PS: There are no waves in these three chapters, but the general foreshadowing is almost all in it, so it takes a lot of brains to write, and I guess I will have to look back in the future to see what holes have been dug.

PS2: Insatiable people always like to say a long list of things they want, such as collections, red tickets, tips, subscriptions, monthly passes......

Chapter 424 The four directions move, all of which are northwest and southwest

Mangdang Mountain

The general of the navy, Duan Zheng and Fang Jie, walked side by side, looked at the surrounding scenery and said with a smile: "I patrol along the river by boat, and I can see the scenery of Mangdang Mountain for hundreds of miles every day. Walking into this mountain, I really know that the charm of the mountain is never from a distance, but in being in it. ”

Fang Xie smiled: "Some people say that they don't know the face of the mountain because they are in the mountain. General Duan is just the opposite, if he doesn't enter this mountain, he doesn't know the true face of this mountain. ”

Duan Zhengruo said meaningfully: "If you don't get closer, how can you see clearly?" So it is with the mountains, and so with the people. ”

Fang Xie smiled and shook his head, noncommittal.

"The last time I met General Fang, I admired your blood and strength. This goodbye, I came with guilt in my heart, but also full of respect. ”

Duan Zheng said as he walked: "With a mere 5,000 troops, the rebels and the nearly 700,000 troops of the left avant-garde are all involved. Without a good calculation, without a big courage, it can't be done. Even now, I still think about it incredible. If you are an ordinary person, you don't dare to think about it. Now I finally understand why you can stand out from the many young talents in the Martial Arts Academy, even Your Majesty is impressed by you. ”

"There is no vanity under the fame, and this statement does not deceive me."

Fang Xie waved his hand and said: "It's just that there is a bit of recklessness in his temperament, and the fearlessness of the ignorant is probably like this." ”

"If you are ignorant, few people in this world dare to say that they are knowledgeable. Your arithmetic small character method and pinyin annotation method have been implemented in various parts of the Great Sui, do you know how many township students respect you as Mr.? Do you know how many people who are rich in five cars are full of praise for you? ”

Duan Zheng said: "I have been running back and forth all year round, and I have seen slightly more nature than others. Those professors of township and county studies have great respect for your name every time they mention it. What you have dedicated to Your Majesty is not a flowery article, nor a magnificent national policy, but the most practical thing, and I don't know how many students have benefited. ”

"Don't praise me anymore, I'm easy to be proud."

Fang Xie smiled: "I haven't thanked General Duan for sending so many winter clothes, and I don't know how to express my gratitude." ”

"That's all I can do."

Duan Zheng sighed: "Your Majesty drove the expedition in person, and more than a million troops gathered in Hexi Road. A few days ago, His Majesty's intention to mobilize the Yangtze River Naval Division to go north to fight together has arrived, and when the preparations are ready, I will lead my troops to the north. ”

"All gone?"

Fang Xie couldn't help but ask.

"Of course not."

Duan Zheng nodded in the direction of the Yellow Cow River: "It's not practical here, how can it be possible to transfer all the sailors." I want to take 30% of the warships, and most of them will stay on the Yangtze River. After all, there is still a fire here, and who knows when it will burn. If all the sailors go north, relying on the moat alone will not be able to stop the ambition in the hearts of some people. ”

Ambition is for ambition.

"Does Your Majesty have a will mention this?"

"Not only that, but there is a will for you."

Duan Zheng said: "This is also why I sent someone to contact you, and then I had to go in person...... Calculating the days, His Majesty is now in Hexi Road. When the order was issued, it was expected to be still in Chang'an. His Majesty instructed that if he could see you, he would not return to Chang'an City for the time being and not go to Hexi Road to pick up the driver, but he did not say why. According to reason, Your Majesty should have summoned you back to your side to stand by, why did you deliberately explain that you would not be allowed to go? ”

Fang Xie shook his head: "Your Majesty's thoughts, no one can guess. ”

"What do you have to say to your majesty?"

Fang Xie took out a fold from his arms: "This fold has been written for many days, but it can't be sent." Since the general wants to go north to the saint, help me bring it over. Your Majesty asked me to stay, or thought that I could make a difference here, and in that case, I would make a home in Mangdang Mountain. ”

"You can't always ...... in the mountains"

Duan Zheng glanced at Fang Xie and said, "If you still need anything, just mention it to me." This time I went north, and I didn't know why I always felt that my life was going to end here. I'm also arrogant, and there aren't many people who can afford to do nothing. You're one, so I'm thinking I can help you with more, and I'll do more while I still have the ability. I've probably heard that the richest team is none other than the sailor. There's no shortage of these winter coat replenishers, but I know you don't have them. If I'm not mistaken, you plunged into the mountains with your men and horses because you didn't want to go back to the left midfield......"

"Did you find anything?"

He asked.

Fang Xie was silent for a while and said, "Your Majesty sees it far better than anyone else, even if I don't find anything, he should have made arrangements earlier." ”

Duan Zheng looked left and right, and suddenly lowered his voice and said, "That means that you are smart, and you guessed it...... During these days, I heard that at least the six guards in Jiangnan pressed to the south, and their movements were extremely secretive. If it weren't for the fact that I had a good relationship with the Admiral in private, I wouldn't know about it. Also, there's a piece of news...... It is said that the 300,000 soldiers brought by His Majesty are also arranged in the southernmost ......"

"That's why I have to admire you."

Duan Zheng said sincerely: "You are blocked from the news in Huangyang Dao, and it is not easy to decide to withdraw from the left avant-garde based on your own speculation. In other words, if you are an ordinary person, whoever dares to take a few thousand people will not be able to get out of the rebel territory, and these thousands of people may not be very loyal to themselves, anyway, if you change me, you don't dare. ”

Fang Xie sighed: "Forced here, I have to do it as a last resort." ”

"If nothing else, what Your Majesty should ask for when moving troops to the northwest is a quick victory."

Duan Zheng lowered his voice and said: "Now everyone knows that Luo Yao is unreliable, Your Majesty will not give the rebels a chance or give Luo Yao time, at the beginning, Your Majesty did not plan to transfer the Yangtze River Naval Division to the north, but now the will has suddenly come down, I guess that Your Majesty plans to cross the river in a big way, and then seek an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the rebels." If it goes well, Your Majesty will not be able to go south directly......"

"General......

Fang Xie was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a while and asked, "Some people say that the Great Sui has touched the foundation, and the world will be in chaos, what do you think?" ”

Duan Zheng's face changed, he didn't expect Fang Xie to directly ask such a rebellious question. How could he understand that Fang Xie guessed from when he said that His Majesty was going to cross the river in a big way...... The emperor's body, I'm afraid that it really can't hold on, otherwise how could it be so hasty?

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"Chaos does not mean touching the roots."

Duan Zheng was silent for a while, sorting out the wording: "The Great Sui is in chaos, and our hearts as courtiers are not steady. But you must know that the century-old foundation of the Great Sui is very stable. Mo said that Li Yuanshan occupies the northwest, even if Luo Yaozhen occupies the southwest, he can fight the whole country in one corner, where is there any chance of winning. Your Majesty is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, and he is a once-in-a-lifetime Shengming monarch, even if some clowns run out, how can they be His Majesty's opponents? ”

Fang Xie held back and didn't continue to ask.

Duan Zheng obviously didn't know that His Majesty was terminally ill, and if he knew, he was afraid that he wouldn't have the confidence. Fang Xie didn't want to ruin this self-confidence, now the soldiers of the Great Sui, if everyone thought like Duan Zheng and believed in it, then the Great Sui would not collapse so quickly.

"Nothing else for me to talk to?"

Duan Zheng looked at the fold in his hand: "If you can trust me, bringing a few words of message is far more effective than the things on the fold." ”

Fang Xie paused for a while and asked, "Pei Yan, the squire of the Yellow Gate, is he with the army?" ”

"It seems that no, Your Majesty ordered Pei Yan, the squire of the Yellow Gate, Zong Lianghu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Niu Huilun, a university scholar, as the auxiliary minister, and these three people should not be out of Chang'an. The crown prince is young, and most of the court affairs are decided by these three people. ”

"Then there's no need to bring any message."

Fang Xie smiled.

"What do you mean?"

Duan asked puzzledly.

"Nothing...... The reason why I didn't send it out was because I couldn't send it out, and second, because I was afraid of sending it out, and His Majesty didn't necessarily see it in time. Since you brought it here, I have nothing to worry about. ”

"What do you mean......"

Duan Zheng's face changed suddenly.

"Am I not interesting?"

Fang Xie pretended not to know what he meant.

There are some words, it is really better to let the other party guess. If Fang Xie said it bluntly, if he suspected that Pei Yan had colluded with some people, Duan Zheng might not be willing to believe it. Moreover, Fang Xie didn't understand the intricate interpersonal relationships in the court, Duan Zheng just got closer because he admired his courage, who knows who he got closer to the court?

Duan Zheng glanced at Fang Xie thoughtfully.

"Say goodbye."

Duan Zheng reported and hugged his fists: "I have already mentioned you to Wang Yiqu, the general of the Yangtze River Water Division, if there is anything that needs the assistance of the Water Division, you can directly send someone to ask to see the general, so there is still a little thin face." ”

"Thank you!"

Fang Xie hugged his fists and sent him off.

Duan Zheng took a few steps, turned around and smiled: "I hope that one day, I can fight side by side with you." ”

Fang Xie nodded and bowed deeply.

Duan Zheng strode away, and neither of them thought that this parting would be the day they would never see each other again. This person who appeared briefly in Fang Jie's life, the person who gave him help, came and went like this, like a meteor. When Fang Xie remembered this person again, there was only reminiscence.

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Wolf Milk Mountain

Cui Luoshang rushed into the cottage with a tired face, and before he even had time to take a sip of water, he went directly to find Yang Kai, the king of Xujun. When I arrived at the big tent of the Chinese army, I found that the guards were not guarding outside. He pulled a sentry who was patrolling by and asked, only then did he know that King Xujun and Li Xiaozong had taken someone to personally survey the terrain.

The rebel West Battalion has a large number of troops, and it is led by Meng Niu'er, a general under Li Yuanshan. This person is one of the seven tiger generals under Li Yuanshan, and he is well versed in leading troops. Its weight is still on Yin Po Mountain.

The Sui army of Wolf Milk Mountain has been looking for an opportunity to raid the rebel camp's western camp these days, because of the news that Cui Liushang sent someone back, and Yang Kai, the king of Xujun, was also a little more wary of Li Xiaozong, so he dragged it and did not move his troops. Two days ago, the news that the imperial court counterinsurgency army had driven to Hexi Road came, and Li Xiaozong mentioned this matter again, intending to echo the imperial army from afar, and the king of Xujun also felt that the time had come, so he personally went out to investigate, and had been gone for three days.

Cui Luoshang was going to go back to rest, but a thought suddenly turned in his mind, and after asking where King Xujun was, he left the camp with his own soldiers.

The rebels' western camp was not far from the Wolf Milk Mountain, and it was only a three-day journey on horseback. Calculating, King Xujun and they have only arrived at the place. Cui Luoshang was not sure, and he always felt that he should go to see Yang Kai as soon as possible.

After leaving the camp, he walked day and night, and on the morning of the third day, he could already see the tall watchtower in the rebel camp.

"Spread out, be careful."

Cui Liushang instructed: "Find a high place to find, if you want to observe the movement of the West Daying, the higher the place, the clearer it is, after finding the prince, come and tell me immediately." ”

His own soldiers immediately dispersed and soon disappeared.

Cui Luoshang looked at the rebel camp in the distance, and suddenly felt uneasy in his heart. I don't know where this uneasiness comes from, but I feel that I can't breathe it out.

He didn't know that in fact, less than thirty miles away from where he was, in a ruined village, Yang Kai, the king of Xujun, was waiting for the scouts to come back and report back.

Yang Kai stood behind a low wall, his eyes looking in the direction of the rebel camp.

"Lord Wang"

Li Xiaozong walked over from behind and called softly: "We should retreat a little further, here...... It's too dangerous! ”