"That's the young master, you lift him!" Yang Qing said with a smile: "It's okay, the master is kind to him, and this time the young master is his supervisor, so Liu Cheng is not working hard?" ”

"You can't say that! Yang Sichang said with a smile: "It's not for me, it's for the court, for the saint, and for the Ming Dynasty!" ”

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"So, it was Yue Tuo and Kong Youde who besieged the city? And they just broke the siege and left? Liu Cheng stood at the "sharp corner" in the south, looking at the abandoned camp of the Houjin army, and asked in a deep voice.

"Exactly!" Du Guoying replied respectfully that he had just learned that Liu Cheng had defeated the combined forces of the Tushetu and Chechen Ministries in Zhaomoduo in Mobei, and helped the Chechen Taiji, who had moved westward, to win a place in Mobei. Du Guoying's heart was very surprised that Liu Cheng was able to stabilize the situation in Mobei so quickly and lead the troops back to Monan, he originally thought that he would hold on for half a year or even a year, but he didn't expect that this long-prepared battle to defend the city would only last less than two months before it ended, and he naturally knew that this was not his own strategy.

"The Dongyu was relieved of the siege five days ago, and the last general was afraid that there was fraud in it, so he did not dare to send troops to pursue, and the crime of missing the fighter plane was punished, please punish the adults!"

"It's your benefit to be cautious, and it's your credit to be able to keep the Naturalization City alive, what's the crime?" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "You are cut off from the outside world in the city, so you naturally have to plan for the worst, if I were in your position, I would do the same." ”

"Thank you for your magnanimity!"

"Then where did Yue Tuo go after they broke the siege?"

"According to the report of the Tanqi, Yue Tuo and they went south to a place called Helinger, as if Huang Taiji was also there."

"So it's a meeting with Huang Taiji." Liu Cheng thought for a while and asked, "Guoying, what do you think Dongyu will do next?" ”

"It should be to withdraw the troops back to Liaodong!" Du Guoying's tone was not too sure: "The weather is getting colder and colder, and the Emperor Taiji will not leave the nest for a long time, he even lost a son this time, he should know that the adult is not easy to mess with, and after learning that the adult is back, he should withdraw his troops." ”

"He won't want to fight us? Let's see if we can figure out how to get that son back? ”

"No, I don't think so." Du Guoying frowned, his answer was a little choppy at first, but soon became fluent and confident: "It's been almost three months since I left the school, and Dongyu's horse has lost weight and has no fat; The soldiers were also tired, the caravans and baggage caravans were full of looted goods and raw goods, and the Tartars wanted to return to their homeland to reunite with their families and enjoy the spoils of their lives and toil, rather than fighting with us in the cold steppes. Huang Taiji knows the art of war very well, how can he take the initiative to fight us in such an unfavorable situation? And even if they win, they can't catch up with the defeated army with insufficient horsepower, most of them just kill and wound more than a thousand people from each other, and if they lose the battle but can't escape the pursuit, he will never do this kind of thing. ”

Liu Cheng didn't speak, and he also felt that Du Guoying's judgment was very accurate. Before crossing over, Liu Cheng saw in the book "The Biography of the Twelve Emperors of Rome" that Caesar often took risks in the midst of war when he was young: in order to surprise the enemy, he immediately entered the battle after the end of the march, and launched an attack in extremely bad weather. But as Caesar grew older, he became more and more cautious, believing that the more victories he had, the more cautious he should be, because the goddess of fate was impermanent, and all previous victories were likely to be worth the loss of a single defeat. For this passage, Liu Cheng has a deep understanding after crossing, he believes that Huang Taiji should also understand this truth, there are reckless young generals in this world, and there are cautious veterans, but there are no reckless veterans, because reckless generals can't live old.

Du Guoying saw that Liu Cheng had been silent, and thought that his suggestion was not in line with his boss's mind, so he hurriedly said: "Fang Cai is just a little bad opinion of the last general, if there is any shortcoming, please mention one or two." ”

"Oh!" Awakened from his contemplation by Du Guoying's words, Liu Cheng came back to his senses, and he smiled: "What you said is very reasonable, but I'm a little tired today, let me think about these things carefully, and make a decision tomorrow!" ”

"Yes, yes!" Du Guoying hurriedly said yes again and again, and the continuous victories shrouded Liu Cheng's body with a halo, making him dare not doubt it.

"You go down first, I want to stay here alone for a while!"

"Yes, sir!"

At this time, it was already twilight, and a long wolf howl came from the four fields. Liu Cheng subconsciously clenched his saber, this should be the wild wolf who came to Houjin's abandoned camp to feed, he thought, in this land, where his eyes are not reached, there should be more wild wolves gnawing on human corpses, if he didn't come to this world, things like this will continue for about half a century, four-legged wolves are eating people, and two-legged wolves are also eating people.

The long, low voice lasted for a few moments before it faded away. Liu Cheng sighed, turned around and walked down the city wall, the loyal Hao Shaoqi was still waiting quietly at the edge of the stairs, seeing Liu Cheng coming, he hurriedly got out of the way, and at the same time issued an order to the guards below, and then asked Liu Cheng: "My lord, do you want to leave tomorrow?" ”

"No!" Liu Cheng's answer was very simple: "Now I don't know the movements of Dongyu, don't act rashly, you let the battalions have a good rest!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

As soon as Liu Cheng walked to the door of the building in the center of the city, he heard a long horn sound from outside the city, he stopped and looked at the source of the voice: "Who is it?" Make such a big move? ”

Hao Shaoqi glanced at a guard, and the guard ran quickly towards the city gate, and after a while he returned with a panting man: "My lord, it's Madame's messenger!" ”

"Madame's messenger?" Liu Cheng was slightly stunned, and immediately took a cylinder from the messenger's hand, and after he carefully checked that the sealed wax mark was intact, he opened the cylinder, took out a piece of paper from it, looked at it carefully, and frowned. Hao Shaoqi watched from the side, and didn't dare to ask.

"Wave the flag, you go to Mr. Zhao, and say that I have something to discuss with him now!"

"Yes, sir!"

The charcoal in the brazier had just been added, and the temperature in the room was enough for Liu Cheng to take off his coat and wear only a single coat. He sat on the chair and stared at Zhao Wende, who was staring at the letter intently, perhaps because of the overheating, a layer of sweat oozed from Zhao Wende's fair forehead.

"Your Excellency!" Zhao Wende finally put down the letter, his voice trembled a little: "I can't tell whether the consequence of Madame's borrowing of troops is auspicious or murderous, but one thing is certain, this matter must be that Li Dongguo is making trouble behind his back." ”

"Li Dongguo?" Liu Cheng smiled noncommittally, he naturally saw such an obvious thing, but he also wanted to see if what he was thinking as a strategist was consistent with himself.

"Not bad!" Zhao Wende nodded: "Yang Wenwan was ordered to go out of Kyoto to supervise Xuanda and Shanxi military affairs, Datong is the head of the nine sides, how many elite soldiers are there, why don't others adjust, but want to move the army to stay in Chaoyi?" If it weren't someone who knew the inside story who was making trouble inside, could there be another reason? ”

"Lord Yang is kind to me, and his son is out of Beijing to supervise the teacher, and I can't stand by in public or private!" Speaking of this, Liu Cheng smiled slightly: "It is reasonable for Min Min to agree to him." ”

"Your Excellency!" Zhao Wende lowered his voice and said: "If you borrow a battalion of soldiers, you are afraid that someone will be familiar with it, and you will have to look at Shu and take away all the foundation that the adults have worked hard to run over the years!" ”

"You mean Li Dongguo?" Liu Cheng smiled disdainfully: "I'm afraid he doesn't have this ability." ”

"Li Dongguo doesn't have it, so what about Yang Wenweak?" Zhao Wende sneered: "He is deeply trusted by the Son of Heaven, and he has the respect of the governor, if he wants to replace Lord Lu, I'm afraid that your life will not be easy, right?" ”

Hearing this, Liu Cheng's face became gloomy, his business in Shaanxi, Hetao and even Mobei is inseparable from Lu Boqi's long-term cooperation, although this Lord Lu sometimes complains a few words, but most of the time he still cooperates with Liu Cheng very happily. At present, Liu Cheng's foundation has just taken shape, if Yang Wen is replaced, I am afraid that there will be many incidents, with this person's shrewdness and ability, Liu Cheng is not sure that he can get the opponent without tearing his face.

"Then Mr. Zhao, how do you think we should deal with it?"

"We should send troops as soon as possible, go to Shanxi, and meet with Yang Wenqiao!" Zhao Wende replied categorically: "Since you can't stay out of the matter, then you can only participate in it, see the move, fortunately, you have already leveled the Tuxie Tubu this time, and you have become a family affair with Min Min Beiji, no matter what, you already have a foundation for your life, as long as Yang Wenqiao is not a fool, he will not come hard!" ”

The deep meaning of Zhao Wende's words Liu Cheng naturally understands that after marrying Min Min, solving the Mobei Tuxietu Department, and helping Chechen Taiji migrate to Mobei, even in the worst case, Yang Sichang takes away Liu Cheng's position as the chief soldier of Ningxia, he can still govern the two departments of Chahar and Tumut as the Great Khan Jinong, plus the support of Mobei Chechen Taiji and Moxi Jungger Khan Batur Taiji, he can divide one side, and in this case, the situation in the northwest frontier of the Ming Dynasty will be terrible all of a sudden. As long as Yang Sichang was not extremely stupid, he would not have made such a decision that amounted to political suicide. With this as a foundation, Liu Cheng is qualified to bargain with Yang Sichang and strive for the most favorable conditions, otherwise with Yang Sichang's right attendant of the Ming Army, the left capital of the imperial history, and the identity of the superintendent of the Son of Heaven, Liu Cheng can only bow down to obey orders. But if possible, Liu Cheng still doesn't like to tear his face with Yang Sichang, with the virtue of this Lord Yang who can take out the tricks that have been stinking for thousands of years for his own merits, even if he is temporarily forced to make concessions due to the situation, he will try his best to win back a city later.

"It seems that the only way to go south is to go south as soon as possible!" Liu Cheng sighed: "I originally wanted to stand still in this naturalization city to observe the situation, but I didn't expect it to happen!" ”

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When Yueto's army arrived here, he was surprised to find that the fortress, which had long been deserted, had been turned into a large construction site, and that the broken parts of the city wall had been repaired, and a new wall of the same height had been erected on the inner side of the wall, six paces apart; Two trenches were dug on the outer side of the wall, sharpened wooden stakes were inserted into the bottom of the ditch, and the excavated earth was filled in the gap between the two walls, and then tamped to form a wall with a top width of five zhang; Arrow towers were built every fifty paces to protrude from the surface of the wall to shoot from the side at enemies who ascended the city on ladders. As Yue Tuo watched in amazement at the vast project, he heard a familiar voice shouting his name.

"Lord Yueto, the Great Khan asked you to meet him as soon as you arrive!" The person who came was Fan Wencheng, and I saw that he still had the harmless smile on his face, but he couldn't help but shudder in Yue Tuo's eyes.

"Is there anything about the Great Khan being so anxious to see me?" Yue Tuo pretended not to care, but in fact focused his attention on Fan Wencheng's eyes, wanting to find some signs from them.

"Heshuo Belle, you are laughing, what a confidential matter that the Great Khan has discussed with you, and he is just a servant running for the Great Khan, how do you know what the hell is going on?" Fan Wencheng lowered his head and smiled, inadvertently avoiding Yue Tuo's direct gaze.

"Master Fan, I'm afraid you're not as pitiful as you say!" Yue Tuo sneered: "You are in and out of my eighth uncle's sweat tent on weekdays, don't you know anything about today's affairs?" ”

"Heshuo Baylor!" Fan Wencheng still maintained a bowed posture: "As the saying goes, the monarch is unpredictable, don't say I don't know, even if I really know a thing or two, I'm afraid I can't reveal it to you." Am I not a disfaithful and unrighteous person? Do I remember that you hated the unfaithful and unrighteous the most? ”

Yue Tuo was a little overwhelmed by Fan Wencheng's soft and hard words, and he also saw that behind Fan Wencheng was twenty white-armored guards with yellow flags, and a guard leader beside the official Emperor Taiji, he knew that he couldn't hide this time, so he snorted coldly: "Lead the way!" ”

"Yes, Heshuo Baylor!" Fan Wencheng owed his body to Yue Tuo, turned his head and smiled at Kong Youde, who saw that the situation was not good and wanted to retreat: "Master Kong, the Great Khan asked you to come with Lord Yue Tuo, he also has something to tell you!" ”

"Yes, Mr. Fan!" A wry smile appeared on Kong Youde's face.

When Yue Tuo walked into Huang Taiji's tent, Huang Taiji was writing something on the bookcase, he saw Yue Tuo coming in, and said with a smile: "It's you who are back, wait a while, I'll tell you when I'm done writing this!" (To be continued.) )