Fan Sui's army had already arrived at Lantian Pass at this time, and it was just to take a break and go to Wuzhou, the first barrier of the Zhou State, but who would have thought that he had received the news of He Xuan's personal expedition.

This was so sudden that a battle-hardened general like Fan Sui panicked for a while.

Zhou Guo is about to break the boat, which means that the meaning of their siege is different from the original intention, presumably Wuzhou will not be too heavily guarded by troops all the way to Beiping, Fan Sui stood in the military tent, pacing back and forth, at this time, Du Ling strode in. His face was extremely anxious, and he didn't care about etiquette, and said loudly: "General Fan, what are you waiting for?" We should have to turn back! ”

He Xuan only brought a total of 300,000 soldiers and horses, but Yang Hao had 500,000, and the disparity was suddenly apparent, he was afraid that He Xuan would lose this battle, which would affect the survival of the entire Liang.

"We're not too far from Xinzheng now, if we travel day and night, maybe we will arrive in half a month!"

"What if you arrive, when the people are tired, but they still have the physical strength to fight?" Fan Sui suddenly made up his mind, "Since the emperor didn't order us to go back, we should continue to attack Wuzhou." ”

That doesn't matter if He Xuan lives or dies, he can't do it.

Du Ling furrowed his brows: "The general is not subject to military orders abroad, why is the general still obsessed with military orders at this time?" Don't you see Yang Hao's intentions, he has already given up Wuzhou. ”

"How could I not see that?" Fan Sui stared at Du Ling, "It's just that we can see it, so we have to plan it, since he gave us no reason not to take it, presumably the emperor also has the same meaning, so we still want to go north." Du joins the army," he knew Du Ling's thoughts, after all, He Xuan was his brother-in-law, but right now, what he had to learn was to obey orders, "You have to trust the emperor, when did he make a wrong decision?" We turned back at this time, it was too late to rescue, it was better to take Beiping, even if the emperor lost, there was a back road, and this back road was decided by us. ”

Speaking of which, Fan Sui also has a very deep friendship with He Xuan, but when he said this, he was extremely calm, and he couldn't hear any feelings at all.

"He also said that he believed in the emperor, and said that he was defeated......" Du Ling really felt that Fan Sui was a bit contradictory.

"The former is what we should be, and the latter, no one can say, no matter what, we have to prepare for the worst." Fan Sui said lightly, "You go back and prepare, and you will attack Wuzhou tomorrow." ”

If you don't give him a chance to speak, this is an eviction order.

Du Ling came out of the camp tent, thought about Fan Sui's words repeatedly, and thought of his father's words that praised him, but felt that as a general, sometimes he might be cold-blooded and ruthless.

He walked for a while, saw Mu Nanfeng standing not far away, thought about it, walked over, and said to her, "Do you know what General Fan has decided?" ”

Mu Nanfeng saw Du Ling go to Fan Sui just now, and she had already guessed what he was going to do, after all, she was just as shocked, their army set off to Lantian Pass, but Zhou Guo launched a deadly attack, which caught people off guard, she said: "It shouldn't be that anything will change." ”

Du Ling was stunned: "You agree too?" ”

"Yes, otherwise it would be in vain." Mu Nanfeng glanced at him, "We must defeat Beiping, if the emperor also wins, we will take a two-pronged approach, and there will be no worries in the future." ”

But isn't she worried, he asked, "Your home is also in Chang'an." ”

Mu Nanfeng raised his head and looked into the distance, and said in a half-loud voice: "Fighting is sometimes tantamount to a gamble. ”

At that moment, she had no joy or worry on her face, as if she only had a fighting spirit left, that was the determination to occupy the entire Zhou Kingdom, was it the same idea when He Xuan left Chang'an? So he did not hesitate to go to the army, that is the courage to bet all the one, probably can only be so, Du Ling suddenly realized that the war is really much more cruel than he imagined, and it is also much more treacherous.

It's hard to predict beforehand.

Maybe it's not easy to go back, so there's only one way for them.

They are going to knock down the capital of Zhou, Du Ling thought to himself, I hope He Xuan didn't make a wrong decision, he looked in the direction of Chang'an, and thought of Du Ruo, he couldn't help but worry, sighed lightly and said to Mu Nanfeng: "When I go back, I should be able to see my nephew." ”

The delicate queen always smiled sweetly when she saw her, but at this time, she was pregnant, and Mu Nanfeng was also a little worried, but as long as they defeated Zhou Guo, it would be fine.

She nodded, "Absolutely." ”

In the morning breeze, her eyes were actually a little gentle, which was comforting herself, Du Ling turned her head sideways and saw her ears exposed under the crown, with a small ear piercing on them, but she didn't wear anything, but the collar of her middle coat with a white neck was embroidered with a cluster of dark red daylilies, and there was only a little bit of delicacy on her body.

"Did you embroider it yourself?" He asked.

Mu Nanfeng didn't expect him to notice this, so he subconsciously covered it with his hand.

As a daughter, although she joined the army at a young age, she studied female celebrity when she was young, and sometimes she had nothing to do, and she would go to get a needle and thread with a little leisure, but people in the army never asked her about this.

As if seeing that she had some subtle emotions, and couldn't tell whether she was hesitant or ashamed to admit it, Du Ling smiled: "Your female celebrity is not bad." Although it was difficult for him to imagine the appearance of Mu Nanfeng's embroidery, if he changed into women's clothes, he must be gentle.

The first time Mu Nanfeng heard someone praise her for being a female celebrity, he didn't know how to reply for a while, and said half-loudly: "The army of Zhou has gone south, but there is no shortage of generals in Zhou State, but I am afraid that our trip will not be extremely easy." ”

Du Ling sighed, he was very impatient, but now he has slowly calmed down, since there is only one way to go, then he has to go to the end no matter what, go well.

Fortunately, there was her on the road, he raised his eyebrows and said: "The skinny camel is bigger than the horse, but the Zhou State is also a dynasty that has been in business for a hundred years, and there are many famous generals at that time, maybe Wuzhou also hides the dragon and the crouching tiger, but don't worry, I will definitely protect you." ”

He smiled, and it was extremely bright.

Mu Nanfeng originally thought about how he could say such big words, but when he saw that his eyes were shining, his heart jumped inexplicably, but he still said lightly: "Master Du, you can take care of yourself." ”

She turned and walked away.

If an ordinary woman was only afraid that she should be blushing, but when she came here, it was such a reaction, Du Ling rarely said a nice word, but it seemed to hit the cotton, and she was also a little stunned. But isn't this the case with Mu Nanfeng, if she shows her daughter's shame, I'm afraid it won't be her, Du Ling touched his nose and laughed at himself.

Since He Xuan led the troops out of the city, Du Yunyan as an auxiliary minister, instead of him to deal with the affairs of the court, so he has to come to the palace every day, Du Ruo can see his father every day, but he is a little happy, often come to visit, sometimes Du Yunyan will neglect the important performance to Du Ruo, after all, the jade seal is there for her.

Unknowingly, half a month has passed, and in this half a month, she was not so restless, she just remembered the agreement and did her part, and when Mrs. Ge and a few people entered the palace to visit, she gained a lot of weight.

Old Madam Ge breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good for you to be like this, I was originally afraid that you would not be able to sleep and eat." ”

Du Ruo said with a smile: "I promised the emperor that I would wait for him to come back, but if I want to see the child, how dare I not eat." ”

"That's right, no matter what, your own body is the most important, you guys take good care of your mother." Mrs. Ge turned around and told the four grandmothers, "Don't be careless, don't think that the emperor is not in Chang'an, you will be negligent!" ”

A grandmother surnamed Liang said: "Old lady, the slaves and maids can save it, and Mrs. Du has also told her like this, and it is also a shame that her old man always asks the kitchen to cook all kinds of food. ”

That Mama Liang was sent by the Ge family, and Ge Shijing listened: "Mrs. Du really has a heart, but she is hard to work Master Du." ”

Jia Shi only listened to the side, and did not dare to say a word, because she didn't dare to offend Du Ruo anymore because of the last thing, but Du Ruo looked at her embarrassed, how to say that she was also an uncle, it was not good to be so timid, but she took the initiative to say a few words, and Jia Shi responded in a low voice.

Hearing that they were there, Du Yunyan put down his things and also came to the Chunjin Palace.

He was wearing a dark blue brocade robe, his steps were windy, extremely heroic, except for Du Ruo, everyone stepped forward to salute, Ge Shijing hurriedly said: "Brother Du, you are in charge of all opportunities today, how can you come here in person?" We're just here to take a look at the mother and are leaving, so it's disturbing your office, I heard that you haven't even slept lately! ”

"I just came here when I knew you were coming." Du Yunyan said with a smile, "There happens to be a matter that is extremely difficult to deal with, I know that you have tried □□ case in Dali Temple in the past, and you actually found it in Chang'an a while ago." ”

"Do you still make this kind of fortune in times of war?" Ge Shijing was furious, "That can be handed over to me, and I will keep it and find out." ”

When it comes to official business, it is inconvenient for the female dependents to participate, so Du Yunyan greets a few words, and he goes out to discuss things with Ge Shijing and Ge Yucheng.

It was not until the evening that the father and son left the palace, Ge Yucheng thought of the music he had just seen, and said to Ge Shijing: "I think Lord Du is really tired, not only do you have to worry about trivial matters, there are still many decisions in the military department, a few days ago it was said that the map of the nine public opinions was drawn, I said that I don't need it now, but the staff has to submit it, I think they still want to receive credit!" But at this time, the most important thing is to take preventive measures, after all, no one knows what the result of the emperor's personal expedition will be, and it is really necessary to grasp the big and let go of the small, where else can I manage. ”

The son's theory is correct, Ge Shijing nodded: "You can do your part well, don't worry about anything else." ”

Du Yunyan is a little difficult to supervise the country alone, after all, he is a military general, but he was not born to be a prime minister, but it is a pity that his nephew only trusts this father-in-law, and he has no intention of asking him to help him.

But in this way, wouldn't Du Yunqi make a mistake?

Ge Shijing shook his head and walked outside the city gate to sit in a sedan chair with his son.

It was already a little late, pedestrians were thinking about returning home, they were in a hurry, the streets and alleys were inevitably crowded, they walked for a while, Ge Shijing found that the sedan chair was suddenly hit, and stopped suddenly. He was about to ask, but the sedan chair man hurriedly said: "My lord, it was hit by another sedan chair, and the sedan chair man seems to have broken his foot." ”

Whose family is that? Ge Shijing frowned.

Knowing that his father's palanquin was hit, Ge Yucheng naturally wanted to come to see each other, who would have thought that just after coming down, he heard a girl's soft voice, and said apologetically: "The little woman's sedan chair man offended the lord of your mansion, I don't know the son's surname, the little woman ......"

Ge Yucheng raised his head and saw Zhang's rather delicate face, long eyebrows and apricot eyes, and a slender figure, and he didn't answer, the girl smiled first: "It turned out to be Ge Gongzi, the little woman had seen you race horses during the Dragon Boat Festival this year." ”

"You are?" Ge Yucheng raised his eyebrows.

"Cicada, don't retreat!" Ji Anbo Yang Zongyi strode over and said towards Ge Yucheng, "It's Lord Ge in the sedan chair, it's all the little girl who is rude, so she will collide with you, I'm really sorry." ”

"Where, where." Ge Shijing also got off the sedan chair and said, "I just heard that it was your sedan chair husband who broke his feet, it must not be intentional, why blame Ai, not to mention that I heard that Ling Aidu has already apologized, Lord Yang does not need to be harsh, this is just an accident." Yucheng, what are you still doing in a daze, haven't you seen Lord Yang yet? ”

As an official in the same dynasty, in fact, they knew each other, and Ge Yucheng made a junior salute to Yang Zongyi.

Yang Zongyi glanced at Ge Yucheng and praised: "Tiger father has no dogs, Ge Gongzi is really young and promising, and he is much more stable than our Yuqian." He smiled, "Lord Ge, it's better to meet by chance, we broke the sedan chair in your mansion again, you have to make me make amends, otherwise I won't be able to sleep well." ”

It's time to invite them to drink and eat!

Ge Shijing glanced at Yang Chan behind Yang Zongyi, and with his head, he had already guessed what was going on, and said with a faint smile: "Well, since Lord Yang is not happy in his heart, let's go and drink a cup." ”