When Lin Ye rushed to the Beiye Army camp, Lu Gang happened to come out of the camp.
In Yunzhou, no matter who you are, when you arrive at the gate of the Beiye Army Camp, you have to walk, get off the bus, or get off the horse.
So the two people walked in and out, facing each other.
As soon as he saw Lin Ye, Lu Gang stopped and hugged Lin Ye.
"Commander Lin."
Lin Ye cupped his fists and returned the greeting: "Your Majesty the Governor."
Lu Gang looked back at the direction of the Beiye Army Camp, and then smiled rather bitterly: "I have tried my best."
Lin Ye nodded, and then asked: "Where are you going, Master Zhenfu?"
Lu Gang said: "Although I am a third-rank official, in charge of Lingwei's handling of cases, I don't have much power in Yunzhou now. But since I am a minister, I should do my best as a minister. After I go back, I will summon my subordinates to go out."
When the northern border passes into winter, we can do whatever we can, and we can't wait in Yunzhou."
He looked at Lin Ye: "You and I are separated from now on, and we may never see each other again in the future."
Lin Ye crossed his fists.
Lu Gang walked a few steps, then turned back and said: "There may be some things that are difficult to explain between me and Commander Lin, but you and I are both ministers, and I hope you can give good advice to the general."
After saying that, he clasped his fists again and strode away.
Lin Ye turned around and glanced at Lu Gang's back, seeing that it was a bit lonely and depressed.
Lu Gang didn't say it clearly, but Lin Ye also guessed that it was probably because Lu Gang failed to persuade King Beiye to send troops.
This matter is indeed too sensitive. King Kitano sent troops to stay in winter without the emperor's order. This is definitely a crime that can be punished with death.
If the Loufan people really went south, then this is excusable, but it is still against the rules.
Emperor Jade wanted to punish this crime. Even if Tuoba Lie made another military exploit in Dongbo, he would not be able to escape the punishment.
It is impossible for Tuoba Lie to act rashly.
As Lin Ye walked, he thought about what he should say when he met Tuoba Lie.
Before he reached the Chinese army's tent, he saw Tuoba Lie standing on the side of the road, looking at Lin Ye.
Lin Ye quickened his pace and came closer to salute: "General."
Tuoba Lie said: "When Lu Gang came, I knew you would come too. He has probably said all the words he can say. You don't need to say them again."
Lin Ye nodded: "Yes."
Then he leaned over and saluted again: "I resign from my humble position."
This made Tuoba Lie slightly stunned. Seeing that Lin Ye was really going to leave, Tuoba Lie couldn't help but glare at Lin Ye.
He asked: "Where are you going?"
Lin Ye said: "Wu Lingwei happened to capture a Lou Fan spy. After interrogation, we learned that Lou Fan might go south. Since Wu Lingwei is responsible, he naturally has to arrange for someone to go to Dongbo to explore the situation."
Tuoba Lie was silent.
He didn't say yes or no, he just looked at Lin Ye so calmly.
Lin Ye waited for a while and saw that Tuoba Lie was silent, so he saluted again, turned around and left.
Tuoba Lie suddenly asked him: "When you first came to Yunzhou, did you never think that this battle was related to you?"
Lin Ye turned back to look at Tuoba Lie and replied: "The general guessed wrong, I have thought about it."
Tuoba Lie asked again: "Then when you wear the brocade clothes, the most important thing on your mind is the thing you have to do in Dongbo today?"
Lin Ye replied: "Back to the general, Wu Lingwei is also a soldier."
Then strode away.
Tuoba Lie looked at Lin Ye's back with particularly complicated eyes.
It was difficult for him to understand how someone with Lin Ye's personality could become careless because of Lu Gang's one-sided words.
Lu Gang just captured a Lou Fan spy. It has not yet been verified whether he confessed to this or not.
What if Lu Gang was the one who designed it? Tuoba Lie has led troops for many years and is naturally more perceptive than others. If what Lu Gang said is true, we can indeed suspect that it was the Lou Fan people who wanted to take action.
But, he didn't believe Lu Gang.
What if this is another strategy arranged by Emperor Jade? This strategy puts people in a dilemma.
It’s wrong to go, and it’s wrong not to go.
But if you go, it will be a capital crime. If you don't go, the worst thing you can do is be scolded by the emperor. It can be called a fault, but not a major crime.
If the general who leads the army sends troops outside the territory without authorization, even ten heads are not enough to cut him off.
Tuoba Lie looked at Lin Ye's back and thought, if he had been young, he would probably have gone like Lin Ye without hesitation.
Lin Ye left the Beiye Army camp. After coming out, he said to Flea: "You don't have to send me back to the camp. You go to Gao Gong and ask him to gather the people. I want to talk to them in the warehouse tonight."
Flea responded, and before leaving, he said to Lin Ye: "If we go to fight the Loufan people, the general can take no one with him, but he must take me with him."
Lin Ye didn't expect this.
Flea's origin destined him to never get ahead in a place like Yunzhou.
Even if you are in the arena, you are still struggling at the bottom of the arena.
When he drank and chatted with those men on weekdays, he would almost always curse the court for being unfair.
Therefore, he should be the person who is least willing to risk his life for such a thing.
"you......"
Lin Ye only said the word "you" and could not say the rest.
Flea smiled at Lin Ye, raised his hand, and poked his heart with his index and middle fingers.
"I scold the court because I am a beautiful woman. When I see injustice or injustice, I will scold you. I want to go to war with the Loufan people because I am a beautiful woman. No matter how bad this jade is, it is still a beautiful jade.
"
After saying that, he flicked his riding whip and drove the car away in the dust.
Lin Ye stood there for a long time.
Yulingwei.
Lu Gang hurried back and ordered all the Yuling guards in Yunzhou to return to their posts.
About an hour later, hundreds of people returned from various places.
Looking at these hundreds of people, Lu Gang felt particularly heavy.
When his Imperial Guards were in their glory, there were at least tens of thousands of people, including those from the Department of Natural Resources who were not even included in the ranks.
He gives an order and these tens of thousands of people can be used by him.
Now, the hundreds of people standing in front of him are all the manpower he can call upon.
Even if he sends people to contact the Yuling Guards from various places now, it will still be too late.
"Everyone."
After scanning for a week, Lu Gang said loudly: "In fact, you have not received much care from me in Yunzhou. Most of you have never even seen me."
He calmed down and then continued: "The things Lu Gang wants to ask you to do today are truly life and death related. If you don't want to go, I won't force you."
He raised his finger and pointed to the north: "I have no solid evidence to prove that the Loufan people will go south in large numbers, so this trip north to Dongbo was my private order, not the emperor's will."
"So if we go, if Lou Fan's army really goes south, then you and I may both die on the battlefield. If no Lou Fan people come, you and I may both die under the laws of the country."
"So, I can't force you, I can only ask you to make your own decisions."
After a while, a knife commander came out and said: "Sir, I have a question."
Lu Gang said: "Say."
The Dao Tong raised his chin, his face full of pride: "When will Dayu's Yuling Guards set out?"
Lu Gang's heart felt hot.
"Sir, I'm going!"
"Sir, I'm going too!"
The men who were guarding the imperial guards spoke out one after another.
"Let me remind you once again that going north to Dongbo this time is not a divine order, it is my private decision..."
Before Lu Gang finished speaking, a Yu Lingwei shouted loudly: "My lord has said that people from Yu Lingwei must always walk ahead of others."
"Your Excellency also said that we, Yu Lingwei, are scolded by others because we are regarded as close ministers of the Emperor, so we are envied by others. What happened today is just a chance for those who scold Yu Lingwei to see what it means to be a close minister of the Emperor!"
Hundreds of people raised their arms and shouted.
"Go north!"
Lu Gang took a deep breath, leaned over and bowed: "Lu Gang, thank you very much."
On that day, everyone in Yu Lingwei got busy, collecting supplies to the best of their ability and bringing all the equipment they could.
These people have extremely strong mobility and can prepare everything in just half a day.
Many people used their own money to buy a lot of supplies and bring them with them when they went out.
They gathered here again before dark and waited to leave Yunzhou City after dawn.
A young man sat there and glanced at the fifty-year-old man smoking a pipe next to him.
"Uncle Gong, didn't you say you couldn't touch even a copper coin of your silver? You were actually willing to spend it all on the black market and buy so many leather armors to bring back."
The old man smiled and said, "I kept the money because I wanted to adopt a boy to take care of me in my old age after I leave Yulingwei in the future. The governor of the town has said that this winter trip will be very unlucky, and I will be damned."
If you are going to die, what are you doing with the money?"
He bought several hundred pieces of leather armor. These items would also be used by charlatans, but they were naturally not available on the open market and had to go to the black market.
"If you can block an arrow, the money will not be wasted."
He smoked his pipe and looked at the young man: "You said that you kid is also very unlucky. Yu Lingwei, who just joined this year, has encountered such a thing. He has not even been able to show off the majesty of Yu Lingwei for a day."
The young man also laughed: "Awesome?"
He said: "I am standing on the battlefield, and the royal robes of our imperial guards are flying. What majesty can be compared to this majesty?"
The old man was silent.
"We Yu Lingwei have been scolded all the time."
The young man said: "When I first came in, I really didn't get used to it because our people are really not that good."
"I've seen people who bully people and collect dirty money based on their status as Yu Lingwei. In just a short period of time, I've seen them all."
He said: "But today none of them said they couldn't go. I think... Yu Lingwei should be like this."
The old man patted him on the shoulder.
Darkness soon came, and they cuddled up to each other and rested in the yard. Some fell asleep quickly, while others had difficulty falling asleep.
The young man stood up, took out the dagger from his waist, and carved something on the wall of the courtyard.
The old man woke up in a daze and glanced at him: "What are you carving?"
The young man turned back and grinned: "Leave a name so that if someone sees me in the future, they will know who I am, what I did, and where I died."
He was carving there carefully.
Dayu, Yunzhou, Xinghe County, Ganlan County, Yulingwei Li Kaiyuan, who was nineteen years old, went north to kill Lou Fan without receiving the emperor's order.
After he finished carving, he looked at the old man: "Uncle Gong, can I carve it for you too?"
The old man shook his head: "It's unlucky not to engrave or engrave."
Then he added: "If you want to carve it, write it more beautifully. Your uncle Gong's name is Gong Yongyang. Gong's surname is Gong, which means brave and brave."
The Yuling guards in the courtyard gradually stood up, took out their daggers, and carved their birthplaces and names on the walls of the courtyard.
Lu Gang, who was standing on the steps, strode over after a moment.