Since Xiao Chumo entered the palace, Wei Tingyan has stayed in the courtyard here and wandered around, even if he was bored, he resolutely did not step into Yu Panxi's side for half a step.

The misunderstanding caused by the last incident had just been resolved, and he didn't want any more accidents to have his father confining him again.

Just as he was sitting at the stone table in the courtyard bored, pinching the pastries and throwing them into his mouth, he suddenly saw Xiao Chumo striding in from outside the courtyard.

He hurriedly jumped down from the stool and walked towards Xiao Chumo, obviously a little impatient: "How about it, the empress agreed?" ”

"Hmm."

Xiao Chumo nodded and threw a scroll of holy decrees in his hand to him.

"I immediately went to the barracks to order troops and went directly to the place where the mountain bandits frequented. Will you come with me now, or will you meet at the gates of the city when the time comes? ”

Wei Tingyan took the scroll of the holy decree steadily, opened it and looked at it, and then held it in his arms: "I just have nothing to do now, and I can go over with my cousin." ”

At this time, Chu Lu passed by the gate of the courtyard here with a few books, Xiao Chumo noticed her, and strode over and stopped the person: "I have something to go out temporarily, and I guess I won't be able to come back tomorrow." You go and talk to your wife, so that she doesn't have to worry, and don't wait for me for dinner. ”

"The slave knows."

The first appearance should be bowed.

As a loyal and brave general, it is normal for Xiao Chumo to have a lot of affairs in the army on weekdays, and it is impossible to accompany Yu Panxi all the time like these days. Therefore, Chu Lu didn't ask much, but just brought his words to Yu Panxi as they were.

The barracks cover an extremely large area, and tens of thousands of soldiers live in them. In order not to occupy the area inside Kyoto and not to interfere with the normal life of the people, the military camp was built outside the castle.

It was precisely for this reason that Xiao Chumo transferred one hundred and fifty elite soldiers from it, and when he rushed towards the place where the mountain bandits appeared the most with Wei Tingyan, no one in Kyoto found out.

"I said cousin, listening to the descriptions of the caravans that had been robbed, this nest of mountain bandits only survived thirty or forty people. Wouldn't it be a bit overkill for you to directly mobilize 150 elite soldiers to encircle and suppress like this? ”

Along the way, Wei Tingyan didn't stop chattering. After talking for a long time, I finally asked the question in my heart.

Xiao Chumo had never paid attention to his nonsense, but when he heard that he finally got to the point, he opened his mouth to solve his doubts without looking back.

"In your opinion, there are not many of those mountain bandits, and the elite soldiers we brought are all trained hard, and they can completely crush them."

Wei Tingyan nodded. I have to say that Xiao Chumo's words analyzed his mind very thoroughly.

The latter glanced at him, and continued, "But you forgot an important point. Since this group of mountain bandits can come and go freely outside the previous city, they must be very familiar with the terrain between the mountains and forests, and they are also good at making use of it. They had been outside of Kyoto for several days, so they must have become familiar with the environment. ”

"Although the soldiers in the army have very good combat ability, they often stay in the barracks, and they are inevitably a little unfamiliar with the complex environment of mountains and forests. This is not something that can be changed in a short period of time, so you can only rely on the stupidest crowd tactics to surround the mountain. ”

It was rare for Xiao Chumo to be so patient for once, and he told all the reasons for his actions. Probably because Wei Tingyan looks like a hanger on weekdays, but at this time, he is finally willing to listen carefully!

His words made the latter suddenly realize.

Wei Tingyan couldn't help but praise: "Sure enough, my cousin is amazing, why didn't you think of this!" ”

With such an obvious sycophant behavior, how could Xiao Chumo not see it. It's just that he has always been silent, and he didn't bother to pay attention to Wei Tingyan who was like a chatter at the moment, so he directly clamped the horse's belly and accelerated to the front.

And the latter has long been accustomed to this mode of getting along, seeing that he ignored it, he didn't get angry, and quickly chased after him, but he kept chattering.

When Chu Lu brought Xiao Chumo's words to Yu Panxi, she was flipping through the military books that the former had found for herself. Hearing her words at this time, the movement of turning the book in her hand couldn't help but stop.

"It's not yet noon, what is he going to do, and it takes so long?"

The general did not inform. But when he happened to see the slave maid, he sent the slave and maid to tell his wife, so that his wife would not be worried. ”

Looking at Yu Panxi's slightly frowning appearance, Chu Lu was also very helpless.

Finally, the general has time to accompany his wife, but now I don't know what is happening, and he is even busier than when he went to the barracks every day before.

Fortunately, Yu Panxi did not continue to ask.

According to the memories of her previous life, it was still more than a year before the first battle broke out. But now that many things have been disrupted, she is not sure whether this war will be sooner. So she had to delve into the art of marching and fighting as quickly as possible and as much as possible.

Seeing that Yu Panxi was so serious, Chu Lu didn't bother anymore and quietly retreated from the room.

Although she didn't know why Yu Panxi suddenly remembered to learn the art of war, she and Yinling were rarely able to see their master doing something so seriously. Whatever the reason, they will only show their support.

It's just that after Chu Lu withdrew, Yu Panxi still raised his head from a pile of books explaining the art of war and called Ah Ye.

She thought about it, but she still couldn't put her mind at ease. At the moment, there is nothing major in Kyoto, since even Xiao Chumo can't solve it for a while, presumably because of the ghost house that has been "in the limelight" recently.

"Finally remembered me?"

Yu Panxi called several times in a row, and Ah Ye finally stretched his waist and appeared in the room.

It's just that listening to the tone of his words, he is obviously a little dissatisfied with Yu Panxi, who has not called him for a long time.

The latter couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't think I don't know, you haven't been running to the kitchen to steal food these days, right?" Then I didn't ask you to go every day. ”

Thinking of the cook seriously telling Steward Liu that she suspected that there were rats in the kitchen, she couldn't help but want to laugh.

Ah Ye was blocked by Yu Panxi's words, and immediately forgot to care about the fact that she hadn't looked for him for a long time, and hurriedly came to the front to argue with her: "As you said before, I can run to the kitchen to eat at any time, and now I am not allowed to cheat!" ”

Look, a proper child's temper.

Yu Panxi was just teasing him, and he didn't really want to pursue it. At this time, seeing that he was really deceived, he smiled and got down to business.