Xiao Jingxuan rested in Fengzhou City for three days, and on the afternoon of the third day, Xiao Jingxuan received a letter from Longzhou, which turned out to be the last reward.

The Ministry of War officially appointed himself as the chief general of Fengzhou Zhongwu General of Zheng Sipin.

However, with one of them, there was also the prince's rebuke, blaming Xiao Jingxuan for disrespecting orders, attacking Fengzhou without authorization, and destroying the entire strategy of the Shuai Mansion.

and strictly ordered Xiao Jingxuan to rush to Yinchuan County, and after reading the letter from the prince's mansion, Xiao Jingxuan picked up the letter from his uncle again.

Uncle is worthy of his own family, first affirmed Xiao Jingxuan's merits, and then said that he had submitted the battle report to the imperial court. and asked Xiao Jingxuan if he had any difficulties.

However, Xiao Jingxuan's biggest difficulty now is that he is understaffed, with 8,000 cavalry, almost half of which has been lost, and half of the remaining people are recuperating from their injuries.

Now that only 2,000 cavalry can be mobilized, what role can it play?

Xiao Jingxuan was very distressed, the prince's order could not be ignored. Forget it, let's take the rest of the people to Yinchuan County for a ride.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jingxuan integrated the cavalry in his hand into two rates, and this time, Xiao Jingxuan planned to fight with war. Change your strategy.

Xiao Jingxuan took Li Xiaoyun and Zheng Qiaoan with him this time, and the rest of the people stayed in Fengzhou City to recuperate.

More than 2,000 people, it's not easy to fight, Xiao Jingxuan set his eyes on the prisoners of war and discussed it with the two, and Xiao Jingxuan's strategy was approved by the two.

So, Xiao Jingxuan returned to Yinchuan County with the two.

After sending more than forty ranger sentinels, Xiao Jingxuan once again led everyone into Lingwu County.

Although there were not many barbarian troops in Lingwu County, it was not small, and after ambushing some barbarian horsemen, Xiao Jingxuan began to recruit people who were willing to fight with Xiao Jingxuan among the strong captives escorted by the barbarian horsemen.

Riding a horse and archery will be the same as long as Xiao Jingxuan will accept it. You know, this is a border city, and there are many people who know how to do both.

Although these people could not be called cavalry, not even a qualified soldier.

But it doesn't matter, Xiao Jingxuan never planned to let them kill many enemies, just to build a strong reputation.

Xiao Jingxuan jumped out of these people, who were once cavalry, and the rest were unified into a team and temporarily used as auxiliaries.

War horses? The barbarians have it, the weapons, the barbarians have it, only the armor is a little troublesome.

Originally, Xiao Jingxuan's team was mostly leather armor, but leather armor was not the standard armor of the Great Wei cavalry.

In the Great Wei army, the hierarchy was very deep and strict. Let's talk about the armor of this army.

The general soldiers are cloth armor or cotton armor, paper armor and the like, which is determined by the nature of some places.

The rank of the chief and all the officers above the rank of the team were dressed in iron armor. Then, depending on the size of the grade, the style of the armor also varies.

The higher the grade, the higher the armor defense on the body, and the more elaborate the craft.

The production cost of leather armor was too high to be used by the Great Wei cavalry.

Most of the leather armor under Xiao Jingxuan's command was seized from the barbarians and then restructured.

So it still looks different from the barbarian's armor.

Now these new armors must be dealt with, and they must not be allowed to wear cloth clothes to battle.

After thinking for a while, Xiao Jingxuan asked them to wear barbarian leather armor and a layer of Wei clothes outside.

Fortunately, the weather is not hot at this time.

After all this was done, Xiao Jingxuan continued to attack the barbarian rangers.

With the increasing number of auxiliaries, occasionally, Xiao Jingxuan will also take advantage of the numerical advantage to let the auxiliaries practice their hands.

And just like that, time passed little by little. Another month passed in the blink of an eye. Xiao Jingxuan actually didn't achieve much in Yinchuan, but the barbarians retreated.

Because the barbarians have plundered enough booty.

And in this war, except for Xiao Jingxuan's night attack in Fengzhou, there was no more commendable battle.

Originally, Xiao Jingxuan planned to return to Fengzhou, but the prince recruited him, and Xiao Jingxuan had to go to Longzhou.

At this time, Xiao Jingxuan's team was still huge, from more than 2,000 people to more than 6,000 now.

After arriving in Longzhou, Xiao Jingxuan asked Li Xiaoyun to take everyone to find a place to camp outside the city, and he also took Xu Ce and four guards into Longzhou City.

Similarly, on that day, Xiao Jingxuan did not see the prince.

So, Xiao Jingxuan went to see his uncle Xiao Yan.

After some greetings from his uncle, Xiao Jingxuan knew that the government and the opposition were dissatisfied with the prince's results this time.

Although you must know that last time, in the same situation, the results of the eldest prince were much stronger than those of the crown prince.

The only difference is that in the early battle, the eldest prince was in name, but in the later stage, the eldest prince's performance was still remarkable.

As for the crown prince, after arriving in Longzhou, the first thing to do was to seize power, and it was just a matter of seizing power, and the battle he commanded had not yet achieved decent results.

The actions of the two suddenly formed a stark contrast.

In desperation, Xiao Jingxuan's exploits were the prince's last fig leaf.

Recently, the prince has also lowered his profile a lot, not only returning the military power of Longzhou to Xiao Yan, but also withdrawing Cheng Bao, who has a bad record.

However, the matter has already happened, and the generals in the northwest did not appreciate it.

After learning about these things, Xiao Jingxuan planned to return to the barracks to rest.

I went to visit the prince again the next day, but who knew that when Xiao Jingxuan just walked out of his uncle's mansion, the prince's personal guards stopped Xiao Jingxuan not far from the mansion.

After showing the token of the East Palace, the visitor expressed the prince's intention. The prince is invited.

Xiao Jingxuan was puzzled, followed the visitor to a restaurant, and in the private room of the restaurant, Xiao Jingxuan saw the prince.

When Xiao Jingxuan was about to salute, the prince stopped.

The prince said gently: "Get up, this is not in the public court, in private, be casual." ”

After the prince beckoned Xiao Jingxuan to sit down, a guard served the dishes.

When the dishes were finished, the guards withdrew, and there were only two people left in the private room.

The prince poured himself a glass of wine, toasted Xiao Jingxuan, and said, "Come, I will give you a glass." ”

After speaking, he took the lead in drinking the wine in the cup.

Xiao Jingxuan hurriedly picked up the wine glass, drank a glass, and said, "The last general will not dare to be." ”

"Presumably, you already know something."

"I wonder what the prince is referring to?"

The prince looked at Xiao Jingxuan, who was pretending to be stupid, but did not blame, but said to himself: "There are some things, presumably Liang Guogong hasn't told you yet, and I also know some things by chance." Do you know what my greatest misfortune is? ”

Seeing Xiao Jingxuan shake his head, the prince continued: "As a prince, I should have contributed to the imperial court everywhere, and everything I need to do needs to be based on public intentions, but sometimes, I am not allowed to do so.

To be honest, I envy you, although your childhood was not happy, but you still have people who care about you. You can make the choices you are willing to make.

In fact, the two of us are very similar, but I choose to bow my head like reality, and you haven't reached the time to choose, I'm looking forward to your choice. ”

The prince's words made Xiao Jingxuan's second monk puzzled, and looking at Xiao Jingxuan's appearance, the prince laughed.

The prince picked up his wine glass, toasted Xiao Jingxuan again, and said, "You will know everything soon." This day won't be too long. ”

After drinking the wine in the glass, the prince stood up, came to the window, looked out of the window, and said, "The world is bustling, and everything is for profit." The soil in the world is all for profit. I don't know ......."

The crown prince shook his head, smiled self-deprecatingly, and then said to Xiao Jingxuan: "You don't have to have any burden, I also want to meet you on a whim today." ”

Xiao Jingxuan thought for a while and asked, "Prince, the last general has a question, I don't know ......?"

The prince was still gentle, and said with a smile: "You ask, if I can say anything, I will tell you." ”

Xiao Jingxuan asked, "The prince doesn't seem to care much about the battle situation?" ”

"I can answer this question, the victory or defeat of the battle has never been the criterion for judging an emperor. Moreover, I accomplished my set goals, and that was enough. ”

"The set goal, the prince obviously lost this war, is this your goal?"

The prince shook his head and said, "You, that's it, I'm in a good mood today, so I'll talk to you more.

I know you want to talk about how the people around Longzhou are doing? But is that something I can change? I only have the Five Guards Army in my hands, and even you dare to disobey your orders, let alone the other army leaders.

However, in this battle, I weakened the strength of the leaders of the Northwest Army, including those of your Liangguo Mansion. Although the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry was not injured in the slightest, it lost the hearts of the people, this uncle of yours is really a mouse-eyed, no wonder it is not your grandfather's opponent.

The other military leaders also lost their strength and lost the potential to divide one side. You say, has my purpose been accomplished? ”

It is undeniable that from the position of the prince, it seems to be right, but there is something wrong.

Xiao Jingxuan continued to ask: "What the prince said is, however, those military leaders represent the imperial court, and those people have lost the hearts of the people, and the imperial court may not get anything." ”

"Hmph, as long as those military leaders don't do much, the imperial court will naturally slowly clean up people's hearts. Naturally, there is a price to pay for everything. ”

After the prince finished speaking, he looked out the window, shook his head, and said, "Forget it, I'm not interested, let's talk about it today." ”

Xiao Jingxuan hurriedly bowed and said, "The last general will not disturb the prince Yaxing, and the last general will retire." ”

Xiao Jingxuan, who returned to the barracks, was silent, it seemed that the prince knew something, and only a few people knew about these things.

According to the prince's idea, I will return to Beijing soon, and at this time, Xiao Jingxuan remembered the reminder of his master Cui Xiwen.

The master also knows something, otherwise he wouldn't have reminded me and let me stay at the border for a while longer.

I don't know what the reason for me to return to Beijing is? How else do I choose, the prince can't help himself, as if I can choose freely.

All the roads are arranged by others for themselves, and all their choices are also provided by others for them to choose.

In other words, at every step, your choice seems to be your own will, but in fact, it is arranged by others.

The road ahead is long, and the choices are endless.