Early the next morning, the red lady took all the dry food, money and goods given by Cao Yue, and took her subordinates, and quietly left Datong, preparing to return to the northwest of Shaanxi where Li Yan was garrisoned.

At this time, a part of Henan was captured by Li Zicheng's rebel army, and most of Shaanxi fell into the hands of the Liukou. As a powerful general under Li Zicheng, Li Yan originally led the army to cooperate with Li Zicheng's march. But when winter was approaching and the rebel army was short of money and food, Li Yan boldly made the decision to attack Datong, which was rich in money and grain, and led the army to the north, preparing to enter Shanxi from northern Shaanxi.

The red lady and Li Yan broke up in Henan, but she can't go back to Henan now, so she can only go to Shaanxi to meet Li Yan.

When the red lady left, Cao Yue didn't say anything to her, just said that she hoped to see her again in another way, unlike this time, which was full of so much embarrassment. "I hope that one day, we can fight the invasion of foreign captives together, instead of the enemy on the battlefield!"

Cao Yue's many words, the red lady heard it in her heart, although she disagreed with many of his views, but she also had to admire, this age does not seem to be a very big officer and general, and his knowledge is not comparable to ordinary people. This is a rising star that no one should underestimate, and may be the biggest rival of the rebels in the future. But the red lady also has to admit that this is a very attractive man, super confident, looking like the general trend of the world is under control, and even more confident than Li Yan, Li Zicheng and others.

Cao Yue's "humiliation" of her, the red lady seemed to have forgotten when she left, Cao Yue's words made her think that this was a bright and upright man, and the embarrassment that occurred between her and her was not intentional.

But after leaving Datong, the awkward conflict with Cao Yue resurfaced in front of her, and she didn't know whether to confess to Li Yan everything that happened between her and Cao Yue.

With the Red Lady incident, Cao Yue also strengthened the defense inside and outside Datong City, he knew that not only the rogues wanted to find out the military situation of Datong, but also the spies of Jiannu must be lurking inside and outside Datong City, he ordered all the military camps to be strictly guarded, and any unrelated personnel who wanted to get close to the military camp must be arrested and interrogated. Officers are not allowed to secretly discuss military information outside, and if there is a leak, they will be severely punished.

Cao Yue also exchanged opinions with Zhang An and Wei Daben on this matter, and asked Datong's officials to also participate in the search for all kinds of spies. This time Jiannu attacked, Cao Yue's performance convinced Wei Daben and Zhang An, and they also followed Cao Yue's advice and strengthened the search and arrest of all kinds of spies.

However, in Datong City, there is a person who is uncomfortable with Cao Yue's continued horizontal and vertical looks, that is, Zhu Chuanqi, the acting king (left fire and right Qi, traditional Chinese characters can be lost, but the webpage cannot be displayed). Some of Cao Yue's actions violated his interests.

And he also received a secret order from the imperial court to monitor Cao Yue's every move in Datong. Of course, Zhu Daiqi would not let go of this opportunity, and sent many people to inquire about Cao Yue's whereabouts. Before Wu Ming was killed, the two had a conspiracy, and Zhu Chuanqi agreed to Wu Ming's request after receiving a lot of benefits from Wu Ming, preparing to get rid of Cao Yue, who did not look at him in his eyes, and help Wu Ming to be the chief soldier. Unexpectedly, when Jiannu attacked, Zhu Chuanqi had to give up temporarily, but he didn't expect that during this time period, Wu Ming was killed by Cao Yue in public, which made him angry and anxious.

What annoyed him even more was that in the following period, Cao Yue actually arrested many people in his mansion and put them in prison on suspicion of being a slave or a rogue's spies.

At this time, Zhu Chuanqi couldn't sit still, he sent the palace Zhan Shi to the general army to get an important person, but to his surprise, Cao Yue unsympatheticly refused the request of the Wang Fu Zhan Shi dignitary, saying that those arrested were suspected of being spies, Jiannu had just been repulsed, and no one knew if anyone among them was bribed by Jiannu to provide them with information, and they would not be released until the interrogation was clear.

This completely annoyed Zhu Chuanqi, and he took more than 200 guards to rush to Cao Yue's line with great momentum, preparing to ask for someone. Cao Yue, who was taking advantage of the rare sunny day to train the sergeants, heard that the acting king Zhu Chuanqi had led people to the barracks to ask for people, and hurriedly rushed back with his own guards.

"Cao Yue, the chief soldier of the lowly Datong, saw the acting king," Cao Yue didn't dare to be rude, and stepped forward to salute Zhu Chuanqi, "The lowly post is training sergeants, I don't know if the acting king is coming to the barracks, what do you have to advise?" ”

Zhu Chuanqi is a big fat man, he looks like he is overly drunk, and his eyes are sinister, which is a kind of person that Cao Yue dislikes very much.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, no feudal king is allowed to meddle in local military and political affairs, otherwise he is likely to be deducted by Emperor Chongzhen with a big hat of usurpation, and Zhu Chuanqi is the same. Today, he led people to the barracks, and it was absolutely impossible for him to discuss military affairs. But Cao Yue was not afraid that Zhu Chuanqi would make trouble, and the vassal king was not allowed to interfere in local military and political affairs, which was his other Shang Fang sword.

"General Cao Bing, some people in this royal mansion, were captured by the Datong Town Army, and asked General Cao to release them," Zhu Chuanqi was quite restrained, and did not get angry immediately.

"Yesterday, when the palace Zhan Shi came to ask for someone, the lowly official had already given a reply, and these lowly officials should be interrogated in person, and after finding out their situation, they would be released. Presumably, the acting king didn't know that a few days ago, he captured a gang of rogue spies who came to Datong to inquire about the situation, and they planned to attack Datong in the near future. If the acting king is not afraid that after Jiannu leaves, the army of rogues will attack, then let these suspicious people run rampant in Datong!" Cao Yue's words were actually a bit unkind.

He knew that the acting king Zhu Chuanqi sent people to spy on him, and those captured suspicious people had confessed, which made him very angry, so when Wang Fu Zhan came to ask for someone yesterday, he unceremoniously pushed back and let the other party touch a soft nail. Unexpectedly, today Zhu Chuanqi actually pulled down his face and personally came to the door to ask for someone to come. He didn't want to be pinched as a soft pestle.

Cao Yue's toughness made Zhu Chuanqi furious, "Cao Yue, don't toast and don't eat and drink, those are all people in the king's mansion, they just went out and had something to do, and they were caught by you by mistake." This king wants you to release him immediately, otherwise this king will take this matter to the court and let His Majesty deal with this matter!"

"Then please ask the acting king to report this matter to the court, and the humble post will also attach a book, saying that the people in the acting king's mansion colluded with the Liukou and Jiannu for personal gain, and secretly leaked the news of the Datong Town Army to the Liukou and Jiannu for personal gain. The lowly position will attach their confessions, will it affect the prince, and His Majesty will be charged with a crime of relying on the rogues to conspire against the gangsters, and the lowly position will not know!"

Cao Yue's disapproval and threat made Zhu Chuanqi more and more annoyed, but after all, he was a very scheming person, knowing that Cao Yue's words were a threat, and now that he was in the barracks, if Cao Yue beat those people into tricks, he would really play the matter of collusion with Liukou and Jiannu, so that even if he could finally clear his name, he would be suspected by the emperor, and he would have a hard time in the future.

And seeing that Cao Yue was talking, his hand was always pressed on the sword at his waist, which was the Shangfang sword given by Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Chuanqi knew the power of this sword, and he could cut off his head.

The young chief soldier in front of him was really difficult to deal with, and Zhu Chuanqi somewhat understood Emperor Chongzhen's worries. He became more and more determined to use the emperor's power to eliminate Cao Yue. Now he doesn't want to tear his face with Cao Yue, but when he returns like this, he can't get off the stage.

At this time, the palace Zhan Shi said appropriately: "His Royal Highness the Acting King, what Cao Zongbing said also has some truth, maybe some people in the palace have been bribed and done something unseemly, if this is really the case, then let Cao Zongbing deal with it." If General Cao finds out that they were just wronged, I believe they will be dealt with impartially!"

"Okay, then let's go, this king will wait for the results of Cao Zongbing's disposal!" As he spoke, Zhu Chuanqi snorted heavily, turned the horse's head and left.

Seeing Zhu Chuanqi slip away with people, Cao Yue showed a contemptuous smile!