The dark clouds are low, the tombstones in front of him are numerous, the word Cheng An is engraved with a sword on the tombstone in the middle, and the tombstones of other soldiers in the camp are on one side, and even more, there is still a stone tablet without a name, the soldiers behind him are standing far away on the periphery, Xiao Ce and Li Hanning walked over to worship.

"Lao Cheng, we're leaving, maybe we won't come back for a long time, but I'll send someone to tell you."

Xiao Ce brought Cheng An his favorite drink in front of his tombstone today.

"Don't worry, the matter of the Huns has been resolved, Qian Zhan has been beheaded on the execution ground yesterday, and the remaining Xiongnu tribes are defeated, and there is Yunyan's northern army guarding here."

Xiao Ce spilled the wine in the jug in front of the tombstone:

"It's me who I'm sorry for you, among the group of people we grew up together, obviously you are the most afraid of the cold, but you only left you in the north, but don't worry, when we conquer Chang'an, I will definitely take you and your brothers home, I Xiao Ce swear here today, that day will not let you wait too long."

If it weren't for the suicide note that was hidden close to him, Xiao Ce would probably never have known that Cheng An's injuries had not healed, but because Xiao Ce was involved in danger one after another, he concealed his injuries and had to follow him, and Li Hanning only found out after a long time.

Li Hanning looked at Xiao Ce, who was kneeling in front of the tombstone, and walked over to help him up.

"Your Highness, they are still waiting for you in the north of the town."

Xiao Ce still remembered that when he came to the north, Yun Yan stood alone in the attic of the city tower to greet him, and it was the same when he left, but in this short period of one month, it seemed like a really long time had passed.

Yun Yan gave him a talisman that could mobilize her northern defenders, but although the external troubles were peaceful at the moment, the Xiongnu tribe still existed on the grassland, and Xiao Ce actually couldn't transfer many soldiers and horses, but as long as these people were not loyal to Daliang, this was also the purpose of their initial north reinforcements.

Yun Yan sent each other off, facing Xiao Ce alone, and said with a serious expression: "Second son, rest assured, when the king goes south to pacify Chang'an, my northern border will definitely support His Royal Highness King Ming." ”

When Xiao Ce heard this, he immediately corrected: "If you want to be loyal, it is not me who should support you, but my father and emperor. ”

Yun Yan is naturally a smart person, and in the past, she was also very delicate between the court and other rebels, so she naturally would not easily say the wrong thing, unless it was for other purposes. Yunyan, the northern marquis of the town, has now beheaded the person she loves the most with her own hands, and has lost her only relative, and there is no longer any concern that can trap her, Yunyan can naturally do whatever she wants in the future, anyway, today on this city wall, it is either her person or Xiao Ce's person, they will not spread it at all when they talk here, she looked at the person in front of her, even if it is passed out, she Yunyan dares to do things alone:

"From now on, I am the northern border, and what I want to support is the ally in front of me who is willing to lend a helping hand to the northern border in times of crisis, not people who are far away in the world, except for you, I will not welcome anyone from the Xiao family to my northern border."

Of course, Xiao Ce also understood the meaning of her words, but Yun Yan's intention on behalf of the northern realm, he can't make a reciprocal response now, this time he went south, he was only the Ming King of Luoyang City, and in addition to his father Luoyang King, there was another crown prince in Luoyang City.

"I understand, no matter what, thank you Zhenbei Hou for sending me today."

Yun Yan nodded lightly: "His Royal Highness King Ming walks slowly, I wish you all the best on this journey." ”

*

On this side of Luoyang, when the sky is cloudy, the good news of the north breaks the calm of Luoyang's early dawn, the border drums plummet, the great victory in the north, the news of the triumph of the Luoyang army almost spread all over the cities of the Central Plains, the defenders of Luoyang City set up the "Xiao" word flag, instead of Xiao Ce, who can not return to Luoyang, swam around the main road in Luoyang, the celebration drum was born in response to the congratulations, the "Xiao" word flag danced in the wind in the wind, rustling, the flag was hidden in the skylight, but it was more dazzling than the sky on the edge of Luoyang City.

However, on the second floor of the Luoyang Inn at the moment, there is a man in fancy clothes standing watching the flag parade through the streets, this is the first time since Luoyang City that there are thousands of empty alleys, although Xiao Ce has not come back, but his reputation has already been transmitted back to Luoyang again.

"It seems that if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't make a move, the Xiao character on the Xiao character flag will probably refer specifically to him Xiao Ce."

Xiao Sheng turned around and glared at the advisor behind him: "What nonsense are you talking about!" The Xiao character in this Luoyang City can naturally only be the surname of my father. ”

The strategist was quite knowledgeable, he knew that Xiao Ce was also Xiao Sheng's heart disease, every time he mentioned this person's name, even if Xiao Sheng's performance was not leaky, but the anger in and out of his words could not be hidden, and he was obviously very jealous of his younger brother who became famous at a young age.

Xiao Sheng's eyes fell far away on the Xiao Ziqi who had already walked a street:

"You have to understand one thing, whether it is him or me, supporting the northern border to win the battle against the Huns, this is the merit of Luoyang City, and in the future, those people will only remember my name of Luoyang."

The advisor didn't refute, but just looked at the person in front of him and said respectfully, "Yes." ”

Xiao Sheng seemed to think of something, and his gaze deepened:

"But what you said is also reasonable, it's time to give my younger brother a warning, let him know that although he goes out to fight, it is the prince of Luoyang City, and it has always been me."

Throughout the ages, no one with high achievements has ended well, even if his younger brother was born in the royal family.

Hearing this, the advisor seemed to have an idea in his heart to deal with Xiao Ce, stepped forward and approached a place very close to Xiao Sheng, and said in a low voice: "The minister has a plan, His Royal Highness King Ming is now on the way to the south, and His Majesty still relies on him to defeat Chang'an, but although we can't move His Royal Highness King Ming for the time being, but at the moment General Cheng An is dead in the north, but there is another general by his side, I heard that it is General Li Hanning who fought against the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and is one of the most important heroes in this battle, if you attack her, Presumably, you can also rub the sharpness of King Ming. ”

It's Li Hanning again.

Xiao Sheng suddenly remembered that he could always hear her name these days, and it seemed that his younger brother should also care about her.

Xiao Sheng is still very relieved about the adviser in front of him, he is the prince of Luoyang, there are some things that don't have to be dirty for his own business, there will always be someone to complete it for him, Xiao Sheng just waved his hand and said:

"Don't worry, go to Ann."

Since it was the most important thing in his brother's eyes, he tried to destroy it, and he didn't know what the expression on his brother's face would be in the future.

Li Hanning was inspecting the barracks as usual, and when he walked to the road, he was suddenly stopped by Feng Zhe.

"General Li, the people over there in Luoyang City have sent a holy decree for you to go over and obey orders."

Li Hanning was stunned, she had obviously passed before she saw Xiao Ce:

"His Royal Highness King Fang Cai Ming has passed."

Feng Zhe in front of him said:

"Your Highness has naturally passed, but they also called you, go over and take a look, after all, it's someone from Luoyang City, maybe it's a reward or something."

Since the name was called, Li Hanning had to go, and it was embarrassing to come to deliver the message if he didn't go, so Li Hanning responded:

"Okay, I'll go over here."

Li Hanning lifted the thick curtain of the camp tent and walked in, and the envoy glanced at Li Hanning, who had just walked in, she was the only woman in the barracks, so she naturally recognized her at a glance:

"This person thinks it's General Li, and General Li obeys orders."

Li Hanning saw the bright holy decree in his hand, knelt down and responded, "Yes." ”

"Announcing His Majesty's holy decree, a great victory in the north, I heard that the Luoyang army led by the king of Ming was invincible in the foreign war, and helped the town of Beihou in the north to conquer the main force of the Huns in one fell swoop, I heard that General Li Hanning under the command of the king of Ming, in this battle, captured the Huns Shan Yu, and made outstanding achievements, and ordered Li Hanning to return to Luoyang as soon as possible from the moment he received the holy decree, and accept the reward, and admire this."

Li Hanning looked up at Xiao Ce on the side, Xiao Ce still asked her to take the holy decree, since it was an order from the king of Luoyang, naturally she couldn't help but accept it, Li Hanning stood up from the ground and held the holy decree with both hands.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."

"Since General Li has received the order, I still have important matters in Luoyang City, Your Majesty is worried that the general was still injured when he was in the north before, and specially ordered someone to bring a carriage to escort the general back to Luoyang, if General Li has nothing else to do here, he can return to Luoyang with me early tomorrow morning."

Early tomorrow morning, she was going to go back so quickly, she originally planned to accompany Xiao Ce and Feng Zhe to go back to Tianwei City first.

But the holy decree requested, and Li Hanning could only agree: "Okay." ”

The envoy glanced at her and left, Xiao Ce naturally arranged another place for him to live tonight, seeing them go, only Xiao Ce and his trusted generals were left in the tent, and after the heavy curtain at the door of the tent was lowered, everyone inside breathed a sigh of relief.

Feng Zhe also realized that something was wrong: "How can it be possible to recruit General Li to go back alone, I always feel a little strange, according to His Royal Highness, will there be fraud in this?" ”

Xiao Ce shook his head and said: "I have read all the holy decrees, it was written by my father Wang Gongwei, and there is a jade seal on it, and the envoys sent over to announce the decree this time do have a golden decree on them." ”

These are all trustworthy, but this sudden command is indeed a bit strange.

Ning Yu on the side said thoughtfully: "This holy decree is strange that among all the generals, only General Li, who was injured, was recalled, and even King Ming was only a passing pass, His Majesty did not summon His Royal Highness King Ming back, but instead summoned General Li back, I am afraid that there is no deliberate calculation in Luoyang City." ”

Li Hanning naturally thought of this, but now Xiao Ce has to go to meet Lu Changfeng, the original plan was to wait for the weather to improve in half a month and then go east, Li Hanning didn't want Xiao Ce to worry, not to mention that Luoyang is also the place where Xiao Ce grew up after all, and no matter how bad Li Hanning is, she is now famous in Luoyang City, after all, she is also the general of Luoyang City, no matter what they encounter in Luoyang, there will be no real danger to their lives, and she should be able to deal with it when she goes back alone.

But Xiao Ce is different, now Xiao Ce won the Huns, he can be regarded as a master of high merit, and it is time to take advantage of the victory to pursue, not to mention that there is a prince Xiao Sheng in Luoyang City who is looking forward to him badly, just in case, Xiao Ce must not go back.

Li Hanning glanced at Ning Yu and said: "The military advisor and His Royal Highness can rest assured, it's just that the king of Luoyang is sympathetic to go back to Luoyang to receive a reward, you go to Tianwei City first, and when you go east to fight again in the spring, the injuries on my body should be almost healed, and it is not too late for me to set off from Luoyang to Tianwei City to catch up with you." ”

Ning Yu's expression hesitated for a moment, in the past, Li Hanning was Li Zhao's subordinate, so Ning Yu had always been wary of her, but since she came back from the north, she made it clear that she was sincerely loyal to King Ming, and Ning Yu was naturally really thinking about her.

"But—"

Li Hanning said: "Don't worry, the military advisor, I will follow the envoy all the way back, and there will naturally be no problems on the way." ”

In the past, so many dangers had been experienced, but now it was just a trip back to Luoyang, not to Longtan Tiger's Den, she was still sure of herself, why should they be so worried.