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"No nonsense".

A muffled thunder came from outside the house, Meng Ziying saw that Sun Shuye had squeezed the map tightly, his face changed a few times, but when Bai Yansheng stepped into the door, he returned to the original, and he was amazed in his heart.

Bai Yansheng had removed his armor and was wearing short clothes. He walked in slowly, glanced at the two of them and said, "I'm here to discuss the military situation with you."

But Sun Shuye knew that he must have found Meng Ziying before he found it, so he looked at Meng Ziying with a smile and said, "We both have something to share with the lord."

The lights in the room were shining brightly, and Bai Yansheng looked at the two gentlemen in front of him, smiling at Yan Yan, he couldn't help sighing, took off his boots, got on the couch and sat cross-legged, he said helplessly: "If you two join forces, if you really want to plot against someone, that person Probably the most unlucky thing in the world."

His words eased the embarrassing atmosphere of the chilling words just now, and the three of them sat in pairs, all laughing.After laughing, Sun Shuye showed the map, his eyes were shining like stars, and he bowed solemnly: "Master, today is different from the past, the world is different from when we were in Linxi. Xianbei established a country, eyeing the Southern Dynasty covetously, and wholeheartedly wanted to Let Ma Jiang left. The Meng family was strong and strong, and went north to Xiangyang, and it became a separatist regime. Liu Mu and Liu Xie reprimanded loyal ministers, and the hearts of the people were not attached. For the second Xianbei invasion to the south, it is not necessary to go from Youzhou to Xuzhou and go to Yangzhou, but you can also go to Zhongzhou from Yunzhou along Cangshan Mountain, or cross the Han River from Xiangyang."

Bai Yansheng looked at the map, his heart suddenly brightened, he nodded and said: "I know why Xu Kuang let me recruit everywhere today, his fifty thousand pioneers seem to be suspicious soldiers, and the main force has already gone south from another route."

Mencius Ying's heart tightened, and she interjected to ask him: "You and Xu Kuang are one-on-one, can you beat him?"

Bai Yansheng thought for a while, and said frankly: "If there is a possibility of one or two points within a hundred moves, after a hundred moves, I will only lose."

Meng Ziying frowned even tighter.

Sun Shuye continued: "Zhongzhou has more than [-] troops. Originally, Xuzhou and Xuzhou could serve as mutual aid, but Duan Hui did a stupid thing. Last year, he cleaned up the Pei Party and killed Yang Nandang, the general of the Gyeonggi garrison. Then Yang Nandang and Lu Che from Zhongzhou He is from the same family, and Lu Che gritted his teeth and wished he could wash blood with blood, so Zhongzhou might not be able to count on it. Besides, Xiangyang," he said, turning his eyes to Mencius Ying, and said, "Meng Ziyou thought that Xiangyang was a must-fight for military strategists back then. , but at that time Jing and Qing were still in the hands of the imperial court, so it was useless to obtain them. Now most of Jing and Qing are in the hands of the Meng family, and Mencius is in Xiangyang. If Xianbei proposes to use the Han River, then there is no need to spend an army Once you die, you can go straight down the river and enter Yongjing."

Bai Yansheng was quite puzzled about his assumption: "Where the barbarians passed by, not a single blade of grass would grow. If Mencius confronted the imperial court again, how could he allow foreigners to gallop across the Central Plains? Could it be that he himself is not the orthodox of China, so he will not be harmed by it?"

Both of them looked at Meng Ziying, whose face gradually turned pale and his eyes dodged. He seemed to be recalling and sighing, and said softly: "He often said that the moment of gain or loss or reputation, if it is not broken, nothing can be done in the world. Young man When reading history, he often praised Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of Tang Dynasty.

Bai Yansheng's pupils suddenly shrank, and he remained silent.The corner of Sun Shuye's mouth raised slightly, thinking that it was not bad, the difference between a hero and a hero must be here.

The three of them were speechless for a moment.After half a cup of tea, Bai Yansheng said in a deep voice: "You guys are thinking more than that, what else, let's talk about it together."

Sun Shuye and Meng Ziying looked at each other, and said boldly: "Whether the Xianbei army passes from Xiangyang or Cangshan, once the troops come to the city of Yongjing, Liu Xie will order to serve the king like last year, and Xuzhou will bear the brunt. With Xie Gong's character , the veteran of the three dynasties, who has been in office for decades, naturally has to be smashed to pieces to repay the king's kindness. The sergeants here are rarely dispatched. But this time is different from Yangzhou last year. We are now followed by [-] Xianbei cavalry. General, Xuzhou [-] Soldiers, there are wolves in the front and tigers in the back, how can you save the king, and where will you retreat if you fail? Xuzhou has millions of people, once the army retreats south, how can there be no eggs under the nest? How can the people of a city be innocent?"

That's right, it's worrying about advancing and worrying about retreating, so that the world can live in harmony with the law, and live up to the community and live up to the common people?

Bai Yansheng raised his eyes to look at the two of them, his face was as flat as a mirror, and he said: "What were you talking about just now?"

Sun Shuye looked at Meng Ziying at this time, and Meng Ziying went all out, saying: "We negotiated and waited until the imperial decree came down. When Xie Kun ordered the army to move out, we took the opportunity to kill him and take the tiger talisman, so we occupied this Xuzhou city. There are strong soldiers there Hands, whatever you want. □□If you destroy the Great Wall, if you do many injustices, you will die. We don’t need to send troops to rescue, so we can just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. As Princess Jieyou said, when you look at Cangshan Mountain in the distance, you can get three points There is one in the world, and from now on, it will move with the times, attack Xianbei in the north, enter Sichuan and Shu in the west, and go south to Jiangzuo, which is an unworldly achievement..."

"Presumptuous!" Bai Yansheng yelled loudly, shaking the oil lamp on the small table and crackling the lights.But seeing his brows upside down, his eyes burning, he said: "Why did we join the army? It's for the peace of the world, and we can't stop singing! It's not because we want to occupy the mountains and become kings and do things like thieves. Since you have experienced the siege of Xiangyang, I know that the Hu people are cruel, and the army is passing through a scorched earth. How can I bear to see half of the south of the Yangtze River falling into the enemy's hands for my own small gain? Xie Gong said that the speed of the slanting path does not worry about the confusion of losing the way. I also have a word to say, There is no near success in the way of kingship."

His tone was very heavy, Meng Ziying's eyes turned red in an instant, and she said unfairly: "What's the use of saving such a corrupt Yongjing?"

At this moment, Bai Yansheng also felt that his tone was too harsh, so he stretched his brows and said slowly: "If I want to win the country by sacrificing innocent people like Meng Ziyou, I can't do it."

Meng Ziying bit her lips until she was about to bleed, and retorted, "Then what do you think should be done?"

Bai Yansheng sat up from Hu's bed, put on his boots and said, "The method is very simple. Repel Xu Kuang immediately and annihilate the enemy completely. At that time, the imperial decree will be issued, and the king will go south to drive out the Hu captives. There will be no more worries."

Mencius froze for a moment.He and Sun Shuye had already expected that Bai Yan's voice would not allow the plan to kill Xie Kun and seize Xuzhou, but they were also dumbfounded when they heard this.Xu Kuang has guarded the Northland for several generations, he is extremely tough, and he is only invincible when he meets the Xianbei iron cavalry.Sun Shuye couldn't help laughing and said: "My lord originally wanted to emulate Liu Xuande. But there is no Zhuge Wuhou here, so where can I ask for advice on how to defeat the enemy?"

But Bai Yansheng had gone far away.

The news of the Xuzhou garrison's small victory that day spread throughout the streets and alleys of Pengcheng at night.In the magistrate's mansion, Xie Lianbi heard that his father had come back from outside, so he went straight into the middle hall with a happy face, but he couldn't find Xie Kun.Thinking about being in Beiming Hall, she turned around the corridor, passed through the vertical flower door, and saw that the door of the study room was open, but no one could be seen. There was a brazier on the ground, and something was crackling and burning. She hurried forward a few steps and took a look. A pot of letters and books, she panicked and quickly lifted an old book from the top of the brazier while calling for someone.

Xie Kun heard the shout and came out from the innermost part of the study, saw it was his daughter, waved his hand and said, "No need to call, I don't want these anymore."

Xie Lianbi raised her head to look above the brazier, the flames devoured the calligraphy, paintings and books, which made her feel ominous, so she asked, "Daddy, don't you usually love these things the most?"

Xie Kun couldn't see any expression on his face, he just shook his head and said: "It's just something outside of me." He came over and took the book in his daughter's hand and flipped through it casually. It was a Buddhist scripture. Xie Lianbi caught the yellow paper, and looked at it curiously. The paper was full of strange symbols and crooked lines. Xie Kun didn't care, and threw the Buddhist scriptures into the brazier casually, and said indifferently: "Yes. Sanskrit. I didn’t understand it earlier, so I thought I would have a chance to learn it, but now I’m old and don’t have the energy.”

There was a lot of meaning in his words, Xie Lianbi originally thought that Xiao Sheng's father should be in a good mood today, but he didn't expect the opposite, so he carefully walked into the study with his father.Before asking any questions, she suddenly saw a piece of plum red letter paper on the desk with her birthday written on it, her heart skipped a beat, Xia's cheeks grew, and she said angrily, "Daddy is worrying about this again."

Xie Kun looked at her with a smile, and there was a sense of loneliness in his eyes.

Xie Lianbi couldn't help but said: "Father worries too much, there is no good man in the world. If a daughter is talented, why not have a son-in-law, there are not enough dude sons-in-law, if you want to get a son-in-law quickly, please do not marry the rich and the poor." No. [-]."

Xie Kun stared.

Only then did Xie Lianbi realize what he had just said.It was the first time for her to give such a straightforward answer to a topic that should be avoided by ladies and gentlemen. For a while, her head slammed, her face couldn't hold back, and even An An forgot to invite her, so she turned her head and left.

Xie Kun knew that although her daughter was born soft and soft, she was stubborn and assertive, and felt that there was a lot of truth in her words, so she hurriedly called the housekeeper over, and worriedly asked Miss what outsider she had seen recently.The housekeeper searched his stomach and remembered the matter of Bai Yansheng coming to the banquet a few days ago, so he hurriedly told Xie Kun.Xie Kun was not happy to hear it at first, but later he heard that there were other people there at the time, and felt a little more at ease, only then did he feel that his daughter's reputation had been preserved.

This person has a beautiful appearance and great abilities. He can be called a young hero. It's not like I haven't thought about it.But on the one hand, I don't know much about it, and I'm afraid that my daughter will marry an inhuman person; on the other hand, this person has just rejected his marriage with Princess Huayang, and he is on the cusp of the storm, and he is unwilling to make enemies for his daughter.But in fact, what he is really afraid of is whether this person will be the same as Meng Ye and Lu Che in the future.

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State affairs and family affairs made him feel depressed, and when he was hesitating, a visitor came to visit.He walked to the front hall, and saw a middle-aged scribe in a crow blue gown with his hands behind his back, leisurely admiring the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, when he heard footsteps, he turned around, stretched his phoenix eyes, slightly raised his mouth, and asked, "Thank you." Your Excellency is thinking of a good strategy to defeat the enemy?"

On the morning of the third day, the Xianbei army arrived again, without the prisoners of the previous two days to clear the way, but the offensive only increased. It was heavy casualties.Xie Kun still did not send troops, the city of Xuzhou was fortified, and the Xianbei army had nothing to do, so at dusk they left behind a field of corpses and retreated.

So on the fourth day, the fifth day, the sixth day..., on the evening of the tenth day, a few scouting horses came running from the south. The Xianbei people saw them on the way to retreat and asked Xu Kuang if he wanted to stop them. Xu Kuang immediately looked into the distance. A smile appeared on his face.

When the three scout horses arrived at the foot of Xuzhou City, they were all exhausted. The leader looked haggard and shouted hoarsely: "Eight hundred li urgently reported to the army, Xie Kun received the order."

The city guards dared not let it in easily, so they asked Bai Yansheng to check it out. Bai Yansheng took a look at the top of the wall and ordered them to let it in.It's no problem to have someone check their identities, after the matter is over, Bai Yansheng personally leads them to Zhizhou's capital.Xie Kun got the news early, changed into the court clothes, set up the incense table, all the people in the government lined up on both sides, and when they saw the person who sent the message dressed in the Imperial Army, they all knelt down and saluted.

The commander of the imperial army didn't play tricks, he just took out a tightly sewn oilcloth bag from his arms, opened it, took out a roll of yellow silk, and read aloud.

The eyes of Bai Yansheng, Meng Ziying and Sun Shuye met, as expected.Xianbei General Xiao Yuanzao led an army of [-] troops via Xiangyang, went south along the Han River, and soon arrived in Jiangbei. The emperor ordered soldiers from eight states to go to Yongjing to serve the king.

As soon as Meng Ziying heard the place name of Xiangyang, she couldn't help shaking, her mouth was full of bitterness.

Xie Kun seemed to have expected it, and quietly accepted the order, and asked: "The emperor's dragon body is good, is it His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who leads the troops in Yongjing?"

The commander of the imperial army was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "The prince is only five years old, how can he lead the army?" The words choked up and said: "Half a month ago, the emperor Daxing died. He stopped in the Zhaoyang Hall, the prince succeeded to the throne, changed the Yuan to Jingning, and established the emperor's grandson. Thank you, sir. Yongjing is in chaos."

For a time, everyone present was crying loudly.

Bai Yansheng knelt down, his forehead twitching.

But at a moment's notice, the magistrate changed into eye-catching white cloth and white flags, and everyone quickly changed into plain clothes, and gathered together to discuss countermeasures.Before Xie Kun could ask questions, two strategists under him started arguing, one advocated immediately abandoning the city and going south to rescue him, and the other took the initiative to stand still and wait for the aftermath.

Xie Kun wrapped his head in a white cloth, turned to Bai Yansheng and asked, "What does General Bai think?"

Bai Yansheng cupped his hands and said solemnly: "Yongjing is under siege and the country is in crisis. Everyone here is loyal to the king, and it is imperative for you to go thousands of miles to help. But Bai Yan claims to be the defense of Xuzhou, and Xuzhou's millions of people cannot abandon it. The gate of the country must be guarded, and the country must be saved. Please thank my lord for leading the army to the south tomorrow, please stay with the voice of the wild goose, we will live and die with Xuzhou City, and we will never let Xianbei soldiers step through Xuzhou City."

His words were clear and clear, and everyone present except Meng Ziying and Sun Shuye were astonished beyond words.Xie Kun was in awe for a while, looked at the young man and pondered for a long time, Fang said: "You are right, the emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country, but it is impossible to guard the city without soldiers. I will take away the 6 people in Xuzhou." [-], leave [-] for you, you can think about it, if I leave, how will you guard Xuzhou?"

Bai Yansheng shook his head and said: "The soldiers will block the water and come to the earthen weir. It's really impossible. There are still 10,000+ strong men in Xuzhou City, and they can do their best to protect their families and the country."

Speaking of which, it's exhausting.

Because of the departure on the second day, Xie Kun ordered everyone to retreat first, and went back to the backyard to tidy up.The house was already in chaos, and he hadn't sat down in the study when he heard the housekeeper shouting outside: "Miss, slow down, don't fall."

Xie Lianbi came in from the outside, because of the national mourning, she was dressed in white and white clothes, the hairpins and powders were removed, and she only wore a white velvet flower on her temples.At this time, the expression on his face was strange, and he asked Xie Kun: "Daddy wants to bring troops back to King Yongjingqin?"

Xie Kun nodded, looked at her lovingly and said: "You pack a little, don't bring too many things, and go together tomorrow in your father's car."

Xie Lianbi gritted his teeth and asked, "What about the housekeeper and maidservants?"

The old butler stomped his feet outside and said, "My lady, at this moment, I can still control what the old slaves will do."

Xie Kun said in a perfunctory way: "When Xianbei retreats, come pick them up again."

Xie Lianbi's eyes were sharp, pointing at his father like a sword, Xie Kun couldn't stand his daughter's eyes, and lowered his head in embarrassment, only to hear Xie Lianbi's question: "In that case, why did you only take me? How can you take the female relatives on the road when your father returns to Beijing to rescue him? Delaying military opportunities? My daughter was born in the south of the Yangtze River and grew up in Pengcheng. She has already regarded this town as her hometown and is willing to wait for her father's good news here."

Xie Kun only felt a dull pain in his temple again.His daughter is clever and clever, and she is also one-sided, and she can't bear to abandon the servants who get along with her day and night. This is the biggest problem.

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