In the camp of the Sui army, Fang Xuanling walked quickly to the big tent of the Chinese army, and several soldiers standing in front of the tent hurriedly flashed aside. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Is the big handsome there?" Fang Xuanling asked.

"The commander is in the tent, please come in."

The Chinese military tent is equivalent to a military command center, which is neither Zhang Xuan's sleeping tent nor Zhang Xuan's camp tent for handling official business, but most of the time, the commander Zhang Xuan stays in the Chinese army's big tent.

Fang Xuanling walked into the big tent and saw two practitioners marking the latest information on the sand table, while Zhang Xuan was sitting in front of the handsome case and was silent.

Fang Xuanling smiled: "Is the big handsome still thinking about yesterday's letter?" ”

Zhang Xuan yesterday received a letter from Chang'an, a letter from Yu Yun, a Tang Dynasty craftsman who was also the head of the Guanlong Yu family, in which he euphemistically expressed his allegiance to the Northern Sui.

In fact, Yu Yun is not the first Guanlong nobleman to express his willingness to cooperate with the Northern Sui, as early as a few months ago, Dugu Shun provided five thousand barrels of high-quality high-slave oil to the Northern Sui army through Song Jingang, and the high-slave oil wells in Yan'an County were all controlled by the Dugu family, and no one else was allowed to get involved.

Yu Yun's statement Zhang Xuan is not surprising, in order to keep the wealth and future of the family, these Guanlong nobles cannot put their future and fate on the Tang Dynasty, especially when the Tang Dynasty is increasingly suppressed by the Northern Sui.

Zhang Xuan smiled, "It's just cranky, is there something wrong with the military advisor?" ”

Fang Xuanling turned around and glanced at the two practitioners, and the two engaged retreated, Zhang Xuan was a little strange, so he asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"I just received news from Chang'an that Dugu Shun was assassinated on the street and shot through his head with an arrow."

Zhang Xuan was stunned, "Who did it?" ”

"Your Highness should know."

Zhang Xuan immediately reacted, "Could it be the Xuanwu Fire Phoenix of the Qin Palace?" ”

The Chang'an Intelligence Agency had long known that Li Shimin had planned to build a new Xuanwu Fire Phoenix, and even one of the assassins was a member of the Chang'an Intelligence Agency and was recruited by the Xuanwu Fire Phoenix, so that the Chang'an Intelligence Agency could know the situation of the Xuanwu Fire Phoenix at any time.

"Can you be sure it was the Xuanwu Fire Phoenix who did it?"

"Of course!"

Fang Xuanling sneered: "It was our spies in Xuanwu Huofeng who shot Dugu Shun. ”

"Then what is Li Yuan's performance?"

"What else can I do, Li Yuan tried his best to severely punish the murderer, and also ordered the three halls to try the case, which can not be said to be unimportant, but the ridiculous criminal department finally put the responsibility on Song Jingang, saying that Song Jingang sent someone to assassinate him, and Li Yuan also acquiesced to this conclusion."

Zhang Xuan took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and then asked, "Then what is Li Yuan's purpose in doing this, and why did he eradicate Dugushun?" ”

Fang Xuanling handed the information sent by Chang'an to Zhang Xuan, "It didn't say it, but I can guess one or two." ”

"The military advisor might as well talk about it."

"The emperor's mind of the world is nothing more than the word 'right', Li Yuan is no exception, I know that the financial resources of the Chang'an court are drying up day by day, and they can't make ends meet, in this case, it is impossible for Li Yuan not to fight the idea of the Guanlong nobles, especially the Dugu family is known as the richest man in the world, and the wealth in his hands is incalculable, it is not strange to take the Dugu family to open the knife, this is one of them."

Fang Xuanling smiled and continued: "The second is that Dugu Shun secretly funded Song Jingang and made Li Yuan feel betrayed, in fact, funding Song Jingang itself is not a big problem, Li Yuan is only angry at most, but what really makes Li Yuan afraid is this kind of betrayal, he is worried that Dugu Shun will continue to secretly communicate with us, killing Dugu Shun can not only stop this kind of sprouts, but also sound the alarm for other Guanlong nobles, Li Yuan thinks about the abyss, it is not an impulse." ”

"Does the military advisor find it useful?"

"It may be useful to make profits, the Guanlong nobles should obediently pay the money and grain, but if you really want the Guanlong nobles to have no dissent, I think this is a fate of the wood begging for fish, Li Yuan got the direction wrong."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "The military advisor is right, as long as the military and government are strong, why worry about the Guanlong nobles not returning to their hearts, and they are afraid that the Guanlong nobles will be more centrifuged by killing." ”

"Wei Chen suggested that His Highness might as well wait and see what happens, instead of trying to win them over, let them vote for themselves, that would be better handled."

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "Did the military advisor let me sit on the Diaoyutai high?" ”

"That's exactly what it means, when you become Jiang Taigong, maybe you can catch big fish, such as Yu Yun and others."

The two laughed together.

At this moment, a sergeant outside the tent reported: "Commander, the scout has discovered an important situation." ”

Zhang Xuan was stunned and asked, "Where is the scout?" ”

"Just wait outside the tent."

"Bring him in!"

After a while, several soldiers brought in the scout brigade commander Li Wenyao, and Li Wenyao knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Scout brigade commander Li Wenyao see the marshal!" ”

"What did you find?"

"Your Highness, we caught three Turkic spies in Chenghou Mountain, and found a few maps from them, Your Highness can see it at a glance."

After speaking, Li Wenyao presented a few rolls of sheepskin, Zhang Xuan took the sheepskin and opened it to take a closer look, at this time, Fang Xuanling next to him asked, "Why are you patrolling Chenghou Mountain?" ”

"Qiqi military division, we were originally investigating the situation in the west of Chenghou Mountain, but a few days ago we received news from the scout brothers in the east that we had found Turkic cavalry in the area of Chenghou Mountain, so we rushed over, and as a result, we intercepted three Turkic patrol posts on the official road in the west, and they confessed that they were ordered to go to Xinkou to investigate the terrain."

At this time, Zhang Xuan walked quickly to the sand table, looked at the parchment roll in his hand, Fang Xuanling saw that Zhang Xuan's expression was different, so he asked Li Wenyao to wait outside the tent, he slowly walked to the sand table and asked, "What did Your Highness find?" ”

"Just look at the parchment."

Fang Xuanling turned out to be a parchment roll, only to see a picture painted on it, a canyon, the river flowing below, there was an earthen dam in the canyon, and there was data next to it, Fang Xuanling couldn't help frowning, "The Turks want to build a dam in Hutuo Shui?" ”

"The military advisor will take a closer look at the direction of the picture."

Fang Xuanling looked at it carefully again, and suddenly woke up, "This is a picture drawn on the north side of the canyon!" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Here's the problem, the Hutuo water is too fast, and the cavalry can't pass at all, so how did the Turkic spies go to the north?" ”

"What does Your Highness think?"

Zhang Xuan pointed to the mountain next to Xinkou with a wooden pole, "I think they climbed over the mountain." ”

"But how can the war horse pass?"

"The war horse did not pass, one person watched the horse under the south mountain, and the other two went over the mountain to the north, and drew this map on the north side of the canyon, and there was a measurement on it, the river was twenty zhang wide, as deep as one person, and the dam was twenty-five zhang, and the nearby mud and stone were abundant, did the military advisor understand what they meant?"

Fang Xuanling nodded, "It's a good strategy to build a dam in the north and cut off the flowing water, and then tens of thousands of cavalry can enter Yanmen County from the north of the canyon." ”

Zhang Xuan lightly smacked the wooden frame twice with his fist and said, "If the Turkic cavalry really wants to go north, a big battle will be inevitable." ”

Fang Xuanling smiled: "Then let's do it according to the original plan!" ”

At this time, a soldier outside the tent reported, "Marshal, General Pei is here." ”

"Let him in!"

Pei Xingyan walked into the big tent quickly, and reported with a salute: "Dashuai, Fenshui is different!" ”

"What's out of the ordinary?"

"The Fenshui has all turned red, and it is filled with blood."

Zhang Xuan and Fang Xuanling glanced at each other, and Zhang Xuan immediately said, "Let's take a look first!" ”

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Not long after, Zhang Xuan rode to Fenshui under the escort of hundreds of cavalry, and as soon as he arrived at the river, a pungent bloody breath came to his face, only to see that there were already thousands of Sui soldiers on both sides of Fenshui, and more than a dozen small boats were salvaging something in the river.

A Lang general, who was directing the soldiers to salvage by the river, saw the arrival of the commander and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "See the commander!" ”

Jang Hyun pointed to the boat and asked, "What are you fishing?" ”

"Commander Qiqi, catch a lot of dead sheep."

The soldiers carried over several piles of sheep carcasses that had been fished ashore, and there were hundreds of them, and General Lang said: "The river is full of sheep blood and cow blood, and only large-scale slaughter of cattle and sheep can cause this situation." ”

Zhang Xuan and Fang Xuanling glanced at each other, it seemed that the information was correct, the Turkic army was preparing to withdraw from Xinkou to the north, and the large-scale slaughter of sheep was the Turkic people made up their minds.

Zhang Xuan observed by the river for a while, and then returned to the camp, and when he entered the camp gate, he ordered: "Order all the generals above Huya to gather in the big tent of the Chinese army at once." (To be continued.) )