Dove, the strange bird of the ancients, sè colorful, as bright as a phoenix, a finch, its feathers are fierce, better than a fierce poison. -- From the reign of Duke Yin to the 21st day of August in the 23rd year of Hongwu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Li Shou and Xie An, who had been driven for a full month and 5 years, finally led the third wave of the Western Expeditionary Army and arrived at the city forty miles away on the east side of Luoyang.

On the way to the previous few years, the four generals of the Shenwu Battalion of the Eastern Army, who had arrived at night after the main army, had also joined Xie An and Li Shouer.

I had to have to have Yan Kai, Chen Gang, Xiang Qing, and Luo Chao, the four deputy generals of the Shenwu Battalion of the Eastern Army, who were famous on the battlefield in northern Hebei, joined, and Xie Anxin was really much more stable.

When the army was only half a rì away from Yanshi, the eldest grandson Xiangyu suddenly stopped Xie An and Li Shou from entering.

"While you haven't been a master yet, Sister Ben has something to remind you of the second entry! - You haven't forgotten about it, have you? Three chapters of the covenant before leaving Jijing! ”

Xie An frowned when he heard this, glanced at Li Shou, and nodded slowly.

"Okay, let's hear it!"

Glancing at the eldest grandson Xiangyu angrily, Xie An said with some reluctance, "First of all, I can't have any objections to the strategies and instructions you put forward!" ”

"Not bad!"

"Secondly, even incomprehensible instructions must be followed! And, don't be perfunctory! ”

"Hmm!"

"Again, you must not have any opinion on your actions, and you must not interfere with your judgment!"

"Good!" Eldest Sun Xiangyu nodded slightly, shook the fan in his hand, and said with satisfaction, "Since my eldest grandson Xiangyu wants to help you, I will help you and others to sweep away the rebels in Luoyang and Chang'an, so that His Royal Highness the Ninth can be among the candidates for the imperial heir, and you will also be called Xie An for outstanding achievements and soaring!" ”

"Are you really sure?" Xie An asked in surprise.

The eldest grandson Xiangyu chuckled lightly and said lightly, "As long as you wait for me to do what I do, there is no violation of Fengyang, and the rebels in Luoyang and Chang'an are not allowed to worry about it?" ”

"Do everything?"

"Oh, whatever I have given you, you must do it! Gotta support me! ”

"Huh......" Xie An shook his head a little amusedly, shrugged his shoulders and said, "The correct instructions, we will naturally follow them, is it possible that we will also obey the wrong strategy?" ”

He originally wanted to make a joke with the eldest grandson Xiangyu, but to his surprise, the eldest grandson Xiangyu's expression was very serious, and when he heard this, he frowned, and said unhappily, "My calculations will never go wrong!" - Xie An, this sister admits that you are different and knows many things that this sister does not know, but when it comes to soldiers, my eldest grandson Xiangyu has more than you! - Either you agree to these three articles, and my sister will help you to sweep away the rebels; Or, this sister will return to Jijing this time, and you will ask for more blessings for the second time! ”

"Hey, hey, you're a threat?" Xie An said angrily.

Hearing this, the eldest grandson Xiangyu looked at Xie An and Li Shou deeply, and said in a deep voice, "O, it's a threat!" - I don't want to interfere with my plans! ”

"......" Xie An and Li Shou looked at each other, unable to understand what happened to the eldest grandson Xiangyu suddenly.

This crazy woman in, all of a sudden, what's going on?

Qian Ma became so serious?

Xie An was a little puzzled.

Vaguely, Xie An felt that this was a little different from her in Pingrì, a bit like the first time he knew her, but it was a little more affectionate than then, at least, she didn't show the same hypocritical smile as she did at the beginning...... Thinking of this, Xie An nodded and said, "There is no major problem, Li Shou and I will not interfere!" All at your disposal! ”

The eldest grandson Xiangyu frowned slightly, and didn't seem to be very satisfied with Xie An's reply, but after taking a deep look at him, she didn't do much, just asked Xie An to call Luo Chao.

After a short time, Luo Chao rushed up from behind the army and hugged Li Shou, Xie An, and the eldest grandson Xiangyu.

"The last general, Luo Chao, see General Anping, General Xie Shen, and ...... The eldest grandson military division! After thinking about it for a while, Luo Chao still planned to use the military advisor to call the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Bi Jing [eldest grandson sister], it was really inappropriate to appear in this place.

Seeing Luo Chao being so constrained in etiquette, Xie An and Li Shou couldn't laugh or cry, and said one after another, "Fourth Brother Luo, they all entered by themselves, why be so hypocritical?" ”

Luo Chao shook his head when he heard this, and said solemnly, "It's not hypocrisy, this is the duty of the general, and the army needs to enforce the law strictly, [no strict rules, no army!] - Not to mention the imminent conquest! ”

Listening to Luo Chao's righteous words, Li Shou and Xie An looked at each other, and couldn't help blushing a little.

Looking at the slightly embarrassed Erjin and secretly shook his head, the eldest grandson Xiangyu looked at Luo Chao and said in a deep voice, "General Luo, since you call this sister a military advisor, well, this military division has something to be handed over to you!" ”

"Please speak up!"

The eldest grandson, Xiangyu, grabbed the reins of the horse, beckoned Luo Chao to come close to her, and whispered a few words in his ear.

It can be seen that the short words of the eldest grandson Xiangyu are quite deterrent, you must know that even a man like Luo Chao, who is not moved by things, can't help but show a little surprise when he hears this.

"Are you sure you want to do this?"

"O!" Nodding, the eldest grandson Xiangyu opened the folding fan with a snap and said, "Did General Luo do it?" ”

Under the inexplicable gaze of Xie An and Li Shou, Luo Chao clenched his fists and said, "Obey!" Then he turned his horse's head and headed towards the rear of the army.

"Hey, what did you ask Fourth Brother Luo to do?" Xie An leaned over to the eldest grandson Xiangyu curiously.

Hearing this, the eldest grandson Xiangyu smiled slightly, and said lightly, "The time is ...... Got it! ”

Half a rì is not long, short is not short, before and after, the 22,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Li Shou and Xie An arrived at Yanshi.

Yanshi, this is a city on the southeast side of Luoyang, about forty miles away from Luoyang, because of the continuous war in this place for the past year, therefore, most of the local residents have moved away, dissatisfied with the imperial court to move to the Chang'an area, and still feel that they are the people of the Great Zhou, then they left to Jingzhou and other places, so that the entire Sizhou, except for Luoyang, Yiyang and a few other important cities, almost no trace of the people has been seen.

But even so, the city of Yanshi is also overcrowded.

It is no wonder that Bi Jing is stationed here with a total of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the two Western Expeditionary Armies before and after, not counting the wounded and disabled soldiers, there are at least 70,000 or 80,000 Jīng Rui here, plus the 220,000 soldiers and horses brought by Li Shou and Xie An's second entry now, the number of the Western Expeditionary Army is really a lot.

Xie An originally thought that he would be able to meet Lu Song, the Duke of Nanguo, and Bi Jing, in order to avenge his son Lu Fan, who died on the battlefield, did not hesitate to disobey the holy order and rushed to regroup his troops and horses without permission, but he never thought that at this moment, Lu Song, the Duke of Nanguo, was already in Hangu Pass, which was 700 miles away from Yanshi.

Later, Xie An learned that because Lu Song, the Duke of Nanguo, did not have the court's pardon document in his hands, therefore, in addition to the more than 8,000 soldiers of the Southern Army who fell into the camp, the rest of the soldiers of the Western Expedition did not obey Lu Song's dispatch, which led to the current situation: the 8,000 Southern Army rushed to Hangu Pass alone to fight, while the remaining 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Western Expeditionary Army stayed in Yanshi according to 1rì, and confronted and stalemate with about 60,000 rebels in the Luoyang area.

To tell the truth, after arriving at Yanshi, Li Shou was really startled, he thought that the Western Expeditionary Army did not move, the reason was that the damage was heavy, but when he entered the Yanshi City with the army, he found that the casualties of the first two Western Expeditionary Army were not as serious as imagined, at least, there were still 100,000 troops here.

But why, when there are still 100,000 troops, stop at the Yanshi and refuse to take another step?

After being reminded by Xie An and the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Li Shou realized that the generals of the 100,000 Western Expeditionary Army were frightened by the unknown rebel general in Hangu Pass.

According to the list of generals who died in battle, so far, there have been as many as forty-eight generals who have died at the hands of the unknown rebel general, from the rank of captain of the fifth rank of the imperial court.

In other words, the generals who were only higher than General Xie An's official positions had been killed on the battlefield by the rebel generals, including the general Wu Bang and the prince of Nangongfu, Lu Fan.

On the premise of understanding that the rebel general specifically provoked the middle and high-level generals of the Western Expeditionary Army to kill, where did the generals of the Western Expeditionary Army dare to set foot in Lei Chi for half a step?

Whether it is the general of the faction of the crown prince Li Wei or the general of the faction of the third prince Li Shen, after paying the heavy price of blood, where do they dare to approach Hangu Pass again, they just defend the Yanshi and wait for the reinforcements of the imperial court to come.

But to the consternation of these generals, the young son sent two hairy heads who were not yet weakly crowned.

When Li Shouyan was on the high platform in the city, while reading the holy decree aloud, the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army below looked at each other.

For Li Shou as the commander, they can still understand that Bi Jing Li Shou is the prince, the son of today's young son, and his age is close to the weak crown, but what is the matter with the guy called Xie An?

A seventeen or eighteen-year-old son, who is a general? And also has the position of supervising the army?

Are you kidding?!

With that indignant mentality, the more than 20 captains, overseers, and generals who have survived so far have been arranged in two rows and sat in the tent of the commander of the Yanshi Western Expeditionary Army, silent.

It is a handsome tent, in fact, it is a hall in the house of a large family in the city, which is about the same size as Xie An's mansion, when the people in the city fled to Chang'an and Jingzhou, the Western Expeditionary Army settled here, and temporarily set this place as a place to discuss the military.

In the house, the new commander of this army, Li Shou, sat in the main seat, and the seat on the left was undoubtedly his confidant, Xie An, who was appointed as the commander of the staff and could exercise the power of supervising the army, and the eldest grandson Xiangyu sat under Xie An.

The rest are the more than 20 generals in the army who are above the rank of five ranks, and as for Yan Kai, Chen Gang, and Xiang Qing, they are standing next to Li Shou and Xie An respectively, and from time to time they scan the generals in the table with imposing eyes.

Only Luo Chao didn't know where to go.

Among the more than 20 generals and captains, a military general named Zhu Cang has the highest official position, and he is the general of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion of Zheng Sanpin, who was the right and left hand of the general Wu Bang, and after the general Wu Bang was killed by the rebels, this Zhu Cang was temporarily in charge of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the division as a deputy marshal.

In addition, there is also a military general named Yang Jin, who is the general of the forward battalion of Zheng Sipin, given that this forward battalion is the same as the Xiaocai battalion, it is the general Wu Bang

One of the several Qu departments under his command, there is no doubt that this general is also a confidant of the great general Wu Bang.

In addition to his second entry, there is also a general from the Sipin guerrilla battalion named Fei Guo, although the guerrilla battalion is also subordinate to the general Wu Bang's Qu department, but according to rumors, this Fei general is quite close to the crown prince Li Wei.

And the rest of the generals are all the commanders of the battalions from the five grades, as for the factions, they are even more unclear, there are the entry of the crown prince Li Wei, the entry of the third prince Li Shen, and the entry of the fourth prince Li Mao, and the entry of the military department, in short, it is messy and unclear.

But one thing is for sure, the reason why these generals are silent, think about it, they know that they are unwilling to hand over the military power in their hands, a bad word, if it weren't for Li Shounai's son Li Ji, I'm afraid these people wouldn't even glance at Li Shou and Xie An.

Especially Zhu Cang and Yang Jin Erjin, as the old subordinates of the general Wu Bang, have been putting on a cold face since they sat down, and they have been silent, which makes Li Shou, who is in charge of the army for the first time, really a little embarrassed, and looks at Xie An for help.

Seeing this, Xie An had no choice but to stand up.

"His Royal Highness Shou...... o No, the words of General Anping, the generals must have listened to them, and in view of the unhappiness of the first two Western Expeditions, the general felt that it was necessary to carry out a rectification......"

"Humph! General? Zhu Cang sneered and pursed his lips.

Xie An frowned slightly, and said, "Does General Zhu have any advice?" ”

"Don't dare!" Zhu Cang smiled coldly and said lightly, "You thank Dajin, but you are a general who supervises the power of the army!" How dare the last general disagree? It's just that I think that a hairy man who has not yet been weakened can compete to be the commander of the first army, or what is General Anping...... Huh! Amusing! ”

"What does General Zhu mean is that His Majesty's appointment is inappropriate?"

Looking at the faint smile on the corner of Xie An's mouth, Zhu Cang's face changed slightly, and he realized that he was speechless, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty's appointment, Zhu naturally has to start from the ......", he turned his head to look at Li Shou, clenched his fists and asked in a deep voice, "Zhu Mou dared to ask His Royal Highness the Nine, has His Highness the Ninth been in charge of soldiers before?" ”

Li Shou hesitated, shook his head and said truthfully, "I don't have any experience in commanding soldiers......

Zhu Cang's sneer became even stronger when he heard this, he raised his hand and pointed directly at Li Shou, and asked in a deep voice, "In that case, how can His Highness the Ninth be the commander of the first army?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the rest of the generals in the room also turned their heads to look at Li Shou.

I have to, these generals who have experienced the battlefield after all, and the momentum on their bodies is unusual, and Li Shou faintly feels that his breathing is a little difficult.

At this moment, Xie An stood up, slowly walked in front of Zhu Cang, and snickered, "Then allow Xie to dare to ask, before General Zhu broke nǎi, did he ever eat rice oa?" According to General Zhu's words, General Zhu should still be eating nǎio right now! ”

"You!" Zhu Cang was furious when he heard this, and he shot the case, staring at Xie An with a murderous gaze, gritting his teeth and saying, "Rǔ stinky son, you dare to insult me?" ”

Between the words, a strong murderous aura faintly enveloped Xie An.

To tell the truth, if it was Xie An's early Da Zhou, he would probably be frightened, but after seeing the murderous aura of Liang Qiu Wu's angry state, this level of killing intent was no longer enough to scare him.

Under the surprised gaze of more than twenty generals in the room, Xie An looked directly at Zhu Cang's murderous gaze, and said lightly, "General Zhu, such a murderous spirit, could it be that it is not good for this official?" Don't blame the official for not reminding General Zhu, the official is in Jijing, serving as the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, jīng in the criminal law, Zhu Cang doesn't know, what a felony he is guilty of! - Gladly, this place is not the second hall of the Great Prison Temple, otherwise, this official will definitely beat you with ten rods for the following crimes! ”

"Big ...... Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple? Zhu Cang's face froze, and he looked at Xie An in disbelief, with his official position, where would he not know what kind of official position Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple was.

"General Zhu, sit down!" Xie An raised his hand and pointed to the seat.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Cang sat down indignantly, but the coldness on his face never receded, but added a little more, all of which was seen by the eldest grandson Xiangyu.

"This official has a bad temper, please don't interrupt this official before this official is finished!" Glancing around at the generals present, Xie An said in a deep voice, "This western expedition has damaged countless of my great Zhou generals before and after, and even Lu Fan, the prince of Nangongfu, and Wu Bang, the general, have also been poisoned by the rebels, making the two western expeditions a cake...... His Majesty was furious, and the dragon's body was difficult to recover, so he specially appointed His Royal Highness Li Shou as the general of Anping to go here to quell the war...... In this way, this expedition, His Royal Highness and I can make a military order to Your Majesty, unless the rebellion is successfully quelled, otherwise, even if you return to Jijing, it will be difficult to get rid of the crime, so o, this official can't wait for you to trouble this official and His Royal Highness, in this case, this official has an excuse to shirk, such as General Zhu, this official can, it is precisely because of General Zhu's embarrassment that this official cannot smoothly reorganize the soldiers and horses, so that the rebellion cannot be quelled......"

"You...... You're slandering! Zhu Cang scolded angrily.

"Oh, it's slander!" Glancing around at the generals, Xie An looked at Zhu Cang deeply, and said with a smile, "But then again, as long as General Zhu does everything according to what the official does, then the official wants to slander General Zhu, and he won't make excuses!" - Generals, aren't you? ”

"......" The generals in the room looked at each other, they understood Xie An's hidden meaning, in a word, if they dared to disobey Fengyang, then he Xie An had a way to splash dirty water on them.

But unfortunately, Xie An does not have enough prestige now.

"In this case, Zhu wants to see, you Xie Dajin, how to splash dirty water on Zhu's head!" With that, Zhu Cang stood up, hugged his fist at Li Shou, and walked towards the door instead.

"Good!" Yang Jin, who was also the right and left hand of the great general Wu Bang, also stood up, glanced at Xie An contemptuously, and sneered, "When General Ben went to the battlefield to kill the enemy, your son was still eating nǎi in your mother's arms!" -- It's not your turn to teach me a lesson! With that, he left his seat and walked out of the house.

Looking at his back as he entered and left, Xie An frowned slightly.

Even if he knew that this situation would occur, he didn't expect these two to be so stubborn and tough, which made him really helpless.

These two guys are just stones in a pit, smelly and hard!

While Xie An was thinking hard about countermeasures, suddenly, the eldest grandson Xiangyu, who was sitting in the seat, opened the folding fan with a snap, and said lightly, "Two generals, where are you going?" ”

Zhu Cang and Yang Jiner, who had already walked through the door of the house, turned their heads when they heard the words, frowning and looking at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, you must know that from the previous introduction, they have learned that this female entry is the granddaughter of the prime minister of the dynasty, the eldest grandson Xiangyu.

"What advice does Sister Eldest Sun have?"

I saw the eldest grandson Xiangyu pointing to the seat with the paper fan in his hand, and said lightly, "Come back, sit down!" -- No one is allowed to leave until the time of unitary! ”

Zhu Cang and Yang Jin glanced at each other, and because of the prestige of the prime minister of the current dynasty, Yingong, he frowned and asked, "I don't know what advice Sister Eldest Sun has for research?" ”

Glancing at Erjin, the eldest grandson Xiangyu said lightly, "Advice...... No, the woman just told you to come back and sit down! ”

"You!" Zhu Cang was furious, and was about to speak, but Yang Jin stopped him, and after taking a deep look at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, he hugged his fists and said, "Since the eldest grandson sister is fine, I will be excused for waiting and leaving!" ”

Finished, he turned around and left.

"......" Looking at the back of Erjin leaving, the eldest grandson Xiangyu snorted lightly, glanced at the generals present, and said lightly, "Who else wants to leave?" Let's go together! ”

The generals looked at each other, and after some hesitation, four or five more got up to say goodbye.

Xie An wanted to open his mouth for something, but when he saw that a smile appeared on the face of the eldest grandson Xiangyu that made him feel unusually familiar, he felt a chill for no reason.

Could it be that this woman is ...... At the same time, Zhu Cang and Yang Jin had already walked through the gate of the mansion, and behind them, more than 20 guards followed closely behind.

Along the way, Zhu Cang scolded all the way.

"Two stinky hairy children, and a girl who doesn't know what to call us, dare to call us and drink them, when Lao Tzu and the general went to the battlefield, these ghosts still don't know where they are! - Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, what do they dare to do with Lao Tzu! ”

"Alright, alright!" Yang Jin smiled and patted Zhu Cang's shoulder, and suddenly, his smile froze.

Because at the moment when he stepped out of the mansion gate, he suddenly saw that the periphery of the mansion gate was full of cavalry, there were two or three hundred, and these cavalry, who did not look like the Great Zhou Jinshi, were holding bows and arrows and aiming in the direction of the mansion gate.

For a general, Zhu Cang and Yang Jin recognized that it was one of the four generals of the Shenwu Battalion of the Eastern Army, Luo Chao.

Don't...... Looking at Luo Chao's slightly raised right hand, as if thinking about something, a little horror gradually appeared in Zhu Cang and Yang Jin's eyes.

At this time, Luo Chao's hand was put down.

"Shoot the arrows!"

There was a chaotic sound of arrows, Zhu Cang and Yang Jin entered each of their own arrows, and the more than 20 guards behind them were even more down.

Holding the arrow wound on his body, he looked at Luo Chao in disbelief, and the grumpy Zhu Cang scolded.

"Luo Chao, you son of a bitch, you want to rebel?"

I saw Luo Chao slowly raise his right hand expressionlessly, and said coldly, "On the orders of the Changsun Junshi, anyone who leaves before the unitary time will be killed!" - Kill! ”

As soon as the words fell, hundreds of Beirong wolf riders behind him pulled out the saber at their waists and killed Zhu Cang, Yang Jin and their more than twenty guards.

Although Zhu Cang and Yang Jin are also battle-hardened generals, as the saying goes, heroes can't stand up to more, where are the opponents of these hundreds of Beirong wolf riders, a few face-to-face efforts, even they with guards, were hacked to death with random knives.

Looking at the corpse in that place, Luo Chao sighed slightly.

I take myself so seriously...... I thought it was a general of the third and fourth grades, and that woman didn't dare to touch you?

Stupidity!

At this time, the four or five generals who left the mansion after Zhu Cang and Yang Jin also walked near the gate of the mansion with their respective guards, looking at the blood in that place, as well as many corpses including Zhu Cang and Yang Jin, the four or five generals were stunned.

Luo Chao frowned slightly, raised his hand and pointed at the four or five generals.

"Kill!"