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Besides, marching in June was not easy. A group of troops headed south, and the weather gradually became hotter.Many soldiers took off their armor and hung it around their waists. They only wore an underwear on their upper body, and they were still sweating profusely from the heat.

At first, Xia Heyu reprimanded this kind of behavior. After all, he had been on the Northern Expedition all year round, and he was not familiar with the southern route and terrain.

But after walking for more than ten days, not to mention ambushes, and even seeing few people, Xia Heyu sometimes has the illusion that he is just leading a team out of the city for training, and gradually he relaxes Be vigilant, and turn a blind eye to some actions of soldiers.

Seeing that there are only a few days to go, they will reach the border of Qingzhou, but the information sent back by the spies ahead is that Qingzhou City is as usual, and there is no sign of waiting for a battle. Even the guards in Qingzhou City are lazy. , the city gate is wide open all day long.

That night, Xia Heyu was in a daze in front of the lamp in the tent with the secret letter in his hand. Should come up with some looks.

Sighing lightly, Xia Heyu threw the secret letter into the lamp and burned it.The right hand took the freshly brewed tea on the table, and the left hand pinched the lid of the teacup to fiddle with the tea leaves in the teacup, blowing gently.This tea is just a light tea that is brought along with the army, the taste of the tea is not very fragrant, but the taste can still make people calm down.

"Report!" A soldier outside the tent shouted loudly, maybe we met on business.

"Come in." Xia Heyu yelled casually as he blew on the tea without even raising his eyelids.

The guards outside the tent carefully opened the curtain and approached, glanced at Xia Heyu, bowed their heads and saluted, "General Xia, Qingzhou Special Envoy, please see me."

"Oh?" Xia Heyu raised his eyes, but he didn't expect someone from Qingzhou to come to the door first, and hurriedly said, "Tell him to come in."

"Yes." The soldier nodded, he had been with Xia Heyu for a long time, and he had seen the portrait drawn by Xia Heyu, he hesitated for a moment, and added, "General Xia, that, that special envoy is... ...is Young Master Jiang."

When Xia Heyu heard the word "Jiang Gongzi", his left hand shook in shock, and the lid of the teacup almost fell to the ground. He said with a disdainful smile, "It turned out to be him? Then you go and tie him up and bring him in." , Tie it tighter, the pig will be tied as he is.”

"Ah?" The guard raised his head, thinking he heard it wrong, but when he saw Xia Heyu's face, he immediately replied, "Yes."

Standing outside the camp, Jiang Linyuan couldn't help laughing when he saw the soldiers walking towards him with a bundle of thick ropes, and without any unnecessary struggle, he tilted his head and watched them tie him up.

Xia Heyu lifted the curtain in front of the tent, leaned aside, watching his soldiers push Jiang Linyuan towards him, and stopped in front of the tent.Xia Heyu waved his hand, and the soldiers left. Jiang Linyuan looked at Xia Heyu with his eyes, and said firstly, "General Xia, don't come here without any problems."

Xia Heyu gave him a cold look, raised his hand and pulled a piece of rope dangling in front of Jiang Linyuan, leading him into the tent, and said as he walked, "Come in and talk."

In the temporary camp, the facilities in the tent are very simple. There is only a handsome table and a bed. There are only a few books and a sheepskin map piled up on the table. Even the lamp on the table is very dim.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Xia Heyu didn't sit down, but stood in front of Jiang Linyuan with his arms folded, and raised his chin and asked.

"General Xia, please surrender Qingzhou." Jiang Linyuan didn't want to explain too much, but directly explained the purpose of this trip.

"What...what?" Xia Heyu was a little surprised, "Are you kidding me? This battle hasn't started yet, why did it drop so soon?"

"There is no need to fight." Jiang Linyuan said leisurely: "If there is a fight, Qingzhou will be defeated. Why bother to lose soldiers for a battle that has already been concluded."

"Since you know that you will lose, why do you still clamor at the court? Is it because he, Bu Chengsi, has something wrong with his brain or you, Jiang Linyuan, have something wrong with his mind?" Xia Heyu asked angrily.

Jiang Linyuan blinked at Xia Heyu, and said with a smile: "No one's brains are wrong, but I promised the general that the general's marriage will not be possible in three months, so I thought of a way to attract the general, so that I can't do it. Is there going to be any marriage?"

"You...you don't talk about it, how can it be so complicated to ruin a marriage?" Xia Heyu pointed at Jiang Linyuan's nose and said, "Besides, when I return to the court, don't I still want to marry that Princess Xiang'an?" Married? What difference does it make?"

"There is a difference." Jiang Linyuan said slowly: "General, you can't go back."

"What do you mean?" Xia Heyu stared, and Jiang Linyuan's way of speaking made him shiver.

Jiang Linyuan tilted his head to look at Xia Heyu, and said with some doubts in his eyes: "It seems that the general's information is a bit late."

Just as he was talking, the curtain was pushed open by someone. Xia Heyu was about to reprimand him when he saw Zhang Ling walking in with the wind, looking very anxious. Xia Heyu then asked, "Zhang Ling? What happened?" What's wrong?"

Zhang Ling bit her lower lip, frowned tightly, and said, "General, something happened to the court."

Hearing this, Xia Heyu suddenly looked at Jiang Linyuan with anger in his eyes, but Jiang Linyuan met his gaze, which seemed to be neither humble nor overbearing.

Zhang Ling came in in a hurry, and then he turned his head and saw that the person next to him was Jiang Linyuan, and hurriedly said, "Master Jiang, haven't you returned to your hometown, why are you here?"

Jiang Linyuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Jiang's hometown is in Qingzhou."

"Zhang Ling." Xia Heyu interrupted the two of them loudly, and asked Zhang Ling, "What did you say happened to the court?"

Zhang Ling's slightly stretched brows frowned again, glanced at Jiang Linyuan and said hesitantly, "This..."

Xia Heyu waved his hands and said, "You just say it, don't care about this Jiang Linyuan."

"Yes." Zhang Ling nodded, took a deep breath and said, "Our spies who stayed in the capital came to report that it was the emperor...the emperor died suddenly."

"Sudden death?" Xia Heyu asked in surprise.

Zhang Ling swallowed her saliva and continued: "Because the emperor died suddenly, so now...the current emperor is the imperial concubine...the fetus in the womb of the imperial concubine, by...by Li Su is temporarily in charge of the government."

"Nonsense." Xia Heyu yelled, turned around to throw something, but found that there was really nothing extra in the tent.

"General calm down." Jiang Linyuan answered at this time, "Deputy General Zhang hasn't finished yet."

Zhang Ling turned his head and looked at Jiang Linyuan in disbelief. He did have something to say, but he was not sure whether he should say the next thing or not.

Xia Heyu turned around, glared at Jiang Linyuan angrily, pointed at Zhang Ling and said, "If you have anything else to say, let's say it together."

"The last general, the last general dare not." Zhang Ling bowed his head. As Xia Heyu's subordinate, he really didn't know what to say about this matter.

Xia Heyu rolled his eyes at Zhang Ling, knowing his temperament, turned his finger to Jiang Linyuan, and asked, "Then what else do you know? You can speak for him."

Jiang Linyuan slightly twisted his shoulders, the rope hurt his shoulders, lowered his eyes and said: "Xia's family was raided, General Xia was imprisoned, Li Su issued a hunting order for General Xia, the charge is: colluding with the Qingzhou rebel The party has bad intentions."

Zhang Ling turned his head and looked at Jiang Linyuan in surprise. Jiang Linyuan said these words too calmly, as if he was telling a story in a history book, but in Xia Heyu's ears, these words could be compared with Bo Lei.

Sure enough, Xia Heyu's hand stopped in mid-air at this moment, and he was quickly sorting out the clues in his mind. He looked at Jiang Linyuan and looked into his eyes, and suddenly explained many doubts.He understood why it was so easy for him to lead troops to Qingzhou, and why Bu Chengsi directly asked to surrender.All this was to prepare for Li Su's seizure of power, and also dug a grave for himself.

"Jiang Linyuan." Xia Heyu narrowed his eyes, approached Jiang Linyuan, gritted his teeth and said, "You planned all this?"

"The general really flattered Jiang." Jiang Linyuan smiled and said, "General, you might as well think about it. Is Li Su's idea of ​​wanting the throne just these days? It's not a day's cold to be frozen three feet, and Jiang just pushed it forward." Let's see how things go."

"Heh." Xia Heyu laughed, suppressing his anger and said, "Do you know that your actions have caused chaos in the world, and actually handed over the great cause of the country to an eunuch."

"I know." Jiang Linyuan's voice was neither slow nor urgent. He had thought about these things, and he dared to do this because of thinking about them, "But this matter will be revealed sooner or later, so it's better to say it quickly. The general is already in the midst of being hunted down by the court. It is better to go to Qingzhou to take refuge temporarily."

Zhang Ling looked a little silly from the side, and had finished what he wanted to say, and saw that this seemed to be a grievance between the two, so he quietly withdrew at this moment.

Xia Heyu didn't expect that he would become a traitor to the imperial court when he led his troops out this trip. Even his father was thrown into prison, and his life and death were uncertain.And the instigator of all this stood in front of him as if nothing had happened.

"Jiang Linyuan, what is your purpose in doing these things? It won't be as simple as leading me to Qingzhou." Xia Heyu raised his hand and clasped Jiang Linyuan's neck. He didn't use any force, but gently clasped it, ready to listen to him Finished, and then slowly and forcefully finish him off.

Jiang Linyuan was not afraid, raised his eyebrows and said: "The general has 3 soldiers, plus the [-] soldiers in Qingzhou City, it is nearly [-]."

"So what?" Xia Heyu's hand had already begun to exert force, and Jiang Linyuan could feel it, and he immediately continued while he was still able to speak: "Yangzhou City is just beside Qingzhou City, and Yang Pei's troops are less than 2. Man, the general can't go back to the capital anyway, if he wants to survive, he can only really lead the army to rebel, and the first choice for the army to attack the city is... Yangzhou." Jiang Linyuan finally used the last The breath said the word "Yangzhou".

At this moment, Xia Heyu felt that he was being used through and through. Jiang Linyuan set up such a big trick, borrowed his own soldiers, and cut off his own way out. He just wanted him to help him kill Yang Pei.Xia Heyu looked at Jiang Linyuan whose face was flushed red in his hands, took his hand down instead of using any more force, and slapped him hard in the face.

This palm made the corner of Jiang Linyuan's mouth ooze blood, he staggered two steps back, and then opened his mouth after standing still, his voice was not as calm as before, but a little more painful, "General Xia, it's better to wait until Take Yangzhou City, how about Jiang at your disposal?"

"What use do I want you for? What's the point of killing it a few times?" Xia Heyu asked angrily, "Besides, why should I attack Yangzhou City for you? And why should I be labeled as a traitor?"

"General, the map is on the table. You know it better than anyone else." Jiang Linyuan coughed and said, "Yangzhou City is shaped like a crescent moon, surrounded by Qingzhou City. It is the best place to expand our troops. If the general does not In self-defense, I am afraid that Li Su, who is obsessed with the emperor's seal, can easily bring down the general."

Xia Heyu was always the number one general in the court, so he calmed down very quickly. He had to admit that what Jiang Linyuan said made sense.Li Su's power is deeply rooted, and once he is in power, those treacherous parties will definitely admire him extremely. Besides, he is obsessed with the seal, which is justified after all, and if Xia Heyu opposes it, it will really be a conspiracy.

Now that Jiang Linyuan and Li Su had made trouble to this extent, he really wasn't afraid.Rebellion is rebellion, if Li Su is in power in this court, I really don't want to serve.After fighting in the battlefield for so many years, this time it can be regarded as returning to the old profession.Xia Heyu was only worried about his father, so he said to Jiang Linyuan, "Remember the surname Jiang, I will fight in Yangzhou, and you can decide how Yang Pei dies, but you will die as Yang Pei dies."

Jiang Linyuan raised his eyes and smiled at Xia Heyu, and said, "Thank you, General Xia."

"No thanks, I will use your blood to worship the ancestors." Xia Heyu said coldly, "By the way, take out your brain and feed it to the dogs."

"General Sui Xia is happy." Jiang Linyuan said.

Xia Heyu had no intention of joking with him. He only thought that since Qingzhou City could give him a place to stay, he would go there and wait until soldiers were settled there before making any plans. As for the scourge of Jiang Linyuan, Xia Heyu really wanted to cut him to pieces. , looking at him now has the urge to kick him in the face with the sole of a shoe.

But Xia Heyu endured it, and called the guards outside, pointed at Jiang Linyuan and said, "Put him in the cellar, don't untie the rope on his body, and don't give him water or food. In addition, notify the battalions tomorrow. Get up early in the morning and set off camp to go to Qingzhou."

"Yes." The guard agreed, escorted Jiang Linyuan away, and stuffed him into a small cellar filled with horse grass.Jiang Linyuan felt quite comfortable leaning on a pile of horse grass, but his body was a little sore from being strangled.

After Jiang Linyuan left, Xia Heyu sat slumped on the couch, frowning as he thought about what he had heard all night, in a trance, like a dream.

In the morning of the second day, before dawn, there was already a commotion in the barracks. Soldiers pulled out the camps, packed up, and quickly arranged their things and formed an array.

Jiang Linyuan was also fished out of the cellar, and followed Xia Heyu's order at the end of the marching team.The last part of the marching army was the rural soldiers that Xia Heyu recruited from outside the city. The regular soldiers were transferred to the front by Xia Heyu because of their rich combat experience. , was arranged to be the queen.

Now there is one more person in the rear of the palace who is extremely incompatible with these men, and that is Jiang Linyuan.He Fei saw that Jiang Linyuan's body was tied up, the corners of his mouth were still stained with dried blood, his lips were chapped and pale, and he looked a bit miserable.The people in the countryside were kind-hearted, so they ran over to talk to Jiang Linyuan who was walking at the end.

"I said little skinny guy." He Fei said, "What did you do to be made like this by big brother?"

He Fei was very tall, Jiang Linyuan could only look up at him slightly, and asked in a hoarse voice because of thirst: "Brother?"

"Hi." He Fei patted his forehead and said, "Look at my brain, I should be called General, General Xia here."

Jiang Linyuan smiled, and thought that although he was tall, he was quite cute with a simple and simple appearance, so he replied: "I just made a joke with you General Xia, and it made him unhappy, so I sent you Bind it up."

"I thought it was a big deal." He Fei smiled, "Don't worry, General Xia will calm down in a while."

Jiang Linyuan nodded politely. In fact, in his heart, if Xia Heyu wanted to calm down, he would probably have to wait until his next life.After all, he was a great general, and I insisted on designing him, labeling him a rebel, and I guess he wouldn't be able to relieve his hatred if he killed himself.

"Hey, I guess you're very thirsty from the look of your face." He Fei continued, taking out his water bottle and weighing it, "This summer is really tough, and I guess you can't handle it with your small body. , Come on, drink some water."

Jiang Linyuan shook his head and said with a smile, "Your general won't allow you to give me water."

He Fei curled his lips, "This is too harsh, it's okay, you can't see General Xia at all from here, it doesn't matter if I give you a sip of water."

Hearing these few words warmed Jiang Linyuan's heart. He suffered a lot, but no one cared about him except Xiao Shake, so these few words of He Fei almost forced his tears out.

He Fei didn't care about the change in Jiang Linyuan's expression. He unplugged the kettle and said, "It's inconvenient for you to be tied up. Come on, open your mouth and I'll pour some in for you to moisten your throat. Listen to what you're doing now." Talk like a broken gong."

Even though Jiang Linyuan was a little embarrassed, he was really thirsty, so he opened his mouth when He Fei's water bottle was stretched out.

The summer was so hot that even the water in the kettle was warm. He Fei filled Jiang Linyuan's mouth with water before lifting the kettle.Jiang Linyuan's throat was a little sore, and he swallowed carefully with a sip of water in his mouth, but even so, he still choked himself, turned his head and coughed a few times before saying to He Fei: "Thank you."

"What are you being polite about?" He Fei smiled and said, "They are all from the same military camp, so they are called friends. Since they are friends, shouldn't they help each other?"

Jiang Linyuan nodded with a smile, and asked, "What's your name, tall man?"

"Me, hehe." He Fei smiled and touched the back of his head, and said, "My name is He Fei, and it is said that on the day I was born, my father happened to see a flock of wild geese flying by in the sky, so he gave me such a name. "

Jiang Linyuan looked at him and smiled, thinking in his heart that it would be good for such a simple person to be a soldier, but it would be difficult to be a leader.