Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Monk Xuanzang?

When Guo Ye thought of the stupid and cute monk who had great determination to go to the west to seek the scriptures, he felt pity in his heart, and secretly said, maybe, a pure monk like Xuanzang is the best. Poor the most innocent.

"Okay, all that needs to be said."

Here, Yuan Tiangang said to himself: "Tomorrow Hu Bilie will lead his Bailian Dharma Guardian Army to take the lead. You must withdraw tonight and take the initiative to give up Qianzhou City. The old man suggested that you lead the army from Qianzhou tonight." Cross the Heishui River at the west gate of Zhoucheng and retreat to Lingnan City on the opposite bank of Qianzhou City."

Although Lingnan City and Qianzhou City are separated by a Heishui River, the Heishui River is deep and has no bottom, and the currents are fast, so it is a natural danger that can be relied on.

Guo Ye looked at Yuan Tiangang and asked, "Hu Bilie probably wants to take advantage of the rain tomorrow afternoon to break through my minefields, and then lead the army to storm the North Gate?"

"Oh, not bad." Yuan Tiangang praised, "It seems that the old Taoist taught you how to watch the stars and predict the weather, but you haven't thrown it away yet. That's right, tomorrow afternoon, a fierce attack will be launched. So the old Taoist hopes you Tonight, we will withdraw from Qianzhou City and move to Lingnan City on the other side of the Heishui River. It is also possible for Hu Bilie to take advantage of the attack on Qianzhou City to be on an equal footing with Dugu and Yu Jia as soon as possible."

Guo Ye had already moved his mind at this time, nodded and said: "I think you have also learned from Hu Bilie the real reason why they are eager to take back Qianzhou City? It is no problem to give up Qianzhou City, but I must Transfer the batch of gold bricks in Qianzhou City. The city can be given up, but the gold bricks cannot be kept! This is an incomparably rich wealth, enough to cover ten years of taxes from the court, and it must not be taken advantage of by these traitors .”

Yuan Tiangang didn't pay much attention to money, and he said happily and freely: "It's natural. The old man only needs to help Hu Bilie break Qianzhou City. As for the batch of gold bricks, the old man doesn't know anything about it, and he doesn't do anything about it."

The implication is that Yuan Tiangang said he didn't care about the fate and ownership of the gold brick, and even hinted at Guo Ye, and he never mentioned this matter to His Majesty Li Er.

Guo Ye naturally understood his implication, and muttered to himself, your sister, is this an under-the-table deal?

Immediately, he pretended to be nothing, and promised: "Okay, I promise you now, I will start a big transfer of the whole city tonight, and leave an empty city for Hu Bilie's grandson before dawn tomorrow."

Yuan Tiangang pursed his lips, smiled and nodded in response.

Finally, after exchanging a few simple greetings, he submitted his resignation letter to Guo Ye on the grounds that it was inconvenient to stay here for a long time, so as not to be discovered by many people, and he was about to leave with his robes.

Guo Yexiang sent it to the gate of the flower hall.

Suddenly, Yuan Tiangang stopped and turned around again, looked at Guo Ye as if he remembered something, and sighed softly: "Guo Ye, in fact, it is not yet time to completely eradicate the Guanlong family. Hu Bilie will fight with them dog-eat-dog. If you act too hastily now, you might lose your life."

Guo Ye was immediately suspicious of these endless words, and he couldn't help asking: "Old Taoist Yuan, what do you mean by these words? The ambiguity makes people very confused."

Yuan Tiangang's eyes dodged a little, he hesitated to speak, and frowned several times, finally he couldn't hold back, and asked softly: "You know that your mentor, the former Guozijian sacrificed wine, and the left servant of the court minister shot Yu Shinan The whereabouts of him? You have been in the south for so long, and you haven’t inquired about it? Don’t you want to know whether he is alive or dead now?”

After asking three questions in a row, Guo Ye was stunned. That's right, old man Yu Shinan, where is his teacher now?And I had promised Kong Yingda and assured him of the teacher's safety.

Thinking of this, Guo Ye really wanted to slap himself, damn it, he was so careless and confused!

Chapter 1081 Yu Shinan

"Old Taoist Yuan, don't rush away!"

After blaming himself, Guo Ye was worried about Yu Shinan's safety. He hurried forward and grabbed Yuan Tiangang's lapel, and asked eagerly, "Do you know the whereabouts of my teacher Yu Shinan? How is he doing?"

"Thank you kid for remembering your teacher."

Yuan Tiangang made a joke of Guo Ye, and then said: "Don't worry, although the old man Yu Shinan encountered dangers and disasters many times when he went south to Xuanfu, fortunately, he is still alive."

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Guo Ye let out a long breath, and his heart immediately felt relieved, and his whole body felt relieved, and then asked: "Then where is he now?"

Yuan Tiangang frowned slightly, twitched his beard and said slowly, "Well...it's hard to say...it's hard to say!"

The tone was prolonged, but Guo Ye's heart was suspended again, and Guo Ye's face suddenly changed, and he asked anxiously: "Old Taoist Yuan, what's going on? Tell me quickly, he is still here. where?"

Yuan Tiangang should know about Yu Shinan's recent situation, but he seemed to have something to hide, he hesitated to reveal Yu Shinan's whereabouts.

But he was very clear about Guo Ye's temperament, once the kid didn't ask the truth, he would definitely not let him go.

But he can't stay in Qianzhou City for a long time, so as not to make mistakes.

In the end, he couldn't resist Guo Ye's stubborn temper, and replied truthfully: "Although Yu Shinan's life is not in danger, since the fall of the southern state capitals, he, the Southern Xuanfu envoy, has also traveled all the way across the state to seek refuge, and finally broke through in Tuzhou City. On that day, he was captured by mistake. Your teacher is indeed a man with a reputation for nothing, and a man full of loyalty. He was besieged by bandits in Tuzhou City that day. In fact, he would rather stick to the chastity to repay the king than to be captured and humiliated alive. When he finally had no choice but to retreat, he even jumped off the top of Tuzhou city with his robes in his arms. Alas... fortunately, there are a bunch of people under the tower. Haystacks, saved his life!"

"what?"

Guo Ye was also shocked by Yu Shinan's integrity, and cursed: "This group of white lotus bandits, those rebellious officials and thieves of the Guanlong family, when the time comes, I will definitely peel them off and cramp them, smash their bones and turn them into ashes, idiots!"

Yuan Tiangang did not stop Guo Ye from yelling at him. On the contrary, he sighed with deep emotion: "Yes, Yu Shinan is worthy of being a famous Confucian in the world! But don't worry, his life is safe now, and those few families of the Guanlong family are in the way." Because of Yu Shinan's reputation among scholars, he didn't dare to do anything to him, let alone take his life easily.

On the contrary, they are still persuading your teacher to surrender.Think about it, if your teacher, a prosperous scholar like you, suddenly changed his mind and shouted for these rebellious officials and thieves, how many hearts would he gather for them?So to them, Yu Shinan was worth a hundred times more alive than dead.Not only did they not dare to kill him now, they also had to provide him with good food and drink. "

The last sentence eased Guo Ye's expression, and he asked, "So my teacher is under house arrest?"

Yuan Tiangang nodded, noncommittal.

Guo Ye asked: "Where is my teacher under house arrest now? Have they been escorted by them to a camp ten miles away from Qianzhou City?"

"no!"

Yuan Tiangang shook his head very positively, and said: "I pretended to ask Hu Bilie several times. He once complained to me when he was drunk, and said that people from the Guanlong family always offered Yu Shinan the same as their ancestors. But it didn’t work at all. And he even scolded Dugu Mu, the boss of the Dugu family, for not doing enough to succeed but to fail. If the old Taoist’s guess is correct, your teacher should be under house arrest in Dugu Mu’s camp.”

Dugu Mu?

Have not heard!

At this time, Guo Ye didn't care about who Dugu Mu was, but asked directly: "Where is Dugu Mu's army now?"

Yuan Tiangang said: "Dugu Mu? Hehe, this brave and foolish guy is stationed in Duanzhou, Xunzhou, Guangzhou, and Chaozhou. Hey, it is across the sea from Qiongzhou. It should be the last line of the Guanlong family. Back off? I figured what Duguyu meant, and I didn't want to call his brother Dugu Mu over to encircle Qianzhou City."

Nima, actually hid in the coastal areas of Guangdong?This is really reserving a way out, as long as the limelight is not right and the situation has changed, Guo Ye has reason to believe that these people will cross the sea and flee to Qiongzhou first, and then go to sea.

You know, Qiongzhou is the end of the world in Datang today.

Yuan Tiangang seemed to have seen through Guo Ye's intentions, and persuaded him: "Guo Ye, I know you are worried about Yu Shinan's safety, but it is impossible for you to ignore the hundreds of thousands of besieging bandits outside the city and lead the army straight to Duanzhou Go and save your teacher. Not only is it unrealistic for you to do this, but your teacher's life will be in danger, understand? It really makes them jump over the wall in a hurry, which is the greatest danger to Yu Shinan."

Speaking of this, Yuan Tiangang looked at Guo Ye solemnly, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "This is also the main reason why I asked you to give up Qianzhou City temporarily and act according to the old plan. Alright, Yan For all that, your side must be transferred as soon as possible.”

After finishing speaking, Yuan Tiangang gently pulled back his skirt and walked away with a flick of his sleeves.

Halfway through the journey, Guo Ye suddenly stopped and shouted: "Old Taoist Yuan, did you send a letter to the Chang'an Palace before Li Jing and I led the army to leave Chang'an to suppress the rebellion? Did your majesty know about me a long time ago?" The teacher was imprisoned and fell into the hands of the Bailian bandit army?"

"Uh?"

Yuan Tiangang stopped abruptly. Although he didn't turn around, Guo Ye clearly noticed that the opponent's figure was slightly startled.

He pressed another question: "Brother Yuan, is that right or not?"

This time, he didn't call Yuan Laodao, let alone Old Miscellaneous Mao, but sincerely called Senior Brother.

However, Yuan Tiangang never turned around to respond to him directly, but sighed lightly, shook his head silently, and replied leisurely: "What's the point of asking these things now? Let's go, Guo Ye, you Remember, move as soon as possible, you must move to Lingnan City before dawn, and do a good job of defense in the direction of the Heishuihe Ferry. Otherwise, once they know that what they have captured is an empty city, they will definitely continue to counterattack Lingnan City and not take it back. A gold brick, they are determined not to give up!"

After all, Yuan Tiangang quickened his pace, walked out of the courtyard of the governor's mansion in a hurry, ran straight to the courtyard where the barn was located, and brought back the donkey to prepare to leave the city quietly.

Guo Ye recalled Yuan Tiangang's last words, but he was evasive and somewhat helpless.

It seems that he has heard the meaning of the other party's words.