Chapter 41: The Time Has Come

When Xiang Yun saw the chief general of the Chu army in the mansion, he knew at a glance that he was not a guard, but clearly a bandit.

Xiang Yun was very clear about the situation in Jiangling Mansion, before he came, he knew that it was Li Minghua who led the guards of Jiannan Province, and after he came, he knew that the reinforcements of Mrs. Chu of Huainan Province had also arrived.

He asked how many reinforcements there were, and he also found out that the reinforcements were met by Li Minghua on the road.

Originally, I was puzzled why Mrs. Chu's reinforcements arrived so quickly, but it was clear that the war in Huainan Province was at the most critical time, how could Mrs. Chu divide her troops to Jiangnan Province? When he saw this chief general of the Chu army in the mansion, he was puzzled.

It turned out to be a group of bandits.

The lights in the room were lit, and he personally brought a handkerchief to wipe away Xiang Yun's fatigue, and was surprised when he heard this: "Bandit? Then they are not the soldiers and horses of the Lady of Chu in Huainan Province? "Pretending to be an officer and soldier?" Who made them do this? What is the intention? ”

"Don't be so nervous." Xiang Yun handed him the handkerchief and said with a smile, and sat down at the table, "Minghua won't do this kind of thing yet, and she can't subdue the bandits, these bandits are bandits, but fighting against the rebels is also a real battle, so they should really be Mrs. Chu's people." ”

He poured tea for Xiang Yun and said, "The governor said that these thieves were subdued by Mrs. Chu. ”

Xiang Yun nodded, unfolded the map on the table, and his eyes fell on Huainan Dao: "Although this lady of Chu is called Zhenwu Army with her husband, she is not really Zhenwu Army. ”

Everyone knows this, and said with a smile: "Huainan Province now has at least 30,000 soldiers and horses, and the total number of Mobei Zhenwu troops is only like this." ”

Of course, the current Zhenwu army is no longer this number.

"The soldiers and horses of the Lady of Chu are all recruited in Huainan Province." Xiang Yun drank hot tea, and his eyes were still looking at Yutu, "If the people are trained as recruits into an army, and the original Huainan Dao soldiers and horses are integrated into the Zhenwu Army, then it is not strange to collect the bandits and rogues into soldiers." ”

Qin Sui nodded, and was curious: "I heard that Mrs. Chu is extremely rich, and she is generous in raising soldiers, and raising a soldier is equivalent to raising the soldier's family, attracting countless people to sacrifice their lives as soldiers, I don't know what benefits are given, so that these bandits who burn and loot because they are greedy for life and afraid of death can go to fight the rebels." ”

"The rebels in Ankang Mountain are allowed to burn and loot, and the captured in every battle belongs to the generals, as long as they are robbed, they are their own, and the Shangguan generals are not allowed to stop the robbery, so they release a group of tiger and wolf soldiers." Xiang Yun held the teacup, and the heat under the lamp blurred his face, "Mrs. Chu's move is similar to that. ”

One is tempted by gold and silver treasures, and the other is tempted by the well-being of his family, it seems that the means are indeed similar, but it seems that he can't say the same..... anyway, it has nothing to do with their soldiers and horses, and he didn't want to throw them away, and said: "These bandits were subdued by Mrs. Chu State, but they definitely can't be compared with real soldiers, so they were sent to Jiangnan Province to fill up the number first." ”

Xiang Yun nodded and said: "Yes, there are not many soldiers and horses, and it is also a deterrent when the banner arrives." ”

He smiled and said, "It seems that Mrs. Chu is the same as the governor of the capital." ”

They came under the banner of the Southeast Road, which made Chengqing think that the situation in the Southeast Province was unfavorable to the rebels, and Mrs. Chu let a team of bandit soldiers arrive, which also made Chengqing mistakenly think that Huainan Province was already in the hands of Mrs. Chu State, and the soldiers and horses shook Chengqing's military heart before fighting.

"This Mrs. Chu is really a veteran of war." Qin Sui sighed and was curious, "What is the origin of Wu Ya'er?" The news of the inquiry was almost blank, some said that he was an orphan with no father and no mother, and some said that he was the illegitimate son of Liang Zhen, and suddenly became a close confidant of the emperor, and his wife became the head of one party. ”

Xiang Yun is not curious about the origins of others, and he doesn't care about the past, he only cares about the present and the future, and smiled: "The times create heroes, and people who don't have the ability can still achieve a career by seizing the opportunity, not to mention those who have the ability." ”

But not everyone can be happy, such as himself, who has been fighting in troubled times for more than a year, he is still a Longyou section envoy, and he only has soldiers and horses in Longyou District, so he can't be alone in this troubled world, so he can only help others.

Is he not as good as a man in military training? Or is it from an inferior background? It's just that the luck is not good, and I was delayed in Longyou.....

Seeing the gloom on Xiang Yun's face, he personally understood his thoughts.

"Dudu, it's right to take the risk this time." He said, "There are our soldiers and horses in Longyou in Pingding Qian, but they have been monopolized by Jiannan Dao, and now the governor has come to Qianzhong in person and met Qi Shan, he knows who can cooperate with him." ”

After recuperating from his leg injury and strengthening his vigilance, Xiang Yun left Longyou again, did not go to Jiannan Road but came directly to Qianzhong, and then passed through Qianzhong to Southeast Road to see Qi Mountain.

The two talked very happily, and they hated each other, when they saw the Jiangnan Provincial soldiers coming to ask for help, Qi Shan ignored it, how could there be extra troops, and the main general who led the Jiangnan Province was still Chengqing, and the reinforcements were useless!

"Governor, you first thought that there are soldiers and horses from Jiannan Province in Jiangling Mansion, so this battle is not without any chance of winning." He sighed, "I persuaded the governor of Qi to divide his troops to guard Qianzhong for us, and let our soldiers and horses come to Jiangling Mansion." ”

Xiang Yun smiled and didn't speak, just looked at the map on the table, and his eyes were in Qianzhong, southeast, and Jiangnan Road.

Follow the sight of each other: "There are Jiannan Province soldiers and horses as the vanguard to fight the rebels, and there are Jiangling Mansion people who hold the city wholeheartedly, this is the luck, and the governor successfully repelled the rebels in one fell swoop." ”

Thinking of this, I can't help but twist my beard, and there are more proud.

"The four thousand soldiers and horses of Jiannan Province are also owned by the governor."

Speaking of this, he was indignant.

"All the soldiers and horses in Jiannan Province should have belonged to the governor, what kind of thing is that Han Xu."

Because of Han Xu's arrival, Xiang Yun's thoughts about Jiannandao don't need to be hidden, but it is more suitable to publicize that the soldiers and horses of Jiannandao should be handed over to Xiang Yun instead of handing them over to Han Xu, Xiang Yun is Jiannandao's own person, Li Mingyu's elder.

This is already the idea of everyone in Longyou, and it is constantly spreading in Jiannan Dao.

"There's no hurry." Xiang Yun said, "Jiannan Dao now has Master Li San, and with him inside to contain Han Xu, I will strengthen my power outside, which is also a deterrent to Han Xu." ”

He nodded and looked at Yutu with a happy expression: "Now Chengqing has withdrawn from Jiangnan Road and gone to the southeast." He stretched out his hand and pointed at it, "In addition to the Pengcheng camp in Jiangnan Province, there are also four road guards, these guards don't even dare to fight the rebels, and they need us to assist them, and the Pengcheng camp is from Jiannan Road.... We're in control. ”

The word "us" slipped out of his mouth, and he couldn't help but smile on his face, the soldiers and horses of Jiannan Road were brought by a young lady of the Li family, this is not luck, what else can it be? The Miss Li family naturally obeys the elders, don't the soldiers and horses of Jiannan Dao obey the elders and the young lady of the main family?

Don't underestimate these 4,000 soldiers and horses, this is a banner, and the Longyou Jiedu can lead the soldiers and horses of the South Sword Road.

Then the next four thousand, five thousand, eight thousand, ten thousand, first in Shannan Province's soldiers and horses, and then in Jiannan Province......

Xiang Yun coughed lightly, interrupting his relatives' thoughts: "It's not just us who assists Jiangnan Dao, there are also reinforcements from Mrs. Chu here. ”

He smiled indifferently: "There are only a few of them, and there is a group of bandits among them, but we are, Longyou and Jiannan Road, no, three roads, and Southeast Road." Qi Dudu is with us all the way, and of course he wants Jiangnan Province to be in our hands. ”

Mrs. Chu is invincible in Huainan Province, but he is not afraid of her, Xiang Yun smiled, and he didn't want to come to Mrs. Chu and didn't want to make enemies on all sides..... There are still rebels in Longyoujiannandao and southeast provinces.

"Five-sided." He stretched out his hand to correct it, and then landed his hand on Anton's position on the map, "Young Master Nan is in Anton." ”

Hearing the name Young Master Nan, the smile on Xiang Yun's face became even softer and more gratifying: "He is brave and can fight more with less, and I am not as good as him." ”

"The governor has a good way of teaching, so that the blue is better than the blue." The two of them were praised in one word, "A few days ago, Jiang You forwarded the news of Young Master Nan, saying that Young Master Nan stayed in Anton according to the instructions of the governor. ”

In this way, Anton will not just fall into the hands of Henan Dao, and the white-robed Xiang army will occupy a place in this fortress.

Xiang Yun said: "He is a child with ideas, he should have thought it out by himself, but he didn't listen to me." ”

"It must have been reminded by the governor." He said in person, no matter what the reason is, it doesn't matter, and the smile on his face is even stronger, "The soldiers and horses in the hands of Miss Li of Taiyuan Mansion also follow Young Master Nan. ”

In this way, the two hands of the family turned over and over, and the soldiers and horses led by the Xiang clan occupied a lot of places.

The time has come.

"Governor, this battle is won, Jiangnan Province is stabilized, we should send good news to the court." He said in a low voice, "Cui Xiangye will be very happy, now that Linzhou has taken away a lot of soldiers and horses because of Wu Ya'er, it is not very stable, Your Majesty needs to rest assured." ”

That Wu Ya'er previously occupied Linzhou, monopolized the emperor's side, whoever dared to get close would kill whom, flying and domineering, fierce and vicious, now went to Xiangzhou, Ankang Mountain has to fight with him again, there is no time to doppelganger, and there is a shortage of people around the emperor.

If at this time, there are generals who have heavy troops, can fight well, have a good family reputation, and have the help of civil servants in the court, the emperor will inevitably reuse .....

Xiang Yun's always calm hands clenched, and his heart did not thump, but there was a strange relief, as if what should have happened had finally come.

Footsteps rang out outside the door, and shadows were illuminated by the lights.

"Governor, Governor Hu is invited." Someone shouted.

Because it was late at night, Xiang Yun didn't go to see the prefect when he came back, but at this time, everyone was reversed day and night, and it was not necessarily that he fell asleep late at night, and the Hu prefect was especially busy, so he must have heard that Xiang Yun was back and had something to discuss.

Xiang Yun stood up, and his entourage hurriedly took the robe and put it on with him.

Xiang Yun's residence is arranged opposite the yamen, and it is very convenient to go out and cross a street to enter the yamen.

Longyou's pro-soldiers led the way and then crowded, and the lights in the palace were bright, and there were people walking around.

The guards across the street were not easy to huddle together, and the distance was widened, Xiang Yun walked to the middle of the road in two steps and three steps, and was about to step up to the steps of the mansion in four and five steps, at this moment, there was a starlight flashing at the other end of the flickering street that he saw out of the corner of his eye, as if a flint had sparked, and like a burning ash falling, in short, it was very inconspicuous......

But Xiang Yun's hair was already standing upside down, and he subconsciously reached out and grabbed the soldier next to him who was taking a wrong step.

With a pop, the fierce wind passed through the night, and also penetrated the throat of this pro-soldier, and blood sprayed Xiang Yun's face.

He threw his head back and fell, the arrow that pierced his soldier's throat and slashed his forehead with blood, bringing up a bead of blood again.