Lu Yun immediately returned to his room and wrote a letter, writing a complete and complete story of the failure to assassinate Wu Meiniang, and asked what to do next and whether to continue assassinating Wu Meiniang.

Looking at the letter he wrote, Lu Yun pondered for a long time and tore it to pieces, and wrote another copy again. After writing it, he stuffed it into an envelope, pressed it on beeswax, and covered it with his own private poke, and walked out of the room.

Feiying was already waiting outside the door. Lu Yun came forward to hold the letter and wanted to speak but stopped. Feiying asked in confusion: "Mr. Lu, what else is there?"

Lu Yun frowned and said, "I thought about it carefully again. This matter is extraordinary. You should go and send it to me in person."

Feiying was stunned when she heard this. Seeing that he looked so serious, she nodded solemnly: "Okay, I'll ask Mr. Lu to take care of the matter at home."

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

Feiying took the letter with both hands and put it in her arms, patted her chest lightly, turned her head and walked out of the yard.

When Li Hao set out from Songzhou to Guizhou, Niu Jinda and Zhi Shisili came to Hou Junji's room in the Songzhou City Governor's Mansion. Both of them looked very good.

When Hou Junji saw the two of them coming, he stood up and said, "You two are here just in time. I'm just about to discuss with you how to fight this battle."

"There is no hurry to do this." Niu Jinda raised his hand to stop him and asked coldly, "Why didn't General Hou let Li Hao enter the city, but asked him to borrow grain from Guizhou?"

Zhi Shisili also said: "Master Hou, as far as I know, there are more than 20,000 stones of food and grass in the city, and there is no shortage of food. Now that the war is imminent, the Master Hou transferred Li Hao's 10,000 troops to borrow food. I wonder what the trick is?"

When Hou Junji heard this, he immediately turned gloomy, glanced at them, and snorted angrily: "Are you blaming me for being the handsome guy?"

"I dare not!" The two of them clasped their fists together. Although they said they didn't dare, they stared at Hou Junji with their eyes, with a very unfriendly attitude. They were both generals with countless military achievements and were not afraid of Hou Junji.

Seeing that they were still dissatisfied, Hou Junji suddenly turned his eyebrows into a twist. He also realized that it was difficult to suppress them. After a moment of silence, he changed his face and pretended to be deep and said, "Two generals, you are all people who have been on the battlefield for a long time. I believe that I have heard a saying, "The troops and horses should go before they move. The food and grass are the top priority. It has not snowed yet in the winter solstice. Maybe the heavy snow will arrive when it wants to transport food and grass. Then it will be difficult. Once the food and grass are not continued in the city, Tubo will not have to attack forcefully. It will only take more than a month to siege the city to trap us."

I have to say that Hou Junji is still very eager and wise. These nonsense words are so realistic and so righteous. Although Niu Jinda and Zhishili think something is wrong, they can't say it. After all, they are just military generals, not civil officials who show off their lips.

Finally, after sending Niu Jinda and Zhi Shishi's soul away, Hou Junji breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to sit down, the general soldier Liu Lan rushed in.

Hou Junji hurriedly stood up and greeted him: "Liu Jianjun, suddenly came to me here. Is there anything wrong?"

Liu Lan has been a Shangshuman, a Sima of the Xiazhou Governor's Office, and a Governor of Xiazhou. Now he is the right-leading general. He can be said to be a full-time civil and military service. He is not as easy to deal with as Niu Jinda and Zhi Shisili. As soon as Hou Junji finished asking, he asked with a stern face: "Master Hou, I heard that you sent Li Hao's 10,000 Taohe Road army to borrow grain from Guizhou. Is there any such thing?"

Hou Junji frowned when he heard this. He knew that the visitor was not good, so he nodded coldly: "Is there any such thing, does Liu Jianjun have any questions?"

"Of course there are questions." Liu Lan said with a blank expression, "You and I are both from the army. Everyone knows the matters in the army. Now that the war is imminent, General Hou will support Li Hao's 10,000 troops. I don't know what the purpose is? As far as I know, there are more than 20,000 stones of food and grass in the city, which is enough to last for a long time."

Hou Junji said calmly: "Now there are 45,000 soldiers in Songzhou City. Our Tang army is brave and even better than Tubo. Even if Tubo has 100,000 troops to attack, it is difficult to achieve success. Li Hao's 10,000 troops are not very important."

Liu Lan raised her eyebrows and sneered: "Is this the excuse for you to send Li Hao away?"

"No, I didn't deliberately support Li Hao." Hou Junji said seriously, "Although we don't lack food and grass now, in such a cold winter, we should prepare more food and grass to make sure we have everything. Liu Jianjun is also a war-torn person, and I believe he knows how important food and grass are."

"Food and grass are of course important." Liu Lan said coldly, "However, when it comes to transporting food and grass, you only need to send troops to convey military orders and have a dedicated person to escort them. Why do you need to use such a huge combat force? Is this the first time in the war by General Hou?"

Hou Junji was not angry because of his teasing, but instead replied calmly: "Food and grass are of great importance and there is no need to be any mistakes. What should we do if Tubo cannot conquer the city and send troops to cut off our army's food and grass?"

"Oh?" Liu Lan raised her eyebrows and sneered, "In this way, General Hou seems to have no confidence in my Tang Dynasty's food and grass team!"

"Whatever you say," Hou Junji snorted coldly, "I am the general in a war, so why should Liu Jianjun point fingers? Everything depends on the final result. What is the point of talking more? "

"Okay! Chief Hou is so majestic!" Liu Lan sneered even more, "You'd better expect to fight a beautiful battle, otherwise the military supervisor will report to the emperor according to facts! Don't forget that you are now guilty!"

"Judge Liu is away slowly! Don't send him off!" Hou Junji shouted to see the guests, Liu Lan snorted hard and shook her sleeves out.

Guizhou is northwest of Songzhou, more than 200 miles away from Songzhou, not too far. Like Songzhou, Guizhou is also a resident state and a prefecture. However, it is a little different from Songzhou. The governor of Guizhou is a Dangxiang person, named Libudabi. Li Shimin specially gave him the name of Han and Kou Zhongtang. The meaning is very obvious. I hope he can be loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

Four days later, Li Hao led his troops outside the city of Guizhou. Due to the Tubo invasion, Guizhou City was also in a panic. When he saw Li Hao's army coming from afar, he closed the city gate. All the soldiers were on the walls, as if they were facing a great enemy.

When Li Hao arrived at the city, he sent Jin Li to speak up and show his identity, indicating that the reason was that the governor of Guizhou Kou Zhongtang personally came to the city and replied to Li Hao, saying that there was no surplus grain in Guizhou and asked him to borrow it elsewhere. Even if Li Hao showed Hou Junji's order, it was not easy to use. Kou Zhongtang still said that there was no food.

Perhaps there is really no surplus grain in Guizhou. After all, the Tubo army is unstable, and Guizhou is only more than 70 miles away from Gansongling, which is a key road for Tubo to enter the Tang Dynasty. It can be basically said that the first step for the Tubo army to enter the Tang Dynasty was the territory of Guizhou. In order to prevent Tubo from invading, Kou Zhongtang naturally had to store more food and grass, just in case, it was too late to collect grain everywhere, so how could he borrow food from outside? Isn’t that stupid?

Li Hao is a little bit fond of this conspiracy. In fact, Hou Junji had long guessed that Kou Zhongtang could not borrow food, because what he borrowed was not grain, but what he borrowed was probably life. Even if there was a warrant from the marching chief supervisor, it would be useless. After all, Kou Zhongtang was not under his jurisdiction.

Li Hao explained the reason under the city, moved it with emotion, and persuaded Kou Zhongtang to borrow grain. Kou Zhongtang also explained the reason and moved it with emotion, telling Li Hao that he could not borrow it. Once he borrowed the grain, Tubo divided his troops to invade, or if reinforcements arrived in Tubo, then Guizhou would be over.

Li Hao returned to the camp and savored it carefully, then took out the map and looked at it for a while. Finally, he realized that he had been fooled by Hou Junji. However, this was a helpless thing. Hou Junji, as the chief marching commander, had the power to control the army. The so-called military order is like a mountain. Since Hou Junji issued a military order, he must obey it, otherwise he would be labeled as a rebellion and could not even be thrown away. Even Li Shimin could not protect him. So even though he knew it was a trap, he still had to jump down.

Now, things have reached a dead end. You can't borrow food and can't go back to pay the job. Otherwise, you will be labeled as a poor person. Alas, the senior official level is crushed to death.

Li Hao set up camp outside the city of Guizhou for one day, thinking hard about solving the good strategies. On this day, Feiying had already arrived in Songzhou with letters.

Chang'an is more than 2,000 miles away from Songzhou, and the road is rugged. Feiying ran all the way. Eight horses died in four days. They only slept for two hours, and they were eating and drinking on the horse's back. They were really covered in stars and dust.

When he arrived at the city of Songzhou, Feiying shouted at the city gate, saying that Li Hao, the head of the Taohe Road marching director, sent a letter from his family to urgently ask the Marquis of Li County to open his own letter.

However, the soldiers on the city wall told Feiying that Li Hao was not in the city, Feiying didn't believe that Li Hao had come to Songzhou to fight, so how could he not be in the city? He stayed under the city and refused to leave, just asking to see Li Hao.

A soldier passed this matter to the governor's office and told Hou Junji that Hou Junji frowned after hearing this. He hated anything related to Li Hao, so he personally climbed the city tower and looked at the flying eagle under the city. He saw that although this person was dusty and exhausted, his eyes were firm and sharp, not like ordinary people. Hou Junji asked, "Are the people under the city really the Li Hao family's army?"

Feiying whispered: "Yes, please open the city gate and let the villain come in to meet the Marquis of Li County."

"Let you go into the city?" Hou Junji snorted coldly, "You said you are the Li Hao family's subordinate, what certificates do you have?"

Feiying shook his head: "Without a certificate, you only need to see the Hou of Li County to prove the identity of the villain." In fact, he met Hou Junji when he was in Tingzhou, but Hou Junji may not necessarily remember him.

Hou Junji sneered: "It would be a pity if there is no certificate. Li Hao is not in the city."

When Feiying saw Hou Junji say this, she guessed that Li Hao was not in the city, so she asked, "Dare you ask General Hou, where is my master now?"

"Bold!" Hou Junji suddenly glared and shouted when he heard this, "Who is the demon? How dare you spy on the important military situation? It must be the enemy's detailed work. Come on, open the city gate, put the suspension bridge, and capture this person!"

Feiying was shocked when she heard this, and quickly turned her horse's head and ran away. Hou Junji shouted: "Chain the horse!"

One of his personal guards held up a strong bow and shot an arrow, which penetrated the horse's belly. The flying eagle's mount neighed and fell to the ground, struggling on the ground, and could no longer stand up. After the flying eagle landed, he rushed to run wildly. Only the suspension bridge behind him fell down, the city gate also opened, and a team of elite cavalry rushed out and chased him.
Chapter completed!