The next day, after Yan Xing took the deer back to the backyard, he learned that Yan Wan had gone out on a safari with his guards and had not returned all night.

He was a little surprised, but not to the point of anger. He was very strict with Yan Wan in some things, but he still doted on this only sister.

I was surprised because Yan Wan had been depressed most of the time since the accident at home, but he didn't know why he suddenly became so lively again, and he went out of the city to hunt, but his temperament was a little wilder, and he dared not return all night.

Yan Xing pretended not to ask about this matter, and waited until the afternoon before he deliberately returned to the backyard and walked towards the courtyard where Yan Wan lived.

In Yan Wan's courtyard, Yan Wan and Dong Dai were in full spirit, without the slightest tiredness, and were testing their swordsmanship.

The two of them were dressed in swordsman uniforms, holding wooden swords, standing on one side of each side, attacking and defending back and forth, the sword shadow was heavy, and the fight was inseparable, and there was no way to tell the winner between eagerness.

But if you take a closer look, you can see that Yan Wan is the main attack, Dong Dai is the main defense, Yan Wan takes the initiative, attacks one after another, the sword goes sideways, and the moves are changeable, but no matter how Yan Wan's moves change, Dong Dai can repeatedly avoid her attacks, and launch a stab at the right time to force Yan Wan to retreat and dodge.

After attacking three more times to no avail, Yan Wan finally jumped out of the circle by himself, put down the sword in his hand, and said with admiration in his mouth:

"Sister is really good at swordsmanship, no matter how I attack just now, I can't stab you in the slightest, such skillful, I must have been instructed by a famous teacher in the past!"

Dong Dai also put away his sword and smiled lightly when he heard this, the Dong family was once in power, and there were not a few strategists who depended on Dong Zhuo. She was also a feudal monarch, she has been good at martial arts since she was a child, and her swordsmanship has naturally received guidance from many famous swordsmanship, but she is reluctant to talk about this matter, so she just said lightly:

"I'm just getting some advice from a famous teacher, and I just have a glimpse of the way of swordsmanship."

"Haha, good sister, then you come and teach me!"

Yan Wan's eyes lit up, and with a chuckle, he ran to Dong Dai and asked her to guide her. The sword competition between the two just now seemed to be evenly matched, but Yan Wan, who was in the middle of it, could clearly feel that Dong Dai was deliberately letting himself, otherwise it would be impossible for him to be unscathed after so many moves, and he closed the sword with a draw.

She was born in the family of the Biansai Haoqiang Martial Arts Sect, and she has also learned swordsmanship from the uncles and brothers in the clan since she was a child, but in her opinion, even the uncles and brothers in the clan who have taught her swordsmanship may not be as good as the girl in front of her.

And this girl's background is really unusual, these days with her, Yan Wan has become more and more aware of her difference, which makes Yan Wan's heart strange and vigilant, and at the same time, he wants to get closer to and understand her even more.

Dong Dai set her eyes on the wooden sword in Yan Wan's hand, stayed for a moment, and then looked at Yan Wan.

"Do you know why you didn't stab me just now?"

"Why?"

"The way of swordsmanship, pay attention to one move and one style, one blow to defeat the enemy, which seems to be unpretentious, but it also lacks other superfluous actions. Just now, your sword flower danced so confusing that people's eyes, but I only watched the changes in your arms and wrists, and you naturally couldn't stab me! ”

"Isn't it just a sword that goes sideways and attacks the enemy's weakness?" Yan Wan blinked and asked.

"It's too much, it's not enough. Those who make good use of the sword, the sword edge is everywhere, and they can split the head, cut off the neck, seal the throat, stab the chest, cut the waist, and sweep the foot. ”

As he spoke, Dong Dai had already stabbed out three swords in front of Yan Wan, the sword was fierce, although it was only a wooden sword, but in Yan Wan's eyes, the wooden sword was in Dong Dai's hand, like a living spirit snake spitting out a letter.

"Then if I also learn the same skills as my sister, will I also be called a master of swordsmanship?" Yan Wan said with a curious smile.

"It's still early! I learned to hurt people with a sword, I can cut my head and neck, seal my throat and stab my chest, cut my waist and sweep my feet, and attack the enemy's soft underbelly. Dong Dai cared about the wooden sword in his hand, and did not contain Yan Wan's praise.

Speaking of this, Dong Dai paused and began to move his body, his steps were like flying, the sword was walking with him, striking left and right, and continued:

Therefore, the essence of swordsmanship lies in the pace, and the difference between a person who is good at swordsmanship and an ordinary fencer is the footwork. A person who is good at using a sword can control the distance between himself and the enemy through subtle steps, even if he is facing ten enemies, he can also make himself face only one enemy attack in an instant, and then control himself outside the enemy's attack range, and control the enemy within the attack range of the sword in his hand, unscathed, and defeat the enemy in one move. ”

"Ah, my sister's swordsmanship is really wonderful, if she can really do this, then even if she faces more enemies in the future, she will not be afraid." Yan Wan looked at Dong Dai's body steps, his eyes were full of brilliance, and he said in admiration.

Dong Dai listened to Yan Wan's words of admiration and smiled bitterly, but he stopped with his sword.

"No matter how good the swordsmanship is, it's only ten enemies. If you really want to be a thousand enemies and ten thousand enemies, as long as you are like Yue Nu and teach her Yue Nu sword to become a tiger with 3,000 tigers, you can rise and destroy Wu and avenge the hatred of the country and the family! ”

"Xingyue destroys Wu, the country hates the family?"

Yan Wan restrained his smile, blinked his eyes, and carefully understood the meaning of these words, and was about to ask again, but he heard a voice from outside the courtyard gate.

"Good swordsmanship!"

The people in the courtyard followed the prestige one after another, and saw that it was Yan Xingzheng who walked in, and the maidservants in the courtyard and Dong Dai immediately bowed and saluted, only Yan Wan smiled happily, ran to Yan Xing's front and saluted and said with a smile:

"Big brother."

Seeing Yan Wan, who was much more cheerful, Yan Xing also felt more joy in his heart, but he wanted her to indulge in the safari and never return all night, so he had to smile and smile, put on a straight face, and scolded her and said:

"The barracks have military law, and the county government has criminal law, so there is no family law in this backyard. You have acted recklessly and have not returned all night, and I will punish you well today, do you have any defense? ”

Hearing Yan Xing's scolding, Yan Wanrou's shoulders trembled slightly, she had been intimate with this eldest brother since she was a child, but she was also afraid of the anger of this young and old elder brother. Yan Xing is now in a high position, and there is a majestic momentum on his body, he is solemn, Yan Wan knows that he has done something wrong, and he naturally feels scared in his heart.

It's just that after thinking of what Dong Dai said intentionally or unintentionally last night, the fear in Yan Wan's heart immediately subsided a lot, she pulled Yan Xing's sleeve with some grievances, and said softly:

"The eldest brother has a lot of opportunities, from Jiangyi to Linfen, and then from Linfen to Pi's, and then to Linjin and Anyi, busy with military and political affairs, although the little sister is a woman, she can't solve her brother's worries and solve problems, but she also wants to go out to hunt, which is not only to relax, but also to practice archery and horses, and to strengthen her physique, so she will forget the time for a while, and she should take this as a warning in the future, and dare not commit it again."

Seeing Yan Wan's aggrieved and bowed head, Yan Xing's words of scolding couldn't come out again, Yan Wan didn't learn female work since he was a child, and fell into the eyes of Yan Xing, who was still mixed with the thinking of later generations, looking at it by nature, and he was not as angry as Yan's father, thinking of his sister's young age, he would always recall the childish innocence when he got along, and after encountering a series of later accidents, he always felt guilty.

But all these can no longer be a reason to get used to her, after all, her sister has grown up.

"These days, Anyi is still unstable, you don't want to leave the house for the time being, the guards in the front yard won't let you out without my warrant, what did you think about the last time you told you?"

Yan Wan lowered her head and snuggled up to her brother, blinking her watery eyes, listening to Yan Xing's words, she knew that Yan Xing didn't really punish her this time, but he was going to ground her first. But fortunately, as Dong Dai said, as long as his brother is not to blame, it is still up to him in this backyard, and the lifting of the grounding can be slowly planned in the future.

But the incident mentioned at the end of Yan Xing made Yan Wan frown and twist her pink nose, and she said perfunctorily:

"I've got to think about the time again, brother, I'm a little tired."

As he spoke, Yan Wan knew that the safari was leaking, and he no longer bothered to fight his spirits, so he turned around and trotted away, ran indoors to avoid Yan Xing, and beckoned the girls who had not yet gotten up to leave. Yan Xing saw that Dong Dai was about to follow into the room, so he immediately said something in a loud voice.

"Dong Niangzi, wait a minute."

Dong Dai stopped when she heard the sound, she seemed to have expected it, and immediately turned around and walked towards Yan Xing with a smile, and asked with a smile:

"What does the prince command?"

"You can make Wan'er feel comfortable, beyond my expectations, thank you very much!"

Dong Dailiu's eyebrows moved slightly, she knew that the word "unexpected" had overshadowed the words "unexpected" behind her, Yan Xing was talking about her previous arrogant and arrogant behavior and disregard for the law and discipline, she didn't care, and said with a toothy smile:

"I'm just waiting for the same sickness and sorrow to save each other, Sister Wan's pure heart, with her, I have forgotten a lot of sorrows."

"It's best if you can remember who you are now and forget what you used to be."

Yan Xing softly admonished Dong Dai, looking at Yan Wan, who turned around and looked at him, he said all he wanted, and he didn't say anything more, turned around and left. And looking at Yan Xing's back as he drifted away, the smile on Dong Dai's lips slowly converged.

"Forgot? Do you want me to forget my identity and forget that I was once a feudal king? Or do you forget that all the people of your clan died at the hands of that group of Hanchens? Forget that Lu Bu is now carrying his father's head and running to the Yuan family in Kanto to ask for merit and reward? ”

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Yan Xing really didn't have much time to take care of the backyard affairs, but he estimated that if the matter of asking for a kiss to Nacai went well, there would be a smart and virtuous lady living in the backyard at the end of the year to manage the big and small things for him.

And what he wants to pay attention to now is the edict from the Chang'an court.

An edict that had just arrived in Hedong and ordered him and Zhang Ji to fight against Zhu Jun in Henan together.

Yan Xing personally convened a military meeting in the military camp, and Xi Zhicai, Yan Xing, Yang Feng and other shogunate henchmen were also impressively listed.

Because most of them are old people in the army, and they don't have a lot of scruples, Xi Zhicai also said frankly in front of everyone in the tent:

"This is most likely Chang'an's Li Dao wants to use this edict to test the general, after the Chang'an Dynasty meeting, Guo, Fan and other generals will be nostalgic for the wine and wealth in Chang'an City, and refuse to leave easily, although it will cause Li Dao's dissatisfaction, but we and Zhang Ji, Duan Xuan and others, led the army back to the town without delay, which also caused Li Dao's jealousy."

"Therefore, after Li Dao heard that the general had quelled the rebellion in Hedong, he trained troops in Tuntian, and intended to test the general's mind and strength, so in the name of the imperial edict, he ordered us and Zhang Ji to go to conquer Zhu Jun in Henan!"

After listening to Xi Zhicai's analysis, Yan Xing nodded, took over the conversation and continued:

"This seems to be Li Ru's plan, so the choice in front of us is to follow Li Dao's wishes and attack Zhu Jun in Henan, or to disobey Li Dao, pretend to shirk and stay put."

Both options have their drawbacks. The current situation in Hedong is clear to the people in the account, persuading farmers to sang, revitalizing tuntian, sand to eliminate the old and weak, training the soldiers, and mobilizing troops in the current season, which is not conducive to Hedong, and Zhu Jun of Henan is a small force in the Kanto, which is now divided into prefectures and counties and is full of heroes, and Zhu Jun is also a person who knows the soldiers.

In case the livelihood of Hedong, which has been restored with great difficulty, is once again pulled into the quagmire of war, it will make Yan Xing and others lose their previous efforts.

But if the troops do not move, they will disobey the imperial edict, and they may also fall into the calculations of Li Dao, Li Ru and others, giving them an excuse to attack Hedong.

It seems like a dilemma.

But fortunately, Xi Zhicai considered Zhou Xiang in advance, and soon had a countermeasure for Hedong.

"In my opinion, we should take the edict of this imperial court, and we can also send troops to Henan. However, since the army was outside, it had the right to make decisions on the spot, but it was not necessary to rely on the strategy of the imperial court in everything, so we simply sent an envoy to contact Zhang Ji, join forces with him, and attack Zhu Jun in Henan from the west. ”

Xi Zhicai gave advice and talked eloquently, and he thought that there were three benefits to joining forces with Zhang Ji. The first was to avoid sending troops from the north and deal with Zhu Jun's troops alone. Whether it is to use a boat to transport troops from the pillar to Henan, or to pass through Zhang Yang's Hanoi County by land, and then cross the river to attack Zhu Jun, there is a greater risk, once the boat capsizes and Zhang Yang raids, the army sent out to deal with Zhu Jun alone may have no return, and the whole army will be annihilated.

The second is to combine troops in one place, and there is no need to send troops alone, which can reduce the number of troops sent to Hedong. Although Hedong Henan is close to each other, Zhu Jun is not a soft persimmon after all, and this war does not know how long it will last, once the army is exposed, not only is Hedong empty and easy to be taken advantage of, but also may drag down or even drag down the construction of other aspects of Hedong because of the grain and grass military supplies of tens of thousands of horses and horses.

The third is to take this opportunity to test the mind of the strong neighbor Zhang Ji. Hedong County and Hongnong County are only separated by a river, although Yan Xing and Zhang Ji have no grievances, and there is no conflict of interest for the time being, but the strong neighbors are on the side, and there are more powerful Li Dao and Guo Yan in the west.

Judging from the intention of this edict alone, Li Wei was not only worried about Yan Xing in Hedong, but also Zhang Ji with Hongnong, who was also in the scope of his vigilance.

If Zhang Ji intended to join forces with the alliance, then the matter of joining forces to attack Zhu Jun in Henan would also be beneficial to him and harmless, and he would definitely agree.

After listening to Xi Zhicai's analysis of the interests and disadvantages, Yan Xing, Yang Feng and other henchmen also seconded the proposal one after another, and after Yan Xing thought about it, he also decisively agreed with Xi Zhicai's plan.

"Although I have no deep friendship with Zhang Ji, I have also heard that he originally had many meritorious deeds in the Dong camp, ranking below Li and Guo, but there are many soldiers and horses under his command, as well as Zhang Xiu, Hu Che'er and other powerful generals, since the plan has been decided, then we can send an envoy to cross the river as soon as possible, go to meet Zhang Ji, and discuss with him about the eastward march of the army!"