Chen He spoke out and asked: "Sir, how is the situation in the afternoon?"

Li Xun told the whole process all the time.

Chen He smiled and said, "It seems that Zhao Baian is still a little worried."

Li Xun said: "Sima Zhong and Huang Hui are not much worse than Zhao Baian in terms of qualifications and military achievements. They are both veterans with outstanding military achievements. However, in terms of status and reputation, Sima Zhong and Huang Hui are a little worse than Zhao Baian, but this does not mean anything. Therefore, Zhao Baian is tough in character and dare not attack them easily."

Zhao Baian has a domineering personality and is even domineering and arrogant. He has been in Jiangnan for so many years. The people who dare to come against him are not one or two, but many.

Chen He said, "Sir, what the emperor ordered may be inappropriate."

"What do you have any comments?"

“Keep the status quo.”

Li Xun nodded, Chen He was the same as he thought.

Zhao Xun was worried that the entire army would be controlled by Zhao Baian and that the power was too great, so it would be difficult to deprive military power in the future. However, now it seems that Zhao Xun's concerns are actually unnecessary.

Zhao Baian led 53,000 troops to fight in Lingnan. The army structure, the army of Jiangnan was less than 20,000, accounting for a minority, while the imperial guards and other imperial guards were 35,000, accounting for the majority. Now, with the fierce attack on Jiayan City, nearly 20,000 soldiers were killed in battle, most of whom were soldiers of the imperial guards. This was obviously Zhao Baian intended to do it. Such an approach has already made the soldiers of the imperial guards extremely dissatisfied and resentful. If they follow Zhao Xun's instructions, they would be afraid of backfire and stir up mutiny. By then, the situation would be impossible to deal with.

Li Xun didn't know what happened to the court, so that Zhao Xun made such a decision. In Li Xun's opinion, Zhao Xun was a little too sensitive. Let's not talk about whether Zhao Baian had any unfaithful intentions. Even if he had one, as long as Huang Hui and Sima Zhong were here, with the qualifications and reputation of these two veterans, it would be almost impossible for Zhao Baian to completely control the imperial guards.

Zhao Xun was a little worried.

Chen He whispered: "Sir, what we need to consider now is not Zhao Bai'an, but the side of the imperial guards. The previous attack on Jiayan City was severely damaged and most of the soldiers who died were the imperial guards. They must have had a lot of resentment. At this time, what they need is comfort, not power and tricks. The simpler the matter, the better. If it is complicated, major problems may happen."

Li Xun nodded. He thought so, but if he ignored Zhao Xun's instructions and orders, he would probably arouse Zhao Xun's disgust.

Chen He glanced at Li Xun and thought about it slightly, and guessed Li Xun's concerns, so he said softly: "You can write to the emperor and report the situation here in detail. Perhaps it can change the emperor's will. Even if it doesn't work, it will take more than half a month to go back and forth. By that time, Zhan Po might have withdrawn his troops."

Li Xun pondered for a moment and finally nodded.

Some things happen often unexpectedly and even more unpredictable.

Last night, Li Xun thought about and wrote documents, and it took him a long time to finish it until late at night to write the documents. In addition, during this period, Li Xun was very tired, both mentally and physically, so he was ready to sleep in and have a good rest the next day.

But early in the morning, the door was knocked quickly.

Li Xun opened his eyes, did not get up, but shouted angrily: "Get out."

Chen He's voice sounded, a little hurried: "Sir, something big happened, the military camp is in full swing, and there may be a mutiny."

Upon hearing this, Li Xun immediately got up from the bed, strode towards him, opened the door, and asked in a deep voice: "What happened?"

Chen He said: "For some reason, General Sima Zhong vomited blood last night and cried loudly, and persuaded him from both sides and could not stop, so he fainted. The matter spread and immediately aroused the anger of the soldiers of the imperial guards. Many people intend to rush out of the military camp and go to Jiayan City to discuss with Zhao Bai'an. Huang Hui and Kou Xiong stopped him from many ways, but they could no longer control the situation. They just sent someone to inform him and Zhao Bai'an to leave the city as soon as possible to go to the imperial guards' camp and work together to resolve the matter."

Sima Zhong was still fine yesterday. He went to Jiayan City. After returning, there was a sudden change. This made the soldiers of the imperial guards more speculate. Did Zhao Baian do something from it, so that Sima Zhong was like this? You should know that Zhao Baian wanted to attack Jiayan City in the previous period, and Sima Zhong was the person with the strongest opposition. The two broke out in a fierce quarrel and almost started fighting on the spot. Zhao Baian was extremely angry. In front of everyone, he scolded Sima Zhong angrily and threatened to kill him.

Li Xun's face suddenly showed a look of surprise.

The whole process of the banquet yesterday afternoon was very dull. Zhao Baian made several sarcasm, but Sima Zhong did not respond, but seemed very patient and low-key. Halfway through the banquet, he left on excuses and joked with Li Xun when he left. It seemed that he did not have any negative emotions because of the emperor's condemnation and Zhao Baian's verbal attacks.

"Why is Sima Zhong like this?"

Li Xun knew that Sima Zhong would never become like this for no reason, and something must have happened.

Chen He shook his head: "It happened suddenly, and everyone didn't understand why."

"Let Bi Xiangzu go to Zhao Bai'an's place and ask him what he has plans."

Li Xun gave an order, then went back to the room to put on his clothes, washed up briefly, and then hurried out of the residence.

In terms of the Imperial Guards, Yan Yi, Sima Zhong, Zhou Qian, Zhu Meng and others all had a good relationship with Li Xun. So after the banquet yesterday, Li Xun originally wanted to stay in the Imperial Guards camp outside the city, but Yan Yi persuaded him and said that you are the prime minister of the dynasty and this time you came to Lingnan to balance the contradictions, not to increase the contradictions. If you went to the Imperial Guards camp, I was afraid that Zhao Baian would not feel happy.

Li Xun felt that Yan Yi’s words made sense, so he stayed in the city, while He Shuping went to the military camp outside the city. This time he came to Lingnan and conveyed the imperial edict was only part of it. Zhao Xun also appointed him as the Imperial Army Supervisor.

Li Xun quickly went to Zhao Bai'an's place. As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Zhao Qiankun and several other generals who were trying hard to persuade Zhao Bai'an to not go to the imperial guards camp on the name of being drunk and unwell yesterday and stay in the city. Whenever there was any news, they immediately sent someone back to report it.
Chapter completed!