In the middle of the night, the stars were completely covered by dark clouds, and the fish ran shallow and shallow on the field with one foot at a time, and the autumn wind blew him to tremble with his middle single, so he had to tear off a flag and wrap it around his body. The hundreds of tooth soldiers who escorted him hurriedly led the horse over and helped him onto the horse.

The surroundings were pitch black and he couldn't tell the south, south, west, and northwest, and he was afraid that he would run to the wrong place and go deep into the camp of the Anxi or Beiting army, and he was afraid that he would fall into the net.

It was not until dawn that he was trembling on his horse, and then he saw Li Guangbi's six-sided big sword in the Hedong army camp not far away, and immediately ordered everyone to speed up their pace and rush over.

Li Guangbi welcomed him to his big tent and hurriedly asked: "Last night, I saw Hexi, Anxi and other troops in the camp with torches, day and night, dare to ask the ambassador what happened!"

Yu Chaoen rubbed his brows and said with a bitter face: "The Hexi Army mutinied, Yan Xiaosi's wolf-hearted dog's lungs, and he actually led troops to kill me." If it weren't for our natural vigilance and fast running, we would be afraid that we would become ghosts under the knife right now. After saying this, he suddenly woke up and shouted: "This mutiny must have been premeditated!" Hurry, hurry! Send troops out of the camp to attack the Hexi Army, and the first offender must be killed. ”

Li Guangbi comforted him and said: "The ambassador does not need to be anxious, I will first send troops to find out the enemy's situation, and then make a decision after obtaining accurate information."

He immediately sent out eight scout teams to the camp of the remaining eight armies surrounding Yecheng to check what had happened and which army had been affected by the mutiny. The battle of Yecheng is going on at this juncture, and any change may bring catastrophic consequences.

Half an hour later, the scouts came back to report. The camp of the Hexi Army was empty, only bonfires and wooden shelves were left all over the ground, and the Beiting Army had all withdrawn, and the Anxi Army had been divided and withdrawn half, as if it had been discussed.

Yu Chaoen was extremely frightened in his heart, the Hexi Army has always been personally led by him, although Li Kuo is a festival envoy, but even the emperor knows that Li Kuo is just an empty general. If the saint blames him for this, his eunuch career will probably come to an end.

Li Guangbi said to him: "Ambassador, why don't you call the rest of the Jiedu envoys over and discuss what to do?"

He nodded with a bitter face: "Okay, it's up to you."

Soon Guo Ziyi, Feng Changqing, Wang Sili, Lu Jiong and others came to Guo Ziyi's big tent in the Hedong Army, Yu Chaoen sat in the center and frowned, and everyone sat below and whispered.

Guo Ziyi coughed and said: "If it is as Feng Zhongcheng said, Li Siye must have gone north from Luoyang and secretly contacted his subordinates in the army to plan this mutiny. But we don't know what his real purpose is. ”

"This is rebellion! What else is there to tother about!" Yu Chaoen patted the case and pointed at Feng Changqing and asked: "You are so good as a festival envoy, you can let Tian Zhen and Li Siye's son take away half of your army, could it be that you have collusion with Li Siye?"

Feng Changqing's face was red and white, and Ma Fu, who was standing behind him, replied coldly: The Hexi Army under the control of the ambassador has all mutinied, if you follow what you just said, you not only colluded with Li Siye, but also gave him the entire Hexi Army. ”

"Bold! Deliberations in the army, you dare to contradict your superiors even if you are a little lieutenant, come and pull them out and cut them!"

Feng Changqing hurriedly stood up and crossed his hands and pleaded: "The ambassador is angry, now that our army has suffered countless losses, we must not behead the generals again." It was my fault that more than 10,000 brothers had abandoned the army, and I would plead guilty to Your Majesty after the war. ”

Li Guangbi grabbed the conversation and said: "Now that the backbone of the army is leaving, let's discuss it, what should we do?"

Guo Ziyi crossed his hand towards Yu Chaoen: "According to the scout I sent back to report, the direction of retreat of the three armies of Longyou is Weizhou."

Yu Chaoen's face changed: "Does he want to switch to Shi Siming?"

Guo Ziyi talked eloquently: "According to my understanding of Li Siye, this person has always been arrogant, and he will not go to Shi Siming. Therefore, I had the courage to ask the ambassador for his life, and I was willing to lead more than 100 horsemen to Weizhou to meet Li Siye and talk to him about righteousness, and to find out his true purpose. ”

Li Guangbi immediately objected: "Guo Sikong must not be in danger, Li Siye can lead the army to withdraw to the east, this is obviously a reversal." Now that the Seventh Army is tired and Yecheng can't stay for a long time, it is better to retreat to Weizhou and see how he acts. ”

"How can you retreat?" Yu Chaoen took the case and said: "The army has besieged Yecheng for more than three months, and now the canal has been opened, Yecheng has also been flooded, and the city is just around the corner, how can you work in vain?" At present, only by breaking Yecheng can we give an explanation to Your Majesty. As for Li Siye, our family thinks that Guo Sikong can go there, as long as he stabilizes and doesn't make trouble for us, or he can let him have a big battle with Shi Siming. We can speak well for him in front of His Majesty, forgive him for the sin of instigating soldiers to mutiny and seize power in the army, and even let him rightfully command the second army of the Hexi Army and the Beiting. ”

Li Guangbi couldn't help but want to laugh, Yu Chaoen's idea of a eunuch was a little too naïve, Li Siye could risk his life to run thousands of miles from Luoyang to Xiangzhou to regain military power, was it just to be the envoy of the Three Towns Festival?

Guo Ziyi replied sincerely: "I will lead the troops to set off later."

……

Li Siye recaptured the army from the imperial court, but his current situation is not optimistic at all, more than 70,000 people have no base of their own, and the grain and grass they carry are only enough for a month. The imperial court still had nearly 100,000 military forces in Xiangzhou, and Shi Siming had more than 90,000 men and horses in Weizhou and Luozhou. Although their eyes are all aimed at Yecheng now, with his appearance, will there be other unpredictable decisions.

If he goes south to capture Weizhou, Huaizhou, or even Luoyang, Yu Chaoen will definitely lead the Qijiedu envoy to withdraw from Xiangzhou, and follow him in a decisive battle in Henan, which will benefit Shi Siming.

Although it is dangerous to be entrenched between Xiangzhou and Weizhou, if you can stew all the Tang army and the rebels here, wouldn't Hebei and Henan be at your fingertips?

It's just that after this scuffle, it is still the people of the Central Plains who are lost.

The generals under his command had no idea what to do next, and it was up to him to make a decision at the moment.

He called Cen Shen to him in the camp tent, and said with a solemn expression: "Master Cen, I would like to ask you to be my envoy and go to Shi Siming's camp with my letter to conclude an alliance."

Cen Shen was stunned and asked, "Is the doctor going to join the rebels?"

He smiled dumbly: "Of course not, even if I want to vote, Shi Siming can't believe it or accept it, but if I say that I want to start anew, he will believe it." I just wanted to stabilize Shi Siming and let him continue to focus on An Qingxu of the Tang Army in Yecheng, only in this way can I maximize the benefits of the Battle of Xiangzhou. ”

Cen Shen replied with his hand: "Since the lord is trustworthy, Cen Shen is willing to go."

Li Siye told him: "Shi Siming is cruel and cunning, and he is also particularly suspicious, you must deal with it carefully." ”

"Whoa."

Cen Shenchu left the camp with his entourage and letters, and Li Siye personally led the horse for him, repeatedly telling him to be careful.

……

Shi Siming's army was stationed in Shen County, Weizhou, only more than 50 miles away from Li Siye's camp.

He was also anxious at the moment, and An Qingxu of Yecheng sent a letter for help again, telling that he couldn't hold on anymore, and if he didn't come to help, he would go out of the city and surrender to the Tang army.

Now 70,000 Tang troops intercepted between him and Yecheng, it is the strongest soldiers and horses in the Tang army, even if he can win the other party, but after arriving in Yecheng, he is afraid that he will not have the strength to fight again.

Many of the staff and strategists in the big tent were at a loss, and some people suggested that it was better to withdraw from Weizhou and go straight to Yecheng from Luozhou, but Shi Siming refused, so wouldn't it be running back and forth, and missing the great fighter in front of him?

A guard came in outside the tent to report: "King, the Hexi Army has sent an envoy, saying that he is here on the order of the Tai Lieutenant Li Siye." ”

"Li Siye? Hasn't he been deprived of military power by Emperor Li Heng and placed under house arrest in Chang'an? How did you come to Weizhou, which is thousands of miles away? Please!"