No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 492 Wu Yi vs. Cao Jie (Part [-])
Before the man could recover from the beauty and smile of the girl opposite, when he heard such a sentence, he felt as if a bucket of ice water was poured on his head, and he became sober in an instant.

The man's expression changed, he took the rein and took two steps back, and said sharply, "Who are you guys?!"

Luo Jun sneered and said, "You're so smart that you knew you'd run away early, how could you fail to guess who we are? Playing stupid won't save your life."

The man's face changed, and finally he raised the knife without hesitation and urged the horse to charge towards the opposite side.

The people standing in front of him dispersed immediately, and the overlapping shadow beside Luo Junyao jumped from the horse and landed on the man's horse.

But after a few rounds, the man rolled off the horse in embarrassment and fell to the ground, splashing dust.

Sitting on his horseback, Douying opened the leather bag he put on the horseback, which was filled with all kinds of jewels, emeralds and even silver notes and gold ingots.

Die Ying looked at it, tied the bag on casually, and said, "How can you take so much money with you when you escape?"

The man fell into the dust in embarrassment, struggled to get up and begged for mercy, "Please forgive me, my lords! These things... these things can be given to you, I just ask you two to let me survive."

"You think beautifully. How happy are you all the way south? Now you know how to beg for mercy."

Luo Jun smiled and didn't want to bother with this clown anymore.

He lifted the reins and ran forward, "Dieying, I'll leave it to you, don't let him die, it's still useful."

"Yes." Duoying respectfully replied.

Compared with Yanzhou, the entire Gaoyu has only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the Qingzhou rebels are much more powerful.

It claims to have more than 30 soldiers and horses. Although the court soldiers and horses have won many battles, half of Qingzhou is still in the hands of the rebels.

On the other hand, the Cao family took advantage of the emptiness of Yanzhou and took the opportunity to go north and occupy part of Yannan.Because Yanzhou is sparsely populated, the area under its control is even larger than before.

But even so, the Cao family also understood that their situation was not so good.

It all started when Cao Mian went to Yingzhou but never returned. The Cao family's disobedience was discovered by the court in advance and had to raise troops in advance.Everything seemed very hasty, and without Cao Mian in charge, it was even more in a hurry.

Although Cao Jie has always had great ambitions, he is still just a young man who has never been in officialdom.

There is a big difference between Cao Mian's handling and his handling of the rebellion.

Fortunately, Cao's family also had many capable people to help, so they stabilized the situation after Cao Mian's disappearance.However, it can be said that none of the routes and processes they planned for raising troops over the years have been realized.

The Cao family's original plan was to take advantage of the fact that most of the imperial court's troops and Xie Yanluoyun were at the border, and suddenly raised troops to quickly occupy several states near Qingzhou.With the help of overseas Yingzhou, they can easily transport troops from Qingzhou to Dongzhou. At that time, even if they want to copy Shangyong from both sides, it may not be impossible.

However, the war between Dasheng and the Qi people ended too quickly. Before they had time to react, Xie Yan not only returned to Beijing, but also killed King Ning's party very quickly, and even had a close relationship with the Cao family. Ruan Ting was also imprisoned in the prison.

Coupled with the big purge at the end of last year, the Cao family's influence in Shangyong was almost completely lost.

This was not a good time to raise troops, but what happened in Yunhai Academy made them very uneasy.What happened after Cao Jie went to Shangyong made Cao Mian even suspect that they had been targeted by the court.

At this point, even if you don't want to, you can't do it.

Cao Mian thought he had arranged everything, but underestimated the speed of the court's actions, so that he put himself on Yingzhou.

From the beginning to the end, there is no smooth step, and the result after the army is naturally not satisfactory.

Therefore, it is not that the Cao family wants to tear up the covenant and go north to grab territory with Gao Yu, but that they have nowhere to go except to go north.

If they don't take the Yanbei area quickly, they will be trapped to death in the east of Qingzhou by the soldiers and horses of the imperial court.

Once Gao Yu's battle went wrong and he was expelled from the pass by the imperial court, they would be surrounded on three sides and had nowhere to escape except jumping into the sea.

The planning of the Cao family's staff is not wrong. Now that Yanzhou is empty of troops, it is indeed the best time to capture it.The Cao family assigned 15 soldiers and horses, and occupied a large area of ​​Yannan in less than ten days.

But this does not mean that they can sit back and relax. They have also received the news that the Gaoyu people failed to seize Jianling, and they will face the imperial army head-on in the north.

In the rebel camp in Yanzhou, Cao Jie looked solemnly at the middle-aged man who looked a bit embarrassed, and there was still a bit of suspicion in his eyes.

"Do you know where my father is? Why should I trust you?" Cao Jie asked, "You said that you were originally the guard of Chixia Pass. Chixia Pass is on the northeast border of Yanzhou. Your Excellency is just a border guard. How do you know?" Father's whereabouts?"

The middle-aged man in front of him was none other than the traitor Wu Yi who had been missing for a long time.

Wu Yi silently took a ring from his hand, and took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Cao Jie, "This is the token and secret letter of the Marquis, please check it, Your Excellency."

Cao Jie took the ring and the secret letter, opened the letter for a while, then raised his head to look at Wu Yi and said, "Are you the adoptive son adopted by the father in the early years?"

"Exactly." Wu Yi said.

Cao Jie sneered, and said: "That Cao Ying back then, my father also said that he was the adopted son at the beginning."

Wu Yi didn't know who Cao Ying was, but that didn't mean he couldn't understand what Cao Jie said.

At that moment, his face was slightly gloomy and he said: "Young Master, you are worrying too much. Master Hou has saved Wu's life, and Wu is willing to serve him. If you don't believe it, then that's all. The news of Master Hou has been delivered, believe it or not The eldest son can do it himself."

Seeing him like this, Cao Jie put away his contemptuous expression instead, his young face became a little more solemn, and said: "General Wu, don't be angry, I made a slip of the tongue, and please forgive me, General."

Cao Jie sighed and said, "It's true that my father is away these days, and things at home are so complicated that I feel a little dizzy. General Wu has brought back the news of my father from a long distance. I and the whole Cao family are very grateful. General, please Sit down and talk."

Seeing his sincerity, Wu Yi's expression softened a little, and he walked to the side and sat down.

"General Wu said he knows his father's whereabouts, but he doesn't know where he is now, but is he okay?" Cao Jie asked.

Wu Yi said: "The Lord Hou was imprisoned by the regent in Wanhu City in Bingzhou, a county not far from the border between Qingzhou and Bingzhou. But..."

Wu Yi hesitated for a moment, Cao Jie quickly asked, "But how?"

Wu Yi said: "There is a secret camp under the command of the Zhen Guojun. Lord Hou is locked there. The defense is very tight, and idlers cannot enter it at all."

Hearing this, Cao Jie couldn't help frowning.

That place was not far from Qingzhou, but he had never heard of any secret camp there.

Either Wu Yi was lying, or the place was really hidden so even the Cao family had never heard of it, or it was newly built recently.

But either that, obviously not an easy task.

Cao Jie thought for a moment, then raised his head and said, "No matter how difficult it is, father still has to be rescued. I also ask General Wu to tell me all the news you know, so that we can discuss how to rescue father."

Wu Yi naturally would not refuse.The two sat in the big tent and chatted for a long time, until the voice of the guard came from outside the door, "Report to the eldest son, someone sent a secret letter outside."

Cao Jie frowned and said, "Secret letter? Who is it?"

The guard said: "It is said that the Yanzhou Army originally stationed at Chixia Pass, after the rebel general Wu Yi surrendered to Gaoyu, they were also forced to join the Gaoyu people, but the Gaoyu people suppressed them in every possible way. Under the leadership of Sun Liang, they left Gao Yu people and went south. They want to seek refuge with the young master, and hope that the young master will take him in."

Cao Jie raised his eyebrows slightly, and glanced sideways at Wu Yi.

Wu Yi frowned slightly and said, "I did have a general named Sun Liang under my command. After all, those soldiers and horses should be following his orders."

"General Wu is really ruthless." Cao Jie said with some ambiguity.

Wu Yi lowered his eyes and said, "It's just for Lord Hou. My life was saved by Lord Hou, not to mention the others."

Cao Jie was noncommittal, but just smiled and said, "Since it's Wu Jian's old army, it's easy to handle. Send the letter in, how many soldiers and horses do they have?"

"My lord, it is said that there were originally more than 5 people, and some were collected along the way, about [-] people."

"Oh?" Cao Jie suddenly became interested. Fifty thousand troops is not a small number.

He reached out to take the letter and read it carefully. After reading it, he handed it to Wu Yi next to him, "General Wu, is that Sun Liang's handwriting?"

Wu Yi took a closer look and said, "It does look like it." Sun Liang was just a partial general, and Wu Yi didn't pay much attention to him before, so naturally he didn't make a special trip to memorize his handwriting, but just looked at someone Somewhat familiar.

"Whether it is true or not, you can't tell just by handwriting."

Cao Jie nodded and said, "What the general said is to invite the envoy in."

"Yes, my lord."

(End of this chapter)