Fang Xiaoyu's expression was by no means good-looking. She was almost 100% sure now that something must have happened to his father.

Since he joined the army, he has climbed all the way from the lowest soldier to a general, and no one will be more cautious and cautious about battlefield matters than his father, and he also understands the importance of 'orders' better.

Judging from the emperor's words, his father 'accidentally' knew the whereabouts of the opponent's general, and wanted to set up an ambush before he and the enemy army under the city reconciled, leaving the opponent's general completely behind, so he led 50,000 elite soldiers out of the city without authorization, and even ignored the prince's strong opposition, blindly conceited, and finally left with 50,000 soldiers, but never returned.

At first glance, this story seems to be that his father was too confident in himself and led to success and killed 50,000 soldiers, or that his father became a deserter and a traitor and disappeared with 50,000 soldiers. But when you think about it, it's full of loopholes.

First of all, the most unpredictable thing is the strong opposition of the so-called prince, which is the disregard of her family's general.

Although the crown prince is the prince and the future emperor, he is still only the prince after all.

This time, the prince went out with the army, whether it was Mei Guifei's conspiracy, or the emperor's calculations, or the prince himself wanted to accumulate military merits and hope to have the right to speak in the army, but his identity was just 'with the army'.

Not a general, not a supervising army, not having any command at all, at best he is just a guy who goes to see the excitement and gilding, what position does he take to 'strongly oppose'?

The general of her family is the real general, the entire Beiyan is his position, the entire Zhenyuan army is his hands, feet and arms, he is the supreme commander of Beiyan, his words are well-deserved military orders, he wants to ambush a person, let alone do it himself, even if he orders any of his subordinates to go, it will not be a problem, but the prince will be 'strongly opposed'?

A greenhouse flower who has never been on the battlefield is blindly commanding in front of a veteran who has been in a hundred battles?

She smiled and didn't believe it at first.

Although she has always complained that the prince is a drag oil bottle. can be the prince's character, and he will never fool the prince when he shouldn't interfere with things.

He himself knew very well how important Fang Jianzhang's support of the 500,000 Zhenyuan army was to him in the dangerous situation where Ye Shucheng was eyeing and waiting for an opportunity. He has the right to speak in the army. His position will be more stable, and for him, a rookie on the battlefield, the best way to quickly accumulate military merits on the battlefield and make the soldiers have a good impression of him is to unconditionally support Fang Jianzhang's actions.

Is Fang Jianzhang a reckless person? No, by no means. Otherwise, he wouldn't have climbed step by step to where he is now.

For a scholar, the arrogance in his bones must not be abandoned. Even the crown prince is the same. As the general of the Northern Yan Army, as the general of the Zhenyuan Army, even if he is facing the crown prince and the future prince, he will never let a layman blindly command his army, because he knows that this will only put his soldiers in danger.

What's more, they are also accompanied by a Ye Xici.

Let's not mention that Ye Xici is her father's son-in-law, he is still the prince's right-hand man. And Ye Xici is by no means an impulsive person, and he will not let the prince take away his father's rights, because he understands that the layman commands the insider. This is a taboo in war.

If the prince wants to accumulate military merits, he must not offend her father, otherwise he will not be able to get along with the 500,000 Zhenyuan army. Once she angered her father, causing his father to take refuge in Ye Shucheng, or simply be neutral and not help each other, it would be a huge blow to the prince's status.

What's more, Beiyan was planted a lot of chess pieces by Mei Cangyun, an old fox. How long has it been since her father and Ye Xici set off to Beiyan, and whether they can solve Beiyan's internal troubles first is a question, how could the prince and his father have such an awkward and even turn against each other at this time?

There must be something unknown going on in this. And her father's disappearance. It's all weird.

But what made Fang Xiaoyu feel most uneasy was that he had obviously sent someone from the Moon Shadow Division to follow him all the way, but there was no useful news from Beiyan's side, but it was all a mess of trivial things. to confuse the sight of the bamboo.

If her father is missing, then where did the people from the Moon Shadow Division go? Why is there no one to report such a big event? What really happened to Beiyan? Is her father really missing?

But if it is fake, isn't the report received by the emperor a bully?

The prince didn't have the guts. Her father's old stubbornness will not deceive the king.

The emperor had been paying attention to Fang Xiaoyu's expression, and he saw that Fang Xiaoyu's expression changed rapidly after listening to his words, frowning, puzzled, confused, and even murderous, but he didn't stretch it. He intuitively felt that Fang Xiaoyu didn't know about it. Even more than he wondered about it.

Yes, he also found a problem.

He felt that there was a driving force behind the scenes, who had been guiding the matter. But the strange thing is that this layout is not tight and reliable, but it is full of loopholes, and it is very easy to make people suspicious. In that case, what's the point of making this plan?

Moreover, Fang Jianzhang has experienced a hundred battles, and he must have his own set of ideas on how to deal with the quicksand ** team under the city. As the supreme commander of Northern Yan, let alone ambushing a general on the other side, it is also his power to drag the army of the whole city out to fight with the other party. In this regard, he never limited his immediate command. Just took 50,000 soldiers to ambush the opposing general, why did the prince strongly oppose it? This is too different from his impression of his son.

However, this conclusion is not only written on the fold he received, but also all consistent with what the child said. Even in Xi Ci's words, he also complained about Fang Jianzhang's desperate bet, and it was obvious that he was dissatisfied with Fang Jianzhang. Although he felt that there was a strange feeling in this dissatisfaction.

This is probably one of the reasons why Ye Xici never dared to face Fang Xiaoyu. After all, no matter what you say, Fang Jianzhang is also his father-in-law, and he seems to be standing on the opposite side of Fang Jianzhang, what does this make Fang Xiaoyu think?

The emperor's expression was uncertain, but he did not urge Fang Xiaoyu to answer.

Fang Xiaoyu glanced at Ye Xici with great complexity, and then said to the emperor: "Please allow the courtiers to ask Xici a few questions." ”

"Just ask." The emperor waved his hand and did not stop.

Fang Xiaoyu turned his face around at this time, facing Ye Xici, not caring about Ye Xici's attitude of wanting to speak and stopping, and asked, "Xici, were you present when my father left with 50,000 soldiers?" ”

"I'm here." Ye Xici nodded, and then said, "I have always been by General Fang's side and helped him deal with some trivial matters. General Fang also intends to promote. Never stingy with advice. However, one day, General Fang suddenly received a secret message that the other party's general was going to pass through a shortcut. Rendezvous with the army of the Quicksand Kingdom under the Northern Yan City. The general personally escorted the grain and grass to come, and General Fang had the idea of ambushing him to seize the grain and grass. "At this moment, above the court, it is inconvenient for Ye Xici to call his father-in-law, so he can only call him a general.

Ye Xici didn't wait for Fang Xiaoyu to ask carefully, and said in one breath: "It's the first time I arrived in Beiyan." The situation is extremely chaotic. The army suffered heavy defeats at the hands of the enemy one after another, and the morale plummeted, and some people took advantage of the chaos to shake the morale of the army and raise prices. When General Fang and I arrived, General Fang had already made up his mind, and in the face of the provocation of the army outside the city, he refused to fight. Instead, he set out to rectify the inner city, quelled the price hike, and killed a group of unscrupulous traders, killing chickens and monkeys, and quickly suppressed the unrest in the city. Then new rules were formulated to disperse the rumors in the city, and another big victory was used to stabilize the morale of the Dìng army. ”

Fang Xiaoyu nodded. This is undoubtedly the right thing to do. Although hundreds of thousands of troops from the Quicksand Country are approaching the city, it is more important than fighting with the Quicksand Country on the battlefield to calm the internal troubles, so as not to fight fiercely. If you stab yourself in the back, it won't hurt anymore, but more likely it will hurt your muscles and bones. On the contrary, it gave the enemy Yellow Sparrow a chance to profit from the rear.

These things were not difficult problems for his father at all. Behind every war comes a lot of fear, and rumors are inevitable in the city. As a general, you must know how to evacuate rumors and even use them, and you must know how to stabilize the morale of the army and calm the fear of the people.

What's more, the general of her family is a scholar, if it weren't for Mei Cangyun's calculations. I'm afraid that he has already entered the court and become a civil official, and for these things, it seems complicated, but it is difficult for him.

Ye Xici noticed that Fang Xiaoyu's expression didn't seem to be angry, so he continued: "Finally, the panic in the city was suppressed by the general, but it coincided with a great drought, the crops were not harvested, and the grain in the original granary was swallowed up by a fire. Originally, the general also had a clue in his heart, just to avoid startling the snake, but he didn't make any trouble. The top priority at the moment is how to wait for the arrival of the grain allocated by the imperial court, but the food has not arrived. ”

"The granary was burned, and there was not much left in the city. In addition to the needs of the army, the people also needed rations. The army outside is approaching the city, showing a trend of encirclement, and it is not retreating, it must be that the enemy army knows that the granary in Beiyan City has been destroyed, and wants to trap the army in the city. The general even mobilized the merchants in the city to take out the grain stockpile, at least so that the soldiers could eat before they had the strength to fight. But far away from the water can't dissolve the near fire, the stock in the city is limited, and it can't support it for too long. And the other party is insidious and cunning, not only besieging the city to trap the Northern Yan soldiers, but also poisoning the water source. During the drought, there was no food and no water, and the soldiers and people in the city could barely hold on. ”

Ye Xici's words made Fang Xiaoyu frown. The drought is the biggest enemy of Northern Yan. This drought did not start in Beiyan, but Beiyan also suffered after all. At the time of war, the two sides fought against each other, and various means emerged one after another. The other party has the intention to trap Beiyancheng, and the best way is naturally to ask the other party to cut off food and water.

Is it the idea of the quicksand country to be burned in the granary, and who is the inner ghost Let's not talk about it first, the water source in the city is also that place, leading to the outside of the city, if it is poisoned at the source, although this plan is vicious, it is an excellent means to win.

Fang Xiaoyu frowned into the word 'Chuan' between his brows, and said: "I asked someone to transport 100,000 deniers of grain and water to Beiyan in advance, just because I was afraid that Beiyan City would cut off food and water, could it be that you didn't receive it?" ”

Ye Xici shook his head and said, "I got it." Thanks to your 100,000 denier of food and water, you can make the soldiers support for a few more days. But 100,000 denier of grain can't last long. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and there are millions of people, and they can't just watch the people starve to death and die of thirst without asking. The food and water bottomed out in a few days. ”

Ye Xici looked a little sad and indignant, and said: "The general encouraged the soldiers to persevere, saying that the food of the imperial court would arrive soon, but the left and right waited, but they did not see the arrival of the food, and the soldiers complained, and negativity began to spread among the people." As a last resort, the general learned that the enemy general would take a shortcut with food to make peace with the enemy, so the general wanted to ambush the other party regardless of it, just to take the opponent's food and water, and temporarily solve the dilemma of Beiyan City. ”

"And he never came back?" Fang Xiaoyu's expression changed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Yes. The prince knew that this matter was too risky and insisted on opposing it, but the general could not listen. He said that he would never allow the soldiers and the people to die in such an unwilling situation, and that even if he took the risk, he would have to try. So despite the opposition of the prince and other guards, he took an army of 50,000 and left the city from the secret road, but he never returned. ”

Ye Xici looked a little sleepy, and continued: "I have secretly gone out of the city to check, although there are traces of the march of the army along the way, but there is no trace of a fight. And these traces of the march suddenly broke off somewhere, as if the army of 50,000 disappeared out of thin air, and there was no trace of it at all. However, the other general's general made peace with the enemy army outside the city unscathed, encamped, and had abundant grain and grass, and there was no trace of being looted. This matter is too strange, where did the general go, the prince used a lot of people to investigate, but there was no news. ”

Ye Xici's face was a little gray. The short time he spent in Beiyan made him feel more tired than any other day before.

There is no food to eat, no water to drink, internal worries are not settled, and external troubles are clamoring. Nervous all the time, ready to guard against the other party's siege. Those kinds of days were really hard to endure.

"Then why did you suddenly return to Beijing?" Fang Xiaoyu's tone was a little cold.

"The general ordered me to come back before leaving. He asked me to ask the emperor why the imperial court was reluctant to allocate grain, grass and water. But to give up the hundreds of thousands of troops and millions of people in Beiyan? Ye Xici's words were full of anger.

The emperor's face was cloudy. Ye Xici didn't say that just now!

"I have allocated millions of deniers of food and water to send to Beiyan, calculate the time, it should have arrived a long time ago, haven't you seen it?" The emperor slapped the table and was furious. At this moment, how could he not have imagined that this food must have gone wrong on the way.

Millions of people, hundreds of thousands of soldiers. If Beiyan falls because of this, the people are killed and injured because of this, and the soldiers are killed because of this, then the people behind the scenes should be cut with a thousand knives!

"Where is there any food and water? If there really are millions of grain and grass, why would the general take such a risk? Ye Xici clenched his fists, and his fingernails stabbed into the flesh fiercely, and blood flowed out along his fingers.

Fang Xiaoyu hurriedly pulled a handkerchief from his arms, tied the wound in Ye Xici's hand, and then said distressedly: "I'm sorry for you." ”

Ye Xici shook his head, his expression full of guilt. But such a guilty look lasted for less than a breath, and he was choked by a pair of white little hands, and he was hit by the acupoint, and he couldn't move at all.

He couldn't breathe smoothly, so he could only look at Fang Xiaoyu with a frosty face in front of him suspiciously.

The other party's face was expressionless, and she could still see that she cared about him. He relaxed his guard while she was helping him bandage him, and actually attacked him sneak up?

Why! (To be continued.) )

PS: Fixed a typo. I also found that a sentence was missing in the copying process, why is this? Now that the changes have been replaced, you can watch it normally.