Yang Lian, who saw Wu Sicheng again, grabbed his hand tightly and couldn't speak for a long time. Wu Sicheng looked at Yang Lian in military uniform, and he was also full of emotion, a civil official like him even had to put on a helmet and armor to personally supervise the battle in the city, the intensity of the defensive battle of Youzhou City can be seen, the original city of Youzhou City is full of desolation, the city walls have collapsed lots, and the corpses of soldiers killed on both sides are everywhere in the city. Almost all the people who were alive were injured, and Zhu Tianshun, the general of Youzhou Town, was also injured in many places, and as soon as the war ended, he fainted and was rushed to the hospital for treatment.

Compared with the defenders in Youzhou City, what is even more miserable is the Gai Yanxiao Department who was rescued, when Gao Dingbian and Wang Hanxin rescued him from the small mountain, his subordinates had less than 400 survivors, although Gai Yanxiao himself was also hit by more than ten arrows, but fortunately he was not too seriously injured, which was a great luck in misfortune.

When Lu Qinghan's pursuit of the Turk army unsuccessfully returned to Youzhou City, the reinforcements from the five routes were gathered together. The generals held a feast to reward the soldiers who had fought the battle, and they themselves discussed the most important issue at the banquet -- since the military department Shangshu An Jingbian personally led the troops here, then how to arrange the defense of the Silk Country in the future should be determined as soon as possible.

An Jingbian thought that now that he had completely torn his face with Tuqi, then Abicheril would definitely not give up, and all the areas from the Hetao region in the west to Liaodong in the east would become the target of his attack. In such a situation, in order not to repeat the mistakes of the past, it is first necessary to establish a sound defense system and not give the opportunity to take advantage of the sudden contract, and then there is the possibility of seeking an opportunity to counterattack. However, on this long front, there is a lack of enough generals to defend it, except for the Hetao area, because it is connected to Tuqi in the north and the Western Regions in the west. It has always been a military stronghold, with continuous castles and heavy garrisons, and the defense work in the rest of the places is not perfect. On the remaining fronts, the Taiyuan Prefecture side has begun to strengthen the defense of Linzhou, Shuozhou, and Daizhou since Xue Boren took over. But it will take time to complete it to a satisfactory level, and this place is much better than the defense work of Youzhou and Liaodong.

At present, there are Xue Boren and Lu Qinghan in Taiyuan Mansion. He Ling and Su Chengdong in Liaodong region, it should not be a problem to hold on, but Youzhou is the weakest place to defend, and there is a lack of generals to guard, this time Gai Yanxiao and Zhu Tianshun generals are at odds, although they fight to the death, but the result is disappointing, there is an urgent need for a good future to guard this place, but it is difficult to have a reputation in the country. A general with both performance and ability.

After An Jing finished speaking, everyone fell into silence. He was talking about the current predicament, looking at the whole army, although the defenders in the Hetao area had long-term experience in garrisoning, they lacked actual achievements and prestige; There are such eye-catching new stars as Gao Dingbian in the Liaodong Army, but first, he has little command experience, and second, his status is too low to convince the public. The only ones who have the ability to guard the Youzhou region are Xue Boren and Su Chengdong, but the two of them guard the east and west respectively. Flawless doppelganger. Who should be the defender of Youzhou City?

"I don't know if it's appropriate for the lower officials to say something, please correct it." Wu Sicheng said suddenly.

An Jingbian immediately motioned to him to talk about his thoughts, and this time Wu Sicheng not only sacrificed his life to cover the envoy Yang Lian, but also helped the friendly army break through the Tuqi army. It can be said that he has made outstanding achievements, which has greatly changed An Jingbian's view of Wu Sicheng, who has always thought that Wu Sicheng is just a cronie and loyal minister by the emperor's side.

"Xia Guan suggested that it would be better for Lord Yang Lian to take the position of Youzhou Defense Envoy. Zhu Tianshun and Zheng Menglong served as his deputies. ”

"Lord Yang Lian?" An Jingbian's eyes widened. Although there is a precedent to follow for civilian officials to serve in military positions, the defense of this Youzhou is of great importance. Moreover, it may be attacked by Tuqi at any time, which can be said to be dangerous. It is a little unbelievable for Yang Lian to be a scholar.

Wu Sicheng saw An Jingbian hesitating, so he explained: "First of all, Lord Yang is very familiar with the generals of the Liaodong Army, and this time the defense of Youzhou also took the lead in standing on the front line of the battle and commanding, and established a certain prestige in the army; Secondly, Lord Yang Lian is a person who is not surprised by changes and is resourceful, which can be seen from the performance of the defense of Youzhou and the Chengyun Rebellion, so he has both fame and achievements as the defense envoy, and what he lacks is only actual combat command experience, which is enough for Lord Zhu Tianshun to make up for this, and there are many rivers in Youzhou, and Lord Zheng Menglong is good at water warfare, if he arranges the defense along the river to prevent the Turkic army from crossing the river at will, then we have a lot of room for maneuver in strategy. ”

An Jing nodded again and again after listening to this, and said with a smile: "What Master Wu said is the Tao, it is indeed a good choice, I don't know what you think?" ”

When everyone saw An Jingbian say this, they all echoed it - although there was no way to do it, Wu Sicheng's statement was not without merit, and it might be a more appropriate way to deal with it at the moment.

"Then how should Lord Gai Yanxiao arrange?" Gao Dingbian suddenly asked this question. His family and Gai Yanxiao are world friends, and now Gai Yanxiao and Zhu Tianshun are healing, but everyone has removed Gai Yanxiao's post as the defense envoy of Youzhou, but Zhu Tianshun retains his original position, and Gao Dingbian is naturally unhappy.

An Jing couldn't help frowning when he heard this, Gao Dingbian and a captain dared to question the arrangements of General Shangshu, which made him a little unhappy, but it was inconvenient to attack at this moment of celebration, so he said: "As a defense envoy of Youzhou, Lord Gai sent troops without authorization and was defeated, causing himself to be trapped and Youzhou is in danger. Thinking that he fought loyally and bravely for many days, this official should have said a lot of good words for him in front of the emperor, but if he can end up not being held accountable, it will be considered a great grace of the emperor. Now that he is employing people, I think that the defense of Liaodong also needs the help of talents like Lord Gai, presumably the emperor will still order him to listen to it under the account of General He. ”

An Jingbian is telling the truth, Gai Yanxiao defeated the army and lost the territory, according to the law, it should be the best result to be demoted to the front of the Liaodong Army. But these words still made him tremble with anger in Gao Dingbian's ears, and he couldn't help but want to stand up and refute loudly. At this time, his hand was firmly held down by Wang Hanxin, Wang Hanxin signaled him with his eyes not to make a mistake, and then smiled and said to An Jingbian: "With Lord Shangshu's words, the last general and my eldest brother will rest assured, Lord Gai is loyal to the country, and I hope Lord Shangshu will take more care, our brothers still want to fight side by side with Lord Gai, and make more contributions to serve the court." Lord Shangshu must fulfill this wish of our masters. ”

Looking at Wang Hanxin's innocent smile on his face, An Jingbian felt a lot more relieved in his heart, and said with a smile: "Although you can rest assured, you are all contributing to the country, and this official should do his best." ”

"Then I will thank you here, and I will toast you!" Wang Hanxin said and drank respectfully with a wine glass, and An Jingbian also drank a glass with a smile. This little episode in the middle of the table was just obscured.

This scene was seen by Wu Sicheng on the side, which made him interested in Wang Hanxin, because he saw from Gao Dingbian's actions the concern for Gai Yanxiao and the anger generated by his treatment, and behind Wang Hanxin's smile full of spring breeze, there were actually other feelings hidden, and his eyes revealed surging emotions like a volcano. This made Wu Sicheng feel that this young general was different from the other generals present, and he couldn't even see what this person was thinking in his heart.

During the banquet that followed, Wu Sicheng found that Wang Hanxin was the only one who was not interested in the whole defense matter at all, and it could be seen from his eyes that he was thinking about something else that had nothing to do with the topic discussed during the banquet. (To be continued......)