The sound of horses' hooves falling on the bluestone street like a rain made the hearts of the people sitting in the shops along the street tense for a while, and they ran to the door, only to see more than a dozen sturdy men wrapped in navy blue in the drizzle riding towards the governor's mansion.

Everyone looked at each other, until the horses turned the corner of the street, and the sound of hooves gradually drowned out the sound of the rain, and then they withdrew their gaze and looked at each other with questions.

Jiangning's 20,000 troops were stationed on the east bank of Jinshui, and Jiangjin City fell into a crisis of troops approaching the city for the first time in more than ten years. Although it is said that Jiang Ning's personnel in Jiangjin City have not been withdrawn, and Zi Yangqiu has also stayed in Jiangjin City, all this does not rule out the possibility that Jiang Ning may take advantage of the situation to capture Jiangjin when he aids Jingbei.

Since Wu Chu assassinated Zhang Dong, Xu Ruyu had a good reputation in Jiangjin, and the ordinary people of Jiangjin did not panic about the approaching war, and the riders who galloped past aroused many questions in people's hearts.

Yi Huaxi was dressed in a gray kudzu robe, and his gaze passed through the window and fell on the long drizzly street.

Ziyangqiu entered the city to discuss the matter of borrowing the road, but Jiang Ning left Jiang Jin with the last bit of face.

Yesterday, when Yi Xingzhi was about to tell the story in Dongcheng, Yi Huaxi couldn't contain the anger in his heart and left.

Yi Huaxi looked at the usual pedestrians shuttling through the rain, and didn't know how many people would be willing to defend Jiangjin for Yi's family.

When Huo's soldiers and horses crossed the river in Jingbei, the Nanping Water Division went down the river and attacked its river-crossing boat formation, dividing Huo's 40,000 remnants on both banks. The remnants of the more than 10,000 troops on the south bank of the river were routed when they withdrew into Pengze City, and only the more than 25,000 soldiers and horses who crossed the river first remained intact. When the Nanping Water Division raided, Huo Qingtong and his relatives were still on the south bank, and they disappeared after the war. The river was sealed by the Nanping Water Division, and the soldiers and horses who crossed the north bank could not cross the river to help, so they had to sprinkle their anger on Jiangjin's head. Pan Yue and Huo Qilou led the Huo clan to cross the river and the soldiers and horses did not rush through Hengshan to return to Jingxiang, but went straight to Tongchengyi and besieged Tongcheng, an important town in the west of Jiangjin.

When the Yi clan allowed the remnants of the Huo clan's Jingbei army to cross the border, they were very careful and let Yi Huaxi lead 10,000 elites to be stationed in Tongcheng to monitor.

After learning the news that Huo Qingtong was released from Pengze, Pan Yue and Huo Qilou led the withdrawal from Tongchengyi, borrowed from Hengshan Bojian Peak and entered Suixian County, Jingxiang County.

Yi Huaxi continued to stay in Tongcheng to command the troops and monitor the movements of the Jingxiang Huo clan.

Jiang Ning, who temporarily eliminated the threat of the East China Sea in the north, would no longer hide his ambitions for Jiangjin, and after Yi Huaxi learned that Ziyangqiu had officially sent a note to the Yi family asking to pass through Jiangjin, he led 5,000 elites back to Jiangjin without waiting for Jiangjin's order.

Jiangjin has a mansion and five towns, more than 10 small cities, 40,000 troops, and divides the troops to defend the city, which will definitely make Jiangning break through, Jiangjin and Jiangning have a close relationship between the open and the secret, and the Yi family does not dare to recruit the children of the family to join the army to strengthen the garrison, and it is the wisest way to concentrate the limited forces in Jiangjin City, as long as Jiangjin is held, the Yi family will not waver at all.

The second brother would have such an idea?

The Fan clan has Fan Wenlong, but the fate of the Fan clan in Jiangning is still obscure.

What can Yi's do?

Nearly 10,000 elites in Jiangning were buried in Jingbei, and 15,000 soldiers of the Su Guard Army have not yet escaped from the predicament, and their fate is uncertain.

Who can make sure that Jiangning does not move Jiangjin?

Yi Huaxi frowned, and for a while, he was in a trance, and when he was lit up, he suddenly stood up as if he had woken up, raised his feet and walked down the second floor, looking at the bustling guests in the hotel, and couldn't help worrying about Yi's future fate in his heart. Wrapped in gray clothes, he hid half of his face in the collar, and went out of the restaurant, looking up at the leaden dark sky, and the cold drizzle fell on his face.

Yingyu walked to the Governor's Mansion, and the halberd warrior was about to come up and drive him away, Yi Huaxi straightened his collar, revealing a handsome and resolute thin face, and asked, "Shicai North Street galloping horses, where can the news be delivered?" ”

Yi Fengchen has not established a son, but among the sons, Yi Huaxi, the youngest is the most majestic, and the halberd warrior saluted and reported: "Hurry up and ride from Qinghe." ”

Yi Huaxi frowned, and said secretly: What will happen to Qinghe, you want to send out five hundred miles to ride?

The Hulan Iron Cavalry occupied the Taoling River crossing area, and although it gained a foothold on the south bank of the river, it was still three hundred miles away from the Qing River.

Yi Huaxi waved his hand to let the sergeant return to the sentry post, and while pacing towards the mansion, he thought about things in his heart, walked through the house, and when he was about to enter Fengze Garden, Yi Fengchen and Yi Xingshui caught up from behind.

Yi Xingzhi said: "San'er sent a messenger in Qinghe. ”

Yi Fengchen's third daughter, Yi Shujing, married Li Guiyan, the son of Li Yisun in Qinghe.

Since Yi Fengchen took the opportunity to seize Jiangjin, Jiangjin has advanced and retreated together with Qinghe, against Zhang Dong's relics and Xu Bodang, and against Donghai, but I don't know that in the face of such a crisis, Qinghe Li still firmly supports it?

As always, it should have been the Li family that sent a messenger, or directly sent the army to the border of the two families, rather than the third sister who personally sent the messenger.

Yi Xingzhi pushed Yi Huaxi, who was a little distracted, and said, "Not only the messengers sent by San'er, but also Ling Zhanwei, Ling Zezhi and Zi Yangqiu are also asking to see each other inside. ”

Yi Huaxi was a little puzzled and said: "Ling Zezhi asked Zi Yangqiu to intercept him, and he has not been able to get sick, how can he visit with Zi Yangqiu at this time?" Ling Zhanwei has been in retirement for several years, and Ling Zezhi's affairs have always been handled by Ling Zezhi, so he can't sit still at this time? ”

Yi Fengchen frowned and said, "It's probably an ultimatum." He sighed lightly, "Let's go in first." ”

Ling Zezhi is more than forty years old, slightly fat, with a wide face and thin eyes, sparse eyebrows, and a short mustache on his lips, but he is very energetic. Zi Yangqiu was wearing a long gown with a smile on his face, but he could see a slight nervousness in his pupils.

Yi Huaxi said secretly: Sure enough, my father was right, but I saw Yi Fengchen looking for Ling Zhanwei's figure on the side: "Zezhi, Ziyang, where is Brother Ling Shi?" ”

Ling Zezhi's body was slightly weak, and he said: "Father remembers some of the past, and he is lingering in the back garden at this time, so the little nephew will call it." He said with his mouth, but his feet did not move.

Past events?

The Jiangjin Governor's Mansion was once Zhang Dong's Yongning Governor's Mansion, and Prince Wu killed himself by stabbing himself in the abdomen after burying Zhang Dong in the back garden. Easy to seal the dust into the Jiangjin, the back garden is renovated, the ancient tree that was broken by lightning that night gave birth to a new branch, the branches are horizontal, and it has become a wonder of the back garden.

Yi Fengchen said: "I'm going to the back garden, let's go together." As he spoke, when he went to the back garden, walked through the corridor, and waited until he passed through the moon gate, he seemed to let the thunder and lightning smash him, and stood motionless under the moon gate.

Yi Huaxi was surprised in her heart, and said secretly: Is there something strange in the garden? Leaning against the wall, looking at the back in front of the ancient tree in coarse cloth and green clothes, thin but like the momentum of the Yuanting, he stepped out with his left foot, but he didn't know whether to fall or retract, he stumbled, almost fell, and stepped on the dead branches under the steps.

The man in Tsing Yi was alarmed by the sound of the dead branch breaking, turned around, and his clear and indifferent eyes fell on Yi Fengchen's haggard face, and said: "Thinking of the past, I lost my mind a little, which made Yi Valve's master smile." ”

Yi Fengchen's body shook violently, as if he had recovered from a huge shock, his gray lips pursed a few times, and he wanted to say something but didn't say it.

Yi Xingyi stepped out of the steps and said in a lost voice: "General Qingfeng......"

Xu Ruyu smiled on his face that was lonely because he was obsessed with the past, and said, "I haven't said a word, I'm presumptuous." ”

"......" really didn't know how to comment on such presumptuousness, Yi Xingzhi glanced at his father, and looked sideways at his younger brother who was stepping on the dead leaves.

"Quanzhou Zhao Jingyun has seen Yi Valve and the two sons."

Only then did Yi Xingzhi notice that a person was standing beside Xu Ruyu in a kudzu scarf shirt, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a narrow face and long eyes, and no beard under his chin. Before the Battle of Southern Fujian, Zhao Jingyun was still unknown, and now he is one of Xu Ruyu's most relied on strategists.

Yi Fengchen coughed lightly, wanting to hide Shicai's gaffe, but the surprise in his heart could not be eliminated, when the Yi family decided that Jiangning would take advantage of the situation to attack Jiangjin, Xu Ruyu, the lord of Jiangning, actually entered Jiangjin City to meet him, and seemed to be worried that he would forcibly detain him.

Yi Fengchen licked his lower lip, suppressed the extremely tempting thought, looked at Xu Ruyu, who was calm and calm, and asked, "General Qingfeng built Linjiangjin, why did he do it?" ”

Xu Ruyu bowed to Yi Fengchen with his sleeves closed, and said: "The alien race invaded Zhongzhou, and I hope that Yi Valve will teach Ruyu." ”

Yi Huaxi withdrew his left foot and stood on the steps again, but the throat was rolling up, which showed that the shock in his heart had not subsided, and he asked in a slightly stiff voice: "Jun is the overlord of one side, and the world is rare, what can Yi teach you?" ”

Xu Ruyu's gaze swept over Yi Huaxi, the expression on his face became more and more solemn, and he spit out four words word by word: "The whip is beyond reach." ”

"Whip length?" Yi Huaxi was stunned for a moment, and thought: Hulan ravaged Zhongzhou, and it is still far from the southeast, isn't it convenient for Xu Ruyu to expand his power?

Xu Ruyu said: "After ten years of farewell to Jiangjin, the past is like a cloud of smoke, but Ruyu still regards Yi Valve as an elder in his heart. ”

Yi Fengchen's eyes narrowed, and when he saw the sincerity and blazing in Xu Ruyu's eyes, many questions suddenly arose in his heart.

"Why is Jiang Ning at war with the East China Sea?"

"Hulan invaded Youji, the East China Sea soldiers trapped Pengcheng, for Hulan to contain the reinforcements of Qingzhou, the East China Sea helped the abuse, and harmed the world with the selfish desires of a clan, can Jiang Ningyan not fight?"

Yi Huaxi said: "In the spring and twilight of last year, Jiangning increased troops to Zhenning, and before the situation in Yuejun was clear, the Qingwei Army was transferred to Jiangbei, and at the end of the year, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses were recruited to cross the river and go north, is all this just to curb the ambition of the East China Sea." ”

In just one year, more than 200,000 troops were mobilized, and the amount of materials consumed was incalculable.

Jiang Ning's big move, but only to curb the ambition of the East China Sea?

Yi Huaxi and his father and brother looked at each other, only feeling that Xu Ruyu was open and closing, but there was no trace of him to hide himself from his eyes.

Yes, Xu Ruyu doesn't need to pretend to be wrong.

Even if you want to tell a big lie, you don't need to enter Jiangjin City alone, and you don't need to face the person who regards him as your great enemy in life.

Xu Ruyu said: "The war in Yuejun has calmed down, the total number of Guishun troops has reached 150,000, Yi Valve knows the military affairs, when he knows the system of raising troops in Jiangning Tuntian, Jiangning has many actions, and the army is mobilized to cross the river at the end of the year, which seems to be aimed at the East China Sea, but in fact it is a rainy day, and a large number of troops will be hoarded north of the river to prepare for Hulan. ”

Yi Huaxi snorted coldly and said, "If it weren't for Nanping's brazen dispatch of troops to Jingbei, Jiang Ning would have opened the siege and returned to the East China Sea in advance?" ”

Xu Ruyu's expression froze slightly, and he fell into that painful assumption.

Zhao Jingyun took a step forward, looked at Yi Huaxi indifferently, and said: "Nanping sent troops to Jingbei, but the strength stopped there, Yi Gongzi was ranked among the six juniors of Han Chu, how could he not know the situation in Jiangning?" ”

Yi Huaxi asked: "Nanping sent troops to Jingbei and trapped the Su Guards, didn't Jiangning negotiate peace with Donghai because of this, and prepare to go to aid Jingbei?" ”

Zhao Jingyun laughed and asked, "The Su Guard Army is trapped in Jingbei, and Jiangning is coming to help, do you need to mobilize Jiangbei's army?" The 100,000 troops of Nanping hastily invaded Jingbei, and the grain and grass were scarce, and it was difficult to last, couldn't Jiang Ning even see this? ”

Yi Huaxi was stunned. The reason why Nanping was able to suddenly send troops to Jingbei, successfully defeated Huo's Jingbei soldiers and horses, and besieged the Jiangning Su Guard, was that Nanping did not make the slightest preparation before the war, and the troops in Linxiang, Yuzhang and other places did not gather on a large scale, but directly dispatched to attack all parts of Jingbei.

Such a dispatch of troops caught people off guard, but there was no sustained attack power, especially Jingbei after nearly ten years of war attrition, has become a barren land, and it is impossible for the Nanping army to collect grain and grass from the local area.

It is not easy to collect the grain and grass needed by 100,000 people, and the people who are requisitioned and transported the grain and grass are enough to make Nanping busy for a while, and at this stage, Nanping can only send the grain and grass to Pengze, the city of Linjiang, by water, each time, but it is extremely difficult to transport the grain and grass from Pengze to the hinterland of Jingbei.

Zhao Jingyun looked at Yi Huaxi with a smile and said: "The soldiers are also powerful, and I am disadvantaged, not the enemy's advantage." Our Su Guard Army was trapped in Jingbei, but in fact cut off the land grain route of the Nanping army, Nanping mobilized 20,000 water divisions to protect the safety of the Penglihu River waterway, with the assembly of our Jiangning water battalion in Wuzhou, Nanping is bound to send additional water divisions to Pengze, which will further aggravate the pressure on the grain and grass of the Nanping army in Jingbei. ”

As long as Nanping loses the grain route, it will fall into a more dangerous situation than the Su Guards.

Yi's father and son fell silent, and Zhao Jingyun said: "Under the pressure of grain and grass, most of the army that Nanping has entered Jingbei will stay in Pengzecheng near the river and Duchang near Pengli Lake, and it is necessary to divide troops to defend Jingshan, and there will not be too many soldiers and horses who really enter the hinterland of Jingbei to encircle and annihilate our Su Guards." With the assembly of the Jiangning Water Battalion in Wuzhou, threatening the Pengli Lake waterway, Yuan Zhen was only afraid that he was even more desperate than us to hope that the Su Guards could quickly leave Jingbei. ”

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