On September 23, after dark, the general of Gubeikou Town, the chief of the prefect of Anle County, Guo Xuan and H, Zou Sheng, and some important subordinates, led three regiments of Yingyang Guards to rush into the Great Wall.

Following closely behind were Cui Jiu, Lu Junxian, Liu Shanbo, Li Sixing and more than a dozen children from wealthy families and their guards, about 100 cavalry. The twelve ladies of the Cui family disguised as men and mixed in the team as an ordinary guard, quietly arrived at the Gubeikou Great Wall.

The one who hurried out to welcome Sima Quangong of the two palaces.

Quan Wu was not famous, but his father Quan Wu was famous and was one of the famous generals in the Middle Land. He was famous in the military for his bravery and fighting and arrogance. Quan Wu was repeatedly frustrated in the career of the officialdom because of his arrogant personality. Two generations of emperors favored him and protected him in every way. However, Quan Wu was unable to deal with him and acted recklessly, and even committed the crime of beheading his head and died, but he did not change his mind. He ended up with a tragic ending of ups and downs, and his reputation was left to the end for a lifetime.

Quan Gong is one of Quan Wu's legitimate sons. He neither inherited his father's advantages nor learned his father's shortcomings. He has mediocre qualifications and is mediocre. Fortunately, his ancestors have a deep tribute. The Quan family in Tianshui, Longxi is also a prominent family in Guanlong, which is enough to ensure that Quan Gong can make a living step by step after entering the official career. If he is lucky, he may also rise to the top.

Quan Gong is a typical descendant of upstarts who rose with military merits. Although he also studied scriptures and followed the path of both civil and military, it was a big gap compared with those of Shandong's wealthy families who had a long history, profound background, and passed down from generation to generation with scriptures. It was the difference between aristocrats and nouveau riche. Therefore, even though Quan Gong was very humble and put his attitude low, in the eyes of Shandong wealthy families such as Cui, Li, Lu, Liu, and Guo, Quan Gong was a vulgar little Guanlong rich man who looked down on him from the heart. Guo Xuan could only say hello to a smile due to official etiquette, while Cui, Li, Lu, and Liu Li ignored him and ignored him directly.

"Can there be new changes in the situation in the north?" Guo Xuan flew off the horse and asked Quan Gong urgently.

"Before the evening, the army occupying Panlong Fort raised a big banner, raised a battle flag, and a large number of string controls entered the border city, surrounding the fugitive army of the Xi tribe. At present, the two sides are in a tense confrontation, and there is a possibility of fighting at any time."

Before Quan Gong finished speaking, Zou Sheng rushed to Guo Xuan and asked loudly, "Sima Quan, is the flag on Panlong Castle ours?"

Quan Gong nodded repeatedly, his eyes showing a look of surprise, "There is no army there, so this must be a conspiracy, a deliberate scapegoat, and a fight between us and the Xi clan..."

Zou Sheng shook his hand repeatedly and interrupted him, "Have the scout seen clearly the battle flags on Panlong Castle? What are the flags?"

As soon as this said, Guo Xuan's expression suddenly became solemn, his emotions suddenly fluctuated, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated. At the same time, Cui Jiu, Lu Junxian, Li Sixing, Liu Shanbo and other wealthy families who were strode from behind also looked at each other and listened in a slanted manner.

Quan Gong didn't care. Since this was a conspiracy, it was a conspiracy against Zhongtu, the flag was enough to erect. As for the flags on the battle flag, the scouts ahead were still dedicated to their duties and used the sunset to see the flags on Panlong Fort clearly.

"There are many banners, including storms, leopard cavalry, and thunder..."

Before Quan Gong was finished speaking, Guo Xuan and Zou Sheng turned their heads to Cui Jiu and others to verify the results.

As soon as the word "Fengyun" came to my ears, Cui Jiu's heartbeat exploded. Miracle, Li Fengyun really created a miracle. Cui Jiu was very excited and turned around and ran away to tell the Twelve Lady about this exciting good news.

Cui Jiu, who had always been calm, was out of control, let alone Li Sixing. Li Sixing was ecstatic and excited. If it weren't for the large group of well-known figures standing beside him, he would have wished he could raise his arms and shout.

Lu Junxian fell into a brief stagnation. He was the only one among the nobles who had faced Li Fengyun head-on. He knew that the banner of the army under Li Fengyun was "Fengyun". Cui Jiu watched Li Fengyun grow up, and Li Sixing stayed in the alliance army for a while. The two of them were too familiar with "Fengyun", so the three of them decided without thinking that Li Fengyun had succeeded, and his army entered Anzhou, and Anzhou was recovered in sight.

A huge surprise fell from the sky, and Guo Xuan felt suffocating in an instant, and Zou Sheng was also very excited and couldn't help but catch Lu Junxian, "Is it him? Was it him who captured Panlong Castle?"

Lu Junxian recovered from his incredible belief. Although he had always had great expectations for the plan to recover Anzhou, the reality was still too cruel to look forward to the return date. If he wanted to succeed, he could only have a miracle. So he was still very pessimistic in his heart and still placed his hope on the miracle. As a result, the miracle was really born. Li Fengyun and Li Zixiong actually succeeded, which was simply unreal like a dream.

Lu Junxian nodded at Zou Sheng, then bowed slightly to Guo Xuan, "Encourt, we are going to leave the customs, we will leave the customs immediately."

Guo Xuan held back his excitement and quickly controlled his emotions. Then he glanced at Quan Gong, who was inexplicably puzzled, and asked with a smile, "Where is General Murong?"

"He is on the city wall." Quan Gong replied, carefully tentatively, "Empress, the army that captured Panlong Fort..."

Guo Xuan laughed, unable to hide her joy, and patted Quan Gong's shoulder hard, "This is a secret, but the truth will be revealed soon, and then you can wait to make a contribution."

Quan Gong suddenly had some associations, but this matter was too incredible. Even if Guo Xuan gave him a hint, he was still puzzled.

The group rushed up the city wall, and the target was General Murong.

Murong Zhengze is the deputy general of Gubeikou, who is fully responsible for the border security of more than 200 miles of Gubeikou Great Wall. Guo Xuan combines military and political power and takes into account the administrative affairs of Anle County. It is impossible for him to be in charge of the Great Wall every day, so Murong Zhengze is in charge of the Great Wall every day.

It seems that Guo Xuan is the highest commander here and has the greatest power, but in fact, Murong Zhengze is the actual controller here. The reason is that Murong Zhengze has been guarding Gubeikou for nearly ten years and has long been the "local snake" here. During this period, the highest commander here has been changed several times. Guo Xuan took office this spring, and it is less than nine months in full swing. It is conceivable how much control Guo Xuan has over here.

Another important reason is that Murong Zhengze's family background is very prominent. Murong Zhengze came from the Murong clan in Liaodong, and the Murong clan in Liaodong was the largest group that led the Xianbei to rise and go south to the Central Plains. At that time, there were six tribes in the Xianbei, Murong, Yuwen, Duan clan, Tuoba, Qifu and Tufa, among which Murong clan was the most powerful and dominated Liaodong. After the Five Barbarians' invasion of China, the Yellow River Basin immediately entered the era of the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The Murong clan swarmed into Shandong and established several dynasties with the national name "Yan" within more than a hundred years. It is conceivable that the Murong clan is powerful.

The Tuoba clan unified the Yellow River Basin, and history entered the Southern and Northern Dynasties. As the descendant of the royal family of the previous dynasty, the Murong clan, although the glory of the country was no longer there, was still prominent and was always an important force in the political arena of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Later, the Northern Wei split into the east and west, and the Eastern Wei was replaced by the Gao clan Northern Qi. Gao Huan, the founder of the Gao clan Northern Qi, was a great man of a generation, with many famous generals under him, among which the most famous were Murong Shaozong. Murong Shaozong had a son Murong Sanzang, who served in the Northern Qi Dynasty, Northern Zhou and Great Sui Dynasty, and was a famous general in the Middle Land.

Murong Zhengze is the son of Murong Sanzang, a descendant of the royal family of the previous dynasty, a descendant of the famous general, and a descendant of the wealthy family of the Lu family. As for his identity, not to mention that Guo Xuan has no advantage, even the four wealthy families of the Cui family, Lu family, Li family, and Liu family do not have much advantage. Now the Murong family is still the number one wealthy family in the northern border. Although its foundation is in Liaodong and Liaoxi, its power is in the northern border. The Murong family has a high status among the noble nobles of the Jin and Youyan family, just like the noble status of the five wealthy families in the minds of the Middle-earth people.

Therefore, after Guo Xuan arrived at Gubeikou, he never dared to "provoke" Murong Zhengze. The two of them were not at the same level at all. Murong Zhengze was not only a border general who had been tempered by life and death, but also a powerful local snake. Guo Xuan was just a pampered officer of the Central Imperial Guard. Now he has been alone on Murong Zhengze's territory. Even if he is a crossing river, he has to keep it, otherwise there will be no good ending.

Previously, the four great families jointly put pressure on Guo Xuan and forced him to open the "door of convenience". Murong Zhengze was one of the important reasons for Guo Xuan's rejection. The Great Wall of Gubeikou is Murong Zhengze's "territory". He stretched his hands to the critical point for profit, which would inevitably touch Murong Zhengze's bottom line.

The Murong family is known for their sincerity and integrity. To give two simplest examples, when Northern Qi was defeated, the army of Northern Zhou rushed into the capital, Qi's descendants fled, and all the princes and nobles surrendered, but Murong Sanzang defended the palace city to death and refused to surrender. Later, the Qi's descendants were arrested, and the Qi's descendants came forward to persuade the surrender, and Murong Sanzang gave up the palace city. King Yang Liang of Han rebelled, and Murong Sanzang's son Murong Xia also refused to surrender to defend the courtesy. This kind of integrity is related to personality. The Murong family was born in a wilderness, mostly strong and resolute temperament, and would rather die than surrender. In addition, it has a lot to do with family education. Look at the name Murong Sanzang gave to his children and grandchildren. His son was called Zhengyan, Zhengze, and grandsons were called Zhilian, Zhili, Silian, and Siguan. It can be seen that the family tradition of the Murong family is correct.

However, Murong's family has bad luck this year. Murong Sanzang, a famous general, died of illness. Shortly after Yang Xuangan rebelled, just as Dongdu was about to be surrounded. As a result, it can be imagined that this news was "trapped" by Dongdu and could not come out. Murong Zhengze, who was far away on the border, did not know. In fact, even if he knew, he could not return to Dongdu, nor could he attend his father's funeral, and could not fulfill his filial piety. At the end of July, Yang Xuangan evacuated Dongdu, and the news quickly reached Gubeikou. Murong Zhengze was deeply saddened when he heard the news and was hit hard.

In this case, Guo Xuan dared not "provoke" Murong Zhengze, and other wealthy families and other wealthy families were unwilling to be in trouble. After all, Li Zixiong, Han Shiyan and others were all Yang Xuangan's accomplices. If Murong Zhengze attributed the responsibility of his inability to fulfill his filial piety to Yang Xuangan and hated Li Zixiong, Han Shiyan and other rebellious accomplices, it would be troublesome.

Everyone climbed up to the city wall and saw Murong Zhengze, their emotions were suddenly depressed.

Murong Zhengze sat on the wall with messy hair and haggards, wearing a mourning clothes, her eyes were gloomy and cold, and the dark night rendering gave people a sense of terror.

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