Chapter 944 Chapter 944, Back
Wei Hongcai fell ill, which made Master Wang and Cao Dan breathe a sigh of relief.
Although the Duke of Fuguo has a noble status, he has no power to control Wei Hongcai. If Wei Hongcai really wants to force himself to do something, the Duke of Fuguo cannot stop him.
"It's okay now. Wei Hongcai is sick, and we can save ourselves a lot of trouble." Cao Dan looked happy and relieved.
Master Wang was a man of meticulous mind and thought a lot. He instinctively felt that Wei Hongcai's illness was related to the Duke of Fuguo and Madam Xiao. He sighed again in his heart that it was fortunate that the person who came to Xiliang was Xiao Yeyang.
Otherwise, given the current situation of internal and external troubles in Xiliang, no matter how capable the person is, he will not be able to cope with such a situation without strong support and a wife who can help with the aftermath.
Although Mrs. Xiao didn't say much before, every word she said hit Wei Hongcai so hard that made Wei Hongcai feel uneasy and finally left in silence.
With the arrival of the Duke of Fuguo and Madam Xiao, some of the somewhat impetuous generals also calmed down.
Master Wang looked towards the direction of the Western Liao military camp, hoping that Xiao Yeyang would come back soon.
The Duke of Fuguo may be able to suppress Wei Hongcai, but it won't work for a long time. Lord Xiao must come back quickly.
Without Wei Hongcai's interference and constraints, the soldiers' combat capabilities returned to their previous level, and most of the battles with Western Liao were won.
This made Yelu Kangda very angry, and he kept calling Wei Hongcai a waste.
In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.
Wei Hongcai saw that his illness had not improved and his temper was getting worse. In addition, Yelu Kangda secretly sent him a message, asking him to let the Daxia army stop on its own initiative, otherwise he would make the news of their collusion public.
Wei Hongcai was both anxious and angry about this.
Once his collusion with Western Liao is exposed, he and the Wei family will definitely be liquidated by the emperor.
"hateful!"
"That old Duke Fuguo, why doesn't he stay in Ganzhou City to retire and come here to hang around?"
"And Prince Xiao's wife, a woman, actually ran to a military camp full of men. Is she planning to have an affair?"
Wei Hongcai cursed for a while while panting, and while he was still in good spirits, he quickly wrote back to Yelu Kangda, asking him to wait a little longer.
In the past, Wei Hongcai would never have left his handwriting, but he had been ill for more than half a month and felt dizzy all over. He didn't think about anything else and was only concerned with comforting Yelu Kangda.
Before he finished writing the letter, Wei Hongcai felt his head growing heavy. He gritted his teeth, finished, and hurriedly handed the letter to the servants in the military tent. He didn't even have time to tell them who was delivering it before he fainted.
On the other side, Daohua and Gu Jian did not do anything after arriving at the military town. Their main purpose of staying here was to intimidate Wei Hongcai.
The two were not stupid enough to provoke Wei Hongcai. If that guy really attacked them desperately, it would be a waste of time.
However, the necessary surveillance still needs to be carried out, and Dongli, who has the best martial arts skills, is personally responsible for it.
Dongli had long discovered that the Xiliao people had passed messages to Wei Hongcai, but in order to prevent Wei Hongcai from becoming desperate and harming Gu Jian and Daohua, he did not intercept them.
But today he couldn't help it.
The reason was simple: the person who went to the Western Liao military camp to deliver the letter was not a well-trained secret guard.
He was speechless about this.
Daohua and Gu Jian were speechless when they saw that Dongli easily obtained evidence of Wei Hongcai's collusion with Yelu Kangda.
"You intercepted Wei Hongcai's letter. He won't find out, right?"
Dong Li smiled and said, "Don't worry, Madam. I didn't kill the messenger. I just knocked him out. He lost the letter and didn't dare tell Wei Hongcai when he returned."
Daohua finished reading Wei Hongcai's letter to Yelu Kangda and snorted coldly, "Heaven really wants him to die!"
A few days later, Yelu Kangda saw that Wei Hongcai didn't even reply to his message, and he became more and more angry.
Since September, the weather has been getting colder day by day. The soldiers are lightly dressed and can't hold out for long. Furthermore, the food Xiao Yechi provided is almost gone.
Now, every day when they fight with Daxia, a group of people die, but no results are achieved. He can imagine how much scolding and ridicule he will receive when he returns.
Yelu Kanda didn't care whether he would be discovered or not, and passed the message to Wei Hongcai again, and directly set the date for the ceasefire.
After Wei Hongcai received it, he was so angry that he had trouble breathing.
Damn Yelu Kanda, did he really think he could defeat him?
Although Wei Hongcai was angry, he finally started to think of ways to end the war.
There was no way. Many things were not ready yet, and he didn't dare to rebel against the court now.
The next day, Wei Hongcai forced himself to summon all the generals, and without any nonsense, he directly announced a ceasefire.
Cao Dan and the others were all shocked when they heard this.
Cao Dan immediately asked, "Lord Wei, why do we need a ceasefire? We are clearly in the upper hand in the war with Western Liao."
Wei Hongcai looked at Cao Dan coldly, "Winter is about to arrive. How can the soldiers fight in the ice and snow? I have already reported the ceasefire to the court. You just need to obey the order."
Cao Dan spoke again: "Lord Wei, for such a major matter as a ceasefire, I think we should wait for Lord Xiao to return."
Wei Hongcai felt his head begin to dizzy again. When he heard Cao Dan openly oppose him again, he immediately became furious: "Cao Dan, are you going to disobey military orders? Come, tie Cao Dan up for me."
Unfortunately, no one dared to move.
Cao Dan said with a cold face, "Sir Wei, I am now in charge of the army."
Wei Hongcai was furious. With a swish, he drew the sword of the general next to him and put it directly on Cao Dan's neck. "Cao Dan, I am the highest official in Xiliang. How dare you disobey my orders?"
Seeing this, everyone was shocked.
Cao Dan remained unmoved: "Sir Wei, I am a general of the imperial court and I obey the imperial court's orders."
Wei Hongcai smiled angrily: "Okay, very good!" As he said that, he exerted force with his hand, and suddenly a blood mark appeared on Cao Dan's neck.
Cao Dan didn't expect that Wei Hongcai would really dare to kill him. He didn't dodge in time and was cut on the neck. Fortunately, the wound was not very deep.
"Master Wei, you are crazy!"
Wei Hongcai said with a cold face: "It is you who disobeyed military orders first, Cao Dan, why don't you surrender quickly." As he said that, he raised his sword and attacked Cao Dan again.
"Bang!"
A scabbard flew over and knocked the knife out of Wei Hongcai's hand.
The powerful impact also caused Wei Hongcai to fall to the ground.
"Master Wei is truly so majestic!"
Looking at Xiao Yeyang walking into the military tent with his back to the light, Wei Hongcai sat on the ground in a daze: "Xiao Yeyang, you are not dead?!"
Xiao Yeyang sneered at Wei Hongcai and said, "It seems that Lord Wei really hopes that I will die outside. What a pity! I am very lucky and I have disappointed Lord Wei."
As he said this, he waved his hand.
Soon, a team of cavalry rushed in and quickly tied up Wei Hongcai, who was still in shock.
When Wei Hongcai came to his senses, his hands were tied behind his back: "Xiao Yeyang, what are you doing?"
Xiao Yeyang said indifferently, "You didn't think I didn't know about your collusion with Yelu Kangda and Xiao Yechi, did you? I didn't bother to talk to you before. Do you really think you are the local emperor of Xiliang?"
(End of this chapter)
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