Time flies, and another month has passed before I know it.
Tea Mountain.
Qin Huaidao sat alone in front of the window, looking at the swaying branches and leaves outside the window, motionless, his mind was full of what happened in the past month, it can be said that the situation has changed.
A month ago, after Xue Wanche, the newly appointed marching general of the imperial court, arrived at the front line, he launched a fierce attack on Qizhou overnight. He took the lead and was the first to ascend the city. His fierce fighting style inspired the three armies and captured Qizhou in one fell swoop. The army rested for the night and rushed to Dai Dai.
state.
However, they were ambushed halfway and the army suffered heavy losses. Thanks to Xue Wanche's bravery, he led his troops to break out of the encirclement and retreated to Qizhou while asking for help from the court.
In anger, Li Er defied all opinions and led 50,000 Yulin guards to march in person. Halfway through the march, they received the neighboring Shuozhou, Yunzhou, Shengzhou, and Shanyu Duhufu, and rebelled one after another.
, beacon fires broke out inside and outside the Great Wall, and the Turks from Mobei attacked from both sides, and together they attacked the Anbei Protectorate.
The Anbei Protectorate tried its best to resist the enemy in the north. Unexpectedly, someone stabbed the southeast corner, causing chaos. Thanks to Li Ershuai's troops, he arrived in time to prevent the situation from getting worse. Li Er, who was holding fire in his heart, resorted to iron-blooded methods.
They went out and killed many people, but little did they know that they had fallen into the trap of luring the enemy in. If the soldiers had not used their lives, they would have died on the battlefield.
From Qin Huaidao's point of view, the purpose of ambushing Xue Wanche was to provoke the imperial commander to personally attack him, and then deliberately show weakness to attract the proud Li Er to attack and charge fiercely, so that he could decide the outcome in one fell swoop. When the time was right, he would surround him on all sides and make dumplings directly.
Thanks to the ferocity of the crossbow, otherwise the country might have changed hands. This battle destroyed Li Er's spirit, pride and self-confidence. In addition, he was hit by an arrow and fell ill. He had to return to the court. Now he is in the Prince's Prison.
country.
Qin Huaidao already knew that Li Er was looking for him all over the world, but the news from Xue Rengui was that Cheng Chumo was returning from a business trip to Goguryeo. He encountered rebels on the way, but he did not intercept him and let him go directly.
This situation made Qin Huaidao realize that this big chess game was really done by Prince Yin, but Prince Yin abided by Zhangjiacun's mutual non-interference agreement and let the caravan go. Should he go out?
By this time it was noon.
In the end, Qin Huaidao decided to leave the mountain. The civil war could be ignored. The two Li brothers were fighting. It didn't matter who took the position. But the invasion of foreign Turks was different. The situation in the Anbei Protectorate was grim. Once it collapsed, the Turks would go south, and the Turks would move south.
The people of Tang Dynasty will face military disaster and be displaced.
The next moment, Qin Huaidao stood up and walked out of the room.
Outside the door, Luo Ying had been waiting. Seeing Qin Huaidao coming out, he quickly asked: "Uncle?"
"No need to say anything, just stay and continue to preside over the training." Qin Huaidao waved his hand, untied the reins of the horse next to him, turned on his horse, looked at Luo Ying and added: "Remember, chaos is about to break out, but it is not the time to use you.
Spend all your time training, and then secretly recruit 500 people to train as soldiers. You can't expose everything here."
"Understood, wait for uncle's call at any time!" Luo Ying nodded solemnly.
"Be careful." Qin Huaidao warned. No one knows what will happen if he goes there, but there are certain things that a man can do and not do. Li Er is pretty good. Now that the prince oversees the country, if something happens, what will happen to the world?
It's easy to say, you have to prepare for the worst.
"drive!"
Qin Huaidao shook the reins, rode away, and quickly disappeared from the exit.
Luo Ying also had a premonition of something, his eyes were wild, and after watching Qin Huaidao disappear, he shouted: "Everyone is here, gather together, give me more practice."
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At dusk, Qin Huaidao rode his horse to Qinjiazhuang and went straight to the ancestral hall.
Soon, Xue Rengui and Huang Lao came over after hearing the news. After everyone saw the ceremony, Qin Huaidao said: "Brother Xue, Huang Lao, I plan to go out to quell the chaos. Qinjiazhuang depends on you. If something happens, destroy all the work as soon as possible."
We will secretly evacuate the technical staff from the tea mountain and hide in the workshop. They have been told what to do and know what to do."
"ah……"
The two of them were a little confused. Xue Rengui soon thought of something. His face was full of shock, but he didn't say anything.
Qin Huaidao warned: "Don't be too nervous, just be prepared. Find a place to hide Qinjiazhuang's money. Remember, safety is the first thing. If people are around, everything can be done again, but you can't say a word before the incident to avoid accidents."
Chaos, maybe I just thought too much and nothing happened in the end."
"Young master, be careful. I will take good care of Qinjiazhuang." Xue Rengui said solemnly.
"As long as you are here, I can rest assured, Mr. Huang, we will negotiate and deal with the matter in the village. If we have different opinions, Brother Xue will take the lead." Qin Huaidao warned, got on his horse and left in a hurry.
Mr. Huang didn't understand what was going on from the beginning to the end. He was confused in the wind. He didn't react until Qin Huaidao disappeared from sight and asked: "Rengui, I am old and my reaction is slow. What did the young master mean by what he just said?"
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"Young master is about to go on an expedition. I'm worried that something might happen to the Qin family village while I'm away. Let me tell you in advance so that if something happens in the future we won't know how to deal with it. We're just preparing for a rainy day. Don't worry."
After explaining the aftermath, what happened this time?
"It's just a precaution, that's okay." Mr. Huang was old after all, so he didn't think much about it.
Xue Rengui smiled, not daring to point it out, secretly clenching his fists.
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At Jinguang Gate, the city guards were about to close the city gate. When they saw a horse galloping over, everyone couldn't help but slow down a few beats. It was not easy outside the city, so let him in if he could. When the horse approached, everyone recognized Qin Huaidao.
He was shocked, and the general who defended the city rushed to meet him, clasping his fists and shouting: "I have seen the Lord Protector in this lowly position."
"That's polite." Qin Huaidao said politely.
"I don't dare. The Holy One has decreed that any guard in Chang'an City who sees the Lord returning, no matter how late it is, must let him go immediately and inform the Lord before entering the palace." The other party said quickly.
Qin Huaidao was stunned for a moment. Knowing that Li Er was looking for him urgently, he also sent everyone from the Supervisory Office to the Qinling Mountains to search. Unexpectedly, even the generals who defended the city had issued an order. After hearing this, not going over immediately would be a disobedience, so he had to give up his decision to return to the house first.
Hit the horse and go straight to the direction of the imperial city.
Not long after, Qin Huaidao came to the Zhuque Gate. The school captain who was guarding the gate recognized Qin Huaidao and was overjoyed. He quickly said: "The Lord Protector is back. Please invite me soon. Your Majesty has been asking about it these days and is very anxious."
"Thank you very much." Qin Huaidao got off his horse and entered the imperial city after a routine inspection.
After some inquiring, I learned that Li Er was in Ganlu Hall, so I hurried over.
The guards at the gate of Ganlu Hall recognized Qin Huaidao, their eyes lit up, and they all saluted. The servants even happily ran in to report, and soon they ran out and shouted: "Master Qin, the Holy One has asked you to come in quickly."
Qin Huaidao nodded and entered quickly. There was no one in the main hall. Wang De came out from behind the screen in the main hall and waved. He hurried over and followed him into the bedroom. The Manlu Hall was used by Li Er to review memorials, read, have meals, and announce the recruitment of concubines.
There is no shortage of sleeping quarters for the concubine.
On the large bed, Li Er was sitting, and a luxurious woman was carefully feeding medicine. Qin Huaidao recognized the woman's identity and hurriedly greeted him: "I have met with the Holy Emperor and have met Wei Guifei."
"You brat, you still know how to come back?" Li Er pushed away the medicine handed over by Concubine Wei with a dissatisfied look on his face.
Qin Huaidao looked at Li Er and saw that he had lost a lot of weight and his complexion was much worse. He asked with concern: "I heard that the Holy Emperor was injured. How is his recovery going?"
"I can't die." Li Er said dissatisfiedly and waved his hands.
Concubine Wei stood up knowingly, glanced at Qin Huaidao, nodded slightly in return, turned and left. The harem did not interfere in politics. This was an iron rule set by Li Er. Even the eldest grandson of the Holy Queen, Wugou, never interfered in politics, and Concubine Wei naturally did not dare to do so.
After Concubine Wei went out, Li Er asked: "Tell me, where are you going during this time? It's hard for me to find you."
"Back to Your Majesty, I went to the cave left by the pre-Qin warlock. It took more than two months and I finally fully recuperated my body, which made Your Majesty worried." Qin Huaidao said the excuse he had thought of for a long time.
"Do you understand the situation?" Li Er went straight to the topic.
"I don't know about it when I return to the Holy Land. It's just that when I came back, the general who defended the city came to deliver the order on my behalf, so he came in a hurry. Now I'm confused." Qin Huaidao pretended to be dumbfounded. At this time, saying that he knew was asking for death.
Li Er stared at Qin Huaidao with sharp eyes and said: "Daizhou, Shengzhou, Shuozhou, Yunzhou, Shanyu Duhufu and other places rebelled, with more than 100,000 mercenaries. The Turks north of the Anbei Duhufu are unwilling to be left alone.
Three hundred thousand troops have been attacking fiercely for more than a month, and the Anbei Protectorate is resisting two places at the same time. The situation is serious, do you have any solution?"
"This..." Qin Huaidao had a shocked expression on his face and pretended to think about it. Although he had already thought about it on the way, wouldn't saying it directly reveal that he already knew it?
Li Er saw Qin Huaidao looking like he was hearing it for the first time, and his eyes softened a bit.