"Marshal, Xiao Yi, the eldest son of Zhennan Prince, led an army to invade our Nanliang more than half a month ago, and has already broken through five cities including Tiange City and Gehe City! Now the southern Xinjiang army is approaching Wuli City, Wuli City is afraid Yes... I'm afraid it will be broken in a few days. Marshal, please quickly lead your troops back to rescue him!"
In the study room of Dengli City Garrison Mansion, a scarred and exhausted young man knelt on the ground with a sobbing voice.
He had risked his life to break through the siege and entered Dengli City before a stick of incense, and immediately met the coach Yikaluo with the waist card bestowed by the King of Nanliang.
In the study room, it was so silent that even the sound of breathing stopped. Whether it was Ikaluo who was sitting behind the desk or Berhe who was standing by the side, they were so startled by the military report that they almost cried out.
In the end, there was only one sentence that echoed in their minds repeatedly: Xiao Yi led the army to break through Wuli City? !
Ikaluo squeezed out a voice through his teeth, "Why didn't you report it until now?!"
"Marshal." The young general raised his head, his face was covered with blood, "Your Majesty sent several letters of pigeons to you, Marshal, asking for help, but all of them fell into the sea, and several groups of people were sent to report to the Marshal, but there was no news." ..." Even he escaped death and was protected by the lives of his compatriots, so he was lucky enough to complete the task.
Ikaluo's heart seemed to be pinched by an invisible big palm, he couldn't breathe for a while, and his mind went blank.
"Handsome!"
Berhe on the side looked at Ikaluo nervously, really afraid that the commander-in-chief would not be able to bear it... The commander-in-chief was in charge of the overall situation in Dengli City, and the rescue was waiting for Wuli City. At this time, the commander-in-chief was theirs. The backbone of our country must never fall!
After a while, Yi Kaluo came back to his senses like a dream, and murmured: "Southern Border Army, no, how did Xiao Yi get to Nanliang..." It's only been a few days!
Berhe's thoughts moved, and he was also full of doubts.
That's right, their Nanliang is located in the south of Baiyue, and it's not a place that the Southern Border Army can rush to by driving all night. Back then, their Nanliang army had marched through Baiyue for more than 20 days before they entered the southern border... No matter how you calculate it, it is impossible for Xiao Yi's army to arrive in Nanliang silently more than half a month ago. !
Ikaluo took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. After a while, he stroked the stubble on his chin thoughtfully.
There are only two ways for the Southern Border Army to attack their Nanliang, either by borrowing from Baiyue like them, or by bypassing a mountain range extending from the southeast of Baiyue to Southern Border, but it will take longer. No matter which way, ordinary infantry would have to march for at least a month, and even if cavalry rushed all the way, it would be impossible to complete the surprise attack so vigorously. What's more, as far as he knew, the Southern Border Army should not have tens of thousands of cavalry.
So…
Ikaluo's right hand rubbing on his chin stopped suddenly, then he stood up without warning, strode towards the wall where the map was hung, looked at Nanliang's position, and reported the news without looking back The young soldier asked: "Tell me again, which cities are you losing now, and what is the order in which Xiao Yi attacked the cities?"
The young soldiers hurriedly clasped their fists and replied: "Back to Commander, Xiao Yi only took one day to break through Tiange City, and then the army went all the way down. After that, Gehe City, Qingti City, Sunset City, and Chang'an City were broken one by one. .”
Ikaluo stretched out an index finger, and moved from Tiange City on the map to Gehe City... all the way south until Wuli City, after a pause, he went back the same way, and finally stopped in Tiange City again , carefully observed the surroundings of Tiange City, and soon focused on the black swamp next to Tiange City. The other side of this black swamp was Nanjiang.
This nameless black swamp exudes thick black smoke all year round, which is so poisonous that the sky above the swamp is filled with black smoke all the year round, as if shrouded in dense fog all year round.
Ikaluo squinted his eyes, stared at the map on the wall for a while, and said thoughtfully: "I remember that the princess of Zhennan Prince is good at medicine?"
Berhe was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Back to Commander, the spies in Yanding City had reported that all the medicines supplied to the Southern Border Army were prepared by the Imperial Concubine."
Ikaluo was silent for another moment, a heavy haze appeared in his eyes, and his thoughts were flying: the previous attack on Yanding City was defeated, which means that the poison of Corrosion Heart Blue has no effect on the Southern Border Army, that is to say , in fact, Xixinlan has been recognized long ago, Xiao Yi is just playing tricks! ... If this matter is also related to the princess, then the concubine's medical skills must be extraordinary!
It must be some kind of medicine developed by the imperial concubine to help the Southern Border Army pass through the poisonous black swamp and take a shortcut to reach Nanliang in a short period of time!
So to say…
Ikaluo suddenly realized, his fists clenched tighter and tighter.
He got it!
These days, Guan Yubai seems to be ready to go, as if he will do something at any time, but in fact he has never launched a decent offensive. It turned out that Guan Yubai's purpose was not to attack the city, but to divert their attention, to cover his eldest son Xiao Yi from the Black Swamp to Nanliang secretly. And through the siege of the city, Dengli City was cut off from the outside world, so that he could not receive help from Nanliang!
Let Nanliang be reduced to a helpless situation!
But now, even if he finally realized this, it would be too late!
This time, in order to take down southern Xinjiang, the king also thought for a long time. Considering that the current Baiyue is like a tiger whose teeth have been pulled out, he became cruel and handed over 50,000 troops to his hands. In addition, when the five kings came Another 20,000 troops were brought in, and these 70,000 horses were already more than half of Nanliang's troops...
No one would have thought that Xiao Yi would sneak attack!
The rear of Nanliang was empty, facing Xiao Yi's menacing approach, Zhucheng was defeated like a mountain.
Now the capital is in danger!
what to do? !
The Southern Border Army could pass through the Black Swamp, but his army could not. If they made a detour to Baiyue, even if they rushed back, it would be too late.
In an instant, Ikaluo's heart kept falling, falling, and fell to the bottom, and his whole body was cold, as if he was in a boundless hell.
Once Nanliang was captured, so what if he defended Dengli City? !
It's just an isolated island in a vast ocean, and it will be captured sooner or later!
At that time, what awaits him is nothing but doom...
Ikaluo's expression was extremely solemn, and he finally gritted his teeth. Now that things have happened, he can only put all his eggs in one basket!
Thirty-six strategies and the second strategy: encircle Wei and save Zhao.
He had to take the initiative to attack the southern border. As long as Nanjiang is pushed into a desperate situation, Xiao Yi will have to come back to support, then the crisis in Nanliang will be solved naturally!
I only hope that the king can last a little longer.
"Tap Tat Tat..."
At this moment, a sound of messy footsteps came from outside along with the clash of armor.
Soon, a soldier strode into the study panting, and said: "Commander, the Southern Border Army has begun to attack the city again!"
If it had been before, Ikaluo would have been so flustered that he couldn't sit still, his thoughts were ups and downs, but today it was different. He snorted coldly with disdain, and said: "This official Yubai is putting on airs again, trying to disturb my army's morale!"
The commander-in-chief means... Boerhe was thoughtful, and blurted out: "Commander, the official Yubai has been harassing repeatedly these days but has not attacked. Is it because he doesn't have enough troops?"
Ikaluo sarcastically drew a cold smile, that's right!
Xiao Yi at least took away most of the troops in southern Xinjiang, leaving only an empty shell for Guan Yubai. Otherwise, why would Guan Yubai deliberately prolong the battle line? With his past style, he has already made a difference! It can be seen that he has no choice but to bluff...
Before, he was only confused by Guan Yubai's prestige.
This time, he will never let his trick succeed!
Ikaluo pondered for a moment, and ordered: "Go! Follow me to the North City Gate!" He wants to see what tricks Guan Yubai can play!
"Yes, Marshal!" Berhe clasped his fists in a resounding voice.
Yikaluo led Boerhe and a few soldiers out of the study room, and was about to go towards the gate, but saw the flames outside, the blood-colored flames dyed the sky red, and gray smoke billowed up.
what happened? ! Ikaluo frowned tightly, and was about to shout for someone to come, when he heard a burst of messy footsteps coming towards this side, accompanied by an anxious voice: "Commander, Commander... It's not good!"
A soldier came hurriedly with one hand on the scabbard, yelling in fear: "Commander, the Southern Border Army has invaded! There is water in the west wing..."
"What?!" Ikaluo blurted out in disbelief, his eyes widened to the extreme.
This is impossible!
This is just the siege of the city, the city gate should not be broken, how could the Southern Border Army be in the city? !
However, the facts are unquestionable, gunpowder smoke was everywhere outside, and soon there was a faint sound of shouting and killing coming from outside the mansion, mixed with the sound of weapons colliding and rumbling footsteps, the originally quiet Dengli City seemed to be a The pot of hot water is generally boiled in an instant.
Ikaluo's face was black and blue, and his heart was heavy.
"What's going on?!" Boerhe asked impatiently, "How could the Southern Border Army break through the city gate so quickly!"
The soldier immediately clasped his fists and replied: "Commander, general, I don't know what's going on... The north and south city gates are obviously guarded by heavy soldiers and have never been breached, but hundreds of soldiers from the Southern Border Army are suddenly in the city. Appeared!" Appeared and disappeared without warning, just like a ghost!
As he said that, the soldier trembled all over, and a thought came to his mind: Could it be that the Southern Border Army is assisted by gods? !
"whoosh whoosh—"
Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking through the air. Berhe followed the sound and stood in front of Ikaluo vigilantly. The soldiers beside him also guarded Ikaluo's left and right with solemn expressions.
"Tie Ya!" Burhe blurted out with a look of horror, "It's the God Arm Battalion! It's the God Arm Battalion!"
Countless flaming iron arrows shot from above like a torrential rain, forming a dense rain of fire.
There was chaos in the garrison.
The direction of the fire rain was on a seven-storied tower that was only one street away from the defense mansion. This seven-storied tower was the tallest building in Dengli City, and it was only two hundred steps away from the defense mansion. For Liannu, The distance couldn't be better!
At this moment, the soldiers of the God Arm Battalion have already occupied every floor of the tower, aiming their crossbows at the garrison. The iron arrows they used today were pre-soaked in kerosene. When the iron arrows were fired from the string, The torch passing through the front will be ignited and turned into a fire arrow, cutting through the air like countless meteors, unstoppable...
In just a moment, the Garrison Mansion has turned into a sea of flames...
Fu Yunhe, who was located on the seventh floor of the seven-storied pagoda, was observing the situation in the garrison mansion with the clairvoyance in his hand, the corner of his mouth slightly hooked.
Everything went according to An Yihou's plan, very smooth!
For the past half month, Marquis An Yi has sent troops to surprise Dengli City from time to time every day. Ikaluo and others in the city have been on high alert, concentrating their attention on the north and south gates, but they don't know that these days The surprise attacks since then have been nothing but cover, not only to divert the attention of the big brother's army, but also to dig a tunnel leading from the outside of the city to the inside of the city. Made it last night.
After An Yi Hou ordered the whole army to recharge their batteries, they launched another wave of siege.
This time, it was a pincer from the inside out!
"Boom—"
"Boom—boom—"
At this time, there were bursts of war drums outside the city, and each beat was as loud as thunder.
Fu Yunhe subconsciously followed the prestige, and through clairvoyance, he could clearly see the banner embroidered with the word "Official" unfurling in the cold wind, and he seemed to be able to hear it whistling in his ears.
The sound of the war drum sounded, which meant that Marquis An Yi was really going to order the siege of the city. It was no longer a small fight, and the outcome of this battle would be decided in one fell swoop!
In Dengli City, gunpowder smoke was everywhere, murderous, as if there were layers of dark clouds hanging over it...
"Attack!" Fu Yunhe waved his hand violently, and shouted, "Annihilate these damn Nanliang people, let's go home for the New Year!"
"yes!"
It is now December 17th, and everyone firmly believes that they will be able to end this half-year-long war before the Chinese New Year!
On the battlefield, soldiers are fighting hard to end this war within this year.
In Luoyue City, the people were also beaming because the Chinese New Year was about to come, and all the mansions were preparing for the New Year.
The same is true of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion. Early in the morning, Huamei came in beaming, and said, "My Concubine, Nangong Mansion sent someone to send a gift, and I want to greet you..."
When she heard that it was someone from her natal family, Nangong Yue's eyes lit up and she asked, "Hurry up and let someone in!"
Not long after, a nanny was brought in, along with a few letters, which she respectfully presented to Nangong Yue.
Nangong Yue couldn't wait to ask about the Nangong Mansion. After learning that her parents, brother and sister-in-law were all well and everything was going well, she happily rewarded her with a first-class award, and asked someone to take her down to rest.
After the nanny left, Nangong Yue quickly hid in the inner room and read letters from her family.
Parents, brother and sister-in-law each wrote a letter to her, one after another, describing their daily life and expressing their longing for her...
Nangong Yue was fascinated by it, as if she had returned to the time when she was still in the capital, and her face inevitably showed some missing for her parents and elder brother, until she opened Fu Yunyan's letter, she suddenly lifted her spirits.
In Fu Yunyan's letter, she first stated that she had become Nangong Yue's sister-in-law. Although she couldn't hear her call herself "sister-in-law", don't forget to call her when you reply. The relaxed tone made Nangong Yue forget the sadness in her heart, and couldn't help but chuckle. Fu Yunyan wrote a lot of things eloquently, but on the second letter paper, she mentioned the matter of Yimei, no, or the matter of Yimei's cousin Zou Lin.
According to Nangong Yue's knowledge, less than a month after Yimei and Zou Lin reconciled, Zou Lin married his second wife, the Song family, who was said to have a good childbirth under the leadership of his mother, Mrs. Lei. So what happened after that, Nangong Yue didn't pay attention anymore.
until today...
Fu Yunyan said in the letter that Mrs. Song thought she was born as a good citizen and a girl of Huanghua, so she married Zou Lin at a low level, so Zou Lin was naturally not allowed to take concubines, and she asked for a housekeeper as soon as she entered the house. She was unwilling, but Mrs. Song was really good at giving birth. She conceived within two months of her marriage, and gave birth to a fat son for the Zou family in eight months of pregnancy. This made Mrs. Lei very happy. Regarding the matter of taking concubines, he immediately handed over the family's deed and money to his daughter-in-law.
After taking the silver, Mrs. Song went to put loan sharks, made several taels within a few days, and doubled the silver several times in a few months. Because of this, Mrs. Lei became more convinced of the daughter-in-law. She only thought that the daughter-in-law was capable, and she told people everywhere that she would just wait to enjoy the blessings in the future.
This "clean blessing" has only been enjoyed for more than a year. One day more than a month ago, the Zou family woke up and found that the Song family had run away with their son, and all the money and valuables in the family had disappeared...
In the end, Zou Lin found a letter from Mrs. Song under his pillow. The letter said that Mrs. Song actually had a cousin who was a childhood sweetheart. Zou Lin, originally she also wanted to be Zou Lin's wife, but it was a pity that her cousin came to her quietly a few months ago, and the two of them rekindled their old relationship. They really didn't want to live this kind of sneaky life, and they didn't want to deceive Zou Lin anymore, so they had to go far away. As for Zou Lin's son, he was actually her cousin's child. Please don't try to find them anymore.
The Zou family was still in a daze, when a group of vicious creditors came to the door, saying that they came to the Song family to collect debts. It turned out that the Song family had borrowed money from someone before releasing the loan sharks. Now that the Song family has run away, the creditors are naturally chasing the Zou family to repay the debt...
After this incident broke out, the whole Nangong Mansion knew about it, and Su was furious, thinking that because of these two servants, Nangong Mansion became the laughing stock of the king's capital, and they almost sold their mother and son. The mother-in-law, the mother-in-law, and the son went to Lin's to plead for mercy, and then went to Yimei for help... Only then did the creditors agree to postpone the debt.
After this incident, Mrs. Lei and Zou Lin thought about Yimei's happiness. After thinking about it, the mother and son went to Sun's house to find Yimei. Zou Lin can marry Yimei again... Hearing those shameless words, Yimei became out of breath for a while, and fainted. After the doctor came, she found out that Yimei had it.
Mrs. Lei still said foolishly, isn't Yimei incapable of giving birth
The doctor "kindly" gave Zou Lin a pulse. It turned out that it wasn't that Yimei couldn't give birth, it was Zou Lin who had the problem... Zou's mother and son were dumbfounded.
Fu Yunyan wrote three full sheets of letter paper, her words were amusing and brisk, as if her voice was whispering right next to Nangong Yue's ear.
Seeing that Nangong Yue was in a good mood, the maids serving in the inner room secretly exchanged glances.
Que'er boldly asked: "Concubine Shizi, did the second young lady tell you something good?" Could it be that the second young lady is happy? … its not right. If the Second Young Madam is happy, it's impossible for the nanny in charge not to mention it just now? !
Nangong Yue gave the letter paper in the middle to Que'er with a smile, so Huamei and the others gathered around curiously, and Que'er simply started to read, her voice was clear and clear, and sometimes she deliberately imitated Fu Yunyan's tone of voice, which could be heard a few times. The maid said it was enjoyable.
"That's great!" Huamei clapped her hands excitedly, "Sister Yimei is finally watching the clouds open to see the bright moon!" She knew that since Shi Zifei said that Sister Yimei is fine, Sister Yimei must be fine.
Que'er carefully folded the letter paper again, and said, "Sister Yimei is pregnant, so we have to make some small clothes for my future little nephew."
"That's natural..."
The maids surrounded Nangong Yue and talked to each other, everyone was happy for Yimei, and after a few words, they divided up the work of several clothes, hats, shoes, etc., including diapers.
The atmosphere in the room was very relaxed, and the silver bell-like laughter of the maids sounded from time to time.
At this moment, Ying'er lifted the curtain and came in to report: "Concubine Shizi, Mrs. Lin sent someone over to ask you to go there quickly, saying that Imperial Physician Wu is also there."
Physician Wu... Nangong Yue's face froze, and she immediately understood that Physician Wu must have managed to get Wuhe Ointment.