Qihuang

In March of the fourth year of Anle, Yanjun barracks in Yuzhou.

A sheepskin map drawn in ink was spread out on the long case, and several generals stood or sat, discussing something in low voices.

Just as the discussion was in full swing, a man dressed in jet-black mysterious armor and an imposing figure opened his military tent and walked in.

The man is handsome and energetic, and his armored uniform is not arrogant, but the raised corners of his lips show that he should be in a good mood.

Hearing the movement, a group of soldiers turned their heads one after another. When they saw who was coming, they immediately knelt down and saluted: "Your Majesty!?"

Xu Shaozhuo was surprised: "Why did your majesty come back at this hour? Didn't the letter say that it was about night?"

Yan Liao raised his chin, motioning for everyone to get up.

Walking to the high seat behind the long case and sitting down, he said, "My lord, hurry up, Qi Ao and they probably arrive at night."

Handling the battle in Bingzhou properly, Yan Liao didn't delay for a moment, and immediately returned to the Yuzhou front with a few personal guards.

Yan Liao's gaze fell on the map that had just been discussed by the generals.

With a finger pointing at the well-articulated point, Yan Liao asked in a cold voice, "How is the battle in Yuzhou? How is the battle in Runan County?"

When mentioning the battle in Yuzhou, Yan Liao's raised lips were pulled down, and the sharpness in his eyes also rose sharply, causing a group of generals to panic.

"My lord, in the past few months you have been in Xihe, Bingzhou, the three counties and 42 counties headed by Chen Jun have already been taken, but..." Thinking about his words, Ye Cigui, who joined the army, said: "But Runan County... General Baili can't attack for a long time."

Yan Liao raised his eyebrows and hummed lightly. "It's not Baili's fault. Runan is an important fortress, and the soldiers and supplies are abundant. It's normal that he won't be able to fight for a while."

Runan County is bordered by Jizhou in the north and Xuzhou in the west, with three mountains and two passes.

In his previous life, Yan Liao spent a lot of time and energy for Runan, so of course he would not blame Baili Yunting for being unable to attack for a long time.Besides, Baili Yunting himself has a feud with Runan County, so he must be the one who most wants to capture Runan among all the people.

Knowing that Runan was not easy to fight, Yan Liao took the opportunity to return to the Yuzhou military camp while the battle in Bingzhou had room to breathe.

Yan Liao ordered: "Hu Qingshan, Dong Yu, the two of you go to Qingzhou Yansanying to garrison, and Yuzhou side, I personally guard."

The two generals who were named looked at each other and knelt down to accept the order: "Follow the king's orders."

Yan Liao closed the map, rubbed the center of his eyebrows with two fingers, and said slowly: "It's enough to defend Xihe within three to two months. Before the An army's food and grass arrive, the Xihe side dare not act rashly."

There was admiration in the eyes of all the generals, and Hu Qingshan bowed his head even more, and assured him with confidence: "Your Majesty is mighty! The two last generals will also fulfill their mission!"

Yan Liao waved his hand: "So, you guys go down first, and when Mr. Qi comes back in the evening, we can discuss the war together."

"Yes." All the generals saluted and withdrew from the military tent one after another.

Only Xu Shaozhuo was not willing to leave because of his thick skin and deep feelings.He looked at Yan Liao carefully, feeling that he hadn't seen him for a few months, and the king was getting thinner again...

A little uncomfortable, Xu Shaozhuo poured a cup of hot tea and offered it, and asked, "Aren't you going back to the king's tent? It's late now, why don't you take a nap?"

Yan Liao took off the black armor on his body, handed it to Xu Shaozhuo and put it aside, saying: "What's the best way to sleep, if you want to sleep, you have to wait until you take down Runan."

Xu Shaozhuo arranged the Xuanjia neatly, with a sad expression on his face: "We use Jizhou and Qingzhou as the line of defense, not to mention the chaos in various places, with Da'an in front and Gusu in the back, this...it's really not easy to fight... "

"It's not easy to fight." After taking a sip of tea, Yan Liao looked at the worried Xu Shaozhuo, and joked: "Shaozhuo, how did I realize that you are becoming more and more afraid recently? Don't be influenced by Qi Ao Right? That’s not okay, you were not courageous before, you have to influence Qi Ao, that’s why this king entrusted him to you, understand?”

Having said that... Looking at Yan Liao's more and more distinct face, Xu Shaozhuo felt a little distressed: "The last general is not afraid, but just wants to finish the fight early."

Yan Liao smiled: "Who doesn't want to finish the fight earlier? It's okay, if you worry about it anymore, I can only send you back to Jizhou to worry with Xu Shaoqing."

Wow, this is brutal.Xu Shaozhuo quickly shook his head: "No way!"

Seeing it amused, Yan Liao raised the corner of his lips, and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, this king knows it well."

It is indeed clear.

When you come back from rebirth, you will meet many opponents in your previous life, and you will fight many places you fought in your previous life.

It can be said that he knows himself and the enemy, and fighting is much easier than in his previous life; in addition, the Yan army is brave and good at fighting, and its wings are getting richer. Yan Liao has always been able to handle it with ease.

To say that the only thing that makes Yan Liao feel a little worried is the enemy behind him, the biggest opponent in his previous life - the royal family of Gusu.

As a wealthy vassal state, Gusu should not be underestimated in terms of national strength or military strength.

The Yan army is taking over and surrendering. At present, there are more than 7 troops. Among them, [-] troops are deployed in Bingzhou, [-] are in Yuzhou, [-] are handed over to Xu Shaoqing to guard the last line of defense in Jizhou, and there are [-] troops led by Baili Yunting. Attack Runan.

Compared with Da'an's hundreds of thousands of troops and Gusu's 12 troops, it is the least.

However, the world is in chaos, and there are rebels everywhere. Although the rebels are not as powerful as the Yan army and Gusu, they are more numerous, chaotic, and miscellaneous, which distract Da'an's attention; Jizhou, like the Yan army, was scattered.

Speaking of it, although the situation in the world is chaotic, it faintly presents a three-legged state.

That's why Yan Liao wanted to quickly take down Runan.

If Runan is captured, Yan Liao can take advantage of Runan's three mountains and two passes to deploy defense forces, so he doesn't have to worry about being attacked on both sides and being caught off guard.

Yan Liao's full confidence encouraged Xu Shaozhuo.

After serving another cup of tea for Yan Liao, Xu Shaozhuo continued to ask: "Then the king is coming back this time, is he going to conquer Runan County himself?"

"Let's see." Yan Liao pondered: "When I was still in Mobei, this king promised Baili Yunting that he would personally avenge his family. This Runan governor is the enemy of Baili's family."

Xu Shaozhuo nodded.The king of his family has always been "I will not offend others if I am not attacked, and I will beat him to death if someone offends me", and it is the same when I am under the imperial court.

But Xu Shaozhuo didn't keep his mouth open, and he didn't like his brain when he spoke, so he couldn't help but complained to Yan Liao

complained:

"Is it really okay for the king to hand over Runan to that weird guy in Baili? When the last general fought with him in Qingzhou, he always felt that his character was very problematic! And... sometimes he doesn't obey military orders very much!"

Yan Liao laughed: "Haven't you heard of 'the general is out, and the military order is not accepted'? If everyone is like you, and I only move once I say it, then it won't make me angry?"

This smile was a little teasing, Xu Shaozhuo wanted to say a few more words to Yan Liao when he saw this.But just as he was about to open his mouth again, Yan Liao held his chin with a cup.

Yan Liao said: "It's okay to make a joke this time, Baili Yunting is a bloody man with love and righteousness, next time you are not allowed to talk about his right and wrong behind his back, do you understand?"

Xu Shaozhuo was startled, and quickly lowered his head: "I will know my mistake!" After speaking, he couldn't help raising his head again, carefully checking whether Yan Liao was angry.

Xu Shaozhuo had only one good eye left, and the other broken eye was hidden in a black eyepatch.

He wears blindfolds on weekdays, and sometimes he looks fierce, but now with this pitiful expression, the good eye is particularly black and white, hesitant and flattering, like some kind of large dog...not only not fierce, but also Kind of stupid.

Yan Liao: "..."

Every time Yan Liao sees Xu Shaozhuo's blind eye, he will think of how desperate he was in Dongyang Pass a few years ago, how he died tragically in his previous life, and... think of what a loyal and loyal person he is. Silly boy.

To such Xu Shaozhuo, Yan Liao couldn't help but be too strict.

Taking the map again, Yan Liao said lightly: "Okay, you can go out too, I still have some things to do."

Xu Shaozhuo immediately felt lonely, his eyes drooped: "The last general...resign."

Xu Shaozhuo retreated slowly, and after thinking about it, he seemed to be fine for the time being, just like the bodyguard at that time, just guarding outside the tent, motionless and devoted to his duties.

-

There is a stage in the Gusu Palace, which was built by Wu Hongsheng for a whole year.

What kind of stage needs to be built for a year?

For example, the one in front of Wu Hai.

The open-air stage is built in a flowery garden, with gold and jade as the platform and nanmu as the pillars. It is connected with the corridor, followed by pavilions and pavilions.

In front of the garden is a small lake with untied boats. Wu Hongsheng loves to watch plays here.

When he was in a good mood, like now, he would let hundreds of actors stand on the stage to show off their talents and perform for him together.

There are hundreds of actors, men and women, with different makeup and different decorations.

The actors' singing, dancing and singing are all messed up, and normal people would only get a headache when they hear it, but Wu Hongcheng likes it, and he watches it with great interest.

The actors who had finished singing and just performed would retreat from the corridors on both sides one by one, and there were still those who were reluctant to give up, scratching their heads and making poses, just to attract the attention of the extravagant king of Gusu.

Wu Hongsheng watched this chaotic and humiliating group play for three hours, while Wu Hai stood behind him and waited for three hours.

Finally, there was no one left on the stage, and Wu Hongsheng turned around with a sense of satisfaction.

A pair of long and narrow red phoenix eyes lacked interest, looking at Wu Hai, Wu Hongsheng said: "What's the matter, what's the matter now?"

Let's talk. "

Wu Hai bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have an account of your plan to attack Runan County in Yuzhou."

Taking the mulberry from the hand of the maid in his mouth, Wu Hongsheng signaled Wu Hai to continue with his eyes.

Wu Hai said lightly:

"There is a brave general under King Yan named Baili Yunting, who is from Runan County in Yuzhou and heir to Youying Spear. If King Yan wants to seize Runan County, he will definitely send this person as a vanguard.

This person has a feud with the governor of Runan County, and Runan is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The minister believes that this person is useful. "

Wu Hongsheng threw the remaining mulberries into the water together with the maid who fed him the mulberries.

Looking at the distorted face of the palace maid who was terrified and dared not speak out, Wu Hongcheng smiled heartily, and followed Wu Hai's words: "What do you think, brother Hai? Do you want to be an oriole?"

The indifference under Wu Hai's long eyelashes was slightly invisible, and he said indifferently: "Whether it's a praying mantis or a squirrel, it's all up to the Holy Majesty."

Wu Hongsheng looked at Wu Haili's beautiful face tenderly, and said softly: "Then I will leave this matter to Brother Hai, how about it?"

Wu Hai made a salute: "I obey the order."

An eunuch came over from Buxiu, knelt down at Wu Hongcheng's feet, and Nuonuo asked, "My lord, what should we do with those actors just now?"

Wu Hongsheng asked back: "Do you think they acted well?"

The eunuch smiled apologetically, "The Holy Majesty doesn't feel happy, so it's because they didn't perform well."

Wu Hongsheng suddenly became angry, and yelled: "Since that's the case! Don't let them prepare again! If it doesn't suit me tomorrow, they will all be dragged out and beheaded!"

The eunuch was sweating coldly on his forehead, knocked his head loudly, and said quickly: "Yes yes yes, the old servant obeys the order!"

The author has something to say: Harmless (indifferent face): "So, I can't have a normal person by my side, either a lunatic or a pervert, right?"