"I'm not a woman or a child......" Seeing Li Zhi's displeasure, Fan Ning was afraid that he would blame Xue Ne, so he hurriedly said, "I pee and practice martial arts, and the master said that I am a genius, and I also fought in the first year of Shi, and the scar on his face was injured by my Hidden Blade." If I can go with me, it will certainly be good for the war. ”

Seeing that Fan Ning forgot to use honorifics, Xue Ne hurriedly pleaded guilty to the second sage: "Fan Ning grew up in the deep mountains and rarely entered the palace, but now he is anxious because of the war, and he does not intend to collide with the second sage, and he also asks the emperor and queen to see that she is eager to serve the country, so don't worry about her......"

Empress Wu, who had been silent, smiled lightly and said, "Your Majesty just said, at an extraordinary time, an extraordinary general, why bother to be polite." Fan Ning, if you have anything to say, just finish it. ”

Fan Ning knew that he was abrupt, so he hurriedly bent down to the two saints and saluted, fixed his mind, and said in the honorific language taught by Xue Ne: "The people's daughter is rude, but I have heard my master say that His Majesty's own aunt, the sister of the first emperor, Princess Pingyang, once guarded Weize County and guarded Xiongguan, in order to commemorate its merits, the local name was changed to Niangziguan, and when the princess passed away, it was mourned with military salutes...... My Tang Dynasty is strong, and naturally it is far from the point where I need the old and weak women and children to go into battle. It's just that the daughter of the Tang Dynasty is also like a man, and she also wants to defend the country and kill the enemy. It's like...... Just like these female officials, Lan Xinhui is temperamental, working hard for the operation of the palace every day, even if she can't be the official slaughter, she also dedicates her life to the Tang Dynasty, where can I say that I have no one in the Tang Dynasty and want to reuse women? ”

Li Zhi and Empress Wu listened to it and did not respond immediately, as if they were weighing their thoughts. Li Hong saw that the atmosphere in the hall was a little delicate, and quipped: "I just heard Fan Ning mention Princess Pingyang, Erchen has relatives, and Erchen, the aunt and grandmother, was also with her husband, guarding Xiongguan and leaving a good story. Regardless of whether Fan Ning can go into battle to kill the enemy, it shows the ambition of my daughter of the Tang Dynasty, the same hatred of the enemy, and the people's aspirations, so why worry about the thief not dying? ”

Li Hong deliberately bit the word "husband" very hard, causing the palace people present to hide their mouths and snicker, their eyes wandered on the faces of Xue Ne and Fan Ning, and quietly commented that the two of them really looked very compatible. Fan Ning's face turned red by Li Hong's shame, they have been very familiar with each other these days, if it weren't for the second sage, Fan Ning really wanted to go up and chisel him twice, but now he could only quietly scorn him.

"Your Majesty," Wu Zetian turned sideways and said to Li Zhi: "Your Majesty has promoted the imperial examination, abolished the family, recruited talents, and also set up a concubine, a person who is not from a famous family, and gave the concubine a supreme honor, so that he can guard the world with His Majesty, and he is the most daring monarch and the master of judging the situation." Last night, the thieves attacked Ziwei Palace, the concubine and Hong'er saw that the two of them cooperated very tacitly, Xue Shenyan was smart and strategic, strong bow and good at shooting, quite a general; Fan Ning's martial arts are strong, and the women do not let the eyebrows be shaved. The two of them are perfectly combined, they will be able to break the thief army as soon as possible, and the people of the world will be too safe and stable, why doesn't Your Majesty become the daughter of the Tang Dynasty, and why bother to stick to the old rites? ”

Li Zhi was reluctant to let Fan Ning go into battle, where was it because of the truth on the face, but since Empress Wu opened his mouth, he was not good at objecting. Li Zhi stretched out his hand, shook his fingers with the Empress Wu, a little doting on his weak face, a little helpless, and sighed: "Then according to what the queen said, and the queen will seal Fan Ning." ”

Wu Zetian lowered his eyes and bowed his head, signaled his thanks, stood up and dragged a long embroidered brocade robe, took a few steps forward, and the red lips on his charming face moved lightly, and his face was as pretty and lovely as dimples: "Fan Ning, this palace has given you the position of General Zhenjing, be sure to help Li Jingye and Xue Shenyan, break the thief soldiers, and promote the ambition of my daughter of the Tang Dynasty, do you understand?" ”

"The people's daughter thanks the grace of the two saints!" Fan Ning didn't expect that he would be able to earn a general to go back with this trouble, so he just hated to fly to find Li Chunfeng's old man and show off with him. But at the moment of the thieves, the war is tight, and it is not the time to have fun, after Fan Ning thanked him, he followed Xue Ne, Li Jingye and other cadres to bid farewell to the two saints, and seized all the time to go to the army to set up defenses.

Within half a day, a total of 8,000 men and horses of the forbidden army, the prince's left and right guards, and the Dragon and Tiger Army stationed in Luoyang were assembled in the west of the city, and were organized into four armies, Li Jingye Shuai front army, Li Yuan Shuai rear army, Fan Ning Shuai left army, and Xue Neshuai right army.

Li Jingye led 1,000 light cavalry to attack ahead of the large army, marched more than 300 miles, and arrived near Shaanzhou at noon.

Shaanzhou is a small city, holding the strategic point on the ancient road of Liangjing, with Zhongtiao Mountain in the north, Qinling Mountains in the south, and the Yellow River flowing through the long and narrow valley in the middle, which can be described as a natural danger. Shaanzhou is located at the easternmost end of this narrow valley, the narrowest part of the middle section is Hangu Pass, and the westernmost point is Tongguan. Defending Shaanzhou is equivalent to blocking the road from Hangu Pass to Luoyang, the capital of God. The Tang defenders of Hangu Pass, who were defeated that day, retreated here at this time and fought to the death against the thieves sent by Shi Yuannian, and they were about to run out of ammunition and food.

Seeing Li Jingye's military flag, the guard thought that he was hallucinating, and when he was sure that the person who came was really a reinforcement, he almost cried. The two groups of men should cooperate and immediately give the thieves a head-on blow.

Although the thieves were superior in numbers, they were not as well-trained as the Tang army, and they were quickly defeated, and the rest of the troops retreated to the Hangu Pass.

After repelling the vanguard of the rebels, Li Jingye immediately led his troops to begin to deploy defenses along the river, sending troops to guard the north and south banks of the river in the narrow valley. The rest of the soldiers immediately began to contribute to the construction of the garrison camp, and the local people spontaneously came to help, but for most of the day, thousands of marching tents were erected.

In the evening, Xue Ne finally led a large army to Shaanzhou, and when he saw the bonfires rising by the Yellow River, his heart was at peace, and he knew that the biggest risk in his plan was that he was afraid that Shi Yuannian had taken the opportunity to lead the thieves to occupy Shaanzhou City, if so, all plans would come to naught. Xue Ne immediately ordered the army to camp at the mountain pass, ordered the soldiers to set up a horse rejection array in the valley, and built arrow stacks on the ridges on both sides, which were guarded by archers in turn.

About the second watch, Fengying completed the reconnaissance mission and came back to his life, and there was still a meal left for him on the stove in the tent, Xue Ne sat down with him, handed the food over, and asked, "What is Shi Yuannian's movement?" ”

"After the thieves fled back, Shi Yuannian was furious and personally whipped them severely, but he still did not move."

"It's hard work, continue to keep an eye on the movements of the rebels, and report as soon as Shi Yuannian sends troops."

"Yes!" Wind Shadow bowed, ate the dinner that Xue Ne had left for him, and stopped talking, "Xue Lang...... Today I heard about it near the camp of thieves...... Xue, Xue Xiaolangjun was captured, and now he is also among the rebels, and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. ”

"What?" Xue Ne's handsome face was dumbfounded, as if he was too shocked to hear Qing Fengying's words, "You mean...... Chu Yu? Chu Yu was captured? ”

"Yes, there is such a saying among the thieves, and it is even said that Chu Yulangjun went to the border and put the thief in the pass. But I haven't found out if it's true or not. Xue Lang should not be too anxious, maybe it is the limelight released by the enemy who wants to annoy you. ”

I heard that Xue Chuyu went back to his hometown in Jiangzhou to relax, Xue Ne felt a little suspicious, he has a flamboyant personality, and he has always been inseparable from the extravagance and prosperity of Chang'an City, even if he leaves Chang'an, he also comes to Luoyang to play with his fox friends and dog friends, how can he think of going back to his hometown in Jiangzhou? Could it be that he was really a ghost and made Shi Yuannian's strategy, so how could he be captured? ”

"Xue Lang......" Fan Ning's soft voice came from outside the tent, and in the blink of an eye, the pretty and very red face turned into the tent, and she was still holding a skewer of grilled fish in her hand, seeing the wind shadow, she greeted with a smile, "Are you eating?" I have grilled fish, would you like some? ”

Fan Ning has a cute temperament, not like the rumored cruelty, and he is beautiful and generous, how can he not be likable? Wind Shadow's cheeks were hot, and he scratched his head and said, "Ah...... No need, I've eaten well, there are still tasks, you guys talk slowly, I'll go first, go first. ”

With that, Wind Shadow clasped his fist at Xue Ne and hurriedly walked out of the camp. Fan Ning stepped forward with a smile and made a gesture to feed Xue Ne to eat fish.

Xue Ne's skin was much thinner than hers, and she was about to open her mouth shyly, but when she saw that she suddenly snatched it again, she turned around deftly, sat down at the table, and ate triumphantly.

In the face of Fan Ning's teasing, Xue Ne was not annoyed, stepped forward to sit beside her, and asked, "Why did you remember to eat fish at night?" ”

"Li Yuanyan said that she was hungry, Baba was fishing by the river, and she couldn't catch it for three or two hours, so I took a net to help her hug her a few times, but I didn't know that there were a lot of catches, and now General Li and Li Yuanxi are eating...... They asked me to tell you that Shi Yuannian should still be waiting for reinforcements from Mobei, and now that the Shaanzhou defense line has been consolidated, the second phase of the plan can be continued. ”

Xue Ne replied: "I just heard the report from Fengying, it has been arranged, although we lost the opportunity, but we held Shaanzhou, it can be regarded as a way back, how to go next, Fang is the key to this battle." ”

"Just now, I heard Fengying talk about Xue Chuyu, what happened to your ruined brother?"

Xue Ne's throat choked, and he didn't know whether to tell Fan Ning. In just a short moment, he thought a lot, if it was really Xue Chuyu and Shi Yuannian who were used as traitors, then their Xue family would inevitably be implicated. In addition, Xue Chuyu learned about the underground palace inexplicably, and Xue Ne suspected that he had something to do with Gao Min, Shi Yuannian and others.

Some time ago, after visiting Yan Liben, Xue Ne had determined that Chongrenfang was the first residence of the British Duke Li Tao and the eldest grandson Wuji of Zhao Guo, and his own Pingyang County Mansion was previously the residence of the eldest grandson Wuji.

Once Xue Chuyu befriended the rebellious ministers and thieves, even if he killed the thief leader, he was afraid that it would be difficult to resist the crime, how could he marry Fan Ning as his wife at this time? If so, don't you implicate her in the evil?

Fan Ning saw that Xue Ne was silent, so he didn't ask again. After the princess case was concluded, the eldest grandson Sheng's plot was foiled, and she also had her own troubles, that is, her relationship with Xue Ne. Previously, Xue Ne said that if the family did not agree, he would take her and Li Chunfeng to leave Luoyang, Chang'an, and go to Lingnan and other places to be a petty official, so that they could support them.

But seeing that the second saint has more and more trust in him, he will definitely be reused after this battle, and she is only the little apprentice of the secret bureau pavilion, and the door is thousands of miles apart, even if Xue Ne likes her again, Xue Rengui and his wife will not agree.

The fragrant grilled fish in his hand suddenly lost its taste, and Fan Ning looked at the candle flames, and the shadows of the two people on the bamboo mat were stunned. The enlarged figure was so close, as if they had been, this feeling was still there, but her heart was knotted, Fan Ning was in a daze, Xue Ne suddenly held her little hand, and said in a low voice: "Ning'er ......"

Fan Ning looked at him with his senses, and saw that his eyes were gloomy and rainy, and he didn't know if he had the same thoughts as himself, and he didn't know what he had to say, so he heard a rapid gong sound outside the door, and a soldier shouted: "Thieves invade!" Thieves invade! Assemble now! Assemble now! ”