The news that Guo Jia beheaded Sima Ju on the way to Jingzhou's defeat and withdrawal has spread at this time, and the Yizhou officialdom and the military have long been ready to respond, Cai Yan was indeed shocked into a cold sweat when he got the news, and confirmed that Guo Jia was defeated but still safe and sound, and then he was relieved, but at the same time, he also understood that there was a very high probability of a rebellion, but he didn't expect Xu He to choose to rebel so decisively.

Xi Zhicai saw that Guo Jia wanted to provoke Xu and Zhang Baiqi to rebel against him, so as to clear up the hidden dangers within the Taiping Army in one fell swoop, but Guo Jia was still a hundred secrets, and the conspiracy was often accompanied by high risks, with the wisdom of Xu and Zhang Baiqi, even if he wanted to rebel, I am afraid that he would have to make more preparations, which would need to be delayed for a few days, and at that time, the Ganning Jinfan Army had returned to Chengdu, and Chengdu could naturally hold on until the return of Guo Jia's army, but Xu He directly reversed after getting the news, and such a rapid response was probably not expected by Guo Jia.

Can the 6,000 soldiers of Gao Shun's fallen camp defend the city? Yes, can you keep it? Not necessarily.

At this point, Xi Zhicai is even very pessimistic, if Xu He's army is in Chengdu, trapped in the camp and does not go out of the city to face the battle, if he chooses to hold on, Chengdu will not be able to hold for a day, not that Gao Shun's soldiers are not strong or strong, but if you look back and think about how Guo Jia entered Chengdu, you will know what kind of situation will be encountered at that time. Can the 6,000-strong camp hold the four gates of the huge city?

Therefore, when Xu He attacked, he could only go out of the city to face the battle, and he had to win the battle, and he must be defeated.

If Chengdu is broken, it is a signal, a signal of the collapse of Guo Jia's rule, the scholars in all counties of Yizhou are waiting for the battle situation in Chengdu, once Chengdu is broken by Xu He, they will let go of their scruples and gather together to rebel, at that time, even if Guo Jia has no less than 100,000 soldiers and horses in all parts of Yizhou, but even his family has been lost, who will be afraid of him?

The current situation, Xi Zhicai analyzed it very clearly in his heart, so to improve the combat power of the trapped camp as much as possible, heavy reward is one of them, and improving morale is the other, so Xi Zhicai came to Cai Mansion and made a request to Cai Yan.

After preparing a belly of rhetoric without spitting out a word, Xi Zhicai was surprised by Cai Yan's decisiveness in agreeing without hesitation, and when he wanted her to think about the consequences, he finally got up and bowed and left Cai's mansion.

After personally sending Xi Zhicai out, Cai Yan returned to the house, came to Guo Ye, who was fiddling with the building blocks, and knelt down and sat down, caressing Guo Ye's little face with kindness, Guo Ye looked up at his mother, his innocent eyes blinked, revealing an innocent smile, and took his mother's hand to signal her to look at her results.

Cai Yan looked down, the long wooden block enclosed the outline of a face, two round wooden blocks became eyes, a short and a long building block became a nose and a mouth, and then put on some broken wood to form hair, a human face was pieced together, Cai Yan shook Guo Ye's small hand and asked, "Who is this?" ”

"Daddy."

After Guo Ye finished speaking, Cai Yan gently hugged him into his arms, raised his beautiful face, and showed a soft smile.

Ye'er, my mother doesn't want anything in her life, as long as you fight.

Summoning Diao Chan, who was by his side after entering Chengdu, Cai Yan asked Diao Chan to take Guo Ye back to the room to rest, and asked his subordinates to clean up the house, and then asked people to go to Zhen's house to invite Zhen Jiang, and go to the mansion next door to invite the Qiao sisters to come over for a while.

Xiao Qiao and Cai Yan have a good personal relationship, they have known each other for nearly two years and are like sisters, occasionally learning music together, and dancing together for Guo Jia's piano, Cai Yan has long regarded her sisters as Guo Jia's women.

A pair of beauties who fell into the country and the city came to Cai's mansion in a snow-white daze, and after taking off the dayu, they gave Cai Yan a salute and called out to sister, Xiao Qiaojiao's beautiful face was a little troubled and sorrowful, Da Qiao was dignified and elegant, and his expression was indifferent, but it was difficult to hide the tiredness in his eyes.

"Sister, when will Childe come back? I heard that he lost the battle, and I don't know if he was injured, marching and fighting, and there is no one around to take care of him, how can this work? Xiao Qiao couldn't hide it, and after sitting down, he asked Cai Yan.

But Cai Yan couldn't answer Xiao Qiao, Da Qiao glanced at his sister reproachfully, and then said to Cai Yan: "Sister, don't blame, there is martial law in the city recently, is there anything big going on?" ”

Diao Chan brought the tea up, Xiao Qiao stood up and took it, although Guo Jia was very good to their sisters, but they didn't dare to put up a shelf, although Diao Chan was nominally a maid, but they didn't despise her for half a point, especially since they had the experience of taking care of Guo Jia together.

After greeting each other, Cai Yan asked them to calm down for a while, and said gently: "I invite you to come over today, there is indeed something to discuss, but let's wait for Miss Zhen to come." ”

Big and small Qiao glanced at each other, a little surprised, it seems that it is not a trivial matter.

The few women waiting in the house chatted about some trivial matters of life, and after the weather turned cold recently, and asked for warmth, Zhen Jiang also arrived, not only Zhen Jiang came, but also brought two oil bottles, Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao.

In terms of age, Zhen Jiang is the oldest among the girls, he is over twenty-two years old this year, two years older than Cai Yan, but when he entered Cai's mansion, Zhen Jiang's expression was soft, and his words were modest, especially when facing Cai Yan, there was a sense of shame.

Cai Yan and Guo Jia both have children, in terms of identity, after Cai Yan is an official eunuch, Cai Yong's generation of Confucianism, his reputation is not comparable to ordinary scholars, Zhen Jiang's family background is half official and half business, and his status is slightly lower than Cai Yan, Guo Jia's wife, obviously Cai Yan is more qualified than her, but Cai Yan gave up the position of his wife to Zhen Jiang, for the reason, Zhen Jiang doesn't understand, only knows that he has a sense of gratitude and light guilt for Cai Yan.

"Eldest sister, you don't have to be afraid of her." Zhen Tuo hid behind Zhen Jiang and quietly cheered up his eldest sister.

Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao understood Zhen Jiang's humility as fear......

Liu frowned slightly, Zhen Jiang turned around and scolded in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense, come over and salute, dodge and dodge, what kind of system will it be, I knew I wouldn't have brought you here." ”

Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao, who were angry with their cheeks, said hello to Cai Yan, and then stood back behind Zhen Jiang, as if they wanted to make Zhen Jiang look more imposing.

After Diao Chan brought a few more cups of tea, he turned around and left, but was stopped by Cai Yan: "Diao Chan, you stay, wait a minute, you have to make a choice." ”

The confused Diao Chan had to stay in the house, but the other women had already sat down, but she was a little overwhelmed, Cai Yan beckoned to her and patted the position next to her, Diao Chan walked over with her head down, and after hesitating for a moment, she still sat down.

Cai Yan did not sit in the main seat, but sat in the guest seat, and the main seat was suspended.

Except for Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao, who looked unconvinced, the other women all looked at Cai Yan curiously.

"Here's the thing, if there is a rebellion in Yizhou, it will be in Chengdu tomorrow, and Chengdu must not be lost, otherwise, the foundation of Fengxiao is in danger of collapse."

With a faint expression, he briefly said the matter first, Cai Yan didn't need to tell them the details, as long as they understood the seriousness of the matter, it was enough.

Chengdu is broken, and Guo Jia's rule will fall into a crisis of collapse.

This time, Guo Jia took a risky move, Cai Yan did not oppose or approve in his heart, the emperor's hegemony means bloodshed, it means immeasurable risks, once, twice, three times, and even more desperate situations are not exaggerated, only by wading through these difficulties and obstacles, can you be qualified to reign in the world.

Cai Yan did not object, because this was a necessary process to purge the Taiping Army, and Guo Jia must have a reason for using such a drastic way so urgently.

Of course, Guo Jia has his reasons, Liu Biao has risen in Jingzhou!

Cai Yan disapproves, because there is a great risk in doing so, not only may she lose her hard-won foundation, but even blood relatives will take it, Cai Yan is not afraid of death, but she is afraid that her son Guo Ye will make a mistake.

Several women in the house showed a look of surprise, they all knew that it was not easy for Guo Jia to get to where he is today, especially after constantly learning about Guo Jia's past.

Since the early death of his parents since he was a child, he suffered from the oppression of the same clan, the bullying of the Yingchuan clan, and several desperate situations after becoming famous.

"Ming said that if the rebels are killed under the city of Chengdu, I plan to take Ye'er to the city tower and live and die with Chengdu."

After Cai Yan finished speaking, the women in the room looked at her even more shocked.

Facing the unbelievable looks of the women, Cai Yan lowered his head with a smile, and his soft eyes changed a little indifferent.

Fengxiao, your glory is not something that anyone can share, whether they are qualified to be by your side or not is not up to you to decide, but to themselves.

After the shock, Zhen Jiang said in a soft but firm tone: "I don't know if it's abrupt to say this, if my sister doesn't give up, I will go with my sister." ”

With a shallow smile, Cai Yan raised his head and said softly to Zhen Jiang: "My sister is willing to go, I have no objection, but please think about the consequences." ”

"If I steal my life, what face will I have to see Fengxiao again?" Zhen Jiang was resolute, and his soft face was full of solemnity.

Xiao Qiao glanced at each other, the sisters had the same mind, and said in unison: "My sister will go too." ”

Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao also let go of their hostility towards Cai Yan at this time, and rushed to express their position.

"I'll go too, I'll go too, Brother Fengxiao's wives and concubines will go."

"That's right, as long as it's Brother Fengxiao's wife and concubine, how can you not go?"

"When Brother Feng Xiao comes back, he will definitely be moved."

"That's right, so that Brother Feng Xiao won't hide from me and my sister."

Can't let the two sisters continue to mess around without holding back, Zhen Jiang turned his face to the excited two and reprimanded: "This is not home, don't be ashamed, don't keep your mouth shut." ”

The two sisters drooped their heads and puffed out their cheeks to express their dissatisfaction.

All the women expressed their positions, and Cai Yan smiled lightly.

I really didn't look away.

Suddenly, feeling someone beside her gently tugging on her clothes, Cai Yan turned her head, saw Diao Chan with a red face and asked inaudibly, "Can the slave also go?" ”

Is it so positive to send people to death?

Cai Yan held Diao Chan's hand, scratched her palm, and said with a light smile: "Of course you can." ”

With a sigh of relief, Diao Chan looked up and saw Cai Yan's playful eyes, and suddenly hung his head in shame, and even closed his eyes.