Gao Yuan pondered for a while before he said, "Two of you, is this batch of goods you brought really just seafood?" ”

The two of them changed color in unison, and Hongxiu said with a smile: "Lord Envoy, it is naturally seafood, but it is not ordinary seafood, it is some rare things, such as coral, pearls, shells, tortoise shells, etc. ”

Tian Simung said: "If the envoy can help me this time, I can make the decision and send ten boxes of seafood to my lord, and also send ten boxes to Wu Anjun." ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "My lord often says, rare and exotic treasures, food can't wrap the belly, cold can't cover the body, what use is it, it's not as useful as food, horses, soldiers, leather and armor." ”

When the two of them heard this, their faces suddenly changed greatly, and Hongxiu Fuqiang squeezed out a smile and said, "What Wu Anjun saw was really different. ”

Tian Sirong also said: "Yes, yes, it is not shallow to be taught." ”

Although the two tried their best to hide their feelings, but all the changes naturally could not escape Gao Yuan's gaze, just now Gao Yuan just said such a sentence casually, but it made the two of them have such a big reaction, obviously they were inadvertently said something critical, such as the real items they transported this time, plus the previous discovery, their caravan car marks are extremely deep, must be carrying heavy objects, so Gao Yuan's mind moved, and he has guessed that the things carried by this caravan are weapons and armor and the like.

With the size of this caravan, if it is carrying weapons and armor, it can almost assemble an army of more than 1,000 people. But Tian Kezang is an official to the feudal king, the fief is ink, and he sits on one side, which is equivalent to a country within a country, even if he needs weapons and armor, he doesn't have to be so secretive and secretive. However, the destination of this caravan is Linzi, not Jimo, so the answer is about to come out. Tian Kezang and Canghaijun planned to take advantage of the opportunity of Qi Wangjian's birthday to launch a coup d'état, or rebel to seize the throne, or set up a new monarch to control the power of Qi in the court.

Although Tian Kezhang had a heavy army in Jimo, if he went to Linzi to meet Qi Wangjian, it was impossible to bring a large number of troops into Beijing. Even if you bring the army, you can only be stationed outside the city after you arrive in Linzi, and if you can't bring it into the city, it will naturally be useless. Therefore, the soldiers and weapons can only be disguised, secretly transported into the city, and then suddenly attacked, but the chance of success is still very high.

Thinking about this, Hou Sheng and Huang Jingyuan's behavior of looting this caravan makes sense, if they loot this caravan and prove that they are not transporting seafood but weapons and armor, then Hou Sheng can take the opportunity to bring down Tian Kezang in front of Qi Wangjian and eliminate his biggest political opponent. And this time, if he hadn't happened to meet himself and blocked this shot for Tian Kezang, this caravan might have been really dangerous. Therefore, Hongxiu and Tian Simung tried their best to pull the Long Plateau, hoping that the plateau could help Zisi and safely send this batch of weapons to Linzi.

After thinking clearly about the causes and consequences, Gao Yuan is also weighing the benefits and losses in his heart. If it was before it started, Gao Yuan might not have cared about these things, but now that he has intervened in it, whether intentionally or unintentionally, he has intervened in the political struggle of the Qi State, and made enemies with Hou Sheng, which cannot be changed in any way. Therefore, he only has two choices, one is to return to Daijun immediately, regardless of this mess of Qi State. But this plateau is obviously not an option.

The other is to form an alliance with Tian Kezang and make every effort to help Tian Kezang's coup succeed. Regardless of whether Tian Kezhang established himself as king or found a puppet king of Qi after the successful coup, it was of course beneficial to Gao Yuan, after all, Tian Kezhang advocated conniving against Qin. And Tian Kezhang will not refuse such an external ally as Dai Jun. Of course, there is also a great risk in choosing this one, that is, once Tian Kezang's coup fails, he will become the object of Qi State's pursuit, if it is just Gao Yuan himself, of course it doesn't matter, but now there are caravans such as Lin Wenqing, if they are involved, it will not be good.

Therefore, Gao Yuan also has repeated measurements and comparisons in his heart, hoping to find a perfect solution.

And Hongxiu and Tian Sixiang saw that Gao Yuan was silent and silent, and they were also uneasy in their hearts, and they were not sure whether Gao Yuan had inadvertently mentioned it just now, or whether he was intentionally testing himself. I don't know if he will agree to help him, if there is no help from the plateau, if they want to send this batch of goods to Linzi safely, they are not sure at all, and this batch of goods must not have an accident.

After a long while, Gao Yuan said: "Even if we merge together, the number of people is only 13 or 400 people, and there are more than 200 carriages to take care of, if Huang Jingyuan sends a large army to come again, we alone will not be able to resist." ”

Tian Sixiang heard this, and immediately said: "Please rest assured about this, one hundred and eighty miles southeast of here, it is Acheng, Acheng Doctor Kuang Zhang is still raised by An Pingjun, we will immediately send someone to send a letter to Lord Kuang Zhang, asking him to send troops to respond, at most four or five days, just wait for Lord Kuang Zhang's men and horses to arrive, you can be safe." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said: "Another point, that is, if I help you, then I will make an enmity with the Hou Kingdom, this time I am on the order of Wu Anjun, and I will send an envoy to the Qi State, and I will also bring a large number of caravans, if I have an enmity with the Hou Kingdom, I am afraid it will be difficult to move an inch in the Qi State." ”

Tian Sixiang couldn't hear the meaning of the plateau, and immediately said: "My lord, please rest assured, when you arrive in Linzi, there is An Pingjun in charge, and you don't have to worry that the victory will be bad for you." It can be guaranteed that An Pingjun will regard Dai Jun as a friend, and Dai Jun's business operations in Qi will be taken care of by An Ping Jun. You can be sure that nothing goes wrong. ”

Gao Yuan nodded again and said, "Okay, then I have one more condition." ”

Tian Simung hurriedly said, "My lord, please speak." ”

Gao Yuan said: "Before entering Linzi, all qiē obeyed my command. ”

Tian Simung and Hongxiu glanced at each other, Tian Simung gritted his teeth, and said, "Okay, it's up to the adults to decide." ”

Gao Yuan said: "How many manpower do you have available now. And how much food is left. ”

Tian Simung immediately replied: "This time, there are a total of 600 people we escorted, and now the food is about enough to last for about ten days. ”

Gao Yuan said: "Are there any mountains or rivers in this vicinity?" ”

Hongxiu immediately said, "Yes." Less than twenty miles from here, there is a hill with a small river on the side of the mountain. ”

Gao Yuan said: "Okay, let's not hesitate, let's set off now, get there and go to the camp again." ”

Tian Simon was stunned for a moment, and said, "Why do you want to go there to camp there, it is not the way to Linzi." ”

Gao Yuan said: "We are carrying too much baggage now, and we can't go if we want to, the best way now is to find a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and stick to wait for help, so after we are stationed in the camp, you immediately send someone to set off overnight to send a letter to Doctor Kuang Zhang, Acheng, and ask him to immediately send troops to rescue us, if Huang Jingyuan sends troops to attack us, we can defeat Huang Jingyuan in one fell swoop, and after arriving in Linzi, you can also sue Huang Jingyuan in front of King Qi, and hit the arrogance of victory." ”

Tian Simon was stunned for a moment and said, "How to sue Huang Jingyuan." ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "Isn't this reason enough to rob the envoys of the county and try to kill people and steal goods?" ”

Tian Simong's eyes lit up, and then he understood, Huang Jingyuan was Hou Sheng's henchman, if he could take the opportunity to defeat Huang Jingyuan, it would definitely be a big blow to Hou Sheng, so he immediately said: "Okay, let's set off immediately." ”

The Wu'an army was just about to set up camp, and after listening to Gao Yuan's order, they immediately stopped and repacked up on the road, while Lin Wenchun and the others didn't know what was going on, but they didn't ask Gao Yuan more, and they all set off on the road according to Gao Yuan's order.

Although it was dark, there was some moonlight and starlight, not a mass of darkness, and there were a lot of torches lit, and there were people who were familiar with the roads, so even if it was at night, it was not very difficult.

After walking for more than half an hour, the two caravans arrived at the location mentioned by Hongxiu one after another.

At this time, the moonlight is quite bright, and the plateau can be seen more clearly, this hill is not high, but along a small river, rolling for dozens of miles, one side of the river is a cliff, and you can only go up the mountain from the other side, and there is a relatively flat open area in front of the mountain. Although it is considered a Jedi in the art of war, if there is enough food, it can still hold on to the mountain for a long time.

Gao Yuan immediately gave the order, and both caravans were all stationed up the mountain. And at the foot of the mountain, a vigil and a sentinel were arranged. Tian Sixiang and Hongxiu really did as promised, and they all obeyed the orders of the plateau. At this time, Tian Simung also resigned to Gao Yuan, and rushed to Acheng in person, although Kuang Zhang was Tian Simong's cronies, but after all, such a major event, only sent a messenger with a volume of letters, so that Kuang Zhang sent troops to help, I am afraid it will be difficult to win the trust of Kuang Zhang, and Tian Simung must rush to Acheng in person. And before leaving, Tian Simung also assured Gao Yuan and Hongxiu that in seven days at most, he could lead the reinforcements back.

In this way, it was busy until the second half of the night, when the two teams were stationed on the top of the mountain, and now it was too late to cook, so they could only eat a little dry food and rest. Gao Yuan then came to Lin Wenqing's tent and explained to her the reason for changing the road.

After Lin Wenqing heard this, he couldn't help but be taken aback, and said, "My lord, isn't it too risky to do this, in case Tian Kezang fails, wouldn't it be dangerous for my lord." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "It's indeed a bit risky, but once it succeeds, it will really be of great benefit to our Daijun, and there is a great chance of success." However, in this way, this trip to Linzi is indeed very dangerous, so after Kuang Zhang's reinforcements arrive, I will send someone to escort Mrs. Wenqing and your party back to Daijun first, and there is no need to go to Linzi with us. ”

Lin Wenqing thought about it, nodded as well, and said, "After the matter here is over, it's not too late to decide." ”