Chapter 3: The Dragon and the Tiger Leap

After nightfall, Tai'an City is brightly lit, the night market is noisy, pedestrians are bustling, the imperial capital of the imperial city can always whitewash the peace meticulously, but the Yongping Mansion in the city is a different scene.

Tulan Bingmu's hands holding the letter trembled a little, and several people around him were silent, and after a long time, Tulan Bingmu turned his head and asked a middle-aged man in a night suit: "When you went south, how was my father's situation?" What are the actions of Turan, Ayujan? ”

The man in black frowned slightly, and said: "The old prince was seriously injured and had been in a coma for several days, but occasionally woke up and called the name of the prince in a daze, and his subordinates did not dare to delay, so he rushed all the way. ”

Tulan Bingmu got up and paced, uneasy, this sudden situation disrupted his plans in Tai'an, he should not have returned to the North Abandonment Royal Court in such a form, but at the moment, it seemed that there was no room for much thought, he turned to another gray-clothed old man, and asked: "According to Mr. Qiu's opinion, what should I do now?" ”

"Now there is no other way, the prince must immediately rush back to Snow Wolf City, tear his face with Dayuan, settle down and abandon the north, and succeed to the throne is a big matter, this matter does not need to be weighed, the prince can take the first step, and the rest of the matters, with the aftermath of our waiting, the little prince does not have to worry," the gray-clothed old man paused, and continued, "The most urgent problem at the moment is how to get out of the city. ”

The middle-aged man in the night clothes was also a little anxious and said: "Yes, the biggest way now is how to get out of the city, as long as you go out of the city, everything will be easy to do, the subordinates have prepared the horses and weapons when they enter the city, because they can't enter the city rashly, so they are all outside the city, and the brothers outside the city are waiting to meet us." ”

Tulan Bingmu quickly regained his composure, thoughtfully, paced back and forth, and said slowly: "I have my own way to get out of the city, I have been in Tai'an for more than ten years, and the people who usually visit and come are not blind toss, Mr. Qiu is right, there is no need to weigh this matter, we must set off immediately." With that, he beckoned the big man behind him to prepare to leave.

"Wait," said Mr. Qiu, the old man in gray, "the prince should leave the city immediately, but the Bobai brothers must stay." ”

This big man named Tulan Bobai, who has followed Tulan Bingmu since he was a child, protected him thoughtfully, and at this time he was very puzzled when he heard the old man let him stay, and hurriedly asked: "Mr. Qiu, why is this?" There are so many dangers here, I have to follow the son, but why did you let me stay? ”

Not only Tulan Bobai, but even Tulan Bingmu and the middle-aged man in black were very puzzled, the old man in gray explained: "The Bobai brothers and the prince have always been inseparable, and if the prince is there, he will definitely be able to see Bobai, on the contrary, as long as Bobai appears, you can know that the prince is also nearby, if the prince disappears with Bobai, the person in charge of monitoring us will definitely find out, two days later, according to the routine, the prince should enter the palace to see Emperor Yuan, the prince leaves at this moment, and it is naturally impossible to see him after two days, so the matter of the prince's return to the north will inevitably be exposed after two days, Once Emperor Yuan is aware of the inevitable set up along the way, check everywhere, which will greatly delay the trip, which is extremely unfavorable to us, these two days are the best opportunity for the prince to return to the north, as long as Emperor Yuan is not aware of it within two days, according to the itinerary, it should also enter the territory of Tongzhou, even if Emperor Yuan is aware of it two days later, he issued an urgent order to intercept, and so the will is transmitted to the border of Tongzhou, the prince should have almost arrived in the north to abandon the territory, so the main purpose of my stay is to ensure that the people who monitor us do not have any notice, And if they want not to be suspicious, the Bobai brothers must stay, go out every day to buy wine and tea, and appear, and after two days, I will wait for the opportunity to go out of the city. ”

Tulan Bingmu couldn't help but be shocked, and almost ruined the overall situation because of his carelessness, and said appreciatively: "Mr. Qiu is worthy of being the think tank in my house, I actually forgot that it is powerful, Bobai, according to Mr. Qiu's words, you stay, and you will find an opportunity to leave with Mr. Qiu and others in two days, but you two must be careful, I am waiting for you in the royal court, and in the future, none of you can be missing." After that, he bowed deeply to Mr. Qiu and Bo Bai, and then packed up his softness and crossed the wall with the man in black.

According to Qiu Xinzhi's plan of Mr. Qiu, after Turan Bingmu left, Turan Bobai went to the tavern to buy wine as usual every day, and went to the tea house to eat tea, and nothing happened to him. Two days later, according to the eunuch's reminder, Emperor Yuan Song Ji went to the main hall to accept the Tulan Bingmu court, but no one appeared, Song Ji was very angry, and took the eunuch to the imperial garden to enjoy his heart. In this way, two days later, the spies outside the Yongping Mansion found that there had been no one in the house for many days, and occasionally slaves came in and out, and felt that things were a little strange, so they returned to the palace, and the news reached the ears of Qin Yong, the left minister, Qin Yong felt bad and sent his cronies to check, but saw that the house had already been empty, Qin Yong was angry and immediately entered the palace to face the saint, Song Ji thought carefully before he remembered the matter of the court meeting two days ago, and was even more angry, and then ordered the military department to expedite the distribution of An, Chu, and Tong Sanzhou with five hundred miles of documents, and strictly ordered the states to step up the investigation, Be sure to catch Turan Bingmu and his party.

Since the day Turan Bingmu fled from Tai'an, four days have passed now, and when the documents of the Ministry of War were transmitted to the northernmost border of An and Tong, and two more days later, Turan Bingmu had already entered the territory of Beiqi, and even Qiu Xinzhi and others who were behind had already passed half of Tongzhou. Along with Qiu Xinzhi, there were also Han generals Xiao Chuncheng, Chang Xun, Yu Qing and others recruited by Turan Bingmu.

After Tulan Bingmu returned to the north and abandoned the city, he did not immediately rush to the snow wolf city, but first sent someone to contact the general Wu Kaoxian, and ordered him to secretly mobilize troops and horses to ambush and wait on the road leading to the snow wolf city by the river, and then quietly entered the city with hundreds of elites under the arrangement of Tulan Boxiu, the general of the left guard of the snow wolf city, and notified the Heyan family of the Thorn Department to meet the old leader in the city as if everything was arranged, that is, Tulan Tingyi, the king of the north who was canonized by the Dayuan court, Tulan Ayukin is the half-brother of Tulan Bingmu, At this moment, he was shocked to see his eldest brother appear in the royal court safely, but it was too late, his soldiers and horses in Linhe had been ambushed by Tulan Wu Kaoxian's army halfway, and the killers he brought into the royal court were also killed by Tulan Bingmu's elite.

After Tulan Bingmu fled, the Yuan army intercepted everywhere but found nothing, Emperor Yuan was furious and ordered the envoy to go to the Beiqi royal court to question him, and wanted to pursue the crime of proton escaping. Turan Bingmu avoided it, making the ministers resolutely deny that they had returned to the royal court, and also accused Dayuan of not fulfilling his responsibility to protect the prince of Beiqi, so that he disappeared in Dayuan for no reason, which made the envoy of Dayuan speechless and returned to Tai'an in a gloomy manner.

Listening to the envoy's report, Emperor Song Ji of Yuan was a little puzzled, could it be that this Northern Abandoned Proton really didn't deliberately escape but unfortunately disappeared? He also ordered the three divisions to send someone to investigate, but after a few months, there was no clue, and soon after, there was a messenger from the north who abandoned the palace into the palace, saying that the old king of the north abandoned was critically ill and wanted the abyss to return to the proton to return to the snow wolf city to inherit the throne, the messenger was sometimes loud, sometimes crying bitterly, but it really caught the Dayuan monarch and the minister off guard, and the courtiers were puzzled, only the military department Shangshu Yan Qing asked sharply: "The old man heard that the king of the north abandoned was critically ill as early as a few months ago, and there was an army fight in the Linjiang generation, you don't tell the truth what happened to the court of the north abandonment, What is my investigation? Who knows if you're not talking nonsense and biting back? ”

The messenger said with tears in his eyes: "The old prince is critically ill, and he was in a hurry to order the prince who was hostage in Tai'an City to return to the north to succeed to the throne, but unexpectedly Tulan Ayukin rebelled, and the general led the army to quell it, so there was a weapon fight in the mouth of the adult, and now the whereabouts of the prince are still unknown, I abandoned the royal court in the north, and the prince was hostage in Tai'an, missing for no reason, I don't come here to ask who to redress my grievances?" ”

Yan Qing said angrily: "It's just nonsense! ”

At this time, Zuo Xiang Qin Yong became a peacemaker, and said: "Your Majesty, I don't think this matter is as simple as I imagined, and the reason for this may still need to be investigated, so I might as well let the envoy retreat and rest first, and I will discuss the countermeasures and then tell you how to deal with it." ”

Song Ji made the crying and shouting of this envoy very unhappy, so he followed Qin Yong's intention to retreat the envoy of the northern abandonment, and when the envoy of the northern abandonment retreated, Yan Qingjie asked: "What does Qin Xiang mean by this, a clear-eyed person can see at a glance that this envoy of the northern abandonment is a thief shouting to catch a thief, a bunch of nonsense, the purpose is nothing more than to delay the time and delay the army, in order to make all preparations to prevent my Dayuan from conquest, this matter is not clear, what else is there to talk about?" ”

Qin Yong said disdainfully: "Yan Shangshu thinks that Tulan Bingmu has returned to the Northern Abandonment Palace?" But what credentials do you have? You have also heard it, there is a civil strife in the northern abandonment of the royal court, and all the soldiers and horses have the tendency to fight for power and seize the throne, this Tulan Bingmu is the heir to the throne, who can be sure that it is not the royal family that has resorted to means to let him die, if this is the case, this responsibility really has to be borne by my Dayuan, besides, take a step back, if there is a civil strife in the northern abandonment royal family, at this moment should be fighting against each other, why can't I sit and watch the sandpiper and mussels compete for the benefits of the fisherman? ”

Yan Qingzhu was full of indignation: "Your Majesty, this matter couldn't be simpler, Beiqi is messing around, and I am afraid that such connivance will let him get out of the way and get out of my Dayuan's control." ”

Qin Yong also said angrily: "It's just alarmist!" ”

Song Ji waved his hand and said: "Okay, you all don't quarrel anymore, I don't think this matter is simple, you might as well slow it down first, if it is really as Qin Xiang said, the civil strife in the north will be more beneficial than disadvantageous to my Great Abyss, if not, it will not be too late to send troops to recruit at that time." ”

"Your Majesty, the soldiers are fast, why did you ask for someone from my Dayuan for no reason? It is nothing more than Tulan Bingmu's delaying tactics before he has just returned to the royal court and has not yet gained a firm foothold, once he grasps the real power of the North Abandonment, I am afraid it will be too late to send troops to recruit at that time! Yan Qingjie tried to make a final effort.

Song Ji was a little impatient, and said angrily: "Okay, okay, Shangshu doesn't have to worry too much, this matter is over, for a northern abandonment proton to make trouble in the court, what kind of system, even if the northern abandonment people lie, my great abyss Tianwei descends to the north, how can a barbarian be able to endure me?" ”

Yan Qing picked his face like frost, he wanted to speak and stopped, his heart was not very colic, and no one saw through this little trick, even if someone saw through it, he was forced to say more because of Qin Xiang's obscenity, thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel angry and bloody, and almost fainted.

Turan Bingmu has been in Tai'an City for more than ten years, and knows a lot about this abyss scene, and has been rewarded by the messenger, he can't help but be secretly happy in his heart, everything is really going according to his ideas, if this matter goes well, the grand plan is just around the corner, this Dayuan court, I'm afraid there is no opponent, but inadvertently, he suddenly thought of Tao Chenmo, I don't know why, he got acquainted with the powerful in Tai'an on the one hand, made friends with knights, on the other hand, secretly observed, detailed Zhen Chaotang weather, more than ten years only three people impressed him the most, one is Qiu Xinzhi, This person has been used by him and has a deep hatred for Dayuan, is the main puzzle piece of his future ambitions, one is Yan Qingjie, this person has guarded the northern border of Dayuan for more than 30 years, with great military achievements, and is upright, and his heart is as careful as a hair, but he is already incompatible with the Dayuan court full of traitors, and he doesn't have to do it himself, Yan Qingzhu will also be killed by his own people, in addition, it is the Tao Chen who only has a few faces, Tulan Bingmu has a very strange feeling, his Tao brother has no military achievements and two non-important ministers, But he always feels that he will be his biggest opponent, and he also knows that the Dayuan court will not reuse Tao Chenmo, so at present, they will not have any conflicts, but it is precisely because of this feeling for no reason that he is uneasy, but at this moment, Tulan Bingmu has not had too much energy to figure out this matter, and the top priority is to clear Tulan Ayukin's henchmen, and at the same time station troops on the border to prevent Dayuan from conquest, but the vast grassland and the bone-chilling ice and snow are his two natural lines of defense, for more than ten years, He had already figured out how to deal with Dayuan's army, what he needed now was time, as long as he gained a firm foothold after a while, he really had nothing to fear.

On this day, Tao Chenmo and Wei Wenzhong went back to the Yunyang General's Mansion with Dou Ming, the general committee of Baiyangdu, to report on their work, and just entered the door of the mansion to see the sergeants in and out in a hurry, which was very inconsistent with the usual tranquility of the General's Mansion, and entered the hall, and waited for a long time before waiting for Xuanwei General Tian Zhongyi, Tian Zhongyi hurriedly drank a sip of tea, and said hurriedly: "Today's debriefing will be dismissed, I will immediately lead the troops out of the city, you wait to go back to Baiyangdu first and wait for the order." ”

Dou Ming and the others were very puzzled, and asked: "The general personally led the troops out of the city, could it be that something went wrong?" ”

Tian Zhongyi slowly explained: "The day before yesterday, the tax collector sent by Yunyang Mansion to Qingshan Miao Village had a conflict with the Miao people and was killed by the Miao people, yesterday General Wu Daoen led the troops to arrest the murderer, and he has not returned until today, and there is no news to return to him, this Miao people are arrogant and unreasonable, General Wu and others are afraid that they are more auspicious and less auspicious, and they are going to check in person, you wait to go back first, and the matter of debriefing will be talked about in the future." ”

Dou Ming arched his hand and said: "The Miao people dare to murder the court officials, it is really an unforgivable crime, but these people are barbaric and fierce, the general must be careful, I will wait for the general's good news." With that, the three of them took their leave of the house.

On the way back to Baiyangdu, Tao Chenmo couldn't help asking: "This Miao man dares to kill the tax collector, is he really fearless?" ”

Wei Wenzhong said: "Brother Tao, you don't know, most of the Miao people in Yunyang Mansion live in Qingshan generation together, stationed in Miao Village, there are many people in this Miao Village who refine poison and seed Gu, dance knives and guns, and these Miao people are barbaric and unreasonable, and there are many taboos against the Han people, although they have been under the jurisdiction of the state government for many years, they are not subject to so many restrictions by the Han people, just pay taxes and pay tribute on time, and they don't pay swords and soldiers. After speaking, he glanced at Dou Ming, who was walking in front, and deliberately lowered his voice and continued: "But this tax collector Peng Beitong also deserves to die, this person has no one in his eyes because he is General Tian's cousin, and he is arrogant to his colleagues, let alone those barbarian Miao people, in fact, before this matter, our Lord Peng had a lot of conflicts with the Miao people because of the taxation. ”

"Most of the people are innocent, the taxes are heavy, the officials are incompetent, how can there be no, officials, force, people, anti. On the way to Yunyang, I saw a lot of villages and farmlands, most of them were cold and withered, and there were many people fleeing on the road. Tao Chenmo shook his head and sighed.

Wei Wenzhong suddenly seemed to remember something, and said a little mysteriously: "I just heard some news from the two brothers in the house, I heard that there was a rebellion in Youzhou not long ago, the rebels gathered tens of thousands of people in a few days, attacked the city, and already captured half of Yinzhou, where the rebels went, beheaded the court officials, released the prisoners, opened a warehouse to help the people, the momentum was huge, the court was hurriedly transferring troops from Liangzhou and Anzhou to encircle and suppress it, and Wei Rong suddenly halved the tribute tax paid to Dayuan for no reason, so angry that our Majesty was furious, He also had to send troops to fight, but unexpectedly the Youzhou incident, he didn't dare to transfer the northern garrison, because he heard that the northern proton suddenly disappeared in Tai'an for no reason, and he was afraid that the northern garrison would be transferred so that the northern garrison could take advantage of the opportunity to retaliate. ”

"What, the North Abandonment Proton is missing?" Tao Chenmo was extremely surprised: "Do you know what happened?" ”

"I've said so many things, why does Brother Tao only feel different about this matter?" Wei Wenzhong didn't think it was a little strange.

Tao Chenmo said: "This is a long story, Brother Wei, you should tell me what happened." ”

Wei Wenzhong shook his head: "I don't know the specific situation, but I just heard this in the mansion just now, and I didn't ask in detail." ”

Tao Chenmo was thoughtful, in just one year, a lot of things have really happened in the world, but now he is only interested in the matter of Tulan Bingmu, in his mind, this Tulan brother will definitely not disappear for no reason, I am afraid that there are a lot of hidden secrets, but far away in Yunyang, there is no more information, so I have to speculate in my heart.

Returned to Baiyangdu, inspected the ferry, and then checked a few cargo ships, and found nothing unusual, but since hearing the news of Tulan Bingmu, Tao Chenmo faintly felt a little uneasy, although these should have been the ministers of the court, but for some reason, he was still uneasy as an inconsequential idler, Tao Chenmo couldn't help but turn out the bracelet presented by Tulan Bingmu at the time of parting, carefully examined, the animal bones were white, although they were polished smooth and bright, but it still seemed to be faintly bloody, and the next day, the mood was still a little restless, In order to calm his mind, he took out the pear flower gun and came to the riverside wooden platform, and danced a set of "pear blossoms in the sky".

"Good marksmanship, the gun is the king of a hundred soldiers, Brother Tao is even more chic and freehand, this person has a shot, it is really wonderful." Wei Wenzhong didn't know when he had come to the wooden platform, and when he saw that this set of marksmanship was endlessly varied and powerful, he couldn't help but be amazed again and again.

Tao Chen put away the gun at the end of the day, returned to Su in white, and said: "Brother Wei has won the award, if you stay here for a while, I'm afraid that the silver gun will also have to rust, and this way of marksmanship is estimated to have to fight with the wind." ”

While the two were talking, a herald from the General's Mansion suddenly came to the wooden platform in a hurry and reported: "The General's Mansion has an urgent order, so that the two adults should hurry back to Yunyang Mansion and wait for the order." ”

Tao Chenmo and Wei Wenzhong's first feeling was very bad, Wei Wenzhong asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The herald replied: "Yesterday, General Tian led the army to Qingshan to support General Wu, and did not return overnight, and at noon today, some soldiers fled back from Qingshan, and learned that General Wu had been killed by the Miao people when he went to arrest the murderer who killed the tax collector the day before yesterday...... The general was besieged by the Miao people, and his life and death are unknown. ”

Tao Chenmo and the others just thought that the Miao rebellion was nothing more than a small fight, but they never thought that the Yunyang General's Mansion would fold two generals in three days, and they suddenly felt that the form was not good, so they didn't ask more, and hurriedly galloped to Yunyang with the heralds.

Back to the general's mansion, seeing the soldiers in the mansion in a hurry, their faces were afraid, and when they entered the meeting hall, they saw four or five captains sitting in the hall, all of them with a worried face, Huang Jiansi hurriedly ordered without waiting for the two to sit down: "This form has been unexpected, the two generals Tian and Wu have requisitioned five hundred soldiers in Yunyang City two days ago, but except for a few survivors, all the rest died in Qingshan, Yunyang Mansion has only more than 2,000 garrisons, and only more than 1,000 people can be recruited at this moment, the Miao people are fierce, and now General Tian is trapped in the valley, I should go to support as soon as possible." , Tao Chen's last Wei Wenzhong obeyed the order, the general will send 800 soldiers from Yunyang City to rescue General Tian, you two must reasonably deploy the remaining soldiers and strengthen the patrol of Yunyang City, so as not to make trouble in the city. ”

Tao Chenmo and Wei Wenzhong felt that they were in a hurry, but the military order was like a mountain, so they had to obey the order. After Huang Jiansi gave a slight order, he beckoned the lieutenant lieutenant of the hall to prepare to go out.

Tao Chenmo hesitated for a moment and then said, "General Huang, my subordinates don't know whether to say something or not?" ”

Huang Jiansi was a little anxious and said, "If there is anything, just say it quickly." ”

Tao Chenmo didn't seem to be in a hurry, and said slowly: "The Miao people have lived in Qingshan for generations, and they know the terrain there well, so they can rely on the terrain to catch us off guard, and the two generals Tian and Wu are afraid that they have suffered such a loss, and the Miao people will not attack the valley in a hurry, and it is likely that they will use it as bait to lure us to go deeper, and then re-apply the old tricks to encroach the reinforcements one by one, so the subordinates think that there is no need to be in a hurry in this matter, and it is not too late to attack it after a long discussion." ”

Huang Jiansi didn't think so, and said a little impatiently: "I will be stationed in Yunyang City for more than ten years, not to mention that I know the roots of these Miao people, but at least I know more than you, these Miao people are all barbarians and reckless men, how can there be any calculations, the only way to punish them is to add a knife and axe, not to mention that at this moment, General Xuanwei of Yunyang Mansion is trapped in Qingshan, how can he not be saved, you don't say much, it is your duty to do a good job in Yunyang City Defense with Wei Wenzhong." "Say goodbye and leave.

Tao Chenmo still wanted to persuade him, Wei Wenzhong pulled the corner of his sleeve, and said softly: "Forget it, he is the first deputy general of the Yunyang City General's Mansion, how can he listen to your advice, if you say more, it will only annoy him, let's just act as ordered." ”

Tao Chenmo knew that no matter how much he said, it would be useless, but he was still not worried about the Qingshan war, and after thinking about it for a while, he found a few wounded soldiers who escaped from Qingshan, and said: "You wait to tell me in detail about Qingshan's current situation, the more detailed the better, don't miss anything." ”

The soldier with a white cloth wrapped around his head and elbows said in a hoarse voice: "Because General Wu has no news in Qingshan, yesterday I and hundreds of people went to Qingshan with General Tian to inquire about the news...... It's ...... on the tip of the knife It was General Wu's head, and General Tian was in a hurry and ordered him to move forward quickly left and right, walking about two or three miles, on a big tree with a basin on his face...... Hanging the body of General Wu, seeing this scene, General Tian was even more furious, led the army commander to drive straight in, when he went to the mountains and forests seven or eight miles away from Miao Village, the arrows in the forest flew together, I waited for the hurried, did not carry enough shields, and the arrows together, suddenly dozens of people fell to the ground with arrows, and the formation was chaotic for five points, but we only saw a rain of swords shot out of the forest but did not see a person and a soldier, General Tian was angry about how much he cared about it, so he integrated the soldiers and continued to move forward, walked dozens of steps, and countless poisonous snakes, insects and scorpions suddenly burst out of the forest, These snakes and insects bite when they see people, where have the soldiers seen such a scene, and suddenly it was all messed up, just when we were entangled with insects and scorpions, hundreds of Miao people were killed in the forest, the soldiers were already in chaos, where is there still energy to deal with the Miao people, the Miao people are extremely cruel, rushing into the formation and slashing and killing, the soldiers have not had time to resist and were all cut down to the ground, General Tian wanted to lead us to rush out, but there was an old man in gray in this Miao formation, carrying a Qingguang ghost head knife, and within a few moves, General Tian was shot down from his horse and forced into the forest and highlands, In the end, only me and two other people escaped, and the other surviving soldiers were still trapped in the forest. ”

Everyone was surprised when they heard this, this Miao man was not only murderous but also scheming, General Huang was afraid that he would be more than lucky, Yan Yu, Wei Wenzhong and others couldn't help but scold, only Tao Chen's face was expressionless, he paced back and forth thoughtfully, and then asked: "Did you not encounter too many interceptions when you broke through and returned to Yunyang?" ”

The wounded soldiers thought for a while and said: "My lord didn't say that I didn't pay attention to it, but now that I think about it, it's really like this, judging from the situation at that time, we were already completely at a disadvantage, and it was really impossible to break through, but when we rushed out, we didn't encounter any big obstacles, and no one pursued them later." ”

"It's too easy, it's too easy." Tao Chenmo seemed to be muttering to himself.

Wei Wenzhong asked, "Brother Tao, what's wrong?" ”

Tao Chenmo sighed and said: "Obviously, the Miao people are familiar with the topography of Qingshan, and they are proficient in the art of poisonous snakes, insects and scorpions, they set traps in Qingshan, and every time they go to a batch of reinforcements, they will tighten their pockets and rob a batch, and then let a few people come back to ask for help, let me wait and send reinforcements to go, and they will repeat their old tricks, and so on, even if there are many soldiers in Yunyang Mansion, they can let them be surrounded and killed." ”

Yin Yanyu of Yunyang Mansion was immediately angry when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "In this way, isn't General Huang going to fall into the net again, how can this be good?" ”

Tao Chen said at the end: "It's better to be like this, the humble man is small, General Huang will not listen to my advice, Lord Yan has worked with General Huang for many years, presumably he should be able to listen to your words, Lord Yan quickly send someone to catch up with General Huang in your tone to tell General Huang what I just analyzed, so that he should not be in a hurry to attack Qingshan first." Adults think that's okay? ”

Yan Yu didn't have the slightest idea at this time, and when he heard Tao Chenmo say this, he agreed, and immediately sent someone to recover Huang Jiansi.

Seeing that Yan Yu had already sent someone to go, Tao Chenmo and Wei Wenzhong led a team to inspect Yunyang City according to Huang Jiansi's instructions to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to make trouble. The people of Yunyang naturally have long known about the Qingshan rebellion, I heard that the Yunyang General's Mansion has folded two generals in a row and feel that the big thing is not good, and in recent years, Qianzhou is extremely unstable, not long ago Yang Mingzhen of the Qianzhou Dongxiang Mansion gathered more than 60,000 people to destroy Ganfu in one fell swoop, and now is urgently attacking Tongping Division, Yunyang as the first pass into Guizhou, I am afraid it is only a matter of time before the troops are used again, everything is concurrent, Yunyang is already about to come in a storm, the people in the city go to relatives to relatives, move to the address of the residence, and the pedestrians on the street are not as bustling as in the past.

The two arrived at the South City Gate at about the same time, and each reported the situation of each street and alley, and did not see too much abnormality, but Wei Wenzhong sighed a little: "Although this Yunyang City is far away from Zhongzhou Tai'an, it has always been a bit prosperous as a border military town, but now there is only a little war, and the city has become a lot colder. ”

Tao Chenmo also sighed lightly, and said slowly: "The rise and fall of dynasties, it is the emperor and the general, the emperor and the general are different from each dynasty and each generation, but the bitter ones are always nameless people, everyone understands the truth of prosperity and decline and prosperity, only the ministers of the deep palace do not think so, it is really inexplicable irony." ”

"Yes, we all understand this, but people like us are always powerless in such a situation, just sigh," Wei Wenzhong looked at the majestic south city gate and suddenly changed his words, and said, "It's useless for us to think about this, it only adds to our troubles, come, Brother Tao, let's go up to the city tower to talk to Brother Wang." Then he went first to the castle tower.

Tao Chenmo just smiled and shook his head helplessly, he, Brother Wei, has always been so casual and free, and his emotions come and go quickly, so he didn't think much about it and went up to the city tower with Wei Wenzhong, this "Brother Wang" in Wei Wenzhong's mouth is none other than Wang Liyang, the city guard of the South City Gate, Tao Chenmo came to Yunyang for most of the time to perform his duties in Baiyangdu, only occasionally saw this person when he returned to the general's mansion to report on his work, although he did not have a deep friendship but always heard Wei Wenzhong mention it, and learned from Wei Wenzhong's mouth that this person was long in martial arts. It is precisely because he has offended many people in the General's Mansion that he has been in office for nearly 20 years, and he is only a small city guard.

When I went up to the city tower, I saw a man in green clothes pacing back and forth, putting his hand on the handle of the knife on his waist and wanting to pull it back, it seemed that he wanted to wave the knife and dance angrily but had some scruples, seeing this situation, Wei Wenzhong couldn't help laughing, and said: "Brother Wang, what's the matter, do you want to go into battle to kill the enemy or do you want to slaughter chickens and sheep?" ”

Wang Liyang looked back and saw that it was Wei Wenzhong, and couldn't help but scold angrily: "Slaughter chickens and sheep? Be careful, I'll fucking cut off your pig ears and drink them. ”

Wei Wenzhong didn't care, and continued to laugh and said: "Brother, you are really old, your eyes are not good, you can see people's ears as pig ears, just your eyes, I think it's better not to think about what to kill the enemy every day, give me a good guard of the city gate." ”

"I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you kid, it's not big or small, I think you owe a beating," Wang Liyang said angrily, and before Wei Wenzhong could answer, he pushed him away and bowed to Tao Chenmo, "Brother Tao, it's been a long time, I also obey you, you can stand it every day with this kid, you say that he doesn't look like a bedbug, he talks like a fart, and it stinks." ”

Without waiting for Tao Chenmo to talk, Wei Wenzhong came up again and said: "You don't understand this, this is called seeing people and talking about people, talking about ghosts, although Brother Tao is a military general, he is elegant and elegant, and he is naturally polite when he talks, but you are different, five big and three rough, except for brute strength, there are no other strengths, what good words can you say." ”

Tao Chenmo didn't say anything, just quietly watched these two brothers taunt each other, Wang Liyang is more than ten years older than Wei Wenzhong, to be dull, and Wei Wenzhong has hardly won a fight, sometimes he can't say that he will use force, but this Wei Wenzhong is also a strong martial artist, the two are fighting endlessly, but it is difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser, so every time the two of them are too lazy to be rude, that is, you and I are fighting one by one, but today Wang Liyang obviously has no leisure to fight with Wei Wenzhong, waved his hand and said: "Go, go, go, go, I admit defeat and don't bother to mess around with you. With that, he stared at the west and sighed.

Wei Wenzhong looked at Tao Chenmo and then at Wang Liyang, stepped forward and patted Wang Liyang on the shoulder, and said, "I said Brother Wang, this is not like your style, what are you doing with a rough man sighing all day long?" ”

Tao Chenmo couldn't help laughing and said: "I think our big brother Wang is tired of staying on this city gate, and he wants to go to Qingshan to practice swords." ”

Wei Wenzhong suddenly realized, Wang Liyang is full of martial arts, and quite ambitious, but after coming to this Yunyang Mansion, he accidentally offended the veteran of the General's Mansion, and he pouted and refused to admit his mistakes, so he has been pressed to be a city guard over the years, and he doesn't count it on weekdays, but whenever there is a war, he has an itch in his heart, always wants to go into battle to kill the enemy, but he always can't get recruited, and now there is a Miao rebellion, and he also killed two generals, Wang Liyang feels that he should let himself try, he still doesn't believe that this Miao is really so powerful, However, every time the soldiers of the General's Mansion passed by the city gate, they didn't seem to think of him, and every time they thought of it, they felt resentful. Wang Liyang saw that Tao Chenmo saw through his mind at a glance, glanced at Wei Wenzhong, and said: "Brother Tao is still smart, and he can see through it at a glance, unlike some people who only know gags, and they have no ambitions at a young age, so they really don't know how to improve." ”

"Alas, I said don't point to Sang and scold Huai, what's wrong with your ambitions, you're not guarding the gate here, what's the difference between guarding the ferry with me?" Wei Wenzhong retorted.

Wang Liyang became even more angry when he heard this, and scolded: "I said that you little kid is looking for a cigarette, I owe you something in my last life, seeing that you were angry with you once a kid, you have to spend this little effort on your mouth to other places, and you won't go to guard Baiyangdu." ”

As soon as Wang Liyang said this, he felt that something was wrong, although he was just arguing with Wei Wenzhong, but thinking that Tao Chenmo was also here, it seemed inappropriate to say so, so he immediately said to Tao Chenmo: "Brother Tao, I didn't say anything about guarding Baiyangdu, it's just that this kid is really angry, don't take it to heart." ”

Tao Chenmo always kept smiling throughout the whole process, he didn't have any other intention for you to come and go, how could he mind, seeing Wang Liyang say this, Tao Chenmo smiled and said: "How come, it's rare for me to see two such people in the army, but then again, Brother Wang really wants to go on the field and kill the enemy?" ”

When Wang Liyang heard this, he immediately came to his senses and said: "Of course, my big knife is going to rust, brother, do you have any way for me to practice the knife?" ”

Tao Chenmo still had a little smile, but he was a little more solemn than before, and said: "Whether there is a chance, first, it depends on how much ability you have, Brother Wang, and second, you will know when you return to the General's Mansion later." ”

Wei Wenzhong and Wang Liyang were both a little confused when they heard it, and asked almost at the same time, "What do you mean?" ”

"Brother Wang, who is stronger in martial arts than Wen Zhong?" Tao Chenmo asked.

Wei Wenzhong preemptively said: "Of course I'm strong, Brother Wang is old and frail......"

"Wen Zhong, don't mess around, I'll get down to business." Tao Chenmo was a little serious.

In Wei Wenzhong's eyes, Tao Chenmo has always been the kind of person who is elegant or weak, but he has never seen him so serious, so Tao Chenmo's sentence actually made Wei Wenzhong feel a chill.

Wang Liyang couldn't help but laugh when he saw Wei Wenzhong's appearance, he never thought that this person who was always messing with him on weekdays was actually stopped by Tao Chen's last words, but he didn't have the heart to joke at the moment, and said: "We once competed, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner within a hundred moves. ”

Wei Wenzhong, like Wang Liyang, was full of doubts at the moment, and said seriously: "That's true, but Brother Tao, what do you mean by asking?" ”

Tao Chenmo regained that indifferent elegance and said: "For the general, Ying Wu is the first wisdom second, and the strong martial arts can immediately charge into battle with a horizontal sword to set an example for the soldiers in the formation, on the contrary, the handsome person must be wise to be the first martial arts second, and the strategy can be strategized to win thousands of miles away, Wen Zhong's martial arts I have seen, Brother Wang can be with Wen Zhong through a hundred moves without distinguishing between victory and defeat, it can be seen that he is not idle, this is the ability I just said, so well, this first condition Brother Wang naturally has it. ”

Wang Liyang seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and said: "When it comes to going into battle to kill the enemy, my Wang doesn't say that it is okay to fight one against one hundred but with one enemy ten, but unfortunately I have been guarding the green bricks on the gate of this bird city all these years, and I feel aggrieved, but I still don't understand, the general's mansion should have used me all these years, Brother Tao is really sure that I can have a chance this time?" ”

Tao Chenmo looked at Wei Wenzhong and then at Wang Liyang, and said slowly: "This time, Yunyang Mansion has two generals in a row, and there are several captains, except for the few captains that General Huang took away today, dare to ask who else can lead the troops, who can fight?" After the Yunyang Mansion folded the two generals, it stands to reason that it should be reported to the Yuzhou General's Mansion in time, but why has it not been reported until now? ”

Wei Wenzhong asked anxiously, "Brother Tao, why?" ”

"Wusha," Tao Chenmo continued coldly, "Yunyang Mansion lost troops and lost generals, but the result was only a few hundred Miao people who did not become a climate, if this matter is known to the Yuzhou General's Mansion and the Thorn History Mansion, first of all, Yunyang's Xuanwei General Wusha is not guaranteed, if I guess correctly, General Tian is surrounded by Qingshan at the moment, most of his life is difficult to protect, so naturally he will not pursue his dereliction of duty, and the right deputy general General Wu has long been in a different place, naturally it will not be him, the left deputy general General Huang has already led troops to go at this moment, If he listens to my advice and will withdraw his troops, if he doesn't, then General Huang may not be able to return to this trip, so who will be held accountable by Yuzhou? Of course, it is Lord Yin Yan Yu Yan of Yunyang Mansion, so what we hope most for Lord Yin of Mansion is to put down the Qingshan Rebellion before Yuzhou knows about it, and then report to invite merit. ”

Wang Liyang said "oops", patted his head, and said, "There are so many doorways in this? Can it be so complicated? But what does it have to do with whether or not I can go into battle and kill the enemy? ”

Tao Chen said at the end: "If General Huang is killed here, who is the most anxious?" ”

Wei Wenzhong said: "According to Brother Tao's analysis, it is naturally Lord Yan." ”

Tao Chenmo nodded and said: "Yes, the three generals Wu, Tian, and Huang have already taken away most of the soldiers of Yunyang Mansion, if General Huang can't quell the rebellion on this trip, then Lord Yan is probably really cornered, naturally, he will think of our brother Wang." ”

Wang Liyang suddenly realized again, and said: "Oh, I see, this is the second condition that Brother Tao said?" If General Huang doesn't follow your advice and continue to use troops in Qingshan, it is estimated that there will be no return, so my chance will come, right? But what if he listens and really withdraws his troops and comes back? Wouldn't I rejoice again? ”

Tao Chenmo suddenly pretended to be serious and asked, "Yo, I heard that Brother Wang means that he especially doesn't want General Huang to come back alive, right?" ”

Tao Chenmo asked this, but Wang Liyang was scared a lot, he wanted to go into battle to kill the enemy too much, he didn't think of it at all, so he quickly explained: "Alas, Brother Tao, I don't mean that, your voice is quieter, be careful that the wall has ears, I have offended a lot of people, this is to let people know, I am afraid that I will really die on this city wall." ”

This time it was Wei Wenzhong's turn to laugh, he rarely saw this old brother Wang so embarrassed, "What are you laughing at, little rabbit cub!" Wang Liyang glanced at him, scolded angrily, and then turned to Tao Chenmo and said, "Things in this world have to be so troublesome, there are too many twists and turns, I still don't want to." ”

"Okay, it's almost time, Wenzhong, it's time for us to patrol the city." Tao Chen said at the end.

Wang Liyang wanted to speak and stopped, and then asked slowly: "You guys, this is leaving?" ”

Tao Chenmo patted him on the shoulder and said deliberately: "Brother Wang still leaves us to eat?" Rest assured and wait for the good news. Anyway, he didn't care about Wang Liyang in the clouds, so he went downstairs with Wei Wenzhong.

Wei Wenzhong sighed: "Brother Tao, you let me, the honest brother Wang, wait for the good news, he will really wait, if you can't wait, maybe how disappointed you will be." ”

"He'll wait."

"Will it? Brother Tao is so sure? Wei Wenzhong asked.

"General Huang will not withdraw his troops, not only Lord Yan wants to protect Wusha, he also wants to, and there are more ideas, he has been a deputy general for so many years, this is his best opportunity." Tao Chenmo said coldly.