The sky cleared up and the dark clouds that shrouded Xuantu County finally receded.

This time, Xuantu County not only repelled the attack of Goguryeo's 50,000-strong army, but also established a good relationship with the Fengtian Army, which was now at the height of its power in the Northeast.

Not only did they receive a guarantee that the Fengtian Army would not invade Xuantu County, but they also received a security covenant that they were willing to cooperate in defense.

Suddenly, the sense of confusion that had plagued the people of Xuantu County for several months was swept away, and the entire Xuantu County fell into a carnival.

Different from the carnival outside, the study room of the Prefecture was filled with gloom.

After participating in the celebration ceremony, Yao Guang locked himself in his study and fell into deep anxiety.

This time he fought against all odds, sought cooperation with the Fengtian Army, and successfully defeated Goguryeo. Although it won him a great reputation among the people of Xuantu County, it also put him in an embarrassing situation of colluding with the rebels.

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Now he had to think about how to explain the success or failure of this battle to the court, and even the memorial of victory in his hand had become a hot potato.

After thinking about it, Yao Guang discovered to his horror that he was already on the same front as the Fengtian Army. Now his safety was not only out of his own control, but not even under the control of the court. It lay with the Fengtian Army.

What is his attitude towards the imperial court?

If the Fengtian Army is willing to surrender to the imperial court, not only will he have nothing to do, but he will even be able to obtain a title of Chao'an. But if they want to separatist power, then he will have only two choices, either die, or join forces with the Fengtian Army to rebel, or die.

And now it is not that he himself cannot gain the trust of the court, even his most beloved eldest son is now obeying orders in the Fengtian Army and fighting alongside them.

If the court were to blame him, it would not only be his fault, but his entire family would probably be blamed.

Thinking of this, Yao Guang's forehead was already covered with cold sweat, and even his underwear was soaked through.

However, what comforted Yao Guang was that the behavior of the Fengtian Army showed signs of accepting the imperial court's invitation, otherwise they would not go to war with Goguryeo, a powerful country in the northeast, just to make good friends with Xuantu County.

As for the national interests promoted by the Fengtian Army, Yao Guang sneered. When their private interests are violated, how many people will choose to protect the so-called national interests and give up their own rights and interests? What's more, these people are just a group of rebels.

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Now that they are a single county, they have to face the complex relationships between the various ethnic groups outside the Great Wall. If they can be recognized by the imperial court, their foundation in Liaodong will undoubtedly be more stable.

Therefore, in Yao Guang's view, the Fengtian Army had no reason to refuse such conditions.

And he will also become the link between the Fengtian Army and the imperial court. Although this may further strengthen the Fengtian Army, he can no longer care about it now.

The most important thing now is to give Fengtian Army a legal identity so that his cooperation with them can be justified.

In this way, even if the Fengtian Army does make any mistakes in the future, he can evade that his actions have been approved by the court, and at least the punishment will be lower because of this, right?

After thinking about this, Yao Guang no longer hesitated, picked up his pen and started writing on his memorial. After a while, a eloquent document with thousands of words reporting his victory was completed.

In this document, there are the usual compliments first, then the content of reporting victory, and then the brief situation of the Fengtian Army in Liaodong County is mentioned, especially their desire to serve the imperial court, and at the same time, they hope that the imperial court can give them a

Ban the title and let these people fight against Goguryeo, protect the frontier for the Han, etc.

Every line in the text reveals the meaning of asking the imperial court to make plans and adopt the attrition tactics of using the enemy to defeat the enemy to weaken the strength of the Fengtian Army and Goguryeo.

After Yao Guang finished writing, he checked it again carefully, and after confirming that it was correct, he put it away.

As if he was afraid that he would change his mind, Yao Guang immediately ordered his people to hurry up and send the memorial to Luoyang, the capital.

And he himself was sitting in the prefect's mansion of Xuantu County, waiting for the court to pronounce his fate.

But what Yao Guang probably didn't expect was that after his documents were sent to the court, they were like nothing more.

That's because at this time in the court, the big bosses from all parties have turned their attention to another matter, which is Huangfu Song's return to Beijing.

Huangfu Song's return to Beijing this time was not to be awarded a meritorious service, but to be escorted to Beijing.

It's funny to say that Huangfu Song was the savior of the country and the hero of the people a few years ago, but in less than half a year, he turned into a prisoner. The bizarre fate is really amazing.

It turned out that earlier this year, Beigong Boyu and others invaded Sanfu. In order to take back Huangfu Song's rights, the imperial court ordered him, who had just been the governor of Jizhou for only a few months, to return to Chang'an immediately to guard the royal mausoleum.

Huangfu Song did not dare to disobey the emperor's order. After rushing to Chang'an, he was helpless to find that he had no soldiers and generals at this time. Facing the massive Xiliang army, he could only temporarily avoid the edge.

At this time, the ten regular servants united again and wanted to take Huangfu Song for their own use. Zhang Rang deliberately asked him for a bribe of 50 million yuan. He wanted to test him. If Huangfu Song agreed to pay, it would mean that this person could

be used by them.

However, Huangfu Song sternly rejected them.

After Shi Changshi understood his intentions, he immediately wrote to the Emperor Ling to impeach him on the grounds that he had failed to achieve success in consecutive battles and wasted money and food.

Emperor Ling was already wary of Huangfu Song's powerful military exploits. He used to be the governor of Jizhou and had money, food and soldiers in his hands. Emperor Ling was still a little concerned and did not dare to touch him. Now that Huangfusong has left his hometown in Jizhou, he will

Like a toothless tiger, Emperor Ling would not care. He immediately ordered that he be dismissed from his post, investigated, and taken back to the capital.

The actions of the Shi Changshi against Huangfu Song this time naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of some upright scholar-bureaucrats in the court. However, the so-called "clean people" who had always been against the Shi Changshi actually chose to remain silent this time, allowing the emperor to deal with him.

Huangfusong's judgment has come into effect, and its implications are truly thought-provoking.

Therefore, under such absurd reasons, Huangfu Song, a famous general of the generation, not only had his seal and ribbon taken away from General Zuo Chaqi, but also his seals of more than 6,000 households were taken back at once.

It took less than a year for a noble Marquis of Ten Thousand Households to become a Duxiang Marquis.

With Huangfu Song's sad resignation, various forces once again appeared on the scene and began to compete for the position of commander-in-chief of the Xi'an army.

As a result, aristocratic families and eunuchs all came up with their own schemes to promote their own people to this position.
Chapter completed!