There is only one way to rectify the security army.

That is to directly send troops, defeat him, and return southern Xinjiang to Ling Tiancheng's hands, so that the status quo here can be changed.

It's just that now in Ling Tiancheng's hands, the only soldiers and horses available are Ye Yuanpei, and he is in the north.

That's the crux of the matter.

After Ban Lian and Zhuhua went back, Zhuang Siyan discussed with him: "After the New Year's Festival, let's go back, and we can get the matter of Old Man Zhuang done, and then you can take back some of the soldiers and horses?" ”

Ling Tiancheng nodded: "Yes, and the soldiers in his hands are suitable for the southern war, which does have a great effect on recovering the south." ”

"That's it, let's not do anything now, first find out the situation here, and then go back early and go all out to deal with Old Man Zhuang."

As soon as his side settles down, it will be easy to do here.

If you do things one by one, you can always succeed. ”

Ling Tiancheng couldn't help but lightly rub her hair with his hand: "You are extremely smart in this regard, but what I am worried about is the problem of the main general. ”

"The Lord? Doesn't Old Man Zhuang have a main general in his hands? ”

Ling Tiancheng: "Of course there is, but these lords have followed him for many years, and I have put him in prison, even if those lords will not die, and if they are called to the south immediately, they will be affected, and if they are surrendered by the An army at that time, the loss will be great." ”

This is the truth, his boss was killed, and that person took people over, and he wanted to use them as guns, as long as it was a person, he couldn't stand it.

Moreover, what Ling Tiancheng had already said was implicit, and he was most afraid that when the time came, the generals below Zhuang Changyuan would make the same mistake as him, and all of them would be imprisoned for treason.

Or just don't close it, send them to the south, and suddenly turn against them.

Zhuang Siyan thought for a while and said frankly: "Your Majesty, you can transfer General Ye back." ”

Ling Tiancheng immediately shook his head: "It's not that the northern border needs to be guarded now, even if he comes back, he is a general in the north, how can he know how to fight in the south." ”

The corners of Zhuang Siyan's mouth twitched.

Ye Yuanpei, like her, spent the first half of his life in the south, and now Zhuang Siyan doesn't know how this guy adapts to life in the north without hypocrisy.

If he is transferred back to the south, it will be the same as a fish in water, so how can there be any reason not to adapt?

But Zhuang Siyan couldn't say these words, the clearer she understood Ye Yuanpei, the more likely Ling Tiancheng didn't want to use him.

"Your Majesty, we don't have anyone in our hands now, why don't you let General Ye try it, or you can also ask him first, are you familiar with water warfare?"

There is no one in the court, it is the most embarrassing thing for Ling Tiancheng now, he only hates that he did not have the heart to win the emperor in the past, and he has no connections to use.

Although some of the ministers of the DPRK and China are on his side, as long as they do not belong to the camp of Luo Ke and Zhuang Changyuan, they basically do not have much real power.

Not to mention the generals, except for Ye Yuanpei, no one is available.

Now that Zhuang Siyan finally saw it, no wonder Wen Qing gave him the throne, it was simply throwing a heavy burden to him.

If Wen Qing became the emperor, he would not necessarily be much better than Ling Tiancheng, but even worse than him, Ling Tiancheng would be very stable.

This matter was not settled at that time, but more than ten days later, the two of them had almost touched the terrain of Jincheng, and when they decided to go back, Ling Tiancheng still wrote a letter, asking people to send it to the north quickly.

These days, Jincheng is unusually quiet, and there is no problem on the surface.

But when they decided to go back to Beijing, Ling Tiancheng said to Zhuang Siyan: "Yan'er, if we encounter anything when we go back, you don't have to worry about me, hurry up and leave here, go straight to the capital, and go to meet Wen Qing." ”

"What are you doing? Don't you want to go back? Aren't you afraid that you will leave it alone, and Wen Qing will directly dominate me into his harem? A woman like this who is both beautiful and wise is not seen everywhere. ”

This sentence pierced Ling Tiancheng's heart like a steel needle.

Yes, he doesn't have nostalgia for the throne, but if something happens to him, what will his Yan'er do?

Ling Tiancheng and Zhuang Siyan are actually very similar in some aspects, such as the two have not had the care of their parents since they were children, and they have to worry about their livelihoods.

When I grew up, I had to be wronged and accommodate some things for my own life, and in the end I achieved what I wanted.

Despite living in different eras, the same experience will bring two people closer together, including the perception of danger.

When they came, An Miao'er in the capital already knew about it.

Now they have been in Jincheng for a few days, everything is going well, not even a single idle person comes to ask, and the calm before the storm is probably like this.

An Junhou must also be preparing, waiting for a good opportunity to capture Ling Tiancheng in one fell swoop, maybe it may not be necessary to directly kill him.

On the night they left Jincheng, Ling Tiancheng and Zhuang Siyan returned to the inn early, called the people who had dispersed back, and scattered around the inn.

The smell of danger was getting stronger and stronger, and if it weren't for the fact that the gates of the city were closed that night, they would have left the city at this time.

Ling Tiancheng arranged everything, came back and said to Zhuang Siyan, "Yan'er, you go to sleep first." ”

Zhuang Siyan opened his mouth and asked, "Is there going to be an accident tonight?" ”

"Probably not, it's just for the sake of safety, I transferred all the people back, and it's convenient to leave tomorrow morning."

Zhuang Siyan didn't speak anymore, and lay back on the bed obediently, but she was very surprised when she slept, and she could wake up if there was a little movement in the room.

After the third watch, the whole street was quiet, no human voices could be heard, not even dogs barked.

The lights at the inn were mostly gone, except for the lanterns in the hallway, which still glowed faintly for a few days, swaying in the wind.

There was a soft creak of rubble on the roof, and a dark shadow flashed by the window.

Zhuang Siyan opened his eyes and saw that Ling Tiancheng had already approached the window with his sword.

She took out a dagger from under the pillow, held it in her hand, got out of bed, and then clumped the quilt on the bed like someone was sleeping, and then stepped back and hid on the side of the tent.

The shadows outside the window moved again, and there seemed to be a few more people on the roof, and as we walked through them, we could clearly tell that there were at least five or six people.

There was a fight in the next room, and then their door was pushed open, along with the windows and the roof.

More than a dozen people came in from three directions at the same time, all holding long swords in their hands.

Ling Tiancheng had already retreated to Zhuang Siyan's side, and as soon as he saw the person coming in, he raised his sword and was about to stab forward, but Zhuang Siyan grabbed it.

The one who came first, with a clear goal, threw himself directly into bed.

When they found that the bed was empty, all the people behind them had already followed.

The room of the inn, even if it is the upper room, is not very large, and after this group of people came in, they all held long swords in their hands, because they were afraid of hurting their own people, and they couldn't even turn their bodies.

Some people started shouting to light the lights, while others walked outside, shouting that the people had run away.

The room was chaotic, but the fighting outside was getting louder.

The person who lit the lamp didn't care, and ran outside.

No one noticed that two of the people in the crowd had changed.

Ling Tiancheng and Zhuang Siyan took advantage of the darkness to catch the two people, stripped their clothes, tied them firmly, and stuffed them under the bed.

When they came out, they saw that the other five people had already been in a mess in the inn with the assassins.

The other guests who woke up in the inn all came out of the room in a mess.

Seeing the swords and swords outside, he hurriedly shrank back and didn't dare to open the door again.

Ling Tiancheng blended in with the group of people, pretending to attack forward, but when he was close to his own people, he communicated with him in time.

The five people quickly recognized the identities of Ling Tiancheng and Zhuang Siyan, and in case of emergency, they established new tactics.

They did not fight, but retreated quickly while fighting.

Naturally, the killer will not let them go, and chase them all the way.

Ling Zhuang and the others also mixed in the group of pursuers and ran outside the inn.

The faster they ran in front, the fewer people could catch up with behind, and gradually there were only a few people left, and two of them were Ling Tiancheng.

A group of people came to a dark alley, and the formation changed, and several killers were already outflanked in it.

A few back and forth, all the people have been killed.

The master led by him ran over and knelt down with his fists in his fists to plead guilty to Ling Tiancheng.

Zhuang Siyan pulled him up: "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up." ”

A few people found a house where no one was there and hid, and when it was dark, they took a few sets of clothes from a nearby fisherman's house and put some silver in their hands.

When the sun came out completely, the people of Jincheng began to move normally, and the number of people entering and leaving the city gate began to increase.

Ling Tiancheng and the others walked out of different houses and walked out of the street.

They are all dressed in disguise, and they are not much different from the fishermen in Jincheng, and if they don't speak, they can basically get by.

But today, the gates of the city are heavily inspected, and everyone who leaves the city must search and interrogate carefully.

There was a long queue of people waiting to get out of town.

Zhuang Siyan was in front, and there were several other people in line with him.

Fortunately, Wen Qing is clever enough, and most of the people sent are from the south, and the words here are quite smooth, and Zhuang Siyan is also from this side, and he has been in Jincheng for a while, and many words have been learned almost.

When she was cross-examined, the two people who were guarding her passed first.

Zhuang Siyan also went well.

When they went out, they did not dare to linger at the gates of the city, but hid in a bush not far from the city, waiting for the people behind them to come and pass by.

After waiting for about half an hour, the two people behind Zhuang Siyan also came out.

There was only Ling Tiancheng and another master left.

Zhuang Siyan stretched his neck to look outside, but an hour had passed, and there was no news, and an hour and a half had passed, and there was still no news.

"Something may have happened." She came out of the bushes.

Without Ling Tiancheng there, she instantly became the leader of the team, and ordered: "Qinglin, go to the city gate as soon as possible to inquire and find out the situation of Ye and Qingran."

Remember, no matter what happens, don't rush into action, come back as soon as possible, and we'll figure it out. ”

Qinglin received the order, came out of the bushes, and hurried to the gate of the city.

Zhuang Siyan walked back and forth in place a few times, his eyes looking at the city gate from time to time, thinking about what situation Ling Tiancheng and Qing Ran would be in now.

The worst outcome is to be caught by An Junhou.

Of course, Zhuang Siyan also hopes that it will be a good result, such as after they came out, they didn't find them?