"Come, release ten small boats, line up in front of the ship, light torches, and light the way!"

Soon, dozens of torches in front of him formed a line, illuminating the river surface a lot, but no amount of light shone into the fog ahead, as if the way was blocked by a wall, and it could not be seen in the slightest. The fog remains uncharted territory

Suddenly, the soldier on the boat shouted: "There is movement ahead!" ”

Huo Qinglin was nervous for a while, and immediately ordered: "Where are the crossbowmen of each ship?" Stand on the bow of the ship and watch out for the enemy! ”

A small shadow slowly appeared in the thick fog. The soldiers on each boat couldn't help but focus their torches on the slowly moving black shadow, trying to see what kind of monster it was.

However, the result surprised everyone present.

Yiye Bianzhou, a scholar, has no escort except for a rowing boatman.

Before the huge fog that shrouded like a monster, the appearance of this scholar was particularly abrupt.

The comer was weak, but Huo Qinglin remained vigilant. He made a gesture and ordered the crossbowmen of the ships not to release their arrows for the time being.

I saw that Ye Bianzhou slowly approaching, and entered the ship formation of Huo Qinglin's 50,000 army as if it had entered a no-man's land. The scholar did not flinch in the slightest, but only stood at the bow of the ship and looked up, as if he could not see the countless arrows aimed at him on every ship.

The boat drifted for a while, and seemed to recognize which ship was where Huo Qinglin's main ship was, and leaned in front of the battleship without any deviation.

Huo Qinglin asked loudly, "Who is coming!" ”

"Dare to ask, is it Senior Brother Huo?"

A clear sound crossed the night sky, causing all the soldiers to ask questions.

Senior Brother Huo? How is that the title?

Huo Qinglin was shocked when he heard this.

There are countless people in the world who call him General Huo, but there is only one person who calls him Senior Brother Huo.

"Isn't it...... Senior Brother Su? ”

"Exactly!"

Huo Qinglin was shocked in his heart.

Although he has not seen much of this young disciple, he is indeed Mu Yunyou's proud disciple. Since he regarded himself as the heir of Mu Yun's art of war, he naturally wanted to recognize Su Xiaochen as his junior brother. Didn't you hear that he disappeared mysteriously on the way back from the blue sea? How did it suddenly appear here? Could it be that someone has taken refuge in me who wants to calculate against me?

Seeing that Huo Qinglin didn't answer, Su Xiaochen chuckled:

"Senior brother, don't you want to invite me to the boat for a cup of tea?"

Huo Qinglin couldn't figure out where he came from or why he came, but seeing that he was just one person and one boat, he couldn't forgive him, so he immediately ordered: "Invite people to come up." ”

Two neat rows of soldiers on the main ship held torches, illuminating the entire deck, and even some scorching heat.

Su Xiaochen is wearing a silver leaf shirt and a silver crown, which are all royal gifts, coupled with the momentum that has been infiltrated by being the lord of Imuran in recent years, even if he does not reveal his identity, it is enough to make people feel that this person is not an idle person.

He looked around with a calm expression, and said with a slight smile: "In the past, the right Taishi often said that the senior brother was strict in governing the army, and he should be an example in the army. ”

At first, the soldiers looked at him from a distance as a weak chicken scholar who seemed to be powerless, but this person not only did not have the slightest fear among the ten thousand armies, but also talked and laughed with the boss, and secretly guessed where this "junior brother" came from.

Huo Qinglin was only slightly happy when he heard him praise him for managing the army in a good way, but he put aside the conversation and asked: "Is the handwriting of the number of Wu and the number of Geng a gift to me from my junior brother?" ”

Su Xiaochen smiled: "Isn't it that Senior Brother wants to interrogate me here?" ”

Huo Qinglin couldn't tell whether he was friend or foe at this time, so he had to stretch out his hand into the cabin and signaled, "Please talk in the cabin, junior brother." ”

The two of them sat down in the cabin and gave a new salute to each other.

As soon as the sergeant served the tea, Huo Qinglin was already impatiently waving his hand to hurry down.

"Senior brother, let's talk straight. Are you here this time or friend or foe? ”

"Nature is a friend."

"Yes, friend, then why are you bombing my ship?"

"In order to let the senior brother suspend the march."

Huo Qinglin stared at Su Xiaochen for a while, and asked tentatively:

"You know...... Where am I going? ”

"Cross Meilongyu, take the southwest waterway, attack Nanhua Island first, then enter Luoxia Bay, and directly take the capital of Taiye State." Su Xiaochen said it smoothly without hesitation, obviously confident.

Huo Qinglin secretly thought, he really knew.

"So the junior brother asked me to stop this large army ship formation at sea, is it to stop my surprise attack on Tai Liquid?"

Huo Qinglin's words were very vigorous, quite provocative, obviously he didn't intend to have any friendship with Su Xiaochen on the march matter.

"Senior brother, dare to ask how many troops did the Holy Lord give to Senior Brother in this surprise attack?"

Huo Qinglin asked rhetorically, "What do you see? ”

Su Xiaochen didn't speak, and stretched out his right hand to him.

"Senior brother, am I right?"

"If you know, why do you bother to ask me again."

"Cangwu 100,000 troops, if you want to surprise the Taiye, naturally the more troops, the greater the chance of victory. No matter how cautious the saint is, the 30,000 troops stationed on the west bank of the Hanjiang River are enough to defend the key passes that can be landed according to local conditions, why only 50,000 troops are given to the senior brother? ”

Huo Qinglin was silent for a while.

He was also very puzzled by this, but because Emperor Wen was resolute and unexpected, there was no room for negotiation and he couldn't ask it.

Could it be that this little junior brother knows?

"Do you know why?"

Su Xiaochen nodded and said, "Because the imperial capital is reversed." ”

"What?!" The teacup in Huo Qinglin's hand was clasped heavily, and the tea splashed, "Say it again!" ”

"The imperial capital, it's the other way around." Su Xiaochen didn't say much, but every word was unquestionable. "So the Holy Lord knew that the surprise attack would require more troops, and he knew that it only took 30,000 people to garrison Hanjiang, but he still only gave you 50,000. It's not that the saint is unwilling to give you men and horses, on the contrary, he has already given you everything he can give you, and the remaining 20,000 is the limit as the strength of the pacification of the imperial capital. ”

"How so! Isn't there still a holy 20,000 dragon scale army stationed in the imperial capital? ”

"It's the other thing about the 20,000 dragon scale army."

"Could it be that Cao Feihu has bad intentions......"

"Cao Feihu has been made a scapegoat by the head of the leader, and the Dragon Scale Army has now become a knife in the hands of the anti-thieves, and is no longer the king of Gyeonggi!"

For a moment, Huo Qinglin was as shocked as a wooden statue, and he was completely speechless.

"It's normal that Senior Brother doesn't know this news, and the Holy Lord doesn't dare to tell you such big news, because once it spreads, the morale of the army will inevitably be dissipated......

"It can't be!" Huo Qinglin roared loudly: "Even if the Dragon Scale Army is reversed, how can his 20,000 people be able to defeat my 100,000 army, wouldn't he kill himself by hitting a stone with an egg?" ”

"If it is said that the leader of the rebels has long been in collusion with the Imurans!"

Huo Qinglin felt a terrifying feeling that he had never felt before, and every nerve in his body even felt numbness from between his toes.

If what Senior Brother Su said is true, then the seemingly powerful Cangwu 100,000 army has fallen into an unfavorable situation of being attacked from both sides, and now this 100,000 army is divided into three places, which is really a dangerous situation.

"In the end...... Who is it that will be compatible with the Imulans? ”

"Ye Zhiqiu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites." Su Xiaochen sighed in a low voice: "...... That is, my uncle. ”

Huo Qinglin found that he didn't know the little junior brother in front of him more and more.

The disciple of the right Taishi, the prince of the palace who was given the royal clothes, suddenly appeared on the way to this secret march that no one should know about after his mysterious disappearance, and he broke Emperor Wen's intention to divide the troops without shocking, and also called his uncle a thief.

Su Xiaochen saw the suspicion on his face, knew that he didn't believe it, and asked, "Dare to ask Senior Brother before leaving, what is wrong with the supply and military supplies in the rear of the imperial capital?" ”

The matter of military supplies was originally a secret in the army, but when Su Xiaochen said this, it was difficult for Huo Qinglin to believe him. And as soon as Su Xiaochen mentioned the quartermaster, he suddenly remembered something.

"As soon as you say this, I remember, the previous military supplies were not abnormal, the day before leaving, there was a military report that the military newspaper said that the recent grain transportation encountered heavy rain, and the road in Jingzhou was very difficult to walk, so it would take one more day to arrive."

"Don't you think it's strange, senior brother? There are often heavy rains in Jingzhou, and the grain roads are muddy and difficult to travel, and no one in the army knows about this matter, and the quartermaster who transports the grain will also declare to the military department an extra day of relief when calculating the itinerary. Why is there an extra day of delay on the road? ”

"Isn't it because the rain is so heavy that it has washed away the grain road?"

"Senior brother, think again."

Huo Qinglin was already anxious: "Senior brother, don't play riddles again, say it quickly!" ”

"Senior brother, if the rebel party on the imperial capital completely cuts off the supply of grain and grass, the Holy Lord will definitely know about it immediately and be ready for it. However, the rebel party took a day to take the imperial capital, but the news was blocked and supplies were still released, and the late day used the heavy rain and delay as an excuse to pretend that the imperial capital was safe, that is an ulterior motive. Su Xiaochen stood up and said solemnly: "I conclude that at this time, the Holy Lord has already received the news that someone in the imperial capital is plotting against him, but this news is true or false, which makes him puzzled. Therefore, not only can he not tell his senior brother, but in order to prevent the army's morale from being weakened, he cannot openly crusade against the imperial capital against the party, and the saint is also in a dilemma. ”

Huo Qinglin exhaled heavily, "Senior brother, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just that what you said is too unbelievable, and everything is unheard of, you don't have real evidence, so how can I believe it?" ”

Su Xiaochen listened, and took out a letter from his arms, the edge of the envelope had been flipped over, and he had obviously read it many times.

"Senior brother, the evidence is not nothing, but after you read it, I'm afraid you will feel that there are more unbelievable things."

Huo Qinglin thought to himself, what could be more unbelievable? Immediately took the letter and read it.

"Senior brother, this letter was left by my uncle when he threw me to the Great Witch God of Imuran when he joined forces with the Imurans on his way back from the mission to Bihai."

Huo Qinglin couldn't help but look up and wondered, "Why did your uncle leave you to the Imurans?" ”