face: "Chen Wudian, the prefect of Yuanzhou, is a protégé of the humble position, and he also received a fake palace report, and mentioned this matter to the humble post in the letter. The emperor is shining with a candle, and he didn't put any Wu Yingxiong at all! ”

"What?!" The person who yelled this time was replaced by Leer Jin, and the steel knife on Yue Le's neck also fell suddenly, and he said in despair: "Is the Di newspaper fake? The emperor didn't let Wu Yingxiong go? In this way, the emperor didn't want to negotiate peace with Wu Sangui at all? ”

"Ahh Yue Le roared hysterically, "Taishi, we have been tricked again!" Lu Yifeng, eighty percent is the ghost of this fat barbarian! What a miserable mess you made us! It's so miserable! ”

(To be continued)