The city of Liangzhou was very lively today, because Hou Yunyan, who was far away in the north, heard about Xiao Ce's victory in winning Liangzhou and Bingzhou in one fell swoop, and specially sent the white tiger that had always been majestic to Xiao Ce.

The white tiger is a fierce beast that was rare to see in the entire Liang in the past, and the white tiger weighing hundreds of pounds is now being locked in a specially made cage, guarded and escorted by more than a dozen people, and sent to Xiao Ce's temporary residence in Liangzhou on the main road of Liangzhou.

The people sent by Yun Yan seemed to be deliberate, and there was a lot of movement along the way, beating gongs and drums, causing the people all over the city to stop and watch.

A few of their generals happened to be guarding the door today because the discussion had just ended.

Feng Zhe looked at the white tiger sent over from a distance: "What do you mean by this town Beihou, others wish His Highness a victory, they all send gold, silver and jewelry, and some send grain and grass, those things are at least practical, she is good, she will send a livestock when she passes through the market so ostentatious." ”

Lu Changfeng smiled softly when he heard this, Feng Zhe always explained things so simply and directly, but Feng Zhe saw his smile and asked with some incomprehension:

"What are you laughing at? Is there anything wrong with what I'm saying? ”

Seeing that Feng Zhe's straight character was about to be full, Lu Changfeng naturally explained a few words: "Little Hou Ye naturally has her intentions, this is not an ordinary livestock, the white tiger is actually rare, especially in the north, the white tiger means the god of killing in the eyes of many grassland tribes, symbolizing power and the army, not to mention that with her identity, the act of sending a congratulatory gift is itself more important than the thing sent." ”

From a distance, they saw the soldiers and horses from the north carrying the white tiger into the backyard.

After eating and drinking, the white tiger was full of energy, and walked majestically around the cage all the time.

A few naughty children secretly brought ladders and climbed to the roof to see this rare white tiger, and the guards on the side saw that they were young, and Xiao Ce and the generals were not there at this time, and they all turned a blind eye.

The white tiger also seemed to see them from a distance, stared for a moment and let out a low roar, its sharp claws on the wooden door, and opened its bloody mouth, as if it was about to break free, and frightened several children to climb down the beam.

Everyone in the cage was afraid of the white tiger, but Liu Ling was the only one who was not afraid to retreat, so he stood in place and looked at the white tiger in a daze.

Li Hanning walked over and saw that scene from a distance, and the originally manic White Tiger quietly stared at the young man in front of him.

Li Hanning walked over slowly and patted Liu Ling's shoulder gently, and Liu Ling turned around and said hello to her.

"Master."

For a moment, Li Hanning felt that his apprentice's eyes were very similar to Ashina, who had a relationship with her on the grassland.

Li Hanning's gaze fell on the white tiger in front of her who was in a cage, she was actually very satisfied with her apprentice's performance just now:

"They're all afraid of the tiger, but you don't look like you're afraid."

Liu Ling replied truthfully in front of Li Hanning: "Although it is fierce, it is now locked in a cage, and it can't hurt me, not to mention that even if it escapes, I can kill it with the archery technique taught by my master, no matter how fierce it is, it is just a livestock, it is within the reach of manpower, for Liu Ling, as long as it can beat and kill, there is nothing to be afraid of." ”

Li Hanning couldn't help but look sideways at Liu Ling when she heard this, there is indeed something special about this child, which often impresses her, who is a master.

"What you just said reminds me of an old friend."

Since he apprenticed, this was the first time I heard her talk about the past from Li Hanning.

"I don't know who this old man the master is talking about?"

Li Hanning looked at the young man in front of him: "His name is Ashina, he is a Hunn, he died as old as you, although Ashina is young, he is a very brave person, the bravest Hun I have ever seen." ”

didn't lose at all to the thousand battles that she had fought against in the past.

He seemed to have heard this name somewhere, but Liu Ling was not sure, and added a sentence later: "Master, I seem to have heard this name too, the previous storyteller mentioned two sentences in the teahouse, and I heard it when my friends and I were begging at the door." ”

It is said that Na Ashina is the younger brother of the previous Qianzhan Shan Yu, who helped them during the great victory in the north.

Only then did Li Hanning know that the child's name had spread to all places, and he was suddenly a little stunned in his heart.

Liu Ling knew that Li Hanning might have felt guilty about Ashina:

"I don't know him, but if Master thinks we have something similar, then it must be, I think he did what he thinks is worthwhile, and he should die without regrets in this life."

Rather die than live silently.

The unintentional words heard by the child made people feel even more shocked, and in a trance, Li Hanning seemed to hear Ashina's thoughts, and their voices overlapped.

Li Hanning looked at Liu Ling in front of him, and just felt that the regret of staying on the grassland at that time seemed to have finally made up for it vaguely.

A few generals and Ning Yu here, it is rare for people to gather so together, and they are discussing the next thing in the Liangzhou City Lord's Mansion, which is also the place where Xiao Ce has recently lived temporarily.

Zhao Yi and they naturally want to attack Chang'an in one go, Daliang has a history of hundreds of years, and disputes in various places have been going on for so long, the surrounding people are full of complaints, and the people are not happy, so they will invade Chang'an one day earlier, capture Emperor Liang, and the world can be peaceful one day earlier.

But the meaning of the military advisor Ning Yu is to slowly figure it out.

Ning Yu stood aside and explained unhurriedly to the group of soldiers, but more to appease the army:

"Chang'an is going to fight sooner or later, but Chang'an City is the capital of the Great Liang Emperor, that place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, although the Great Liang is close at hand, but there are 50,000 Janissaries stationed in the Great Liang City, Luoyang is bound to take Chang'an, but if they choose not to surrender and burn the capital like the early years of the establishment of the Great Liang, what does the general think?"

That's not something that Emperor Liang can't do, the current Emperor Liang is over half a hundred years old, and he was still a Ming monarch when he was young, but unfortunately the court paid serious taxes, the officials were corrupt, and many problems were already powerless in his hands, so that in his later years, he was suspicious and listened to slander.

Zhao Yi is a smart person, he followed Xiao Ce a little later, after Yueqi City, when he encountered a disagreement, he respected Ning Yu and Feng Zhe more, but he couldn't help but mention:

"But have the military advisors considered the speed of the soldiers, if everything is done step by step, it is easy to miss the best opportunity, in case the Great Liang has recovered its national strength after the last breath, then we are not going to fall short, I have heard in the past two days that several cities in South Vietnam are thinking about the good Liang used to be to them, and want to persuade Emperor Liang to move the capital to their south."

These things are naturally there, after Xiao Ce conquered Liangzhou and Merge Prefecture, the news spread far and wide, and there were basically rumors that he would soon arrive in Chang'an, and those nobles and ministers in Chang'an, who could run, were basically almost running.

In case Emperor Liang also goes south, they won't have to fight a few more times, but if they let each other go this time, I don't know how long they will have to wait.

Ning Yu didn't think about this situation, and said in front of him: "General Zhao, rest assured, His Highness's eyes are not only on Chang'an, but now is the best time to unify the Central Plains in one go, such as Nanyue, Nanyue originally did not belong to Daliang, even if he was willing to help Daliang at this time, or accept ministers who fled from Chang'an, it gave us a reason and opportunity to send troops." ”

Only then did Zhao Yi understand that what Xiao Ce wanted was not the big beam, but to take advantage of the fact that Luoyang's military power was there, and Xiao Ce planned to unify the entire Central Plains.

Seeing that several generals and Ning Yu stopped talking, Xiao Ce got up and glanced at Ning Yu who was standing on the side: "What the military advisor said just now won my heart, so it was decided, Chang'an is the last city of Daliang, although it will not be too much to look at the wind, but now the people in Chang'an City must be panicking, let's wait a little longer, and when Luoyang has enough grain and grass, it will not be too late to fight this last battle." ”

And this battle shouldn't be too long.

After the big agreement to attack Chang'an in the next month and rest for a month, several generals left the mansion one after another, but Xiao Ce stopped Li Hanning at this time, and everyone else left, and now she is left alone, Li Hanning probably understands:

"What else does Your Highness do?"

Xiao Ce gently pushed the box covered with red cloth on the table forward: "This morning's letter from Luoyang, this is a reward from your father, you open it and see if it suits your heart." ”

Li Hanning originally thought that most of the rewards of their generals were the same, mansions, fields, gold, silver and jewelry, but when she opened the exquisitely made black fish-patterned box in front of her, she couldn't help but be shocked, and her eyes fell on Xiao Ce in front of her.

"What is this?"

Inside the box is a gold medal made of pure gold worn in red thread, with eight characters clearly engraved on it:

"Shu Qing died nine times, and his children and grandchildren died three times."

Xiao Ce said in a deep voice quietly: "This is the only death-free gold medal awarded by my father so far. ”

Li Hanning immediately knelt down according to etiquette: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Xiao Ce walked over and reminded her to put it away: "Maybe it will come in handy in the future, you have to put it away, I don't know why a few days ago when we just fought Liangzhou, I always felt a little uneasy, my father wrote to ask my generals how to reward them, and I mentioned the gold medal for avoiding death, but this thing is precious after all, and my father is not very worried about Changfeng and Feng Zhe, but he chose to believe you, so he only gave it to you." ”

Li Hanning naturally understands the actual weight of this seemingly small gold medal, Shu Qing died nine times, and her children and grandchildren died three times, no matter what happened in the future, Luoyang's laws could not punish her, and Li Hanning would naturally put it away with such a precious thing.