After Lan Gui succeeded, he did not hesitate to order people to escort the dozen or so bloodstained corpses and went straight to Wang Shan's mansion. Inside the mansion, the atmosphere suddenly became solemn, and there seemed to be an ominous premonition in the air.

Wang Shan was in the living room thinking about when the food and grass supplies of Her Royal Highness the princess would arrive, when he suddenly heard a commotion outside, and then saw Lan Gui walking in with a group of people, and there were more than a dozen corpses in private soldier clothes lying on the ground.

He was shocked in his heart, hurriedly stood up, and asked sharply, "Lan Duzhi, what's going on?" ”

A strange smile appeared on Lan Gui's face, and he said slowly, "General Wang, you don't need to panic. These are all people sent by Her Royal Highness the Princess to inquire about the news, and they have been completely annihilated by me. ”

Wang Shan was furious when he heard this, he glared and shouted, "Why are you doing this? Don't you know they're my people? ”

Lan Gui sneered and said, "Of course I know that they are your people. But, General Wang, do you know about Li Yan's escort of supplies to Luoyang earlier? They have been intercepted by Guo Yan, thousands of people have been killed and wounded, and materials such as firearms, artillery, grain and grass have also been obtained by Guo Yan. Now that Her Royal Highness is suspicious of you, even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your family and subordinates, right? ”

When Wang Shan heard this, his heart was in turmoil, although he knew that Lan Gui's words could not be fully believed, but he could not completely deny it. He took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and asked, "What exactly do you want?" ”

"General Wang, you have betrayed Her Royal Highness the princess now, and this stigma cannot be washed away. There are only two ways for you to go: either you will be defeated by Her Royal Highness the princess and your reputation will be ruined; Or they will serve the court and save their lives and those of their families. ”

Hearing this, Wang Shan had already understood Lan Gui's intentions, and he roared angrily, "Lan Gui! You despicable villain! How can I, Wang Shan, be the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death? I'd rather die on the battlefield than surrender to the court!" ”

Lan Gui's face changed, he didn't expect Wang Shan to be so resolute.

Although he was angry in his heart, he still maintained a smile on his face and said, "General Wang, why are you so stubborn? Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your family and subordinates, right? ”

Wang Shan laughed angrily, he pulled out the long sword on his waist and pointed at Lan Gui, "Lan Gui! My Wang Shan has always eaten soft rather than hard, and this is why he will take refuge in Her Royal Highness the Princess, and the court persecuted Wang by such means, and Wang decided not to serve the court. ”

However, the next moment, the vanguard general Zhu Zhenhai suddenly burst out and slashed at Wang Shan's back!

Wang Shan was caught off guard and fell to the ground with a knife.

"You ......"

Wang Shan looked at Zhu Zhenhai with wide eyes, pointing at him and wanting to say something, but he couldn't say it anymore.

Zhu Zhenhai glanced at Wang Shan on the ground coldly, and then said to Lan Gui: "Lan Du knows, Wang Shan doesn't know the current affairs, and he has been killed by me, so the next step is to fulfill the promise he made to me, right?" ”

Lan Gui nodded in satisfaction, "Very good!" You really didn't disappoint me, and immediately took control of all Wang Shan's horses, tied up all the rest of the generals, and asked them which ones were willing to surrender to the court. ”

Zhu Zhenhai answered, and then turned around and went out to deal with those generals.

In a short time, his men and horses tied up all the generals in the barracks.

Lan Gui stood on a high place and looked around for a while, then said, "Generals, you are all the pillars of the imperial court, why should you follow a traitor to death? Now that Wang Shan has been killed, the court has forgiven your sins, as long as you are willing to surrender to the court, the court will definitely reuse you. ”

Captain Zhang Feihu scolded when he heard this, "Lan Gui! You dog thief! Her Royal Highness the princess treats you very well, and you have resorted to such indiscriminate means, you will not die well! ”

Lan Gui's face sank, "Kill me this madman who insults the imperial court!" ”

Immediately, a soldier stepped forward and dragged Zhang Feihu out, and after a while, Zhang Feihu's screams came from outside.

After Zhu Zhenhai mastered Wang Shan's army of more than 100,000 people, his momentum became even stronger.

He stood on a high platform, looking down at the dense soldiers at his feet, and a sense of pride and pride welled up in his heart.

"Lan Duzhi, now that I have got rid of Wang Shan, a traitor, in accordance with the will of the imperial court, can the imperial court fulfill its promise and appoint me as a festival envoy?"

Lan Gui smiled slightly, "General Zhu, please rest assured, I will immediately pass on this news to the imperial court." I believe that it will not be long before the reward of the imperial court will come down. ”

……

In Lin'an City, Zhao Gou learned that Wang Shan's army of more than 100,000 had returned to the imperial court, and immediately laughed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that we have these hundreds of thousands of troops, why can't we destroy Zhao Yingluo's men?"

Qin Hui took the opportunity to step forward and flattered: "The official family is wise and martial, and the world is invincible. Now with the help of these hundreds of thousands of troops, we will definitely be able to wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop and restore peace to the world! ”

Zhao Gou listened to Qin Hui's sycophancy, and his heart was even more proud, and he immediately issued an edict to officially appoint Zhu Zhenhai as the envoy of the Pingyang Festival.

Qin Hui's eyes grunted, and he came up with another idea, "Chen Qiguan's family, in order to prevent Zhu Zhenhai from rebelling, we can merge Guo Yan's 100,000 army with Zhu Zhenhai, and appoint Guo Yan as the chief commander and Zhu Zhenhai as the deputy commander." In this way, the total strength of their two armies after the merger reached 250,000, and Her Royal Highness Princess did not dare to underestimate it. ”

Zhao Gou nodded and praised when he heard this, "Qin Aiqing's plan is very good!" Do as you say! ”

Qin Hui suggested again: "Official, now that Zhao Yingluo is not fully prepared, the imperial court can take this opportunity to let Guo Yan and Zhu Zhenhai out of the tiger prison and open the lockdown city." First, it can test Zhu Zhenhai's loyalty, and second, it can also disrupt the deployment of the rebels. ”

"What Qing said is very true!"

In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Qin Hui proposed, "In order to ensure the success of this operation, we can also ask Han Shizhong to send troops from the Daimyo's Mansion, and ask the Dajin Kingdom and Western Xia to jointly send troops, so that the five route armies will jointly attack Kaifeng and will definitely succeed in one fell swoop!" ”

"I'm ready!"

……

On the twelfth day of the lunar month, the cold wind is cold and the snow is falling.

In the military camp of the Daimyo's Mansion, Han Shizhong was inspecting the training of the army.

These days, he feels like he's on pins and needles.

After all, this famous mansion was not obtained by him in a bloody battle, but Zhao Yingluo took the initiative to give it up, which made Han Shizhong have mixed tastes in his heart, and it was very unpleasant.

Just as he was about to let the army practice the formation, an edict from the imperial court arrived.

After Han Shizhong saw the contents of the edict, his face became more and more gloomy, and finally became as red as freshly cooked pork liver.

"Qin Hui mistook the country! There is no distinction between right and wrong in the official family! Han Shizhong couldn't help but scold, the fire of anger burned in his chest, "Even colluding with the Jin Kingdom and the Great Xia Kingdom, this is simply luring the wolf into the room!" ”

He shook his hand angrily, slammed the edict to the ground, and then summoned all the generals under his command to raise the account. Seeing that the commander was so angry, the generals felt the seriousness of the situation.