Murong Xue pondered for a moment and hesitated: "If you want to talk about the conditions, apart from the righteousness of the country and the nation and the benefits of being promoted to the knighthood, I really can't think of anything else." ”

"Then I don't have to go, I'm done with the fun." Dong Tianxing said with a wry smile: "Let's not talk about the righteousness of the country and the nation, whether it is the so-called addition of officials to the knighthood, or the appointment of officials, what Your Majesty can give, King Huaiyang can also give, and it may be more generous than us." If you are an earl, he will dare to be a marquis, and if you are a duke, he will dare to be a king directly, and in the end, it only depends on who has the higher price. And those generals who lead troops may not eat this set. ”

Murong Xue frowned: "Then you say, what conditions can impress them?" ”

Before Dong Tianxing could speak, Shen Lie's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "I thought of some ways for Lao Dong." ”

Seeing him coming, Dong Tianxing hurriedly got up and said hello.

Shen Lie patted Dong Tianxing's shoulder cordially, motioned for him to sit down, and then took out a scroll from his arms: "There are twenty-five people recorded on it, all of them are some ulterior little secrets, so they should be one of the bargaining chips." ”

Dong Tianxing took it with both hands and said in surprise: "Is it someone from Jingxiang?" ”

"That's right, they are all the leaders of Jing Xiang, and the youngest is also the captain in charge of the army." Shen Lie continued: "In addition, I have already sent people from the Seven Departments of the Reverse Scale Division to set off, and within half a month, I will secretly monitor all the relatives and family members of these twenty-five people, as long as Brother Dong speaks, whoever you refer to, we will kill whom." ”

Murong Xue was taken aback: "This ...... Isn't this a tie-down? ”

Shen Lie said lightly: "When Li Chenglin was alive, I didn't want to do things too much. But now that he's dead, no one in the Jingxiang army is convinced, so I can only use some means. ”

Dong Tianxing nodded beside him: "Well, this is more effective than sealing the official wish." ”

"Why do you say that?" Murong Xue was a little depressed: "Master Dong, you are a first-class jinshi, you have read the books of sages, don't learn to play a bachelor." ”

Dong Tianxing didn't care: "General Murong, it's not an old man who is a bachelor, if those military leaders really want to kill me, they won't even blink their eyes." With Lord Shen's trick, at least his life can be saved. ”

Shen Lie admired Dong Tianxing's pragmatic personality very much, and laughed: "Brother Dong is right to think so." If you don't have the goods in your hand, what business are you talking about? is clearly going to be eaten to death. ”

"But I'm afraid that's not enough." Dong Tianxing smacked his mouth: "The threat can only work for a while, and in the end, we have to find a way fundamentally." ”

Murong Xue said curiously: "Fundamental? Please ask Master Dong for advice, what is fundamental? ”

Dong Tianxing said: "The so-called fundamental refers to the problem of realization. Whether it is Your Majesty, or the King of Huaiyang, or even the Turks, give benefits and promises, which everyone will. But no matter how high the price is, it only makes sense if it is finally realized. And the chips or conditions we take out must convince Jingxiang's generals that they can be realized in the end. ”

Shen Lie understood what he meant, and said curiously, "What are you going to do?" ”

Dong Tianxing stretched out two fingers: "How can I tell them, I will act when I see the opportunity." But there are still two issues out there that require your cooperation. ”

"Which two?" Murong Xue asked.

"First, it's Yizhou." Dong Tianxing said: "No matter what, the imperial court must have a clear attitude towards the emperor. In this way, it can not only prevent Jing Xiang from still pushing the problem to Yizhou, but also create an impression that we are the orthodox of the Holy Tang Dynasty, and the world will be stable in the future, and everything will be up to us. ”

Shen Lie nodded: "This makes sense. Let me find a way, at least let some old courtiers stand up and make a statement for Your Majesty. ”

Murong Xue also said: "In the past few days, Yizhou has sent songs one after another, all of which are those ministers who have written allegiance to His Majesty, including Liu Ce and Liu Shiming, they are still very influential. ”

Dong Tianxing said: "The momentum has to be made a little bigger, the bigger the better." Although the generals have always looked down on Wenchen, if they really want to think about it, those big bosses are actually worried. The attitude of the civilian clique will become a factor for many generals to consider. ”

Murong Xue nodded, and then asked, "What about the second one?" ”

"I need General Murong to win a battle." Dong Tianxing said: "Dadu Hu has already begun to act, and with ironclad facts, the Zhenjiang army is capable of holding back the Turks. Their recovery of Liangzhou and support for His Majesty will inevitably put pressure on Jingxiang. And then it's up to you. ”

Murong Xue thought for a moment and tried to say, "You mean, let me shock the King of Huaiyang?" ”

"The general is really wise!" Dong Tianxing said with a smile: "Actually, there is no need for an all-out war, as long as you like Daduhu, you can seize a strategic place for the enemy." The main purpose is to show strength externally, to use a victory to tell everyone which side to bet on. ”

Shen Lie smiled at Murong Xue and said, "What's the matter, I'm right, Brother Dong is by no means simple." Before the people arrived in Jingxiang, the full deployment was already clear. ”

"Huh? After making trouble for a long time, was Lord Shen pushing the old decay into the pit? Dong Tianxing said with an exaggerated expression.

Shen Lie laughed: "Don't worry, Brother Dong, I have arranged the most elite guards for you, all of them are brave and dead soldiers of the Reverse Scale Division, to ensure that you are safe and sound." ”

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On the second day of the new emperor's accession to the throne, Dong Tianxing, the minister of the Qin Mission, the counselor, and the ordnance supervisor of the Ministry of War, left Luoyi and set off for Jingxiang.

A two-hundred-man Scale-Defying Flying Cavalry marched with him as his bodyguards.

In order to avoid the attack of poisonous soldiers, Dong Tianxing and the others specially picked a route with a big city, detoured an additional 300 miles, and finally arrived at their destination - Xiangcheng ten days later.

At this time, a whole month has passed since the assassination of the king of Anping. Xiangcheng, and even the entire Jingxiang area, is like being on a volcanic crater that is about to erupt, and it will explode and turn the world upside down at any time.

Before entering the city, Dong Tianxing was stopped on the road by a group of soldiers.

Judging from the banner and military uniform, Dong Tianxing knew that those people were Li Chenglin's direct subordinate troops, the Lingnan Prefecture soldiers.

While ordering his subordinates to raise their guard, the captain of the guard stepped forward to negotiate with the government soldiers, stating that he was the emperor's envoy and hoped that they would not stop him.

Unexpectedly, the other party came at Dong Tianxing, and he was noisy and fierce.

"Get out of here with that shit!"

"What emperor, who recognizes him? Give our prince justice first! ”

"Damn, you assassinated the handsome, and you dare to show up?"

"Get out, get out!"

Seeing that the two or three thousand soldiers were holding knives and guns, and the more they made trouble, the captain of the guard was worried that once a conflict broke out between the two sides, it would be easy to hurt Dong Tianxing, so he secretly made a gesture and ordered his subordinates to quietly take Lord Dong away first.

Unexpectedly, before the subordinates had time to act, the sound of hooves and dust were flying not far behind them, and a large number of cavalry suddenly surrounded them.

The captain secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good. In such a situation, he was not sure that he would be able to ensure Dong Tianxing's safe breakthrough.

But at this critical moment, the cavalry who rushed over from behind crossed the Qincha team one after another and directly forced the Lingnan soldiers who were blocking the way.

In the blink of an eye, the men and horses on both sides faced each other, and they all took up the battle posture at the same time.

A general came out of the cavalry ranks, rode his horse and rushed to the front, shouting, "Where is Huo Zhenyu? Where are the others hiding? Do you just know to let you little minions come out and sell your face? ”

"Feng Kun, what are you farting?" A general walked out behind the Lingnan Mansion soldiers, and snorted angrily.

Feng Kun sat on the war horse and smiled for a long time: "Yo, so you are here?" I thought I was hiding behind my back. I ask you, do you know whose car it is? ”

Huo Zhenyu looked at Dong Tianxing's car and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Feng Kun said loudly: "This is the emperor's Qincha, who dares to stop it, it will be regarded as an accomplice!" ”

"Damn, when is it your turn to make the first bird?" Huo Zhenyu scolded: "We just want to ask him why he murdered the king of Anping!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the Lingnan soldiers clamored again, and the cavalry also shouted loudly. The two sides are getting closer and closer, and they are almost about to make a move.

Dong Tianxing saw clearly in the car, and when he saw this, he hurriedly lifted the curtain of the car, got out of it, and then stood directly on the driver and shouted: "Don't mess around, listen to me!" ”

It's a pity that he doesn't know martial arts, so naturally he doesn't have the internal strength to suppress the noise of the soldiers on both sides, and he shouted at the top of his voice for a long time, and no one paid attention to him. The captain of the guard was in a hurry, and immediately ordered his men to ring the gong to open the way.

Bang Bang

The loud gong suddenly attracted everyone's attention, and everyone quieted down and looked at Dong Tianxing.

Lao Dong swallowed his saliva, moistened his dry throat first, and then shouted: "If you want to know who killed the king of Anping, just roll over to the old man!" ”

Huo Zhenyu, who was standing not far away, was stunned when he heard this. After hesitating for a moment, he obediently walked up to him: "What did you just say?" Do you know who killed the prince? ”

"I don't know." Dong Tianxing saw that Huo Zhenyu was about to draw a knife, and hurriedly added: "Hey, hey, don't be impulsive, although I don't know it yet, I came here for this matter." If you are really good for the king, then you should listen patiently to my end of what I have to say. ”

Feng Kun also rode to the side of the car at this time, and said respectfully: "You are Lord Dong of the military department, right?" The last general will be Feng Kun, the commander of Ezhou, see Lord Qincha. ”

"Oh, it turned out to be General Feng, hello hello," Dong Tianxing first greeted him politely, then turned his head and continued to Huo Zhenyu: "Have you caught the murderer who assassinated the king of Anping?" ”

"Nope!"

"Since there isn't, then why do you conclude that this matter has something to do with the emperor?"

Faced with Dong Tianxing's question, Huo Zhenyu did not show weakness: "It's all spread like this outside!" Moreover, our prince kept talking before the assassination, saying that Li Bing must be dissatisfied with him and will come to settle accounts sooner or later. You say, if he didn't hurt the prince, who else could it be? ”