Chapter 69: Change of generals

Cao Yuande returned to the secret residence where Kalawa lived with his face. Kalawa saw his face and asked, "What's wrong?" Cao Yuande said, "The old man has sent someone to Jinchang and asks my fourth brother to lead troops out of the city and listen to Zhang Mai's orders."

Kalava said in surprise: "Do you really get confused? How can you let him send such an order?" Cao Yuande's face looked a little ugly again, Kalava said: "Young Master, it's time to make a decision! The other side of Mouluoge Mountain has long been in the dark. Ganzhou Yaoluoge will definitely support you to the end. The Yan family is Yaoluoge's nephew, and will definitely support you. The Kang family is our relative of Via Khan. As long as you are willing to make up your mind, Kanglong will definitely get on the boat! I won't hide it from you. On the side of the Uighurs in Lingxi, Arslan Khan has long nodded to deal with Zhang Mai. Now you are waiting for your decision."

Cao Yuande was shocked: "Arslan is..."

"Not only the Uighurs in Lingxi, but also His Majesty the Khitan Emperor also supports us. So we can say that we have victory but no defeat in this battle!" Karava said: "You can think about it. Once our four families join forces, the Guiyi army and Ganzhou soldiers besiege Zhang Mai himself. My Viga Khan will lead a large army to attack Gaochang by then, and Arslan Khan will attack Ningyuan, Shule, and Anxi Army will not be able to correspond to the head and tail, and will inevitably be cut into several segments. At that point, even the gods cannot save him! Not to mention that we have His Majesty the Great Khitan as a backer! The Fourth Master, there is no suspense about this matter, it depends on your thoughts now!"

"But I did this..." Cao Yuande said: "I'm afraid the people who are turning back..."

"People, hahahaha..." Kalava was secretly hiding in Cao's mansion. He shouldn't have been so rampant, but at this moment he couldn't bear it: "People, they are ants that pay taxes! After the matter is done, just give Zhang Maian a random charge, whoever dares to speak for Zhang Maian will kill them! This is how it should be done against these ants. Hum, I want me to say that the Cao family has been so easy to talk to these ants over the years that they are all fearless, otherwise they would not have fallen to the current level! Fourth Master, please make a decision quickly. We Khan said that after defeating Anxi, we will only take Gaochang, Yanqi, and Kucha, and Yizhou will still belong to the Cao family. The destruction of the alliance that day was written off. Now it depends on your decision of the Fourth Master."

"Decision, decision...decision..." Cao Yuande gritted his teeth: "Okay, then do it!"

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Lingjun was in the Sanjie Temple outside Dunhuang City, but his ears and eyes were all over the city, but for some reason Lingjun suddenly felt deaf and blind.

Just when he felt something was wrong, the Murong family secretly sent someone to make him be careful. Without saying anything, Lingjun decided to send Haiyin into the city to contact Li Bin. Seeing that the Murong family's words were strange, he ordered Haiyin to dress up as a layman and then enter the city.

Haiyin changed into a businessman outfit and wrapped his head and put on his hat. Not long after he walked out of the temple gate, he suddenly saw sand and dust rising from afar. It seemed that cavalrymen came. He secretly wondered: "Look at the sand and dust, this team of cavalrymen is quite large, and they are coming in a hurry. Could it be that something important happened?" He hid in the bushes on the side of the road, but saw more than 500 cavalry running towards Sanjie Temple like arrows!

Haiyin was shocked and thought that it was not good and wanted to go back to the temple. It was too late, so he ran towards Dunhuang City, looking for Li Bin, Zhang Yi and others to find a way.

Not long after walking, I suddenly became alert and hid in the grass by the side of the road. From the grass, I saw four or five people rushing to come. One of them said, "Go away quickly, I'm afraid that only Sanjie Temple can hide at the moment."

Lingjun comes from Zhang. As his disciple, Haiyin also has many connections with the Zhang family. At this time, he knew that it was Zhang Yi's second son Zhang Zhongluo. When he looked through the grass, he saw that there was Jialing among the few people, who were also dressed as a layman. He knew something was different and shouted, "Where are you going!"

Jialing and Zhang Zhongluo were both surprised and asked together: "Why are you here!"

Haiyin said: "Where are you? Why are you here again? Why are you going to Sanjie Temple?"

At this time, the situation was obviously quite urgent, so Jialing said in a short story: "There was something wrong in the city! The Zhang family and the old Zhang family house where Li Sima were all surrounded without warning, and the Li family was also stared at! Fortunately, I came out to do business. When I was about to go back, I was warned by a secret detective and plagued by a vendor, so I didn't go back. On the way, I met Zhang Zhongluo and knew that there was something going on in the city, so I quickly disguised myself and was about to rush to Sanjie Temple. Why are you here?"

Haiyindun said, "I was about to go to the city to discuss it, but on the way, hundreds of cavalrymen rushed to Sanjie Temple. My master is afraid that it is already in danger! Sanjie Temple is absolutely impossible, we have to leave quickly."

Jialing and Zhang Zhongluo looked at each other. Zhang Zhongluo was a scholar in his early twenties. Although he had read a lot of books, he felt that he was not experienced enough. He became flustered for a moment. Instead, Jialing had experienced so many things and had grown a lot. He immediately said: "There must be something big in Dunhuang City now! Li Sima's goal is too big, and there is no way to be stared at. For the sake of the current plan, he must quickly spread the news! lest our people be caught off guard."

Jialing has always been a supporter, but at this critical moment, no one around can guide him or command him. He has to take responsibility if he doesn't take responsibility. He immediately said: "Now the city must be very dangerous and it's amazing to go back. However, we still have three groups of people outside the city, so we won't be caught in one go! I'll go to Gaochang and Guabei to send police. However, although these two alarms can be quickly transmitted, they cannot be detailed. Two people have to go to Guabei separately. Gaochang explains the situation here in detail."

Zhang Zhongluo said: "I'll go to Guabei, where is my brother."

Jialing said, "No, you go to Gaochang."

Zhang Zhongluoyiqi: "Why?"

Jialing said: "There will be no luck and good things in the future. Your Zhang family has been surrounded. If the situation turns bad again, you two brothers can save at least one of them in the east and the other in the west, and you will not be caught in one place."

Zhang Zhongluo heard Jialing say this because he was planning for his family. He was a little moved, but also a little scared. He knew that things were indeed violent, otherwise Jialing would not have made such a worst plan.

Haiyin nodded and said, "No, I'm familiar with the roads over Guabei anyway, so I can go."

"Okay!" Jialing said: "One goes to Guabei and the other goes to Gaochang." After the three of them exchanged their information, Jialing took out a piece of cloth and a charcoal pen, and wrote two secret documents that disrupted the order of words in the fields, and handed them over to them: "This document can prove that you are your own people, go now. I will stay near Dunhuang and wait for changes."

Haiyin collected the documents and left. He was a man who had traveled thousands of miles. Although the journey to Guabei was dangerous, Jialing was confident in him. Zhang Zhongluo was a little hesitant and said, "If you go to Gaochang, you have to pass through Yizhou."

Two confidant family members of the Zhang family followed him out of the city, and shouted: "Second Young Master, I can't go to Yizhou. Now the roads must be checked very strictly!"

"No, don't go to Yizhou, go to Puchanghai!" Jialing said: "The situation in Dunhuang City is now dangerous. Those who attack should first control the city, and then outside the city. The road leading to Yizhou will be monitored first, but the road leading to Puchanghai should not be blocked at this time. Although the desert road is more difficult, you can walk faster and you should be able to pass before the other party locks the road. When you arrive at the ancient city of Loulan in the northwest corner of Puchanghai, you will find Ma Jirong, Ma Taiwei, who will send someone to Yanqi."

Zhang Zhongluo said: "Ma Jirong? He is the son-in-law of the Cao family, don't..."

"Don't worry!" Jialing said: "Jotan is a friend we can trust, and Ma Taiwei is a person we can trust. As long as you go to the ancient city of Loulan, it will be safe."

A family member of Zhang Zhongluo knew the way to Pu Changhai, and immediately led the young master to the scene. Looking at their backs away, Jialing murmured: "What's going on? This roundup showed no signs. The Li family was stared at, and only three of the Zhang family escaped! And the Murong family seemed to be surrounded..."

He pondered for a moment and thought to himself: "I don't know what happened to Prince Yutian and Princess Fu'an. I'd like to find out what they are doing. "

He took off his hat, and the hair was two or three inches long. It turned out that Li Bin expected that there might be any change at any time during this period, so he let Jialing secretly raise his hair, waiting for the crisis to be used as a cover-up, and usually used a monk's hat to show others. At this time, Li Bin stroked his hair and took out a brown straw sandal from his bag to change it. However, he went to find an intelligence spy arranged by the Anxi Army outside the city. When he met someone on the way, he claimed that his surname was Lu and his name was Lu Erlang.

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Haiyin walked on the way to Guabei, and did not dare to try to be fast. He only crossed the border of samgua five days later. On that day, he suddenly saw dust rolling on the road, looking at it secretly. When he found hundreds of people coming, he was led by two flags, one with the word "Cao" and the other with "Murong". He secretly disliked in his heart: "Cao... Murong... came from the direction of Jinchang again. Could it be... Cao Yuanshen and Murong Teng? Why were they here? Judging from the trend, they were going to Shazhou!"

Although he really wanted to see what was going on, he didn't dare to act rashly.

But Haiyin's guess was not wrong. These hundreds of people were Cao Yuanshen, Murong Teng and his guards. They had just received the order from Cao Yijin to rush back to Shazhou immediately, and the military power would be managed by Yan Su, who was sent to the order. Cao Yuanshen was filial to others. He heard that his father's condition was again, so he was so frightened that he quickly withdrew his military power to rush back. Although his confidant reminded that this matter might be something else, Cao Yuanshen had already received the order at that time and had no choice.

When the two arrived in Shazhou, they felt the atmosphere outside Dunhuang City was a little strange. Cao Yuanshen looked at the top of the city and was a little wild. Unexpectedly, more than a thousand cavalrymen were sent out to escort the city, and this posture seemed to be afraid that he would not enter the city.

When I entered the city, I felt that there was a sense of death in the city. The vibrant atmosphere since the Tang army in Anxi opened the Silk Road was completely gone. Although the city gates were not closed, they checked the people entering and leaving, just like guarding against thieves. If the officials made such sensitive actions, how could the people live better? The shops in the market were also closed, and the rest were in a very bad mood.

Murong Teng was invited away shortly after entering the city. Although he said he was going to see Cao Linggong, the person who came to "invite" was Yan Yishan's brother Yan Yifeng, who invited Murong Teng away without saying anything.

Cao Yuanshen was secretly surprised and knew something was wrong. When he rushed back to his residence to pay homage to Cao Yijin, he was stopped by his elder brother and said, "Dad was seriously ill and needs rest."

Cao Yuanshen had the best temper among his brothers, but at this time he couldn't help but feel annoyed and shouted: "Brother, what do you mean? I gave up my military power and ran away from home. Isn't it because I heard that my father's condition has become more serious? Now that I'm here but I don't go in, what's the point of you?"

When the father is sick, the son should serve the medicine in front of him. This is the truth, but Cao Yuande still refused and said, "Dad's condition should not be disturbed too much."

"Boss!" After calling all the people who served, Cao Yuanshen said, "What kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd! Let Yan Su come to pick up my military power, and call back both Lao Si and me. Now Dunhuang has become like this again - what do you want to do!"

Although there was no one around, Cao Yuande lowered his voice and said a few words. Cao Yuanshen's face changed drastically and he shouted: "How to do this kind of thing! Brother, this will make us lose our foothold in the Cao family!"

Cao Yuande sneered, "The place of foothold...the place of foothold! Humph, if Zhang Mai is let go this time, we will all lose our place of foothold when our father dies. Now I want to give it a try for the Cao family! This time I ask you to come back, for nothing else, I hope you can support me."

"That's impossible!" Cao Yuanshen said: "Zhang Mai does threaten our Cao family, but so far, he has kindness to us without any grudges. If we invite him, he will come. Guazhou is in danger. He goes to rescue without saying a word, and he won a big victory with less and more! His attitude towards us, no matter who hears it, he will give him a thumbs up. Even if we fear him for family considerations and guard against him, we must have a degree. If this matter is done, the rumor will be opened in the future, and the Han people in Hexi will regard us as traitors!"

"Why pay attention to the opinions of those common people!" Cao Yuande said: "Don't say that this time it's just a alliance with Hu, so what if the real Hu people come to rule them! The Han people in Gaochang, the Han people in Yizhou, the Han people in Ganzhou, and the Han people in Kucha, aren't they still obedient under the rule of Hu people?"

"But we are different!" Cao Yuanshen shouted.

"Yes, we are different." Cao Yuande sneered: "The biggest difference between us is that we were too polite to them before. So much so that these common people became more and more presumptuous. Maybe now they should also let them know how to respect their king as civilians!"

Although Cao Yijin once claimed to be "King Tosi", even so, as long as he does not die for a day, he is also Cao Yijin, not Cao Yuande, who vaguely regards himself as a king!

Seeing Cao Yuande say this, Cao Yuanshen raised his chin slightly, and thought to himself: "Boss is deviled, there is no help!" He was just because he was the second son after all, and was far away from the magical artifact of power, and he was less painful than Cao Yuande's power. Therefore, he acted more rationally than Cao Yuande. At this time, he shouted: "I want to see my father!"

As soon as he went out, he was stopped. Cao Yuanshen said angrily: "You are arrogant!"

Cao Yuande sneered, "Second brother, you are so arrogant. With me for one day, you shouldn't be so ignoring the orders of your father and brother and doing your own things."

Cao Yuanshen shouted: "I either want to do whatever I want, I just want to go to see my father and ask clearly! Is this what you mean or what he meant!"

"No need to ask!" Cao Yuande waved his hand, "From today, what I mean is what he means!"

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Cao Yuanzhong left the city with excitement and longing.

At that time, Zhang Mai actually robbed the hundred tents with three thousand cavalrymen, and then defeated Di Yin in an ambush, and almost captured him alive. From then on, the golden treasure crown hung on the blood satin spear, becoming Zhang Mai's ruthless mockery of the Uighurs in Ganzhou. Jing Qiong, who was a puppet, was even taken into a prison cart and sent to Jinchang City.

When this Uighur prince was taken to Jinchang, he had completely lost his mighty style when he entered Dunhuang. The young man who didn't even take Zhang Mai seriously disappeared, and was replaced by a sluggish waste! If the knife outside Dunhuang City buried his deep fear of Zhang Mai in his heart, then being captured again would completely defeat his self-confidence!

Thinking about Jing Qiong, who was still domineering under Cao Yijin's nose, and looking at Jing Qiong, who was trapped in the prison car and trembling with a slut on his face, Cao Yuanzhong could hardly believe that it was the same person. At that moment, he suddenly regretted it to death!

I really should have followed Zhang Mai in the beginning!

Whether it is the flying robbery of hundreds of tents or the night attack on the medicine Luoge, they are all events that are enough to become legends and even miracles. They are "miracles" that the Cao family cannot or even dare not imagine. They had the opportunity to be in the middle, but they passed by them again, which made Cao Yuanzhong feel very upset.

But what surprised him was that Cao Yijin actually gave him an order under that situation, asking him to go out of the city to reinforce Zhang Mai and obey his dispatch. Although the order explained that he was worried that Zhang Mai would not be able to support him for a long time, so he asked Cao Yuanzhong to rush to reinforce, Yan Yishan still doubted the authenticity of the order, because he could not see what Cao Yijin's intentions were behind the order. Yan Yishan even felt that this order did not seem to be due to Cao Yijin's will.

But this order is unquestionable because there is a strict order signed by Cao Yijin - Cao Yijin's handwritten signature has become very rare in recent years.

Zhang Mai did not hide his whereabouts from Jinchang, so Cao Yuanzhong easily found the main force of the Anxi Army in Guabei. After he left the city, he went north and found Zhang Mai on the south bank of Guazhou Daze.

Because Di Yin was defeated suddenly, many of his baggage were still in Guazhou, including a lot of food plundered from outside Jinchang City. Zhang Mai and Yang Yi sent tribal rangers to intercept the attacks, and they actually obtained countless resources.

Before entering Zhang Mai's camp, Cao Yuanzhong looked at the hundreds of tribes. The people were still there, but there was a lack of arrogance and a little obedience on their faces. Zhang Mai made a fortune in Zebei to raid his family, and then defeated Di Yin with cavalry to establish his authority. Now the hundred-stop army is obedient to Zhang Mai. No one dared to resist Yang Yi's tribe. This was unimaginable in the era of Cao's Jin Dynasty!

After seeing these, Cao Yuanzhong admired Zhang Mai even more sincerely.

"Zhang Dadugong not only knows how to fight, but also manages the army, not only manages the army, but also controls Hu!"
Chapter completed!