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8. Taiwei Zhu died for the country

Then Gao Yue sat down on the west side.

Lu Qi also saw himself and cast a begging look at him.

The emperor there also closed his eyes and kept sighing.

"I have seen through it. Emperor, you and Lu Qi are true love." Gao Yue immediately understood the atmosphere.

Guan Bo and Zhao Zan were demoted to the south, and only Lu Qi was sent to Fengzhou (now Feng County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province) adjacent to the territory of Xifan in Shannan Road, and went there from Fengtian to pass Chencang Road southwest of Fengxiang Prefecture (Gao Yue passed this path when he followed Li Sheng to conquer Xifan in Shu). Now Fengxiang's situation is unstable, and Zhu Li's old subordinates may rebel at any time - it was the emperor who relied on this trick, hoping to keep Lu Qi by his side in the name of retreating and dangerous roads.

In fact, Li Shi thought about it in his heart that Gao Yue’s opinions in Fengtian City have become very important. As long as Gao Yue, you “spoken”, I will demote Lu Qi to the crown prince Zhongyun and leave him in Fengtian City.

However, Gao Yue spoke directly: "Your Majesty, Lu Sima must go to Fengzhou. Although Lu Sima was loyal to Your Majesty before, he offended too many ministers. If he stayed here, he might be afraid that the rebels would collapse before they came. Moreover, Your Majesty has issued a book to let Lu Sima go out. If the orders are changed every day, it will not be conducive to Your Majesty's prestige."

Li Shi was right to think about it. My current prestige has fallen to freezing point, and it is really hard to explain if I continue like this.

In fact, when he was secretly discussing with the Hanlin scholars, he also put forward the same idea, but was strongly refuted by Jiang Gongfu and Lu Zhi.

Just when Lu Qi felt resentment towards Gao Yue, Gao Yue added: "It's better to do this. Lu Sima is in my camp and the Taiwei. This will be safe. As long as Fengxiang Mansion and Jingyuan Camp settle down, they will send Lu Sima to Fengzhou to take office. In less than a year or two, His Majesty will return to the capital and summon Lu Sima to continue to assist him. I wonder if it is possible."

After thinking for a while, Li Shi nodded and said to Lu Qi: "That's all."

Lu Qi cried again and said to the emperor: "After Qi leaves Fengtian City, Xiao Fu, Yan Zhenqing and others will take turns to slander me in front of His Majesty. Please be serious and not forget your loyalty to Your Majesty."

"I will not let you down." The emperor agreed.

At the foot of Fengtian City in the early autumn of the third year of Jianzhong, wolves and bees were rising among the pavilions among the mountains, and the drums were cold and the horns were clear. Gao Yue held the reins and was closely accompanied Duan Xiushi. There were only seven or eight riders behind him, and they were all You Yi from Baili City. Lu Qi rode a horse dejectedly at the end.

On the hill in front of Liangshan Pass, Gao Yue climbed up and pointed out in all directions with his horse whip. He said to You Yi and the others - you first go to Bailicheng, let Liu pick up all the soldiers in the field and collect weapons from the Jiaguan Tower; you go to the old county of Lingtai, to chase all the children of the three small prefectures, and issue orders to Hou Lan and General Cheng Junren, and let them monitor the Fan Yang soldiers who were living in the field, especially to send people to the important roads to capture spies from the capital; you go to Qishan, and spread the three Shence army towns, Linyou and Purun, and let their left-behind soldiers and families fight to guard Haobao Town; you transfer three horses one after another, and rush to the beacon tower in Liangyuan, and let your sister Qingfan fall into the camp and carry horses, and retreat to Bailicheng. Don't let Tian Xijian take advantage.

After the arrangement was completed, several Youyi cavalrymen flew down the hill like arrows and scattered them on different paths.

At this time, Gao Yue looked back and saw Duan Xiushi looking at him with a gratified look, as if the master had seen his children become famous.

"Taiwei, Fengxiang Mansion..." Gao Yue remembered something and hurriedly asked for instructions.

Duan Xiushi slowly shook his head, "Oh, it's not enough - I heard that when Zhang Zhonglang left Fengxiang, Mr. Lu Jiu reminded him when he saw him farewell that Li Chulin was an old general Zhu Li, and had ulterior motives. After asking Zhang Zhonglang to the town, he would definitely seize Li Chulin's military power first. However, Zhang Zhonglang's personality is slow and he lacks thunderous means as a civil servant. In my opinion, I am afraid he has already..."

I understand what you mean by Taiwei, Zhang Yi is probably already dead.

"Then the Grand Marshal, we must first pacify Jingyuan, and then deal with the loyal and brave blood of Fengxiang, Anxi and Beiting camps. We must protect it."

"That's right!"

"What if Your Majesty has many constraints on our strategy in Fengtian?"

"I don't have to pay attention to it. The Lord will not accept the orders of the outside king. What's more, it is difficult for the Holy Lord to leave Fengtian City now, which is a good thing for us."

Speaking of this, both of them would laugh. Gao Yue did not expect that Duan Xiushi, who was regarded as the template for loyalty by later historians, was forced to reveal his true side by Li Shi.

Under the hills, Lu Qi was still riding a horse panting and rushing here!

Gao Yue glanced back at this person and thought that it was indeed the right thing to bring him by his side.

This is also equivalent to monitoring and control of Lu Qi.

Because Gao Yue was also afraid, after all, he and his father-in-law Cui Ning had too many shady transactions with Lu Qi before, so he had to be careful of him "biting people randomly" in Fengtian City.

Two days later, on the wilderness of Lingtai Old County, the vast river was reached, and the north wind was like a knife. Gao Yue and Duan Xiushi rode their horses forward.

"Taiwei, look." Gao Yue suddenly strangled his mount.

Duan Xiushi looked around and saw a lonely goose screaming like a horror in the sky, circling repeatedly in the air, then a black line surged out from the horizon and slowly turned into groups of cavalry, rushing thousands of hooves, coming towards them.

"The city of the three small states is beside the foreign soldiers." Gao Yue said happily.

The chiefs of the three mistresses followed their instructions and left only three hundred old men and women to stay in the camp. The rest of the men were all riding on horses, carrying horned bows, arrow feathers, ring-carved swords, bronze slabs, felt-clad leather armor, and flocked to them.

There were also hundreds of healthy women who carried guillotines, spears, and wooden crossbows, painting their faces into ochre red, walking or riding camels, and rumbling with them.

Then, under the old county town of Lingtai, there were drums and eight hundred Fan Yang soldiers lie on the ground. Hou Lan and Cheng Junren, two generals of the garrison, led dozens of You Yi, and surrounded the field with blades. Two men with no soul were tied up and knelt opposite Fan Yang soldiers.

Gao Yue approached and saw that one of them was Zhu Li’s slave Su Yu?

"Encourt!" Hou Lan and Cheng Junren were both veterans of the Jingyuan camp. Now, when they saw their old superior Duan Xiushi, they burst into tears and hurriedly bowed to the horse.

"Who is this?" Duan Xiushi pointed at Su Yu and others with a horse whip and asked.

Hou Lan stood up and replied with his fists, saying that when they were chasing Fan Yang's soldiers, they closed the Armored Tower, and then the sentries of the Mashop really caught these people. They came to instigate the 800 Fan Yang's soldiers to riot on the order of Zhu Li.

However, Hou Lan, who had received Gao Yue's instructions in advance, guarded the A-level building in the old county of Lingtai, and these Fan Yang soldiers could not get weapons at all, and the riot failed.

Just when Hou Lan and Cheng Junren asked for a breakup, Gao Yue pointed at Su Yu and shouted: "Who are you? How dare you fake the order of Taiwei Zhu!"

"I..." Su Yu looked at Gao Yue and thought to himself that we had met before, why did you forget it?

As a result, before Su Yu could speak, Gao Yue continued to say to all Fan Yang soldiers: "You have been deceived. This person is not the slave of Zhu Taiwei at all. I have received the exact news that after the capital fell, Zhu Taiwei vowed to die and was not willing to rebel. He was killed by Li Huaiguang. His Majesty cried eastward in Fengtian City."
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