Chapter 408: Hesitation

Su Zhang was riding on a horse and was looking at Liao Ying anxiously, and when he was a little uncertain whether Lin Qingwan was really in danger, he saw her surrounded by a group of Liao generals and walked out.

Su Zhang: "......"

He had only seen this posture in a few princes of Da Liao, so had their Lin County Lord already become their central figure?

Lin Qingwan smiled at Su Zhang's worried gaze, and was about to step forward when she was stopped by Shi Zhan, "Lord Lin, it's dangerous outside, just say something here." ”

Lin Qingwan glanced at him, stopped, looked up at Su Zhang and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a long time, General Su is not harmed." ”

Su Zhang immediately owed slightly, "Is the county lord okay?" ”

Lin Qingwan smiled and nodded, "It's not bad, except for being a little frightened this morning, General Shi has been very polite to me at other times, but the future is not certain." ”

Shi Zhan hurriedly said: "Lord Lin, don't worry, you are the guest of honor of the third prince, and we will treat you with courtesy whenever we want." ”

Lin Qingwan nodded, owed him slightly, and said, "Then I'll rest assured." ”

"Look at this ......," Shi Zhan pointed to the army behind Su Zhang.

Lin Qingwan waved her hand to Su Zhang and said, "General Su, go back, now that we are allies in Liang and Liao, it is really not appropriate to have another conflict." ”

Lin Qingwan winked at him mischievously and said, "Unless I die in Liao, I don't think it's better for the two countries not to fight." ”

Shi Zhan grinded his teeth secretly, and continued to promise: "County Lord Lin and General Su rest assured, with me waiting, they will definitely protect the county lord." ”

Su Zhang hesitated and didn't leave, the timing was right at the moment, they were tougher, and it was not impossible to take Lin Qingwan away.

Lin Qingwan stepped forward and said, "Since General Shi has made a promise, then General Su can go back with confidence." ”

She said with a smile: "Speaking of which, in a few days it will be Chinese New Year's Eve, our tradition in Suzhou, the small year festival stove to eat twenty-four regiments, there seems to be no in Youzhou, General Su went back for me to ask if anyone in the army would do it, and send me a copy when the time comes." ”

sighed again: "The new year has fallen, let's let the soldiers have a good New Year, and we won't toss." General Shi, do you think I'm right? ”

Shi Zhan came back to his senses and nodded in response: "Yes, yes, it is better to be peaceful at this time." ”

Su Zhang glanced at Lin Qingwan deeply, and only nodded after half a ring: "Okay, the county lord has a need, just let someone notify us, and we will arrive as soon as possible." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled and nodded.

No one knew how Lin Qingwan transmitted the message under the heavy siege, and Su Zhang's words were more like saying to the Liao people to warn them not to hurt Lin Qingwan.

The Liang army slowly retreated and retreated to Dingzhou City, as if everything was still the same as before.

But in the end, Lin Qingwan's existence is like a thorn between Gu Lijia and Shi Zhan, not to mention that Lin Qingwan also betrayed Wen Dihan before, revealing that he killed Ganle and Ganzhun.

Lin Qingwan took Yi Han and the others back to the big tent, and then looked at Gu Lijia and the others with a friendly face, "Do you want the generals to stay and have breakfast together?" ”

Gu Lijia snorted coldly, shook his sleeves and left.

He wanted to kill Lin Qingwan, but now that the situation in Shangjing is unknown, it is no longer appropriate to start a war with Daliang at this time, so even if this thorn hurts, he can only endure it.

The others did not want to stay longer, so they got up and left, leaving only the stone jar behind.

He looked at Lin Qingwan with a blushing face, "Lord Lin did it on purpose?" ”

Lin Qingwan also put away her smile and said: "I'm just trying to save my life, if I don't make it clear, not only Gu Lijia, but also General Shi, will also want to kill me to make a stand, right?" ”

Shi Zhan's face changed, and he defended: "Of course not, why is the county lord so suspicious of me? ”

Lin Qingwan sneered and said: "Will or not, you and I know it in our hearts, so you don't have to say it too clearly, in a word, if you don't move me, I will naturally not make superfluous movements." ”

Shi Zhan was silent for a moment and said, "I hope the county lord can talk and don't reveal more things to Gu Lijia." ”

Lin Qingwan didn't nod, but she didn't refute again, and Shi Zhan left.

He had to send someone to deliver a letter to the third prince as soon as possible, and if there was a change in Youzhou, it might even affect Shangjing.

I don't know if the khan is dead or not, why is there no news at all in Beijing?

He had just sent the messenger away, and Gu Lijia had already asked a general to bring 5,000 cavalry back to Shangjing to rescue him.

Shi Zhan was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly went to stop him, Gu Lijia led his troops to stop him and sneered: "Shi Zhan, you and I are of equal grade, you can't control my head, right?" ”

Shi Zhan's face was ugly and said: "At this time, the Liang army is pressing the border, how can you transfer the elite soldiers, what if they invade Youzhou?" ”

"Hmph, haven't you three princes already discussed with Liang He, and the county lord of Daliang is still with you," he said with a cold light in his eyes: "Since the eldest prince and the second prince died at the hands of the third prince, then now I am very suspicious of the death of the Khan announced by the third prince, and I will lead the troops back to rescue the driver." ”

"Shizhan, I'm loyal to the Khan, what about you?" Gu Lijia said: "The two of us, who is rebelling?" ”

The soldiers and horses under Guljia and the other generals were not less than what Wen Dihan could control, and if they all left, the entire line of defense would collapse.

Regardless of their hostile relationship, Shizhan was threatening and begging, but in this way, Gu Lijia also took 50,000 soldiers and horses the next day, and other generals were also in a hurry to enter Jingqin Wang to attack, and the number of soldiers and horses who left one after another reached 80,000.

The third prince only took 20,000 soldiers and horses, even if all of them were elite soldiers, they would not be able to please them if they really clashed with Gu Lijia.

After thinking about it, there was no way to draw troops from Youzhou, so he could only draw 50,000 people from Yunzhou to Beijing to support the third prince immediately.

At the same time, the all-round blockade of the news not only could not be detected by the Liang army on the opposite side, but even Lin Qingwan, who lived in the camp, could not let him know.

Therefore, although the camp was a lot empty, the smoke rising from cooking every day did not change, and Gu Lijia also knew that there were too many people leaving for a while, and he was afraid that there would be changes on the side of Liang, so when he left, he did not ask people to tear down all the camp tents, but dismantled one tent after another, so from a distance, it seemed that the tents had not decreased.

This is the last cooperation between him and Shi Zhan for Da Liao.

However, this kind of thing can be hidden from the Liang army opposite, and it can also hide from Lin Qingwan, who is under house arrest, but it must not be hidden from the more than 20,000 Han soldiers in the lower barracks.

As slaves, even when they are not fighting, they Han soldiers have to do the hardest and most tiring work in the whole camp, such as cleaning the horse house, picking up horse manure, burning fires, and chopping wood.

The tents in the army are under martial law, and no one is allowed to move around at will without an order from the top, but they have to be seconded to work every day, even if the tents are under martial law, they can't see the situation inside.

However, there were fewer horses in the stable, and the amount of firewood used to cut back dropped significantly.

Yes, two meals a day, you still ask people to take firewood to burn, so that people can see the smoke, but it's not really cooking, just keep the smoke constant, and there is not much firewood that is really burned.

The Han soldiers were much more relaxed, and ordinary people didn't think much about it, but they couldn't help but be noticed all the time.

Jiang San calculated the information he could collect on his side, and the people he asked alone knew more than five thousand horses, not to mention the amount of firewood.

His eyes sparkled, and knowing that the Lord of Lin County had expected it again, he turned around to find several leaders among the Han soldiers.

At this time, there were many scouts lying on their stomachs in the grass and forests outside the Liao camp, they were all called by General Su to spy on the enemy's situation, there were five teams in total, and they knew that when it was night, there would be other teams to replace them.

In the past few days, we must keep an eye on Liaoying, and don't let go of a trace.

"It's a little weird," one of the scouts said, pointing to the drawing, frowning, "I always feel that something is wrong, but I can't say it." ”

Another scout stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Don't you think that the smoke from their dinner is particularly loose, and the column of smoke is small, but it is very long-lasting, and the smoke is extinguished elsewhere, but they are still burning?" ”

"Yes," said the scout's eyes, "not only is there a problem with the smoke, but the tents there don't seem to be the same as those elsewhere." ”

Several people glanced at each other, lay on the ground and looked at the Liao camp opposite, and shook and said: "Grandma's, this is almost the New Year, it seems that they are going to spend the end with us this year, and I don't know when they will have a good New Year." ”

"Don't think about it, even if the Liao army doesn't press the border, there are still grass valleys every year, which year can you have a good New Year?"

Someone lowered his voice and said, "Didn't you say that you want to make peace?" Are we going to fight or fight like this? ”

Everyone in the team was silent, where did they know about the above.

As it gets dark, a scout team arrives to pick them up, and they retreat with the information they've gathered.

In Dingzhou City, Xu Lianzheng and Su Zhang were contemplating in front of the map in a cold air, and when they saw the scouts coming back, they were immediately recruited for questioning.

After all the scout teams had finished reporting, Xu Lian muttered: "In this way, it seems that the Liao camp has really sent troops back to Beijing as we expected." ”

"General, is this battle fought?"

Xu Lian was silent.

Su Zhang said: "General, the opportunity is rare, and there may not be such an opportunity in the future." ”

Xu Lian sighed and said: "But once the war starts, what if we can't stop, Hongzhou should have already marched into Chu State, once we are counterattacked, the imperial court will have no reinforcements." To recover the lost land, you must be able to hold it, otherwise the gains outweigh the losses. ”

"The civil strife was provoked by the county lord, since she proposed to attack, then she must have a back-up move, why don't we give it a try?"

Xu Lian's fists tightened and loosened, loosened and tightened, and only after a half-sound did he say: "The county lord is still in the Liao camp, once we attack, she is only afraid of danger." ”

Su Zhang was silent.

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