However, it is said that in the early summer of the tenth year of Dongliang's daughter Guoguang, there was a severe drought, and the harvest decreased sharply after the autumn; It was winter, and there was no snow in the season, and famine was coming. The situation of the bordering Xizhou State was even worse, so the East invaded the Eastern Liang in an attempt to snatch grain and territory from the Eastern Liang.

Liangcheng in the northwest, the weather is cold and freezing, and everything is dilapidated. The closer you get to the garrison, the stronger the smell of blood fills the air.

Xu Zhongqing and his entourage walked through several villages in ruins, and from time to time several corpses came into view on both sides of the road. They may be the victims of starvation who fled from Xizhou Kingdom, or they may be the people of Dongliang who were killed by Xizhou soldiers.

Yan Guiwan endured the nausea that came up from his chest, but he couldn't last a quarter of an hour, and finally vomited a mess, eager to vomit all the food he ate last night. This was the first time she had hit death, and it was also the first lesson she had been taught when she arrived in Liangcheng.

Finally, their group saw Zhu Xianran, who was seriously injured and fainted in the garrison's tent. The two imperial doctors quickly got up with the matter, and after a series of looking, smelling, asking, and cutting, they turned out many precious herbs brought from Toeshiro, Kyoto, and set a fire in the military tent to boil the medicinal soup.

Xu Zhongqing waited for Zhu Xianran to wake up, and learned more from several lieutenants one after another. Because the imperial court sent the third princess to the battlefield in person, the morale of the army was greatly encouraged, and a few days ago it was like a wilted eggplant, but now it immediately became vibrant!

It turned out that the Xizhou army had set up camp on the frontier since the last blitzkrieg and did not attack Dongliang head-on again. However, they sent small groups of soldiers disguised as civilians to infiltrate Dongliang and continue to steal food and other goods from various villages. And Zhu Xianran's subordinates could only strictly guard against it, and immediately rushed over to suppress it when they found out that it was coming. The news of Zhu Xianran's serious injury was also blocked, but where is the impermeable wall? They are also counting day by day, just hoping that the empress can quickly send a future to preside over the overall situation.

The sun is setting, twilight is falling, another day has passed, and the end of the year is one step closer.

With a few coughs, Zhu Xianran finally woke up. Xu Zhongqing stepped to the edge of the bed with an arrow step, held Zhu Xianran's hand, and called softly: "General Zhu, you finally woke up." ”

Zhu Xianran was slightly stunned, relieved for a moment, and hurriedly got up to salute Xu Zhongqing. Xu Zhongqing held her down, "General Zhu, don't move, your injuries haven't healed yet." ”

Zhu Xianran looked at the several imperial doctors gathered around him, and sighed: "There is the third princess of Lao who bothered, and such a long journey still brought me imperial doctors to heal." As he spoke, he thanked the two imperial doctors.

A lieutenant slowly supported Zhu Xianran behind her, making her upper body lean on the lieutenant's body. Zhu Xianran's face was still pale, and his lips were bloodless. Another cook brought in a bowl of hot white porridge from outside. Xu Zhongqing snatched it from his hand and fed her with his own hands.

"Third princess, how dare the last general?" Zhu Xianran weakly gave way.

Xu Zhongqing scooped up a spoonful and blew it gently, "What are you doing outside?" Although I am here, General Zhu is here, and everything has to be dispatched by General Zhu. ”

Zhu Xianran reluctantly drank the white porridge fed by Xu Zhongqing, "Third princess, the last general will make the empress and the court worried." ”

"Nonsense! Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, so Xizhou Xiaoer attacked our department and caught you off guard, how could you have expected it? Fortunately, your life is safe, otherwise wouldn't I lose another general in Dongliang? You taught me how to give an explanation to Mrs. Zhu? ”

Zhu Xianran was silent, and the lights and candles in the military tent were brilliant, reflecting her resolute cheeks. She suddenly glanced to the side, only to find Yan Guiwan standing in the corner.

This Yan Guiwan has vomited all the way, and his face is also sallow, and he has lost the excitement of the previous few days.

"The Nine Ponies are here too?" She said weakly, "General Rong Mo is rude. ”

Yan Guiwan stepped forward at this time, bowed down and crossed his hands and said, "General Zhu." ”

Xu Zhongqing seemed to make fun of her and said, "The first time the little girl saw a dead person, she vomited all the way. It can be regarded as an eye-opener. ”

Zhu Xianran also smiled slightly bitterly, "Old Yanjiang's demeanor, where can I compare?" The nine horses are still young, and he will become a big weapon one day! ”

Yan Guiwan's stomach was still churning, and he didn't have any energy, and when he heard them praising his mother, he smiled awkwardly when he stood there.

A group of strategists, soldiers, and adjutant generals were waiting outside the tent, Xu Zhongqing did not speak, Zhu Xianran felt that he could stand up, so he spoke: "Let them all come in." It's been a hard time for them. ”

Xu Zhongqing looked at the two imperial doctors, and the imperial doctors nodded slightly in acquiescence.

Soon everyone gathered in the military tent, and the sand table and the boundary map were all set up. Zhu Xianran and Xu Zhongqing first listened to several lieutenants recount the details of what had happened in recent days.

"According to the analysis of the Xizhou children's invasion, it should be that the local tribes have no food for the winter, and the Xizhou court has not allocated them food for disaster relief, which makes them take risks. If they fail to attack, the Xizhou court can immediately shirk the involvement, and if they win the battle, the Xizhou court will follow the river to annex our land. ”

What Zhu Xianran said is very reasonable, and Xu Zhongqing also has this intention in his heart. She thought for a moment and said, "The deputy general just said that they only fought a head-on battle with us, and the rest of the time was spent on stealing chickens and dogs. They are trying to keep our attention on the battlefield so that they can free up their hands to steal food. ”

Zhu Xianran clenched her fist with one hand and slammed it to the bed, and her two arrow wounds were painful. Xu Zhongqing hurriedly comforted her, "General Zhu, don't be excited!" ”

"They're just bluffing! There has been no wind and rain in the Xizhou this year, and at this time, the court must be busy taking care of itself, where is there time to go out to invade! It's a pity that I was shot by a nameless rat, almost lost my life, and invited the third princess from Kyoto! Zhu Xianran blamed himself.

"Nameless rats?!" Everyone said in unison.

Seeing that Zhu Xianran was unable to speak, the deputy general said for her: "Due to the enemy's sneak attack, the incident happened suddenly, when General Zhu led us to fight to the death, the other party had an archer, in the dark, one hundred shots, one or two arrows shot to General Zhu's vital point; He also hacked one of our lieutenants to death in hand-to-hand combat. ”

Xu Zhongqing stomped his feet angrily, "What kind of child is it?" Didn't you even report your name? ”

"I only heard the soldiers around him call him 'Evil Star', and I don't know what his name is?"

"And which department is now encamped opposite our army? Under what banner? ”

"It's the banner of Xizhou, but the faces are all raw, and looking at their appearance, they are more burly than ordinary Xizhou people."

"More burly than the people you know who live on the frontier of the Western Continent?"

"Yes."

"It should be one of the tribes in the Xizhou Kingdom. They had no way to live all the way east, and here they met us in Dongliang, so they fought hard. Yan Guiwan suddenly interjected, "It seems that that 'evil star' is extremely smart, he should have memorized "The Art of War" by heart." ”

Xu Zhongqing glared at her, and Zhu Xianran hurriedly said, "Third princess, what the nine horses said is reasonable. ”

"The swallow will not be able to make a mistake." Xu Zhongqing still criticized her.

Yan Guiwan's face turned red and said in a low voice, "No." ”

A group of people discussed until midnight, and finally reached an agreement: the enemy does not move, I will not move, and after a few days the Kyoto army's salary, grain and grass will be delivered, and the Eastern Liang army will have more confidence to resist to the end. It was spent like this until the end of the year, and it must be Xizhou who can't hold its breath. During this period, fortifications were strengthened, the surrounding population was pacified, and they were evacuated to safety. At the same time, he also came up with a bold idea: to dig up a spy in the garrison, so that she can penetrate the enemy army and obtain favorable information, so as to hasten the victory of this "unknown battle".

Everything is in full swing in the northwest borderlands, but Kyoto is peaceful on the surface. Under the pressure of the empress, three days after Xu Zhongqing and his entourage set off, Tang Yiai also escorted military salaries, grain and grass, and baggage on the road.

The three female ministers breathed a sigh of relief, Li Xiangyang lowered his face, and went to the provincial department to compensate Mrs. Zhu. Taiwei Zhu pretended to be confused and gave Li Xiangyang the steps. Although it was the empress who agreed to this, fortunately there was no oral message at that time, otherwise it would have been a disobedience to the decree. At present, it is only the provincial ministry to send it to various prefectures, and Taiwei Zhu will give up without investigating it deeply.

But Liu Xuande was very angry in her heart, in her opinion, Taiwei Zhu and Li Xiangyang were suspected of deceiving the empress. But she couldn't go to the palace to sue the two, so she had to swallow her anger. She was also tired for a few days, but when she returned home, she found Liu Lian waiting for her in the room.

Liu Lian wore a scarlet snow coat on the outside, a brocade skirt and embroidered jacket on the inside, and socks and arched shoes. He had a hand stove in his arms. As soon as he saw his mother come back, he ran to him and hurriedly said "Mother." ”

"Why are you so reckless? After going to Yan's house for a few days, why did you forget all the rules of the Liu family? Liu Xuande frowned.

Liu Lian took two steps back, "Erchen is indeed in a hurry. Subsequently, Liu Lian recounted Yan Gui's late trip to Liangcheng.

"Mother, why didn't you tell your son in advance? The mother of the Yan family ...... about this There are also quite a few complaints, it seems that our Liu family does not treat them as in-laws. ”

Liu Xuande said angrily: "Your old son and mother have been busy for three days, and you can't even drink hot water with Prime Minister Li Cheng and Taiwei Zhu in the provincial department!" How can you have the energy to take care of the Yan family! ”

Liu Lian knew that he was reckless, and hurriedly apologized to Liu Xuande. Liu Xuande sat on the chair and looked at Liu Lian carefully.

"The Yan family is too ignorant of the rules. The harvest is not good after this autumn, if it weren't for our Liu family secretly helping them find a buyer, would their Yan family be able to sell it at that price? In other words, no one can share a kickback from us, but their family is about to reach the end of the year, and there is no movement! ”

"Mother's ......"

In Liu Lian's heart, Liu Xuande has always been an upright and upright Qing school, how could he suddenly say such remarks? He has taken over the internal situation of the Yan family, and he is really not rich, but when did the Liu family run short of money? The Yan family sent so many dowries to marry him before?

"I'm old, and I haven't been in the position of Imperial Doctor for a few years. Your sister is ordinary, and your brother-in-law has a bad relationship with his mother's family. I've been honest all my life, and in the end I've had nothing! Ay...... What is Lian'er like in the Yan family? We will all trust in you. ”

"Mother, I have taken over the housekeeping of the Yan family. Originally, the plan was good, and when the wife and children landed, we used this as a motivation to take over more affairs of the Yan family. I also said that the wife and the lord of the move were to compete for the position of the duchess, but this time the young lord went to Liangcheng in the northwest that night. ”

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