Five days after this secret conversation between Themon and Hesa, the Dingxi general Wang Hanxin was summoned by Emperor Liu Yan and appointed him as the envoy of Lingzhou, Fengzhou, Linzhou, and Yanzhou, and to take charge of the defense of the northwest region of the empire while directing the entire army there to prepare for an offensive against Tuqi. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This holy decree is a challenge for both Wang Hanxin and Liu Yan. You must know that Wang Hanxin is only twenty-five years old this year, but he has already served as an envoy to the economy, even if the thirty-four-year-old Liu Yan is still a young emperor in front of most of the courtiers, not to mention that Wang Hanxin, such a hairy young man, actually served as the post of envoy of the economy, although his official rank is still from the fourth rank of the general of Dingxi, but in terms of actual power, he has surpassed his sworn brother Gao Dingbian, and has become the third person after the Liaodong capital protector Su Chengdong and the Taiyuan envoy Liu Xianzhi.

To issue this holy decree, Liu Yan has to say that he took a lot of risks, after all, Wang Hanxin is not only young, but also a well-known problem figure, and in the past few years, his official fortune has been prosperous, and he has risen to the top, which will inevitably attract the envy of many people.

Compared to Wang Hanxin, this is also full of challenges, of course, he himself does not care about other people's whispers, but before this, Wang Hanxin was at most leading a crusade force to fight against the enemy, which can be said to be all tactical tasks, but now he has to take on the heavy responsibility of guarding the important strategic base of the empire, and is also responsible for the battle against the powerful Turkist state, which is indeed unprecedented for him.

As a result, Wang Hanxin still played his cheeky skin like a city wall, and shamelessly asked Liu Yan for a large amount of funding. In addition to the ten thunderbolts promised to him before, he also had to take the 10,000 cavalry and commanders at all levels to quell the Qiang rebellion, and he also asked Liu Yan to send him an additional 2,000 musketeers from the Shenji Battalion. For his request, even Wu Sicheng felt that it was too much, because at present, all the firearms in the Silk Country were only 5,000 people, except for the 600 people in Liaodong, even Liu Xianzhi, the king of Zhongyi County, was not fortunate enough to have this type of troops. If Wang Hanxin took away another two thousand, then the emperor himself would only have two thousand four hundred left. However, Wang Hanxin explained in strict terms that this was a necessary guarantee for taking a comprehensive offensive against the Tuqi on the premise of ensuring that he would not be attacked by the Tuqi sneak attack on his defense area. In the end, under the bargaining between the monarch and the minister, after Wang Hanxin promised that he would never use the Shenji Battalion firearms in offensive operations and only strengthen the defensive force, Liu Yan finally reluctantly agreed to his request.

After agreeing to Wang Hanxin's request, Liu Yan asked, "I have given you all the belongings I can give you, so that you can get Abicheril's head back to me, right?" ”

Wang Hanxin immediately replied: "Your Majesty, what the ministers ask Your Majesty is the necessary equipment to hold this position, and with these ministers, they can naturally have a target and be confident in the battle against Tuqi. However, what His Majesty is asking for is the head of the other party's Great Khan, which is completely different things, please don't mix them up. ”

Publicly refuting the emperor like this, there is probably no one else in the country of silk except this Wang Hanxin. Even the favored minister Wu Sicheng didn't dare to say so much, of course, Wu Sicheng may have this privilege, but he is not this kind of person at all. However, Liu Yan was not angry with Wang Hanxin, he just shook his head and smiled: "I have given so many benefits but can't get a small promise, hey, this business is too much of a loss." You should at least make me happy. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is telling the truth, and he doesn't dare to talk nonsense. If Your Majesty only likes to listen to beautiful words, I am afraid that you will lose the sincerity of your subordinates to Your Majesty. Wang Hanxin bowed his head respectfully as he spoke.

Liu Yan knew that this was Wang Hanxin's advice to himself, and he completely agreed with Wang Hanxin's way of showing loyalty, but he still couldn't help but say: "What an unlovely boy." ”

Back at the Dingxi General's Mansion, Wang Hanxin gave an order, and the entire mansion suddenly turned upside down. In addition to preparing for the incoming officers, it is also necessary to appease the strong desire of the older children to go into battle with the army, and the general's mansion, which originally had a small population, suddenly became noisy as if a population of hundreds were crowded in.

When it was time for dinner, Wang Hanxin said to the two brothers: "Big brother, third brother, this time brother I will serve in the northwest, I'm afraid I won't return to Chang'an in the short term." This time, in the face of a strong enemy, I have a heavy responsibility on my shoulders, and if I can get the help of two brothers, I will feel more at ease. I just don't know what you think? ”

Under the pseudonym of Gul, Themon of Baal and Heza looked at each other, and this question was indeed difficult to answer. Although Wang Hanxin did not mention this matter again for most of the year, he never gave up his efforts to win over the two, both of whom knew this, but as a spy of Tuqi, how could he fight with his compatriots in the same room and draw a knife against each other?

Teemon hesitated for a moment, then suddenly knelt down and said, "Second brother, there is a truth for my brother. Both of us are Turks, and I originally came to the country of silk to investigate intelligence, and I hope to forgive me for hiding and not daring to reveal the truth. We really can't help my brother and my own people kill each other! ”

As soon as Timon said this, everyone was shocked. Chen Shihua was like a raging fire, and when he heard this, he immediately wanted to shoot the case, but was held down hard by Zhou Siyi on the side.

Wang Hanxin listened but remained silent, slowly stood up, walked up to Timeng and helped him up, and said, "Big brother doesn't have to be like this. I also vaguely feel the fact that the two of you are Turks, but since you haven't explained it, I can't bother to ask. ”

"You don't blame us?" Timeng didn't expect Wang Hanxin to be so understated.

Wang Hanxin smiled and said, "If the eldest brother can tell the truth today, he must have prepared for the worst." With the wisdom of the eldest brother, if you want to continue to hide it, you only need to politely refuse or pretend to accept it, and then find an opportunity to escape. The eldest brother is willing to risk life and death to tell the truth, it can be seen that he is unwilling to deceive his brother, which shows that he treats me with sincerity, how can I live up to the love of the eldest brother? ”

When Teemon heard this, he nodded excitedly and said, "We will remember the brother's affection for the two of us!" But now that it involves the affairs of our home and country, we can't stay here anymore, if you want to fight with Tuqi, brother, we still want to return to our homeland to fight with our compatriots, and I hope you will be successful, brother! ”

Wang Hanxin smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said, "Brother like this, I hope we won't meet on the battlefield." ”

Timon nodded and said, "I hope so, too." My real name is Themon, the son of the Iwabe Chereel, this is the warrior Hesa, let's say goodbye! ”

"Take care."

Together, Themon and Hezah gave a military salute and then turned away.

"Fourth brother, do you really want to let them go?" Chen Shihua couldn't bear it anymore, stood up and asked, "If you let him go, he will be clear about the situation in our country, won't he become a big trouble?" ”

Wang Hanxin smiled slightly, and said: "Big brother, don't worry, Timeng will definitely not be our enemy, today he told the truth, that is, he would rather die in our hands than continue to be unfavorable to us, isn't this kind of action enough to prove his sincerity?" (To be continued.) )