Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

"exactly!"

Only then did Yuan Tiangang react, and he secretly sighed that Hu Bilie's ears were soft, as if he had reached the point of blindly obeying him.

He waved his hand and said, "It's better not to be late for this matter. Hierarch Hu will lead the way and persuade him to abandon the city and withdraw the army to the old man. You just need to help me."

Hu Bilie led the way and rushed down the West Gate tower.

Yuan Tiangang walked to the corner of the stone steps and was about to go downstairs, but he still glanced back at Lingnan City on the other side of the river, and said with a knowing smile, Guo boy, the old man can only help you here, and it can be regarded as a solution for your urgent need up.

……

……

On the other side of the river, above the East Gate of Lingnan City.

The last time Guo Ye returned to Chang'an from Tianzhu, and Yu Shinan had already been ordered to appease the southern state capital at that time, the two missed each other for more than half a year.

To be precise, if you add the days when Guo Ye went to Tubo and transferred to Tianzhu, the two have not seen each other for almost a year or two.

When Fatty Zhu brought Yu Shinan back to the shore safely, and escorted him to the top of the city tower under the escort of Cao Luxun and his black-armored soldiers, Guo Ye finally met his old principal.

He was still thin and thin, but he was in good spirits, full of energy, and his cheeks were slightly rosy, not as pale and thin as he had imagined.

It seems that, as Yuan Tiangang said, the Guanlong family did not mistreat him, instead they provided him with good food and drink, trying to win him over.

"teacher……"

Guo Ye immediately went forward and shouted: "The teacher has suffered in the south these days, and Guo Ye came too late to save him. I hope the teacher will forgive me!"

Unexpectedly, Yu Shinan didn't accept Guo Ye's love, but waved his sleeves with a stern face and said, "Hmph, I, Yu Shinan, don't have a student like you!"

Then he abruptly put Guo Ye aside, feeling sullen all by himself.

Fuck, a cold butt on a hot face?

What's the old man's situation?

Guo Ye didn't think about it for a while, but at this moment, Fatty Zhu ran over and leaned close to Guo Ye's ear and started whispering.

As soon as Fatty Zhu finished speaking, Guo Ye realized that this was the case?

Immediately, he waved his hand to signal Fatty Zhu and Cao Luxun to retreat, and drank away the soldiers near him and Yu Shinan, then stepped forward, and smiled wryly at Yu Shinan: "Teacher, so you are because I used the gold from the city. Are you angry that Brick came back in exchange for you?"

Yu Shinan still had a stern face, but he turned his head to look at Guo Ye, and said coldly: "Hmph, this incomparably rich gold brick does not belong to me, Yu Shinan, nor to you, Guo Ye. What right do you have?" Use it to make a compromise with the thieves, in exchange for my return? Someone Yu will not surrender to the thieves even if he dies, why do you need to exchange gold bricks for me to live on? Guo Ye, Guo Ye, you misunderstood my name, Yu Shinan I! ! ”

Why is it that Guo Ye doesn't know who Yu Shinan is?Yuan Tiangang said that he would rather die than surrender. How could he accept the fact that he exchanged him with gold bricks for so long under house arrest?

Some people live in the moment, life is priceless, others are just clouds.

But some people cherish their reputation more than their own lives, and would rather have their jade broken than their whole.

Obviously, Yu Shinan belongs to the latter.

But could Guo Ye watch Yu Shinan trapped in a bandit camp and lose his life someday?

And there are secrets that Yu Shinan doesn't know about.

So, he still said with a wry smile: "Teacher, listen to my explanation."

"No explanation needed!"

Yu Shinan waved his hand fiercely, and flatly refused: "I don't have a student like you who disrespects the court, disrespects the emperor, disregards the country, and traps me, Yu Shinan, in an unrighteous way."

Today, saving people has saved such a big crime.

The more this is the case, the more clearly Guo Ye has to explain, otherwise the misunderstanding will get bigger and bigger.

"Teacher, listen to my explanation. Things are not as you imagined, but this is actually the case..."

"Report-report--"

Suddenly, a man in black helmet and iron armor ran up to the city and came to Guo Ye's side to interrupt his hasty explanation. The person who came was Cao Luxun who had gone and returned.

Cao Luxun didn't wait for Guo Ye to inquire, and reported loudly: "Report to Mr. Guo, we found the situation at the bed crossbow formation. There seems to be something wrong with Qianzhou City on the other side. It looks...it seems that they are withdrawing their troops...Look..."

While saying this, Cao Luxun suddenly turned sideways and raised his arm, pointing at the pier on the other side, surprised and said: "No mistake, they are retreating from the city. Look, my lord, they have already begun to burn down the ships on the other side of the river."

Guo Ye was taken aback when he heard the words, and looked sideways, but...

On the other side of the river, the flames were soaring into the sky, a prairie fire!

Chapter 1108

"what?"

Yu Shinan's attention suddenly shifted from Guo Ye to the other side, looking at the flames in the sky, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "What the hell are the White Lotus Cultists doing? Self-destructing the ship, acting like retreating troops, could it be an internal strife?" No?"

Infighting?

Guo Ye suddenly remembered that when Yuan Tiangang came across the river late at night, he had mentioned to him that he wanted to stir up internal strife in the White Lotus Sect. He seemed to vaguely remember that he said that he would let Hu Bilie and Duguyu join forces to kill Yu's father and son tonight.

At that time, he thought it was Yuan Tiangang's joke for a while, but could it be true that Yuan Tiangang did it?

As for the retreat of the White Lotus Sect and the abandonment of the city, I'm afraid it was Yuan Tiangang's contribution to the flames behind it, right?

Because there is a black water river between Qianzhou City and Lingnan City, the situation in Qianzhou City cannot be seen at a glance with the naked eye. Guo Ye is still not sure whether the White Lotus Sect bandits have really withdrawn their troops and abandoned the city.

If the Bailian sect bandit army really retreated from Qianzhou City under Yuan Tiangang's secret force, then his mission of countering the rebellion in the south can basically come to an end.

Because at least now with his tens of thousands of troops, it is impossible to take the initiative to chase down the hundreds of thousands of religious bandits on the other side, and if the other side retreats towards Guangzhou Mansion, don't forget that there are hundreds of thousands of Dugu Mu in Guangzhou Mansion. Dharma Army.The opponent's two groups of troops join forces, that is seven to eight million bandits.

In order to verify the authenticity of this matter, he immediately ordered Cao Luxun, who had come forward to report: "Old Cao, you can now ask your Heijiaxuan Barracks to send a boat to quietly cross the Heishui River and go ashore to check what happened. If anything goes wrong, return to the ship immediately."

Cao Luxun hummed, and said, "Let the subordinates go there by themselves."

Guo Ye didn't object, he nodded acquiescingly, and said: "Be careful yourself, I'll wait for your summons on this tower."

Cao Luxun left lightly and hurried down the tower.

At this time, Yu Shinan seemed to be belatedly reacting, and asked Guo Ye in a strange tone: "Could it be that you already knew that the Bailian bandit army would have internal strife tonight and would retreat from the city?"

Guo Ye smiled wryly and said, "Foretell that they will withdraw their troops and withdraw from the city? Teacher, you think highly of me, you really think I am the prophet Zhuge Kongming? But I do know something about the internal strife they will have after changing back to the gold bricks tonight."

"Oh?"

Yu Shinan is not a person who doesn't use his brain, he is a famous Confucian at any rate, he can know the elegant meaning by hearing the strings, and he has already tasted the true meaning of Guo Ye's words by drawing inferences from one instance, so he immediately asked: "So, you exchanged gold bricks for me? There are some secrets behind the safe escape?"

Guo Ye hummed, and slowly revealed Yuan Tiangang's identity as a lurking bandit army on the other side, and also revealed that Yuan Tiangang crossed the river to visit him late at night and offered to exchange gold bricks for Yu Shinan.