Accompanied by Dada's horse's hooves, Jinzhou gradually moved away from sight.

Two guards drove the carriage all the way south. In the car sat Su Jingnian, Jiu'er and Zhongyao.

Jiu'er took a deep look at this city that she might never visit again, and reluctantly dropped the car tent in her hand.

Su Jingnian leaned on the cork couch and closed his eyes to recuperate. Zhongyao used iron tongs to pluck the coals in the brazier to keep the fire up. For a while, the world was quiet in this small space, and only the breathing of the three people, the beeping of the charcoal fire, and the sound of horses' hooves outside the car could be heard.

Jiu'er was a little sad, maybe because she was leaving a place she had just knew, maybe because she was about to return to a place she had never liked, maybe because Ananda was going to go to the turbulent Tianjing alone soon, her mind was chaotic and full of thoughts.

In fact, for Jiu'er, there is no difference between these places where she passes by or stays, she obediently plays the role of a passerby, like a lone time traveler.

In the lonely night, when Ananda lit a light for her to return home, Jiu'er was satisfied. As long as Ananda is there, a qiē will be fine.

Thinking about it, my heart is not so uncomfortable, thinking about Jiu'er leaning on her Ananda to fall asleep, forgetting the sadness and sorrow in my dreams.

Zhongyao secretly glanced at the prince and the lord of the nine counties, and smiled and thought that the journey was far away, traversing the north and south of Daqi, and bumps were indispensable. And the emperor will definitely take advantage of this opportunity to make a big fuss, once he enters the southern border, the emperor will be the sword and the prince will be the fish and meat. It seems that after all these years of hard work, it is time to get a reward, and the day of returning to his hometown and glorifying his ancestors must not be far away.

Hook the tongs and add charcoal to the furnace.

From Jinzhou to Beijing, it takes 10 days at the earliest, and from Beijing to Tianjing it takes 20 days. In order to attend the appointment on time, Su Jingnian had to travel day and night.

That night, the group missed the time to stay at the post station because they were in a hurry, and could only rest in the maple forest next to the official road for the night. Zhongyao and the two guards collected dry branches and firewood, and hunted a few rabbits and pheasants, which was also comfortable.

Zhongyao lit the fire and began to roast the cleaned rabbit and chicken, and the aroma of fallen leaves and dead branches and meat wafted in the air.

The bonfire lights up the night and dispels the coolness around the body, and the trees by the fire are shadowed by the fire, and the flames and branches flutter uneasily in the wind. Because the prince was about to leave for Tianjing, as soon as he went to the auspicious and unpredictable, everyone knew it, and they were not in the mood to chat and joke, and the atmosphere was really depressing.

Su Jingnian stood in the wind in the open space in the distance, holding his hands behind his back, looking up at the sky.

The red robe and black hair are gently blown by the wind from time to time, and the maple forest in late autumn is golden and red. The evening maple was swept up by the evening wind or abandoned and fell to the ground, and he couldn't help himself. Su Jingnian's eyes flowed in the sea of stars, reflecting each other with the evening stars, with deep ink eyes and sad blue eyes.

Jiu'er stood behind Su Jingnian and silently guarded her, this was the first time this night, she didn't remember it for a long time.

"Jiu'er. Su Jingnian called her in a low voice.

"Ananda. Jiu'er returned sweetly.

"Do you know why I said I met an opponent in Jinzhou?"

Jiu'er frowned and muttered, "Jiu'er is stupid and can't figure it out." How could the golden dog find out that Chen Taishou's surrender was a trick set by you? Ananda's plan was very thorough, and neither we nor Chen Taishou leaked the slightest rumor. Chen Shi's surrender is the inevitable result of the other party's painstaking management, and according to common sense, it is impossible for Golden Dog to find out that this move is Ananda's plan. But since the golden dog has obtained the military and political secrets of Jinzhou guarded by Chen Taishou, how can he let go of such a big piece of fat as Jinzhou and the Fourteen Towns?"

Su Jingnian sighed, "This person must have seen the clue from Chen Taishou's early surrender. has done Jinzhou Taishou, Chen Shi can also be said to be not an ordinary ordinary man. I believe that the other party has already known this, so the most important thing about Yiqing's beauty plan is that she is intimate with her confidant, and her acquaintance and love with Chen Shi are not only dewy love, but also a deep fit of the two people's ideals and ambitions. Chen Shi is also a general, and he still has his own scale in his stomach, so even if he betrays the country for the love of his life to seek glory, Chen Shi still needs a period of time to convince himself in the long run. It was this move of surrendering in advance that alerted the other party to deception. ”

"However, we have prepared a very reasonable reason for Chen Taishou, and released the news that the prince plans to summon several Taishou back to Beijing to discuss trade matters, and he will go for a few months. Let his early surrender be justified, the other party's suspicion is unfounded!" Jiu'er analyzed.

Su Jingnian said with a smile, "This is the most fundamental reason why I call the other party my opponent." ”

"In the ever-changing political arena and battlefield, the two words that should not be believed in are accidents. However, when the Jin army planned to attack south, the general strategists would accept this reason, seeing it as an accident, paralyzing themselves, and they would inevitably start a war before Chen Shi returned to Beijing, otherwise once Chen Shi entered Beijing, he would miss the best opportunity for the winter war. But the wise man thinks deeply that all the possibilities of things will evolve in his mind one by one, and this seemingly accidental reason is nothing more than a monkey trick in his eyes, very clumsy. Even ......"

Su Jingnian paused, frowned and said, "If he is sharp enough, any reason for surrendering in advance will not be valid in his eyes." ”

"Coo-coo", "quack", "woo~~~", from time to time in the distant forest there was a birdsong and the roar of wild beasts, far and near, the grass from time to time faint green light, the beasts secretly spied on these outsiders, waiting for the opportunity to move.

Jiu'er shook and reached out to tug at Su Jingnian's sleeve. Just listening to Ananda's dictation, she could still feel a lot of shock. At that time, how many whirlpools were hidden inside and outside the bustling city of Jinzhou??? these vortices were bright or dark, rolling the war between the Jin Kingdom and the Northern Regions, the life and death of soldiers and people, and the survival of Jinzhou.

Su Jingnian shook his head and said with a smile, "Those who do this trick are cunning and sensitive, wise and thoughtful, but they are also step-by-step. Although I exposed the other party's beauty scheme, I also reversed Chen Shi, who wanted to defect to the enemy, and forced the opponent's plan to fail and avoided a vicious battle. But when you think it down, it's me who missed a move and lost.

Su Jingnian squinted and thought that there was such a clever and treacherous enemy in this world, and her aggressive blood couldn't stop boiling. In this life, she has never encountered such a difficult opponent, and she can actually break the intention of each other, this first move, because of her own light enemy, defeated.

With a sigh of relief, he continued, "I was defeated by a light enemy, and I wanted to gain the initiative in the battle, break the rhythm of the opponent's dominance, and induce the opponent to attack in advance before they were ready. The self-righteous made Chen Shi abruptly surrender in advance, which frightened the prey and missed the opportunity to hit the main force of the Jin Army, but I lost. ”

Although there is a key discrepancy between the content and the actual situation, in order to achieve the effect of confusing the real with the fake, the Jin people are divided into seven true and three false. It is also enough for the other party to learn from and absorb, and the development of agriculture and industry, the distribution of troops and the training recorded in it are also a lot of wealth for the Jin country, which has transformed from nomadic culture to agricultural culture for less than 200 years.

However, it can be regarded as a merit to avoid the war, Su Jingnian comforted himself. No matter how treacherous the stratagem, no matter how brave the samurai, on the battlefield, the death and injury of life are inevitable, and the destruction of the family is inevitable.

"So. Su Jingnian said in a deep voice, "Jiu'er, you must remember that there is no such thing as an accident at all, and all accidents are just necessity." ”

Jiu'er is only 14 years old this year, and she is not yet in time. can't help but have the innocence of a girl, young and young, such a Jiu'er is very beautiful, as if it is radiant, and the whole body exudes vitality. Su Jingnian has lived for nearly fifty years, and he has long forgotten what he looked like when he was young, or even when he was young, he was immersed in the open and secret struggle between the Su clan and the Northern Regions.

But this kind of Jiu'er made her feel even more distressed, she paid too much for herself and the Northern Regions, spent the best time, and suppressed her purest self. I don't know when such days will come to an end.

"Oh, Jiu'er has been taught. Jiu'er wrinkled her eyebrows and said, I didn't expect that Jin Guo would have such a powerful strategist, ah no, wise man! She also needs to learn more, so that Ananda will be impressed.

"Lord Wang, county lord, come to eat meat~" Zhongyao raised the rabbit in his hand and called the masters to dine.

"Okay, here we go. Su Jingnian took Jiu'er and walked towards the camp.

For several days in a row, the group rushed day and night, and the group almost never stayed at the post station. Now the carriage galloped into the boundary of Jixian County, not far from Beijing.

Su Jingnian put down the book in his hand, looked at the sleeping Zhongyao, and turned his head to look at the bored Jiu'er.