Palace.

In the evening.

As soon as Ling Feng arrived here, he met his father-in-law who had come to lead the way, as if he had known that Ling Feng would come; You must know that the emperor's ears and eyes are also extremely wide, and he already knew it when he entered the palace gate.

"General Ling, Your Majesty has a decree to see you in the Imperial Garden."

The little father-in-law held the dust whisk in his hand and bowed his head and said.

Ling Feng smiled, stepped forward and quietly handed the other party two taels of silver, and then smiled: "Father-in-law has worked hard, it's a little meaning, let's take it and play." ”

"The general still thinks about us who are slaves, thank you, thank you."

The little father-in-law smiled all over his face, and said casually: "General, please, Your Majesty is waiting in the Imperial Garden." ”

"Father-in-law Lao will lead the way."

The two of them headed towards the back garden.

Looking at the grinning little father-in-law in front of him, Ling Feng couldn't help but laugh in his heart, two taels of silver was really nothing to him, not even a dime, and for these subordinates, it was a lot of wealth.

Usually, few people take care of these little fathers-in-law, but Ling Feng is different, he specializes in making friends with these little people.

I remember that a few days ago, he went to Yang Xiong's mansion, and even the gatekeeper gave one or two pieces of silver at that time. Maybe he'll never get a chance to go again, and maybe there's nothing he needs the little guy's help with, but he doesn't regret it.

Not long after, under the leadership of the little father-in-law, Ling Feng came to the Imperial Garden, at this time it was almost dark, there were lanterns everywhere in the garden, red, green and green were beautiful, there were many dancing singers dancing in front, and the emperor was also sitting in a small pavilion drinking wine.

Beside the emperor, there was another person, Ling Feng took a closer look, it was actually Du Yuan!

However, judging from the emperor's complexion, he was not very happy, and his face was always gloomy, while Du Yuan looked anxious, as if he had something to ask the emperor.

At this time, Ling Feng strode over and saluted the emperor: "The last general, Ling Feng, see my emperor, long live long live, long live." ”

"Ling Aiqing is here, please take a seat."

The emperor looked overjoyed and motioned for Ling Feng to step forward.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Ling Feng was also not polite, he looked at Du Yuan, who was sitting on the emperor's right hand, and he came to the left hand side and sat down.

"General Ling is busy with military affairs, there must be something important to come today, right?"

The Emperor asked suddenly.

Ling Feng looked at the faces of the two of them, and then nodded: "Your Majesty is wise, the last general does have something important." ”

The emperor smiled at the corner of his mouth, turned to look at Du Yuan, and said: "General Du, I want to discuss military affairs with General Ling, and you will mention that little bit of bad things later, it has been discussed for more than half a year, and there is no result for a while." ”

"But." Du Yuan was anxious, but he looked at Ling Feng, then let out a sigh of relief, and saluted the emperor: "Then the general will retire." ”

Du stayed away.

The emperor also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This Du Yuan, he has been shouting all day long to lead troops to the battle, and he annoys people to death. ”

Ling Feng immediately understood.

But after thinking about it, he asked, "Doesn't Your Majesty want to send troops to the northern frontier?" ”

The emperor's eyes turned to Ling Feng, and he said a little: "I think, I think too much, but even the Taishi sent 600,000 troops to capture Surabaya Pass, who can fight Pang Yi and Jiang Yiyuan?" ”

Speaking of this, he sighed deeply: "Besides, if the anti-thieves are rampant today, the county soldiers and horses are losing and retreating, and I am afraid that it will not be able to stop it by relying only on the county soldiers, so I want to send troops to suppress the other anti-thieves first, and then recruit Pang Yi." ”

This had already been expected by Ling Feng, so he didn't have much surprise, in the past six months, dozens of waves of thieves had appeared in the world.

The largest wave of them is Bai Ku in Kaiyuan, he has captured seven or eight cities, with 30,000 to 40,000 troops, and has been connected with Surabaya, if he can reach an agreement with Pang Yi's army and help each other, the soldiers and horses under the general waiting cannot be exterminated, unless hundreds of thousands of troops are sent to go like Du Yuan.

Then there are south, east, and west, and there are anti-thieves on these three sides, and many of them are under the banner of the previous dynasty, although the force is not as good as the anti-thieves for the time being, but the advantage of the anti-thieves is very great, because they do all kinds of evil, and expand the army at will, and the officers and soldiers can only be beaten passively, and even the expansion of the army has to ask the emperor for a decree, but the southeast territory is far away from the imperial capital, and when the will goes down, I am afraid that the daylily will be cold.

This is also something that the emperor is worried about now.

Ling Feng said: "Your Majesty, the current Pang Yi is already like an anti-thief, everyone thinks of him as the main one, if he doesn't fall, countless anti-thieves will rush to stand up, I'm afraid that the war will become more and more fierce." ”

"Well, that's right, so what do you do?"

The Emperor asked.

Ling Feng glanced at the emperor and said with a smile: "Your Majesty must already have a countermeasure, so why torture the last general." ”

"I have a countermeasure, but I want to hear from you, I have already heard from the people below that General Ling is both wise and brave, and when Taishi Qin was alive, he often asked you for advice."

Ling Feng arched his hand: "Your Majesty has praised it." ”

"Actually, the last general doesn't have any countermeasures, that is." At this time, a small servant rushed in from outside the Imperial Garden.

That person was the one that Ling Feng had rewarded before, he looked at Ling Feng, but finally reported to the emperor: "Your Majesty, there is news from outside the city that General Ling Ling's soldiers are fighting. ”

Ling Feng's face was shocked, and he pretended to be shocked and stood up and asked, "Is what my father-in-law said seriously?" ”

"Really, it was the gatekeeper who came to tell the minions himself."

The emperor also frowned, looked at Ling Feng and said, "General Ling, what's going on?" ”

"Your Majesty, the last general doesn't know." Ling Feng looked anxious.

The emperor said: "Then you go first, take care of the affairs in the camp and come back, remember, you still owe me a plan." ”

Ling Feng smiled bitterly in his heart, but he arched his hand in a very anxious manner, and then walked towards the outside of the Imperial Garden.

As soon as Ling Feng left, the emperor coughed lightly twice, and spit out a trace of blood from his mouth, and the little father-in-law on the side saw it and immediately shouted at the imperial doctor in fright, but the emperor waved his hand and said, "No need, it's just an old problem." ”

"Your Majesty, your body is important, it's windy here, let's go back to the palace first."

"No, I'll wait for Ling Feng here, you go and tell him, take care of the affairs in the camp, and see him here."

"Yes."

When Ling Feng left the palace, it was already midnight.

When he came to the camp outside the city, it was already the second watch. It's not that the road is really that far, but he deliberately slows down, and he really doesn't want to see his soldiers fighting each other.

When it was almost dawn, he came to the camp in a leisurely manner, at this time the battle was almost over, Jiang Lin was escorting Huang Daoyi to the outside of the camp, it seemed that he was going to the Taishi Mansion.

Ling Feng stopped him and asked, "How is it, how is the battle?" (To be continued.) )