But Xiao Zhan knew that she was not capable of killing Han Jian, and after staring at Han Jian for a long time, she finally let go of her clenched fist.

Han Jian didn't turn to look at her, and said directly: "Now that the eldest princess sees Sima Yi's handwritten letter, she should die, I still have affairs to deal with, and I can't stay for a long time, so please go back." ”

Xiao Zhan didn't mean to leave, she said sharply: "Why hasn't the second batch of grain and grass promised by the East King been transported?" ”

Han Jian turned around with a smile and said, "Since the eldest princess knows that I have sent a heavy army to attack Jinling City, how much grain I have with Hangzhou is also determined in advance. What's more......" Han Jian glanced at Xiao Zhan, "No merit, dare to ask the eldest princess, you are really so valuable, can you be worth tens of thousands of stone grain?" ”

"You ......" Xiao Zhan glared at Han Jian again.

She came to verify Sima's matter, mainly for a sigh of relief, and she felt that she should fight to stay in Yangzhou as a state envoy instead of a prisoner. But Han Jian won't give her a chance to change her identity.

Han Jian waved his hand and said, "Come on, send the eldest princess back to the mansion to rest." ”

Female soldiers came in immediately, and they didn't dare to get too close to Xiao Zhan. Xiao Zhan sneered: "I will go by myself, and I don't need to be sent by others." ”

Xiao Zhan turned around and left with a wave of resentment.

Waiting for people to leave, Han Jian still shook his head, in fact, it was less than five days before he attacked Jinling City, and it would take about two to three days to march from Suzhou to Jinling City, and it would take about two to two days to transfer troops from Yangzhou to the south. In other words, if you send troops now, you can reach Jinling City in about two or three days.

Lin Zhan's headquarters is the farthest away from Jinling City, after all, it is a siege battle, and a large number of siege baggage is required, so the soldiers and horses will not march very quickly. When Lin Zhan's troops arrived, it should be five days later, and then Han Jian would take turns attacking the city. Attacking Jinling City from the west, east, and north in turn, he would let Lin Zhan's troops rest for two or three days before joining the battle.

In the eyes of outsiders, this siege should last about two months, but Han Jian wanted to besiege the city first and send reinforcements, and wipe out all the reinforcements that Zhu Tongjing had arranged outside Jinling City. And if the attack on Jinling Castle will not be hindered, it will be about the middle of the first month, that is, about a month and a half. At that time, Han Jian can devote himself to dealing with Sima Qi's Qinwang soldiers and horses, and have a head-on decisive battle with Sima Qi.

Judging from the current situation, Zhu Tongjing has little chance of using Jinling City to resist stubbornly, so it depends on what tricks Zhu Tongjing can play in the final battle of trapped beasts. And Han Jian should focus his defense on Sima Yi and Su Tingxiahui taking the opportunity to go north to make trouble, and Han Jian should also be prepared for possible internal turmoil.

On the other hand, Xiao Zhan had just returned to Suzhou Taishou Mansion. Before he even sat down, a guard hurried over to get Xiao Zhan ready to get into the carriage.

"Where to go?" Xiao Zhan stood up suddenly, she was still annoyed by Han Jian's rudeness to her. During the time when the Wei Dynasty was a hostage, she had already changed her quick temper, but I don't know when her temper became more and more irritable, or the pressure on her shoulders was too great. It also made her nervous a little nervous.

"Back to the princess, the matter was ordered by His Majesty. The last general will just do what he is told. ”

"The last general?"

Xiao Zhan glanced at the guard with disdain, but she didn't know that a small Northern Dynasty guard in her eyes was actually a low-level general who had made great contributions in the First World War against Xianbei. Those who can personally guard Han Jian also have a lot of combat exploits in the army, and it can also be said to be the glory of Jiangdu's disciples.

Xiao Zhan doesn't care what the hell Han Jian does, anyway, she won't do such a thing as packing her bags herself. Since she was born. is the eldest princess of the Southern Dynasty, who is a combination of honor and favor, even if she can understand the suffering of the people, she is still a high-ranking ruling class figure.

When Xiao Zhan walked out of the Suzhou Taishou Mansion with the female official in a relatively uneasy mood, he found that the car was not a luxurious Luan driver. And the carriage is only relatively spacious, pulled by two horses, which does not match her status as an emperor, but it is also the pomp of the princess. With the issuance of Han Jian's transfer order, ninety percent of the soldiers and horses in Suzhou City will follow Han Jian's personal expedition, and the remaining one percent of the soldiers and horses will retreat in the city to prevent Zhu Tongjing's troops or Sima Yi from leading troops to sneak attack.

Xiao Zhan could be sure at this time that Han Jian was going to launch an attack on Jinling City.

In her expectation, this day will come sooner or later, because Han Jian has been arranging for more than half a year, and after more than half a year of actual combat deployment, it has been a year before and after, and it is natural for Han Jian to launch an attack on Jinling City, which is an opportunity for the Northern Dynasty to unify the south. If Zhu Tongjing is defeated and Jinling City is returned to the Northern Dynasty, then the Southern Dynasty court will only have Sima Yi in the lineage, Sima Yu is not from the Southern Dynasty, and she is hostage in the military camp of the Northern Dynasty, and the Northern Dynasty soldiers and horses are moving south, it is difficult for Sima Yi to survive under the attack of Su Tingxia and Han Jian. Even Sima Yi did not have a banner to order the remnants of the Southern Dynasty, and even if King Tui Hui came to power again, he would not have much appeal.

Xiao Zhan boarded the carriage.

Then the carriage slowly left the city, and as Xiao Zhan had expected before, the direction in which the carriage went was in the direction of Jinling City in the west. The line was long, and she was with the infantry, and there were many guards and soldiers in front of and behind her, so that she had no chance of escaping.

Xiao Zhan didn't plan to escape, now that she knew that Han Jian was going to attack Jinling City, she would even use any opportunity to get food from Han Jian. With a little more food, Sima Yi will have a greater chance of success, and now she still doesn't know what Sima Qi's plan is. But even Xiao Zhan felt that Sima Yi should not fight with Su Tingxia's soldiers and horses, but should go north earlier and make trouble behind Han Jian's back, so that the soldiers and horses of the Northern Dynasty could not easily capture Jinling City, otherwise the Southern Dynasty Sheji would already be lost.

Zhu Tongjing was not worried, if there was no Northern Dynasty to send troops, Xiao Zhan was confident that Sima could succeed in King Qin and take back Jinling City from Zhu Tongjing. But now the Northern Dynasty is the biggest enemy of all parties, and at this time, Xiao Zhan also has to consider whether it is possible to have a consensus with Zhu Tongjing to the outside world, and it is the right way to drive away the soldiers and horses of the Northern Dynasty invasion.

The first day of the march lasted only about half a day, and by nightfall, the march of the soldiers and horses had not stopped. After nightfall, if the soldiers and horses could not camp in time, and the Northern Dynasty was sending troops outside, it was easy to be sneak attacked. Xiao Zhan was also silently thinking about the appearance of the sneak attack in his heart. It would have been better for Sima to come with his own troops, but she also knew that this hope was a bit unreliable. Sima Yi will not rashly send troops to attack the rear of Suzhou, after all, from Hangzhou to kill, separated by Taihu Lake, and now there are many Northern Dynasty ships on the water surface of Taihu Lake, Sima Yi can't hide from the sky and cross the sea to make a detour.

to a watch. The soldiers and horses began to be stationed.

Because the marching route had been planned in advance, even Han Jian sent people to investigate the surroundings in advance, ensuring that during the march and garrison, there would not be a large number of enemy troops within a radius of thirty miles, so that after the camp was stationed, there was not even the sound of birds chirping.

In the cold winter, what Xiao Zhan lived in was just the camp tent where the army lived on the march, and after entering it, the tent blown by the north wind buzzed. It's even breathable.

Xiao Zhan didn't know where she was, or even where she was in the barracks, anyway, she felt that the camp was surrounded by Northern Dynasty soldiers, and she didn't even know if Han Jian was with her, let alone where Han Jian's camp was.

"I want to see you king of the east...... Your Emperor! Xiao Zhan had no choice but to admit that Han Jian was the emperor of the Northern Dynasty.

The guard stepped forward and said politely: "Princess, forgive me, we don't know Your Majesty's position now, if Your Majesty has orders." Someone will come and report it. ”

Xiao Zhan knew that once she was taken to Jinling City by this group of people. She may even be used as a bargaining chip by the Northern Dynasty to attack the city, holding her hostage to entrap the generals and officials in the city, and Han Jian may even find someone to write a letter into the city in her name to win over those "loyal ministers" of the Southern Dynasty.

Although Xiao Zhan knew that this kind of thing was inevitable, she felt that it was very difficult to be used by others, and she went to Jinling City. She loses her value and is only treated like a puppet.

"Go and tell your emperor that if I don't see him, I won't leave here. If anyone asks for it, I'd rather die! ”

Xiao Zhan was furious. She couldn't wait until Jinling City to see Han Jian. Because at that time she was no longer worth anything.

Now everyone in the world knows that she is used by Sima as a bargaining chip in exchange for food, and in Suzhou, she will also follow the soldiers and horses of the Northern Dynasty to Jinling City, Han Jian no longer needs to see her, you can borrow her name to do things, Han Jian's goal has been achieved.

The guards didn't expect Xiao Zhan to come up with him for this tough move. When Xiao Zhan returned to the tent, the guards couldn't do anything, he really didn't know where Han Jian was now.

But in order to show his "care" for Xiao Zhan at night, Han Jian still asked the female officer, accompanied by the guards, to send Xiao Zhan some necessary food and clothes, and when he saw the female officer, the guards conveyed Xiao Zhan's "warning", and the female officer did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly went back to communicate to Han Jian. At this time, Han Jian was staying up all night yawning to read the recital from the north, and shook his head helplessly after hearing the words.

Xiao Zhan would play tricks, which he had long expected.

Han Jian could have sent troops a few days in advance, but he postponed the plan to send troops, just to wait for Xiao Zhan's card to arrive before leaving. In fact, as far as the actual situation is concerned, Xiao Zhan's death now will not affect the overall situation, because as long as Han Jian keeps Xiao Zhan's death secret, outsiders will only treat Xiao Zhan as being imprisoned by Han Jian.

But Han Jian felt that it was a bit cruel to do this, how to say it was an "old acquaintance", when the two met, they were just pawns used by others in the power field. Now that Han Jian has mastered the power, and Xiao Zhan is still just a chess piece, Han Jian also has some feelings about Xiao Zhan's situation, Xiao Zhan is just a puppet emperor produced by the power struggle of the Southern Dynasties, due to the situation, she can now hold a certain amount of real power, and Sima Yi and so many generals under him serve her, and have completed the first step of a real emperor, but unfortunately Han Jian will not let her continue to be bigger, otherwise Han Jian really has no chance to plot the Southern Dynasty and complete the unification of the world.

"Send someone over and pick her up." Han Jian instructed the female officer.

The female officer took the order to leave, and the task of escorting Xiao Zhan would be completed by Han Jian's personal guards.

Han Jian continued to read at night, not that he had to stay up late, but when it was quiet at night, he was prone to calm down and think about something. On the way, the people could rest in their wagons.

As the woman with the highest status on Han Jian's side, Fa Yi shoulders the entrustment of all the women in Dongwangfu to take care of Han Jian's body. Even during the march, she still boiled hot water and made ginger tea to ward off the cold for Han Jian.

"It's fine here." Han Jian took the ginger tea, "In two days, the soldiers and horses will be able to go to Jinling City, and this battle is also a matter of prosperity and decline." If I lose, I'm afraid I won't have the shame to go back to see Jiangdu's father. ”

Fa Yi asked indifferently: "Why don't you go to see her, but let her come over?" ”

Han Jian smiled dumbly and said, "I didn't expect you to care about this, Yi'er." ”

Fa Yi shook his head and said: "I'm just afraid that she will be entangled, as a proton, she should either be sent directly to Yangzhou City, or even Jiangdu, or it is better than her staying in the army." ”

Han Jian thought about it and sighed slightly.

In fact, he also thought about sending Xiao Zhan to Yangzhou or Jiangdu, but Han Jian knew Xiao Zhan's role in his hands, and she still had "use value". In fact, more importantly, Han Jian has always been regarded as a friend by Xiao Zhan, whether it was Xiao Zhan's first time in Luoyang, or Han Jian's visit to the Southern Dynasties, or when Xiao Zhan was a proton in the Northern Dynasties, the conversations between the two sides were in a reciprocal relationship. Right now, it's just because the situation is like this, Han Jian must be cold-hearted, otherwise Han Jian is really willing to treat Xiao Zhan peacefully.

Han Jian smiled and said, "Let's let her stay in the army." Or you can use her to collect the generals of Jinling City. As far as I knew before, Zhu Tongjing was already unpopular, and some generals under him had already plotted chaos, and Zhu Tongjing even killed people for no reason, and everyone was in danger. ”

Fa Yi nodded, she was just in charge of giving Han Jian the previous advice. She didn't want to say this, but Han Jian talked too much in front of her on weekdays, she didn't hide anything from Han Jian, Fa is also the person who pays the most attention to what she looks like, she can't hide things in front of Han Jian, and always wants to tell Han Jian what she thinks.

"The concubine will retire first." Fa also knew that Xiao Zhan was coming over and wanted to retire.

Han Jian smiled bitterly: "Master, aren't you embarrassing the apprentice?" Knowing that the apprentice is now an emperor, with great power, and he is fighting abroad all by ambition, and seeing the female emperor of the Southern Dynasty alone, is the master not afraid that the apprentice will do something wrong? ”

Thinking of the "ridiculous things" that Han Jian was afraid of doing wrong things that day, but pulling her to do them, Fa Yi couldn't hold his face a little.

"That'...... How? Fa also didn't know what to say.

Han Jian said with a smile: "It's good to stay and be accompanied, with the master here, the apprentice knows what courtesy, righteousness and shame are, and he won't do anything inferior to a beast." (To be continued.) )