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    That night, the fire in the border camp was so intense that not only Ma Gui, the servant of the Royal Horse Prison, could see it clearly from the top of Anping City, but even the imperial camp more than ten miles away could see the large red light in the sky.  In the middle of the night, many officials and generals of the imperial court were alarmed by the fire. They came out of the camp to look north. Everyone was talking about it. Even the emperor Murong Po was alarmed by the commotion, so he put on his clothes and came out of the tent to watch.

    Looking at the red sky in the north, Murong Po couldn't help but feel moved. He asked, "What happened over there? Is there any news from the former army?"

    "Your Majesty, no news has been sent back yet."

    "Send an order for the former army to send scouts to get close to the rebel camp to check. The first one to find out what happened will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver."

    The camp spent the night in an uneasy atmosphere. Early the next morning, the former army reported news that the fire last night had suddenly started in the rebel camp. There was a huge noise of fighting in the camp, like the side of the camp.  Internal strife broke out within the army.  The former army also captured some deserters from the border army and asked for confessions, but these deserters could not tell what happened. They only knew that a few brigades of soldiers suddenly rebelled at night and besieged Emperor Tuoba's main camp of the Chinese army.  The rebels set fire to the camp while attacking.  Because of the defeat during the day, the various departments of the border army were already in turmoil, but suddenly suffered from internal strife, and order was lost.  The generals all went their own way, some participated in the mutiny and besieged the Chinese army, some wanted to rescue the emperor's uncle, and some closed the camp gate tightly to remain neutral. Soldiers and horses from all walks of life were killing each other in the camp, and deserters took advantage of the chaos to escape.  Yes, as for who loses and wins in this melee, and who is in power in the frontier army now.  The deserters couldn't tell.

    "At the end of the road, the rebels actually started fighting among themselves!"

    After hearing the news, the Murong family¡¯s civil servants and generals were all happy.  At this time, someone had already jumped out impatiently and suggested: "Your Majesty, don't miss this opportunity. Master Wang should attack immediately!"

    Most people agreed with this suggestion, but Murong Po was still cautious: he sent a small force to attack first to test the reaction of the rebels.  If the rebels are really exhausted, it will not be too late to send out the main force.

    At noon, the first town of the Jinwu Guard Front Army received the order and sent two brigades of troops to attack the rebel rear guard troops.

    However, this exploratory operation suffered a disastrous failure and was attacked by Jinwu's guards. The rearguard troops of the border army launched a resolute counterattack.  More than two hundred armored warriors attacked from the camp, not only repelling the imperial court's probing troops, but also driving them back to the starting camp.

    "The rebels reacted quickly and attacked decisively. The soldiers were brave and fearless of death. They were extremely brave and had strong fighting spirit. They are as fierce as thunder and cannot be ignored!"

    When they learned of the defeat, the emperor, civil servants and generals of the Murong family were all puzzled.  After seeing the fire last night and the confessions of the deserters, everyone confirmed that there must be a big problem within the rebels.  But why do the rebel forces still have such strong combat effectiveness?  Looking at the performance of the rebels, it doesn't look like a disorganized army.

    Murong Po used his troops cautiously and cautiously. The truth of the matter has not yet been found out, so he did not dare to send out the main army.  At this time, while sending more scouts and spies, he asked his ministers to contact their acquaintances in the rebel army as soon as possible - this is not surprising. Although the border army rebelled, they were all generals of the Wei Dynasty.  You can always build some friendship through all kinds of twists and turns.  Rivers of blood flowed on the battlefield, but this did not prevent these "close friends and relatives" from communicating in private.

    It is also human nature to leave a way out in private. Murong Po usually turned a blind eye to this kind of thing. Especially recently, the situation in the court has been very good. The theme of the Jinwu Guard general's contact with the opposite party has gradually changed from "brother to pull me."  After "I'll help my brothers," Murong Po even encouraged everyone to get in touch with the important generals on the opposite side - such as Xuan Wenke did to win over Hong Tianyi - so as to speed up the division within the rebels.

    But today is strange. The security in the rebel camp today is extremely tight. The familiar guard troops all have new faces. The liaison sent by the court cannot enter the camp at all. Even if they risk sneaking into the camp, they can't.  Unable to report.

    Seeing that it was already afternoon, and all the explorations were fruitless, someone timidly said: "How about we send someone to ask the Dongping Army? They are close to the rebels, so they should know something, right?"

    Hearing the proposal, Emperor Murong Po ignored it and returned to the inner room without saying anything.  The ministers looked at each other in confusion, knowing that the emperor actually agreed with this opinion, but his pride prevented him from condescendingly asking Meng Ju for help, so he simply pretended not to know.

    The emperor can pretend to be ignorant and walk away, but the ministers cannot follow him away so coolly.  All the ministers said that Zhang Quan, the governor of Shuzhou, was mature and prudent in handling matters. He had dealt with Meng Ju before and was somewhat kind. They always recommended him to go on a mission.

    But Zhang Quan, the governor of Shuzhou, refused to see Meng Ju no matter what he said.?A very cautious person: If you have too much contact with Meng Ju, you will easily label yourself as "close to Dongping".  Next, if the imperial court really fights with the Dongping Army, he will be in great danger, and he might become "colluding with the rebels" for no apparent reason.

    The ministers recommended, but Zhang Quan refused. After a long stalemate, someone suddenly remembered: "Why bother? Isn't Mr. Ma, the young eunuch of the Royal Horse Inspector, with Meng Taibao? Can't we just contact him?"

    The words awakened the dreamer, and the ministers suddenly realized: To negotiate with Meng Taibao, a heavyweight in suppressing the vassal, it requires courtiers with sufficient weight to intervene, but contacting Ma Gui is not that troublesome. You only need to send a personal attendant to ask.  Just fine.

    In the evening, the messenger to contact Ma Gui had not yet set off, but Ma Gonggong had already returned to the camp.  All the ministers gathered around and asked about the situation: "Eunuch Ma, was the fire caused by the rebels last night a good thing or a bad thing?"

    Ma Gui¡¯s face turned pale: ¡°Whether it¡¯s a good thing or a bad thing, it¡¯s hard to tell now. Our family has to face the emperor and report something important!¡±

    Seeing the emperor, Ma Gui immediately knelt down on the spot and whispered: "My servant congratulates your majesty, good news has arrived."

    "Where does joy come from?"

    "The Dongping Army under the imperial court has achieved a great victory! Meng Taibao asked his slaves to report the victory to the imperial court: Thanks to your majesty's blessings, the Dongping Army defeated the main force of the rebels last night and captured and killed Tuoba Xiong, Tuoba Xiang, Hong Tianyi and other rebels. Dongping  The army presented the heads of Tuoba Xiong and other rebel leaders and Jiebiao. The chaos in the frontier army was completely put down last night. I would like to congratulate Your Majesty."

    "Congratulations on the great victory" was said, but Ma Gui's face was pale, his voice was trembling, and he was lying on the ground, not even daring to raise his head. His frightened look did not sound like he was saying good news, but more like he was apologizing.

    The ministers in the tent were silent. Murong Po looked solemn and his face was uncertain.

    After a while, the emperor asked: "Has the head been inspected?"

    "My servant has checked it and it is indeed the fake emperor's uncle and others."

    "How was the battle last night? How many were beheaded by the Dongping Army? How many were captured?"

    Ma Gui raised his head and took out a memorial from his arms: "This is a memorial to the Dongping Army. Please review it with your Majesty's eyes."

    Murong Po took the memorial and read it at a glance. Then, he raised his head and asked, "So, Meng Taibao surrendered all the rebel troops?" There was suppressed anger in the emperor's calm tone.

    Ma Gui did not dare to look up at the emperor. He whispered: "In the Dongping Army, I saw many rebel generals, at least seven or eight, all officers at the level of brigade commander or above."

    "Who is there?"

    "The Commander of the Thunder Brigade Shi Wenting, the Commander of the White Tiger Brigade Luo Xiaocheng, the Commander of the Bear Ba Brigade Xiong Gang, the Commander of the Raptor Brigade Gao Fei, the Commander of the Hengshan Brigade Li Che, the Commander of the Flying Crane Brigade Huang Min, the Commander of the Crazy Lion Brigade Zhao Kuang¡ª¡ª  As far as I can see, there are so many rebel generals. I dare not say anything if there are other rebel generals who have joined the Dongping Army. Today, when I passed by, I saw that order had been restored in the rebel camp and the Dongping Army had entered.  The main camp took over the defense."

    A deathly silence shrouded the main tent.  No one dared to speak, and no one dared to look at the emperor's face - even though the emperor tried his best to appear calm, his livid face and trembling hands had revealed his mood.

    "The Dongping Army took over the camp? What about the rebels' baggage, arsenal, equipment, money and food? I didn't see these seizures on the list! Also, how does the Dongping Army plan to present prisoners to the court?"

    "These thingsMeng Taibao didn't mention it to the slave."

    "Didn't you mention it? Don't you have a long mouth? Why didn't you ask?"

    "My slave" Ma Gui was lying on the ground, and he made a whimpering voice: "Your Majesty, forgive me This slave deserves to die, I dare not ask!"

    "Don't dare to ask? Ma Gui, you did a great job as an imperial envoy! You did a great job, you really made me proud!"

    Murong Po¡¯s face was twitching, and his eyes were about to burst into flames.  He slammed the memorial on the case, making a muffled "bang" sound, and his voice sounded like a smile but not a smile: "Great victory, haha, great victory! Meng Taibao actually gave me a victory report! Haha!"

    "Your Majesty, please calm down"

    "roll!"

    Murong Po let out a thunderous shout, and Ma Gui seemed to be pardoned and ran out of the tent crawling on the ground.  Not only him, but all the ministers took this opportunity to run out - staying next to an emperor when he is angry is the stupidest thing in the world!

    As soon as they came out, they heard the sound of smashing and breaking things coming from the tent. Everyone lowered their eyebrows and waited outside the tent as if they hadn't heard.

    The ministers are all smart people and know why the emperor is angry: in order to deal with the rebellion of the northern border troops, the court has spent a lot of money.  Just generals with the rank of brigade marshal or aboveAbout twenty people died, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were lost, the armor and equipment were damaged, and the military pay and silver spent were simply beyond calculation.

    (To be continued)

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