It's night, and the horse leaps into the big tent.

The lights are dim, the atmosphere in the big tent seems a little dignified, Ma Yue is leaning on the tiger skin cushion and closing his eyes to recuperate, Jia Xu, Guo Tu, Pei Yuanshao, Zhou Cang and Ma Teng are holding their breath and concentrating in the tent, Ma Yue does not speak, no one dares to take the lead in breaking this silence, even if Ma Teng is the uncle of the Ma Yue clan, he can't help but feel worried at this time.

"Puff~"

The twist of the mutton oil lamp suddenly made a soft sound, Ma Yue's slightly closed eyes didn't know when they had opened, and his blazing eyes were staring at Guo Tu for a moment, as if ~~ He had been looking at Guo Tu like this all along, Guo Tu's heart trembled, and his legs fell to the ground weakly.

"Public Rules~~" Ma Yue said coldly, "General Ben is very disappointed." ”

Guo Tu's shoulders trembled slightly, and he said in a low voice: "Tu neglected, and almost missed the lord's important matter, please punish the lord." ”

Ma Yue was silent, and Guo Tu's heart hung up.

Seeing Ma Yue's uncertain expression, Pei Yuanshao hurriedly knelt down and said in a low voice: "Bo Qi, this time Fang Yue led the army to rebel without authorization, it is not Mr. Guo Tu's fault~~"

"Yuan Shao!" Ma Yue broke off and stopped Pei Yuanshao from saying, "You don't have to take the responsibility on yourself!" ”

Pei Yuanshao was awe-inspiringly silenced, Guo Tu hurriedly kneeled forward a few steps, and said sincerely: "Please punish the lord." ”

"Punishment? Will Penalties Solve the Problem? can make Fang Yue's betrayal disappear, and can make nothing happen to the old camp of Hetao? Ma Yue said coldly, "Now is not the time to pursue responsibility, the top priority is to eliminate the possible greater crisis as soon as possible." ”

"Huh?"

"A bigger crisis!?"

Pei Yuanshao, Ma Teng and Zhou Cang looked at each other.

Jia Xu took a breath and asked Guo Tu in a harmonious voice: "Brother Gongze, what does the lord mean~~ After Her Royal Highness the princess came to the old camp, in addition to General Fang Yue, who else did she have personal contact with?" ”

Guo Tu tried his best to recall for a moment, and replied affirmatively: "After Her Royal Highness the princess came to the old camp, she has been living in the camp, and she is often taken care of by the eldest lady and the second lady, except for the villain who went to the Thirty Mile Pavilion to greet Her Royal Highness the princess, the rest of the civil officials and military generals have never had any contact with the princess, until the Xianbei army attacked~~"

Ma Yue said: "General Ben already knows about Xianbei's attack. ”

"Yes." Guo Tu responded, and then said, "The battle of Wuyuan, the princess saw Fang Yue's brave performance with her own eyes on the lookout, and after our army collected the troops and returned to the camp, the princess summoned Fang Yue alone in the big tent, the villain thought that the princess just wanted to reward a few words, but I don't know~~I really don't know~~"

"Since that's the case, it's a lot simpler." Jia Xu breathed a sigh of relief and said to Ma Yue, "Lord, there is only one problem left now, that is, how to deal with Fang Yue?" ”

"Needless to say." Zhou Cang said, "Of course, you have to kill." ”

Jia Xu smiled and asked, "Why do you have to kill?" ”

"Uh~~" Zhou Cang took a breath and asked without thinking, "Fang Yue is untrustworthy and unrighteous, leading the army to betray the lord and conspire against him, how can he not be killed?" ”

Jia Xu said again: "What if Fang Yue is ordered to send troops? ”

"Ordered?" Zhou Cang was confused when he heard it, "Where did the holy decree come from?" ”

"The princess can make a false decree." Jia Xu said, "The so-called monarch is a minister, even if Fang Yue knows that the princess is just a fake holy decree, but as a Han minister, he can't disobey it, otherwise he will despise the court and desecrate the dignity of the royal family." ”

Jia Xu's words have come out, Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao, the two reckless men, are okay, but Ma Teng and Guo Tu are Huo Ran's color, lest Ma Yue will be furious when he hears it, Jia Xu's words are clearly excusing Fang Yue, Jia Xu's implication is that Fang Yue is just doing his duty as a courtier, not treachery and rebellion.

As for contempt for the court and desecration of the dignity of the royal family, which is not contempt for the court and which is not a desecration of the royal dignity? According to Jia Xu's remarks, Ma Yue is simply a chaotic minister and thief, isn't everyone punished for it?

But contrary to Guo Tu and Ma Teng's expectations, Ma Yue was not angry.

Because Ma Yue knew that Jia Xu actually had no sarcasm, he was just vaguely reminding himself that for people like Fang Yue, the word "kill" alone could not solve the problem, although the Han family had declined and its demise was inevitable, it would take a while for the people of the world to accept this reality.

After all, there are still a few well-informed people like Jia Xu who have a glimpse of the world, but in the whole world, there are more pedantic and foolish people like Fang Yue, Fu Zhu, and Guan Ning! It's easy to kill these people, but what about after the killing? It is inevitable that the talents will wither, which will greatly hurt the vitality of the Han people.

If Ma Yue just wanted to be in a corner of peace and guard the Hetao as a free warlord, he could have killed Fang Yue, the Hetao was not as good as the Central Plains, and it was relatively simple to govern! One killing word is enough to solve everything. But if Ma Yue has greater ambitions, he must understand that if he wants to enter the Central Plains, it is far from enough to kill a word.

While Ma Yue was pondering, Jia Xu suddenly said again: "Lord, I have a suggestion. ”

"Speak."

Jia Xu said: "Fang Yue can defeat 70,000 Xianbei iron cavalry in Wuyuan with 20,000 cavalry, and defeated the Xianbei people in a dignified head-to-head confrontation, this person's military talent is no longer questionable, why don't the lord take Fang Yue as the main general and let him lead the army to the desert?" ”

"What!"

"What kind of joke did the military advisor make to let Fang Yue lead the army on an expedition to the desert?"

"What if Fang Yue leads the army to defect again?"

"Yes, this is definitely not possible."

Jia Xu's voice fell, and Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang categorically objected.

Jia Xu was not in the slightest unhappy because of Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang's fierce opposition, and then said: "Although Fang Yue, Fu Zhu, Guan Ning and others are pedantic, these pedantic people have an advantage, that is, they lack ambition!" In other words, even if Fang Yue conquered the desert, he would never do anything to support his troops and tear the soil to claim the throne. ”

Ma Teng said: "Even if Fang Yue has no ambitions, if a holy decree arrives today, wouldn't he still have to lead the army to surrender?" ”

"General Ma Teng asked well." Jia Xu said, "This is the crux of the matter, the army of the expedition to the desert can be Fang Yue as the main general, but the main general who leads the army is not Fang Yue!" ”

"Strategist, I've made you confused." Zhou Cang was confused when he heard this, and scratched his head and said, "One will say that Fang Yue is the main general, and the other will say that the main general who leads the troops but not Fang Yue, isn't this a contradiction?" ”

Jia Xu smiled and didn't answer.

Zhou Cang was about to ask again, but Ma Yue Huoran stretched out his hand and said in a deep voice: "Zhou Cang listens to the order!" ”

"The end will be."

Zhou Cang instinctively took a step forward, standing straight in front of Ma Yue, Ma Yue looked at Zhou Cang like a torch, and said in a deep voice: "With you as the main general, lead five thousand Wuhuan wolf riders and nine thousand moon clans to ride an expedition to the desert, and the army is only allowed to carry ten dry food, and three days later, there must be no mistakes." ”

"Yes!" Zhou Cang first agreed, then quickly came back to his senses and said in a rebellious voice, "Huh? This ~~ lord, this ~~ expedition to the desert is very important, and I am afraid that the end will be difficult to compete. ”

"General Ben said you can do it, you can do it." Ma Yue said undoubtedly, "Do you still dare to disobey?" ”

Zhou Cang panicked: "Don't dare." ”

"Then what are you doing in a daze?" Ma Yue shouted, "Waiting for General Ben to invite you to drink mare's milk wine?" ”

Zhou Cang hurriedly surrendered, and then fled.

……

The night is as dark as ink.

Two soldiers escorted Fang Yue to a tent, Fang Yue looked around but saw that the four fields were pitch black, only two dim torches were inserted ten steps away, lighting the flickering firelight, illuminating the tent near the tent like an underground power realm, revealing an inexplicable gloom.

"Let's go inside!"

The two soldiers each kicked heavily on Fang Yue's back, Fang Yue stumbled into the tent, only to see the fire in the tent, Ma Yue, whose face was full of frost, was sitting proudly in the tent, and behind Ma Yue stood the evil man Dian Wei, who looked like a ghost, and Dian Wei's hideous and terrifying face seemed to be particularly gloomy at this time.

Fang Yue knelt on the ground, his high head already lowered, and said in a low voice: "See the general." ”

"Fang Yue!" Ma Yue shouted in a deep voice, "Are you guilty? ”

Fang Yue's expression darkened, and he sighed: "The last general knows that the death penalty is inescapable, and he is willing to die." ”

"That's the case~~" Ma Yue Huoran stood up, his eyes showing murderous intent, "General Ben will fulfill you." ”

Fang Yue took off his helmet, then closed his eyes and leaned forward slightly, leading his neck to be killed.

"锵~~"

In the piercing sound of metal grinding, Ma Yue had slowly drawn out his sword, and raised it high in the dim firelight, and suddenly there was a cold light flashing in the tent, and the sword in Ma Yue's hand had already slashed down viciously according to Fang Yue's head......

(To be continued)