Guo Xuan was silent, he realized that Yao Kai was reasonable, Zhang Xuan should not collude with Luo Yi, and he knew that Zhang Xuan and Luo Yi usually had nothing to do with each other, but Zhang Xuan and Luo Yi's son had a good relationship, and with Zhang Xuan's character, it was impossible to take this risk for Luo Yi.

Guo Xuan's personality is very suspicious, although he reluctantly believes that Zhang Xuan is unlikely to collude with Luo Yi, but he still doesn't worry about Luo Yi, and said to Yao Kai: "Actually, I also think this is a good opportunity, since this year, the saint has been very dissatisfied with my lack of ability to suppress bandits, and has issued several edicts ordering me to send troops to suppress bandits, and it just so happens that Dou Jiande and Gao Shida Dutun are heavily armed on the north bank of the Yellow River, giving me the opportunity to attack from behind, but then again, how can I prevent Luo Yi from making small moves behind my back?" ”

Yao Kai said with a smile: "Exterminate the bandits of Hebei, as the deputy governor of Youzhou, Luo Yi is also responsible, the governor can let his brother or son be the vanguard, lead the army to the south first, with his family as a hostage, why worry about the governor?" ”

"What if he refuses to let his brother or son fight?"

"If he refuses, let him hand over the army to the governor, and if he still refuses, then let him go and explain to the saint!"

Guo Xuan was finally persuaded by Yao Kai, and he nodded, "Okay, I'll write to Luo Yi!" ”

At present, Luo Yi no longer lives in Jixian County, but moved to Lulong County, Beiping County, which is also a tacit agreement reached between him and Guo Xuan, since neither of the two can kill each other, then they will not violate the river water, among the four counties of Youzhou, Guo Xuan controls Zhuo County and Anle County, Luo Yi controls Beiping County, as for Yuyang County, neither side is stationed, as a buffer zone for the two, the military rations allocated by the imperial court are also divided by the two according to the number of troops.

In the past two years, the two have been peaceful, but secretly the two are still fighting each other. Secretly collect evidence that the other party is not loyal to the Son of Heaven, just to bring down the other party at a critical moment.

Luo Yi grasped the fact that Guo Xuan lied about the number of troops, and the number of registered soldiers was 25,000, but Luo Yi knew that Guo Xuan actually only had 22,000 people, and 3,000 people were pocketed by Guo Xuan.

And Guo Xuan found out that Luo Yi and Bohai would have a secret relationship. Moreover, one of Luo Yi's fathers who joined the army was one of the six nobles of the Bohai Society, Guo Xuan suspected that Luo Yi had taken refuge in the Bohai Society, but he had not yet found definite evidence.

In the morning, Luo Yi received a letter from Guo Xuan, asking him to send troops to suppress the bandits with him, especially asking his brother Luo Shou or Luo Cheng to lead the army as the vanguard.

Luo Yi did not refuse, he also knew that the Son of Heaven was very dissatisfied with the ineffectiveness of the bandits in Youzhou, if he refused, it would become Guo Xuan's handle to bring him down. He will take the opportunity to put all the blame on himself.

Luo Yi couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he asked Wen Yanbo to invite Wen Yanbo, who was in his office.

Wen Yanbo was born in a famous family in Taiyuan, father and son are famous for their profound knowledge, father Wen Junyou, once a bachelor of the Northern Qi Wenlin Pavilion, and the eldest brother Wen Daya is currently a bachelor of the East Palace of the Imperial Court. Wen Yanbo was hired as a doctor by Lu's family school last year and came to Jixian County to teach. won Luo Yi's appreciation, hired him to join the army for his own office, that is, a confidential secretary, and became Luo Yi's confidant and strategist.

Wen Yanbo said with a smile after reading Guo Xuan's letter: "This is Guo Dudu who doesn't believe in the marshal, Guo Dudu plans to take advantage of the opportunity of Gao Shida and Dou Jiande to camp on the north bank of the Yellow River to kill a cold shot from behind." to recover Hejian County and give an explanation to the Son of Heaven, but he sent the marshal to pull him back behind, so he asked the marshal to also send troops, and specially named the younger brother or eldest son as the vanguard. This was clearly an attempt to use these two men as hostages. ”

Luo Yi nodded silently, Wen Yanbo was completely consistent with his own analysis, but the question was whether he should agree to Guo Xuan?

"What do you think of joining the army?"

Luo Yi asked, "Should I promise Guo Xuan?" ”

Wen Yanbo sorted out his thoughts and said: "First of all, we made it clear that if we don't agree to send troops, I'm afraid that within a month, the holy decree will come, and the marshal will be transferred from Youzhou at the least, or demoted or dismissed at the worst, I think this is the reason why Guo Xuan has no fear." ”

"I understand the meaning of joining the army, since sending troops can't be avoided, then I can also send troops, just let my two relatives be the vanguard, I don't think it's appropriate, I want to send a general to lead the army, send 5,000 troops, how do you feel about joining the army?"

Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "I think this is Guo Xuan making a choice for the marshal, let Brother Ling or the eldest son lead the army, he has no worries, at least the army can be saved, but if other generals are allowed to lead the army, then the 5,000 troops will definitely not be able to return to Beiping County, this is what Guo Xuan means." ”

Luo Yi pondered for a long time, walked out of the lobby and said to the soldiers: "Go and find the eldest prince for me!" ”

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To Guo Xuan's surprise, Luo Yi actually agreed to his request very happily, and he asked his son Luo Cheng to lead 3,000 troops as the vanguard and obey Guo Xuan's dispatch.

Although the number of troops is a little less, Luo Yi sent his son to follow him, which made Guo Xuan very satisfied, at least he had no worries and could go south with all his might.

Two days later, it was also the fifth day of Zhang Xuan's defeat of Dou Jiande's army, Guo Xuan took advantage of the emptiness of Hejian County and personally led 20,000 troops south along the Yongji Canal, with Luo Cheng on the left and Hou Junji on the right.

A big reason why Guo Xuan attacked Dou Jiande and Gao Shida, but did not attack Lu Mingyue's lair in Shanggu County, which was closer, was that Dou Jiande and Gao Shida occupied the county seat, and the money and grain warehouses and the bandits' families were all in the county, and they could succeed by capturing the county seat.

On the contrary, Lu Mingyue's lair is hidden in the deep mountains, it is not easy to find, and it is even more difficult to attack, so although Lu Mingyue's army has been killed in Xiangguo County, and the rear is very empty, Guo Xuan still does not consider attacking Lu Mingyue, but kills to Hejian County, and goes all out to deal with Gao Shida and Dou Jiande.

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Zhangshui originates from Confucius Ridge in Zhao County, meanders all the way to the northeast, flows through Zhao County, Xindu County and Hejian County, and finally flows into the Yongji Canal in the north of Changlu County, Hejian County, which is an extremely important river in Hebei Province.

Gonggao County, Hejian County is located between Zhangshui and Yongji Canal, there are several small rivers in the county that connect Zhangshui and Yongji Canal, so that the water transportation of Gonggao County is extremely convenient, you can enter Zhuo County to the north, and even enter the Bohai Sea, and you can go to Luoyang and the Yellow River to the south, and the water transportation extends in all directions.

In the field of Gonggao County, about a mile from Zhangshui, there is a manor covering an area of 2,000 acres, which is divided into two by a small river, dozens of buildings have been built in the south, and a military camp is in the north.

At the same time, a wall of nearly two zhang high was built around it, in addition to building a high tower to monitor, there were also fierce dogs with knives to patrol along the wall, and no one was allowed to approach the manor wall for fifty steps, otherwise he would be severely beaten or killed.

This mysterious and murderous manor has made the surrounding farmers talk a lot, the manor was suddenly built last year, no one knows who lives in this manor, only that there are often horse-drawn carriages coming and going, and even a fleet full of goods into the manor, but the government never dares to ask.

Everyone only knew that the land where this manor was located originally belonged to a scholar of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and everyone suspected that someone was going to rebel here.

In the afternoon of that day, a passenger boat from Yongji Canal entered the water gate of the manor along the small river, stopped at a pier in the manor, and a young and heroic young general with a dozen Zhuang Ding greeted him, standing respectfully by the dock and waiting.

At this time, a woman walked out of the passenger ship, and saw that she was tall, wearing a long sword at her waist, wearing a pale yellow half-sleeved skirt, wearing a hat, and a light veil covering her face, and two fierce guards standing behind her.

The young general hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Nephew, see aunt!" ”

The woman took off her hat and revealed a fair face, which was none other than Gao Hui, the No. 3 person in the Bohai Society, who had been missing for a long time.

Gao Hui has aged a lot, and there are a lot of fine wrinkles on her forehead and the corners of her eyes, but she still has the usual coquettishness in her apricot eyes, and she is still dressed so bewitchingly, but her towering cheekbones and thin lips destroy the attractiveness of her appearance to men, making people feel that she is mean and tough.

Gao Hui stepped off the boat and smiled lightly, "Yi'er really looks like a general when she puts on her armor, yes, she looks decent!" ”

This young man who came to greet Gao Hui is the third son of Gao Lie, the master of the Bohai Society, named Gao Yuanyi, who is burly and powerful, and likes to practice martial arts since he was a child.

Although Gao Yuanyi has been afraid of his aunt since he was a child, his aunt's evaluation made him feel very uncomfortable, what does it mean to be decent, is he deliberately pretending?

He was unhappy in his heart, and he was a little lazy when he spoke, "Father is already waiting in Wangshan Tower." ”

Gao Hui nodded, turned around and walked towards a tall building in the distance, and after walking a few steps, she stopped and turned back to her nephew and smiled: "Replace the sword on your waist with a horizontal sword, and you will look more like a general." ”

She giggled and walked away quickly, Gao Yuanyi was enraged by his aunt's sarcasm, he tore the sword from his waist and threw it into the river

(To be continued.) )