"It is reported that just after the middle of last night, the sound of killing in Shiliwan suddenly started, blood splashed everywhere, dozens of corpses were thrown into the river, and a moment later, a small boat rushed out of the fleet, but was soon overtaken by the big boat, and the fire broke out, and all the people on board were buried in the flames."

Li Xuan's voice, with a little reverberating tailnote, echoed throughout the middle hall.

Several people present, including Sima Yao Zhi of the Yuezhou Governor's Mansion, Wuzhou Fa Cao joined the army to read the pen heart, Gong Cao joined the army Wang Qin, Shi Cao joined the army Feng Hua and Sanhe Pass guard Shen Lin, all of them were shocked and inexplicable.

The sailor of the Tianyin Sect, why did such a big change suddenly happen.

Li Xuan passed down the note in his hand, and everyone immediately flipped through it.

Li Xuan sat on the top, pressed his hand on the black table, looked at everyone solemnly and said: "Last night, Yuan Chao sent his brother Yuan Lin to send a letter, saying that the sailors were willing to follow the orders of the imperial court and ask this king to go to inspect the armies today and accept the surrender, but only two hours later, there was a shout of killing, which is quite intriguing!" ”

"There are still people who are unwilling to surrender to the court, so they take advantage of the night to launch a rebellion." After Yao Zhi flipped through the note, he handed it to Du Bixing, and then said, "I just don't know who won last night?" ”

"Of course it's Yuan Chao, and it's only possible Yuan Chao." Li Xuan looked at the surprised crowd and said: "If others won last night, after a scuffle, they would have suffered heavy losses, and now I am afraid that no matter how bold they are, they will inevitably have a defensive posture, but from last night to now, those big ships are still parked in place, and the result is clearly visible." ”

"Lord Wang, you still need to be cautious, if you guess wrong, I'm afraid there will be great trouble." Du Bixing said with a worried face: "What if the lower officials go instead of the prince, in case something happens...... Nor does it endanger the overall situation. ”

Last night, in Yuan Chao's letter, he clearly proposed that Li Xuan should go to inspect the armies and accept the surrender.

Nominally, it inspects the armies, but it has some meaning of sending hostages.

"It is precisely because of this that it is all the more necessary for this king to go." Li Xuan looked at everyone present, waved his hand, and said calmly: "Yuan Chao and his people suddenly suffered a big mess in order to gain the trust of the imperial court.

If this king goes, he can not only gain Yuan Chao's trust, but even directly subdue the hearts of all the remaining disobedient people......

Besides, even if something happens, this king is sure to escape alone, but if it is sir, I'm afraid ......"

"The lower officials are incompetent!" Du Bixing stood up and bowed his hand to Li Xuan seriously.

"It doesn't have to be so, if something really happens, the king goes, and everyone in the rear can do as planned; If Mr. goes, if something really happens, this king will not sit idly by and watch Mr. suffer, but it will affect the original plan, so it is better to let this king go alone. ”

Li Xuan explained a little, and Du Bixing immediately stood up and bowed his hand to Li Xuan: "Thank you for your compassion." ”

Li Xuan smiled, motioned for Du Bixing to sit down, then turned to look at Yao Zhi on the side, and said in a deep voice: "Sima, if this king leaves, then everything in Sanheguan will be under the jurisdiction of Sima. ”

Today's Sanheguan, although more than half of the high-ranking officials in Wuzhou are concentrated, the number of troops here is only a few hundred.

In addition to the troops of Sanheguan itself, only Li Xuan, Feng Hua, Du Bixing, and Yao Zhi each brought a few hundred people.

Others, such as Xu Jian, Zhou Shen and the like, were nowhere to be seen at all.

Even Qiu Zhenmu, who had always followed Li Xuan, didn't know where to go.

Li Xuan's most trusted Wang Bo and Yu Ze still stayed in Lanxi.

"What do you think is the chance of winning today's matter?" Yao Zhi took people and sent Li Xuan to the dock.

Seeing Yao Zhi's solemn question, Li Xuan's expression was solemn and he said, "If there is no accident, it should be seventy percent?" ”

"What if something happens?" Yao Zhi's face immediately became solemn.

"Then there's no chance of doing it." Li Xuan shook his head with a solemn expression.

Du Bixing on the side asked a little puzzled: "Accident, what accidents may happen?" ”

"On both sides." Li Xuan replied very directly, and said: "One is Hangzhou, if Zhoushan Haikou and Hangzhou Tianyin Sect join forces to take Hangzhou, then Yuan Chao will definitely turn his face; The two are Shezhou, if Tianyin takes Shezhou, Yuan Chao will inevitably turn his face. ”

Du Bixing understood when he heard it, nodded slowly and said: "It's the lower official who forgot, Yuan Chao is a two-faced villain!" ”

Du Bixing served as Sima of Wuzhou in his early years, and now he is inspecting Wuzhou Facao to join the army; Yuan Chao originally joined the army as a soldier in Muzhou, but now he is almost inspecting Sima in Wuzhou, and if the experience of the two is reversed, it will be quite interesting.

A few years ago, although Du Bixing had been recuperating from illness, he was always paying attention to the current situation in Muzhou, and he also knew enough about Yuan Chao.

Although he is now full of sincerity, once there is a change, he will not hesitate to turn his face.

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"What else does Sima need to explain?" Li Xuan turned to look at Yao Zhi.

Yao Zhi nodded and said in a deep voice: "It's Zhoushan Haikou...... Yesterday's first contact, some things are inconvenient to mention, but if everything goes well today, please ask the prince to immediately send someone to send those Zhoushan Haikou to Sanheguan, and the lower officials need to know the movements of Zhoushan Haikou immediately. ”

If the whereabouts of the Zhoushan Haikou are hidden for a day, then the soldiers and horses of Hangzhou, Yuezhou, Taizhou and other departments will not be able to be mobilized for a day.

Only by completely solving the threat of the Zhoushan Haikou can all of them draw up their forces and go straight to the Tianyin Sect's main altar, and then destroy it in one fell swoop.

"This king understands that this king will definitely send the three Bai brothers to Sima." Li Xuan bowed his hand to Yao Zhi, and then stepped onto the huge official ship, standing at the bow of the ship, Li Xuan looked at everyone present, and said with a smile: "This time, unless there are people waiting for them, there is no thought of surrendering, otherwise this king will definitely return with a large group of soldiers, and then drink with you." ”

"Expect to drink with the prince!" Everyone present bowed their hands to Li Xuan at the same time and shouted: "May the prince have a smooth trip and a successful return!" ”

The shadow of the boat was far away, and everyone on the shore looked solemn.

Behind him, the shadows of rows of catapults could be faintly seen in the Sanhe Pass, but they were quickly submerged.

Li Xuan turned to look at the banks of the Wujiang River, the surrounding mountains were undulating, and between the mountain shadows, there were faintly countless figures shaking.

With the boat, they went north together, but soon, the figures of these people completely disappeared from Li Xuan's sight.

Li Xuan subconsciously glanced back to the side, and Li Zhu immediately stepped forward: "Wangshang." ”

"Tell everyone, don't be in a hurry, just slow down," Li Xuan commanded Li Zhu, then turned around and walked into the cabin under the gaze of everyone.

As soon as I entered the cabin, a voice rang out: "You don't seem to have much confidence in this trip!" ”

Zhang Wanyu leaned on the inside of the cabin, holding a copy of Spring and Autumn in her hand, and looked at Li Xuan with a smile.

"So, the king brought you with him." Li Xuan walked across from Zhang Wanyu and sat down.

Qu Ying on the side immediately poured Li Xuan a cup of tea.

Li Xuan drank the tea directly in one go.

Zhang Wanyu put Chunqiu on the case, looked Li Xuan up and down, and said: "I found that you are quite contradictory, looking at your approach, you seem to have been ready for a long time, and you want to kill the entire sailor directly, but now, you are willing to risk your life, what do you think?" ”

"It's just that I can't bear to see more killings." Li Xuan looked out the window and said softly: "Since this king left the Shendu, nearly 7,000 people have died because of this king, if this sailor, 2,000 foot soldiers, 2,000 water pawns, and 500 soldier soldiers, all died in the hands of this king, this king will inevitably be stained with the name of a 10,000-person slaughter, which is not a good thing." ”

"Isn't that a good thing?" Zhang Wanyu suddenly sneered and said: "The Tang Court has always preferred to kill the most people, the more you kill, the more military achievements you have, the more the people of the world will look up to you, put away your pretended pity that you shouldn't have, our people, don't need it." ”

"Yes, your people don't need to." Li Xuan couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Poor Yuan Chao, he thinks he has everything in his hands, but he never understands it, he is just a pawn in the hearts of the people from beginning to end." ”

People's hearts, this is also what Li Xuan is most worried about.

The most powerful power in Yuan Chao's hands is nothing more than the worldly fame and fortune.

It is precisely because of this that he was able to suddenly burst out and control the entire water army of the Tianyin Sect at once, but what he really affected was only the middle level of the Tianyin Sect, and more people at the bottom, their belief in the Tianyin Sect and the Tianyin Goddess was still there.

It's just a temporary suppression, and it may be awakened at any time.

If they can't successfully disarm their blades in a short period of time, then the slightest change will immediately put everything in danger of overturning.

The key lies in people's hearts, and people's hearts are uncertain, even if they abandon their weapons and surrender to sincerity, they may take up arms again at any time.

"Captain Zhu Zhu of Changshui, was he really imprisoned by Yuan Chao?" Li Xuan looked at Zhang Wanyu.

Zhang Wanyu shook her head and said: "Zhu Zhu is a senior of the older generation, he has been outside since his early years, I haven't seen him much, and every time he comes and goes, he should have some skills, and his prestige among the soldiers is not low...... But in the face of a sinister villain like Yuan Chao, there are not many people who can not be confused by him. ”

"That's true." Li Xuan couldn't help but be a little funny.

The people of the Tianyin Sect gave Yuan Chao the position of servant shooting second only to the chief manager, and the meaning of the letter was overflowing, but in the end, it was a bamboo basket that was empty.

Yuan Chao betrayed when he said that he was betrayed, and he was shameless and couldn't react.

Now the same is true, now that the situation of the Tianyin Sect is at a disadvantage, Yuan Chao immediately betrayed them and threw himself into the imperial court, but if the situation of the Tianyin Sect repeats, it is inevitable that his people will re-weigh the pros and cons, and everything is possible in a change of mind.

All this made Li Xuan have to be cautious.

"If this king has a large army of soldiers with him, then there is no need to worry about any recurrence, but unfortunately, our manpower is limited after all." Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh lightly.

"That's because you have an advantageous situation, so you naturally think a lot, and now I'm afraid that you have already begun to organize people to carry out autumn planting, right?" Zhang Wanyu's expression was a little gloomy, and she lowered her head and said, "What you said is right, we sometimes are too desperate." ”

"Bang bang bang!" Outside the cabin, there was a knock on the hatch, and Li Zhu's voice sounded: "Lord Wang, Shiliwan has arrived." ”

Li Xuan glanced at Zhang Wanyu, grabbed the eight-sided Han sword on the table with one hand, stood up, and then stepped out.

Outside the cabin, more than a dozen three-masted ships docked in Shili Bay on the east side of the Wujiang River.

In the cabin, Zhang Wanyu's face was full of worry.

She wasn't worried about Li Xuan, she was worried about those Tianyin Sect disciples.

Although Li Xuan, the god of killing, looks a little compassionate today, it is just his disguise.

If his murderous intent rises, it will immediately be a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

Zhang Wanyu really didn't want to see the fleet outside, and in the blink of an eye, she was slaughtered.

(End of chapter)