When Feng Zhe went out to greet him, he found that Xiao Ce and Li Hanning were together, and suddenly felt that he shouldn't go out to greet him, it was not the right time to come, no wonder the other generals gave way one by two, and when he was about to take a step back, his eyes met Li Hanning unexpectedly, so he had to face him hard:

"Coincidentally, isn't this General Li and His Royal Highness King Ming? My subordinates are looking for you. ”

Feng Zhe quickly said to Xiao Ce:

"Your Highness, the other generals have gathered in the mansion and are waiting for Your Highness."

When Xiao Ce heard this, he subconsciously asked:

"Is An Ze here too?"

Speaking of which, he hadn't seen him for days.

Feng Zhe immediately looked embarrassed: "His Royal Highness King Rui is not here, these people seem to be sick, and they can't avoid it." ”

Xiao Ce was relieved, and Xiao An was only afraid that he was not accustomed to the soil and water, and he was really sick:

"I'll go to see him again after the discussion, and order the best doctor in the city to go over and have a look, and the best snow ginseng sent from Luoyang a few days ago will also be brought to him."

Feng Zhe naturally understood that Xiao Ce valued his younger brother very much, and where did he dare to be slacking off on weekdays:

"Yes."

After Xiao Ce finished ordering, he naturally looked at Li Hanning on the side, and was about to open his mouth to let her enter the discussion together, just after integrating the Yueqi soldiers and horses, the extra 40,000 soldiers and horses could be handed over to her, but unexpectedly, Li Hanning seemed to know what he was going to say, and said first:

"There is still something in my camp, so I won't accompany His Highness in, and when the discussion is over, I will go to the military division alone."

Xiao Ce flicked his sleeves, just nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

Xiao Ce stood in place and watched Li Hanning leave, always feeling that she had something unspeakable these days, but since she didn't want to say it, Xiao Ce was not embarrassed.

He glanced at Feng Zhe, who was still standing with him:

"Let's go in first."

Li Hanning held the osmanthus cake here, did not go to the barracks, but came to Xiao Anze's residence, when he came in, he was admiring the flowers in front of the courtyard, wearing a brocade dress, but if you look closely, her complexion is much worse than before.

It seemed that he didn't notice her footsteps from far and near, and only reacted when he got closer, and coughed softly.

Li Hanning hurriedly said: "It's cold outside, why should Your Highness stay outside the courtyard if he's not feeling well." ”

Although spring has entered in the past few days, the spring cold of Yueqi City is always colder than other places.

Xiao An said: "It's okay, I see that the peach blossoms in this courtyard are blooming very well, I have never seen such flowers on the snowy mountains before, so I want to come out and take a look." ”

Xiao Anze's eyes looked at Li Hanning on the side from the peach blossom tree, and saw that she was dressed in plain clothes today, but she was holding a paper bag in her hand:

"What is this?"

Li Hanning handed it over, Xiao An looked down at it, his eyes froze, and he could feel that the osmanthus cake was already a little cold with a paper bag in his hand, but he still pinched a piece and brought it to his mouth to taste it.

Li Hanning asked with some apprehension in his heart: "What does Your Highness think of this osmanthus cake?" ”

Xiao An put the rest of the osmanthus cake on the stone table, and said in a deep voice:

"The taste is sweet, soft and glutinous, and there is a fragrance of osmanthus between the lips and teeth, which is very delicious."

That night on the bustling streets of Yueqi City, Li Hanning noticed that Xiao Anze's eyes stayed on the vendor selling osmanthus cakes on the side for a long time, thinking that he liked to eat, so he also sent it to him to taste, not to mention that Xiao Ce bought it.

Xiao An looked at the person in front of him: "General Li has a heart." ”

After Li Hanning finished delivering the pastries, he stood in place and stopped talking:

"I wonder what His Royal Highness Rui Wang plans to do next?"

Xiao An turned sideways: "If it is unexpected, when my second brother and the other generals finish discussing things today, they should come to me, and I am ready to bid farewell to him." ”

No matter how he left after he resigned, Li Hanning already knew it in his heart.

Thinking of all the things in the future, Li Hanning inevitably felt a little sad in his heart, but Xiao An looked at her a little depressed, smiled and comforted:

"General Li is taking pity on me?"

Li Hanning immediately said: "That's not the case, when I saw His Highness for the first time in the inn, I didn't hide it from His Highness, and I thought it was a gentleman from somewhere." ”

She looked up at Xiao Anze standing in front of her, and always felt that he was another Xiao Ce who was not very lucky, but then she really admired the person in front of her:

"But then the prince entered the city alone is really courageous, poetry will be poetry, His Royal Highness looks forward to the future of Chang'an and Luoyang Army, foresight, and His Royal Highness can do this part, all kinds of things here, admirable."

It's just a pity that the day is not a holiday.

God gave him the talent for poetry and song, and the wisdom of foresight, but did not give him enough time.

Xiao An coughed softly, his originally blue-white face was a little haggard, and he was sick like a thread, and the poetry club didn't want to be like a few days, his body was so weak, and he always felt that his internal organs were rotten these days, and he always seemed to perceive pain and warmth and coldness very clearly.

Xiao An said a little helplessly: "General, let's go, in fact, I can see my second brother and you in this barracks, but other generals are also my third life's luck." ”

Li Hanning flickered, she already knew that this time the separation was goodbye, but since His Royal Highness didn't want others to see his embarrassed appearance, Li Hanning finally turned around and left.

Xiao An stood under the peach tree, watching her walk out of the main gate from a distance, some petals fell on her body at some point, and the sunlight fell through the gap between the branches, falling on his eyebrows.

He always believed that the Luoyang army would defeat Chang'an, but unfortunately he would not live to that day.

On the second day, Li Hanning closed the door and did not come out, and when the guards came to deliver the news, they learned that Xiao An had left Yueqi City, and said that he was going back to Luoyang to recuperate.

Right now, several of their generals were in the lobby to discuss what they should do next.

Xiao Ce sat on the main seat, his gaze swept over, and glanced at them:

"Now that we have laid down Yueqi City, the morale of the army is greatly boosted, so we should naturally take advantage of the victory to pursue and go west to take Chang'an, but unfortunately before arriving in Chang'an, we have to pass through Liangzhou City and Bingzhou City, these two cities are dangerous, and more importantly, the people who defend the city are not imperial court soldiers and horses."

The generals sitting here are all people who are familiar with the war situation, so naturally needless to say, Ning Yu, the military advisor on the side, is even more like a mirror.

Xiao Ce continued: "We have no reason to start a war against them, more importantly, if we take advantage of the past, they will rely on natural dangers to be unfavorable to our army, but they will not be able to prevent it, the generals do not know, I have a secret letter here, which was sent by Shen Kuo, the lord of these two states a few days ago. ”

The guards guarding on the side immediately understood Xiao Ce's eyes, took the secret letter from his hand, and handed it to the generals on the side for them to circulate, but the more people they watched, the more they discussed.

Feng Zhe slapped the table, and the tea on the table spilled:

"How can this be true? When our army attacked the northern border, the righteous armies of the Central Plains were unmoved, and now we want to attack Chang'an by the way, but they are pushing back and holding back, and dare to ask our army for 200,000 stone grain and grass? ”

Lu Changfeng, who was on the side, also frowned after reading the letter:

"I think even if this food is given, they may not be able to let us pass safely, Shen Kuo is gloomy, and he is reluctant to return to Luoyang, but he is afraid that he still has the heart to be the king."

Ning Yu also said on the side: "What Changfeng said is extremely true. ”

Zhao Yi, the general of Yueqi City on the side, saw the opportunity and got up and said:

"In my opinion, why should we be subject to that Shen Kuo, plus the guards in my city and the Luoyang soldiers and horses brought by His Highness, we now have 300,000 good soldiers in our hands, and Shen Kuo's two states are only 150,000 people, we are twice as many as them! Just hit it! If Your Highness wishes, I am willing to be the vanguard. ”

Seeing that several other generals also advocated fighting.

Xiao Ce glanced at them condescendingly and asked unhurriedly:

"Do the other generals mean the same thing?"

Everyone got up from their seats and knelt down:

"Yes, we're all in charge."

Only Lu Changfeng and Li Hanning were silent.

Xiao Ce didn't let them get up, but looked at the two of them:

"I see that Changfeng and Han Ning haven't spoken, do you have any other opinions?"

Lu Changfeng got up and said: "Shen Kuo, whether he is a soldier or a general, compared to His Royal Highness, he is naturally a heaven and an underground, our army and them are also a lot stronger, and the generals are also brave and strategic." ”

He changed his words and said: "It's just that what I'm worried about is that our army is originally a long-distance attack, whether the grain and grass can be supplied, Shen Kuo can be said to be a generation of ministers in those two continents, if we fight like this, whether the people's ideas conform to the people's will." ”

Li Hanning also stood up and said: "I think the same as Changfeng, the rebels in various places rebelled against Daliang, it was nothing more than because Daliang lost the hearts of the people, but before entering Chang'an, he rashly started a war against other rebels. ”

They all want to fight, but it's clearly not the right time.

Feng Zhe glanced at them: "It's all come to this point, if you don't hurry up and fight down, then what do you say?" You can't let our three armies stay here all the time, right? ”

Seeing that the time was almost up, Ning Yu was about to get up and speak.

But he heard a rush of footsteps outside the tent, and the man turned over and dismounted, and broke into the tent:

"Oh no, Second Highness."

The person who came was the guard that Xiao Ce sent to Xiao Anze, the king of Rui at that time, and the armor on his body was tattered, with blood stains everywhere, and there was blood stains on his face that could no longer be seen.

Xiao Ce looked at him like this and suddenly felt bad, and suddenly got up from his seat and asked:

"What's going on? What about Anze? ”

The man cried and knelt on the ground, his voice trembling: "Your Highness mourns, Rui, His Royal Highness King Rui is gone." ”