Chapter 521 Chapter Nine: Heartbreaking and Deceitful

Kou Zhong was puzzled and said: "How could it be Han Chao'an? Isn't he just robbing business travelers by sea? When did he become a strong man who intercepts roads and robbers on land?" Du Xing smiled and said: "It's not that Hu Yanjin said that I knew it, but Ma Ji leaked it, so it's absolutely true. Who else did you guess earlier besides me?" Xu Ziling said: "Of course it is Bai Ziting, he is the middleman, only he knows the location and time when the eldest lady receives the goods, so he can master the route for her to take the goods to Shanhaiguan."

Du Xing happily gave a thumbs up and praised: "Amazing! I almost guessed it for you." Da Zhi was puzzled and said, "Brother, didn't you say that Han Chao'an did it? Why can't we get rid of the relationship like Bai Ziting now, but it's still a little bit worse." Du Xing said indifferently: "You can guess that it is Ziting. Although it is not far away, Han Chao'an has become a believer of Fu Nanda. Kaishan told me about it." Da Dazhi was stunned and said, "Is this really true? This is the first time I've heard of it. How can a person like Han Chao'an believe what a demon monk from Tianzhu says?"

Du Xing said: "Men are not lustful, Fu Nanda has a book, and he specializes in the way of loving men and women. Han Chao'an wants to learn from him, of course he must be a lackey. Ha! I'm just joking, the real reason is that Han Chao'an is interested in Wudaoba Gai Suwen moved closer, and Fu Nanda had colluded with Gai Su Wen, so Han Chao'an would sometimes act as a dog for Fu Nanda." Kou Zhong was stunned and said: "It's actually that guy who wears five knives and doesn't think it's cumbersome?" Du Xing turned away and sighed, "If Jieli and Tuli hadn't made peace, how could we have chatted without any grievances today."

Xu Ziling said: "Why did Fu Nanda plunder the 80,000 sheepskins of the eldest lady? Did all the news about this come from Xu Kaishan?" Du Xing didn't answer him, but said in a deep voice, "Jeliken and you turned enemies into friends for another reason." Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling exchanged glances and said in unison: "Please advise." Du Xing said: "Three days ago, there was news from Zhongtu that Song Jingang defeated Li Yuanji first, forcing him to rush back to Guanzhong in a hurry. Then Song Jingang sent his army to the south, and Li Shimin led his troops across the Yellow River from Longmen to meet Song Jingang. After several battles, they were all defeated by King Kong. In the end, Li Shimin adopted the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the field, closing the camp and building fortifications to resist King Kong's elite cavalry, and saw the weakness of King Kong's lack of food and the inability to fight for a long time."

Kou Zhong's heart was shocked, the long-lost military situation of China's struggle for hegemony, finally passed through Du Xing's mouth, and passed into his ears. Song Jingang is a shrewd commander. He should understand the disadvantages of going south quickly. The problem is that some of his troops are Turkic. It is conceivable that it is difficult for him to disobey the opinions of the Turkic generals. The attrition tactics of war support war.Therefore, once you meet Li Shimin, who is kind and guarded, you will suffer a big loss. Du Xing continued: "Song Jingang finally ran out of food and retreated to the north. Li Shimin attacked in an all-round way. He first defeated King Kong in Luzhou, and then pursued the victory. He marched more than 200 miles a day and night, confronted ten times, and went straight to Queshu Valley. Eight battles Eight victories, defeated King Kong, captured tens of thousands of people, King Kong retreated to Jiezhou, and formed an array in the west of the city, with a length of seven miles from north to south. Li Shimin sent Li Shiji to fight against him. He pretended to be defeated and retreated. Going around to the rear and attacking from both sides, King Kong was defeated and defeated, and was taken back by Li Shimin to Jinyang."

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling suddenly realized the meaning behind Du Xing's words. If Li Shimin's side was defeated and Song Jingang attacked Guanzhong, then Jieli would be desperate to attack with his troops, and even invite Bi Xuan to get rid of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, so that there would be no strong opponents in the Central Plains.It's a pity that things backfired, Li Shimin won the victory, so he had to change his strategy, not only reconciled with Tuli, but also sent Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling back to Zhongtu to contain Li Shimin, it would be best to lose both sides.Otherwise, if Li Shimin swept across the Central Plains like a broken bamboo, the next one he would have to deal with would definitely be Xieli.But Xieli now has nothing but a mess. The two defeats of Benlangyuan and Song Jingang have severely damaged the vitality of East Turkic.What's even more troublesome is that due to the hostility with Tuli, all the ethnic groups in the prairie are ready to move, and the situation is chaotic.Therefore, his urgent task at present is to buy as much time as possible to unify the prairie first, and then plot the Central Plains. Under this situation, he certainly does not want to take the risk of offending Tuli to deal with Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.

Jinyang is the home base of the Li family, and it is also a barrier in Guanzhong. If it falls, the Turkic army can go south to Guanzhong at any time.More importantly, this area is the source of wealth and food in Guanzhong, and its survival is related to the lifeline of the Li Clan.Pingyao is an important economic center in the region, and its importance can be imagined. Kou Zhong said in a deep voice, "Is Li Shimin currently in Jinyang?" Da Dazhi shook his head and said, "Li Shimin sent his subordinate Li Zhongwenyu to guard, while he led his troops back to Chang'an quickly."

Kou Zhong sighed, "Luoyang is in danger!" Du Xing said in a deep voice: "What's the young commander's plan?" Kou Zhong glanced at Xu Ziling, and sighed, "What other plans are there? Who would have thought that the wise and mighty Song Jingang would lose so quickly and so badly, and he could only see walking in front of him." Dazhi smiled and said, "As long as the young commander agrees, I can arrange for the young commander to sit down with Dazhi and have a good discussion." Kou Zhong was stunned and said, "What?" Looking at Xu Ziling, Xuan shook his head again and said, "This is not Kou Zhong's style. If you want to win, you have to rely on your own strength. It's interesting to win. Thank you for your kindness."

Du Xing laughed and said: "Good man! In fact, Xie Li already knew who the Young Marshal is, but if everyone can sit down and chat with each other, it's not a bad thing, right?" Kou Zhong smiled wryly and said: "Let's talk about it later! The most important thing right now is how to get rid of Shen Weihuan and Hu Yanjin tonight, and leave everything else for tomorrow. Old Du, you still haven't answered Ling Shao's question just now. " Xu Ziling sighed inwardly, Kou Zhongluoyang's judgment that the situation was dangerous was by no means aimless.Li Shimin did not send enough generals such as Li Shiji or Li Jing to guard Taiyuan, but only let the not-so-famous Li Zhongwen stay behind. He wanted to concentrate all his forces to attack Luoyang, one of the three famous fortified cities in the world. Unable to recruit or support other puppets going south.He hurried back to Chang'an and was preparing for the attack on Luoyang.The key to victory or defeat lies in whether Kou Zhong can help Wang Shichong defend Luoyang and defeat the invincible Li Shimin.

The last thing Xu Ziling wanted to see was imminent. If Luoyang is broken, even if Kou Zhong survives, Li Shimin will hunt him down and beat him until he eliminates this formidable enemy. Kou Zhongneng still refused Xieli's uneasy and kind-hearted so-called aid in such a dangerous situation, which shows that he is a person who can uphold the righteousness of the nation. Du Xing shouted again: "Good man!" Shi leisurely looked at Xu Ziling, and said: "The news is mainly from the place where the mountain was opened. As for why Fu Nanda did this, I guess it is because this person has great ambitions, so he keeps hoarding wealth by despicable means, so as to expand his power." .”

Da Zhi said in surprise: "Gold is of little use on the prairie. Even if Fu Nanda is as rich as an enemy, he is still an outsider. Without the support of people of the same blood, what can he do?" Du Xing shrugged and said, "It's hard to say, maybe he brought the gold back to Tianzhu and established his Monk Kingdom." Kou Zhong nodded and said: "What Du Bawang said makes sense, let's get down to business, is there any news about your brother's beauty?" Du Xing shook his head and said: "I told Dazhi earlier that Meiyan's whereabouts are secretive. Although I spread my hands to investigate, I'm afraid there will be no results today." Kou Zhong said decisively: "Since that's the case, we simply don't think about her. There is only one chance left to kill Shen Weihuan and Hu Yanjin." Du Xing said with great interest: "I would like to hear the details!" Kou Zhongdao: "We have heard about the injuries of the two of us. Shen Weihuan knows better than anyone that we have been seriously injured by them. Therefore, we will attack again as soon as possible, and the best chance is for the two of us. At the moment when people go to the banquet and leave the palace tonight, Funanda is on their side, and the route and time of our departure are all under their control. If you were them, would you let this opportunity go?" Du Xing shook his head and said: "In other words, he would never let go of this golden opportunity." Then he smiled and said, "Are you really seriously injured? I can't see it at all on the surface, but your face is not as good-looking as before." Kou Zhong said indifferently: "We are really hurt at the root. If your elder brother and brother Dazhi attack with all their strength immediately, there is a great chance to kill us. Why don't you try it." Du Xing laughed dumbly and said: "A centipede is dead but not stiff, let alone Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, who are famously invincible? Don't be joking!" Da Zhi frowned and said, "Young Marshal made things seem too easy. If the three most powerful horse thieves in the prairie tonight carefully set up an assassination plan, it will be very rare for you to be able to keep it. Fu Nanduo personally took action, even if I add Da Zhi and Brother Du, at most we can have an even split, but the injuries of the two of them will not affect the martial arts. Can Ba ​​Fenghan come back in time?" Xu Ziling said: "The chance that Lao Ba will come back in time is very slim." Kou Zhong said with a smile: "This is where the interestingness of the matter is. The so-called victory by surprise, our surprise soldiers are exactly two, how many of you are available, what I want is a real master." Du Xing said: "About 100 to 120 people are available. They are all well-trained elites who have experienced many battles. The problem is that the way horse thieves fight is that they all miss a single hit and immediately fly away. Longquan Street The alleys are criss-cross, and there are many people and vehicles, if they see that the situation is not right, they will disperse and flee, even if we have twice as many people, we may still not be able to intercept many people." Kou Zhong said confidently: "So we have to narrow the scope of attack and concentrate on dealing with Shen Weihuan alone. If they scattered and fled, they would hit Lao Tzu in the dust." Da Zhi's eyes lit up, and he said: "It is indeed a joy to fight side by side with the young commander. But I am a little worried, how to recognize Shen Weihuan in such a chaotic situation, he will definitely change his disguise." Outward." Kou Zhongdao: "It makes sense, Bai Ziting will use a carriage to send us two distinguished guests back to our residence, and also make us an obvious target for arrows. Is Shen Weihuan willing to use his 'Flying Cloud Bow'? Brother, don't worry." Du Xing patted the table and sighed: "I fucked his eighteen generations of ancestors, and now even I feel that there is nothing wrong with it." Kou Zhong smiled and said: "Under that situation, it is still difficult to kill masters like Shen Weihuan and Mu Ling. But if brother Ke can nail him tight and see him hide in that cave, we can Use all your strength to surround him and kill him by surprise." Da Zhi said happily: "Such trivial matters are left to my little brother." Du Xing frowned and said: "If Shen Weihuan and his wife fled into the palace and hid in Funanda's Tianzhu Temple in the palace, wouldn't we be overwhelmed?" Kou Zhongdao: "Although this is a possibility, it's not a big chance. Unless Bai Ziting is involved in this matter, and informs all the guards guarding the palace to let them come and go as they please, otherwise they will never avoid it. No matter success or failure, they should escape outside the city to avoid retaliation or implicate Bai Ziting." Du Xing nodded to show that he made sense, and said: "Belgunatai brothers can come to help us, we will be more sure about killing Shen Weihuan." Kou Zhong first glanced at Xu Ziling, shook his head and said, "We won't have any helpers, Brother Gunatai traveled far away due to business, I'm afraid we won't be able to come back tomorrow." Xu Ziling's heart was shocked when he heard it, and then he felt a chill.Why did Kou Zhong lie?They didn't know if the Gunatai brothers were on their way back, maybe they could make it back to Longquan before dusk, but he said so with certainty.Kou Zhong will not lie to his comrades, unless he is suspicious of Du Xing or Da Zhi, where exactly they show their feet, making Kou Zhong suspicious and on guard. His thoughts turned, and he immediately cooperated with Kou Zhong and said: "It's a pity that Miss Shi never gets involved in the struggles and vendettas of the human world, and if I tell her, I'm afraid of spoiling her ears, otherwise she will be a great help." Du Xing laughed and said: "The four of us join hands, can't we still deal with a mere Shen Weihuan? The two of you just need to be the bait at ease, Da Zhi is in charge of tracking Shen Weihuan, and I and my subordinates will be the liaison between you, guarantee Shen Weihuan won't survive tomorrow." Da Zhi said happily: "Brother is willing to act righteously in this matter, of course our chances of winning will be greatly increased." Du Xing snorted coldly and said: "Thugs who only know how to rape and plunder, everyone will punish them. I have long disliked them. Before, they had no chance. How can I let it go now?" After discussing all the details, the four broke up hastily in order to deceive others. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling took shelter from the rain at the bottom of a nearby bridge to discuss. Kou Zhong said solemnly: "Fortunately, with your cooperation, Du Xing's order must have fallen into the trap." Xu Ziling said with a blank face: "I just followed your tone, and I still don't know what's wrong." Kou Zhongdao: "First of all, Du Xing shouldn't be so enthusiastic about killing Shen Weihuan. We went to him mainly to find out Xu Kaishan's identity, but he changed into our comrade-in-arms intentionally or unintentionally." After a pause, he continued: "Secondly, he explained in good faith that he turned our enemies into friends because of Jieli and Tuli's repair, and deeply analyzed that because Li Shimin defeated Song Jingang, Xieli changed his attitude towards us. Various actions, and It's not like he's always domineering and domineering, and I can do whatever I like. It's enough to show his own guilt and deceit." Xu Ziling nodded and said: "Your feeling is not unreasonable, but it is still a bit arbitrary to conclude that Du Xing said something wrong based on these two points." Kou Zhong murmured: "I still remember at the Xiaotaoyuan dinner in Shanhaiguan, when we mentioned the wolf bandits fleeing to the prairie, we felt the horror in Du Xing and Xu Kaishan's heart, it was absolutely unreal. They It is precisely because he is afraid that we will catch up with the unsuspecting wolf robbers that he wants to pretend to be wolf robbers and lead us to Yanyuanji, so that we can kill two birds with one stone." Xu Ziling was startled and said, "I'm starting to convince you. Looking back on the situation just now, he is indeed trying to get a handle on us." Kou Zhongdao: "Today is different from the past, neither of us have much leverage to deal with the enemy, if we accidentally get caught in a tight siege, we will definitely die, so we can't make mistakes." Xu Ziling frowned and said, "See if there will be any problems with Dazhi." Kou Zhongdao: "From my point of view, Dazhi is not this kind of person. The problem is all on Du Xing. He knows Xu Kaishan's true identity at all, and even works hand in hand with him." Xu Ziling couldn't help thinking of what Yin Xianhe said, pointing out that Du Xing is a double-faced person, on the surface he is generous and righteous, and upholds justice, but in secret he does all kinds of evil, conniving at the Kaishan Northern Caravan, Kou Zhong is getting stronger and stronger, it is not easy to deceive him.Said: "Then should we make it clear to Dazhi that we are suspicious of Du Xing? If Du Xing really cooperates with Xu Kaishan to do bad things, he can also collude with Shen Weihuan, Hu Yanjin and Han Chaoan. Dazhi doesn't know Just go in and down, the root is easy to follow." Kou Zhong shook his head and said: "Du Xing and Da Dazhi have kindness and righteousness. This relationship can't be changed with a few words from us. It might make things messy instead. Don't worry! Let's not say that Da Dazhi has enough aspirations." The ability to protect himself, based on his status as Xieli's favorite general, he dared to make a fool of Du Xing, and he didn't dare to do anything to Dazhi. And there can be someone like Dazhi standing by Xieli's side He speaks good things, and it does him no harm." Xu Ziling couldn't help sighing: "You kid is getting smarter and smarter." Kou Zhong put his arms around his shoulders and said with a smile: "This is all forced out, in fact, ever since Du Xing was willing to tell who robbed the sheepskin, I have been suspicious in my heart, and when he said it was Han Chao'an, it's really unbelievable. Why did Duchene do this? In a word, the sheepskin should be intercepted by wolves. Maggie and Duchenne have a close relationship, one is responsible for picking up stolen goods outside the Great Wall, and the other is bulking goods in the customs, making a lot of money with little profit Thick deal." Xu Ziling said: "Does Du Xinghui not know Xu Kaishan's status in Daming Zunjiao? When we revealed the evidence, his shock was not feigned." Kou Zhong nodded and said, "It's very possible." Then he cheered up and said: "Tonight's second assassination must be very dangerous, we need to find another helper, you go to find Shi Xianzi and Yin Xianhe, I will go to Yue Kepeng and Song Shidao, and then go to the palace Banyan, let's see how Fu Nanda's eloquence is brilliant, and his eloquence is not hindered. Ha! It's really getting more and more interesting!" Xu Ziling looked at the sky and said, "This heavy rain is the best cover for our whereabouts. Before the rain stops, let's get things done quickly." The two of them took up the umbrellas Du Xing gave them, and went separately.