Dingjiangshan

May [-], the summer solstice.

Shen Tinghe did not wait for her husband in Anqing Mansion, but Ning Yan waited for his third brother before the battle.

Most of Ning Huaijin's injuries in Mount Jiuhua were superficial injuries, and she didn't hurt any muscles or bones. She recovered very quickly and recovered within a month.

After recovering from his injury, Ning Huaijin couldn't stay in the rear very well. Ning Yan stopped him twice, but couldn't stop him every time, so he let go and let him follow Xie Jue back to the front line.

With Ning Chengyi's death, Xie Jue and Zheng Shaohui took advantage of this opportunity to attack and beat the enemy back steadily, as if they were about to retreat back to Anqing Mansion.

But Ning Zheng's hands are not all idiots. Previously, he suffered a lot due to the stretching of the front line too long and the lack of generals in his hands.

The pace of Xie Jue's advancement has slowed down significantly, and the battle is not as easy as it was a few days ago.

And Ning Yan didn't go back to the rear, but moved forward with the army, following the army forward.

It's just that Ning Huaijin disagreed with Ning Yan personally leading the troops, so he stayed in the Chinese army camp most of the time and behaved very well.

Ning Zheng's defeat was obvious, no matter how hard he struggled, he was still a loach in the shallow pond, and he couldn't make any big tricks. Ning Huaijin, being more than cautious, discussed with Xie Jue a few times, and decided not to divide the troops, but still In the previous deployment, Zheng Shaohui guarded the Xinyang Mansion, while Xie Jue and Ning Huaijin advanced together, nibbling away at Anqing Mansion's territory bit by bit.

Ning Yan had no objection to this, since the front line was set up like this, he didn't have to worry that Ning Zheng would turn around and attack the Jiangnan two prefectures, otherwise, as long as Ning Zheng dared to divide his troops back, Xie Jue would definitely catch up and take the opportunity to hit the other side dilemma.

In addition, Ning Yan can probably guess why Ning Huaijin fought more and more slowly after returning to the front line—Prince Gong just wanted to give King Changle a chance to bow his head. Saved a lot of losses for the two armies.

Prince Gong has always been careful to save money and save money, and Ning Yan always likes to see him planning all kinds of things for himself, so he didn't say anything and let him go.

Ning Huaijin originally thought that the outcome of this battle had already been decided and there would be no further disturbances.

But when he really saw Ning Zheng in front of the Luzhou mansion, he couldn't help but thump in his heart, and an inexplicable sense of uneasiness arose.

"Uncle, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Ning Huaijin frowned tightly, disgusted by his calling.

It's really strange, Ning Huaijin thought, it's obviously the same name, how come it sounds so much better when it comes from Ning Yan's mouth than in Ning Zheng's mouth.

"I don't dare to accept a word from the emperor's uncle." Ning Huaijin said very bluntly: "The family discipline is quite strict, but I dare not offend anyone who is disrespectful. Besides, I don't have much friendship with you since I am now in front of the battle. Seeing each other, there is no need to be extra polite."

Wearing light armor, Ning Zheng stood condescendingly on the city wall of Luzhou Mansion. Hearing the words, he sneered, "My king always heard about the little emperor's uncle in the letter from his mother. After many years, he has admired his great name for a long time."

Ning Huaijin sneered and said, "That's really my king's luck."

It's fine if Ning Zheng didn't mention Ruan Yin, but whenever Ruan Yin was mentioned, Ning Huaijin couldn't help but think of the fact that Ning Zheng and Ruan Yin joined hands to poison Ning Yan in the palace, and even if he didn't feel angry, he forced him to provoke him three times. point.

Ning Zheng was almost young, and his mouth was much stronger than it was ten years ago. His eyes turned around Ning Huaijin, and then fell on Xie Jue who was beside him.

"Thank you, General." Ning Zheng smiled and said, "Don't come here without any problems."

Xie Jue immediately squeezed the spear in his hand.

Ten years ago, the Xie family suffered a catastrophe during the double king's fight for the heir apparent. Not to mention a pair of generals died unjustly in the heavy prison, even Xie Jue's pregnant sister was not spared.

There is also an inescapable connection with Ning Zheng in such a catastrophe, and now he dares to say "don't come here without any problems".

Xie Jue was no longer the impulsive and reckless young man ten years ago, he gritted his back teeth, looked at Ning Zheng with hatred, and said nothing.

Ning Huaijin worriedly stopped him behind him, raised his voice and shouted: "It's useless to talk too much, rebellious ministers and thieves, everyone can punish them. This king is ordered by His Majesty to put down the rebellion, and the thieves are going out of the city for a while." Fight, or obediently accept the surrender."

Ning Zheng looked up to the sky and laughed.

"Accept surrender obediently?" Ning Zheng smiled and said, "Ning Huaijin, you are so naive!"

"Then there's no need to say more, each depends on his ability." Xie Jue sneered and shook the spear in his hand, raised his hand high, and made a gesture.

"Siege—"

Luzhou is the last big city in front of the Anqing Mansion. With the clarion call on the front line, the surrounding small towns will not be able to survive alone. They will always be involved in this battle and will not be spared.

For such an important battle, usually before the battle is over, there will be messenger soldiers who will write the situation on the front line as a military report and send it to the rear for dispatching troops.

What's more, Ning Huaijin was accompanied by Ning Yan's shadow guards, and the message was transmitted more quickly than others.

It was the battle on the front line that started, and Ning Yan received a tip later.

Ning Yan had thought before that the matter of Ning Chengyi would more or less irritate Ning Zheng, but he never expected that Ning Zheng would come out to kill him before he was at the end of his rope.

This time was much faster than Ning Yan had expected.

According to Ning Zheng's temperament, although he has great ambitions, he cherishes his life very much. At least he will wait until there is no way to retreat before he will fight.

Ning Yan originally thought that Ning Zheng would have the guts to wait until after Luzhou City was broken, but he didn't want Ning Chengyi to die, but instead aroused Ning Zheng's blood, which made him go out so early.

— Tsk, Ning Yan looked at the informant in his hand and felt a little embarrassed.

According to Ning Yan's previous plan, this timing is not friendly to him. Many things are not ready, and many risks will be added for no reason.

But Ning Yan thought about it again, and found it quite funny.It seems that since the incident in the hunting ground, everything has been different from his previous plan. After careful calculation, nothing has been completed step by step.

——But this is also good, Ning Yan thought, some things really need to be settled early to make early plans.

Ning Yan had been waiting for Ning Zheng since his personal conquest, and seeing him show up now, naturally there was no reason to ignore it.After thinking for a while, he folded the newspaper in his hand a few times, lit the candle at hand, and threw it into the brush washer.

"Qin Liu." Ning Yan called out.

Qin Liuxun opened the curtain and asked, "What orders does Your Majesty have?"

"How's Nanyang Mansion?" Ning Yan asked.

"Everything is fine." Qin Liu agreed quickly, as if he knew what he was going to ask, and said, "Miss Linglong is all normal. She has been raising her baby behind closed doors and has never gone out. The imperial guards in the mansion also surrounded the yard. , and no one else bothered the girl."

"Where's the child?" Ning Yan asked.

Qin Liu was stunned for a moment, then quickly said: "Everything is fine."

"That's good." Ning Yan said, instead of asking Qin Liu to wait on him, he took out the letter paper from the hidden compartment next to him, picked a new pen from the pen holder, and dipped it in ink.

"You send a letter to Jingli, asking the teacher to take care of Chaoshang's situation in recent days." Ning Yan wrote the letter, while distractedly commanding: "Tell him, in addition to the officials of Chaoshang, there is also a team of people secretly Surrounding the Shu Mansion...you don't need to pay too much attention to the Queen Mother, just devote all your energy to looking after King Yong'an."

"In the near future, something may go wrong." Ning Yan continued: "Tell the teacher the truth, and tell him that no matter what happens, he doesn't have to worry, and just do as I say."

Qin Liu answered yes.

As Ning Yan finished writing the letter in his hand, he changed hands and put it aside to dry, took out another piece of letter paper, thought for a while, picked up the pen and wrote again.

He didn't ask anyone to wait on him, and Qin Liu didn't dare to go forward rashly. He just quietly lowered his head, waiting for his orders.

Ning Yan wrote three letters before and after, each dried and sealed with envelopes, closed with wax, gathered them into a pile, and handed them to Qin Liu one by one.

"Send this letter to Ah Zhan." Ning Yan ordered: "The middle one is for the teacher, and the last one—"

Ning Yan hesitated for a moment visible to the naked eye, but still gritted his teeth and said, "For now, keep it with you. If I don't ask you to reply to this letter within a month, I will send it to you when the one-month period expires." Give it to the emperor."

Qin Liu had never heard such ambiguous orders, and he was a little puzzled. He took the letter from Ning Yan and put it away in his arms, and quickly glanced at Ning Yan's expression.

Ning Yan has been a little absent-minded since he finished writing the letter. He leaned halfway on the stool, and knocked on the armrest with his right hand.

Qin Liu is very familiar with Ning Yan's expression - it usually means that he has a plan in mind and is ready to put it into practice.

"Then the subordinate is going to deliver the letter?" Qin Liu asked.

"Yeah." Ning Yan nodded halfway, then changed his mind temporarily, and said, "Ask someone else to deliver it. You can change your commander's attire for now, and you don't have to show up for a few days."

This means that there are other orders to be given to him.

Qin Liu naturally understood, nodded upon hearing the words, and said, "This subordinate knows."

"Since the third brother is in Luzhou, then Luzhou will not be so easy to fight. The emperor will probably lose this battle. It just depends on whether the defeat is good or not." Ning Yan lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said slowly: "Third brother's personal soldiers are no better than those mobs outside, I'm afraid they will be difficult to deal with, and the emperor's uncle may suffer a bit."

Qin Liugang wanted to go out, but when he heard this sentence suddenly, he was not sure what Ning Yan meant, so he could only ask tentatively, "Does Your Majesty want your subordinates to go down to meet the prince?"

Responding was used ambiguously this time, and he had to call Ning Huaijin back as "response", and killed Ning Zheng once and for all, so that Ning Huaijin won the battle, which can also be called "response". There are many possibilities, it just depends on which one Ning Yan wants to choose.

Unexpectedly, Ning Yan shook his head, and said: "No need, just pass down the order to order the remaining soldiers in the camp to cook and cook, order troops and dispatch generals, and prepare to send troops."

Qin Liu was startled when he heard that, and immediately understood why Ning Yan changed his mind temporarily and ordered him to return to the status of shadow guard.

Looking at this posture, Ning Yan is ready to go into battle himself.