Chapter 186: The Darkness Behind the First Battle

Fang Jie's self-talk before going upstairs that he couldn't keep a low profile was completely in Dese, the reason why he chose to appear in the red sleeve move on the first day after leaving the secret prison of the Ouchi Guard, where did he want to be low-key. His name hasn't been floating in Chang'an City for half a year, and he needs a high-profile appearance to get himself back to the after-dinner chatter of the people.

As soon as he entered the martial arts academy, there was no news for more than half a year, and many people in the court speculated. Regarding Fang Jie's excuse of practicing alone in the back mountain, it is not something that can fool everyone. It's just that no one can see the truth, so it's just speculation. In the past half a year of imprisonment, although he has not suffered much, Fang Xie still realized a lot of things, low-key things are things that only those who have great achievements play, and those who have not achieved it want to be high-profile.

How can I be high-profile?

What could be more high-profile than appearing in the gold hole of the red sleeve trick and doing something that no one else can do? However, the latter is obviously extremely difficult.

In fact, as soon as he walked into the door of the Red Sleeve Move, he had already made the other guests jealous. The young but noble and glamorous little master, let her personally go downstairs to greet many guests. may flirt with her, and this person will be solved. Immediately followed by Aunt Xi and called Fang Xie to the third floor, which made the guests a little surprised. You must know that since the opening of the Red Sleeves, there are only a handful of men who can walk up to the third floor to enter the aunt's bedroom.

Fang Xie couldn't get much more from Aunt Xi, although he was sure that this woman must know more. But if people don't say it, Fang Xie can't force it.

However, following Aunt Xi's words, Fang Xie had a new idea. I really shouldn't have overlooked an extremely important piece of news on the way here. The big dogs are all Shang people who have been wiped out by the Great Sui, only the iron slave and the night owl are from the Nanban tribe, but they are also very close to Nanyan.

From this point, Fang Xie thought that he was also a businessman?

But if you do the math, there is something wrong with the timing. When he was born, the Great Shang had already destroyed the country for several years, and Fang Xie was sure that he could not be close to the Shang royal family. If it weren't for the royal family of the Great Shang, then who would have the ability to coerce a group of people to protect themselves?

Besides, if that man was really from the Shang Kingdom, it would never have been so smooth when the Great Sui destroyed the Shang Dynasty. From the narration of the big dog and the Shen Tilting Fan, Fang Xie determined that the man's cultivation was only afraid that there were few enemies in the world. Even Luo Yao, the vanguard general who led the army to destroy the merchants, should be much inferior. If that man was really from the Shang country, it would be impossible to watch the country collapse and the family die.

It seems that there is a clear clue, but it is still chaotic.

Fang Xie shook his head, shaking off the troublesome thoughts.

"Auntie, can you tell me about Prince Zhong?"

He asked.

Xi Thrush stirred the ashes in the incense burner, and said softly after a while: "I guess you know a lot of his story, Luo Weiran, the commander of the Ouchi Guards, is his junior brother, since you are locked up in the Ouchi Guards, he must have mentioned Prince Zhong's affairs to you." What I know is not much different from what he knows, and he can't say anything new. It's never been a story or legend that can be arranged casually, and he doesn't leave much for people...... If you're just curious about him as a person, I don't need to tell you again. ”

Such a closed-door soup, Fang Xie has eaten more than once here in the thrush. To be honest, Fang Xie knew that Xi Thrush had no special opinion of himself. Whether she is decadent or not, it has nothing to do with her. If it weren't for Prince Zhong's relationship, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to walk into her room and sit face-to-face and talk.

Fang Xie was not angry, nor was he disgusted.

This is the most normal phenomenon in this world.

If you have enough capital, you are not afraid that others will not pay attention to you. If you are a poor boy who is penniless, why should you be treated like a guest by a rich family? The people who come and go on weekdays are all characters like Xiao Zhenren and Huai Qiugong of the Ministry of Rites, Fang Jie, a young man who has no achievements, has ascended to the sky in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of people like her, she is still standing at the foot of the mountain.

So Fang Xie wisely withdrew his idea of wanting to invite the candlewick dance to a song of flowing flowers and water sleeves, and then got up and hugged his fists: "If the eldest lady has nothing to do, I will leave first." ”

"Let's go"

Xi thrush said lightly: "Your friends are still waiting for you, I will inform Xiao Dingdian, today your cost of the Red Sleeve Trick will be free, and the Red Sleeve Trick will be regarded as the Red Sleeve Trick for you to get out of prison to catch the wind and wash the dust." ”

"Thank you"

Fang Xie didn't refuse, although he wanted to refuse.

Everyone has a proud backbone.

Just look at what this arrogant bone is going to be used for.

Fang Xie walked out of the room where the thrush was resting, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

He remembered his feelings in prison again, muttered in his heart that life is like a play, and then put a somewhat proud smile on the corner of his mouth, and slowly walked down the stairs. In the eyes of others, he had just had a very harmonious and interesting conversation with Aunt Xi.

So, the guests below are even more jealous.

When he arrived on the second floor, Fang Xie walked to Xiao Dingdian's side, and after sniffing it very scoundrelly, he praised: "It is said that the eighteenth change of the female university, you still had a milky smell when you were in Fan Gu, and now it is all beautiful fragrance." ”

"Fang Jie! Are you looking for death?! ”

Xiao Ding glanced at him fiercely, and his face turned red.

Fang Xie sat down beside Xiao Dingdian, leaned over and lowered his voice, "I have a business I want to talk to you about." ”

Xiao Ding was stunned, and subconsciously glanced upstairs: "Why don't you tell the eldest mother?" ”

"Just say it."

Fang Xie sighed slightly: "In front of her, don't talk about business, I can't even say anything." Since you are now at the helm of the Red Sleeves, then I will talk to you the same. ”

"I'm not going to ask my aunt yet?"

Xiao Ding nodded: "I really don't know what's going on with you, when you have thick skin, you can't pierce the wolf's teeth and arrows." When she is thin-skinned, she actually twists like a woman! ”

"No hurry"

Fang Xie smiled and said, "There will be about a month, and this matter will be discussed slowly." ”

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A private room was deliberately vacated on the second floor, and Fang Xie asked Luo Weiran to do it in the first place. According to his official position, Luo Weiran is the highest. According to the seniority, whether it is true or not, Luo Weiran is his uncle.

Zhuo Buyi and Fang Xie sat next to Luo Weiran on the left and right, and after a while, the ordered wine and food were generally sent up. The chef of the Red Sleeves was hired at a high price, and it is said that he dug the corner of the wall from a very famous restaurant in the capital. This chef's best is Jiangnan cuisine, which is a little less intense and a little lighter than northern cuisine.

Fang Xie filled the wine for Luo Weiran and the others, and after pouring it himself, he picked up the cup and saluted: "No matter what, I have to say thank you." If it weren't for the care of the Commander and Mr. Zhuo, I wouldn't be so comfortable in prison. ”

He drank all the wine in the cup in one gulp, and Luo Weiran and the others accompanied him.

"You will enter the palace early tomorrow morning, and Your Majesty has already instructed you to go to Dongnuan Pavilion to meet you."

Luo Weiran said: "I don't need to tell anything about the etiquette of the line, just remember the way of being a minister." ”

Fang Xie nodded and said, "I understand." ”

Luo Weiran hummed and poured himself a glass of wine: "The war in the northwest is not satisfactory, and Your Majesty's heart is not happy. Early this morning, the Northwest Military Situation was urgently reported into the Taiji Palace, and His Majesty had not been out of the room all day...... The son of the five thousand right Xiaowei, almost no battle in the Qingxia of the Wolf Milk Mountain, although he killed more than twice the enemy, but such a big loss, our Great Sui has not been there for a long time. ”

He sighed and said: "At the beginning of the destruction of the Great Shang, hundreds of thousands of troops went south, destroying the withered and decaying until the city of Yongzhou, the great general Luo Yao led the troops straight into the capital of the Great Shang, captured more than 100 people of the royal family of the Shang Kingdom, and then beheaded at the mouth of the vegetable market. Only one remnant of the royal family escaped, and that was the current Southern Yan Emperor Murong Shame. Defeated Eastern Chu, the imperial army attacked in three ways, the momentum was like a bamboo, less than a month, and the three prefectures of the nine counties of Eastern Chu were captured in a row, and more than half of the country became the territory of the Great Sui. ”

"If the five thousand elite soldiers go south, it will be enough to frighten Murong to kneel down and beg for mercy, but this time...... Out of Qingxia, the first battle with the Mengyuan people was almost lost. His Majesty was very unhappy, and ordered the dead and wounded soldiers to be compensated, and reprimanded Li Yuanshan, the general who had poor support. instructed King Xu Jun and Lord Mou Liangbi to write a detailed excerpt and then discuss the fault. ”

When he heard about the destruction of the Great Shang, the big dog's face changed unnaturally. It's just that he was drinking with his head down, and no one noticed the strangeness in his eyes. He glanced at them as he raised his glass and drank to find that no one had noticed him, and then quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

"How hard you beat it?"

Fang Xie was stunned, and his mind naturally thought of the soldiers of the five hundred Jingbu battalion under Li Yuanshan. But after thinking about it, Li Yuanshan, such an elite centaur, naturally had to be used at the most critical moment. If the Jingbu battalion is thrown out in the first battle, and the strength is almost detected by the enemy, it will not be a good thing for the future war.

"It was Li Xiaozong who led the troops in the first battle."

After Luo Weiran finished speaking, he glanced at Fang Jie.

Fang Xie smiled, and didn't seem to mind hearing this name at all: "Your Majesty's choice is very wise, Li Xiaozong has been in Fangu for three years, and no one knows the Mengyuan people on the other side of the Wolf Milk Mountain better than him." I could guess that he was the one who led the troops, so I was surprised...... With Li Xiaozong's ability, it seems that it shouldn't be like this. ”

Luo Weiran said: "I heard that the general of Mengyuan Nirvana City, Mandu Wolf, summoned tens of thousands of herdsmen to besiege it, plus two thousand Mandu Banner Elite Cavalry, the fight was so tragic...... It makes sense. In any case, although this battle is not pretty, it has not fallen into the prestige of our Great Sui who has been undefeated in a hundred battles. ”

Fang Xie wanted to say that something was wrong, but he was forced to hold back these words. Although everyone at the banquet was trustworthy, there were some things that could not be said casually.

The vanguard army went out of the canyon to fight with the Mengyuan people, and such a tragic battle was by no means a matter of one or two hours. What about the follow-up? Others didn't know, but he knew that Li Yuanshan's right guard had a cavalry! And it is also a powerful heavy armored cavalry, from Fangu to the opposite side of Wolf Milk Mountain, marching for a maximum of two hours, why is there no reinforcement to arrive?

The first battle, which should have been fought steadily, why was it fought so hastily?

No one on the front line can calm the scene!

Fang Xie suddenly thought of this, and couldn't help but be shocked.

The emperor sent Yang Kai, the king of Xujun, to sit in the northwest, and the military department Shangshu Mou Liangbi was in charge of logistics. It seems that it is not difficult for Yang Kai to serve the public as a royal family. But you have to know that among those great generals who are not high-flying? It also involves the governors of the three northwestern provinces, and the interests of them are complicated! Yang Kai, the king of Xujun, has not participated in court affairs for a long time, nor has he led troops, and his prestige in the army is not high. And Mou Liangbi was only activated by His Majesty before the Great War, and he was still locked up in a prison before, not to mention that he had no prestige.

These two people seem to have noble status, one king and one scholar, but they can't suppress those feudal officials at all!

This first battle was fought so tragically, Li Yuanshan had to be punished, and Li Xiaozong had to be punished, but the most direct vent of His Majesty's anger was still on Yang Kai, the king of Xujun!

It's a conspiracy!

Fang Jie's heart tightened violently, and he couldn't help but feel a strong anger.

The conspiracy to take 5,000 lives as a price, if Yang Kai and Mou Liangbi did not compromise with those feudal officials, such losses would still occur, and there might even be people who would deliberately defeat the battle! Once it is unfavorable repeatedly, the first thing His Majesty wants to do is Yang Kai, the king of Xujun. Those great generals and governors have private dealings, how can they let two people who have just been activated point fingers?

His Majesty trusts his courtiers too much to think about the conflict of interest at all!

The battle is fought by those great generals, if it is won, the credit is on Yang Kai, if it is defeated? Of course, the blame is also on Yang Kai and Mou Liangbi!

When he thought of this, Fang Xie was surprised.

Wrong! It's not that His Majesty trusts his courtiers too much...... Is it that behind those big generals, there are still people making waves?

Seeing that Fang Jie's face kept changing, Luo Weiran smiled and said, "The reason why I mentioned the war in the northwest to you is to let you think about it more. If Your Majesty sees you tomorrow morning, he will inevitably ask you what you think about the war in the northwest. Remember...... Be smart when you should be smart, be confused when you should be confused. What can be said and what cannot be said...... Don't say a word. ”