Liangcheng
Black Banner Army camp in the north of the city
Sun Kaidao hurried in from outside the big tent with a smile on his face. Fang Jie, who was sitting behind the desk and reading a book with his head down, didn't even lift his head. He smiled and said, "Why, today's talk was not bad? There is joy in your footsteps. Could it be that Zhong Xin let go?"
"Not yet, but my subordinates can tell from his expression today that he intends to agree."
Fang Jie put the book in his hand aside, and pointed to the teapot on the table: "I heard that your voice is hoarse, and it must be very difficult to talk. Pour yourself some water, and then talk."
Sun Kaidao poured a glass of water into it in one breath, wiped the corners of his mouth and said, "Zhong Xin must have doubted from the beginning to the end whether we really only need food and grass or go to the North Hui Road. So he has been probing. Bargaining, the subordinate can see that he is using this to speculate on our purpose. If the subordinate agrees to reduce some money and food, I am afraid he will think that we are taking the opportunity to delay and have another purpose, so the subordinate will not give an inch, saying The number is the number, not one copper coin or one grain of rice."
"well done."
Sun Kaidao hastily said: "Since this subordinate has accepted this job, the general's orders cannot be ignored. Zhong Xin is an old fox, so he is probably skeptical right now. But this subordinate will talk about it tomorrow, and he should agree."
"No need."
Fang Jie waved his hand: "I have asked Chen Dingnan and Lu Fenghou to lead an army of 50,000 horsemen to Hui'an. If there is no accident, we can arrive early tomorrow morning. Just talking to Zhong Xin will keep talking about it. It's not that easy. Promise. Starting tomorrow, you will wait in the camp until they send someone to talk. If they don’t send someone, then I will attack Hui’an, just like they come to talk, then I will withdraw the soldiers and horses from Hui’an, but... the army As long as you move, you will consume food and grass, the amount I said before will not work, you need to increase it."
Sun Kaidao was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Fang Jie meant.
"The subordinate understands!"
He nodded: "We can't be too proactive."
Fang Jie hummed: "Go down and have a rest. From tomorrow onwards, we will only wait for Zhong Xin to send someone to talk. Those who don't come with enough weight will not talk about it. They won't even see you. Also, don't send me away from the camp. When the news gets out, I asked Chen Dingnan to play in my name, and the people in Hui'an will definitely report to Zhong Xin for help."
"The art of war is false and true."
Sun Kaidao clasped his fists: "How can Zhong Xin know the truth of the general's actions?"
Fang Jie smiled and waved his hand to let him go back to rest.
It is imperative to attack Beihui Dao. Although it seems that the speed of advancement is a bit hasty now, after all, Huangyang Dao has not been completely stabilized, but now is the time. Luo Yao and Pang Ba, the two largest forces in the south of the Yangtze River, are now marching into the north of the river, and have no time to take care of the southwest. The four roads in the southwest were empty, Luo Yao rushed into Chang'an City in a hurry and almost took away all the soldiers. The governors were not loyal to Luo Yao at all, but they had no soldiers in their hands, so they wanted to fight back. needs time.
Fang Jie must not give them time.
A person who can become a governor must have an extremely background. Because of Luo Yao's strength in the Southwest these years, they have been suppressed and unable to perform. And after Luo Yao led his troops away, he also took away a lot of money and food. As soon as Luo Yao left, the pressure on them lightened, but light pressure didn't mean they could make a difference right away.
In the past few years, Luo Yao has dug up the sources of soldiers from the Southwest Ways too hard. When those governors were suppressed by Luo Yao, they never thought of having an army belonging to them. start.
If Fang Jie doesn't attack the various ways in the Southwest, wait for a year, at most two years, and those governors-general with powerful family forces as their backing will have the strength to keep Fang Jie out. One can imagine that the loss of the team will be several times that of the present.
Even so, now that Fang Jie wants to mobilize troops on Beihui Road, he can't easily mobilize troops. Most of his subordinates are Black Banner Army cavalry, and in terms of field battles, they are second to none in the Southwest. But in terms of siege, there is no infantry, and there is no large number of siege equipment, which are all disadvantages.
Although the infantry has recruited many people, it is an indisputable fact that their combat effectiveness is low.
Therefore, Fang Jie did not dare to act rashly.
If you want to fight the North Hui Road, you must go hand in hand with courage.
What he has to do now is to try his best to paralyze Zhong Xin, the governor of Beihui Province, and those wealthy families in those places, making them think that he is just greedy for money and blackmailing, and then find the most suitable entry point to enter. Fang Jie is now a little fortunate that Dugu Wenxiu directly denied his random idea during that discussion. If Huangyang Road starts to implement the division of land into households, it will be even more difficult to fight Beihui Road.
The big households in the North Hui Road and even the Southwest Roads will immediately stand up to resist. How powerful will these people gather together
Therefore, Fang Jie also understands that if he wants the people to benefit more, it cannot be solved by acting blindly. Now that he is in this position, if he takes a wrong step, it will hurt very much if he falls. When he was just a frontier scout in Fan Gu, he didn't think about these things. If he did something wrong, he would just keep running. Later, when he entered Chang'an, his level could not be considered too high. Even if he fell down, he could get up and continue to live.
But now, the height he has reached does not allow him to fall, because he is already very high, and if he falls, it will be very painful.
The more things a person has, the more scruples he has.
"General."
When Fang Jie was in a daze, someone outside called him softly: "General, Marquis Sanjin invites you over. He said that he has prepared meals and wants to invite you to have a drink with him."
Fang Jie was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the little girl Wu Yinyu had been running to her side these days, but because of business matters, she didn't have time to pay attention to them, so Wu Dao sent someone to invite him over, most likely it was the elder The lady lost her temper again. Fang Xie felt a little embarrassed when he thought that all the people in Huantong World now regarded him as his son-in-law.
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Wu Yidao lives at the end of Daying, a row of five houses at the innermost part of the cottage, with a large yard. This is the best courtyard in the camp, originally built for Fang Xie. But Fang Xie has been living in Daying since he arrived, and because Wu Yiyi refused to be equal to him, Fang Xie felt a little sorry, so he insisted on asking Wu Yiyi to move in here.
Fang Jie had someone prepare some cooked food, and walked into the small courtyard with it himself.
As soon as he entered the door, he smelled a burst of aroma. Fang Xie looked into the yard and found that the kitchen was bubbling with steam from the window. He looked into the kitchen, and saw that delicate and graceful little girl was busy working, and several servants were waiting behind her, screaming.
How could this be the Wu Yinyu that Fang Jie once knew, not to mention that she would not touch the things in the kitchen when she was in Chang'an City, even if the things were not pleasing to the eye, she would not take a bite. But at this time, the more iconic little girl who has come out has a scarf on her head and her hair is gathered up. The weather has turned cold, but she is only wearing a single dress with her cuffs rolled up, revealing her white hair. Shengsheng's forearm is bent over and busy.
When a servant saw Fang Xie coming over and was about to salute, Fang Jie waved his hand, handed the food box in his hand to a servant, and walked into the kitchen lightly.
He waved his hand, and the servants immediately retreated with a smile.
Wu Yinyu, who was busy with work, didn't realize that the servants had already retreated. At this moment, her attention was all on the pot of chicken soup that had been stewed all morning in front of her, her face was solemn, as if she was facing an enemy.
Because she has to work, she didn't wear a particularly cumbersome skirt. Her upper body was a goose yellow coat with a very narrow waist. loose. Fang Jie even misunderstood that her waist was getting thicker.
The skirt is a cotton home long skirt that you will not wear when you go out. It has a large hem and feels very fluffy. This outfit made her look extraordinarily ladylike, and she couldn't see her previous savage temperament at all.
She bent over and stared at the pot of chicken soup, as if guarding a treasure.
Because the buttocks are tilted like this, the slender waist is more clearly outlined. Such a perfect arc starts to narrow from the waist and then gradually widens, and the two arcs form a very upturned circle when it reaches the buttocks. Sometimes beauty is so unbelievable, and this arc can make people feel distracted.
Wu Yinyu heard footsteps behind her, but she didn't know it was Fang Jie.
She scooped up some chicken soup with a spoon, blew and tasted it, then frowned slightly, and there were some wrinkles on her small and delicate nose, which looked extraordinarily cute.
"It's a bit bland... I haven't figured out his taste yet, forget it, if he doesn't like saltiness, wouldn't it be bad... Long'er, I forgot to put red dates, go and get them for me."
She ordered without looking back.
Long'er, who had long hid outside the door, pursed her lips and smiled, stuck out her tongue towards Fang Jie and pointed to a place in the kitchen, Fang Jie nodded immediately, went over and grabbed a handful of red dates and handed them Wu Yinyu.
Wu Yinyu reached out to pick it up, hesitated for a moment and said, "I haven't washed my hands, and I don't know how to wash the jujubes!"
She straightened up and turned her head, while Fang Jie leaned forward to observe the chicken soup, but the two bumped into each other without warning, and Wu Yinyu crashed into Fang Jie's arms, face to face.
"ah."
Wu Yinyu exclaimed, and hurriedly backed up but accidentally bumped into the stove. Fang Xie held her waist and pulled her back, and picked up the casserole that was about to fall over with the other hand. But the casserole was saved, but the stove fell down, and the charcoal fire spilled all over the floor.
"hot!"
Wu Yinyu was startled and shouted eagerly.
"fine."
Fang Jie saw that her anxious expression changed, and there was still a fine layer of sweat on her forehead.
“My Chicken Soup…”
Wu Yinyu murmured, perhaps trying to hide her shyness and embarrassment.
"Blame me."
Fang Jie smiled: "I was the one who scared you, otherwise I wouldn't have knocked over the stove. Are you okay?"
Wu Yinyu forgot to struggle out of Fang Jie's arm, she lowered her head and said in a panic: "It's okay... I've been simmering for a whole morning, and now the stove has turned over and I have to start the fire again. I'm afraid the taste won't taste good..."
"No need to rekindle the fire."
Fang Jie smiled, took Wu Yinyu's hand and walked out of the kitchen, and asked her to sit down on the stone bench in the yard.
"Do you know what is the biggest improvement in my practice these days?"
Fang Jie asked with a smile.
Wu Yinyu shook her head: "I don't see you all day, I don't know what you do every day. If Daddy asks you to come to drink, you come, but if I ask Long'er to invite you to dinner, you just shirk..."
Fang Jie smiled awkwardly, then held the casserole in his palm, and flames spit out from his palm.
"I'll help you stew chicken soup. Recently, it's been very difficult to control the fire and make the fire more obedient. In the past, when the fire came out, everything would be burned. Now at least I can control it more freely."
"What's the use of this?"
Wu Yinyu was puzzled.
"It's useful, I can help you cook in the future."
Wu Yinyu blushed, and stomped her feet: "Who wants to cook for you! I'm cooking for my dad!"
"Huh."
Wu Yiyi, who came out of the house, smiled: "Yes, yes, you cook for me. Whenever you want to learn what kind of dishes, I will eat the ones that are burnt. When will you learn it well?" I will call him to taste it. If he takes a bite of your dish, I will eat it for a few days. It is either burnt or not salted or has too much vinegar or too much sugar... "
"father!"
Wu Yinyu yelled, clutching the hem of her clothes with both hands, at a loss.