Great Han Empire

Chapter 274 The situation changes suddenly
He Feng said with a smile: "Brother Gonglu, you took advantage of others, so of course you have to help them. I really didn't expect that you would make a lot of money during this trip to Jizhou."

Yuan Shu laughed, and said: "Look carefully, this money is not what I asked them for, but what they wanted to give. Wang Fen gave me money, why should I not? Isn't it just such a silly thing, anyway, we all to do."

"He Sima wrote to tell us to listen to Xu You's arrangements." He Feng said, "Look at Zhou Jing, did he bring news from Xu You?"

"Almost." Yuan Shu nodded and said, "In the past few days, the matter of the Xiangyu Mountain camp should have been resolved."

Zhou Jing looked very tired, and his chubby round face was full of nervousness.As soon as he sat down, he immediately said to Yuan Shu: "My lord, Li Hong and his subordinate Yan Liang have an affair with the yellow turban ant thief, and they may be plotting something wrong."

"Li Hong and Yan Liang have an affair with the Yellow Turban Ant Thief? Li Hong is plotting something wrong?" Yuan Shu asked suspiciously, "Does your lord have any solid evidence?"

"Of course there is." Zhou Jing then spoke eloquently, and then said, "Your Majesty is about to set off to return to the hometown to worship the ancestors. At this time, you must not make mistakes, otherwise everyone will lose their heads."

Yuan Shu and He Feng exchanged knowing glances, smiled without saying a word.

Zhou Jing continued: "The Lord Inspector wants to capture and kill Li Hong within three days, and kill all the followers of the Black Panther, so as to ensure the safety of His Majesty."

"What about Yan Liang in the Xiangyu Mountain camp?" He Feng asked, "There are two thousand black panthers in the camp, and they are very powerful. Can you deal with them?"

"It's not easy to kill those savages." Zhou Jing curled her lips in disdain, looked at Yuan Shu and said, "As long as my lord can capture Li Hong, this feat will naturally belong to the captain."

Yuan Shu was hesitant, humming haha, and didn't say a word for a long time.

"Last time, Captain Captain helped me, and Lord Inspector was very grateful, and I brought all the things that he promised to give to Captain Captain." Zhou Jing said, "If it succeeds this time, Captain Captain will definitely gain both fame and fortune. "

Yuan Shu's spirit was lifted, and he smiled happily: "Thank you, Lord Inspector, for me. Since Li Hong is planning to do something wrong and intends to harm His Majesty, he is a heinous person. Not only should we arrest him, but we must arrest him immediately. I think so, Changshuiying has just entered the city and is unfamiliar with the place of life, so we must get help from the Xindu Mansion for many things, Mr. Zhou..."

"My lord, please don't worry, we have already finished all the affairs in Xindu, and we will wait for the order from the captain." Zhou Jing hurriedly replied, "It's not too late, my lord should take action as soon as possible, lest the matter leak and be punished by Li. Hiro's backlash."

Yuan Shu smiled and said, "He has so few troops, it's not enough for us to kill, why are you nervous?"

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Li Hong arrived in Xindu City, the county seat of Anping Kingdom, in the afternoon. Changshui Captain Yuan Shu and Xindu ordered Tian Feng to lead a group of officials from the government office to meet him.

Xinduling Tianfeng is in his 30s, of medium build, with a broad forehead and a high nose bridge, a long beard, and a pair of piercing eyes. Although his appearance is not handsome, he has the elegance and stability of a Confucian scholar.

After the two sides met and greeted each other, Tian Feng invited Li Hong to lead the army into the city. Li Hong smiled and waved his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Tian, ​​for your kindness. Almost all of my subordinates are foreign soldiers. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I still stay in the city." Camp outside."

Yuan Shu, who was standing beside him, suddenly lost his smile, and his heart beat violently.He hurriedly molded his face with his hands to hide the panic in his heart.Did Li Hong discover something?He asked me to bring 500 people into the city to arrange a resting place. Was it intentional?Why doesn't he go to town?

Yuan Shu quickly glanced at the five army Sima in Changshui Camp with the corner of his eyes.They stood together with Li Hong's subordinates, talking and laughing, but they didn't see anything unusual.Yuan Shu's tense mood calmed down a little, and he immediately smiled at Li Hong, "Didn't your lord say you were going to the city this morning? Why did you change your mind? The weather is cold these two days, and the wind outside the city is strong, so we still go into the city." Bar."

"I suddenly received news from Hejian Kingdom that His Majesty's temporary residence has not yet been built." Li Hong's face darkened, and he said loudly, "Tomorrow morning, we will go directly to Hejian Kingdom, don't stop on the way. He stopped for a while, looked at Tian Feng, and said coldly, "If this is true, then the Jizhou mansion will go up to Wang Fen and down to Ji Shi, just wait to die."

Yuan Shu suddenly felt relieved, and he quickly smiled and said, "The news your lord has received may not be accurate, so don't get angry. I think it's better to go to the city. Lord Tian of Xindu is kindly inviting us, and we can't disrespect the master too much."

Li Hong shook his head and said resolutely: "I won't go to the city anymore, thank you Lord Tian for your kindness, even if I'm being rude."

Tian Feng bowed and smiled calmly, "My lord, the news about the Hejian Kingdom must be a misinformation."

Li Hong glanced at him in surprise, and asked, "Does Master Tian have any solid evidence?"

"Exactly." Tian Feng stroked his beard and said with a smile, "my lord goes into the city to rest for a while, and then I will report the details to my lord."

Li Hong stared at Tian Feng for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, let's go to the city."

Yuan Shu was overjoyed and secretly let out a long breath, but then he was choked up by Li Hong's next words.

"Order all parts, set up camp outside the city." Li Hong turned around and shouted to the messenger, then he turned to face Yuan Shu, and asked with a smile, "Brother Gonglu's Changshui camp is also camping outside the city, anyway, tomorrow morning If you want to leave, there is no need to toss back and forth in and out of the city, wasting time. What do you think?"

Li Hong said everything, how could Yuan Shu object in front of everyone, he cursed in his stomach, but smiled on his face, and kept saying polite words: "My lord is the master, my lord is the master!" host."

Li Hong smiled and said, "Then thank you Brother Gonglu." Then he said to a group of subordinates standing beside him, "Zifeng, take your brothers to camp outside the city. Zilong, take a hundred righteous men Follow me into town."

"Are the adults in Changshui Camp going to the city to rest with us?" Li Hong asked Yuan Shu with a smile, pointing to several army commanders in Changshui Camp.

Yuan Shu was obviously caught off guard by Li Hong's impromptu plan, he hesitated for a moment.

He served as the captain of Changshui for a short time, that is, after the cavalry of Changshuiying returned from Xiliang.He also seldom went to the military camp, and he could even count the number of times he entered the Changshui camp.Apart from being familiar with the five military Sima in Changshuiying, he didn't know anyone else.To put it bluntly, he did not have any prestige in the minds of the Changshuiying soldiers.

The captains of the fifth battalion of the Northern Army have always been concerned by the imperial court because of their prominent military positions. The captains are like a revolving lantern, and they have to change several times a year, so the soldiers only know the commander of the army. The captain, the soldiers all regard them as air, there is, but they cannot be seen or touched.

This time Changshuiying was appointed by the emperor to accompany Li Hong to patrol Jizhou. Many people in the court believed that this was the emperor's deliberate arrangement.The reason is very simple. The soldiers of Changshuiying have been fighting in Xiliang for the past two years. Of course, the soldiers in the army know who Li Hong is. Heart, Li Hong's prestige among the soldiers is unmatched.Speaking of which, the Changshui Battalion was under the command of Yuan Shu, but if something happened, as long as Li Hong raised his gun and called out, the soldiers would not all run behind Li Hong. At that time, who knew Yuan Shu?
General He Jin was worried about this, so he temporarily let He Feng enter the Changshui camp. He always wanted Yuan Shu to have a group of his confidants.In the Changshui camp, the army Sima was all Hu people, and it was difficult for the Han people to gain a foothold, so He Feng, the army Sima, was actually an idle job. He brought a hundred guards from the general's mansion to serve as Yuan Shu's personal guard.

Recently, soldiers from Changshuiying and Black Panther Yicong got along very well. After all, they were all barbarians, with the same speaking customs, and they were all far away from home, so of course they were intimate.Originally, this was a good thing, but after Yuan Shu received He Yong's letter, it became a bad thing, so Yuan Shu had a headache these days and couldn't think of a good solution.

Now, it has become a fact that the soldiers of Changshuiying cannot enter the city. If a few more army commanders are brought to the city, wouldn't the Changshuiying become Li Hong's possession?Yuan Shu frowned, deeply regretting that he went to Xindu City first after listening to Li Hong's words in the morning. If he knew that the army was stationed outside the city, he would bring at least 1000 people into the city.Although just now Li Hong ordered his subordinates to bring only 100 people into the city, but now that his itinerary has changed, it is much more difficult to kill him in a hurry.

Seeing the smile on Li Hong's face, Yuan Shu felt guilty for a while.He is a pampered son of a powerful family. He has never been on the battlefield, nor has he personally killed anyone. He is just showing off his power in Luoyang. talk.

He forced a smirk at Li Hong.The army outside the city had to be led by someone no matter what, and if things got serious, the army would have to be mobilized, otherwise the Black Panther Yicong was very likely to rebel after Li Hong's death.Three of the five army commanders were from Karasuma, and two were from the Huns.It is definitely not possible to keep the Karasuma people. Li Hong came from northern Xinjiang, and there are many Karasuma people in the Black Panther Yi Cong. If you want to stay, you can only keep the Huns.

"Lord Liu and Lord Lu, please work hard, you two should stay in the camp." Yuan Shu pointed to Liu Ming and Lu Xian and said, "What do you two think?"

Liu Ming is in his twenties, nine feet tall, burly and strong, with a square face and big eyes that stand out like a hill; Lu Xian is a little older than him, He is also tall and heroic, but his figure is slightly thinner and his skin is darker.The two bowed to accept the order.

Li Hong shook his head with a smile and joked, "Brother Gonglu, you are very partial."

Yuan Shu said with a smile: "If your lord orders them to enter the city to station, the matter will be settled."

Li Hongda laughed and said, "That won't work, the military order is like a mountain, how can it be changed."

He then said to Li Wei: "Zhongyuan, if I haven't come back at Zishi, you sit in the camp and let Zifeng come to the city to pick me up."

"Brother Gonglu, Master Tian, ​​let's go, let's go into the city."

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Yan Liang looked at Xu You coldly and gave a thumbs up.

"Okay, you still have the guts to dare to come to the barracks, okay." He slapped his desk and shouted loudly: "Come here, drag him out, chop him off, and give the head to Wang Fen, hurry up!"

Xu You turned pale with shock, and waved his hands again and again: "My lord, calm down, my lord, I'm here to send money and food, how can my lord kill me?"

Wen Chou, who was sitting on the side, smiled and said, "Of course I can kill you. If I kill you, I don't believe that Wang Fen dares not send money and food."

A few guards rushed up to grab Xu You and dragged him away.Xu You became anxious and shouted loudly: "My lord, I really came here to send money and food."

"Where is the thing?" Yan Liang asked with his eyes wide open, "Where is the thing?"

Wen Chou waved at the guards, motioning them to let Xu You go.

"The money and food are all in the warehouse, you have to get them yourself." Xu You said angrily, "We don't have a carriage, and we don't have anyone."

"Where's the carriage? What about the people? Could it be that all the people in the city are dead." Wen Chou asked with a smile, "Master Xu, aren't you making fun of us?"

"No one means no one." Xu You tilted his head and shouted loudly, "I just came to tell you that I want to take it for you." Then he pointed to Yan Liang and said, "Also, I want to tell you, Wang Your Excellency has written a letter to impeach you, you can wait to go to prison."

Yan Liang ignored him, and ordered the guards to drag him down and lock him up, "If you lie to me, I'll boil you and feed you to the dogs."

He then asked Shehu to bring people into the city to fetch food.Shehu ran to the grain depot with five hundred soldiers, but was told that Yan Liang had to come in person to distribute the grain.Shehu had no choice but to send someone back to the camp to inform Yan Liang.

After Yan Liang heard the news, he sneered and said, "This Wang Fen tried every means to trap and kill me, and he is too deceitful."

"Don't go for now." Wen Chou said with a smile, "Once you go, he will definitely not give it to you. His purpose is nothing more than to force you to open a warehouse to get food, and then he will kill you justifiably. This Wang Fen, he put Let's be idiots. We're not going."

"Hmph, of course I won't go." Yan Liang said, "I don't believe it. He dared to starve these Yellow Turban soldiers to death. The longer this thing drags on, the more the soldiers will hate him. I want to see how he ends up. .”

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Yuan Shu accompanied Li Hong into the government office. After chatting for a while, Yuan Shu found an excuse and hurried back to the post office.He Feng and Zhou Jing had been waiting inside the house for a long time.

"Have you received my news?" Yuan Shu asked as soon as he entered the door, "Do you have a plan?"

"Li Hong will leave the city and return to the camp before Zishi, and it is only four hours away from now. The time is too short." Zhou Jing said, "If we want to kill him, we have to find a way and make preparations temporarily. It's dangerous."

"None of the methods that you have set up in the past can be used now?" Yuan Shu asked.

Zhou Jing nodded and said, "None of them are needed." He looked at the two of them, and said cautiously, "I suspect that Li Hong has heard something. What does he mean by leaving Changshuiying outside the city?"

"He explained that he left early, so he stationed the army outside the city." Yuan Shu said, "I left two Huns in the camp, and nothing will happen. But if you don't kill him tonight, there will be no good chances again. When Li Hong arrives in Hejian Kingdom, the news of Yan Liang's killing will definitely reach his ears. At that time, the price of besieging and killing Li Hong will be too high. In my opinion, if he is to be killed, he will have to do so in Xindu tonight. In the city."

Zhou Jing remained silent, contemplating deeply.

He Feng walked up to Yuan Shu and said in a low voice: "Master He has repeatedly told us in the letter that we must kill Li Hong. He said that this is related to the rise and fall of the world. Master He said so seriously, is it because they have something important to hide? with us?"

"Who?" Yuan Shu asked alertly, "General?"

"Wang Fen wants us to kill Li Hong, and He Yong also wants us to kill Li Hong. Everyone wants to kill Li Hong, but do you know why they want to kill him?" He Feng said, "I think there must be something tricky in it." , isn't it just to see him uncomfortable?"

Yuan Shu thought for a while, then leaned into He Feng's ear and said, "Anyway, everyone wants him to die, so let's kill him. Why do you think so much? Kill him, and we can not only get Wang Fen's money, but also the general You can get promoted and make a fortune, there are so many benefits, why not do it? What do you want to do?"

He Feng looked at Yuan Shu suspiciously, and asked suspiciously, "You didn't lie to me?"

"How could I lie to you?" Yuan Shu said with a smile, "I'm just a lieutenant, and you're just a small army commander. What can we know? He Yong, that party member, can never make any mistakes. "

"What do you think of this method?" Zhou Jing raised his head suddenly and said, "In the middle of the night, we attacked Li Hong at the city gate."

"At midnight, we still have four hours to prepare. Although it's a bit too hasty, we can barely handle it. With the 500 people in the hands of the Lord and the 500 people of the Lord Xindu Shirota, there are now a total of 1000 people in the city, and Li Hong only has 100 people, and we have an absolute advantage in terms of strength." The short and fat Zhou Jing frowned and explained slowly.

"Where's the Black Panther Yi Cong outside the city?" Yuan Shu asked, "When is the best time to attack?"

"Zishi. The soldiers of Zishi are basically fast asleep, and they are just in time to start." Zhou Jing said, "The key is time. We have too little time to prepare. It would be great if we had more time."

"Then what are you waiting for?" Yuan Shu urged, "Hurry up and discuss with Tian Feng. Zhuoyan, you immediately take my warrant and go to Daying to sit in the township, and order Liu Ming and Lu Xian to quietly prepare to attack the Black Panther Yicong. Prepare."

"Do you have to send someone to look around the city gate?" Zhou Jing reminded, "All exits must be blocked."

"I'll send someone to the city gate to check the terrain immediately." Yuan Shu said with a smile, "You all are busy, I went to the government office to chat with Li Hong."

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Li Hong asked Tian Feng with a smile: "Master Tian, ​​you just said that the news about the Hejian Kingdom was a misinformation, what evidence do you have?"

Tian Feng nodded and said: "My lord, can you follow the officials to the study for a detailed discussion?"

"Okay." Li Hong smiled, "Do you want all my attendants to step down?"

"That's not necessary." Tian Feng smiled, "It's fine for your attendant to stand outside the house."

Li Hong walked into Tian Feng's study, and immediately saw Song Wen standing in the room to greet him.

"Brother Changfeng." Li Hong shouted in surprise, "So you hid here."

"Does your lord know that you are in a dangerous situation?" Song Wen bowed and saluted.

"It's okay, I don't feel any danger." Li Hong said with a smile, "Thank you Brother Changfeng for your concern."

Song Wen and Tian Feng looked at each other. "My lord doesn't believe us." Tian Feng smiled, "I'll show you two things."

Tian Feng took two volumes of slips from the desk and handed them to Li Hong.These are two letters, written by Shenpei and Jushou to Li Hong.

Li Hong looked up at Tian Feng, and asked happily: "It turns out that the replies from the two adults have been sent to Mr. Tian. I have been wondering why the two adults have not replied for a long time. Did I send my letter to Li Hong?" forgotten."

"How could you forget your lord?" Tian Feng said with a smile, "You read the letter first, and then we'll talk about it in detail."

Both Shenpei and Jushou exposed some illegal acts of Wang Fen in their letters, and they both suspected that Wang Fen and Xiangkai were planning to engage in some conspiracy in Jizhou.

"Does your lord trust us now?" Tian Feng asked when he saw Li Hong put down the letter.

Li Hong cupped his hands and said with a smile: "This matter is very important, I can't be careless. Since Lord Shen and Lord Ju both respect you and have a close relationship with you, of course I should trust you." He then asked Song Wendao , "Changfeng, what did you mean when you said I was in danger?"

"Wang Fen and Yuan Shu are going to kill you in the letter." Song Wen said, "Your Excellency only has a thousand black panthers to accompany you. Their strength is weak, and the situation is very dangerous."

"Wang Fen sent Zhou Jing to buy me with a lot of gifts a few years ago." Tian Feng continued, "I and Zhou Jing are old friends, so it's not easy to refute his face. In addition, I also want to know what Wang Fen wants. What are you doing? If so, I will accept this great gift. Three days ago, Zhou Jing suddenly came to me from Yecheng, saying that your subordinate Yan Liang had cheated on the yellow-turban ant thief, and planned to take advantage of your majesty’s return home to worship the ancestors. Son of Heaven, he also produced some evidence that you and the traitors in the court were the masterminds of this matter. Zhou Jing told me that Wang Fen wanted me to mobilize the county soldiers from Xindu to cooperate with Yuan Shu's Changshui camp to hunt and kill My lord and the Black Panther Yi Cong."

"They have a detailed plan to kill you at the banquet tomorrow night." Song Wen smiled bitterly, "Everything is ready, just waiting for you to enter the city."

Li Hong bowed his hand again very gratefully, and even thanked him: "Why did Master Tian tell me such a confidential matter? Did you see something?"

"Yes." Tian Feng said, "It's about the Hejian Kingdom. Although Wang Fen tried his best to cover it up, I still heard the rumors. I sent people to look at it several times, but the results were the same. Wang Fen bought some Wood and stones were piled up outside the site, and they did not repair the ancestral temple at all, let alone the temporary palace. What does Wang Fen want to do?" He waved his hand angrily and said, "Wang Fen wants to plot rebellion and kill you, but it is just to cover up their crimes."

"Although my lord temporarily changed the itinerary and disrupted their arrangements, I think they will definitely kill you tonight, so..."

Before Tian Feng finished speaking, Pang De suddenly shouted outside the house: "My lord, Mr. Tian's master has something urgent to see you."

Hearing this, Tian Feng hurriedly said "Apologize" to Li Hong, and then hurried out of the study.After a short time, Tian Feng ran back all the way.

"My lord, why are you in such a hurry?" Seeing his panting appearance, Li Hong joked with a smile, "Could it be that Yuan Shu brought someone here?"

Tian Feng said nervously: "My lord, they will fight at the city gate tonight."

Li Hong smiled slightly, calmly, as if he knew it in advance, and asked without any surprise: "Does Master Tian have a plan to defeat the enemy?"

Tian Feng glanced at him in surprise, and said: "No. Right now, both inside and outside the city, adults are at an extreme disadvantage, and there is no other way but to escape."

Li Hong shook his head and said with a smile, "I won't go."

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(End of this chapter)