"The child is still young. If you hold her like this, you will get used to it. From now on, she will cry when no one hugs her, so she won't be able to let go."
Sang Sasha looked at Fang Jie sitting on the bedside with the child in his arms and said with a smile, not a bit of complaint in her tone. Because of her pregnancy, she looked plumper than before, especially her chest was swollen and round. Or because of good nursing care, the child's milk is enough to eat.
"Hold for a while, hold for a while."
Fang Jie smirked, looking at the sleeping face of the child, his face was full of joy: "This little guy is really ugly now, but I think he will be as beautiful as you when he grows up."
Sang Sasha smiled and said: "It hasn't bloomed yet, how can you tell whether it is ugly or beautiful? I asked Wen Po, and they said that newborn babies are all like this, wrinkled like a little old lady. But it grows fast. , becoming more and more beautiful every day, and she will become a chubby little girl in no time."
Fang Jie hummed, lowered his head and kissed the child's forehead. Or being disturbed, the sleeping child frowned his cute little brows, clenched his fists and waved it a few times, as if protesting.
Fang Jie couldn't help being amused, and then carefully placed the child beside Sang Sasha: "This child is quiet, not noisy, just like you."
Sang Sasha glanced at Fang Jie: "It should be like you. Miss Xiaoyao said that you were quieter when you were young. Most of the time you sat alone, looking up at the sky, and you didn't know what you were thinking. Until you talked to everyone After getting acquainted, I will occasionally say a few more words."
Fang Jie rubbed his nose and smiled: "I am precocious, and I have been thinking about the national economy and the people's livelihood since I was one year old."
Sang Sasha pursed her lips and asked with a smile: "You were so taciturn when you were young, why are you becoming more and more poor now?"
"When I was young, I thought about all the things I should think about, but when I grow up, I only have to talk about it."
Fang Jie helped Sang Sasha stretch the thin quilt: "It's not that I didn't like to talk at that time, but I just didn't want to talk. Later, I got acquainted with Big Dog and liked to pester him the most. Although Big Dog seems the most unreliable, in fact He is the one who understands human feelings the most. I think he treated me best at that time because he thought of his young brother?"
Speaking of this, Fang Jie's expression changed, and his words stopped abruptly.
Sang Sasha knew that what she just said touched Fang Xie's mind, she stretched out her hand to wrap Fang Xie's head, and let him lie in her arms. Between the two adults is the sweet child who is still sleeping.
"I can't save him..."
Fang Jie murmured, and closed his eyes, as if he was stabbed by the sunlight outside the window.
"There are many people in this world who think they are gods and can rule the world. But in fact, no one is a god, and no one can be infallible... You have done enough. If you always think of the big dog and feel guilty, then He won't be happy either. Our child's name is Fang Ning, and I hope she is safe and peaceful... Actually, why don't I hope you can be peaceful too?"
Sang Sasha gently stroked Fang Jie's hair, and said softly, "I know I can't help you with big things, and you don't want us to be hurt. What I can give is a hug when you get home, a kiss."
She lowered her head and kissed Fang Jie on the forehead.
"I'll sleep for a while..."
Fang Jie lay in Sang Sasha's arms with his eyes closed.
"Go to sleep."
Sang Sasa gently patted the child with one hand, and Fang Jie with the other. Maybe it's because he really didn't sleep too much these days, and he was tired from doing too much military and housework, but he fell into a deep sleep not long after.
"In the past few days, you have been staying with me at home during the day, and you are handling military affairs at night... Are you going to go out again?"
Sang Sasha said to herself in a low voice: "Don't worry about us. If it was before, I would have advised you why you should pursue so much? It is enough to live peacefully with us, but now that we have children, I hope you Go out and build a big country, so that the child will be safe in the future. I know you want to get rid of all those who can threaten us and the child, so go... "
She seemed to be coaxing the two children to sleep: "Do your best to finish as soon as possible... Then, spend more time with us."
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"There are no major obstacles in the battle in North Subei Road. Li Tai is in the middle to dispatch, Nalan Dingdong, and Du Dingbei are winning consecutive battles."
Fang Jie handed the victory report in his hand to the people around him for them to read, and said solemnly: "It is estimated that the decisive battle between Yang Jian and Shengtu is about to begin. After this battle, it doesn't matter who wins between them Or, from now on, I'm afraid they will face our Black Banner Army head-on."
Fang Jie said slowly: "So, Subei Road is particularly important. Subei Road is a buffer zone. In the future, there will be conflicts between my Black Banner Army and Yang Jian and Shengtu. Since it cannot be avoided, Then try to place the battlefield outside the southwest. The situation in the southwest that has finally stabilized will never be allowed to be destroyed. So... "
He glanced at everyone and said, "I've decided to send more troops to Subei Road."
Wu Yidao nodded: "It is imperative to increase troops to Subei Road, and my subordinates believe that the winner must be Yang Jian. If Da Zizao helps him, the chances of winning are very small. If Yang Jian wins, then based on our current situation The troops in North Subei Road are difficult to deal with. The subordinates thought that not only should they increase their troops, but also deploy the most skilled troops there as soon as possible."
Cui Zhongzhen hummed: "Master Hou and his subordinates have the same idea. Subei Dao is the future battlefield and the gateway to the southwest. If this battle has to turn a place into ruins, Subei Dao is the most suitable. Subei Dao The number of people living here is already the least, and the wars have continued in the past two years, and most of the people in North Subei have fled. A decisive battle on the ruins is already the best choice."
Dugu Wenxiu said: "My lord, this subordinate feels that..."
He stood up and walked to the edge of the map, pointing to the large area of mountains and rivers north of the Huangniu River: "Northern Subei Road is important, but the roads in the Northwest cannot be ignored. First, although most of the workshops on the Yunnan Road have been completed , There are ready-made iron ore, weapons, firearms, armor, and the manufacture of equipment are very beneficial. But, after all, it is too far away... While ensuring the Subei Road, the subordinates thought that the lord could choose a general and lead troops to clean up the northwest. "
He said seriously: "The northwest is now a large piece of unclaimed land. Although it is barren and bitter, the iron ore is a necessary thing, so we have to get it. Given the current chaos in the northwest, we don't need too many soldiers. A good general can lead thirty to fifty thousand troops."
Fang Jie nodded: "I've thought about this, if the northern part of Jiangsu needs to be settled, the northwestern part must also."
He looked down: "However, none of you can go. After a while, you all have to follow me to Subei Road. Yang Jian has General Tie under his command, and there are many soldiers from the Sui Dynasty. This battle is the most difficult part." .Your men are all veterans of many battles. If you go to the northwest, you will be overqualified... I plan to send someone to bring 30,000 to 50,000 recruits... This way, some veterans will not be restrained."
"This person needs to be young and needs to be tempered. Moreover, his status in the army is not too important now. Leaving him will not affect him."
Dugu Wenxiu is so smart, once he heard Fang Jie say this, a name immediately came to mind. In fact, most of the main generals in the Black Banner Army have heard the rumor. When Fang Xie was in the northwest, someone once told him that the south, the north, and the east... And the most incredible thing is that now Fang Jie's men , Three people have already responded to this sentence.
In Nalan Dingdong, which is becoming more and more important in Subei Road, Chen Dingnan, who led troops to clean up the crippled Yunnan Road, and Du Dingbei, who led troops in Subei Dao for the first time, made people look at him with admiration.
Dingbei
How appropriate is this name
Dugu Wenxiu bowed his head and said: "My subordinates think that although there are not a few such candidates in the army, Du Dingbei is the most suitable one. After the first battle in Luoshui, he has already become famous. If he brings recruits, those in the recruit camp People will not be dissatisfied. However, the subordinates are just a little worried, Du Dingbei leads the army... if he is given 50,000 people, will it be too much?"
"Um."
Fang Jie nodded: "Du Dingbei is the most suitable, and 50,000 people is indeed a bit more. If we only take the iron mine, 20,000 people are enough. How about this, tomorrow I will send someone to Subei Road and let him When he comes back with his own barracks, I will give him another 25,000 new recruits to match with 300 Xiao cavalry school."
"As for North Subei Road."
Fang Jie stood up and said while pacing, "I will personally lead the troops. All the generals will go back and get ready. Tomorrow, I will ask Dugu to count up the troops that need to be mobilized, and then send out the list. Food, grass and supplies should be prepared immediately, and each army should manage them by themselves, and find a supply battalion leader. In addition, the side of Yunnan Road cannot do without people for the time being, and Wei Xiting needs to maintain stability. Anwen, he has a great reputation there, it is better to stay in Dali, people in southern Xinjiang will tremble when they hear the name of Chen Dingnan, so let him guard the south for me."
"After a few days, when the news from Xiaoqi School comes back, we will send troops."
Fang Jie glanced at the crowd: "What is supposed to come will eventually come, and whoever comes and destroys it will be fine."
"Here!"
The generals of each army stood up and clasped their fists in unison, then dispersed.
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Coming out of the conference hall, Fang Jie looked up, the moon was already far away and was about to fall, and the night passed like this, it seemed like yesterday, repeating itself.
He walked under the moonlight, and his shadow was dragged out for a long time.
under the moon
Someone stood there waiting for him, as if he had already arrived.
There are so many masters in the Black Banner Army, the fact that this person can come quietly wearing a white robe under the moonlight is enough to show how terrifying his cultivation is. But Fang Jie didn't realize until after he showed up. Therefore, Fang Jie immediately identified who this person was.
"That's not the way to be a guest."
Fang Jie looked at the white figure not far away and said calmly.
The man in white was naturally the man in white that Fang Jie had seen before, who else could have come in so easily
"I'm not here to be a guest, but to say goodbye to you."
The man in white walked up to Fang Jieshen slowly, and said after hesitating for a while, "You are someone I value, and I think you can change the world, that's why I came to tell you that I want to leave."
"why me?"
Fang asked.
"You know it yourself."
The man in white smiled: "I used to walk around casually, without thinking of saying goodbye to anyone. That's because I have always been quite conceited. Although I am not in the Jianghu, no one in the Jianghu can do anything to me. This time, It seems something is different...Da Zizai came from the west to help Yang Jian."
He said.
Fang Jie frowned slightly: "Are you going to see Da Zizai?"
"No... Da Zizai is not qualified to let me go alone. What I want to meet is someone related to Dazizai... Maybe it's a person."
"You mean..."
Fang Jie immediately understood: "Da Zizai came from the west, didn't he come voluntarily?"
The man in white reached out and patted Fang Jie's shoulder: "There may be many unknown things in this world. I thought I knew enough, but now I realize that I never knew. I always thought that Yang Qi went west to kill Dalun It's just King Ming, maybe what he's looking for is something deeper... I don't see this as clearly as he does. I'm leaving to see who in the west can avoid me for so long, you know... I It was originally coming from the west."
"Who are you?"
Fang asked.
He had asked before, but the man in white didn't answer.
"Is the child cute?"
The man in white suddenly asked.
Fang Jie nodded.
"More like you, or more like her mother?"
The man in white asked again.
"It's more like Sasha."
Fang Jie answered.
The man in white seemed very happy, nodded and smiled and said, "It's good to be like her. Girls like her will be very beautiful in the future. If it's a boy, it's good to be like you."
He said a few words that were completely irrelevant, then turned around and left.
Fang Jie wanted to ask something, but where could he see his shadow
"Remember, you can change the world. Even if I can't, you will. I may find an answer this time. An answer to why there are practitioners... maybe until I find that answer, I will understand who it is With whom do you want to fight for hegemony in this world?"
The voice of the man in white came faintly, and he no longer knew where he was.