Haug's army of 40,000 suddenly vanished. This was something that Meng Li and Cao Yukun did not expect.

The two of them didn't listen to Ji Zhao's orders before, and let Haoge withdraw from Shangzhou City, wanting Haoge to retreat to Liaozhou and then chase after him. Now that Haoge has left Liangzhou City, the 40,000 army has disappeared as if out of thin air, Meng Li and Cao Yukun immediately called Zhou Shun to the big tent in a panic, and began to discuss what to do now?

"There must be an inner ghost among us, otherwise Haoge will not disappear out of thin air, because this is Dayan's Shangzhou, not Beirong, no one will help him, where can he escape to?" Zhou Shun said in a cold tone.

"There are internal ghosts, and the inner ghosts who dare to hide 40,000 elite horses are not simple." Meng Li said in a calm tone, "However, the problem now is that we don't know where Lu Dao Haoge and the 40,000 Jing rode to, and they disobeyed Ji Zhao's orders before, so we are afraid that Ji Zhao will make a fuss in turn." ”

"Who is Brother Meng, and Ji Zhao wants to be unfavorable to us?" Cao Yukun asked.

"That's not true, because he doesn't dare to clash with His Highness yet, but he wants to take this opportunity to imprison us on the charge of disrespecting orders and delaying the fighter, and he can still do this kind of thing." Meng Li said, his face was also very ugly, Hauge's disappearance was a blow to him, he knew in his heart who was making a fuss and setting a trap, but he didn't want to say it.

"So Ji Zhao just wants to take away our military power?" Zhou Shun said indignantly, "When he came to Shangzhou, I felt that there was a problem, I felt that he was not a master who was only willing to share some military merits with us, and now I found that he has a great appetite and dares to seize the military power of His Royal Highness." Hmph, but he Ji Zhao also underestimates us too much, right? ”

"If he uses his identity as the head of the Shangzhou marching camp to suppress us, we can't fall out with him, otherwise we will be accused of rebellion, because we disobeyed the military order first, and we will be at a loss if we reason with him!" Meng Li said worriedly, "So the top priority is to immediately send a large number of scouts to find the missing Hauge and his 40,000 elite horsemen." ”

"Don't worry, I've already commanded me to go down." Zhou Shun said that he was in charge of the intelligence work of the army in Shangzhou, and he had a scout team of 2,000 people around him.

And at this moment, suddenly the voice of the guards came from outside the tent, "General Meng, the chief manager has an order, let the three generals go to his governor's mansion, and say that they have something to discuss with the three generals." ”

"Go down, we'll get it!" Meng Li said. The guards outside the tent received the order and went down to report to Ji Zhao. And Meng Li turned his head and looked at Cao Yukun and Zhou Shun and said, "Invite us over at this time, hum!" Ji Zhao's intentions can be imagined! ”

"Let's go over and see what he says, can you still be afraid of him?" Cao Yukun said disdainfully, he looked down on Ji Zhao in his bones.

"I'm going to go, but I'm also going to be prepared." Zhou Shun groaned, "The Great Governor's Mansion is in the city, and there are three thousand guards in the city, all of them are Wei's private soldiers, and Ji Zhao's Governor's Mansion also has three hundred personal guards, we can't help but guard against it!" ”

"Then let's bring a hundred guards each!" Meng Li said, "This is also a rule. ”

"It's better to be careful, and I'll send another 3,000 men outside the city to meet us." Cao Yukun said, a ruthless color flashing in his eyes.

"How can 10,000 be?" Zhou Shun sneered, "Now that Ji Zhao has already shown his fangs, how can his long-planned plan fall short because of us?" Now it's definitely foolproof. We are preparing in a hurry, we should not underestimate Ji Zhao's strength at this time. ”

"According to what you say, there must be some of them among the cavalry of the new army, and I am afraid that this army will not be able to use it." Meng Li analyzed.

"Just use my bandits!" Cao Yukun said, "Everyone in the bandit army who found that they had something to do with Wei and Ji Zhao has been killed by me, and this army is very safe." ”

When Meng Li heard Cao Yukun say this, he looked at him in surprise, and even Zhou Shun on the side also looked at Cao Yukun with incredible eyes.

"What do you think of me like this?" Cao Yukun said dissatisfiedly, "When His Royal Highness asked me to form this bandit army, it was used to act as a dead soldier, and how could the dead soldier tolerate other people's pawns. ”

"That's right!" Zhou Shun nodded.

At this time, another guard outside the tent shouted, saying that the chief steward had sent someone to invite the three generals, and asked them to go to the governor's mansion to meet him at once. Meng Li was even more annoyed when he saw that Ji Zhao was in such a hurry to summon the three of them twice, and angrily reprimanded the guards a few words, asking Ji Zhao's people to wait outside the camp, and he made arrangements with Cao Yukun and Zhou Shun, and then left the big tent and came to Ji Zhao's mansion.

And when Meng Li, Cao Yukun, and Zhou Shun came to Ji Zhao's chief manager, they verified the guesses of the three. Because there were already many generals gathered in the main hall of the Governor's Mansion, the three of them took a closer look and found that they were all generals of Ji Zhao and Wei.

"See the Grand Steward!" The three of them walked into the main hall and saluted Ji Zhao, who was sitting on the main seat.

"The three of you don't need to be polite, please take a seat!" Ji Zhao said lightly.

Meng Li, Cao Yukun and Zhou Shun finished their salutes and achieved their respective positions.

"This king heard that Haug and his army of 40,000 suddenly disappeared? Is it true? Ji Zhao asked Meng Li.

"Yes." Meng Li replied bluntly, "Hauge and his 40,000 elite horsemen suddenly disappeared after exiting Shangzhou City, and our scouts have searched the vicinity of Shangzhou for three hundred miles, but still no trace of them has been found. ”

"This king ordered the two generals to surround the Haoge army in Shangzhou City, didn't the two generals carry out the order? Otherwise, how could Haoge calmly leave Shangzhou City? Ji Zhao asked with a surprised expression.

"The Grand Governor's order was biased, and we did not carry it out." Cao Yukun said with a big grin.

He didn't have any temper at all against Cao Yukun's words, but this was only limited to before, and now the situation is different, he has the upper hand with reason, so he roared coldly, "General Cao, you are so bold!" Dare to disobey orders and disrespect, and openly disobey the orders of this king? I won't talk about the previous things in the past, but now because of your disrespect for orders, Hauge has left calmly, what do you say? ”

"I said that Hauge's sudden disappearance has something to do with the inner ghost among us, will the chief steward believe it?" Cao Yukun asked.

"It's just gibberish!" Before Ji Zhao finished speaking, a general in the hall said, "General Cao, you must be cautious in saying this, but don't confuse the public and push your own guilt completely because you have committed a big crime." ”

"What are you, is it your turn to speak here?" Cao Yukun stared coldly at the general who dared to reprimand him and scolded, and his murderous aura was released, which immediately shocked the generals in the hall who were still going to speak.

"You-" This is why the general still has to open his mouth to argue with Cao Yukun, but as soon as he saw the murderous intent flashing in Cao Yukun's eyes, his back was cold, and the words that came to his mouth were stuck, and he didn't say it.

"What does General Meng Li think?" Ji Zhao ignored Cao Yukun and moved his gaze to Meng Li.

"What does the Grand Master want to ask?" Meng Li also pretended to be stupid, but he knew very well what Ji Zhao wanted to do.

"You don't respect the king's order to let Haoge escape, this king wants to know what Lu Dao thinks about the three generals now?" Ji Zhao said in a tactful tone.

"What does Your Highness recommend?" Zhou Shun asked.

"What this king means is that the three generals disobeyed their orders and delayed the warplane, causing Haoge and his 40,000 elite horsemen to disappear in Shangzhou, which is a big crime and should be beheaded according to the law of Dayan!" Ji Zhao said slowly.

"Let your mother's fart-" As soon as Ji Zhao's words fell, Cao Yukun, who had long been unable to bear it, scolded.

"Presumptuous—"

"Bastard-" As soon as Cao Yukun's words fell, someone in the hall reprimanded, obviously all of them were Ji Zhao's henchmen and generals.

At this time, because of Cao Yukun's foul language, Ji Zhao's face was already very ugly, but he still suppressed the anger of his henchmen and generals, and continued, "However, the three foreign generals have made several achievements in the fight against the Beirong army in Shangzhou, and this king cannot punish you arbitrarily, this matter should be handed over to the Ministry of War and the Privy Council." Therefore, what this king means is that the three generals can hand over the military power for others to command, and the three generals will temporarily live in the governor's mansion in the future, and wait for the prince to lead the army to find Haoge, annihilate him, and then write a letter to ask the three generals for their guilt, what do the three generals think? ”

"What if we say no?" This time it was Meng Li who said that this was also the first time he showed a tough side to Ji Zhao after he arrived in Shangzhou.

"Please don't embarrass this king, three generals!" Ji Zhao said earnestly.

However, as soon as Ji Zhao's words fell, he saw that the military general who was shocked by Cao Yukun just now got up again, suddenly pulled out the saber on his waist, and said loudly, "Don't blame Wei for being polite!" ”

When the general's sword was unsheathed, he heard heavy footsteps outside the main hall, and then saw a pair of armor soldiers rushing into the main hall and surrounding Meng Li, Cao Yukun and Zhou Shun in the middle.

"Is this an attempt by force to disarm us?" Meng Li asked coldly.

"Meng Li, Cao Yukun, Zhou Shun, the three of you disobeyed the order and disrespected, not only let go of Haoge, but also dared to use his power to oppress this king, today this king is just exercising the power of the governor of Shangzhou." At this time, Ji Zhao also tore off his hypocritical face, and said with a hideous face, "Don't worry, when I kill you, this king will explain to Uncle Jiu, and with Uncle Jiu's consideration of the overall situation, he must also understand the king's hardships." ”

"Haha-" Cao Yukun suddenly laughed, "Ji Zhao." Is this what you came to Shangzhou for? ”

"Yes, otherwise do you think that a small military feat can make this king go to Shangzhou and put himself in danger?" Ji Zhao Dalu smiled and said, "It's a pity, my ninth uncle, your Northern Liao King is still fooled, it's a pity!" It doesn't matter if he was fooled, but he cost you your lives. ”

"However, don't worry, with my ninth uncle, the temperament of your Northern Liao King, he will take care of your family, so you can go with confidence!" When Ji Zhao said this, he smiled heartily, ignored the people in the hall anymore, handed over Meng Li, Cao Yukun and Zhou Shun to his henchmen and generals, and left the hall by himself, because he didn't like to see too bloody scenes.