On the fifteenth day of May in the Chang'an calendar, the weather is fine, it is the summer season, the charm of the south of the Yangtze River, you can see it everywhere, in the red leaves of the river, the blue waves ripple, the lotus leaves reflect the lotus flowers, there are more fishing trees to sleep under the trees, the boats are less, after all, I have heard that the more people here are reversed.

The temporary county capital of Yue County, which is located in the nine villages of Beishan. It is a wartime county seat set up by Shen Wu'an.

The village is very large, located on the north mountain, and the previous hills that let the Yangzhou soldiers and horses break the halberd, separated by a mountain stream.

Shen Wu'an has rarely been idle these days, as usual, boiling tea and basking in the sun, often looking at the sky in a daze.

On this day, he was lying in a rocking chair, looking at the sky stupidly, and the wind was light......

"Report! Chief, our people have received a secret letter from Taizhou. ”

"Bring it."

The guard handed over two wax-sealed letters and turned to leave.

Shen Wu'an's eyes widened, he sat up, a letter in his left hand and a letter in his right hand...... He reversed the envelope and saw that two of them were signed, one was signed by Li's firm and the other was signed by Mr. Li.

Looking at the letter in his hand, Shen Wu'an was puzzled, it was normal for these two people to send letters to him, but it was not normal for them to send them at the same time...... After thinking for a long time, Shen Wu'an was puzzled, and slowly opened Mr. Li's letter.

The letter said: Leader Shen saluted, and Li worshipped. Now Taizhou three soldiers and horses gathered, 20,000 of them, grain and grass are sufficient, can fight for a long time, can be said to be all ready, only the east wind is also owed, when the letter is seen, the god strategy may have arrived under Taizhou County, a certain worry that the patchwork army is not able to bear the blow of the divine policy, so please lead the troops into Wu County, so that its divine policy, there are worries. The vitality of the Xuanzhou army is greatly injured, the morale is low, Wei Jin is old, and there are no available generals under him, at this time it is the time when the tiger licks the wound, and the wolves fall into the water. I hope that the leader will consider one or two, Li is not talented, if there is a short-sightedness, please also ask the leader Haihan, the current situation, a certain strategy, it is really necessary to do, the leader also please believe in Li. In the end, Mrs. Zun, son, everything is fine, let Li say hello on his behalf, and wish the leader success.

After looking at it, Shen Wuan gritted his teeth tightly and pinched the letter into a paper ball little by little. Subsequently, another one was opened.

The letter said: Li's firm worshipped, puffer fish non-toxic night, the leader's attitude is unknown, Li really doesn't know why, since the leader wants to start an incident, why is he so undecided? Hearing that in the first battle, the leader won a complete victory, Li is here to congratulate the leader, I don't know what the leader plans to do next? The hesitation of the leader, Li may know a thing or two, when the god is pressing, Li wants to come and go, he should repair a book with the leader, when the crisis is difficult, I don't know what to say, thousands of words, Li has only one sentence, both in the same boat Red Leaf River, Li has to try his best to help, if the leader needs money and food, just speak.

After reading this letter, Shen Wu'an was stunned for a long time, what kind of mess is this writing, what does Li Shi mean? Shen Wu'an couldn't see through Li Shi's thoughts for a while, he wrote a letter specifically to express his attitude and determination? Shen Wu'an leaned back in the rocking chair again, looked up at the sky, the letter in his hand fell, and was blown away on the ground by the wind.

Long.

I only heard a birdsong in the stream, and a cloud obscured the sun.

"Hahaha, Li Shi, Li Shi, it's a good time to be in danger, and a good one doesn't know what to say...... I said it was a pufferfish, and you really thought it was a pufferfish...... Am I stupid or are you stupid? I'm stupid...... Or are you stupid......" Shen Wu'an muttered to himself, staring blankly at the cloud, adrift.

"Someone!" Shen Wu'an suddenly shouted loudly.

"Here, what does the chief command?" The guards ran over.

"Order, the eighteen villages in the east and west are ready for war...... bar. Shen Wu'an said weakly.

"This ...... Chief, are we going to fight it? The guard was surprised.

"Tonight, raid Wu County." Shen Wuan's eyes widened and he said calmly.

The clouds dispersed, the sun was mild, and the guards took a few teams of men and horses, and went down to the north mountain separately and went to the villages to give orders.

……

Kure County.

The 30,000 Xuanzhou army is stationed in the south of Wu County, and in the past few days, it has been repairing, but the morale is still very low, and even many officers are sad every day, and the training can not be refreshed, not to mention the soldiers.

A gloomy atmosphere enveloped the barracks, even spreading to Wu County, and the city was no longer lively, there were fewer passenger ships coming and going, fewer merchants, and during the day, there were fewer pedestrians on the streets, and everyone hid at home and did not go out.

Only the crops in the fields outside the city can't be put down, otherwise even the farmers don't want to go out, because when they go out, it's like a dead city, and it's obviously a summer that should be full of vitality.

The Red Leaves River is always so calm, no matter what happens, in her arms, there are still abundant water and grass, and the sound of frogs.

On this day, a familiar face came to the barracks, Shen Yan.

As soon as he entered the barracks, Shen Yan saw that every soldier who walked by him was indifferent, and even frustrated, he didn't feel good in his heart, knowing that such a big thing had happened, he hurried over to leave Yangzhou City.

"Where's the boss?" Shen Yan grabbed a soldier and asked.

The soldier shook his head, his eyes darkened, and dragged away.

"Did anyone see the boss?" Shen Yan took a few more steps and shouted at the group of soldiers gathered together.

The soldiers shook their heads.

Shen Yan's heart was tight, he was a little worried about Wei Jin, and hurriedly searched around the camp.

"My lord, the manager went out early in the morning." An officer-like officer recognized it as Shen Yan, an officer of the Xuanzhou Army, stepped forward and said.

"Where's it?" Shen Yan asked.

"I don't know, the boss is in a bad mood these days, he doesn't think about tea and dinner, and his subordinates don't know what to do." The officer said with a gloomy face.

"I know, you appease the soldiers, I'll go find the boss." Shen Yan sighed, patted the officer's shoulder, and instructed.

The officer nodded.

Shen Yan hurriedly asked for a horse, left the barracks, looked for Wei Jin everywhere, and finally, came to the Red Leaf River.

He looked at the rice fields and green hills on the other side of the river, and his heart was full of mixed feelings, and he paused slightly.

"Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi, in vain, I Shen Yan has worked with you for half my life, which is really a shame for our Xuanzhou soldiers! I'm blind, why don't you see that you are such a greedy person who is afraid of death......" Shen Yan muttered to himself, as if he had pressed a thousand-pound stone in his heart, and he couldn't breathe.

He led the horse and walked along the riverbank, the shade of the trees was clear, and the cicadas were chirping for the first time.

Walking dozens of steps, I saw a towering willow, the branches and leaves were luxuriant, and the roots were intertwined. Under the tree, leaning on a bucket of fishing, it seems to be in a dream.

Shen Yan took a look and approached on tiptoe.

"You're here......"

"Ah...... The subordinates have seen the manager! ”

"There's no governor here."

"The manager will always be the manager of Yangzhou."

"The old man just had a dream, and he dreamed that the whole Yangzhou had become a vast ocean, but this willow tree did not move. It's very strange. ”

"Presumably it was caused by the manager's overwork recently......"

Wei Jin raised his eyes and looked at Shen Yan and smiled helplessly.