"Lord Chenyang is a good means! This king is ashamed of himself! ”

This is the only sentence Xiao Yu said when he left Yujun, it can be seen how angry he is, but even Zhong Roulan didn't expect Murong Changfeng's skills to be so powerful, of course, Murong Changfeng did a little deviant, just like who would have thought that Murong Changfeng facilitated the transaction between Zhuo Dingfeng and Zhuo Tianya this time, Zhuo Dingfeng returned to Yuzhang, Zhuo Tianya went to Jiujiang, Zhuo Tianya announced that he would join the Qingluan Army on the day he arrived in Jiujiang, and Zhuo Dingfeng then dedicated the Luling Tomb the next day, officially announcing that Zhuo's respect for Xiao Huli as the emperor.

Xiao Yu was angry that Jiujiang Chongzhen thought it was in the bag, but he couldn't have imagined that Zhong Roulan would intervene sideways, so that his plan to go north was completely disrupted, and what was even more sad was that Zhong Roulan's attitude towards herself was no longer supportive.

"Sanniang, you asked Su Qing for help just for this matter?" Meng Yan was very calm, and when Zhong Roulan asked him for help, she felt that there was a lot of confusion in it.

"Second brother, do you want to blame me too?" Zhong Roulan's face was lost.

Meng Yan shook his head and said, "I don't like the style of the north and south of the Northern Mansion, and I have been waiting for you to give me an explanation." ”

"You already know why it's never mentioned in the letters?" Zhong Roulan suddenly changed her vigilant look.

"Do you still think Su Qing is just a maid? Of course, it may be the information deliberately leaked by the commander of the southern government of the northern prefecture. Meng Yan is still indifferent, he sees this kind of thing very lightly now, since he has chosen to walk separately, he must be ready to take it.

"Hehe, the eldest brother said that I am a good means, but in fact, why not the second brother? Say, you helped me this time, what do you want me to do? Zhong Roulan's mind turned, and she knew that there was something in Meng Yan's words.

"Zhengxi Mansion plans to send troops to Xingzhou, you can give some support here, as long as you send troops to Xizhou, the pressure on Yunmeng will be relieved, but don't worry, I only need Qizhou for Yunmeng, there is no other meaning, Qizhou, Jiujiang, and Xizhou are one line, just ask for peace of mind." Meng Yan directly stated his plan.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll tell my eldest brother about your plan?" Zhong Roulan looked at Meng Yan with a strange look.

"How long can you keep Jiujiang, it's just a transition, Xizhou is your purpose, right?" Meng Yan tilted his head and smiled in confusion.

Zhong Roulan laughed, her waist couldn't straighten up when she laughed, and she slowed down for a while before saying: "I thought I was an outsider, but I didn't expect that this time I would enter the game, the second brother is a good means, the eldest brother is too anxious, if he wants Jiujiang, will I not give it?" Jiujiang means nothing to me. ”

"Okay, you're going to him off, but your methods of doing things have never been so sharp, what's wrong with this time?" Meng Yan's only puzzle remained.

"It's really not what I did, this time I want to try how good my subordinates are, who would have thought that he did a good job, but the pattern is small." Zhong Roulan explained.

"Well, no wonder, okay, I'm leaving, the army is gathering and waiting in Zhaoling, the Gu clan must be dealt with before October, and the situation will change greatly in the coming year." Meng Yan said meaningfully.

"What I said is that as long as we stick to the big river this year, there will be no problem next year no matter how we keep this half of the country, but the two rivers and one Shu are still quite an eyesore." Zhong Roulan responded thoughtfully.

Meng Yan didn't answer anymore, and looked at Cang Shu Haoyue and Su Qingce on the boat, Zhong Roulan looked at Meng Yan's back, and said in her heart: "Second brother, go all the way, I hope it won't be too embarrassing next time we meet!" ”

On the way back in a hurry for Meng Yan, the military division of Baoqing City has been discussing for several days and still has no result, when Meng Yan is not in the expedition to the West Mansion, Ye Bohuai is naturally the backbone, and the main contradiction in this dispute is the strategic significance of Xingzhou, everyone agrees that although Xingzhou is where the ancestral hall of the Gu clan is located, it is far less significant than Yiyang, Liling and Changsha, but there is a great controversy over where to take first, Zhuo Bailing thinks that Liling first, and then Changsha, step by step cannibalize Gu's troops, And Yu Geng and Jin Qian's rare opinion agreed that they should divide their troops, go all the way north to Yiyang, and then divide their troops in Yiyang all the way north to Yuezhou to join forces with the Yunmeng Tushan clan, and the other way to Xingzhou, and then arrange a small number of troops on the front line of Liling to contain them, so that Zhuo Bailing and others try to be stable, and although Yu Geng and Jin Qian are in danger, they are very strong.

"Don't look at me! I haven't spoken after all of you have been arguing for so many days, which means that we have no opinion. Ye Bohuai rarely didn't drink, but he added a hobby of making tea, and the sudden quiet atmosphere meant that there was no result, and all eyes were given to him.

"Ye Shuai, you are good, this set of tea sets is about to be played by you these days, and you can now manage the twenty-one counties of the five states of Zhengxi Prefecture." Zhuo Bailing really endured Ye Bohuai's behavior to the limit.

"What's the hurry, Guogong will be back tomorrow at most, let him decide." Ye Bohuai looked indifferent.

Don't look at Ye Bohuai's dead appearance, Zhuo Bailing and Bai Ze's right guard commander Chen Zhiqing still dare to say a few words, the other generals don't have the guts, half of Bai Ze's military exploits are on him, if he wants, he can control Bai Ze's army in ten days, but his lazy nature is also very reassuring.

For a while, everyone in the hall was speechless, and more than half a year of recuperation made everyone's hands itch, and after all, someone couldn't help it.

"Ye Shuai, why don't you ask the Marquis of Hengshan to talk about it?" Yu Geng asked tentatively.

In the blink of an eye, a cup hit Yu Geng's head, and everyone didn't react at all, only heard Ye Bohuai say with a smile: "This is my punishment for you, if the Metropolitan Governor is here, you would have been lying in the military judge judge prison long ago based on what you said." ”

Yu Geng didn't care about the blood on his head, and immediately turned pale, what he was afraid of was not the military judge judge and Meng Yan, but Ye Bohuai's laughter, it was terrible, he was Ye Bohuai's subordinate during the Battle of Zhaoling, and the head of the person who disobeyed the general's order was cut off in an instant, and the commander in front of the army had this special power.

"The last general is guilty, Ye Shuai is not strange!" Yu Geng was frightened.

"You remember, we have taken five states in the twelve states of Xingtan, and the war in the remaining seven states has nothing to do with Hengyang, I also listened to your argument just now, your focus is on Yiyang, Liling, Changsha, Xingzhou, Yuezhou five places, where did you put Wuling and Yuanling?" Ye Bohuai rarely spoke normally.

However, this kind of speaking attitude made everyone extremely uncomfortable, Zhuo Bailing was a little surprised, looking at the blood on the head of Yu Geng, who claimed to be Bai Ze's first fierce general, no one else dared to speak, this situation still has to be on his own, "Ye Shuai, Yuanling's troops are weak, Wuling is in the northwest of the twelve states of Xingtan, and the border with Hezhou and Dongchuan in the Ling Dynasty, it is not appropriate to move these two places now, right?" ”

"Zhuo Shuai, when did I say that I was going to move these two places? I just ask you what the Gu family is most afraid of now? Ye Bohuai asked rhetorically.

Everyone fell into deep thought, this question was strange, it stands to reason that the Gu family is most afraid of Zhengxi Mansion, but Ye Bohuai will never ask such a simple question, after a while, Meng Huan, who is listening, said carefully: "The Gu family is most afraid of losing home." ”

Ye Bohuai sat up straight after hearing this, and said with a little joy: "Eleven Lang go on, listen to what you say, right?" ”

Ye Bohuai gave the opportunity and gave Meng Huan confidence, he became bold, and said boldly: "The reason why the Gu clan is called the Gu clan by the world is because they have ruled the twelve states of Xingtan for nearly a thousand years, if it weren't for our entry and everyone is used to being oppressed by them, Ye Shuai means to transfer the only remaining strength of the Gu clan and pull it to Wuling and Yuanling, and the remaining five states will not be simple." After speaking, he hurriedly looked at Ye Bohuai.

Ye Bohuai nodded, and sighed with relief: "Sure enough, it is my disciple of Ye Bohuai, it is thorough at all, but it still lacks consideration, what if it can't be transferred?" Have you thought about it? ”

"Well, this disciple really didn't figure it out." Meng Huan knows Ye Bohuai's temper, if he doesn't understand, he doesn't understand, and it's himself who hurts him.

"If they can't be transferred, just give them enough opportunities to convince them of their reasons to send troops." Ye Bohuai said lightly, as if it was very simple.

"Dare to ask Ye Shuai what he can do?" Zhuo Bailing asked, he still couldn't get used to Ye Bohuai's appetizing way of speaking.

"I think it's better to leave this matter to Ming Jiansi and the right guard, he doesn't have anything to do!" Meng Yan's voice came from outside the Military Division.

Everyone's eyes immediately lit up as if they saw a life-saving straw, only to see Meng Yanlong stepping in, greeting everyone with a smile, and then walked to Ye Bohuai's side and said: "This governor has asked the Ming Jian Division and the right guard to prepare, and it is their duty to spread rumors and build momentum. ”

Zhuo Bailing's heart finally let go when he saw Meng Yan coming back, when Meng Yan went to Yujun, he was worried that he would be detained by Xiao Yu, but now he saw Meng Yan's demeanor should be smooth.

"It's good that Guogong is back, I really don't have any good way to wait." Zhuo Bailing said respectfully, he directly ignored Ye Bohuai's expression of contempt.

"Zhuo Shuai is hard, everyone is hard, Ye Shuai is right, the casualties of directly attacking the five states in the Northeast will not be small for us, and it is really not necessary, although we have broken the Gu family's arm, their strength is still not to be underestimated, Wuling and Yuanling are our bait, Zhuo Shuai will work hard for you this time." Saying that, Meng Yan looked at Zhuo Bailing.

Zhuo Bailing knew that Meng Yan was going to give a military order, so he hugged his fists and said: "Please give an order to the Metropolitan Governor, Zhuo Bailing will receive the order!" ”

This is the difference between Zhuo Bailing and Ye Bohuai, Ye Bohuai has always been a bargain, Zhuo Bailing has always been there no matter whether he is happy or not.

"Tentatively scheduled to send troops on July 17, Yu Geng cooperated with Zhuo Shuai to take Yuanling on July 20, and then General Yu's headquarters withdrew from Yuanling and rushed to Yiyang City before July 24, Zhuo Shuai, I can only leave you 30,000 horses to defend Yuanling, be sure to create an illusion of 100,000 people for me, Su Qing will cooperate with you, it is best to let the direction of Hezhou take the initiative to attack you, and Yiyang's soldiers and horses are likely to attack, can you do it until early August?" Meng Yan's condition is really extremely harsh, even if there are only 30,000 people, you have to pretend to be 100,000 people, and the generals in the army can't use it yet, this is not a task, this is being used as bait.

Zhuo Bailing quickly calculated in his mind, and then replied: "Governor, at most one month, if there are no reinforcements within a month, I will definitely withdraw from Yuanling!" ”

"Good! As soon as it is decided, it will be for a month! "Meng Yan didn't care about Zhuo Bailing's bargaining, if he couldn't transfer the elites of the five northeastern states out within a month, this plan would be tantamount to bankruptcy.

"Ye Shuai, how about you take a trip to Yiyang?" In the face of Ye Bohuai Mengyan, he could only speak in a tone of discussion.

"Except for General Yu's Kaiyang battalion, transfer the Chaoqun to me." Ye Bohuai directly opened the conditions.

"Okay, then Yiyang will be handed over to you, and after the Yiyang soldiers and horses are dispatched, they will immediately occupy Yiyang and block the Xingzhou reinforcements." Meng Yan was also not polite, and then said after everyone glanced around: "General Jin Qian gives you a task, it is not a task, you lead 50,000 people to decide the direction of attack in the five northeastern states by yourself, I only have one request, take it within two days after the Gu family's reinforcements are dispatched to quickly determine the direction." ”

"The last general commands!" Jin Qian's expression was still cold, but he guessed that such a task that was not a task must be for himself, this kind of task seemed to be aimless but actually had the greatest difficulty factor, and the control of timing and instantaneous judgment were enough to affect the entire battle situation, but this was also the responsibility of the partial division, and Jin Qian had no reason to shirk.

"You've arranged everything for our group, what are the Metropolitan Governors going to do?" Ye Bohuai asked malicefully.

"I'll go to Jiangcheng," Meng Yan said calmly, this decision can be regarded as frightening everyone, crossing the Gu clan and going directly to Jiangcheng, not to mention whether it can be successfully reached, this kind of risky behavior should not appear on the Governor of Zhengxi.

Seeing that everyone was going to object, Meng Yan raised his hand to stop and said: "The combat power of the Tu Shan clan is very weak, if the Gu clan is desperate to go out of Yuezhou, Yunmeng Qizhou is afraid that it will not be able to hold on for even half a month, this is the most important link in the entire battle situation, I must go in person, more importantly, the eldest lady of the Zhong family is the eldest daughter-in-law of Tu Shan Cong, and the status of the Tu Shan clan is not low, if we let the Zhengbei Mansion or the Zhendong Mansion seize the opportunity, we will be passive in the expedition to the West Mansion, and I am also invited by the second son Tu Shan Yinyuan this time." ”

"Governor, why don't I run for you, you can take care of Yiyang's affairs." Ye Bohuai was a little worried.

Meng Yan shook his head and said: "I know that you are worried about me, you can rest assured that I will let the left and right guards travel with me, and I will go in person to show respect to Tushan Yinyuan, but it is inconvenient for me to show my body." ”

After finally appeasing everyone, after Meng Yan sent everyone out, he left Ye Bohuai and Zhuo Bailing alone, "Zhuo Shuai, you should know that the Zhuo clan has been divided into two factions, and Zhuo Dingfeng has attached to Zhengbei Mansion as the Marquis of Xinzhou County and the envoy of Xinzhou Jiedu; And Zhuo Tianya was attached to the Qingluan Army of Zhendong Mansion as the Marquis of Lushan County and the leader of Jiujiang Thorn History, before I came back, Zhuo Tianya asked the lord of Chenyang County to hand over a letter in the name of the head of the Zhuo family, hoping that you would return to the Zhuo family. ”

Zhuo Bailing immediately fell into a predicament, he was the son of Zhuo, and Zhuo Dingfeng has always been the identity of master and servant, if he said that he did not want to return to Zhuo's was false, but he did not disdain to return to Zhuo's family, on the one hand, blood and betrayal, on the other hand, glory and reputation.

"Fifth Senior Brother, it's confirmed that it's Senior Brother Buddha and Zen." Meng Yan did not force Zhuo Bailing to give an answer immediately, giving him time to think.

"I knew it was him, when the third senior brother killed the spies in Hengyang before, he felt that the method was very familiar, and sure enough, it was him, hehe, we are senior brothers, one is better than the other, wait, the second and fourth don't know where to hold it." Ye Bohuai said helplessly, he dared to despise the world, but he did not dare to despise these senior brothers.

"Forget it, everyone has their own ambitions, and the things in love should wait until the future." Meng Yan saw Ye Bohuai's mood and said comfortingly.

For a while, the three of them fell into their own contemplation, Ye Bohuai maintained a high degree of suspicion about the two senior brothers who had not yet appeared, and of course he felt even more terrible about Yang Boyu's approach; Meng Yan pondered how not to reveal his whereabouts in Yunmeng.

Suddenly, Zhuo Bailing said: "Metropolitan Governor, please refuse for me." ”