Hearing that Xu Shaoan and the others had arrived, Liu Jun was overjoyed, and immediately ordered Yang Ye to go ten miles outside the city to meet Xu Shaoan and his party on his behalf, and ordered the Chinese military officials to meet them outside the Xuande Gate in the north of Taiyuan West City. Yang Ye accepted the order, went out of the palace with Xin Feiyu, and went straight to the outside of the city.

Out of the palace, Xin Feiyu took the lead, led all the members of the "Beiping Army Military Advisory Group", accompanied by Yang Ye, galloped out of the Xuande Gate and galloped in the direction of Shili Pavilion. In fact, it was not only Xin Feiyu who was in a hurry, Yang Ye was also rushing forward, eager to meet his brother-in-law Yang - the last time Yang Ye met Yang Xin was at the end of last year when Yang Xin officially took up the post of chief officer of Lingxian Mansion, he held a banquet in the bottle-shaped chamber to catch the wind and wash the dust for the other party, and congratulated his righteous brother on being the chief officer of Lingxian Mansion.

The horse galloped, and it didn't take long for Xin Feiyu and Yang Ye to arrive at Shili Pavilion outside the city. Maybe it was because Xin Feiyu and the others came too quickly, or maybe Xu Shaoan and the others came to discuss the good things of the permanent alliance rather than the emergency, so they came relatively slowly, and when Xin Feiyu and Yang Ye and others arrived at Shili Pavilion, they didn't even see a single figure of Xu Shaoan and others. Fortunately, it was not a matter of urgency to greet his brothers, so after Xin Feiyu sent two of his subordinates to go north along the official road to welcome Xu Shaoan and his party, he and Yang Ye went to the Shili Pavilion to rest for a while, drinking the fragrant tea brought by the entourage while waiting for the arrival of the other party.

When Xu Shaoan sent someone to report to Xin Feiyu, he said that he was still twenty miles away from Taiyuan City. When the messenger entered the city to report the news, Xin Feiyu went to find Yang Ye and went into the palace to report to Liu Jun, Xin and Yang were ordered by Liu Jun to go out of the city to greet them, and this series of things took about half an hour before and after. At the speed of the general mission, Xin Feiyu and Yang Ye would wait for more than half an hour at most when they arrived at Shili Pavilion, and they should be able to see Xu Shaoan and the others. It is strange to say that Xin Feiyu and Yang Ye waited for more than an hour in Shili Pavilion, and almost drank all the tea they brought, and they did not see the shadow of Xu Shaoan and others on the official road. What's even more strange is that not only did Xu Shao'an not appear, but the two entourages sent by Xin Feiyu to contact Xu Shao'an never appeared again.

Seeing that time passed little by little, but the envoys of the Beiping Army never appeared in his field of vision, Yang Ye couldn't help but feel anxious. Of course, Yang Ye didn't mind that Xu Shaoan and the others came too slowly, making him wait too long, on the one hand, he wanted to meet his righteous brother quickly, and on the other hand, it was mainly because he wanted to secretly leave a small group of people in the Zhou army when he evacuated Taiyuan, which was used to spy on the news of the Han Kingdom, harass the Han Kingdom, and provide the necessary cover for his safe and smooth withdrawal of his territory. And Xu Shao'an, who came from the north and was completely unguarded, was likely to become the target of a sneak attack by a small group of Zhou Jun. If this is the case, the Beiping army is likely to spread the anger of its deputy envoy and his brothers in distress on the Han court. At that time, in the face of the Beiping army, which was far stronger than the Zhou army, the Han court was afraid that it would be difficult to escape.

As soon as he thought of this, Yang Ye couldn't sit still anymore. He said to Xin Feiyu, who was still sipping tea there comfortably and without any anxiety at all: "General Xin, I'm afraid that there is something strange about this matter." It has been nearly two hours since General Xin got the news that Vice Marshal Xu and his entourage were twenty miles away from Taiyuan City. For such a long time, it is said that Vice Marshal Xu and his entourage have mounts and vehicles, even if ordinary people are walking on foot, they should be at Shili Pavilion at this time. Vice Marshal Xu and the others have been arriving for a long time, could it be that something went wrong on the road? After all, the Battle of Taiyuan has just ended, and the surrounding area of Taiyuan City is not very peaceful, and bandits and young people are not uncommon. According to a certain point of view, it is better for us to continue to travel north and go to meet Vice Marshal Xu, I don't know what General Xin wants? ”…,

Xin Feiyu smiled and waved his hand when he heard this, and said, "General Yang doesn't have to be anxious. Not to mention the starlings, they came from afar, and it is impossible not to bring guards and soldiers by their side. With the skills of starlings alone, even if there are one or twenty people on the other side, they don't want to hurt my starling. Starling, they came late, thinking that it was because everyone came to Taiyuan for the first time, and it took a lot of time to go up the mountains and rivers all the way, looking east and west. Rather than sending someone to greet you and spoil everyone's elegance, you and I should wait patiently. Maybe it won't be long before they will appear in front of us. ”

Seeing that Xin Feiyu was unhurried and calm, and there was no worry or anxiety at all, coupled with this explanation, Yang Ye finally suppressed the urge to go to meet Xu Shaoan and the others immediately, calmed down and continued to drink tea and chat with Xin Feiyu, and waited for Xu Shao'an's arrival steadfastly.

Yang Ye chatted with Xin Feiyu and waited for about half an hour, then he heard one of his attendants waiting next to him shouting with some vigilance: "A large group of people are coming to our side." ”

Yang Ye quickly turned his head to look at it when he heard this, and he couldn't help but be shocked. I saw that there was a lot of dust on the official road in the north, and a team was driving towards this side. Although the distance is still far away, it is impossible to see the exact number of visitors, but judging from the dust that has been kicked up, the number of people on the other side is only more than 10,000.

This can't be Xu Shao'an and his brother-in-law - this is the first thought that Yang Ye had after seeing this rolling team. Because according to the information he got from Xin Feiyu, although Xu Shaoan was accompanied by six or seven "Qingyuan" brothers, including his brother-in-law Yang Xin, the Beiping Army sent a lot of people to provide guards for them, but when they were full of calculations, including guards and entourage, there was a maximum of three or four hundred people. And even if these three or four hundred people were riding horses, it would be impossible for them to raise such a big dust.

This is likely to be an ambush left by the Zhou army secretly, only when the soldiers and civilians in Taiyuan City thought that the enemy had withdrawn, lifted their guard, and relaxed their vigilance, they launched a surprise attack on Taiyuan City, and Xu Shaoan and others were only afraid that they had been captured or killed by this ambush army -- this was Yang Ye's second thought after seeing this 10,000-strong brigade. However, this idea was vetoed by Yang Ye himself as soon as it flashed. On the one hand, even if the Zhou army would secretly leave some men and horses to monitor and harass the Han army, so that they could retreat smoothly, it could only be a small force of 100 people, and it would not exceed 1,000 people at the top of the sky, otherwise it would be difficult to hide themselves from being discovered by the Han army. And the team that rushed over from the opposite side was at least 10,000 people, and it was obviously not a small group of Zhou Jun harassing people. On the other hand, even if the Zhou army really violated the convention and left a brigade of more than 10,000 people to prepare to attack Taiyuan, it should have approached Taiyuan City in a covert way without attracting the attention of the Han army, and then suddenly launched a surprise attack on Taiyuan City, instead of marching towards Taiyuan City with such fanfare and momentum when it was still more than ten miles away from the city -- if this was the case, I was afraid that the Han army in the city would be discovered by the Han army on the city seven or eight miles away from Taiyuan City and lose the opportunity to sneak attack.

What made Yang Ye feel even more strange was that when Xin Feiyu saw the rolling team, as if he hadn't noticed the dust rising into the sky, he still sat there unhurriedly drinking tea, chatting with himself without a match. Seeing that the other party was so calm, while Yang Ye was puzzled, his heart was not as nervous as when he first saw this suddenly appeared centaur, but calmed down, and while continuing to chat with Xin Feiyu in the vast sky, he secretly turned his mind, pondering the possible origin of this army of 10,000 people, and whether it was a good thing or a bad thing for himself and the Han court.

Maybe he saw the rapid change of mind under Yang Ye's calm expression, or maybe he had long expected such a situation and prepared his words in advance, and after chatting with Yang Ye for a cup of tea, the 10,000-person brigade was no more than a mile away from Shili Pavilion, Xin Feiyu stopped chatting, turned the conversation around, and said: "Xin knows that General Yang is suspicious at this time, and he can't guess what the origin of the group from the north is. However, the orders passed on to Xin by several elder brothers in Beiping City were only to inform the Han court and the emperor of the news of the arrival of the Beiping army envoys, and at the same time invite you to this Shili Pavilion. As for other things, it is natural that someone else will explain and explain to you later in general. ”…,

Yang Ye was alert when he heard this, and asked in a deep voice: "What are the intentions of General Xin's brothers to invite Yang to Shili Pavilion?" What do you have to say, General Xin, that you can't sue Yang, you have to wait for others to speak? ”

As he spoke, Yang Ye's right hand was already pressed on the handle of the knife, and the few entourages he brought also surrounded him, holding the handle of the knife in their hands, staring at Xin Feiyu, ready to restrain the other party at any time - after all, Xin Feiyu's entourage has hundreds of people, and all of them are also the elite of the Beiping army, if they don't restrain Xin Feiyu, the main general, they are afraid that they will be killed by the other party in the blink of an eye.

Facing the murderous Yang Ye and his entourage, Xin Feiyu raised his hand and waved back to rush to the front, and raised his gun on his shoulder, aiming at Yang Ye and others' guards and subordinates, while calmly saying to Yang Ye: "If Xin wants to be unfavorable to General Yang, he can start when he just arrived at Shili Pavilion, so why wait until now." As for the cause and effect of the incident, someone will explain it to you, the general. General Yang, please be calm and wait a while, and the narrator will arrive soon. ”

Although Yang Ye was still puzzled when he heard this, he also knew that although the other party was acting strangely this time, he did not mean to kill him. Therefore, he slowly let go of his right hand holding the hilt of the knife, and stared at Xin Feiyu vigilantly while quietly waiting for the person who was going to come to explain everything to him.

Although the actual waiting time was less than half a cup of tea, it seemed to be a long time for Yang Ye and his entourage to be engrossed. Just when Yang Ye was waiting a little impatiently and was about to ask Xin Feiyu another question, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, until it stopped abruptly outside the Ten Mile Pavilion. Then, with the sound of footsteps, a voice that Yang Ye was very familiar with sounded in his ears: "I haven't seen you for many days, has the virtuous brother always been good?" ”