"Fang Lin, take this crossbow to the guards immediately and ask them. Tell them the situation here. I think they also know the importance of this matter. Someone is plotting against us behind our backs. I don't believe he is still indifferent.
." Li Fangzong explained in a deep voice.
Li Fanglin hesitated and said, "Will the General of the Guards meet me?"
Li Fangzong nodded and said: "Yes, he must be waiting for us to take the lead in attacking the Tang Army's envoy. If you go, he will think that we are asking for peace from him. In addition, we are allowed to move in by the Governor of Yanzhou, so
They are equivalent to envoys from our army. Although they will not join forces with us, ordinary meetings are still possible. There is a serial number on this crossbow, let Ding Qiang check it himself!"
"Sir, the people from Yanzhou Prefecture are here!"
Following the report from the attendant, a large group of people appeared at the door. Li Fangzong knew that a murder had occurred here, and it was natural for the government to investigate, so he went over to greet them.
"Are you Li Fangzong, the representative of the Xuzhou Army here?" the leader who came in said coldly.
"Exactly!" Li Fangzong felt that the other party's tone was a little cold, and Li Fangzong couldn't help but feel something was wrong.
"From today on, your place is closed and no one is allowed to go out." As he said that, groups of people outside the house began to leave guards at the door.
"Sir! What's going on? Someone was assassinated here, why are we banned from entering and exiting? Don't Yanzhou Prefecture have any rules?" Li Fangyu said in a deep voice.
The man at the head has a Chinese character face and sword-shaped eyebrows. He is very stout. From a distance, he seems to be a soldier. If he puts on the uniform of a soldier, he will be the most standard general.
"Rules? What I'm talking about are the rules..." The big man with a Chinese character sneered and said, "Let me tell you, several generals of the Guards Army were assassinated, envoys of the Tang Army were assassinated, and salt trading officials of the Xiaoguo Army who stayed in the city were also assassinated. In
The marks of your Xuzhou Army were left at the scene of the assassination of the Guards Generals. So you'd better be more honest with me, otherwise, I will treat you as assassins and execute you on the spot."
Li Fangzong and the three of them looked at each other in confusion. They still don't understand what's going on?
"Sir, are you saying that the General of the Wei Army, the envoy of the Tang Army, and the officials of the Xiaoguo Army were all assassinated? The assassination of the General of the Wei Army still bears the mark of the Xuzhou Army? Sir, our people were also assassinated. The assassination of the Wei Army
The people from the Military Academy are definitely not us!" Li Fanglin said anxiously.
"I know, otherwise, I would have come directly to arrest people now. The Governor has an order, and the person in charge here is ordered to enter the Governor's Mansion immediately to cooperate with the investigation! In addition to you, people from other parties will also be present." A big man with a Chinese character face.
Said in a deep voice.
Li Fangzong suddenly felt bad. Things were beyond his expectation. Not only was someone plotting against him and the guards, but everyone was involved. Who was doing it? It was possible that anyone was involved. There was no one.
A clear suspect.
As the big man with the Chinese character face marched towards the Dudu Mansion, he also got some useful information from the mouth of the big man with the Chinese character face. It turned out that in just a short time in the morning, more than ten places in the city were attacked by men in black, and five generals of the Guards were killed.
Killed, dozens of guards were killed or injured. Tang army envoys were also assassinated, with more than half of them killed or injured. In addition, an official of the Xiaoguo Army's Commercial Department, who had always ignored the situation in Yanzhou and was only responsible for commerce, was also assassinated in the south of the city, causing considerable casualties.
Li Fangzong secretly paused in his heart and couldn't help but think about it. Now, the peace talks between the Tang Army and the Fu Army cannot be carried out in the short term. This is a good thing for him. But who is doing it? The Wei Army? Impossible, they
He would not do this, and even his five Guidelang generals were killed. Could it be Xu Jie? Why did he do this?
…………
"Is your information true? Situ Lei's people came to Yanzhou City quietly?" Zhao Xun frowned and asked in a deep voice. Just after taking action, Zhao Xun received such information. As soon as Situ Lei came, Xu Jie
The peace talks with Tang Jun were inherently problematic. By doing this, wouldn't I be helping Xu Jie and Situ Lei?
For Zhao Xun, the government army can ally with anyone, but they can't ally with Murong Cheng, surrender to Murong Cheng, and secondly, they can't connect with Situ Lei. Murong Cheng and Situ Lei are too powerful, how could Xu Jie fall to them?
That means that this place in Yanzhou will be like a puppet
In their hands, Xu Jie did not have the bargaining chip to negotiate with them. Especially Murong Cheng, the Wuwei Army had already occupied the three prefectures of Yanzhou, and they must not let other places fall into their hands. Otherwise, south of the Xiaoguo Army,
Basically, it was all within Murong Cheng's sphere of influence.
As for Situ Lei, Zhao Xun did not underestimate him. Although his jurisdiction was all in the west, the soldiers and horses in the west were indeed extremely strong. In other words, Murong Cheng was rich and wealthy, so Situ Lei had strong soldiers and horses. In fact, speaking of it,
, the alliance between Xu Jie and the Tang Army is the most beneficial to Zhao Xun. However, Zhao Xun does not want the Wei Army, the Fu Army, the Tang Army, and the Xuzhou Army to be in a stable stage. Zhao Xun wants them to go to war, so that when he goes south
, reduce resistance.
"Master, what should we do now? Situ Lei's people have been taken to the military camp by Xu Jie's people. Even if we want to make some move, we can't do anything."
Zhao Xun pondered for a moment, with a smile on his face, and said: "In this way, we will summon the officials who go to the Governor's Mansion and let them tell the news of Situ Lei's envoy entering the city during the confrontation. I, the Xiaoguo Army, don't care what you do to Yanzhou
Yes, but if you want to kill our people and mess up the superficial situation in Yanzhou, it won’t work.”
Wei Dong said: "Young Master, do you want to blame Situ Lei for the assassination?"
Zhao Xun smiled and said: "No, it may not be Situ Lei's people, it may also be Xu Jie's people. If Xu Jie wants to get on the line with Situ Lei, it is not impossible to do it himself. You said, people from all forces have been assassinated
Yes, but the people in the government army are fine. At this time, Situ Lei's envoy was quietly received by you into the military camp. Isn't this suspicious?"
"By the way, does Feng Ziming know about the arrival of Situ Lei's envoy?" After thinking about it, Zhao Xun asked again.
"It seems that Feng Ziming doesn't know about this yet. According to our people's investigation, there is another person beside Xu Jie who is responsible for some of Xu Jie's confidential matters. Xu Jie should not let more people know about the arrival of Situ Lei's envoy.
People know it.”
Governor's Mansion, lobby.
The hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, with only the sound of heavy breathing. Representatives of all forces gathered together, each with a different mood, thinking about the matter in front of them. On one side were the government troops.
Elite soldiers, and on one side are the guardsmen. The guard general Ding Qiang personally brought people to ask for an explanation. If it weren't for the crossbow arrows of the guards found in Xiancheng where Xuzhou officers were assassinated, Ding Qiang would have been killed long ago.
He led his men to attack the Xuzhou Army garrison.
Now, in everyone's mind, a message is repeatedly emerging: the Wei army was assassinated, the Xuzhou army was assassinated, and it has nothing to do with this matter. The Xiaoguo army, which did not interfere in Yanzhou's political affairs and did not participate in Yanzhou's political affairs, was also assassinated.
, the envoy of the Tang army who was preparing for peace talks with the government army was also assassinated. According to the investigation at the scene, there were traces of the assassination of the guards at the scene.
Traces of the Xuzhou Army. The scene of the assassination of the Xuzhou Army left traces of the Guards. The scene of the assassination of the Xiaoguo Army left traces of the Guards. The scene of the assassination of the Tang Army’s envoy left traces of the Xuzhou Army. In short, on the surface,
, everyone is killing them randomly. But the people here are not stupid, and they can guess that there must be some conspiracy.
Now, people from all forces have been assassinated. If it is not handled well, it will trigger a war between all forces in Yanzhou. No one wants to see this kind of situation.
As the master of Yanzhou City, Xu Jie's pressure can be imagined, but he did not show any uneasiness. He slowly returned to the left side of the main seat, and Ding Qiang sat on the right side with a gloomy face. Although
The guards were from outside, but in the land of Yanzhou, the imperial court had not yet been isolated. The guards were Shangguan, sitting on the main seat, as they should be. But his subordinates killed five Guidelang generals, how could he feel better?
?
After Xu Jie slowly sat down, a trace of worry appeared on his face, and he said slowly: "Everyone, sit down! Everyone, I believe you all know what I mean by asking you to come. You have all been assassinated, and the scene of the assassination is
There are traces of others.”
Ding Qiang said coldly: "Xu Jie, what do you mean? Are you saying that this assassination was done by my general and the Xuzhou Army? Five General Guidelang under my general were assassinated. Could it be that this is also ours?"
Assassinate yourself?"
Xu Jie Yanzhou's cold light flashed, and his anger surged. Damn it, when Situ Lei and I reach an agreement, I will personally unscrew your head. This is Yanzhou, not the barracks of your guard. Of course, these are what Xu is saying from his heart.
The order will not be spoken out.
Feng Ziming, who was sitting on one side, smiled and said: "Don't be upset, General Ding. Our commander-in-chief doesn't mean that. You must also know that even if you really want to assassinate, you will not leave any traces at the scene. Besides, you have all been assassinated.
, This shows that someone is clearly causing trouble."
Lin Menglong, an official of the Xiaoguo Army's Commercial Department, sneered: "We, the Xiaoguo Army, settled in Yanzhou City earlier than everyone else, and we have also greeted you. We are only responsible for commercial trade and do not get involved in political affairs. You also know that we entered this place three months ago.
More than enough
, I have never interfered in any of your affairs. But now, even we have been assassinated. Governor Xu, shouldn’t you give us an explanation? Or, some people think that my Xiaoguo Army is not in Yanzhou and is taking action again.
Bully?"
As soon as he heard Lin Menglong's words, Xu Jie started to have a headache. The only thing that surprised him now was that the Xiaoguo Army was also involved. The situation in Yanzhou was chaotic, but the Xiaoguo Army had never had any intention of looking south, and only gave various orders at the beginning of the year.
The forces on the other side issued a notice to launch salt trade in various places and hoped that all armies would cooperate. The tax should be collected.
Taxes are fine as long as they are not targetable. Therefore, the Tang Army, Xuzhou Army and Yanzhou Prefecture Army have no special prejudice against this. Even because of the good salt business of Xiaoguo Army, taxes in various places have increased a lot. Moreover, except for Yanzhou
Except for the city being used as a transit center, the Xiaoguo Army did not arrange manpower in other places.
The Xiaoguo Army's performance also satisfied all the armies. Officials from the Xiaoguo Army's Commercial Department in Yanzhou City had no intention of interfering in the political affairs of each army. The only thing they worried about was the formulation of local commercial taxes. Others, they
Don't even care
.Now, this small assassination has brought the northern overlord Xiaoguo Army in. Not to mention Xu Jie, even the Tang Army envoy and Li Fangzong frowned. If the Xiaoguo Army also stretched their hands in, the consequences would be different.
How is it okay?
Feng Ziming said: "Lord Lin, please calm down. No one could have predicted the assassination. Besides, there were assassinations on all sides. Even several generals of the Guards were assassinated. Who can be responsible for this?"
Lin Menglong sneered: "Really? But your army was not assassinated!"
Yes, everyone suddenly woke up. Now everyone has been assassinated, but the government army has done nothing wrong. It is still asking other people. It should be us asking you for an explanation.
Ding Qiang had a sneer on his face and took the lead in firing: "Xu Jie, the government army! Haha, I would like to ask why we were all assassinated and nothing happened to you? In this Yanzhou City, besides your government army, there are also
Who has the ability to target other forces at the same time? Also, there is still no trace of this assassin. Don’t tell me that they disappeared without a trace. This is Yanzhou City, but your army
The base camp.”
Xu Jie said angrily: "Ding Qiang, are you saying that this assassination was the fault of this governor? But don't forget, the crossbow arrows left at the scene of the assassination of the Xuzhou Army are the soldiers of your guard stationed in Yanzhou City.
Prepared."
Ding Qiang said coldly: "Yes, it is indeed the work of my general's soldiers. Unfortunately, these more than ten soldiers disappeared in the city, not even their bodies were found in the capital. It has been more than ten days in the past, and your army has attacked me.
The guardsmen are merciless. It’s not that difficult for you to get the crossbow arrows from the hands of our guardsmen, isn’t it?”
Feng Ziming saw that Xu Jie was at a disadvantage and said hurriedly: "It is not yet known whose hand the crossbow arrow in the hands of the Guard soldiers fell into. By the way, the identity tokens left at the scene of the assassination of the Guards and the assassination of the Tang Army envoy were not
Our army can deploy it. Mr. Li Fangzong, look, do you all have this?" Feng Ziming said and threw a token beside him to Li Fangzong.
Li Fangzong took a look and his face changed slightly. Yes, this is the special guard belonging to Li Chi's Xuzhou Army. Logically speaking, such identity tokens should not appear here. Because these people are mainly responsible for
For internal surveillance and some special operational tasks, could it be that the commander-in-chief has sent people here again? At this moment, even Li Fangzong was a little unsure.
Seeing Li Fangzong's expression, everyone had strange expressions. Seeing that the situation in the hall was a bit subtle, Li Fangzong straightened his face and said: "Yes, this token is not fake, but it can't mean anything if you only rely on the token."
. Just like you can't rely on crossbow arrows to explain the assassination of the Guards, what do you think?"
Li Fangzong is not an idiot. Regardless of whether it is a new order from above, he is determined not to relax at this moment. Otherwise, the Xuzhou Army will become the target of public criticism. Besides, if there is a new order from above, there is no way he will not know about it.
A cry. The only thing that made him feel incredible was that this kind of identity token could not be determined.
It can be left outside. Even if the person dies, the person carrying the identity token will destroy the token. If it were not for the big character "Li" on the front and the name of the Xuzhou Army below, others would not be able to identify it as belonging to the Xuzhou Army.
Identity token. Moreover, this kind of token has a special mark on it, and most people will not deliberately imitate it.
"I believe what he said, General. You can't identify anything with these things. Besides, we were all attacked, but your army was not." Ding Qiang said in hot pursuit.
Feng Ziming sighed. If Ding Qiang hadn't insisted on siding with Li Fangzong, he would have blamed the Xuzhou Army for the assassination.
Lin Menglong said at this moment: "I also think Governor Xu needs to explain that you are coming and going to assassinate me. I am not interested and don't want to pay attention to you. But if you use the knife to my head, I won't.
It’s impossible to just let it go. The Xiaoguo Army has never been bullied like this by anyone. If the answer doesn’t satisfy me, the one who comes next time will be the iron-clad lions of the Xiaoguo Army!”
"Bang..." Xu Jie slapped the table hard, looked at Lin Menglong gloomily, and said coldly: "You are too presumptuous! This is Yanzhou City, not your Youzhou. How dare you threaten this governor!"
Lin Menglong said indifferently: "Really? Yanzhou City is right, but it seems that you, Governor Xu, are not the ones who have the final say here. Whether Yanzhou is the Yanzhou of the Yanzhou Prefectural Army is not yet known. Governor Xu, you must not be right.
Let me show off my power. If you can completely kill everyone present, then I, Lin Menglong, will really admire you. I, the Xiaoguo Army, don’t want to provoke anyone, but I won’t do it for you.
It means that you can be humiliated by others. Whether the Governor takes this as a threat or as a joke, I need to give an explanation, and I also need to give an explanation to everyone who is doing it. I just want to know why the government army is doing this
Nothing happened? Why can we attack so many forces at the same time? Why can they disappear without a trace in a short period of time? "
A smile appeared on Ding Qiang's face and he said: "Yes, I must make it clear. In the past ten days or so, the government army has conducted many more inspections and stricter inspections than before. We will not let more than a hundred patrols at this moment, like long
Just fly away as if you had wings."
Xu Jie's face was as gloomy as ink. He had originally invited people from various forces to come here to discuss the assassination. Unexpectedly, as soon as this Xiaoguo Army member appeared, his plan was thrown into chaos.
Feng Ziming also frowned slightly, and looked at Lin Menglong carefully with an inexplicable look. Finally, he said in a deep voice: "Everyone, what is the purpose of the assassin's assassination? None of us know. Perhaps, they are just for the current situation.
It’s unclear. Besides, we can’t use the assassin’s failure to assassinate the officers of the government army as a basis for judgment, what do you think? This is the same as the Wei Army and Xuzhou Army’s failure to use crossbows and tokens as a basis for judgment? Isn’t it?”
Ding Qiang and Li Fangzong frowned slightly. After saying this, they had to admit that otherwise, it would be unreliable to refute the idea that they were assassins. This Feng Ziming is indeed cunning.