By the time Li Mingyuan came out of the council hall, it was already completely dark. He and Xiahou Yong were in the conference hall, with half a roast chicken, and they talked endlessly for several hours, and they had a great pride in guiding the country.

Xiahou Yong mentioned his current situation to him for the first time, the emperor is old, and the two princes are determined to win. Once one of them ascends to the throne of God. An old minister like Xiahou Yong has absolutely no way to live. Because the new monarch is still young after all, once he does not have enough courage, it is inevitable that these generals who hold military power will be dissatisfied, and it is better to strangle the danger in the cradle as soon as possible than to have any unpredictable accidents at that time.

No matter which prince ascends the throne, the first one to clean up must be Yumen Hou Xiahou Yong. No way, who made him a typical. Cleaning him up not only stifled the danger, but also took the role of killing chickens and monkeys, killing two birds with one stone, I believe the emperor must be happy to do it.

In Dahua's army, the three who really have a strong influence are Zhou Tai, Yang Zaixing, and Xiahou Yong. Zhou Tai is seventy years old, and he has not been in charge of the army for many years, but he has just hung an empty title of generalissimo of soldiers and horses, and his three sons have all sacrificed their lives, and there is only one little grandson, who is only more than ten years old.

As soon as Zhou Tai ruled out, Yang Zaixing and Xiahou Yong, who were in the prime of spring and autumn, were left. Yang Zaixing's seven sons are said to be brave and good at fighting, collectively referred to as the Yang family generals, and the Turks have been fighting for so many years.

Dalang Yang Tai, married to Princess Tiexian, the daughter of Zhao Changxun, King An, can be regarded as half of the royal family, and the other few are married to the big members of the court, it can be said that the current Yang family is a big tree, which affects the whole body. There is no real crime, if anyone moves the Yang family, they will not be able to get along with half of the Dahua officials, and the consequences, even the emperor will have to weigh them.

With several influential ones being excluded one by one, only Xiahou Yong was left. No matter how you look at this Hou Ye, he is a suitable character for sacrificing the flag, so the fall of Xiahou Yong is inevitable. Unless a miracle happens. For example, the two princes died inexplicably, and then an emperor who was very friendly to Xiahou Yong came up, maybe not only would he not be rectified at that time, but it was also very possible to increase the official and become a knight, and it was reasonable for the Marquis of Yumen to become the Duke of Yumen, but this dream was a bit difficult to do.

To be honest, Li Mingyuan is quite satisfied with the current small life, there is food and play, and there is also a lot of money. If you have nothing to do, you can also do business and earn a little money to supplement your family. But these well-off lives are all premised, there is Xiahou Yong, the big tree that can't fall, once Xiahou Yong is gone, his Li Mingyuan's good days are also fixed.

Thinking that he might receive special care from the powerful because of his close relationship with Xiahou Yong, Li Mingyuan couldn't help but feel a little creepy. Of course, he knew what imperial power meant to ordinary people in this era. The emperor wants you to die for three watches, and you will definitely not live for five watches. If you don't die, you don't respect the emperor's order, and the crime will be added to the first degree, so you can't help but give in.

"In these years, anyone can be offended, but you can't offend the emperor, you can't afford to provoke it!" This is Li Mingyuan's deepest experience now.

Because of something on his mind, Li Mingyuan rarely slept with Qiuzhu in his arms at night, so that Qiuzhu, who had been tortured, also slept well all night. This night, the two of them slept very soundly, and Li Mingyuan also dreamed that he married the emperor's daughter, abolished his two brothers-in-law, and became addicted to the emperor.

The next day, Li Mingyuan followed a large force led by Sun Xianyong out of the city to meet Yue Shenfei's iron cavalry. This is also the method that Xiahou Yong came up with. When the time comes, let Yue Shenfei take a group of men and horses to withdraw with the large army first, which will further reduce the probability of being discovered by others.

"Mingyuan, I'm afraid that General Yue and they have gained a lot this time!" Sun Xianyong and Li Mingyuan each rode a horse and walked at the forefront of the team.

Regarding Sun Xianyong's unprincipled betrayal of himself, Li Mingyuan still has some disdain. But that can't be helped, people were pulled up by Xiahou Yong. The friendship that has come and gone in the wind and rain for decades is not something that he can be moved by by a hundred or ten taels of silver, so he can't give Sun Xianyong a good look, but he just said with a narrow smile, "Yes, it is estimated that I will make a lot of money!" ”

Sun Xianyong seemed to hear the meaning of Li Mingyuan's words, and he also smiled and smiled, and stopped talking.

Here, Li Mingyuan and the others are advancing, and over there, Yue Shenfei is also complacent and leads his subordinates to escort cattle and sheep forward. Early in the morning, he had scattered a dozen scouts, and it was estimated that it would not be long before news came. This time, I made this great achievement, I believe that the team that came to greet him is indispensable, and when he thought of the feeling of being surrounded by everyone, Yue Shenfei suddenly felt that life was so beautiful.

Compared with before departure, the team that came back this time has expanded more than ten times, especially thousands of cattle and sheep, which is even more eye-catching.

"Brothers, work hard, and you'll be home today. Hou Ye spoke before he left, as long as the big guy goes back alive, he will invite us to drink and have a good time! Yue Shenfei changed his previous composure and calmness, and walked towards the long marching procession behind him.

The army, which was originally a little tired, was suddenly revitalized again. After returning from the grassland, in order to avoid exposing his whereabouts, Xiahou Yong specially let everyone rest during the day and march at night, which made many soldiers very unaccustomed and yawned for days. Now when they arrived at the door of their homes, when they remembered that Xiahou Yong had already prepared the mellow wine, many soldiers felt that their saliva was dripping.

The time of half a pillar of incense passed, and the first team of scouts sent by Yue Shenfei had already rushed back, it turned out that they had already met the greeting team led by Sun Xianyong, and the distance between the two sides was only forty or fifty miles, and they could turn in half a day.

After letting the tired and panting scouts go down to rest, Yue Shenfei set out four hundred people to follow him quickly, and the rest of the people advanced slowly under the control of Du Xiuyuan and Gao Zhiping, and they were as slow as they wanted, and they could not appear within ten miles of Yumen Pass before dark, otherwise military law would be involved.

Yue Shenfei was a wise general, although because of time, Xiahou Yong did not mention many details after the war to him, such as the fact that the battlefield must be cleaned up and created the illusion of internal fire among the Huns. When withdrawing troops, it is necessary to do a good job of covering. Spread the troops as far as possible, with alternate cover in the divisions. Evacuate the danger zone with minimal damage. In addition, try to avoid marching during the day, exposing his whereabouts while experiencing, etc., these are all figured out by Yue Shenfei himself without anyone suggesting it. This is Yue Shenfei's strength, and it is also the reason why he has become the most important reason for Xiahou Yong!