The bitter cold wind of the winter blew the robe hunting, Huan Xuan stood on the tower, looking at the battlefield below, and the words that flashed in front of him were the words that were missing two strokes.

The matter of avoiding secrecy was taught by Xie Zhan. He was born in the market, and when he entered Xie's house, he didn't know a single big word, let alone avoid anything. I still remember that soon after the enlightenment, he stood behind him and watched Xie Zhan practice the characters, there were many words he didn't recognize, but because of Xie Rin, he recognized the word Rin, and saw that Xie Zhan's writing was missing two strokes, and he couldn't help but point it out.

At that time, Xie Zhan said with a smile, this is called to avoid secrets, as a junior, you can't directly write the name of the elder, you must lack a pen to reduce the pen, in order to show respect.

That was the first time he had come into contact with these unfathomable rules, and he was so impressed that he had learned Xie Zhan for a long time, and he also lacked pen and pen for the name of the Xie family.

Now, in Yanzhou City, in the old place where he and Xie Zhan spent their childhood and adolescence, he saw the missing pen again, with extremely god-like handwriting, from Sandalwood Shuai's handwriting.

Huan Xuan turned around and strode down the tower. The weather was extremely cold, but my heart was boiling with anxiety, like a raging fire. There is something that is pressed in the deepest part of his heart The speculation vaguely raised its head, and it was almost surfaced, but it was impossible, Xie Zhan was already dead, he saw it with his own eyes, and buried it with his own hands. There is no resurrection from the dead. No matter how handsome Sandalwood looks like him, it will never be him.

"Duke Ming," Wang Shu chased after him, "Is there anything unusual in the letter?" ”

Huan Xuan didn't say a word, and walked down quickly. The city gate was closed, and the defenders didn't dare to stop him when they saw it, so they walked to the door: "Open the door!" ”

The soldier hurriedly lifted the latch, and the heavy city gate slowly opened, squeaking, and a dull sound was heard in his ears, reminiscent of the time when Xie Zhan rushed back to the city with him.

He shouldn't be cranky, with their friendship, with their lives can be cut off for each other, his speculation is simply a blasphemy against Xie Zhan.

Squeak, squeak, the axle turned, the suspension bridge slowly fell, Huan Xuan's horse rushed up, and jumped down at a place half a person high from the water.

The distance is too close, the situation of the opposite Jingguo army is not as good as seeing clearly on the tower, I only feel that there are people everywhere densely, there is a chariot in front of the column, the chariot has been rarely used in the war over the years, this thing is bulky and not easy to turn, and the northerners bow and horse bravely, under the impact is often people turn over on their backs, and the casualties are doubled, so the scheming sandalwood handsome, but the chariot was used during the siege.

Huan Xuan urged the horse and took a few steps forward. For many days in a row, the national army has never taken advantage, and at this time the battle is extremely cautious, only the Chinese army is fighting head-on, the eastern army and the black cavalry are only assisting on the flanks, Huan Xuan walked around the wide battlefield slowly.

Now he's figured out what's wrong. On the outermost side of the Jing Guojun were chariots, and on the second layer were crossbowmen, and then the ranks were dragged out for several miles, and flags were fluttering everywhere, and many grain carts were being pushed, and the drummers beat the drums to the sky, but the harmonious voices were not so majestic - the army on the opposite side seemed to be extremely numerous, but in fact, it may not seem so many people at all.

What's more, Sandalwood Shuai is clever in his means, how could he bring a heavy grain cart with him during the siege of the city, and take the lead with a bulky and useless chariot. So what is the purpose of Sandalwood Shuai?

The drum music behind him sounded, Yuan Lu didn't know when he came, standing on the lookout pavilion watching the battle, the red clothes around him were like fire, Helan Zhen was wearing a riding suit and holding a horsewhip, look

When he turned around, a vicious gaze immediately looked at him.

Huan Xuan turned his head. Helan Zhen has been accompanying Yuan Zhen in the Assassin Mansion for the past few days, and it is not far from Concubine Feng, the grudge has been settled, and he must be more cautious in the future.

There was a commotion on the battlefield, and the generals who were fighting on behalf of the country saw the emperor coming, and they attacked with a hundredfold spirit, and the generals who were fighting on Jingguo's side immediately fled back into the formation, blocking the pursuit with a rain of arrows like flying locusts, and the flags were waved in the distance, and those baggage vehicles pushed forward a little, Huan Xuan watched silently, and a few words suddenly appeared in his mind: blinding the eyes.

In the name of attacking Yanzhou, dragging the main force of the country, cutting off internal and external communications, and secretly attacking Huaisi is a trick. It is also a trick to cover up the fact that the number of troops has been reduced by using the weight of grain trucks as an attraction. Sandalwood Shuai was not in the army at this time, and it is likely that he had already led the army to leave and went to Huaisi.

Then in the days when the news was interrupted, Huaisi was likely to have been returned to the Jing Guojun.

Distraction. Huan Xuanlema turned around and walked towards the city, and an extremely ridiculous thought suddenly came to his mind. He did watch Xie Zhan die with his own eyes, but did he bury it with his own hands, was it really Xie Zhan?

The corpse was burned beyond recognition the next day, and its original appearance was not visible at all. No one was present when the fire started, and no one saw with their own eyes the corpse lying on the spiritual bed at that time.

The corpse buried under Kun Yufeng can be fake, so why can't the burned corpse in the mourning hall be fake?

The boiling fire in his chest suddenly turned into ice, freezing people with chills, Huan Xuan held the reins tightly, and saw Wang Shu chasing his horse out of the city, with a worried face: "But what's so strange about that letter?" ”

That letter. Two strokes of the word Rin are missing. Suddenly there was a fire and the corpse burned beyond recognition. There is no place that is not as handsome as Xie Zhan's sandalwood. Huan Xuan looked at him: "Pass my order, and the two hundred leopard hidden army will set off immediately and sneak to Sizhou." ”

Leopard Yin, the elite of the Black Cavalry, good at hiding, good at pursuit, good at beheading. 100,000 black riders, only 2,000 leopards hidden, the best of the best, all of them are good at one enemy and one hundred, and they are also his secret killer features. At the beginning, he wrote to tell Xie Zhan that he wanted to form such a team, Xie Zhan replied, just call it Leopard Yin, Xuanbao is hidden in Nanshan, fog and rain for seven days without eating, not only to cherish feathers, but also to endure and wait, one hit will be hit.

Now that it is used to chase Sandalwood, can it also be hit with one hit?

Wang Shu quickly reacted: "Ming Gong suspected that Sandalwood Shuai was pretending to attack the city, but in fact he withdrew his troops and rushed to Sizhou? ”

Sizhou, built according to Surabaya, is full of ditches, the northerners are good at riding and archery, and the southerners are good at boats have the upper hand in this place. Sizhou, a military center with a tight border in Huaisi, is also the closest big city to Yanzhou. Jing Guojun has previously taken Hezhou and Jingzhou, and these days when the news is not clear, it should also take other states and counties, plus Sizhou, Huaisi can be fully in the palm of your hand, with Jiankang as a foothold, Huaisi as your waist and abdomen, arms and limbs, you can stretch out to all parts of the country and slowly eat. Huan Xuan nodded: "Let's go immediately." ”

Seeing that Wang Shu was about to leave, his heart suddenly froze, and he shouted: "Slow! ”

Wang Shu turned around and saw him staring at him with a pair of dark eyes, scrutiny, scrutiny, and indescribable coldness in his eyes, Wang Shu was shocked: "What does Duke Ming command?" ”

Huan Xuan looked at him and said slowly: "This time, the leopard is out and only the northerners are selected, not the southerners." ”

Wang Shu became more and more surprised, because of Xie Zhan, Huan Xuan has only been to the southerners over the years

There are more intimate than northerners, why did you specifically explain this time that as long as you are northerners, you don't want southerners? hesitated: "The subordinates dare to ask Ming Gong why?" ”

Huan Xuan looked at him. The best of the children of the Beihai Wang clan, who has followed him for four or five years, is his most powerful arm. But the Beihai Wang family is also a big family with the surname of Jingguo, and the children of the Wang family are all over the Jingguo court's army, and even Wang Shu was recommended to him by Xie Zhan back then.

Should he believe him?

"Duke Ming," Wang Shu was furious at what he saw, "but what's the change?" ”

"Nothing." Huan Xuan replied lightly and turned his face away, "You go." ”

If Wang Shu had a problem, then Sandalwood Shuai's letter should not have been delivered to him. It can be assumed for the time being that he is still reliable.

With a bang, the city gate opened again, and Yuan Lu urged the horse out of the city: "Attack." ”

The second army was ordered by the emperor himself, and the tide rushed to the Jingguo army on the opposite side, and Yuan Xuan walked unhurriedly in front of Huan Xuan: "General, what are the plans of Nanban in this battle?" ”

It seems that he also noticed something unusual. Huan Xuan looked at the battlefield in silence. Jing Guojun did not fall in love with the war, as soon as he saw the all-out attack of the Dai army, he immediately fled in defeat, and fled in such a hurry, the chariot was too late to take the baggage, the flags were thrown to the ground, the grain trucks that were originally in the rear army were reversed in the east and west, and the sacks on the cars were piled high, how to look like grain.

With the big losses suffered during the pursuit a few days ago, the Dai Guojun did not dare to pursue rashly, and the army stopped and watched, whoosh! I don't know who shot an arrow, and it hit one of the grain trucks, and the top bag penetrated, and the white rice was sprinkled all over the ground like water.

"Food!" A soldier of the Eastern Army shouted in surprise, patted his horse and rushed over, he passed safely, grabbed the grain bag, "What food!" ”

Seeing that he was fine, Dai Guojun suddenly felt bold, and people kept urging the horses to shout and rush up, rummaging around the grain cart and scrambling, the time dragged on longer and longer, and there was still nothing unusual, and those who had been cautious before were also bold at this time, and rushed to the opposite side.

Huan Xuan stepped on the stirrup and stood up, looking into the distance, the people of Jingguo retreated extremely fast, and the team rushed into the distance quickly, they were a planned retreat, not a defeated rout. Sandalwood's handsome trick. With a wave of the big knife in his hand, he shouted an order: "Whoever is under my command, stand by in place!" ”

The black horseman who was originally rushing to kill immediately turned back, and the 20,000 Eastern Army hesitated, and when they looked at the big sword in Huan Xuan's hand with a cold light, they reluctantly withdrew as well. Yuan Lu looked solemn, urged the horse to take a few steps forward, and suddenly the ground sank: "Retreat!" ”

It was too late, boomed twice, the front and rear chariots of the position ignited a fire at the same time, followed by all the chariots began to catch fire, the chariots were placed around the position and surrounded by groups, at this time it was just like a big circle of fire, the Dai Guo army that rushed in was firmly surrounded, the soldiers in front shouted to turn around and run back, the soldiers behind could not restrain their feet, crashed into a ball, the winter was dry and windy, the fire borrowed the wind, and in a moment many people were stained with fire on their clothes.

"What a sandalwood handsome." After Yuan Lu said coldly, he ordered the crossbowmen, "Those who are on fire will be shot to death." ”

Huan Xuan knew that he wanted to lose his pawn and protect the handsome. At the moment, these soldiers on fire are like moving sources of fire

Lighting a new fire wherever you go, this method is cruel, but it is the fastest way to control the situation.

But it was already too late, and suddenly many Jingguo soldiers jumped out of the chariot, holding fire oil in their hands

Splashing everywhere, and throwing iron nails and thorns on the ground, it turned out that only the upper layer of the grain cart was grain, and the bottom bag was full of reeds and other hay, and when they saw the fire, the whole battlefield fell into a raging sea of fire in the blink of an eye, even if there were no burning soldiers who wanted to flee back, they would be pierced by the iron nails on the ground, and fell into the fire and turned into fireballs, screams, cries for help and the sound of burning flesh and skin, and the city suddenly became a human purgatory.

Huan Xuan's gaze followed the Jingguo soldiers who came out of the chariot. One by one, they were already on fire when they came out, but they still finished pouring oil and setting fire to them, they didn't plan to go back alive at all, they wanted to use their flesh and blood in exchange for the result of severely inflicting damage on the army.

When the siege of Yanzhou was the most difficult, Liu Zhi's father also led dozens of dead soldiers to lure the Dai Guo army to the narrow mountain road of dozens of miles outside the city, and at the cost of the total annihilation, nearly 1,000 Dai Guo troops were annihilated by fire. It's just that now, the battlefield of this fire attack has been changed to Yanzhou City.

With dozens of chariots, dozens of baggage and the lives of dozens of dead soldiers, in exchange for the destruction of thousands of elite cavalry of the Dai Army.

Sandalwood is handsome. Fire attack, arrow array, night attack. Xie Rin's secret art of war is missing two strokes of Rin's words. There is an answer that is about to come out, and the blood in people's bodies turns cold.

"General Huan," Yuan Lu slowly approached with his horse, "I remember in a trance that when Mu Wan attacked Yanzhou, Nanban also used fire and injured many of Mu Wan's horses. ”

Huan Xuan paused: "Yes." ”

"The Nanban guarding the city is Xie Zhan's father, right?" Yuan Yuan looked at him, "If I'm not mistaken, the general's skills were learned from him, right?" ”

Huan Xuan paused again: "Yes." ”

"Nanban made a few moves, and the others were dizzy, but the general expected it everywhere, as if it had been arranged in advance," Yuan Lu chuckled, "Isn't it a bit too coincidental?" ”

Huan Xuan raised his eyes: "What does Your Majesty want to say?" ”

"The general is my confidant, my minister, and I also want to believe in the general." Yuan Yuan smiled again, and turned his gaze to the battlefield. The fire was still burning, there were very few living creatures in the fire, and with a snap, a chariot burned apart and fell into several pieces, and with a neigh, a war horse covered in fire rushed out of the fire ring and ran towards the ranks under the city, whoosh, the crossbowman shot over, and the war horse fell to the ground with a wail. Yuan Lu turned his head, "The general seems to be able to predict the prophet, why don't you tell me, what is Sandalwood Shuai going to do now?" ”

"The minister suspects that Sandalwood Shuai has withdrawn from Sizhou and is going all out to attack the land of Huaisi." Huan preached, "The minister is preparing to report to His Majesty. ”

Yuan Yuan stopped smiling: "Immediately sentry into Sizhou, I want to get the exact news today!" ”

Wubing Shangshu quickly ran to arrange, a gust of wind came, blowing through the pungent smoke on the fire, Huan Xuan turned his face, and heard Yuan Xuan's faint voice: "This sandalwood handsome, it seems that only the general can deal with it, okay, this matter is for the general to do." ”

"I give you two days, and within two days, I will know who Sandalwood's surname is and what his origin is."

"The minister can only do his best, and there may not be news within two days." Huan preached, "Sandalwood Shuai may have already arrived in Sizhou at this time. ”

Yuan Lu didn't speak, and after a long time, he turned his horse and walked to the city: "General, Fu Yunwan is still in the city, right?" ”

Boom, the heavy city gate closed behind him, and Huan Xuan watched in silence.

He's reminding him that he's always there

Move her.

"Ming Gong, Leopard Yin has already set off a quarter of an hour ago." After Wang Shu finished arranging everything, he returned to report the news, "The sentry cavalry just found out that the pot stove in the Jingguo army has increased by more than a dozen, and Sandalwood Shuai's camp tent is still there." ”

Distraction. The pot stove did not decrease but increased, and the camp tent was retained, all of which were covering up the news of Sandalwood's withdrawal of troops. Huan Xuan looked at him: "You and Gu Ran are temporarily in charge of the army, and I want to go out." ”

Wang Shu was taken aback: "Where is Ming Gong going?" ”

Huan Xuan didn't speak, crossed the drawbridge, and went to the city.

Wang Shu and Gu Ran were all people recommended to him by Xie Zhan. Over the years, he seems to have supported hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but now that he thinks about it carefully, which one around him is not inextricably linked with Xie Zhan. If you are already in the middle of it, you can simply give it a go.

The city gate opened again, and Huan Xuan's prancing horse passed through the doorway and galloped towards the courtyard.

In the annex courtyard.

Fu Yun was still asleep at night, groggy and couldn't get up. There was a few soft voices outside the door, and someone knocked on the door: "Lady." ”

Fu Yunwan recognized Ah Jin's voice, and sat up a little: "Come in." ”

There was a squirming sound, and Ah Jin walked in slowly: "The slave and maid are almost good, you can come back to serve the lady today." ”

Fu Yunwan leaned on the pillow: "You either have to rest for a few more days, right?" I don't have a lot to do, and I can handle it on my own. ”

"It's okay, the slave wants to come back soon." Ah Jin glanced back, "Team Duan is also much better, and he is coming back." ”

Duan Xiang's voice came from outside the door: "Fu Niangzi, my subordinates are waiting to report to the general, and they can return to the team today......"

Before he finished speaking, the door opened with a bang, Fu Yunwan looked out in surprise, and Huan Xuan strode in: "Get out!" ”

Ah Jin retreated in a panic, Fu Yunwan wanted to get up and didn't get up, Huan Xuan hugged her.

Holding it so tightly that it almost got stuck in her bones, it hurt all over her body. He didn't speak, his breathing was heavy, and he threw himself into her neck socket one after another, making her heart hang unconsciously: "What's wrong?" ”

Huan Xuan was buried in the back of her neck, her eyes closed. Those suffocating hesitations, those anger that had nowhere to vent, seemed to have found a place to settle down in an instant, and her body was so warm and fragrant, making his cold heart warm back little by little.

He's all thinking about something. Xie Zhan is a humble gentleman, Xie Zhan loves her so much. She is indeed so cute, how could Xie Zhan be willing to leave her.

It's just a ridiculous conjecture. Although Xie Rin's art of war is not spread, Yanzhou is famous for defending the city, and the southerners use it to figure out and study, and it is possible to realize the doorway, Sandalwood is handsome, how can it be Xie Zhan.

Let go a little, take her face, and kiss her hard: "It's okay." ”

Fu Yunwan was taken aback, and unconsciously his legs began to tremble again, and when he wanted to hide, he let go of her: "I'm leaving." ”

Like the wind that suddenly swept and left suddenly, it disappeared outside the door in an instant, Fu Yunwan was stunned for a moment, and he was almost suspicious that the moment was just a dream, and suddenly heard him talking outside the door, struggled to get up, put on his clothes and went to the window.

In the courtyard, Duan Xiang greeted Huan and saluted: "General, my subordinates are almost good, and you can return to the team today." ”

Huan Xuan looked at him, and his eyes fell on Chen Wan. These days when Duan Xiang is recuperating from his injuries, Chen Wan is in charge of her guards. Chen Wan was also recommended by Xie Zhan. Although the conjecture was just ridiculous, it still made him dare not dare in his heart

Put it down. "You are in charge of guarding these days, Chen Wan will go outside the city."

Chen Wan promised to follow, Huan Xuan took two steps and suddenly his heart moved, and when he turned around, Fu Yunwan stood by the window and waved to him: "You, be careful." ”

There were thousands of feelings in my heart for a moment, and I couldn't wait to go back immediately and never leave. But no. Huan Xuan stood still and waved to her: "Wait for me to come back!" ”

Urging the horse to run to the city gate, his heart was relieved, and he became uneasy little by little. Liu Zhi once appeared halfway and risked his life to save her. Liu Zhi has defected, why did he come back to save her. □□ has been loyal to the Xie family for decades, how could he defect, how could he burn down the mourning hall and destroy Xie Zhan's body?

In the tent, a team of Leopard Yin was regrouping, the tent door was opened, and Huan Xuan walked in: "Follow me." ”

A hundred men and horses scattered out of the tent and disappeared into the twilight.

Two days later, outside the city of Sizhou, on the mountain.

A leopard sergeant shuttled through the rocks and soon approached. He was dressed in camouflage on his head, almost blending in with the winter mountains: "General, here." ”

Huan Xuan crouched behind a boulder, looked at the winding road below the mountain, and nodded.

As he expected, Huaiyin, Xuyi, and Hongze in the Huaisi area have all returned to the Jingguo army, and now only a lonely city in Sizhou is left, which has been besieged for five or six days. He rushed day and night to this necessary way, and it was necessary to uncover the true face of Sandalwood Shuai today.

The sound of hooves was crisp, from far to near, and the team of Jing Guojun soon appeared in front of him.

Seeing the end but not the end, for several miles, there was a four-wheeled car hidden among countless people and horses, covered by green veil, and slowly moving forward, Sandalwood was handsome, coming.

Huan Xuan made a gesture, the leopard concealed his figure, and quickly occupied the high ground everywhere, the people and horses were getting closer and closer, and the four-wheeled car was in front of him.

Huan Xuan raised his hand. Rolling stones fell on all sides, and in the midst of screams, the front and rear teams were cut off. The figure was like a lion, rushing straight down the mountain with the sound of the howling wind, passing through countless crowds of people who resisted the obstruction, and came straight to the car.

The green yarn shook, the people inside were silent, Huan Xuan stretched out his hand and suddenly uncovered the covered green yarn: "Sandalwood is handsome." ”

The style is deep, the beauty is like jade, and the Tan Lang is unparalleled.

The man in the car looked at him with a sigh: "Abandon the slave." ”

The blood in his whole body coagulated in an instant, Huan Xuan was silent, and called out the name in his heart, Buddha slave.!