When the Qingzhou rebels and the remnants of Jamuka's iron troops were fighting together, Gu Jue and Jiang Yan, who came to join forces, led their troops to attack from the left and right, catching both sides of the army by surprise.
Fortunately for the Qingzhou rebels, they retreated in embarrassment.
Gao Yu's soldiers were completely defeated, and Jamuka also died fighting.
At this point, the tens of thousands of iron soldiers who followed Ho Ruomuti into the pass were almost completely wiped out, except for some scattered soldiers who escaped.
When the news came, He Ruomuti was silent for a long time, locking himself in the room without saying a word.
Luo Junyao also knew that he was in a heavy mood, so he stopped stimulating him.
"Princess." Xie Xiao looked at Luo Junyao, his young eyes filled with joy.
Although he did not personally go to the battlefield to quell the rebellion, he was truly happy for his side's victory.
Luo Jun patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Gu Jue and Jiang Yan will handle matters on the battlefield. It's time for us to do what we can."
"What are we going to do? Please give me your instructions, Princess." Xie Xiao said respectfully, with a bit of yearning and expectation.
Although the princess kept saying that she needed his help, in the past few days he had actually done nothing except helping with some chores.
As a young man, even if Xie Xiao didn't care much about his career, he still felt a little disappointed in this situation.
Luo Junyao pulled out a long paper roll and handed it to Xie Xiao. Xie Xiao took it and opened it with some confusion, "The list of rebel generals?"
Not just the list, but all their net worth information.
From the number of people and property in the family to what interests and hobbies there are, it is very detailed. Obviously, it cannot be collected and sorted out overnight.
Luo Junyao asked under his puzzled gaze: "Look, who do you think can instigate rebellion?"
"Instigating rebellion?" Xie Xiao looked at them carefully, pointed to two of them and said: "We in Prince Ancheng's Palace have a little friendship with the two of them. I have met these two people. If the princess wants to instigate them, I can try it.
try."
"Aren't you afraid?" Luo Junyao raised his eyebrows and said, this could be life-threatening if you are not careful.
Xie Xiao smiled and said: "Don't worry, Princess, I know it well. Even if it fails, they may not dare to kill me. I can try."
Luo Junyao said, "I'll go with you."
Xie Xiao was startled and said quickly: "That won't work!" If something happens to him, that's it. If something happens to the Princess Regent and him, then there will be real trouble.
Luo Junyao glanced at him and said, "I didn't plan to ask for your permission. I'm just showing it to you because I'm completely unfamiliar with these people and I'm not sure who to start with."
"..." You don't want to listen to my opinion on feelings, but you just treat me as a dice, right?
Xie Xiao wanted to persuade him again, but Luo Junyao had already summoned Qin Yaoer.
Qin Yaoer had been bored for the past two days. When Luo Junyao said that he had something to do, he immediately agreed happily.
"Do you have any other comments?"
Seeing the two beautiful girls looking at each other eagerly, Xie Xiao could only shake her head, "No... no more."
Not to mention using his status to oppress others, he is a scholar, and he can't defeat either of these two.
Because they were attacked by the Zhenguo army during the battle with the Gaoyu people, the rebels have been in a very low and solemn atmosphere these days.
Cao Jie was forced to retreat dozens of miles to distance himself from the Zhenguo army.
But after all, the rebels still had the upper hand. After the attack, Gu Jue and Jiang Yan were also exposed to the rebels' gaze. The two sides could only confront each other openly.
Gu Jue and Xie Yan have 60,000 soldiers and horses under their command, of which only 20,000 are soldiers and horses of the Zhenguo Army, and the remaining 40,000 are urgently deployed soldiers and horses of the Armed Guards. Almost none of them have been on the battlefield, and their combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of the Zhenguo Army who have experienced hundreds of battles.
Strong.
Even though the Cao family was fooled around by Gu Jue and Luo Junyao, after deducting the previous losses, they still had more than 100,000 troops.
The two sides were facing each other dozens of miles apart, and no one acted rashly.
Cao Hong was a deputy general under the former General Qingzhou. Because his surname was Cao, he had a good relationship with the Cao family, but he himself had no blood relationship with the Cao family.
Cao Hong only surrendered after the Cao family raised an army. After all, the knife is on your neck. If you don't want to die heroically for the country, there is only one way to surrender.
Cao Hong believed that he was not a righteous and loyal person, and he felt no guilt or uneasiness in joining the Cao family.
Naturally, this is because the Cao family's lobbyists are so eloquent and persuasive.
But as these days passed, Cao Hong discovered that he might have been deceived.
He really doubted how long the Cao family could last.
From the beginning of the army, Cao Mian has not shown his face.
Although Cao Jie said that Cao Mian had more important things to do, Cao Hong had always been suspicious.
They are about to start a rebellion, what else is more important than this?
These days, he has been fighting fiercely with the direct descendants of the Cao family, and he has managed to find out a little bit of the truth.
Cao Mian didn't have anything important to do, something had obviously happened!
The Cao family was not ready to rebel with confidence, but the court discovered that they were disobedient, and had no choice but to hastily raise troops before the court troops arrived.
After these two days of events, Cao Hong became more firm in his opinion.
The Cao family can't succeed at all, he must find a way out for himself as soon as possible!
"General, there is a young man outside who wants to see you. He says he is the general's old friend." A guard outside the door respectfully reported.
Cao Hong was depressed and said angrily: "Where did my old friend come from in Yannan? Let him go!"
The guard responded respectfully, but when he was about to leave, he was stopped by Cao Hong.
"Wait, who is he?" Cao Hong asked.
The guard said: "He is a handsome young scholar, he looks about twenty."
"What else?" Cao Hong frowned. This was too vague and he couldn't figure out who it was.
"Also...there is a beautiful boy and girl accompanying me, both of whom are about fourteen or fifteen years old."
"What a mess!" Cao Hong said angrily: "Let them in!"
"yes!"
After a while, three young men walked into the room under the leadership of the guards.
Cao Hong squinted his eyes and looked at the three people in front of him. Finally, his eyes fell on the eldest Xie Xiao, "You said you are an old friend of this general? You do look familiar. Who are you?"
Xie Xiao smiled gently and said with cupped hands: "I have met General Cao. Six years ago, I met General Cao with my father in Shangyong."
Capital?
Cao Hong immediately became more vigilant, "Your Majesty is..."
The smile on Xie Xiao's face became a little deeper and he said, "Xie He."
"Prince Ancheng?!" Cao Hong's expression changed drastically. He reached out to pull out the sword from his waist, and at the same time wanted to call someone.
But as soon as he made a move, the young man in white next to Xie Xiao flashed in front of him and placed a slender short blade on his neck.
The attendant standing by saw that something was wrong and wanted to take action.
But Qin Yaoer held down his arm, "Brother, don't move."
The guard was horrified to find that the little hand pressed on his arm without any effort, but his arm could not exert any strength.
Not to mention lifting it up, I can't even move it.
Cao Hong's expression changed several times, and it took him a while to calm down.
He looked at Xie Xiao and said, "It turns out he is the crown prince of Ancheng County. No wonder he looks familiar to me."
Xie Xiao smiled helplessly and said: "General Cao, if my father knew that you were helping the emperor to commit evil, he would be sad to think about it."
Cao Hong was silent. He was once a subordinate of Prince Ancheng. However, Prince Ancheng left the army early, and naturally there was no contact with him in these years.
Six years ago, when he returned to Beijing to report on his duties, he paid a visit to Prince Ancheng. He remembered that Xie Xiao was with Prince Ancheng at that time.
But at that time, the young man in front of me was still a somewhat childish boy.
"Sure enough, the tiger father has no dog son." Cao Hong said: "What does the prince want? If you hope to command the troops by holding me hostage, then I advise you to give up. The Cao family does not trust me very much. The troops stationed here now
, are not the people who originally followed me. Even I can’t do it, so I can do whatever I ask them to do.”
Xie Xiao didn't care and said with a smile: "General Cao is worrying too much."
Cao Hongdao: "Then what do you want to do? Kill me?"
Xie Xiao shrugged and signaled Luo Junyao to speak.
Cao Hong immediately noticed his attitude and turned to look at the young man beside him, "Who is this young master?"
Luo Junyao took out a token and placed it on the table in front of Cao Hong. Cao Hong lowered his head and looked down, his face suddenly became silent and he stopped talking.
There was silence in the room for a long time, and the guard beside Qin Yaoer was knocked down by her at some point.
Cao Hong looked at the three young people in the room and suddenly felt a little depressed.
Luo Junyao let go of Cao Hong, walked up to him and faced him face to face, and asked: "General Cao, I just want to ask you one question."
Cao Hong said: "Please."
"Surrender or die?"
Cao Hong was silent, and Luo Junyao smiled and said, "I have already asked two people this question."
Cao Hong raised his eyes and looked at her, "Who are the two people in front? What happened to them?"
Xie Xiao quickly reported two names and said: "They are dead."
And he died quickly.
Xie Xiao even suspected that they didn't really want to die, they might just want to negotiate terms with the regent princess.
But the regent princess had already killed him first.
Thinking that those two people were closely related to his family, Xie Xiao felt that it was partly because of him that they were so unlucky.
So he kindly advised, "General Cao, this guy... is quick to act. It's better for you to think carefully."
Don't negotiate terms with her, and don't waste time by talking around with her.
Cao Hong naturally understood what he meant. When Xie Xiao said that the two people were dead, his face turned pale.
As if he thought he didn't believe it, Luo Junyao threw out two more things.
Two thuds landed on the table. They were two pieces of the command talismans of the Qingzhou rebel generals.
Cao Hong took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said, "I surrender!"
Luo Junyao showed a smile on his face and nodded: "That's good, I don't want to kill anyone anymore."
Cao Hong said expressionlessly: "What do you want from me? These soldiers and horses..."
Luo Junyao said: "I know that it is impossible for you to return to the imperial court directly with these soldiers and horses. So... at the moment of Xu, it is okay to bring your soldiers and horses to this place?"
The Youyue Thorn in his hand held a beautiful knife flower, and the tip of the knife was nailed to a certain position on the map spread out on the table.
Cao Hong wanted to say something, but Luo Junyao didn't give him the chance. "There will always be a way if you think about it."
Cao Hong raised his head and looked at her for a long time, finally sighed and lowered his head and said, "Yes."
Luo Junyao pulled out the Youyue Thorn and said with a smile: "That's very good. We are waiting for good news from the general. General Cao should think more about his family and take his leave."
After saying that, he gestured to Xie Xiao and Qin Yao'er, and the two of them nodded and walked out together.
Luo Junyao, who walked to the end, looked at Cao Hong, who was still in a daze, and said with a smile: "By the way, General Cao. I forgot to introduce myself. My surname is Luo, and my father is Luo Yun."
Cao Hong watched blankly as the three people disappeared outside the door. He came to his senses and rushed to the door quickly. There was no one in the yard outside.
Surnamed Luo? Luo Yun’s son?
No, Luo Yun's two sons are not even the same age!
Cao Hong suddenly opened his eyes when he thought of the young man's handsome and fair face and the token in her hand that belonged to the Zhenguo Army!
That's a girl?!
That boy is the regent?!
"Why did the princess tell Cao Hong your identity?" Xie Xiao couldn't help but ask in a secluded courtyard in the town.
Luo Junyao smiled and said: "How can I make him behave obediently if I don't tell him my identity? You don't want to go back and assassinate him again, do you?"
Xie Xiao raised his eyebrows and said, "But he might also betray you. If he can capture the Princess Regent..." The Cao family would probably do whatever it takes. It wouldn't be a problem to capture the Princess Regent and exchange it for Cao Mian.
Luo Junyao said: "If he is the first one we find, maybe he will. But two of his friends have died in front of him, so he has to weigh it. What's more, didn't you say so?
He was forced to submit to the Cao family. Seriously, he has never had any fight with the imperial court. If he can make great contributions, he may not be able to get away with it. How do you know that when we came to find him now, we didn't just help him?
?I'm helping him make up his mind faster."
"So, the princess died on purpose when the first two died so quickly?" To scare the monkeys.
Luo Junyao said: "Those two are a little different from him."
Indeed, those two had already joined the Cao family.
"Princess, there is a letter from General Gu." Duoying came in from outside and handed over a letter.
Luo Junyao took the letter and opened it, with a smile on his face.
Xie Xiao said: "What's wrong?"
Luo Junyao waved the letter to him and said: "The imperial reinforcements have arrived."
Hearing this, Xie Xiao was also stunned, and then he also showed a relaxed smile.
Gu Jue and Jiang Yan did not start a war with the rebels because they did not have the upper hand.
Now that the reinforcements have arrived, as long as nothing unexpected happens, there should be no suspense about the war in the north.
Thinking about it this way, Xie Xiao couldn't help but feel a little boring. The Cao family's rebellion was really sloppy.
Soon he cursed himself secretly in his heart. Of course, the sooner the war ends, the better. What is his mentality?
What's the point of fighting? It's better to have peace in the world.
