In the deliberations of the Xun Dynasty, the news that the only surviving son of the Deng royal family was dedicated to the entire territory of the Deng Kingdom of Great Qin was only known among the upper echelons of Great Qin.

In a house somewhere in Wancheng, it is already June, and it is raining heavily, making Wancheng hot and humid, but it is still an airtight house, and there is even a stove in the house to dissipate moisture.

Win Wuzi opened the thumb big bamboo card in his hand, glanced at it, and threw the bamboo card into the fire, and there was a person beside him, looking at his face It seemed to be a woman.

Win Wuzi coughed and asked, "How is Elder Brother Wang?" ”

The woman replied: "Although the eldest son is reluctant to send back the news from the gray sparrow, he still does what His Highness instructs. ”

"Ahem, ahem...... Don't force him, he is the eldest son after all, he is arrogant and arrogant, and it is already beyond my expectations to be able to do this. Win Wuzi said so, then looked at the burned bamboo card in the fire, coughed twice and said: "The imperial court is ready to send troops, and the supervision army of the Wangcheng Guard has already entered Gongzixin's city defense camp, tell the gray bird to see the opportunity to act, although I want to bring down Gongzixin, but after all, the Wangcheng Guard is a force in this southern expedition, and we must not let it collapse!" ”

"Whoa!" The woman answered.

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The city defense battalion, the recent period is to be panicked, there are rumors that the imperial court will send the city defense battalion to the south to reinforce, which can scare the soldiers in the city defense camp, the city defense camp belongs to Gongzi Xin's moderation, not like the patrol battalion, the city defense camp is now more than 3,000 people, most of which are the old clans to ask for Gongzixin's house, the children of the clan stuffed in.

And they do this, not to train the juniors in the clan, but after all, the city defense battalion is the royal city guard, and the welfare treatment is naturally not the same as elsewhere, and even a little happier than the border soldiers.

Therefore, today's city defense battalion has no combat effectiveness at all, and the water in it can be imagined!

As soon as they heard the news of the emergency in the south, the first thing that these soldiers of the Wangcheng Guard thought of was not to go to the south to fight, but to leave the army.

In particular, there are rumors in the army that some powerful children have found a way out and quit the city defense battalion, and the chief general of the city defense battalion, who is also Gongzixin's Zong Wei Xiqing, has arranged for border soldiers to replace those good families.

Thinking of the extra unfamiliar faces in the army these times, and the familiar faces that continue to disappear, these rumors have gradually been confirmed.

On the night of 18 June, a fire burned the military registration office of the city defense camp, and the next day, Gongzixin's Zong Wei Qing gathered his soldiers and counted more than 600 people.

As for who it is, even if the military registration office has not been burned, and Xi Qing follows the interests of his Royal Highness, he does not dare to investigate, and now that the military registration office has been burned, there is no way to investigate.

"The city defense battalion controlled by the second brother actually had a camp roar?!"

Lin Yuyan, who got the news from Wen Xiangheng, was also very surprised, the second brother was so cautious, and now that it was the time to send troops, how could he make such a big mistake?

Wen Xiangheng nodded and said: "Well, Your Highness, I heard that the rumors have spread badly in the past few days, so that Gongzixin's temperance city defense battalion got the news, saying that the imperial court is preparing to send them to the south to fight, and most of the sergeants and soldiers in the army are the children of the old clan, so it is possible to burn the military registration office, so that after escaping from the military camp, the imperial court will not be able to find out......"

Hearing this, Lin Yuyan also said: "This time, the second brother can be regarded as lifting a stone and hitting his own feet, so he originally wanted to borrow the patrol battalion to win over the old clan, but this time there was a camp rout in the city defense camp, and the second brother and the old clan will inevitably have a gap between each other." ”

But then, Lin Yuyan also asked: "Could this matter be manipulated by someone?" ”

Hearing this, Wen Xiangheng thought for a while: "Your Highness, Yingxiao has already burned the military registration office, it is impossible for no one to organize, most of them are the children of the old clan who want to escape, so they did this together, and I am afraid that the old clan will also contribute to the future......"

"Alas......" Lin Yuyan let out a long sigh, after this incident, if he is held responsible, the prestige of the second royal brother will be lost, and the right to control the city defense camp may also have to be handed over, it is precisely because of this that the second royal brother thinks that the old clan has killed him, so that he will guard against the old clan in the future, and the old clan will also stay away from the second royal brother because of this matter.

The final result of Ying Xiao's incident is to let the second brother who is now in the court pull down the altar.

"Where is Brother Erwang now?"

Wen Xiangheng responded: "I have been recruited into the palace by the king." ”

Seeing Lin Yuyan get up, Wen Xiangheng also asked, "Your Highness, are you going to the palace?!" ”

"Well," Lin Yuyan nodded and replied, "It's a favor for the second brother......

In the main hall of King Qin's palace, Qin Bolongyan was furious, and Gongzixin kept kneeling on the ground, not even daring to raise his head.

"The city defense camp roared, and more than 600 people ran, this is the all-out effort you promised Lone?! This is the power of your Lin Yuxin's temperance!! ”

Gongzi Xin bowed his head to the ground and said, "The son is guilty!" The son is guilty! ”

"Guilty! Do you know that nothing can happen to this stall, Lone handed over the city defense camp to you, and that's how you rewarded Lone?! Qin Bo scolded, and then instructed Gao Jin: "Give Gu his city defense camp tiger talisman!" ”

Hearing this, seeing that Uncle Qin was so angry, Gao Jin didn't dare to say anything, walked to Gongzixin's side, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, please......"

Gongzi Xin stood up at the waist, the tiger talisman of this city defense camp is generally carried by him, hanging under the belt, he has been wearing it for a long time, and now he is about to unload it suddenly, and Gongzi Xin is quite reluctant.

"What? Do you want to do it alone? Qin Bo scolded.

When Gongzi Xin heard this, he dragged the tiger talisman down to Gao Jin.

Qin Bo threw a few bamboo cards in front of Gongzixin, and said sharply: "Gu once thought that among the sons, you were the smartest, in the battle of the Koreans, you burned the grain and grass of the Koreans, so you handed it over to your city defense battalion to control, but over the years, you have not been as good as a year!" Even the eldest son went to Lecheng to make a small persuasion order for the south, and then look at your stay in Wancheng, only know how to fight for power and profit, and there is no restraint, and Lone is very disappointed in you! ”

Gongzixin raised his head and looked at the bamboo plaque thrown by his father, on which were several paintings of fields ploughing, and one of them was a black figure, although rough, but Gongzixin still recognized this person.

The eldest son, Lin Yuren!

Qin Bo said angrily: "In order to cover up your mistakes, you transferred people from the third child, and you didn't say anything, after all, it was for the southern expedition after the autumn, but you actually gave Gu the sharpness of the three thousand soldiers of the city defense battalion, you said, how should you punish you as a rebel!" ”

Gongzi Xin clenched his fists and said: "Erchen is willing to join the army as a guest from Fuzhong Gate to make up for the difference between the city defense camp!" ”

At this moment, a crisp voice sounded outside the main hall of King Qin's Palace.

"Erchen is willing to lead three thousand feathers of forest troops to support the southern border for the second royal brother!"

Hearing this, Qin Bo raised his head and looked at the figure entering the main hall: "Huang Yan...... How do you come here and do it! ”

Not far from the main hall of the Qin Palace, Lin Yuyan heard the thunderous sound of the monarch's father, and it seemed that the city defense camp roared against the monarch's father.

"Erchen please fight, send troops to rescue the southern border!" Lin Yuyan cut the road categorically.

Gongzixin said in a deep voice: "Yuyan, there is no need to be like this, Brother Wang's fault Brother Wang will bear it himself!" ”

Qin Bo was even more angry: "Yu Yan, how old are you...... War is not child's play, how can I leave it to you! ”

Although Lin Yuyan knelt on the ground, his waist was straight, and he said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Father, the sons and daughters naturally know that fighting is not a game, therefore, the second brother can burn the granary of 80,000 Han troops at the age of seventeen, and the third brother is at the same age, leading the army to guard the northern frontier of Great Qin!" Let me ask my father, why can't my sons lead the troops to the battle?! ”

Hearing this, Gao Jin also found an opportunity to remind Qin Bodao: "Your Majesty, now His Royal Highness Gongzi Yan is controlling the 3,000 troops of Shanglin Yuan, and its leader is Fang De, the 2,000 general of the Nanyang Army. ”

Hearing this, Uncle Qin sat on the throne and was silent for a long time, then raised his head to look at Lin Yuyan and asked, "Are you really willing to go on the expedition?" ”

"Erchen has no regrets!" Lin Yuyan replied extremely firmly.

After a long time, Uncle Qin looked at Gongzixin and asked, "Yu Ren has already gathered the young and strong in Lecheng and is ready to support Xinye's Xinye Army, and now even the youngest Yu Yan is willing to lead troops to the south, what about you?!" ”

Hearing this question from the monarch's father, Gongzixin also clenched his fists, not against Lin Yuyan, but at Lin Yuren's straw bag, Gongzixin always thought that he was one step faster than that straw bag, but he didn't expect that this time he was so far behind!

Thinking of this, Gongzi Xin kowtowed and said: "Erchen is willing to lead the soldiers of the city defense battalion to make meritorious contributions!" ”

Qin Bo said with a calm face: "In this case, the patrol battalion is still handed over to you for moderation, but Gu will also send two thousand elite soldiers to Yu Ren, this time the three of you brothers each led three thousand people to support the southern border, do you have any objections?!" ”

Where is the meaning of Qin Bo's question, and the forced son's letter can't be refused.

However, Gao Jin had to remind: "Your Majesty, the southern border is dangerous, and there must be a prince left in Wancheng......

Uncle Qin directly interrupted him: "Isn't it hard for you to fight weekdays, so I simply put you on the battlefield to fight, and now that the position of the prince of Great Qin is undecided, I will use this southern expedition as a judgment!" ”

Coming out of the palace, Gongzixin's face was gloomy, looking at no one around, Lin Yuyan was not an outsider, Gongzi said: "Yuyan, as you said, our Lin family children can only trust their own families, and the old clan can't be trusted at all!" This time for my brother, it can be regarded as planted in their hands......"

Gongzixin immediately saw Lin Yuyan and said, "Thank you for breaking the siege for my brother today." ”

Lin Yuyan looked at Gongzixin, and reminded him: "Second brother, I still think that this matter may be about the camp roar caused by the cowardice of the children of the old clan, but I am already surprised that the eldest prince is willing to go to Lecheng to make a persuasion order, and now he actually wrote to the monarch's father, saying that he wanted to recruit civilian volunteers to personally support the southern border, this idea is not like what Elder Brother Wang did......"

"Huang Yan, what do you mean...... Gongzi Xin wanted to speak and stopped, and suddenly thought of something, and said to Lin Yuyan: "Huang Yan, I remembered for my brother, do you know that after he left Wancheng, he gave the grain from the sale of the house to Yu Yuan." ”

"Brother Three Kings?! …… Did Brother Sanwang accept the grain? ”

Childe nodded.

Lin Yuyan asked again: "What do you think of the second royal brother?" ”

"Don't blame Yu Yuan, now I also know that the border army is short of food, Yu Yuan has always been strong, even if the army has run out of food, he will not trouble me, since the eldest son has a heart, the soldiers under the command of Yu Yuan also have this need, so they naturally want to accept it...... However, in retrospect, it was a ...... to sow discord."

Lin Yuyan nodded and said, "It's good that the second brother can think like this." ”

Immediately, Gongzi Xin said with a gloomy face: "I can't believe that I can do this step with that straw bale, step by step, thinking about him leaving Wancheng, I feel that something is not right......

Gongzixin calmed down now and thought about it, if Lin Yuyan hadn't come over, he would really be [the soldiers were cut off], he had lost the right to control the city defense battalion, and he also had a gap with the old clan, this kind of far-sighted layout, it was really hard to imagine that it could be associated with that straw bag.

Gongzi Xin said slowly: "Yu Yan, right now, the monarch's father has thrown out that we are going to lead the army to the south to support, he just gathered some young people, the people and horses promised by the monarch's father to him must be the elite of the army, this battle, we have lost the opportunity." ”

Lin Yuyan nodded, whether it was the city defense camp that had been rusted and emptied by the old clan under the control of the second brother Wang, or the Yulin Army, which had been established for less than a year under his own control, perhaps in terms of the quality of the troops, it was definitely not comparable to the elite division allocated to Lin Yuren by the monarch's father.

"What are you going to do?" Lin Yuyan asked.

Gongzi Xin thought for a while, and then said: "The most important thing now is whether the city defense battalion can reach the establishment of 3,000 troops. ”

Lin Yuyan also reached out and said: "Second brother, if there is a lack of manpower, even if you open your mouth, the sixth brother can be transferred from Shanglin Yuan." ”

Hearing this, Gongzi Xin looked at Lin Yuyan, sighed and said: "Yuyan, why doesn't my brother know about the embarrassment of Shanglin Yuan, the new mansion has just been built, and my brother is still worried that your 3,000 people will not be complete!" ”

Originally, Lin Yuyan still wanted to tell the truth to the second brother, but after thinking about it, the news of Shanglin Yuan had not been synchronized to Wancheng for a long time, which might not be a good thing, so he gave up.

Then he said some more words, and when he reached the fork in the road, Gongzi Xin said goodbye: "Yuyan, today's kindness, Brother Wang has written it down, but now that it is less than three months before the army is dispatched, you and I should prepare earlier, so as not to fall behind step by step, step by step......"

Looking at the back of the second brother who turned to leave, Lin Yuyan turned around, swept around, and found that there was no figure, for some reason, after coming out of the palace, Lin Yuyan could always feel a feeling of being spied on.

At this time, Jing Yi and other Zongwei, who were waiting outside, had already rushed over: "Your Highness, how is it?" ”

Lin Yuyan turned around and said, "It's okay." ”

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Win the residence of the five sons.

Lin Yuxing took the information from the gray sparrow, and after glancing at it, he suddenly coughed violently.

The maid next to him should have stroked his back and asked, "Your Highness, but the situation has changed?" ”

Lin Yuxing pointed to a cup of tea on the table, and the maid fed Lin Yuxing, which suppressed the meaning of coughing.

"It's a failure!" Lin Yuxing spit out these four words.

The maid also didn't expect that such a careful layout of His Royal Highness would actually fall short?

Lin Yuyan...... Ahem...... It seems that I really underestimated this sixth brother. Lin Yuxing said, his eyes fell on the information, and said: "But it's not nothing, at least it separates Gongzixin and the old clan, but I really didn't expect Jun'er to send the eldest brother Wang and Gongzixin to the south with the sixth brother." ”

The maid frowned and said: "In this way, the plan of [retreating as advance] conceived by His Highness is to break the situation, I am afraid that the eldest son's side will ...... when he receives the news."

Hearing this, Lin Yuxing thought for a moment, and finally spoke: "In this matter, Brother Wang has already taken the lead, Gongzixin's city defense battalion is full of gray sparrows, and he originally thought not to fight too hard, but he only broke and fled more than 600 people, let the gray sparrow act again, and make sure that Gongzixin's city defense camp only has more than 1,000 people transferred from the border army!" ”

"What about Gongzi Yan's temperance in Shanglin Yuan?" The maid reminded.

"The gray finch is arranged in Wancheng, and its strength is already stretched, so it is on the forest garden...... For the time being, it is beyond the reach of the whip, but the army of Shanglinyuan is only newly built for less than a year, and it is already a taboo to fold the city defense camp of Gongzixin, and then reach out to Shanglinyuan...... cough cough cough ...... Ahem......"

Lin Yuxing's injury was caused by an arrow from the Jin Han army, which injured the lung lobe, so he avoided cold and dampness all year round, and often coughed.

The maid's acupoint technique was extremely accurate, but after a few knocks on Lin Yuxing's back, Lin Yuxing's cough eased a lot.

Lin Yuxing leaned against the pillar and said: "You sent someone to persuade the emotions of the eldest brother Wang, even if it is not feasible to [retreat as advance], you have already taken the lead, and told him, don't wait for the soldiers and horses promised by the monarch's father to return to the position, go to Chaoyang quickly, and contact Guan Ning, the general of the Xinye Army, and ask for the post of grain transporter, and inform him that Chaoyang's location is critical, and it is the central place of the southern border of the imperial court to transport grain, cough cough...... Ahem......"

"Now the monarch's father has made a promise to evaluate the prince in this battle, but the thieves are powerful, and it may be difficult for the eldest brother Wang to make contributions, but the rising sun is in hand, the advance and retreat are easy, and the work of supervising the grain is to make the eldest brother Wang better than the prince and the letter is worry-free......"

"Your Highness is brilliant! I'll send someone to deliver the news to the eldest son. ”

Lin Yuxing nodded, and on the table in front of him, there was a map of the southern border.

On June 22, the seventeenth year of Uncle Qin, Uncle Qin issued an edict, ordering Sheng Nong, the general of the Wangcheng Guard, to lead 5,000 elite soldiers, the eldest son Lin Yuren, the son Lin Yuxin, and the sixth son Lin Yuyan each with 3,000 deployments, and will send troops to the south after the autumn.