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Surprised by the upheaval, Wu Youyi was also shocked for a moment, pointing at Qibi Ming and tremblingly said, "Why is Director Qibi acting like this?"

"Why is this so? You have to ask your majesty yourself! Could it be that your majesty thinks I'm a fool? Does your majesty not know what happened in the city of God!"

Qi Biming held the knife in one hand, his face extremely angry, and at the same time waved his hand, a trembling middle-aged man came out from the tent, he took the middle-aged man by the collar and walked a few steps forward and said angrily: "This thief Peeping at Li Duozuo's camp, it was held by my campers, would you like to hear what shocking secrets I have uncovered through torture?"

Hearing this, Wu Youyi's complexion also changed suddenly, and at the same time she said in a loud voice: "I definitely didn't intend to hide it, but I don't know much about the things in the capital of God, so I dare not make rash judgments to confuse people! But other than that In addition, I was able to show His Majesty the Holy Emperor's secret order to Chief Qibi, which is already my life. Although Dai Wang and I belong to two clans, under the Holy Emperor's order, the old friendship is the same as that of brothers. Dear! The minister of Bingzhou was recommended by the king! If the general manager kills me in the tent, how will he return to the court in the future..."

Hearing what Wu Youyi said, Qi Biming's face softened slightly.He was naturally annoyed that Wu Youyi concealed such an important matter from him, but after listening to Wu Youyi calling him acting king, he also understood that what Wu Youyi said was true, and indeed he didn't know much about the affairs of Shendu.

He waved his hand, and the soldiers gathered in the tent retreated slightly, and said coldly: "His Royal Highness is now King Yong."

Wu Youyi hurriedly shouted after hearing the words: "Is His Majesty the Holy Emperor still safe?"

"Your Majesty is still in Da Nei, and His Royal Highness King Yong has already supervised the Beiya! But you, King Jian'an, are really foolish. How long can you hide such a shocking event? If you tell the truth early, you can take strict precautions." Forbidden, now the rumors from the outside world have already entered the camp!"

If it hadn't been for the torture to learn that the Holy Emperor was still alive, Qi Bi would have ordered Wu Youyi to be killed tomorrow morning when Wu Youyi entered the account.

But now, he didn't dare to kill Wu Youyi easily, not because of the specious friendship with King Yong that Wu Youyi said, but because he realized that the news of the Shendu coup might have spread in the camp.

Qi Biming accidentally intercepted the information after Li Duozuo was detained and led his battalion sergeant, but the entire army still had more than a dozen road chiefs, so he was not sure how much information had leaked in.

"Then, what should we do now?"

Wu Youyi was also dumbfounded at this moment. Of course he also had such predictions, but he still had a secret luck in his heart, hoping that after the army completely entered Bingzhou territory and eliminated Xue Huaiyi, the generals would have the means to control even if they knew all the news.But Qi Biming, who had just heard the news, reacted so intensely, which made him panic for a while.

"What else can I do? Take control of the army first!"

Qi Biming ordered Wu Youyi to be set up, and then led the crowd to the Chinese army's camp.

On the way to the rush, there was already the sound of drums and horns in a hurry from the main tent of the Chinese army. Qi Biming and Wu Youyi felt terrified when they heard the words, and their pace inevitably became faster.At the same time, the other generals also sent their cronies or personally rushed to the camp of the Chinese army.

Walking outside the camp of the Chinese army, Qi Biming and others saw Cao Renshi, the general manager of the Chinese army, stationed outside the camp gate.Seeing that Qi Biming and his party led so many troops, Cao Renshi's eyes flashed, and he walked forward and said in a low voice: "It's today?"

Unlike Wu Youyi who is too selfish and conceals important information, Qi Biming has already told Master Cao Ren the news of the secret order. After all, Master Cao Ren is the commander of the Chinese army, and Xue Huaiyi cannot be avoided if he is to be eliminated.

Hearing Cao Renshi's question, Qi Biming also nodded, and asked, "Why is the Chinese army urgently called?"

"Don't worry, I didn't realize my righteousness. Su Honghui entered the account, and then issued an order..."

After a little weighing, Qi Biming held Master Cao Ren and whispered: "Gods have changed, and the order may be for this reason. But I don't have time to explain in detail right now, you and I will live together tonight, believe me!"

Master Cao Ren's face also changed suddenly after hearing the words, but as more and more people rushed to the camp of the Chinese army after hearing the order, he didn't have time to go into details right now, he just nodded heavily at Qi Biming, and turned his back The battalion was put in together.

When Qi Biming and Wu Youyi rushed to the big tent, there were already many chiefs and generals gathered here, and Su Honghui was straightening out the order with a serious expression, forbidding everyone to make any noise.

However, at this moment, there was a sad howling sound from the back tent, and the voice was the chief executive Xue Huaiyi.

Without hesitation, Xue Huaiyi had already put on his armor and entered the tent, wiped his nose and tears all over his face, held a heavy iron staff, and shouted loudly: "In the city of God, there are thieves bullying His Majesty the Holy Emperor! If I had known this, Why should I forcibly conquer the captives! All the generals are loyal and brave, follow me back to King Qin!"

Some of the generals in the tent were ignorant, and some were harboring ulterior motives, but after hearing Xue Huaiyi's words, they fell silent for a while.

Seeing that the generals were silent, Xue Huaiyi couldn't help being even more annoyed, he pushed away Su Honghui who was waiting to speak out, strode up to Wu Youyi, and said sharply, "King Jian'an will follow me back to King Junqin?"

Wu Youyi didn't know how to respond for a while, but felt her hands go cold, and looked down, Qi Biming had already stuffed the saber into his hand, and at the same time, her eyes were extremely cold and stern.

In an instant, Wu Youyi already understood Qi Biming's meaning, either to kill Xue Huaiyi with his hands, or to lie in the corpse together, so he yelled and swung his knife straight at Xue Huaiyi's shiny head, which was not yet covered, and shouted: "Bong His Majesty the Holy Emperor ordered to kill the thief monk Huaiyi!"

Blood flashed, and the blade was deeply embedded in Xue Huaiyi's skull from between Xue Huaiyi's left ear, but because of the heavy armor, Xue Huaiyi's body did not fly up, but staggered and fell to the ground, his shiny head was quickly engulfed in blood.

At the same time, Qi Biming also took a step forward, pulled Wu Youyi straight to the throne, and said loudly: "The warning from the gods is just evil words! His Majesty the Holy Emperor has already issued a secret order to King Jian'an to arrest and kill the traitor Xue Huaiyi. To show off the military power!"

"The secret order of the Holy Emperor is here, the secret order of the Holy Emperor is here!"

Wu Youyi also hastily took out the Holy Emperor's secret decree that he kept close to him, and showed it to the generals.

The sound of chaotic footsteps outside the big tent quickly approached. It was Cao Renshi, the general manager of the Chinese army, who was leading the soldiers of the Chinese army to surround the big tent. Then, surrounded by soldiers, Cao Renshi put on his armor and entered the tent. On the head, Xue Huaiyi, who was already completely dead, only crossed his hands at Wu Youyi and said: "I would like to obey the order of His Majesty the Holy Emperor!"

"Your Majesty's Order is hereby honored!"

After Master Cao Ren led the crowd into the account, the rest of the generals also reacted and hurriedly crossed their hands in worship.

Seeing all the generals worshiping in one place, Wu Youyi's originally chaotic mood also calmed down a little, but what to do next was not decided for a while.

Su Honghui stepped forward at the right time, and said: "The urgent call in the night has already disturbed the army. All the officers and men should guard the camp and not exceed the prohibition! Please announce tomorrow about the killing of thieves!"

Qi Biming glanced at Su Honghui, knowing that he was in charge of most of the camp affairs, and if rumors entered the camp, he would only know more.But right now it's the middle of the night, and it's really not appropriate to kill Su Honghui, otherwise the business will be difficult to control, which will be very detrimental to all their managers.

And then to find out who else is in contact with the generals of the army, Su Honghui, who is familiar with the affairs of the camp, must cooperate. After such a balance, he gave Wu Youyi a heavy nod.

So next, Xue Huaiyi's head was cut off and his body was dragged out, but the news of his death was kept secret.

The talismans of the generals in the battalion were also confiscated to appease the soldiers of the battalions.As for the current battalion affairs, Wu Youyi, Qi Biming, Cao Renshi and Su Honghui will be in charge, and they will discuss future plans together.

The full moon in deep winter, as cold as ice, hangs down from the sky, and the thick snow covering the mountains, grass, fields and roads is blurred, the lone star twinkles in the sky, and the jackdaws in the wilderness do not sing, making this night empty and boundless.

Chapter 0505 the generals seek themselves, the king of Yong is reliable

Xue Huaiyi's death did not have much impact on the entire Dai Beidao army. After all, he, the so-called chief commander of the army, did not have a high sense of presence in the army. Whether it is life or death, for most soldiers, it doesn't have too much stake.

Of course, this is only on the surface. No one can tell what the feelings of the soldiers of each battalion are.No matter how dispensable Xue Huaiyi was, after all, he was officially appointed by the imperial court to be the chief commander of the marching army, so he was executed suddenly like this, which still makes people more or less suspicious.

Qi Biming and other generals are currently only trying their best to restrain their troops through battalion regulations, trying their best to prevent any signs of collusion in the army.Although they each have a certain number of confidants and soldiers, compared to the entire army, the proportion is very small.

So after getting rid of Xue Huaiyi, they also needed a figure like Wu Youyi to control the whole army in name in order to keep the situation under control.But before the senior generals at the general manager level reached a consensus, they no longer dared to let the army travel rashly, worrying that uncontrollable variables might appear during the march.

Therefore, the entire army can only temporarily stay in the northern part of Bingzhou.The only thing to be thankful for is that in the past few years, the imperial court did not conquest the Turks once, or Shuofang, or Daibei, and Bingzhou was used as the advance base of the army several times. Naturally, there were some supporting infrastructure, such as camps and pastoral areas, which made the army Not to sleep in the wilderness.

However, without Xue Huaiyi as the nominal commander, Wu Youyi's influence on Daibeidao's army is not strong enough. In addition, the news of the Shendu coup has spread among the high-level generals, which makes the army no longer have a unified constraint. As for what to do, the chief executives were also full of confusion.

Now the army is also divided into several factions. Qi Biming leads the old department of Shanyu Duhufu, and also leads Li Duozuo's department. There are nearly ten thousand people in total, and he is the chief of the road with the most troops.

But this is also based on the premise that the entire military command system has not yet collapsed. Once the morale of the army collapses, the battalion commanders will no longer be bound by military orders, at least Li Duozuo's subordinates will no longer be under Qi Biming's control.

Division Cao Ren has his own Chinese army. Although the number of soldiers is not large, there are only more than [-] soldiers.But these more than [-] people are all composed of the Nanya Forbidden Army. Whether it is combat effectiveness or obedience, they are all leaders in the battalions and the backbone of the entire army.

According to the general organizational system of the Tang Dynasty's combat army, a certain proportion of government soldiers is usually used as the core, and then teamed with regiments and servants to form a large army.

Like Zhenguan and Gaozong's early days, there are many brilliant records of thousands of troops breaking tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of foreign troops. This is the reason.As the essence of the Tang Dynasty, the Fubing is the world's first-class powerful army, and it is also the core force that has been able to sweep the barbarians since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

But precisely because of this, although Master Cao Ren controls such an elite force, it does not mean that he can classify this army as his own.

The prerequisite for him to be able to command the army is that he is the marching officer appointed by the imperial court. If he dares to issue any order that clearly violates the imperial court, the army's morale will definitely be disaffected. Maybe even a general in the battalion would dare to kill him directly.

On the other side was Su Honghui. Su Honghui didn't directly command many soldiers, only an army of more than [-] newly recruited athletes, and their combat effectiveness was not high.

However, Su Honghui's advantage lies in that he himself was born in the general family. As the grandson of the famous general Su Dingfang, he has many relatives and friends in both the court and the opposition, as well as in the military and political circles.

Moreover, this time when marching on behalf of Beidao, Su Honghui himself also assumed part of the responsibilities of the marching chief.

Strictly speaking, Su Honghui was the most powerful general in the army after Xue Huaiyi's death.Xue Huaiyi's death did not cause too much turmoil in the army, mainly due to Su Honghui's running around and stationing in the camp to restrain the soldiers.As long as he can speak up bravely, most of the marching chiefs and middle-level generals will tend to follow Su Honghui's orders.

However, Su Honghui's personality was not strong enough, and he was incapable of dealing with drastic changes, and was even timid to take responsibility. After completing the basic restraint camp, he directly returned to his own team.

Of course, Su Honghui's avoidance also seemed somewhat reassuring.In the current army, not one person can completely control the situation with a single call.Even if someone is relatively powerful and dares to kill Xue Huaiyi directly, he may not dare to kill him.

Even though there were changes in the court, Su Honghui still had relatives and friends in the court to support him, so he didn't need to rush forward in such a sensitive situation in order to show his performance.

In this way, a relative balance of mutual restraint was temporarily reached in the Daibei Dao camp, but the result of this balance was that the entire army was deadlocked in place, unable to advance or retreat.

Of course, this state cannot be maintained for a long time, and there are small changes happening every moment, the most important of which is that the news of the coup d'état in Shendu is spreading to the army through various channels.

With more and more news channels, the entire process of the coup d'état has been outlined more and more clearly. It spread to the middle and lower camps.

But the so-called defense of the people is worse than Fangchuan, how can such a shocking event be concealed for a long time.As the news sinks more and more, there are more and more governors, and the situation will become more uncontrollable.

"How is it? Would Manager Su be willing to enter the camp and discuss in detail?"

In the big tent of the Chinese army, seeing Qi Biming and Cao Ren division entering, Wu Youyi stepped forward and asked impatiently.

Right now, although he successfully beheaded Xue Huaiyi, he was also suspected by Qi Biming because he deliberately concealed the news before, and he dared not conspire again.Now, although he is staying in the tent of the Chinese army, he is under house arrest. He has no access to military affairs, and he is extremely worried about his own safety.

Seeing the two of them shaking their heads silently, Wu Youyi couldn't help stamping his feet and scolding angrily: "Su Honghui is such a cowardly thief! He has no responsibility at all, he just wants to protect himself, and he doesn't care that once the news spreads, the army will be in a state of chaos. , is really hateful!"

Qi Biming and Cao Renshi looked at each other, and saw anger and worry in their eyes.Su Honghui couldn't shrink back, and he didn't want to discuss the future with them, and Wu Youyi indeed scolded them.

But the question is, where does Wu Youyi have the face to scold Su Honghui?If it wasn't for him deliberately concealing such important information before making the plan, making it difficult for Qi Biming and others to conspire with him, the situation in the army would not be alienated like this.

Now Su Honghui is unwilling to stand up to discuss major issues. Although Qi Biming and Cao Renshi are not weak in alliance, they dare not use force to control the entire army.Once the current stalemate is broken and the news is completely leaked out, whoever moves first will die first.

Several people discussed it, but they didn't come up with a mature plan, so Qi Biming left the Chinese army's tent with a lot of worries, and prepared to return to the headquarters camp.

But when he left the camp of the Chinese army, his confidants would suddenly come forward and whispered: "General, when I was waiting outside in a lowly position, I heard that the generals of the Chinese army privately suggested that the reason why the general conspired with King Jian'an to kill Xue Huaiyi was because of it." In order to invest in the Turks..."

After Qi Biming heard this, he gasped suddenly, and then felt his hands and feet were cold, knowing that if the rumors spread, it would be enough to put him to death!

He subconsciously prepared to return to the central army and wanted to discuss the matter with Master Cao Ren, but after walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped.Although he and Cao Renshi have a tacit understanding, they are definitely not up to the level of life and death, and they don't know how to convince Cao Renshi that he has no intention of fleeing.

Qi Biming naturally has no plans to flee. Although he was born in the Tibetan tribe, his ancestors have been attached to him. Both father and son married the daughter of Li Tang's family, and he regards himself as a Tang Dynasty person in his bones. He has long been used to living in the two capitals Life, how could it be possible to return to the frontier to live the life of living without a fixed place and drinking blood!

What's more, the coup in Shendu had little effect on him. After the political power returned to Li Tang, he might even be more important because of his status as a foreign relative.It is nonsense to say that he intends to flee the Turks!

But Qi Bi's understanding of his mind is one aspect, and how to win others' trust in such a sensitive situation is another aspect.Rumors tied him and Wu Youyi together, and the killing of Xue Huaiyi came before. In the eyes of some outsiders, such a possibility may not be impossible!

After thinking about it, Qi Biming realized that it was because he had been too active recently and led the largest number of troops, which caused hostility and malicious targeting from some people.

But realizing this, Qi Biming didn't have any good way to deal with it.The malicious target may be worried that he will be directly angered, so he can restrain himself a little when spreading rumors, and first spread them in the more obedient Chinese army, but if he really dares to have any extreme reactions, the rumors may be spread in an instant. It will be known to the whole army.

Qi Biming returned to the headquarters camp with a lot of worries, first summoned some of his cronies and arranged them around his camp, and then ordered the whole camp to be on guard, and all the soldiers were not allowed to communicate with the outside world.

But he knew that just sealing off the entire camp was just waiting to die, and he had to save himself!Fleeing is impossible, not to mention that he is reluctant to give up everything he has now, even if he has such an idea in his heart, all the soldiers under his command will never follow him in such an underworld.

At present, all kinds of news are still spread in private, and Qi Biming also realizes that if he wants to survive, and even keep his current power, he must have a deep connection with powerful figures in the court.

Emperor's heir?

The kings of the Wu clan were killed, and the heirs of the emperor left the palace to supervise the country. There is no doubt that they were the biggest victors in this coup in Shendu City.

But Qi Biming quickly denied this idea, because he did not have any close contacts with the emperor's heir, so he might not be able to win people's trust by making such a sudden declaration.As the two emperor's heirs were the biggest victors of the coup in Shendu, there must be many generals in the army who have already expressed their hearts to the emperor's heirs. Those who secretly spread rumors may be these people, and they want to use this to carve up his army.

King Yong!

King Yong is a young man of Zongzhi, and one of the hosts of the coup d'etat in Shendu. He dared to make such a risky fight, which shows that King Yong has a strong ambition.Moreover, although King Yong was a freshman, his foundation was still shallow. If he showed his favor to King Yong first, King Yong would not turn a blind eye to him.

Even if King Yong's power can't affect Daibei Road in Bingzhou, this army will eventually return to Shendu. As long as he can grit his teeth and declare that he has a close relationship with King Yong, the other generals will not dare to treat him. Let's deal with it!

For example, Wu Youyi, who was surrounded by Qi Biming's ambush soldiers in the tent, and when his life was threatened, subconsciously shouted out the name of King Yong.Since the rumors also linked him with Wu Youyi, and he really couldn't tell the truth, why not just say the same thing and get closer to King Yong!

Just as Qi Biming made such a decision, suddenly the general rushed into the tent and reported: "General, the court envoy has arrived outside the camp!"

Chapter 0506 Jiazhen entered the camp, Khan died suddenly

Zhang Jiazhen traveled northward all the way, and had already imagined many situations in her heart, so she no longer had any optimistic thoughts about this trip.

The simplest point is that after they set off from Taiyuan City, they encountered many twists and turns and troubles when they passed the Guanyi all the way. Either the food in the Guanyi was unprepared or the riding power was insufficient, or they were told that the road ahead was congested due to snowstorms, It is necessary to take a detour, which invisibly lengthens the journey a lot.

Even this time, the reason why he was able to find the Daibei Dao army stationed in the camp was because he used force to ask the postman to find out that the Daibei Dao army had already stationed in the northern camp of Bingzhou, otherwise he might be led to Xinzhou and even further areas.

This may seem unbelievable, but Zhang Jiazhen has served as a county lieutenant for several years, and he can't say that he knows everything about these grassroots methods, but he is no stranger to it.

There are more than [-] state capitals in the world, and these state capitals are directly under the jurisdiction of the central government. Even in a politically clear world, it is not easy to manage everything thoroughly.As for the counties and townships under the state, it is even more out of reach.

Although nowadays there is no such thing as the old local tyrants whose villages cross states and counties, but there is still no lack of nostalgic collusion in the localities.In short, as long as there is no major turmoil, most of the court will turn a blind eye to it, and it really can't manage it.

Zhang Jiazhen, as a member of the Xuanfu envoy, naturally did not dare to harm her rashly, but if she did such a small trick, there was actually no way to investigate it.

Of course, he also understood that the reason why the covert obstructer dared to do this was in the final analysis because of his shallow qualifications and low-key words.If it was Su Weiwei who went north, no one would dare to do such a small trick.After all, if you really want to offend an envoy like Su Weiwei, you may be hit directly by the court in the next moment.

The postmen along the way did this, of course, not simply to play tricks on Zhang Jiazhen, but obviously to delay the time for him to go to Daibei Road for camping.

If we really want to investigate, the root cause should still be in the Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou. When he showed up in Taiyuan, his itinerary could no longer be kept secret. If someone in Taiyuan City has already contacted someone else in the mission, then it is justified to obstruct Zhang Jiazhen's itinerary. .

So along the way, Zhang Jiazhen had made the possibility that there might have been a change in the Daibei Road camp, but he continued to move forward without hesitation.One is that King Yong cannot live up to his entrustment, and the other is that he still has an advantage compared with those who do things secretly, that is, he holds the warrant to appease Su Weiwei.

As for the others, even if they could enter the camp before him, they would not be able to communicate on behalf of the imperial court with the governors of Daibei Province because they did not have a pacification order in their hands, and they might even be severely punished for violating orders.

A few days later, Zhang Jiazhen finally arrived outside the camp on Daibei Road in the northern part of Bingzhou, and immediately handed over the letter and order that she carried with her, bluntly saying that she wanted to see the person in charge of the camp.

The first one to rush to the gate was Su Honghui, the marching chief. He already had a great influence on the camp defense, so the defenders at the gate informed Su Honghui first after they got the letter.

"I have been stationed here on behalf of Beidao for several days, and I am advancing and retreating. Please invite envoys to enter the camp and announce the imperial order!"

Su Honghui didn't know Zhang Jiazhen, but when he saw that the warrant Zhang Jiazhen handed in was signed by Su Weiwei, he couldn't help but heaved a long sigh of relief, feeling that the development of the matter was finally in his favor.

He has no direct relationship with Su Weiwei, but Su Weiwei is the son-in-law of Jiang Guogong Pei Xingjian, and Su Honghui was also taught by Pei Xingjian.Having such a friendship would naturally make Su Honghui feel more at ease.

But Zhang Jiazhen was still vigilant, standing in front of the camp gate and cupping his hands, he said, "Major Su, who is in charge of the camp now? Although the position is low, he came here with the mission of the imperial court to promote righteousness, and dare not be humble and self-deprecating." .”

Although Su Honghui wanted to communicate with the envoy one step ahead, he didn't dare to take the envoy away by force in front of the gate. Hearing Zhang Jiazhen's insistence, he could only say: "Now the person in charge of the military aircraft is Wang Youyi, the deputy commander in chief. There is quite a change in the army, so it is inconvenient to go into details outside the camp, please let the envoy come in quickly, and let me explain it to you in detail."

"The chief executive, E Guogong..."

Zhang Jiazhen's eyes flashed after hearing the words, and she continued to ask.

While speaking, another group of people on the other side approached the shaft gate quickly.