(At the end of the month, let's see if there is a monthly pass.) If you want to keep your position, the end of the month is the most critical, you know..... You can't let a month's hard work go down the drain at the last minute, right? We've fought so far, and we're only one step away from success! ）

Chapter 620: Who else can you scare?

Chi Haonian and Zhong Xin didn't come out of the room all afternoon, the door was their two cronies and entourage, someone came to deliver water was politely blocked, until the sky was about to get dark Wu Yiyi personally came to greet him, the door was opened from the inside, Wu Yiyi stayed in it for more than an hour after entering, and I don't know what the three people discussed.

At dinner, Wu Yiyi sent someone to ask Fang Xie for help, but Fang Xie asked people to go back and say that he was still asleep and hadn't woken up. Chi Haonian and Zhong Xin knew that this was Fang Jie's intention, but it was indeed a little rude, so Wu Yi apologized on behalf of Fang Jie, and then arranged a banquet to continue drinking.

This time, it was not only Wu Yi himself who accompanied the wine, but the main generals of the Black Flag Army in the big camp all entered the table, and there were more than a dozen people. These guys are strong in drinking, and Chi Haonian and Zhong Xin are already a little unbearable after two rounds of salutation, although they also drink well, but the Black Flag Army drinks in a big bowl instead of a wine cup, and the two of them drink exquisitely, and these soldiers are very rough.

After drinking for nearly an hour, this time the two feudal officials really drank too much.

The two of them were carried back to rest, this time they were not put together again, but lived in a separate room, and the guards brought by Chi Haonian and Zhong Xin were busy with them, but no one cared about this detail. After eating at noon, the two people were put together so that they could discuss, and after eating and drinking at night, they were separated, not just because it was rude for the Black Flag Army to sleep in the same room.

The next day, before dawn, the two of them were awakened by the earth-shattering roar outside, Zhong Xin struggled to get up from the bed, rubbed his head that was almost cracked in pain, pushed open the window and looked out, and saw countless black-armored soldiers on the school field in the distance practicing, shouting and screaming.

On the northernmost stage of the school field, the young man who looked weak yesterday stood there in a black robe, heroic.

The soldiers on the school field continued to change the formation with the flag-bearer waving the flag on the point platform, and the black flag army that followed the change of the Great Sui infantry army formation looked solemn, looking at the posture, there were at least more than 10,000 soldiers on the school field in practice, but there was no stagnation between the formation transformations, and it was extremely smooth.

Although Zhong Xin is not a military general, it doesn't mean that he doesn't understand anything.

has been in the officialdom for decades, what kind of scene has he not seen? When he was in Liangcheng, he looked at the cavalry of the Black Flag Army outside and knew that this was an elite, and when he saw the infantry of the Black Flag Army training today, he re-examined the young man named Fang Xie in his heart.

He remembered that when he was young, his father once said something to him, and he always remembered it.

No one can succeed casually, even if they are famous.

Fang Xie can have the current strength, how can it be just luck? He took a small battalion of troops to the northwest, but instead of being wiped out in that chaotic situation, he brought back a team that had always had tens of thousands of elite cavalry, and established a large battalion of this size in Suzaku Mountain in less than a year, and trained such a majestic infantry...... Just this morning, Zhong Xin's impression of Fang Xie changed dramatically.

At this time, Zhong Xin also guessed that the window next to him was also pushed open, and Chi Haonian looked at the black-robed young man on the school field with a solemn face like him.

The eyes of the two people intertwined, and before they had time to talk, they saw Wu Yi walking over with a smile: "Why did the two of you wake up so early, weren't they being noisy by the soldiers?" I'm really sorry, this is the habit of the general, no matter the cold, summer, rain or snow, you have to personally drill the people and horses every morning, I apologize for the two of you for the general, disturbing your rest. ”

"No, no, no"

Chi Haonian, who was closer, hurriedly waved his hand and said: "The general's majesty in governing the army is admirable. ”

"Why don't we go and have a look?"

Wu Yi made a gesture of please.

As the saying goes, guests are as they are, although the two of them are prominent, but they are also guests when they arrive at the camp of Vermilion Bird Mountain, they finally freshen up and change their clothes, and then follow Wu to the school field.

"Scattered Gold Waiting ......"

Chi Haonian hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but ask: "Yesterday, the general was drunk and drunk, did he say anything to you when he woke up?" ”

Wu Yi nodded and said, "Last night, when our banquet was over, the general got up, because I told people not to wake him up, and he lost his temper because of this, saying that he treated the two distinguished guests slowly. ”

"Not this ......"

Chi Haonian was a little anxious: "Didn't you say anything else?" ”

"Something else?"

Wu Yi thought about it, and just as he was about to speak, he saw Luo Weiran passing by with a team of Xiao Riding School, and the moment he saw Luo Weiran, Chi Haonian and Zhong Xin's faces obviously changed.

"The ...... Isn't it Luo Weiran, the commander of the Ouchi Guards? ”

Zhong Xin asked subconsciously.

"Exactly!"

Wu Yi nodded: "Now he is also working under the command of the general, not just him......"

Wu Yiyi pointed to the person standing respectfully behind Fang Xie on the stage in the distance and said: "That used to be the eunuch in the imperial study, the emperor has special trust in him, and the emperor asked him to bring a secret decree to find the general before the imperial expedition, and it can be said that the general is now acting on the emperor's secret order." ”

These words confused Chi Haonian and Zhong Xin, isn't Fang Xie Luo Yao's son? Didn't he stay in Huangyang Dao to defend the foundation for Luo Yao, why did he suddenly become the emperor's person? Why did it suddenly become acting on the emperor's secret orders?

Wu Yiyi just made them confused, and when he saw that the faces of the two people were changing, he smiled and said: "Actually, the two mentioned it yesterday, and the general was also worried after he knew about it. The general was ordered by His Majesty the Emperor to eliminate the rebels in the southwest, and had the right to arbitrarily decide on the spot, and it stands to reason that knowing the situation in southern Xinjiang, the general must lead the army to fight against the bandits, but now there is indeed a shortage of food and grass in the camp, so the general has more than enough heart but not enough strength. ”

"If the general intends to go south to fight the thieves, do you still have to worry about the problem of food and grass?"

Chi Haonian said: "What the two of us said at the banquet yesterday was not a joke! ”

Zhong Xin also said: "Since the general has His Majesty's will, it is justified to send troops to fight against the thieves, wherever he goes, who will not support it?" What I said yesterday still counts, as long as the general is willing to lead the troops south, no matter how poor I am in the calculation of Beihui Dao, I can still support some money and food, and I can't let the soldiers go hungry to kill the enemy for the country! ”

"In that case, don't talk later, I'll test the general's meaning first."

Wu Yiyi smiled: "It's just that what I'm worried about is that the general is reluctant to give up the Vermilion Bird Mountain camp that has just been established, in case when the general fights against foreign enemies for the country, someone comes to attack my idea of Vermilion Bird Mountain, wouldn't that make the general feel cold?" ”

"No!"

Chi Haonian said: "Absolutely not!" ”

Wu Yi sighed: "The two of you said no, I naturally believe it, but the general must also think about the hundreds of thousands of soldiers below...... If all the threats are not dispatched, the general will not be able to lead the team south. ”

"I don't know ......"

Zhong Xin frowned and asked, "How can I reassure the general?" ”

……

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Yongzhou

Standing on the tall city wall of Yongzhou and looking south with clairvoyance, you can already see beacon smoke burning in the farthest part of your line of sight. All the gates of Yongzhou City have been closed, and from today onwards, even those people who have fled will not be able to enter the city, no matter how they beg the city gates, the city gates have not been opened, and the soldiers guarding the city have also looked moved, but the military orders from above are so, and they dare not disobey.

In fact, this can't be blamed on the ruthlessness of the generals, now the army of the Su people and Nanyan is close at hand, no one knows if there are any Nanyan spies mixed in among these refugees, once the enemy is mixed in, who dares to guarantee whether this Xiongcheng can hold it at that time?

Therefore, no matter how miserable the begging of the people below, the soldiers all twisted their heads and couldn't bear to look at it, but they still didn't open the city gates.

After begging for a long time, the people did not wait for the city gate to open, so they had to bypass Yongzhou and continue to walk north. In fact, there have been many refugees in Yongzhou City since this time, and the people living on the streets of Yongzhou are people who have fled from the south. The Su people are too fierce to kill, and they are beasts compared to the Nanyan army. The Nanyan people only robbed money and food, but rarely killed people, because they had to snatch people back together.

After the founding of the Southern Yan People's Republic of China, the country's population was not large. In addition, because Da Sui's life is better than Nan Yan's, many people secretly come to Da Sui to settle down, and Da Sui's side does not refuse to come, and Murong Yan didn't dare to offend Luo Yao, so he didn't even dare to ask, so he had to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

In the most recent year, 100,000 people came from Nanyan to become Sui people.

The people of the Southern Yan country were poor and weak, and the people paid a lot of taxes, and the Great Sui Emperor has always taken good care of the southwestern provinces, and there will be a will to reduce money and grain every year. Although Luo Yao looted a lot, it was not the people who were looted, but the rich people. Even if Luo Yao also collects it, it is far lower than what Nan Yan collects. Luo Yao also likes these Nanyan people to vote, because these people have no respect for the Great Sui, and selecting soldiers from these people makes him feel more at ease.

Because of this, Murong Yan's hatred was even stronger. He had deceived the Emperor of Shang from the Big Dog brothers, and if it weren't for the Big Dog's special abilities, the two brothers would have been almost killed by him. finally pretended to be the prince of the Shang State and established Nanyan, but the national strength was weak, and he had no other choice but to grovel in front of the powerful Sui Empire.

This resentment has been accumulated for a long time, and Murong Yan has found catharsis this time. Therefore, he ordered the Southern Yan army to plunder not only money and grain, but also the population. Moreover, it is necessary to investigate that all the people who fled from Nanyan to Pingshang Road at the beginning were all branded with a red-hot soldering iron on their faces.

As for the Su, they may not even know what they want.

Because they've been just killing people all along.

The current guard of Yongzhou City is Xu Qingzhi, the fourth general of the Daozhi Yamen, although Luo Qiu is also in the city, but because he does not understand military affairs, he simply handed over the matter of defending the city to him.

Xu Qingzhi is only thirty-five or sixteen years old, and he is already a general of the fourth grade, if the Great Sui does not get into chaos, he may not have a chance to become one of the generals of the Sixteen Guards for a few more years.

He stood on the city wall and looked at the smoke billowing in the distance, and then looked back at the crowded refugees in Yongzhou City.

"Without these refugees, Yongzhou would have lasted two months if it had been under siege. Although Luo Yao took away most of the grain and grass, there was still some stock. But now that there are more of these refugees, it would be good to be able to survive for a month. ”

He sighed, looked at the Great Sui banner that Governor Luo Qiu had people hang on the Yongzhou city wall again, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Now I have to hang the Great Sui flag...... Who else can be scared? ”

I don't know why, he suddenly wanted to cry.