Chapter 7: Retreat and Escape
Xu Ruyu's voice was a little hoarse: "From now on, I will retreat and cultivate martial arts." ”
Everyone looked at each other, but Zhang Zhongdao shouted: "I will also retreat with you." ”
Shao Haitang glanced at Mei Tierui and Yi Guanyuan, they were at a loss with him.
Yun Qingxu brushed his head, avoiding Shao Haitang's inquiring gaze.
Xiao Wuye, Wei Yu, Wei Yan, Tu Wenyong, Zhao Jingyun and others had different expressions, but they also had the same excitement as Zhang Zhongdao.
Xu Ruyu said: "The matter of Yuejun, with the princes here, there will be no chaos." Youli temporarily intimidates Qingfeng's position, and the matters that cannot be resolved by the division are discussed by Youli and the senators. He also said: "Youli is pregnant, it is not suitable to work, and he will be able to arrive in Jiangning without saying that he will be able to do so, so he will act as Sima Ya." ”
Shao Haitang heard him say that Youli was pregnant, and he didn't know whether to come forward to congratulate him or persuade him not to get out and go north.
When Youli was pregnant, Shao Haitang and the others had already seen their brows, but they didn't want to go against Xu Ruyu's wishes, and if the inner house didn't announce it, they couldn't say anything.
Yun Qingxu said: "Who will supervise the Jiangning Xingyuan Camp? Before the words fell, he saw Zhang Zhongdao looking at him angrily, laughing and ignoring it, just looking at Xu Ruyu.
Zhang Zhongdao saw Xu Ruyu looking over, and said hurriedly: "I often drink and make mistakes, and I can't take it seriously." ”
"Then appoint Cui'er as the governor of Jiangning."
Xu Ruyu smiled and said, "The soldiers of the Juntun Division have been changed from the Soldiers and Horses of the Tun Division, and Xiao Wuye is the general of the Situn and is under the jurisdiction of the Changshi Mansion." In addition, under Si Wencao, there is a division of the five northern counties, which has jurisdiction over the five counties of Suchuan, Qinzhou, Fen County, Youji, Qingzhou and the affairs of the Northern Regions Assassin Army. ”
Zhao Jingyun indifferently agreed, but the corners of his eyes still couldn't hide his excitement.
Xu Ruyu was very dissatisfied with the military affairs of the Northland, and the special division of the five counties in the north was not an accident for Shao Haitang.
Since Xu Ruyu is determined to go north, then whether the people who go north or not accompany Xu Ruyu must be under the jurisdiction of the five northern county divisions.
Shao Haitang said: "The manpower required by the five northern counties can be transferred from the eight families of Zheng, Zhou, He, Ding, Luo, Li, Peng, and Ma in southern Fujian. ”
The personnel of Yongyang and Qingjiang are in their own positions, and they cannot be transferred for a while. And it is difficult for the good players of the two places to hide the eyes of the forces in the Central Plains, and the South Fujian and the Central Plains have not been connected for a long time, and the forces of the Central Plains are very unfamiliar with South Fujian, but they have no worries about this aspect when they are transferred from South Fujian. However, as far as the manpower was transferred from Southern Fujian, the Northern Five Counties Division became the representative of the Southern Fujian forces in Jiangning City, and Zhao Jingyun acted as the Northern Five Counties Division, and the Zhao family, whose reputation was not heard of in the ears of the princes in the past, was the best opportunity to win.
Xu Ruyu thought about it, nodded and agreed to Shao Haitang's suggestion, and said: "Before going north, I went to Wanling once, if the southern invasion of Hulan cannot be reversed, I and the East China Sea are dependent on each other. After discussing other details, Xu Ruyu returned to the inner house alone, leaving Shao Haitang and others in the front office to continue to discuss affairs.
Liao Liao Xingchen, faint and clear like water, the residual leaves on the tall trees outside the courtyard wall are still hanging, and the horizontal oblique branches fall in the middle of the pear incense courtyard*.
Xu Ruyu pushed open the door and saw Youli and Jue'er sitting on the brocade couch together, walked over with a sneering face, and sat between the two.
Jue'er had a cold face, leaned on Ru Yu's shoulder, and didn't say a word.
Youli said: "There are not many people in the world who can keep you, but the news of your going north spreads, I don't know what other forces have, Nanping will definitely send a master to attack, if Nanping invites Tianji Xueqiu, how is it good?" ”
Xu Ru smiled foolishly: "Only characters like Master Chu and Master Fu can let Tianji Xueqiu go out in person." ”
"I don't think so, I heard Mr. Shao say that in the south of the river, only my department is the fierce enemy of the old Nanping clan. Even if Nanping's current strategic direction is not in the east, it will not relax against us. ”
Xu Ruyu looked at Jue'er and said, "Master Fu has been hidden in the world since he picked Mingyue Tower to spread the word to me Dao Zesheng, and I think he must also be paying attention to the changes in the world." Jinghu has always been based on the purpose of inheriting the Han Dynasty, and Ji Sixian, the great sect of Jinghu, has lived in Nanping for many years, but why can Ji Siqian tolerate Rong Yanmen to use the world as a chess game to lay down such a crisis? Everyone in the world knows the "Miracle Skill List", but the Yaoguang Hall behind it is mysterious, Mr. Yi and Mr. Shao both say that Li Sixun is a strange and handsome character, so what role did he play in the Qinluo Rebellion. Suddenly, he sighed faintly and continued: "The chaos in the world has become a reality, and a corner of peace cannot last. It is impossible to jump out of the chaos, and the only way to do that is to go to the most chaotic place may be enlightened. ”
"Do you want to go to Qinzhou?" Jue'er asked.
Youli didn't make a sound, Qinchuan swords had come out, and he couldn't hide too many mysteries. Ru Yu may go to Qinzhou, but it will not be the destination of his trip. Seeing that Xu Ruyu still had hesitation in his eyes, he said softly: "Uncle asked the Jun family to send a few beads with the ship. ”
Xu Ruyu was silent for a moment and said: "The layout of Rongyanmen and Hulan is directly directed at Youji, but the danger of Youji lies in the outside, and the possibility of the inside is very small, so I will make a decision on the spot." ”
If it is not necessary, it will still not set foot in the old county.
Seeing that he still couldn't untie the knot, and it was useless to persuade him, Yu Li put aside the topic and said, "When do you leave, Jue'er and I will prepare your outfits." ”
Xu Ruyu smiled and said: "How can I have any outfit to prepare, Bi Luoge naturally can't bring it, wearing a green shirt and hanging sword is also too eye-catching, you transcribed a few essays to bring me, I will read them on the way." In a few days, Xu Tingyi will enter Wanling and discuss with Chen the matter of the two families, and I will accompany him. After meeting my godfather, I will travel along Bianshui to the Heluo area. Luochuan lives in the middle of the world, so it should be more lively. ”
Jue'er said: "Xun Jie's hindered by you in the matter of Shangnan, where do you go and don't let him be eaten alive?" ”
"Xun Jie, since the matter of Shangnan, has gradually lost power, Luochuan has been drawn out of the jurisdiction of Henan Prefecture, and Xun Kaitai personally sits there." The tone changed, and he said slowly: "The Xun family has different aspirations, but there is no good way, the Xun family first got the "County Policy", and they chose the risk around Luochuan, and added towns to run Luochuan with all their might. Between the words, I was still a little shaken in my heart about deliberately leaking the "County Policy" to the Xun family.
Jue'er didn't realize it at all, took over his topic and said: "Luochuan is the rush of Heluo, and he lives in the world, if Xun Zhuwu is allowed to win Qinchuan, the Xun family can rely on the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan and send troops from Luochuan to seek the world." ”
You Li said softly: "The relationship between Xun Zhuwu and the Xun family is very delicate, and outsiders don't know it. Xun Kaitai has 800 miles of Qin Pass to rely on, and he may not be able to relax to open up territory elsewhere. I think that the inner court is out of balance, and it is a matter of time before the situation is said to be today, and what does it have to do with the county policy. ”
Xu Ruyu couldn't hear her comfort, rubbed her palm, and said with a smile: "At first, the county policy was to trigger the crisis in the world at once, but we were caught off guard, and Nanping and Hulan may not be well prepared. However, Jue'er has read "Balance of Forces" carefully these days. ”
Jue'er said: "It's already very cumbersome for Mr. Yi to send the essay, and you are still scribbling on it, if it weren't for the hard work of Sister Youli, I wouldn't want to read these things." Suddenly, he said, "It's like I knew you were leaving." ”
Towards the end of the year, the Qingyan Army, which had been resting for less than half a year, had another big change.
Jiang Ning Yihu Sima General Wei Yu came to Gantang in Dongyang Prefecture, and before that, the water battalions on the south road of the Yihu Army were successively assembled in Gantang Bay. Most of the armies on the southern route of the Winged Tiger Army were adapted from the original Quanzhou water battalion, and the establishment exceeded the water battalions of Jinghai and Qingjiang roads, reaching 25,000 people. The naval army assembled in Gantang was as high as 20,000 people, plus 12,000 Xiao Guard soldiers, and Dongyang Mansion gathered nearly 40,000 troops.
In the direction of Yueqing and Yantan, Jiang Lingtian gathered 50,000 troops, including the Su Guard Army, the Baiyi Army, and the Qingjiang Department of the Yihu Water Army. The Xin'an Department of the Xiao Guard Army moved northeast of Chongyi to peek into the Zhu clan's jurisdiction on the south side of Zhenze Lake.
Under the leadership of Mei Liting, the Zhongli Army left the newly built Guangling City, crossed the Xiaoyang River, and exerted pressure on Baishi Xu Bodang and Longyou Wanrong at the same time.
At this time, the eyeliners of the various families in Jiangning City found that Xu Ruyu had secretly left Jiangning City.
Xu Ruyu made good use of suspicious soldiers to hide the direction of the main merit, and every time he disappeared, it seemed to signal to the outside world that the Blue Flame Army would make a big move.
Outside Tairu City, Xi Daoning and several entourages stood in the cold wind, waiting for them.
Although Xu Tingyi is only the ruler of Yongyang, Xu Boying, the Zuo Cheng of the Qingjiang Metropolitan Office, is his only son, and he is on behalf of Xu Ruyu to negotiate peace with the Chen family, how dare Tairu slack off?
Cumulus clouds are like flocculent scales, and more than 100 elite riders appear in the distance of the faint sky, with several carriages in the middle.
Xi Daoning said secretly: Xu Tingyi is proficient in martial arts, and it seems that he doesn't need a carriage to avoid the cold. Greet left and right, and ride up to meet it.
Xu Tingyi lifted the curtain and walked out, and bowed his hand: "Let Brother Daoning wait for a long time." ”
Xi Daoning saw a corner of the green robe exposed under the curtain, and listened intently, the breath in the carriage was slight, if there was nothing, he only knew that he was a person who was good at Danxi, and he had never met, but he couldn't see the depth of his cultivation, and thought: Jiang Ning sent another envoy for peace discussions? Xu Tingyi didn't say anything, and it was inconvenient to ask, so he hugged his fists and said: "The heavy snow is coming, it's better to avoid the city first, and then go north tomorrow." ”
Xu Tingyi said: "Don't be in a hurry to enter the city, I will meet General Mei here, General Mei is a punctual person, and Chenguang should arrive in half a moment." ”
"Oh, General Mei, Mei Li Pavilion of the Mei family?"
"Exactly, he came from the Guangling Army and set off a day later than us."
"General May is not on the preliminary list......"
"Oh, my lord thinks that the matter of peace negotiations cannot be delayed any longer, and with General Mei accompanying him, there will be a much wider range of topics to choose from."
Xi Daoning will also accompany him to Wanling to participate in the peace meeting between the two families, and he knows a lot about the peace conference, and he will be very surprised that Qingjiang unilaterally changed the peace process, but this matter is extremely beneficial to Wanling, and he can't say anything, thinking: Xu Ruyu is eager to make peace with the Chen family, is it true that the Qingyan Army has changed in the direction of Dongyang and Yueqing?
"Dare to ask who is the main envoy between General Mei and Lord Xu?"
Xu Ting smiled and didn't answer.
Xi Daoning believed that the person in the carriage was the mastermind of the peace conference here, but when he saw Xu Tingyi coming over, he lowered his voice and said, "Inside the carriage is my family." ”
Xi Daoning looked at the dark gray curtain of the car, it was hard to imagine that the world-famous General Qingfeng would hide in an ordinary carriage in the suburbs of Tairu at this time.
Xu Ruyu lifted the corner of the curtain, just enough to let Xi Daoning see the situation inside the carriage.
Xu Ruyu said: "Farewell to Ba Shui, Brother Dao Ning is okay?" ”
Xi Daoning retreated left and right, walked closer, and said, "General Qingfeng is really surprising. ”
Xu Ru smiled and said, "Please ask Brother Daoning to report my itinerary to Wanling, don't let the people in Wanling feel surprised." ”
The situation is not what it used to be, the Huo family is about to withdraw from Jingbei, Xu Ruyu has become the strongest force south of the river to balance the old clan of Nanping, except for the Yuejun Zhu and Fan clans who are threatened by Xu Ruyu, the forces in the south do not want him to have any accidents. But his appearance in the peace envoy team still surprised Xi Daoning.
The Qingyan Army mobilized more than 100,000 troops in three places, but Xu Ruyu was in an unrelated corner.
Xu Tingyi said on the side: "Ru Yu's trip is a secret envoy Wanling, and Wanling can notify Chen Yu and others." ”
Xu Tingyi's words meant to hand over the secrecy of Xu Ruyu's trip to their Xi family, Xi Daoning suddenly felt a headache, and was thinking about how to act, when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves from the southwest, and looked up, dozens of people galloped towards this side.
In the past four years, Mei Tiecao has supported the army and trapped Tairu, and only Tairu Mansion has not been broken. If it weren't for the Mei clan, the Xi family would still be the overlord, so why do you need to look at Wanling's face like today.
Xi Daoning naturally didn't have a good face for the people of the Mei family, Mei Liting was covered with a green shirt and rode a blue and white peony horse. The woman on her side, dressed in white, with a light veil on her face, saw that the beautiful eyes exposed under his light veil were like bright stars, mysterious and gorgeous, and thought: She is Mei Yingxue. She swept over with the cavalry, her feet were not covered with stardust, her breath was slight, and she knew that she must have a set of methods that were conducive to long-distance travel.
Xu Ruyu looked at Mei Yingxue, only to see that she was looking forward to it, and said with a smile: "Mei didn't mention in advance that you would accompany you." ”
Mei Liting turned over and dismounted, and said, "The second uncle doesn't know yet, Yingxue came to the army to look for me, so I thought about it temporarily." When passing through Longyou, our group let Longyou's scout team find that if Yingxue was not present, the agreed hour would be delayed. ”
Mei Yingxue is a master in the southeast, and her cultivation is higher than that of her father Mei Tierui, Xu Ruyu smiled, secretly thinking that Mei Tierui's original intention was good, not to mention that Mei Yingxue has been living in seclusion in the Mei clan, and it is inconvenient for Xu Ruyu to invite her directly.
Xu Ruyu said to Xu Tingyi: "Give a carriage to Miss Yingxue." He said to Mei Yingxue again: "The snow in Yongyang in winter is not what it looks like, but you can see it when you arrive in Wanling." I've been to Wanling twice, both for a long time, but I haven't seen the snow in Wanling, which is a pity. Looking at the weather, we can see snow on the road. ”
With Xu Ruyu and Mei Yingxue here, entering the city may let other people's eyeliner see it, even if they go directly to the Duwei Mansion, they may not be able to have many mouths. Xu Ruyu and his party never entered the city, and continued to walk north along the wild road west of the city.
Xi Daoning sent two cronies to go first, one went back to the city to report the matter to Xi Dongye and Liu Zhaoyu, and the other went to the front road to find a wild shop to take care of the group's food and lodging.
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