Everyone in the hall retreated, and it was suddenly much quieter. Seeing the figure outside the door getting closer and closer, Li Yuan waved his hand first and said, "Little lady of the Peng family, this handsome knows that you have something to say, but there are military affairs to talk about at this moment, it is really not the time!" ”

Peng Qingying seemed to be a little anxious, and Liu Mei raised his head and said, "Li Dashuai, I-"

"Presumably you have heard the battle report, this time Xizhou won a big victory, and the marshal has already guaranteed to the court that your brother is still the lord of Dongxi, and the Japanese marshal will send someone to escort you back to Xizhou!" Li Yuan's mind was on the upcoming Xu Kuangheng at this time, and he had no intention of talking to this girl, and added with a smile: "By the way, this time, the class master Xizhou also came with the army and a few guides, all of whom are from the Peng clan sent by your brother, how about this marshal allow you to see them?" After many days away from home, it's good to meet the clansmen! ”

Peng Qingying's attention at this time was really diverted suddenly, nodding excitedly, Li Yuan hurriedly ordered the maid to take it down, and called the guards to give one or two, and then the girl with a spring breeze on her face hurriedly saluted, and left happily with the maid, halfway through the walk, she secretly glanced back at the burly figure sitting on the top seat, and there was an eager light in her eyes......

As soon as the guards reported, Xu Kuangheng, who was full of anxiety, strode in, bowed to Li Yuan and said, "I rashly broke into the backyard, and I ask the marshal to forgive me!" ”

Li Yuan smiled and said: "What did you say, Mr. is the handsome man, how can he be blamed if there is an urgent matter to be given?" Please take a seat! ”

As soon as he sat down, before the maid could make tea, Xu Kuangheng said impatiently: "Handsome! Less than half an hour after you returned home, you received a report from the scouts that King Zheng's ship had already docked, and the group was now on the land route, and they would arrive at the east gate in two hours......"

Li Yuan frowned and said, "Oh? The previous forbidden soldiers said that King Zheng had just passed through Dongting two days ago, and Ben Shuai thought that it would take half a day to arrive, but he didn't expect him to be so eager? He could have gone up the river and entered the city from the water gate, but he did not hesitate to work hard to take the land route. But it's normal, the minister, and His Majesty's son, is now said to be prosperous in the court, and this time he got an errand for the labor army, so he is naturally eager to make meritorious contributions......"

Li Yuan was naturally very dissatisfied with King Zheng's sudden visit and the previous dove occupying the magpie's nest, but verbally it could only be said that he was sincere in his meritorious service, about his obsession with Emperor Zhou E, of course, he couldn't talk nonsense, in the end, Emperor Zhou E had married into his own mansion, and the husband and wife could not hurt their reputation.

Xu Kuangheng didn't think of this, but continued to speak: "Dashuai, then King Zheng came this time, and he brought a lot of people ......."

"Hehe, they have all become King Zheng, of course they are not alone, the prince has his own forbidden army to escort him, isn't it normal?" Li Yuan slowly moved his arms steadily, marching for many days, sitting comfortably for a long time, slightly sore.

"Marshal, King Zheng traveled this time, in addition to the hundreds of forbidden army guards in the palace, he also brought a team of soldiers and horses with him. According to the scout's report, there are probably no less than 5,000 people watching the banner, and the army is waving the banner of Sizhou......" Xu Kuangheng said with a gloomy face.

Li Yuan blinked vigilantly, stretched out his hand to rub the teacup on the table, thought for a moment and said, "How can there be soldiers and horses from Sizhou, and they actually bring five thousand?" As far as Ben Shuai knows, King Zheng does not have a fief, who is the assassin of Sizhou now? ”

Xu Kuangheng exhaled a breath of turbidity and said in a low voice: "Dashuai, you should recognize this Sizhou assassin history, it is Zhou Xingfeng, the general of Nalang Prefecture." ”

"Zhou Xingfeng?" Hearing that Li Yuan was a little surprised, it was not because of this person's official position, as a general, he got the name of a thorn in history, which was a routine operation under the rule of Emperor Li Jing of the Southern Tang Dynasty, not to mention what happened to Zhou Xingfeng after the surrender of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan actually heard his subordinates mention it more than once, with his outstanding performance in the Northern Expedition, it was enough to make him another official promotion, but about everything about Zhou Xingfeng, Li Yuan did not care too much about it after all due to the complicated military affairs in peacetime.

Li Yuan was a little confused, and asked in a deep voice: "Sir, Zhou Xingfeng was not a simple person!" At present, this thing is a little strange, Sizhou can be on the border of the Tang and Zhou dynasties, King Zheng traveled far away to work the army, and it is normal for the imperial court to send troops and horses to guard it, but why don't you let Jinling's elite soldiers go, and only recruit a state soldier who is 800 miles away? ”

Xu Kuangheng gritted his teeth and replied in a low voice: "Marshal, King Zheng's party is now in the limelight in the court, and it is not difficult to mobilize a state army, but this is enough to prove that Zhou Xingfeng and King Zheng must have a good relationship in private......"

Li Yuan said coldly: "Before he has a fief, he has made friends with the local assassin history, and he King Zheng is not afraid of rumors!" Zhou Xingfeng, didn't Ben Shuai hear that he was working under King Yan before? During the Northern Expedition, he was extremely heroic, and it is said that he also saved the life of King Yan, but why did he throw himself into King Zheng at this time? ”

Xu Kuangheng shook his head and said, "Dashuai, this is where I am in doubt!" When I heard that there were Sizhou soldiers accompanying him, I couldn't believe that in the Northern Expedition, King Yan was defeated and returned and was punished by His Majesty, but there was no justification at the court meeting, but stated Zhou Xingfeng's merits in public, King Yan loved Zhou Xingfeng so much, and the government and the opposition had already thought that Zhou Xingfeng followed King Yan undoubtedly.

As we all know, King Zheng and King Yan can compete fiercely right now, how can King Yan tolerate Zhou Xingfeng's move today? Could it be that seeing that King Yan is weak, this guy has betrayed the lord with the wind, but he does not live up to the name of the general! ”

Li Yuan shook his head vigorously and said, "Back to the master? Sir, you mentioned that Zhou Xingfeng was a general. Since he is a general, he should be cautious in a foreign country, how dare he openly do such a side-popping act? It's a long ear! Even if King Yan loses power for a while, it is still more than enough to clean up a general! Ben Shuai estimates that there is something else hidden in it......"

Xu Kuangheng was puzzled: "What does the big marshal mean, could it be that Zhou Xingfeng pretended to throw himself to King Zheng, but in fact it was instructed by King Yan?" Think you should do it in the future? But this plan is too superficial, how can King Zheng not see it? Even if King Zheng couldn't see it, Xu Xuan and the others beside him were all scheming, how could he not stop it? ”

Seeing that Xu Kuangheng was frowning and tangled, Li Yuan waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Sir, who is it this week, don't worry about it in advance!" Regardless of whether he is a person from King Yan or a person from King Zheng, if he dares to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to my Langzhou, this commander will have a good reception! Sir, didn't you mention earlier that the imperial court would not send a single soldier to Chu this time? ”

"Dashuai, I said it below! However, it is true that the imperial court did not send any soldiers and horses to help, and Zhou Xingfeng's Sizhou soldiers were just responsible for guarding......"

Speaking of this, Xu Kuangheng paused, and suddenly showed a look of sudden realization: "Dashuai, do you want to ...... But can King Zheng agree? ”

"Isn't he here to work for the army? The so-called laborers, according to the rules of my Datang, are to go to the barracks and the front line! It just so happened that King Zheng had brought a full 5,000 soldiers and horses, and now it was the current enemy, how could he waste such combat power? ”