Linzhi

Others dare not scold Li Kuan, but Fu Nian has no scruples. He speaks Chinese very well, and his cursing words are even more slippery. The Turkic people around him who understand Chinese all smile with deep meaning. The middle-aged scribes are not scolded because of their master But Bianhui, Duan's self-cultivation is quite good, and he actually smiled along with him.

"The Great Khan doesn't know something. We people in the Central Plains pay attention to our status and reputation. Only then can we speak smoothly. The master has worked hard for decades to have the reputation he has today. If he killed the emperor in Chang'an that day and proclaimed himself emperor, What awaits him is the reputation of seeking to usurp the throne, and his previous decades of business will also be wiped out."

Fu Nian snorted: "What is prestige, can it be eaten? The one that is actually in your hands is yours! In the words of you Central Plains people, he is too hypocritical! I want to call in first to force the emperor Going south, he will stand up again and regain the rivers and mountains like a great hero? He wants power and fame at the same time, he is not greedy, be careful that he will get nothing in the end!"

The scribe smiled slightly: "Khan's words are too serious. It's not a question of whether to use it or not. You and my lord both get what they need and get what they want. You have robbed a lot of gold and silver treasures all the way south, don't you?" Did the cooperation lose money at the beginning? If the lord didn't push the prince to go to Yunzhou, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to enter the customs so easily, right?"

"Obviously you are the ones who want to use my hand to get rid of the prince, don't say it so nicely!" Fu Nian snorted coldly, "There are so many people in the Central Plains who are busy with their own people all day long, so it's no wonder that the emperor of the Central Plains has won the country. It's only been a few decades, and the dynasty is about to change again! If you come to me to talk nonsense, you'd better get out as soon as possible!"

The middle-aged scribe cupped his hands and said, "No matter how good Chang'an is, it is not as good as the grassland. My lord wants to ask the Great Khan to be merciful to the people of Chang'an and kill less, so that when he returns to Chang'an in the future, there will be no people to govern."

Fu Nian laughed: "Who said I want to go back! Since Chang'an is so good, of course I have to live in it for a few months, maybe I won't leave at all and move all the Turkic people here. Anyway, there are so many people from the Central Plains here." Yes, I am not afraid that slaves are not enough!"

The scribe said calmly: "It's easy to build a business, but it's hard to keep it. The sweat has to think twice. Now people in the world hate the Turkic people and want to die, and they are eager to get rid of them quickly. You are here, no doubt, you are a big recruit. If anyone wants to stand up , I will definitely use Chang'an first, and Khan will be in danger."

Fu Nian narrowed his eyes: "Our Turkic cavalry is invincible in the world, who dares to be so blind?"

The scribe said: "The lord and the Great Khan made an agreement before. When they hit Chang'an, the Great Khan will withdraw his troops. When the lord's position is confirmed, he will give the Great Khan an annual tribute. Now the Great Khan refuses to leave Chang'an. Is it because he wants to break the contract? No?"

Fu Nian raised her eyebrows and smiled: "So what if I just want to break the contract? If he doesn't give it, I won't ask him for it myself?"

His only patience was exhausted, he waved his hands, got up and walked back.

"I'm going to see what the palaces where the concubines of the Central Plains are housed look like. Go back and report to your master!"

The middle-aged scribe looked at the tall and burly back of the other party, gritted his teeth in his heart, and felt contempt spontaneously. He threw off his sleeves and turned to go out, but he tripped and fell straight forward. Come to the laughter.

Looking back, Fu Nian saw the figure of the other party fleeing in a panic, and couldn't help but smile contemptuously.

In his eyes, all people in the Central Plains have this kind of virtue, so what if there are a few famous generals like Chen Wei?A wolf leading a group of pigs, could it be possible to defeat them Turkic people?

……

Empress Pei and the others had already packed their luggage as soon as possible, but they didn't expect the pursuers to come sooner. Before they could leave the inn, Ma Hong, who had been keeping watch outside, rushed in.

"Too bad, Li Kuan's people have already arrived in the town, and it is estimated that they will search here soon!"

The faces of all the people present changed.

"How come so fast!" Li Suian couldn't believe it.

Empress Pei said solemnly: "The other party should have sent people out of the city as soon as they found out that we were missing, and chased them inside and outside. They would rather miss it than never let it go!"

Ma Hong looked at Zhang Ze, which meant to let him make up his mind quickly.

Zhang Ze thought for a while and said: "I just inquired about this inn. There is still a door in the back kitchen. Now we can't go through the front door. Let's go through the back door. We don't care about the carriage and horses. Let's just go out of town!"

Ma Hong stomped his feet: "With so many people, they will be found through the back door. We have to divide our troops into two groups!"

However, there were two pregnant women present, and most of them were women, and the soldiers were divided into two groups. How easy was it?

"I have a solution!" Li Suian suddenly said.

All eyes were on her at once, Li Suian calmed down and said his way.

"Zhang Ze, you pretended to hold me as a hostage. Let's go out to attract their attention, and don't let them enter the inn. The queen and the others will take the opportunity to leave through the back door."

Zhang Ze frowned and said, "This..."

Li Suian said anxiously: "What is this! Mother-in-law, you are still not a man! Anyway, he is my father, so it is impossible to kill my daughter. Those soldiers don't know the conflict between our father and daughter, so they will definitely have scruples , hurry up!"

She said to Wu Shi again: "You follow your mother and the others, and find a place to give birth to the child with peace of mind, so I have an explanation to Prince Ji."

With tears in her eyes, Wu said, "Princess..."

"Okay! Stop talking nonsense, let's go!" Li Suian interrupted her, seeming to have regained his former domineering demeanor, turned around and left first, and quickly disappeared outside the door, Zhang Ze hurried to catch up.

Empress Pei felt sorry for Li Suian, but she also knew that there was no better way right now.

But when Li Suian and Zhang Ze hurried down the second floor, the entrance of the inn was blocked by a group of people.

A group of dozens of people, wearing armor and armed with knives and guns, came in to search the inn, and the team leader asked his soldiers to block the door to prevent anyone from leaving. The resentful guests were silent, and they all dared not speak out.

Zhang Ze reacted very quickly, and the long knife in his hand was drawn out of its sheath, and it was placed directly on Li Suian's neck. His dantian was lucky, and he shouted loudly.

"Stop me all!"

Everyone in the inn was shocked by this unexpected change. Seeing that Zhang Ze was still holding a knife, the ordinary guests all showed fearful expressions, and consciously or unconsciously made way for Zhang Ze.

"What are you doing!" the leading soldier yelled angrily.

Zhang Ze smiled coldly. He was a person who had been on the battlefield. As long as he didn't deliberately restrain his aura, he could easily put people on alert.

"Look carefully, the person in my hands is the daughter of Li Kuan, the Duke of Heng, and the concubine of King Ji Hexiu. If you want her to live, let me leave, otherwise she will not survive!"

The soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay. They came here to search for the whereabouts of Empress Pei and Li Suian, but they didn't expect such a fuss, and no one moved for a while.

Seeing this, Zhang Ze moved the blade forward, and a bloodstain appeared on Li Suian's neck.

Li Suian showed a painful expression, and shouted: "Are you blind? I am Li Xiang's daughter, and he is only my daughter-in-law. This thief kidnapped me. If I have any troubles, my father will not let you go!" of!"

The team leader hurriedly said: "Stop, don't hurt the princess!"

Zhang Ze grinned: "It depends on whether you are worthy or not. Go prepare a horse, enough dry food and water. When I leave this town, I will naturally let her go!"

The leader asked: "There are other thieves!"

Zhang Ze snorted coldly: "I don't know anyone else!"

He pushed Li Suian forward and approached the door step by step. As they got closer, the bloodstains on Li Suian's neck became more and more clear.

The leader had no choice but to wave his hand, signaling to the left and right to make way, and then ordered his men to go down to prepare horses and dry food.

The horse was brought quickly, Zhang Ze pulled Li Suian onto the horse, and said a word.

"Don't follow, I will let her go when I get out of the town!"

But there was no way the soldiers would not follow, they just didn't dare to get too close, they could only hang around from a distance, for fear of angering Zhang Ze.

Zhang Ze whispered to Li Suian: "Don't be afraid, although the cut is a little bit, it's not serious, just go back and get some medicine, I'm really sorry, I didn't do this just now, I can't win their trust!"

"I know." Li Suian reluctantly twitched the corner of his mouth.

Zhang Ze hesitated for a moment: "Do you have anything to say to His Highness Wang An, I can bring it for you."

Li Suian was silent for a while, then said softly: "No."

The two of them didn't speak any more along the way. In fact, the road wasn't too long. It's just that Zhang Ze slowed down on purpose to delay more time for Empress Pei and the others, taking half of what could be covered on horseback in a quarter of an hour. After an hour, Li Suian was put down from his horse.

"take care."

Li Suian nodded. "move!"

She watched Zhang Ze gallop out of sight before turning around and walking back slowly.

After a while, the soldiers came after them.

"Is the princess all right?"

Li Suian touched his neck, covered the wound, and said coldly: "I almost died, are you okay?"

The team leader choked for a moment, and then said: "Dare to ask the princess, which way did the thief go?"

There are two roads out of the town, one goes to Suizhou and the other goes to Jinzhou, which are completely opposite directions.

Li Suian pointed out a way to continue going south, and the leader immediately asked several soldiers to catch up.

"Why don't you go back quickly, you want me to bleed to death!" Li Suian waited for a moment, then said impatiently.

This Concubine Ji's temper really isn't very good, but she is so powerful that the team leader had to humbly laugh with him: "Why don't you find a doctor in the town to show you and bandage the wound?"

Li Suian said angrily: "Whoever wants to see a doctor in such a poor place, I don't know if he will see a dead person! Hurry back to Xiangzhou, I'm going to see my father!"

"Yes, yes, come, prepare the carriage, and take the princess back!"

……

"How's it going?"

Ganzhou, thousands of miles away, is now the hottest season of the year.

Ying Ziyu wished she could walk around shirtless, but because she couldn't be rude in front of His Highness Wang An, she had to endure it.

He Rong seemed to see his impatience, and waved the maid who was fanning him to Ying Ziyu to fan him.

Ying Ziyu hastily declined, saying how embarrassing it was.

Tao Xuan teased: "Your Highness, since General Ying is not hot, why not fan me, I am hot."

Ying Ziyu glared at him, as if afraid of He Rong's repentance, she hurriedly bowed her hands in thanks, and then got down to business.

"According to the itinerary, Lin Miao and the others should have arrived in the Pipa Mountain area by now, and they will soon be able to advance north to Liangzhou."

Xiao Zhong added: "Liangzhou currently has about one hundred thousand soldiers and horses, but not all of these one hundred thousand people are in the capital, some are also distributed in Jialin. General Lin may directly detour to the rear and catch the opponent by surprise. , and gradually shrink the encirclement.”

After He Rongde and Xiao Chong returned to surrender, he took a short rest and sent Lin Miao to lead the troops to set off, turning the defense into an attack, and took Liangzhou directly. He himself was in Ganzhou and took command in the middle.

Everyone present had no meaning for his decision. Although everyone knew that the Turkic people were more threatening now, if Xiao Clan was not put down and Liangzhou was recovered, there would always be a hidden danger in the rear, and He Rong and the others could not go south with confidence.

"Zhiyuan, I didn't send you to Liangzhou this time, it's not because I don't believe you." He Rong said to Xiao seriously.

Xiao Zhong cupped his hands and said: "I understand, Your Highness doesn't need to explain. After all, I am a general from Liangzhou, my identity is sensitive, and some old friends are there. After I go, I may not be able to complete the task, and I may be restricted by human relations."

He Rong nodded: "It's best for you to understand. After Liangzhou is recovered, Lin Miao will lead troops to garrison there, and General Ying is familiar with Ganzhou, so he must be here. When the war in Liangzhou is over, the troops will be reorganized After that, I hope you can go south with me to fight against the Turks."

Xiao Zhong was taken aback, and he deserved more credit for going out with King An, but Lin Miao and Ying Ziyu, two capable generals, were not there, so wouldn't he be the only surrendered general left by King An's side?

He thought for a while, and took the initiative to say: "After all, I have been staying in Liangzhou, and I am not familiar with His Royal Highness's soldiers and horses. I would like to invite myself to be the deputy general and obey the dispatch. Please also ask Your Highness to appoint another chief general."

He Rong just laughed: "I'm the chief general, what more do you want? It's just that I'm destined to be no more familiar with dispatching troops than you are. Naturally, you will have the final say on what will happen on the battlefield, and I won't interfere easily." After integrating the troops, you should be able to have one hundred thousand soldiers and horses on hand. We will go south along the way, and there will definitely be many remnants and defeated generals along the way. If you can recruit them, you can recruit some more."

"This……"

"What is this!" Ying Ziyu snapped back the words, "Since you have been included under His Highness's command, you are His Highness's person, no different from us, Your Highness believes in you, so it's possible that you don't believe in yourself! "

Xiao Chong laughed at himself: "I was worrying too much, thank you General Ying for reminding me, I will do my best to fulfill my mission!"

One hundred thousand soldiers and horses will be given as they please. Compared with Xiao Yu's suspicion, this trust is not untouchable.

What's more, Wang An knew his embarrassment, and deliberately refused to let him go to Liangzhou. This is not disbelief, but a kind of understanding.

Scholars die for their confidantes. Although Xiao Chong still has some sense of apology towards Xiao Shi deep in his heart, his emotions have unknowingly leaned towards He Rong.

"I have already told Lin Miao that when the two armies confront each other, swords and guns have no eyes, and life and death are up to fate. Naturally, there is nothing to say, but if Liangzhou can be captured, all Xiaos who are willing to surrender will be escorted to Ganzhou, and they will not be harmed." life." He Rong said.

He even thought about Xiao Zhong's thoughts in advance, but he was too embarrassed to mention them, so how could Xiao Chong remain calm?

Xiao Zhong couldn't help but compare Xiao Shi with King An, but the conclusion he came to could only make him sigh.

Before he could say anything grateful, someone sent a letter outside the door and presented it to He Rong.

He Rong opened the letter and read it, and the joy on his face became more and more obvious.

Ying Ziyu was impatient and couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, is there any good news? Could it be that Chang'an has been guarded?"

He Rong's joy faded a little, and he shook his head and said, "It's not Chang'an, it's news from Lingzhou. Xue Tan said that after the Battle of Jinzhou, although Chen Wei died in battle and lost more than half of his soldiers and horses, in the scuffle, he still Some soldiers broke out of the siege and narrowly escaped death. Earlier, Chang'an sent Chen Qian, the commander of the forbidden army, to lead troops to assist Chen Wei. Chen Qian was also lucky enough to survive. He gathered the remnants of the soldiers on the way, and brought them all the way to Lingzhou, where they joined us .”

Chen Qian had accompanied He Rong on an envoy to the Western Turks, and he was able to be promoted in the imperial army because of He Rong's recommendation. Therefore, he took the remnants of his soldiers, and instead of looking for the imperial driver who fled south, he went all the way north, looking for Go to Lingzhou.

This is indeed good news, Tao Xuan said overjoyed: "Congratulations, Your Highness has won another general!"