Dong Tianxing originally wanted the King of Hejian County to investigate the case, but he didn't expect that Emperor Li Bing would have a more suitable candidate. He hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, who is that person you are talking about?" ”

"You don't know each other, and you may not even have heard of it," Li Bing waved his hand, obviously not wanting to go into too much detail with several ministers: "However, as I said just now, he has nothing to do with the courtiers, he is not well-known, but his ability is not bad, and he can be in charge of this matter." Dong Aiqing, go back and ask him to find you and hand over the thief named Hamano over. ”

Seeing the suspicious expressions on the faces of several noble ministers, Li Bing added: "You can rest assured." There is a traitor in the court, and I can't tolerate it the most. No matter who is involved in this matter, it will be severely punished and will not be tolerated! ”

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Dong Tianxing went out of the palace, and stood outside the palace gate with Li Maoxun and chatted about the investigation and punishment of the traitor.

Although everyone was a little disappointed that they couldn't take over the case, the emperor had made it clear that he would not let the Three Law Divisions and the Reverse Scale Division interfere, which was equivalent to isolating Wei Zixuan, Tian Mu and others from making trouble to the greatest extent. For the court, it is still more advantageous.

Several people briefly analyzed the situation in front of them, and said that they would continue to pay close attention to this matter in the future, and strive to dig out the spies and clear the court as soon as possible, and then they said goodbye to each other, got on the horse and rode in a sedan chair, and left separately.

Lao Dong was hanging in the battle on the front line, and he didn't care about going home to see his wife, so he immediately ordered his subordinates to go to the yamen of the military department and convene a meeting of various divisions.

Who knows, as soon as he entered the military department with his front foot, someone came from his back foot, saying that the emperor had sent an envoy to the door.

Dong Tianxing secretly praised Li Bing's actions so fast, it really involved the safety of the court, and he didn't dare to slack off when he was the emperor. So he straightened his official robes and asked his men to invite envoys in.

"Humble Ouyang Lin, see Lord Shangshu."

"The envoy is polite," Dong Tianxing replied with a smile while looking at the middle-aged official opposite: "Although I am temporarily in charge of the affairs of the military department, I have not yet officially appointed Shangshu to the position, and General Ouyang can't call the old man Shangshu." ”

Ouyang Lin smiled faintly and nodded: "Lord Dong is an old-timer of the military department. From the beginning of the fight against the Turks, to the later suppression of the Huaiyang Rebellion, and now to the crusade against the south and the extermination of the Japanese thieves, you have been in charge of the military department, and it can be said that you have made great contributions. The position of Shangshu is well deserved. ”

Dong Tianxing smiled noncommittally, invited Ouyang Lin to sit down, and asked casually while instructing his subordinates to serve tea: "Which legion did General Ouyang serve in before?" The old man looks at you a little facelessly. ”

"Don't tell you that I have been in the patrol camp in Luoyi for a few years," Ouyang Lin replied calmly: "Later, because I offended the traitor Xie Guang, I was almost killed by him." Later, it was the emperor who came forward to save my life, and finally cut my post to the people and escaped. ”

Dong Tianxing was stunned when he heard this: "Luoyi patrol camp? That is under the jurisdiction of Yuzhou Thorn History? ”

Ouyang Lin nodded: "That's right." At that time, the emperor was ordered by the first emperor to come to the eastern capital to assist the government and supervise the country, and the main officials such as Yuzhou Assassin Shi were driven away by Xie Guang one by one, and all of them were replaced by his cronies. The lowly official was in a humble position, and he couldn't get into Xie Guang's eyes, so he was not cleared. However, because of a trivial matter, he annoyed the big traitor with his humble duties, and then he suffered a catastrophe. ”

Dong Tianxing suddenly realized: "Oh, so to speak, you were only recently summoned back by the emperor to serve your life." ”

Ouyang Lin was obviously not afraid of Lao Dong touching his bottom, and smiled: "This life of humility was given by the emperor, and it has long belonged to the emperor." ”

Seeing that the other party's answer was not what he asked, Dong Tianxing knew in his heart that Ouyang Lin might have been working under Li Bing for a long time, and he would never tell the details truthfully, so he didn't say anything more, and asked instead: "How is the general going to investigate and deal with the traitor, and how does the old man need to cooperate?" ”

Ouyang Lin said lightly: "Let's hand over that thief to the lowly post first." As for how to move forward next, I haven't figured it out yet, so I can only take it one step at a time. ”

These words were lukewarm, and at the same time, there was a hint of vigilance, which suddenly made Dong Tianxing a little worried. However, this was also expected by him, so he was not unhappy, so he ordered his subordinates to hand over Hamano Masao to Ouyang Lin's people.

After a short time, all the formalities for the handover of the prisoners were completed, and Ouyang Lin got up to say goodbye. Before leaving, Dong Tianxing specially told him: "General, this case involves senior officials of the DPRK and China, and the imperial capital is a mixed place, you must be careful." ”

A trace of imperceptible contempt flashed in Ouyang Lin's eyes, but he still responded with a smile on his lips: "Lord Dong's reminder, I remember it." I also hope that you will try to keep it as confidential as possible and not let anyone else know. ”

With that, he bowed his hand and turned away.

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"Breakthrough of the Left Front! General Du, they have been killed! ”

"Great! General Du is really tough! Xu Shuai, let's charge too. ”

"Yes, Xu Shuai, launch a general attack! In cooperation with the fraternal troops, our 7th Battalion is willing to take the lead! ”

Xu Youchang looked at the fierce battlefield in front of him, and the urging voices of his subordinates kept coming from his ears, but his expression was extremely grim.

A quarter of an hour ago, Du Jian commanded an 8,000 assault group, which directly tore through the rebels' defense line, and was continuing to advance at this time.

The Xuanjia Army's large array, which had been supported for a day and a night, had become a little flustered.

However, Xu Youchang did not wave his army to attack as always. He watched intently for a long time, then turned to his hand and ordered, "Mingjin! Let Du Jian and them withdraw immediately! ”

"Withdrawn?" The Chinese officer was stunned: "It's not easy to kill ......"

Xu Youchang waved his hand and interrupted the other party's questioning: "Ye Rongcheng deliberately let Du Jian rush into battle, the main force of the rebels is not chaotic at all, they are luring us to charge." Fast! Immediate Order! ”

The Chinese officer reacted and hurriedly ran to make arrangements. After a while, the gong sounded, and the sound of three long and one short trumpets also came out.

Du Jian, who was struggling to assault the enemy's depth, heard the signal and knew that Xu Youchang must have found something wrong, so he urgently ordered him to withdraw his troops, so Du Jian did not hesitate and immediately ordered his subordinates to stop the offensive and shrink in the direction of their own formation.

However, the Xuanjia rebels followed suit and made corresponding changes. As soon as they saw that Du Jian and they were leaving, the eight infantry phalanxes that were at the rear of the battle line and had originally shown some signs of panic changed their appearance in a blink of an eye. Nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses suddenly swooped in from three directions, and the momentum was extremely fierce!

"Fuck! Sure enough, I'm acting with Lao Tzu! Seeing this, Du Jian scolded angrily, and immediately led his own battalion to block it, and at the same time ordered the rest of the troops to cover alternately and withdraw from the enemy line as soon as possible.

The next moment, the Xuanjia defense line, which was composed of 100,000 troops, also moved at the same time. The drums of war roared, and the sound of killing swept in all directions.

Xu Youchang saw this scene from a distance, and knew that the enemy had decided to change his strategy because Du Jian had withdrawn his troops, and he mentioned to attack, so he raised his iron spear and shouted: "The enemy is going to counterattack!" The fiery fury is firmly established, and the cavalry legion is ready to kill me! ”

"Kill!"

The roar suddenly rose into the sky, and the 40,000 ironclad cavalry of the First Army of the Wind suddenly moved into action, like a surging black wave, towards the enemy.

The horses gradually picked up speed, and finally galloped completely across the wilderness. The soldiers of the First Army either held their long knives diagonally or spears flat, kept lowering their bodies forward, and urged their mounts to rush forward.

At the same time, the rebels had also poured forward two or three hundred paces, trying to suppress the reinforcements of the Zhenjiang army and completely encircle Du Jian, who was retreating.

In the blink of an eye, two groups of huge waves collided violently, and the war horses neighed and the flesh and blood flew sideways!

Xu Youchang took the lead, staring at Du Jian's military flag in the distance, and led the most elite iron cavalry to quickly approach that side.

As long as they can successfully join Du Jian, the 8,000 broken soldiers and horses can get the timely response of the First Army, and the whole team will be safe!

However, just when Xu You was still a few hundred steps away from Du Jian, a dense array of arrows suddenly volleyed into the air, with a swishing scream, enveloping him like heavy rain.

"Xu Shuai be careful!"

As he spoke, one of his closest soldiers suddenly accelerated and raised his shield to resist. At the same time, others also approached one after another, ready to come to the rescue.

Although the heavy cavalry and war horses are protected by iron armor, they are not 100% invulnerable after all. In particular, the extremely powerful hard crossbow can often directly penetrate the armor and take people's lives when fired at close range.

The pro-soldier who reacted quickly used his shield to block the rain of arrows flying towards Xu Youchang at the last moment, but he was directly shot into a hedgehog by seven or eight crossbow arrows and fell off his horse and died on the spot.

At the same time, dozens of knights were also unfortunately hit by arrows, and in an instant, people turned on their backs and fell into chaos.

Xu Youchang's mount was also seriously wounded, and he didn't take a few steps forward before falling to the ground. Xu Youchang reacted quickly, flipped to the ground on one side, and swung his gun to stabilize his body.

In the next second, the cavalry rushing behind shouted Xu Shuai and stretched out his hand at the same time. Xu Youchang did not hesitate, raised his hand to grab the other party's arm, and with a light spin, jumped on the horse's back again.

Seeing that the commander was safe and sound, the cavalry immediately put his mind at ease, and after saying hello, he took the initiative to jump off the horse and give up his mount to Xu Youchang, while he moved forward on foot instead to fight the enemy.

At this time, the battle was fierce, Xu Youchang didn't care about retreating, his legs tightened the horse's belly, and he continued to sprint towards Du Jian's side.

Right now, the 8,000 Breakers have been completely surrounded by the rebels, and if it's too late, they will be hanging!

Xu You grew up and shouted, the spear in his hand was like a dragon entering the sea, and all the enemies who dared to stand in front were swept down by him. Thousands of iron horsemen followed, slamming all the way, and swept into the heart of the rebels like a leaf swept by the wind.

After completely defeating an infantry phalanx, Xu Youchang finally killed the close range of the assault soldiers and horses.

At this moment, more than half of the original 8,000 combat power breaking formation cluster has been lost, and the rest of the people who are not dead are also injured.

However, these brave warriors still had no fear, and followed the main general to rush left and right, killing the rebels who did not dare to approach.

Du Jian was even more exaggerated, his whole body was like a blood gourd, and it was difficult to distinguish whether it was his blood or the enemy's blood for a while.

Seeing that Xu Youchang slapped his horse and killed, Du Jian suddenly shouted: "Xu Shuai, the enemy is also fucking messing up, do you want to take the opportunity to kill them?!" ”

Xu Youchang picked up a rebel with his gun, rode up to him, and asked, "Are you okay?" ”

"Okay, just ask me for my big knife!"

"Good! Then go on and completely destroy Ye Rongcheng! ”