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Before Yang Guang left Luoyang to go to Jiangdu, he ordered his second grandson Yang Tong to guard Luoyang, and ordered his third grandson Yang Yu to guard Chang'an, Yang Yu is only fifteen years old this year, although he is talented and intelligent, but after all, he is young and his life experience is too shallow, and he can't make up his mind about many things, and generally obeys the opinions of General Zuo Yiwei Yin Shishi and Chang'an County Cheng Guyi.

Although Wei Xuan, the former secretary of the Ministry of War, was also in Chang'an and served as a guard in Xijing, Wei Xuan was after all a man of more than seventy years old, old and frail, and he no longer asked about the affairs of the government, and the actual power of Chang'an was in the hands of the Yin Shishi and Guyi.

These two people are very shrewd and capable, and they are also loyal to Yang Yu, but as Li Jiancheng said, as long as they are officials, they have officialdom positions, and Yin Shishi is the general of the former general Zhang Jin, who was promoted by Zhang Jin, and has been serving as a palace guard for more than 20 years.

And Gu Yi turned out to be a waiter in the Criminal Department, a confidant of Yu Shiji, and he participated in the trial of Zhang Xuan's restaurant case at the beginning, and Yu Shiji and Qu Tutong have always been rivals in officialdom, and the relationship between Gu Yi and Qu Tutong is not much better.

In the palace of the acting king, Yang Yu took a military newspaper and said to the two: "This is a report written by Qu Tutong, he said that there was a plague in the army, and he hoped to withdraw the army back to Guanzhong, the two envoys think it is feasible?" ”

Yin Shishi and Gu Yi glanced at each other, the two shook their heads at the same time, and Gu Yi said urgently: "Guanzhong is densely populated, once the epidemic spreads, it will be a catastrophe for Guanzhong, Your Highness must not let the army withdraw!" ”

Yang Yu nodded, he also felt that Gu Yi was reasonable, how could the army with the outbreak of the epidemic withdraw to Guanzhong, and he immediately dispelled the idea of agreeing to Qu Tutong's withdrawal.

Yang Yu took out another report and said worriedly: "This is a secret report written by General Song. said that Li Yuan secretly sent people to send goods to Qu Tutong's military camp, as well as personnel exchanges, Qu Tutong accepted, General Song suspected that Li Yuan and Qu Tutong secretly colluded, I don't know what Qu Tutong is doing, he really makes me feel uneasy. ”

Then. The Yin Shishi next to him said slowly: "Now there are many rumors in Chang'an City, saying that the son of General Qu Tu once studied in Wuchuan Mansion, and Li Yuan's eldest son Li Jiancheng is a sworn brother, I specially went to investigate the matter, but I didn't expect this matter to be true, it happened in the fifth year of the Great Cause." ”

Yang Yu frowned, "What does General Yin mean is that General Qu Tu and Li Yuan really colluded?" ”

The Yin World Master sneered, "I didn't say that there must be collusion between them. Because I have no evidence, but I know that the two of them are world friends, Qu Tutong's father Qu Tu Changqing was Li Yuan's grandfather Li Hu's subordinate general, Li Yuan and Qu Tutong have a deep friendship, and the government and the opposition know it, I didn't expect their son to be a righteous brother, I don't know if it is wise to let Qu Tutong defend against Li Yuan, at least they haven't fought a battle yet. ”

"So what are we going to do?" Yang Yu asked worriedly.

"Your Highness. There are two ways, either to transfer Qu Tutong back. But his army is not allowed to come back, as Gujun Cheng said, the sick army can not return to Guanzhong, if Qu Tutong refuses to come back, it means that he has a ghost in his heart, and His Royal Highness can secretly order the deputy general Sang Xian to arrest Qu Tutong. and appointed him as the main general, and ordered him to send troops to fight fiercely with Li Yuan, first using Sang Xian's army to consume Li Yuan, and when both armies were exhausted, General Song took the reins. will be able to defeat Li Yuan in one battle. ”

Yang Yu took a few steps with his hands down, and he finally nodded, "Okay, then give it a try!" ”

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The rain in Hedong County stopped a few days ago, and the water level dropped rapidly in the past two days, except for some water accumulation in very low-lying areas, most of the flooded terrain has exposed grass and shrubs, but the official road is still not open, and you can only take the small road, which is muddy and difficult.

On the contrary, as the temperature rises, the epidemic has a tendency to spread even more, with more than 8,000 soldiers who have fallen ill, more than 4,000 have died of disease, and countless soldiers have fled.

Qu Tutong encountered an unprecedented test, in the camp, Qu Tutong looked tired, he had been unable to untie his clothes for half a month, and the pressure and fatigue made him physically and mentally exhausted.

But at this time, Qu Tutong's eyes were more angry, and there was a royal order on the table next to him, so that the order issued by Yang Yu, the acting king, to transfer him back to Chang'an, but not to allow his army to withdraw to Guanzhong.

In this order, Qu Tutong saw a deep distrust, and he knew that this was not Yang Yu's meaning, but the opinions of the Yin Shishi and Gu Yi, and Yang Yu was completely manipulated by these two people.

His army has been fighting in the north and south with him for eight years, and now that the epidemic is epidemic, the soldiers are struggling with life and death, but he let himself go back to Chang'an alone, how can he Qu Tutong do it!

But the order of the acting king is here again, does he obey it or not?

At this time, a soldier reported in front of the tent, "General Sang is here." ”

General Sang is Qu Tutong's deputy general Sang Xian, who has worked with him for many years, and now Qu Tutong is going all out to deal with the epidemic, and the military affairs are handed over to Sang Xian.

"Let him in!" Qu Tutong sat up straight.

After a while, Sang Xian walked into the big tent quickly and bowed, "See the big handsome!" ”

"You're welcome, please take a seat!"

Qu Tutong invited Sang Xian to sit down, sighed and said: "Chang'an completely ignores our predicament and does not allow the army to withdraw to Guanzhong, which I can understand, they are afraid of the spread of the epidemic in Guanzhong, and that's it, but the acting king transferred me back to Chang'an, no matter what, I can't accept it." ”

Sang Xian said slowly: "I actually came to see Dashuai for this matter. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Qu Tutong suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

Sang Xian took out a secret order from his bosom and handed it to Qu Tutong, "This is a secret order given to me by the acting king, if the marshal refuses to be ordered to return to Chang'an, he will be arrested on the spot, and if there is resistance, he can be killed directly, and then I will lead the army to a decisive battle with Li Yuan." ”

Qu Tutong was stunned, he slowly opened this secret order, he suddenly had an indescribable sadness in his heart, of course he knew the true meaning of this secret order, which was to directly destroy himself and his army.

Sang Xian said coldly again: "Wait for me to lead the army and Li Yuan to defeat both sides, and then Song Laosheng will come to pick peaches, this should be the meaning of the Yin World Master!" ”

Qu Tutong slowly walked to the front of the big tent, he looked into the distance, his eyes burst out with pain, when he fought desperately for the Great Sui Empire, it was the Great Sui Empire that abandoned him first.

At this time, Sang Xian walked up to him and said a little sadly: "The imperial twilight, the general trend has gone, doesn't the marshal feel it?" ”

Qu Tutong was silent, Sang Xian glanced at him, turned and left.

Inside the big tent, Qu Tutong paced back and forth, no one dared to disturb him, from noon to evening, Qu Tutong was always uneasy, standing up and sitting down, sitting down and standing up, with a look of great confusion.

At the beginning of the night, a personal soldier appeared outside the tent door and hesitated to report: "Qi Qi Marshal, there is a person outside the camp who asks to see him, saying that the big man is old." ”

Qu Tutong was stunned and asked, "What's his name?" ”

"He said his surname was Gao."

Qu Tutong thought for a long time, and suddenly remembered someone, could it be him?

Qu Tutong hurriedly said: "Hurry up and invite him in!" ”

Not long after, a tall and thin middle-aged man was brought into the big tent by the soldiers, Qu Tutong was suddenly surprised and happy, "Sure enough, it's Brother Shilian, weren't you demoted to Jiaozhi?" ”

This thin and tall man is called Gao Jian, the word Shilian, born in the Northern Qi royal family, about fifty years old, and other Northern Qi royal family is different, Gao Shilian and Guanlong nobles have a close relationship, his sister also married the Sui Dynasty minister Chang Sun Sheng, after the early death of the eldest grandson, Gao took a pair of children to his brother.

The nephew is called the eldest grandson Wuji, and the niece is called the eldest grandson Wuji, and he has been living with his uncle Gao Shilian, but three years ago, Gao Shilian was implicated in the Hu Sizheng case, so he was deposed to Jiaozhi.

Gao Shilian was extremely prestigious in the Sui Dynasty, and had close contacts with Qu Tutong, and won Qu Tutong's respect.

Gao Shilian smiled slightly: "I came to the Central Plains to see the situation on the order of Jiaozhiqiu Taishou, and by the way, I visited my wife, children and mother. ”

Qu Tutong's thinking is so keen, continuous heavy rain, the water potential in Hedong County has not receded, there is no way to go to Guanzhong, and there is no way to go to Luoyang, where will Gao Shilian come from? It already goes without saying.

However, Qu Tutong did not refuse, but nodded, "Brother Shilian, please enter the account!" ”

The two entered the tent and sat down with the guests, and the soldiers brought two cups of tea, Gao Shilian asked with concern: "How is the epidemic in the army?" ”

Qu Tutong smiled bitterly, "There is a new illness every day, it is impossible to prevent it, as long as the illness is immediately sent to the new camp for isolation, all the items are burned, but I still don't know how many people have been infected, now the only way is to build a new camp, as long as one person is sick, the other people in the same account will move to the new camp regardless of whether there is a problem or not, here I am very grateful to Li Gong for sending me a lot of tents, so that I can isolate enough." (To be continued.) )