In July of the twentieth year of Hongwei, Tianqiwei changed the procrastination when he came, and walked very quickly on the return trip, not only choosing the nearest road, but also trying not to enter the city that could not enter, preferring to let the army spend the night in the field, but also to return to Changxing as soon as possible.

In just two months, the army crossed thousands of miles and returned to Zhili Province, which was only three hundred miles away from the imperial capital Changxing City.

However, on this day, the army was forced to stop, because they received an official letter from the Ministry of War, saying that in recognition of the great achievements of the Apocalypse Guard in sweeping the grassland, the Ministry of War specially sent a team of men and horses to meet them.

As soon as the envoy left, Xu Rui's tent exploded.

Cao Siyuan sneered again and again with the official document of the Ministry of War.

"Hmph, when did the responsibility of welcoming the triumphant soldiers fall to the head of the military department? If you are so more than you can do on your behalf, aren't you afraid that the group of officials and men in the Ministry of Rites will scold your mother? ”

Guo Shengbao rolled his eyes and said: "I have only heard of the welcome of hundreds of officials, but I have never heard of sending a large army out of the city to greet it, and it is still three hundred miles away, what kind of welcome is this?" It's clearly surveillance! ”

Yuan Zixiong shook a secret letter lightly, and said with a smile: "I just received a secret report from Lord Li Kuang, and the news obtained through the Jinyiwei channel, the lineup that came to greet us this time is not small." ”

Cao Siyuan snorted coldly and said, "What, can he still be the King of Liao in person?" ”

Yuan Zixiong shook his head: "General Cao misunderstood, His Royal Highness the King of Liao is comfortable in the bustling capital, how can he be willing to come to this poor mountain and remote place to pick up a few of our big soldiers?"

This time, all the main forces of the Beijing camp are the same, the left and right Jin Wuwei take the lead, the left guard of the Chinese army and the right guard of the Chinese army are hanging far away after thirty miles, and they can surprise us at any time. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone changed color in unison.

Cao Siyuan hurriedly leaned in front of the map to take a closer look, and his face suddenly turned pale.

"Ahead is Loushan Pass, as one of the gateways of the Beijing Division, the terrain of this pass is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the King of Liao has put out more than 200,000 horses here, and he has made the worst plan.

As long as we make the slightest move, the left and right Jin Wuwei in front of us can entangle us, and then wait for the left guard of the Chinese army and the right guard of the Chinese army to outflank us from both sides, forcing us to Loushan Pass to be wiped out! ”

With a "snap", Guo Shengbao took the case and said angrily: "It's such a poisonous plan, you really treat us as anti-thieves!" ”

Yuan Zixiong sneered: "Now that most of the imperial court is in the hands of others, what kind of crime do you want to give us?"

I'm afraid that things are not so simple, maybe His Royal Highness the King of Liao can't wait, even if we don't want to rebel, we will be forced by him to rebel, so that he will have an excuse to get rid of us! ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and felt that it was very possible, otherwise how could they make such a big move, and sent four main guards to come in one go.

Speaking of this, Zhang Zuofeng, who had not spoken, finally couldn't sit still, and said to Xu Rui, who was sitting on the top and plucking out his ears: "Dashuai, have you received any news from the capital in recent days?" ”

Xu Rui understood that he was worried about Xiao Jinwu's safety, and it would not be surprising if the King of Liao could control the court situation, after all, there was a powerful civil official group behind him.

But now he was able to transfer 200,000 of the main forces of the Beijing Division in one go, which was very abnormal.

Before Tianqiwei left Beijing, the King of Liao had not been able to put his hand into the army, but at this moment, he seemed to be pointing at the twelve guards of the Beijing Division, and the only possibility was that he had already taken the Governor's Mansion and the Military Department of the Five Armies.

The news brought by An Ge before was that Liu Yi, the right governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, had been dismissed, but Xiao Jinwu, who was the secretary of the Ministry of War, had no news.

With Xiao Jinwu's temperament and his identity as a princeling, he will definitely not easily fall to the King of Liao, looking at the current situation, maybe Xiao Jinwu has encountered an accident, at least he should be set aside.

Although Xu Rui understood Zhang Zuofeng's worries, but now his eyes were black, so he had to shake his head helplessly and said: "I have only received a letter from King Yu these days, the content is very euphemistic, probably because he is afraid that he will be intercepted and become a weapon to attack him."

However, I can still see from his tone that the situation is not optimistic, and his situation is also a little difficult, I am afraid that Xiao Shangshu's life is not much better. ”

Everyone was silent when they heard this, and now the Apocalypse is in crisis, and the external forces in the capital have also collapsed, and there is really some bloody smell of mountain rain coming.

"Aha!"

At this moment, Yuan Zixiong suddenly sneered, waved his hand at the scout who had just sent the secret letter, and sent him out.

Everyone immediately looked at Yuan Zixiong, only to see him holding the secret letter that had just arrived: "Guess who is the person who came to greet us?" ”

"Yuan Gong, don't sell Guanzi, let's talk quickly, who is leading the troops on the other side?"

How could everyone have the leisure to cooperate with his jokes, and urged him to speak quickly.

Yuan Zixiong didn't squirm, and sneered: "The one who led the 200,000 army was none other than our rival, Wang Yi!" ”

"What?"

Cao Siyuan was shocked when he heard this: "Is it the miscellaneous pieces that put cold arrows behind the back of the handsome man back then?" ”

Yuan Zixiong nodded expressionlessly.

Guo Shengbao said angrily: "If such a villain is not cut by a thousand knives, he is already cheap, why can he lead the troops again?!" ”

Zhang Zuofeng said with a gloomy face: "No need to ask, Wang Yi is the only chess piece placed by the King of Liao in the army, and now that the King of Liao has gained power, he naturally wants to use his own people!" ”

Cao Siyuan dropped the teacup in his hand and said viciously: "It seems that he has decided to do something to us, and even sent this scumbag out, King Liao, this dog thing, why didn't you see that he would turn his face like this and not recognize people before?" ”

The crowd in the handsome tent was suddenly angry, and seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Xu Rui stretched out his finger and gently knocked on the handsome case.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

After a small crisp sound, everyone instantly fell silent and looked at him in a daze.

Xu Rui glanced at everyone and said lightly: "Although the other party is not good, the current situation is unclear, and it is too early to draw conclusions, so don't be impatient." ”

"Dashuai, people's knives are on our necks, how can we not be in a hurry? It's better to plan ahead. ”

Cao Siyuan saw that Xu Rui looked indifferent, and hurriedly persuaded him.

Xu Rui waved his hand and was about to speak, when the curtain of the handsome tent was suddenly opened, and Qin Fei led an old man in.

Xu Rui was shocked when he saw the old man: "Steward Liu, why are you here?" ”

It turned out that the old man was none other than Liu Yi's housekeeper.

The old man looked very excited when he saw Xu Rui, but he opened his mouth but did not speak.

Xu Rui suddenly felt in his heart, and said loudly: "Old Liu, these are all my henchmen, if you have something to say, it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

Steward Liu was a little relieved when he heard this, and took a deep breath and said, "Young Master, there have been a lot of turmoil in the capital recently, and someone wants to label you as a thief, and then get rid of the entire Apocalypse Guard. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly secretly said Sure enough, the anger in their hearts was even worse.

Xu Rui frowned: "Did you venture all the way to come here just to send me this message?" ”

Steward Liu shook his head: "No, it's not me who risked running, but the master who came in disguise." ”

"What, General Liu is here too?!"

Xu Rui was startled when he heard this, and suddenly got up.

It is said that Liu Yi has been placed under house arrest by the King of Liao after being dismissed, and if he is found to have fled in disguise, wouldn't it just give the King of Liao a chance to get rid of him?

Presumably, Liu Yi is really desperate for Xu Rui this time, and I am afraid that he will not know why, and he will crash into the conspiracy made up by others and lose his life.

Xu Rui's heart warmed, and he immediately said, "Where is General Liu?" ”

Steward Liu said: "The Tianqiwei camp is watched day and night, and the master is afraid of being discovered, so he is now hiding in a small town ten miles away.

Tianqiwei was surrounded by spies from the imperial court, and it was really inconvenient for him to come directly, so I asked the young master to disguise himself and have a secret meeting with him to discuss how to break the situation! ”

Xu Rui nodded: "Yes, if people find out about General Liu, it will be dangerous, you wait, I'll use a trick, go to him for a secret meeting now!" ”

Saying that, Xu Rui immediately walked towards Steward Liu, but as soon as he took a step, he frowned and paused slightly.

"Young Master, what's wrong?"

Steward Liu asked with concern.

Xu Rui waved his hand, and after walking back to the handsome case, he took out a palm-sized bag from under his seat and kicked it in his arms, then grabbed Steward Liu's wrist and said, "Let's go now!" ”