Lu Chifeng sighed, "I'm just going to tell the general that the situation is a little weird, and I don't know why?" ”

"What the hell is going on?"

"Gao Kaidao led the army to Yancheng to meet the battle in the morning, but he secretly sent six thousand troops to ambush outside Liucheng, ready to ambush us, but we saw through it, and we never went out, but just half an hour ago, a Youzhou cavalry of about three thousand people appeared, and they actually took these six thousand people to the south, and Gao Kaidao who you were chasing was also in this team, and someone saw him."

Pei Xingyan was secretly taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "How does the general know that it is Youzhou's army?" ”

"I know the leader of the general, it is Luo Yi's confidant Pan Lun, stationed in Yuyang County, so I know that the other party is the Youzhou Army."

Although Pei Xingyan is competitive, he is not a reckless person after all, the appearance of the Youzhou army has complicated the situation, he can't act without authorization, and he must report to the commander immediately.

Besides, the other party has 9,000 people and 3,000 cavalry, and they may not be opponents, Pei Xingyan pondered for a moment and said: "Let's keep Liucheng County first, I will follow the general to Liucheng, and I will send someone to inform my commander at the same time!" ”

Lu Chifeng was overjoyed, he was worried that Liucheng was not strong enough, and with Pei Xingyan's cavalry, Liucheng could sit back and relax.

"Thank you for the general's assistance, let's go back to Liucheng."

Pei Xingyan sent someone to deliver a letter to Zhang Xuan, and he followed Lu Chifeng to Liucheng

At noon the next day, Zhang Xuan led 5,000 soldiers to Liucheng, and the guards Lu Chifeng and Taishou Deng Wei greeted Zhang Xuan at the gate of the city.

Zhang Xuan's defeat of Gao Kaidao brought a great shock to the two of them and convinced them, on the other hand, the Youzhou Army took over the remnants of Gao Kaidao, and the two of them also had a worry that Gao Kaidao would make a comeback. So they have great expectations for Jang Hyun's arrival.

The two stepped forward and saluted, "We are grateful to the general to save the crisis in Liaodong!" ”

Zhang Xuan turned over and dismounted, and said sincerely to the two of them with a salute: "General Lu and Deng Yuanjun defended Liucheng to the death, so that Liaodong did not fall into the hands of thieves. The merit is in the community, and Zhang Xuan only admires in his heart! ”

"The general has won the award, please go into the city for a while."

Zhang Xuan handed over the army to Commander Pei Xingyan, and he followed the two into the city, where there were all kinds of things to defend the city, rolling wood and stones, half-finished trebuchets, damaged weapons, broken arrows, etc., and there were groups of tired people and soldiers standing above and below the city, and they saw Zhang Xuan leading a large group of reinforcements into the city. They couldn't help but cheer together.

Lu Chifeng sighed: "We have been fighting fiercely with Gao Kaidao for a month, there are no reinforcements, there is no hope, everyone is about to despair, if it is not for General Zhang's arrival, all of us will definitely die, and everyone is grateful to the general." ”

Zhang Xuan waved his hand to everyone, and then smiled at Lu Chifeng: "Everyone is Sui Chen. This is my business, and the general does not need to take it to heart. ”

That being said. Deng Wei saw the problem more thoroughly than Lu Chifeng, Zhang Xuan was a Hebei envoy, but not a Liaodong envoy, without the will of the Son of Heaven, Zhang Xuan led the army to Liaodong without authorization, it was a serious overreach, which was something that the imperial court would never allow.

Deng Wei vaguely guessed that Zhang Xuan's intention to lead the army into Liaodong was very deep. It's not as simple as he said, but Deng Wei is not a pedantic person, Zhang Xuan defeated Gao Kaidao and saved their lives, which made Deng Wei also grateful. As long as Jang Hyun doesn't do it too explicitly, he is willing to obey Jae Hyun's arrangement.

Lu Chifeng thought much simpler than Deng Wei, this is because his official position is not high, just a deputy position of the military government, and now the military government has basically been disbanded, and he has no name as a general, and Zhang Xuan is a real general, and he is a Hebei envoy, much higher than his military rank, so he can only obey the military order unconditionally.

Of course, Lu Chifeng also has a little selfishness, that is, Zhang Xuan is the son-in-law of Fan Yang Lu, although he is not Fan Yang Lu, but he is also a family, every year he will go to Fan Yang to participate in the Lu clan sacrifice, and he has also seen Zhang Xuan's wife Lu Qing, to some extent, he and Zhang Xuan have a little bit of kinship, Lu Chifeng naturally has a heart to take refuge.

Zhang Xuan entered the county office, Deng Wei asked Zhang Xuan to sit down, Lu Chifeng sat down as a companion, and several entourages served them tea, Deng Wei asked in a low voice: "May I ask the general, how could the Youzhou army take Gao Kaidao away, does Luo Dudu really have some kind of relationship with Gao Kaidao?" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and asked, "Why did Deng Taishou say that?" ”

Deng Wei glanced at Lu Chifeng, and Lu Chifeng said hatefully: "If it weren't for the Youzhou army releasing water, how could Gao Kaidao lead the army north to Liaodong?" We have long suspected that Luo Yi and Gao Kaidao are colluding, and what we saw with our own eyes yesterday confirmed our suspicions. ”

Zhang Xuan said slowly: "Since the words have come to this extent, then I won't hide the two of you, Luo Yi is actually in collusion with Goguryeo, and Gao Kaidao himself is a Goguryeo, and his army is the power that Goguryeo has planted in Liaodong, so it is reasonable for Luo Yi to secretly help Gao Kaidao." ”

"Damn traitor!" Lu Chifeng scolded in a low voice.

Deng Wei asked in a low voice, "Does the general think that this matter needs to be reported to the imperial court?" ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "This matter must not be a big deal, once the imperial court intervenes, not only can it not solve the problem, but it will force Luo Yi to rebel, once Luo Yi rebels, Goguryeo will attack Liaodong on a large scale, and then Deng Taishou will have no way to retreat, so I think keeping silent is the best choice." ”

Deng Wei nodded silently, he knew that Zhang Xuan was right, the imperial court couldn't take care of Liaodong at all, but if they remained silent, then they could only obey Zhang Xuan's arrangement, in fact, they had already become Zhang Xuan's subordinates, and there was no other choice.

Zhang Xuan continued: "I plan to appoint Yang Shanhui as the Taishou of Yanjun, he will be responsible for guarding Yancheng County, Deng Taishou will continue to serve as the Taishou of Liucheng County, all the population of Liaodong is concentrated in Yancheng and Liucheng, as long as these two cities are held, Liaodong will not be lost, General Lu, I will hand over the defense of Liucheng to you." ”

Lu Chifeng hurriedly got up and saluted, "Obey the order!" ”

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Gao Kaidao was secretly glad that he had decided to send 6,000 troops to ambush Liucheng, although the ambush was unsuccessful, he saved an army for himself and would not lose his family.

However, he no longer had a foothold in Liaodong, and he had to obey Luo Yi's arrangement.

Gao Kaidao's 6,000 troops were stationed outside Linyu Pass in Beiping County, and he himself entered the pass and met Luo Yi who had arrived from Zhuo County.

In the big tent, Luo Yi sat at the table and was silent, while Gao Kaidao stood aside nervously, silently waiting for Luo Yi's decision.

After a long while, Luo Yicai said slowly: "After all, I am still the governor of Youzhou in the Great Sui, and many things can't be done too much, so I will give you a choice." ”

"Please speak up!" Gao Kaidao bowed.

"You have two roads, one is to go to Hebei, I will let you enter Linyuguan, let you develop in Hebei, I will ignore it, you and I have no relationship, of course, if you still want to stay in Liaodong, I have no objection, but you don't expect me to pick you up again."

Gao Kaidao didn't want to stay in Liaodong, it was no longer realistic to stay in Liaodong, his military funds and grain were thrown away, and the 6,000 people had no food, so they could only kill themselves.

After a moment of silence, Gao Kaidao sighed and said, "Please tell the governor the second way." ”

"The second way is for you to join my army, you become the first army in Youzhou, continue to command your army and garrison Beiping County, and I will supply the grain and grass you need, basically you can remain independent, but I have conditions for this choice."

"What are the conditions for the governor?"

Luo Yi raised his gaze and looked at Gao Kaidao sharply, "Your son must stay in Jixian County, I will arrange for him to study in the county school and ensure his safety, this is my condition, you can consider it yourself!" ”

Of course, Gao Kaidao knew that his son was staying by Luo Yi's side as a hostage, and he was reluctant in his heart, but thinking that he had no place in Hebei, first of all, Zhang Xuan would not let him go, and secondly, he had a grudge against Dou Jiande, Dou Jiande would not spare him, Gao Shida and Lu Mingyue would not give him a chance to develop, it must be destroyed and then quickly, thinking about it, he had no way out except to surrender Luo Yi.

In desperation, Gao Kaidao had to kneel down on one knee and salute, "I am willing to serve the governor!" ”

Luo Yi nodded, "Then tonight, you can send your son here!" ”

(To be continued.) )