Seeing that his words had already been said in this way, Xiao Ce had to respond:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can rest assured, the younger brother is naturally willing to be the vanguard."

Even if the battlefield was dangerous this time, Xiao Ce still agreed to take care of Xiao Sheng's majesty.

After Xiao Sheng heard this, he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and smiled meaningfully at Xiao Ce:

"Very good, worthy of my second brother, this time my second brother will be the pioneer, and we can rest easy in the future."

Ning Yu always felt that there was fraud in it, these three people came and went, singing and harmonizing, nothing more than wanting Xiao Ce to be the vanguard, after thinking about it again, Ning Yu still stood up for Xiao Ce and asked:

"I don't know how many soldiers His Royal Highness the Crown Prince plans to send this time?"

Xiao Sheng glanced at him, still smiled and said: "I plan to send eight hundred soldiers and horses to the vanguard this time, but the second brother can rest assured, this is just a small part of the vanguard, and the army will respond later, besides, Xiao Ce is my younger brother after all, and the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, and I won't really let him go on an adventure alone." ”

Xiao Sheng glanced at the general standing beside him, and then glanced at Xiao Ce and introduced him: "This is the general of my guard Xue Fengzhi, so I sent the second brother to help him in front of the battle to help the second brother win." ”

Xiao Sheng even sent someone to spy on the second son, who knows if he will hide evil intentions at a critical time?

Ning Yu was about to open his mouth to argue again, but Xiao Ce responded before he knew what he was going to say:

"Brother I know, thank you His Royal Highness the Prince, I am willing to accept the order."

After exiting the camp, Ning Yu on the side was naturally dissatisfied, and looked full of indignation:

"Why did the second prince come down just now, this is clearly the strategy of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to kill people with a knife, how can only 800 people attack the now impregnable Fengyang City, doesn't he make it clear that he wants the second prince to die?"

If their second son-in-law really had a case, Xiao Sheng's side could still push this matter on Huai'an City's head at that time.

It's just that Xiao Ce doesn't know about this matter? He was too familiar with Xiao Sheng, who was the elder brother who watched him grow up.

Ning Yu seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly frowned and said, "And the General Xue who was sent here is obviously here to spy on the second son, and what else is there to add wings to the second son." ”

It's ridiculous.

Xiao Ce said with a heavy gaze: "He's not here to spy on me, he's just a side of the Xue family, if there is an emergency, and he can't even implicate the Xue family, he's here to wait for an opportunity to kill me." ”

Xiao Sheng's thoughts were clear to him.

Ning Yu thought about it for a while, the current situation was really unfavorable for them:

"The second prince saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had set such a big trap for us, you must not jump down, we can take the opportunity to return to Luoyang."

Xiao Ce also frowned seriously and thought about how to deal with it:

"If you retreat, it is the crime of avoiding war, how can I, Xiao Ce, be a deserter on the battlefield? You first order 800 elite soldiers, and then tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that I will go on the expedition immediately. ”

Ning Yu knew that maybe the second prince had already had a way to deal with it, but anyway, it was really risky to bring only eight hundred people, so he had to open his mouth to dissuade him:

"But the second son—"

Xiao Ce let out a long sigh and said, "Needless to say, just do what I say." ”

Xiao Ce waited for the eight hundred soldiers in the afternoon and stopped not far from the city of Fengyang City.

Xiao Ce took out the secret letter in his arms and handed it to the archer on the side:

"Tie this secret letter to the arrow and shoot it at the head of Fengyang City."

The archer immediately commanded, "Yes." ”

*

Li Hanning, who was on patrol, received a report from his subordinates.

"General, there was an arrow shot from outside the city just now, and a letter was tied to the arrow, saying that it would be presented to the general."

Li Hanning glanced at the letter, and it turned out to be Xiao Ce's own handwriting.

The other generals thought that Xiao Ce had issued another war letter.

"Is it Xiao Ce who has issued another war letter? Xiao Ce's deception is too much! Do you really think that their army in Luoyang City is invincible in the world? ”

Li Hanning calmly read the letter, and then explained to the people on the side: "What Xiao Ce sent over was not a war letter. ”

It's not a war letter, the content of the letter is a son in the chess game, corresponding to his current situation, as for why he wrote it, I think it's also because I'm afraid that this letter will be intercepted by someone inadvertently.

Before Li Zhao came to Fengyang City, she also told him about the falling sons who continued to go up, and all the roads fell together, which just corresponded to the geographical location of Huai'an near their Fengyang City.

He landed his son here, which was equivalent to telling them where Xiao Ce was going to attack.

Mo Zhao, who had been standing aside without saying a word, suddenly asked:

"I don't know what Xiao Ce's letter means?"

Li Hanning restored the original chess game on the chessboard, and said truthfully: "He wants to tell us that they will attack the city from the southwest." ”

The generals in the camp, if you look at me, I look at you, you will be a little incredible, how can you tell them where they are going to attack in advance?

One of the generals couldn't help but remind: "Then Xiao Ce is the main general of the enemy army, why did he tell us this in advance?" Isn't it a soldier who doesn't get tired of cheating? ”

This is indeed not Xiao Ce's style of acting in the past, but more like some last resort.

If he really has something to say, but with this one he can't do it, the chess game between them will continue to play.

Li Hanning thought for a moment, but decided to go back.

"Southwest Fourteen."

Li Hanning glanced at Mo Zhao and said, "You write these four words on paper, then tie them to the arrow in the same way, and shoot the arrow over." ”

Mo Zhao commanded: "Yes." ”

Xiao Ce actually returned five pieces in a row this time, as if he knew what Li Hanning was thinking and where he would drop the chess pieces.

Xue Fengzhi, who was sent by the prince to monitor him, looked at it, but he had already checked those letters, and they were just words on the chess game, and he couldn't understand them.

Xiao Ce looked at Xue Fengzhi, who had been about to move, and asked:

"I don't know how long the general has been following my father?"

Xue Fengzhi replied respectfully to the person in front of him on the surface:

"It's been a long time, so long that I can't remember it clearly, and it's been almost twenty years since I thought about it."

Xiao Ce nodded, and asked again as if he understood something, "Then do you know what my father has always looked forward to the most?" ”

Xue Fengzhi naturally knew in his heart: "The king of Luoyang has been thoughtful since he was a child, and he naturally wants to unify the world, so that the world will be peaceful and the people will no longer have to suffer from war after dawn." ”

Xiao Ce glanced at him: "Yes, that's right, it can be that Luoyang City's domination of the world has not yet been realized, if our own people fight first, how can we realize my father's wish?" ”

Xue Feng was stunned, in the face of Xiao Ce's words today, he had not thought that people who were loyal to Luoyang like him would first be loyal to the King of Luoyang before they were loyal to Xiao Sheng.

*

Here, Li Hanning had already looked at the chess game in front of him and already understood what he meant.

On the surface, his son has taken advantage of the chess game, but behind the scenes, there is a hidden murderous intention, and there are dead games that cannot be solved everywhere.

Xiao Ce wanted to tell her that he was in critical condition and in danger.

He is obviously already the commander of the Luoyang Cheng Army, who wants to harm him at this time, and let him come to her for help?

Li Hanning said to the general on the side:

"Go and check if the barracks across the street have been in the past two days—"

Is Xiao Sheng already in the army?

As soon as her words fell, Mo Zhao opened the tent and walked in and interrupted her:

"The general doesn't need to send someone to investigate, the spies outside have already sent news, Xiao Sheng, the eldest son of the king of Luoyang, has arrived in the barracks yesterday afternoon, and is now the commander of the Luoyang army."

No wonder Xiao Ce is in a critical situation now, originally the plan they had made before was that Xiao Ce would return to Luoyang, but they didn't expect Xiao Sheng to want to simply take the opportunity to kill his younger brother.

This time, even if they don't send troops to attack, Xiao Ce is extremely dangerous in the face of Xiao Sheng, he doesn't dare to win the battle now, Xiao Ce is willing to play his move to make peace with Huai'an, so that they can lend a helping hand to help him at this time.

This is not a letter asking for war, but a letter asking for help.

If they want to watch their brothers fight each other, they just have to do nothing.

But Li Hanning wanted to help him, because she knew that Li Zhao would make the same choice.

Mo Zhao watched Li Hanning look at the chess game, and seemed to have understood something in his heart:

"So the general wants to help Xiao Ce?"

Mo Zhao is also a smart person, although from the bottom of his heart he doesn't want Li Hanning to help Xiao Ce, Xiao Ce, a person who is talented on the battlefield and can govern the country, has always been a thorn in the side of their Huai'an City, and will one day be an enemy in the future, but if the general in front of him insists on saving it, there must be her reason, at this point, he is willing to believe in Li Hanning's choice.

Li Hanning truthfully explained to the person in front of him: "At the moment, his situation is indeed critical, even if we don't care, Xiao Sheng's side will definitely send assassins, and when he returns to Luoyang after killing Xiao Ce, he will definitely put the blame on us Huai'an." ”

Mo Zhao knew in his heart, he understood that although he was not familiar with Xiao Ce, Huai'an's matter was indeed related to him.

"In this way, if we want to help Xiao Ce, we will have to send troops to attack Luoyang's army, and if Xiao Sheng is too busy to take care of himself now, he will not be able to spare energy to care about Xiao Ce's life and death."

Li Hanning still had some other thoughts in his heart, but for now, he still responded in a deep voice: "That's true." ”