Inside the tent of the Chinese army.

Qin Huaidao was a little stunned when he heard the headless words of the visitor, but he quickly reacted and said with a smile: "General Niu looks at me like someone who wants to rebel?" ”

"I don't know much about you, not like, but people's hearts are unpredictable, so I came to take a look, I need you to give an affirmative answer, do you want to be the opposite?" The visitor asked with wide eyes.

"The prince told you, right? Tell me how the prince bewitched you. Qin Huaidao didn't explain, but asked, and he already had a guess in his heart.

"The Holy Lord sent you to Anbei to protect the palace to quell the chaos, but you disobeyed the holy decree and came here, and you also gathered soldiers and horses of various ethnic groups along the way, didn't you want to rebel? My old cow is a rough man, but he knows how to be loyal to the king and serve the country, if you want to rebel, you have to step on my old cow's corpse. The other party said coldly.

"Actually, you don't believe that I'm going to be the opposite, so come over and ask for a look, right, sit down and talk?" Qin Huaidao said with a smile, he sat down first, and the person who came hesitated for a moment also sat down, Qin Huaidao continued: "General Niu, you won't believe what General Ben said that he didn't rebel, ask you something, the imperial court sent Xue Wanche to replace Hou Junji and lead the army to quell the chaos, what about Xue Wanche?" ”

"Xue Wanche occasionally felt cold and was unable to command, and the army was under the command of Hou Junji."

"Occasional chill? That's house arrest. ”

Qin Huaidao sneered, stared at the other party and asked: "General Niu, you and Hou Junji are old partners, they have fought Gaochang together, and they have a close relationship, so it is said that they are the object of suspicion, but this official has heard of your personality, and he is also loyal to the saint, and now this official asks you as a hussar general, do you want to follow the prince to oppose the imperial court?" ”

"The prince is against the imperial court?" The other shouted incredulously.

"It seems that the prince is very well disguised, even you have concealed it, General Ben has fought with the rebels before, I think you have heard that if I want to rebel, I will fight with the people of Shan Yudu Protectorate? Now that General Ben is surrounded by regiments, if I am a thief, why did I come all the way to be surrounded? Anti-thief against anti-thief? ”

The person who said it was silent, and the other party thought about it and said bluntly: "That's right, that's why I came over and asked, what's going on?" ”

"This matter is very easy to solve, you don't believe anyone's words, you just need to believe in the saint, the saint is for you to calm the chaos, you have no bottom in your heart can wait and see, so as not to be used, and write to the court, but you have to send a confidant to go over a few ways, otherwise you will be intercepted and killed, it is best to send a message, do not use a letter, otherwise you will be very passive."

The person who came was a little moved when he heard this, and his tone was not so indifferent: "I won't tell you, I did send someone back to Chang'an, but so far there is no news, I'm afraid that it will be intercepted and killed as you said, Hou Junji will firmly control the army, and my old cow is a fake scout, otherwise I won't see you, what's going on?" ”

"General Niu, how many people are there like you?"

"There are three more, and I'm confused."

"Since it is a fake scout, it can't be too long, General Niu also asked to go back quickly, tell the other three not to be deceived, of course, you don't need to believe me, just control your own army, don't participate in the war, if the prince is forced, just use the holy decree to only ask for peace as an excuse to shirk, believe it or not, the prince will never let you attack the rebels, because they have reached a cooperation, and the content of the cooperation is not clear."

"Can I trust you?" The other party was a little hesitant.

Qin Huaidao smiled and said: "General Niu, General Ben has already said just now, you don't need to believe anyone, you just need to act in accordance with the holy decree, the holy decree allows you to calm the chaos, you will calm the chaos, don't do anything else, even if there is something, it will not be counted on your head in the future, what does General Niu think?" ”

"Your suggestion is very pertinent, at least it's not like the prince who slanders you for rebellion every day and asks us to send troops, but thinks about us, so I believe you more." The other party got up as he spoke, hugged his fists and said: "I have offended a lot today, if it turns out that you are right afterwards, I will definitely take the blame and apologize for today's faux pas." ”

"General Niu doesn't have to be polite, you and your father are also equals, they are my elders, we should support each other, by the way, can you tell me, how many soldiers and horses can you master?" Qin Huaidao asked.

"30,000 is barely enough, no more."

"That's good, please also ask General Niu to go back and explain the situation to other generals, the situation is complicated, and General Ben has not fully figured it out, what you have to do is to protect yourself, don't help each other, and contact Chang'an as soon as possible, I'm afraid this bureau can only be solved by the saint, this general will drag the rebels to buy time for everyone, and he will not take the initiative to attack you, if you attack, you can cut this general as a thief, Datang has only been stable for a few years, and he can't stand the toss, please." Qin Huaidao solemnly hugged his fists.

The other party returned the salute with a fist and turned to leave.

Qin Huaidao sent people out of the Chinese army tent, looking at the back of the hurried departure, his heart was inexplicably relaxed, as long as there were 30,000 troops in the east who did not move and remained neutral, the prince would be jealous, leaving 20,000 or 30,000 people to watch, and the remaining 30,000 or 40,000 people would not pose much threat to himself.

Not long after, Su Dingfang hurriedly came up, hugged his fists and said, "General, why did General Niu Jinda come over?" ”

"You know?"

"Yes, we worked together under the Patriotic Accounts and fought the Turks together."

"The prince said that I rebelled and led the troops to quell the rebellion, but General Niu didn't believe it and came to visit secretly."

"What...... Prince, how could he do this? ”

Su Dingfang's face changed greatly, and a wave of anger rushed to the top of his head, the brothers fought for the imperial court, and they did it with their heads, but they were suspected of rebellion, how can this be accepted?

Qin Huaidao said with a smile: "Don't think about it, that's just the meaning of the prince, not the meaning of the saint." ”

"Ahh

Su Dingfang looked stunned, his brain was a little insufficient, he suddenly reacted, his face changed greatly, and he asked eagerly: "It's not that the saint suspects us, the prince framed us, he wants to ......"

Qin Huaidao hurriedly interrupted: "Don't talk nonsense if you don't have enough evidence, just be careful with your head, just know it in your heart, but General Niu said that we can control 30,000 people without moving, so we will have less pressure, just concentrate on dealing with the rebels in the south, as for the east, don't take the initiative to attack, of course, it's not polite to dare to kill it, the saint should come, wait to see the show." ”

"General Xie reminded that the last general lost his word, and he will pay attention in the future, such a major event can only be broken by the saint, how dare he?" Su Dingfang's face was strange, his eyes were full of incredulity, and he couldn't figure it out.

"Don't think about it, keep an eye on the scouts, and watch out for enemy night attacks." Qin Huaidao admonished, returned to the Chinese military tent and asked people to find a pen and paper, listed the recent events and the news from the previous negotiations with Li Jiancheng, and explained in detail, after sealing it, it was embarrassing, the military report was too urgent, and there must be many people arranged by the prince on the road to intercept and kill the person who sent the letter, who to send to deliver it?

"Report!"

Su Dingfang's voice outside.

"Come in." Qin Huaidao shouted, putting away the battle report closely.

Soon, Su Dingfang opened the curtain and came in, and arched his hand: "General, all ethnic groups have come to report, saying that they have contacted their own people, and they will find an opportunity to come over tonight, there are quite a few people, how to arrange it?" ”

"Let them settle down by the river, and be at odds with the camp, and they must not ram the camp, otherwise they will be killed by arrows." Qin Huaidao advised, the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, in case it is a false surrender, it will be a lot of fun to kill in.

"Understand, there is one more thing, a team of people came outside, saying that it was the general's domestic slave."

"House slaves? Look at it. Qin Huaidao said in surprise, got up and came out, and saw that there were ten people not far away, surrounded by the pro-legion, the distance was a little far, and the moonlight was not enough, so he couldn't see clearly, so he stepped forward curiously.

"Young master." The ten saluted one after another, their eyes eager.

Qin Huaidao recognized it at a glance as the person from the Zhuang Guardian Team, his eyes lit up, and he asked, "Why are you?" Quick, all scattered, their own people. ”

The vigilant pro-soldiers lowered their crossbows and left.

A team member stepped forward excitedly and said: "It's really a young master, great, we follow the goal here, and we saw the young master and people fighting during the day, and I thought I was dazzled, and after discussing it, the brothers still think it's good to come and confirm it, so as not to fake someone." ”

Qin Huaidao then remembered that Xue Rengui arranged a team of people to follow Li Jiancheng, but he didn't expect to be tracked here, one by one, he lost a lot of weight, but he was in good spirits, and patted the team on the shoulder with satisfaction, looked at everyone and said: "It's all good, come into the account with me and tell me about the situation, there is something you need to do." ”