Although under the step-by-step foreshadowing;

Although under the onslaught of objective circumstances;

Although tempted by the beauty of Jerutzech;

Emperor Liang finally chose to believe in Yelushi and his fierce loyalty, but his instinctive vigilance as an emperor and his suspicion of people with different surnames still did not subside.

When he entered the palace and discussed with Pei Shisheng about the location of the White Bear Army and how to set up defenses to prevent the Yanda mutiny, he immediately summoned the king of Zhennan into the palace.

"Minister Xue Zonghan see Your Majesty!"

"Uncle Wang is exempt from the courtesy, and the seat is given."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After some cliché and polite cutscenes, Emperor Liang spoke: "Uncle Wang, what do you think of King Dingxi?" ”

Xue Zonghan, the king of Zhennan, didn't expect Emperor Liang to be this kind of question as soon as he came, and all kinds of answers crossed his mind, and finally fixed on the rumor that he was established, and forcibly endured the grief of his daughter-in-law becoming the queen and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the prince of Dingxi is loyal to the country, although the favor is especially prosperous and does not show domineering, and he does not lose his courtiership even if he is authoritarian, he is indeed a trustworthy minister." ”

Emperor Liang nodded slowly, "I just got the news that Wanyan Da, the king of Pingbei, led 20,000 white bears to ride south, and under the banner of meeting the new monarch, he has already passed the Black Rock City. ”

King Zhennan's face changed suddenly, Black Rock City was only two days away from going to Beijing, "What the hell is he going to do, he can't force the palace!" ”

After a moment of consternation, King Zhennan immediately said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will do his best to prevent Wanyanda's conspiracy of the dog thief from succeeding!" ”

Emperor Liang waved his hand, "Uncle Wang doesn't have to worry, I have a solution to this matter." ”

He looked at the king of Zhennan, "What I mean is to let Yelushi lead the crane army into Beijing and preside over the overall situation." ”

King Zhennan was stunned for a moment, then stood up and walked to the hall, his expression was more solemn than hearing the White Bear Army enter Beijing, "Your Majesty, don't do it!" ”

"What's the difference between Yelushi and Wanyanda? Neither of them is my Xue family, so they should not be trusted! If he is allowed to control the overall situation of the capital, once he has two ambitions, how will it be at that time! What's more, since His Majesty ascended the throne, his people have been stranded in Huaishuo City and have not returned, his mind is unpredictable, and he dares to hand over such a heavy trust, I am afraid of accidents! ”

"Uncle Wang is worried!"

Emperor Liang smiled, "The Kyoto Guard in the city is still led by Murong Hammer, and with such a team, Yelu Shi will not be able to turn the sky." As for his crane control army, it is here to deter Yan Da's White Bear Army, check and balance, hehe. When the first emperor was there, the king of Dingxi was also the pillar of the court, and now I will marry his granddaughter, sharing honor and disgrace, how can he have a different heart? ”

King Zhennan was silent for a moment, and finally he was still unwilling to go against his will, in line with his loyalty to the Xue family's imperial power, and at the risk of angering Emperor Liang, he spoke: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, these are just speculations, and they still can't prevent Yelu Shi from having different intentions. If he has bad intentions, what is a granddaughter? He's in power, and you're in danger of being overlooked. The Kyoto Guard is full of 20,000 soldiers, and the cowardly Xue Wei is 5,000, but the White Bear Army and the Crane Control Army are both strong armies in a hundred battles, and once they exceed 20,000 or 30,000, the situation is in danger of overturning! ”

Hearing this, Emperor Liang's temptation finally ended, and he completely trusted Xue Zonghan, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Uncle Wang! So this requires you to escort my Xue family! ”

Looking at the stunned King of Zhennan, Emperor Liang walked down the steps and looked at him, "I mean, Uncle Wang will go to Huaishuo City tomorrow to preside over the reception of the Snow Dragon Ride, and the remnants of the 60,000 Snow Dragon Riders and Tiger and Leopard Rides are still under the command of Uncle Wang." Uncle Wang then stationed in Huaishuo City, and immediately sent 20,000 snow dragons to ride into Beijing. With your support, plus the cowardly Xue Wei and Kyoto Wei, what else do I have to fear? ”

King Zhennan's heart instantly understood Emperor Liang's plan, if Yelu Shi is honest, then control the Crane Army and Kyoto Guard, the White Bear Army can't set off any storms, and the Wanyan family can only surrender;

If Yelushi is not honest, how can the Kyoto Wei hold out for two or three days, when the 20,000 snow dragon horsemen arrive, and converge with the Kyoto Wei and the cowardly Xue Wei in the city, they will naturally be able to stabilize the overall situation, even if they fight and lead the Huaishuo garrison into Beijing, they can also protect the emperor's throne without worry.

But he was still a little puzzled, "Why didn't Your Majesty send the Harrier Eagle into Beijing first?" Although the Harrier Eagle Cavalry has lost 10,000 elites, there are still 40,000 soldiers and horses in the headquarters, and the war in the east is not tight for the time being, and 20,000 Harrier Eagle Cavalry is enough to stop the White Bear Army, right? ”

"This first point is naturally because the situation in Yuyan Prefecture in the Southern Dynasty is not optimistic, there must be enough troops left on the Guanshan Road, if Jiang Yuhu goes north from the Guanshan Road, then I will really have trouble sleeping. Moreover, there is also a rebellion in Guanshan Road, which is also a mess and needs to have a strong army. ”

"As for the second point." Emperor Liang sighed, "Tonight, do you know about Murong Hammer and Yuwenyun?" ”

King Zhennan wanted to pretend not to know, but he nodded honestly.

Emperor Liang said slowly: "His people are like this, and the unsolved case of Yu Wenyun and Uncle Wang's assassination is unsolved, I really don't dare to let go of him now." ”

King Zhennan really wants to say, after all, it is a person who has become a major event and passed the test with you by tying his head to the waistband of his pants, how can he be more credible than Yelushi!

But His Majesty has already expressed his attitude clearly, and has also arranged various guarantees, if he pushes again, I am afraid that it will harm himself, so King Zhennan was silent for a moment and then had to bow down to receive the order, "The minister is willing to serve Your Majesty, please rest assured,"

"Good!" Emperor Liang was overjoyed, "Uncle Wang, I only rely on you." Don't let me down! ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured! The minister will live up to the trust! ”

"How's Wenlu's body?"

"There are some repetitions, but there is no major problem, Your Majesty can rest assured."

"Okay, when he gets better, I want to give him a good official, I heard that he really suffered a lot this trip to the Southern Dynasty."

The greatest suffering is still what you give him. Xue Zonghan sighed lightly in his heart, bowed down and thanked him, "The minister thanked Your Majesty for the dog!" ”

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Huaishuo City, Huaishuo Thorn Shi woke up from the broad mind of the beautiful concubine, let her serve him and slowly get dressed, then washed up, ate breakfast slowly, and called his henchmen.

"Is that still there?"

"Don't worry, my lord, we're all staring at it!"

"Let's go, it's three days again, and we should go and pay a visit, after all, it's still a dignified prince."

Not long after, Huaishuo Thorn Shi took people and rode horses to an inn in Huaishuo City.

When Yelushi first arrived that day, he did live in the Thorn Mansion, but because he might have to stay for a short time, he moved out again the next day and went to an inn in the city.

At least in Huaishuo's opinion, the situation is like this, and he is not too suspicious, but what the truth is, only Yelushi himself knows.

When Huai Shuo Thorn Shi stepped on the human horse stool in front of the inn and dismounted, the subordinates who had passed the rumor at the front station hurriedly ran out of the inn, "My lord, the king of Dingxi is gone!" ”

"What?"

Huai Shuo Thorn Shi suspected that his ears had heard it wrong, so he pushed his subordinates away and hurriedly walked into the inn.

Originally, the room where Yelushi lived was empty, and there was no figure.

He turned his head and stared at his staff with a gloomy expression, and the staff members wept and mourned, "My lord, we really keep an eye on it, there are all our people all around!" ”

"Then can he fly! Rubbish! Huai Shuo stabbed Shi angrily, and with a glance of his eyes, he saw that there seemed to be a note on the table.

He walked over quickly, only to see eight words written on the note: Thank you for your hospitality, you don't have to send it far.

He felt a chill rise from the soles of his feet, and these eight words were like a resounding slap in the face, making him understand that his management of Huaishuo City was like a complete joke in front of such characters.

He sighed, as soon as Jiaolong entered the sea, Liang Du was afraid that he would not be able to live in peace.

Thinking of this, his face suddenly changed, and he waved everyone away, leaving only the staff, "Quickly send a letter to Zhongjing, inform Zhongshu Ling, and say that the king of Dingxi left Huaishuo and is nowhere to be found, and it is very likely that he has entered Beijing!" ”

Just when he was panicking, in Qingchuan Pass, Xia Jingyun also received news from Yelushi through a secret spy.

He looked at Chen Fugui, "Yelushi has entered Beijing." ”

Chen Fugui made a movement in his hand, "Then we are leaving?" ”

Xia Jingyun snorted, "The rest of the things, we don't have to worry too much, and we can't worry about it." You call someone to invite the Lieyang Hou, I'll say a few words to him, and we'll go!" ”

Not long after, Jin Jiancheng, the deputy general of the Wudang Army, who was successfully crowned by the battle of Yumayuan, came over.

Xia Jingyun smiled and teased: "Master Hou, I'll leave later, I'll leave these three levels of defense, please leave it to you." ”

Jin Jiancheng also smiled heartily, "Jianning Hou rest assured, things in military affairs will definitely not go wrong." Also, if you want to talk like that, then I'll turn around and leave! ”

Xia Jingyun laughed and sighed, "Before leaving, I invite you to come, there is a matter, the documents of the peace agreement, the court has already returned them with a seal, if it goes well, they will come to deliver it within about three or five days." It's going to be hard for you. ”

Jin Jiancheng's expression also retracted, "This is true, I will definitely take strict precautions at that time." ”

"That's what I said, 60,000 captives have all cut off their right thumbs, and the people from Beiliang will definitely be angry and stir up trouble, if these captives are instigated, there will be more people, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do, so we must make all preparations in advance, and we must not cause harm to our soldiers, let alone let them impact our defenses."

"Yes! I'll be sure to keep an eye on it! ”

"Between you and me, why do you need to be so polite." Xia Jingyun patted him on the shoulder, "Then I'll go, General Jin, there will be a period later, we'll see you in Zhongjing!" ”

Jin Jiancheng solemnly clenched his fists, "There will be a period later, see you in Zhongjing!" ”

Not long after, an ordinary-looking team left Qingchuan Pass.

Watching the team of more than 100 people go away, on the city wall, Jin Jiancheng looked emotional.

The last time we met, this was an ordinary person who had just become Concubine De's brother-in-law;

This time, he is already the champion prince, the founding marquis, and the central minister;

What will he be like when he sees him again? Is it possible to become a king?

Jin Jiancheng smiled, turned around and went to discuss with Qingchuan Hou Yingrulong and the two about the delivery of the prisoners later.

And Xia Jingyun and his entourage, after more than ten miles out of Qingchuan Pass, suddenly turned around and galloped towards Yuyan Prefecture in the east.

I ran and stopped all the way, and only at night did I find a city inn to live in.

After Chen Fugui helped clean up the room, he was beckoned by Xia Jingyun to eat something together.

Full of wine and food, Chen Fugui looked at Xia Jingyun who was leisurely humming an unknown song, and couldn't help but ask: "Childe, aren't you worried about the situation in Beiliang?" ”

Xia Jingyun smiled slightly, "What are you worried about?" ”

"In case Yelushi doesn't succeed, in case the forces of the Northern Liang are not well balanced in this process, won't your plan be shattered?"

"Hahahaha!" Xia Jingyun smiled, "You! Don't be influenced by stereotypes! ”

He looked at the bewildered Chen Fugui, "Let me ask you, is there any harm to us even if Yelushi loses?" ”

Isn't the downside that your plans are shattered?

Chen Fugui subconsciously wanted to say this, but immediately realized the problem.

Xia Jingyun smiled and said, "If Yelushi loses, can Emperor Liang endure him?" But the crane army is not an ornament, no matter what, the North Liang will be chaotic. After the Northern Liang Rebellion, it is bound to be weaker, is it more beneficial to us? ”

"And when the time comes, if we still want to continue to complete that plan, can't we go directly to Emperor Liang to talk?"

Chen Fugui was dumbfounded when he heard this, feeling that a new train of thought had been opened, and he subconsciously asked, "Then Yelushi knows that Gongzi thinks so?" ”

Xia Jingyun nodded, "Of course I know, but he has his ambitions, and he also has his confidence." At the same time, I was the first person I approached for this matter, and as long as he succeeded, he was still the first choice for our cooperation, so he was not worried. He even said that when he succeeds, whether to cooperate or not is something he can decide. One direction, one idea, one choice, but don't trap yourself in it, I don't have to him, he doesn't have to me. ”

Chen Fugui swallowed his saliva, just these people, such brains, how could a rough man like him have fun!

Forget it, let's do my old job honestly, as for the things that use your brain, see if your son and grandson have that ability in the future.

In the shock of Chen Fugui, the small town on the border of Yanyuan Prefecture gradually quieted down.

Two days later, in the city of Yuyan Prefecture, Jiang Yuhu, Xia Yunfei, and Xiao Fengshan sat together, and the atmosphere was a little dignified.

With Dongfang Ping conferring the head, the imperial court also under the wise advice of Su Lao Xianggong and Zhao Lao Zhuang, as Xia Jingyun expected, adopted a strategy of appeasement-based to the wealthy families in Yuyan Prefecture, as long as they have not committed great evil, they will not be blamed for the thieves.

So Yuyan Prefecture was almost decided, and some of the people who followed Dongfang Ping to do evil, knowing that they would die and tried to make trouble, did not wait for the imperial court to take action, and the rest of the wealthy families who were eager for meritorious service joined forces to clean up, and took the head to the state city to invite merit.

Xia Yunfei, the Marquis of Xing'an, also raised troops to the north and stationed in various states to stabilize order.

The general trend has gone, and the leaderless rebels have no choice but to surrender one after another in the face of the military might of Jiang Yuhu and the Wudang army, as well as the huge formation of the dragon head army.

A small number of people who were unwilling or couldn't stand the military life followed the original Northern Liang rout, planning to occupy the mountain as the king and plan for the future.

But they didn't expect that this back road was also blocked.

Xiao Fengshan used the experience and experience of "falling into the grass for the coward", and formulated a strategy to suppress bandits with ease, and at the same time personally led a team to complete the liquidation again and again with the Wudang army, not only cleaning up these routs and remnants, but also sweeping away the original thieves in Yuyan Prefecture.

The current Swift State is even quieter than when it was not rebelled before.

But in such a good situation, everyone made a mistake for one thing.

Because the situation was cleaned up too quickly, these rebels also surrendered too neatly, and now, Swift State has gathered a full 30,000 rebels.

Of these 30,000 people, there are more than 10,000 former elites of the East Road Border Army, four or five thousand Harrier Eagle Cavalry remnants, and more than 10,000 Swift troops who are coerced by the East.

According to Jiang Yuhu's muttering after listening to the report, there are still 60,000 prisoners in Qingchuan Pass who have not been thrown out, and there are 30,000 here, and he is about to become a rebel shelter!

What to do with these 30,000 captives has become a big problem.

Among these people, except for the four or five thousand people who rode the harrier eagle, the rest are my people of Great Xia, if they are all killed, some of them are too ruthless, and they will inevitably cause resentment among the people, and at the same time, it will inevitably leave a reputation for cruelty and murder in history.

At the same time, if you really want to kill the future and fight with the official army, who is willing to surrender?

But if you keep it, it's also easy to get messy.

These people who have betrayed once will naturally not be able to hand over such a heavy responsibility as guarding the frontier, and they will not even be at ease when it comes to guarding the place.

If it is scattered and divided into various armies, it is even possible that a rat poop spoils a pot of soup.

Xia Yunfei furrowed his brows, "Rebellion is an absolute felony, if you don't deal with it, you won't be able to achieve the goal of punishing the former and the latter, if these people are allowed to return to their hometowns safely, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the court to explain." ”

He rubbed his eyebrows, "Otherwise, according to the original plan, let them go to hard labor as laborers!" ”

But then he shook his head again, "It's too wasteful for so many soldiers to die in the hard labor camp like this." ”

He suddenly looked at the other two people in the room, "You two are talking about something, why am I talking here like a chatterbox!" ”

Xiao Fengshan smiled awkwardly, with his identity, it was really not good to say anything more on this issue.

Jiang Yuhu sat lazily and drank tea slowly, "The three of us, one has a bad brain, one is embarrassed to use, and the other is too lazy to use, what good ideas can we come up with?" ”

Xia Yunfei was stunned, and he couldn't even think about taking a seat, "Then we can't ignore it, right?" It's also a big trouble for people to eat horses! ”

Jiang Yuhu put down the teacup, "Then wait for someone who has a good brain and likes to use it to get an idea!" ”

"Who?"

"Your Erlang!"

Jiang Yuhu said to Xia Yunfei that he was stunned, "Isn't Erlang in Qingchuan Pass?" ”

Jiang Yuhu glanced at him, "I guess it won't be long before he comes here." ”

As soon as the words fell, a pro-soldier hurriedly ran outside the door, "Childe, the Marquis of Jianning has entered the city and is heading towards the Prefecture Governor's Mansion." ”

Jiang Yuhu smiled faintly and raised his teacup.

Xia Yunfei looked at this veritable god of the Great Xia New Army, looking at him and Erlang's heart-warming appearance, and suddenly felt a little surprised. (End of chapter)