Cold sweat broke out on Yuchichong's forehead, and he secretly felt strange in his heart. Although Xue Daoming was dissatisfied with him, the rain gradually stopped, but because he had military power, he was always afraid of him, and he showed considerable respect for him several times when they met. He never had
He has been so harsh and harsh as today and made things difficult for him. Could it be that the purpose of his trip is not just to **** him? He wants to take advantage of the winter truce to attack him and complete the leadership change in Northern Xinjiang. He wants to firmly secure the military power in Northern Xinjiang.
Is it in his own hands?
General Dong Tian on the side said: "Your Majesty, the commander-in-chief has always been loyal and dedicated to serving the country. How could he have such an idea?"
Xue Daoming said: "I'm sorry he doesn't dare. Old dear, please get up. It's freezing cold and your old muscles and bones can't bear the torment."
Yuchi Chong slowly stood up, looked at General Dong Tian, and expressed his gratitude. General Dong Tian was once under his command, and from this aspect, he could be regarded as his mentor.
Xue Daoming said: "I came here to fight this time because I thought of your hard work in northern Xinjiang, so I specially allocated military supplies and gave priority to the soldiers in northern Xinjiang."
Yu Chichong said respectfully: "Thank you Lord for your kindness!" He hesitated and then said: "Your Majesty, I dare to say that the military supplies sent this time are not in line with what your Majesty previously approved, and are less than half of the military supplies. I'm afraid...
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Xue Daoming sighed and said: "How could I not know, but the imperial court also has its difficulties. Even these military rations have been given to you as a priority. I still have to be considerate of the difficulties of the imperial court."
Yuchichong felt sad, as the emperor's personal visit to the battlefield was of no practical use in solving the army's dilemma.
Xue Daoming asked about the situation in the army again, but it was all irrelevant nonsense. Yuchi Chong patiently answered one by one. Xue Daoming just talked about the important points before leaving. He pointed out another purpose of the trip, which was
The purpose of arranging General Dong Tian to serve as Yuchichong's deputy and deputy commander-in-chief of the army is self-evident.
Although Yu Chichong was not satisfied with his decision, he had no choice but to do so. In fact, since Xue Shengkang's death, Xue Daoming and Li Chenzhou had never given up their ambition to control the northern Xinjiang army.
Their plots were thwarted time and time again, but when faced with the emperor's personal appointment, Yuchichong could not refuse in person, so he could only temporarily agree. Later, he would ignore General Dong Tian and look for opportunities to find his faults before driving him back.
After Xue Daoming left, General Dong Tian did not immediately accompany him, but stayed behind and said to Yuchi: "Commander, you are my mentor. This appointment is entirely your Majesty's decision. I will never have the ambition to compete with the Commander for power."
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Yuchichong naturally did not believe his words in his heart, and smiled calmly: "The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and a new generation replaces the old. I am nearly sixty years old, and my mind and body have been exhausted after many years of fighting. Of course it would be best for you to come. If Your Majesty is willing, if
It is my dream to be able to relieve myself of this heavy burden."
General Dong Tian said politely: "What are you talking about, Marshal? Northern Xinjiang cannot do without a Marshal, Da Yong cannot do without a Marshal!"
"Your Majesty has arrived at Juanxue City in Northern Xinjiang!" The man in black knelt in front of Li Chenzhou and reported in a low voice.
Li Chenzhou nodded, a hint of cold murderous intent flashed in his eyes. He waved his hand, and the man in black quietly retreated.
A person slowly walked out from behind the screen. That person was none other than Shangguan Yunchong, the former young leader of the Beggar Clan. He looked at Li Chenzhou with a smile and said, "Is it time?"
Li Chenzhou said: "It's time."
Shangguan Yunchong said: "I just don't understand, why don't you just kill Xue Daoming?"
Li Chenzhou said: "Xue Daoming is not scary. Without the people behind him, he would be nothing more than a loser. If you want to knock someone down completely, you have to break his back first."
Shangguan Yunchong said: "The Governor is really decisive in his actions!"
Li Chenzhou stared at Shangguan Yunchong with gloomy eyes and said, "Remember, there will be no mistakes this time."
Shangguan Yunchong sighed and said: "The Governor has forgotten that we are in a cooperative relationship. You'd better be polite to me."
Li Chenzhou said: "How could you have escaped from Black Hu back to Dayong if you had not been desperate? Tang Jiuzheng, his father and his son, and Qiu Xiangguang of the Sword Palace all wanted to kill you before they could. The Beggar Clan even wanted to kill you. Apart from me, there is no one else in the world."
Who is willing to take you in?"
Shangguan Yunchong's handsome face couldn't help but twitch. Li Chenzhou's words hit his weak point. He used Li Chenzhou to attract the attention of the Beggar Gang, but the Jiangbei Beggar Gang gained and lost it. The father and son had to flee to Black Hu. They thought they could
When Black Hu was protected, he did not expect to end up in a situation where he would end up in hiding. Qiu Xiangguang of the Sword Palace regarded them as his son-killing enemies and gathered the power of the Sword Palace to chase them to Black Hu. Tang Jiuzheng and his son of Luoying Palace also fell into trouble.
, the Beggar Gang even set up a dragnet to encircle and suppress the father and son. The three father and son hid in Tibet. Now they had to choose to secretly return to Dayong and find Li Chenzhou to seek his asylum.
Shangguan Yunchong is also an extremely smart person. He understands that the more dangerous a place is, the safer it is. He thinks that most people would not think that he would dare to return to Dayong.
But Li Chenzhou is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so why would he be willing to provide him with shelter in vain? For Li Chenzhou, he can use it only if it doesn't work, and discard it if it doesn't work. A person like Shangguan Yunchong has betrayed him once before, so he can't rule out the possibility of this guy betraying him again.
The choice to cooperate with Guan Yunchong this time was also a helpless choice. The situation in front of him was not good. In the court, Xue Daoming had won the support of a large number of old ministers through the plague incident. What was even more troublesome was that he had won the hearts of many people in Yongdu.
, a group of courtiers who used to vacillate in the court, also saw that Xue Daoming was getting richer, and quietly moved closer to him. Although King Yan Xue Shengjing escaped without knowing where to go, he still had hidden forces left in Dayong.
Still huge, since Li Chenzhou took power, he has never stopped causing chaos. But Dayong seems to have been cursed, with constant natural disasters. These are not the most troublesome things for Li Chenzhou. The real headache for him is Xue Lingjun.
Ever since Xue Lingjun came back from his mission to Dakang, there has been an irreparable rift between them. Although Li Chenzhou visited many times, he was never received by Xue Lingjun. The other party obviously wanted to sever all relations with him.
Judging from a lot of news he recently learned, the relationship between Xue Lingjun and Xue Daoming showed signs of breaking through, which made him panic. If their aunt and nephew settled their differences and joined hands to deal with him, then his situation would be
It will become even worse.
Li Chenzhou was ecstatic that Xue Daoming chose to go to northern Xinjiang to fight at this time. He wanted to seize this opportunity and regain control of the political situation that was on the verge of getting out of control.
Although Shangguan Yunchong has outstanding intelligence, he is much more immature politically than Li Chenzhou. In his opinion, the easiest way for Li Chenzhou to solve the current predicament is to eradicate Xue Daoming. However, in Li Chenzhou's view, eradicating Xue Daoming is tantamount to setting fire to oneself. The real thing is to deal with it.
It should be Dong Bingtai and Xiang Liren who are behind Xue Daoming. Only by eradicating Xue Daoming's supporters can we fundamentally correct the chaos and reestablish authority.
While Li Chenzhou was nervously arranging to deal with these veterans, Dong Bingtai, the Minister of Etiquette, was playing chess with Xiang Liren in the palace of Dayong Libu Shangshu. Xiang Liren was obviously a little uneasy, dropped a black stone, and then sighed.
, looking towards the cloudy sky.
Dong Bingtai couldn't help laughing: "Brother Li Ren, why are you sighing?"
Xiang Liren said: "Why does the emperor insist on having his own way? How can he leave Kangdu at this time?"
Dong Bingtai knew that this must be what he was talking about, so he smiled and said nothing.
Xiang Li couldn't help complaining: "You are the emperor's uncle, why don't you persuade the emperor to stay? This time the Northern Territory is a long distance, not to mention all the hardships on the way, Yuchi rushed to the imperial court's order
It’s a double act, and I don’t know what unexpected situation will happen this time.”
Dong Bingtai picked up the tea cup on the table, took a sip and said: "It must be more bad than good!"
Xiang Liren couldn't help but be stunned when he heard what he said. He was stunned for a while and then said: "You...you clearly knew that the odds were in danger and you still let the emperor go?"
Dong Bingtai laughed: "Actually, we are the ones who really need to worry. With Li Chenzhou's wisdom, how could he be stupid enough to assassinate the emperor? If anything happened to the emperor in Northern Xinjiang, everyone would be the first to suspect him.
on the body."
Xiang Liren nodded. Although his words were good, Yuchi Chong was not an easy character to deal with, and he could not rule out the possibility of being detrimental to the emperor.
Before he could raise a question, Dong Bingtai had already thought of this and whispered: "Yuchichong naturally has his own plans to control the military power in Northern Xinjiang. He will not allow the power of the imperial court or Li Chenzhou to interfere with it.
People must have their own calculations. Although he has made great achievements in stationing in Northern Xinjiang to fight against Black Hu, he cannot be indulged because of this. If he continues to indulge, the result will inevitably be that the troops of the Northern Xinjiang Army will turn away from the imperial court. The longer it goes, the harder it will be to deal with it."
Xiang Liren nodded with deep sympathy and said, "That's why the emperor's trip to the **** is so dangerous!" At this time, his emotions had completely calmed down, not because he had let go.
But because of the calmness shown by Dong Bingtai, Dong Bingtai is the most important supporting force behind Xue Daoming, and Xue Daoming's future and destiny are closely related to the interests of the Dong family. Dong Bingtai should be more concerned about his life and death than anyone else. Since he can show
Such calmness proved that he was confident enough to ensure that nothing would happen to the emperor.
Dong Bingtai said: "What has the eldest princess done recently?"
Xiang Liren said: "According to your wishes, I went to see the eldest princess, and I saw that she seemed to be a little desperate for Li Chenzhou."
Dong Bingtai laughed: "It seems that these two words are not enough." (To be continued.)— ( )
