The loyal minister was forced to marry the traitor

After so many days of driving day and night, Bai Yan suddenly stopped and fell into a deep sleep.

Xiao Jiuqin still went to the gate of the city early in the morning to check the situation, and when he came back before noon, he woke him up and coaxed him to feed him some porridge, or hugged and talked to the bewildered people, and the day passed before he knew it.

It was already the next day when Bai Yan woke up again, Xiao Jiuqin was already gone, he pulled on his shoes and put on a coat, the weather outside was extremely cold, with some rain mixed with the snow.

The maid came over and put a cloak on him, and asked again: "Do you want to use something first?"

Bai Yan cleaned his hands, "When did Lord Hou go out?"

"Before dawn this morning, there were barbarians from Beidi attacking the city. Lord Hou rushed over when he heard the news. Later, he heard from the soldiers guarding the city gate that the barbarians had been repelled and the opponent suffered heavy losses. I guess he didn't dare to attack them in the past two days." Here we come... But Lord Hou is still busy with the infantry formation. The weather has turned cold again in the past two days, and many people in the city have no food, so I have to be busy contacting the neighboring counties to see if it can be transported. Come get some food."

After hearing what the maid said, Bai Yan hurriedly finished his meal and drank the medicine, then put on his clothes and went out to find Xiao Jiuqin.

But in just a few days, everyone in Guixi Mansion knew about Xiao Jiuqin, so there was no need to bring more people, Bai Yan asked and went to find him.

Guixi Mansion is not so bustling on weekdays, but it is not as desolate as it is now.There were not many people on the empty street. Occasionally, there were a few hot steamed buns in front of a few vendors, but not many people came to buy them. What's more, beggars were curled up in the corner and looked dying.

Bai Yan glanced over there, and those beggars looked over with dark eyes. Bai Yan believed that if he was carrying food in his hand now, those beggars would definitely swarm up.

At this moment, the two men in military uniforms came over and bowed to Bai Yan first, then asked respectfully, "Is your son Master Bai?"

Bai Yan nodded, "Are you people sent by Xiao Jiuqin?"

The two nodded, and stretched out their hands to lead Bai Yan towards the city gate, "Master Hou knew you would come, so he sent me two to lead you the way."

Bai Yan followed the two of them straight forward, and after about half a cup of tea, they reached the gate of the city. From a distance, Bai Yan saw Xiao Jiuqin standing in the snow, not knowing what he was commanding.

Before he came nearby, Xiao Jiuqin seemed to have a premonition, and turned around, "Are you here?"

Bai Yan walked over a few steps, Xiao Jiuqin brushed off the falling snow on Bai Yan's body, "Why didn't you sleep a little longer, the weather here is not as bad as Yingdu, can your legs bear it?"

Xiao Jiuqin cared more about his body than Bai Yan did. Bai Yan didn't feel anything and often didn't care. On the contrary, the people around him kept reminding him. Following Xiao Jiuqin's gaze, he reached out and thumped his knee. , "I heard that girl said that you rubbed the medicine for me last night... so it didn't hurt so much when I woke up this morning..."

Probably because he had suffered too much in the imperial prison, Bai Yan's perception of pain became less sensitive over time, and the wounds that used to feel very painful are not so painful when they are opened.

Xiao Jiuqin knew that this person was used to being patient, so he wanted to talk, but there were too many people around, so he didn't continue, but tightened the cloak on Bai Yan's body, "You go in first to avoid the wind, and I will cover you here." Come over when things are arranged."

Bai Yan was obediently brought into a small shed with shelter on three sides, where dry firewood was still burning redly, making a crackling sound.

Beidi's usual tactic was to attack by force, but Xiao Jiuqin didn't give them a chance to succeed.

Xiao Jiuqin has been fighting Bei Di for five years, and he has long been accustomed to their tactics, and has created a set of effective methods against them.

Xiao Jiuqin's meaning is actually very obvious, don't you guys want to fight?Then I will give you a chance to fight, but I will give you a hard blow when you feel that you are about to succeed.

If you want to attack by force, I will come and hold you under the city wall. Once your morale is high, I will use firearms to deal with you.

Most of the generals who fought against Beidi in the past used defense as offense, but Xiao Jiuqin was different.

He is strong when he encounters the strong, and the battle between the two sides does not give the Beidi people a chance to breathe, and he knows that the soldiers in Daliang are not stronger than the Beidi people, so morale is a very important thing when the two armies are fighting.

Therefore, when the enemy is attacking, they must be beaten down to weaken the enemy's momentum.

To a certain extent, this is also the reason why Beidi people are afraid of Xiao Jiuqin. After all, to them, Daliang people are timid and weak, and it is not difficult for them to conquer Daliang soldiers.

But Xiao Jiuqin dealt Beidi people a head blow.

He admitted that the Beidi people are strong and strong, but this is only limited to the wide area for them to play.

Therefore, once they encounter a strong enemy, even if their cavalry is powerful, they will not be able to exert its due effect on the narrow battlefield under the city walls of Guixi Prefecture. But they took advantage of the victory to pursue, occasionally sending teams to set fire or harass them with firearms.

Other veteran generals who changed the main beam might disdain to use this method, but Xiao Jiuqin didn't think there was any problem with his art of war.

Soldiers are deceitful, if they are indecisive towards the enemy, always want to fight each other in a fair and fair way, and do not use the corresponding insidious tricks, then the biggest mistake is that they have lost too many innocent soldiers on their side.

Standing in the shed, Bai Yan watched Xiao Jiuqin analyze everything in detail, and for the first time, he felt a little strange but familiar.

Xiao Jiuqin on the battlefield is undoubtedly extremely charming.

"Isn't it cold?" Xiao Jiuqin arranged everything, took Bai Yan's hand, and the soldiers around looked at each other, and finally looked up to the sky.

Today's wind is very noisy!

"I heard that Beidi was in chaos this time. The young general who led the army was the child born to the king of Beidi and his subordinates' wives and children?"

Although Bai Yan didn't understand the art of war, he also knew that the man's name was not correct.

"He is cruel and ruthless. The people I sent came back and said that King Beidi has been poisoned and dumb by him now, and all the attendants around him are replaced by his people, and there is no trace of the general, and he has not been found yet."

"You want to start with that great general?" Bai Yan understood immediately, Xiao Jiuqin nodded, "Although the method is bad, compared with Beidi's situation, Daliang is not much better."

Xiao Jiuqin glanced at Bai Yan, "In the past two days, I moved the hidden stake in Yingdu. According to the investigation, the emperor vomited blood after taking a elixir. Yun Zhong and Wei Chengju entered the palace after hearing the news. Take the emperor into your own hands."

"But that guy Huai Chun had prepared earlier. He cleaned up all the people in the palace. Wei Chengju's people tried to get in/in, but he killed them all."

"Then how can Wei Chengju give up?" Bai Yan was a little worried.

"That's why Huai Chun got Wei Chengfeng out."

"Wei Chengfeng?"

"Yes." Xiao Jiuqin sighed, "At this time, Song Que has not long returned to Yingdu, and there is no one in his hands, so he can't count on it at all, and Wei Chengdan... Huai Chun is reluctant to pull out to fight Wei Chengju, so he can only take Wei Chengfeng. I found a reason to release it."

"Now he is waiting in front of the emperor. After all, Concubine Feng has her mother's family behind her. With them surrounded by the emperor for a while, Wei Chengju dare not act rashly."

"Then how could Wei Chengfeng be willing to be the leader?"

"Although Wei Chengfeng is stupid, he still has some brains." Xiao Jiuqin sneered, "This time is an opportunity. Although Yun Zhong and Wei Chengju are difficult to deal with, he must want to fight."

"Wei Chengdan is too benevolent, and Wei Chengfeng wants to be the emperor, so he thinks that as long as Wei Chengju is killed, he will gain a new life at that time... It's unclear who will die."

"Can Huai Chun protect Wei Chengdan?"

Bai Yan sighed when he thought of him and Song Que, they were obviously princes, but one was unscheming, the other was from an embarrassing background, and now he has nothing much to offer... If Huai Chun didn't protect him, both of them would be dead now.

"The emperor's unconsciousness is not a long-term solution, so we have to make a quick decision, otherwise, when the overall situation in Yingdu is settled, we... will all be rebels in the end."

"It is true that Wei Chengdan is not a good candidate to be emperor, but it cannot be Wei Chengju either."

Bai Yan and Xiao Jiuqin looked at each other.

Wei Chengzhe has a cunning mind and never has a set way to deal with things. When he was still in the palace, he used to torture and kill eunuchs and maids.

"Where's He Zhaoyuan?"

It was only then that Bai Yan remembered.

"He's out of the city." Xiao Jiuqin smiled, "The imperial decree has been intercepted, and now the military supervisor should also..."

Xiao Jiuqin made a gesture of cutting his throat, and Bai Yan squinted, "Aren't you afraid that others will suspect you?"

"What does Beidi have to do with me?" Xiao Jiuqin smiled contemptuously, "Besides, he left the city without authorization under the eyes of everyone, so what does it have to do with me?"

"What do you mean?"

"Follow me." Xiao Jiuqin led Bai Yan up the city wall, and after half a stick of incense, Bai Yan suddenly saw a group of people rushing towards this side.

Bai Yan narrowed his eyes and watched those people gradually approaching, but at the same time he also saw a hundred or ten Beidi barbarians not far behind the team.

Everyone was holding a big knife, and after a while, they saw the frantically fleeing people falling down one by one. Someone behind Xiao Jiuqin said, "Master Hou, it's almost time..."

"Open the city gate!"

"Yes!"

With a wave of Xiao Jiuqin's hand, the city gate slowly opened, and He Zhaoyuan, who had disappeared just now, appeared at this moment. He took the lead and led a hundred people to the place of commotion.

Bai Yan stood on the city wall, watching He Zhaoyuan and the others raise their knives and cut down the group of Beidi barbarians.

But before that... the fleeing people were also slaughtered, and their bodies were scattered all over the place.

After half a cup of tea, He Zhaoyuan brought people back to the city... along with more than a dozen corpses.

"Master Hou, the supervising army led people out of the city without authorization, and was killed by the barbarians of Beidi..."

"Since this is the case, I will send all the circumstances today to Yingdu... This Marquis was unable to rescue him in time, resulting in the tragic death of the supervising army. Please ask for a fine of half a year!"

He Zhaoyuan sent someone to send the corpse away, and Bai Yan turned his head to look at Xiao Jiuqin, "Half a year's salary?"

"What else?" Xiao Jiuqin twitched his lips, "He went out of the city without authorization, which is a serious crime. Now that I'm taking some of the crimes for him, those people in Yingdu have no reason to trouble me."

"You deserve it, don't you?"