It was already early in the morning, and the Mingyang headquarters was still full of people, mixed with artillery fire for days, and it was very noisy. Su Huiyi sat on the seat in the middle, he was wearing a white shirt, and his handsome face was full of tiredness.

The next few commanders were discussing the battle plan, and he listened quietly, responding from time to time. It has been nearly a month since he came to Mingyang, and the battle situation on the front line has been unstable, Fusang and the Pingjia army gathered firepower to attack Mingyang, and all the nearby troops of the Soviet army responded to Mingyang.

Li Hongwang, commander of the Fourth Army, said: "Seventh Shao, the current strength of Mingyang can hold out until tomorrow at most, and the reinforcements will not arrive until tomorrow afternoon, should we withdraw from Mingyang first?" ”

Su Huiyi frowned and lit a cigarette, threw the cigarette case on the table with a "snap", and said in a deep voice: "Absolutely not, if we withdraw from Mingyang, Fusang will soon capture Changzhou, and then Chenzhou!" Mingyang is our military posture again, how can we retreat? ”

Xu Yinggui snorted and said, "It's not that the strength of the Seven Youths is here to defend it!" I'm a brother in the Sixth Army! ”

Xu Yinggui is a veteran of the Soviet Army, relying on his old age, he often does not take others in his eyes, and he has never been half respectful to Su Huiyi.

Su Huiyi slowly took two puffs of cigarette, his eyebrows and eyes were hidden in the blue and white smoke, and he said lightly: "I can understand your feelings, aren't the Third Army and the Fourteenth Army also guarding?" These are the troops of my Su family, how can I not be heartbroken? ”

Xu Yinggui knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he couldn't help touching a soft nail, gritted his teeth and sat down and kept silent. For a while, several commanders looked at Su Huiyi, and he pondered for a moment before he said: "Inform Shen Hantao, commander of the Second Army, and ask him to immediately bring all his troops from Chenzhou to Mingyang!" ”

When several commanders heard this, they all shook their heads and said that it must not be, Su Huiyi stood up, walked to the deployment map, and his slender finger fell on Chenzhou, and said: "I didn't mobilize Chenzhou's troops before, that is, I wanted to gather all the main forces of Fusang and Pingjia Army to Mingyang. Now it seems that there is a Pingjia army in front of Chenzhou, but even if we withdraw our troops, the Pingjia army is not so bold to dare to capture Chenzhou! ”

He glanced at everyone and continued: "If the Pingjia army attacks Chenzhou, Fusang will inevitably take Chenzhou without a single soldier, and then the Pingjia army will give it even if it doesn't want to maintain friendly relations with Fusang." ”

After a pause, "So, I dare to say that once our troops in Chenzhou are withdrawn, the Pingjia army will definitely not waste its troops to attack Chenzhou, on the contrary, if we withdraw the army, it will lead to a dilemma for the Pingjia army, on the one hand, they will form an alliance with Fusang, and on the other hand, they will not move, I want to see how Lu Yuping intends to deal with it." ”

Li Hongwang said: "Qishao's analysis is good, but after all, it is too risky. Xu Yinggui echoed, "Chen Zhou is something I have worked so hard to fight, but if there is any mistake, how can Qi Shao explain to his dead brother?" ”

Su Huiyi returned to his seat and sat down calmly, and said coldly: "Inform Shen Hantao immediately, let him be sure to lead the troops from Chenzhou before three o'clock!" ”

The order in his tone was already unspeakable, and several commanders looked at each other, and no one dared to give an opinion. Only Xu Yinggui gritted his teeth and snorted coldly, and strode out.

Su Huiyi didn't say anything, waved his hand casually, and everyone immediately rushed out, he sat quietly on the chair, frowning and looking at the light above his head, his whole face was very deep and haggard.

After a while, Lin Ning walked in, Su Huiyi raised his eyes and asked, "How is it?" ”

Lin Ning glanced outside the door and nodded slightly. Su Huiyi got up and put on his military uniform and strode out. All the way back to the small building of the headquarters to rest, he folded his clothes and lay down on the bed, he was tired from the war situation these days. At this moment, listening to the roar of gunfire, I fell asleep deeply.

At nearly three o'clock, Lin Ning came to inform him that Shen Hantao had arrived in Mingyang. He got up and went out of the room, and saw that the night was faint, and at some point it was snowing, and it was falling one after another.

Descending the stairs is the corridor, which was originally a large family in Mingyang, and was temporarily requisitioned as a headquarters, so the yard is also planted with red plums, swaying branches that are hit by snowflakes.

He watched quietly, and before he knew it, he was relaxed. Everyone in the command was already on standby, Su Huiyi and Shen Hantao nodded to indicate that he was Su Mobai's henchman, and he thought that he had a deep relationship with the Su family, and he was very stylish, so he immediately stood up and saluted, and called, "Seven Shao." ”

Su Huiyi began to deploy operations, and finally decided that the Second Army and the Fourteenth Army would hold Mingyang, and the Third Army and the Sixth Army would all concentrate on Nanling to break through.

After all the deployments were completed, Su Huiyi got up and said very seriously: "Commander Xu, Commander Li, the breakthrough of Nanling is extremely important, success or failure is today, be careful!" It is necessary to annihilate the Fusang army in front of Mingyang in one fell swoop. ”

Li Hongwang glanced at Su Huiyi deeply, and he should be cautious. Xu Yinggui responded in a sneering manner, looking completely disapproving.

All the commanders in the command had solemn faces, but Xu Yinggui was full of disdain. Su Huiyi saw it in his eyes, but he smiled faintly and said, "Everyone, today's battle is particularly critical, I hope you don't let me down." ”

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!"

Led by Xu Yinggui, he was the first to retreat, and in the end, only Shen Hantao remained, he said: "Seven Shao, I really see that the arrogant Xu Yinggui actually has this thought, is he willing to take such a big risk to join Fusang?" ”

Su Huiyi's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he said: "Xu Yinggui has always been rampant, although it is inevitable that the battle will be like this, I don't care about him. But now he dares to secretly show favor to Fusang! Since he likes to be a traitor lackey, I'll give him a ride. ”

He stood up and strode out. Shen Hantao followed him and walked out of the command headquarters together. The sky was still dark and dreary like splashed ink, and as far as the eye could see, it was just when the snow was endless. Mixed with the sound of guns, in the silence of the night, there was more unspeakable desolation.

It wasn't until the beginning of the night that the snow stopped. The courtyard of the main house was silent, Shen Qiangrose was sitting on the sofa in the hall, and she heard footsteps getting closer and closer.

Mother Liu patted the snow on her body before saying, "Miss, the side hall is quiet today, and even the maid hasn't come out a few times, saying that the young grandmother is uncomfortable." ”

Shen Qiangwei sighed, her voice couldn't hear the emotion, "She has taken sleeping pills with increased doses for so long, but I'm afraid that her nerves will have problems early." ”

Yun Qing smiled and said, "What's wrong with the nerves? I heard that she was sleepwalking last night, and her temper is even more irritable than before! Today, the second aunt looked at her and said that she looked haggard. ”

Shen Qiangrose glanced at her silently and said, "Yunqing, your credit for this is very great. ”

After she finished speaking, she took out a small paper bag from her pocket and said lightly: "It's time for dinner soon, you can go to the kitchen." ”

Yun Qing knew that the paper bag contained sleeping pills, and the last few times Shen Qiangrose had given her the milled medicinal noodles in this way, and she put the medicine into Fang Yuyan's food.

Seeing that Fang Yuyan's state was not going day by day, Yun Qing felt that he had made a great contribution this time, and he was just waiting for his second aunt to come and arrest people. Thinking so, she obediently took the paper bag over.

After saying goodbye and withdrawing, I saw a group of maids and wives outside the side hall, shouting, and saying that the seventh young grandmother was not good. Yun Qing couldn't hold back in his heart, so he walked quickly to the second aunt.

When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he was stopped outside by the messenger. After a while, she saw Xi'er coming over, and she said, "Yo, Grandma Xi'er, what kind of good thing is this?" It's just like that. ”

Xi'er's face changed, and she took a sip, "Cheap little thing, talk nonsense, be careful of your skin!" ”

Yun Qing knew that she was preventing the second aunt in the yard from hearing it, so she didn't joke anymore, only lit up the paper wrapper, and said, "The main house is shouting that Grandma Qishao is not good, when will the second aunt come over?" ”

Xi'er smiled, "You have merit this time, wait, I'll go to find my wife." ”

Because it was dinner, the second aunt's wife was busy and anxious, so Xi'er whispered a few words to her, and she asked, "Is this accurate?" ”

Xi'er nodded, "These days, the maids and mothers-in-law in the house are all talking about it, saying that the seventh young grandmother is delirious, didn't Mrs. see it today?" Now that there are human and material evidence, I am not afraid that she Shen Qiangrose will not admit it. ”

The second aunt sighed, and when Xi'er saw this, she hurriedly took the cloak and put it on her, but heard the second aunt say, "I'll remember this credit for you first." ”

Xi'er was busy and carefully supported her, and said flatteringly: "Madame let me stay by my side to serve, it is Xi'er's blessing, where can I get an inch of reward from you?" ”

The second aunt walked forward slowly, but when she heard the words, she didn't smile, "You ghost girl, how can you hide it from me with that little bit of care?" Wait a minute, then Han Xiaoya will enter the door while speaking, you can't get in front of her. ”

As soon as Xi'er heard her speak, her heart beat wildly for no reason. Unconsciously overjoyed, happy for a long time speechless, half a moment before a low answer yes.

Yun Qingzheng was waiting outside, and when he saw the second aunt, he was panicked, and called Mrs. in a trembling voice. The second aunt is too accustomed to winning people's hearts, and smiled at her kindly, "Good boy, you have made a great contribution this time, and I will reward you well afterwards." When you go to the main room later, you know what to say and what not to say, right? ”

Yun Qing was taken by her momentum, and hurriedly said: "Yun Qing is clear. ”

The second aunt sighed and walked forward slowly. The snow on the ground has not cleared, and it rustles when you step on it. There was a lone lamp outside the courtyard, reflecting the wide and wide bluestone slabs in front of it, but it was a very faint circle.

The two little maidens carried oil lamps in front of them, and the small clusters of flames flickered and flickered, and in the dark night, they were nothing more than sparks.

The group soon arrived at the courtyard of the main house, and saw that the lights in the side hall were like day, and the figures of several maids were reflected on the window lattice, all of which were stop-and-go. The second aunt saw it in her eyes, so she moved to the side room.