"What do you mean, old monk? If you dare to say half a lie, I will definitely eradicate Buddhism in the world. Chu Yun snorted coldly, Chu Yun hated being threatened by someone the most.

"Your Majesty, the monks don't speak, this time the poor monk is just a chess piece, the real killing move is in Chang'an, if Your Majesty's foundation in Chang'an disappears, then Your Majesty will also lose its strength if you take Luoyang. That's why the poor monk kindly reminded His Majesty. After Buddha Tucheng finished speaking, Chu Yun's face was difficult to look at, he thought that this Buddha Tucheng was the mastermind behind the scenes, but now he actually learned that he was just a chess piece, so that even if he won Luoyang, if something went wrong in Chang'an, Daming would still be hit hard.

"Tell me, who is behind the scenes?" Chu Yun asked in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, I can't tell you, you have the strength to eradicate the world's Buddhism, and that one also has this strength, even if you kill Lao Wei and my disciples, I can't say it. After Buddha Tucheng finished speaking, Chu Yun immediately thought about it, it seems that the strength of the mastermind behind the scenes should not be small, otherwise it is impossible for Buddha Tucheng, who is the master of the Great Zhao Dynasty, to be so afraid, could it be Guo Xiang, one of the elders of the Divine Stone Alliance of the Great Jin? Of course, it may also be another patriarch, it seems to be someone from the Murong family of the Great Yan Kingdom, anyway, no matter who it is, the person who touches him will let them die a good death.

Chu Yun does have this confidence, and when he completely stabilizes the Heavenly Rank, Chu Yun will be able to come out without any scruples, and those bastards will really pick the time. Chu Yun thought about it and still didn't make a move with Fo Tucheng, after all, Fo Tucheng was not easy to deal with, if it was really for him, he delayed his time, and there was a major problem in Chang'an, Chu Yun would not forgive himself.

"Okay, great monk, you win, I can let your apprentice go, and I will never hurt him, but his divine stone must stay. After Chu Yun finished speaking, Buddha Tucheng agreed after a little thought, after all, Chu Yun is the emperor's word, if his words are not counted, then who would dare to believe him.

Watching his apprentice Dao An walk away, Buddha Tucheng sat cross-legged and passed away. Chu Yun took out his two divine stones before he remembered them, and forgot to ask him why he used two divine stones at once. However, Chu Yun really didn't have time to wait.

With the death of Shi Di, the defenders of Luoyang basically gave up resistance, and the sun, moon and star flags of the Ming Dynasty fluttered over Luoyang at one time. In order to stabilize Luoyang as soon as possible, Chu Yun directly went on a killing spree, killing all the officials and generals of Zhao State and even the wealthy families who were concentrated in Luoyang, and tens of thousands of people stained the land of Luoyang red. It is estimated that Chu Yun's reputation as a tyrant can't be washed away, but Chu Yun can't help it, after all, he is about to leave, and he doesn't have his own sitting, if these guys do something, the Ming army may not be able to bear it, after all, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake.

Chu Yun ordered the commander of the first division of the Iron and Blood Praetorian Guard, Mo Yang, to be the defender of Luoyang, this Mo Yang is an old subordinate who followed Mo Han to the grassland, more than ten years ago he was just a small army commander, so many years have passed, Chu Yun's promotion made him a division commander, although his ability is mediocre, but he is loyal, and he is low-key and cautious, and he does not hesitate to carry out Chu Yun's orders, so Chu Yun put him in the Iron and Blood Praetorian Guard.

There are 100,000 people in the Iron and Blood Praetorian Guard, a total of five divisions, and 20,000 people in one division, and Mo Yang is the commander of the first division, which shows Chu Yun's trust in him. Chu Yun ordered him to lead 50,000 iron-blooded Praetorian Guards to defend Luoyang, and wait for him to come back, and he had to return to Chang'an as soon as possible, Chu Yun believed that as soon as he appeared in Chang'an, then all conspiracies and tricks would disappear. In addition, Chu Yun ordered Cheng Yang to concurrently serve as the captain of Si Li, that is, the assassin of Si Lizhou, and Chu Yun has no Wenchen around him now, so it can be regarded as a duck on the shelf. Cheng Yang also has a task, which is to contact Ran Liang, Chu Yun does not believe that Ran Liang will betray him, once Ran Liang's army enters Luoyang, then Si Lizhou will be stable in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Chu Yun quickly cleaned up Luoyang, and then did not ride a horse, and directly used the Wind and Cloud Riding Skill to rush towards Chang'an, his light skill was much faster than that of a horse.

"What's going on?" Chu Yun soon arrived outside Hangu Pass, but Hangu Pass was actually engaged in a tragic offensive and defensive battle, and what surprised Chu Yun the most was that it seemed that there were Ming troops above and below the city.

The Eastern Army and the Northern Army, Lu Zhong and Xie Ai, and Chu Yun immediately saw the identities of the two sides from the banners, but why did the two sides not attack Silizhou according to their own orders, and actually fought at Hangu Pass? Chu Yun did not rashly sacrifice himself, after all, I don't know what kind of situation, Chu Yun is surrounded by more than 100,000 people in the plain, it is also extremely dangerous, especially now that the Yuan Qi Yuan is not stable, if the Yuan Qi is stable, of course, this will not be a problem.

Chu Yun observed for an afternoon, the two sides seemed to be fighting a real fire, and thousands of people were killed and injured in a short time, Chu Yun had been watching the two sides not far away, but the two sides were not abnormal at all, but they didn't know what caused them to fight to death.

Whether it is Lu Zhong or Xie Ai, they are all people that Chu Yun trusts very much, but even if they trust again, if this kind of problem arises, then it is decided that one of them has betrayed him, otherwise it is impossible to fight among themselves. But whether it was Lu Zhong or Xie Ai who betrayed Chu Yun didn't know, so he didn't appear rashly, but prepared to visit the camp at night. Even if Chu Yun doesn't need vitality, it is very simple to enter the camp.

"Let's go see Lu Zhong first. Because Lu Zhong's camp is outside, it is more convenient to sneak in, Chu Yun sneaked in silently, the camp is three steps and one side is five steps and one sentry, and the defense is very tight, although Lu Zhong does not have the talent of a top general, but he is also an excellent commander. And compared with the previous time when he was in the Iron Army, Lu Zhong, who has an impulsive and belligerent personality, is also much more stable. Chu Yun was still very satisfied.

The Shuai tent was in a meeting, and Chu Yun came to the top of the Shuai tent without any trouble under the protection of hundreds of Lu Zhong's personal soldiers.

"Waste, it's all waste, after attacking for so long, we still haven't broken through Hangu Pass, this is our invincible Ming Army?" Lu Zhong's eyes were red and he shouted, but he had the majesty of a general, and the more than 20 generals of the Eastern Army all lowered their heads.

"The military order sent by several cabinet elders makes us have to deal with Xie Ai as soon as possible, and then rescue Your Majesty, Your Majesty has no news in Sili Prefecture now, and Hanguguan has cut off our grain route, which of you has a plan to solve Xie Ai as soon as possible?

"Cheng Bi, you say. Seeing that none of his subordinates spoke, Lu Zhong directly began to roll call.

"General, it seems that although Xie Ai is young, he is invincible, he is really a strong general, he now occupies Hangu Pass, which has plenty of food and grass, even if he is attacked on both sides, it is not something we can break in a short time. In my opinion, we might as well take a detour back to Yongzhou, unite with the Zhendong Army, and slowly figure it out. Before the general named Cheng Bi finished speaking, Lu Zhong threw the shocking wood in his hand and smashed it on Cheng Bi's head impartially, and the blood on Cheng Bi's head immediately flowed down.

"Cheng Bi, Your Majesty is in danger, you are still slowly trying to figure it out, if Your Majesty has a problem, will you bear it?" Lu Zhong's roar made Cheng Bi dare not wipe the blood on his face, there is no doubt that in the Ming Kingdom, Chu Yun is a god, it is everything, everything that has anything to do with Chu Yun is an absolute taboo.

"Sun Jian, you said. Lu Zhong ignored Cheng Bi and looked at another general, Sun Jian.

"General, I, I think, send someone to Yongzhou to urge the Zhendong Army to strengthen the intensity of the attack, if it is attacked inside and outside, it will break through the Hangu Pass. After Sun Jian finished speaking, Lu Zhong didn't even look at him, what Sun Jian said was completely, isn't the attack intensity of the Zhendong Army and the Zhengdong Army strong now?

"Lu Han, you say. Lu Zhong ignored Sun Jian and continued to ask.

"General, my subordinates think that they should send people to Yongzhou to ask for more siege equipment, whether it is a cocoon or a siege vehicle, I have too few troops to conquer the east, and I can only use stone throwing vehicles and ladders to attack the city, which is the reason why my army has not been able to attack for a long time, so I think. ”

"You think,. Transporting siege equipment from Yongzhou, Hangu was in the hands of traitors, and the daylilies were cold when they were transported by detour. Waste is all waste. Lu Zhong couldn't help but scold, and more than two dozen generals bowed their heads deeply again, and only one of the young generals frowned and thought about this.

The behavior of this young general attracted Lu Zhong's attention, this young general was rotated from the Northern Army, and the middle-level generals were often rotated between the four expeditions and four towns of the Ming Army, of course, this was also so that the army would not be warlordized. When this junior general was seconded, he was just a captain, that is, a general at the middle and lower levels, but some time ago, he made meritorious contributions one after another, and once led a thousand cavalry under his command to defeat 3,000 people in Shi Di, and was promoted to a general because of his merits. And there are only about 20 people above the general level of the entire Eastern Army, and there are dozens of captains, which shows the difficulty of this level. This was also the first time he had attended such a big conference.

Lu Zhong witnessed this young general leading his troops to rush into battle, and the domineering halberd method made Lu Zhong involuntarily think of His Majesty Chu Yun, Lu Zhong attached great importance to it, so although the Northern Army rebelled, this young general was not implicated.

"Cui Cheng, what do you have to say?" Lu Zhong looked at the young general.

"General, there is something I don't know about my subordinates, the Northern Expeditionary Army is one of the Eight Armies, and the commander Xie Ai is said to be His Majesty's disciple, and he is also the descendant of His Majesty who has been promoted and reused from the micro end, and I have also been in the Northern Expeditionary Army for several years, I really don't believe that General Xie will betray His Majesty and betray the Ming Dynasty, is there something strange about this matter?" After Cui Cheng finished speaking, the rest of the generals also raised their heads to look at Lu Zhong, after all, Xie Ai has been infinitely beautiful in the past few years, and his morale has greatly increased in Bingzhou and Youzhou, and he has also won Chu Yun's trust, and even ordered him to unite the military and the government and grasp the power of Bingzhou, no one can understand, how can Xie Ai rebel?

"Well, since you want to know, I'll tell you that this is a letter from the elder to me. Xie Ai was originally from Liangguo, he was ordered by Liangguo to advocate Jun to hide the Ming Dynasty's ill intentions, this time I was ordered by the cabinet to arrest Xie Ai, but I didn't expect Xie Ai to be so alert and take the lead in attacking, but this also shows that Xie Ai has bad intentions. After Lu Zhong finished speaking, the other generals nodded, it turned out to be an order from the cabinet. The cabinet is an institution established by Chu Yun in imitation of the Ming Dynasty, and its main role is to strengthen the centralization of power, abolish the prime minister, and serve as an advisory body to the emperor. However, because Chu Yun retreats at every turn, the power of the cabinet has increased, and the power of several cabinet ministers combined is no less than that of the prime minister. Not only the management of the government, but even the military power can also intervene, and the power is almost the same as the cabinet in the late Ming Dynasty.

"General, I don't know if this is His Majesty's order, or is it just the will of the cabinet?" Cui Cheng asked Lu Zhong for a moment, what difference does this make?

"General, the cabinet is just an adviser to His Majesty, only the right to vote, not the right to wear red, let me ask, if Your Majesty has no will at all, this is just a private decision of the cabinet, do we have to implement it? And the general should not forget how the Iron and Blood Army was defeated back then, that is, there were traitors at the top, this time regardless of whether Xie Ai is a rebel of the Liang Kingdom, we just want to rescue Your Majesty, as long as Your Majesty has nothing to do, the sky of the Ming Kingdom will not fall. Why do we have to fight Xie Ai all the time?" After Cui Cheng finished speaking, Lu Zhong suddenly realized.

"Then how do we do it?" Lu Zhong hurriedly asked.

"General, General Xie has not done anything to betray Daming, whether he is a rebel or not, let's put it aside first. We can send someone to contact General Xie and borrow grain from him, there is a large amount of grain and grass in Hangu Pass, if he lends it to us, we can completely stop attacking Hangu Pass, and we can directly kill Si Lizhou to meet Your Majesty. Of course, if he refuses to borrow food, then he is rebellious, and there are many generals loyal to His Majesty in the Eastern Army, as long as the whole army of the Northern Army knows about it, it will be effortless to break through Hangu Pass when the time comes. Just send a messenger and not waste too much time. After Cui Cheng finished speaking, Lu Zhong was overjoyed.

"Good, great good. Although General Cui is young, he sees things thoroughly. Rescuing His Majesty is the most important thing, we will send a messenger if he agrees, we will let him go, if he does not agree, the Eastern Army will also have civil strife, and Hangu Pass will not be difficult to break, okay, we will do this. Lu Zhong and the others immediately discussed.

"General, how do you reply from the cabinet?" Cheng Bi, who was suddenly the first to ask by Lu Zhong, asked, and as soon as he finished speaking, Lu Zhong and the other generals looked at him viciously.

That's it. Lu Zhong took out the waist knife of the guards beside him and hacked Cheng Bi to death, and everyone was shocked.

Lu Zhong looked at everyone viciously, the waist knife in his hand was still dripping blood, and Cheng Bi's unsightly head was not far away.

"Your Majesty's safety is the first priority, what bullshit cabinet, let me tell you, even the group of guys in the cabinet can't compare to a hair of Your Majesty, the things discussed now are the most important, which of you dares to drag my feet, this is the end." After Lu Zhong finished speaking, everyone nodded hurriedly.

Not only to send envoys, but also to make things bigger, so it is not enough to send only one envoy, Lu Zhong and others discussed for a long time before deciding to send a few more people, and as soon as they entered Hangu Pass, everyone who wanted to shout was known.

After everyone finished discussing, Lu Zhong asked everyone to go to rest, and Lu Zhong returned to the camp and said abruptly: "Your Majesty, you must not have anything to do, Lao Lu, I will go to save you soon, Your Majesty." As he spoke, he burst into tears, not noticing that a figure on the edge of his tent had left the camp without a sound.

The next day, several people from the Eastern Army entered Hangu Pass with white flags, and sure enough, everyone knew that the people of the Northern Army did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent them to Xie Ai.

When Xie Ai heard the words of the envoy, he resolutely took out half of the grain and grass in Hangu Pass despite the dissuasion of his subordinates, and sent five thousand meters of war horses, some people dissuaded Xie Ai, saying that this was a conspiracy of the Eastern Army, but Xie Ai replied: "Even if it is a conspiracy, Xie must do it, in case what they say is true, Your Majesty is really in danger, then I am sorry for Your Majesty's sinners if I don't do it." ”

Lu Zhong saw that Xie Ai was so resolute, and he also thought that there was a problem with the cabinet's order, Xie Ai didn't look like a mutiny no matter how he looked at it, but he was still ready to lead people to kill Xiang Si Lizhou first, and at this time, Chu Yun appeared in the camp of the Eastern Army in the east.

"Your Majesty. When Chu Yun came to the bottom of Hangu Pass with the Eastern Army, Xie Ai immediately brought people out to greet him, Chu Yun ordered Lu Zhong to call Bo Bing, the commander of the Zhendong Army, and with the appearance of Chu Yun, the 150,000 troops of the Eastern Army, the Northern Army, and the Zhenbei Army gathered around Chu Yun.