The rumors among the three armies have subsided, but the undercurrent lurking beneath the calm waters has become more and more turbulent.

The Anshi Rebellion in history lasted longer, but because Li Longji fled to Shuzhong, he completely lost the hearts of the people, and Li Heng ascended the throne in Lingwu, and those civil and military who were very disappointed in the old emperor gathered under the command of this prince with a righteous name, and began to counterattack and fight against the rebels, and the foundation of the hearts of the Li Tang royal family is always there. And Hui Hui rushed to the rich benefits given by the imperial court, as well as the face of Fugu Huaien, a Tiele man, and generously borrowed troops to quell the rebellion. Even Chi Sheng, the king of Khotan, who was far away in Anxi, personally led 5,000 troops to help. However, this is the foundation of Li Tang's rule over the world for many years, and it has little to do with Li Longji, who was completely marginalized at that time.

Because Li Heng has a righteous reputation, the people have high expectations for the new king, the army can maintain a good morale, whether the generals are really loyal, or want to make military merits, although there are discord with each other to the defeat of the leader, but the overall is still under the banner of the royal family, and finally the Anshi Rebellion was pacified.

But in this life, Li Longji destroyed the Great Wall. He first killed Li Heng and King Jianning of Guangping, so that the East Palace was ownerless and the country was empty. Immediately after, he left the soldiers and civilians of Chang'an and fled before arriving at Ma Weiyi, Du Shiyi and Guo Ziyi's army arrived in time to recover the imperial capital before Chang'an fell, Li Longji was able to keep the throne, but lost the hearts of the people in Guanzhong. And recently, the scene in which he cooperated with Yongwang Li Lan to completely smash himself was to further push himself into the abyss. If he is smart, he will be transferred to the throne immediately, and the military general will maintain his loyalty to Xinjun, but Li Longji is unwilling to admit defeat!

For a son of heaven like Li Longji, Du Shiyi asked himself that there is no one in the world who knows better than him. He has been an official for more than 30 years, and has observed this son of heaven for more than 30 years from afar or near, and has Li Longji's most favored Gao Lishi to provide guidance, ventilate the news, analyze it night and night, plus predict some general trends, and he has come to this day step by step. Therefore, with regard to the current clamor and undercurrent in the army, he chose to suppress it for the time being, rather than inducing and diverting it. He knew very well that in the face of the last six counties of Hebei, the morale of the army was on his side, and he could already push it over with dignity.

Early in the morning, Du Shiyi was served by the servant and put on a suit of armor, put on a big hat, and put on a sword, and then pushed the door open. In the courtyard, Huya and Azler stood left and right, waiting for him to come out. He didn't speak, just bowed his head slightly, and when he strode out, the two naturally followed behind him, and he said without looking back: "Du Sui, your head is on your neck for the time being." If there is such a thing in the future, you should know the consequences. ”

Azler knew that Du Shiyi was talking about not telling him first, so he informed Fugu Huaien of the previous big change in the Sixteen Princes' Mansion, and hurriedly responded. But if he is asked to make a choice again, he will still choose and discuss. It's not because Fu Gu Huaien simply put the knife on his neck at that time to threaten, but he thinks that this is necessary in order to make the generals express their attitude without Du Shiyi's knowledge, so that the centripetal force of everyone can be formed. The parents who gave birth to others, the stepfather who taught others, his life and future were given by Du Shiyi, even if he lost this life, he must clear the way for his father-in-law!

And Du Shiyi did not stop because of Azler's response, when he left the Yimen of the Taishou Mansion, he commanded in a deep voice: "Xue Song and Li Huaiyu, one is in the tooth soldiers, the other is in the forward battalion, both of them are people with a very heavy heart of fame, you should use them, but at the same time pay attention to their degree of popularity." As for Cui Qianyou and Tian Qianzhen, as well as Sun Xiaozhe, it is the same, the rebels can let the rebel generals surrender, but they must not be handed over to the rebels, this is the purpose! I have been secretly sorting out a booklet about the formation and training of soldiers in the past few nights, you go back and read it carefully, this time to fight Youzhou, Shi Siming must be killed, but the rest must be trained into the army! ”

"Do as the marshal commands!"

Although Azler and Huya did not have many commanders, the two were different from Guo Ziyi and other generals, and it was precisely because of the refinement of the number that they had to take this opportunity to train the elite members of the rebel army, and then leave the people they needed to dilute the other rebel armies into the regular army of the three routes, so as to carry out the second reorganization. With such an equal interest, and Cui Qianyou and other generals to suppress the position, everyone can be happy.

Otherwise, who can stand the commander who will seize power and seize the army as soon as he comes up?

Today is the day when Du Shiyi leaves Zhending and goes north. There were 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers and horses gathered here, and of course it was impossible for all of them to set off on this day, otherwise the official roads would have to be completely congested, and the march would be extremely difficult. Therefore, all the soldiers and horses from a few days ago began to follow the previously agreed strategy to march, the previous surprise attack to build a great contribution to the Fugu Huai'en as usual did not take the usual road, from Shenze, through Raoyang, to Le Shou, and then directly to Yongding Canal, Zhangshui, Juma Water three water intersection of the garrison. This is the Tianjin of the later generations, but now there is no city, just a small town where people gather, and only one rebel army is stationed.

As for Guo Cheng's two-way army, it set off from Xinshi Town and went straight to Boling County, Dingzhou. On the day of Du Shiyi's departure, the good news had already come from Qianli Qianli, Xinle County of Boling County had been lowered, and more than 1,000 rebels surrendered one after another before they joined the battle. Therefore, when she set off with this good news, Du Shiyi was in a very good mood. Because Fugu Huai'en was on this trip and an attack, but considering that it was likely to encounter a situation that could not be dealt with by a single cavalry, he also brought two thousand Modao troops, all of whom were accompanied by horses, so Du Shiyi's accompanying him, except for the forward battalion and the tooth soldiers, was the horseless infantry and surrender soldiers of the Hedong Army, with more than 16,000 people.

In addition to the horses rated in the army, all the wealthy foot soldiers will often buy horses to travel, Shuo Fang and Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate are like this, the Western Regions and the North Court are also not short of horses, and the Hedong Jiedu Embassy in Wang Zhongsi and Pei Xiuzhen successively stepped down, of course, the foot soldiers will not be embarrassed to the point of no horses, even if An Lushan concurrently served as the Hedong Jiedu Envoy, the good horses of the Hedong pastoral supervisors were all collected, and even the surplus in the army, this time, the horses originally raised by the foot soldiers were purchased with money from the Hedong Jiedu Embassy. Naturally, it was equipped with the horse army.

As a result, Cheng Qianli and the generals of Hedong, who couldn't wait to grab military merits, were very happy, and the foot soldiers who were left behind were not happy at all. As for the rebel soldiers who had just been trained, they were all relieved that they did not immediately put on the old robes.

As soon as he entered the territory of Boling County, a galloping herald soldier galloped over from the rear army, and only in front of Du Shiyi of the Chinese army did he bow his hand and say in a deep voice: "Marshal, Chang'an is in a hurry." It is the messenger of Du Shaoqing of Taifu Temple! ”

Knowing that the letter from the young son was no trivial matter, Du Shiyi immediately ordered in a deep voice: "Bring it to me." ”

Despite this judgment, Du Shiyi was still very surprised when she saw that the messenger was Longquan. He clearly remembered that he had been reported before, Longquan and others stayed in Yunzhou to protect Wang Rong, but now they suddenly became a messenger sent by Du Youlin, is it under a pretense, or does his wife have quietly returned to Chang'an? He quietly accepted the letter presented by Long Quan, and after unfolding it on the marching horse, he couldn't help frowning.

Of course, he would not have missed the information that Wang Rongdu was able to find, otherwise he would not have immediately marched into the army after only a few days of rest in Yejun and Changshan, but Li Longji really accepted Shi Siming's surrender! Expecting him to withdraw at the last minute and give the rebels a chance to breathe is simply wishful thinking!

This is forcing him! or they acquiesced in the surrender of Shi Siming and let him retain the strength of his command; Either there will be a head-on conflict with the king of Nanyang, who is coming as an envoy. Li Longji is not afraid that this King of Nanyang will come to him this time and use the power of the three armies to abolish the establishment? Or do you think that sending a Gaolishi and selecting the last elite forbidden army to accompany you can prevent this move? Or, Li Longji felt that even if the King of Nanyang wanted to seize the throne, he would definitely guard against him Du Shiyi, so he would definitely stick to the matter of surrendering Shi Siming to the end? Or is there some other despicable trick?

Azler only cautiously lagged behind and led his troops to guard, and did not immediately rush to inquire what was going on in Chang'an. It wasn't until Du Shiyi opened his mouth and left Longquan by his side that he didn't even send a reply, that he was shocked, but he still endured it until the evening of this day when he set up camp before going to the tent. After the tooth soldier reported, as soon as he arrived at the door, he heard the voice of Du Shiyi and Long Quan talking.

"When I recovered Chang'an before, I had officially accepted Du Sui as my son. Several of you have also followed me for many years, and there is no difference in affection, so from now on, you will call me a righteous father and perform family salutes. ”

Long Quan was ecstatic in his heart, and hurriedly bowed down to proclaim his father. When he got up, he explained his experience for most of the past six months one by one. From following Wang Rong to Yunzhou, and then entering Hebei Province with the army, and after meeting Yan Quanming, another son of Yan Gaoqing, he returned to Yunzhou, Wang Rong learned that Shi Siming intended to surrender and hurried back to Chang'an, and then Jiang Du attacked Dongshi at night and killed all Shi Siming's envoys, but it was still difficult to stop the Son of Heaven's mind, and finally said softly: "General Gao came with him this time, it is said that it is also His Majesty's strict order, I don't know if he has been friends with his father-in-law for many years, and wants the marshal to acquiesce in this matter." ”

"Will be outside, the king's order will not be affected."

Du Shiyi's face burst out these words, and when he saw Long Quan, he immediately frowned, he suddenly turned around and said outside the tent: "The tooth soldiers have already informed you just now, since you are here, don't hide outside and eavesdrop." ”

Only then did Azler open the curtain and enter, and after saluting respectfully, he straightened up and said boldly: "Since my father-in-law has this intention, why not secretly order all the states and counties along the way to delay the trip of King Nanyang and his party?" ”

Long Quan immediately took the initiative to ask: "I'll handle this matter!" Starting from Ji County, all the state and county chiefs along the way were all conquered by their father-in-law, and they suffered a lot from the rebels, and nine times out of ten they would hope that the army would quell the rebellion and kill Shi Siming, who possessed Youzhou! In this case, it should be feasible for them to conceal the progress of the march ahead and try their best to delay the itinerary of King Nanyang and others! ”

"I'm afraid that this group of people has a clear purpose, and even if the county chiefs along the way try their best, they may not be able to hold them back. But for now, let's try it out and do it yourself. When Du Shiyi saw that Longquan immediately responded to the order, he said to Azler, "You select three hundred rebels with magnificent appearance, select a group of reliable officers to lead, and go south with Longquan, so that the king of Nanyang can take a good look at the weather of these rebels now!" ”

Azler and Long Quan were both confused. The king of Nanyang came to recruit Shi Siming on this trip, but Du Shiyi still showed him the majesty of the Youyan rebels?

"Knowing that the rebels are still mighty and majestic, he will think that Shi Siming will be able to resist for a while longer, and he will naturally walk slower on the road, so as to sell me a face, this is human nature."