In the Dingnan Waiting Mansion, Wei Ran drew his sword angrily and vented against the stone.

"Ran'er, come here." The housekeeper Weber saw that he couldn't be dissuaded, so he had to go to Mrs. Dingnanhou.

Seeing this, Wei Ran had no choice but to put away his sword stupidly, and then walked quickly to his mother, bowed his head and said to his mother.

Li Yuwan smiled and said: "Ran'er, why are you so angry, you don't know that Min Xiang and Hou Ye have always been suspicious, and what he is doing now is also within our expectations." ”

"But now Wei Xiang instigated His Royal Highness the Prince, let my father be sure to conquer Hefei within a month, otherwise the military law will be engaged, although I have not been on the battlefield, but I can also see that the weather is very hot now, and the soldiers can't use all their strength, and it is not suitable to conquer Hefei This kind of big city is not suitable for strong attack, and can only be encircled, and it is not a fool's dream to capture Hefei within a month. Moreover, even the people of Chang'an knew that Minguan could not even supply grain and grass in time, which made the army's morale even more unstable. Wei Ran said hurriedly.

"Don't panic, child, even if you can't conquer Hefei, at most you will punish Master Hou, and it won't be like this." Li Yuwan was born in a big family in the end, and she sees the situation very thoroughly.

Under the comfort of his mother, Wei Ran's irritable heart gradually settled down.

"Madam, Lord Liu Chuan of the Imperial History asks to see me." At this moment, the next person suddenly came to report.

"Liu Chuan, isn't that my father's old friend?" Wei Ran said curiously.

Li Yuwan nodded, then turned back to Wei Ran and said, "Ran'er come with me." ”

In the front hall, Yushi Liu Chuan saw Li Yuwan, and immediately said: "Xiaguan Liu Chuan, I have seen Mrs. Hou Ye and Wei Shizi." ”

Li Yuwan returned the salute slightly, and then arranged for Liu Chuan to sit down, and after the next person served tea, she asked, "Lord Liu came this time, I don't know why?" ”

Liu Chuan said: "This time, His Majesty ordered me to go to the front line in Hefei to reward the army, and the lower officials came to meet Mrs. Hou and the prince before leaving. By the way, let's see if there is anything that needs to be brought with the help of the lower officials. After all, the front line is tense now, and there are many inconveniences in transportation. ”

When Li Yuwan heard this, she didn't doubt him: "It just so happens that I also want to write a letter to Master Hou today, so I will trouble Lord Liu to help bring it." ”

Liu Chuan nodded slightly, and then Li Yuwan entered the inner hall, and after a while, she handed the letter to Liu Chuan, and advised: "Lord Liu should also be careful all the way, and there are only a few protégés of Du Xiang." ”

After Liu Chuan left, Li Yuwan sighed and said: "In the past, Du Xiang's protégés were all over the world, but now there are only five or six people left, including your father, Lord Liu, and Lord Zhao, and at a glance they are all Min Xiang's henchmen. ”

"I don't know why I arranged for Lord Liu to go to the army." Wei Ran said suspiciously at this time,

Li Yuwan heard this, thought for a moment, and then carefully recalled the content of her family letter, and then said with relief: "It may be a coincidence, my family letter is also purely to report peace, and it will not cause much trouble." ”

On the city of Hefei, Yang Kan looked at the weaker and weaker offensive of the Northern Qin army, and couldn't help laughing: "This Wei Laohu doesn't know what's wrong." Now he is a sick tiger. ”

All the generals on the city tower laughed, but one of them did not laugh, but looked at Wei Zhi in the military formation under the city tower from a distance, and couldn't help but praise: "In such weather, the soldiers are exhausted, but the palace sees that Wei Zhi is wearing heavy armor and personally supervising the battle, today from the time to the present, the Qin army has launched an attack for three hours in succession, but Wei Zhi has not moved at all, and the name of Wei Laohu is indeed worthy of its name." ”

After hearing this, the generals' faces turned strange, and they looked at Wei Zhi with their eyes, but they also sincerely admired.

At this time, the yellow-robed man said again: "It's a pity that these people can't be used by my Daqi, I heard that the secret agent of Chang'an said that Wei Zhi had already intended to strike the army, but Prime Minister Min Guan did not agree to strike the army." Wei Zhi is also in a dilemma. ”

Yang Kan Zhengse said: "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is very true, Wei Zhi suddenly prepared to attack Hefei at night a month ago, if it weren't for the fact that a partial general came out and complained just to be heard by our fine work, he was already about to be successfully attacked by Wei Zhi, I arranged all the ambushes, but still lost Hefei Dongzhai, so that Wei Zhi occupied Feishui and camped." Now that I think about it, if Wei Zhi launches an attack after the autumn harvest or in the spring of the following year, maybe there will be real variables. ”

It turned out that the man in yellow was the prince of Nanqi, Xiao Ju. Yang Kan then said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally came to the labor army this time, and the soldiers were greatly encouraged to fight bravely. Thinking about it, the crown prince of Qin State did not have such courage. ”

Xiao Ju sighed slightly: "There is no suspense in the war, and Wei Laohu can only stop the army in the end." There is nothing dangerous. But Wei's family is a general, and I heard that the imperial court has married Princess Mingyue to Wei Laohu's son. Wei Ran, the son of Wei Laohu, has been familiar with military books and martial arts since he was a child, and what is even more terrifying is that he has not yet reached the weak crown. We have the natural disadvantage of cavalry, and after General Yang, General Song and other humerus ministers grow old, who can resist the Northern Qin Iron Cavalry? ”

As soon as these words came out, the generals present were already silent, there was Wei Laohu in Huaibei, and the Xiangfan defense line was still facing the pressure of Qin Pingxi's general An Zhong, and the overall defense line of Southern Qi was passively beaten. There are many scholars in the south, and many heroes in the north. Thinking of this, Yang Kan couldn't help but sigh.

In the camp of the Northern Qin, Liu Chuan brought Wei Zhi the latest will of the imperial court.

After Wei Zhi read the will, he was silent for a long time.

Liu Chuan comforted: "Hou Ye Wei doesn't have to care, Dingnan Houfu has made outstanding achievements, and His Majesty will not blame more." ”

Wei Zhi withdrew his hand and said: "It's hot right now, but I heard that the prince of Nanqi has entered Hefei City, yesterday the soldiers of Nanqi were greatly inspired, I have twice attacked the city wall but returned in vain, and the soldiers have no heart to fight again." If the troops are not withdrawn as soon as possible, I am afraid that the lives of the soldiers will be lost in vain. Does Min Guan really want to use so many soldiers' lives just to target me? ”

Liu Chuan was silent, and then took out a letter: "This is the letter that Mrs. Hou gave me before I left." ”

After Wei Zhi finished reading the letter to his family, he was silent for a long time, and then sighed softly: "In this situation, I don't dare to return to Beijing easily. Min looks at the ambition of the wolf, and looks at our Du Xiang's protégé like a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh. I haven't seen Ran'er for three years, and I guess I won't be able to return to Beijing until next year when Ran'er gets married. ”

Then Wei Zhi ordered someone to arrange a banquet and entertain Liu Chuan. When everyone dispersed, Liu Chuan couldn't help but burst into tears: "In the past, when Du Xiang was here, the court was solemn, and now Min Guan suppresses dissidents everywhere, and today he sent me to the labor army, I am afraid that I will die on the road halfway." ”

Seeing that Liu Chuan was crying more and more fiercely, Wei Zhi was indignant and drank a big bowl of wine: "Brother Liu doesn't have to be like this, when the crown prince takes the throne, maybe there will be a turnaround." ”

"Prince? Min Guan is the prince's uncle. Liu Chuan cried, and then said to Wei Zhi: "I will return to Beijing tomorrow, I don't know what the general can give me, let me see things and think about people." If I say goodbye today, I'm afraid that there will not be many opportunities to meet in the future. ”

After Wei Zhi heard this, he didn't doubt it, and then untied the sword at his waist and handed it to Liu Chuan: "This sword is called Taiping, and it was given to me by Du Xiang back then." Although I am now on one side, I rarely fight, so I gave this sword to Brother Liu, and when I saw this sword, I could not only think of me, but also think of Du Xiang. ”

That night, Wei Zhi was drunk and woke up the next day. Liu Chuan was already far away, Wei Zhi looked in the direction of Chang'an and sighed silently.