An Pinbai followed the man in the tiger-patterned bronze mask to a secluded place in the military camp.
An Pinbai quickly stopped the man: "General, wait!"
The man in the tiger pattern bronze mask also stopped and turned around slowly.
Before An Pinbai could say the rude request, the man opposite slowly took off the tiger-print bronze mask on his face.
The next second, a face that was familiar yet unfamiliar to An Pinbai was revealed under the mask.
The man in the tiger-print bronze mask is none other than Lin Zhenyuan.
"It's really you...General Lin..." An Pinbai walked forward excitedly and grabbed the other person's arm, shouting excitedly.
Lin Zhenyuan smiled calmly and said, "It's me, Xiao An!"
Lin Zhenyuan was much older than An Pinbai, and he had taught An Pinbai about the art of war before. Although he hadn't seen him for many years, it felt like it was just the other day.
"General Lin, you really did not die in Wuweiguan." An Pinbai said with tears in his eyes.
"I originally wondered if the general who led the troops to attack the Xiongnu this time was you, but Marshal Zhou told me that it was someone named Yuan Zhenling!"
"Hey! I should have thought at that time that it belonged to you, General Lin!"
Lin Zhenyuan nodded and patted An Pinbai on the shoulder, saying, "The commander-in-chief hid it from you before to protect me."
"What happened to Wuwei Pass back then? How could the 200,000 Wuwei Guard army be destroyed so easily?" An Pinbai asked carefully.
Although he was very reluctant to mention what happened back then, Lin Zhenyuan slowly told An Pinbai all the secrets of Wuwei Pass back then.
After hearing this, An Pinbai cursed bitterly: "God damn Yan Song, damn Zhang Biao! The two of them ruined two hundred thousand mighty guards so easily!"
Lin Zhenyuan said with a sad expression: "It was not Yan Song, let alone Zhang Biao, who ruined the two hundred thousand mighty guard army, but the Chen court!"
An Pinbai's expression froze after hearing this, and he murmured to himself: "The Imperial Court of Chen... hum... hum..."
"My dear brother, I know what you are thinking. Now that Emperor Chen is fatuous and his treacherous ministers are in power, the people of the world have been suffering from his treacherous ministers and evil emperor for a long time. You must have seen what kind of character Mr. Zhou has. His talents are like the sea, and he is like Wu Ketong. Ten thousand troops can control ten thousand people at court. Such a lord is hard to find in the world! Following Mr. Zhou, we may be able to achieve some hegemonic ambitions!"
An Pinbai took Lin Zhenyuan's hands and said through gritted teeth: "I don't expect to achieve any hegemonic ambitions. My father-in-law treated me as his own son, but he was killed by the dog emperor Li Rui's Wumen stick. If there is a chance, ,I will..."
Lin Zhenyuan looked around and quickly stopped An Pinbai from saying those treacherous words.
"Brother, please don't say some things out loud. After all, we are still the common people of Dachen!"
An Pinbai nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, took back what he was about to say, and found a new topic.
After the two chatted for a while, Qian Xiaohao came to find Lin Zhenyuan and An Pinbai.
"General An, General Lin, you are here. The commander has summoned you two for something urgent!"
An Pinbai and Lin Zhenyuan looked at each other, and then asked Qian Xiaohao: "General Qian, I wonder what the commander-in-chief wants to see us for?"
Qian Xiaohao shook his head and said: "Originally, the commander was happy because the Khitans were willing to join our mighty guard, but after he read a letter from Hanyang City, he was not happy at all. So he Shuai asked me to recruit you two urgently."
"It seems like something big has happened. Otherwise, we wouldn't have made the commander so unhappy. Let's go quickly and don't make the commander anxious."
An Pinbai also nodded solemnly and said: "What General Lin said is absolutely true. Maybe we can give Marshal Zhou some advice to solve the problem at hand!"
Lin Zhenyuan, An Pinbai, and Qian Xiaohao headed toward Zhou Yi's Chinese army tent.
As soon as the three of them entered the big tent, they found that Zhou Yi's face was as dark as water.
Not knowing why, Lin Zhenyuan and the two subconsciously thought that something had happened to the Huns in the north or the Qiang Di in the west.
"Sir, I wonder what happened to make you so unhappy?"
Zhou Yi didn't speak, but pointed slightly at a letter on the desk. Qian Xiaohao immediately stepped forward to pick up the letter and read it with Lin Zhenyuan and the others.
After reading the contents of the letter, the three of them were shocked. The three of them exclaimed in unison: "What? We in Yongzhou are going to send a new military envoy to command the entire army?"
"Didn't this dog emperor Li Rui reward the commander-in-chief Tiance, the general, to take charge of all the government and military affairs in Yongzhou? Now here comes another military envoy!"
You must know that these soldiers and horses in Yongzhou were pulled up bit by bit by Zhou Yi. In the past, there was a name of "Li Feiyu" to block them from the outside world. Now if a new soldier and horse envoy comes, it will probably cause complications.
Now that Zhou Yi has grown up, the new emperor Li Rui wanted to take advantage of his accession to the throne to issue an edict to the ministers, but Zhou Yi and Wang Dachui refused to show his favor and were absent from the enthronement ceremony.
The petty-minded Li Rui also held a grudge because of this. As Yan Song's adopted son, Wang Dachui had Yan Song and Li Wanji helping to turn away the wind. Naturally, Li Rui would not deal with Li Feiyu, so Li Rui could only vent his remaining anger. It’s on Zhou Yi.
In addition, Yan Song mentioned to Li Rui from time to time that Zhou Yiyuan had been at the border for many years, which had become a habit. If he continued not to restrain himself, it was likely that he would rely on military merit, develop arrogance, and even eventually conspire to commit rebellion.
Therefore, the new emperor Li Ruicai decided to send an additional military envoy to Yongzhou, euphemistically claiming to share the pressure of Zhou Yi.
Although Wei Zhongxian continued to mediate, he was still unable to resist the influence of old thief Yan Song on Li Rui.
In the end, Wei Zhongxian could only write a letter to inform Zhouyi of the news, and according to Wei Zhongxian's letter, he learned that the person who was coming to Yongzhou to be a soldier this time was none other than Yan Kuan, the son of Yan Song!
The reason why Yan Song sent his son to Yongzhou to be the military envoy was firstly to take back the military power of Zhouyi, and secondly because he wanted to become the actual controller of Yongzhou, Liangzhou and Qingzhou together with Wang Dachui.
But Yan Song obviously made a wrong calculation.
Political power comes from the barrel of a gun, not to mention whether Zhou Yi will hand over his troops to Yan Song's son Yan Kuan. Even if Zhou Yi allows Yan Kuan to enter the mighty guard camp, I am afraid Yan Kuan will not be able to command anyone. .
Zhou Yi turned around and said leisurely to Qian Xiaohao, Lin Zhenyuan and An Pinbai: "Gentlemen, our Yongzhou is located in a dangerous border situation. If he encounters the Huns or Khitans on his way to take office, it will be terrible. It’s not good!”
"Everyone, how many people should we send to meet the new military envoy?"
