Wu Jie is not a fool. He is 37 years old this year and has been in the army for 17 years. He went to school when he was young and has been working in the army for more than ten years. He can see through some things at a glance. He knows that he has bumped into this and is being blamed by these people.
But knowing is one thing, and understanding is another. The problem now is that the man in the prison is indeed the Chief Censor and the emperor's envoy, a so-called senior official representing the central government. Moreover, the seriousness of the matter is also clear before his eyes, and his old boss Qu Duan has indeed behaved in an incredible way.
Therefore, no matter how dirty or ugly this matter is, since he has been involved in it and has been forced into a corner, he can only bite the bullet and do it.
As for how to do it, although Wu Dujian looks ignorant, he has been in the Western Army for seventeen years, how could he not know the procedures of certain things?
Even if it really happened, with Wu Dujian's expertise in military tactics and his lightning-fast attacking methods, he would have the momentum to be swift and decisive and capture the thief and the leader.
This day was the first day of May.
Wu Jie left the prison without stopping. He first imprisoned the commander surnamed Xue and placed him opposite Hu Zhongcheng and others. Then he immediately presided over the annexation of Xue's troops.
At the same time, he wrote a confidential private letter and asked his younger brother and son Wu Gong to take it personally to meet his younger brother Wu Lin who was on the other side of the river.
Two days later, after serving the masters in the prison for two days, Wu Jie calculated the time and wrote more than a dozen letters to the generals he was familiar with in Jingyuan Road...
Moreover, the military system of the Song Dynasty was complicated. As border routes, the Guanxi routes had special military systems from the beginning, just like military districts. Therefore, the titles of commander and commander were not as common as those in the Central Plains. Military generals were more often divided according to the geographical unit of "Road".
For example, before Wu Jie became the commander-in-chief, he had served as the tenth general and second deputy general of Jingyuan Road respectively. Qu Duan's step to annex the military power of Guanxi was to first obtain the military power of Jingyuan Road for his own use, and then use the troops of Jingyuan Road as capital, and then use war to try to annex troops from other places.
Therefore, these letters were naturally addressed to Qu Duan's core followers, who were also old acquaintances of Wu Jie, and the generals of Jingyuan Road who were now concentrated in the border area between Yan'an Prefecture and Fuzhou. However, the content was nothing serious, just some slightly suggestive consolations and reminders, which was not what he really expected... In other words, a soldier naturally has his own way of doing things, so how could he rely on letters to connect them?
In fact, just as these letters were sent out, Wu Dujian received the news that General Qu Duan had already arrived on the other side of the river under the escort of his younger brother.
That day was the fourth day of May. Wu Jie did not dare to delay and immediately led a hundred personal guards out of the city to meet them on the floating bridge over Huachi River in the north.
Qu Duan, who is about forty years old this year, is at the golden age for a general. He is burly with a ruddy complexion, wearing dazzling armor, and riding an exceptionally tall mount, which is none other than the divine horse "Iron Elephant" famous in Guanxi. A hundred personal guards are following from the left and right wings, and Wu Lin leads more than a hundred cavalrymen from the rear to escort... Nearly two hundred cavalrymen are galloping from the north, which has its own momentum, not to mention the flag of the commander-in-chief fluttering in the summer breeze, which matches General Qu's recent complacent state, and is truly majestic and spectacular.
However, no matter how spectacular it is, the basic laws must be followed. Before Qu Duan arrived at the floating bridge, he saw Wu Jie leading a hundred cavalrymen to dismount and pay respect to the enemy on the other side of the river. He smiled triumphantly, then dismounted, led the Iron Elephant and led the way.
The rest of the guards knights also dismounted and carefully went up the bridge one by one.
When Qu Duan crossed the floating bridge, he came to the roadside and mounted his horse, ready to continue. However, Wu Jie was extremely respectful today. He took the initiative to lead Qu Duan's horse as the military commander second only to Qu Duan in Jingyuan Road, and stopped the others from following. He stopped only when they were under the shade of a tree a few dozen steps away, so that the two of them could talk privately.
Qu Duan was calm and composed throughout the whole process, and did not dismount when he came under the shade of the tree. Instead, he still looked down at the iron elephant and asked:
"Da Wu, you said that Yuwen Xianggong sent an envoy again, and was beaten by Xue Feng? And was he thrown into jail?"
"Yes!" Wu Jie glanced at the other side of the river, raised his head, and looked at the other person calmly and seriously.
"How did you deal with it?" Qu Duan frowned.
"I was in Luojiao City at the time. I received a letter from Magistrate Huang in the city, so I came here to capture Xue Feng and prepare to rescue the envoy of Yuwen Xianggong. But for some reason, the envoy just said that it was you, the commander-in-chief, who deliberately let Xue Feng beat him to death and let me be a good person. But he stayed in prison and refused to come out..."
Hearing this, Qu Duan frowned even more, but he was not angry at all. Instead, he sneered: "If I were to set up a plan to beat him up, why not use an old man from Jingyuan Road, but an old subordinate of Wang Xie?"
Wu Jie also sighed: "That's the truth. Others may not know, but I know that it must be Xue Feng's fault and has nothing to do with the commander-in-chief. But for some reason, the envoy was sure that it was arranged by you, the commander-in-chief. Not only that, County Magistrate Huang was also put in jail after chatting with the envoy in private... and told me directly that unless you, the commander-in-chief, come here in person, he will never come out. And I think, what exactly is going on with Yuwen Xianggong..."
"No need to say more." Qu Duan finally lost his patience and waved his hand. "It's these high-ranking officials in the court who are so self-righteous and repeatedly ruin the overall situation on the front line. I thought that Yuwen Xianggong was a proper person who would just sit in Chang'an and give me power. Who would have thought that he would make such a fuss... Besides, you sent the message so urgently, so I came here as soon as possible, right?"
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