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The peach and plum protégé is full of heads,

It's hard to go and stay, how to put your heart on the floor.

――"The Epic of Xinyue: Yuwen Waiji"

By the time the sun set, Prince Ning and Li Congshi, I, and I had already changed our outfits and boarded the boat at night.

The boat gradually rowed towards the center of the river, rowed quietly in the moonlight, and twenty or thirty miles away, boarded another van-type "merchant ship", and went to the "turtle" from the secret room on the ground floor, and the "turtle" was already on the job. The "merchant ship" took advantage of the night to drag the "turtle" all the way to the wind and gallop away.

Prince Ning is a native of Beiming, and he has been accustomed to taking boats since he was a child, but I relied on the seasickness medicine given by Kong Lifei privately to maintain my posture among the small and closed turtles. I wanted to ask Qin Qing about it, but because I saw Li Congshi on the side, I always felt that it was inconvenient to speak, so I simply fell asleep and recuperated my spirits.

When it was almost dawn, I felt the sound of docking, and understood that we had arrived at the Tsing Shadian Wharf, and the "merchant ship" was routinely inspected after docking, and we pressed the mechanism to untie the turtle and gradually row westward, and after a while, the "turtle" was slid into the crack of the broken cliff in the secluded valley, and looked out from the lookout glass, the four walls were dark and the pungent smell of moss.

We landed on the shore, saw the hazy mountains on both sides, craggy and strange rocks, looked up at the road, the cliff top and the white fading starry sky connected.

"I'll come first," said Li Congshi, tying the rope around his waist, grabbing the weeds and shrubs in the crevices of the rock wall, like a gecko, sticking to the rock wall, moving up inch by inch.

When Li Congshi climbed up, he put down the rope again, and Prince Ning and I grabbed the rope and climbed up. After a while, a group of people entered the mountain, then walked along the mountain road, about an hour, and then to the left side of the mountainside road out of the valley through the stream, the wind and dust servants were soaked with sweat towels although a little embarrassed, but in this hot summer weather, the climate in the mountains is very cool, the stream trickles and the birds chirp faintly.

"Weichen speculates that this place should be relatively close to the first outpost of General Yuwenfu's camp," I said to Prince Ning, looked at Li Congshi again, and continued, "Xinyue is at war with Luo Wei, and due to the fall of Qingzhou, the defenders of the Eastern Capital are fighting with Luo Wei's army.

Therefore, General Yuwen should be ordered to set up a house near the stream at the foot of the mountain between the eastern capital and Qingzhou, and set up guards on the mountainside, Shanyin, and the foot of the mountain with scouts, so is the prince ready for us to risk bypassing the sentry forward, or will the sentry go to the communication? ”

"General Fu is more familiar with the sentry posts of the Xinyue garrison and the situation in the army than this king," Prince Ning looked at me and said, "At this time, there is no need to think about trivial affairs, just use the method of meeting General Yuwen as soon as possible." ”

"Lord Wang," Li Congshi next to him suddenly said, "The last general thinks that this time is to negotiate peace, not to visit the camp, although it may be faster to bypass the police post, but the new Yue country pays the most attention to etiquette, different from my Beiming customs, since the peace is negotiated, the other party should think that it is to make a posture, according to the procedure, and not for temporary convenience, so as not to make us suspicious of visiting the camp." ”

"What General Li said is," I said with a smile, "the prince is also thinking about the overall situation, so let's go to the nearest Shanyin sentry here and hand over a post." ”

Prince Ning nodded, and we walked along the road for a while, and saw a square Minggang, which was the outer layer of Xinyue accustomed to one person at each corner, and three people on each side of the four sides;

The regular scout whistle of two people on each side of the four corners of the inner side,

When I saw this, I hurried to greet him with my hands, and explained my intentions, so that I handed the sentry a letter of worship written by myself, and secretly handed him a gold leaf below.

Although I can't talk about this matter, it is a new and more common situation, if it is a foreign matter, I have always been more lazy, and we are embarrassed, and the clothes are not very luxurious, so I will still do things according to the rules, but if the speed is to be accelerated, I must have some money.

Seeing that the sentry was slightly stunned, he hesitated, but still covered the gold leaf and retracted it into his sleeve, and then said to us, "Wait a minute, I will send someone to wear it." ”

"Please." I bowed again, and said.

After waiting for about two hours, I saw the sound of horses' hooves running on the side of the mountain in the distance, and I thought that I might be waiting for them, so I took a closer look.

I saw that the general on the horse had a long black face, a stiff beard, a very great description, a gun and a horse, leading the crowd, it turned out to be Yuwen Yong, the second son of General Yuwen Wai, I also saw it when I was studying at Yuwen Wai.

Yu Wenyong saw the three of us, and looked at me a few times, not showing different colors, only faintly speaking, and said, "Seal my father's military order, come and pick up the three of them." "After saying this, he ordered the men to prepare horses for us, and together they drove them into a square tent.

After the account was settled, we put General Yuwen Fu, and I was naturally quite happy to see the teacher, but after all, this matter was very involved, and it was inconvenient to say more, so I kept following Prince Ning.

Listening to Prince Ning and Yu Wenfu's words, they explained their intentions one by one, and solemnly took out the national letters and tokens stamped by General Zhu and Prince Ning.

Yuwen heard about this, read the national letter, pondered for a long time, and said, "This matter is very important, and the old man must discuss it with the generals under the account." In addition, the prince of the friendly army came from afar with two generals, and although the army is simple, it is also necessary to wash the dust for you. ”

So I called the deputy general Shen Hongming to take me to settle down, this Shen Hong, who was also a disciple of Yuwen Fu back then, and I had a few encounters, so he also frequently looked at me suspiciously.

I secretly said depressed in my heart, this Fu Shao and his father's mouth of the new Yue Xiao "Mingjun" emperor, since the military admonition, began to use a lot of generals who have a lot of consensus with my father, it seems that what he said is really true, I think General Yuwen is just a famous teacher in a martial arts school back then,

Over fifty years old because it is too theoretical, and not very important, but now he has become the commander of an army, although he may not be able to see what his military talent is, but after all, his disciples are all over the world, and most of them are rising stars.

And his three sons are all brave generals who became famous on the battlefield, this appointment can not be said to be a shrewd thing that is not the posture of a Ming Jun, but it has made me the "deceased" son of Xue Jiudao, who has become Fu Yannian.

Although there are very few people who know each other very well, the young people who are close to each other in one or two sides in the army really worry me. According to General Yuwen's words, Shen Hong placed us separately and gave us grooming utensils, saying that he would hold a banquet in the evening to wash away the dust.

Prince Ning was also very cooperative, and Li Congshi and I rested separately. Sure enough, not long after, Yuwen Yong saw that I was alone in the tent, so he rushed forward and said, "It turned out to be really you, why did you vote for Beiming and become the general of Beiming?" ”

"It's a long story," I said, holding his hand, feeling his true feelings, "Teacher, can I go and worship now?" ”

"It's my father who came to let me take you over," Yuwen Yong said, "Father also knows that the situation in Beiming may be very urgent, but he doesn't dare to make a claim, so he has already sent a flying horse to gallop to the emperor to discuss with the emperor, but he still has to do some understanding with you in private." So let's go. ”

I said yes. When I arrived at Yuwen's free account, I saw the teacher standing alone with his hands in his hands, and my knees were weak, so I knelt on the ground and said with a little sadness, "I have to see the teacher again in this life, which is really a great blessing in life."

The bad apprentice knows that he is committed to Beiming and lives up to the teacher's love, but it is also fate that is helpless, so he asks the teacher for forgiveness. Then he bowed to the ground, and remained motionless. The new Yue etiquette system emphasizes kneeling down to the son of heaven and kneeling down to parents and teachers, and it is not like Beiming where men have gold under their knees. When you see a teacher, you have to live up to his teachings, so it should be so.

Yuwen turned around and helped me, sighing, "I understand for the teacher." Although the teacher is old, he is not a stubborn and pedantic person, and he has always been like this in life. ”

But I knelt firmly, motionless, half loud, and heard Yuwen ask "Why is this?" ”

Our side replied: "The Beiming Water Division encountered great resistance to the Japanese in this time, and if it was delayed, it could not reach an alliance, and it was defeated by the Luo Ming Water Division. Then Luo Wei's land supply will also be smoother, and the battle with Xinyue will be more and more likely to win, and the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, and I hope that the teacher can mediate this matter as soon as possible, regardless of the previous suspicions. ”

"Hey-" Yuwen Fu sighed and said, "You get up first, how can I not know, it's just that such a matter related to state exchanges must be carried out under His Majesty's instructions,

Although His Majesty has given me and other generals the right to act cheaply outside, you must know that without Your Majesty's approval, you should first discuss this matter on your own initiative, which is absolutely impossible for a courtier. Then he sighed again, and said:

"As a courtier, you should keep your duty, so as not to get into trouble, your father is like this and now he is confined to his home, and there is no chance to show his strengths, I don't know how you got out of the predicament, but the military and the government are by no means completely separated, the matter involves Beiming, even if the Son of Heaven is sage, how do you know that if you don't report it first, once you are impeached for the villain, this is the crime of fornicating with a foreign country."

"The apprentice understands," I then stood up and said, "The apprentice does not want the master to discuss this matter directly with Prince Ning before receiving His Majesty's will, the apprentice is just in an emergency, and hopes that the apprentice will discuss the specific plans of the Beiming side and the specific attack strategy of the new Vietnamese army with the master and apprentice first.

Your Majesty, naturally there is a will, and we should do it. ”

"You-" Yuwen Fu tapped my forehead and said, "Where do you look like a martial artist?" Clearly like a scout elf little slippery head, how can I have a student like you? ”

I naturally knew that the master was openly and secretly praising him, but he was just smiling modestly, but Yu Wenyong next to him was straight-tempered, so he said directly, "I see that this method works, and I will go to report to the emperor and return to the book in the past few days, I have agreed on the details and all the plans first, and prepared the needs, and when the emperor's holy will arrives, you can directly sign the letter of alliance and enter the battle, but it can save a lot of time." ”

"Thou do not speak as a Father, when thou art mute?" Yuwen scolded slightly.

Yu Wenyong also immediately realized that he was speechless, so he smiled innocently. He said directly to me, "I also read Beiming's national letter, although this plan is good, but it is inevitable that there will still be doubts." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it." I said to Yuwen Yong.

"As stated in the national letter, the cavalry and infantry of our army attacked Qingjing Harbor, and Beiming lured the enemy to Qingjing Changxia, and the water and land meeting and ambush, and defeated Luo Wei in one fell swoop.

Then my new eastern capital and the Qingzhou army set up an ambush on the road they had to pass, and then tried to thwart their reinforcements, each other's wishes, this is very good," Yuwen Yong said, "However, there is only one point, with my experience in fighting with Luo Wei, I am afraid that it is almost impossible to lure Luo Weishui into such a dangerous place. ”

"I only read this national letter, so I naturally think so," I said, taking out a secret letter with a double fire paint seal from my sleeve, putting my hands over my chest, and respectfully handing it to Yu Wenfu.

"This is a handwritten letter from Prince Jing to the teacher, according to the results of the Beiming military meeting, when the time comes, Prince Jing himself will be used as a bait to lure the enemy into the game."

"I think it's not bad to come to Luo Wei's spy detective, Prince Jing's prestige among the generals of Beiming is absolutely extraordinary in Beiming, once Prince Jing has a mistake, it means that Jun Cheng above the lord of Beiming can only personally take command of the station, and it may be useful to use Prince Jing as bait," Yuwen Yong said:

"However, Luo Wei is a very suspicious and cunning person, although the temptation is great, this light and dangerous thing always makes people worry that he will not enter the game."

"General Yuwen Yong is really a famous general of the country," I looked at Yuwen Yong with admiring eyes, "Although Luo Wei is cautious and suspicious, he is brave and martial, such a great military achievement, no matter how much he is like a water, and the generals who regard fame and fortune as floating clouds are extremely difficult to resist,

What's more, Sakamoto Masachi in the city is the adopted son of Saigo Takaku, a daimyo who was assassinated by Beiming, saved him from danger and promoted to the ranks, the relationship between the two is better than that of father and son, how can he swallow this breath and have this opportunity not to take revenge?

Even if he doesn't move, the main general Mizuno Nakamasa who came with reinforcements will not be able to sit still and lose such a heavy blow to the Beiming Water Division, this is his only chance to become one of the four elders of the current Luo Wei Military Government, Prince Jing will definitely design to make him greedy for merit. ”

Seeing me say this, Yu Wenyong's face slowly softened, and he tightened his brows and began to think about something, at this time, Yu Wenyong said, "I don't know how the military strength of the Beiming Water Division compares with that of the Luo Wei Water Division?" ”

"The soldiers of the Luo Wa Naval Division and the Beiming Naval Division grew up with most of them by the water, but more people in the Luo Wa Naval Division are familiar with the sea and rely on the sea, and the first shogunate general of the Luo Wa Unification Oda Nobunaga is known as a non-stop swimming day round since he was a child, so he is more flexible and mobile in the water battle, and there are ironclad ships, and sharper artillery fire, which is naturally more powerful.

However, although the commander of the Luo Wa Naval Division was properly commanded, disciplined, brave and good at fighting, and the Luo Wa rewarded military merits and relied on military merits, it was the only way for a samurai to become a daimyo and a daimyo to become a general, but because of this, although the character was cautious and suspicious, he did not hesitate to gamble for the sake of military merits, and the personality of seeking wealth and danger was very common in the Luo Wa army.

Therefore, for the time being, even if the Beiming Water Division did its best and only engaged in encounters, it might not be the opponent of the Luo Wei Water Division - however, the combat power of the Beiming Water Division was far superior to that of Xinyue. "I can't help but say that it's a little brutally honest.

In order to make Yuwen have a more sense of crisis, I had to play a word kung fu, I said that the combat power of the Beiming Water Division is higher than that of the Xinyue Water Division, which actually means that the combat power of the Beiming Water Division is stronger than that of the Xinyue Water Division.

But I didn't say that Beiming's land and cavalry combat power was also higher than that of Xinyue, however, if Yuwen didn't understand it wrongly, it would be very oppressive.

"Slap-" Yuwen Wan really stared at him, threw the cup in his hand, the sentry outside the door was about to come, Yuwen Yong persuaded him that it was just that he accidentally hit the tea cup, so it was fine. After a while, Yu Wenfu sighed to himself, as if he had come back to his senses and found my little cleverness, and muttered, "Xue Fantai, Xue Fantai, you have raised a good son!" The tone was quite resentful.

I had to kneel down again, and it had been a long time in Beiming, in fact, I was not so used to kneeling frequently, but I also knew that this matter was a bit excessive in order to achieve my goal, but I asked myself in my heart, what I wanted to achieve was indeed beneficial to Xinyue and Beiming.

So I had no choice but to lower my eyebrows, kneel down and say, "Teacher, no matter what, this matter is absolutely harmless to Xinyue." The teacher can know that this special trip was made by Prince Ning in person, and Beiming ordered the three of us as envoys, as hostages and guarantees, until the end of the war, if we do not respond, it will be any loss to Xinyue, and the lives of the three of us will be left to the teacher. ”

Seeing that Yuwen Fu's expression was moved, I continued, "Even if I and General Li are not sorry, Prince Ning is the only brother of Prince Jing's half-father and mother, the mother of the two princes is Song Guifei Niangniang, who favors the third palace, and his uncle is Song Zhongfang, the first arms and military supplier in Beiming.

Prince Ning's identity can not be said to be a daughter, is Beiming not sincere, will he order Prince Ning to come as a hostage? ”

Yu Wenyong poured the tea again, respectfully served it to Yu Wenfu with both hands, and said: "Father is angry, and his son thinks that no matter whether Beiming succeeds in luring the enemy or not, this situation is indeed a good fighter."

After all, Qingjing Port is an important place for us to fight for Qingzhou, if there is no peace agreement from Beiming, we will also take Qingjing Port, and the important condition for taking Qingjing Port can not be defended for a long time is whether the Luo Wei Naval Division will cooperate with the Luo Wei army on land and attack to recapture Qingjing Port.

And the same is to raid Qingjing Port with lightning speed, if we take Qingjing Port at the same time, and have the Beiming Water Division to jointly resist the Luo Wei Water Division, this is indeed the best situation, if it is not helped, or Beiming fails to attract the Japanese Army Water Division to come, the Beiming Water Division is fighting with the Luo Wei Water Division, will not divide the troops Qingjing Port,

Then I will attack and seize Qingjing Port, build fortifications, and wait for it to free up its hands to recapture Qingjing Port, but I can't. Yu Wenyong had a calm expression on his face and talked eloquently. He is like a dusty person in the struggle between the people and the people, but he knows the righteousness of the military strategy, which makes me admire him very much.

Yuwen didn't hear it, and knew that it was true, but he didn't speak.

I waited for a while, and then said slowly, "Teacher, the teacher often wrote poems in the martial arts school back then, and he was obedient and playful, although he didn't dare to say that he remembered every word, but many of them still linger in his ears

-- Prosperity disappears in a flash, and immortal achievements become mulberry fields. The origin of the people is determined to win, and the genius feather fan is shaken. The most heroic thing in the dangerous world is to see it, and to transport Junjie to the king as soon as possible. The horizontal knife immediately wishes for life, and the colorful pen is ancient and modern. ――Now, doesn't the teacher want to open peace for Xinyue and realize the gap in his heart? ”

After a long time, Yuwen said without saying, "You go first, and when the banquet is finished in the evening, I will order Yong'er to go to you to discuss the details with you." ”

I know that this means to be allowed, and my heart is happy. Hurriedly got up and withdrew.

Later, at the dust-washing banquet, Yu Wenfu still took out Xinyue's etiquette and hospitality, let the singing and dancing girls in the army play and sing, and he knelt on the couch of Prince Laning's cohabitation to let the wine, I know that Prince Ning doesn't like these very much, but he won't be disgusted when he thinks about it, so he didn't say anything in advance.

The two of them pushed the cup and changed the lamp, although it was as usual, but I could also see that Prince Ning's eyebrows had not melted.

I thought about it, maybe the matter has not been settled, even if the Tankou Shengge, the golden bottle of wine, and the Qiluo faction are far less important than the war, but I thought about waiting for the specific plan to be agreed with General Yuwen Fu in the evening, and then secretly and privately informed Prince Ning.

But when I saw Li Congshi signaling to me slightly, I would make an excuse to go out so that I could go out with him and his front and back feet. When they arrived at Li Congshi's tent, the two sat down, and Li Congshi spoke: "This matter is urgent, why is there such a scene in the Xinyue army?" I heard that Xinyue has always attached importance to etiquette, but at the moment of the great enemy, it is not such a method. ”

"Hey, people, most of them live by themselves," I smiled helplessly, "You don't know, Xinyue civil and political politics for many years, when the court officials are fond of sound and sensuality, if someone with status and status does not entertain, it is rude to go, in case the person who comes likes these and feels that he is scorning him, then there will be a lot of contradictions, and some people even lose the black yarn."

Besides, after all, Xinyue also needs some time to communicate and arrange the things we want to discuss, and discuss them, so it is also polite to Prince Ning and us, expressing that they are willing to cooperate in their attitude, and it only takes time. Not everyone is qualified to entertain like this, although it is a bad habit, after all, it is a long time, and it is not an overnight thing to get rid of the accumulated evils, so let's follow the customs. ”

Unexpectedly, Li Congshi saw that I was not in a hurry, and he would be wrong, so he blurted out: "You must not neglect this important matter because of General Qin Qing's affairs."

Prince Ning just replied to the Wei Yu City Lord at that time, and asked Qin Qing to bring five hundred elites to "protect" the Wei Yu City Lord out of the city under the pretext of bringing a reply letter, ensuring that he could not play tricks. It was fully arranged.

Who knew that Luo Wei suddenly attacked, and the whereabouts of General Qin were unknown, and the prince was also sorry. Prince Jing has explained to me, if it is inconvenient for Prince Ning to explain, he will not hesitate to leak some military aircraft to you, and let you understand Prince Ning's sincerity to you, and I hope you can help to complete this war between Singapore and Vietnam. After saying that, he bowed to me.

I know this arrogant medical officer Li Congshi, who has also treated my injuries, this person is persistent and serious, and he is very cute and respectable. He didn't hide it, and said, "How can I not believe Prince Ning?"

I'm already secretly discussing this matter with General Yuwen Fu, but the situation on Xinyue's side is more complicated, you think, after all, we are a prince to negotiate peace, so naturally we have the weight to speak and do things.

But no matter how much General Yuwen has the power to act cheaply, he is a general after all, isn't he? In fact, General Yuwen is a smart person, and even the stakes are at stake, and he has already sent a secret concert to urgently ask for the emperor's order, but this matter must be kept secret, you must not mention it to anyone other than Prince Ning, and as soon as the secret decree of the new Yue monarch arrives, you can do it. ”

Who knew that Li Congshi looked extremely disappointed, and said, "The monarch of Xinyue is far away in Xijing, even if it is 800 miles in an emergency, I am afraid it will take three days from Qingzhou to Xijing, and it will be three days to come back. ”

I shook my head when I heard the words and said, "Do you think that Xinyue's eight hundred miles are so slow, the northern border of Xinyue is rich in good horses, and the elite horsemen in the army are even more one person and three horses.

When sending the letter, the horse is constantly changed and driven, and the post station will change people and horses on the way, and the price cost of the horse is also three or four times lower than that of Xinyue than Beiming, so Xinyue's fine riding of 800 miles can be rushed to Xijing in a day and a half at most, and it only takes three days to return. ”

After that, I smiled comfortingly, "Can you rest assured?" If you are more relieved, we will have to go back to the big tent, but the banquet will be held for the three of us to wash the dust, and both of us will slip away, in Xinyue, this is not to give face. ”

After speaking, he pulled Li Congshi and strode back to the tent.