Chapter Eighty-Eight: Seven Heroes Standing Together, Adding Bad News
The Chen Dynasty was destined to have an eventful year, Xiao Huli's death, a farce-like coup d'Γ©tat, and an unjustified assassination made the entire Chen Dynasty fall into danger.
Fortunately, other places are not stable, Yuan Changli and Quan Hanliang are constantly fighting, and there is no time to take care of the affairs of the Chen Dynasty, and the situation between the two Huai has reached a situation where it is on the verge of breaking out, and no one wants to open up new enemies at this time.
The lord of the East China Sea, Ghost Ear Eagle Gui, announced in a high-profile manner that they had assassinated Cangshu Haoyue and temporarily stabilized the situation in the Chen Dynasty, but the East China Sea had no intention of restraining at all, and the contact with Quan Hanliang and Yuan Changli became more and more frequent, and even some militants in the East China Sea were already preparing ships to prepare for the invasion of South Vietnam, making plans for the future invasion of the Central Plains.
Cangshu Haoyue's coffin did not return to Changsha but to Baoqing, Zhengxi Mansion all the armies spontaneously for Cangshu Haoyue to wear linen and filial piety, Meng Yan stubbornly buried Cangshu Haoyue in Baoqing outside the city of Baishui Cave next to Meng Yan insisted on living in the grass house next to the mausoleum for half a year.
Under Chen Zhiqing's thunderous means, a group of spies in the East China Sea either died or fled, and Su Qing refused to take charge of the Mingjian Division three times, until Quartz took Su Qing to the grass house to have a deep talk with Meng Yan once, and then Su Qing continued to assume the heavy responsibility of the Mingjian Division.
Seeing that the heavy snow was coming, Gu Qingfeng took Meng Wanshu to stand outside the grass hut to play, Gu Qingfeng's eyes kept looking into the distance as if he was waiting for something.
After a while, a group of cavalry in the distance came in the direction of Caolu, and when they got closer, they saw that the leaders were the quartz couple, only to see the quartz whip on the horse, and Su Qing was protecting Meng Chuheng in front of him.
"You are really, you don't take a carriage on such a cold day, if the son of the world is sick, I will see how you explain!" Gu Qingfeng greeted him and said angrily.
"You can't blame me for this, this is what the prince meant." Su Qing basically regained his former look, but there was a hint of dodging in his eyes.
"Hurry up and go in and warm up, the prince is waiting for you inside, but there is something delayed on the way?" Gu Qingfeng said with a grin.
"It's not a delay, we are here with Zhuo Shuai, Thirteen Lang is outside the city, and there are some things for us to bring." Su Qing explained.
"I said Miss Qingfeng, your body is already weak, come back to Changsha with us this time, it's not worth it if you get sick again." Quartz quipped.
"As long as you are worried about me, Sister Su is still here, you are not afraid of going back and being beaten again!" Gu Qingfeng's mouth became more and more sharp.
The three of them laughed as they walked, and the two children listened with confused eyes.
More than half a year has made Meng Yan look more stable, the gradual white hair represents that Meng Yan has experienced a heart-wrenching accident, seeing the three people and the child come in, he smiled slightly, first hugged the child who ran over, and when the hair was about to be torn up, he heard Gu Qingfeng and Su Qing cough lightly twice almost at the same time, and the two children stopped almost at the same time.
Meng Yan looked at Su Qing and Gu Qingfeng with satisfaction, and said lovingly: "I have to thank you two, the child taught well." β
"Lord Wang, the two of them are old, and they have to have a charter for the next study and practice, and I am discussing with Qingfeng whether to find a master for them." Su Qing said cautiously.
Meng Yan looked at the two children and thought for a while and said, "My father-in-law will come over in a few days, let Chu Heng follow my father-in-law to practice the cultural context, and I can teach the martial arts myself, as for Wanshu, Qingfeng, you can take her." β
"Me?" Gu Qingfeng was somewhat surprised.
"Your family has a family history, the martial arts practice is already a little Zhoutian, and the child is close enough to you, and I can rest assured that you will be her master." Meng Yan knew what the worries in Gu Qingfeng's heart were, so he simply said it.
Gu Qingfeng was a little excited, to say that the assassination of his wife Meng Yan completely relieved his hesitation about himself, and now that he handed over his daughter to himself, he completely treated her as a cronie, how could he not be excited, "Thank you Your Highness for your trust, Qingfeng will definitely do his best." β
"I'm not good at taking children, the plan to go west after the beginning of spring can't be delayed any longer, Chu Heng still lives with Su Qing." Meng Yan said to Su Qing.
Su Qing didn't refuse, but Quartz said with a little excitement: "Your Highness, please transfer the last general!" β
Meng Yan looked at Quartz inexplicably, and suddenly smiled, "You! After the beginning of spring, I led the Changsha army to follow me westward, but Su Qing also wanted to be together, do you think you can escape? β
After Su Qing heard this, he stepped on the quartz viciously, Gu Qingfeng covered his mouth and said with a smile: "General Shi, your wishful thinking is about to come to naught." β
A few people were lively, which could be regarded as relieving Meng Yan's suppressed emotions for half a year, and then Gu Qingfeng was busy preparing meals, and Quartz and Su Qing took the children to incense Cangshu Haoyue.
That night, after Gu Qingfeng settled the child to sleep, he was about to lie down, Su Qing hurriedly came over and said with a serious face: "Something happened to Lianghuai!" β
Gu Qingfeng was nervous, first folded the child's bedding, and then said, "Go!" Go to the prince, save you from saying it again. β
Meng Yan was having a drink with Quartz, and when he saw the two of them coming over in a hurry, he knew that something big was happening, "Something's wrong, sit down and talk slowly." β
Su Qing gasped and said with a nervous expression: "Your Highness, last night you and the Yingchuan Chen clan accepted the military order of King Wu of Beifu and brazenly made a move against Gusu!" β
"How's it going over there?" Meng Yan was most worried about Jiuqu, because there was another relative there, a relative he had never met.
"Cui's I'm afraid I can't bear it, half a year ago, I thought that Cui's would bow my head, but at that time, the emperor died, which caused things to change in the two Huai, which was considered to give Cui's time, and now the eldest grandson has made a choice, and Cui's end is coming." Gu Qingfeng analyzed.
"King Wu has a good means, he can make the eldest grandson bow his head in half a year, and if he goes on at this speed, it is only a matter of time before the two Huai are attached to the Northern Mansion." Su Qing said worriedly.
"My eldest brother's ability to play with people's hearts has always been a means, what is the current situation in Dongfu?" Meng Yan asked.
"Dongfu has gradually withdrawn from the Jiangbei area, and Zhuo Tianya's army has moved to Jiujiang, but the county lord's mansion has not moved away." When it comes to Zhong Roulan, Su Qing is always a little embarrassed and a little twisted.
Meng Yan saw Su Qing's embarrassment, and said: "Qingfeng, inform Ye Shuai to seize Xizhou before the Beifu receives, if the Beifu asks, remember to ignore it, just take a defensive posture, we can't wait for the beginning of spring, we will go west before the year, and we must solve Zhu Mu's before the river surges." β
"Seize Xizhou? Does His Highness mean to participate in the dispute between the two Huai? Gu Qingfeng was a little confused.
Meng Yan nodded and said: "Yes, if the East Mansion is in Xizhou, we don't have to worry so much at all, but now it is the North Mansion and we have to do something, at least occupy a corner in the two Huai to contain the development of the North Mansion, it will take time for us to take Chengdu, and the current Changsha Mansion is already the jurisdiction of the South Mansion in name." β
Without waiting for the three of them to react, Meng Yan first glanced at Gu Qingfeng, and then continued: "Su Qing, inform Qingshuai that you can go." β
"Your Highness, are we going to go to war on both sides?" Quartz will always be the uninteresting quartz.
Su Qing glanced at Quartz and looked at Gu Qingfeng embarrassedly, but Gu Qingfeng's expression did not have any waves, and said: "Your Highness, don't worry about me, although my brother is in Dongchuan, he can't be trusted by Yuan Changli, if I need to, I can send a letter to my brother." β
Meng Yan smiled and said: "No need, Brother Ling has a deep hatred for us, Xifu will not embarrass his own people, you can rest assured, your brother is stationed in the stone pillar, I will let the wind pass this way." β
Gu Qingfeng understood that Meng Yan was taking care of his own mood by arranging it like this, Gu Yanfeng was against Gu Xifeng, this battle was probably unaffordable, Gu Qingfeng only hoped that his brother could make a smart choice.
After several people arranged everything overnight, Su Qing and Quartz did not delay, and returned directly to Changsha in the early morning with Meng Chuheng, who had not yet woken up, to convey the order, and Meng Yan and Gu Qingfeng then packed up and prepared to leave for Yeling City.
When Meng Yan and his party arrived at Yeling City, it was already late at night, and Jin Qian did not greet him with great fanfare, but secretly took Meng Yan and others to the city.
"Your Highness, the vanguard army has already arrived at the horse farm, as long as the Dongchuan side starts, the end will ensure that the entire territory of Qiqi will be taken before the year." Jin Qian said with a little excitement, after waiting for so long in Yeling City, he finally got the order to go west, and it has always been Jin Qian's wish to clean up Zhu Mu's family.
"The Zhu Mu clan has been in trouble in the Central Plains for a long time, and the Li people of the Central Plains have been bullied since they were invaded by the Zhu Mu clan forty years ago, General Jin, if we don't attack, once we attack and must recover the whole territory, you may do it?" Meng Yan said in a low voice, full of anger between the lines.
Jin Qian knelt on the ground and replied with an oath: "The battle will be won!" β
Meng Yan helped Jin Qian up and said, "Which general commanded the vanguard army?" β
"Hong Jiang Bo Luping."
"Is it the Lu Ping who fought with Yu Geng?"
"Yes, I have been my deputy general since Shaonan came out of the customs, and now I am the deputy envoy of the Hezhou Army, if I can control my temper, it will be of great use." Jin Qian was not stingy in recommending his subordinates.
"If he has real skills, Xifu will not bury talents, but you, are you interested in being the commander of Xifu?" Meng Yan has always been very satisfied with Jin Qian, there are three marshals in Xifu, Ye Shuai, Zhuo Shuai and Qing Shuai, as the strength of Xifu becomes more and more prosperous, and the number of new forces increases, it is a little impatient to strengthen the power of the Governor's Mansion.
"Your Highness has raised your love, and I'm afraid that the last general doesn't have the ability to compare with the three marshals." Jin Qian really thinks that he is incapable Compared with the three marshals of Xifu, Ye Bohuai is confused in small things and cautious in big things, and he is the most trusted by the generals of Xifu; Zhuo Bailing is as stable as a rock, and it is the gate of Xifu; Chen Zhiqing was decisive in killing and was an idol in the Xifu army.
"Don't worry, take down Zhu Mu's first and then talk."
The two were studying the strategy of attacking Zhu Mu's clan, Gu Qingfeng came over in a hurry, glanced at Jin Qian, and said, "Cui Mian committed suicide, and Quan Hanliang captured the entire territory of Jiuqu!" β
"What about the Cui clan soldiers?" Meng Yan hurriedly asked, and the bad feeling in his heart immediately rose.
"Cui's military advisor Zhao Zhimin failed to escape and was captured, it is said that Cui's ability to hold on to this day depends on this Zhao Zhimin."
Zhao Zhimin is Meng Zhao's pseudonym, hearing this news, Meng Yan sighed in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Qingfeng, can you use the ability of the Ming Jian Division to save this military division?" β
Gu Qingfeng strongly felt that the relationship between Zhao Zhimin and Meng Yan was not ordinary, but Meng Yan did not take the initiative to mention it, and he was not easy to ask, so he hesitated and said, "I'm afraid it's a little difficult, we can try." β