Seeing that Niu Xiantong's trusted henchman escort was in front of all the officers in the Zhenxi Army, and he hyped up that if the Tubo soldiers and horses broke the Yanquan Bridge this time, he would be able to make military merits and become an official, Guo Yingyi, who had changed his face, couldn't help but sneer secretly. From the most optimistic rising star of the young generation in Helong, to the street rat that everyone shouted and beat later, he can be said to have experienced the change from the clouds to the dust. In the past two years, he has been hiding in Tibet, and his henchmen and flanks have already run away, leaving him alone, and even the softness brought out by the emergency has almost been dispersed.

Just when he was almost desperate, he suddenly learned the news that Niu Xiantong was going to Helong to patrol the border. He once served as a thousand cows in the palace, and he had a certain understanding of Niu Xiantong's temperament, and knew that he was greedy for money and good power, and he hated being despised the most, so he did not hesitate to bet the last bit of chips on this person and gambled a big one. Fortunately, he succeeded, Niu Xiantong had already been instructed by the powerful, and he was dissatisfied with Du Shiyi's contempt, so he mixed in with the attaché after he offered his plan. Sure enough, even though he had to reveal his identity at that time, Niu Xiantong didn't care that he was on the wanted list of the imperial court at all, and happily accepted the idea!

can pull Du Shiyi off the horse, and can also achieve a great victory in breaking the enemy, how can Niu Xiantong resist such a temptation?

"Xiao Lang, the matter has already been divided into seven or eight points!" aroused the belligerent mood up and down, and the Niu Xiantong's henchman guard turned around excitedly, and said with a smile, "It's not in vain that we hurry up and hurry along the way, and we will definitely be able to send troops before evening!" ”

"Na Du Nineteen is not an unknown person, he should have expected that the Qin envoy would come to Hezhou and use Miao Yanhe, who was at odds with him, to find his fault. However, to think of this time to send troops, it is definitely not a matter of a while, so what we need to grasp is the time difference this time. As long as the Tubo defenders who can break the Yanquan Bridge, then no matter how Du Jiu tries to complain or defend in front of the emperor afterwards, His Majesty, who is most willing to see military exploits, will naturally be biased towards Niu Qin, and as long as Niu Qin's envoy plays him incompetently, he will be speechless, and it will be difficult to settle down in Longyou! ”

When Guo Yingyi said this, he was not without joy in his heart for a while. Du Shiyi first forced himself to leave Longyou, and then made himself not even have a place to stand, and now, it is time for him to taste the bitter fruit!

"The matter is done, let's go see Niu Qin's envoy to restore his life."

Guo Yingyi knew that he was able to incite the Zhenxi Army, and thanks to the fact that all the high-ranking generals in the Zhenxi Army were detained in the Hezhou Thorn History Bureau, Niu Xiantong and Miao Yansi naturally went well. He immediately nodded and agreed, and returned to the Hezhou Thorn History Department with the guard. Still uneasy, he deliberately went to the front of the hall to take a peek, and found that the jailers really surrounded the front of the hall, and the figures of those generals in the Zhenxi Army could be faintly seen inside, and he couldn't help but be complacent. Thanks to Du Shiyi, many famous generals in the Zhenxi Army were transferred to the front line area west of Shanzhou, otherwise he might not be so easy to incite those generals!

When he came to Miao Yansi's study, he saw that there were only three or five people guarding here. When he came to the door, he only knocked on the door, and the doors on both sides suddenly opened, and it was Miao Yansi. The gray-haired Hezhou Thorn Shi sighed lightly, and then said with a calm face: "The envoy is sleepy, and he said that he wanted to rest for a while." ”

As soon as these words came out, Guo Yingyi frowned. In this kind of race against time, Niu Xiantong still has the heart to take a nap? What if Du Shiyi finds out and rushes here? He said almost without thinking: "The stakes are so important that we can't afford to delay even a little time, even if Niu Qin blames them, I can't care about them." Please also ask Miao Envoy Jun to let me go in and report! ”

Miao Yansi had never seen Guo Yingyi before, however, he keenly felt that this young man with a terrible scar on his right cheek that went straight to his eye was probably extraordinary. Niu Xiantong brought those jailers to put all the middle and high-level generals of the Zhenxi Army under house arrest in the lobby of the Hezhou Thorn History Bureau. Niu Xiantong sent people to the Zhenxi army to stir up incitement, and he also knew it, but he was just as quiet. He complained about Du Shiyi's arbitrary cronyism in front of Niu Xiantong, won trust, and heard Niu Xiantong's plans and ideas for the future Helong pattern, and he really had to sigh at the arrogance and boldness of this eunuch!

If there is no one behind him, how dare he do such a thing!

So, he pretended to be casual and said: "I just got the news that Du Dashuai made an appointment with Niu Dashuai to talk about the border between Shanzhou and Liangzhou. ”

"Huh?" Guo Yingyi was stunned for a moment, and hesitated for a moment before asking, "Is this true?" ”

"Naturally, if it weren't for some people in Shanzhou, how many times would I have to be calculated by Na Du Nineteen in the past two years?" Miao Yansi snorted deliberately through gritted teeth, and then said earnestly, "Young man, don't rush for quick success in everything. The envoy can appoint you to the army in the west of the town, and it can be seen that he naturally values you. But you also know that there is a difference between the top and bottom of the road, and now that it is still a while before dusk, it is tiring to travel all the way here, so what does it matter if you let the envoy take a break? If you don't feel at ease, you can just come in and keep watch. ”

Guo Yingyi saw that Miao Yansi generously let himself in, hesitated for a moment, and finally crossed the threshold and entered the door. Seeing that Miao Yansi smiled slightly, he actually gave up the place to himself, and went out with his hands behind his back, he also quickly stepped forward to the side of the long couch, and saw that Niu Xiantong was really pillowing a jade pillow, snoring loudly, thinking about the past few days, he did cross the mountains and mountains to take a shortcut, Niu Xiantong did not complain less, but it was because of the exciting plan that he endured, if he really woke it up at this time, he would be at Niu Xiantong's self-righteous temper, and the opportunity to clear his stigma and regain his life afterwards may be gone, he gritted his teeth, and finally sat aside and waited patiently.

But he didn't know how long he had been sitting there, but Niu Xiantong never showed signs of waking up. As a last resort, he didn't care about Miao Yansi's reminder and admonition, and went forward to call an envoy, and when he found that Niu Xiantong had never woken up, he only felt that his heart was pounding, and he pushed him a few times, it stands to reason that no matter how dead a person sleeps, he should be awake at this time, but Niu Xiantong has never responded, and even he patted still without any signs of wakefulness.

At this time, no matter how dull Guo Yingyi is, he can realize that there must be something strange in it. He couldn't care about Niu Xiantong for a while, so he rushed out of the study quickly. Seeing that there was no one outside the door, and those guards didn't know where to go on the road, he gasped even more. With his eyes flickering, he wanted to go straight out, but after thinking about it, he immediately stopped, and then ran towards the wall. But just as he had just taken a step up, there was a sudden burst of applause in his ears.

"I didn't expect that Guo Sanlang, who was high-spirited back then, has now become a generation of chicken and dog thieves, and he wants to go over the wall if he doesn't leave the door!"

Guo Yingyi will never forget this voice in his life. He just stiffened and immediately regained his flexibility, and he jumped onto the wall without paying attention, but the dense and heavily armed soldiers guarding the wall made his heart sink into the bottomless abyss. He turned his head to look at the most hateful face, and deliberately shouted in a hoarse voice: "Du Dashuai has recognized the wrong person!" I would like to ask, did you send Miao Envoy Jun to drug the Qin Envoy, is this an attempt to rebel? ”

"At this time, you still want to hit a rake, Guo Yingyi, you are really smart. It's a pity that these are all Longyou Jiedu tooth soldiers, and no one will be deceived by your nonsense! Du Shiyi smiled slightly, and then her face turned cold, "If people don't know, unless you don't do it, you are a once household name in Longyou, don't think that no one will recognize you if you ruin your face!" Disguised as lurking around the envoys, killing the guide, and framing Tibet, it is exactly the same as what you did back then! Unrepentant rats, come, take him down! ”

Guo Yingyi never expected that Du Shiyi not only came so quickly, but also confirmed his identity, and even they pretended to be the illusion of the attack of Tibet, and the fact that they killed those guides was completely exposed. At this moment, realizing that he couldn't get out, he immediately kicked his feet against the wall hard, and threw himself at Du Shiyi with all his might.

At that moment, he had only one thought, that is, even if he wanted to die, he must drag such a cushion!

Seeing that Du Shiyi, who was standing at the gate of the courtyard, was only a few steps away from him, he sneered at the other party for being too big, and at the same time exerted his strength and slashed obliquely, but at this moment, a spear tip was revealed next to him, and the tip of the spear was accurately pointed on the back of his knife, unloading his strength, and then he pulled horizontally, and then a figure carried the shadow of the gun, and shot directly at himself with an indomitable momentum.

Ding Ding Ding –

In the eyes of onlookers, the two figures were separated after a few moves of exchanging hands at a swift pace. Compared with Chen Sheng, who is still calm and relaxed with a gun in his hand, Guo Yingyi is much more embarrassed. His attention has always been completely focused on Du Shiyi, and he didn't expect the person who came out of here at this moment to recognize that it was Chen Sheng, who had served under him at the beginning, but he had never paid attention to it, but he had already missed the only good opportunity. He stared at Du Shiyi with a bitter and resentful gaze, and suddenly pulled the knife to his neck.

With Niu Xiantong's temperament, he will definitely put all the sins on him, and he may be able to escape this catastrophe at that time, as long as Niu Xiantong does not die, Du Shiyi will have one more mortal enemy, and he will wait under the Nine Shadows Yellow Spring!

It was too late, and at the moment when the blade was about to touch his neck, he felt a sudden flash of light in front of him. When the sword light suddenly fell, it brought a gushing blood fountain, followed by a clanging sound. When he noticed that it was his right hand holding a knife, he only felt a pain that instantly permeated his whole body.

"Du Nineteen, don't think you've won! I'm not a stupid and ignorant person like Niu Xiantong, there are already hundreds of soldiers and horses of the Zhenxi Army who are eager for quick success to rush to attack and seize the bridge, and when the big war is over, you are waiting for the henchmen and celebrities you sent to Tubo to die! ”

Speaking of this, Guo Yingyi laughed. He glared at Guo Jian, who was full of iron-faced faces, and then fell to the ground softly, not knowing anything.

Guo Jian, who was angry with the knife, did not breathe a long sigh of relief until he saw Guo Yingyi's right hand broken and fell in a pool of blood, and walked quickly to Du Shiyi's front and gave a military salute.

"Fortunately, the marshal had already arrived in time, otherwise the Zhenxi Army would really be exploited by Guo Yingyi! But what is the salt spring bridge he said? ”

Du Shiyi breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with a solemn face: "Where Hezhou and Tubo border, the most important strategic point is the Yanquan Bridge. The loyal heir has already led the army from Shanzhou to go straight here. If it can be recovered, it is naturally the best. If you can't, you can only take down the Salt Spring Bridge first! ”

It was indeed his negligence, he underestimated Niu Xiantong and Guo Yingyi's arrogance and boldness! He is not a so-called pacifist, but if he wants to start a war, he must have corresponding preparations, not only to prepare for this raid, but also to deal with the subsequent follow-up situations, which is his responsibility as Longyou Jiedu to the Longyou military and civilians. If it is really because of the selfish desires of these people to provoke a side provocation, instead of complaining, it is better to think about how to deal with the aftermath!

Guo Jian saw a group of tooth soldiers come up and drag Guo Yingyi out of the road, knowing that Lu Dao would inevitably leave such a living mouth, he couldn't help but calm down his emotions, and then suddenly remembered that although the generals were all angry and rushed back, but the Zhenxi army didn't know if Lu Dao could be pacified, and he couldn't take care of Du Shiyi's head anymore, so he turned around and ran away. And Du Shiyi didn't stop him, but went straight into Miao Yansi's study, and saw that Niu Xiantong was still sleeping unconscious, so he smiled, and a bitter chill appeared on his face.

Concubine Wu Hui shouldn't care whether he is in office in the Longyou Festival, but she won't know that Lu Dao has protected the crown prince, nor will she know that Lu Dao has some tricks behind his back, so she shouldn't support Niu Xiantong to do this kind of thing. It's not that he looks down on women, Concubine Wu Hui may be able to play conspiracy and scheming in the deep palace, but this kind of poisonous plan related to the strategic relations between the two countries, she can't easily express her support. Then, someone behind Niu Xiantong is about to come out!

is worthy of Li Linfu who turned his hands over for the clouds and covered the rain! If you want to come to Niu Xiantong, you may not know the truth of Lu Dao, maybe you think it was Concubine Wu Hui's instructions!

Fortunately, Miao Yansi was quite decisive, and a cup of Ningshen tea with ingredients was given to Niu Xiantong to drink, which was enough for him to sleep for three days and three nights!

When he turned around and came out of the study, Wang Changling and Gao Shi, who were traveling with him, had already greeted him. There are no outsiders here, and the two of them are not so polite, Wang Changling roughly explained the process of Miao Yansi personally going to the Zhenxi Army to pacify, while Gao Shi inspected the city gates on all sides and came back, and the generals were in a stable mood, especially the matter of Liao Dengke blocking Niu Xiantong from entering the city, which was like a legend. Du Shiyi thought about it for a while, and then said: "You two will sum up with each other, and use a wonderful pen to write this matter for me more exaggerated and dramatic, but you must be straightforward, and then quietly instruct those wine shops and the like to sing!" ”

But most of the literati despise those eunuchs in their bones, especially Niu Xiantong who committed public anger this time, Wang Changling and Gao Shi immediately agreed without thinking about it. Next, Du Shiyi ordered someone to call the guards accompanying Niu Xiantong one by one to summon them individually, and sure enough, most of them were stubborn to the end to be selected by Niu Xiantong, but when he revealed Guo Yingyi's identity, everyone's performance was immediately completely different.

Some people immediately tried to get themselves out of the gang in every possible way, and they didn't know what to say, some people accused him of talking nonsense, and some even took out the edict of the Son of Heaven and wanted to rely on him, but after all, they brought out two or three people who were less daring and willing to speak. When he confirmed these and ordered someone to bring Qiu Wuyi, who had failed to escape, to the front, he threw out a question straight to the point.

"The matter has come to this, if you say that you don't know everything, I will behead you in accordance with military law! You are not a cow fairy, forgive no one in the court who will blame me for you! ”

Qiu Wuyi couldn't help but shudder when he saw Du Shiyi's cold face and sharp eyes. Although he was indeed Concubine Wu Hui's person, Niu Xiantong did not roughly explain his plans and arrangements to him until he was on the way from Shanzhou to Hezhou. At this point, he just wants to clean himself up. What's more, Du Shiyi directly took Guo Yingyi, and he didn't know how much other evidence Lu Dao had, so he simply told everything he knew.

"Guo Yingyi was three days before leaving, Niu Qin's envoy personally planted him in the forbidden army, saying that he was a distant relative, surnamed Xiao, and everyone looked at Niu Qin's face, and they all called him Xiao Lang. Along the way, Niu Qin's envoy trusted him very much and obeyed his words. This time, we attacked and killed the guide, planted it to Tubo, and then provoked a border provocation, took the Yanquan Bridge, and then reported to the two capitals. In order to prevent us from retreating, Guo Yingyi also instigated each of us to cut off the guides a few times, so that all of them surrendered. ”

It's no wonder that when asked about the attack and killing of the guide before, those people almost unanimously avoided it, it turned out that there was such a hidden intention!

Du Shiyi was furious in his heart, and then asked coldly: "I brought ten guides, but eight died?" Moreover, all the dead are guides, and if there are no forbidden generals, they are not afraid of suspicion? ”

Qiu Wuyi hesitated for a moment, and then simply said bluntly: "Back to Du Dashuai, among the ten guides, two of them were people invited by Guo Yingyi, and at that time, they had to hurt people with him, and there must be someone who knows the way to lead the way, so they were left." As for the dead and wounded, all of them were guides, and there were no forbidden army generals, because Niu Qin was afraid that others would die and the fox would be sad, and people's hearts would be unstable, so he planned to say that these guides were loyal and righteous. At that time, as long as the generous pension is given, and then it is pushed to the Tubo people, then everything will be fine. ”

"Very well, write down what you said, and draw it."

Up to now, Qiu Wuyi didn't dare to resist at all, and agreed repeatedly, but his heart was extremely bitter. Although he is Concubine Wu Hui's person, he is only a small character, in case of a day of anger, Concubine Wu Hui will protect him as a pawn? In the final analysis, Concubine Wu Hui really didn't know about Lu Dao's plan, this time she was really cheated by Niu Xiantong!

Du Shiyi set off for half an hour the night before, dropped out of Niu Xiantong and others, found the bodies of those murdered guides, and secretly transported these corpses to the Zhenxi Army camp in Caohan City, Hezhou.

If it weren't for Miao Yansi personally coming forward to appease him, he emphasized that he had insight into his treachery and poured Niu Xiantong with medicine, otherwise he, the assassin of Hezhou, would have been hated by others. Especially when he learned that his main general was actually detained in the Hezhou Assassination History Bureau, Guo Yingyi also deceived a group of five or six hundred soldiers and horses to seize the bridge, not to mention the chaotic mood of the officers up and down.

There are thousands of Tibetan defenders on the Yanquan Bridge, and there is a danger of the Yellow River, so hundreds of people go to seize the bridge and are not sent to death? When he heard that Wang Zhongsi had led an army to meet him, Guo Jian, who was worried about the death of that army and horses, and the rest of the generals breathed a sigh of relief.

With Wang Zhonghei out of the horse, there shouldn't be a big problem, right? If you can really take down the Salt Spring Bridge by mistake, it will be a big gain!

As a result, Liao Dengke, who intercepted Niu Xiantong at the city gate, received a lot of praise and praise for a while. Some people even privately discussed after learning that Du Shiyi had arrived in Hezhou and took out Guo Yingyi, a fugitive, from Niu Xiantong's side, that Du Dashuai had insight into this conspiracy with a keen eye, and would definitely promote him, a person who was loyal to his duties. On the contrary, it was Liao Dengke himself, although he didn't know what was going on this time, but he didn't have much to look forward to. After being born and dying in the army for so many years, he has not made meritorious contributions, nor has he not been without the blue eyes of the chief officer, but if he wants to be promoted to lead the army, where can he have such a good opportunity?

Sure enough, although there is any theory about how Niu Xiantong contained Guo Yingyi, a wanted criminal, Du Shiyi didn't seem to know that there was such a person as him in Lu Dao, and no one had ever come to see him. Since he didn't have hope, he was not disappointed, he secretly smiled and was fortunate that he was not insatiable, and he did his part but asked for praise and promotion, so he simply left things behind and continued to be his own guard.

But in the afternoon of that day, he once again keenly captured the sound of the horse's hooves. Thinking of the rumors that Guo Yingyi had infiltrated Niu Xiantong's side, he almost provoked discord among the generals and commanders in the Zhenxi Army, and the false military order was used to mobilize troops and horses in an attempt to misbehave, he immediately became nervous.

"There are soldiers and horses, at least hundreds of horses, on full alert!"

This time it was hundreds of horses instead of dozens of horses, and Liao Dengke's vigilance was proved to be extremely correct this time, and the city towers inside and outside the city gate did not dare to be sloppy. When the group approached, it was clear that all the military horses were dressed as Tang Dynasty military horses, and the fluttering flag was a king character, Liao Dengke's heart was slightly relieved, but he still stepped on the war horse that the pawn had just brought him, and immediately stepped forward and asked, "Who is coming?" ”

"The general of the Lintao army, the soldiers and horses of the left wing of the right section of Long, Wang Zhonghe!"

Seeing that the general who came out in a row said such a sentence, and recognized that the other party was indeed Wang Zhonghei, Liao Dengke was suddenly surprised and delighted. But he still meticulously stepped forward to check the military talisman, then rolled the saddle and dismounted the horse to salute the military, and wanted to ask something after getting up, but he didn't even know what happened in the Zhenxi army at this official rank, only that the person who made Niu Xiantong said that he was going to seize the Yanquan Bridge, so he opened his mouth, but in the end he just ordered people to move away and make way for the refusal. Soon, Wang Zhongsi and his entourage of hundreds of people galloped into the city, and when they dismounted in front of the Hezhou Thorn History Bureau, there were already two Gao Wang and Wang in the middle of the house.

"General Wang, can this trip go well?"

When Wang Zhongsi heard this, he raised his eyebrows keenly, and then saw that the generals in the distance were all looking at him with blank eyes, he showed a slight smile, and said calmly: "A partial division of the Zhenxi Army was 'lost' on the way to patrol, and it happened to meet me, so I brought them back. ”