Chapter 451: Planning
Su Xiaochen folded his fingers and calculated: "It takes six days for the hot spring pool to be excavated, two days for the water to melt the ice, Huo Qinglin has to be dressed for one day before the march, and it takes about five days to pass through Meilongyu from the west bank of the Hanjiang River to the estuary, a total of 12 days. According to Ah Kui, it has been two days since the excavation was excavated, so there are still ten full days of time left for us. ”
Zhu Zhitong couldn't help but ask, "How do you know how clearly?" ”
"This is a strategy left by Uncle You, and every step was carefully calculated by him at that time, so I naturally know how much time it will take."
Qiu Yue walked to the map and looked at it, and was also a little puzzled, and asked: "But Meilongyu and the bank of the Hanjiang River are not so far away, how can it take five days?" ”
"It really takes only two days to get from Meilongyu to the west bank of the Hanjiang River, but it takes five days to get around, because the water flows in different directions. Huo Qinglin's march route this time was semi-against the current, and if he wanted to walk secretly, it would inevitably slow down the speed of the boat, so it was too little to give him five days. ”
Everyone suddenly realized.
Su Xiaochen beckoned to Ah Kui: "Ah Kui girl, let me ask you, how many days will it take for you to leave now, how many days will it take to get to the Southern Xinjiang Governor's Mansion at the earliest?" ”
Ah Kui replied with a serious face: "Ah Kui can fly his feet, the fastest...... It can be reached in five days. ”
"Good! It is a downstream from the southwest waterway of southern Xinjiang, and the remaining five days of Governor Liu and the Kuntou ship should be able to arrive, in case she can't catch up, please let her put some of the tiger head ship and the falcon ship first, I only need the ship to help, it doesn't matter whether there is firepower or not. ”
"Huh? Can you keep the two armies from fighting? Zhu Zhitong was a little surprised.
"Although I am willing to help you, the Cangwu soldiers led by Huo Qinglin are all soldiers who have followed Uncle You on the expedition many times, how can I bear to watch them die in the belly of the fish? Naturally, if you can avoid war, you will avoid war. ”
"I'm afraid you may not be able to get what you want."
"The army that surrenders without a fight is the king of soldiers, I should try my best!"
Seeing that Zhu Zhitong was still skeptical, Su Xiaochen reached out and stroked the hair in her ear, and said softly: "Previously, I often practiced formations in the Imuran camp, and I personally led troops in the battle of Linzhou City, so I am not a soldier on paper, so you don't have to worry too much." In case the plan fails, I also have a way to give the Luxia people enough time to leave the battlefield and take refuge elsewhere. ”
"Your Majesty, I believe in Master Su, and I am willing to temporarily leave all ships at the disposal of Master Su!" Qiu Yue's heart was agitated and she said loudly. He tried his best to pretend that he didn't care about Su Xiaochen's intimacy.
At this moment, there are distracting thoughts about Zaixiu.
Zhu Zhitong nodded and said, "Okay!" Now that you have an idea, I believe in you too! As long as Liu Mingyan takes the Kuntou ship to Meilongyu, I will order her to obey your orders for the time being, so that you can make unified scheduling! ”
Ah Kui carefully pressed the letter under his chest and carried it closely, and bowed to everyone: "Then Ah Kui will go to the Southern Xinjiang Governor's Mansion first, passing by Meilongyu on the way, does Master Su have any message for me to bring?" For example, let Master Zongzhi do something to prepare. ”
Su Xiaochen groaned slightly, and said, "You ask Lord Zongzhi to evacuate all the clansmen to Shanyang in the south of the island for refuge, so as not to gather the remaining ships in case of artillery fire being affected."
The North Shore awaits deployment, and we will be there in a few days. ”
"Good! Then Aoi is gone. Ah Kui flashed his body, and he was gone.
Su Xiaochen asked curiously, "She didn't even open the door, how did she leave?" ”
Zhu Zhitong said with a smile: "She first climbed the top of the beam, and then climbed to the edge of the window to go out, but her movements were fast, so you think she disappeared out of thin air." ”
"I see."
Eagletail asked, "If we leave as soon as possible, what will the two newborn little highnesses do?" ”
"Naturally, take it with you. I promised my sister that I wouldn't put the child out of sight. ”
Suddenly, there were two voices from the next door:
"No."
It turned out that the two old ladies had already heard everyone's discussions, and as soon as they heard that they were leaving the imperial capital, they hurriedly came out with a child in their arms.
"You people, even you are still children, where will you take children?"
"That is, I can't even tell whether the child wants to eat or pull, and letting you bring it is to let the child suffer."
"It's 10,000 uneasy to hand over the child to you."
Zhu Zhitong and Su Xiaochen were both stunned, why did these two old ladies suddenly care so much about these two children? What's more, this is my sister's child, and it has nothing to do with the old lady, and it is unreasonable to say that she refuses to let go of the child.
As everyone knows, the old ladies have been lonely all their lives, and they suddenly tasted the joy of motherhood, although they can't close their eyes day and night, but they are willing to hold the child in the palm of their hand.
Zhu Zhitong bowed slightly to the old ladies and said, "The concubines are kind to the two children and are concerned about them, I understand very well. But this is the crown princess's deathbed, and I must not bear it. To be honest, we are indeed young and do not know how to raise children, and I would be grateful if the concubines were willing to go east with us and help take care of these two children. ”
The two old ladies glanced at each other, shook their heads together, and said:
"Eastward? How can this be? We have just heard you discussing how to face the enemy, how can we go with such a dangerous place? ”
Zhu Zhitong smiled: "This old lady doesn't have to worry too much, when Liu Mingyan's ship arrives, I will ask her to allocate a ship to send you to the Southern Xinjiang Governor's Mansion to settle down first, where there is all kinds of food, clothing, housing and transportation, and it will definitely not treat the two concubines badly, but you will need to endure a few days on the way before that, I don't know what to do?" ”
When the two concubines heard this, they began to murmur quietly.
"Sister, this little Ming Emperor wants us to go to live in the Bihai Country."
"It seems to be not bad, but I don't feel comfortable living in this broken mountain without anyone to serve me."
"I said at the beginning that I would let my sister spend money to hire a few people, but my sister was reluctant."
"How much money do we have? Don't want to hold on to some flowers? Don't you know what is the most painful thing about people? ”
"What?"
"People are not dead, money is gone."
"That's just right now, it doesn't cost us money to have someone to serve in southern Xinjiang."
"Well, in fact, I predicted a long time ago, we should go east, you have to say stop
West, I'm glad I didn't listen to you. ”
"Okay, okay, this time listen to my sister, and then go east. Speaking of which...... We're old, we haven't been abroad yet, and it's not bad to live overseas. ”
The two of them stopped their discussion, and replied with a serious face: "Okay, then it's decided, let's go east together, and you won't be treated badly when you get to southern Xinjiang." ”
Zhu Zhitong smiled, thinking to herself what was the matter.
Su Xiaochen hesitated, "We have to rush to Meilongyu as soon as possible, the concubines have children, but I'm afraid they won't be able to keep up along the way." It's better to divide into two ways, Xiaoxiao, let's go first with Qiu Yuejun, and let Cao Xiwen escort the concubine to arrive two days later? ”
"This ......" Zhu Zhitong hesitated when she heard this, Da Su's worries were true, but she was not at ease when she was separated from the children.
Seeing this, Qiu Yueshi ordered: "Eagle Tail, Cao Gongzi is weak alone, you and him are protecting the two little highnesses and the two concubines, so that Your Majesty can rest assured." ”
Eagle Tail replied softly: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the slave maid and Cao Gongzi will send His Royal Highness and the concubines safe and sound in the future!" ”
Eagle Tail's ability Zhu Zhitong has seen many times, and she is safe and resourceful, with her following, it should be safe, so she nodded. In fact, Zhu Zhitong guessed that the reason why Su Xiaochen asked Cao Xiwen to escort him was to let Cao Xiwen leave the imperial capital as soon as possible, so as not to discover the truth that his father had been killed, which was also well-intentioned.
"Da Su, it's just Cao Gongzi's side...... Would he be willing? ”
"I'll convince him by leaving this to me." Su Xiaochen obviously had an idea.
Suddenly, a voice came to mind outside the window: "Brother, I also want to walk with Cao Gongzi." ”
Su Xiaochen frowned...... This sister is really used to hiding outside the window and eavesdropping.
"What are you going to do? Hurry home and go home, aren't you afraid that your aunt will worry? ”
Ye Yin pushed the door in, tugged at Su Xiaochen's sleeve and said, "No, I'll go wherever you go, I don't want to go back." ”
Zhu Zhitong saw it in her eyes and had already sensed Ye Yin's intentions. In fact, after getting along in the past few days, she has more or less guessed Ye Yin's ambiguous feelings for Cao Xiwen. Before, she also heard that Ye Zhiqiu wanted to be the master of matching Ye Yin with Dasu, so she was quite responsive to Ye Yin, but now she found that she had a heart, and she was also relieved.
"Da Su, if she wants to go together, then go together, not to mention that the current imperial capital is rumored to be a battlefield at any time, are you willing to watch her be swept into your uncle's unsightly schemes?"
"This ......" Su Xiaochen weighed it in his heart, so he had to nod his head, which could be regarded as acquiescence.
Uncle Hanjiang's solemn entrustment, no matter what the purpose, will not affect his attitude towards his sister. Even if there is no blood relationship, how can the intimate companionship that has been with each other for more than ten years be erased because of a surname.
It's just that because of this, he took his sister to Hanjiang, which was about to ignite the flames of war, to be honest, Su Xiaochen was no more relieved in his heart than sending his sister back to the cloudy imperial capital.
But who has a definite number of things in the world? However, in just a few years, Mo said that the entire Bihai Court had become a dead object, and even his own life had been turned upside down. Ask yourself where you should go, I am afraid that there is only one sigh.