After the twists and turns of the Fengting Station, the caravan's eastward march in the next few days was quite smooth.

I haven't heard anything about the thieves attacking along the road, and the Liu family has always eaten black and white in Shudi, so they don't have to worry about being attacked by thieves at all, and the government will not come to knock on the bamboo.

On the fifth day of entering Shannan West Road, the news of the exchange of troops between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo came from the rear.

Wang Yu has a little chance of meeting Yecheng, and has not yet decided the winner or loser...... Previously, Wang Yu's plan to create civil strife and blow up the city gate with Neiying did not succeed, and the Tubo people intended to strengthen the city defense before the war began, detaining all the caravans from the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time the reinforcements from the plateau were stationed in Huiye.

The war deviated from expectations and entered an unpredictable trajectory.

"Fortunately, we are walking fast, now that martial law has been imposed everywhere in Jiannan Road, it is already very difficult for the caravan to rush unaffected." At the regular meeting after the night station, Liu Tong said with emotion.

Lei Jiao said: "I hope that General Wang can win this battle." ”

"Hmm."

A group of people chimed in.

The whole caravan knew that the Liu family and the Wang family intended to form an in-law, and they expected the Liu family to take advantage of the high branch of the Wang family, the family would prosper, and their income would rise.

As an outsider, Yang Yun just listened quietly at the meeting.

Although Yang Yun also hoped that Wang Yu could win the battle in Huiye City, he felt that with Wang Yu's proud and complacent character and no one in his eyes, it would be difficult to get his wish.

"I hope Songmei won't be angry, I was supposed to fulfill him, but if it turns out to kill him in the end, it is really not what I wanted."

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The battle at Aino Castle went very well.

Wang Yu led his troops to raid Huiye City, originally wanting to use the internal and external cooperation, but the Tubo people were very vigilant, detained the caravan as soon as possible, tortured them and forced them out of the city after being tortured, and then arrested all the inner Ying of the Tang Dynasty lurking in Huiye City, so that Wang Yu's plan was completely frustrated.

Wang Yu sent troops to think that he was secret, but it was not a secret at all on the side of the Tubo people, before Wang Yu won the battle of Jinchuan, the Tubo royal court has strengthened the defense of Huiye City, and urgently transferred 3,000 soldiers and horses from Tubo to aid Anjung City, and now the garrison in the city has reached about 7,000.

However, Wang Yu was able to dispatch only 15,000 soldiers and horses, plus the number of troops who transported food and materials, the total number of people was less than 30,000, and the plateau battle, the difficulty of transporting siege equipment, made it difficult to continue this battle.

When the raid strategy failed to work, Wang Yu did not decisively choose to withdraw his troops, but formed a three-sided siege posture with the main force of his subordinates, and at the same time set up some troops and horses to be stationed on both sides of the communication artery from Tubo to Huiye City, preparing to besiege the city for reinforcements.

However, at this time, Tubo's attention was focused on the rebellion of the Five Edicts, and no reinforcements were sent in the follow-up, which led to Wang Yu's battle plan falling back in flames.

The war is at a stalemate.

Wang Yu was afraid that his soldiers would suffer a large number of casualties, which would affect the follow-up defense of Jinchuan, so he did not dare to launch a siege battle. In this way, the pressure from the imperial court was all pressed on Wang Yu's shoulders, Wang Yu sent troops without the consent of the imperial court, and the king of Xin'an County did not meet with Wang Yu to negotiate after arriving in Shudi, this time Wang Yu belonged to "sending troops privately".

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Chengdu has been under martial law for many days.

The people in the city were panicked, there was not much news from the front line, but rumors were flying all over the sky, and the people heard that the imperial court soldiers and horses had won a victory today, and tomorrow they heard that Wang Yu had suffered a big defeat.

There are also rumors that Tubo sent 100,000 troops to prepare to send troops to Anrong City on the northwest border of Jiannan Province, from Songzhou and Maozhou to the hinterland of Jiannan Province, first cutting off the connection between Chengdu and Chang'an, and spreading the news quickly became the most frightening thing for the people of Chengdu.

Wang Yu is not there, with his arrogant character, he will not tell the people the truth if he does not win, and he does not have the idea of helping the people under his rule, to put it bluntly, he never takes the people seriously.

The upward and downward effects, the Jiedu embassy had no interest in refuting rumors, so that ordinary people could only rely on word of mouth to find out the situation, and the rumors became more and more outrageous, and later even the state and county officials thought that the Tubo army was about to be killed.

As one of the few people who knew the military situation on the front line, Wang Ji did not realize the importance of hearing and hearing, and he was still busy looking for Yang Yun, hoping that the "Wuzun Zhenren" master and apprentice could bring decisive changes to the battle situation, but no matter how he searched, he did not find Yang Yun's whereabouts.

"It's really strange, people can still fly away out of thin air?" Wang Ji was furious at Gongsun Jian and scolded angrily, "What are you doing? Is it so hard to find someone? ”

Gongsun Jian said: "Son, please calm your anger, the kid surnamed Yang may no longer be in the city, or he deliberately hides, and others may not have the ability, but this pair of master and apprentice is originally mysterious, they ...... If you don't want people to find it, it's really not a problem. ”

Wang Ji said: "Why did he hide? ”

Gongsun Jian shook his head and sighed silently.

Wang Ji couldn't find out Yang Yun's whereabouts from Gongsun Jian, so he went to find Liu Yuanzhuo again, and he entrusted Liu Yuanzhuo to help find him.

After Liu Yuanzhuo saw Wang Ji, his face was full of evasion, as if he didn't want to tell Wang Ji about something.

"Brother Liu, what's wrong? Mo is not Yang Daochang...... What happened? Wang Ji asked nervously.

Liu Yuanzhuo said: "There is one thing, don't worry when Brother Wang hears it." ”

"Say."

The royal throne is getting tighter and tighter.

Liu Yuanzhuo said helplessly: "The housekeeper inadvertently mentioned that it was the eve of Yang Daochang's disappearance, and the two of them had talked about the war in Huiye City. ”

"Huh?"

Wang Ji didn't quite understand.

Liu Yuanzhuo said: "At that time, Yang Daochang said that his master was ...... That is, Wuzun Daoist Zeng divination hexagram...... It is a sign of great evil. ”

Wang Ji waved his hand: "This kind of witch divination may not be credible. ”

Liu Yuanzhuo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's what I mean...... But according to Sister She, Daoist Wuzun's hexagram is very effective, for the sake of the survival of the master, Daoist Yang will not be involved in this battle, and he will be asked to avoid it...... Daoist Wuzun personally went to the front line, hoping to resolve the danger of this battle with his Dao cultivation......"

Wang Ji admired Yang Yun and Songmei very much, and Huo Ran got up: "Since this battle has already been considered dangerous, why didn't the Martial Venerable Daoist bring it up earlier?" ”

Liu Yuanzhuo said: "Brother Wang, just imagine, who can directly speak out before the war? Besides, didn't the Martial Venerable Dao Elder also personally go to the front line to resolve the disaster? ”

"This ...... This ......"

Wang Ji was like an ant on a hot pot, pacing back and forth, muttering to himself, "I don't believe what others say, but what Wuzun Dao Elder said, I have to believe it, now the battle situation is changing, and the longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for our army, and it seems that it may really come true......"

Liu Yuanzhuo asked tentatively, "Why don't you persuade Ling Zun to withdraw the troops earlier?" ”

Wang Ji shook his head and said: "The arrow has to be sent on the string, I go to say that it is in vain...... But the stakes are very high, and I still have to remind my father after all...... Did Ling Mei say where Yang Daochang would take refuge temporarily? ”

At this time, Liu Yuanzhuo knew that Yang Yun had left Shu with his caravan, but how could he dare to say it clearly in front of the king? Immediately shook his head to indicate that he did not know.

Wang Ji said in distress: "I just said that his master and apprentice are masters, and my father always doesn't believe it!" ”

Liu Yuanzhuo asked, "Then how is Brother Wang prepared?" ”

"I will hurry back to my house and write a letter to my father, and try to persuade him to withdraw the army, even if my father does not withdraw, let him be prepared." Wang Jidao.

"Then send Brother Wang." Liu Yuanzhuo got up to send him off.

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After Wang Ji left, Liu Yuanzhuo went to see Liu Qingyuan again.

Because of meeting Yang Yun in the middle of the night and helping him leave Shu, and because he refused to marry into the Wang family, Liu Qingyuan was grounded by his father and was not allowed to leave the boudoir, let alone leave the mansion.

When Liu Yuanzhuo saw his sister, he found that his sister was sitting sullenly on the ground, blowing her head and not speaking, looking listless.

"The third prince has been here before, and I told him what you told me." Liu Yuanzhuo said.

Liu Qingyuan raised her head in surprise and asked, "You tell him...... Said I sent people away? ”

Liu Yuanzhuo said angrily: "If you tell him this, how will our Liu family gain a foothold in Yizhou and even Jiannan Road in the future?" Wang Sangongzi really wanted to find someone surnamed Yang, saying that the surname Yang could help Jieshuai win......"

"Wishful thinking...... I'm afraid that people are going to leave Shu at this time, right? Liu Qingyuan sneered.

"We don't care whether the surnamed Yang can help Xichuan win the war, the key now is that we are sorry for the Wang family...... This news must not be leaked...... In addition, the Taoist priest's divination cannot be trusted! ”

Liu Yuanzhuo said worriedly.

Liu Qingyuan stroked her cheeks with her slender hands, thoughtfully: "If the Tang Dynasty loses this battle and the Wang family is guilty, will I not have to marry the Wang family?" ”

Liu Yuanzhuo shouted: "Before the war starts, how can you say defeat first?" The commander has an outstanding reputation in the court, and as long as it is not a fiasco, he will not be guilty of this...... The marriage between the two families of King Liu is a certainty, you just have to wait for the marshal to bring the troops back to the city, and then you will marry, don't think about getting out of this courtyard before that! ”