Jiang Biao poured himself a glass of spirits and drank it all, and asked Shen Yan: "Have you forgotten what General Huang said about drunkenness? ”

Shen Yan was stunned for a moment, but Orr finally understood, sighed lightly, and silently put down the cup in his hand.

"Who is Mr. Huang?"

Jiang Biao said in a rough voice: "The previous chief soldier of Wolong Pass has been guarding Wolong Pass for three years, and then he climbed up to the Xie family and left here. ”

Shen Yan smiled and explained to Gu Mozhi: "It's not a secret, hearing is false, it's such a thing, I don't know if it's true or not." Mr. Huang climbed up to the Xie family and was promoted, and he got drunk while being excited, and once said two gossips in front of our brothers.

At the beginning, Vice General Jiang admired Uncle Seven Emperors, and often praised him in front of General Huang, but that time his stunned temper came up, and he argued, which made General Huang unhappy, saying that Uncle Seven Emperors recommended himself and fought on the battlefield, not for the country and the people, but for the love of children and daughters, and he was just angry for a while. ”

"Angry?" Gu Mozhi asked suspiciously.

"Yes, Mr. Huang said that this matter is in the Xie family, and it is not a confidential matter for a long time. At the beginning, the Seventh Emperor Uncle privately admired the Queen Mother, and later because the Queen Mother entered the palace draft, he was angry, so he fled the capital, went to the border, killed the enemy in anger, and earned a prestige among the soldiers of the three armies. This incident made Vice General Jiang really depressed for a while. ”

"Therefore, even if the Seventh Emperor Uncle becomes the regent, he is just a raccoon dog with the Xie family, otherwise, how could the Xie family agree to him being the regent? We don't have to get our hopes up. Jiang Biao said indignantly.

Gu Mozhi was silent for a moment: "In this way, I am indeed a little too happy. ”

The three of them picked up the wine bowl and poured the hot liquor into their mouths, and they were all silent for a while, looking at the boiling broth in the meat pot, each with their own thoughts.

Hua Qianshu said coldly: "No matter what the inside story is, this fold must be on!"

The three of them turned their faces in unison: "Why?"

"Don't you think that now is the best time for Xiliang to invade Chang'an?"

Gu Mozhi wore a ring carved with an eagle on his thumb, and whenever he thought about something, he liked to rub it repeatedly.

"Now the Xie family has the exclusive power to fight the army, but they are all wine bags and rice bags on paper. They are jealous of the virtuous and talented, so that there is no general talent in the court who can go out to fight. The Seventh Prince is now the regent, even if the Xiliang people attack Shangjing, the Xie family will definitely not hand over the military power to him.

And now, Chang'an has just gotten rid of Zhou Lie, and the two factions are in chaos, and if Xiliang invades at this time, it is indeed the best time. ”

Shen Yan and Jiang Biao looked at each other, and they also had a sense of crisis in their hearts.

Hua Qianshu twisted his face and asked Shen Yan: "I didn't reveal my identity or publicize my trip with Brother Gu, when did you learn that we were about to arrive at Wolong Pass?"

Shen Yan smiled embarrassedly: "We sent people in advance to inquire about the news in Yangguan Town in front, and when we saw your carriage leaving Yangguan Town, we went straight to Wolong, and learned your identity, and the scout flew pigeons to send a message." ”

"How far away is the Xiliang garrison?"

"About 100 miles. ”

"Yangguan Town is only more than 70 miles away, and we have not delayed along the way, non-stop. Even if he Xiliang is an iron horseman, when he receives the news and gathers the army, he will not be so fast. When we just arrived in Wolong, the Xiliang people came to the city, did they really just come for Brother Gu?

Moreover, you have also mentioned that this time the attack of the Xiliang people is obviously much more ruthless, and there are many masters, which is different from the past. If my guess is correct, this time the attack of the Xiliang people was premeditated, and they sent their elite division to investigate the truth first. And whether Brother Gu took office or not, they actually didn't pay attention to it at all. ”

Hua Qianshu's words made all three of them feel guilty.

Gu Mozhi is a person in the martial arts, and he has a good kung fu, but he is completely unfamiliar with leading troops to fight, and he has no experience to talk about.

Jiang Biao has experienced a hundred battles, but it is a pity that he is a rough man.

Only Shen Yan is familiar with this Wolong Pass, brave and strategic. It's just that I have been dealing with the Xiliang people all the year round, and I have to face the attacks of the Xiliang people from time to time, which is commonplace, and I am a little tired and numb for a while.

Although Hua Qianshu has no actual combat experience, he was born in a family of military generals, and he likes to read some wild history books of war since he was a child, and he grew up in the Hua family's art of war. After the destruction of the Hua family, she was surrounded by strong enemies, and she had to maintain a sensitive sense of smell and alertness at all times, so she was one step ahead of the three of them and noticed the abnormalities in it.

"If the people of Xiliang really come to attack at this time, the army will be overwhelmed, and with the thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled people in Wolong Pass, they will be vulnerable at all!" Zhou Yan's tone was a little heavy.

"If the gate is broken, and the Xiliang people drive straight in, we will be sinners through the ages. It is even more of a great crime to conceal the truth and not report it!" Gu Mozhi said indignantly: "It is indeed imminent to send additional troops, if the people of Xiliang are really as you expected, I am afraid that they will immediately gather troops to make a comeback." It's just that this Wolong Pass is far from the mountains and rivers of the capital, and I don't know much about the situation above the court, and this matter is very widely implicated. ”

Hua Qianshu pursed her lips: "The concerns are very reasonable, and there are such officials and officials protecting each other above the court." However, there is no trivial matter in border defense, and the Xie family is now suppressing Zhou Lieyu's party and rectifying military affairs. And the last chief soldier of Wolong Pass is Zhou Lie's party, and we are now reporting the truth of the border pass to the imperial court, and it is the right time to ask the imperial court to send more soldiers to guard the pass. I believe that Uncle Seven Emperors will not sit idly by and watch the security of the border defense, and will definitely increase the number of troops stationed there. ”

Jiang Biao and Shen Yan glanced at each other, and Shen Yan persuaded him loudly: "Your Excellency, you should consider carefully, after all, if you truthfully report the existing troops at the border pass, the military salary issued by the imperial court will also be reduced, and you can only have a meager amount to take, and this life can be hard." ”

Gu Mozhi glanced at Shen Yan thoughtfully: "According to your intentions, this official wants to conceal it and not report it, like those officials in the past, continue to be greedy for military salaries, and ignore the safety of his family and country?"

Shen Yan lowered his head: "The humble position is just to state the pros and cons, and it is up to you to decide whether it is right or wrong." For example, there is a plan to do both, you can lie about the strength of Xiliang, exaggerate the war, and only ask the court to increase the troops. In this way, not only will the general army not be offended, but the military salary will not be reduced, and will not be the best of both worlds?"

Gu Mozhi smiled coldly: "I'm afraid that this former general soldier of Wolong Pass was also instigated by you like this, so he bent the law one after another, ignoring the safety of the people at the border and the survival of his family and country!