The next morning, Yun Dingxing and his party returned to Luoyang from Luokoucang, just entered the city, Wang Shiyun was impatient to meet him, Yun Dingxing understood what he meant, so he smiled and pointed to the back, Wang Shiyun suddenly smiled and couldn't close his mouth, and hurriedly stepped forward. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But Yun Dingxing was more concerned about the 1,000 Sui soldiers who followed him into Luoyang, and he was very worried about being seen as flawed, so he personally sent this army to the military camp directly under the Ministry of War, which was not far from his mansion, and was a small military camp, where his 3,000 troops were stationed in peacetime.

"General Shen, you and your brothers can stay here with peace of mind, just ask my son what you need, and if you have special weapons requested, I will do everything possible to get them for you."

These thousand soldiers are the elite selected from the scout army of the Sui army, and nominally their main general is an Eagle Yang Lang general, called Kang Dawei, but the actual main general is the scout general Shen Guang, Shen Guang is very famous, and many Luoyang officials also know him, so he pretended to be a captain and hid in the army.

Yun Dingxing only learned that Shen Guang was in the army on the road, and his tone was extremely polite.

Shen Guang smiled slightly: "Thank you Yun Shangshu for bothering, there is no need for any special weapons for the time being, so as not to arouse unnecessary suspicion, as long as the daily supply of military food and vegetables is guaranteed." ”

"There's no problem with this!"

Yun Dingxing repeatedly instructed his son Yun Shitai to bring a few henchmen and Sui soldiers to be stationed together, let him be the nominal commander, and he would come out to deal with anything, and at the same time, Cen Wenwen also lived in Yun Dingxing's mansion.

As soon as Yun Dingxing finished giving the order, at this moment, a team of guards and cavalry rushed in the distance, and the first guard hugged his fist to Yun Dingxing and said: "Yun Shangshu, the Holy Lord summons you, let you go to the imperial study immediately." ”

"I'll go!"

Yun Dingxing was afraid that the guards would see the flaws of the thousand soldiers, so he immediately took out an ingot of gold, about ten taels, and quietly stuffed it to the head guard, and asked in a low voice: "I don't know what the saint is looking for me?" ”

The head guard pinched the heavy gold, and suddenly smiled: "Actually, there is nothing wrong, the saint just wants to know the situation of the Tiger Prison Pass, it should be Yun Shangshu who knows best." ”

"I see, then please ask Li Zhichang to lead the way."

Yun Dingxing diverted the attention of the guards, he turned on his horse and followed a group of guards towards the palace.......

In the imperial study, Wang Shi was full of tired face and half leaned on the dragon couch, he was overly drunk during this time, his thinking was a little dull, and his energy could not keep up, so he had to fight his spirit and discuss countermeasures with the important ministers.

Now the situation of the Sui army has not yet been figured out, but another thing that happened made Wang Shichong very angry, the second son of the Han King Wang Yingshu secretly reported to him that the prince secretly used the gold medal for transferring troops yesterday, which violated Wang Shichong's bottom line, which made Wang Shichong very angry, he handed over the power of the court to the prince, but the military power was firmly grasped in his own hands, only for the prince to mobilize an army of less than 500 people, and it could only be used to maintain order, the prince actually dared to transfer 3,000 troops behind his back to rescue the Tiger Prison Pass, it was simply bold.

Wang Shichong scolded his eldest son Wang Xuanying fiercely, he glared at his eldest son Wang Xuanying, and said viciously: "I said ugly things in front today, if there is a next time, I will directly abolish your crown prince." ”

Wang Xuanying was so frightened that he lowered his head and trembled and said, "Erchen doesn't dare anymore!" ”

Next to Wang Yingshu's face was full of pride, he had been suppressed by his brother, and today he finally let out a bad breath.

At this time, a eunuch reported at the door: "Your Majesty, Yun Shangshu is here, waiting outside the palace." ”

"Announce his audience!"

"Your Majesty has a will, Xuanyun will meet you!"

"Your Majesty has a will, Xuanyun will meet you!"

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The order came out one after another, and after a while, Yun Dingxing hurriedly walked into the imperial study, knelt down and cried: "Weichen has not fulfilled His Majesty's trust, and he is here to ask for sin!" ”

Wang Shichong was stunned for a moment, he actually forgot Yun Dingxing's task for a while, and asked for a while: "What task has Yun Aiqing not completed?" ”

"Wechen didn't finish transporting the grain in Luokoucang, only 900,000 stone were transported for 1.8 million stones, and there was too late to transport 900,000 stones left, so Wechen had to burn Luokoucang with fire to prevent it from being obtained by the Sui army."

Wang Shichong then remembered the matter of transporting grain, nodded and said: "Yun Aiqing has done a good job, he would rather burn it than support the enemy, but did the Sui army really break through the Tiger Prison?" ”

Yun Dingxing nodded silently, "The defeated soldiers of the Tiger Prison Pass retreated, and Wei Chen knew that the Tiger Prison Pass was lost. ”

Wang Shichong sighed, and he asked again: "I heard that you sent troops to support the Tiger Prison Pass, is it a military order given to you by the prince?" ”

Yun Dingxing immediately understood, compared to the loss of the Tiger Prison Pass, Wang Shichong was more concerned about his military power, he hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen did receive a gold medal from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince the night before yesterday, and ordered the humble post to immediately go to support the Tiger Prison Pass, because he didn't see the Tiger Talisman, so Weichen didn't dare to send troops." ”

This answer is barely qualified, and Yun Dingxing also knows that he needs a tiger talisman to send troops, Wang Shichong said again: "But I heard that you sent 3,000 troops to the Tiger Prison Pass yesterday morning, how can you explain this?" ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen did not send troops to the Tiger Prison Pass, Weichen is just because of the news, the Tiger Prison Pass has been lost, in order to gain time to burn the warehouse, send the third son to lead 3,000 troops to intercept the advance of the Sui army."

"How's the interception work?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the third son only led less than a thousand people to flee back, but the Sui army striker may be worried that there was an ambush in front of him, so he did not chase after him, and bought Weichen half an hour to burn the warehouse."

At this time, Wang Shiyun next to him explained for Yun Dingxing: "Your Majesty, Weichen also asked General Liu, the defender of Luokoucang, he said that the situation was very critical at that time, if it wasn't for Yun Shitai leading the army to resist desperately, I'm afraid everyone wouldn't be able to escape back, and the 900,000 stone grain in Luokoucang would also fall into the hands of the Sui army, and Yun Shangshu also wanted to pick up Honglie, we should understand Yun Shangshu's heart to serve the country." ”

Yun Dingxing sighed and said: "Weichen is ashamed, he didn't think much about it in a hurry, and he naturally did it, and he really didn't dare to be praised by His Royal Highness King Zhao." ”

Wang Shiyun and Yun Dingxing sang and answered, and the gloomy look on Wang Shichong's face finally dissipated, in fact, he also understood that an old fritter in officialdom like Yun Dingxing would never make such a low-level mistake.

Besides, it's not a good thing, Yun Dingxing should do everything possible to shirk it, how can there be a reason to make a mistake and send him to death, however, Yun Dingxing actually sent his own army to intercept the Sui army, which is a relatively rare thing, maybe he has something unsightly to transfer in a hurry.

Thinking of this, Wang Shichong suddenly glanced at Wang Shiyun with understanding, and he suddenly understood, no wonder the eldest brother wanted to speak for Yun Dingxing, it must be for his unsightly things, Yun Dingxing will send troops to intercept the Sui army.

Wang Shichong was relieved, in fact, Yun Dingxing's subordinates suffered heavy losses, it was actually a good thing, there were less than a thousand people left, which was equivalent to directly cutting off Yun Dingxing's wings, and it was no longer a cause for concern.

Wang Shichong's army is actually a kind of trilogy system, many generals have their own armies, like Guo Shiheng's Huai'an Army, Zhu Wei's Nanyang Army, as well as Yang Gongqing, Guo Shancai, Baye Gang, Zhang Tong'er, Yun Dingxing, etc., all have their own troops, more like Guo Shiheng has more than 10,000 troops, less Ruyun Dingxing only has 3,000 troops, and most of the others have 4,000 people.

Therefore, Wang Shichong attaches great importance to military power, and he will never allow these generals to send troops without authorization, and he must have his tiger talisman to transfer troops.

Wang Shichong was already very tired, he didn't want to say any more, so he said: "How to deploy troops will be discussed tomorrow!" Let's go back and take care of what we have in hand. ”

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside, followed by a guard who hurriedly reported, "Your Majesty, the latest news from Yanshi County, the Sui army has captured Yanshi County." ”

Wang Shichong was shocked, 'Ah! Standing up, he didn't realize the seriousness of the problem when the Sui army broke through the Tiger Prison Pass, and it wasn't until the Sui army captured Yanshi County that he suddenly understood that the Sui army had been killed in front of him.

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Everyone retreated, only Yun Dingxing stayed, he knew Wang Shichong's mood very well, and felt that it was necessary to remind Wang Shichong well.

"Yun Aiqing has any other good suggestions?" Wang Shichong asked in a hoarse voice.

"Your Majesty, the Sui army is coming so quickly, I'm afraid it's because I'm worried that the Tang army will take the lead, the Sui and Tang countries have ambitions to plot Luoyang, as long as we can hold the city, it is very likely that the Sui and Tang dynasties will break out first to fight for Luoyang, if they lose both, the crisis in Luoyang will be greatly eased."

Wang Shichong nodded, "Yun Aiqing is right, I remember." ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen has another suggestion."

"Say it!"

"Your Majesty, Wechen suggested that Your Majesty concentrate the military power in the hands of the Wang family, at this time, Wechen is worried that someone will raise troops to sacrifice the city."

This sentence rang in Wang Shichong's ears like a morning bell and a dusk drum, and Yun Dingxing's words spoke to his heart.

He asked anxiously, "How?" ”

"Your Majesty, Zhang Tong'er is in Shuyang County, Baye Gang is in Xiangcheng County, these two people don't need to be recalled, as for Yang Gongqing and Guo Shancai, one can go to guard Yique, and the other can go to guard Michi, there are less than a thousand people left in the hands of Weichen, and Weichen can be handed over to King Zhao, the key is the eight thousand army in the hands of Zhu Wei, this person is the most dangerous, Your Majesty has to put a lot of effort into it."

Wang Shichong nodded again and again, Yun Dingxing's words were in line with his heart, when Yun Dingxing mentioned Zhu Ji, Wang Shichong's eyes suddenly flashed a fierce murderous intent, and he said coldly: "Zhu Ji has no problem, I let him go to the palace, and everything is solved." (To be continued.) )