Since Yunhu knew that the emperor had given him a marriage, he often asked Ye Changan to look at the border city, but every time he only told Ye Changan about the recent movements of the barbarians, and did not talk about personal matters at all.

However, in the eyes of other captains, they thought that Yunhu was very optimistic about Ye Changan, and even felt that Ye Changan must be the next captain.

On this day, Ye Changan was called to Wangbian City again.

But in addition to Yunhu, Ye Changan also saw another person.

This person is called Sultan, the son of Su Qiang, the lord of Yangzhou Prefecture, who is only twenty-five years old this year, but he already has five-star combat power, and he can be called a young talent.

What's more, the Sultan has always been an admirer of the spruce tree, the daughter of the cloud tiger, which is known throughout Kyoto.

On the tower of the city, Yunhu sat on the ground as usual, drinking by himself, and only after being slightly drunk did he speak: "The Prime Minister recommended the Sultan to come to my command as a captain, and Hou Qingyun has already infiltrated the barbarian territory with secret agents to explore the army. ”

"So..."

Ye Changan smiled, "So, Lord Sultan, temporarily replace Lord Hou Qingyun as the commander of ten thousand and be my top boss, right?"

"Hmm," Yunhu nodded, no more talking.

The Sultan was dressed in a green shirt, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and a long sword in his hand, and there was an innate arrogance on his face.

"Ye Changan, I've heard General Yun say about you, you're very good," the Sultan's voice was cold, "However, you're still far away, you're not worthy of her!"

Ye Changan was stunned, "Who? What are you talking about?"

The Sultan ignored Ye Changan, but clasped his fists and said to Yunhu: "General, I will take Ye Changan to Luoxiapo and take over the defense there." ”

Yunhu waved his hand, "You go first, I still have something to say to Ye Changan." ”

The Sultan frowned, a flash of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he clasped his fists and left.

Ye Changan took the wine jar next to him, raised his neck and took a sip, "What does the general want to say to me, this sultan seems to be hostile to me, I don't even know him, why?"

"You don't need to know so much," Yunhu said in a deep voice: "The Sultan's father is Su Qiang, the capital of Yangzhou Prefecture, and he was promoted by the Prime Minister when he was young. ”

Ye Changan's eyes flashed with a hint of clarity, "I see, General, you, the prime minister's father-in-law, are really stingy, just because I slandered him a few times, I actually sent people to trouble me again and again." ”

"But," Ye Chang'an's eyes were cold, "I've been here for more than half a year, why didn't the general kill me for a long time?"

"Knowing that I had murderous intentions against you, why didn't you run away?" Yunhu chuckled, "Do you really think that this is just a matter of whether to kill you or not?"

Ye Changan's face was calm, "The general might as well tell me the deep meaning." ”

Yunhu sighed and waved his hand to keep the soldiers around him farther away.

"The prime minister is my father-in-law, and among the military generals who are close to my father-in-law, I am the only one who has an army of 100,000," Yun Hu's eyes lit up, "Once the prime minister rebels, I will be one of the main forces." ”

Ye Changan nodded, mobilized the little internal force in his body, and was ready to escape at any time.

"Your Majesty sent you here to give me the opportunity and choice," Yunhu was full of melancholy, "If I kill you, my family will not be far from death." ”

"It is precisely because I didn't kill you that Your Majesty ordered the spruce..."

Ye Changan frowned, "What?"

Yunhu shook his head, "The fundamental purpose of my father-in-law to send the Sultan is not to kill you, but to see my attitude. ”

"I can't kill you, it's an explanation to Your Majesty, and supporting the Sultan is my explanation to my father-in-law"

"Seize power!" Ye Changan frowned, "The Sultan is here to seize power." ”

Yunhu let out a 'hmm', "I don't have a choice, I can't kill you, and I can't hold on to the power." ”

Ye Changan sneered, "The general is afraid that he is looking for death, and if he doesn't show his attitude, both His Majesty and the Prime Minister will find a way to get rid of you." ”

Yunhu nodded, "So which side do you think I should be on?"

Ye Changan stood up, slowly took a few steps back, and his face was serious, "How the general chooses is your business." ”

"Father-in-law is old, blinded by ambition," Yun Hu shook his head, his eyes full of worry, "The position of this great general is destined to fall into the hands of you or the Sultan." ”

"So, this is a fight between you and the Sultan, I... Nothing can be done for the time being. ”

Ye Changan nodded, "I understand, I just ask, if the prime minister rebels, the general thinks he has a chance of winning." ”

"There's no chance of winning unless... Unless he colludes with foreigners. ”

Ye Changan nodded, turned around and left.

Looking at Ye Changan's back, a flash of relief flashed in Yunhu's eyes, "If you don't have so many scruples, you will indeed be a good son-in-law." ”

Back in the col, Ye Changan entered the stone house for the first time and wrote a letter.

Then Ye Changan rode away alone, and stopped in a forest after a while.

"Please come now, girl, I have something to say. ”

A figure dressed in a palace maid's costume peeked out from behind the tree, looking at the age, it should be in her thirties.

The woman saluted and said softly, "How does Lord Ye know that the slave is here?"

Ye Changan smiled, "If I guessed correctly, you are the maid of the Queen Mother?"

"Yes," the palace maid nodded, "What does Lord Ye have to explain?"

Ye Changan took out the letter and handed it to her, and said in a deep voice: "To ensure that it is safely delivered to Your Majesty and the Queen Mother, this matter is related to my life and the belonging of the 100,000 army." ”

The palace maid nodded, the palace skirt fluttered, and in a blink of an eye, she had already run out for dozens of meters.

Ye Changan grinned, always feeling that there were eyes secretly watching him, and every time he went to the toilet, this feeling would disappear.

That's why Ye Changan guessed that someone was secretly protecting + monitoring him, and he was still a woman.

Two days later, the Royal Palace.

The Emperor looked at the letter from the flying pigeon, and after reading it, he fell into deep thought.

Ye Changan said in the letter that Yunhu had hinted at his attitude.

As long as his family is safe, he will be on the emperor's side.

Ye Changan suggested that Yunhu's family be taken to the palace.

Late at night, the emperor came to the palace of the Queen Mother.

After some conversation, Emperor Li Jingtian smiled and spoke, "The widow remembers that the female official who manages the flowers and plants in the mother's harem is old, and Sun Qianxiang, the wife of Yunhu, has a lot of skills in taking care of the flowers and plants. ”

So, early the next morning, the maid of the Queen Mother went to Yunfu to summon Sun Qianxiang into the palace, and at the same time let Spruce enter the palace to live permanently and accompany Princess Shaoguang to study.

At the court meeting that day, Li Jingtian mentioned this matter, and the prime minister understood something immediately.

After the retreat from the dynasty.

Many officials scolded Yunhu and said that he was ungrateful.

Prime Minister Lin Heru just waved his hand and said, "I adopted him before I was five years old, and since then I have been promoted all the way, and now his wife and daughter are deeply liked by the Queen Mother, and I am also happy for him, but..."

"It's cold, and my heart is cold. ”

Hearing this, all the officials did not dare to speak.

The emperor was jealous of Lin Heru, not because of how much military power he had.

But because he is a veteran of the two dynasties, and his merits are extraordinary.

Moreover, among the people, the prestige of the prime minister is even higher than that of the emperor.

Just because there were bandits everywhere in the early years, it was the prime minister who kept sending people to clear it.

Of course, the common people only saw the surface, and did not know that those bandits were all pretended to be sent by the prime minister.

Therefore, whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world, the prime minister obviously understands this truth, but in the DPRK and the central government, he said that he wanted to meet the needs of officials and magnates in order to win over officials.

The hearts of the people and the hearts of the officials are all enveloped by him, no wonder the emperor is afraid of him.

Soon, a letter from home was delivered to Wangbian City.

After Yun Hu saw it, he breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered to convene all the commanders and commanders under him to discuss the matter.

It was the first time Ye Changan had seen other captains.

Without exception, they were all filled with a murderous aura, and each of them had five-star combat power.

These people have been fighting with Yunhu all the year round, and they are Yunhu's cronies.

Yunhu looked at everyone and said in a deep voice, "I believe you all know about the two battles on the other side of the mountain pass, which has given us a lot of inspiration. ”

"War is not only about who is brave and who is not afraid of death, but also who has a flexible brain!"

"Ye Changan, tell me, how should we fight in the future?"

Suddenly being named, Ye Changan was stunned, and when he saw that the commanders and commanders in the room were all looking at him, he was a little embarrassed and said: "All the generals are experts in warfare, and I don't have the ability to point fingers." ”

"Modesty," laughed one of the captains, "we've heard of those two battles, good!"

"Yes, let's talk about it, what do you think!"

Ye Changan smiled helplessly, "It's difficult." ”

"I think that in addition to thinking about how to win a war, we should also consider how to minimize losses," Ye Changan said in a deep voice: "Use all available conditions, terrain, enemy psychology, weapons, weather, and so on." ”

"Yes!" said a captain, "I have a soldier under my command, and I can see the weather very accurately, and we have won battles by the weather several times." ”

Ye Changan nodded, "We can't guarantee that we will defeat the weak with the strong every time, when we encounter an enemy army stronger than us, do we have to admit defeat?"

"Do you have to retreat?"

Ye Changan shook his head, "War, we must make full use of weapons and equipment, sometimes, weapons can determine the victory of a battle more than people." ”

"For example, our bow and crossbow are not far away, and our other weapons are also very simple. ”

"Hmph, is it possible that you can still research a new weapon?" The Sultan suddenly stood up and glanced at Ye Changan coldly, "The army, as long as its own strength is strong, it is not afraid of any enemy, no weather, any weapon, it is all empty!"

"We are all martial artists, and we should know that strength is more important than weapons. ”

Ye Changan pursed his lips and sat down again, "I'm talking about large-scale battles. ”

"Large-scale?" a flash of disdain flashed across the Sultan's face, "Do you really think that if you use a small trick to deceive Tuoba Kun once, it will be a large-scale battle?"

"You have the ability, wait until you make the weapons you said!"

Ye Changan sneered in his heart, this sultan is afraid that he has a sick brain.

"Okay!" Yunhu said in a low voice: "I called you today, just to introduce the Sultan to you, he temporarily replaced Hou Qingyun to be responsible for the defense of Luoxiapo, if there is nothing to do, just disperse." ”

After everyone left, the Sultan glanced at Ye Chang'an, "The Prime Minister said that you are a person who doesn't know the height of the sky, but now I look at it, and it is indeed so." ”

Ye Changan smiled and shook his head, "Master Su, you are still young and can't see the situation clearly. ”

"I only know that you are not worthy of fighting with me, let alone her!"

"Who is she?" Ye Changan frowned, "What the hell are you talking about?"

"You don't know?" the Sultan said with a mocking face, "You don't need to know, because you will die on the battlefield, I will not do anything to you, you will die because of your wrong view of war, two-star combat power, I really don't know how you dare to come here!"

The Sultan turned around and left, but Ye Changan didn't take his words to heart.

Nonsense, although I look like I'm only in my twenties, but in fact I'm more than 100 years old, is it okay, is it difficult to deal with a 'child' in my twenties"?

Back at the mountain pass, Ye Changan immediately summoned the Silver Dragon Guards and studied their bows and crossbows.

The main reason is that their bows and crossbows are all wooden structures, so the shooting distance is not far, and the power is not as good as that of modern bows and crossbows.

"We have to develop high-strength steel, and..." Ye Changan grinned, "I almost forgot that I am a doctor, and medication is my strength." ”

That night, Ye Changan did not practice, but found several metals and began to study their characteristics.

You must know that modern bows and crossbows are made of spring steel, composite materials and carbon fiber, and they are equipped with eccentric wheels, scopes and other accessories, and their power is no worse than ordinary firearms.

Even if the conditions are limited, if Ye Changan can imitate it, the power will definitely exceed the bow and crossbow used by the Silver Dragon Guard several times.

In the next month, Ye Changan was striking iron every day, but he still couldn't meet the requirements.

When the Sultan heard about it, he just mocked it as 'in vain'.

On the contrary, the Sultan summoned his soldiers for training every day, and the soldiers' strength, speed, and cooperation increased.