After retiring from the dynasty, Xie Guang went straight back to his Shangzhu Mansion, and as soon as he entered the door, he couldn't help but scold: "Liu Ce, this bastard who has suffered a thousand cuts!" Sooner or later, Lao Tzu will destroy him, and the Liu family of Yejun is full of people! ”

Di Xian flashed out from behind the screen in the study, stretched out his hand to take Xie Guang's cloak, and asked with concern, "Shangzhuguo, what's going on?" ”

"What's wrong? Look at the boiled duck, fly! Today in the court, the strategy I had planned before was only one step away from success, and the talismans of hundreds of thousands of troops were immediately in hand. But it didn't come to fruition, but in the middle, the young master of the crown prince Liu Ce was inserted horizontally, which made the emperor change his mind again! ”

Xie Guangwu was angry, and while scolding, he told Di Xian everything that happened in the court.

Di Xian thought about it after listening to it, smiled and comforted Xie Guang and said, "Shangzhu Guo doesn't have to worry. Liu Ce's words were just a small disturbance. In the face of military affairs, Your Majesty still has to rely on your old man. In the end, the talisman can only be obediently handed over to us. ”

Xie Guang finished complaining, breathed a long sigh of relief, nodded and said, "What you said is reasonable, I'm just a little angry." The little Liu Ce can't interfere with the overall situation of Ben Shuai at all. Di Xian, speaking of which, you are still doing things safely and reliably, Liangzhou has done a good job, and you will be rewarded for the first time in this handsome! ”

Di Xian was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Shangzhuguo has the grace of knowledge and cultivation for lowly positions, just like a father. It is an honor to be able to go to the soup for the Shangzhu country! ”

Xie Guang stretched out his hand to help Di Xian and asked, "Ben Shuai heard that the people who stayed in Liangzhou to observe the situation found that Shen Lie was actually involved, what happened later?" ”

Di Xian replied seriously: "Back to Shangzhu Kingdom, according to the news of the eyeliner, Shen Lie came back from the direction of Western Xinjiang. He seemed to have learned about our plan with Mr. Lao somewhere, so he stepped in and suppressed the conflict between the Fierce Blade Army, the Liangzhou Army, and Xu Youchang by mistake, failing to trigger the battle we expected, and also hindering the plan to further disrupt Liangzhou. ”

"Shen Lie actually knows?" Xie Guang frowned, and said to himself: "This guy is like a dog, and his nose is very smart, but don't let him spoil Ben Shuai's plan." What about him now? ”

A grim smile appeared in Di Xian's eyes: "Shangzhu Kingdom, please rest assured, I have already sent an order to tell the guys over there to keep an eye on Shen Lie, and he will definitely not be given a chance to return to the imperial capital." ”

"Well, that's fine." Xie Guang nodded: "The Reverse Scale Division has always been the emperor's eyes, ears, and arms. Abolishing Shen Lie is equivalent to cutting off one of Li Chengwu's hands and poking out his two eyes, and Yu Benshuai's plan is more advantageous. However, our hands and feet must be clean, otherwise those guys from Beiya will go crazy, and our lives will not be stable. ”

Di Xian solemnly arched his hand: "Obey the teachings of Shangzhuguo." In a moment, the lowly rank will send someone to deliver the letter, and tell the brothers to act in secret, and they will be hit with one blow! ”

Xie Guang smiled with satisfaction, and while holding up the fragrant tea, he asked, "Is there any new movement in Western Xinjiang?" ”

"Not yet." Di Xian responded: "In the battle of Crescent Bay, almost no one in the two armies of Zhenjiang and Fierce Blade survived, and the entire governance system of Shengtang there fell into chaos, and our intelligence was also affected to a certain extent. He is trying to contact Mr. Law, and as long as he is found, the news will be unimpeded again. ”

Hearing this, Xie Guang thought for a while, and suddenly sighed softly: "Alas, Ashina is really amazing." ”

Di Xian was slightly stunned, and didn't understand why Shangzhu suddenly mentioned the Great Khan of the Turkic Empire, so he could only admit by the way: "Yes, the eloquent and strategic, worthy of the title of a generation of masters." Compared to our emperor, that's really incomparable. ”

Xie Guang smiled disdainfully: "Our emperor? Hey, compared to others, isn't that far behind? If nothing else, the recent war alone cannot be compared at all. ”

He paused slightly, pointed to the topographical map of the western frontier on the table, and continued: "The Turkic 100,000 elite iron cavalry, under the leadership of the Prince of the Temple, crossed the border and went straight into Persia, and then neither attacked the city nor plundered the land, but only advanced quickly to the northeast along the Donwa River, and it took less than ten days to cross Persia and break through to the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains in the western frontier. After that, the army marched secretly through the Hondus Gorge, and unknowingly came to a hidden place only a few miles away from Crescent Bay. ”

Di Xian bowed slightly, and continued with Xie Guang's words: "Yes, the 100,000 army spared such a far arc and directly approached the core of the battlefield, and the Zhenjiang army was unaware of it. If you don't have a plan, you can't come up with such a grand plan! ”

"That's not all," Xie Guang said with emotion: "The soldiers and horses of the Prince of the Temple are certainly very remarkable, but the rebels in Western Xinjiang also performed well in this battle, with the help and command of the Turks, that group of soft eggs was able to burst out with amazing combat power, and the main force of the two major armies of Zhenjiang and Fierce Blade was really impressive. If they hadn't dragged Zhang Sanpi to death, I'm afraid it would have been difficult to stage the miracle of Crescent Bay. ”

Di Xian agreed: "I want to say it." The Turkic Iron Pigeon Army, together with Mr. Lao, condensed the scattered Western Xinjiang rebels into a steel knife in a blink of an eye, which shows that the Turkic Great Khan has a very clever grasp of the situation. At present, the Turkic soldiers and horses are approaching Zijin Pass, and they have suddenly taken the first army of the imperial court, which makes the emperor in a dilemma, and he is completely led by the nose, haha. ”

Xie Guang glanced at Di Xian lightly, and said in a deep voice: "Di Xian, do you know why Ben Shuai brought up this matter?" ”

Di Xian was shrewd, and in an instant, he sensed Xie Guang's intentions, and hurriedly said: "I think that Shangzhu Guo wants to remind him to attach great importance to Ashina? ”

"Clever!" Xie Guang slapped his thigh and said with a smile: "Today's allies are also tomorrow's enemies." Now that the Turks are using me, why am I not using them? Once the big thing succeeds, we will immediately face the challenge of the Turks, and at that time, who will have the last laugh? ”

Di Xian arched his hand: "Needless to say, of course it's Shangzhu Kingdom!" The reason why Ashina is so powerful is because he sits on the throne of the Turkic Empire, and his current opponent, the Holy Tang Emperor, is a straw bale. On the other hand, if the world falls into the hands of the Shangzhu State, and the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Holy Tang Dynasty are all at your disposal, then no matter how powerful the Turks are, they will have to bow down! ”

"Hahaha-" Xie Guang laughed when he heard this, and his expression was full of arrogance: "Di Xian, Di Xian, when that day comes, you will be the chief strategist of Ben Shuai, and it will be okay to be the marquis and the prime minister in the future, do you know?" ”

Di Xian's face showed great joy, and he solemnly responded: "I swear to follow my lord to the death!" Oh no, Your Majesty! ”

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Sima Dixian, a member of the Xuanjia Legion, was young and promising, and was known as "Little Zhuge " in the army. The Xuanjia Army's previous campaigns have also relied on his calculations many times and achieved brilliant results one after another.

However, this time, Di Xian overestimated himself and underestimated the history of the Reverse Scale Division of Shengtang.

Shen Lie is the kind of person who is born with an unusually sharp sense of danger. He is like a fox in the mountains, able to smell the impending killing at any time.

Therefore, when Liangzhou Zhichong Mansion sent an escort team to accompany Shen Lie out of Liangzhou City and just set foot on the way back to Beijing, Shen Lie used a little trick, quietly slipped out of the horse team after disguise, and followed behind.

As he expected, the whole team was suddenly attacked by a large number of masked warriors when they walked to a remote mountain forest area. Those killers were highly skilled in martial arts, ruthless in their attacks, and the ambush location was very cleverly chosen, and they put on a posture of not intending to leave any alive as soon as they came up.

With just one pillar of incense, the more than 50 Liangzhou escort cavalry who accompanied them were slaughtered. As soon as the battle was over, the Assassins dispersed to carefully identify the corpses. However, to their great surprise, Shen Lie was not found among them. The assassin killers panicked, and after some deliberation, they hurriedly chased along the mountain road in the direction of the imperial capital.

After they were all gone, Shen Lie came out of the bushes in the distance, dusted off the leaves and weeds on his body, and continued on his way.

With this experience, he didn't dare to underestimate the enemy in the slightest, so he didn't choose the shortest official road back to Beijing. Shen Lie knew in his heart that the other party would not be able to assassinate him in such a layout, and he would definitely refuse to give up, and he would definitely set up many secret checkpoints on the road, waiting for him to throw himself into the net. After careful consideration, he decided to take the Ganliang Mountain Road instead, making a huge bend and returning to the imperial capital from the northeast.

This strange route, let alone Di Xian, even if the Turkic Khan Ashinajin, who is the best at detouring, comes in person, I am afraid that he will not be able to think of it.

Although he walked for half a month, Shen Lie's road was also calm, as he gradually approached the imperial capital, the number of pedestrians on the originally remote road increased day by day, and all kinds of news came one after another.

Among the many mixed news, there were two that shocked Shen Lie the most.

The first news was the Crescent Bay fiasco. The two elite legions of the empire were flanked by the traitors and Turkic iron cavalry in the western frontier, and the 120,000 soldiers were all wiped out!

Shen Lie couldn't believe his ears, and at the same time, he was even more worried about the safety of Li Jiangyao and the others.

Although the time we have been dating for a short time has not been long, the group of hot-blooded men stationed in the lonely city of Metasequoia have left a deep imprint in his heart. For Shi Shi, the director of the Reverse Scale Division, who is known for his ruthlessness, Li Jiangyao and them are the same as the Reverse Scale Secret Agent, who is his brother.

However, compared with the safety of his deceased brother, the second news made Shen Lie feel more anxious.

There were rumors among the traveling people that the imperial court had decided to appoint Xie Guang of Shangzhu as the chief of the marching army, and to lead the 500,000 Shengtang army to the western frontier. The last team that was ordered to assemble, the 100,000-strong Long Knife Legion, had arrived outside the imperial capital yesterday evening, and the Western Expeditionary Army was about to set off.

In terms of the current situation, the most worrying thing in Shen Lie's heart is that Xie Guang has the power of the army alone. In his opinion, handing over the tiger talisman to Xie Guang is probably worse than Ashina's army in the imperial capital.

Shen Lie didn't dare to delay for a moment, he completely put aside his safety concerns, and desperately accelerated his journey, making up his mind to uncover the conspiracy of the commander of the Xuanjia Army to His Majesty before Xie Guang had an accident.