Fang Jie sat on the wind and rain upstairs to watch the wind and rain.
There was a sudden heavy rain in the city of Chang'an, and it hadn't stopped since the morning. The heavy rain soon caused the accumulated water in Changchun Garden to exceed the feet. If the road was not paved with bluestone slabs, it would have been muddy already. When Chen Xiaoru, holding an umbrella, ran into the Wind and Rain Building, his clothes were already dripping water.
In this kind of rain, umbrellas don't work at all.
"My lord, what are your orders for bringing me here in such a hurry?"
Chen Xiaoru stood beside Fang Jie and asked.
Fang Jie pointed at him, and a maid immediately handed over a few dry towels, Chen Xiaoru politely thanked him, and the maid bowed and returned. The heavy rain flows down the window eaves, like a bead curtain. The heavy rain was a bit scary, and the water curtain was almost like a waterfall.
"Nothing special."
Fang Xie ordered the maid to find a clean suit for Chen Xiaoru: "If there is no urgent matter in Xiaoqi School, I will find a random room to live in tonight, and my clothes will be wet when I go back in the rain."
He poured Chen Xiaoru a cup of hot tea with his own hands: "The day before yesterday, Xiang Qingniu met a pretty little girl in Yiwang's mansion. I heard that her name was Yanzhi. Ask that guy about the girl's family background, and he can't tell." What. Go back and ask who is the man in Shouyi's mansion, and what is his relationship with that little girl. "
"That's a good thing."
Chen Xiaoru smiled: "You don't need to ask about this, the subordinates know. The captain of Shouyi Prince's Mansion is called Liu Dongting, and most of his subordinates are veterans of our Black Banner Army who have been neutralized and injured. There is only one of these soldiers. It’s from Chang’an City, named Su Ku, and has a daughter named Su Yanzhi.”
"How do you know so clearly?"
Fang asked.
Chen Xiaoru said: "After entering the city, the veterans and wounded soldiers of our Black Banner Army have to be resettled. I am worried that someone will withhold the money given to these veterans, so I have been sending Xiaoqi School to watch in the dark. Among so many veterans and wounded soldiers, only Su Ku brought his daughter to Daying to give wine and meat to the brothers. He is from Chang’an City, and his family is in Xicheng.”
"Um."
Fang Jie nodded, approving to Chen Xiaoru. Chen Xiaoru has too many and complicated things to take care of, it's rare that he can still remember such trivial things.
"He is an innocent family, and his father is a senior."
Chen Xiaoru said: "Dao Zun is finally about to break the precept."
Fang Jie said with a smile: "In the past two days, his pair of small eyes have been smiling like peach blossoms every day, and they are still blooming brightly. Later, you arrange someone to go to Yiwang Mansion, and transfer Suku to the Black Banner Army to take care of veterans. Wounded soldiers go to the yamen where the silver is distributed on a monthly basis, and take a six-rank vain job, at least the place is clean and quiet."
Chen Xiaoru immediately understood Fang Jie's meaning, Su Yanzhi had been with Dao Zun for the past two days, and the two of them traveled to Chang'an to eat snacks and had a great time. In terms of status, the Suku family will definitely feel that they are not worthy of Xiang Qingniu, so there is pressure. Fang Xie gave Su Ku a sixth-rank vain job, at least it made Su Ku feel less stressed.
"My lord, tomorrow is the martial arts conference. Are you really not going?"
Chen Xiaoru asked.
"No."
Fang Xie said: "Tomorrow Sanjinhou will go back, it's enough to represent an attitude. Tomorrow I will take Qingqi out of the city, which is why I called you here today. Only Sanjinhou, Dugu, and you three know about this matter. No one is paying attention to the excitement of tomorrow's martial arts conference. Except for Shiratori who is still following me, Xiaoqi School has called Kurosawa and Ma Lilian over here. You can arrange elites who are suitable for the army to follow. Tomorrow I will bring 30,000 Qingqi Let's go, go out in six gates, and gather in Chunbo Pavilion City."
Chen Xiaoru was taken aback: "My lord, why are you in such a hurry? The heavy rain may not stop tomorrow, and even if it stops, it's not suitable for traveling."
Fang Jie said: "I'm going to keep the matter of leaving the city a secret for a while. The city is still unstable, and fewer people know about it when it's raining. In addition, I want to see what changes will happen in the city after I leave. Wulin After the meeting, Marquis Sanjin will lead the army to set off, and then you will follow out of the city and come back."
Chen Xiaoru immediately understood Fang Jie's meaning: "This subordinate understands."
Fang Jie looked at the pouring rain outside and said: "These days, I have asked the people of Hutong Tianxia to send the food and grass supplies needed by 30,000 Qingqi to Chunbo Pavilion in batches, and no one noticed. And Meng Yuan Human warfare can no longer be delayed, I ordered Song Zihui to lead his troops to detour behind Meng Ge a while ago, it was a lie, his troops will go straight to Shandong Road after passing Yishui, and then go out of Langrushan Canyon."
"Song Zihui has my personal letter to the barbarian on his body. We have done business with the barbarian for several years, and we have a good relationship. Although we beat the barbarian severely once at first, the enemy has never been constant. I invite you The barbarian king sent troops and joined forces with Song Zihui to attack the Meng Yuan royal court. Now that the Meng Yuan army is empty, and the troops are all in the Central Plains, it is most suitable for the barbarians to make trouble. The barbarians have low vision, knowing that the Meng Yuan army is not in the royal court, they will be more courageous , Song Zihui should know how to make the barbarian king tempted."
Chen Xiaoru couldn't help being shocked, he always felt that Fang Jie hadn't done anything these days, but who would have thought that so many arrangements had been made in secret.
"I'm going to Lingmen Pass, and the war in the northwest can't be relaxed. Chen Dingnan, Chen Qianshan, Cui Zhongzhen, a total of more than 300,000 troops are in the northwest, plus the navy's troops, they have enough strength to counterattack the Mengyuan people. The people of Meng Yuan are now in a hurry for food and grass, plus the rumors that Brother Meng is dead have been spread before, and the hearts of the Meng Yuan army in the northwest will be in chaos. Just catch up with the barbarians... Let the Mengyuan people and the barbarians fight, the barbarians have developed too fast in the past few years, and sooner or later it will be a disaster."
The more Chen Xiaoru listened to it, the more he admired him, Fang Jie had counted all the enemies in before leaving Chang'an City.
"Song Zihui led his troops to pretend to cooperate with the barbarians to send troops to the king's court, and he would find an opportunity to escape halfway. Then he pretended to be a Mongolian Yuan people and ransacked the barbarian tribes. The enmity between the Mongolian Yuan people and the barbarians would be dead. Shandong Road, Shoulang Rushan Canyon."
Fang Jie didn't say a word, Song Zihui not only wants to encourage the barbarian king to attack the royal court, but also pretends to be a Mongolian Yuan to attack the barbarian tribe, and not only wants to defend the Langrushan Canyon, the most important thing is... Song Zihui's troops, We must also defend Fan Gucheng. Of course, Song Zihui didn't know why Fang Jie asked him to divide his troops to defend Fan Gu. Mr. Jiu's words echoed in Fang Jie's heart and did not disappear.
Now that he knows that Fan Gucheng hides a big secret, Fang Jie has to occupy Fan Gucheng first.
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The heavy rain suddenly stopped shortly after midnight, which is definitely good news for the Black Banner Army's expedition. Zhuge Wuji's troops, Liu Xuri's troops, the two light cavalry add up to almost 30,000 elite soldiers, plus the auxiliary soldiers, and the poor horses carrying weapons and equipment, the size of this team is already large enough.
In order not to arouse people's ideas, the team set off according to the time of the defense change, and left the city in six gates.
Since the time of Chou, the teams have assembled one after another, and then, under the leadership of the generals of each battalion, they left the city along the established route. The roads in Chang'an City are not muddy at all, and the official road after leaving the city is made of lime soil and stones, so it will not be difficult to walk.
Just like that, King Wu Fang Jie left Chang'an City.
There were several carriages in the team, and they were escorted out of the city by elite cavalry from Xiaoqi School and Fangjie's personal battalion. They were naturally Fang Xie's family members, because Fang Xie was always worried about the situation in Chang'an City, so Fang Xie didn't intend to keep them. Fang Jie always felt that in a thousand-year-old capital like Chang'an City, after several dynasties, there were far more things hidden under the water than what surfaced.
Sitting in the carriage, Fang Jie looked at Sang Sasa holding Ning'er and smiled apologetically: "Ning'er is still young, so I have to take her around here and there."
"She'll know it's for her own good."
Ning'er already knows how to call people, and she is extraordinarily well-behaved and beautiful. Especially those big eyes, which seem to be cute as if they can talk.
"I'm out of the city this time, and I don't know when I'll be back. I'd rather you live in the Zhuque Mountain camp than in Chang'an City."
Looking at Ning'er's sleeping face, Fang Jie was a little distracted: "The people on Suzaku Mountain are all our own people, but the people in Chang'an City... can't figure it out. Everyone thinks that I have the upper hand now, so they can do whatever they want. But it is precisely because those people forbear too much and compromise so smoothly that I feel unsafe."
Sang Sasha stretched out her hand and touched Fang Jie's face: "Now you have so many things to think about, it's much harder than before."
"There are still two tough battles, and we will be more at ease after the fight."
Fang Jie said: "You should sleep for a while too. It will be the afternoon of the day after tomorrow when we arrive at Chunbo Pavilion City, which is still very early."
"correct."
Sang Sasha suddenly laughed: "There is a great news today that I haven't had time to tell you yet."
"What good thing?"
Fang asked.
"In the afternoon, Sister Yinyu came to the room to coax Ning'er. While chatting, she came across something that worried her. She didn't know what to do, so she asked me quietly... She hasn't been here for two months. I was a little scared. She didn't dare to ask the doctor about such things casually, so I checked her pulse."
"Yes?"
Fang Jie suddenly became energetic and asked impatiently.
"Um!"
Sang Sasha smiled and said: "She is different from me. After I had Ning'er, I couldn't eat anything every day and vomited badly. That's not the case with her. She didn't even notice anything."
Fang Jie couldn't help laughing, extraordinarily cheerful.
"It seems that it is necessary to send you back to Suzaku Mountain to recuperate."
Fang Jie said.
Sang Sasha shook her head: "Don't, let Sister Yinyu follow you. You may not know how uncomfortable it is when a woman is pregnant without a man around. Get over it. Even if you take time to be with her every day, it's better than letting her miss you every day. "
Fang Jie's heart ached, and he couldn't help holding Sang Sa Sa in his arms: "I'm sorry for you."
"correct."
Sang Sa Sa suddenly said: "A few days ago, a disciple of the Yellow Sect came all the way from the grassland to look for me, and he chased me all the way after knowing that I was in Chang'an City. I saw him yesterday and brought me news. You are too busy. I was going to talk about it, but I always forget my mind when I bring Ning'er. It seems that it is true that I was pregnant for three years... The person who came was a protector of the Yellow Sect. He respected me a lot. Brother went out to fight, because he knew I was in the Central Plains, so he fled halfway to find me."
Sang Sasha said: "He told me that Meng Ge's expedition to the Central Plains this time has nothing to do with the Dalun Temple. He said that Meng Ge suddenly decided to attack the Central Plains after visiting the Dalun Temple once. Moreover, the goal is not to annex Central Plains, the target is your Black Banner Army. He also said that there must be something strange in the Dalun Temple now, not necessarily a person. Those people in the Buddhist sect always mention gods, but he doesn’t think the world It must be a very strange thing for someone to exist."
Fang Jie frowned: "What else is there in Dalun Temple? Dalun Mingwang is dead, who is still a god?"
He suddenly thought of Sang Luan who was gone forever, and his heart tightened suddenly.