Heavy snow swept through most of the northern border, and when it arrived in the Song Kingdom, it was already a salt in the air. But the further north you go, the heavier the snow becomes. When they arrived in Da Zhou and Weiguo, the snow was no longer floating, but directly smashed to the ground.

Tiger Prison Pass.

Mu Suifeng arranged the follow-up affairs and had already set off for Dangyang Pass three days ago.

Handan's soldiers were in a tiger prison, and the biggest backhand was Dangyang Pass, which confronted the Qi State, and sent troops to attack, so that Zhao Dun and Mu Suifeng suffered the enemy on their backs.

Therefore, Mu Suifeng went to Dangyangguan for one thing, that is, to let the general guard of Dangyangguan recognize the orthodox position of the Grand Duke.

He did not enter the city when he passed through Heyang City, and the prince and the county lord went to the army with Zhao Dun and attacked Weicheng with the Grand Duke.

Here Mu Suifeng is still far from Dangyang Pass, but someone has already arrived at the place where he is going. His name is Ye Xuan, the commander of the inspection of the Tiger Prison Pass, and Mu Suifeng planted the hidden stake in the Tiger Prison.

Sima Wang Lang's army had already arrived in Taozhou, but in ten days, the army was in a hurry, and it was possible to reach the Tiger Prison Pass despite the heavy snow.

The premise is that the snow can't be too heavy.

No matter how big it is, someone will be frozen to death in a hurry. The war horses of the Yan Kingdom are not as good as the Great Zhou and the Wei Kingdom, and the horses are a good breed of wild horses in the Northern Plains, and they are not afraid of wind and snow. The horses of the Yan Kingdom are a whole head lower than the horses of the Northern Plains, that is, the rain is a torrential rain, and the hooves will float straight when they run.

Therefore, in terms of cavalry, the Great Zhou and Weiguo are always the first in the north. Yan Kingdom is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and what it is best at is defending the city. Qi is incomparable. The Jin State is the best at attacking cities. The Song State Water Division was invincible in the Seven Kingdoms. And Zheng Guo, the temple planning is particularly wonderful.

Sima Wang Lang sat in the military tent, and Handan sent another urgent order, ordering him to knock on the door of the tiger prison and go south to Weicheng to quell the chaos within seven days.

"Military advisor Gao Jian?" Wang Lang is over fifty years old, but he is still a mighty general wearing armor. The beard is frosty white, which does not give people the feeling of old age, but is a deep experience, which should not be underestimated.

In the military tent, Wang Lang said to the military advisor sitting in a big body with an elegant face: "The general knows very well, why should he ask me? Now Handan has given urgent orders and repeatedly urged the general to move in a hurry, and its purpose is nothing more than to let the general out of the tiger prison and put pressure on the grand duke on the frontal battlefield to force him to stop the attack on Weicheng." ”

"Does the military advisor think that the general should be in a hurry or not?" asked Wang Lang.

"The general is in a hurry, the army is rushing, and when he arrives at the Tiger Prison Pass, he will inevitably complain. The military advisor said, "Besides, the snow is getting heavier and heavier, and the soldiers will inevitably be killed and wounded in a hurry, and the general's reputation will be damaged." The general is not in a hurry, this time the Grand Duke will make a move, and it will be a matter of time before Weicheng is broken. And the root of He Zongtang's own family's power is in Weicheng, Weicheng has suffered heavy casualties, and his prestige in the dynasty will plummet. ”

"It seems reasonable that the general should not have marched in a hurry. Wang Lang said, "Since ancient times, civil and military affairs have been incompatible, although He Zongtang and Ben General are the same three divisions, they are in charge of Yan State's political affairs and military affairs. But He Zongtang has always ignored the military attachés headed by the general. ”

He Zongtang made a move against Mu Suifeng, half because of personal vendetta, to avenge the revenge of his brother He Xian who was shot to death by Mu Suifeng during the rebellion of the Seven Cities in the Southern Regions twenty years ago. The military advisor said, "The other half is his suppression of the military attache system." ”

"Mu Suifeng, although he is not in the same camp as Ben Jiang, he is still a member of the military attache system after all. Wang Lang said, "But if two tigers fight, they will lose both." Isn't this the time to reap the benefits of the fisherman?"

The military advisor nodded, "After this battle, the general covered the sky in the dynasty with one hand. The Weicheng family, with the means of the Grand Duke, I am afraid that it will not be able to save three out of ten. He Zongtang collapsed, Mu Suifeng withdrew from the formation, and only the general had the final say in the dynasty. ”

"Half the credit for the military division. Wang Lang said.

"But the general lacks a reason. "A justifiable reason to slow down the march." ”

When Wang Lang heard this, he smiled and said, "I would like to hear the military master's high opinion." ”

"I can't talk about it. The military advisor said, "The time and place are right, and they are all on the general's side." Now that there is heavy snow in the middle of winter, it is difficult to advance the marching route, yes. But the general is still missing. ”

The military advisor's words seem to have been countermeasured. Wang Lang said, "Lang would like to hear the details." ”

......

The wind and snow are getting tighter.

Sima Wang Lang, the great Sima of Yan, led his army south, leading 30,000 troops, 5,000 cavalry, 20,000 foot soldiers, and 5,000 crossbowmen. Wang Lang passed through Taozhou, and the military camp was stationed in a field five miles outside the city, and the military tent stretched for three miles.

The soldiers set out on the expedition, and the time was not right. Sending troops in the middle of winter has been a taboo for soldiers since ancient times. Because of the bad weather, they often lost 30% of their troops before the war began.

And in recent years, the soldiers should have spent the festival with their families, and they traveled far away, life and death are unknown, and naturally their morale will not be very high.

But these are ignored by the temple planners. Wang Lang became famous long before Zhao Dun and Mu Suifeng, just because he lived in the temple in his early years and was too sharp, so that he made enemies on all sides. Although he has military merits, when the Seven Cities of the Southern Regions rebelled twenty years ago, because his wife was humiliated by Concubine Shangshu Mei of the Ministry of Rites during the banquet in the palace of Queen Youwang, Wang Lang came to the door in anger and stabbed Shang Shumei to death with a sword, which led to his imprisonment later, and no one remembered him at all during the rebellion.

Or he was deliberately forgotten in prison.

But Wang Lang has never regretted that incident.

Although he is a martial artist, he is still a concubine, and he dares to humiliate his wife in front of him at the banquet of the former queen's palace, threatening that Fu'er is "a village woman who does not know the number of etiquette". How could Wang Lang stand such a vicious anger?

Fu'er came from a humble background, but no matter how he was his Wang Lang's wife, she shared weal and woe with him, and she categorically couldn't tolerate the humiliation of a concubine who couldn't be on the stage.

Therefore, Wang Lang went to the Shangshu Gate of the Ministry of Rites, and after stabbing the beautiful concubine, he went directly to the Criminal Department, asked for shackles, and bluntly said, "The person was killed by me Wang Lang, wait and see"!

The officials of the Criminal Department, except for the Warden Division, are all in the military attache camp. As soon as they saw Wang Lang carrying the head of the beautiful concubine of the Ministry of Rites into the lobby of the Criminal Department, they were all dumbfounded.

At that time, Wang Lang was already a third-rank military general of Yan Guozheng, who dared to arrest him? The Shangshu of the Criminal Department was on an equal footing with him, and he had to respect him for three points. At that time, Shangshu of the Criminal Department only felt that he had received a hot potato, and he didn't care, no matter what. Fortunately, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu made a big fuss in the palace on the same day, crying about Wang Lang's brutal behavior, and the king of Youwang was still a mediocre lord at that time, and as soon as his ears were soft, he ordered the Criminal Department to detain Wang Lang and wait for disposal.

At that time, the military advisor was still a useless scholar who had just infiltrated the temple in Handan. But it was that incident that made the military advisor see that Wang Lang was a man who valued love and righteousness, and was a proprietor who could be assisted.

So the military advisor waited for him for three years, waited for Wang Lang to come out of the prison of the Criminal Department, and then visited the palace alone, which had been snubbed, and Mao recommended himself to be the steward of the palace.

Wang Lang had just come out of prison at that time, unkempt, and heard Fu'er say that a gentleman was going to be the steward of the palace, he thought it was interesting, and directly met the military advisor in the lobby, and asked him: "Mr. and me, are you not afraid of breaking your career?"

"A woman is a person who pleases herself, and a man who is a confidant dies. The high-spirited scholar looked at Wang Lang's eyes like a torch, even if he was unkempt, even if he was imprisoned for three years, making that man skinny, but he gambled.

Gambling on his career.

also bet that Wang Lang will make a comeback.

Nearly twenty years have passed, and now the scholar can tell himself that he was right.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the military advisor was covered in a big body, allowing the wind and snow to pile on his beard. He was standing outside the gate of the barracks, and when the ten-person team on patrol passed by the gate, the team leader would always go over to inquire and be respectful to the military advisor, just because the 30,000 soldiers knew that the military advisor was the most respected person by Da Sima.

"Strategist, it's snowing heavily, it's too bitter cold outside, if you don't rest in the military tent, I'm afraid you'll freeze your body. The squad leader said to the military advisor.

The military advisor just shook his head and said, "I'm waiting for someone." ”

"Who is it that you have to wait for the military advisor in person?" The squad leader felt strange in his heart, but the military advisor smiled silently, and just instructed the squad leader: "Don't slack off on patrol, go." ”

The man who was waiting for the military advisor finally came when it was completely dark. The black armor of the commander level who came came was wearing a standard long knife, chasing the cloud horse under his crotch, and came straight to the gate.

"The commander is tired from the journey, and he has been waiting for a long time. Seeing that the people waiting for the military advisor finally came, he bowed and bowed.

Ye Xuan sat on his horse, his brows were slightly frowned when he saw that he was frozen into ice by the wind and snow, turned over and dismounted, hugged his fists and returned to the military salute, and said: "Ye Xuan, the commander of the inspection of the Tiger Prison Pass, came to ask for a letter from General Wu to see Da Sima." ”

"I'll wait for this letter. The military advisor said, looking at Ye Xuan's young face, "But there is still something to ask for in the future, and I hope the commander will agree." ”

"Dare to ask what?" Ye Xuan asked.

"Please spare my general's death. The military advisor said.

Ye Xuan's bottomless eyes flashed murderously, but he couldn't help laughing, and asked the military advisor: "Mr. said that he was joking, the last general is just an unknown patrol commander of the Tiger Prison Pass, how dare he commit a crime and assassinate Lord Sima?"

"So, did the Commander agree to your request?" the advisor asked.

Ye Xuan was upright, looked directly into the eyes of the military advisor, looked at the scribe in front of him who was only forty years old, and said in a deep voice: "Sir, who is it?"

"Confucianism, Yuan Zhe. The military advisor said.

When Ye Xuan heard this, he asked again: "Yuan Tiangang of Jixia School Palace, who are you?"

"Uncle Clan. Military advisor Yuan Zhe said, "He is also a teacher below." ”

Ye Xuan was silent for a moment and asked him, "Does Mr. know who I am?"

"Seven days before the next day, he divined yarrow and divined a hexagram. Yuan Zhe said, "The hexagram says that the qi of the predecessors cannot be calculated. The yarrow used for divination in Xia was all broken in that hexagram, like a sword qi slashed, and I heard that there was a sword emperor's whereabouts in the southern region, so I guessed the identity of my predecessors. ”

Ye Xuan was silent when he heard this.

"In the next fight, please lead the Ye into the camp. Yuan Zhe said, "Tonight, I will give Commander Ye a satisfactory answer." Taking a step back, even if my general dies in the camp, 30,000 armor soldiers will still go south. Instead of changing generals before the battle, and having a more tricky general, bothering the seniors to kill again, it is better for the seniors to directly make an alliance with my generals and delay the speed of the 30,000 armor soldiers in this large battalion going south. ”

Between the scholars' words, the fact that Ye Xuan was Xie Xuan had already been revealed. But although it was only possessed by divine consciousness, the scholar still understood that the person the Sword Emperor wanted to kill would not survive.

"Good. Ye Xuan nodded and looked at Yuan Zhe, "Since Mr. has been waiting here for a long time, then I am also willing to wait for Mr. overnight to see the reply that Mr. gave me." ”

"Commander Ye, please. Yuan Zhe breathed a sigh of relief, only to realize that his back was already soaked with cold sweat, and when the cold wind blew, he shivered directly.