Chapter 476 Suspicion
It is said that Chen Long and others were trapped in the underground mausoleum under the Qi Zhi Palace. Seeing the dark and mysterious army reveling in the square under the palace not far away, they felt very heavy. Chen Long thought that it was not too late to make amends, and ordered his men to quickly return to the city along the tunnel to inform Zhuge Liang and others of the existence of this army, to prepare for the defense of all gates of Chang'an, especially the north gate, and to prepare for all battles.
Chen Long continued to stay in the mausoleum for reconnaissance, secretly observing the situation through the holes smashed by the thieves. Amidst the flames of the bonfire, the eaves of several sparse halls were illuminated like ghost lands, but under the eaves and arches, demons were dancing wildly. In one of the main halls, which was not clean, there was a makeshift military bed. The fire pit next to it brought a strong warm spring feeling. A person was naked on the bed, and his strong chest muscles reflected the light of the fire. He was pressed against a Vent in an Aries woman. This person is none other than Li Jue, the northwest commander who was kicked out of Chang'an by Chen Long's Qinglong Army in the past.
While he was sleeping, suddenly there was a loud bang from the brass nails of the door. Li Jue suddenly burst into tears and lay motionless on top of the woman. I heard a shout outside the door: "Commander, the military situation is urgent, I, Li Ru, have come in!"
When Li Jue heard that it was Li Ru, he couldn't help but lose his anger. He snorted and was about to get up. Li Ru had already kicked the door open with a bang, and footsteps could be heard, and he was already approaching. Li Jue was half-wearing his trousers and cursed loudly: "Wen You, what kind of bullshit military information is there? Is the emperor here?"
Li Jue was deeply afraid of this great military advisor, Li Ru and Li Wenyou. I think that Li Ru was Dong Zhuo's confidant at that time, and his official position was higher than that of Li Jue and Guo Si. Dong Zhuo obeyed Li Ru's words and had the power of life and death, appointment and dismissal. Moreover, Li Ru is extremely intelligent and vicious. He looks like a scholar, but he does things unscrupulously, which makes people shudder. After Dong Zhuo was destroyed in Luoyang, he, Li Ru, was able to hide and escape, which shows his high ability to remain invisible. After going around and around, Li Ru finally found the troops of Li Jue and Guo Si. After Jia Xu, he condescended to become the chief military advisor of Li Jue and Guo Si's northwest army. Relying on Li Ru's talents, Li Jue and Guo Si lived a pretty good life. Not only did they establish a firm foothold in the Gobi Desert and the prairie in the northwest, but in addition to looting towns for food, they actually had The small scale of grain and livestock production is all related to Li Ru's internal affairs ability, which prevented this group of northwest soldiers from becoming a beggar gang or a blind drifter in the northwest.
Recently, Li Ru actually got in touch with the current emperor again, and actually got the emperor's official appointment of Li Jue and Guo Si. The condition was that he would lead troops to Chang'an to Qinhuang to fight against and wipe out the Qinglong Army in Chang'an. It was really out of the blue. A big pie. Li Jue and Guo Si got excited and rushed from the Hetao area with the remaining 30,000 elite Xiliang cavalry. They happened to arrive at the abandoned Qizu Palace to spend the night today.
Li Ru saw that Li Jue had put on his trousers and was about to speak up when he suddenly heard a grunt behind him. It turned out to be Guo Bang who saw the beautiful white woman on the bed and couldn't help but swallow a big gulp of saliva. Li Ru felt bitter in his heart and couldn't help but roll his eyes. The generals he was assisting were such rotten people!
Li Jue burst out laughing and said, "General Yang Lie likes it, so feel free to take it away!" It turned out that this time the emperor issued an edict, naming Li Jue as General Yangwu and Guo Si as General Yang Lie, to take charge of the northwest military.
Guo Bang suddenly remembered that when Li Jue was here just now, he was staying up all night to conduct reconnaissance on a very bumpy horse in the dark night. At this time, his words sounded like sarcasm, and he couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Li Rusu knew that Li Jue and Guo Si had a rift, and finally reconciled with them, but they were far less united than they had been under Dong Zhuo. After the Northwest Army was defeated in Chang'an, the remaining soldiers entered the Hetao area, and resources were quite scarce. Li Jue and others competed with each other for power, and the conflicts became increasingly intensified. Li Jue often entertained Guo Si with banquets at his home, and sometimes stayed with Guo Si at his home. Guo Si's wife was afraid that Li Jue would steal her love by giving her maids and concubines to Guo Si, so she wanted to sow discord between them. One time, Li Jue brought wine and food to Guo Si. Guo Si's wife said that the tempeh in the dish was poison. Before Guo Si ate it, Guo Si's wife picked out the tempeh and showed it to Guo Si. She also said many bad things about Li Jue, which made Guo Si Got suspicious. A few days later, Li Jue hosted another banquet for Guo Si and got Guo Si very drunk. Guo Si suspected that Li Jue wanted to poison him, so he quickly drank manure juice to induce vomiting and relieve the hangover. So they turned against each other and led their troops to attack each other. They fought for months and thousands of people died.
Until Li Ru arrived, he persuaded Li Jue and Guo Si to negotiate a peace, and wanted to exchange their sons as hostages. However, Li Jue's wife loved her son very much and was unwilling to exchange, and the peace plan was not yet decided. Later, Li Jue finally agreed to exchange their daughters as hostages, and the two parties reconciled. Guo Si nominally respected Li Jue as the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army, himself as deputy commander, and Li Ru as the chief military advisor, and stationed troops in Sanfeng County and Woye County of Shuofang County. , make an appointment to conspire with the world.
After several people exchanged eye-rolls, they finally looked away from the woman. Li Ru narrowed his eyes and said, "I have always been in contact with Situ Wang Yun. The envoys always come in and out through the west gate, avoiding the Qinglong Army Xun You." The north gate of the guard. Yesterday, I asked the envoy to deliver the news of our army's arrival in the area of Zhenzong Palace to Kyoto. But the envoy just rushed back and said that the city gate was not open during the day and could not be entered. I heard from the people in the suburbs nearby that there seemed to be troops coming in and out. , and there were shouts of killing last night, there may be something going on in Chang'an!"
Although Li Jue was a reckless man, he had been the commander-in-chief for a long time. How could he not have military knowledge? After hearing this, he was surprised and asked: "Is it the Qinglong Army who wants to rebel?"
Guo Si next to him was also surprised when he heard this: "I personally took people to investigate near the North Gate just now. It was the focus of our army's promise to Wang Yun to attack on time. However, I saw that there were also troops entering and exiting at the North Gate, and there was a I don’t know how many soldiers there are at the Zhai Gate, and they seem to be on military alert, so they hurried back to report. Could it be that Wang Yun leaked the news, causing the Qinglong Army to launch a counterattack in advance?"
Li Ru's slender eyebrows knitted together. What Li Jue and Guo Si said was very possible, but the details were unknown. Li Ru thought and elaborated: "The Qinglong Army wants to rebel, why wait until today? Moreover, Chen Long has always had a good relationship with the Queen Mother He, and I heard that there is a secret affair. Chang'an is protected by the Qinglong Army, so how can it suddenly use troops against the emperor?" Doesn't this give the world a reason to talk about it? I don't think Chen Long is so unwise. Moreover, Wang Yun's conspiracy against the Qinglong Army was all secretly contacted, and the people employed were his son Wang Gai and other close associates, but I don't know what happened. How did it leak? It seems there must be a problem somewhere."
Li Jue heard this and said hesitantly: "Military advisor, in this case, what should we do?" Guo Bang said: "Since Chang'an has changed, if we want to act safely, we'd better go back the way we came, so as not to stand under a dangerous wall."
Li Ru nodded slightly. In terms of using troops cautiously, Guo Si's approach was a safe one. Although this march achieved nothing, it only lost some military rations. However, this is a golden opportunity to become a minister in the imperial court. Should we give up so easily?
Obviously, Li Jue had also thought about this problem and said with itch: "Military advisor, these are just some clues. Is it possible to give up the imperial edict and just turn around? Those who know say we are cautious in using our troops, and those who don't know say we are suspicious. If you tell me, people will laugh to death, and I'm afraid the world will laugh at you."
Li Ru shook his head and said: "The strength of the army has been preserved. As long as the emperor wants to stand up, the order will come again. But we don't know what happened in Chang'an and whether it is dangerous for the army to be stationed here. But it would be a pity to give up now. It is better to be prepared for both advance and retreat."
Li Jue nodded and asked, "The military advisor is very resourceful, do you have any good strategies?"
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
