Just when Gao Yao was about to be dragged out of the camp, a young general wearing bright silver armor rushed in panting. It was Qin Zheng, the governor of Jingzhou.
Seeing Gao Yao with his mouth covered, Qin Zheng quickly shouted: "Stop."
The soldiers did not dare to ask questions. After all, Qin Zheng was the governor of Jingzhou, second only to Yue Fei, the governor of Jingzhou. How could ordinary soldiers dare not listen to his words?
Under the confused gaze of all the generals, Qin Zheng stepped forward to untie Gao Yao's rope.
Gao Yao, who was already in despair, was moved to tears after seeing Qin Zheng.
Zulong, Zulong, it’s not in vain that I, Gao, have served you for decades. You are still reliable at the critical moment, unlike those warriors like Yue Fei, who can’t explain why even if they are reasonable.
Qin Zheng is the only person besides Jia Xu and Qin Hao who knows the identity of Gao Yao.
Gao Yao was also afraid that Yue Fei would lose his mind and kill him directly when he was angry, but he had no channel to contact Qin Zheng, so he took the envoy to the western front first, exposing his whereabouts to Qin Zheng's spies, and indirectly
The news that he was going on a mission was revealed to Qin Zheng.
After Qin Zheng learned that Gao Yao was about to go on an envoy, he immediately thought to himself that it was not good. He knew the relationship between Yue Fei and Zhang Xian. Gao Yao sent Zhang Xian's body back at this time. He was not taking the initiative to put his head on Yue Fei's knife edge.
Hit?
Qin Zheng was afraid that Yue Fei would take action against Gao Yao, so he handed over the army to his deputy general with only five hundred guards. He rushed to Yue Fei's side at starry night, and by chance, he happened to save Gao Yao.
With Qin Zheng around, Gao Yao's life was saved. He was afraid that Yue Fei would attack him again, so he hid behind Qin Zheng.
Qin Zheng patted the back of Gao Yao's hand to reassure him, and then said to Yue Fei in righteous words: "Grand Governor, the two armies are fighting and have not killed our envoys, and the Shu army has not killed our envoys. How can the Grand Governor do it for Zhang's sake?"
Why would you vent your anger on Mr. Gao Yao after the death of General Xian? How does this make the world view our army?"
Yue Fei naturally knew the principle of not killing the envoys when the two armies were fighting, but he was infuriated by Liu Ji's provocative act of sending corpses in a grand manner, and with the support of the generals in the hall, he took advantage of the situation and turned his anger to Gaoyao.
On his body, he immediately woke up when Qin Zheng interfered with him like this.
However, in order to maintain the majesty of his commander-in-chief, Yue Fei could not admit his mistake in public. He only snorted coldly and said bravely: "The governor misunderstood. I was just pretending to scare the envoys of Shu and let out his anger.
There is no real intention to take his life."
When Gao Yao heard this, he was so angry that he wanted to curse. What the hell do you think this is just for show? If Qin Zheng had come later, he would have been crushed to ashes.
After all, Yue Fei is the governor. Qin Zheng cannot slap him in the face in public, so he can only lift it up high and put it down gently. Yue Yun on the side asked with a puzzled look:
"By the way, Lord Governor, why are you back at this time?"
The generals also showed doubts. After all, Qin Zheng should be commanding the West Route Army at this time.
"this……"
Qin Zheng was stunned for a moment. He couldn't say in public that he came specifically to save Gao Yao.
After thinking for a while, Qin Zheng calmly replied: "I have important information to report to the governor."
The implication is that the content of the report cannot be told to you in public.
Qin Zheng was also afraid that Yue Fei would attack Gao Yao again, so he sent Gao Yao away after a few brief explanations.
Before leaving, Gao Yao held Qin Zheng's hand in front of everyone, and said with gratitude: "Thanks to Qin's governor for speaking out for justice, Gao Yao will never forget his life-saving grace. Thank you very much."
After saying that, Gao Yao turned around and got into the car and left, as if he didn't want to take him with him for a moment longer.
This trip was very successful for Gao Yao. The goal was achieved and his identity was not exposed. The only shortcoming was that the process was too thrilling.
Seeing Gao Yao and others walking away, a strange color flashed in Qin Zheng's eyes, and then he released his palm, and a small white note appeared in his palm.
Looking at the small piece of paper in his hand, Qin Zheng finally understood why Gao Yao took the risk to send an envoy. He was risking his life to convey information.
After opening it, I saw only seven words written on it: Er Liu wants to switch from offense to defense.
After reading it, a strange look suddenly flashed in Qin Zheng's eyes. Although the intelligence content conveyed by Gao Yao was not much, the amount of information was huge.
The reason why Er Liu turned to attack must be that reinforcements from the Qin army had arrived. The Shu-Chu coalition no longer had much advantage in strength, so it was better to turn the attack into defense, absorb the results of the battle, and use the defense to consume the Qin army's strength.
If the Qin army wants to retake Nanjun and central and southern Xiangyang, it must send troops to attack by force. However, facing the coalition forces that cannot defend, if they attack by force, they will definitely fall into the same situation as the coalition forces at the beginning, and a large number of soldiers will die.
In the midst of a siege.
Qin Zheng's eyes were full of solemnity. No wonder Gao Yao risked his life to deliver the news. This information was really too important and could affect the entire situation in Jingbei. He had to tell Yue Fei as soon as possible.
When Qin Zheng saw that he was trying to save Leng, Yue Fei immediately whispered: "Is the governor still blaming Yue?"
Qin Zhengze said coldly: "Grand Governor, General Zhang Xian died, and I am also very angry. But if anger cannot solve the problem, do you know that you almost caused a big disaster."
"What the governor is referring to is the manslaughter of Xuan Zi No. 1?"
"Since, um..."
Hearing this, Qin Zheng was stunned. After reacting, his eyes widened. He pointed at Yue Fei and asked, "You know?"
Yue Fei nodded and said: "Before leaving Luoyang, the military advisor told me that Gao Yao is the secret agent No. 1 Xuanzi."
"Then you still..."
Before he could say anything, Qin Zheng suddenly showed a look of astonishment and said with a wry smile: "It turns out, Commander, you are really acting."
"Otherwise, how could Mr. Gao win Liu Ji's trust?" Yue Fei said softly.
Qin Zheng thought he was the only one who knew Gao Yao's identity, but he didn't know that Yue Fei also knew Gao Yao's identity, but Gao Yao didn't know that Yue Fei knew his identity.
If you don't come to Gaoyao, you won't die.
"This is the secret sent back by Xuanzi No. 1. Commander, please take a look."
Qin Zheng handed the note sent back by Gao Yao to Yue Fei. After Yue Fei read it, he stood in front of the map and looked at it for an hour, and then ordered the entire army to stop withdrawing.
"Commander, why are you doing this? We have few people. If we don't withdraw now, we will be surrounded by Liu Ji and Liu Xiu." Qin Zheng asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"If we withdraw now, the Shu-Chu coalition forces will switch from offense to defense, and it will be difficult to take back Nanjun." Yue Fei said with a solemn face.
"But if we don't withdraw our troops, reinforcements from Hebei will not arrive for another ten days. How can we, with only 50,000 troops, stop the more than 200,000 Shu-Chu coalition forces?"
Hearing Qin Zheng's words, a gleam flashed in Yue Fei's eyes, and he said confidently: "Don't worry, I have a way to hold off the Shu-Chu coalition until reinforcements arrive."