Dingjiangshan

Since the personal conquest until now, Ning Yan has been quietly staying behind, reading military newspapers and approving memorials, just like a mascot sitting in the Chinese army, purely to boost morale.

In the past half a year, he has read a lot of frontline battle reports, but he has not once raised any opinions. Most of the time, he let Xie Jue and Ning Huaijin deal with the frontline, except for the order to "deliberately lose a few battles" at the beginning of the year. In addition, they have almost never pointed fingers at "how to fight this battle" and "to what extent".

But what the two chief generals didn't expect was that he saved a big one as soon as he opened his mouth.

The battle in Jinzhai County was fought with no intention of laying the foundation for the development of future wars. Ning Huaijin and Xie Jue deliberately acted cautiously, but who knew that Ning Yan seemed determined and insisted on taking risks.

If this were normal, Xie Jue could at least pretend to be "not accepting the fate of the king outside".But now this "lord" is sitting upright in the big tent of the Chinese army, even if Xie Jue wants to pretend not to hear, there is really no chance.

Ning Yan's golden words were no different from the imperial decree. Although Xie Jue felt that this matter was a little inappropriate, he couldn't say anything. He could only ponder over terrain tactics for several days, and only hoped for Jinzhai County If you fight smoothly, you can take down several small cities around you in one go.

Apart from himself, General Xie also sweated for Zheng Shaohui, who was hundreds of miles away—not to mention that Ning Zheng was sitting in the town in person, and Ning Zheng's eldest son was personally leading the troops. For those who are idle, if there is a fight, I am afraid that Zheng Shaohui will suffer.

General Xie bears the title of head coach, so he has to think more about the battlefields on both sides.After much deliberation, he finally gritted his teeth, and simply sent away the two close lieutenants around him, ordering them to divide up [-] troops each, and return to help Zheng Shaohui.

These 2 people are just a drop in the bucket for Zheng Shaohui, but fortunately, the two lieutenants have been with Xie Jue for a long time, and they are also good players before the battle. If something really happens, they can help the newcomer Will.

Ning Yan only said that he wanted to fight the southern border battlefield, but he didn't care much about these trivial matters, and let Xie Jue make arrangements for himself.

Even when he heard the news, Ning Yan hurried back to talk to Ning Huaijin.

"On weekdays, I have heard that General Xie is very open-minded and courageous when he fights." Ning Yan laughed and said, "This time, he has changed his temperament."

Ning Huaijin swallowed the words that almost blurted out with a mouthful of tonic - not to mention Xie Jue's lieutenant general, if he could get up from the bed now, he would like to give Xie Jue to Zheng Shaohui.

For the next half a month or so, Xie Jue left early and returned late, preparing for advancing to the southern battlefield.

Ning Huaijin had traveled the road to Jinzhai County before, and felt the terrain clearly.The route near Mount Jiuhua is concealed and fast, but it is too easy to be ambushed by others. In addition, Feng Yuan has already blocked Ning Huaijin here once, so he must be prepared, so Xie Jue and Ning Huaijin discussed it before giving up. After going this way, I thought about going another way.

The other road chosen by Xie Jue was a bit more tortuous than the one on Jiuhua Mountain. It was on the south side of Jinzhai County. After calculating back and forth, it took nearly a hundred miles more to go around the original road.

But fortunately, the terrain of that road is flat, mostly plains. While hitting Jinzhai County, it can also take a detour to approach Huoshan County behind Jinzhai County.If Xie Jue has the strength to spare, it is not impossible for both sides to fight together.

In this way, this path is more suitable for Xie Jue's style of play than the previous one.

Ning Huaijin's wounds had not healed, so it was obvious that she couldn't fight with Xie Jue again this time, so she could only be forced to stay behind, assisting Ning Yan in dispatching the entire army, and also waiting to support the front line at any time.

The day after Xie Jue attacked Jinzhai County, Ning Zheng of Shunchang Mansion received the news, and as Ning Huaijin guessed, he began to dispatch troops to Luoshan County.

Things on the battlefield changed rapidly, almost from the moment Xie Jue started to fight, what happened on the front line was not predictable from the rear.

Feng Yuan probably didn't expect that Xie Jue would be so crazy that he would give up the entire northern battlefield to gnaw on his little bone. At first, he suffered a lot of losses twice, and almost gave up his arm before the battle.

But later, he probably got through with Ning Zheng at the rear, and it became difficult to chew. A small city like Jinzhai County was actually guarded by him for seven or eight days with gnashing teeth.

Immediately afterwards, Ning Zheng on the northern battlefield also showed his fangs, and actually dispatched troops to surround the gate of Xinyang Mansion and began to attack the city.

Xie Jue's side fell into a stalemate, and Xinyang Mansion's side was also in a difficult situation. In those few days, Ning Huaijin worried almost every day whether she would wake up and hear the news that Xinyang City was broken.

But compared to the fearful Prince Gong, Ning Yan seemed a little too calm.He seems to have changed places to be his mascot. Most of the time he is with Ning Huaijin to heal his wounds, and occasionally he goes out for a walk, cultivating relationships with the soldiers who stayed in the camp.

The soldiers in the camp didn't know him well, but after a few days, he spread a lot of good reputation, saying that he loves soldiers like a son and doesn't put on airs at all.

Ning Yan was very helpful, and he lived a leisurely life, not at all like being on the front line where swords were drawn, but no different from when he was in Nanyang Mansion.

Ning Huaijin didn't have such a good mentality like him. He heard Zheng Shaohui's besieged Xinyang City with his left ear, and Xie Jue's failure to capture Jinzhai County with his right ear. He was so worried that he couldn't eat or sleep. Well, after a few days, my heart is full of fire.

"What is Huaijin worried about?" Ning Yan sat on the side of the bed, smiled and gave Ning Huaijin a sip of herbal tea to clear away the heat, and said, "There are a few generals who are worried about the frontline affairs, you just need to take care of your wounds."

In normal times, Ning Huaijin would not be so worried.

He has always known that Ning Yan's conduct in life is bolder than Ning Zongyuan's. Even if it is to balance the court and plan the country, he seldom proceeds steadily and step by step.

It was nothing at all. When he was in Beijing, with Ning Huaijin watching over him all the time, Ning Yan wouldn't cause anything out of the ordinary.

But fighting is different from planning. If you lose one move, you will lose everything. What's more, Ning Zheng is eyeing the throne. If you give him a chance at this time, Qi Ning Zheng will fight back.

Even if Ning Zongyuan kept Ning Zheng to practice for Ning Yan, he couldn't let him really let go of his nonsense.

"That's not what you said." Ning Huaijin lowered her face and said seriously: "Your Majesty decides how to fight on the front line, and naturally you have to worry about it. The battle on the front line is tight now. If Xinyang City is broken, what will happen? Have you thought about it, Your Majesty?"

"I've thought about it." Ning Yan agreed casually, took Ning Huaijin's hand, and looked at it over and over in the palm of his hand.

Ning Huaijin's hand was not seriously injured, and after a few days it was much better, and she could move slowly without holding the white cloth all the time.

"Since Your Majesty has thought about it, you should know how important this matter is." Ning Huaijin frowned slightly when she saw his absent-minded appearance, and continued: "I know, maybe Your Majesty has plans, but no matter what , Your Majesty must not show such an attitude to others outside - the front line is fighting bloody battles, Your Majesty must not let the soldiers feel that you don't care about them."

What he said made sense, Ning Yan calmed down a little and listened humbly.

"What's more——" Ning Huaijin said: "Ning Zheng is not a vegetarian either. Even if the Xinyang Mansion has a high wall and green bricks, it cannot withstand the bombardment of Ning Zheng's two siege wheels."

"I know." Ning Yan said seriously: "Uncle Huang believes in me. I will only care more about the front line than Uncle Huang."

Ning Huaijin didn't know what he meant by "care" at first, but seven days later, the military report from Xinyang City really shocked Ning Huaijin for a moment.

It happened that Ning Yan was not in the camp that day, he often went out recently, and even Ning Huaijin didn't quite know what he was doing when he went out.

The front-line scouts sent back the military newspaper, and Ning Huaijin accepted it without any hassle. On the top of the stack was a thin letter, which was different from the military newspapers below. .

Ning Huaijin was at a loss, not knowing what news was worth such a treasure, so she tore it apart, took out the thin letter paper inside, and looked at it in the sunlight.

However, right after that, he was shocked into a cold sweat for no reason in the warm military tent.

——The letter said that Ning Zheng's eldest son, Ning Chengyi, was too aggressive when attacking the city of Xinyang.

Because of this, Ning Zheng's army was in chaos, and now the army has been temporarily withdrawn, and the dilemma in Xinyang City has been resolved, so His Majesty and the two commanders don't have to worry.

Ning Huaijin put down the letter in a daze, her heart pounding.

This letter was written by Zheng Shaohui himself. It was written concisely and to the point. The cause and effect were unclear. About Ning Chengyi, there was only one sentence "too aggressive" and no other information. Ning Huaijin wanted to know more.

——The eldest son of the dignified prince, to put it inappropriately, his status and status in the opposing army are comparable to that of Ning Huaijin.Ning Huaijin really had to think about how he could die in such a siege battle.

Ning Huaijin was shocked and suddenly remembered Ning Yan's indifferent appearance when he and Ning Yan were chatting about the front-line battle a few times before. At first, he thought that Ning Yan was overwhelmed by orders and worries, and became conceited and arrogant Woke up, overtly and secretly advised a few words.

——But thinking about it now, did he know that the northern battlefield is nothing to fear.

Ning Huaijin suddenly felt a gust of cool wind blowing from behind, causing goose bumps all over her body for no reason.

——Or, Ning Yan didn't "know" at all, but "certainly" that this disaster must happen to Ning Zheng's army.

For some reason, Ning Zheng's withdrawal from Xinyang City was a good thing, but Ning Huaijin was not happy at all.

He felt an inexplicable chill in this warm early spring, so that he couldn't help shivering, and wondered in his heart: Does this matter have anything to do with Ning Yan?