After her rebirth, the empress received a tragic and beautiful script.

Chapter 245 Trap

After the mutiny at the Qing County granary, Lu Yanchen immediately wrote a letter to the emperor to explain the situation.

But he didn't expect that the person who replied faster than the emperor came from the military advisor of Yingzhou.

According to common sense, large-scale state military mobilization requires the approval of the cabinet and the Ministry of War. Qing County is 2,000 miles away from the capital, and it would take three days to send letters back and forth. Therefore, Lu Yanchen thought that it would take at least five days to transfer the Yingzhou Army to Qing County.

However, only one day after the granary mutiny, on the third day morning, he saw the neatly arrayed Yingzhou army on the city wall. Eight thousand troops had surrounded the small Qing County, making it impossible for anyone to get out.

The moment he saw the provincial division’s flag, Lu Yanchen suddenly understood why he had been feeling vaguely uneasy along the way.

From the moment he heard the emperor say that He Qingchang recommended him to be the commander of the Western Army, he felt uneasy.

Although he did not have a close relationship with Gu Shihai, he was quite familiar with the elder's personality.

Although Chen Yuansi might temporarily avoid the limelight and adopt some roundabout and flexible strategies in order to assess the situation, this kind of behavior would never appear in Gu Shihai.

With Gu Shihai's upright and arrogant character, he would never allow an annoying person to bully others in front of him.

If he really just wanted to send troops to quell a rebellion or fight the Western Rong, Gu Shihai could have used his own people and would never support an outsider like Lu Yanchen.

Therefore, since taking over and establishing the Western Army, Lu Yanchen has always acted very cautiously, and he would write letters to Ye Qinghuai every now and then to report everything in detail, for fear that he would accidentally fall into a trap prepared for him in advance.

It was not until outside the Qing County granary that Tan Chunhui looked at the grain transfer order in Lu Yanchen's hand and heard that he had never heard of the Western Army's need to transfer grain and fodder, that he vaguely realized the real intention of Gu Shihai in recommending him to be the commander of the Western Army.

Then, the military strategist of Yingzhou came to the city with great force. The governor of Yingzhou negotiated with him outside the city gate, asking him to take the Western Army away from Qing County and not to affect the Yingzhou Army's suppression of the rebellion. As long as they left Qing County, Yingzhou would regard the Western Army as having never been involved in this matter.

At that moment, Lu Yanchen finally figured out all the connections.

It seems that Yingzhou is not a place where Gu Shihai has the final say. It can even be said that it is a place where Gu Shihai cannot interfere.

Gu Shihai didn't suddenly change his attitude and treat Lu Yanchen in a favorable light. He strongly recommended Lu Yanchen to lead the Western Army just to use Lu Yanchen as a knife to poke Chen Yuansi's food bag.

The first person Lu Yanchen thought of was Ye Qinghuai.

I don't know if the letter he wrote has been delivered to Ye Qinghuai. If the emperor knew about the incident in Qing County, he would not allow these local officials to oppress the people. But after all, he executed first and reported later, and the censors in the court would not let him off easily, not to mention that Chen Yuansi and Gu Shihai are now eager to get rid of him. I don't know if the emperor can withstand the fire of the ministers.

Leaving Qing County at this time is naturally a way to protect oneself, and it can also reduce the pressure on the emperor in the court.

But when he turned around to look at Qi Liyi and the people of Qing County under the city wall, he hesitated.

When those poor, blood-stained faces looked at him, their eyes were filled with longing and light.

Lu Yanchen is too familiar.

Such a look.

He knew that in the eyes of these people, he was a great hero and the only hope in this purgatory-like world.

He knew that with the strength of the Yingzhou army, it would be easy to break through the gate of this small county government. What they were afraid of was only the Northern Expedition Army and the emperor behind Lu Yanchen, as well as his fighting power that was deified in Tan Chunhui's description.

He knew that as long as he left Qing County, all those people who were looking up at him eagerly would die.

He also knew that no matter how many times, he would soften his heart.

No matter how many times, he couldn't resist such a look.

He smiled, patted Qi Liyi on the shoulder and said, "Brother Qi, I won't leave. I promise you, as long as my knife is still there, I will not let Qing County be broken." Lu Yanchen, who came out of the wounded room, stopped, sighed, and came back to his senses from his memories.

He felt a little anxious.

After Tan Chunhui escaped, Qi Liyi formed an army of volunteers, took control of the county government, and ordered people to open the granary and distribute the granaries to the people in the city.

Although my stomach was filled, new problems soon arose.

The city had just experienced a war and there were many wounded. The bodies had to be dealt with to avoid an epidemic. Soon the medicinal materials stored in this small county town were not enough, and many of the wounded were just struggling.

This also includes Cao Qing.

Someone in the rebel army once suggested whether Lu Yanchen could lead his men to break through the siege of the Yingzhou army to improve the situation of the wounded in the city.

But Lu Yanchen refused.

He is waiting.

He was waiting for the emperor's orders.

Based on his understanding of Ye Qinghuai, the emperor would certainly understand what he did after receiving his letter, and would not sit idly by and watch the people of Qing County die at the hands of the Yingzhou army.

But as time went by, he never received any news from the capital, and the Yingzhou army also stopped its actions, as if waiting for something.

The stagnation on the battlefield made Lu Yanchen vaguely feel the stalemate in the capital.

He couldn't help but start to wonder whether his letter had not been delivered to the emperor, or whether something unexpected had happened in the capital.

But now he was trapped in the city of Qing County and couldn't even release a carrier pigeon.

There was nothing he could do but wait.

He returned to his official residence, closed the door, and sighed again.

But just after he sighed, his expression suddenly changed. He pressed the hilt of the knife at his waist, subconsciously bent his body and held his breath.

There is someone in the house.

The next moment, two hidden weapons shot down from the beam and hit Lu Yanchen in the face.

Lu Yanchen dodged, tapped the ground, jumped up, drew his sword, and without any unnecessary movements, chopped directly at the black shadow on the beam.

The shadow reacted extremely quickly, dodging his thunderous blow by rolling over, and landed on the ground with ease. Judging from his relaxed posture, he was obviously an expert.

Lu Yanchen did not give the other party a chance to breathe. As soon as he landed, he swung his knife to attack the man's lower body.

The other party seemed to be startled and dodged hurriedly, cursing: "Lu Yanchen, you bastard! I just tested my skills to prove my identity, do you still want to kill me?"

When Lu Yanchen heard the familiar voice of the other party, he quickly withdrew his attack, but remained on guard.

The man in black took two steps forward and revealed his face from the shadows. His angular face and a pair of peach blossom eyes were staring vigilantly at the knife in Lu Yanchen's hand.

If it’s not Tao Yuan, then who else could it be?

The tense expression on Lu Yanchen's face relaxed, he sheathed his knife, stood up, walked quickly to Tao Yuan, and couldn't help but smile: "Who made you still like to be a knight on the beam? Tao Yuan, you made me wait for so long."