Yuxi's selection of a companion for Brother Hao to read was not a big fanfare, but when Du Shao and Brother Hua entered the palace and followed Brother Hao'er, the matter also came out.

Xiao Shi said to Yuan Ying with some dissatisfaction: "Master, choose a companion for the prince to read, why did you choose Feng Dajun and Du Zheng and their children, but not our children?" ”

Yuan Ying also knew about this matter, and knew Yuxi's criteria for choosing a companion for Brother Hao: "Ah Chen is much older than the prince, and it is not suitable for him to serve in the army now." "Yuan Ying's eldest son, Yuan Chen, is sixteen years old this year, and now he is the chief of the seventh rank in the Qianwei Battalion.

Xiao Shi said: "Ah Chen is not suitable, but is there still a last?" My last is no worse than Du Shao and Cui Weiqi. In Xiao's eyes, Yuan Yan is no worse than anyone else.

Yuan Ying smiled angrily: "Ah Last is not worse than Du Shao and Cui Weiqi?" I'm embarrassed that you have the face to say such a thing. Du Shao and Cui Weiqi practice martial arts well, and they read books well, but what will Ah Yan do? If you can't study, practice martial arts, and can't endure hardship, how can you be favored by the prince and the princess like this? "My son is not angry, and I can't blame anyone for this.

Seeing that Xiao Shi was going to say more, Yuan Ying sneered: "If you hadn't spoiled Ah Yan too much, everything would have gone along with him and help him hide it from me, and he would have been cultivated into what he is now." But if he can get his hands on anything, he will have one place to accompany him this time. "Even if you don't have it, you can fight for it.

Xiao Shi was a little short of breath: "It's also that Ah Yan is not in good health, so I spoil him more." "Yuan Yan's health was really not good when she was a child, and Xiao took a lot of effort to raise her.

Yuan Ying didn't bother to argue with Xiao Shi about this again: "Don't leave me food tonight." With that, he went to the front yard.

At night, Yuan Ying stayed in his aunt's yard and did not go back to the backyard, and Xiao was so angry that he didn't sleep well at night.

Yuxi didn't know that Xiao had an opinion on the choice of her companion, but even if she knew, she wouldn't care.

In the second month of October, the black widow in the capital sent news that the imperial court had decided to send another 100,000 troops to Jiangnan. According to the information they found, this time the army should have been sent to Jiangxi.

Yuxi said to Xu Wu: "Send someone to ask the prince to come back immediately." "This is not a trivial matter, and we must let Yunqing know as soon as possible.

Yunqing came back after getting the news, and when he saw Yuxi's anxious face, he said with a smile: "Don't worry, the sky can't fall." "The imperial court sent troops to Anhui, which only increased the difficulty for them to capture Jiangnan in the future, and there were no other problems.

Brother Hao also followed Yunqing over: "Mother." "Although Brother Hao is young, Yunqing deliberately asked him to participate in these things, so this time, he also deliberately asked him to come along.

Yuxi nodded and continued: "The imperial court has increased its troops to Jiangnan by 200,000, which is extremely bad news for us. "The Liaodong Army is also brave and good at fighting, and it is no worse than the Northwest Army. The two armies face each other, and even if they win, they will inevitably pay a heavy price.

Yunqing nodded and said, "Anhui and Jiangxi have both increased by 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the difficulty of capturing Jiangnan is much greater than I expected. But even so, we have a good chance of winning. ”

Yuxi asked, "You already have a countermeasure?" ”

Yun Qing smiled and said, "You forgot, that was what you brought up in the first place." With this hole card, you will definitely be able to catch them off guard. ”

Although Brother Hao looks like a little adult, the city government is not enough. Hearing Yunqing's words, Brother Hao couldn't help but ask, "Dad, mother, what hole cards do we have?" ”

Yunqing just wanted to speak, but Yuxi shook his head. Yuxi said to Brother Hao: "Ah Hao, since it is a hole card, it is natural that the fewer people who know, the better." "Brother Hao is too young, and Yuxi is worried that he will be leaked out by someone with a heart.

Brother Hao was not disappointed, nodded towards Yuxi and said, "Mother, I know." Brother Hao knew that if he didn't tell him, he didn't trust him, it was because he was too young to afford things, and when he grew up, his father and mother would no longer hide anything from him.

Yun Qing touched Brother Hao'er's head and said with a smile: "Wait for another ten years, and then Dad will take you to the battlefield together." "Fight the tiger brothers and go into battle, father and son soldiers.

Brother Hao was unhappy and said, "Dad, mother, the eldest sister said that she would be able to go to the battlefield in two years, why should I not be able to go to the battlefield until ten years later?" Ten years later, he was sixteen years old, three years later than his eldest sister.

Yun Qing laughed and said, "As long as you can have your eldest sister's skills when you are thirteen years old, you will naturally go to the battlefield with your father." ”

Yuxi looked at the father and son and said, "Maybe in eight years, the world will be peaceful, and there will be no more wars." "It is impossible to have no war for eight years. Even Yuxi herself knows that this is just her beautiful imagination.

Brother Hao said like an adult: "If the world can be peaceful, then it will naturally be the best." "To fight means to die, and if you don't have to fight, you don't have to die.

Yunqing was very satisfied with Brother Hao'er's answer, as a general, his greatest hope was that there would be no war in the world.

Yuxi smiled and asked Yunqing: "Do you want to increase troops in Hubei?" "Guan Tai led 100,000 troops to guard the border with Jiangxi. Now that Jiangxi has increased its troops by 100,000, there will definitely not be enough people on Guantai's side.

Yunqing nodded and said, "I will let Gao Song bring 50,000 soldiers and horses to reinforce Guantai, and Shudi will be handed over to the second brother." "Shu has been in charge of Gao Song and Han Jianye for the past two years. Gao Song was mainly responsible for the defense and security of the border cities of Shu, while Han Jianye was responsible for purging the rebel forces in Shu.

Han Jianye implemented Yuxi's Huairou policy towards the Yi people, coupled with Lu Lin's help, there was no rebellion in Shu for more than two years.

Yuxi nodded and said, "Is 50,000 horses too few?" Do you want to transfer another 50,000 horses from Gansu? ”

Yun Qing shook his head with a smile and said, "No." If 150,000 soldiers and horses are still unable to defend the city, I will withdraw him. "Even if Guan Tai could defend the city without sending troops to reinforce it, it was only for the sake of insurance that another 50,000 horses were sent.

As the husband and wife were talking, they heard Xu Wu's voice outside: "Lord, princess, Henan has sent back an eight-hundred-mile battle report." ”

Yuxi's face sank, he didn't expect Qiu Dashan to send troops as soon as he arrived in Fuyang, but he didn't know what the battle situation was on the front line.

Brother Hao heard this, but his body tensed. Participating in such a thing for the first time, Brother Hao was a little nervous.

Yunqing opened the battle report, handed it to Yuxi after reading it, and said: "Although Du Zheng repelled the siege of the city, Du Zheng said in the military report that Qiu Dashan is fierce this time, it seems that I made a mistake in my previous estimate." ”

Yuxi immediately understood: "You mean that Yan Wushuang and Yu Chunhao want to do it first, so they will take the initiative to send troops to attack us?" They had also thought about it, but first, their cities were very strong, and second, their soldiers and horses were very strong. So in this case, even if there are more than 200,000 soldiers and horses sent by the imperial court now, Yuxi is not too worried.

Yunqing nodded.

Yuxi said: "Since this is the case, then we should increase our troops to Luozhou." ”

Yun Qing snorted and said, "I'm afraid that Yan Wushuang has any backhand?" "As far as the current situation is concerned, he is not worried, he is afraid that Yan Wushuang has some hole cards that they don't know.

Yuxi said: "We know very well how many soldiers and horses Yan Wu has in his hands, he can't have private soldiers, at most it is some subordinate means. As long as we can't watch out for his calculations, we don't have to worry too much. "It's already great to hide one or two hundred thousand private soldiers, but it's impossible to hide one hundred thousand soldiers and horses. The daily consumption of so many soldiers and horses is a staggering amount. If so, it would be impossible for their people not to find out.

What Yunqing hates most is these shameless methods used by Yan Wushuang.

Brother Hao was confused about what his parents said, but he didn't ask. Yuxi told him before that he should listen and read more, and if he didn't understand, he would explain when she had time.

After talking, Yun Qing said to Brother Hao: "Ah Hao, go back to your yard, let Mr. make up for your lessons, and make up for the missing homework as soon as possible." ”

Brother Hao was a little regretful, but he didn't dwell on it too much: "Dad, mother, then I'll go." ”

Yun Qing looked at Brother Hao'er's back and said, "This kid is only six years old!" Too old to become some. "It's good that my son is sensible, but it makes him feel a little distressed.

Yuxi was also distressed, but Brother Hao'er's identity was destined to make him not as comfortable as Brother Rui'er. Yuxi said: "It's better to be old than to be naïve. According to this trend, it is estimated that Brother Hao will be able to stand alone in ten years. ”

Yun Qing shook his head and said, "Sixteen years old is too young to serve the public." "Sixteen years old is a hairy boy in the eyes of many people, even if Brother Hao is excellent, it can't be believed. Therefore, it is impossible to think about picking a son in ten years.

Yuxi smiled and said, "I just said that Brother Hao will be able to stand alone in ten years, and I didn't say that I want him to take over completely." "No matter how smart Brother Hao is, she doesn't dare to let go if she doesn't get enough training. But by then, with Brother Hao'er's help, she won't have to work so hard.

Yunqing sent 100,000 soldiers and horses from Gansu to reinforce Luozhou, and 50,000 soldiers and horses from Shu to support Guantai.

Such a big action can't hide the ears and eyes that Yan Wushuang has planted. A few days later, Yan Wushuang got the news.

Yan Wushuang said in a deep voice: "I thought that Yunqing would transfer the soldiers and horses of Yucheng, but I didn't expect him to transfer more than half of the soldiers and horses in Gansu and did not move the soldiers and horses of Yucheng. "Over the years, Yunqing has recruited three more soldiers, recruiting a total of 350,000 horses. Today, there are 250,000 soldiers and horses in Xihai, and 120,000 horses in Yucheng.

With the strengthening of the combat effectiveness of the border cities, now in the face of the northern captives, they are no longer in a position of being passively beaten.

Meng Nian said: "It's already the beginning of November, and the weather will be cold at the end of the month, and this battle will not be fought. Yunqing estimated that it was based on this consideration, so he did not transfer the soldiers and horses of Yucheng. "With Yucheng's current strong city and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, 70,000 people are enough, and the remaining 50,000 can be completely withdrawn.

Yan Wushuang shook his head and said, "I always feel that something is not quite right, Yunqing seems to be too calm. "But if he wants to tell what he doesn't say, he can't say it. Let's just say it's a gut feeling.

Meng Nian said: "Lord Wang, Yunqing has tried his best to attack Jiangnan, even if we increase our troops by 200,000, it will be difficult to keep it." That's why Yunqing is so calm. "That being said, Jiangnan is a well-known money bag, and it is unwilling to give up if you don't fight for it.

It was also for this reason that Meng Nian did not object to Yan Wushuang's increase in troops to Jiangnan. Moreover, they did not increase their troops for free, and even if they were defeated, they would not suffer.

Yan Wushuang said with some regret: "It's a pity that the people we have inserted in these years have not been able to break into their inner circle. "If you can't break into the inner circle, you won't get confidential information.

If Yuxi heard this, he would definitely scoff. If they were infiltrated so easily, their husband and wife would have died a long time ago, how could they be today.

After talking, Yan Wushuang walked out of the study. I saw Ah Qian come forward and say, "Lord Wang, Mrs. Xiang's personal maid has been waiting outside for a while. "When the prince is talking about business, it is impossible for them to go in and return to the courtesy.

Hearing that Mrs. Xiang's personal maid said that Ah Bao had beaten Mrs. Xiang, Yan Wushuang frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" "Because Ah Bao is very favored by Yan Wushuang, she not only followed Ah Chi to enlighten together, but she also learned martial arts from her master. However, because Ah Bao is a girl's family, Yan Wushuang didn't expect him to lead troops to fight in the future, and with her, there was no demand. And Ah Bao's favorite weapon is the nine-section whip, but under Yuchen's strict discipline, Ah Bao didn't dare to use the whip in the backyard. Whipping someone with a whip is the first time today.

Mrs. Xiang's personal maid cried and told what had happened. It was nothing more than Yuchen bullying Mrs. Xiang with her identity, and Mrs. Xiang retorted twice, but Ah Bao heard it and whipped her.

Yan Wushuang said lightly: "I know." ”

As soon as Yan Wushuang stepped into Ruyi Garden, he saw Ah Bao standing in the courtyard with an aggrieved face and being trained.

Ah Bao saw Yan Wushuang, threw himself into Yan Wushuang's arms like a butterfly, put his hands around his waist and said, "Father, you are here." "When her father comes, she doesn't have to be disciplined by her mother anymore.

Yuchen didn't wait for Yan Wushuang to ask, so he said the matter: "This girl whipped Mrs. Xiang twice just now. Mrs. Xiang is also her elder, and this girl is too bold. "Mrs. Xiang was brought into the mansion by Yan Wushuang three years ago. Although this girl looks average, she is very loved by Yan Wushuang, and she won a son in one fell swoop last year. With her son, Mrs. Xiang's arrogance is even more arrogant, and she doesn't even pay attention to Yuchen.

Ah Bao hurriedly raised his head and said, "Dad, Mrs. Xiang, she scolded her mother and scolded me." "Po hasn't whipped anyone with a whip until now because she is favored, and no one dares to offend her.

Yan Wushuang asked Ah Bao with an unchanged expression: "What did she scold you?" Makes you so angry. ”

Ah Bao snorted coldly and said: "She scolded my mother for being shameless and not abiding by women's morals, and she also scolded me for being a little slut." The latter sentence was added by Po.

Yan Wushuang looked at Yuchen and asked, "Did she really scold you and Ah Bao like that?" "Scolding Ah Bao for being a little slut, wouldn't even he be scolded inside, and the Xiang family is not so stupid. So he believed half of this at most.

Yuchen said with red eyes: "It's all me who has affected Ah Chi and Ah Bao. "It's okay if she was wronged, but she didn't expect to implicate a pair of children.

Ah Bao muttered and said unhappily, "Dad, what's the matter?" Do you think Po lied to you? ”

Yan Wushuang said with a smile: "Forget it this time, you are not allowed to use a whip next time." "Mrs. Xiang was whipped twice, which can be regarded as a lesson for her!

Po snorted and said, "Got it." ”