General Cai naturally refers to Cai Fu, the two Li generals are Li Hai and Li Ge, the three people Li Li trusts the most now, and in his opinion, among those generals of the rebel army, only the three of them will not betray him.

"How's that going with you two?" Cai Fu was the first to arrive, Li Hai and Li Ge entered the door one after the other, Li Li glanced at the two of them and asked quietly.

"Lord Wang, I found that Mr. Ruan has not only met with Chen Yuan from time to time recently, but also frequently met with officials in the city, Mr. Ruan is vigilant by nature, and in order to avoid startling them, he didn't dare to alarm them, I don't know what they are talking about." When Li Hai heard this, he bowed to Li Li and said in a deep voice.

"Lord Wang, Chen Yuan is the same, he got together with many generals in the army in private, and he heard General Fan say that they talked about the current situation at the wine table, Chen Yuan seemed to be very dissatisfied with the prince's immobility, and those generals also complained." Li Ge then said, looking at Li Li with a stern expression, "Prince, now the situation is complicated, and the prince has to guard against it!" ”

General Fan is Fan You, the general under Li Li, in the second half of the second year of Xuande, he led the army to attack Sanjiang City, but was defeated by Li Yuntian's ambush in Luoyebo, and the rebels were frightened by a series of thunderstorms.

Due to the defeat of the Fallen Leaf Slope, Fan You's status in the rebels declined, although Li Li did not blame him, but the military power in his hands was much smaller, and he was very depressed.

Last month, Le Li asked Li Hai and Le Ge to secretly investigate Ruan Yan and Chen Yuan, and he couldn't make up his mind whether to deal with Ruan Yan and Chen Yuan until the city residents forcibly fled through the door today, after all, the two were his right-hand men, and if they failed, it would have a huge impact on the rebels.

However, when he learned that the people who went out of the city actually accused him of secretly reaching an agreement with Li Yuntian for his own selfish interests and betraying the interests of the people of Jiaozhi, Li Li suddenly became furious in his heart, he never thought that his image in the hearts of the people was so unbearable, and he couldn't help but resent Ruan Yan who leaked the news to the outside world.

Now Ruan Yan actually came to let Li Li let the people who were dissatisfied with Li Li out of the city, which made Li Li can't help but have a murderous intent in his heart, isn't this to let these people spread the news that is unfavorable to him throughout Jiaozhi, how will he gain a foothold in Jiaozhi in the future?

Especially when Li Li asked Ruan Yan who could be the vanguard of the attack on the camp of the soldiers who occupied the city, Ruan Yan pushed Chen Yuan out without thinking about it, which was undoubtedly challenging Li Li's psychological bottom line, in Li Li's opinion, with Ruan Yan's calmness, Chen Yuan should not be recommended so hastily, at least he should be consulted first, and then make a decision.

In Li Li's opinion, the reason why Ruan Yan did this was that he couldn't wait to let Chen Yuan take away his military power, and once the military power of the main force of the Jiaozhi rebel army was in Chen Yuan's hands, then he could only be at the mercy of others.

In fact, Li Li had already decided in his heart that Ruan Yan and Chen Yuan were plotting against him, since his evaluation of Ruan Yan had been concluded, then Ruan Yan would be suspicious no matter what he did, after all, there are two sides to everything, it's just how people look at it.

For example, Ruan Yan recommended Chen Yuan this time, if it was in normal times, Li Li would not have any suspicions, but felt that Ruan Yan's mention was very pertinent, because in the face of a breakthrough battle related to the life and death of the rebels, it was naturally necessary to send the strongest generals of the rebels to fight, and this person was none other than Chen Yuan.

"General Chuanfan!" Li Li was worried that he couldn't grasp Ruan Yan and Chen Yuan's handle, and when he saw that Li Ge had mentioned Fan You, he gave an order to the soldiers outside the door with an expressionless face, wanting to confront Fan You in the court.

"See the prince." After Fan You came, he saw Cai Fu, Li Hai and Li Ge in the house, and after glancing at the three of them, he bowed to Li Li in a deep voice.

"General Fan, this king asked you, did General Chen talk about this king when he drank with you?" Li Li stared at Fan You with a stern expression and asked coldly.

"Lord Wang, General Chen mentioned the Lord Wang, and he thinks that the Lord will definitely be able to get our righteous army out of the current predicament and revive its former prestige." Fan You hesitated for a moment and replied in a deep voice.

"General Fan, this king must listen to the truth!" Li Li saw that Fan You looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, as if he had something hidden, so his face sank and he said with a cold expression.

"Lord Wang, although General Chen said at the wine table that the prince should not stick to Yi'an City, he was concerned about the safety of our righteous army, and he was a little drunk at the time, so he thought that this was General Chen's unintentional move." Fan You was stunned when he heard this, and then hurriedly added cautiously.

"Unintentional?" Li Li suddenly sneered, and looked at Fan You with a grim face, "What else did he say?" ”

He ...... He also said that the prince made a deal with the envoy of the Ming army general Dingnan back then, and wanted to exchange Sanjiang Mansion and Langjiang Mansion for the post of Jiaozhi Tusi, which gave the Ming army a chance to breathe, which made our righteous army now in a predicament. Seeing that Li Li's face was not good, Fan You was startled, and hurriedly replied.

"General Fan, this king treats you well, why do you take revenge and don't report such an important matter to this king? Did you get any benefit from it? Li Li couldn't help but clench his fists when he heard this, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes, Chen Yuan was obviously undermining his prestige among the rebel generals by doing so, and then questioned Fan You sharply.

"Wronged, prince, the prince is as kind as a mountain to his humble position, how can he betray the prince?" When Fan You heard this, his legs bent, and he knelt on the ground with a plop, shouting to Li Li again and again, "Lord Wang, General Chen not only won the trust and respect of the prince, but also has a high prestige in the army, and commands nearly half of the strength of our righteous army. ”

"Lord Wang, General Fan is loyal to the prince, if he doesn't have the prince in his heart, how can he tell General Chen about it." At this time, Li Ge, who was standing on the side, opened his mouth and pleaded with Li Li in a deep voice on behalf of Fan You, and said quietly, "Lord Wang, now General Chen is powerful in the army, even if he is humble, he will give him three points of courtesy, let alone General Fan!" ”

"Get up!" Hearing that Li Ge said that Chen Yuan was powerful in the rebel army, Li Li's fists couldn't help but clench tighter, if Ruan Yan gave Chen Yuan advice, Chen Yuan would easily be able to entrap those generals of the rebels, his face was cloudy for a while, and he raised his hand at Fan You, who was kneeling there.

"Thank you, Lord Wang." Fan You hurriedly thanked him when he heard this, stood up after kowtowing to Li Li, and stood aside respectfully.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is now definite information that Ruan Yan and Chen Yuan secretly colluded with the Ming army while our righteous army was in trouble, and prepared to surrender to the Ming army in exchange for high-ranking officials."

Under the gaze of Cai Fu, Li Hai, Li Ge and Fan You, Li Li paced back and forth in the room a few times with his hands behind his back, and then looked up at them expressionlessly, "Now is the life and death of my righteous army, this king doesn't know if you are trustworthy!" ”

"I am willing to serve the prince!" Hearing this, Cai Fu and the four of them bowed to Li Li and replied in unison, they knew very well that Ruan Yan and Chen Yuan's secret communication with the Ming Army was just a crime planted by Li Li, and because it was related to the power struggle within the rebels, they naturally would not break it.

"Okay, as long as you get through this crisis, you are the brothers of this king, and this king will not treat you badly in the future!" Seeing this, Li Li nodded with satisfaction and solemnly made a promise.

He needs someone to give him his life now, but Li Hai and Li Ge are difficult to take on the big responsibilities, so the only rebel generals he trusts and can use now are Cai Fu and Fan You, so he has to try his best to win over the two.

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Cai Fu and the four of them hurriedly bowed down and thanked them.

"The two of you gather your team and capture Ruan Yan and Chen Yuan of the Ming Army at midnight tonight."

Li Li pondered for a moment, gave an order to Li Hai and Li Ge with an expressionless face, and then looked at Cai Fu and Fan You, "General Cai, General Fan, you go to take over Chen Yuan's troops with this king's military order, you must stabilize the troops!" ”

Since Ruan Yan and Chen Yuan's families are in Yi'an City, so the two live at home at night, if Chen Yuan lives in the barracks, the matter will become troublesome, it is obvious that Chen Yuan will definitely not be captured, and the soldiers in the barracks will not sit idly by and watch Chen Yuan be taken away, and there is a chance that a mutiny will be triggered.

Therefore, Li Li handed over the relatively easy task of capturing Chen Yuan and Ruan Yan to Li Hai and Li Ge, and the heavy responsibility of controlling the military camp fell on Fan You.

Although Fan You is a little lonely now, he is after all a famous general in the rebel army, and he is as famous as Chen Yuan before the defeat of Luo Yebo, and many generals in the rebel army have worked under him, so he is the most suitable candidate to replace Chen Yuan.

"Yes!" Fan You, Li Hai and Li Ge replied in a deep voice.

"Lord Wang, General Chen has a lot of cronies in the army, and some of the generals in the barracks are his henchmen, in case they make trouble, I'm afraid it will be difficult for General Fan to deal with it." Cai Fu did not receive Li Li's military order, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said to Li Li with concern.

"General Cai, what do you say?" Li Li nodded thoughtfully when he heard this, Cai Fu's worries were not unreasonable, Chen Yuan had many henchmen in the military camp, if those people were not convinced that Fan You would make trouble, the consequences would be unimaginable, so he looked at Cai Fu with a cold expression.

"Lord Wang, according to the lower officials, since Ruan Yan and Chen Yuan secretly secretly communicated with the Ming army, it is better to eliminate the evil and wipe out the forces of the two of them to eliminate future troubles!" Cai Fu stretched out the palm of his right hand and gestured a knife to cut down obliquely, and said with a stern expression.

"How do you catch them all?" Li Li's brows furrowed, feeling that this seemed to be a bit too much killing, after all, those people were the main force of the rebels, but then his eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he asked in a deep voice, how could he have the kindness of a woman when it came to the struggle for power of the rebels? Otherwise, if you are not careful, you will lose the whole game.

"The prince is well-read, and he must have heard about Song Taizu's release of military power with a cup of wine." After Cai Fu thought about it, his voice was cold and gave Li Li an idea, "The prince can find a way to gather Chen Yuan's fellow party members, and then eradicate them in one fell swoop!" ”

"That's a great way!" Li Li tasted the words for a while, and slowly spit out four words in his mouth, the expression on his face looked a little hideous, so that Chen Yuan was caught off guard, and he would definitely be able to eliminate Chen Yuan's cronies in one fell swoop.

According to historical records, Li Li was suspicious by nature, and after becoming the queen of Annam, he killed heroes, and Chen Yuanfang, Fan Wenqiao and other heroes were all punished for slander, which shows the ruthlessness of this person's heart.