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Chapter 788 is unexpected

Someone once said that the night is the best cover for all evil, but in this chaotic era when there is no distinction between justice and evil, the night may only hide killing, and it has nothing to do with good and evil. In such troubled times, no matter how much someone flaunts his benevolence and morality, it is just some jokes that make people feel that they are not very ridiculous.

Flaunting benevolence and righteousness is a somewhat self-deceptive way for the Han people in the Central Plains to rule the people, just like the scimitar in the hands of the steppe people.

But there is no doubt that there is no such thing as justice and morality in such troubled times.

The camp of the Yanyun army was stationed on the west bank of the Zhanghe River, and sixty miles away from here was the camp of the Xia army. The two sides deliberately kept this distance, and it seemed that they were at peace. But both sides know that this is just a rare calm before the storm. There were only about 40,000 men and horses on the side of the Yan Yun army, and the disadvantage of insufficient troops after the previous advance was resisted. And the Xia army didn't dare to fight back easily, and it wouldn't take long for Yan Yunjun's brigade to arrive at this place.

Once the battle is stalemate, if the reinforcements of the Yanyun Army arrive, the Xia Army will be trapped immediately, and there will be no strength to turn over.

If all the forces are mobilized in order to destroy Xue Wanche's men and horses, and there is no certainty of victory, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses.

For Wang Fubao, taking advantage of this rare opportunity to lay out the defense is the most important thing. Great Xia is now facing an unprecedented crisis, and how to get through this crisis seems to be all on his shoulders. Although he knew that Dou Jiande did not trust him, he was able to hand over the military power to him at the most critical time, which already made Wang Fubao feel grateful in his heart.

Gratitude is gratitude, today's Wang Fubao is also very different from the foolish and loyal Wang Fubao before.

He was an old minister who followed Dou Jiande to fight against Sui at the beginning, and in terms of qualifications, there is no one in the current domestic court in Daxia who can be compared with him. The first old brothers who started together failed to survive this troubled world except him. When Dou Jiande was defeated and fled to more than a dozen people around him, Yin Qiu, Shi Zan, Liu Heimin, none of these people ended well. Liu Heimin was better, and died at the hands of Yan Yunjun Li Xian.

But Yin Qiu Shizan, the minister of the humerus, was unjustly killed by Dou Jiande!

In terms of military merits, Wang Fubao is undoubtedly the first person in Great Xia.

According to qualifications, Wang Fubao is undoubtedly the first person in Great Xia.

But this first person has been living an unhappy life all these years. Since Su Dingfang's death, Dou Jiande has become more and more distrustful of Lao Chen. Except for his brother-in-law Cao Dan, everyone else is likely to rebel in his eyes. Especially Wang Fubao, who has a high prestige in the army, has become a big trouble for Dou Jiande.

Sometimes, even Dou Jiande felt that he was more dangerous than foreign enemies.

After Wang Fubao's righteous son Wang Yan was sent back to Yuzhou to recuperate, in fact, there were not many of Wang Fubao's cronies in the army. After all, he has not led troops in the past few years, if it weren't for the fact that Great Xia was at stake, Dou Jiande would still refuse to use him. And several important generals in the army, such as Duguxue, such as Su Zhi, although they respect him, they actually don't have any sense of identity in their hearts.

These cutting-edge generals will always feel that they are not far behind the veterans of the imperial court.

Just half a month after Wang Roar returned to Zhaozhou, a woman in a Taoist robe walked into Wang Fubao's mansion. She stayed in the royal mansion for an hour, and when she came out, she got into a carriage and headed straight in the direction of the palace. Not long after, a large number of forbidden soldiers and a eunuch of rice paper entered Wang Fubao's house.

The next morning, before the sun rose, a cavalry team of about 300 men galloped out of the city and galloped all the way to the southeast. The officers and soldiers guarding the city gate faintly saw a familiar figure in the cavalry, and after thinking for a long time, they remembered that person was actually the prince of Anguo.

It's just that the officers and soldiers guarding the door are a little puzzled, and it seems that there is a brocade-clothed eunuch behind Wang Bo. Moreover, the people who escorted Wang Bo out of the city were all cavalry of the forbidden army. He saw Wang Bo and the eunuch, but he didn't notice that there was a person behind Wang Bo who deliberately lowered his head and covered his head and face with a black scarf.

This cavalry team traveled day and night and reached Qingzhang as fast as possible. After entering the city, he learned that Wang Fubao was in a large camp about 100 miles southeast of Qingzhang, and the cavalry team did not stop for a minute and rushed directly out of the city to the direction of the camp. There were still about five miles to go before the main camp, and the cavalry changed their clothes on the side of the road. Especially the eunuch who was not very old, changed into a new official uniform.

Although he was extremely favored in the palace, it was the first time that he came out to spread the decree so far. So he was inevitably a little excited, and the Qin Cha represented the royal prestige, so naturally he couldn't just rush over like this. After washing their faces on the side of the road and changing into official uniforms, the group continued on the road.

And only the person in the team who covered his face with a black scarf did not change his clothes or say a word. When others washed their faces and changed their clothes, he was the only one sitting alone. He hung his head and looked at his dirty boots, unable to see the expression on his face, and the sadness and despair in his eyes were irrepressibly revealed.

I'm just a little person.

He muttered, in a sad tone.

But soon, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.

"Little people...... There is also a chance to ......"

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Wang Bo entered the barracks again after two years, and this feeling made him really excited. Since he was secretly demoted by Dou Jiande and removed the official position of the Wei County Guard, he has not touched military power, the most intoxicating of all kinds of rights in the world, for two years.

If you don't take charge of the soldiers, you don't know the magic of the soldiers.

Being a magistrate and managing the people of a city and a place is far less pleasant than controlling the army. The feeling of commanding thousands of troops in front of you is so obsessive.

When Wang Bo arrived at the gate of the Xia Jun camp, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then groaned comfortably. You must know that the smell in the barracks is not good, but he enjoys it very much, it is a smell that has not been seen in a long time.

The taste of right.

The soldiers of the Xia Army guarding the gate were a little surprised to see the arrival of a group of forbidden troops in bright armor, and they heard that it was the capital that came to the will, and they hurriedly went to invite Wang Fubao without delay. Wang Fubao was discussing military affairs with his generals in the big tent, and when he heard that the decree had arrived, he hurriedly led the generals out of the big tent to greet him.

Far away, Wang Fubao recognized Wang Bo. Seeing this person appear in the barracks, Wang Fubao's pupils immediately contracted. His mind was in a trance, and his heart tightened. Wang Bo, who was not smiling, walked a few steps quickly after seeing Wang Fubao, hugged his fists and smiled: "I haven't seen the general for a long time since I said goodbye to the capital, so don't the general come to harm?" ”

Wang Fubao also hugged his fists and said, "Thanks to Bo Gong's concern, everything is fine." ”

"I'm afraid it will be a little bad later."

Wang Bo's smile froze violently, and then he let go of his body. Wu Bian, the head of the imperial study with the holy decree in his hand, walked out from behind Wang Bo with a straight face, glanced at Wang Fubao with a cold look in his eyes, and then cleared his throat: "Your Majesty has a will for General Wang, please kneel down and listen to the order!" ”

"The minister is wearing iron armor, and the general who wears armor according to the rules does not have to kneel down to receive orders."

Wang Fubao bowed slightly, and said, "Please read it." ”

"You don't have to kneel down when you're wearing armor, our Great Xia Imperial Court does have this rule, but it is also a rule set by His Majesty, not a rule that comes out of your mouth. General Wang, since you use this as an excuse and refuse to kneel, then don't blame me for being rude...... Someone came, took off Wang Fubao's armor, and put down his weapon! ”

"Who dare!"

Several of Wang Fubao's cronies and generals took a step forward, holding the hilt of their knives in front of Wang Fubao.

"Bold!"

More than a dozen forbidden soldiers rushed forward and surrounded Wang Fubao. Some of the generals behind Wang Fubao were furious, some were surprised, and many more were at a loss. But Wang Fubao's personal soldiers didn't care about this, and immediately rushed up to surround those forbidden troops again.

"Even if His Majesty wants me to remove my armor, I need to give a reason."

Wang Fubao's face was gloomy and he said: "Before your holy decree is read, you dare to use the weapon of the second rank general, who gave you the guts?!" I see that you are timid and speak indistinctly...... Say! Are you trying to rebel by forging a holy decree? ”

Where has Wu Bian seen this scene, he is used to being powerful in the palace and has never seen a sword soldier. He was indeed in awe of the officials, but he knew what was written in the will, so he really had no respect for a general who was about to be taken into the capital for trial, and those officials in the capital were a little stammering towards him, who would speak to him so fiercely? At this time, Wang Fubao drank sharply, and the murderous aura on his body immediately diffused, and Wu Bian felt a chill in his heart.

"Big ...... Daring! ”

He scolded in a trembling tone: "What I hold in my hand is His Majesty's will, do you dare to resist the will?" ”

"Whether the will is true or false is not yet known!"

Wang Fubao has experienced ups and downs, and knows that he can only insist that this eunuch is fake, and his will is also false, otherwise once he is taken down and loses his military power, he will never recover. Now Great Xia is on the verge of extinction, and if you have no military power in your hands, you can only be played to death.

"Someone!"

He pointed at Wu Bian and shouted: "Take down this eunuch who tried to rebel and usurp the military power, and send him to the capital for trial!" If anyone resists, kill them! ”

Wang Fubao's personal soldiers got the order, and immediately rushed up to take down the weapons of those forbidden troops. Hundreds of forbidden troops were in awe in the capital, but at this time, they were so frightened that they didn't even dare to come out in front of these border troops who were full of murderous aura. They looked at each other, and none of them knew what to do.

"Stop!"

At this time, Wang Bo took a step forward and stopped in front of Wu Biao, pointed to a person behind him and said, "General Wang, even if this eunuch is fake, am I also fake?" Even if you don't take me seriously, is this person behind me a fake? Do you know that this person is the one who exposed your disobedience to His Majesty in the capital! ”

He dragged the man out of his back and tore off the black scarf on his face: "Look at who this is!" ”

"Father's ......"

The person who was torn off the black scarf slowly knelt down, raised his head and glanced at Wang Fubao in fear...... This person is Wang Roar!

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When Wang Fubao saw Wang Yan slowly kneeling down in front of him, he knew that today's general trend had gone. There were not many generals in the army who were loyal to him, and if he had slaughtered the eunuch when he had taken advantage of the preemptive victory, and took down Wang Bo and the hundreds of forbidden troops, many of his generals would have to follow him, but at this time, Wang Roar appeared, and the opportunity he had seized before immediately collapsed.

"Father's ......"

Wang Yan raised his head and glanced at Wang Fubao, and immediately lowered his head again.

"Growl?"

Wang Fubao was stunned, looked at the person who was kneeling on the ground in front of him, and couldn't help but shake his head painfully: "I really didn't think it would be you...... You're ...... You've done a great thing! ”

His body shook a few times, and he nearly fell.

"Father...... They forced me! ”

Wang Yan suddenly stood up, pointed at Wu Bian and said loudly: "It's this eunuch who colluded with Wang Bo to try to usurp the throne!" Your Majesty has been killed by them, and they have come to seize military power! As long as he seizes the military power, Wang Bo can ascend to the throne! Father, this man is a wolf with ambition, and he has captured and tortured the child in the capital! When the children did not listen to them, they said that they would kill all the veterans of the house...... The child is also forced to do so! ”

"What?!"

Wang Fubao was suddenly startled, and his face suddenly changed greatly. The dozens of generals behind him were also frightened for a moment, and they looked at Wu Bian and the others incredulously.

"Tell the word!"

Wu Bianqi's hands trembled, and he stepped forward to grab Wang Yan's placket. But before he could take a step, he stopped again, because he saw Wang Roar sneering at him. That cold smile scared him, and fear jumped up from his bones.

At this very moment, two things happened almost simultaneously.

Wang roared forward and grabbed Wu Bian's neck, lifted this eunuch who was favored in the palace with one arm, and with a force on his wrist, he twisted Wu Bian's neck with a click. Pity this eunuch who left the capital for the first time, a stream of blood spilled from his mouth, and he died before he could even say a word.

The second thing was that just as Wang Roar stepped forward, Wang Bo immediately turned around and snatched the reins from the hands of a forbidden soldier, and immediately beat his horse and rushed out of the camp.

The sudden change is so unexpected!