The imperial concubine bows down to me

"After the Taiwei heard about it, he sent a few spies to check again. The news that came back was like this. It should have been confirmed." The man was wearing casual clothes and was sweating profusely. When he found her, he saluted Shen Zhi again and explained, "Your Highness, the Taiwei and several other generals have already discussed in the camp, and I specially asked my subordinates to come back and invite Your Highness and General Du back."

I have heard that Yuan Hua, the guard general of Zhangye, and his wife, Mu Linghua, are both brave and upright. They have always cared about the country and the people, and cared about the people. They are deeply loved by the people in the city. I am afraid that Yuan Hua offended someone because of the guarding of the city. , was so murdered.Originally, Shen Zhi thought that it would be best to recruit the two of them after the victory in this battle, but now something happened suddenly, which is really a pity.

"A few generals came into the city with Gu today, and they are still eating upstairs; General Du is over there, you go and inform her, tell her not to worry, go over and have a look first." Shen Zhi probably pointed Du Qinning and Xue Ruoyu had judged the direction of departure from the sound just now, and seeing that he should leave, they also walked towards the direction of the barracks.

The city gate of Zhangye is not far from the city where they are now, only less than ten miles away, Shen Zhi simply ordered the general camp to be stationed on both sides of the city, if there is anything that needs to be purchased in large quantities during this period of time Yes, it is more convenient.Originally, when he was free this evening, Shen Zhi took Du Qinning and a few other close friends who had recently developed a stroll in the city, and later came to this restaurant together for a drink and a meal. It was considered relaxing, but Who would have thought that such a surprising thing would happen in Zhangye City at the same time.

Leading the horse he rode over just now, Shen Zhi quickly returned to the barracks, and went straight to the tent where everyone used to discuss matters on weekdays.

Sure enough, except for her, Du Qinning and the few people who went to the city with them, basically everyone who can talk in the barracks has gathered.Seeing Shen Zhi approaching, several people inside hurriedly saluted her, after that, Wei Feng told her the latest information that had been found out about this matter.

It turned out that Yuan Hua and Mu Linghua knew that this battle was hopeless, and they didn't want their soldiers and the people in the city to suffer the baptism of war in vain, so they discussed that they would voluntarily surrender when the soldiers approached the city.Unexpectedly, the news leaked out and was heard by the supervisors sent by the king of Xiliang in Zhangye. He immediately ordered the "traitor" Yuan Hua to be arrested, and after his execution, his body was hung in the city for half a month, as a warning to others.Fortunately, Mu Linghua was not at home at that time, so he just escaped. He has not been caught yet, and he doesn't know where he fled to hide.

After talking about what needs to be said, Wei Feng continued to ask: "According to His Highness, will we still go out to attack the city as originally planned in the morning?"

"Yuan Hua is quite sympathetic in normal times, but now that he is innocently killed by the supervising army, some of his soldiers and some people in the city must be very dissatisfied. If they attack the city tomorrow, their morale will be unstable at this time, and internal conflicts will be fierce. It just happens to be a very favorable opportunity for us." After finishing speaking, Shen Zhi paused, "But...if we can find Deputy General Mu and save her from danger, then I will ask her to cooperate with the so-called supervising army secretly. Assassinate her and help her recapture Zhangye City, she will definitely agree to sacrifice and surrender, and then a fierce battle will be avoided, so that innocent people will not lose their lives."

Seeing Wei Feng pondering, Shen didn't know what he meant, so he said euphemistically: "However, there are certain risks in this move. If we miss the best time to attack the city this time, if we want to attack again in the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult." It’s more difficult. Gu Ye just had this idea, and it’s up to uncle to decide how to choose in the end.”

After thinking for a long time that day, Wei Feng finally decided to suspend the siege, and ordered the whole army to stay where they were, and make plans after a few days of observation.At the same time, he also secretly sent a group of people to sneak into the city in disguise to inquire about the situation in the city and look for Mu Linghua's whereabouts.

Three days later, some of them withdrew back, even bringing Mu Linghua with them.Shen Zhiben still had doubts about finding Mu Linghua so easily, but after listening to how they found her and how they brought her back, most of Shen Zhi's doubts disappeared.

It is reasonable and there is no flaw, in this case, Shen Zhi still chooses to believe in everyone who has fought side by side for more than four months.

The people on Shen Zhi's side discussed and agreed with Mu Linghua on many things, and they followed this plan step by step in the next few days.During this period of time, Shen Zhihui intentionally observed Mu Linghua's words and deeds, but did not find anything abnormal, and things progressed more and more smoothly, and her hanging heart gradually eased.

Two days later, Shen Zhiben was quietly reviewing military books in his camp, but suddenly, the dart she was very familiar with was nailed to a wooden post not far from her with a piece of letter paper.

She walked over to take down the dart, and there were a few large characters written on the letter paper on it: be careful, there may be fraud.

fraudulent?Are you talking about Mu Linghua?Now, Shen Zhi began to waver a little.

Because of the dart sending messages, it has been with her since shortly after she left for the expedition.In the past, every time this dart carried a letter, it would give her timely and useful advice or a lot of inspiration. Although she had never seen who the person behind it was, that person must be for her own good, Shen Zhixin There are also some considerations.It's not that she didn't suspect that the man was Liu Shuyan, but Liu Shuyan was far away in the capital. If he was alone in the army, it was not very likely that he could learn some confidential information in such a timely manner.Furthermore, Liu Shuyan's handwriting is quite delicate, but the writing on the letter paper is not beautiful, nor does it look like it was written by her.

As for the owner who hasn't seen the darts for several months, it's not that Shen Zhi doesn't want to see him, it's just that every time she chases her out, there's not even a single person left outside, let alone meeting her face to face.But no matter what, since that man has helped her so many times, it is impossible for him to pass on such words to her for no reason, there must be something strange in them.

After careful consideration, Shen Zhi told Du Qinning about the matter and asked her opinion.Hearing this matter, Du Qinning couldn't make up his mind for a while. After discussing for a while, the two felt that there was no need to act rashly for the time being, but they should not relax their vigilance and guard against Mu Linghua's matter. If there is anything suspicious in the future, they can discuss countermeasures .

In a blink of an eye, it came to the time agreed by the two parties to assassinate the supervising army. Mu Linghua would provide the city's location map and defense information, and sneak into the city with Shen Zhi's death guards to cooperate in the execution of the operation.

They set off early in the morning, and Shen Zhi was very restless throughout the morning.She was worried that if this was a conspiracy, wouldn't those death guards just go to die in vain; but she really couldn't figure it out, if it was a trick, why did Mu Linghua spend so much effort just to get her death guards life?

Fortunately, in the afternoon, there was news that the supervising army had died, and Mu Linghua had successfully recaptured Zhangye City, Shen Zhi also felt relieved.The people in the city were very happy when they heard that Mu Linghua was going to surrender and that Shen Zhi had always been benevolent, so that when the three armies entered the city, they came out one after another to welcome them, and the scene was very lively.

When Shen Zhi left, Yuan Hua's body had already been put down and placed in the mourning hall.But even though he had changed into clean clothes for this matter, Shen Zhi could still vaguely see the knife marks all over his body, and seemed to be able to feel his distressed appearance a few days ago.Surrounded by his most beloved guards, after such a long time, when they saw Yuan Hua's dead body, their eyes were still red with pain; The children of the children were also kneeling aside. This scene made people feel sad, and it didn't seem like it was pretending.

But the matter was so important, Shen Zhi still didn't dare to take it lightly, and after that, apart from sending Yuan Hua to be buried, she didn't have much contact with Mu Linghua anymore.However, because Shen Zhi handed over Zhangye to Mu Linghua to govern after he was surrendered, Mu Linghua was busy dealing with many things that had been delayed in the city for the next few days. He was so busy that he had no free time at all. Doing something suspicious made Shen Zhi feel like he was worrying too much about it.

The last battle of Jiuquan was quite important, so Shen Zhi decided to let the soldiers station in Zhangye to rest for a while, and then go all out to attack Huanglong.After staying for half a month, Mu Linghua not only did not do anything suspicious, on the contrary, she handled Zhangye's affairs in an orderly manner. She, her soldiers and common people treated Shen Zhi and his party with great respect, and that person never came back. After sending a letter to Shen Zhibo about this matter, she gradually let go of her wariness towards Mu Linghua.

After all, it is true that Yuan Hua died tragically. Children and the common people are the least able to act and lie. Now that the common people live and work in peace and contentment, free from the suffering of the war, there is really no need for a person like Mu Linghua who loves the people so much to stir up trouble of.Even Wei Feng told Shen Zhi that he had been sending people to secretly investigate Yuan Hua's death and Mu Linghua's whereabouts these days, and found nothing unusual. Now it seems that they are indeed trustworthy.

A few days later, the attack on Jiuquan was gradually put on the agenda.Because Mu Linghua was once an official in Jiuquan with Yuan Hua, and was later sent to Zhangye as a guard, so she still has some understanding of Jiuquan's city defense.Relying on what she remembered, she simply drew a map of the city defense for Wei Feng. It was simple, but if it was real, it could still play a great role in the siege of the city.

But Mu Linghua used to be from Xiliang after all, no matter how much Wei Feng believed in her, he had to defend against her secretly.He accepted Mu Linghua's city defense map on the surface and praised it, but secretly sent spies to infiltrate Jiuquan City, met with the informants in the city, and spent a lot of money to get a complete city defense map.

After the picture was transmitted to Zhangye, it was almost the same as the one drawn by Mu Linghua. Even the information Mu Linghua told him was almost exactly the same as what the spies heard.But just in case, Wei Feng still didn't plan to let her participate in the several discussions this time. If he successfully captured Jiuquan, it would not be too late to reward her for her meritorious service and reuse her in the future.

But even so, a few days later, the accident still happened.