"Since Your Majesty also agrees, we monarchs and ministers will say goodbye."

Yuan Tang quietly put the double-ring white jade pendant into his arms and said goodbye, saying that the success rate was high, but it was not without danger.

After all, he went to the military camp alone, not to mention that Guo Deng is still a military general, so there are a few henchmen and guards around him.

At his urging, Liu Zhi had no choice but to leave in a hurry, preparing to return to another secret stronghold on the other side of the city.

The three caves of the cunning rabbit, he had already taken precautions and asked Long Linwei to arrange several shelters.

At this time, it was already the beginning of the war, the situation was turbulent, martial law was imposed in Beijing, and the people were hiding at home and shivering.

Even though they all walk through the alleys, they inevitably encounter some spies.

Zhao Jie has already issued a secret order, no matter how much it costs, even if the Jingshi is turned upside down tonight, Liu Zhi must be found.

Thanks to those Long Linwei's spies, they are all deaf and bright, and they are good at hiding their whereabouts.

Along the way, they killed several batches of Jinwu's cavalry, and everyone was on guard, if they accidentally fell into the army, no matter how strong their martial arts were, it was impossible to defeat a hundred.

Tian Yan's expression was tense, and he raised his five senses to the extreme, always paying attention to all the movements around him.

Finally reached the destination, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, they finally did not encounter any major danger.

This journey can be said to be half by luck and half by strength, if it were not for the familiarity of various trails, it would not be possible to avoid the search so easily.

The stronghold they came to was ostensibly an ordinary courtyard hidden in a civilian area, but seven or eight houses in a row were bought and occupied an entire alley.

The underground has been hollowed out, and a large chamber has been built, very spacious, lit by huge candles.

Even though it was so secretive, Liu Zhi still did not remove his makeup, ready for emergencies at any time.

As soon as he sat down, he began to inquire about the situation, "Is there any news from Yuan Xu's side?" ”

Before, he instructed Yuan Xuan to contact Zhao Kai, the lieutenant general of the Tiger Ben Army, but now that more than an hour has passed, it stands to reason that there should be a result.

"Not yet, there is no movement on the Tiger Army's side."

It's good that there is no movement, but until you are unsure of their movements, you can't feel at ease, like a sword hanging over your head, which may fall anytime and anywhere.

Liu Zhi thought for a while and ordered, "If you send a letter to Yuan Xu, you can ask Zhao Kai to send someone to meet the Queen Mother." ”

Zhao Kai and Yuan Tang should be the same kind of people, their loyalty to the Empress Dowager Liang is very high, and in the case of unsure of her attitude, they would rather choose to wait and see.

"Well, the minister will do it immediately."

Saying that, he arranged dinner for him again, and after a day of tossing, Liu Zhi was also tired, and he felt a little hungry when he settled down at this time.

"Let's eat together, I have something to discuss with you."

The meals were very simple, because I didn't want the fire in the evening to alarm Ji Jinwu, it was all some cold dishes and dried meat, plus a few Hu cakes.

Tian Yan is upright, knowing that this is an extraordinary period, and he did not push back, kneeling down to accompany the prime minister.

While eating, Yang Jian hurried over, "Your Majesty, there is definite news to report, and the soldiers and horses of the state can rush to the capital tomorrow afternoon." ”

This was good news, and several people were very excited to hear it, which meant that they only needed to hold on for another day and night to achieve the final victory.

"Qinghe King Liu Garlic is already on the way, do you want to send someone to intercept him?"

The second news was not so wonderful, Liu Zhi smiled coldly when he heard this, "No need to intercept, let him come, this time I want the world to see his true face." ”

In fact, Liu Zhi also has a purpose, which is to take this opportunity to let those who are ready to move all show their original forms.

It is all eradicated at once, and only then can the power be held in his own hands.

To say that Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling in history are actually masters of playing with power, and their control over the court is very high.

But Liu Zhi could not learn from their method, which was the usual method of the Han emperors, relying on relatives and eunuchs to control the military power of the imperial court, forming an absolute crushing of the scholar class.

The disadvantages of this are very obvious, and it is completely continuing the old path since Emperor An and Emperor He, that is, Emperor Shun, conniving at corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and aggravating land annexation and local secession.

In the long run, no matter how diligent the emperor is in serving the people, he cannot stop the accelerated decline of the empire.

As a traverser, although he is not satisfactory in terms of knowledge and strategy, his greatest strength is the vision and pattern cultivated by more than 2,000 years of history.

Even if it is difficult now, I will never take shortcuts and do stupid things to quench my thirst.

Yuan Tang advised him to end the turmoil as soon as possible and to counterattack tomorrow morning, but Liu Zhi also felt the same way, so tonight was even more important.

Whether it can be reversed or not, it's been overnight.

"How is Cao Teng's side, when will the soldiers and horses from the other departments of Captain Sili arrive?"

The commander's department of Sili is in Cao Teng's hands all the year round, and only the soldiers and horses of the Beijing division are in the hands of Cao Teng.

If there is an accident in Beijing, according to the usual practice, the nearest Henan Yin, Hanoi County, Hedong County and Hongnong County will quickly send people to Luoyang.

As for Zuo Feng Yi, Right Fufeng and Jing Zhaoyin, although they are also nominally Si Li's Captain's Department, the distance is not close, and it can be said that far water cannot quench the thirst of the near.

By the time they arrived, it was estimated that they had already fallen to the third hill.

However, the situation of the Sili Lieutenant Department is complicated, Cao Teng does not lead many troops, and Zhao Jie and the Liang family have been operating here for many years, especially Henan Yin, who has always been Liang Ji's relatives before.

Therefore, their influence over there has penetrated very widely, and the people who rushed over were not necessarily from King Qin, and they could be traitors if they didn't do well.

"It is said that the manpower of Hanoi County is already on the way, but the Yin side of Henan has been using various excuses to shirk and refuse to come, and the situation in the other counties is unknown."

Now, Liu Zhi is in a dilemma, he also knows that he should cut through the mess quickly, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be, but tomorrow is too variable, and it is difficult to say whether he can win.

To bet, or not to bet?

"Your Majesty, I have an idea, but I don't know if I should talk about it or not......

Fan Chao, who had been standing silently behind him, suddenly spoke.

"If you have something to say, when will you also learn this twisting and turning temperament."

Liu Zhi glared at him angrily, he didn't want the people around him to develop such hypocritical habits.

"Hey......

Fan Chao smiled awkwardly and immediately said, "Actually, there is no shortage of manpower in the Jingshi, as long as Your Majesty is willing, I will be able to conjure up a team of thousands of people for you right away, and ensure that all of them are vigorous." ”

Liu Zhi was stunned, "What do you mean?" ”

"Your Majesty also knows that I was born as a street gangster, and now I am fortunate to meet the Son of Heaven and become an official, but I can't change the habit of fooling around with those old brothers."

As soon as he mentioned this, Liu Zhi immediately understood that this was for him to use the street gangsters and rangers in Jingshi to create something out of nothing and conjure up a living force.