Qin Qiong did not return to the camp, but returned to the tent, and in the big tent, Pei Renji's soldiers were busy packing up their belongings, and Xiao Huairang's head was also put away.

"How, how do they choose?" Bae Renji stepped forward and asked.

"Back to the marshal, they said to go back and discuss, but the matter came too suddenly, so they were not prepared."

Pei Renji snorted coldly, turned around and ordered several pro-soldiers: "Go and keep an eye on the Jia family and his son, if they show signs of leaving the camp, notify me immediately!" ”

Several pro-soldiers rushed away, and Qin Qiong hesitated for a moment and asked, "Why didn't the marshal let their father and son leave?" ”

"Half of my army is from Qi County, if their father and son leave, the impact on the Qi County soldiers will be too great, people's hearts will be scattered, and everyone else can leave, but their father and son can't leave!"

Qin Qiong was silent, he has always been Pei Renji's confidant, he has now been promoted to Huya Lang General, it can be said that he was promoted by Pei Renji, Pei Renji is as kind to himself as a mountain, of course he will follow, but he can't figure out why he surrendered Wagang.

After a while, Qin Qiong asked in a low voice, "Dashuai, don't we have any other choice?" ”

"You don't want to surrender?" Bae In-ki stared at him with blazing eyes.

Qin Qiong shook his head, "I am willing to follow the commander, but I really don't want to surrender to Wagang again." ”

Pei Renji laughed, "The surrender of Wagang is just a matter of me, no matter how bad my Pei Renji is, I will not surrender to the bandits, I am just afraid that the Wagang Army will take the opportunity to attack us, I know that the Wagang Army has planted a lot of spies in the barracks, so I can stabilize Wagang and give me time to evacuate." ”

Qin Qiong was stunned, "That big handsome person thinks-"

"I actually want to go to Taiyuan to seek refuge with Li Yuan."

Pei Renji took out a letter and handed it to Qin Qiong, "This is a letter written to me by Gong Li, I just received this letter the night before yesterday. Li Yuan has already raised troops in Taiyuan, and specially invited me to go to Taiyuan for development, and I have already agreed to him. ”

Qin Qiong's heart was in a mess, he couldn't have imagined that Pei Renji was actually going to surrender to Li Yuan, he took the letter and looked at it blankly, and returned the letter to Pei Renji. "But" Qin Qiong didn't know what to say.

Although he was unwilling to surrender Wagang, he was also confused when he surrendered Li Yuan, in fact, he was not mentally prepared for whoever surrendered.

Pei Renji patted Qin Qiong's shoulder and said earnestly: "Many people say that Zhang Xuan is good, but I still think that the Guanlong nobles are the masters of the world, they established the Sui Dynasty, and they will also establish another dynasty, and they must not stand in the wrong line at this critical moment." Shubao, although you are from Qi County, you are not a scholar, and there is no problem at all in taking refuge in the Guanlong nobles, so you will not be wrong with following me. ”

Qin Qiong was silent for a moment, and then said, "What about Yuanqing?" ”

Pei Renji smiled, "I have already written to him and asked him to come to Jijun to join me immediately." I hope that he would better bring one or two thousand cavalry over, so that my capital to join Li Yuan will be even stronger. ”

That's when it happened. A personal soldier galloped into the tent and reported loudly: "Qiqi Marshal, the father and son of the Jia family have already ridden out of the camp, and there is no trace!" ”

Pei Renji was stunned, gritted his teeth for a while, and said: "Old treacherous and cunning guy, slip away fast!" ”

Pei Renji said to Qin Qiong again: "I have to leave in advance." Shubao went back to clean up, and the army set off an hour later. ”

Qin Qiong returned to his big tent, but he was not in a hurry to clean it up, but put his hands on the military blanket and looked at the top of the tent attentively, his heart was no longer as chaotic as it was at the beginning. He had a clear choice in his heart, either follow Pei Renji to Taiyuan to join Li Yuan, or follow the example of Jia's father and son and flee to Zhang Xuan, so where should he Qin Qiong go?

Li Yuan is related to the Long nobles as the backstage, and Zhang Xuan has any background, although he is the son-in-law of the Lu family, the Lu family is just an ordinary scholar family in Hebei, and the strength and financial resources are far from being compared with the Guanlong nobles.

Qin Qiong's heart began to gradually become clear, Pei Renji's choice was actually not wrong, the bird chose a good tree to perch, he Qin Qiong should also have his own choice, Li Yuan is undoubtedly the best good wood.

Although his friends and family are all in Qi County, for the sake of his own future, these are nothing, and when he returns to his hometown, friends and family will naturally understand his choice.

Qin Qiong immediately got up and ordered: "Immediately pack up the camp tent and prepare to go!" ”

Although Pei Renji's surrender to Wagang caused a moment of confusion in the army, it did buy him time, and Zhai Rang was confused by this and ordered that the army should not be allowed to fight with Pei Renji again, so as to accurately welcome Pei Renji's surrender.

Neither Shan Xiongxin's army nor Hao Xiaode's army, which was fighting against Pei Renji, took advantage of the Sui army's internal strife to launch an offensive, but watched Pei Renji's army retreat north, and when Zhai Rang finally understood that Pei Renji had not surrendered his sincerity, Pei Renji's army had already crossed the Yellow River from Mengjin.

Although Zhai Rang was deceived by Pei Renji for a while, Pei Renji's northern retreat left the Wagang army without any obstacles, and the 60,000 Wagang army immediately divided into three ways to kill all parts of the Central Plains.

They opened the official warehouse to provide relief to the victims, and won the enthusiastic support of the victims of the Central Plains, and the territory of the Wagang Army began to expand rapidly, and the number of troops also soared from 60,000 to 120,000 in just a few days, and the number of troops doubled.

Qingzhou was not affected by the expansion of Wagang, and relief for the victims was still in full swing, and Pei Ju arrived in Qinghe County by boat after spending a few days in Beihai County.

According to the system, he must read the holy decree to Zhang Xuan in Qinghe County, although everyone knows that Qingzhou is Zhang Xuan's lair, but Zhang Xuan is the envoy of Hebei after all, and he is the general guard of Qinghe County, and has nothing to do with Qingzhou.

Especially when the Sui Dynasty was about to be in turmoil, Pei Ju was more cautious and more cautious step by step, lest he be caught, and he suspected that the Holy Lord had sent him to announce the decree to Zhang Xuan, which was itself a temptation, and he believed that his every move in Qingzhou would be secretly reported to the Holy Lord.

Just when Pei Ju had just arrived in Qinghe County, the news of Li Yuan's army and Pei Renji's northward retreat of the prison army reached Qingzhou and Hebei successively, and the soldiers and civilians everywhere were in an uproar, and many people realized that the world was about to be in turmoil.

The most direct manifestation is the sudden rise in the price of rice, in just half a day, it has risen from 100 yuan to 130 yuan of rice, a full rise of 30%, and then triggered a wave of rice rush in Qingzhou and Hebei.

In the post house of Gaotang County, Pei Ju was pacing worriedly in the lobby, Li Yuan raised troops in his expectation, but the rebellion of his nephew Pei Renji caught him off guard.

Pei Renji didn't report to him in advance and made his own decisions, and what made Pei Ju even more annoyed was that Pei Renji directly borrowed a civilian boat to cross the Yellow River and go to the northwest, obviously going to Bingzhou to join Li Yuan, but Pei Renji still didn't report to himself.

Although Pei Ju did not object to Pei Renji but took refuge in Li Yuan, as a member of the family, Pei Renji did not report such a major matter to himself, the head of the family, where did he put himself and the family?

Pei Ju smelled a dangerous breath, like the smell of burnt bedding, he must not tolerate this matter, Pei Renji must ask himself for guilt and accept punishment, otherwise the Pei family will be in chaos.

When he was thinking about it, a report from his entourage suddenly came from the courtyard: "Qi Pei Gong, Yuanqing Gongzi is here!" ”

Pei Ju was stunned, he initially thought it was his grandson Pei Hong coming, but he immediately reacted again, it was not Pei Hong, it was Pei Xingyan who came, Pei Ju hurriedly said: "Let him come in!" ”

After a while, the dusty Pei Xingyan walked quickly into the lobby, knelt down and saluted, "Grandson Yuanqing see the grandfather of the clan!" ”

Pei Ju saw that Pei Xingyan was still wearing armor, so he asked with a smile: "You just came back from the war?" ”

"Grandfather of the Qiyu clan, my grandson was still maintaining order in Jibei County this morning, but I received a letter from my father, and my grandson didn't have time to take off his armor, so he rushed all the way to see my grandfather."

Pei Ju suddenly understood, he nodded secretly, Pei Renji is not even as good as his own son, and Yuan Qing still knows that major events are reported to him, but what about him?

"Yuanqing, what did your father say in the letter?"

Pei Xingyan took out the letter in his arms and presented it to Pei Ju, "Please grandfather take a look!" ”

Pei Ju took the letter and opened it, it turned out that Pei Renji wanted his son to bring a cavalry to Jijun to join him, Pei Ju snorted in his heart, Pei Renji is very good at digging corners! actually asked his son to take the cavalry away, Zhang Xuan still can't hate the Pei family to the bone, what should his grandson Pei Hong do?

"And what is your own attitude?"

Pei Ju was not in a hurry to express his position, but asked lightly, after all, Pei Renji and Yuan Qing are father and son, and they are closer than the family, and their status in Yuan Qing's heart is definitely not as good as his father. (To be continued.) )