Dingjiangshan

Jiang Ling was confused by Ning Yan's words, but Ning Yan didn't intend to explain, so he coaxed her away with a few perfunctory sentences.

After Jiang Ling left, Ning Yan was afraid that Ning Zheng would come and make trouble after he got the news, so he waited patiently for more than an hour, seeing that it was still quiet outside, he knew he would not come.

The dumb servant outside woke up earlier and made a lot of noises at the door. Ning Yan was cautious and didn't like extra details, so he didn't call for anyone at all, and only used the chain in his left hand to hang on the wall. Tap it lightly a few times.

The way he tapped seemed to have ulterior motives, with different priorities. After a while, a figure fell from the shadows.

It was not Qin Liu who showed up this time, but a man with a slightly older face, wearing a tight-fitting night gown with a black scarf covering his face, revealing only a pair of narrow and delicate eyes.

Ning Yan waved at him, the man took a few steps knowingly, knelt down in front of Ning Yan, and spread his hands in front of him.

Ning Yan moved slightly, pulling the chain on his left hand and rattling.He thought for a while, and slowly wrote on the man's open palm.

——Order Ning Huaijin to send troops immediately, without leaving any room, and push forward with all his strength.

Ning Yan wrote very slowly and clearly, the man felt it for a moment, and remembered this sentence in his heart.

"Okay." Ning Yan whispered, "Go."

The man kowtowed, without saying a word, and disappeared just like when he came.

The two thin tiles in the corner of the room were opened and closed again, and a little of the dusty morning light outside leaked into the room, which was caught by Ning Yan's open palms.

The halo was fleeting, Ning Yan lowered his eyes, and slowly gathered his fingers together, as if keeping the thin light in his palm.

It's almost over, Ning Yan thought.

His years of obsession, all hidden dangers in the future, and the last lesson Ning Zongyuan left him, are all coming to an end.

The shadow guard's footsteps are more than twice as fast as other people's. It takes two days for others to walk the distance. If the shadow guard doesn't sleep, he will arrive in one day and one night.

Generally speaking, to pass messages between shadow guards, either use eagles or use special means to leave symbols.In the past, every time Ning Yan contacted Ning Huaijin through the shadow guards, he passed the news to the shadow guards of both parties, and then reported it when the time came.

But this time was special - because Ning Huaijin saw the shadow guard who came to deliver the message with his own eyes.

Except for Qin Liu and Shili who had been on the bright side, Ning Huaijin had never known what the real "shadow guard" around Ning Yan looked like.So when the tall and thin man in black and masked broke into the tent of the Chinese army commander, Ning Huaijin almost thought it was an enemy attack for a moment, so that there was no tragedy.

"You mean, Your Majesty told me to send troops?" Ning Huaijin asked again in disbelief.

The man lowered his eyes, half kneeled on the ground, and said a word coldly: "Yes."

Ning Huaijin pursed her lips, her face became a little ugly.

Xie Jue showed a little hesitation on a rare occasion. He pinched the bridge of his nose and scanned the sand table in front of him with his eyes.

In the past few days, they did not dare to act rashly, but they did not stay idle. They gathered the defenders from all over the country and dealt with several occasions of intrusions by the enemy.

Jiang Ling hadn't heard from her recently, but Ning Huaijin had received two messages from outside, but they were of no use except to report her safety.

He and Ning Huaijin discussed the current situation before, and they both felt that they could not force it. They could only test it out slowly, picking some irrelevant places to fight, bit by bit eating away at Ning Zheng's remaining territory, forcing him to either take the initiative Come to make peace, or pull out Ning Yan to threaten in front of the battle.

No matter which of these two situations, at any rate, they can point out a clear way to rescue them, but now Ning Yan finally sent a message, not mentioning his own situation, but first sent a message to send troops, which is almost like It was to send myself a reminder.

"Where is Your Majesty?" Ning Huaijin asked, "How is the situation?"

The man hung his head and did not answer, but just repeated: "Let the prince send troops immediately."

Ning Huaijin: "..."

Ning Huaijin could tell that without Ning Yan's order, the Shadow Guard probably wouldn't say a word.If it wasn't for the fact that he was "Ning Huaijin", he might have left after the oral order was delivered, and he wouldn't have stayed for a moment.

"It's too risky." Xie Jue said, "Now I'm tearing my face apart, what if Ning Zheng thinks His Majesty is useless, what should I do if I attack him?"

Ning Huaijin remained silent for a long time, but she was also thinking about this in her heart.

They could have been in a stalemate with Ning Zheng now, Ning Zheng held Ning Yan in his hands, they didn't dare to act rashly, but Ning Zheng couldn't fight back in a desperate way, the two sides could only confront each other like this, until the situation changed, and one side bowed first .

Although this is too conservative, but fortunately it can buy them enough time, and with Jiang Ling by Ning Zheng's side, they can always come up with a safer way to "steal" Ning Yan first.

Can--

"Is Your Majesty going to send troops to test, or what?" Xie Jue asked again with certainty.

This sentence was within Ning Yan's verbal instructions, so the man quickly replied.

"There is no need to leave any room, just push forward with all your strength," the man said.

Xie Jue's heart sank and he understood.

Leaving no room for it meant that it wasn't even the army in his and Ning Huaijin's hands, but Zheng Shaohui from the northern battlefield and the two flanking armies from the southern battlefield.

This battle is not a trivial matter, the front line is too long, and once it is fought, it will be the overall situation.If Ning Zheng had the intention of dying together due to changes in the battlefield, Ning Yan would have no choice but to stop.

Xie Jue was a little confused, turned his head to look at Ning Huaijin, and wanted to ask him for an idea.

According to Prince Gong's concern for His Majesty, he would generally not agree to this kind of thing, and since he has the power to assist the government, when the emperor made a mistake, he should have the right to intervene to correct it.

But who knew that Ning Huaijin was just silent for a long time, and then suddenly sighed.

"My king knows." Ning Huaijin said, "Send troops immediately."

Xie Jue was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously felt that Ning Huaijin's reaction was not quite right.

He leaned over and pulled Ning Huaijin's arm, and said, "My lord, this is too risky—"

"No way." Ning Huaijin shook his head and said, "Since Your Majesty said so, you and I can only do it——Now His Majesty obviously wants to keep things from you and me, and don't do what he said, in case something changes What to do with bad things."

Ning Huaijin didn't raise her head when she spoke, and she looked a little depressed.

"... Even if you want to persuade His Majesty, you have to wait for him to come back." Ning Huaijin said.

After Prince Gong made the decision, Xie Jue had nothing to say, so he could only summon his personal guards to send orders to the outside world.

Seeing that the two of them had made up their minds, Ning Yan's shadow guards took advantage of the chaos during the army reorganization and disappeared without anyone noticing.

Ning Huaijin originally wanted to ask him a few more questions about Ning Yan's current situation after arranging the expedition. It can be seen that he walked so fast that he knew that Ning Yan really did not intend to reveal the news to them, so he had to give up.

It took Ning Huaijin a total of two days from the beginning of the whole army to sending a message to the flanking armies on both sides to set the time to fight together.

In the past two days, he has handled countless military affairs - the dispatch of food and grass, the deployment of troops and horses, as well as the marching targets of the central army and the flank army, etc.

The Luzhou government is the first one, but since Ning Yan said to "advance across the board", the surrounding cities are also indispensable.

Zheng Shaohui's position was quite good, Ning Huaijin thought about it, and told him not to come to support the Chinese army, but to take this opportunity to advance to Shunchang Mansion, and try his best to capture as many as he can.

Xie Jue was not idle either, he trained his soldiers with the wartime configuration for two days, and he was ready to take Luzhou.

For the first two days, Ning Zheng was unaware of the undercurrent on the front line, and he would come to see Ning Yan every day, trying to force a handwritten edict from him.

The jade seal is an important item of the emperor's authority. Ning Zheng didn't believe that he dared to leave such an important item in the palace, so he must have brought it out and put it in a proper place.

But whether it was in Nanyang Mansion or Ning Yan hid it in the barracks, it was not something that Ning Zheng could get in a short time. Go get the jade seal.

In order to keep the situation safe, Ning Zheng had to keep Ning Yan's life as his hole card, so he couldn't put him to death, and had to find a doctor to take care of him.

But the prince who was born in the palace always knew how to make troubles.

It's summer now, Ning Zheng asked his servants to add four or five braziers to the house, and they burned fiercely from morning to night, making the whole house smoke like a steamer.

Ning Zheng told people that Ning Yan's wound medicine could not be missing, but he refused to give him water, nor allowed him to sleep and rest, and sent people in for questioning every other incense stick.

This method of boiling eagles is commonly used in the palace, and it is specially used to torment people.Ordinary servants still find it hard to bear, let alone such a noble body as Ning Yan.

It was only at this time that Jiang Ling understood Ning Yan's meaning - in this palace, unless she wanted to break the boat with Ning Zheng, she would do whatever she wanted to do, it really only depended on whether Ning Zheng wanted to give her face.

But now Ning Zheng obviously doesn't want to give her face.

After such repeated tossing, even though Ning Yan was young, after two or three days, he was still groggy, and he had lost a lot of weight.

But no matter what, Ning Yan never let go. Even when Jiang Ling wanted to see him later, Ning Yan sent him back through the door, refusing to see anyone.

Qin Liu and other shadow guards in the dark had been ordered by him to hide in the dark, and they were not allowed to show up without an edict.

This silent confrontation lasted for four days, and Ning Yan never let go. Ning Zheng was hesitating whether to force him with a ruthless hand, and the news from the front line had already been sent to him first.

The house was brightly lit all night and could not rest. Although Ning Yan was still counting the days with energy at first, but after two or three days, the time gradually became blurred, and it was hard to tell what night it was.

He was extremely tired, and every day he found an opportunity to take a short nap every day, but he had just dealt with the guards who were routinely questioning the door that night, and before he could close his eyes, he heard the noisy noise outside, as if he was going out. What a mess.

Ning Yan, who was in a light sleep, frowned, and before he could listen carefully to the movement outside, he heard the door of the firewood room being roughly kicked open from the outside, making a muffled bang.

Immediately afterwards, he felt a huge drag force grabbing his collar, dragging him abruptly from the ground.

"Ning Yan." Ning Zheng said viciously, "What is Ning Huaijin doing!"