Chapter 334: Twists and Turns
Under the custody of a group of soldiers, this man who had survived the catastrophe was brought to Li Yuan, at this moment he leaned over and saluted Li Yuan with excitement and apprehension, claiming to be Xiao Yan's entourage, named Huang Daoquan, and then intermittently said the thrilling things he experienced last night, his tone was very eager, his face was honest, but his words were all confusing.
“...... After the forbidden army Zhang Duenvoy led the troops away, the four of us set out to bury the corpses of Li Zhenggu and Xiao Yan, as well as the rebel general Zhu Heng and others, and wanted to immediately rush to the forbidden army camp to receive the reward, but in the woods, we just walked less than a hundred steps in the forest, and we encountered an ambush by the Zhennan army! It was the middle of the night, and the four of us scattered and ran to fight hard, but now it seems that the other three should have all been broken......"
Li Yuan quietly looked at Huang Daoquan's scattered bun and the withered grass and a few pine needles stained between the buns, and kept gesturing with his hands as if he was lying, while Huang Daoquan was immersed in the pleasure of the rest of his life after the catastrophe, he didn't care, reached out on the ground and picked up a few stones to put the terrain and continue to speak.
"There are many ambushes in the woods to the east, and these positions are full of archers, and there should be ambushes on the cliffs to the west. The villain couldn't tell the exact number of them, but he knew that the Zhennan army that escorted us yesterday was a total of about 100 people. ”
Huang Daoquan took a breath, and suddenly plucked up the courage to bow his hand to Li Yuan and said, "Generalissimo Li, this is the case!" Dare, dare to ask, when will the villain receive the reward? The villain was ordered to kill the thief......"
The people around him looked at each other, Li Yuan frowned even more, and was speechless in his heart, this zodiac has just just come out of danger, and at this time, he is still thinking about becoming an official and making a fortune? Fame and fortune seem to be more important than life. What's more, what he said is incredible, as far as what he keeps saying about the order of King Yan is simply nonsense.
Of course, Li Hongji, the king of Yan, is the prince of the prince, and he has the privilege and the means to hide from Li Yuan, the generalissimo, and secretly send people out of the camp to intercept and kill Li Zhenggu and others, but it is unreasonable, because Huang Daoquan mentioned a detail, the general who claimed to be the envoy of the forbidden army Zhang Du, hastily ordered them to bury Li Zhenggu and Xiao Yan on the spot.
It must be known that what the emperor wanted by name was to capture Li Zhenggu and return to the dynasty, and as for Xiao Yan, he was the emperor's confidant and favorite minister...... Now that the great merit is about to be captured, Li Hongji will be on the throne soon after returning to the court, even if he is stupid for a while, he will not be stupid to the point of being so incomprehensible.
Li Yuan reacted immediately, someone must have intercepted and killed Li Zhenggu and his party in the valley under the guise of the forbidden army, and the pretense of identity means that the matter of planting false accusations is carried out, and the Zhennan army must know about it, because if the Zhennan army really had the intention to escort Li Zhenggu and others to the forbidden army camp, they would definitely send someone to knock on the camp, and Li Yuan did not receive any report at all.
Thinking about it this way, everything Huang Daoquan experienced is even more confusing, because the group of people pretending to be the forbidden army deliberately let Huang Daoquan and the four of them go, and ordered them to come to the forbidden army camp to publicize it everywhere, it is not difficult to guess that they want to let the deeds of "killing traitors on the order of King Yan" spread to confuse the public, but the Zhennan army then surrounded and killed the four of them with their backhand, this section is really contradictory and redundant......
Li Yuan frowned, and said: "Ben Shuai understands, after the Zhennan Army handed you over to the forbidden army, the forbidden army first killed Li Zhenggu and Xiao Yan and others, and then ordered you to kill each other, and then the Zhennan army came back to kill you......
"That's it!" Seeing that this twist and turn was clearly understood by Li Yuan, Huang Daoquan hurriedly nodded, looking relieved, and began to be complacent in his heart, he was definitely a god who not only picked up a life, but also met the forbidden army soldiers and horses in this wilderness by mistake, and also saw the first general of the Tang Dynasty, Generalissimo Li! Flying Huang Tengda is just around the corner!
When Huang Daoquan wanted to get into trouble, he saw Li Yuan coldly say to Fu Hong and other generals around him: "What about you? Do you understand? ”
"This ......" The generals were stunned, and they fell into thought and did not say anything.
Fu Hong narrowed his eyes and was confused for a moment, and then arched his hand to Li Yuan and said: "Go back to the generalissimo, I understand what I heard, but I feel that it is hard work, and the last general is tired ......of listening to it."
Li Yuan said patiently: "Also, Huang Daoquan, how can you be sure that the people who killed the four of you were the people of the Zhennan Army?" Didn't you say that the light cavalry of the Zhennan Army guarding you had already left after handing you over to the envoy Zhangdu? Since the Zhennan Army wants to kill you, why do you bother with so much effort? ”
Huang Daoquan swallowed his saliva and swore an oath: "It's definitely the Zhennan Army!" Generalissimo, the villain has been in the Zhennan army for many days, and almost every general recognizes him. The leader is Jiang Kai, the general of the Zhennan Army! This person is the number one general under Song Majie, and he is a high-ranking and powerful man who often circles in various camps, even if he turns into a gray villain, he will recognize it! As for why they went through all the troubles, the villains and villains don't understand. ”
"Generalissimo, should I leave for the camp? If what this person said is true......" Fu Hong said in a low voice.
Li Yuan paced slowly, pinching his chin and frowning and thinking, everyone looked at Li Yuan without saying a word, not daring to disturb his thoughts. A gust of mountain wind blew, and the waves on both sides of the cliff sounded suddenly, like the churning waves of the heart in everyone's hearts.
Li Yuan stopped and said, "Wait, you just fled all the way, but there are enemy troops following?" ”
"Probably not! The villain was exhausted by the end of the night last night, so he had to take advantage of the night to flee into the depths of the forest, hiding alone in the forest and grass and not daring to make a sound, and finally escaped by luck, until the pursuers were all gone, he did not dare to move, otherwise how could he delay until dawn. Huang Daoquan shook his head.
Li Yuan raised his hand and said in a deep voice: "First take Huang Daoquan down to take care of him, let him eat something and rest for a while." Fu Tongjun led 200 men and horses to press the formation here, and the rest of the people came with me. ”
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Fu Hong hurriedly said, "What is the generalissimo going to do?" ”
Li Yuan said: "Ben Shuai wants to go to the forest in front of me to have a look." ”
"Generalissimo think twice!" Fu Hong and other generals were all shocked.
I saw Fu Hong step forward and whispered: "Generalissimo, the truth of what this Huang Daoquan said is not distinguished, in case there is fraud in it, if you have a good ......."
Li Yuan waved his hand and replied: "Don't worry, Ben Shuai knows it in his heart, just follow the order." ”
Fu Hong gritted his teeth and said: "If the generalissimo insists on going, the last general will ask to go together!" In case of a real enemy, you can also have one more person around you to fight, right? You are the commander of the whole army and you are still in battle, how can the last general be greedy for life and afraid of death? ”
Li Yuan thought for a while and smiled: "Then you can come and take a look together." ”
The generals followed Li Yuan and got on the horse and walked out of the wooden and stone fortifications, Fu Hong waved his hand, and the other three hundred horsemen immediately got on their horses and followed.
The group galloped forward along the valley, and the valley soon closed in the middle, like two gates about to close, and the valley road in front of them became narrower and narrower, and the gravel below the cliff was craggy, until the road was only the width of three or four horses passing in parallel, and the dense forest and grass around it were roaring and dark, giving people a feeling of extreme oppression......