Hello Chang’an

Chang Suining entered Anzhou City, dismounted outside the governor's office in Anzhou, and quickly took over the military defense affairs of Anzhou to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to cause chaos and harm the people.

In addition, she sent people to Jingzhou to send a message, asking them to strictly check whether there were spies spying on the defenses in Jingzhou City, and to eliminate them as soon as possible.

After receiving this letter, the governor of Jingzhou was shocked to realize that Jingzhou had almost suffered a sneak attack... To be precise, it was a pincer attack that could cause a catastrophic disaster!

The back is an important road in Gyeonggi Province... Who knows, being the governor of Jingzhou is really scary!

The governor of Jingzhou was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. He could not be the only one to be afraid of such a big thing. He wanted to immediately send a message to General Li Xian and General Xiao Min in the front, asking them to be afraid together... No, let them be careful of what Bian Chunliang might do in secret. trick.

When Xiao Min learned about this, he was shocked and frightened, and asked Li Xian: "This accident almost happened in Jingzhou, but Mr. Han didn't find out anything?"

In the tent, Li Xian, who was sitting at the top, came back to his senses, looked at Xiao Min, who was standing there holding an urgent letter, and sneered: "Is General Xiao blaming me? Don't forget, these days, I I have been here with General Xiao to attack Bian Jun—"

Xiao Min: "But most of the spies and sentries in charge of Jingzhou and several nearby cities are General Li's subordinates!"

"So what?" Li Xian sneered: "This incident did not happen in Jingzhou, but in Anzhou. No matter how powerful my people are, can they still stretch out their hands to explore Huainan Road?"

Xiao Min clenched the letter - even so, Anzhou and Bian Chunliang of Yuezhou had a conspiracy, and there must be communication between Anzhou and Yuezhou. These were also within the reconnaissance range of Li Xian's men.

But at this moment, he and Li Xian were not the only ones in the tent, a general from his department was also here. Xiao Min suppressed his inner dissatisfaction and did not say anything to intensify the conflict.

Internal coaxing among generals has always been a taboo on the march.

"Xiao just feels that this time something went wrong in Jingzhou, which is really scary." Xiao Min said: "If the Changjie envoy of Huainan Road hadn't led the troops to quell the chaos in time, the consequences would have been disastrous - we should learn from this and strengthen our efforts. Conduct reconnaissance to prevent this danger from happening again.”

At this point, Li Xian just nodded and the matter was revealed. However, Li Xian narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a half-smile: "The Jiedushi of Huainan Road quelled the chaos. The chaos was brought under her rule. This is her duty. Why does General Xiao seem to be so grateful to him?"

He said, after a pause, he showed a look of surprise: "That's right...I almost forgot that General Xiao and Ambassador Chang had a friendship of fighting side by side. I guess they have a close relationship."

"Xiao Min is just discussing the matter." Xiao Min cupped his hands and said, "I am injured, so I went back to change the dressing first."

After saying that, he turned around and left the tent.

Seeing Xiao Min leaving, Li Xian laughed: "If General Xiao can use this temper on the battlefield, he won't be unable to get Yuezhou City back after two battles."

"That's right!" a general headed by Li Xian spat: "These two siege battles have been very boring! His tactics, looking forward and backward, and taking his time, are like a woman doing embroidery! "

Several people echoed and said to Li Xian: "This time I could have taken Yuezhou in one fell swoop, but he ordered the withdrawal! If you ask me, the general shouldn't let him make the decision in everything!"

The remaining generals did not say anything. They did not agree with these statements. In their opinion, Xiao Min's tactics were step-by-step and they just needed to be patient and executed. Although they failed to take back Yuezhou in this second attack, they It caused a big blow to Bian Jun.

Furthermore, these people were shouting happily at the moment, but before General Xiao arrived with reinforcements... they didn't see them taking Yuezhou? Instead, they could only be suppressed and beaten by Bian Jun, who clung to Jingzhou City.

There are some big words, just listen to them.

But you can’t listen to this stuff too much, because it’s bad for your brain.

Those generals who were obviously more convinced of Xiao Min resigned and left.

After they left, the remaining people burst into cynicism.

"It's okay, you don't have to be familiar with them." Li Xian was not annoyed. He picked up the teacup in front of him leisurely and said, "After all, Yuezhou City is already in my pocket..."

He has planted the seeds for this attack on Yuezhou, and now he only needs to wait for the harvest.

Xiao Min injured his arm in this battle. When he returned to the tent and asked the military doctor to change the dressing, the generals who had left Li Xian came over to ask about Xiao Min's injury.

"It doesn't matter." Xiao Min told them not to worry. After putting on his outer robes, he and the others reviewed the battle situation.

The first time Xiao Min attacked Yuezhou, he used 50,000 troops, but this time he increased it to 80,000 and adjusted his tactics.

During the battle, the army almost broke through the Yuezhou City Gate several times.

However, Bian Jun no longer blindly defended the city gate. He mobilized his troops in advance and suddenly attacked from the side.

Thirty thousand Bian troops broke up Xiao Min's army formation from the side and disrupted Xiao Min's offensive.

Bian Jun rushed into Xiao Min's army, and each sword seemed to be filled with infinite hatred for the imperial court, biting like a ferocious beast.

But Xiao Min quickly noticed their weakness. Although Bian's army was fierce, it lacked order.

Xiao Min quickly adjusted his formation, took command of the overall situation, personally beheaded several Bian Army leaders, and led his army to charge out, killing ten thousand people of Bian Army.

But he did not choose to continue the siege, but ordered a retreat.

It was night at that time, and in Xiao Min's view, the army was exhausted and rushed to attack the city. Even though he exhausted all his strength to attack Yuezhou City, there were still a large number of Bian troops waiting in the city, and he had not even seen Bian Chunliang show up yet -

Xiao Min believed that using battle-tired soldiers to deal with Bian Chunliang's elite troops in the city would definitely cause huge casualties to his own soldiers, which was really not advisable.

Furthermore, he suspected that Bian Chunliang might set an ambush in Yuezhou City.

Moreover, there are still surviving people in the city. Once a war breaks out in the city, it will definitely affect the people. Bian Chunliang can ignore the life and death of the people, but the imperial court cannot.

Based on various considerations of pros and cons, Xiao Min chose to withdraw his troops and rest.

In the next battle, he will attack it with all 120,000 troops. He is confident that Yuezhou City will be successfully recovered by then!

Xiao Min talked about the next battle plan with several generals. After hearing this, several people became more confident.

At the end, Xiao Min suddenly thought of something and asked: "During the siege this time, the Korean army commanded men to use trebuchets to throw objects into the Yuezhou City Tower... Do you generals know what they threw?"

"We also saw it, and it seemed that it was not only thrown into the tower, but also thrown into the city." A general said: "It seems that the wet fodder was packed in sacks, and there should be lime, gunpowder and other combustion-supporting materials in it. After lighting it, throw it away. There were bursts of smoke—"

There is no open flame in this kind of thing, so it is difficult to extinguish it immediately. If you pour it with water, more smoke will roll out.

Another general smiled and said: "It can be seen that the Korean prince does not like the Changjie envoy of Huainan Road very much, but this move seems to have learned the essence of Changjie envoy's 'Chiyou Shenyan'" ”

Another person said: "When discussing the war strategy, I didn't hear him mention it."

Xiao Min was noncommittal. If he really just followed the example of fighting with a smoke screen, it would be understandable.

As the sky grew dark, a deputy general came to Li Xian's tent and saluted with clasped fists: "General, the soldiers responsible for transporting and controlling the trebuchets for this battle have been summoned."

Those soldiers were all good at throwing stones, and they did a great job this time. The general summoned them suddenly, was he going to reward them individually? While the lieutenant was thinking, he saw Li Xian sitting there leisurely, one elbow leaning on the small table, playing with a string of Buddhist beads from the Western Regions, and asked quietly: "How many people are there in total?"

"Go back to the general, there are about a hundred people."

Li Xian nodded: "Kill them all."

The deputy general was suddenly startled, his eyes full of shock and confusion: "General, why is this?"

Li Xian raised his eyelids lightly and looked at the deputy general: "Is General Qu planning to spy on the military plane?"

The deputy general's expression was complicated: "The last general dare not..."

"There is no need to say anything, but if anyone asks about it afterwards, just tell them that these people gathered together to drink and fight, which violated military regulations, and they should be killed to serve as a warning to others." Li Xian said casually.

The lieutenant general felt stuffy in his heart, but he didn't dare to respond.

"Remember to dispose of the body cleanly and bury it far away." Li Xian made the final confession.

The deputy general retreated outside the tent. Thinking of the expectant expressions of nearly a hundred soldiers when they were summoned, he felt that his steps were heavy.

It doesn't matter if the soldiers died in battle, or died of illness after being exhausted for a long time in the army... But what is the point of being executed without explanation?

After this was done, the deputy general returned to his tent and sat there, silent for a long time.

On the other side, Xiao Min, who knew nothing about the matter, was already planning to sleep.

But as soon as he took off his robe, he suddenly heard a confidant outside the tent asking to see him.

A confidant came in and sent a letter.

After the envelope was opened, Xiao Min first saw a copper plate tied with a red thread, and then a note with pleasant handwriting.

Xiao Min was overjoyed and felt all the fatigue in his body disappear in an instant. He stood up suddenly and said, "Quick, prepare your horse!"

Xiao Min and Li Xiansuo led an army of 120,000 troops and stationed themselves between Jingzhou and Yuezhou. From here to the north, a straight line can be drawn to the Han River Basin. If this straight line continues north along the Han River, it will It is the direction of Anzhou City.

In the dark of night, Xiao Min secretly left the military camp and rushed towards the Han River with a group of personal guards.

After riding fast for more than two hours, we could vaguely smell the dampness of Han River, which dissipated the heat of the fast horse.

Not long after, a torch lit up in front, and a group of cavalry pushed aside the darkness and came forward.

After seeing the leader clearly, Xiao Min signaled his confidants to put down their alert posture, smiled on the horse and handed over his hands: "Sister Shepherd's Purse, it's been a long time!"

"General Xiao, you're all right!" Shepherd's Purse, who was in charge of the response, smiled heartily and turned the horse's head: "General Xiao, please follow me!"

"Please help Sister Shepherd's Purse to lead the way!"

Xiao Min followed behind, horse hooves rolling, and after walking for nearly two quarters of an hour, they finally arrived at the bank of Hanshui River.

The river flowed quietly in the dark night. The riverside was overgrown with weeds. Next to the wild and natural-looking boulders, Chang Sui Ning, who was wearing a black cloak, looked at Xiao Min who was walking towards his horse: "General Xiao, long time no see."

"General Ningyuan!" Xiao Min came forward, his eyes full of smiles. When he handed over his hand, he quickly changed his words: "No, it's time to be called the Changjie Envoy!"

Chang Suining smiled and raised his hand to invite Xiao Min, who was coming quickly, to sit down and talk.

Xiao Min looked in the direction she indicated and saw a bamboo mat spread not far away, with a clay stove and two futons on the mat.

When Xiao Min sat down cross-legged, he sighed: "Chang Jie made me worry a lot."

"General Xiao traveled hundreds of miles to meet him so late at night. Compared to this, a pot of tea is nothing."

Chang Suining knew that Xiao Min was a very cautious and disciplined person. Under such circumstances, the reason why he, the leader of an army, made an exception and took the risk to come here late at night was nothing more than trust.

"Changjie Envoy invites you, not to mention that just by the Hanshui River, there is a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire. Xiao must also attend the appointment." As Xiao Min spoke, he took the teapot with a smile: "Changjie Envoy, let me come."

After pouring a cup of tea for Chang Sui Ning and himself, Xiao Min picked up the tea cup and said, "I'll have tea instead of wine. Thank you very much, Chang Jie, for your great righteousness, for relieving the difficulties in Jingzhou at the rear!"

Although Chang Sui Ning also picked up the tea cup, he said with a smile: "This is a family matter in Huainan Road, where the responsibility lies."

Xiao Min drank half a cup of tea to quench his thirst, smiled and shook his head and sighed: "In this world today, there are no unchanging responsibilities..."

To put it more gloomily, even if Chang Sui Ning sat idly by and allowed the Anzhou governor and Bian Chunliang to jointly attack Jingzhou, what could the court do?

To punish her?

When the court has too much time to take care of itself, what will it use to hold people accountable? She holds the military power in Huainan Road and is so popular. How can she just stand there and wait for the court to punish her?

The integrity that everyone should have has become a rare and precious thing in this chaotic and impetuous world.

Xiao Min said bluntly and deeply: "Many people say that Chang Jie makes someone rebellious, but Xiao knows that it is just a misinterpretation by ignorant people."

"The Changjie envoys used their lives to defend Hezhou, kill the Xu bandits, and drive away the Japanese bandits. They also put down the rebellion in Kangding Mountain in Youzhou and benefited the people of Jiangdu. Now they are preventing this disaster...Which one is for counterattack? ?" Xiao Min looked at the girl in front of him, his eyes full of trust and admiration: "Who dares to say that Chang Jie is rebellious in the future, Xiao will be the first to refuse!"

Meeting those eyes, Chang Sui Ning smiled and asked slightly: "...What if I say it myself?"

After Xiao Min was stunned for a moment, he suddenly smiled: "Chang Jie Envoy is still so fond of joking... Xiao dares to guarantee it with his head. Chang Jie Envoy cares about all the people and will never be the rebellious traitor."

"..." Chang Suining glanced at his head, and took a sip of tea silently with a smile.

It's good to be trusted by others, but this level of trust... makes her a little stressed.

Xiao Min was obviously very happy to see Chang Sui Ning. After he was concerned about Chang Kuo's current situation, he also asked some questions about Huainan Road, and Chang Sui Ning answered them all.

During this meeting, in addition to catching up on their feelings, Chang Sui Ning also had something serious to ask Xiao Min: "General Xiao, how is the battle situation in Yuezhou?"

If someone else were to ask this question, Xiao Min would have to think twice about it, but if Chang Sui Ning were to ask, he would immediately talk like a river beside him. Even if Chang Sui would rather not ask, he would take the initiative to say it.

Not only did he explain the previous two battles and sum up his experience, he even informed Chang Suining of his next plan.

Finally, as if he had handed in his homework and was waiting for his teacher's correction, he asked, "Do you think it's feasible?" (End of Chapter)