Early the next morning, Di Renjie arrived at the Tang Army camp in Youzhou under the escort of Li Zhen, the Tang Army camp is located outside Youzhou City, covering an area of thousands of acres, thousands of big tents are endless, and the momentum is extremely spectacular, Di Renjie saw the camp from a distance, he frowned, and turned back to Li Zhen and said: "I thought that the main force of the Tang Army should be in Danzhou or Pingzhou, but I didn't expect it to be still in Youzhou, could it be that the Khitans have withdrawn from the army and negotiated peace?"

Li Zhen shook his head, "We don't know the specific situation, we can only talk about it after seeing Wu Youyi, I think he will station the army in Youzhou, he must have some concerns." ”

"I hope it's a wise move"

Di Renjie sped up the speed of his horse, and after a short time, he led everyone to the front of the barracks, and he said loudly: "I am Di Renjie from the south, please go and report to General Wu as soon as possible."

The soldiers guarding the door heard that Di Renjie was coming, and hurriedly rushed to report to Wu Youyi, Wu Youyi happened to be in the barracks today, and after a while, he led a large group of generals to meet him, Di Renjie was named the envoy of the Guanjun and the camp state guard, in fact, it is equivalent to the supervision of the army appointed by the saint, with great power, coupled with his huge prestige for decades, so that Wu Youyi and the generals dare not have the slightest contempt.

"Di Xiangguo is finally here"

Wu Youyi greeted him with a smile on his face, bowed and saluted: "I was originally worried that Di Xiangguo would not be able to arrive in time."

Di Renjie smiled, "Could it be that General Wu thinks I'm too old?"

"Don't dare, don't dare Di Xiangguo is old and calm, can control the overall situation, with Di Xiangguo here, I can finally fall asleep. ”

Wu Youyi complimented Di Renjie a few words, and asked the generals to come forward to greet Di Renjie, at this time he turned his eyes, and saw Li Zhen behind Di Renjie, although Wu Youyi did not deal with Li Zhen directly, but he knew that Li Zhen was powerful, and he was an internal security general, extremely powerful, although his position was lower than himself, but he had the right to monitor hundreds of officials, not that he could afford to provoke.

Wu Youyi stepped forward and said to Li Zhen with a smile: "I didn't expect General Li to come with Di Xiangguo, now we are strong and strong, why not be afraid of the Khitan barbarians."

Li Zhen immediately clasped his fists and saluted, "Please forgive me for wearing the armor of my humble position, and I can't bow to the general."

"There is no need to salute, we are colleagues, not subordinates, General Li must not be polite. ”

Everyone heard that the young general who came with Di Renjie was the famous Li Zhen, and they also stepped forward to salute him, and everyone exchanged a few words of greeting, and then entered the camp together.

Di Renjie and Li Zhen sat down in the big tent of the Chinese army, and Wu Youyi ordered the soldiers to serve tea, at this time, Di Renjie asked: "I don't know how the Khitan rebels are doing?"

"They have withdrawn their troops from Danzhou and Pingzhou, and now they are training in Yingzhou, and I am also stationed in Youzhou, preparing to gather the warriors of various states and towns for training, this war against the Khitan, the meaning of the Holy One is to think in the long run. ”

Di Renjie is much more experienced than Chen Ziang, he listened to Wu Youyi's holy decree, closed his mouth to the saint, and used the saint to pressure himself, he didn't say much, so he smiled slightly: "Then it will take a lot of hard work, general."

Wu Youyi originally thought that Di Renjie was going to argue with himself, but he didn't expect him to be so light-hearted, which really surprised him, but this result was the best, he hurriedly smiled and said: "Di Xiangguo has worked hard all the way, please go down and rest first, I have prepared the camp tent, General Li also please"

Di Renjie got up and said with a smile: "I'm really a little tired, I'll go and settle down first, and then talk to the general in detail."

He gave Li Zhen a look, Li Zhen understood, and also said goodbye to Wu Youyi.

The camp tent prepared for them by Wu Youyi is really good, all kinds of items are complete, and there are special soldiers to protect them, Li Zhen walked into the big tent and smiled at Di Renjie: "Why didn't my uncle mention the matter of soldiers at all?"

Di Renjie smiled faintly and said: "We just came, we don't know anything about the situation, how can we dictate military affairs, besides, don't you see it? Wu Youyi has no intention of sending troops to Liaodong at all, and actually wants to train the township warriors, and use 100,000 people to train the township warriors, isn't it very funny?

"Uncle is right, I also feel that this Wu Youyi is a little ruthless and timid, he uses the saint to block the arrow in everything, and he has no enterprising heart, so how is my uncle going to deal with it?"

"I want to at least know the information, I'm actually called the Guan Jun Rong Envoy, but it's not just an army that looks at his martial arts, I plan to go to Danzhou tomorrow to see how the situation is over there?"

At this moment, a soldier reported at the door of the tent: "Qi Xiangguo, join the army Chen Ziang asks to see"

Di Renjie was a little surprised, it turned out that Chen Ziang was also in the army, he hurriedly said: "Hurry up and invite him in."

"Uncle knows this person?" asked Li Zhen with a smile.

"His poetry is excellent, when I was the chief examiner, I named him a jinshi, and I was very impressed by him. ”

After a while, Chen Ziang walked in quickly, knelt down and bowed, "Students meet their teacher"

Di Renjie hurriedly helped him up, "No need to do this, Chen joins the army, please hurry up"

Chen Ziang said excitedly: "With the arrival of the teacher, Liaodong is finally saved." ”

Di Renjie heard what he said, but he didn't rush to ask him, he first introduced Li Zhen to him with a smile, "This is General Li of the internal guard, Chen should have heard of it."

When Chen Ziang heard that this young general was the famous Li Zhen, he immediately stood in respect and saluted: "I have heard of General Li's name for a long time." ”

"Each other" Li Zhen smiled slightly, and said politely: "I have long heard of Chen's talent in the army, and when I see it today, Li Zhen is fortunate to have three lives." ”

Di Renjie invited Chen Ziang to sit down, and then asked, "What does Chen know about the military situation?"

Chen Ziang sighed and said, "I am no longer in the army now, and I was dismissed by Wu Youyi yesterday." ”

Di Renjie and Li Zhen glanced at each other and asked in surprise, "What happened, why did General Wu want to dismiss you?"

Chen Ziang said angrily: "Just because I criticized him for refusing to send troops to Liaodong, he became angry and said that I attacked the Holy Will and dismissed me. ”

Di Renjie pondered for a moment and asked, "Is the situation in Liaodong very serious now?"

"Some time ago, Danzhou had several letters for help every day, and the Yuguan garrison suffered heavy casualties and was in urgent need of support, and sent people to ask for help several times, but he just ignored it, I really don't understand, since he doesn't want to fight with the Khitan, why should he come in command?"

Di Renjie realized that the problem was a bit serious, and it was likely to be said by Li Zhen, Wu Youyi was afraid of fighting with the Khitan, so he used the method of dragging.

At this time, Chen Ziang hurriedly said: "The key is that the Khitans thought that he would attack with all their might, so they retreated to the north, once Li Quanzhong found that he had no will to fight, he was likely to send an army to make a comeback, I am most worried about Yuguan, once Yuguan is lost, Hebei will have no danger to defend." ”

Di Renjie paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands, he also knew that the situation was urgent, and there was no time to calmly arrange for him, so he had to immediately bring a part of the army to Yuguan to rescue.

But the military power is in the hands of Wu Youyi, he can only make suggestions, if Wu Youyi does not obey, then he can only find the Holy Lord to adjudicate, but now there is no time.

After pondering for a long time, Di Renjie said to Li Zhen: "The Holy Lord said in his will to me, you are not only to escort me to the north, after you arrive in Hebei, you will have another appointment, I suspect that your appointment letter has arrived, it is in the hands of Wu Youxu, since you have a gold medal in internal defense, you might as well force him." ”

Li Zhen understood what Di Renjie meant, and happily got up and said with a smile: "This is exactly what I am good at, I will come when I go."

Li Zhen left the big tent with more than a dozen of his subordinates and went to the big tent of the Chinese army.

The initial duty of the internal guard was to supervise the guards in the forbidden middle school, and actually played the role of the gendarmerie, and then the responsibilities gradually changed, Wu Zetian used it to perform some secret tasks, or to investigate major cases, and it is for this reason that the internal guard gold medal has the effect of the emperor's personal visit, and it has become the three major gold medals given by Wu Zetian together with the gold medal of the imperial history and the gold medal for the transfer of troops.

Li Zhen generally does not use the internal defense gold medal easily, and will only show the gold medal when he goes out of the city at night or asks the local government for support and other emergencies.

He walked quickly to the big tent of the Chinese army and said to the guards: "I have an urgent matter to see General Wu."

The soldiers immediately rushed in to report, and after a while, Wu Youyi personally greeted him, and said with a smile: "General Li is dissatisfied with the food and lodging, and has he come to Xingshi to ask for guilt?"

"Definitely"

Li Zhen also smiled faintly: "I was ordered to come to Hebei to help the war, not just a task to protect Di Xiangguo, now that the defense of Di Xiangguo has been completed, I am ready to implement other arrangements of the saint, I hope that General Wu can give me the task assigned by the saint." ”

"This ...... I don't think I heard about it yet. ”

"Yes, if that's the case, then I'll have to investigate a case for the time being, hoping to fully cooperate with General Wu. ”

Wu Youyi was stunned, "General Li, what does this mean?"

"We were secretly assassinated halfway to Hebei, and according to the assassin's confession, this assassination may be related to General Wuda-"

"Nonsense" Wu Youyi shouted angrily: "When did I send someone to assassinate Di Xiangguo?

Li Zhen took out the gold medal of the internal guard from his arms and held it high, "Presumably, General Wu knows this gold medal, and since I am the head of the internal guard, I have the right to investigate this case, and I ask General Wu to cooperate with the investigation." ”

Of course, Wu Youyi knew the gold medal of the internal guard, he actually knew in his heart that it must be Wu Sansi who sent someone to assassinate Di Renjie, Wu Sansi had revealed this intention to himself, he was secretly annoyed in his heart, so he said stupidly: "Could it be that General Li really thinks that I sent someone to assassinate Di Xiangguo?"

Li Zhen shook his head, "Although the assassin said that the general intended to assassinate Di Xiangguo in order to lead the army alone, but frankly, I don't think it was the general's doing, but since the assassin has a confession, I have to do it routinely." ”