Bian Lingcheng couldn't help it, and shouted: "Cao Tianzi, do you know your mistake!" The sharp voice was very harsh, Cao Tianzi suddenly woke up, plopped, knelt on the ground, bang, knocked his head more than ten times in a row, and said through the screen: "Your Majesty, Weichen knows that he is wrong!" Wechen knew that he was wrong! Behind the screen, there was no sound, but Bian Lingcheng snorted lightly and said, "Get up, Cao Tianzi." ”

Cao Tianzi got up as he said. Yang Yan smiled slightly: "General Cao, can you summon the generals of the Southern Army now?" ”

Cao Tianzi bowed down and said, "Of course you can!" Of course! I thought to myself: "When the emperor comes, there must be a deep meaning, and I will discuss it with the generals." "Turn around and want to leave.

Fan Qiang said: "General Cao, you can sit forward." This kind of errand thing, why do you want to go to it? ”

Cao Tianzi was helpless, slapped his palms, and a pro-soldier came in, Cao Tianzi blinked his eyes, and said: "You quickly call the generals to the Chinese military tent, and there are important matters to discuss." The soldiers were ordered to gallop away. Cao Tianzi thought for a while, and sat down on the opposite window.

After a while, the generals arrived one after another and sat down in turn in the Chinese military tent. Yang Yan looked at it and saw that the generals of the Southern Army were all sturdy and strong, and he was worried in his heart. He coughed lightly and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, since Wang Mang usurped the throne, the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions are no longer owned by my Han, and there are even Northern Xiongnu eyeing them, killing and plundering in the south several times, and my Han has suffered very much!" Therefore, the first emperor used troops in the Western Regions, Geng Gong led 2,000 soldiers and fought with 100,000 Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu did not dare to block its edge! Ban Chao led thirty-six horsemen, interspersed with detours in the Western Hungarian countries, combined vertically and horizontally, knowing that it was profitable, quite the style of Zhang Yi and Su Qin of the Warring States Period, and even descended to more than ten countries in the Western Regions! However, since Geng Gongdong returned to Luoyang, the situation in the Western Regions has deteriorated, and the Xiongnu have also made a comeback. Therefore, the emperor specially came to the Southern Army, and he wanted to hear your views on the Western Regions! ”

The generals were shocked and thought: "The emperor actually came to the Southern Army?" Wherever they dared to speak, they bowed their heads and remained silent. Yang Yan was not in a hurry, and looked at the generals with a smile. After a long while, Fang said: "You don't have to worry, even if you say something wrong, the emperor will not blame you." ”

Lu Wuqi has always emphasized military force and light literature, if it is about charging into battle, attacking the city and defending the wall, the generals of the Southern Army are unambiguous, but if they want to talk endlessly, talking about the situation in the world, it is to catch ducks on the shelf, it is even more difficult, not to mention that the emperor is present, who dares to make a sound?

The candle flame flickered and contracted, Cao Tianzi's heart moved, and he secretly thought: "Could it be that this is their plan to delay the army?" Hurriedly said in a rough voice: "You usually claim to be Wei Qing and Huo Quai, and you can't kill the Huns immediately and recover the Western Regions, but now that the emperor is here, why are they all like gourds with sawed mouths?" Well, in that case, then I'll name it! He looked sideways and thought: "Among the generals, Xie Cheng has always despised Geng Gong and Ban Chao, let him say it first, throw stones and ask for directions, and see what Fan Qiang and Yang Yan should do!" Then he said: "Regret, you say it first!" ”

The order was difficult to disobey, and Xie regretted helplessly, so he had to say: "Although I have a lot of land in the Han Dynasty, not an inch is superfluous!" The Western Regions originally belonged to my Han Dynasty, of course it must be recovered, there is no need to doubt it! Ban Chao is just a scholar who copies books, he has no power to tie the chicken, and he only has thirty-six soldiers, what can he do? Fighting a war is not a child's play, doesn't it make the world laugh? Could it be that with just one mouth, the Western Regions can be recovered? Geng Gong is nothing, he has no strategy, he only knows how to brag and pat the horse, relying on the little prestige accumulated by his ancestors, he can actually follow General Dou to the west, the fox is fake and the tiger is mighty, he picked up some scraps of meat, and turned into a tiger, he can be used as the capital of the tiger camp, hum, what about the Western Regions, there is no recovery of half an inch of land! What about the Huns, still so rampant! Xie repented and paused, and said proudly: "The soldiers in the world are all in the southern and northern armies, if the emperor can take Lu Dutong as a general, lead the southern army, and use troops one by one, why trouble is the injustice in the Western Regions!" ”

Fan Qiang listened to him ridicule and abuse Ban Chao and Geng Gong in public, and he was uneven, holding the handle of the knife in his hand, and was about to pull it out, killing Xie Gong. Suddenly, a hand stretched out and held it tightly, but it was Yang Yan, looking at Fan Qiang, shaking his head slightly, and said softly: "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan!" If you kill Yang Cheng, the southern army will be chaotic, and I have a thousand imperial forest troops, how can I be the enemy! ”

Fan Qiang woke up and secretly blamed himself for being reckless and almost missed a big event, so he had to listen patiently with Yang Yan. After Xie repented and finished speaking, Yang Yan was expressionless and said, "Okay, I have made a note of what General Xie said, which general should say it next?" ”

Xie Zhi is older and quite popular. As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere suddenly became lively, you said, I said, they all said, it was nothing more than the main battle, and they did everything possible to denigrate Geng Gong and Ban Chao, and some even scolded and insulted Geng Gong's ancestors. Fan Qiang was furious, his face was pale, if he hadn't had a heavy burden on him, he would have swung away with a knife and cut these people into two pieces! Yang Yan was also angry, but his face was expressionless. He found that among the generals, there were three people who respected Geng Gong very much, namely Zhou Chao, Chen You, and Kong Yanxiu.

As he was talking, in the night, a half-bright and half-extinguished beacon fire suddenly rose in the distance, rolling up, straight into the sky, illuminating half of the sky in Luoyang, Cao Tianzi looked at it from the window, was shocked, and Huo Ran got up, wanting to make the generals lead the troops to Doufu in a hurry.

Yang Yan smiled: "General Cao, do you have something to say?" However, this general has not finished speaking, so bear with me for the time being! ”

Cao Tianzi was anxious, stared closely at the back of the screen, snorted, and said, "There is no wine in the banquet, it sounds very tasteless!" He stretched out his palm and patted it, and a personal soldier opened the tent and entered, Cao Tianzi turned around, turned his back to Fan Qiang and Yang Yan, and said: "The emperor is coming, there is no wine, which makes the world laugh at the rudeness of my southern army, you go and prepare some wine." Stretched out his hand but pointed to the screen, and then pointed to the candle flame, and made a throwing momentum, the soldiers knew the deep meaning, but they were puzzled for a while, and bowed down.

Yang Yan couldn't wait for time, and said happily: "It's still General Cao who thinks thoughtfully, you guys have been talking about the disadvantages of the times, and after talking about it for so long, you must be thirsty." Let's drink some wine first, rest for a while, and then discuss the situation in the Western Regions! ”

After waiting for a while, no one brought wine into the account, and suddenly heard a scream behind the screen, Yang Yan and Fan Qiang were startled, only to see Bian Lingcheng, the regular attendant, stumbling out from behind the screen, with a sword inserted in his abdomen, blood flowing all over the ground, trying his best, moaning: "Nan, Nan's army is big, bold, unexpectedly, unexpectedly, dare to kidnap the emperor, the emperor's ......" couldn't support it anymore, slammed, and fell to the ground.