Zhu Li has always been a man of action. After giving instructions to everyone, he walked straight out of the general's mansion.
When He Huihu and Cheng Huaixin transferred 5,000 cavalry, Zhu Li jumped on his horse without saying a word and rushed towards the outside of Shanyang City without any hesitation.
During this process, Yuchi Jin wanted to say something several times but stopped herself, but when she saw Zhu Li's determined look on her face, in the end, she still said nothing.
Although Wang Yueyao is important, the people of Fanyang are more important; what's more, in Fanyang City, there is Li Keju, whom she respects the most, and her elder brother, and now their lives and deaths are unknown. How do you want her to choose
Even if she told him, what would it matter? Instead of making it difficult for Zhu Li to choose, it would be better not to tell him and let her bear all the mistakes.
My sweetheart is not only the sky of this family, but also the sky of the entire Heshuo. For the safety of thousands of families, it is not easy to prepare for life and death, and to spend the rest of his life several times.
However, Guo Qizuo saw her tangled and relieved expression. He walked to Yuchi Jin naturally and asked with a bow, "Madam, are you worried about your brother and Lord Li?"
Yuchi Jin looked back at him and said helplessly, "Hey, it's a fait accompli. What's the point of me worrying?"
"Don't worry, my lady. It was definitely not Li Quanzhong who captured Fanyang. As long as it wasn't Li Quanzhong, Lord Li and your brother will have hope of survival." Guo Qizuo explained seriously, and then said: "If you are worried about Madam Wang Yueyao, then there is even less need to worry."
"What do you mean?" Yuchi Jin's heart sank and he looked at Guo Qizuo hesitantly.
"Zhao Wu, Wang Chong, there was news this morning that Miss Wang was blessed with good fortune and met Fairy Yuhua who was wandering in Taihang Mountain. Fairy Yuhua helped Miss Wang and saved her from the spies."
"Oh, really? That's great." Upon hearing that Wang Yueyao was rescued by his senior sister, Yuchi Jin immediately felt relieved. With his senior sister's attainments in martial arts, Wang Yueyao should be fine.
Just when she was feeling a little relieved, she heard Guo Qizuo continue, "However, a secretary supervisor expert named Yu Cuiwei led a group of secret guards and also rushed to Taihang Mountain. Now the two sides are confronting each other in the mountains."
"Yu Cuiwei?" Yuchi Jin exclaimed. She had an impression of this person. At the foot of Gaobi Ridge in Fenzhou, there were two figures who had attacked their sworn brother Zhao Zilong and General Lu Fengxian. One of them was called Yu Cuiwei.
Although the two men's fate seemed miserable in that battle, Yuchi Jin did not underestimate them because of this. After all, how could he be weak in skills when he was known as the ace of the Secretary General
"Yes, it is said that this is an extraordinary lady with extraordinary martial arts skills. I have sent people to ask for help from General Zhao who is stationed in Fenzhou, and asked him to come to help immediately." Guo Qizuo said solemnly, "When General Zhao arrives, with his skills and the assistance of his soldiers, it should not be difficult to rescue the lady of the Wang family."
"That's great." Upon hearing what Guo Qizuo said, Yuchi Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Her sworn brother Zhao Zilong has already broken through to the Xuan realm. It should not be difficult for a Xuan realm master to go and rescue Wang Yueyao.
Zhu Li led the cavalry and galloped all the way to Yizhou.
When the troops arrived at Weizhou, they discovered that there was not even a single soldier on duty at the city gate. This strange situation made Zhu Li frown.
Weizhou is located at the intersection of Taihang, Hengshan and Yanshan Mountains. It is an important military town. No matter who is in charge here, no one will be careless. Now there is not even a patrol guard at the city gate. Isn't the situation weird
Liu Rengong, who was stationed here for many years and was known as "Liu Kutou", did not even station a single soldier at the city gate. What did he want to do
Without Zhu Li's instructions, He Huihu rode his horse to inquire. In a short time, He Huihu returned to Zhu Li's side and said, "General, not only have all the patrols at the city gate disappeared, but it seems that all the soldiers and guards in Weizhou City have disappeared. There is not a single soldier in the entire Weizhou City."
When these words were spoken, everyone was horrified. Such an important town did not even have a single soldier. This situation was not only weird, but also horrifying.
"Brother, could it be that Liu Rengong received the news of the fall of Fan Yang and took all his troops to support Fan Yang?" Zhu Ya scratched his head and looked at Zhu Li in a daze.
"Impossible." Zhu Li responded affirmatively without even looking at him.
When a town general goes to provide assistance elsewhere, he must first take care of his own lair. Otherwise, if the enemy attacks from behind, the entire army may be wiped out. This is a truth that even a lieutenant colonel understands, and Liu Rengong could not have been unaware of it.
Although Zhu Li had little contact with Liu Rengong, he knew that he was a man who attached great importance to power. Back then, he was just a minor general of Li Keju, and it was because Zhu Li asked him to dig a tunnel and defeat Fu Wenda that he won the favor of Li Keju.
After Li Keju, Li Tao and others put down the Shatuo rebellion, Zhu Li was promoted to the governor of Shuozhou for his merits; and Liu Rengong became the commander of Weizhou, controlling nearly 10,000 subordinates and ruling the area.
Abandoning Weizhou and not defending it is a serious crime. Liu Rengong would never and dare not make such a mistake without special reasons, unless he wanted to rebel.
Thinking of this possibility, Zhu Li's face turned grim.
He was a man who was well versed in history, but he had always ignored the fact that such a hero was stationed in Weizhou.
Historically, Liu Rengong first rebelled against Li Kuangchou, but after being beaten and fled, he defected to Li Keyong.
When Li Keyong conquered Youzhou and gave it to him to rule, he directly betrayed Li Keyong and beat him up. If it hadn't been for a heavy rain, Li Keyong would have been almost killed by him.
It can be said that this is a typical example of a person who is rebellious and who will destroy his bridges after crossing them.
Could it be that Liu Rengong really rebelled? Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain the strange phenomenon that there was no one guarding Weizhou; if Liu Rengong really rebelled, then it would be unknown whether he rebelled before the fall of Fan Yang or after the fall of Fan Yang.
It was useless to think too much, so Zhu Li immediately left behind a thousand cavalrymen and ordered Cheng Huaixin to stay in Weizhou. At the same time, he sent someone to pass a message to Guo Qizuo, asking him to urgently dispatch 10,000 palace guards to Weizhou to assist Cheng Huaixin in garrisoning here.
After making all the arrangements, Zhu Li continued to ride his horse towards Yizhou with full of doubts.
Mentioning Yizhou makes people think of the tragic, desolate and heroic song "The wind is whistling and the Yi River is cold, the hero leaves and never returns."
Yizhou, named after the Yi River, belonged to Yan during the Spring and Autumn Period and to Zhao during the Warring States Period. It is the former site of Yan and Zhao.
Gao Yuan retreated to Yi County and Yue Pengju retreated to Mo County. Both of them were busy and immediately reorganized the remnants of the troops. They recruited local militiamen and built a defense line between Bancheng, Yi County, Rongcheng and Mo County, which semi-encircled Youzhou from the southwest to prevent attacks by the Di people in Youzhou.
Upon entering Yi County, Zhu Li saw Gao Yuan, Li Hanzhi and others. Even Zhang Guimou who was guarding Juyongguan was here.
After greeting each other, Zhu Li looked at Zhang Guimou in confusion and asked, "Third brother, you were stationed at Juyong Pass, didn't you find anything wrong?"
"No, what's wrong?" Zhang Guimou looked at Zhu Li in confusion, "General, are you talking about the fall of Fanyang?"
"I only learned about the fall of Fan Yang after receiving news from my subordinates. As soon as I heard the news, before I had time to send someone to report to the general, countless Di people came to kill us from behind the pass. I had no choice but to save my own life first, so I led my subordinates and quickly retreated to Yizhou." Zhang Guimou replied calmly.
Fan Yang fell, the Di people appeared from behind, Juyongguan had lost its function, and Zhang Guimou led his troops to retreat to Yizhou at the first opportunity to preserve his strength. It was a very correct choice. Zhu Li praised him so much that how could he blame him
It seems that Zhang Guimou also doesn't know who has taken control of Fanyang. Zhu Li sighed with a worried look on his face, "Fanyang has fallen. Lord Li and Brother Yuchi, I don't know what happened to them. The loss of Fanyang is so strange!"
Isn’t Zhu Li’s sigh also the doubts of all the generals
No one knows who captured Fan Yang. Now, countless Di people have gathered around Fan Yang. It was obviously not Li Quanzhong who captured Fan Yang, otherwise he would not have led his army to besiege Fan Yang.
"Oh, right." Zhang Guimu seemed to have thought of something, and he bowed to Zhu Li again and said, "General, when you mentioned Fanyang, it reminded me of something."
Zhu Li's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately became alert and asked quickly, "What's the matter?"
Zhang Guimou gave him a complicated look, because he didn't know whether this incident was related to the fall of Fan Yang, but he had to tell Zhu Li the news.
So he immediately reported seriously: "Last winter, Lord Li personally came to Juyongguan. I originally thought that he came to comfort us, but unfortunately I thought too much."
Zhang Guimou looked embarrassed and continued, "It turns out that Lord Li had long been in contact with the Uighur Abusi tribe. He went to Juyong Pass to welcome the leader of the Abusi tribe, Ge Shulu, into the pass."
"Uighurs, Abusi tribe?" Zhu Li's expression turned ugly when he heard that. Why did Lord Li welcome the Uighurs into the pass? This news made him feel very uncomfortable. The person he had always respected actually had connections with the Uighurs. How could he not feel anything
His expression naturally caught the attention of several generals. Gao Yuan saw Zhu Li's expression and quickly cupped his hands and said, "General, the situation may not be what you think. Lord Li is originally a descendant of the Uighurs. Lord Li's father, Li Maoxun, once served as a Yehu in the Abusi tribe. Later, he led a group of Uighurs to surrender to the court, and then married a Han woman and gave birth to Lord Li."
"Lord Li welcomed the Abusi leader Ge Shulu into the pass, perhaps because of kinship. After all, Lord Li has no children until now. Seeing that Li Quanzhong is about to be completely eradicated, how could he not think about the future of Youzhou?" Gao Yuan advised frankly.
Among all the generals, only Gao Yuan knew how much Zhu Li respected Li Keju.
He did not hesitate to send important generals such as Yue Pengju to Youzhou to help Li Keju guard the area. This would inevitably become a good story thousands of years later. Gao Yuan did not want any flaws in such a beautiful thing, so he began to advise Zhu Li.
After hearing what Gao Yuan said, Zhu Li felt relieved. He knew that Li Keju was of foreign blood.
In the past, he had never known which ethnic group he belonged to, but after listening to Gao Yuan's explanation, he understood clearly that Li Keju was half Uighur, no wonder he welcomed Ge Shulu into the pass.
I was overthinking, Zhu Li secretly warned himself, and felt ashamed for his discomfort just now.