Lupin rode on horseback and slowly marched north with a large army of followers.

Now that the dust has settled, Lupin has ushered in a turning point in his fate.

The news of the Emperor's defeat of Yufu had been announced to the world, and the rebellious Shence Army under his command was renamed the Loyal Army, and continued to follow the Emperor north under the leadership of their original generals.

Now that the emperor has announced that the land of the three surrendered cities betrayed by Yu Fuguo is the direction of his next attack, although such a move is reckless, it also echoes Li Xu's impression in the eyes of the world.

Ma Qiang and Wei Chicheng were rewarded by them, and after all the forces that left Yufuguo in the Shence Army were betrayed, they received the emperor's commendation and approval, and were reappointed as the left and right generals of the Loyal and Righteous Army.

And Lupin was also taken into custody as a staff member of the Yufu Kingdom.

To a certain extent, he still enjoys a certain amount of freedom, although he is actually a prisoner under guard, he can still retain some privileges, such as now he is riding on a horse and following the emperor's dark cloud guards towards Taiyuan City.

Instead of wearing heavy shackles and shackles and locked up in a car like some rare animal.

"General Su, what do you think of the road ahead?"

Lu Ping had to admit that the Emperor's Dark Cloud Iron Guard was indeed a strong force, and after this period of observation, he found that everyone in this army had the brute strength of a cracked tiger and leopard, and they were all very skilled in martial arts, and most importantly, they also ordered and forbidden, and everything had a law.

Although he was not a soldier, he knew very well that if he encountered such a team on the battlefield, there was no line of defense to stop their onslaught.

Sucher ignored Lupin.

This cavalry general who is accustomed to wearing a bronze ghost face is now the de facto chief officer of the Dark Cloud Iron Guard, after Na Luoyan's mention and the martial arts classics given by the palace, his martial arts can also be said to have improved by leaps and bounds, and he has broken through to the innate realm a few days ago and has become a first-class master in the rivers and lakes.

Since the Manichaean rebellion, he has become one of the emperor's cronies, if the emperor's first-rate minions are Li Congxian, Han Rui, and Na Luoyan, then he and Mo Yusheng can be said to be the second echelon of the emperor's minions, and they are even hotter since they took charge of the Dark Cloud Iron Guard.

For the prisoner Han Jieshuai put under his hands, Su Che really didn't want to deal with it.

This person has no consciousness of being a prisoner at all, not only often spying on some secrets intentionally or unintentionally, but also unscrupulously making friends with other officials, and does not regard himself as a prisoner at all.

Two days ago, he swaggered to participate in the poetry meeting organized by Yuan Zhi and Bai Letian, and it is said that he also wrote a few poems in the style of Biansai during the banquet, which attracted the praise of many ministers.

Such a wanton and reckless act, General Su has always wanted to directly pull out his knife and cut him off.

The Iron Mask General turned his head, his eyes wandering between Lupin's neck and the hilt of his sword, but Lupin still unconsciously began to analyze the emperor's intentions to go north.

Very good, Su Che nodded, he had already fabricated a charge for Lu Pingluo, and now he could add such a clause as bewitching the army's heart and bewitching the public.

"General Su!"

A knight galloped from the front, and his loud call woke Su Che from the fantasy in his head, and Su Che looked from a distance to see a knight in red armor galloping on a black horse.

This person Su Che is very familiar with, his name is Hu Jianren, he is a cavalry general of the former Shence Army, and he is also Ma Qiang's henchman. This is said to be a pirate born in Fujian, and his hammer method is a bit interesting, and he was later recruited, and then entered the Shence Army because of his courage and good fighting, and then followed Ma Qiang.

The loyal and righteous army, which was reorganized from the original Shence army, is now playing a vanguard role in the direction of Taiyuan, in fact, it is conceivable that when it really confronts the Uighurs in the future, most of them will also be on the front line.

Those former Shence Army soldiers in the loyal army who are used to being domineering will inevitably have some complaints.

Because according to Dayu's previous practice, all the rebels anyway, except for the main generals, who were unlucky, the life of middle and lower-level officers and small soldiers was quite good.

The court would give them a reward, and they would send someone to comfort them, and those difficult and dangerous military tasks would not fall to them at all.

But right under the nose of Emperor Dayu, everything came the other way around.

The leading officers were raised high and gently put down, but their small soldiers had to be the vanguard on the front line, which made the atmosphere in the loyal army a little solemn.

Ma Qiang and Wei Chicheng haven't slept well in the past few days, for fear that one of them will cause a mutiny and put their own life and death aside.

Hu Jianren and their henchmen of Ma Qiang can only try to lean on the side of the court, hoping that once something happens, this iron army known as the Dark Cloud Iron Guard can pull them along.

The tighter the Dark Cloud Guards and the Loyal Army, the safer they will be.

"What is the matter with General Hu?"

Hu Jianren also has the title of General Zuo Zhonglang of the Loyal and Righteous Army, but he does not have the usual politeness of generals.

This general from Fujian is not tall, but he has the neatness of an ape's back and bee waist, but the sweat on his head and the anxiety between his eyebrows make him look a little wretched.

"Where is Your Majesty's frame now?"

Su Che glanced at Hu Jianren, spying on Chengyu was a crime, where the emperor went, Ma Qiang could naturally ask Yuan Zhi and Bai Letian, no matter what, it was not Hu Jianren's turn to ask himself.

It was impossible for Su Che to answer him, but in order to appease the general, Su Che still spoke softly: "General Hu, why is he in a hurry?"

In fact, the emperor's frame is indeed a little backward, this is the previous Wei Bo Jiedu envoy Tian Hongzheng before the invitation to enter the court, this time the emperor specially issued an edict to let him come to Taiyuan to meet peace.

Listening to the news later, the envoy of Wei Bojie was coming in the starry night, so His Majesty deliberately slowed down and wanted to wait for him.

This is also a kind of goodwill shown by the imperial court to the local feudal towns.

"Hey, it's good to slow down, it's good to slow down. ”

Hu Jianren said in a low voice: "There are many people blocking the road ahead, and I want to advise Your Majesty to return to Beijing and not to make more expeditions." ”

The people blocked the road to persuade His Majesty to return to Beijing?

Su Che was a little confused, what was this.

Hu Jianren's anxiety is also due to its origin.

No matter what the hell is going on, a group of ordinary people ran out to block the road, in case it caused the emperor's displeasure, it would be fatal for marginal figures like Ma Qiang and Wei Chicheng.

What's more, how can the "people" who can block the Qiu Balu of the Loyal and Righteous Army be real ordinary people?

Su Che lowered his head, carefully considering what he should do.

Han Rui had already led the imperial army south, and now Su Che and Mo Yusheng were already the first-rate figures among the current generals, so the issues that should have been handled by Han Rui before were handed over to Su Che for the first time.

Hu Jianren's meaning here seems to have been revealed.

The two worked together to clean up the "people" who blocked the road.

It's just that Su Che thought, what is the origin of those "people" blocking the road?