Seeing that Lu Ji had already acquiesced to Wang Yu's actions, although Xu Yin felt that something was wrong, he had to give up for the time being, kowtow to Lu Ji with Wang Ze, Tong Duolun and other important ministers, and left the council hall, leaving Lu Ji alone in the main hall. Lu Ji was still staring intently at the map, and the wide red-trimmed sleeve robe embroidered with a black dragon pattern was behind his back. Looking at the distribution of the Yan army, the dogs and teeth between the various cities, he frowned, and always felt that there was something wrong, but since Wang Yu had already sent troops, his intention was to attack Linjiang, and as a king, he had to support more, and he could not stop it.

However, that night, in the dead of night, Lu Ji was reviewing the recital on the restructuring of Ningzhou's fields, and Jia Shi came to report: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Xu Yin has asked to meet Your Majesty. Lu Ji untied the tiger skin pattern robe on his body, put down the fold, and said, "Let him come in." ”

Not long after the soldier went down, Xu Yin came up and first kowtowed to Lu Ji, expressing his recklessness in disturbing late at night. Lu Ji didn't blame him, let him get up, and asked, "Is there anything wrong with the prime minister?"

Xu Yin glanced up at Lu Ji slightly and asked, "Your Majesty, do you really plan to let Wang Yu attack Linjiang?"

Lu Ji looked puzzled, and hurriedly replied: "During the day's court discussion, I have already said it, and I have already acquiesced to Wang Yu's attack on Linjiang!"

Xu Yin stepped forward further and persuaded: "Your Majesty, General Wang Yu seems to be seamless, and in the dispute between the two countries, he took Linjiang lightly, but among them, there is a hidden disaster!"

When Lu Ji heard this, he was shocked, and hurriedly asked, "Prime Minister say it quickly, what is the trouble?"

Xu Yin saw Lu Ji like this, and then said: "Your Majesty, please think about it, Wang Yu is guarding the Linjiang River, and the Yan army is helpless against him. Your Majesty, think about it, the Yan people are mostly dead soldiers, and once they fall into a desperate situation, they will inevitably attack our territory desperately, and if they adopt the tactic of feeding the war by war, even if their grain routes are controlled, they can still take it from our borders. In this way, the Yan army will attack our country, all the way like a bamboo, if General Wang Yu has the heart of disobedience, supports the army to stick to Linjiang, and sits back and watches the success or failure, then Your Majesty you will be in danger!"

When Lu Ji heard this, cold sweat came out of his back, shook his head, and said a little weakly: "Wang Yu and I are like brothers, I treat him very well, he shouldn't betray me!"

Xu Yin followed Lu Ji's words and said: "Your Majesty also said that it should be, this sharp word is the head, and people's hearts are unpredictable! Not to mention Wang Yu, Wang Yu is mean and unkind, and he is arrogant and arrogant, if he wants to live in the mountain at that time, what can Your Majesty do about him? Your Majesty, this heart of defense is indispensable!"

Lu Ji immediately took the case and said: "What the prime minister reminds is that you should quickly draft a decree to remove all Wang Yu's military powers, order him to return to Beijing to recuperate, and all the Qing troops will withdraw to the Binjiang camp, and without my will, you must not go to war without authorization!"

Xu Yin asked tentatively, "What if Wang Yu doesn't listen?"

Lu Ji immediately made a decision and said categorically: "If he doesn't listen, you will immediately put him in front of the army!"

Xu Yin nodded, replied "yes", and then went down to the palace to draw up a will, and ordered Xu Tai to rush to the Binjiang camp with the will.

Xu Tai changed several good horses in a row, and finally arrived at the Binjiang camp in the evening of the next day. At this time, the Qing army feinted to attack the Yan army, and the Yan army transferred a large number of Yan army iron cavalry from Linjiang to intercept the Qing army, and the garrison of Linjiang was extremely empty.

In the evening at the riverside camp, bursts of cooking smoke rose from the Qing army, and the Qing army slaughtered several pigs in the army and cooked several large pots of pork. Tens of thousands of iron cavalry of the Qing army gathered in the colonel field, and as far as the eye could see, there were many battle armors and flags fluttering. Wang Yu was dressed in a Qing army uniform, wearing a white jade hair crown inlaid with a dragon pattern, pressing the general's sword, leading more than a dozen generals out of the military tent, shouting loudly: "All the soldiers, after dinner, immediately send troops to Linjiang and attack the city!" The heavily armed, white-tasseled and black-armored Qing troops shouted in unison: "Victory!" The soldiers waved their swords neatly and let out an earth-shattering shout.

At this time, a hoarse and old cry came from the ranks of the Qing army, Wang Yu followed the shout, a middle-aged man with a holy decree, holding a bun, wearing a brown brocade robe, a middle-aged man of medium stature took a few steps and made a step, and hurriedly walked over, that person was Xu Tai, he shouted: "General, slow down! Your Majesty's decree orders you to stop the march immediately!" Wang Yu glanced at him, he didn't care, with a wave of his hand, several armor soldiers around him immediately stepped forward and took down the decree in Xu Tai's hand.

Wang Yu took the holy decree, unfolded it, and suddenly his face changed greatly, he didn't say a word, and returned to the military tent, all the generals were very puzzled, so they had to dismiss the army and follow Wang Yu into the big tent.

After Wang Yu entered the tent, he put the holy decree on the side of the desk and asked Xu Tai, "Is this decree really what Your Majesty meant?"

Xu Tai nodded and said with a smile: "It's true, Your Majesty personally intends to ask the general to stop the march and return to Beijing to recuperate. ”

Looking at his arrogant appearance, Wang Yu felt more and more unhappy in his heart, and sneered: "You are in charge of the Binjiang battalion? Do you know the troops? Do you know the topography of the Binjiang? Do you know where to ambush the troops, where to defend them, how to add troops, distribute money and food, and arrange the march?"

Xu Tai heard his humiliation, his heart was unhappy, and said: "Weichen knows that the general has a good way to manage the army and win a hundred battles, and I can never compare with the general, but this is His Majesty's will, and I ask the general to be considerate, don't break the rules of the Qing Dynasty." ”

Wang Yu ignored him, threw the tiger talisman on the desk, got up and left the Chinese army's tent, and only threw down the sentence "Ben will drive back to Beijing tonight to recuperate, prepare to drive!"

Wang Yu drove to Puchang that night, and all the affairs of the army were handed over to Xu Tai, who immediately ordered the Qing army in the Binjiang camp to stay still, and not to send troops to aid Qi without authorization, and sent a letter to the Yan army, which was all a misunderstanding, and the Yan army was busy fighting with the Qi army, so it temporarily chose to forgive the Qing army, and the two armies entered peace again.

Besides, Wang Yu returned to Puchang with a bitter stomach, but saw Lu Ji dressed in military uniform, wearing the military uniform of the Qing army, standing at Chengtianmen in person to greet him, and behind him were a group of neatly dressed courtiers, all bowing down, not daring to raise their heads. Everywhere were neatly arranged Qing army soldiers, and behind the soldiers, the trumpeters of the Qing army blew horns and beat war drums. Wang Yu walked all the way, and the soldiers on both sides bowed and shouted, "Welcome to the general!" Wang Yu could see that Lu Ji had prepared a national gift for him, which made him a little surprised.

Lu Ji stepped forward to stop him with a smile and said, "The general has worked hard all the way, and I have been waiting here for a long time. ”

Wang Yu hurriedly knelt down and said, "The last general is guilty, thank you for your kindness!"

Lu Ji hurriedly went to pull him and asked with a smile: "Why is the general so polite today?"

Wang Yu said coldly: "Because the things that the last general is going to ask next may anger Long Yan, so I ask Your Majesty in advance!"

Lu Ji restrained his smile, let go of his hand, and said, "There are some things that you shouldn't ask." ”

Wang Yu immediately stood up and said firmly: "But the last general must ask, the last general is not asking for himself, but for the officers and men of the three armies! The last general wants to ask Your Majesty, why don't you let the last general fall ill in Linjiang?"

Lu Ji replied: "That's because I'm worried that once the Yan army cuts off the grain route, it will fight against the water and invade our borders, after all, the Yan army is very close to Qingzhou and Yunzhou. ”

Wang Yu chased after him and continued to ask: "Then why did Your Majesty use a Wenchen who didn't know anything about soldiers to replace the last general?!" The tone between the words was very intense, as if he was forcing Lu Ji.

Lu Ji was stunned by him, he didn't speak, walked a few steps, and suddenly looked back and scolded: "Wang Yu, are you questioning me?

Wang Yu was not afraid, but rose to the occasion and said: "Since ancient times, the Holy Monarch has been very open-minded, and only the Faint Monarch can act arbitrarily!"

Lu Ji was suddenly angry, he prides himself on being diligent in government and serving the people, he has been committed to reforming bad government, enriching the country and strengthening the army since he ascended the throne, and he thinks that he is among the kings, but he didn't expect Wang Yu to scold him in public, he tried his best to suppress his anger, but he still couldn't contain it, and scolded: "Wang Yu, you insult me like this, the crime should be unforgivable, I think of you and your contribution to the society, I don't kill you, you go!"

Wang Yu didn't speak, hugged his fist at Lu Ji, and said, "The last general will retire!" After speaking, he immediately turned around and left, leaving Lu Ji and the ministers to end up embarrassed. Lu Ji was humiliated by Wang Yu in public, and he couldn't help it, he couldn't hold back his mood for a while, he couldn't stand a little, he only felt that his heart was surging, fortunately, the armor soldiers on the left and right stepped forward to help him, and he was able to stand firm and be helped back to the dormitory.

After entering the palace, seeing that Lu Ji was in low spirits and couldn't stand, the palace maids hurriedly made a mattress for him and brought hot water, Luo Chuan, as the head of the palace maids on duty, was the only one who touched Lu Ji, she dried a hot towel and wiped Lu Ji's face. Lu Ji was a little sober, exhaled deeply, and said, "Wang Yu, he's so angry, I don't want to use him anymore." ”

Luo Chuan patted him on the back on the side and said, "Your Majesty, you should dissipate your anger, when people are impulsive, they will do some impulsive things, you and General Wang will be quiet and then make a decision." ”

Lu Ji said to the people beside him: "Don't tell the Queen Mother about me today, this is my birthday in a few days, and she is busy enough to make trouble for her anymore." ”

Everyone responded with a "whoosh".

Lu Ji asked the courtiers to retreat, leaving Xu Yin alone, he pointed at Xu Yin and asked, "Did you let Xu Tai replace Wang Yu and take charge of the Binjiang camp?"

Xu Yin hurriedly kowtowed and replied: "The minister feels that the Binjiang camp is of great importance, and it should be led by his own family, so that it is convenient for the central government to govern it." As His Majesty's uncle, Xu Tai is taking on this important responsibility out of consideration for Your Majesty!"

Lu Ji was excited for a while, coughed out, pointed at Xu Yin, and said, "You are thinking about me, you are clearly thinking about your Xu family!"

Xu Yin hurriedly kowtowed a few songs to Lu Ji and said: "Where does the minister dare to have a private relationship, the minister is all for the sake of His Majesty, if His Majesty does not want to use Xu Tai, the minister will immediately withdraw him back to Beijing!"

Lu Ji waved his hand, sighed, and said, "That's it, Xu Tai can also be regarded as my trusted minister, so let him go into battle to experience the experience." ”

Xu Yin nodded and said to Lu Ji: "Your Majesty, you can rest assured, although Xu Tai has not been in the army, he has read military books before, and he has a good mind, even if he can't conquer the city, there is nothing wrong with being a defensive general." ”

Lu Ji was also a little tired, and motioned for him to step back, turned over and lay down, and took a nap.

Three days before Lu Ji's birthday ceremony, the Qing Palace was busy preparing for the banquet, and the people in the big and small palaces were very busy. Several armor soldiers were carrying the old wine from Yunzhou and were rushing to the imperial dining room. At this moment, several black-clothed men flashed out of the corner, tiptoed forward, and wiped out the armor soldiers. Facing the corpses of the armor soldiers, the leader of these black-clothed men hurriedly said to the rest of the people: "You guys quickly change into the armor of these armor soldiers!" Several black-clothed people immediately changed into the military uniforms of the armor soldiers, took up the aged wine and continued to walk towards the imperial dining room.

And at the small gate of Miyagi, there were also a group of black-clothed people, who were masked and dressed in black, taking advantage of the lax guards, climbing the hook rope to climb the city wall, jumping into Miyagi, and quickly hiding in Miyagi's warehouse.