Chapter 303: Silence on the eve of the Great War
Yang Ping'an didn't know that Yangzhou, where he was located, had become the center of this war, and Yangzhou at the moment was full of morale, and Yang Rui even issued several holy decrees to reward the Yangzhou defenders, because in addition to Chuzhou on the Yangtze River, only Yangzhou was left that had not been conquered by the Zhou army.
A series of holy decrees and commendations made the soldiers and civilians in the city excited, but Yang Ping'an, Xu Yuan, and Xue Yufeng, even Shi Siming, the masterminds in charge of Yangzhou's military and political affairs, were not in the mood to be happy.
They understand too well that the reason why Yangzhou has been able to hold on until now is because the Zhou army has not yet come to attack, not because they have defended it well, there must be a reason for this, but the people in the city don't think so, they just think that the Zhou army is afraid of Yangzhou and does not dare to attack.
Due to the loss of the Yangtze River, Yangzhou and Chuzhou almost formed two teeth, embedded in the Zhou army, from the geographical point of view, the two places are each other's horns, although they have not yet supported each other, but one side is attacked, the other side can send reinforcements to support, barely more advantageous.
But if one place was captured by the Zhou army, the other city was surrounded on three sides, and the only way to fight was to the death except for retreat.
Not to mention Shi Siming and Xue Yufeng, the two experienced generals, even Xu Yuan, a civil official, knows this very well, as for Yang Ping'an...... He has often been absent-minded recently, and even Xu Yuan, a civilian official who has a great impression of him, is now dissatisfied with him, and even sent his henchmen to spy on him, for fear that he would flee Yangzhou, which would lead to an unstable morale drop in the army.
"What the hell has happened to you lately?" After the four of them discussed the situation outside the city, Yang Ping'an took the lead in leaving, Xue Yufeng followed closely, and when he returned to the courtyard, the latter grabbed him and reprimanded loudly.
"I don't have to."
"Well, look at what you've become now." Xue Yufeng was annoyed, pointed at Yang Ping'an's nose and scolded, "Are you still the Yang Ping'an I knew at the beginning, when I was in Shandong, my father didn't trust you, and my Xue family's army fell into the trap of the enemy army several times, but you came out early, and even turned the tide in the battle, and wounded Gao Xianzhi with three arrows and defeated the rebels."
But what about you now, the enemy army is coming, and I haven't committed Yangzhou yet, but two months ago, the soldiers came to the city, and you were scared like this, do you know that it's because of you, because Shi Siming laughed at you, I almost fought with him a few days ago, but what about you. ”
Xue Yufeng's voice was very loud and his tone was very stern, and the shameless trio and Yang Yuhuan all came out of the room and stood outside the door looking at the two.
Yang Ping'an was not angry, he heard the care in Xue Yufeng's words, smiled lightly and took the latter into his arms, and his lips were directly sealed on the latter's cherry lips.
"Hmm...... You let go of me. Xue Yufeng was still in the mood to be warm with Yang Ping'an, pushed him away hard, and glared at him angrily, quite angry.
Yang Ping'an smiled and took Xue Yufeng into his arms again: "Yufeng, let's go into the room and say it's okay." ”
"The beauty you think." Xue Yufeng only thought that Yang Ping'an wanted to do that kind of thing, but he was still in broad daylight, and was immediately disappointed, "Now is a critical juncture, you don't think about the right thing and want to say Xuanyin in vain, even if I Xue Yufeng has eyes and no beads, I have the wrong eyes to see you." ”
Dropping these words, she was about to open her eyes from Yang Ping'an's arms and leave this person who disappointed her, but how could Yang Ping'an let her go, regardless of the pain in her hand, hugged her tightly, and whispered in her ear: "I have something serious to tell you, don't lie to you." ”
Xue Yufeng hesitated slightly, and glanced at him with disgust: "I will believe you one last time." ”
Watching the two of them walk past him and enter the room, closing the door tightly and not letting himself in, Yang Yuhuan didn't feel good in his heart, even if Yang Ping'an gently apologized to her when he closed the door, even if Xue Yufeng came to Yangzhou City, it was she Yang Yuhuan who served Yang Ping'an every night, but Yang Ping'an spent more thought on her than before.
Yang Yuhuan found more and more that as she spent more time with Yang Ping'an, she became more and more inseparable from Yang Ping'an.
But every time she thought of that incident, she had to suppress this thought, because she was afraid, afraid that Yang Ping'an would find out the truth, and she would not even have a chance to stay by Yang Ping'an's side.
What am I going to do......
She ate Xue Yufeng's vinegar again, why didn't Xue Yufeng eat her vinegar.
Xue Yufeng is a famous family, so naturally she can't break up unmarried like an ordinary woman, but thinking that her beloved is with another woman every night, and she is not far away, she doesn't feel good in her heart.
"It's all at this time, you still have the heart to estimate her feelings, you are really amorous, aren't you afraid that Yangzhou City will be broken, and she will fall into the hands of the enemy as a weak woman." Seeing Yang Ping'an close the door, Xue Yufeng said angrily.
With Yang Yuhuan's appearance, once it falls into the hands of the enemy, the best end is to be given to the general as a concubine, and the most tragic end is to be killed by the enemy, as for death, it is not the most miserable.
"I will never let her fall into the hands of Zhou Jun, even if I die, I will keep her safe." After saying a word, seeing Xue Yufeng's face was very ugly, Yang Ping'an continued, "Not only her, but also you, you are all my women, I will protect your life and make you happy forever." ”
Xue Yufeng wanted to say something, but thinking of the things Yang Ping'an had done for himself when he was in Shandong, he finally sighed lightly and stopped talking.
"Yufeng, don't say this again, I have two questions for you."
"What's the problem?"
"First, if the Zhou army attacks Chuzhou, what do you think Yangzhou should do?"
As soon as Yang Ping'an's words came out, Xue Yufeng's face changed, and he no longer had the previous grievances and sorrows, and looked at Yang Ping'an with a little excitement: "You, you have been ...... Could it be that you pretended to be before? ”
"You answer my question first."
Xue Yufeng said without hesitation: "Naturally, I will send troops and horses to rescue Chuzhou, if there is a chance, I can also sneak attack the Zhou army camp, maybe a battle will be enough...... What do you mean by shaking your head, do you think I'm not right? ”
"Hehe, rescue Chuzhou, I'm afraid that you will lead the troops to rescue with your front foot, and the Zhou army will break through Yangzhou with your back foot, and Chuzhou will also be difficult to protect."
"What do you mean by that?" Xue Yufeng's eyes widened.
Yang Ping'an didn't explain: "Don't look at me like that, if my Yangzhou is attacked by rebels, I'm afraid that Marshal Guo won't send troops to help." ”
"You talk nonsense, godfather won't die without help."
Seeing Xue Yufeng's reaction, Yang Ping'an didn't speak, just smiled slightly, and sat aside.
Xue Yufeng pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head: "You don't understand war, you don't understand strategy, and you don't know my godfather, I don't know why you say that, but it's okay, this shows that you are not frightened by Zhou Jun, you have been thinking about the battle situation, these days you ...... You really pretended, even I dare to lie, you are so hateful. ”
At this moment, she was happy in her heart, but she was still feigned, and she raised her hand to hit Yang Ping'an, but on the way to the whereabouts of the embroidered fist, she encountered Yang Ping'an's thug, and immediately lost her strength and was held by Yang Ping'an.
"I'm not all pretending these days." Pulling Xue Yufeng into his arms, while caressing his hair, Yang Ping'an slowly spoke.
Some time ago, Yang Ping'an did often lose his mind, as if he was frightened by Zhou Jun, but the reason for his loss of consciousness was not fear, but shock and helplessness.
When he said that he was in Chengcheng and Wu Cong, Yang Ping'an finally saw the corner of Tiance, when the Zhou army outside the city was arrayed, the banners were embroidered with the surnames of many generals, and he saw many famous generals.
Li Guangbi and Gao Xianzhi have seen the banners of the Yan brothers, Zhang Xun, Ge Shuhan, etc., all of which are famous generals in the rebellion of Zhengshi Anshi.
After returning from outside the city, Yang Ping'an understood the reason why Wu Cong personally conquered Yangzhou but retreated without attacking, just to let him see that Tiance Wei was able to produce people.
Most of these generals are unknown, but Yang Ping'an has heard of it, Wu Cong thinks that he is a Mandate of Heaven, and like his ancestors, he must know the talents of these people.
To put it bluntly, that time was the last time Wu Cong came to ask him to return to Nanjing.
Although he failed, he could see that Wu Cong's subordinates were full of talents, thinking of the countless good ministers and fierce generals in Tiance Weizhong, and thinking that there were only three people under him, Yang Guozhong, An Lushan and Li Linfu, Yang Ping'an's heart was full of grief.
He can't meet such a person, and all he meets is such a person, is this deliberate?
In addition, what also worried him was how to rescue Su Min and others, but with the outbreak of war, he suddenly found that Zhou Jun had not committed any crime against Yangzhou Qiu, not even a small force, which made him puzzled.
The personal feelings of the children are far less important than the war, especially Wu Cong, as the lord of a country, will never give up attacking Yangzhou because he has a relationship with him.
But the fact is that the Zhou army really did not come to attack Yangzhou, and even on the river, there were very few Zhou army sailors patrolling the Yangzhou section, which was like the Zhou army in the east and west roads directly into the hinterland of the Northern Tang Dynasty, and the middle road marshal Li Guangbi was Chen Bing outside Chuzhou and confronted Guo Ziyi.
It seems that everyone has forgotten about Yangzhou.
Yang Ping'an really doesn't know much about war, and he doesn't know any strategy and tactics, but he understands people's hearts, especially those who have been in charge of sales for a long time, and he has too deep a deep understanding of people's hearts.
The reason why the Zhou army did not attack Yangzhou was not because Wu Cong was worried that he would have an accident in the war, but because ...... Because he can't say anything, but he can be sure that the calm time in Yangzhou will never be too long, and it will be affected by the war that is close at hand, just now.
said a lot in one breath, and Xue Yufeng was a little stunned when he heard it, so that he didn't listen to it at all.
When Yang Ping'an's voice fell, she suddenly quickly kissed Yang Ping'an on the face, and said with a smile: "I know that my Xue Yufeng's man must be the most capable man in the world, you don't have to tell me a lot, as long as you are like when you were in Shandong, you come up with ideas, leave the matter of going into battle to me, and I will listen to you." ”
Yang Ping'an looked at Xue Yufeng, slowly leaned his lips over, this time Xue Yufeng didn't hide, slowly closed his eyes, squirmed his lips and breathed a little quickly, and when her lips touched, she completely closed her eyes, and the room was quiet.
For a long time, Xue Yufeng, who had not faded red, pushed Yang Ping'an away, gasped for breath, and said coquettishly: "You bad guy, you want to suffocate me, by the way, I remember that you still have a question to ask me, what is the question." ”
Yang Ping'an immediately put away the smile on his face, looked around and said in a low voice: "Yufeng, if, I mean if, one day I will turn against Yang Rui, or even meet with swords, will you help me or help him." ”