Troubled Times Chapter 24 Undercurrents are surging

Nanban Forest Army Station,

"Report to the general, the eldest young master asked you to come to the Meng Mansion in five days. ”

"Got it, go down. Gu Ming said in a deep voice. As the number one master of the Nanban tribe, Gu Ming's strength is undoubted, and he became the supreme commander of the army at a young age, which is enough to show his ability.

Twenty years ago, he was separated from his family and adopted by Meng Zhan. Meng Zhan taught him martial arts, taught him the art of war, and even put the strongest force of the Southern Barbarian tribe, the elephant cavalry, under his command, and Gu Ming never lived up to Meng Zhan's expectations. It's just that now Meng Zhan, who is like his biological father, is sick and lying in bed, but Gu Ming is forbidden to step into the Meng Mansion, and he is not even qualified to visit him, which is undoubtedly a kind of torture for Gu Ming.

"What are you afraid that I will rebel against, am I Gu Ming that kind of person?" slammed his fist on the table, and the whole table was broken in half by his punch. Putting away his fists, Gu Ming looked in the direction of Meng Mansion and said slowly: "Okay, let me see what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of this kid Meng Yanfeng." ”

Tianhe Plain, white military tent.

"At the moment, is there any change in Yueming Pass?" Bai Qi asked nonchalantly.

The strategist on the side replied seriously: "No, Huo Qing is still sticking to the city. ”

"Oh, what happened to the other two armies?"

"Plans are being followed. The advisor replied simply.

Bai Qi stopped the pen in his hand, looked up and smiled: "That's good, let me see what other skills this Huo Qing has." ”

At the same time, within the moonlight pass.

"General, the Qin army still only sent about 10,000 troops to attack us today, as usual. The adjutant general reported solemnly.

Huo Qing sighed and said helplessly: "This Bai Qi is really unpredictable, obviously launched such a big offensive on the first day and lost so many people, but now he is fighting a protracted war with me." What the hell is he trying to do?"

"But as long as General Cao's supplies can be maintained, we are not afraid of a protracted war. The adjutant reassured.

Huo Qing shook his head and said in a deep voice: "It's not that simple, if he dares to fight like this, he must be prepared." And once Cao Cao finds out that our battle is not fierce, it is very likely that he will think that we are lying to him, so as to reduce the supply of materials, maybe this is one of the purposes of Bai Qi. ”

The adjutant general said incredulously: "One purpose? ”

"It's better to be careful, we can only respond to all changes with the same, order the economical use of grain and grass, and we can't pin all our hopes on Cao Cao. ”

"Yes. ”

Tyuming City of the Song Kingdom.

Two days ago, the city of Tyumen, the first city on the banks of the Tianhe River, was completely captured by the Heavenly Army in one night. What was once the Castle Lord's Mansion has now become a temporary command base for the Heavenly Army.

"Grandpa, the city of this Song Kingdom is too weak. Lan Ke said with a relaxed face.

Lan Yuxiang looked at his grandson and said solemnly: "Xiao Ke, don't get too carried away." ”

"Isn't it?" Lan Ke, as a pioneer general, took the lead in the siege battle, leading the Lan family's sword servants, invincible, unstoppable, at least more than half of the credit for defeating Tyumen City is Lan Ke's, he is indeed qualified to say so.

The old man said disapprovingly: "If Deng Fei was still here, we wouldn't have invaded the Song Kingdom so easily." ”

"It's a pity that the Song people killed him themselves, so we can't be blamed. Lan Ke laughed.

"Xiao Ke, your talent is indeed excellent, and in time you will definitely be one of the best generals in the world, but there are still many strong people in this world, you must not be complacent. ”

"Got it, grandpa. Lan Ke said impatiently.

The old man looked at his grandson and could only sigh silently.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess has arrived. ”

When the grandson heard this, he hurriedly rushed to the door and leaned over to greet the approaching woman.

"Greetings to Her Royal Highness Princess. ”

A woman in a white gauze dress walked in, her perfect figure was vividly displayed in a white close-fitting dress, and her jet-black hair was simply draped over her shoulders, giving people a gentle and tranquil feeling. Compared with ten years ago, Yun Luoxuan is not only more mature physically, but also has a more perfect temperament, which makes people involuntarily attracted to her.

"Old General Lan is very polite, didn't my father say a long time ago that Old General Lan is an important minister of the country, you don't have to salute him, how can Luo Xuan be qualified to let you salute. ”

Lan Yuxiang raised his head and smiled: "The old minister forgot, after all, Her Royal Highness the princess is so dignified and elegant, and the old minister is deeply attracted. ”

"The old general has won the award, Luo Xuan is just a junior, and he can't stand the old general's worship. ”

"Okay, okay, not in the future. The old man laughed.

Yun Luoxuan also smiled slightly: "Then the general, let's go in first." ”

The old man waved his hand and said, "No need, I still have something to do in the barracks, just ask Lan Ke about the princess, and the old man will retire first." As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Lan Ke again, and said sharply: "Take good care of the princess, if there is anything wrong, try to ask your kid." ”

Then, without waiting for Yun Luoxuan to say anything, the old man quickly left the City Lord's Mansion.

Yun Luoxuan couldn't say anything to the old-timers, so she could only look at Lan Ke and say, "Then Brother Lan will trouble you." ”

"Don't bother, don't bother, come to Luoxuan, let's go in and say. ”

"Haha, Lan Ke, every time you see Miss, it's like a different person, you say yes, brother. At this time, Lan Ke noticed that there were two guards behind Yun Luoxuan, one was dressed in white, wearing a simple long knife at his waist, and his face was cold, it was Xu Yang, the white-clothed swordsman ten years ago, and the other was a woman in black, whose slightly tight clothes perfectly outlined her figure. There is a delicate long sword around his waist, and he has short shoulder-length hair, full of heroism, but unfortunately he is obviously two kinds of people with Xu Yang, this is definitely a talkative master.

Lan Ke looked at the woman in black with a sad expression: "Xu Yue, why did you come with you." ”

"I'm Miss's personal bodyguard, and I'll go wherever Miss goes. Xu Yue said proudly.

"With your little strength, just don't hold your brother back. Lan Ke scoffed.

Xu Yue clenched her little fist and said fiercely: "Lan Ke, is your skin itchy again, believe it or not, I called my brother to beat you together." ”

"Alright, you two should stop, don't quarrel every time we meet. Yun Luoxuan said helplessly.

The four of them have grown up together since childhood, and they know each other very well, Lan Ke and Xu Yue are noisy, and Yun Luoxuan has long been used to it.

"Luo Xuan, you guys come in first, and I'll tell you about the current battle situation. ”

"Hmm. Then the four of them entered the city lord's mansion together.

Lan Ke walked to a sand table and explained in detail: "Five days ago, our first attack broke the first line of defense of the Song State and forced him to retreat to the city of Tyumen, because the Song State actually did not have a defensive checkpoint in the actual sense. Then two days earlier, we went on the offensive again, and it took the city of Tyumen all night. Their original garrison had lost nearly half of its numbers, and now retreated to the next city. Grandpa planned to take them down in two days, and then keep approaching the capital of the Song Kingdom. ”

"Where did General Deng Fei's troops go, if they were there, our siege would not be so simple. Yun Luoxuan asked suspiciously.

"According to our information, Deng Fei's main henchmen were sent to the capital to save his family, and then there was no news. The rest of his army was also replaced by the Song State on a large scale. Lan Ke replied truthfully.

Yun Luoxuan silently looked at the map and pondered, and Lan Ke and the others were also appropriately silent.

After a while, she said lightly: "It seems that the situation is good at present, Brother Lan, you have worked hard." ”

"It's not hard, it's not hard, Luo Xuan, don't worry, I will take down Song Guo sooner or later. Lan Ke said confidently.

"By the way, what is the movement of the Qinglin Army, have they transferred the Qinglin Army to the northern battlefield?" Yun Luoxuan suddenly asked.

"Not at the moment, but according to the news from the internal response we planted in the Song Kingdom, the Qinglin Army has lost more than a dozen official soldiers for some reason, and now they are all busy investigating this matter. ”

After hearing this, Yun Luoxuan couldn't help but sigh and said, "Song Guo really doesn't know the priorities. ”

"Miss, here they are. Xu Yang said suddenly.

"Okay, let's go meet them. Brother Lan, we have some personal matters to deal with, and we will be back later. After Yun Luoxuan finished speaking, she left with the Xu family brothers and sisters.

"Uh, okay. Lan Ke reluctantly looked at the departing Yun Luoxuan.

For Lan Ke, Yun Luoxuan has always been the goddess in his heart. From childhood to adulthood, Lan Ke worked hard, whether it was learning or martial arts, he was a long distance ahead of his peers, even Xu Yang, who was also known as a martial arts genius, would not be Lan Ke's opponent if he didn't have the help of his sister. And the purpose of everything is to let Yun Luoxuan see that she is excellent and powerful. Even the family agreed with Lan Ke's pursuit of Yun Luoxuan, and for this reason, Lan Yuxiang often vaguely mentioned this matter to the Emperor of Heaven, but the Emperor of Heaven has been playing a side game and has always refused to respond positively, always using the excuse that the child is still young.

And Yun Luoxuan has never expressed this idea to Lan Ke, the two are very good friends, but they have never been able to go further. And this war is also an opportunity for Lan Ke, once he takes the Song State, he will be a great hero, and then he will be qualified to propose to the Emperor of Heaven, and at that time, the Emperor of Heaven will not agree to this marriage in order to stabilize the morale of the army.

It's a pity that Lan Ke didn't know that behind this much-thought-out marriage there was a game between the two families. As the two major families of the Heavenly Kingdom, the Martial Arts Lan Family and the Royal Yun Family. The status of each other is actually not much different, but the aspects of control are different.

And the emperor of this generation is very dedicated and only married one wife, so he didn't have a son in the end, only Yun Luoxuan had a daughter. So if you don't want the side line to inherit the throne, Yun Luoxuan's husband is very likely to be the next Emperor of Heaven, which is exactly what the Lan family is looking forward to. And the Emperor of Heaven seems to be reluctant to hand over the throne to the Lan family, although the two families have been friends for generations, and the Lan family has always controlled half of the military power of the Heavenly Kingdom, but the Heavenly Emperor does not want the Lan family to completely control the Heavenly Kingdom, so he can only drag this matter all the time.