Will Ming

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Chapter 780 Eight Surprises

Someone once said that the night is the best cover for all crimes, but in this chaotic era, there is no distinction between justice and evil. Perhaps what the night hides is just killing, and has nothing to do with good and evil.In a troubled world like the fastest update, no matter how much someone flaunts their benevolence and morality, it is just some jokes that people don't think are too ridiculous.

Advertising benevolence and righteousness is a somewhat self-deceiving way for the Han people in the Central Plains to rule the people, just like the machete in the hands of the grassland people.

But there is no doubt that there is no so-called justice and morality in such troubled times.

The Yanyun army camp was stationed on the west bank of the Zhang River, and the Xia army's camp was sixty miles away.The two sides deliberately kept this distance, and it seemed that they were living in peace.But both sides know that this is just a rare calm before the storm.Yan Yun's army only had about [-] troops. After the previous advance was blocked, the disadvantage of insufficient troops was revealed.And Xia Jun didn't dare to fight back easily, and the Yan Yun Army's brigade would arrive at this place in a short time.

Once the battle is stalemate, Xia Jun will be trapped immediately if reinforcements from the Yanyun Army arrive.

If all the troops are mobilized in order to eliminate Xue Wanche's troops and there is no certainty of victory, the loss outweighs the gain.

For Wang Fubao, the most important thing is to take advantage of this rare and peaceful opportunity to arrange the defense well.Daxia is now facing an unprecedented crisis, and how to get through this crisis seems to be entirely on his shoulders.Although he knew that Dou Jiande didn't trust him, Wang Fubao was grateful for being able to hand over the military power to him at the most critical time.

Thanks to gratitude, today's Wang Fubao is also very different from the foolish and loyal Wang Fubao before.

He is a veteran minister who followed Dou Jiande to fight against the Sui Dynasty at the beginning. In terms of qualifications, no one in the current Daxia Dynasty can compare with him.Except for those old brothers who started the incident together, no one could survive this troubled world safely.When Dou Jiande was defeated and fled, there were more than a dozen people around him, Yin Qiu, Shi Zan, Liu Heita, none of these people came to a good end.Liu Heitai was better, and died at the hands of Li Xian, the Yanyun army.

But Yin Qiu Shizan, the minister of the humerus, was killed by Dou Jiande just like that!

In terms of military merits, Wang Fubao is undoubtedly No.1 in the Great Xia.

In terms of seniority, Wang Fubao is undoubtedly No. 1 in Daxia.

But this No.1 has been living an unhappy life all these years.Since Su Dingfang's death, Dou Jiande has become more and more distrustful of the veteran.Except for his brother-in-law Cao Dan, everyone else in the society may rebel in his eyes.Especially Wang Fubao, who has a high prestige in the army, has become a serious problem for Dou Jiande.

Sometimes, even Dou Jiande felt that he was more dangerous than foreign enemies.

After Wang Pao, the adopted son of Wang Fubao, was sent back to Mingzhou to recuperate, in fact, Wang Fubao's cronies in the army were not many.After all, he has not led the army in the past few years, if it weren't for Daxia's life and death, Dou Jiande would still refuse to use him.As for several important generals in the army, such as Duguxue and Su Zhi, although they have great respect for him, they don't actually have any sense of approval in their hearts.

These cutting-edge generals always feel that there is no gap between them and the veterans of the court.

Just half a month after Wang Pao returned to Mingzhou, a woman in Taoist robe walked into Wang Fubao's mansion.She stayed in the Wang family's mansion for an hour, and after she came out, she directly boarded a carriage and headed towards the palace.Not long after, a large number of forbidden soldiers and a eunuch on rice paper entered Wang Fubao's house.

Before the sun rose early the next morning, a cavalry team of about 300 people left Mingzhou City and galloped all the way to the southeast.The officers and soldiers guarding the city gate vaguely saw a familiar figure among the cavalry, and after thinking for a long time, they realized that that person turned out to be Wang Bo, the Duke of An.

It's just that the officers and soldiers guarding the gate were a little puzzled that there seemed to be an eunuch in brocade clothes behind Wang Bo.Moreover, those who escorted Wang Bo out of the city were all imperial cavalry.He saw Wang Bo and the eunuch, but he didn't notice that behind Wang Bo there was a man with his head down deliberately and with a black scarf covering his head and face.

This cavalry team traveled day and night and reached Qingzhang at the fastest speed.After entering the city, I learned that Wang Fubao was in the camp about a hundred miles southeast of Qingzhang. The cavalry team didn't stop for a minute and went out of the city to the camp.About five miles away from the camp, the cavalry team changed their clothes on the side of the road.Especially the young eunuch, who changed into a brand new official uniform.

Although he was very favored in the palace, but it was the first time he came out to preach so far.So he was inevitably a little excited, and the imperial envoy represented the royal dignity, so naturally he couldn't just rush over like this.After washing their faces on the side of the road and changing into official uniforms, the group continued on the road.

In the team, only the man with the black scarf covering his face didn't change his clothes, and he didn't say a word.While others were washing their faces and changing their clothes, he was the only one sitting alone.He looked down at his dirty boots, unable to see the expression on his face, but the sadness and despair in his eyes could not be suppressed.

I'm just a little guy.

He murmured something, with a sad tone.

But soon, a coldness flashed in his eyes.

"Little people... also have opportunities..."

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Wang Bo entered the barracks again after two years, and this feeling made him a little excited.Ever since Dou Jiande was promoted and secretly surrendered to replace the official position of Wei County Sheriff, he has not touched military power, the most intoxicating kind of power in the world, for two full years.

If you don't handle soldiers, you don't know how to handle soldiers.

As a local official, controlling the people of a city and a place is far less enjoyable than controlling the army.The feeling of commanding the former army is so fascinating.

When Wang Bo arrived at the gate of Xia Jun's camp, he couldn't help but took a deep breath, and then let out a comfortable groan.You must know that the smell in the barracks is definitely not pleasant, but he enjoys it very much. This is a long-lost smell.

The taste of rights.

The soldiers of the Xia army guarding the gate were a little surprised when they saw a group of forbidden soldiers in bright armor coming. Hearing that it was the capital's order, they rushed to invite Wang Fubao without delay.Wang Fubao was discussing military affairs with his generals in the big tent. Hearing that the decree arrived, he quickly led the generals out of the big tent to meet him.

After a long distance, Wang Fubao recognized Wang Bo.Seeing this person appear in the barracks, Wang Fubao's pupils immediately contracted.He was in a trance for a moment, and then his heart tightened.After seeing Wang Fubao, Wang Bo walked a few steps quickly, clasped his fists and said with a smile, "I haven't seen the general for a long time since the capital city. Are you all right?"

Wang Fubao also clasped his fists and said, "Thanks to Mr. Bo's concern, everything is fine."

"I'm afraid there will be something bad later."

Wang Bo's smile suddenly turned cold, and he moved away from his body.Wu Bian, the Chief Attendant of the imperial chamber holding the imperial decree, came out from behind Wang Bo with a serious face, looked at Wang Fubao with cold eyes, and then cleared his throat: "Your Majesty has a decree for General Wang, please kneel down and accept the decree!"

"The minister wears iron armor. According to the rules, the general who wears the armor does not need to kneel down to accept the order."

Wang Fubao bowed his body slightly and said, "Please read the imperial envoy."

"You don't have to kneel while wearing armor. Our Great Xia court does have this rule, but it is also a rule made by His Majesty, not a rule that came out of your mouth. General Wang, since you use this as an excuse to refuse to go down Kneel, then don't blame me for being rude...Come here, take off Wang Fubao's armor and his weapon!"

"Who dares!"

Several of Wang Fubao's trusted generals took a step forward and stood in front of Wang Fubao holding the handle of a knife.

"Bold!"

More than a dozen imperial guard soldiers rushed forward and surrounded Wang Fubao.Some of the generals behind Wang Fubao were furious, some were surprised, and more were at a loss.But Wang Fubao's personal soldiers didn't care about this, and immediately rushed forward to surround the forbidden army again.

"Even if His Majesty wants me to remove my armor, I still need to give a reason."

Wang Fubao's face became gloomy and he said: "You dare to lay down a weapon from a second-rank general before you have read out the imperial decree. Who gave you the courage?! Seeing that you are timid and can't speak clearly...Say it! Could it be that you forged the imperial decree? , trying to plot rebellion!"

Wu Bian has never seen this scene before, he is used to domineering in the palace and has never seen swordsmen before.He is indeed in awe of officials, but he knows what is written in the decree, so he really has no respect for a general who is about to be taken to the capital for trial, and the officials in the capital are somewhat flattering to him. Talking to him so viciously?At this time, Wang Fubao sternly shouted, and the murderous aura immediately permeated his body, and Wu Bian felt a chill in his heart.

"Big... bold!"

He scolded with a trembling tone: "What I hold in my hand is His Majesty's will, how dare you resist it?"

"Whether the decree is true or not is unknown!"

Wang Fubao has gone through ups and downs, knowing that he can only insist that the eunuch is fake, and the will is also fake, otherwise, once he is taken down and loses his military power, he will be doomed forever.Now Daxia is on the verge of extinction, and without military power in his hands, he can only be played to death alive.

"Come on!"

He pointed to Wu Bian and shouted loudly: "Take down this eunuch who tried to conspire to usurp military power and send him to the capital for trial! Anyone who resists will be killed!"

Wang Fubao's personal soldiers got the order, and immediately rushed forward to unload the weapons of the forbidden army.Hundreds of imperial guards were in awe in the capital, but at this moment they were so frightened that they didn't even dare to breathe in front of these murderous frontier soldiers.They looked at each other, neither of them knew what to do.

"stop!"

At this moment, Wang Bo took a step forward to stop Wu Bian, pointed to a person behind him and said, "General Wang, even if this eunuch is fake, am I also fake? Even if you don't take me seriously Here, is the person behind me also a fake? Do you know that this person exposed your disobedience to His Majesty in the capital!"

He pulled the person behind him out and tore off the black scarf from his face: "Look, who is this!"

"Father……"

The person whose mask had been ripped off slowly knelt down, raised his head and looked at Wang Fubao in fear... This person is Wang Pao!

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When Wang Fubao saw Wang Pao knelt down slowly in front of him, he knew that today's situation was over.There were not many generals in the army who were loyal to him. If he had killed the eunuch just now and captured Wang Bo and those hundreds of imperial troops while taking the lead, many of his generals would have no choice but to follow him, but At this time, Wang Pao appeared, and the opportunity he had seized before immediately collapsed.

"Father……"

Wang Pao raised his head and glanced at Wang Fubao, then immediately lowered his head.

"Roar?"

Wang Fubao was stunned, and looked at the kneeling person in front of him and shook his head in pain: "I really didn't expect it to be you...you...you have done a great thing!"

His body swayed a few times, and he almost fell down.

"Father... they forced me!"

Wang Pao suddenly stood up, pointed at Wu Bian and said loudly: "This is the eunuch who colluded with Wang Bo to usurp the throne! Your Majesty has already been killed by them, and they are here to seize the military power! As long as they seize the military power, Wang Bo will be able to ascend the throne!" Father, this man is so ambitious that he captured and tortured the child in the capital! The child refused to listen to them, so they said they wanted to kill all the veterans in the mansion... The child has no choice but to do so!"

"what?!"

Wang Fubao was startled suddenly, and his face changed drastically.Dozens of generals behind him also turned pale with fright in an instant, and looked at Wu Bian and others in disbelief.

"Let's talk nonsense!"

Wu Bianqi's hands trembled, and he was about to grab Wang Pao's lapel to make a theory.But as soon as he stepped out, he stopped again, because he saw Wang Pao sneering at him.That cold and cold smile made him afraid, and the fear shot up from the bottom of his heart.

At this moment, two things happened almost simultaneously.

Wang Pao took a fierce step forward and grabbed Wu Bian's neck, and lifted up the eunuch who was favored in the palace with one arm, with a strong force on his wrist, Wu Bian's neck was twisted with a click.Pitiful for this eunuch who was out of the capital for the first time, a stream of blood overflowed from his mouth, and he died before he could even speak.

The second thing was that when Wang Pao stepped forward, Wang Bo immediately turned around and snatched the rein from a guard soldier, and immediately rode his horse and rushed out of the camp.

The sudden change was so unexpected!