The oil lamp in the study was quietly on, and the flames the size of a little finger shook slightly.

In front of the desk, Li Congjing was writing something on the desk, and the rice paper under the brush was already covered with dense official script letters, which was very neat, and the neatness revealed meticulous rigor.

Li Congjing has only been conquering Huaizhou for more than a month, and there are many things to do in all aspects, and there is too much work to be done to govern Huaizhou well. Although Huaizhou has Mo Li and Weidao to govern the state and the army, as the real bull's ear, Li Congjing will only be more tired than them.

After writing the things in his hand, Li Congjing put down the brush, picked up the rice paper to dry the ink, and smiled slightly at the results of his work. Fold the rice paper and put it away, Li Congjing stretched his waist and couldn't help yawning.

The position is high, after the general army and politics, Li Congjing will undoubtedly have fewer opportunities to personally put on the battle, and some small battles can only be completed by the generals under his command, and it is inevitable that there will be more time to deal with government affairs.

"I don't know how Meng Ping fought on the edge of the Yellow River." Li Congjing muttered, a little worried about Meng Ping's hair, and stood up, but his heart suddenly jumped wildly for no reason.

The sudden and violent heartbeat came so without warning that it evoked a trace of pain, Li Congjing frowned and covered his chest, propped one hand on the desk, and took several deep breaths before slowly calming down.

He suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

Li Congjing walked to the window and pushed it open. Outside the window, there is no scenery in the courtyard, and the moonlight in Huaizhou City is no more special than Qimen, and the rich and vague and distant night slightly opens up Li Congjing's heart. But he always felt that tonight's night seemed to be depressing.

The crescent moon hangs high and is silent.

Just then, the door creaked open. In the entire mansion, there is only one person who can come in without knocking, and that is Dong Xiaowan. She was carrying a plate with a bowl of chicken soup on it.

"Childe, it's not too early, drink this bowl of soup and rest early." Dong Xiaowan put the plate on the table, picked up the chicken soup and walked to Li Congjing's side, and said softly.

Li Congjing took the soup bowl, but did not drink it. In the dim light, the small bowl with long hair and shawl was moving, and there was a faint beauty, and she looked at Li Congjing quietly, as if she was waiting for him to drink soup.

Li Congjing picked up the soup spoon, but he was not interested in drinking the soup, he opened his mouth and asked Dong Xiaowan, "Do you think Meng Ping can win the battle of the Yellow River this time?" ”

Dong Xiaowan was stunned for a moment, and said unexpectedly: "What happened in the army, why did the son ask about me?" After a pause, it seemed that he felt Li Congjing's uneasiness, Dong Xiaowan showed a smile, "Meng Ping grew up with Gongzi since he was a child, and in terms of martial arts and strategy, he is closest to Gongzi, if he can't win this battle, who else can win?" ”

Li Congjing smiled lightly, and also felt that he was a little out of shape, and even asked Xiao Wan to comfort himself, no longer thinking nonsense, and bowed his head to prepare to drink soup.

At this moment, a rush of footsteps sounded in the courtyard, and from time to time Lin Ying's voice sounded outside the door, "Marshal, General Meng is back." ”

"Meng Ping is back?" Li Congjing was overjoyed when he heard this, returned the chicken soup he hadn't drunk to Dong Xiaowan, and strode out of the study, "Where are the people?" ”

Lin Ying bowed his head and said, "I've arrived at the house." ”

"Good!" Li Congjing hurriedly walked out of the small courtyard.

When he saw Meng Ping in the hall, Li Congjing's face changed drastically.

Meng Ping was lying on a stretcher.

Li Congjing walked quickly to the stretcher, leaned over, and looked at Meng Ping, whose face was as pale as paper. On Meng Ping's chest, the bandaged cloth had been stained through with blood and turned black.

"Childe ......" saw Li Congjing, Meng Ping struggled to get up, but he had no strength, Li Congjing hurriedly supported him, his eyes were red.

Meng Ping smiled, and said to Li Congjing with great effort: "The Mengzhong soldiers are brave, Meng Ping did not disgrace his mission, burned down two ships of the Liang army, and killed 500 enemies in the first battle of Shuizhai, killing more than 3,000 Liang troops in total. ”

Li Congjing lowered his head and said "um".

"It's a pity ......" Meng Ping's face was suddenly covered with pain, "He Xiaofu is dead......

"He Xiaofu......" Li Congjing repeated the name in a deep voice, and his voice was very low.

Meng Ping coughed twice and struggled: "Originally, in the end, I was going to command the boat to crash the boat in person, but before I finished speaking, I didn't move my feet, and He Xiaofu, who had already rushed for a while and burned Liang Junlian's boat...... Suddenly picked me up, threw me onto another boat, and with my boat himself, rushed to the Liangjun Lianfang......"

"He was so fast that I didn't have time to stop him...... Childe, Xiaofu weighed several arrows in the end, and the blood flowed like a pillar, but he still commanded the soldiers forward regardless of the roar...... When the boat ran into the boat, the boat was in flames, and he was burned into a burning man, but he still used his body to block a slap rod of Liang Jun's shipwreck......"

"Childe!" Meng Ping grabbed Li Congjing, tears welled up, and choked up: "I'm sorry Xiaofu...... He would have completed the mission, he could have not died, he ...... He died for me! ”

Li Congjing's head was buried so low that no one could see his face clearly, he was silent for a long time, and asked, "Xiaofu, do you have any words left?" ”

"Yes." Meng Ping could barely speak, but he still gritted his teeth and said desperately: "He said, let me tell the son: He Xiaofu, there is no fall in the majesty of the army marshal......"

There is no fall in the marshal's majesty......

Li Congjing closed his eyes tightly.

……………………………………

Meng Ping was carried away. His arrow wound was suffered by the soldiers when they were retreating, and it did not hurt the heart, although it was serious, his life was safe, and he could recover as long as he cultivated for a while.

Soon after Meng Ping left, Mo Li came.

Li Congjing took Mo Li directly back to the study, and after sitting down, Mo Li looked at Li Congjing, whose face was not very good-looking, and wondered: "In the battle of the Yellow River Water Village, Meng Ping led the team to burn down the two Lian boats of the Liang army with less than 500 casualties, not to mention that the Liang army lost 3,000, which can be described as a big victory, why do you look like this?" ”

The casualties of nearly 500 of the Hundred Battle Army were mainly the price paid when they rushed into battle, but the results were several times that of themselves.

Li Congjing stretched out his hand and rubbed his face vigorously, threw the chicken soup he didn't drink to Mo Li, and diverted the topic, "It's not easy to run over in the middle of the night, I'll reward you for drinking." ”

Mo Li pursed his lips with a look of regret, "You don't even drink such delicious chicken soup, it's really a waste of Xiao Wan's best cooking skills." But with her stubbornness and protector's temperament, if she knew that I drank this bowl of soup, what do you think would happen to her? ”

"Make me another bowl, of course." Li Congjing was not flustered at all when he said this, and it was extremely natural.

Mo Li was stunned, and had to give a thumbs up, praising Li Congjing's teaching.

"Dai Siyuan was unfavorable and suffered a loss in the Yellow River, how do you think he will react?" Li Congjing asked when Mo Li was drinking the soup.

Put down the bowl, smash it, smash it, sigh a good soup, Mo Li picked up the folding fan and opened it, shaking it gently, "It's an ordinary general, and if you are so drunk, there are only two reactions." One is annoyed and angry, so the soldiers press the border; The two are to eat a trench and grow a wisdom, and since then they have been widely distributed and ridden, and they have been advancing cautiously. Dai Siyuan is different, he does not belong to either of the above. ”

"Dai Siyuan has always regarded himself very highly, and he does have some ability, and he has his own set of methods for marching and fighting, which is naturally not comparable to ordinary generals." Li Congjing nodded and pondered, "Liang Jun originally came with enough strength, but before the knife was out of his body, he was attacked by the Hundred Battles Army and lost the first move, Dai Siyuan must not let his morale go down." ”

"Therefore, after being beaten, Dai Siyuan will definitely send the division to find a place to fight back." Mo Li said, "The key is where to fight." ”

Li Congjing spread out the special map of the Military Intelligence Department, carefully looked at the mountains, rivers and cities above, and muttered: "Dai Siyuan uses the speed of the army to be weird, and he doesn't play cards according to common sense, and the next action must still uphold his style, and the target he wants to fight is really hard to guess." ”

Mo Li laughed, looking a little sinister, "If you want to choose where to fight, it naturally depends on where it is useful." ”

"Two options." Li Congjing's fingers slid across the map, and there was a glint in his eyes, "One front and one behind, the front is to clear the road for the Liang army to come to Huaizhou, and the back is to cut off Zelu's support for Huaizhou." ”

"If you have more soldiers, you can fight wherever you want. If the Hundred Battles Army also has 20,000 combatable troops, you and I can go wherever we want. Mo Li sighed lightly, sighed with emotion, and added: "If Dai Siyuan wants to fight, it will definitely be thunderous." ”

"So, what should I do?" Li Congjing glanced at Mo Li, "The first two hands of your ghost axe ten hands have already been used, could it be that you have already been confident in this third hand?" ”

"That's nature." Mo Li was with the old god, and said seriously: "It's very hard to be a strategist, and it's even harder to be a chief strategist." If you can't anticipate the enemy everywhere, you won't be able to keep your job. Fortunately, we have a military intelligence department, which allows me to clearly know what Dai Siyuan is like when I am planning, and even know his past achievements, otherwise it is really difficult to analyze. ”

After speaking, Mo Li's hand pointed to a point on the map, and said firmly: "The next first battle will definitely break out here!" ”

Li Congjing nodded, wrapped one hand around his chest and touched his chin with the other, and said, "What you see is slightly the same." Speaking of this, Li Congjing suddenly said: "I will go to this battle in person." ”

Mo Li was stunned, "You go in person?" ”

Li Congjing affirmed: "Of course. In any case, I have to go to the front line to see the appearance of the Liang army, so that I can know in my heart, and when I arrange the battle in the future, I will have the bottom in my heart. Besides, I also want to see Dai Siyuan up close. ”

"Who are you going to fight in Huaizhou?" Mo Li asked this very crucial question.

Li Congjing glanced at it, the meaning in his eyes was very strange, it seemed to be a strange IQ, "I'm leaving, of course it's you who don't drive in Huaizhou." ”

Mo Li said with annoyance: "It turns out that I still want to observe Liang Jun." ”

Li Congjing smiled, suddenly remembered something, and asked, "By the way, what is your third hand of the devil's axe?" ”

"Empty City Scheme." Don't deviate.

"Good name."

"I can't go with you this time, I'm really a little worried." Mo Li sighed, magically took out three tips from his body, solemnly handed them over to Li Congjing, and said solemnly: "I will give you three tips, if you need to make a choice, open them in turn, you can be safe." ”

"Fuck me!" Li Congjing was really shocked this time, "Even if I personally recruited and left you to sit in Huaizhou, you could even calculate it before you came?" ”

Mo Li shook his eyebrows, and shook the folding fan like a fairy wind, "What's this, don't you think that I can calculate what situation you will encounter in the future, and you are really capable?" ”

Li Congjing was speechless, and had to laugh and scold Lao Tzu's ability to pretend to be forced to let you learn it, "You are really moving closer to Kong Ming!" ”

"Kong Ming, who is tired to death, has nothing to learn, I don't want to be like him." Mo Li's righteous words were righteous, then he sighed, and said quietly: "Brother Li, don't be surprised, you have always been the fastest runner, if I don't follow closely and you get rid of you, who do I ask for a job?" ”

Li Congjing shook his head with a wry smile and patted Mo Li's shoulder, "It's all forced by this world!" ”