"Dad, do we really only have one chance in Qingcheng?" Su Tong was worried, he hoped that there would be more ways.

Su Yi shook his head, "Every battle with the Chu army is an opportunity, and it takes time to kill it, Qingcheng is just more able to see the results faster." ”

Su Yi dialed it, and Su Tong immediately understood, but he still blushed a little with shame, "Yun Chu said the same when he planned to use this trick, and I blamed him at the time......"

"It's a good thing that you can't see the trick clearly, and the fewer people can understand it, the fewer people will see through his plan. Su Yi said, he patted Su Tong's shoulder and comforted him.

Su Tong was silent for a long time, and Su Yi also looked at him for a while, and asked him first before he could ask, "If you have anything to say, just say it, hesitation is not the work of my Su family." ”

"Dad, why don't you do it early in the morning, wait until the battle starts, and then send troops around to rescue, even if you set off for Huaiyin at this moment, you can't save it?" Su Tong didn't understand.

Speaking of this, Su Yi shook his head, "First, I didn't count that Chu Yan sent so many troops, and secondly, when he first ascended the throne, he still had to maintain stability in all directions, and he couldn't easily mobilize troops, even if he paid a little price, as long as he held Huaiyin, the damage to Yun Han would be the least." ”

"At the risk of neighboring countries taking the opportunity to attack, you have to save Qingcheng?" Su Tong asked, Su Yi nodded, Su Tong endured it for a long time and couldn't help but say, "If Qingcheng is lost...... What to do?"

"We can't rush to Qingcheng for too long, at most two months, if we can't keep Qingcheng, Yunhan will lose more places, at that time it is bound to be turbulent in all directions, depending on whether the emperor is to negotiate peace or continue to fight to the death, if it is a death war, many places will be reluctant to give up. ”

Is it that serious?

"Will Northern Xinjiang be abandoned?" Su Tong was no longer so surprised, on the contrary, the more he listened, the more calm and serious he became, he didn't dare to relax at all, and he was ready to go to the battlefield at any time, "Where will he be put down?"

Does all this depend on what Yun Zong means?

"Northern Xinjiang is a frontier, and compared with the productive and rich land in the hinterland of the Central Plains, it is reasonable to give up some of it, but not all of it. The northeast protector of the capital will not be moved at all, and the most widely affected will be the barren southwest, and secondly, if the war continues, some of the rich land will also be abandoned, as for which ones are among them, it is also a last resort. ”

Speaking of this, Su Yi also sighed, and his heart was heavy.

Qingcheng decided what the future of most of the people of Yunhan would be, success would be success, and defeat would cause chaos to affect the whole country. Compared with before he came here, he understood the stakes more clearly, and Su Tong felt that the burden on his shoulders was a little heavier, "Then will there be a problem if we transfer the troops here before Qingcheng?"

"Not for a while, but we have no time to take care of the rebellion in northern Xinjiang, we can only rely on the remaining troops to solve it, we can only hold on for two months, if we can't save Qingcheng in two months, northern Xinjiang can only obey the fate of heaven. ”

"I heard Li Jin say that the desert people have moved inward, will they come so quickly?" Su Tong hoped that this would not happen.

Su Yi didn't look at the surface, "We have been at war with the desert for decades, not only because of the unsolvable blood feud, but also because they lack food and water to feed so many people, this place has an infinite fatal temptation for the rulers who want to develop and grow their tribe, much more interested than Chu Yan in Yun Han." ”

"Dad thinks that the desert people are doing this to make us think that they are moving inward to relax their vigilance, but in fact they want to wait for an opportunity. ”

Su Yi nodded, "Especially in the last few times, I feel that the desert has changed the coach, and the style of play is completely different from before, and we need to be more vigilant." ”

Su Tong knew that Su Yi would not talk nonsense, the familiarity of decades of fighting, although indescribable, was completely credible, it was better to be cautious in this matter, if something went wrong, it could cause a big disaster.

"Beware of the desert, then how many troops can we draw south?" It is really a feeling of losing one and the other, Su Tong doesn't know how to divide it properly for a while, if the desert people are good at fighting, if they take the opportunity to attack, Yun Han will suffer from the enemy on his back, what if he is worried that the northern Xinjiang will not last for two months?

Su Yi didn't speak, only compared three fingers with his hand, Su Tong was taken aback, in this way, less than half of the troops in the northern Xinjiang were left, and Su Yi would definitely take the elite to go. He hurriedly stood up, and Su Yi clasped one hand on his back, "Don't move, I have a sense of proportion in this matter, but you can't mention this matter to anyone." ”

Su Tong obediently lay back, still worried, but Su Yi stopped talking to him, "Okay, these things can't be finished for a while, you can rest first, and when the war calms down, I will teach you carefully." ”

After Su Yi left, Su Tong didn't fall asleep, he had a bad premonition, I don't know if he was thinking too pessimistic about things, he just felt that it wouldn't go so well, the desert people would never let go of the opportunity for Chu to make a big move, and now instead of attacking, they moved inward, will there be a conspiracy?

Chu Yan is not stupid enough to fight alone, and if he doesn't look for this kind of force that can win over an alliance, even if it's temporary, he won't let it go.

The more he thought about Su Tong, the more uneasy he became, and his father probably also thought that there must be a demon when something went wrong, so he felt that he had to be more vigilant. Thinking about it this way, I feel that Su Yi's deployment of 30,000 troops is really too much, and there are too vast and boundless borders in northern Xinjiang to guard against, which is not as good as concentrating a few cities in Huaiyin.

Taking such a big risk shows that life and death are only in Qingcheng.

Su Tong closed his eyes, he thought that they had drawn so many troops, what about Chu Yan, would he still have reinforcements?

Even if he guessed that Chu Yan was a man who had not succeeded in the battle, he was not sure whether he had exhausted his hole cards.

Wang Jing didn't come to pester him this night, he couldn't tell what it felt, he was calm, but he always had a sense of injustice, he obviously said that he was not angry Wang Jing turned his face and took advantage of him, and he did everything to hide him, and he couldn't tell the difference clearly.

He had said he couldn't do what he said, and he wasn't either.

Although there are a lot of troubles, I still force myself to sleep, rest and heal my injuries, and I can't slow down the progress later. In fact, even if there was a wound on the body, it hurt even if it was medicated, and just these things came up to divert attention from the pain, and he soon fell asleep.

Until early in the morning, Wang Jing gently patted him on the shoulder, "Master Su, wake up......"

Su Tong opened his eyes and was stunned for a while, as if he thought he was dreaming, Wang Jing called him Master Su?

But he was obviously not dreaming, because Wang Jing called him again, "Master Su, wake up, it's time for us to go." ”

Su Tong came back to his senses and slowly got up, his buttocks were still painful, Wang Jing saw it and said, "You eat something first, I have already asked the doctor to come and give you some medicine." ”

Su Tong didn't say a word, didn't even get out of bed, watched Wang Jing turn around and bring him a bowl of thick vegetable porridge, he took it and ate it silently, and when he finished eating, the doctor came, Wang Jing put the clean clothes on the side of the bed, let him put them on after applying the medicine for a while, and he took the initiative to avoid exiting the camp.

Did he finally listen to him this time? Su Tong looked at the empty bowl that was placed aside, it was impossible for such a thick porridge to be like this in the barracks, not to mention the finely chopped green vegetables rolling in it, although he didn't eat meat, but every bite he swallowed had the aroma of meat, was it porridge boiled in broth?

No matter what method he used to do it, Su Tong felt that he was not as clean as the unfamiliar "Master Su" on the surface.

Press the suspicion, straighten out everything, out of the account, I didn't see Su Yi, only Li Jin came to see him off, and when I saw him, I said unspeakably, "Second son, the marshal hasn't lost his anger yet, let me bring you a message to reflect on it after returning to Beijing, if you commit it again, he will ...... He never wants to see you again in his life. ”

Su Tong's face was gray, bitter and sad, "I would like to ask General Li to tell the marshal on behalf of Su Tong, Su Tong knows that he is wrong, and he will definitely think about it behind closed doors after returning to Beijing, and he will not cause trouble for you again." ”

Li Jin nodded and said to the two of them, "Second son, Lord Wang, take care." ”

Wang Jing straightened a carriage, acted as a coachman, and asked Su Tong to lie on his stomach in the carriage, Su Tong did not refuse, but only hoped to persist for two days, and when the wound scabbed over, he would be more neat and tidy.

Li Jin very righteously escorted them to Shukou, the first fortress in the Central Plains from northern Xinjiang before returning. And this way is a two-day scene.

Su Tong felt that the wounds were all scabbed, and when he entered the mouth, he asked Wang Jing to change the carriage and change into a horse. Wang Jing didn't say a word before he went to change the car into a horse, and brought back two bags and a few large pots of water, and gave half of them to Su Tong, "Put it on the saddle, we only have this to eat before we arrive in the capital." ”

Su Tong stared at the things he took with a questioning face, and when he opened the baggage, he saw that it was a bun of steamed buns, and couldn't help but look at Wang Jing, "Are we going back to the capital, not leaving the capital, and we still need to prepare so much food along the way?"

On the way back to the capital, you will only get richer and richer, and you will be worried about eating?

Wang Jing had already turned over on his horse, carrying a burden and a kettle, and when he was done, he turned his head and said to Su Tong, "The sooner you go back, the more you can be punished lightly for escaping to Northern Xinjiang without permission, otherwise the third prince will not be able to protect you even if he has the heart to protect you, you must not forget how many officials of all sizes in the capital are waiting for these opportunities." ”

Speaking of those court officials who fabricated and slandered the wells and wanted to weaken the power of the generals, Su Tong's face was also very ugly, yes, they were acting, but those people didn't care about this.

"When is it now that the struggle for power and profit can't even stop at this time?" Su Tong asked indignantly.

As soon as Wang Jing pulled the reins, he was about to prepare to set off, "They can't see it as clearly as you, all they can see in their eyes is the ups and downs of power in the capital." ”

Su Tong's face was even more ugly, and Wang Jing's face couldn't see anything, "We have to rush back as soon as possible all the way, you ...... Say it when you can't hold on. ”

Su Yi reminded Wang Jing of this matter for a word or two, and Wang Jingcai remembered it in his heart, and even regretted that he was stupid enough to agree to Su Tong to come to Northern Xinjiang by fleeing privately, but he didn't want to waste any more time telling Su Tong about this.

He only knew that Su Tong would not be better off when he returned to Beijing this time, and he would not be better either.