City of the Night...... Wonderful!

In the Ice and Snow City, about twenty miles away from Maicheng, standing in front of the Ice and Earth House that seemed to her to be incredible, Liu Qing looked around at the camp that had been built overnight.

No wonder the eldest grandson Xiangyu that woman is so devoted to him...... Strange, how did this guy know about these things that have never been preached by the world?

"Ahh Pander to...... Pander to...... Pander to...... Ahh ”

A series of sneezes interrupted Liu Qing's thoughts, and she turned around and looked inside the room with a strange expression.

I saw that in the house, Xie An was draped in a thick plush blanket, holding the ginger tea that Qin Ke'er had brewed for him, drinking it one by one, with a depressed look on his face.

On the side, Qin Ke'er's little face was anxious, and she added firewood to the brazier in the house from time to time, hoping to make the house warmer.

The corners of his mouth raised a slight chuckle, Liu Qing lifted the door curtain and walked in, with a bit of ridicule and ridicule, and said lightly, "More than 100,000 Zhou troops, only the pampered boss accidentally contracted the wind cold...... What is this good to say? I just stood in the snow for a few hours......"

Xie An glanced at Liu Qing when he heard this, and said angrily, "What do you know?" This time, this house has saved you from disaster! ”

"For me?" A hint of incomprehension flashed in Liu Qing's eyes.

"Isn't it! - During the last crusade against the Xiliang rebels, Xiangyu was also accidentally infected with wind and cold......"

"Nonsense!" Liu Qing pursed her lips disdainfully, she thought Xie An wanted to say something.

Looking at Liu Qing's disapproving expression, Xie Anxin was angry.

He was really a little puzzled, obviously it seemed that Liu Qing's body was not much better than that of Changsun Xiangyu, with a small ass and a small face, and there were not a few taels of meat on his body, why was he so cold-resistant?

Could it be that such a naughty girl is born hard? Not susceptible?

Xie An burst into tears. It's not that his heart is fragile, it's really that his body is uncontrollable after being infected with wind and cold, his nose is stuffy, tears, and his head is dizzy, and he is in a good mood at the moment, not to mention being ridiculed and ridiculed by Liu Qing.

Speaking of which. I haven't been sick for some years because of the cold, how can I be so vulnerable? Hmm, she must have blocked the disaster for this little girl, otherwise, how could this girl still be alive?

Thinking of this, Xie An's mood was much better.

"Hey, the Major General blames me for that unrealistic speculation!" As if seeing through Xie Anxin's thoughts, Liu Qing frowned and said disdainfully. "Why don't you just admit that Xie Shangshu has been hollowed out by wine all these years?"

"Bounty? This house? With a glaring of eyes, Xie An said angrily, "You don't inquire, this mansion has been practicing martial arts hard all these years, and I don't know how strong my body is, and ordinary people can't take a punch from this mansion!" ”

"Oh, yes! - That's amazing! Liu Qing pretended to be surprised and clapped her palms. Angry, Xie An secretly gritted his teeth.

Seeing that the two of them seemed to be about to start arguing again, Qin Ke'er hurriedly played the role of firefighting. Diverting the topic, he said, "Now that our army has built a camp to settle in, Li Shen, the king of Qin, should not dare to send troops to attack easily, but he is not easy to defeat when he enters Maicheng." I don't know what the military division has? ”

"......" Liu Qing glanced at Qin Ke'er lightly.

Regarding Qin Keer's feelings for Xie An, Liu Qing really couldn't figure it out, after all, in her impression, Qin Keer used to be a woman who was quite self-centered, caring about interests in everything. is mainly about self-preservation, but what has she Liu Qing seen these days? A little woman who waits for her husband and is obedient to him......

The contrast between the front and back is too big, right? It's like two people!

What's wrong with this guy?

Liu Qing looked at Xie An quietly, and secretly compared Xie An with Liang Qiuhao in his heart.

"Hey! You speak, ...... Sneeze! Seeing that Liu Qing didn't say a word, Xie An couldn't help but urge, but unfortunately he really didn't have any deterrent power at this moment.

"Since you're a sick person, wouldn't it be enough to rest well? - Give me all the authority, and I will defeat Li Shen for you! ”

"That's not good, it's impossible for the government to say that it trusts you 100%! - Laugh and laugh, laugh and fart! Xie An said lightly, due to nasal congestion, his voice was a little more nasal than usual, and Liu Qing was amused in his heart.

"A member of the Jijing Imperial Court, how vulgar his words are! - Okay, what do you want to ask? Seeing that Xie An's gaze was getting worse and worse, Liu Qing didn't dare to be more presumptuous, lest the guy in front of him become angry.

Glancing at Liu Qing deeply, Xie An asked with a straight face, "That day, why didn't you just ask Ma Dan to take Dangyang?" ”

Xie An asked Liu Qing a question that even Li Shen, the king of Qin, was puzzled by, after all, that night, Ma Dan's army was capable of capturing Dangyang, but Liu Qing did not let Ma Dan do that. No, at present, Ma Dan's army is still stationed ten miles southeast of Dangyang County.

"That's it...... Liu Qing nodded suddenly in realization, and then asked rhetorically, "Then let me ask you, whether you take Dangyang or not, will there be any changes to the current battle situation?" ”

"This ......" Xie An was stunned when he heard this. After all, Dangyang is indeed not a strategic place, it is just a county seat, if the Ma Dan army is one of the partial divisions of the Zhou army, then the rebel army stationed in Dangyang is just a partial division of the Qin king Li Shen, the original Qin king Li Shen placed the army here The purpose is to prevent the Ma Dan army from the rugged mountain road in the valley to attack his rear, therefore, Dangyang is at best a stronghold of the front line, especially when Li Shen retreats ninety miles back into Maicheng, it has become irrelevant whether to take Dangyang or not, After all, Ma Dan's army could bypass Dangyang at any time and directly attack Li Shen's base camp.

"It doesn't matter if you take it or not! The Ma Dan army only has less than 20,000 Zhou soldiers, not to mention that there are nearly 10,000 cavalry, it is not easy to attack the city, on the other hand, Dangyang, although it is one of the divisions of Li Shen, the king of Qin, but there are more than 20,000 troops...... Well, but according to Li Shen's vigilant character, it's not easy for Ma Dan to succeed! ”

"Hmm......" Holding the ginger tea, Xie An nodded slightly, in fact, he was not in much of a hurry about the battle situation, he just wanted to test it again. Does Liu Qing really want to help him Zhou Jun. Compared with the battle situation, Liu Qing's loyalty or not is the most fundamental.

But in terms of results......

Not bad!

Xie An smiled and lowered his head to take a sip of ginger tea, secretly discussing why the ginger tea, which is said to have the effect of warding off the cold, is so ineffective when drunk.

"Satisfied?" Seeing that Xie An no longer asked, Liu Qing asked lightly.

"Hmm...... It's okay! ”

Hearing this, a hint of color flashed in Liu Qing's eyes, and he said in a low voice. "Can you think that you trust me a little bit?"

"Huh!" Xie An smiled slightly, but didn't say much.

Seeing this, the corners of Liu Qing's mouth unconsciously raised a little smile.

At this moment, a person hurriedly walked in outside the house, it was Liang Cheng, the commander of the Great Liang Army.

"The last general, Liang Cheng, has seen my lord! ――I wonder how the adults are doing? ”

"Don't mention it!" Glancing at Liu Qing, who was snickering intentionally, Xie An sighed rather depressedly, raised his hand and said. "Sit! ――You didn't come just to see the illness in this house, did you? ”

"Heh, that's the ......" Liang Cheng smiled, and then said with a straight face, "Half an hour ago, our army encountered a group of soldiers and horses on the north side of the Nanling Ridge near Dangyang County, and the last general felt that this matter should be reported to the adults!" ”

"Nanling?" Xie An was stunned and said in surprise. "Are there still soldiers and horses of Li Shen, the king of Qin, in Nanling? It's strange, what is the Qin King Li Shenliu doing there? Do you still want to sneak attack our army? "The last sentence. He said it in a half-joking tone, after all, even he didn't think it would be like that.

However, Liang Cheng didn't have the slightest smile on his face, and when he heard this, he glanced at Liu Qing with deep meaning, and said in a low voice, "Actually. That army did not belong to Li Shen, the king of Qin! ”

Liu Qing's face changed slightly when she heard this, thinking that she had already heard something from Liang Cheng's words.

"Doesn't it belong to Li Shen, the king of Qin? That's ......" Halfway through speaking, Xie An suddenly noticed Liang Cheng's movement of looking at Liu Qing, and his heart suddenly understood, and he licked his lips. He asked in a deep voice, "Taiping Army...... Is it? ”

"Yes!" Looking at Liu Qing, who was expressionless, Liang Cheng nodded and said, "The preliminary estimate is that it should be the defeated Taiping army that escaped from the vicinity of Nanling that day, with a strength of about 4,000 ......."

4,000 ......

Liu Qing bit her lip, lowered her head involuntarily, and clutched the corners of her clothes with both hands, and the good mood when she was arguing with Xie An just now disappeared completely.

Only because of Jiangling's decisive victory in the battle of Gu, just because she Liu Qing was defeated by the eldest grandson Xiangyu, the 50,000 Taiping army is now only 4,000......

Liu Qing only felt that her heart was dripping blood.

Glancing at Liu Qing, who was silent, Liang Cheng whispered to Xie An, "My lord, the target of our army at the moment is Li Shen, the king of Qin, and we must not be distracted by other things. ”

Thorough...... Extermination?

The blood on Liu Qing's face receded, and he unconsciously stared at Liang Cheng with fierce and vicious eyes, only to see that the latter's right hand subconsciously touched the saber on his waist.

"Ahem!" Xie An coughed and woke up Liang Cheng, and at the same time woke up Liu Qing.

Glancing at Liang Cheng and Liu Qing, who had already noticed their gaffe, Xie An blew the ginger tea in the cup, and suddenly said, "Ke'er, the ginger tea is a little cold......

Qin Ke'er understood, and said with a smile, "Little slave will be hot again......" As she spoke, she put the copper kettle on the brazier.

This master and servant actually diverted the topic.

When Qin Ke'er poured the hot piping ginger tea into the teacup again and served it to Xie An, Xie An still didn't seem to mention the meaning of the defeat of the Taiping army.

"Hmm...... Sure enough, you still have to drink some ginger tea when you catch a cold! ”

"What the master said is...... Master, slow down, there's still a ...... here" Qin Ke'er waited for Xie An with a smile on her face, but her eyes looked at Liang Cheng and Liu Qing from time to time, especially the latter.

Looking at Xie An's appearance of the old god, Liang Cheng couldn't help it, and said with a fist, "My lord, I don't know what your lord plans to do with that Taiping army?" -- The last general thinks that in the current situation, this army cannot be left behind in the rear of our army! ”

Liang Cheng, Liang Cheng, you guy......

It's okay to be honest on weekdays, why is it still like this at a critical time? Is this something that can be easily mentioned?

Glancing at Liang Cheng rather depressedly, Xie An licked his lips and suddenly asked Liu Qing, "Liu Qing, what do you think?" ――Don't be restricted, just tell the truth! ”

It seems that he didn't expect Xie An to ask himself. Liu Qing was shocked, carefully looked at Xie An's expression, gritted his teeth and said with difficulty, "What did Liang Cheng say...... It's true...... You really can't sit idly by and watch that ...... The Taiping army was in the rear of the Zhou army...... Exterminate...... Exterminate as well! ”

Looking at Liu Qing deeply for a while, Xie An suddenly opened his mouth and said. "That's right...... In that case, Liang Cheng, you take 10,000 soldiers and wipe out that Taiping army! ”

"Yes!" Liang Cheng nodded, clenched his fists and took his life.

Before the words fell, I saw Liu Qing's face change greatly, and shouted urgently, "Wait!" ”

There was silence in the room, and Xie An, Qin Ke'er, and Liang Cheng all looked at Liu Qing. saw Liu Qing biting her lip and biting her lip without knowing it.

"I ......" Liu Qing opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say anything.

And Xie An didn't seem to be in a hurry, and he didn't urge Liu Qing, just drinking ginger tea by himself.

After a long while, Liu Qing let out a long breath, plucked up the courage to look at Xie An, and said with a straight face. "Can you leave this matter to me?"

To know. In these days, Liu Qing treated the Taiping army under her command with an evasive mentality, neither asking about the process of the Zhou army's pursuit of the Taiping army that day, nor asking what the final battle situation was, after all, in her opinion, the 50,000 Taiping troops were all killed by her.

But nowadays. She couldn't escape it anymore, after all, Liang Cheng mentioned the Taiping Army in front of her, and mentioned the last 4,000 soldiers left of the 50,000 people, Liu Qing felt that she had to do something.

"What are you going to do with it?" Sipping sip of piping hot ginger tea. Xie An didn't look at Liu Qing's expression either, and said in a very calm tone, but he didn't answer Liu Qing's words directly.

Although Xie An's reaction was very flat, Liu Qing looked much more solemn and serious, and after hesitating for a while, he said in a low voice, "I...... I want to see if I can say that I will bring them down......"

"Ridiculous!" Before Xie An could speak, Liang Cheng snorted lightly on the side.

Say that the Taiping Army?

Liang Cheng didn't think much of it at all, you must know that from Hukou to Jiangling, and then to the decisive valley, the Taiping army killed fifty or sixty thousand people before and after, and formed an enmity with the Zhou army, how could Liu Qing easily agree to surrender after saying a few words?

Besides, even if the Taiping army surrendered, the soldiers of his Great Liang Army would not agree. You must know that the reason why they tolerated Liu Qing was because of the face of their lord Xie An, and because Liu Qing was able to help them defeat Li Shen, the king of Qin, the ultimate enemy of this battle.

However, tolerating Liu Qing does not mean that they can also tolerate the rest of the Taiping army, after all, in this battle, the number of soldiers of the Great Liang Army who died at the hands of the Taiping army also reached 20,000 or 30,000.

However, just as Liang Cheng was about to say something more, Xie An stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Speaking of surrendering that Taiping army...... Looking at Liu Qing deeply for a while, Xie An suddenly smiled and said, "Hmm, go try it!" ”

"Your Excellency?" Liang Cheng looked at Xie An incredulously.

At the same time, Liu Qing also looked at Xie An with a surprised face, as if she didn't expect Xie An to agree to her somewhat absurd proposal.

I saw Xie An wave his hand and said in an irrefutable tone, "Liang Cheng, this matter will be handed over to the acting military division to deal with, you must have no objections, understand?" ”

“…… Be! Liang Cheng hugged his fists and took the order.

"Really?" Liu Qing looked at Xie An with unusually serious eyes.

Blowing the ginger tea in the cup, Xie An said lightly, "Just a captive, what is there to deceive you from this mansion?" - Just try what you want! But...... Not always went well! ”

"I understand......" Liu Qing nodded, stood up silently, and walked towards the outside of the house, after all, her couch was not here.

When she walked to the door of the house, she stopped, looked back at Xie An inexplicably, hesitated, and said with difficulty, "Thank you!" ”

"Huh?" As if he hadn't heard clearly, Xie An asked with a surprised face, "Did you just say something?" ”

Looking at Xie An's blank expression, Liu Qing gritted her teeth and said hatefully, "If you don't hear it, forget it!" - I won't say it a second time, huh! So saying, she lifted up the tabernacle and left.

"Hey!" Looking at Liu Qing's back when he left, Xie An shook his head speechlessly, and gently hugged Qin Ke'er's small waist.

"General Liang Cheng is here......" Qin Ke'er sneered, and at this time, Liang Cheng had already said goodbye to Xie An with his fists in his fists and fled.

Seeing this, Qin Ke'er had a stronger smile on her face, hugged Xie An's neck, and said softly, "Actually, Liu Qing's sister just said ......."

"I heard it!" Xie An interrupted Qin Ke'er's words slowly.

"Huh?" Qin Ke'er was stunned and asked suspiciously, "Then why did the master pretend not to hear?" ”

chuckling and pinching Qin Ke'er's nose, Xie An let out a long breath, with a dignified look in his eyes that was completely inconsistent with Fang Cai's ease, and looked in the direction of Mai Cheng and muttered, "It's really yours, Li Shen!" ―― With a single night attack, it is not Xiangyu who can see through the plan, but Liu Qing's girl, who deliberately threw a bad thing to the mansion! ”

"Qin King Li Shen?" Qin Ke'er was taken aback when she heard this, and asked in astonishment, "What does the master mean that this matter is related to Li Shen?" ”

"Of course!" Taking a sip of ginger tea, Xie An said lightly, "No accident, that Taiping army should be the defeated army that escaped from Nanling that day and defected to Li Shen, the king of Qin. Aren't you afraid of being completely wiped out by our army? Obviously, it was Li Shen who had noticed that Liu Qing was secretly helping our army, and deliberately asked the Taiping army to show up, hoping to disrupt our army's current relationship with Liu Qing......"

"Discord meter?" Qin Ke'er covered her mouth with her little hand and said in a lost voice.

"Not really! -- There are only 4,000 Taiping troops, and the government is not in sight, the question is how Liu Qing's girl thinks about this matter......"

Seeing Xie An so troubled, Qin Ke'er chuckled and persuaded, "Maybe it's not as the old man said...... Perhaps, Liu Qing's sister can successfully surrender the Taiping army! ”

"Huh, huh?" With a faint smile, Xie An rubbed his head, and his eyes showed a bit of solemnity.

"In that case, that's the worst-case scenario...... It's really yours, Li Shen! (To be continued......)