For the general trend of the whole world, the Central Plains is only a part, Jiangnan is a part of the Central Plains, and Huzhou is only a small part of the entire Jiangnan territory, and a million troops have been stuffed here, and the White Lotus Sect cannot have too many troops to support, so after the fall of Xiangyang, Luo Zengxian made a decision to gather all the troops for a total of 400,000 to fight with Xiao Yu and decide the outcome of the battle.

In this battle, because the huge amount of troops invested is rare, there are many records in the history books of later generations, and even a variety of romances have been circulated, such as the general Han Xiong rode a thousand, Shura killed Lin Hankeng 100,000 soldiers, the vanguard Zhuge Gongxue ran 800 miles at night, the princess Lin Yinping personally beat the drum, and the army captured Jiangling with one drum, and the military division Lan Yusan entered Jiangling like a corridor, Xu Lin wore armor and held a spear 60,000 troops knelt to see the governor, Xiao Yu broke 10,000 horses alone to ask Luo Zengxian to hang the northwest knife all over the city, etc., Lin Lin is always different. (These wonderful pretenses are instantly familiar, right, but it's not black! It's not black! It's not black! It's important to say it three times.) ）

But the actual process was not so brilliant at all, at that time Lin Han was stationed in Jincheng, Lin Yinping was so sick in Zhongdu that he didn't know who was going to work, Lan Yu was in Shaanxi, Xu Lin was in Xiliang, only Xiao Yu, Zhuge Gong and Han Xiong were in Huzhou, and to deal with these so-called rebels, there was no so-called attack. The whole battle lasted for a month and a half, and Xiao Yu only took ten days to defeat Luo Zengxian's 400,000 army in Jingmen, thus laying the victory, and then the rest of the time was used to hunt down the elites of the White Lotus Sect who fled in all directions.

Luo Zengxian fled all the way and retreated to Hanyang Town. Xiao Yu's army was divided into two routes, one to attack Xiangfan, all the way to Jingmen, and go straight to Jiangling. After the surrender of Xiangfan and Jiangling one after another, most of Huzhou had fallen into the hands of Xiao Yu, and only a small part remained in the hands of Luo Zengxian.

Xiao Yu had no intention of beating up the water dogs with Luo Zengxian, who was still alive, because there was now a bigger question in front of him: What should the displaced people in Huzhou do? These displaced people not only did not do anything about production, but also wandered around, no different from bandits, and put Huzhou, the granary of the world, into an embarrassing and ridiculous situation where no one planted grain. As for the number of displaced people, after preliminary estimates, there are roughly as many as one million, most of which are Luo Zengxian's defeated "army of one million"; compared with ordinary displaced people, these "deserters" still have a certain combat ability after experiencing some wars, and their temperament is also more brutal, and the damage to the local area is extremely great.

The reason why Xiao Yu traveled thousands of miles to Huzhou, in addition to the agreement with Xie Gongyi and other families, was that Huzhou was rich in grain, so the disaster of the displaced people must be solved as soon as possible, and in the face of the current situation in Huzhou, one Han Xiong was not enough, so Xiao Yu immediately ordered Lan Yu to rush to Huzhou after defeating Luo Zengxian, and then set up the Jiangling camp after the capture of Jiangling, and appointed Lan Yu, the former Shaanxi Zhongxing Camp Seal Officer, as the Jiangling Camp Seal Officer, and the governor of the two lakes military and political affairs. Min Xing, the chief military officer of Hanzhong, was promoted to the post of seal officer of the Shaanxi Central Battalion, and supervised the military affairs of Shaanzhou and Xihe Prefecture.

After Lan Yu officially took over as the Governor of the Two Lakes, Xiao Yu began to pack his bags and prepare to return to Zhongdu.

Jiangling, Xiao Yu Xingyuan.

Lan Yu, who was dressed in royal blue clothes, looked at Xiao Yu, who was putting away the manuscripts on the bookcase, and frowned: "Lord Wang, now it's just a preliminary pacification of Huzhou, you can return to Zhongdu now, I'm afraid it's a bit tricky, right?"

Xiao Yu put a few ancient books from his treasure into a wooden box, and said without raising his head: "With you, I don't worry." ”

Lan Yu sighed lightly and said, "But it's not good after all." ”

Xiao Yu raised his head and said, "I won't take away the army of the two lakes and the masters of the Celestials, so what's the difference between me and not? Even if I stay in Huzhou, it's just that there is one more Celestial Master." ”

Lan Yu hesitated for a moment, but still spoke: "The prince is not afraid of the White Lotus Sect Master?"

Xiao Yu said flatly: "That's the matter of teaching real people." ”

There was a moment of silence between the two, and then Xiao Yu stood up and said with a smile: "The fifteenth of last month was Yinping's birthday, I couldn't rush back, and now it's approaching the end of the year, if I don't go back, I can't say anything, and then she will lose her temper." ”

Since it came to this, Lan Yu didn't want to say anything more.

Xiao Yu turned around, took out a few books from the bookshelf behind him and put them in the wooden box, and Lan Yu got up to say goodbye in a playful manner. When he walked out of the door, he walked opposite Zi Shuiyang, who was about to enter the door, the eyes of the two met slightly, and then quickly separated, Lan Yu's eyes did not squint, Zi Shuiyang lowered his eyes slightly, and passed by.

After Zi Shuiyang entered the room, Xiao Yu casually pointed to the two rows of chairs in front of the bookcase, Zi Shuiyang sat down calmly, Xiao Yu asked with a smile: "Won't Zi Lao also come to persuade me not to return to Zhongdu?"

Zi Shuiyang smiled and said, "It seems that Mr. Lan came to persuade the prince not to return to the central capital just now?"

Xiao Yu was noncommittal, and turned to the door and said, "Change the tea." ”

A guard on duty outside the door left quietly, and then brought a cup of hot tea, replacing the remaining residual tea of Lan Yu with new tea, Zi Shuiyang was not pretentious, and after taking a sip of the teacup, he said directly: "The old man is here to report something to the prince." ”

Xiao Yu said disapprerovingly: "Speak." ”

Zi Shuiyang said softly: "Two months ago, the Zhongdu sent news that the princess was seriously ill, but the war situation was urgent at that time, so the old man was good at making claims...... Suppressed the news. ”

The room suddenly fell silent, and even the breathing of the two of them became inaudible.

Xiao Yu turned his head and stared at Zi Shuiyang, his face beating slightly.

Zi Shuiyang, who bore the brunt of the situation, felt that the vitality around him stopped flowing at this moment, and the room seemed to be still, making people breathless.

Murderous in all directions.

Zi Shuiyang closed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "This matter is the idea of the old man alone, and it has nothing to do with others. ”

The sleeves of Xiao Yu's robe rolled, and there were wisps of vitality around his body as if they were substance, and Zi Shuiyang had been completely locked between the flow of qi, even if Zi Shuiyang had already survived the catastrophe of heaven and man, he still couldn't break free.

Zi Shuiyang believed that if Xiao Yu made a full attack in the next moment, he would have no luck.

Xiao Yu asked in a calm tone, "What else do you have to say?"

Zi Shuiyang opened his eyes and asked rhetorically: "Xiao Yu, you are the king of the northwest!

Xiao Yu's breath suddenly paused, and after being stunned for a moment, he turned his back, and the wanton circulation of vitality in his body suddenly converged into his body.

Zi Shuiyang was stunned for a moment, then his eyes became extremely solemn, he took a step forward, and shouted: "Lord Wang, without the Immortal Protector, you must not learn from the Autumn Leaves to travel out of your body!"

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Zhongdu is known as the world's first Xiongguan, one of the reasons is that its city wall is high, which is the highest in the world. The inside of the city is like the terraced rice fields layer by layer, the outer city is the lowest, the inner city is the highest, Xiao Yu's palace is repaired in the highest place in the middle capital, and the highest point in the palace Lingfeng Pavilion is also known as the level with the white mountain, there was a famous person who traveled through the border pass to call it the star picking tower that can pick the stars with his hands.

Lingfeng Pavilion is built on the top of Xiaoxiang Mountain, and there are four pavilions built on Xiaoxiang Mountain, from top to bottom are Lingfeng Pavilion, Linfeng Pavilion, Tingfeng Pavilion and Windward Pavilion.

At this time, in the lowest Windward Pavilion, four braziers baked the pavilion warm like spring, there was a rosewood bed by the window, Lin Yinping was lying straight on it, covered with a thick brocade quilt, she looked at the ceiling above her head with a blank expression, and her big round eyes were devoid of the previous look and aura, leaving only gray numbness and despair that could not be dissolved.

There were several other women beside the bed, the oldest was Daozong Dazhen Yuchen, the youngest was Xiao Yuyi, and the remaining two were Murong and Xiao Yue.

Yuchen held one of Lin Yinping's hands, his distress mixed with anger that could not be concealed, "It's been two months, and he's so ruthless." ”

Murong frowned slightly, hesitated, and said, "Maybe something has happened." ”

Xiao Yue wanted to speak and stopped, but after all, he didn't say anything.

Xiao Yuyi also didn't speak, just half-lowered his head, and his eyes were red.

Two months ago, Lin Yinping fell seriously ill, and the whole person was unconscious for many days, which scared everyone in the palace enough, so he sent a book to Xiao Yufeijian who was far away in Huzhou, but Xiao Yu did not hear back.

Next, Lin Yinping's condition continued to repeat, sometimes good and sometimes bad. It was only recently that it gradually stabilized, this poor woman was tormented by the disease, and she felt that she was going to die several times, so every time she woke up, she wanted to see her husband before she died, but Xiao Yu did not return for a long time, and she did not even reply to half a letter, so that she went from hope to disappointment, and then to despair, and gradually became this sad more than dead.