Wang Shichong's barracks were busy, all the soldiers were dressed in armor neatly, preparing two days' dry food, swords and guns were polished, bows and arrows were tuned, in front of each camp tent, the soldiers sat together for lunch, and in the stew pot you could see a fatty Yellow River carp, and a piece of meat weighing half a catty, the dishes were extraordinarily rich, and the rice could also be eaten.

This was a precursor to the great war, and every time before the war, the soldiers would have a full meal, so the soldiers were extra silent and indulged in the delicious fish, which was probably their last meal.

Wang Shichong and several pro-soldiers are sharing today's food with a group of soldiers, which is also an important reason why Wang Shichong is good at leading soldiers, he can share weal and woe with the soldiers, and has won the love of the low-level soldiers.

Wang Shichong received information from Yang Yuanqing yesterday and set the time for launching the attack today, and although the specific time for the attack has not yet been set, Wang Shichong has already made the final preparations before the attack.

"General, what reward will we give if we make great achievements this time?" A young soldier asked expectantly.

Wang Shichong was eating a fish, he spit out a fish bone and laughed: "If you can kill twenty enemies this time, I will reward you with a palace maid as a mother-in-law!" ”

The soldiers all laughed, and a veteran patted the young soldier on the shoulder and teased him: "Xiao Saburo, take off your pants and show us, there is no hair at all?" ”

Everyone laughed again, at this time, a personal soldier walked quickly, whispered a few words in Wang Shichong's ear, Wang Shichong nodded, and said to the soldiers: "Everyone eat a little more, only then can you have strength in battle, today you have meat, just eat." ”

Wang Shichong stood up and quickly returned to his Zhongjun tent, and when he entered the tent, he asked, "Where is the letter?" ”

A personal soldier presented him with a letter that he had received directly from a riverside contact point, one set up by Yang Yuanqing and one on each side of the Yellow River, and could quickly transmit information as soon as a boat crossed the river. This point of contact is a sign of the deepening of their collaboration.

Wang Shichong hurriedly opened the letter and read it, and sure enough, he was looking forward to the news, and the specific attack time was set for one watch tonight.

Wang Shichong let out a sigh of relief, he had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

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The Tang Army Camp in Shaanxi County. Huang Junhan hurried to the big tent of the Chinese army, and because he was emotionally unstable, Li Xiaogong temporarily transferred him to the big camp and sent another general to Shouhan Guguan.

In the past few days, Huang Junhan has been nervous and expectant in his heart, Li Xiaogong is the king of Hejian after all, and his impeachment will definitely have an effect. Even if he offends the King of Qi, at least his woman can come back and his dignity can be preserved, but Huang Junhan still has a trace of uneasiness in his heart, after all, the King of Qi is the emperor's son, will the saint really condemn his son?

Just now Li Xiaogong sent his own soldiers to find him, and the imperial history of the imperial court had arrived, which made Huang Junhan's heart hang in the air. He knew the moment he was looking forward to had come.

As soon as he walked in front of the big tent of the Chinese army, he heard the angry scolding of the main general Li Xiaogong from inside the big tent, "What is insufficient evidence?" In this case, the first thing is to transfer the king of Qi to Beijing. I want to change the commander first, and then talk about other things, now that the war is imminent, but the saint does not change the commander, what evidence do you want, how can I fight this battle? ”

Huang Junhan stopped, his heart was half cold, the evidence was insufficient, how could he have any evidence? Couldn't the King of Qi be punished without evidence?

At this time, I heard the voice of the imperial historian again, "His Royal Highness the King of the County." After all, he is the king of Qi, and if he withdraws him to Chang'an, isn't it just to tell the government and the opposition that he really robbed the general's wife? At that time, let Your Majesty put face, Your Highness, you must also be considerate of the difficulties of the Holy One. ”

If it was only half of the cold just now, then now Huang Junhan's heart has completely fallen into the ice cave. What he was most worried about finally happened, the saint didn't want to punish his son at all, but found all kinds of reasons to excuse Li Yuanji, Huang Junhan's face showed a desolate smile, no wonder Li Yuanji dared to rob his woman unscrupulously, just because the prince broke the law, it was impossible to be guilty of the same crime as the common people.

In the big tent, Li Xiaogong paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, his heart was already angry to the extreme, he never thought that it would be such a result, the saint sent the imperial history, not to uphold justice, but to cover up the ugliness, he originally thought that with a piece of impeachment, the saint could transfer Li Yuanji back first, change a marshal, and wait for the battle to be over, and then investigate, this is a normal practice.

But the favoritism of the saint frustrated his hopes, and instead made the situation more complicated, in this case, how could Li Yuanji cooperate with him to fight again, and the saint wanted to delay the entire battle for the sake of the so-called imperial dignity.

Li Xiaogong is not an emperor, so he can't understand the emperor's heart.

At this time, as soon as Li Xiaogong looked up and saw Huang Junhan standing at the door of the tent, he suddenly felt sorry in his heart, restrained the anger on his face, and reluctantly smiled: "General Huang, Yu Yushi was ordered to come to investigate the last incident, come in!" ”

Huang Junhan walked in expressionlessly, saluted Li Xiaogong and Yu Zhining, and without saying a word, Li Xiaogong patted him on the shoulder, and couldn't help but sigh and said, "Sit down first!" ”

Huang Junhan sat down and said coldly to Huang Junhan: "Do you have anything to ask Yu Yushi?" ”

Yu Zhining coughed and said with a smile: "The Holy Lord is very sympathetic to General Huang's experience, and he is also very angry at what King Qi did, so he specially ordered me to investigate the truth, if the situation is true, I will definitely punish King Qi severely, please rest assured General Huang." ”

Huang Junhan sneered, "I estimate that my concubine should be dead now, and she was killed by King Qi, what else can I say?" ”

Yu Zhining showed embarrassment on his face, and said with a dry smile: "You can't say that, if King Qi dares to do that, he will only increase his guilt by one degree, and General Huang must believe in His Majesty's generosity and justice." ”

Huang Junhan still said coldly: "Then what do you need to ask me?" ”

Yu Zhining perked up and hurriedly said: "It's about King Qi snatching General Huang's concubine, does General Huang have any evidence?" ”

Huang Junhan thought for a while and said, "Can the identification of my own soldiers be regarded as evidence?" ”

Yu Zhining's face showed embarrassment, "I'm afraid that General Huang's personal soldiers are inappropriate, it is best to testify by a third person, or if there is any direct evidence, such as King Qi's personal belongings fell on the scene, and now it is in the hands of General Huang." ”

Huang Junhan couldn't suppress the anger in his heart anymore, he said angrily: "Let Yu Yushi be disappointed, I don't have any evidence!" Maybe I really framed King Qi. ”

"This...."

Yu Zhining glanced at Li Xiaogong, his expression was extremely embarrassed, Li Xiaogong understood in his heart that he was thinking about the problem too simply, even if the saint wanted to punish him, a group of ministers who understood the emperor's heart in the imperial court would not let him punish the king of Qi, such as the Yu Yushi in front of him, in their hearts, maintaining the image of the emperor is more important than anything else.

In the end, Li Xiaogong also thought of it, it was nothing more than the compensation given by the saint to Huang Junhan in a certain aspect, and then the matter was over.

Li Xiaogong sighed in his heart, the unpredictability of people's hearts and the complexity of officialdom were not something he could imagine, he smiled bitterly and said: "Yu Yushi has been tired all the way, let's go down and rest first!" ”

Yu Zhining knew that Li Xiaogong was going to talk to Huang Junhan again, he nodded, got up and went to rest with his own soldiers, only Li Xiaogong and Huang Junhan were left in the big tent, the tent was very silent, and the atmosphere seemed a little tense.

After a while, Huang Junhan sighed: "Wan Chun, I guess he is no longer alive, what's the point of hitting him?" I admit this matter, who made him the king of Qi. ”

Li Xiaogong looked at him apologetically, and said seriously: "When this battle is over, we will go back to Chang'an, I will explain this matter to the Holy Lord, I believe that the Holy Lord will give you an explanation, maybe you can get an unexpected surprise." ”

Huang Junhan was silent, he understood what Li Xiaogong's so-called unexpected surprise meant? A huge sense of shame surged in his heart, but he restrained his resentment, and Li Xiaogong patted him on the shoulder again, "When the war is over, I will go to the saint, but put this matter aside for the time being, the big war is coming, we have to deal with Wang Shichong with all our might, and Yang Yuanqing may cross the river?" ”

Huang Junhan was taken aback, "Will Yang Yuanqing cross the river?" ”

Li Xiaogong's expression was very solemn, "I just got the information that a large number of ferries have appeared on the surface of the Fengling River, and I suspect that Yang Yuanqing will cross the river from Fengling." ”

"But our defenders in Fenglingdu are less than two thousand."

"That's why I'm worried!"

Li Xiaogong said worriedly: "We must not let Yang Yuanqing cut off our back road." ”

He glanced at Huang Junhan, and said: "You can lead the 6,000 people of your headquarters to go to Ruxiang County to defend, and the 2,000 garrisons there are also under your command. ”

"Is Hangu Pass unguarded?" Huang Junhan asked.

Li Xiaogong sighed, "I will send someone else to defend Hangu Pass, the key is Ruxiang County, which is the top priority of defense." ”

Huang Junhan nodded silently, "Let's go!" ”

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The night is getting deeper and deeper, it has gradually reached one o'clock, Li Xiaogong is sitting in the big tent reading as usual, but today his mood is particularly restless, he always feels that something makes him panic in his heart, thinking about it, it can only be Huang Junhan's incident and the attitude of the saint, but he faintly feels that his restlessness has nothing to do with this matter, there are other things.

Li Xiaogong paced in the big tent with his hands behind his back, and when he walked to the fifth lap, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind, as if he had been struck by lightning, he stood there and moved, he had already thought of what made him anxious, it was the silence of Yang Yuanqing and Wang Shichong, it had been seven or eight days, and there was no movement at all, this is very strange, is it .....

An extremely uneasy feeling surged in his heart, he felt that Yang Yuanqing also knew about Huang Junhan's incident, which is why he was so silent.

At this moment, a very nervous report came from outside the tent door, "Your Highness, the patrol soldiers have reported that an abnormality has been found on the river!" ”