Chapter 32 The Wind and Rain

Lu Wenzhao returned to the mansion, but he didn't see Jiao Liansong, and searched around the courtyard, only to find that Jiao Liansong was sitting alone in the courtyard, constantly lamenting.

"Sir, I have worked so hard for you, why are you alone here lamenting?"

"Alas, I don't know where to go now." Jiao Lian Song looked sad.

"Sir, what's the matter? Could it be that Ben will snub Mr.? Lu Wenzhao was puzzled.

"The general is very good to me, but his subordinates feel that they are exhausted and can no longer give advice to the general."

"Why did Sir say this, the current situation is chaotic, and I just need Mr. to take an idea."

"I know why the general is looking for his subordinates today, but my subordinates are afraid that they can't do anything."

"Sir, do you know why I'm looking for you?"

"King Changning wants to go to Youzhou, and Yinzhou needs a general, and the general can't make up his mind, so he came to his subordinates to find a way."

"Sir is clever, that's exactly the case, but I don't know if Mr. can do it?"

"Alas, General Gao Yi is loyal to the King of Changning, so his subordinates have no way at the moment."

"Then don't you do nothing?"

"General, if you think about it, if you want to be loyal to the king of Changning, you have to go to Youzhou with him, and it is not impossible for the general to go with him, the key is to take the Bozhou elite with him, but once the Bozhou elite is taken away, what about the Yinzhou war? Do you want to let go of your brother? But if he goes to Yinzhou to support his brother, how can he explain to King Changning? ”

"That's why I'm worried about this, so I need my husband to take an idea."

"In such a situation, there is nothing the tree can do."

"This ......" Lu Wenzhao was speechless for a while, held back the anxiety in his heart, and continued, "Sir, there must be something to do, isn't it inconvenient to say?" ”

"Subordinate resignation." Jiao Lian Song said with a sudden salute.

"What? Sir, why is this, there is no idea for us to discuss, and we will not leave us at this time? ”

"It's not a secret, the subordinates decided to leave because they couldn't see the general's ambitions."

"Big ambition? Sir, this will be dull, please sir to show me. ”

"In the hearts of his subordinates, the general is benevolent and righteous, and he is both civil and military, and he will be able to achieve great things in the future, but now the general is trapped in the world, which makes his subordinates feel that all this is an illusion, and his subordinates can't help the general see the future clearly, and he is ashamed, so he resigns."

"Okay, sir, don't fight with me anymore, I know that sir must have a way, you just say it, I won't blame you."

"Then please ask the general to forgive his subordinates for capital crimes."

"I said, I won't blame you for whatever you say, you can say it."

"Okay, I'll ask the general a few questions, and the general must answer truthfully."

"Okay, just ask, Ben will know everything."

"What is the impression that the general thinks of the people and sergeants in the north?"

"Drive away the Hulu, defend the territory, the people are grateful, the soldiers must carry out the orders, and the generals will feel that the people's hearts and the army's hearts are good."

"What are the general's plans for the future?"

"The future? I really haven't thought about it. ”

"Well, the subordinates said that the general will be elected, first, to follow the king of Changning to the death, even if he sacrifices every soldier in Bozhou; second, protect his father and brother, maintain the strength of Bozhou, and do his best for the future of the Lu family; Third, we should win the hearts of the people, strengthen the troops, and make early plans for the future competition for the world. ”

The three questions of "this ......" are really worth thinking about by Lu Wenzhao, whether he is willing to commit himself to becoming a prince or pulling out mountains and rivers to conquer the world, this has never been an easy choice.

"Your subordinates might as well choose for the general. The first way, to help King Ning to revitalize the abyss, and then to worship the prime minister, generations of sprouts, but since ancient times, where the famous generals and ministers have been able to deal with the aftermath, Dayuan is a living example, the history of the founding heroes, there are a few people who can sprout the shadow since this moment, the Cheng Li chaos of the year shook the world, and now, his descendant Cheng Jinshang has to rely on rebellion to protect himself, the general thinks about it, the king of Changning now has nothing, the Lu family helps him get the throne after the natural greatest hero, but when he sits firmly in the country, the Lu family will be his biggest enemy, what is the ending, The general might as well think about it, and besides, now there is Cheng Jinshang in the south, the king of the north abandoning the north, there is a Wei Rong in the west, and there is also a Qin Yong in Tai'an. ”

Without waiting for Lu Wenzhao to answer, Jiao Lian Song continued: "The second way, preserve strength, accumulate strength, protect your father and brother to compete with heroes from all walks of life in the world, and change the surname of this country to Lu, so that my father will ascend to the position of Ninety-Five, my brother will be the prince of the country, and you can at least be a prince." ”

"Mr. ......"

"The third way, the general takes advantage of the love of the military and civilians in the north at the moment to strengthen himself, secretly plant his power, and make a blockbuster in the future, meet the heroes of the world, and make himself the king, the king of the whole world."

Without waiting for Lu Wenzhao to interject, Jiao Liansong continued.

"I don't understand ......"

"General, the subordinates have finished speaking, in order to avoid the suspicion of sowing discord, the subordinates will leave Chuzhou, and will never appear again, the general has chosen the right way, and the current predicament is no longer a predicament. After speaking, Jiao didn't even look back and left.

"Mr. ......"

Jiao Liansong didn't stop and left directly.

Lu Wenzhao didn't hold it anymore, I have to say that Jiao Liansong's words are very harsh, with Lu Wenzhao's intelligence, he will not fail to understand the meaning of provocation, but he also has to deny that these words are indeed very reasonable, his birth order is obviously destined to be the first place in many things, just like the King of Changning, so he is thinking, thinking very carefully.

These words, Jiao Lian Song has long wanted to say, but has never had the opportunity, however, with the results of the Northern Expedition of King Changning, after Lu Wenzhao's military exploits gradually appeared, he has slowly seen that the young general's heart has gradually changed, he enjoys the respect of King Changning for him, and also enjoys the praise of the people and soldiers in the north, which is a manifestation of the change of people's mood, once he begins to care about the praise of others, then this person will never let these things be easily lost. It happened that at this time, King Changning's plan was entangled with the situation in Yinzhou, which gave him the best opportunity.

However, he was still a little surprised that Lu Wenzhao didn't force him to stay, he wasn't sure if the young general would really be disturbed by his words, if Lu Wenzhao was stable and unmoved, then he would lose a lot of money when he left, but if Lu Wenzhao finally listened to his voice, then everything would be logical next, so he was still waiting, waiting as he walked, waiting for Lu Wenzhao to ask him to go back.

Jiao Lian Song didn't wait too long, and after about two hours, he remembered the sound of horses' hooves behind him.

The person who came stopped in front of him and said, "Sir, please stay, I will come to ask Mr. to return to the camp on the order of General Lu, and the general said, please forgive me, the general has thousands of words to say to Mr." ”

"If you go back and tell the general, just say that I, Jiao Liansong, don't want to be a sinner, and I won't go back to Chuzhou in the future."

"This ...... But if Mr. doesn't come back, I can't wait to get back to my life? ”

"I'm leaving, and it's your business to get back to your life." After speaking, Jiao Liansong continued to walk forward.

No one dared to be rude, after all, Lu Wenzhao had confessed and explained, and he must be polite.

But Jiao Liansong just didn't go back, there was no way, these people had to leave one person to continue to follow Jiao Liansong, and the others went back first to resume their lives.

Walking to a small town, because of the war, there were not many people walking around the town, and many shops were closed, and after a big circle, I found an inn, and Jiao Lian Song didn't care about the people who followed him, so he stayed here first.

After walking for so long, Jiao Lian Song was also a little tired, and after a simple meal, he fell asleep in a daze, and when he woke up, it was dark, and at this moment, he saw the figures outside the window, Jiao Lian Song laughed secretly, and then pretended to open the door and went out, just opened the door, only to see Lu Wenzhao standing in the middle, obviously waiting for a while.

Seeing that Jiao Liansong finally got up, Lu Wenzhao hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "Sir, are you awake?" ”

"General? You are no longer on the front line, why are you here? Jiao Liansong pretended to be surprised.

"I didn't understand Mr.'s words before, so that Mr. disappointed, Wen Zhao was stupid, he thought about it for a long time, and there are still many things that need Mr. guidance, Mr. must not be angry, and I hope that Mr. can continue to give advice to Wen Zhao regardless of his past suspicions."

Jiao Lian Song looked left and right, then sighed and said slowly: "The general is talking inside." With that, he invited Lu Wenzhao into the house.

After Lu Wenzhao sat down, Jiao Lian Song poured him a cup of hot tea, and then said slowly: "The subordinates are not negative when they leave, but the words that the subordinates said are really not very popular. ”

"How can I blame Mr., it's just that Mr. said before, Wen Zhao was indeed a little surprised, so he neglected Mr."

"Since the subordinates stepped into the Bozhou General's Mansion, the general you will carry everything together, the subordinates are very grateful, get along, the subordinates found that the general is not only benevolent, but also both civil and military, so talented, how to only think about saddle the horse for others? Yes, all the world's tricksters and ministers want to assist others to achieve hegemony, and subordinates are naturally no exception, but when the subordinates mentioned this matter on the side of Bozhou, the general refuted his subordinates, although the subordinates were a little surprised, but they never thought of changing the court, especially this northward trip, the general's intelligence is even more revealed, if it is not for the general to accompany him, the king of Changning, who has been at the end of the road, cannot have the vitality of the moment, the general has the people's heart and the army's heart in the north, these are all spelled out by the general himself, why not make good use of it? Jiao Liansong said.

"Mr. is right, but I still have one thing to understand, Mr. once said that once I choose the right path, I can solve the current crisis, I don't know what Mr. means by this?"

Jiao Lian Song smiled slightly and said, "If the general chooses the third path mentioned by his subordinates, then everything will be solved." ”

"Oh? Please sir make it clear. ”

"If the general wants to take advantage of the current situation as a one, he must accumulate prestige and strength, the current prestige is the king of Changning, and the general's power to compete for the world is naturally all the soldiers and civilians in the north, so how to include these two in the bag, it is very simple, the general can follow the name of the king of Changning to go south to Youzhou and refuse to transfer troops to support Yinzhou, Yinzhou has General Lu Wenting, and General Lu Wenting has always been prestigious, isn't this the time to really test his ability? If he didn't hold Yinzhou, but you were thriving in the north, what would the old general, the king of Changning, and the people of the world think? Since ancient times, people will only follow the winner, and, in this way, the general you just don't have thousands of miles to support, and you don't assassinate your brother, so what's the only responsibility? ”

"Sir is right, but what if my eldest brother wins?"

"The general is too worried, think about it, follow the king of Changning to Youzhou in the south, and deal with the imperial court, now this imperial court has long been unworthy of its name, a small Wei Rong can capture the entire Jingzhou in less than a month, not to mention the elite general in hand? On the other hand, Yin Zhou, the general's eldest brother has to deal with the joint efforts of Tao Chenmo and Wang Jinyi, Wang Jinyi does not waste a soldier to recover Yunzhou, Tao Chenmo is young but takes command to conquer Qianzhou, either of these two can be on their own, let alone the two of them? ”

"Yes, what did Mr. say about using the King of Changning to gather prestige?"

"The king of Changning advocated the abandonment of the army to the north, and it was very effective, and it has always been a great achievement, the people and people of insight in the world will naturally admire it sincerely, and the general is the right-hand man of the king of Changning, and the king of Changning will naturally get the hearts of the people, and once the king of Changning is ...... If there is any accident, wouldn't it be natural for the general to use the banner of King Changning again? . ”

"What do you mean, sir?"

"General, now is not the time to talk about this, the most important thing at present is that the general must make up his mind and live to die, so that he can be bright, as for the next things, his subordinates have their own methods, and the general does not have to worry too much."

"Alas, if I don't have the ambition of a bird, it is impossible, but the stakes are very high, so Ben will have to worry a lot."

"Since ancient times, the king is a widow, if the general has ambitions, he must let go of all worries, as for those scheming things, he just goes down to do it."

"Mr. is so loyal, if he shirks it again, I'm afraid it will be a bit hypocritical, since this is the case, then I hope Mr. will give more guidance in the future." Lu Wenzhao said.

"The general can rest assured, his subordinates will do their best for this." Jiao Liansong said, but what he was thinking in his heart, I'm afraid few people knew.

After making up his mind, Lu Wenzhao decided to follow the king of Changning to the southwest and wave his army to the border of Youzhou.

And at this moment, Qin Yong had to fall into anxiety again after getting a short respite, the king of Changning came south, although there are still hundreds of thousands of defenders on the border of Youzhou, but the current situation is too complicated, maybe someone will defect one day, what should I do? Tune Ran Mingli to Youzhou? No, the Northern Abandon people still occupy a lot of Tongzhou cities, once Ran Mingli is transferred, the Northern Abandon people will definitely make a comeback, and when they are anxious, An Yingdong asks to see them.

"Mr. came just in time, I have something to ask Mr."

"Oh? Qin Xiang, please speak. ”

"Sir, do you know that Song Yao has secretly led the army to move in the direction of my Youzhou?"

"Oh? How can this be? An Yingdong looked very surprised, but these were all pretended, and he had already known the news of King Changning's southward departure.

"Yes, General Ran finally repelled the Northern Abandoned Barbarians, never thought that this Song Yao was full of branches, sir, can there be a way?"

"Before I came, my subordinates did have a plan to talk about the prime minister, but now I want to add the king of Changning, and my subordinates' previous plan is afraid that it will not be useful."

"Tell me about it first."

"That's the case, Qin Xiang, you also know that Cheng Jinshang sent his two generals Wang Jinyi and Tao Chenmo to Yinzhou, in addition, Li Xiu, Ji Heqing, and Chen Zhengang and others are all here, but now Yuzhou City is empty, and his subordinates originally wanted to see if Qin Xiang could take this opportunity to send troops to take Yuzhou."

"Yes, how did the prime minister not think of this problem, when Cheng Jinshang transferred troops to attack Qianzhou, the prime minister had many doubts, and did not seize the opportunity to strangle it, and now he is repeating the old trick, the prime minister must not let go of this opportunity, but, this Song Yao is really a disaster star, and now he is making trouble in Chuzhou, so how dare the prime minister divide his troops to go south?"

"Yes, my subordinates really didn't expect this Song Yao to be sideways, alas, but now that Yuzhou is stationed in the air defense, do we have to watch Cheng Jinshang expand his territory again? Alas, it's a pity. An Yingdong looked very annoyed.

"No, this time you must not let go of the process Jinshang, Mr. Haosheng will think of a way for the prime minister, which can not only prevent Song Yao from taking the opportunity to make trouble, but also take Yuzhou and Cheng Jinshang."

An Yingdong pretended to be for a long time, and suddenly said: "Alas, there is really a way, but I don't know what Qin Xiang thinks?" ”

"Hurry up and listen to Ben."

"Let's repeat the old trick, the reason why the King of Changning can succeed in Chuzhou is because he is under the banner of expelling Hu Lu to recover the lost land, and now the North Abandon people have withdrawn from Chuzhou and turned to Tongzhou, he has no chance to continue to grow in Chuzhou, but his self-righteous mission has not yet been completed, Qin Xiang may wish to ask for another holy decree, let the King of Changning move to Tongzhou, continue to attack the North Abandon people, if he goes, it will be better, if he does not go, hmph, then what he did in Chuzhou before is not to deceive the world, This person's heart will naturally disperse, Qin Xiang don't forget, the reason why the defenders of Chuzhou are willing to listen to him is not because of his banner, once he waves his army north, then Qin Xiang can naturally send troops south to attack Yuzhou. ”

"Does this work? Didn't you do this before, didn't this Song Yao still sit still? ”

"This time is different from the past, at that time, Tulan Bing Mu Ke was still stationed in Chuzhou, he naturally had an excuse not to go to Tongzhou, but now, the Northern Abandon people have completely withdrawn from Chuzhou, if he doesn't go again, unless the world is blind or stupid, otherwise he will not fail to see his wolf ambitions."

"And what if he still doesn't go?"

"It's not impossible, but at least he doesn't dare to attack Youzhou at this moment, and Qin Xiang can take this opportunity to draw troops south."

Qin Yong's mind flipped rapidly, he had to think about all the possibilities.

"If Qin Xiangru is still not at ease, he can let the prince go to Youzhou to guard."

"What? This Song Yao was already dissatisfied with the prince, and if the two of them met in Youzhou at this moment, wouldn't that even worsen the chaotic situation in front of them? ”

"Otherwise, it's still the same sentence before, the reason why Song Yao was able to make a difference in Chuzhou was entirely because he played the banner of expelling Hulu and recovering the lost land, and let the prince come to Youzhou in person, and he dared to blatantly attack the prince? Didn't he smash his own signboard? ”

"It makes sense, but the prince's status is noble, in case this Song Yaogou jumps off the wall in a hurry, maybe something will happen."

"The prime minister doesn't have to worry so much, there are hundreds of thousands of defenders in Youzhou, how can he Song Yao say that he can swallow it? Qin Xiang, if you take Yuzhou, you will have one more place to defend, and you need to take a few risks in everything, besides, the prince is the emperor of Dayuan in the future, he can set the heart of the army at a critical time, and only then can he suppress the ministers and subdue the hearts of the people in the future. ”

"Mr. is right, Song Yao has been acting in Chuzhou for a while, and it's time for the prince to show his face."

"See you Qin Xiangming."

After thinking about it for a long time, Qin Yong went to the palace to ask for a decree according to An Yingdong's wishes, and he also asked the prince to personally bring the decree to Youzhou.

Out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, An Yingdong couldn't help but smile with satisfaction, and at this moment, he saw a person not far away looking at him steadily.

This person is none other than Han Rong, the maid beside her Jade Guifei.

An Yingdong looked left and right, and followed Han Rong into an alley.

Han Rong introduced An Yingdong into a private house, and then went out to watch the wind.

After saluting, Qi Ningyu asked eagerly, "How is the situation?" ”

"Whether it's Yuzhou or Chuzhou, it's good news."

"Oh, tell me about it."

"Chuzhou Lu Wenzhao has taken the bait, Jiao Lian Song's plan is advancing step by step, Yuzhou is more troublesome, Cheng Jinshang is extremely subordinate generals are like an iron plate, it is difficult to find a gap, but fortunately, the wind envoy retreated and asked for the second, and thought of a way, Cheng Jinshang sent troops to Yinzhou, Yuzhou's troops were empty, and his subordinates were instigating Qin Yong to send troops to Yuzhou."

"And he agreed?"

"Looks like he's made up his mind."

"This is very good, as long as the imperial court is too busy, there will be more opportunities on the senior brother's side."

An Yingdong snorted coldly and said, "This Qin Yong is nothing more than this, for the sake of imperial power, he is really in a trance, but for us, this is no better." ”

"Mr. An, this palace warned you a long time ago, this Qin Yong is not stupid, the reason why he can be played with by us between applause is because he is obsessed with imperial power and does not have any doubts about our identity, if he is aware, with his means, we may not be able to reap any benefits, don't forget, the king of Changning fell to this step of the field because of whom."

"The lesson of the mother is that the subordinates will definitely act carefully."

"If I'm not mistaken, Senior Brother Boss must need a detailed report on the situation in Dayuan at this moment, and I will leave this matter to you to do, and send someone to spread the news to the Western Realm as soon as possible, so that Senior Brother Boss can make plans early."

"Subordinates receive orders."

Qi Ningyu turned to look up at the sky, and after a long time, he said: "Hundreds of years of planning, now is the time when you are closest to success, this palace doesn't want anything to go wrong, Zhang Zhaoyi's incident makes us have to hide Zhong Jie, this is a loss for us, and you are almost exposed, this matter Mr. has an unshirkable responsibility, so no matter what stupid actions Qin Yong makes in the future, you can't take it lightly, he can control the government for decades, it's not a joke." ”

After being counted down by Qi Ningyu, An Yingdong looked a little cramped, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "My subordinates know their mistakes, and in the future, they must follow the teachings of Niangniang, and they must be cautious in everything." ”

"There is one more thing, you have to transfer a letter to Yuzhou for the palace, the reason why Cheng Jinshang can use the original projectile land to become the current actual control of the three continents, its layout is well-planned, and the talent and employment of people are not very inhibited, if you can't find the opportunity now, you must not force it, otherwise it will only backfire, or that sentence, the more critical the time, the more you must not be careless, otherwise once something goes wrong, the palace will definitely deal with it by canons, and will not be spared."

"Rest assured, my subordinates will definitely pass on Niangniang's meaning to Yuzhou."

"Also, how are you going to pull out the nail of Ran Mingli?" Qi Ningyu softened her tone and asked.

"This matter is really tricky, no one is available to Qin Yong now, this Ran Mingli is his life-saving medicine, and his subordinates are worried that if he dares to attack him, he is afraid that Qin Yong will be suspicious."

"You're right, this matter is really in a hurry, not to mention, Ran Mingli is now fighting with the Northern Abandoned People, so let's put this matter aside for a while, but Mr. still has to think more about it after he goes down."

"Subordinates obey."

"Today's palace has already become a pot of porridge, and the queen sighs every day, for fear that her precious son's crown prince position will not be stable, which is really funny."

"By the way, I'm afraid I'll have to help my mother for something."

"You say."

"The subordinates have suggested that Qin Yong let the prince go to Youzhou to guard, so as to dispel his doubts that he was afraid of Song Yao's attack and did not dare to draw troops south, if the prince was allowed to go to the front line, the queen must be a hundred unwilling, but the queen trusts Niangniang very much, and hopes that Niangniang can help her subordinates, and promote the prince to go to Youzhou, so that Qin Yong can make up his mind to draw troops to attack Yuzhou."

"Sir is really smart, don't worry, this matter will be handled by this palace."

After explaining everything, Qi Ningyu hurried back to the palace, and An Yingdong also went to do his own business.

The first thing Qi Ningyu did when she returned to the palace was to inquire if Qin Yong had already been to the queen, and after hearing that Qin Yong had already been, Qi Ningyu pretended to go to visit the queen.

Sure enough, Qin Mu looked sad, Qi Ningyu pretended to be somehow, comforted in every way, and after a long time, Qin Mu said the reason, but Qi Ningyu suddenly smiled and said: "Niangniang, this is a good thing." ”

"A good thing? Why did my sister say this? Song Yao didn't accept Xiao'er, the prince, if he really let Xiao'er go to Youzhou, wouldn't this be sending sheep into the tiger's mouth? ”

"Why does Niangniang look down on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince so much? Why is Niangniang always afraid that His Royal Highness the Prince can't fight Song Yao? ”

"This ...... Alas, the dog jumped over the wall when he was in a hurry, don't say that this Song Yao has long coveted the position of the prince, but he treats Xiao'er as an enemy. ”

"Alas, my sister has no heirs, so she can't understand the anxiety of the mother as a mother about her children." Qi Ningyu suddenly said sadly.

This was beyond Qin Mu's expectations, this Qi Ningyu has also been in the palace for nearly ten years, except for getting some holy favors at the beginning, and then being snubbed by the emperor like other concubines, and naturally she has never conceived a prince over the years, Qin Mu never thought that Qi Ningyu suddenly thought of this sad thing.

"Okay sister, do you want to have children again, alas, there are no children and there are no benefits of children, you look at this palace, worry about your children all day long, how one day you will be happy."

"It's okay, Niangniang, you know, this woman, as soon as she reaches her age, she wants a child, forget it, don't talk about it, my sister is here to comfort Niangniang."

"Alas, what do you think the prime minister, why did he suddenly decide to let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince go to the front line?" Qin Mu said helplessly.

"Niangniang, my sister thinks this is really a good thing, think about it, the reason why Song Yao can make waves in Chuzhou is because of what, it is not through the power of the Lu family in Bozhou, but now what is the chaos outside, he Lu Shoufu really doesn't want to get a piece of the pie? My sister thinks that he must be secretly expanding his territory under the banner of King Changning to win the hearts of the people, and when the overall situation is certain, he will inevitably jump out by himself, and this King of Changning will be useless. ”

"Hearing my sister say this, Bengong thinks it makes some sense, but what kind of good thing is this?"

"Niangniang, you think, the reason why this Lu Shoufu and Song Yao can act together now is not because the current situation is favorable to them, but they have their own ghosts, once there is an obstacle or the war is unfavorable, there will naturally be a gap, the prince goes to Youzhou, one can boost morale, and the other can make Song Yao send troops nameless, so that each other is deadlocked, this Lu Shoufu will inevitably do something else, who will care about Song Yao's life or death, once His Royal Highness the Prince blocks Song Yao's progress in Youzhou, Isn't the prestige of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince even higher, take 10,000 steps back, if this Song Yao really braves the world's disapproval to attack the current prince, the people of the world will definitely see through his tricks, and Youzhou still has a lot of troops, how can he Song Yao say that he can take it if he takes it, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can completely retreat. ”

"That's the truth, but this palace still can't rest assured."

"Niangniang, although we can't talk about the government in vain, but you also know, there are many people in this court staring at the prince, if there is a big chaos today, the prince sits firmly in the palace without merit, these people naturally have something to say, but once the prince takes some credit, isn't it just right to block the mouths of these people, His Royal Highness the Prince's East Palace has been built, and your position will naturally be firm."

"I didn't expect my sister to be able to see so long-term, this palace is ashamed." Qin Mu sighed.

"It's not that my sister can see far, it's not that my mother can't think of these problems, it's really because my mother is a mother, and many times she naturally puts the safety of her children first, my sister and I are different, I don't have His Majesty's favor, and I don't have filial piety to my heirs, and I am alone, so I can naturally think about what I have, alas." Qi Ningyu made a sad gesture again.

Qin Mu couldn't help but feel compassion, this Qi Ningyu was really pitiful, the deep palace compound was indeed a monotonous person, so he comforted: "Okay, why do you think of something unhappy again, this palace thinks that my sister is reasonable, so let Xiao'er go to Youzhou?" ”

"My sister is a woman, and I don't know if what she said is reasonable, and she has to make her own mind about all this."

"My sister is vain, I can't hide it, the prime minister almost said so, alas, this palace has to think about this problem."

This is Qi Ningyu's cleverness, using her own sadness to promote Qin Mu's mind and let her go in the direction she specified.

After repeated persuasion by Qin Yong and Qi Ningyu, Qin Mu finally agreed to let the crown prince Song Xiao go to Youzhou, and Qi Ningyu and An Yingdong were extremely happy.

When Tao Chenmo with tens of thousands of troops and Wang Jinyi's soldiers united, the Yuzhou army in Yinzhou has formed an absolute advantage over the Lu army in terms of numbers, Tao Chenmo has always been a person who fights is false, real and false, when he figured out the garrison of the Lu army from Wang Jinyi, he discussed with Wang Jinyi to avoid its edge and break it from the periphery one by one, Wang Jinyi naturally agreed, just like that, Tao Chenmo let Li Xiu, Ji Heqing, and Chen Zhengang soldiers go to the Bozhou army's heavily defended place from three different directions in three ways. And he and Wang Jinyi sat in the middle of the road to create the illusion that the Bozhou army was going to attack head-on, and sure enough, the Bozhou defenders focused their defense on Tao Chenmo and Wang Jinyi, and Li Xiu, Ji Heqing, and Chen Zhengang took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, and even more than ten cities, forcing the main force of the Bozhou army to the Yinzhou border.

Lu Wenting naturally knew that Tao Chenmo and Wang Jinyi were powerful, so after hearing that the northern abandoners had completely withdrawn from Chuzhou, he immediately sent someone to explain the situation to Lu Shoufu, and asked the garrison of Chuzhou to move south immediately to resist the attack of the Yuzhou army. As long as the Lu Jiajun did not suffer fundamental losses, Lu Shoufu and the others were naturally very willing to obey the dispatch of King Changning.

After Tao Chenmo arrived in Yinzhou, Wang Jinyi couldn't wait to praise Li Xiu and Ji Heqing, saying that these two people can be civil and martial, and they are good generals, Tao Chenmo is naturally very happy, after all, these two people were brought back from Qianzhou by himself, as for Li Xiu and Ji Heqing, they were even happier, when they were in Qianzhou, they followed Yang Mingzhen to be majestic in Qianzhou, and they all helped Yang Mingzhen suppress dissidents, the key is to be squeezed out by Yang Mingzhen's brother-in-law Wu Wentong, now it is different, whether it is Cheng Jinshang or Wang Jinyi, These people who don't know them trust the two of them very much, and now Yuzhou Yunwei's combat power is not comparable to Yang Mingzhen's Tusi soldiers back then, this is called a real war.

In addition, Wang Jinyi also mentioned a person to Tao Chenmo, Cao Huan.

This Cao Huan is no one else, it is the person who followed Qu Hongsleeve to Yunyang at that time, there were also Nie Qingyun and Yuan Shang at that time, and the three of them followed Qu Hongsleeve to Cheng Jinshang's account, and after that, Qu Hongsleeve did not take care of the two of them, but according to their specialties, let Yuan Shang, who is good at arithmetic, do some military accounts in the army, and Cao Huan, who knows some martial arts, joined the army, started from a small soldier, and then followed Wang Jinyi to Yinzhou. Several times he went out to visit the enemy, and he also brought back a lot of important news, which gave Wang Jinyi a lot of advantages in the confrontation with the Bozhou army, which also made Wang Jinyi begin to pay attention to him.

Tao Chenmo can trust Li Xiu and Ji Heqing unreservedly, and naturally he can use Cao Huan very generously, not to mention that he has been inspected by Wang Jinyi, and Wang Jinyi also intends to reuse him, so it didn't take long for Cao Huan to be promoted to the captain of Zhiguo, this Cao Huan is also very competitive, and he can win a lot every time he fights, and his military merits have gradually accumulated.

Lu Shoufu did not have the threat of abandoning the people in the north, so he began to gradually move the Bozhou garrison south, although the original troops had been transferred to Youzhou with the king of Changning, but he had worked hard in Bozhou for many years, and his strength was naturally very strong, so when Tao Chenmo and Wang Jinyi were united and Lu Wenzhao had no way to return to help, Lu Shoufu was very relieved to send nearly 100,000 people from Bozhou south to support Lu Wenting, Lu Wenting was caught off guard by Tao Chenmo and Wang Jinyi in the early days, and suffered a lot of losses. Readjusting the combat strategy, he knew that although he had been defeated before, now that the forces of Bozhou and Chongqing were equal, no one could eat anyone in one bite, and fighting for the world had never been achieved overnight.

As a result, the armies of Bozhou and Chongqing formed a new confrontation situation in the Fushui area of Yinzhou.

Lu Wenting is not in a hurry, Tao Chenmo and Wang Jinyi are not in a hurry, in fact, Tao Chenmo suggested sending troops to Yinzhou at that time not to fight to the death with Lu Shoufu, he looked at the future. This Tai'an City must be entered, but not now, if Lu Shoufu is allowed to control Yinzhou, then even if he enters Tai'an now, Lu Shoufu can take advantage of the geographical situation of Yinzhou and Yuzhou under an order, and then enter Yuzhou, cut off Cheng Jinshang's back road, this Yuzhou is the hub of the imperial capital of Qianyun in the south, and the imperial capital of Zhongzhou in the north, and it is not unreasonable for Song Yiming, the founding king of Dayuan, to set up a general's mansion in Yuzhou. Now that Lu Shoufu's forces have been driven to the border of Yinzhou by him, and he is stationed with heavy troops to defend it, he is not in a hurry.

During this time, there was no battle to fight, so Tao Chenmo took time to visit Su Mu.

I haven't seen it for many days, I saw that Su Mu had lost a lot of weight, Tao Chenmo was very distressed, but he couldn't show it too obviously, or he didn't dare to show it too obviously, although he had the courage to plan thousands of miles to resist millions of enemies, but he was not good at this child's affection. Therefore, he could not say that he was specifically visiting Su Mu, so he had to walk in the medical camp under the banner of condolences to the wounded.

Although it is said that he travels with the army, Su Mu often has to treat the wounded, and Tao Chenmo often fights on the front line, and the two have hardly met since they came to Yinzhou, so when they saw Tao Chenmo coming, Su Mu was naturally very happy in his heart.

Tao Chenmo told him that he had nothing to do recently, and the two had nothing to say.

Tao Chenmo coughed lightly twice, and asked boldly, "Is the girl still suitable for life in the army?" ”

Su Mu looked at Tao Chenmo with blank eyes and asked in a low voice, "Can I tell the truth?" ”

"Absolutely."

"Alas, what the general said before is not wrong at all, I really underestimated this walking with the army, and when I came to the army, I found that the medicine in the army is really much more painful than treating diseases and injuries on weekdays."

Tao Chenmo couldn't help laughing and said: "That's natural, once the two armies fight, the wounded will be endless, the girl is a woman, busy all day long, it's strange to stand it." ”

"General, don't underestimate me as a woman, although it is a little tiring here, but after such a long time, I have slowly gotten used to it."

"Miss Su, I see that you are a lot haggard, don't you hold on, if you are really not used to it, you can go back to Yuzhou at any time." Tao Chenmo said with concern.

"No," Su Mu replied hurriedly, "General...... You said that if I went back alone at this time, what would the soldiers in the army think of me, and besides, as soon as I go back, my father may have to choose a husband's house for me, and I can't go back. ”

Tao Chenmo couldn't help but laugh and said: "But when the girl gets married, the girl will have to take this step sooner or later?" ”

"When the man gets married, isn't the general in a hurry to get married?"

As soon as she said this, she poured Tao Chenmo down, and she didn't know how to answer for a while.

Su Mu realized that he had broken his promise, and hurriedly apologized: "The little girl got carried away, and I hope the general is not strange." ”

Tao Chenmo couldn't help laughing and said: "Where is the girl, how can I ever treat the girl as an outsider, and the girl is also reasonable." ”

Su Mu knew that although the general in front of him had a high prestige in the Yuzhou army, he had never seen any official authority in private, and he had never regarded her as an outsider. ”

"You say?"

"The general is not allowed to be angry?"

"What's so angry about it?"

"May I ask?"

"Just ask."

"Actually, it's nothing, I'm just curious, if the general doesn't want to answer, he doesn't have to force it."

"Tell me about it."

"Well, the general is young and promising, and he is famous all over the world, why, why don't he have a wife and concubine? I heard that the general's nationality is in Shallow City, but there is someone in Shallow City waiting for the general to return to his hometown? "Tao Chenmo has not yet married a family, Ren Pujia has already told Su Mu about this matter, but what is the situation of Tao Chenmo in Shallow City, Ren Pujia naturally doesn't know much, since he said it today, Su Mu has the courage to ask.

Tao Chenmo was a little surprised at first, and then said with a smile: "When I was young, I didn't get married, and then it happened that my teacher died, and the minister kept filial piety for three years. ”

"Oh, I see." Although Su Mu looked light and light, he was very happy in his heart.

"Then, that girl has a heart, so she is very reluctant to the family affairs arranged by Ling Zun?"

Su Mu smiled playfully and said, "Yes and no." ”

"Oh? What does this mean? At this time, Tao Chenmo was very puzzled.

"Actually......"

"Brother Tao, so you are here?" At this time, Wang Jinyi suddenly appeared.

"Yes, when I have nothing to do, I will come over to see the wounded soldiers."

When Wang Jinyi saw Su Mu here, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Just to visit the injured soldiers?" ”

His question made Tao Chenmo and Su Mu blush a little.

Seeing this dilemma, Wang Jinyi continued: "Okay, let's not joke with you first, there is an urgent report in Yuzhou. ”

"Oh? What's wrong? ”

"Guess what, I don't know who gave Qin Yong the idea, the imperial court took advantage of my army to send 100,000 troops to prepare for the expedition to Yuzhou." Wang Jinyi said.

"Oh? At that time, Qin Yong did not dare to attack Yunyang, but now my Yuzhou army is strong, although the main force is outside, he has the courage to attack Yuzhou? ”

"Yes, I'm also strange, think about it, there is Beiqi in the north, Wei Rong in the west, and there is also a prince Song Yao in the east, what is he thinking in Qin Yong's mind, and I don't know who is behind his back to instigate him to make such a dangerous move."

"If I'm not mistaken, there are also more than 100,000 imperial court guards on the border between Chongqing and China, and Brother Wang said where did this Qin Yong's 100,000 troops come from?"

"It's not clear for the time being, if Qin Yong really sends 100,000 troops from other places to the south, then with more than 100,000 defenders on the border of Yuzhou, the situation in Yuzhou is probably a bit precarious."

"What is the arrangement of the prince?"

"The prince's intention in this report is to inform you of the situation in Yuzhou, but he did not ask you and me to come back to help, and also made you and I have to defend the advantage of Yinzhou."

"It means that you and I will continue to be stationed in Yinzhou without having to return to Yuzhou?"

"Yes, it stands to reason that Yuzhou is the top priority right now, but why doesn't the prince let you and me come back to help?"

Tao Chenmo thought for a while, seemed to understand something, and said: "The reason why the prince agrees with my opinion to send troops to Yinzhou is obviously because he knows that Yinzhou is a springboard between Yuzhou and Bozhou, and he must not be easily handed over. Back then, it could be the mighty General Yunlu, since the prince asked you and me to guard Yinzhou without recalling, there must be a way to deal with Qin Yong, I think, Brother Wang, you don't have to worry, you and I will do what the prince wants. ”

"Having said that, I'm still a little worried, this Qin Yong has always been scheming, since he dares to send troops, he must be fully prepared."

"I have a solution."

"Brother, say it quickly."

"Yinzhou is not lost, this is also the meaning of the prince, but we can't be too optimistic, so we have to prepare with both hands, you and I must be the focus of the Bozhou spies, if any of us leave will release a signal to the Bozhou defenders to draw troops back to help Yuzhou, so the two of us must stay in the army, the younger brother thinks that it is better to let Li Xiuji Heqing lead the elite of Yunwei to the border of Chongqing and Yin to standby, if something happens in Yuzhou, the two of them can support at any time, if Yuzhou is fine, the two of them can return to Yinzhou, In this way, both places can be taken into account. ”

"Okay, according to my brother's wishes, I'll arrange it."

Wang Jinyi and Tao Chenmo didn't treat Su Mu as an outsider, so Fang Cai's conversation didn't avoid her, Wang Jinyi just left, Su Mu couldn't help but show a little worry.

Tao Chenmo knew that he was worried about his father who was far away in Yuzhou, so he comforted him: "Girl, don't worry, there is a prince in Yuzhou, as well as Wen Zhong, Brother Wang, Ding Kangyang and others, nothing will happen, otherwise the prince would not have ordered me and General Wang Jinyi to guard Yinzhou without returning to help." ”

"But can the forces of Yuzhou compete with the imperial court now?"

"Rest assured, the prince is not a conceited person, since he has made us not have to return to help, he is naturally very sure, take 10,000 steps back, even if Yuzhou really can't hold it, the prince can calmly retreat to Yunyang, besides, the war is chaotic, Ling Zun will not have the heart to choose a husband for the girl again." Tao Chenmo said with a smile.

When Tao Chenmo said this, Su Mu also smiled a little helplessly.

In fact, Qi Ningyu said it was not bad at all, Qin Yong actually didn't completely listen to An Yingdong's suggestion, An Yingdong asked him to draw 100,000 troops from Youzhou to the south, so as to do something in Youzhou, but Qin Yong privately totaled and decided to only transfer 50,000 soldiers and horses from Youzhou, he didn't want to give Song Yao even a chance, and then let these 50,000 soldiers and horses go to the border of Yuzhou, join the border defenders, and then form a team to attack Yuzhou, in addition, he also left a hand, under his instruction, Huang Chengxiao, the general of the conscription, did not transfer all the defenders on the border of Yuzhou to the south, he knew that Cheng Jinshang was powerful, and he was afraid that if the whole army attacked, Cheng Jinshang would make a roundabout counterattack and kill Zhongzhou, but he would kill Zhongzhou, so he still left half of the defenders to guard the border, so that the army that went south to attack Yuzhou was only nearly 100,000.

Someone ventilated to Tai'an, saying that Yuzhou's defense was empty, and the purpose was very simple, that is, these people never wanted Cheng Jinshang, Lu Shoufu, Qin Yong or Turan Bingmu to have an absolute advantage, they only hoped that these forces would dump each other and consume each other, so that the Weirong army could take advantage of it, seeing that the Yuzhou army began to occupy an absolute advantage in Yinzhou, these people naturally couldn't sit still, so they leaked the news to Tai'an, so as to encourage Qin Yong to draw troops south, so that the Yuzhou army could return from Yinzhou, thus brought Yin Zhou back to the original situation of confrontation between the two armies, but these people still underestimated Cheng Jinshang's bearing.

Cheng Jinshang received a military report, saying that the imperial army suddenly went south, he was also a little puzzled for a while, and he didn't know why Qin Yong suddenly became bold, Qu Hongsleeve and others did not analyze any reason, and finally for the sake of safety, it was suggested that Cheng Jinshang transfer Tao Chenmo or Wang Jinyi back to Yuzhou to protect Yuzhou, but he didn't expect Cheng Jinshang to wave his hand and said domineeringly: "Wang and Tao The two generals opened up territory for this king, how can this king let the two of them walk around at any time and restrain their hands and feet, Qin Yong has the courage to make a move, This king dared to take it, and this time, this king went to meet them in person. ”