Chapter 19: Heavy Snow in White

The situation in Jiankang seems to have reached the most critical moment, more than 20,000 people of Su Jun's coalition army are stationed at Lingkou, and there are not so many sergeants guarding Jiankang City. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this moment, even if Xi Jian wants to transfer troops over despite Yu Liang's prevention, he must weigh whether the empty defense line in the north can withstand him to withdraw troops and leave.

Xi Jian is now the most contradictory, he is stationed in Guangling in the north of the Yangtze River and Jingkou in the south of the Yangtze River at the same time, Guangling can reach foreign enemies in the north, and Jingkou has channels along with Jiankang, and also protects Sanwu at the same time.

Therefore, once he divides his troops, first, he can take the opportunity to go south in the north, and second, Su Jun can take 20,000 horses with sufficient grain and grass to bypass Jiankang and go to Jingkou.

And Wen Qiao, who was stopped by Yu Liang from taking a step beyond Lei Chi, arrived too late, and Tao Kan was even more resentful and unwilling to send troops.

Yu Liang single-handedly created this situation, which cannot be called a "talent".

Now that everything has not yet settled, the accusation and accountability have to be put behind, the ministers in the palace gathered, tacitly, Wang Dao continued to say that he was sick and did not participate in the court meeting, because he had put forward his opinion before the Su Jun incident, Yu Liang did not accept it, Wang Dao knew that it was useless to say more, and his subordinates actively participated in making suggestions, but the previous suggestions were all rejected.

Xie An did not enter the palace, it was unruly, but no one dared to stop him all the way, the white horse and the white-clothed Langjun, the sword hand on his waist with a unicorn bronze talisman, his face was cold, although the eyebrows were still young and childish, but his temperament was no longer an ordinary family boy, and his identity was even more noble.

Today is the small court meeting, and most of the small officials are now busy at home to clean up the soft and transfer the finances, trying to send the female dependents of the family to Sanwu.

The huge sand table in the inner hall was surrounded by people, Xie An stood at the door, quietly hearing the sound from the hall, the inner eunuch followed him cautiously, and he didn't dare to come out, because today Xie An did not have the pleasant face of the past, as if his eyes could kill.

I only heard that someone in the hall was analyzing the path of Su Jun's upcoming march.

“…… If you take the waterway to the east, you can take the stone city west of Jiankang, but Fang Cai said that the stone city is well defended, and Su Jun is very familiar with the stone city, avoiding the real and attacking the false, he will definitely not risk breaking into the stone city. ”

The person who spoke was Wang Dao's Sima, Tao Hui, whose eyes were like torches, and he was an honest man.

Zhigong is Yu Yi's word, Yu Yi did not enter the Zhongzheng list, and there are too many people in his Yu family who are officials, for fear of attracting criticism and damaging the reputation of the family, so he naturally has no official title, so he guards Stone City as a white-clothed person this time. Yu Yi hurriedly explained: "The analysis I just made was all said by the little lady of the Wang family, since she said so, I think Master Situ also means this." ”

Tao Hui said quite confidently: "Since she said so, then there is no need to worry about the waterway in Stone City for the time being." ”

Then Tao Hui paused, pointed to the sand table and said: "If it is a land route, there are only two, one is to enter from the south fence gate of due south, cross the Vermilion Bird Bridge, Taicheng is close at hand, but this front is still too close to Stone City, and the south gate is a heavy military defense, Su Jun will definitely worry about ......the attack on both sides."

Tao Hui said as he inadvertently glanced out of the door, saw Xie An, and was about to speak, Xie An shook his head slightly, smiled and let him continue.

Tao Hui immediately confidently continued: "And the second way is to cross the Qinhuai River in the northeast of Jiankang Danyang Mansion, and detour from the Qingxi area in the east of the city, the Qingxi water is shallow, no matter whether it is frozen or not, there is no obstacle to marching, this should be the best place to attack, so we only need to ambush on the land route of this route, even if the troops are not as many as him, we can kill him by surprise!" ”

Yu Liang pondered for a long time, hesitated for a long time in the direction Tao Hui pointed, and for a moment seemed to have lost confidence in successive defeats, and said a little perfunctory: "Let me think about it again." ”

Tao Hui's face immediately darkened, and Yu Yi said, "Big brother, Lord Tao's plan is feasible. Su Jun's coalition army has looted and hoarded food and grass for many days, and is looking for the best place to attack, whether it is attacking Stone Town or marching from the South Fence Gate, they will suffer heavy losses, and they will not have more troops to deal with King Qin's army at that time, Su Jun is comfortable with the art of war, and will not do anything to harm himself. ”

Yu Liang hasn't slept well in the past few days, his face is terrible at the moment, most of the officials in the hall are his faction officials, and they don't dare to say anything, Xie An looked around, and didn't see Teacher Bian and He Chong, and I don't know if he was angry with Yu Liang, out of sight.

Tao Hui saw that Yu Liang was still hesitating, and couldn't help but say: "Lord Zhongshu Ling, the soldiers are fast, we have lost the lead a few times, this ambush can't capture Su Jun, and it can also consume most of his troops, so that the reinforcements will have time to arrive!" ”

Yu Liang still didn't nod.

Tao Hui handed Xie An an eager look for help, and Yu Yi also saw Xie An waiting outside the hall, and hurriedly said, "Ahri, you're here." ”

The only two related households in the inner hall who have no official positions are all dressed in civilian white clothes at the moment, and when Yu Liang saw Xie An, his expression was a little softer than before, probably because he was tired and had no strength.

Yu Liang stared at Xie An's white clothes and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Xie An said briefly: "I agree with Master Tao." ”

Yu Liang asked again: "Is there a leading candidate?" ”

Xie An smiled suddenly, he took a few steps forward, held Yu Yi's arm, and said, "Brother Zhigong and I are good candidates?" ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Yu Liang was surprised, but Tao Hui hurriedly said: "This can't be done, Lord Situ has explained, you are not allowed to come like this!" ”

Xie An directly ignored the nanny arranged for him by Director Wang, and said with a smile: "They are both serving the country, Brother Zhigong and I are both civilians, facing Su Jun can not only serve the country, but also save some face for your Yu family, I think Brother Zhigong is not willing to stay in the stone city where even birds dare not enter the iron castle and wait, Brother Zhigong, are you right?" ”

Yu Yi stroked his palms and smiled: "Yes! Ahri's method is good, but some truths can be tactified, ahem......"

Yu Liang was annoyed by his younger brother's coaxing, "Nonsense, you two are either young or weak and have no experience in marching, how can you go into battle and lead troops to ambush Su Jun?" ”

Xie An suddenly smiled and said coldly: "So please also ask Lord Zhongshu to make up your mind, either I will ambush Su Jun to temporarily protect Jiankang's safety, or wait for Su Jun to enter the city, and then we will all be prisoners, and life is better than death!" What if you are a teenager or a scholar, once the city is broken, our lives are in the hands of others, it is better to make your own decisions, life and death are up to heaven! ”

These days, Yu Liang has been scolded by Xie An one after another, and he is speechless at the moment.

The ministers in the hall didn't dare to come out, Yu Yi Taohui asked Yu Liang to make a decision quickly, Xie An saw that he was still hesitant, looked around the inner hall, and sneered: "In this case, I think you adults who can't even speak should go home quickly and pack up your belongings, in case it slows, I'm afraid that the carriages and horses of the Shen Chamber of Commerce will not have your place." ”

"Because I will personally make a list of prohibited travelers, if it is a waste that refuses to even give an opinion at a critical moment, then leave your belongings and family in Jiankang and bury with me! Jiankang will not become the second Luoyang, if our Shi clan wants to escape again, then there will be no face to gain a foothold in Jiangdong again! ”

The Shen Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce that has controlled Jiangzuo's water and land transportation in just five years, has quietly grown up with the support of the Sima family and the Langya Wang family, during which Xie An has been involved in the layout, but Director Wang did not let him go deeper, because Director Wang said that this is not what he should do, what he should do is to understand the role of chess pieces and use these chess pieces in his hands at critical moments.

At critical moments, simplicity and brutality are the best means.

Since you can't make a decision, then when the soldiers come to the city, it is the moment when you completely lose your luck.

Xie An's words came out, he was indifferent and gentle, but every word was like a sword against the throat of the ministers, Yu Liang was completely furious, his self-cultivation and celebrity demeanor were always difficult to maintain in front of Xie An, Xie An was a little more arrogant than Wang Dao, it seems that it was caused by the experience of being sent to the East China Sea back then, he was only fifteen years old, had no official position, but he had the reputation of Jiang Zuo and the favor of Wang Dao.

Wang Dao......

After all, he Yu Liang is still no match for the old fox, but now even the little fox is about to step on his head!

After Xie An finished speaking, he didn't look at him and a group of restless ministers behind him, and walked straight out of the hall, Yu Liang shouted: "Presumptuous, who allowed you to enter the palace and leave the palace without permission?" ”

Xie Andong stepped sideways and said, "I didn't plan to leave the palace, because the adults would definitely not let me go out, so I was about to send a letter to the Shen Chamber of Commerce." ”

So saying, he blew his whistle and called the crows.

The red crow who lives in the palace comes and goes freely, because of its arrival, the lord has granted amnesty to the world, and ordinary people rarely see each other, and the legendary auspicious bird has become Xie An's "carrier pigeon" at this moment.

Before Xie An could make a look, Tao Hui's nanny also broke the jar and sent a pen and paper, Xie An said lightly: "Please help me report the name of the adult who didn't even fart." ”

Kneeled, Yu Yi really admired his fearless behavior in his heart, and wished that he had a young sister to marry him, the Yu family still needs this kind of person who can oppose the opinions of the eldest brother, Yu Yi is useless to speak by himself, and which of the Yu brothers is in awe of Yu Liang if he is not a child?

Now that the officials of the family let the finances and the family flee from Jiankang, it was a private tacit matter, and everyone did not put it on the table to say, fleeing seems to be commonplace after experiencing the fall of Luoyang, but now Xie An said that he wanted them to stay and be buried with him, once Su Jun went crazy, he might not be able to slaughter the Yu clan's faction, just looking at the fate of the counties slaughtered by his vanguard troops.

The threat of Xie An's words was no less than Su Jun's rebellion, and now the city was in chaos, and the Shen Chamber of Commerce had to be counted on by water and land.

"Everyone, if you run away again, your family may not die for the time being, but everyone here must not forget, who is your lord, I bet with you, he will not escape!"

Xie An's pen hovered on the paper, and his arm stood still, proving his solid calligraphy skills.

……

As soon as his words fell, a distant but firm response came from behind him, "Yes, I will not escape, nor will I submit to the traitors, and the Sima clan cannot escape anymore!" ”

Sima Yan came in a hurry, although his breath fluctuated, he still arrived steadily.

He walked to Xie An's side, the teenagers looked at each other and smiled, and then Sima Yan stepped forward, and the ministers knelt on the ground, only Yu Liang looked blankly at his nephew, who seemed to be about the same height as Xie An.

Sima Yan's figure has unconsciously been able to support the crown of gorgeous clothes, no longer as funny as a puppet at the beginning, the young man has been forbearing, like a seed in the frozen soil, waiting for the day when it grows and sprouts.

Teenagers are growing up, but adults have been corrupted by the lust for power.

The ambition of the young man is simple and hot-blooded, innocent and free, which is the brilliance that those aging adults can no longer touch.

Sima Yan looked at Yu Liang expressionlessly, "Lord Zhongshu Ling, don't kneel, everyone get up, in times of crisis, there is no need to be restrained, please speak freely." ”

Yu Liang has never seen such a Sima Yan, in his memory he seems to be the silent child, these years Yu Liang has held a lot of power, using Sima Yan's hand to implement various his own wishes, assisting the young master, has always been an excuse for the ministers, no one is willing to hand over power to a yellow-mouthed child in his prime, he thinks he is paving the way for Sima Yan and Yu, but forgets that they are not the same surname in the first place.

Blood relations have become as thin as paper in the face of power and wealth.

Especially at the critical moment when you are about to bury his Sima clan.

Yu Liang thought a lot at that moment, this was the first time in his life that he had succumbed in front of two teenagers, Xie An was forcing him to go all out, and Sima Yan was forcing him to hand over power.

Yu Liang said slowly: "The minister is willing to personally lead the troops to go, and according to Sima Taohui's strategy, ambush the Su Jun coalition army along the way!" ”

When the words fell, the ministers finally breathed a sigh of relief, at this moment their first thought was to peek at Xie An, only to see Xie An put down the pen and paper slowly, waved his arms to drive the red crow away, and lowered his eyes and said to Sima Yan: "Lord, it is better to let Lord Tao talk to you about his plan again, I believe that the ministers will give you and Lord Zhongshu Ling the best plan, and it is inconvenient to interfere with military secrets as a civilian, so retire for the time being." ”

Sima Yan bowed his head and said, "Wait for me in the school palace." ”

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About now everyone in the inner hall is complaining, your civilian body is more noble than anyone else, Yu Yi also thinks so in his heart at the moment, it kills this kid, he is gentle and tolerant on weekdays, and treats people thoughtfully, and people who are familiar with him are all nagged by him, and now people who know him dare not eat cold food, and when he sees it, he scolds it once, and forcibly throws your family's cold food powder into the water, all kinds of big truths are verbose, but once it comes to the big thing, there is no ambiguity and hesitation.

Xie An said to Yu Yi: "I'm really sorry. ”

"But I didn't apologize when I looked at you!" Yu Yi supports the forehead.

Xie An stretched his waist and said, "Because this is your eldest brother's fault." ”

Now it is the end of January, but the spring of Jiankang comes very late, and it often does not bloom until the end of March and early April every year, which is the real spring, and it seems that this battle will be spent in the cold winter, both physically and psychologically tormenting.

Yu Yi said helplessly: "Lord Situ is too cunning! ”

Xie An smiled: "How to say?" ”

Yu Yi smiled bitterly: "Now Lord Bian, don't blame him for always not going to court, it turns out that he asked his students to practice, but you are amazing, pick my eldest brother as soon as you come." ”

"Don't say that, who wants to monopolize power and force Sima Zong and Su Jun to rebel step by step? Who wants to provoke infighting by letting 'Yu and Ma share the world'? Brother Yi, do you have time to ask your eldest brother, does he really not want to accumulate strength for the Northern Expedition? The thieves are eyeing each other, and there is still an empty infighting that consumes my Great Jin's military rations? If your Yu clan can win the world for a while, don't you think about it for future generations? ”

Xie An asked in a flat tone, and finally smiled, leaving Yu Yi in a daze, and walked into the flying snow, wearing white clothes and gradually moving away, and the heavy snow fell, all in one, and it seemed to gradually disappear into the world for a while.

(To be continued.) )