On the morning of 13 March, the army was ordered to join Jiang Anyi, who was waiting outside the tent. Li Qiangyong has never seen this world-famous champion, and he looks five points similar to Jiang Anyong, and he is heroic and does not have the feeling of weakness given by a scholar, so he has a good impression.

Jiang Anyi bowed and said, "Your Majesty has seen General Li. ”

Li Qiangyong owed a debt and said with a smile: "Lord Jiang is frightened, I heard Brother Ling say that you were robbed and killed by a desert cavalry on the way to the Chinese army, and then there were assassins who committed murder, this matter is too serious, Li is not easy to ask, so I sent someone to escort Lord Jiang to the Chinese army, and Lord Jiang went to tell the marshal." ”

There were many strange things about Jiang Anyi's encounter with the enemy, and Li Qiangyong didn't want to get into trouble, so he directly sent Jiang Anyong to escort him to the Chinese army. The Chinese army is only more than ten miles away, Jiang Anyi and others arrived at the third moment, the military order is in his body, Jiang Anyong does not dare to delay, and then bids farewell to his eldest brother and returns to the team.

The official of the Yuanmen passed on the marshal, and Jiang Anyi, the senator in the army, asked to see him. Wang Keming was stunned, wasn't Jiang Anyi in Zhu Jinfeng's camp, why did he appear in the Chinese army early in the morning. With a summons, Jiang Anyi came to the Shuai tent, there was no selfless friendship in the army, Jiang Anyi saluted according to the system, and explained his intentions.

Knowing that Jiang Anyi was passed on by the handsome tent token, he encountered the robbery and killing of the desert cavalry halfway, and met the assassin again, Wang Keming was shocked into a cold sweat, although the twenty herald flags around him were only seven or eight lieutenants, but they were all generals and family members he brought from the house, and they had followed him for at least more than ten years, and they were close people he trusted.

Immediately check the token, only five of the six tokens remain, and then call the flag officer, Hong Zuoxian is gone, Wang Keming is furious, and asks the flag chief Wang Yongyou. Wang Yongyou is his personal guard, who has been by his side for more than 30 years and has saved his life on the battlefield several times.

Wang Yongyou knew that the matter was serious, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "I somehow ate my stomach yesterday and I didn't have enough energy, so I asked Hong Zuoxian to take care of it for me temporarily, who would have expected him to steal the token and fake the commander's order." ”

Hong Zuoxian is dead, there is nowhere to verify, Wang Keming's eyes swept over Huang Xi on the side, and saw that Huang Xi was calm and flawless, Jiang Anyi was attacked twice in the Badai Department this time, one occurred in the station, and it was clearly his own people. Jiang Anyi has an enmity with the Jianghu people, but the possibility of the Jianghu people assassinating him is not very good, there is no benefit, who riskes the crime of raiding the house and destroying the door to assassinate the court officials, and Jiang Anyi is famous, and the fate of the more than ten killers in Jiangzhou will also make the killers weigh it.

Wang Keming had heard that Huang Xi and Jiang Anyi were not on good terms, Jiang Anyi was the prince's teacher, and Huang Xi was the teacher of King Chu'an, and the two teachers were their masters. Huang Xi has a lot of capable people, and it is very likely that he sent someone to do it, Hong Zuoxian is his own person, and there is only one possibility for him to steal the token, Hong Zuoxian is the dark line that Long Wei buried beside him.

The war is imminent, the infighting is still endless, Wang Keming's brows are furrowed, the Son of Heaven's royal driving party will set off after worshipping heaven and earth on March 16, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites have arrived in Zhenbei City first, and are discussing with the officials who stayed behind to take over the car. The Son of Heaven is in trouble, as the commander of the camp in the north of the town, there are too many things to prepare, and he really doesn't have the energy to scatter on this matter, and the assassin dares to assassinate Jiang Anyi again and again, I am afraid that he also saw this clearly.

"Wang Yongyou neglected his duties, resulting in the loss of the token, making a big mistake, and he was heavily punished with forty military sticks, and he was demoted to the rank of captain of Zhiguo (Zheng Qipin

on). "The head of the flag is General Dingyuan (Zheng Wupinshang), and he was degraded to eight levels at once, which is not too heavy, but Jiang Anyi can obviously feel the meaning of Shen Guogong's protection of Wang Yongyou.

"Ben Shuai will send someone to investigate this matter, arrest the assassin, and never let go of the traitor." Wang Keming is righteous and stern. Fortunately in misfortune, the loss of the token this time is only aimed at Jiang Anyi, if the desert has to mobilize troops and horses, then Wang Keming will not escape the blame.

The commander withdraws the account, and the generals leave. Wang Keming kept Jiang Anyi and said with a wry smile: "Anyi, it is inconvenient for Ben Shuai to dwell on this matter, and I hope you can be more considerate." Jiang Anyi thought about this matter carefully, and estimated that Shen Guogong could only quickly cut through the mess and deal with it vaguely, otherwise the war would start to track down the loss of the token, which would be widely implicated, causing the army's heart to shake, and the big loss was big.

Jiang Anyi said with a smile: "Dashuai, Jiang understands that everything is important to the big war, and Jiang's affairs will be talked about later." ”

Wang Keming stretched out his hand to stroke Jiang Anyi's back and said: "I'm ashamed, Wang is jealous and hateful by nature, and he can't imagine that he is getting older, and he is determined to lose, and he feels depressed. I hope that after this battle, Wang will be able to entertain with An Yishi and enjoy the rest of his life. ”

When Jiang Anyi first met Wang Keming, Shen Guogong was elegant and graceful, like a fairy, half of the Shen Guogong's beard in front of him had turned white, his face was haggard, and wrinkles appeared at the corners of his eyes. This grandfather of the country, born in a wealthy family, does not love power and pleasure, and has spent most of his life in the bitter cold land to resist foreign enemies, and fight for the people of the Central Plains from the invasion of desert horses, such a character is the real man, the backbone of the country.

"It is a fortunate thing in Jiang's life to be appreciated by Grandpa Guo, and Jiang Anyi's heroic gesture of grandpa Guo's generosity and singing on the upper floor is still fresh in his memory, if he is free, Jiang Mou will do his best to write a song for Grandpa Guo, so that Grandpa Guo's reputation will be passed on to future generations." Jiang Anyi promised.

Wang Keming laughed and said: "How fortunate Wang is to be able to get praise from the immortals, the old man will be full of nails in two years, and Anyi will take this as the old man's birthday gift." ”

"Dare to disobey."

The laughter gradually subdued, Jiang Anyi noticed that even when he laughed loudly, the gloom on Shen Guogong's brow did not dissipate, and said softly: "Grandpa Guo has a heavy responsibility, and millions of heroes are expected, the more you must take care of your body and respect yourself for the country." ”

Wang Keming said: "An Yi rest assured, Ben Shuai has been working hard since he was a child, these fatigues are nothing, and there is time to rest after the war." Anyi, what do you think of this use of troops? ”

"Millions of soldiers will definitely be able to smash the royal court, and the worries of a thousand years will be solved." Jiang Anyi said confidently.

Wang Keming was silent for a moment and said: "The desert land is vast, the desert people are skilled in riding and shooting, and the land type is familiar, if we can work together, it will not be easy for our army to win." ”

Like the vast majority of people, Jiang Anyi was full of confidence in this northern expedition, as a good opportunity to make contributions, and when he heard Wang Keming's worries, he smiled disapprovingly: "The marshal is too worried, although our army is not as good as the Mo people, but the ordnance is far stronger than the Mo army, and the 40,000 heavy armor is more capable of covering the front, and the Mo cavalry is difficult to stop its front even if there are more." ”

Wang Keming smiled bitterly: "At present, the army is blindly optimistic, despises indifferent people, and thinks that victory is within reach, you need to know Sun Sheng Zeng Yun: soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, the way of survival, the indifferent people have been the great enemy of the Central Plains for more than a thousand years, how can they be ignored." ”

"Since the Mid-Autumn Festival last year,

The desert people are constantly attacking and harassing our army, and those desert tribes who have surrendered to our country have either been destroyed or rebelled, and our army has gradually become less and less indifferent to the desert. The situation sent by the Military Intelligence Department is complicated, and it is difficult to argue whether it is true or false, and it is difficult to know one thing and the other. ”

Wang Keming sighed with a heavy heart: "This time the siege of the Ba Dai Department, surrounded on all sides, still let the 25,000 elites of the Ba Dai Department escape, Zhang Shang was negligent, but mainly because the terrain is not familiar, don't talk about him, Ben Shuai also thought that the Baluge River was turbulent and was a natural barrier, and he didn't expect the river to freeze and the horses could cross." Alas. ”

Jiang Anyi had an idea, last night he thought hard about the method of meritorious service, and wanted to find a way to break the enemy and make meritorious service from the memory of the demon master, but the memory of the demon master was too terrifying, and the scene of the battle was like a god and demon attacking, destroying the sky and the earth, moving mountains and boiling the sea, Jiang Anyi didn't dare to look at it and retreated, his heart was still pounding, it seemed that the demon master was a god and a demon.

At this moment, Shen Guogong sighed that the terrain was not familiar, Jiang Anyi remembered the marching map he saw in the Shuaifu, at that time he carefully memorized the topographic map, compared with the situation all the way to the Laena Valley, he felt that the map was simple and distorted, and the Baluge River was a short line on the map, and he really couldn't see anything.

Jiang Anyi's inspiration is the "sand table", the history books record that the famous general Ma Yuan of the Great Qi Empire had "gathered rice for the valley, pointed to the situation, revealed the way to and fro, analyzed the twists and turns, and it was obvious that it could be known", because its role was too important to be locked in the treasure house by Emperor Qi Ming, and Ma Yuan was strictly ordered not to write in the text and give it to future generations.

In a moment, a large amount of information poured into the brain, with the wooden frame as the frame, the sand as the base, the grid as the scale, the height was marked with bamboo sticks, and then the landform was piled up, the roads and rivers were marked with cloth strips, and the city camps were marked with models, etc., Jiang Anyi smiled: "Jiang once read the method of making sand table in an ancient book......

Before the words fell, Wang Keming had already jumped up in surprise and said, "Really, Anyi will make a sand table?" If we can build a sand table, our army will be like a tiger with wings, and the chances of victory will be increased by one point. ”

Seeing that Wang Keming attached so much importance to the sand table, Jiang Anyi was secretly happy in his heart, he wanted to make contributions in the Northern Expedition, and the force was not enough, so he could only rely on the sand table. When the method of manufacturing the sand table in his memory was explained to Wang Keming, Wang Keming listened very carefully and kept interjecting and asking questions.

The Chinese officer entered the account to report that the army was ready to march, and Wang Keming said unexpectedly: "An Yi will go with me, and talk to me along the way." ”

By the time Shenshi's army camped again, Jiang Anyi and Wang Keming had already discussed on the road for three hours, teaching and learning from each other, and the method of making sand tables took shape in Jiang Anyi's head. Wang Keming said: "This matter is very important, after returning to Zhenbei City, I will send craftsmen to obey your command, and strive to make a sand table map of the Northern Desert before Long Live arrives." An Yi, with this sand table, it is enough for you to be promoted to earl, and if it seems that the old man is enough to make you a marquis. ”

Jiang Anyi was overjoyed, he deeply felt that his foundation was shallow, not enough to protect his family from the wind and rain, if he could be promoted to the earl, then he would enter the ranks of the powerful, which was much more practical than the four-rank official rank. The title has many privileges, and it can also be passed on to future generations, he is now only the lowest baron, and if he can become an earl, he will have the opportunity to be promoted to a marquis in the future, which means that the wind and rain from the officialdom cannot easily blow him.