Lu Yun immediately returned to his room and wrote a letter, writing out the failure of the assassination of Wu Meiniang in its entirety, and asked for instructions on what to do next, whether to continue to assassinate Wu Meiniang.

Looking at the letter he had written, Lu Yun tore it to shreds after pondering for a long time, wrote a new one, stuffed it into the envelope after writing, pressed the beeswax, and stamped his own private stamp, and walked out of the room.

Feiying was already waiting outside the door, Lu Yun stepped forward with the letter, and stopped talking, Feiying asked suspiciously: "Mr. Lu, what else is the matter?" ”

Lu Yun frowned and said: "I thought about it carefully, this matter is extraordinary, you should go and send it in person." ”

Feiying was stunned when he heard this, and when he saw that his expression was so solemn, he nodded solemnly: "Okay, then the affairs of the family, please ask Mr. Lu to take care of it." ”

"Hmm." Lu Yun handed him the letter and said in a deep voice, "Go quickly, be careful all the way." ”

Feiying took the letter with both hands and put it in his arms, patted his chest, turned his head and walked out of the courtyard gate.

When Li Hao set off from Songzhou to Railzhou, in the Governor's Mansion of Songzhou City, Niu Jinda and Zhi Zhili came to Hou Junji's room, and their faces were not very good.

Hou Junji saw the two of them coming, got up and said, "The two of you came just in time, I just wanted to discuss with you how to fight this battle." ”

"There's no urgency." Niu Jinda raised his hand to stop him and asked coldly, "Why didn't General Manager Hou let Li Hao enter the city, but let him go to Railzhou to borrow grain?" ”

Zhi Sili also said: "Chief Manager Hou, as far as I know, there are more than 20,000 stones of grain and grass in the city, and there is no shortage of food. ”

Hou Junji's face suddenly gloomy when he heard this, glanced at the two of them, and snorted angrily: "Are you blaming Ben Shuai!" ”

"Don't dare!" The two of them hugged their fists together, although they didn't dare, but their two eyes stared at Hou Junji, and their attitude was very unfriendly, both of them were generals with countless achievements, and they were not afraid of Hou Junji.

Hou Junji saw that they were still full of dissatisfaction, and suddenly his eyebrows twisted into twists, he also realized that it was difficult to suppress them, and after being silent for a while, he changed his face and pretended to be deep: "Two generals, you are all battle-hardened people, and you must have heard a sentence called. Soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first', now the weather is cold, the grain and grass is the top priority, the winter has not snowed so far, maybe when the heavy snow will come, then want to transport the grain and grass, then it will be difficult, once the grain and grass in the city do not continue, then Tubo does not have to attack, only need to besiege the city for more than a month, can trap us. ”

I have to say that Hou Junji is still very anxious, this nonsense is so realistic, so righteous and strict, although Niu Jinda and Zhi Zhi Sili feel that there seems to be something wrong, but they can't say it, after all, they are just military generals, not civil officials who show off their lips.

Finally sent away Niu Jinda and stubbornly lost his thinking power, Hou Junji breathed a sigh of relief, and just wanted to sit down, the prison army Liu Lan broke in in a hurry.

Hou Junji hurriedly got up and greeted each other: "Liu Jianjun, suddenly came to Ben Shuai, is there anything wrong?" ”

Liu Lan has been a scrivener wailang, a Sima of the Xiazhou Governor's Mansion, a Xiazhou assassin, and now a general of the right leading army, which can be said to be a full-time civil and military officer, he is not as easy to deal with as Niu Jinda and Zhi Zhizhi, Hou Junji just finished asking, he asked with a straight face: "General Manager Hou, this prison army heard that you sent Li Hao's 10,000 Taohe River army to Liangzhou to borrow grain, but is there such a thing?" ”

Hou Junji frowned when he heard this, knowing that the person who came was not good, and nodded coldly: "This is indeed the case, does Liu Jianjun have any questions?" ”

"Naturally, there are doubts." Liu Lan said expressionlessly, "You and I are both from the army, and everyone knows everything in the army, now that the war is imminent, General Hou is in charge of Li Hao's 10,000 army, I don't know what the intention is?" As far as I know, there are still more than 20,000 stones of grain and grass in the city, which is enough to last for a long time. ”

Hou Junji said unhurriedly: "Now there are 45,000 soldiers in Songzhou City, our Tang army is brave, and it is better than Tubo, even if Tubo has 100,000 troops to attack, it is difficult to do anything, Li Hao's 10,000 horses are not very important." ”

Liu Lan raised her eyebrows and sneered when she heard this: "Is this your excuse for taking Li Hao away?" ”

"No, Ben Shuai didn't deliberately support Li Hao." Hou Junji said seriously, "Although we are not short of grain and grass now, but in such a cold winter, we should still prepare more grain and grass to be in order, Liu Jianjun is also a person who has fought in the war, and he must know how important grain and grass are." ”

"Grain and grass are naturally important." Liu Lan said coldly, "However, for the transfer of grain and grass, you only need to send troops to convey military orders, and you have a special person to escort it, why use such a huge combat force, is it the first time for General Hou to fight?" ”

Hou Junji did not get angry because of his teasing, but replied very calmly: "Grain and grass are very important, and there is no room for loss. ”

"Oh?" Liu Lan raised her eyebrows and sneered, "In this way, Manager Hou seems to have little confidence in my Datang grain and grass team!" ”

"Say whatever you want." Hou Junji snorted coldly, "This commander fights and has his own measure, why does Liu Jianjun need to point fingers, everything depends on the final result to speak, what's the point of Fei having more tongues?" ”

"Good! Mr. Hou is so majestic! Liu Lan sneered even more, "You'd better expect yourself to fight a good battle, otherwise this prison army will definitely report to the emperor according to the truth!" Don't forget, you're a guilty now! ”

"Liu Jianjun go slowly! I don't send it! Hou Junji sent off the guests loudly, Liu Lan snorted coldly and threw her sleeves out of the door.

Rail state in the northwest of Songzhou, more than two hundred miles away from Songzhou, not too far, and Songzhou, rail state is also a state of bondage, and it is also a prefecture, but one thing is different from Songzhou, the governor of rail state is a party person, called Libu Dabi, Li Shimin specially gave his Han name, Kou Zhongtang, the meaning is obvious, I hope he can be loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

Four days later, Li Hao led the troops to the outside of the city of Railzhou, due to the invasion of Tibet, the city of Railzhou is also rumored, seeing Li Hao's army coming from afar, the city gate has been closed, and all the soldiers are on the city wall, such as facing the enemy.

When Li Hao arrived at the city, he sent Jin Li to shout, identify himself, explain the reason, Kou Zhongtang, the governor of Railzhou, came to the city in person and replied to Li Hao, saying that there was no surplus food in Railzhou, and asked him to borrow it elsewhere, even if Li Hao showed Hou Junji's warrant, it was not easy to use, Kou Zhongtang still said that sentence, no food.

Maybe there is really no surplus grain in Ganzhou, after all, the Tubo army is erratic, and the railroad is only more than 70 miles away from Gansongling, which is the main way for Tubo to enter the Tang Dynasty, it can basically be said that as soon as the Tubo army enters the border of the Tang Dynasty from Gansongling, the first foot on it is the boundary of Ganzhou, in order to prevent Tubo from attacking, Kou Zhongtang naturally wants to store more grain and grass, just in case, he is too late to collect grain everywhere, how can he borrow grain from outside, isn't that a lack of heart.

In fact, Hou Junji had already guessed that it was impossible for Kou Zhongtang to borrow grain, because what he borrowed was not grain, it was likely that what he borrowed was his life, even if he had a warrant from the chief of the march, it was useless, after all, Kou Zhongtang was not under his control.

Li Hao was under the city to know the reason, moved with affection, persuaded Kou Zhongtang to borrow grain, Kou Zhongtang also knew that he was moving with reason and emotion to tell Li Hao that he could not borrow, once the grain was borrowed, Tubo divided the troops to attack, or if Tubo had reinforcements coming, then the rails would be over.

Li Hao returned to the camp to take a closer look, and then took out the map and looked at it for a while, he finally knew that he was played by Hou Junji, but this is a very helpless thing, Hou Junji, as the general manager of the march, has the power to control the army, the so-called military orders are like mountains, since Hou Junji issued a military order, he must obey it, otherwise he will be detained with a big hat of rebellion, and he can't shake it, even Li Shimin can't keep him, so he knows that this is a trap, he still has to jump down.

Now, things have reached a dead end, I can't borrow food, I can't go back to pay errands, otherwise I will be labeled as a poor worker, alas, the official level crushes people to death.

Li Hao camped outside the city of Railzhou for a day, thinking hard about the best way to solve it, and on this day, Feiying had already come to Songzhou with a letter.

Chang'an is more than 2,000 miles away from Songzhou, and the road is rugged, the flying eagle ran all the way over, ran and killed eight horses in four days, only slept for two hours, ate and drank on horseback, it was really a star and a moon, wind and dust.

When they arrived at the city of Songzhou, the flying eagle shouted at the city gate, saying that Li Hao, the head of the Taohe River march, had sent an urgent letter to his family, asking Li County Hou to open it himself.

However, the soldiers at the head of the city told Feiying that Li Hao was not in the city, Feiying didn't believe it, Li Hao obviously came to Songzhou to fight, how could he not be in the city, he stayed in the city and didn't leave, just asked to see Li Hao.

A soldier passed the matter to the governor's mansion and told Hou Junji, Hou Junji frowned after hearing it, he hated everything related to Li Hao, so he personally climbed the city tower and glanced at the flying eagle under the city, only to see that although this person was dusty and tired, his eyes were resolute and sharp, not like ordinary people, Hou Junji asked: "The people under the city are really Li Hao's family?" ”

Feiying said in a loud voice: "Indeed, please open the city gate and let the villain in to meet the Marquis of Li County." ”

"Let you into town?" Hou Junji snorted coldly, "You said that you are a member of Li Hao's family, what evidence do you have?" ”

Feiying shook his head: "There is no certificate, as long as you see Li Xianhou, you can prove the identity of the villain." "Actually, he saw Hou Junji when he was in Tingzhou, but Hou Junji may not remember him.

Hou Junji sneered: "If there is no certificate, then it is a pity, Li Hao is not in the city." ”

Feiying saw that Hou Junji also said this, and estimated that Li Hao was indeed not in the city, so he asked: "Dare to ask General Hou, where is my master now?" ”

"Bold!" Hou Junji suddenly glared when he heard this, and shouted, "Who is the demon, who dares to spy on major military information, it must be the enemy's meticulous work, come here, open the city gate, put the suspension bridge, and arrest this person!" ”

Flying Eagle was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly turned the horse's head and fled, Hou Junji shouted: "Shoot the horse!" ”

One of his personal guards took up a strong bow, and an arrow shot out, directly through the horse's belly, and the eagle's mount neighed and fell to the ground, struggling on the ground, and could no longer stand up, and the eagle hurriedly ran after landing on the ground, only to hear the rear drawbridge gala fall, the city gate also gala la open, a group of elite cavalry rushed out, straight towards him.

The flying eagle wanted to escape, but he was too tired, he was too tired, he had used up most of his energy these days, and now he was already exhausted, how to compare his foot strength with the war horse, he touched the repeater box on his waist, looked around, hurriedly rushed to a bush, and then fell down all at once, and stuffed the repeater box into the grass, and then got up and continued to run, from the rear, he just accidentally fell, in any case, the repeater could not be exposed.