The sky is as dark as darkness, the cool rain is floating in Yecheng, and in the warm pavilions of several small palaces, the lights are bright, and there are women chattering:

"After a day of fun today, remember to burn fragrant soup and bathe when you go back, especially you, running around like a skin monkey...... What do you pout? are already big girls, and they are not in shape at all. ”

The queen was teaching her sister-in-law a lesson, and the chattering posture made Baoqing not irritable, wrinkled her little face, and wanted to express her dissatisfaction, but when she saw her sister-in-law's eyebrows and eyes, her newly raised heart disappeared in a blink of an eye, and she only hung her head, making a docile appearance of a small jasper, and said stupidly:

"Hmm...... I know, I must pay attention when I go back. ”

The sister-in-law frowned, seeing that she was panicked, after all, with her natural instinct, it is not once or twice that the yang is fed and the yin is violated.

The queen also knew her temperament, glared at her fiercely, and said angrily: "It's good that you know, I'm afraid that you will turn around and turn a deaf ear, your family, none of you are obedient masters!" I've done my duty anyway, and it's up to you whether you listen or not. ”

The little fat man who was killed by the pond fish for no reason was fighting with a chicken leg at this time, and when he heard this, he glanced at his mother blankly, and then buried his head in the blink of an eye and gnawed again.

The little fat man gnawed very seriously, gnawing from beginning to end, and actually saw a feeling of being in order.

He has been like this since he was a child, he has a slight tendency to obsessive-compulsive disorder, he must start eating from the first dish on the left, the inkstone and pen holder must be placed a little higher in front when reading and writing, and even the indoor table, bed, and miscellaneous furnishings must be fixed.

If there is a little deviation, he will be in a bad mood at the lightest, and he will be angry at the worst, which is not so serious.

Chen Yueer, who has a big belly on the side, likes the white and lovely Gao Heng very much, and moves chopsticks to pick vegetables from him from time to time...... The emperor didn't like to share food, and even with Ye Du there was a fashion, and when there was no banquet, everyone sat at a big table, which looked quite lively.

Gao Heng raised his round face stained with broth, and stuffed the other chicken leg that had not yet started to gnaw into Chen Yue'er's bowl, "Niangniang, you can eat it too." ”

The pregnant woman looked at the fist-sized chicken leg in front of her and smiled a little reluctantly......

After she became pregnant, her figure looked a little rounder, but her appetite was really not flattering, and she basically ate and vomited in the first few months, and later heard that the Southern Dynasty entered Kou Huainan, and the description was even more haggard.

Gao Wei came back from the enlistment and appeased the good students. This day happened to be the third day of March, the emperor took a large family to Tongquetai "purification", spring outing, and brought her over as a matter of course, the waterside sacrifice, although the fun was happy, but still couldn't eat at all.

"Eat a little more, still pregnant, make up for it."

Gao Heng is a sturdy child, and he canonized the position of the East Palace early, and the queen who has a son naturally shows the bearing of an eldest woman and greets with concern.

Chen Yue'er's face was a little pale, she shook her head and said, "I can't eat, I have no appetite...... Why hasn't Your Majesty come back yet? ”

At this time, everyone seemed to find out that the emperor had not returned for a long time.

Everyone looked at each other, but the queen seemed to be no longer surprised, and helplessly touched the little fat man's head: "...... I don't know. ”

"I know." Gao Heng blinked his black and white eyes and pointed to a corridor outside the water pavilion that was covered by flowers and trees: "There are a lot of people discussing with the left and right ministers over there." ”

……

Compared with the joy over there, the atmosphere on Gao Wei's side is much more cold and serious, at this time Gao Wei is discussing with a few courtiers, and occasionally there are arguments and noisy voices.

Wang Lin's various arrangements are giving people a signal of a decisive battle, at this juncture, everyone's nerves are also nervous, in the past two days, there have been ministers to offer the strategy of Pingnan, but the general idea is almost similar to "mobilize troops and horses, encircle on all sides, and turn defeat into victory." "The plan for granted.

Although the high-ranking ministers saw at a glance that this idea was not reliable, they had no choice but to put the voice of the court and the central government too much, and they always had to put it on the table to discuss it before it could be exposed.

Controversy is inevitable, and so are quarrels.

“…… It's the transfer of troops again, where are there so many soldiers that can be transferred? The Jinyang Army must not act rashly, that is the foundation of the country...... Transferred troops from Jinyang to save Huainan, I think you are crazy, just finished fighting the Zhou State, don't you need to rest?

Where is there such a truth? Old Murong's face was full of gloom.

"The decisive battle is imminent, Zuo Xiang!"

"Indeed, I will tell you the truth, the treasury is out of money, and this battle has basically emptied up several years of savings, and then mobilizing a large army, I am afraid that the imperial court will not even be able to gather food and grass, let alone military salaries." Zu Ting also spread his hands, expressing helplessness.

……

Poor, a very realistic and helpless reason.

To be honest, Gao Wei didn't think about immediately mobilizing a large army and killing a horse pistol, but he asked the people from the household department, looked at the account books they counted and sent, and immediately dispelled this idea......

Since the emperor's expedition to the west and the mobilization of troops from all over the country, all the counties under the rule of Daqi have to contribute a force. In order to smoothly promote the westward expedition, in the middle of last year and the beginning of this year, a large number of grain and straw in the warehouses of Hebei, Hedong, and Henan were transferred to the front line of Fenzhou and Luoyang.

This does not include the extravagant expenses of armor, weapons, and horses, so that the direct loss of the imperial court can be as much as 10 million stones.

If you count the Huainan military disaster, the losses of the imperial court are even greater, and in the past half a year, in the account books of the major military towns, the two items of 'Yuan Guan' and 'Seeing In' have been reduced to a shocking level.

And what's even more headache, next year's deficit may still not be able to change, although this battle is a big victory, but Daqi still needs time to digest, right?

Therefore, the ministers did not approve of sending a large army to rescue Huainan at this time, and it was precisely because of this that Gao Wei gave Wang Lin the right to dictate and let him really be the actual ruler of Huainan.

Although it was a helpless reality, Gao Wei listened irritably after all, casually brushed aside a branch, walked forward silently, and said in a calm voice:

"Don't talk about this kind of uselessness, I can't draw people, either Wang Lin blocks Wu Mingche and drives him back, or Huainan is lost, it's as simple as that.

"Pi Jinghe has already gone to the rescue, and it is useless to say more.

"Now think about it, what do we say if we win this battle, and what do we say if we lose?"

Everyone was speechless for a while, Old Murong's eyes flickered for a while, he quickly followed, and said respectfully behind his back:

"The minister has confidence in Wang Lin, the victory or defeat should still be five or five, maybe the odds of winning are higher." Gao Wei glanced back at him, and Old Murong immediately arched his hand and said:

Of course, the minister didn't know Wang Lin's arrangement, these were just some speculations in the minister's heart, and the minister guessed that Wang Lin must be waiting for Wu Mingche's remaining strength to be worn off, and then he would defeat Wu Mingche in one fell swoop...... This kind of handwriting is also rare, and there is a skin scene and support, not without the certainty of winning. ”

Gao Wei is still worried, after all, the historical facts are in his mind, the historical facts are that Pi Jinghe and others stood by in Huaixi, Wang Lin was invincible with one punch and four hands, and it was difficult to recover the general trend, and finally Wu Mingche was choked and flooded the city, resulting in the fall of Shouyang and Wang Lin being killed.

Now, although he forced Pi Jinghe to move forward, and He Ruobi blocked Fan Yi's northward passage, the basic plate of Shouyang was temporarily preserved, and Wang Lin also said that he would attack Wu Mingche on the bank of the Chi River.

But Cushman & Wakefield still can't rest assured.

"It seems that I overestimated the Southern Dynasty?" The tone is naturally confused.

Cushman & Wakefield stopped and stood by the porch, the flowers obscuring the eyes, and a canal flowing under his feet.

Zuo Xiang also followed: "You can't say that, the sharp soldiers of the Southern Dynasty are known to the world, but ...... What the minister means is that Your Majesty should not think of them too strongly, Wang Lin was also a person who tossed the Southern Dynasty enough, and the generals under Hou Jing and Chen Baxian were defeated in his hands.

Your Majesty should believe in him,

Besides, if he takes another 10,000 steps back, even if he loses and Huainan is gone, so what?

After all, the general trend is in our hands, Chen Ji won Huainan, and he will eventually be taken back by us? Your Majesty, don't you have any self-confidence? ”

Gao Wei smiled with relief, paused for a while, and said: "It's not that I don't have confidence, I just think that he took advantage of my unpreparedness and took Huainan away, always ...... I feel that I can't eat its flesh and sleep its skin! The tone of these words was relaxed, but the killing intent in the words was by no means fake.

After burying his head and walking forward for a while, Gao Wei suddenly asked, "Where are Wei Xiangyuan and Yu Wenshu now?" ”

The ministers on the left and right all looked at each other and said stubbornly:

"The ministers don't know, Wei Xiangyuan and Yu Wenshu haven't heard a report for more than ten days, and we don't know where they are."

Gao Wei's brows furrowed even deeper: "Let people inquire, if there is news, report it to me immediately, it's really ...... Even the festival will not let me live in peace. With that, the emperor brushed his sleeves and left, and the ministers dispersed...... At this moment, the sky was completely dark, and the corridors in the palace were lit with lights, and in this royal garden, all kinds of small and fragmented prayers rang out.

Nothing else happened until late at night.

Jiangling, on the bank of the frustrated water, the black armor and red silk Qi army lined up neatly, the generals and captains of this Qi army were willing to close their eyes and recuperate under the embrace of the armor soldiers, and Xiao Cong, the king of Liang, also reined in the horse and waited for the news.

After a while, Xiao Cong and his guards suddenly became nervous, Wei Xiangyuan suddenly opened his eyes, stared ahead, looked at a few horses running forward, and smiled: "Don't panic, this is our own people." ”

The Qi army that appeared in front of Xiao Cong and others, about three or four hundred people, according to the queue, every five horsemen was a horizontal column, even if they were scattered and running, they could also get a glimpse of many doorways, and the excellent level made Wei Xiangyuan, who was accustomed to seeing strong soldiers, was secretly speechless, whether from the military appearance or from the level they showed invisibly, these people can be called rare elites.

"There is indeed a hand in military training."

I didn't expect that it was just a few days away, and the general of the Zhou Kingdom was able to train his soldiers like this, from which you can see his ability, no wonder His Majesty values him, it can be regarded as a real material.

The emperor ordered them to take Jiangling, and before that, the captain and Yuwenshu decided to divide the troops, all the way to the south, all the way to the west, outflanking and suppressing, and agreed to meet in Fushui today...... Yu Wenshu is a typical Xianbei appearance, with deep eye sockets, full of beard, and a big bow and quiver on the left hand side, with a murderous aura all over his body, he hit the horse over, dismounted with his legs wide and saluted, and then hard Bang Bang said:

"Nanjun has been conquered by me, and the general has probably cleared Fuzhou and Chuyang, according to the general's view, whether we will go back directly to restore our lives, or take people across the river to take advantage of the emptiness of the Southern Dynasty to attack Jingzhou, please make it clear!"