Chapter 298: Challenge

Taiyuan

Although this city located in a border town has never been a peaceful place, the arrival of Gao Cixun has undoubtedly added a sense of military spirit to this already not very quiet city, and the atmosphere of war is becoming stronger every day than yesterday.

An Yi took Gao Ciyi and the two of them to sit in an inconspicuous small noodle restaurant in the south lane of the city, looking at the green camp and border troops coming and going outside the store.

"Look, everybody's strings are tight."

An Yi sighed, while pinching the spoon to stir the last mouthful of noodle soup in the big bowl into his mouth, and then smacked his lips and praised: "Don't say it, the vinegar in Shanxi is different from ours, it is really fragrant." ”

Compared with comfort, Gao Ciyi eats more slowly and methodically, and the so-called etiquette cultivated in the imperial city since she was a child will not change because of the change of the place and environment of eating.

"You say, between King De and King Yong, is there bound to be a big war in the end?"

Gao Ciyi put down the clear soup noodles that were still half left, and said that she was not interested in the vinegar in Shanxi.

"I don't think so."

An Yi threw the porcelain spoon in his hand into the sea bowl with a crisp sound, and said slowly: "Since ancient times, this kind of seizure between princes does not seem to have too many pulled to the battlefield to decide the winner, sometimes with the different paths they choose, it is already clear which wins and which loses. ”

Gao Ciyi nodded approvingly and said, "If my father hadn't died suddenly in Lanzhou, the current second brother might have already started to prepare for the succession." Perhaps, the prince's bright yellow clothes are already on his body. ”

An Yi shook his head with a smile and said, "This is not easy to say, do you see that your fourth brother seems to be a master who is willing to admit defeat?" Besides, there are no ifs in this world, if there are ifs, now in two months, I can take Xin'er to the small river in Huayang County to fish. ”

"I can't see that you have a talent for strategy, but what you want is as simple as that." Gao Ciyi said with interest.

"It looks simple, but it's hard to do. As long as you live every day, there will be thousands of threads entangled in your body, really say that you can do whatever you want, and at the same time be able to skillfully deal with these thousands of threads, that is a rare state of life, you have to have great wisdom. ”

As he spoke, An Yi also picked up his tone more and more and shook his head and groaned, "The night is dustless, the moonlight is like silver, and the wine must be full of ten points; Fame and fortune, Hugh go to work! Like a horse in a gap, a fire in a stone, and a body in a dream. ”

Gao Ciyi was made happy by the appearance of comfort and said: "If you really have this intention of practicing meditation, Master Huaiyuan, the presiding officer of Wang Jingzhuguo Temple, I often went to him to ask for Buddhism when I was a child, and when the time comes, I will recommend you in a letter, with the prestige of your Jingyuan Bo, no matter how you say it, you will also get a prison temple to do." It's just that if my Sister Yingshu and Miss Liu knew, they would even tear down this Zhuguo Temple, hahaha. ”

"Don't talk nonsense."

An Yi looked at Gao Ciyi, who was quite cheerful and talked to herself, pointed to the top of her head, and said, "There are gods three feet above your head." ”

The two of them were chatting lively, and suddenly a group of soldiers in bright armor broke in from outside, and it seemed that they were not here to eat noodles, so they were stunned and went straight to the store.

"Hey, hey, all the military masters, you are ......"

"Get out of here!"

The shopkeeper who just walked to the door of the store with two bowls of noodles was pushed away, and the two large bowls in his hand were all smashed on the ground, and the clear soup noodles inside were scattered all over the ground.

An Yi turned his head when he heard the sound, and just happened to meet the team of sergeants who broke in, and when the little colonel saw An Yi's face, he immediately changed his smile, bowed down and said: "His Royal Highness King Huai, uncle, His Royal Highness King De is in the south of the city, please come over." ”

After he finished speaking, he startled the shopkeeper and the proprietress on the side, who would have thought that these two sons and daughters in plain clothes and brocade robes, one is King Huai and the other is an uncle, and these two people who respect their identities are like people in the clouds will actually come here to eat noodles like ordinary people!

The proprietress hurriedly pulled up her wife on the ground, cowered in the corner like a quail, and hurriedly gave way out of the store.

An Yi didn't respond, but glanced at the little colonel who bowed in front of him with some displeasure, then stood up and walked towards the couple who were the shopkeepers of the noodle restaurant.

Looking at the dress of this little colonel, it should be King De's personal soldiers, as long as this kind of thing does not cause death, smashing two bowls and lifting two tables may really not be a problem in their eyes.

An Yi didn't speak, and the little school didn't dare to get up when he bowed down like this, so he could only glance at An Yi's movements with his residual vision,

I saw him walk step by step in front of the shopkeeper, take out a few taels of broken silver from his cuffs, grab the shopkeeper's hand, and stuff it inside.

"Oh, sir! That's unacceptable! ”

The little colonel has finished calling his uncle, where does this shopkeeper dare to accept the comfortable silver?

Frightened, he hurriedly pushed the silver back into Anyi's hand, and as soon as his legs were weak, he was about to pull the proprietress to kneel down in unison.

Seeing this, An Yi hurriedly helped the two of them up, smiled and pointed at Gao Ciyi behind him, and said, "The soldiers are vulgar, and the two of you bowls that were broken are compensated to you by His Royal Highness King Huai." ”

After speaking, he rolled up the silver in the palm of his hand according to the rough old hands of the shopkeeper, and then slowly turned to the little school and said, "Let's go, lead the way ahead." ”

Xiao Xiao Xiao bowed there was already sore, and when he heard An Yi's words, he quickly straightened up as if he had met with amnesty, stepped out of the store in two or three steps, and led An Yi and Gao Ciyi in front of him in the direction of the south of the city.

Only the shopkeeper couple who looked at each other in the store were left at a loss, looking at the scattered silver taels in their hands, a little overwhelmed.

"Old man, I only know who King De and King Huai are?"

The shopkeeper was stunned for a long time before his wife said: "It's the one who sits opposite the lord who gave us silver, and this prince can still give us silver?" ”

The proprietress nodded, "I see, that King Huai is very kind, maybe he is also a good person, anyway, King De's people came to eat noodles with us, but they haven't even settled the account." ”

The shopkeeper listened to what his wife said, and nodded thoughtfully.

.............

South of the city

When An Yi and Gao Ciyi arrived in front of the south gate of the city, they had already heard the rumbling war drums in the city.

By the time he climbed the city wall, he saw that the city was already lined with armor, and the rows of soldiers with crossbows in front of him were pointing straight at the city.

And when he looked down at the city again, the scene under the city made An Yi a little surprised.

The Liao people are still martial, and their banners are mostly in the shape of fierce beasts, so it is easy for An Yi to recognize that the cavalry lined up under the city in front of the south gate of the city is the Liao army.

However, what is extremely incommensurate with the tall walls of Taiyuan City and the elite soldiers on the city is that the cavalry in front of this city looks like there are only a few thousand.

And the cavalry at the head of the group was waving his long-handled battle axe at the defenders of the city, babbling and screaming, as if to call for battle!

"Uncle Jing Yuan!"

King De and King Zhao were in the city very early, and when they saw An Yi coming up with Gao Ciyi, they walked over to them quickly.

"Your Highness, why did this Liao people hit Taiyuan City?"

An Yi pointed to the Liao soldiers under the city, and asked Gao Cixun very puzzled, according to the previous thoughts, the Liao soldiers should just be fortified at the various passes leading to Wangjing in Shanxi to prevent King De's army from coming out, why did the divine soldiers appear under the city of Taiyuan like a god descending from the sky?

Surprise attack?

That's not right, could it be that the Liao people plan to take thousands of men and horses to defeat Taiyuan? This Xiao Yan'er hasn't seen her for many days, has it swelled to such an extent?

But the king waved his hand at him, and opened his mouth to relieve the doubts in his heart,

"As Jing Yuanbo expected, the various passes and roads in Shanxi to the east, south, and north have been garrisoned by the Liao, and it seems that there are not many people, just like you said before, they seem to be sure that we will not send troops.

And the current one is reported by the Liaozhou garrison yesterday, saying that a group of about 3,000 Liao people broke away from the pass at night, broke through the defense of the Liaozhou green camp, and was taking advantage of the night to insert to the north. No, I got up early in the morning and bumped into Taiyuan City, but I didn't expect them to touch Taiyuan City overnight. ”

An Yi felt that when Gao Cixun talked about the battle formation, he had the kind of calmness and calmness that he could not see before, perhaps thanks to the experience of being polished and trained by the metropolitan governor Sun Dezhang in the army.

However, although listening to Gao Cixun say this, An Yi couldn't help frowning, the several wars in the northwest left an irreparable gully in his heart, and every general he knew who despised this Han people as a barbarian ended up with nothing good in the end.

An Yi frowned at the Liao army who was still calling for battle under the city, and said: "Your Highness, if this is the case, the arrows will shoot it back, Taiyuan City is basically surrounded by high pools and deep walls, and this group of cavalry will naturally retreat if it is unprofitable." ”

Gao Cixun shook his head with a smile at An Yi, and seemed to be relieved: "Why is Uncle Jingyuan so afraid of the Liao people, I have more than 40,000 people in Taiyuan City, and I can kill them at any time." The reason why I don't want to do it now is because I have ordered the soldiers and horses of Pingyang, Lu'an, Zezhou, and Fenzhou to surround here, and I can't let them go back to this chaotic Liao people! ”

"These four prefectures are all the green battalions where they are stationed?"

Compared with Gao Cixun, the worry of comfort has almost been written on his face,

It's just that Gao Cixun hasn't answered yet, and King Zhao behind him is just as confused and confident, "Uncle Jingyuan, don't worry, all the cavalry we transferred this time are the cavalry of the green battalion of various prefectures, plus the more than 5,000 people sent out by us in Taiyuan City, a total of nearly 15,000 people, even if they are scared, they can be scared to death, hahahaha!" ”

An Yi took a deep breath after listening, he didn't understand that this Zhao Wang Datong border town was next to his pillow, didn't he know the power of the Liao people like Gao Cixun, who had never fought with the Liao people?

This Han cavalry is not of the same magnitude as the cavalry of the Liao people at all, it is like a sharp knife and a piece of raw meat colliding, it is difficult for you to judge how many layers of raw meat you need to stop this sharp knife!

Seeing that King De and King Zhao were both on the rise, An Yi felt that he was taking out his worried little heart, and he was afraid that they wouldn't believe it, so he planned to let Sun Dezhang, who also knew how powerful he was, take care of his nephew.

But he looked left and right, but he didn't find Sun Dezhang's figure, so he turned the conversation around and asked King De:

"That'....... What about Governor Sun? ”

"Oh, uncle, he's been sick lately and is resting in the house."

"That ......"

When An Yi wanted to say something, he saw a scrawny soldier running behind King De, and in An Yi's eyes, this guy was like a little ghost running out of the underworld, knelt behind King De, and said loudly:

"Your Highness, the war horse armor is ready, when will it go to battle?"

"Fighting?"

An Yi grabbed Gao Cixun's arm, frowned and asked, "Where is Your Highness going to go?" ”