Before the battle, Lin Ye sat on a high slope and looked at the map in front of him. The charcoal pen in his hand was almost used up.

This map is densely covered with traces made by him, and there are also many marked words.

Judging from the current situation, the rebels outside Yangzi City are all Guzhu people, and no trace of the Loufan people has been seen.

But Lin Ye judged that the Loufan people would arrive soon.

Emperor Loufan Zong Zhengshiquan would never let go of this opportunity. He would be happier to be able to kill Emperor Jade than to rain down half of the country.

Because in this world, the only person who can be regarded as an opponent by Zong Zhengshiquan is the Emperor Yu.

Lin Ye looked at the map, thinking more and more, and the corners of his eyebrows became less and less stretched.

"General."

Pang Panghai ran over and said, "Your Majesty asked Mr. Yin, the Minister of War, to come over and ask about the situation of the battle. He is almost here."

Lin Ye hummed without raising his head.

Pang Panghai did not dare to say anything more for fear of disturbing the general's train of thought.

When Yin Zhongti, the Minister of War, arrived, Lin Ye was still sitting there thinking deeply. Pang Panghai stepped forward again to remind Lin Ye, but Yin Zhongti waved his hand to signal Pang Panghai not to go over.

He was not in a hurry, so he sat down about ten feet away from Lin Ye and waited.

After half an hour, Lin Ye's charcoal pen drew the last line on the map, and then he came back to his senses.

When Yin Zhong saw Lin Ye getting up, he passed over.

"General."

Yin Chongti said: "It's already past noon, why haven't you even eaten?"

He had already seen that the food placed next to Lin Ye had not been touched. In the cold winter, the food was already cold.

Lin Ye said: "When did Master Yin arrive?"

Yin Zhongti said: "I just came."

Pang Panghai was about to say that he had arrived a long time ago, but was blocked by Yin Zhongti's words.

Yin Zhongti asked: "What is the general thinking about?"

Lin Ye squatted down, and Yin Zhongtai followed suit.

Lin Ye pointed to the place he drew on the map: "I plan to ask your Majesty for instructions. I will personally lead an army of soldiers and horses here."

Yin Chongti looked at it: "Longzhangtai."

Lin Ye nodded: "Yes."

Longzhangtai is about 600 miles southwest of Yangzi City. It is another border fortress entering Guzhu from Dongbo.

Yin Chongti said: "General, are you going to lead the troops to block the Loufan people who may enter the pass from Dongbo?"

Lin Ye looked at Yin Chongti and asked: "Your Excellency, if the Loufan people come, will Zongzheng Shiquan come in person?"

Yin Chongti thought for a moment, and his eyes suddenly widened: "Are you saying that the purpose of the Tuoba thieves is to seal the two emperors in Guzhu?"

Lin Ye nodded: "With Tuoba Lie's thinking, he should have such a plan."

If Tuoba Lie finds a way to let the Loufan people in, and lets Emperor Loufan know that Emperor Dayu is trapped in Lone Bamboo, then given Zong Zheng Shiquan's character, even if he knows the danger, he will still come.

Being able to personally defeat the only opponent in the world was a great temptation for Zong Zheng Shiquan.

Yin Zhongtai paced back and forth, constantly thinking about how likely Lin Ye's guess was.

In the end, he had to admit that if given the chance, Zong Zheng Shiquan would come in person.

As a result, the emperors of the two most powerful empires in the world were present in Guzhu.

If Tuoba Lie can get rid of both emperors in one fell swoop, his status and reputation will surely reach unprecedented heights.

Yin Chongti looked back at Lin Ye: "General, if the war is not serious at this time, you and I should go to the palace to see His Majesty together."

Lin Ye looked into the distance and saw that the rebels would not attack for the time being, so he nodded.

After he and Yin Chongti got into the car, they didn't say anything more.

Yin Chongti knew Lin Ye's temperament, so he didn't bother him with anything.

At first, he thought Tuoba Lie just wanted to use the Loufan people to kill His Majesty.

Now it seems that if Tuoba Lie didn't come to Lone Bamboo in person, he had a bigger plan.

The carriage arrived outside the palace gate, and Gu Xiujin, who had been waiting at the gate for a while, stepped forward to greet him with a smile.

It seemed that the emperor had already expected that Yin Zhongtai would bring Lin Ye back.

Gu Xiujin was wearing thick cotton clothes and a thick mink velvet cloak. This cloak belonged to the emperor and was given to him.

He was injured, his body was not moving well, and he started coughing when he walked faster.

Lin Ye took out a jade bottle from his arms and handed it to Gu Xiujin: "I prepared some medicine over the past two nights. Eunuch Gu will try it. It may help."

Gu Xiujin quickly leaned over and said, "Thank you, General. I am grateful."

Lin Ye helped him: "His Majesty asked you to wait?"

Gu Xiujin nodded and said: "The saint is not in the palace. He is afraid that the general and Master Yin will come back and run away empty-handed, so he asked me to wait here."

He pointed to one side: "The saint went to the ice lake in the east of the city for winter fishing, and the imperial concubine and Miss Zina were accompanying him."

Lin Ye and the others got in the car again and headed east of the city.

Gu Xiujin sat on the carriage and glanced at Lin Ye's expressionless face. He felt inexplicably nervous.

He asked himself in his heart, when he went to Yunzhou to meet Lin Ye for the first time a few years ago, although he intended to make a good relationship, he had never thought at that time that Lin Ye would become a general in a short period of time.

Judging from His Majesty's attitude, this general will be far more than a general in the future.

He also always felt that His Majesty's attitude towards Lin Ye was unusual, so unusual that he could not even understand it.

"General."

Gu Xiujin looked at Lin Ye: "After the New Year, I will be seventeen."

Lin Ye nodded: "Yes."

He asked Gu Xiujin: "What does Eunuch Gu want to say?"

Gu Xiujin said: "Nothing, just asking so I can write it down."

Lin Ye hummed and turned his head to the window again.

Most of the time, he is indeed a very boring person.

If it were anyone else, even if it was just pretending, he would still pretend to be friendly with someone like Gu Xiujin.

Everyone knows that Gu Xiujin is more than just a eunuch.

Even without the credit for blocking a blow for His Majesty this time, Gu Xiujin's status is extremely special.

But people like Lin Ye will always be immersed in his own world.

When he starts thinking, he is cut off from the world in which his body is.

Gu Xiujin thought that he was also a young man, not much older than Lin Ye.

However, the behavior of the two people is completely different.

Because he has been by His Majesty's side all year round, he learned to observe people's emotions early on, and he also learned too much about the ways of the world.

Just as I was feeling a little emotional, I suddenly heard a blast of horns coming from outside the city.

Just when Gu Xiujin was slightly startled, the door of the carriage suddenly opened. When he looked again, there was no shadow of Lin Ye anywhere.

The guy jumped off the carriage directly, without even explaining, and swept out of the city.

Gu Xiujin looked at Yin Zhongti, who smiled sarcastically: "Military affairs are the most important thing."

Gu Xiujin also laughed: "Military affairs are the most important thing, but only the general can do this."

His Majesty was waiting to see him, but he left immediately without thinking whether it was appropriate or not.

Yin Zhongti hummed, thinking that he couldn't do it anyway.

When they arrived at East Lake, Emperor Yu saw Gu Xiujin coming back. Only Yin Zhongtai was with him, but Lin Ye was not seen. He didn't seem to have any surprised expression.

Gu Xiujin stepped forward: "Sage, General, he..."

The emperor smiled: "Have you gone back halfway?"

Gu Xiujin: "How did the sage know?"

The emperor said: "Calculate the time, there was a trumpet sound outside the city just now, you are probably halfway there."

Gu Xiujin still wanted to explain a few words to Lin Ye, but at this moment, it was completely unnecessary.

The emperor looked at Yin Chongti: "Since he wants to come with you to see me, he probably has something to say to me, but when he returns halfway, you should be the one to say it for him."

Yin Chongti leaned over and explained carefully what Lin Ye had speculated.

The emperor still didn't have any mood swings. It seemed that he had already thought of these things.
To be continued...