Dingjiangshan

Because of cleaning up the mess, Xie Jue returned to the camp two days later than Ning Yan.

When Xie Jue came back, in addition to the [-] remnants brought back from Mount Jiuhua, the [-] soldiers Ning Yan had brought from Nanyang Mansion earlier happened to also arrive, and they were also transferred into the army in Xie Jue's hands.

Fifty thousand soldiers and horses are not a small number, and they can be placed everywhere. Xie Jue wanted to ask Ning Yan how he planned to arrange it, but he was afraid that he would come at an untimely time.

Xie Jue turned around twice at the door of Ning Huaijin's tent, rubbed his hands and hesitated for a while, before he could make up his mind whether to enter, he heard Ning Huaijin speak first in the tent.

"Who's outside?" Ning Huaijin asked.

"My lord is awake?" Xie Jue smiled and said, "It's me, I wonder if it's convenient for my lord right now?"

Hearing this, Ning Huaijin put down the military newspaper in his hand, supported the bed with both hands and moved it up, and said, "It's convenient, Zhaoming can come in and talk about it if he has something to do."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Jue opened the door curtain and walked in without seeing anyone.

Xie Jue's eyes turned around in the tent, and unexpectedly found that Ning Yan was not by Ning Huaijin's side. Ning Huaijin was the only one in the whole tent. There was a small incense burner on the small table beside the bed. The soothing incense is burning vigorously.

Ning Yan wasn't there, Xie Jue was much more casual. He rubbed his hands, and dispersed the cold air at the door, then strode over to the bed and sat down, took out a copy of the military newspaper from Ning Huaijin's stack, Turned over.

"Your Majesty is not here," Xie Jue said.

"He just went out for a while." Ning Huaijin said in an intimate tone, "I heard that you are back, so I said that I want to check the military register and count the number of casualties this time, so as not to be in a hurry later."

"Your Majesty doesn't know. When His Majesty rushed to the front line in a threatening manner, anger almost came out of his throat." Xie Jue said with a smile: "It's so easy to hope for His Majesty to come back. I thought His Majesty would guard His Majesty." let's go."

"There is always business." Ning Huaijin laughed.

Xie Jue also smiled, changed the subject naturally, and said, "The endgame over Mount Jiuhua has been settled, but the defenders in the cities near Jinzhai County have strengthened. After this time, the front line may not be easy. Advance."

"This king has also thought about this matter." Ning Huaijin said: "Originally, I valued Jinzhai County, but because Ning Zheng is now resident in Shunchang Mansion, I wanted to avoid his elite teachers and take the two cities first. There is a nail in the Anqing Mansion. But now it seems that Ning Zheng was clearly prepared to put so many defenders around Jinzhai County."

"Actually, if we go further in, it will be difficult every step of the way." Xie Jue said: "Ning Zheng is now in charge in the direction of Shunchang Mansion, and Anqing Mansion is his hinterland. In addition to the deliberately added defenders near Jinzhai County, I'm afraid The next battle is not going to be as easy as it was before."

"There is no way to do this." Ning Huaijin said: "Since ancient times, counterinsurgency has never been so simple. Although Ning Zheng is just resisting, there are still three thousand nails on the broken ship. If we want to eat it, we have to hurt it." Twist your muscles a little bit."

"It depends on what your Majesty thinks." Xie Jue said, "Whether we want to draw it slowly, or take advantage of the victory and pursue it, so as not to have long nights and dreams."

As he was talking, Ning Yan happened to open the curtain and come in, patted the dust on his sleeves, and asked casually, "What do you want?"

"Your Majesty." Xie Jue hurriedly stood up, and gave Ning Yan the one-acre land beside the bed, and said with a smile, "I want to ask how the [-] troops brought by Your Majesty should be arranged."

"If Your Majesty wants to take care of it slowly, then I will break up the 5 people and organize them into various city guards for later deployment." Xie Jue said: "If Your Majesty wants to settle this matter as soon as possible, I will keep these 5 people."

Ning Yan washed his hands in the copper basin, then walked back, sat down beside Ning Huaijin's bed naturally, and pulled up the quilt on him.

After finishing all this, he was silent for a moment, and said: "I originally thought that it's okay to fight this battle slowly, firstly, to give third brother a chance, and secondly, I just took advantage of this opportunity to see if there is anyone in the court. How many people have different thoughts. But now..."

As Ning Yan spoke, he glanced at Ning Huaijin, then turned his head and continued: "...From the looks of it now, it's better to finish this battle as soon as possible and get clean as soon as possible."

Ning Huaijin frowned, fearing that he would change his mind temporarily because of his injury, she couldn't help but secretly pulled Ning Yan's clothes from behind behind Xie Jue's back.

"It's not entirely because of Uncle Huang." Ning Yan patted him reassuringly, and said, "The chess pieces that should be placed have already been placed, and there is no point in procrastinating."

"Third brother's rise of troops this time is the result of my intentional connivance." Ning Yan straightened his back, and said clearly: "Whether it is military strength or food and grass reserves, third brother is not as good as me. If it is true, it doesn't matter Consequentially put together, he will lose sooner or later."

"Indeed." Xie Jue said: "Until now, Ning Zheng has been dwarfed by comparison. He doesn't have many generals at his disposal. The eldest son has also gone to the battlefield, and seems to be guarding the front gate of Shunchang Mansion for Ning Zheng."

Ning Yan was slightly taken aback, and had no impression of his cheap nephew.

"Ning Zheng's eldest son, Ning Chengyi, is just in his early twenties this year, and he is a few years older than His Majesty." Ning Huaijin reminded him: "When he won the crown two years ago, His Majesty even sealed a congratulatory gift to Anqing Mansion."

"...I remembered." Ning Yan pinched the bridge of his nose and said: "I remember, as a son of the eldest son, but he has not been invited to be the son of the eldest son after reaching the crown, this is the only family in the Man clan."

"Thinking about it now, since then, Ning Zheng has probably moved his mind to make something famous for this little one." Ning Huaijin said: "If you don't invite the crown prince, it's probably an agreement with the new princess. "

"It's all a verbal agreement." Ning Yan said with a smile: "There are a few emperors in this world who dare to hand over the country to a young boy who doesn't understand anything, just like my father."

"In the past few days, military newspapers from the front line have been delivered one after another." Ning Yan said, holding the stack of military newspapers in Ning Huaijin's hand, picking and choosing from it, and picked out two. Three letters, said: "We have a lively fight here, and the third brother is not idle there. Zheng Shaohui was attacked twice by surprise. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and did not let the other party suffer."

"Zheng Shaohui is inexperienced in the battlefield. He can deal with Ning Zheng's elite army once or twice. If Ning Zheng attacks the city, he will not be able to deal with it." To make a breakthrough, it is better to retreat first, and help General Zheng stabilize the situation first."

Ning Huaijin had the same idea as him. After all, Feng Yuan was just a small fish and shrimp, and the center of gravity of this battlefield still had to be tilted to the other side.

But who knows that Ning Yan doesn't seem to agree, he shook his head and said: "If you don't return aid, just fight like this."

"Since we have the upper hand, there is no reason to give up the battlefield to the third brother." Ning Yan said calmly: "Just fight like this. According to the previous idea of ​​the emperor, go to Jinzhai County, and take it if you can. If you can't take it down, it's okay to fight hard. So what if the third brother is in Shunchang Mansion, if we go all the way to Anqing, see if he wants to bring troops back to help."

"If you don't have anything, you have to follow the third brother's wishes." Ning Yan patted his palms with the military newspaper in his hand, and said: "After holding back for more than half a year, it's time for us to shake our prestige."

Ning Huaijin and Xie Jue subconsciously glanced at each other, and at the same time saw some disapproval in each other's eyes.

Although Ning Zheng raised troops in a hurry this time, and many things were inferior to Ning Yan's, but the rebels on the opposite side were not as numerous as one state and one prefecture, and it was not easy to fight.

What's more, these days, both Ning Huaijin and Xie Jue deliberately slowed down the pace of this battle, and slowly maintained the pace of cannibalism. Apart from fearing that their own casualties would be too heavy, they were also afraid that they would be forced to fight for a while. Too tight, making Ning Zheng jump over the wall in a hurry, but it is not good for the war.

Everyone understands the reason why the poor don't chase after them, not to mention that Ning Zheng is sitting in such a big Anqing Mansion, he always has some family background, if he wants to kill the fish regardless of his care, they may not be able to bear it.

"Your Majesty." Ning Huaijin said euphemistically, "Should I think twice about this matter?"

"Huh?" Ning Yan asked suspiciously, "Does Uncle Huang think something is wrong?"

——It's not just where it is, it's simply too inappropriate, Ning Huaijin thought.

But he couldn't take Ning Yan's face down like this, so he could only say euphemistically: "If our side fights in Jinzhai County, Ning Zheng will definitely receive news. At that time, they will attack Jinzhai County just relying on us With the momentum, we will be able to find out a thing or two about our army, but at that time, I am afraid it will be time for Ning Zheng to attack the city."

"The terrain on the northern side of the battlefield is not as good as this side. There are mostly plains and waters there. If Zheng Shaohui can't hold it for a while, it won't be a city and a pond." Ning Huaijin said: "...but the entire northern side of the battlefield. "

Ning Huaijin didn't have the nerve to say the next half sentence, but Ning Yan understood.

Zheng Shaohui's northern battlefield connects Luoshan County and Xinyang Prefecture.Now that Xie Jue and Ning Huaijin are on the southern side of the battlefield, if Zheng Shaohui can't defend the northern front, maybe even Xinyang City will fall back into Ning Zheng's hands.

At that time, Ning Zheng can ignore the Anqing Mansion or where their main force is, as long as they push back from the Central Plains in one go, they can easily take most of the hinterland of the Central Plains.If they had been involved for a longer time, it would not be impossible for Ning Zheng to hit the gate of the capital.

Ning Huaijin didn't believe that Ning Yan didn't think of this level, but who knew that Ning Yan heard his concerns, but just smiled lightly, and said lightly: "So what?"

Ning Huaijin: "..."

Prince Gong gave Ning Yan a weird look, almost thinking that he was confused by the fact that he was trapped in front of the battle.

"If the third brother wants to attack the mall, we can't stop it." Ning Yan said: "From this round of aid for hundreds of miles, if Zheng Shaohui really makes people fight back, when we get to the front, the North The side battlefield is not far away. It's better to fight for it, if our hands and feet are fast, it will actually make the third brother dare not act rashly."