All the civil servants and generals in the room looked at this young man in astonishment. His awe-inspiring righteousness hung over his chest, adding weight to his frail body. This fearless courage surpassed the limitations of his age, which deeply shocked people.
Han Zhaoxing only felt his face heat up, and he became angry from embarrassment: "Yuanmao! This is a military secret place, is this the place where your son ran wild?!"
Yuan Sikong half-kneeled on the ground, and said loudly: "According to the governor's order, Caomin has turned 13 years old. Caomin is just like thousands of Liaodong men. He is willing to serve the country with his own body and fight against gold with his own efforts. Even if he dies, he will not regret it!"
"Okay!" Li Boyun slapped the case fiercely, and said excitedly, "You, what's your name."
"Grass people Yuan Sikong."
"You're right! You have the guts to live and die with Guangning, don't you be ashamed to wear armor and swords and enjoy the rain and dew of the court!"
Han Zhaoxing and Chen Yulong were so blocked that they couldn't speak a word.
Li Boyun stood up and said resolutely: "King Zhang Xun can hold on, and I can hold on too. The people of Liaodong will never give up half an inch of land to the barbarians. Yuanmao!"
"The end is here!"
"I order you to take full charge of the battle of defending the city of Guangning, and don't let the golden thieves step into my city gate!"
Yuan Mao said loudly: "No!"
"Master Li." Han Zhaoxing stood up, "What do you mean?"
Li Boyun said slowly: "General Han, seeing that your fighting spirit has died, how can I lead the soldiers to defend the city?"
"Han believes that the people are the sky, and from the perspective of the overall situation, what is wrong with the main peace and not the main battle? Stop fighting and use fighting, does it have to be called 'courage'?!"
"If we can really make peace, would this old man be willing to send my soldiers to die?" Li Boyun stroked his beard, "The golden man betrayed his promise, crossed Huangshui, attacked Guangning, and his ambitions are clear. The enemy may make a big mistake through the ages. You know that Zhuo Letai is ruthless, and he once lured the enemy to surrender, and captured 60,000 people."
"Can… "
Li Boyun didn't give him a chance to refute: "Besides, before His Majesty's reinforcements arrive, you want to make peace first. Do you want to resist the order?"
The muscles on Han Zhaoxing's face trembled stiffly, and he cupped his hands and said, "The last general dare not."
"Yuanmao, take over the soldiers."
Yuan Mao half-kneeled in front of him, with his hands raised, Li Boyun handed the military talisman into his hands, and Yuan Mao tremblingly said: "Thank you Governor, I will not disgrace my life in the end."
Since ancient times, the imperial court has always emphasized civilian officials over military generals. In order to prevent the military generals who hold military power from changing, only military talismans can be mobilized for the army, and the military talismans are all held in the hands of the governor of a government who is a civil servant. After the city battle, Yuanmao returned the soldier talisman to Li Boyun immediately.
Han Zhaoxing looked at Yuan Mao with cold eyes.
Li Boyun helped Yuanmao up with his own hands: "Yuanmao, the wealth and lives of the 40,000 people in Guangning are entrusted to you."
Yuan Mao's eyes were determined: "People are in the city."
Li Boyun glanced at Yuan Sikong again: "This son will become a great weapon, you have a good son."
A trace of anger flashed in Yuan Shaoxu's eyes.
Han Zhaoxing said in a deep voice: "Do you have a feasible method? You can't defend the city with a strong mouth."
Yuan Sikong's goal has been achieved, he no longer speaks rashly, but glances at Yuan Mao, seeing that Yuan Mao forbids him to speak, he keeps silent.
Li Boyun slowly straightened his back slightly bowed, and the old voice resounded: "This old man has a trick, at least he can delay the golden man for ten days."
"Oh? It's He Gaoce?"
"The old man personally envoys the Jin army camp."
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.
"Master Li, this..."
"Fake peace talks can be delayed for a day."
"If Zhuo Letai finds out that you are cheating, he will kill you!"
Li Boyun caressed his beard: "I have gone, and I have no plan to come back."
All the officials knelt down one after another: "Master Li, you can't do it!"
Li Boyun waved his hand: "Zuo Letai is cunning by nature. If I hadn't gone there in person, how could he have believed it. I Liaodong soldiers threw their heads and blood on the city wall. If I can save the people with my dying bones, why not?" She? I just hope that you will put in all your efforts and fight the enemy to the death, and you must wait for the reinforcements."
"Master Li..."
"I've made up my mind, you don't need to persuade me anymore."
Yuan Sikong looked at Li Boyun, thinking that what supported his thin body was not a rotten bone, it must be a clattering iron bone.
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After the meeting dispersed, Yuan Shaoxu took the opportunity to drag Yuan Sikong aside, and said coldly, "Do you think you're proud of yourself for being in the limelight?"
Yuan Sikong was taken aback: "Brother, Kong'er is not trying to show off, Kong'er is for..."
"You don't understand anything!" Yuan Shaoxu growled, "Do you know who Han Zhaoxing's uncle is? If you offend him, your father's future will be affected, and you will only pretend to be smart, and you will hurt your father sooner or later!"
Yuan Shaoxu pushed Yuan Sikong staggeringly, Yuan Sikong opened his mouth and said anxiously: "Brother, I..."
Yuan Shaoxu pointed at him with his finger warningly: "From now on, be more honest with me, be careful, speak, be cautious, and act!"
"… yes."
After Yuan Shaoxu left, Yuan Sikong felt uneasy, so he went to find Yuan Mao, and said straight to the point: "Father, I heard that Han Zhaoxing's cousin is a big shot, who is it? Will you let Dad..."
"Shaoxu told you." Yuan Mao was wiping his sword, and he glanced at Yuan Sikong, "You only know that you are worried now? Aren't you very stubborn just now?"
Yuan Sikong panicked: "Father, did Kong'er do something wrong again? Kong'er just wanted to..."
Yuan Mao burst out laughing, Yuan Sikong was stunned.
"Come here." Yuan Mao beckoned to him.
Yuan Sikong walked over, was dragged into his arms by Yuan Mao and sat down, and showed him the sword: "Look, this sword has been with my father for almost ten years, and my father joined the army at the age of sixteen. There are countless enemies, from small pawns to thousands of households, they climb up by stepping on the bloody corpses of the enemies, but the higher they go, the more scruples they have, and the more timid they become."
"Father is not timid at all. He was defending the city that day, with an arrow stuck in his shoulder, and he was still directing the battle."
Yuan Mao took Yuan Sikong's hand and caressed the cold blade inch by inch: "I saw courage in Kong'er today, and also saw myself back then. Kong'er is indeed my son of Yuan Mao."
Yuan Sikong was overjoyed: "Father...but, elder brother said..."
"Don't care what he said. From the moment I let Han Zhaoxing into the city, I knew that there would be a rift between me and him. I didn't want to offend his cousin, so I opened the city gate. Everything is thoughtful, even if the future is ruined, I will never hand over the military power of Guangning to a fool."
Yuan Sikong nodded vigorously: "Father is right, Guangning can only be saved if he is in his hands."
Yuanmao said solemnly: "Kong'er, Master Li gave us a few precious days in exchange for giving us a few precious days. We must do everything possible to defend the city and wait for reinforcements. Kong'er, you are smarter than us, you Can help dad, right?"
"I can." Yuan Sikong said without hesitation, "Kong'er has many ideas, but Kong'er doesn't know enough about the enemy and us."
"Okay, from now on, you can go in and out of any place in Guangning, granaries, warehouses, city walls, and no one will stop you." Yuan Mao held Yuan Sikong's thin shoulders and looked deeply into his eyes, "I The father and son of the Yuan family should live and die with Guangning."
Yuan Sikong's clear eyes were burning with flames.
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The next day, Li Boyun rode alone to the enemy camp. Most of the trip never returned, and the soldiers practiced it with tears in their eyes.
Although she is gorgeous and pale, her heart is not old and has a long history.
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Wrapped in a heavy cotton coat, Yuan Sikong began to understand all the conditions of Guangning City in detail under the cold winter wind and snow. At that time, Yuan Nanyu's leg injury had healed, and he couldn't hold back his desire to run outside, so he also enlisted in the army and obeyed Yuan Sikong's instructions.
"Second brother, you looked at this map for a long time, what do you see?" Yuan Nanyu stuffed a steaming steamed bun into Yuan Sikong's hand, "Hurry up and eat something."
Yuan Sikong bit the bun and said, "I'm looking at the route of the Jin army's withdrawal."
"Withdraw troops?" Yuan Nanyu shouted, "You don't look at the route they marched into Guangning, why are you withdrawing troops?"
"To defend Guangning, it is no longer enough to just strengthen the interior. It may have been possible twice in the past, but not now. The city wall of Guangning has been damaged in many places, and the troops and supplies have been consumed. According to the previous law-abiding, it will definitely not be able to defend."
"Then how to guard?"
"There are clouds in the art of war..."
"Hey, hey, just say it, okay?"
Yuan Sikong said helplessly: "Attack what you love, and you will save him if you attack him."
"Oh, you want to play a game of besieging Wei and saving Zhao? But who are we besieging, those barbarians have no city at all, driving cattle and sheep everywhere..." His voice became softer as he spoke, his eyes lit up, "You want to..."
Yuan Sikong smiled: "That's right, Zhuo Letai dispatched all the troops, the camp must be empty and the defense is weak. If I divide my troops to attack his camp, he will definitely come back to rescue him."
"But..." Yuan Nanyu said with a bitter face, "Second brother, where do we have soldiers to divide?"
"We don't need too many troops. Zhuo Letai also knows that we don't have any soldiers, so he certainly wouldn't have thought that we would dare to split up and attack the camp. As long as we have 300 cavalry and bring firecrackers to attack the camp, disturbing their cattle and sheep, the camp will be in chaos. "
"Second Brother, have you discussed it with Dad?"
"I was just thinking about it in my head, but you insisted on asking me, where would I have time to talk to Dad." Yuan Sikong patted his forehead, "This is just part of the plan, I want to have a complete plan, and I will do it in one fell swoop." Defeat Zolothai!"
Yuan Nanyu looked at Yuan Sikong adoringly: "Second brother, why are you so smart?"
"I read."
"Humph."
Yuan Sikong stared at the map, looked at the black chess piece representing the Zhuo Letai camp, and the boiling images of gold and iron horses and battles on the battlefield appeared in his mind.
If you can't keep Little Guangning, how can you tell the world, Zhuo Letai, I will definitely defeat you!