Sure enough, the prefect of Mengzhou sent supplies to Wuzhou City as promised, so the soldiers in Wuzhou City felt at ease.
On the same day, people sent by Yue Qiong arrived outside Wuzhou City.
When Bai Feng came to the yamen to report, Yan Chi was explaining the map of Dazhou to Qin Wan, and upon hearing this, he naturally went to the camp.
Qin Wan was curious, so she followed, but didn't disturb everyone's discussion, and only went to the wounded barracks first.
When they arrived at the wounded barracks, they saw Gu Ling watching the soldiers below distribute the soup.
Qin Wan met Gu Ling, Ruo Yuqi, and Xiao Cheng when he was in Shuoxi's main business. They were loyal to Yan Chi and young. In front of them, Qin Wan was more casual, while facing Mr. Qi and Chu Fei. For Sheng and the others, Qin Wan half regarded them as Yan Chi's subordinates, and half regarded them as elders, so he respected them a little more.
Seeing that Gu Ling hadn't gone to Xiying, Qin Wan said, "It's not that the Marquis of Anyang sent someone here, why are you still here?"
Gu Ling lowered his eyes respectfully and said, "You can just stay here and go over if necessary."
Yan Chi mentioned Gu Ling several times in front of Qin Wan, saying that he is a rare good general, and compared to Yu Qi and others, he is much calmer, especially suitable to be a commander in chief, Qin Wan looked at Gu Ling For a moment, I felt that these words were very pertinent, and seeing that he was so meticulous about the wounded barracks, I was naturally quite moved.
So they distributed soup and medicine with Gu Ling here, and saw the wounded soldiers. After being so busy for half a day, Xiying finally sent someone to invite them.
Gu Ling then went to Xiying with Qin Wan.
Everyone else in the Chinese army tent had dispersed, only Yan Chi and Yu Qi were inside. Seeing Qin Wan coming, the others all saluted. Seeing Qin Wan and Gu Ling coming together, Yan Chi said, "Go to the wounded barracks. gone?"
Qin Wan nodded, "Yes, I didn't expect General Gu to watch in the wounded barracks all day, and after a while, he came here together."
Yan Chi didn't shy away from them in front of them, and pulled Qin Wan to sit beside him.
Qin Wan then asked, "How? What did the adoptive father say?"
Yue Qiong is Qin Wan's adoptive father, and Qin Wan will never forget this. When she said this, Yu Qi and the others were surprised. They didn't know much about the affairs of the capital. Yan Chi sighed. , "The Marquis of Anyang wants to meet with me. If I answer, their people will go back to deliver the letter tomorrow."
Qin Wan raised her eyebrows, "He's in Fengzhou, how do we meet?"
Yan Chi pulled her up and said, "Just now we have discussed it, if we don't join forces with Fengzhou, it's fine. If we join forces, we will naturally leave Wuzhou and go to Fengzhou. Here, here is another wilderness called Wuzhangyuan. Here we go. It is only fifty miles away from Fengzhou City, and now the army of soldiers and barbarians is in this place."
Yan Chi clicked on a place in the northeast of Wuzhangyuan, and Qin Wan understood it in his heart.
"Then how do you decide?"
Yan Chi thought deeply, "Marquis of Anyang is trustworthy, but others are not. It's okay if we want to meet, but I have to meet Yan Qi and others."
"Explore the reality of other people?"
Yan Chi nodded, then looked at Gu Ling again, "What do you think?"
Gu Ling said, "The Marquis of Anyang won't cheat, but once we leave Wuzhou City, we will lose the advantage of fighting in the city."
Yan Chi said "Mm", "This king is also worried, so I asked the envoys to rest just now, we have to think about it, if we don't make a decision, it doesn't matter if we let them stay here for a few days..."
Yan Chi was not without a cunning, he came to wipe out the Rong Man, but not to help the Marquis of Anyang.
Moreover, the soldiers of the Shuoxi army he brought were all his brothers, and there was absolutely no reason for him to compromise himself too much in order to help outsiders.
Seeing Yan Chi's attitude, Gu Ling was relieved, "If His Highness wants to agree, he should let them go."
Qin Wan laughed when he heard this, and Yan Chi also laughed when he saw this, "Can't you see? He looks honest and calm, but he also has a lot of thoughts in war, and he never wants to let his own people suffer. of."
Qin Wan's smile deepened, and Gu Ling felt a little embarrassed seeing Yan Chi and Yan Chi being so rare.
Yu Qi stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, this subordinate also reconsiders."
Yan Chi smiled, "I know what you mean, so don't worry."
In the end, Yan Chi was not in a hurry to give those two answers. Now that Yan Chi came to Wuzhou in the name of a traitor, he solved Wuzhou's difficulties. Fengzhou is not as important as Wuzhou, and he doesn't know Fengzhou In the end, what is the intention? Naturally, we have to wait and see. At night, the envoy asked to see Yan Chi, but Xiao Cheng who was in charge of the reception refused. The envoy had no choice but to ask to see Qin Wan. Went to ask Yan Chi, Yan Chi heard the words, but he denied it.
Outside, Gu Ling and others were in charge of distributing new supplies, and the wounded generals had to recuperate, while Yan Chi taught Qin Wan the art of war in the yamen.
"Soldiers have tricks. For example, today, Wuzhou, Fengzhou, and Rongman are three-legged confrontation. If any one side is eager for quick success, it will be defeated. It takes half a day to travel from Fengzhou to Wuzhangyuan, and Rongman also has a lot of trouble. Half a day away from Toyosu, so how do you break the situation?"
Qin Wan looked at the map carefully, "Join forces with Fengzhou?"
Yan Chi said again, "If the situation is like today, what should we do?"
Qin Wan frowned, Yan Chi said again, "Gu Ling said we have to dry them out, why do you think?"
Qin Wan didn't know it, Yan Chi said, "The army enemy has suffered a defeat here, and they are already afraid. If we take advantage of the situation to catch up, they have already prepared themselves. Knowing that Shuoxi's army is here, they fight Toyosu, I'm afraid that we will join forces. If this is the case, we will not do what they want. If we don't move for a few days, they will know that we have no intention of joining forces, and we have to attack when they are most negligent. "
Qin Wan was a little taken aback, at first he thought it was just to whet Fengzhou's appetite and let them know that the Shuoxi Army is not at the mercy of others...
While speaking, Yan Chi pointed to Yu Tu and said, "There are more than 100,000 barbarians left. If we want to send troops, how should we attack?"
Qin Wan looked at the location on the map and said, "The Rong people send troops to attack the city every day. Can we sneak attack their main camp?"
Yan Chi laughed loudly when he heard the words, and couldn't help but kiss Qin Wan on the lips, "Of course!"
Qin Wan thumped Yan Chi's waist, and Yan Chi hugged her to get the book of war placed on the side, "Use the least amount of troops to achieve the greatest effect, so that you can win more with less. It's like chess, you are good at chess, and when it comes to the art of war, you can easily understand it."
Qin Wan smiled and said, "I also know there is an allusion called 'talking about war on paper'..."
Waiting in the city was boring, Yan Chi saw that Qin Wan was bored and read the book of war before talking to her. For a few days, Qin Wan talked about two strategies from time to time, so that Qin Wan could talk eloquently about the military strategy. Although it was only on paper, he also understood that leading troops to fight depends on resourcefulness.
On the second day, Yan Chi still hadn't seen the envoy from Fengzhou City, so the two of them became anxious and hurriedly sent a letter back to Fengzhou. Yue Qiong was quite disappointed when he received the letter, so naturally he wrote a letter in his own hand and asked someone to send it to Wuzhou Yan Chi must agree to it. Yan Qi has learned to behave well now. Although he disapproves from the bottom of his heart, he doesn't say it clearly. He just sends letters to the capital again and again, and within two days, the reply from the capital comes.
Seeing the emperor's words in the letter, Yan Qi's eyes suddenly lit up!
Lu Xiao said in front of Yan Qi, "Your Highness, what is the emperor's order?"
Yan Qi said, "Father said that the barbarians can be eradicated temporarily, but the crime of rebelling against bandits is unforgivable, so let me play by ear."
Lu Xiao was a little puzzled when he heard the words, "You mean let's join forces?"
Yan Qi nodded and shook his head again, a pair of pupils quickly flashed a cold light.
At the same time, a letter was delivered to Yue Qiong, but it was from the Anyang Marquis.
Yue Qiong opened the letter and read it, only to find out that Yue Ning had been away for half a month, and her marriage with Yan Ze had been delayed because of this. Prince Yi's mansion did not pursue it, but Yue Jia wanted to invite officials to go north but was not allowed by the emperor.
Yue Qiong read the letter and sighed a long time. Yue Qiong said that she wanted to go west, but where could she go? Both Yan Chi and Qin Wan came to Wuzhou, even if they arrived in Shuoxi, where would they meet anyone? Yue Qiong was helpless, worrying about her daughter, and being trapped by the battle situation in front of her, she was exhausted for a while, and hurriedly wrote back, just asking to contact Yue Ning as much as possible, and nothing happened—
When Yue Qiong was troubled by family letters, two skinny horses came from outside Wuzhou City under the night!
There was a man and a woman on horseback, both looking tired. When the people on the tower saw the two people below, they were surprised and asked, "Who are you waiting for?! Tell me your name! What are you doing here in Wuzhou City? But the people in the city?"
The man below shouted, "We are here to pay homage to His Highness Prince Rui, let us enter the city quickly!"
The people on the tower were startled when they heard it. At this time of year, people with ulterior motives should not dare to come over alone like this. After looking carefully for a while, there were indeed only these two people, so they didn't dare to stop them, and quickly let the people below go away. side door.
As soon as the side door was opened, the two of them entered the city. When everyone looked at them, they saw that although the two were dusty and dusty, they were dressed in gorgeous clothes and had an extraordinary appearance, so they didn't dare to delay, and immediately took the two of them to the yamen to meet Yan Chi and Qin Wan. .
Yan Chi and Qin Wan were about to take a rest, but suddenly they heard Bai Feng come in and say, "Your Highness, Wangfei, there are guests outside to see you."
Yan Chi and Qin Wan looked at each other, and they came out in outer robes, Yan Chi said, "Is there any guest in Wuzhou City who can come to see you?"
As soon as the words fell, a hearty voice laughed, "Aren't we counted as guests!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Wan, who was standing behind Yan Chi, immediately opened her eyes wide. She hurried out of the door and saw Wei Qizhi striding in from the outside at a glance. Seeing Wei Qizhi, Qin Wan was extremely surprised. Then, when he looked behind Wei Qizhi again, he saw Yue Ning in a bunt outfit!
Qin Wan immediately called softly, "Why are you here?!"
Yan Chi was also quite shocked, Wei Qishang said, "I went to Shuoxi first, but I learned that His Highness has sent troops, and on the way back, I met the Princess, who said he wanted to find His Highness and Princess, so, We came from the east of Mengzhou, and it took only ten days to get there!"
When Yue Ning saw Qin Wan, she had a slight smile on her face, but she didn't speak. Seeing Yue Ning covered in dust, Qin Wan felt distressed, and hurried forward to hold Yue Ning's hand.
It stands to reason that Yue Ning should be in the capital now, and her marriage with Yan Ze has long since passed away, yet she appears here!
Judging from the time, Yue Ning is definitely not married...
Qin Wan had thousands of words in his heart, but he didn't ask in a hurry, "Come in, come in, how long have you been driving today?"
Wei Qizhi smiled and said, "It's been a day's journey."
Qin Guan immediately ordered Bai Ying to let the kitchen prepare meals, and asked Bai Feng to clean up the house, and then left Yue Ning to wash at his place, while Wei Qizhi was taken to the wing room to wash, since Yue Ning came, Qin Wan didn't care There was nothing else to do, just taking her to take a bath. In the bathroom, Yue Ning lay in the tub with slightly moist eyes and said, "I didn't cause you any trouble by coming here like this."
Qin Wan was washing her hair, and said with a smile, "Why, I just see that you are so tired, and my heart aches."
Qin Wan said, but still didn't ask about the capital.
Yue Ning herself couldn't help but said, "I ran away before getting married and left a letter."
Qin Wan's movements slowed down, and Yue Ning continued, "I know everything. On that day... I found the letter between him and the queen in the third brother's study, and then I met Zhan Yang again. I guessed it when he and you investigated the case of the Punishment Dojo with you before. No wonder you hesitated to speak a few times before, but I didn’t expect it to be because of this... Later I planned to say that I saw Ning Buyi before Old servant, he really got the trick, so I am sure, I struggled at home for a few days, and ran out when I learned about the barbarian incident, and wanted to go to Shuoxi to find you, but I didn't want you to send troops. We've arrived at Wei Qizhi."
It was the first time for Yue Ning to go out by herself. As she spoke, Qin Wan felt distressed again. He didn't ask any more questions about the capital, but said, "How did you meet Wei Qizhi? The two of you have a wonderful journey together." Is it going well?"
"I met him in the south of Yuzhou. I wanted to go to Shuoxi from Yuzhou. After walking for a few days, I met him when I settled down in Yuzhou. It was a coincidence. Yuzhou city is so big, so we just stayed in the same inn. , He was going to discuss horse business in Yuzhou, and knowing that I wanted to find you, he said he knew where you were, and escorted me here."
Yue Ning was grateful when she spoke, Qin Wan smiled and said, "Fortunately, you are not alone. Now several cities in the north are being targeted by barbarians, and the people in the city are suddenly uneasy. Many of them have fled to the south. The same is true on the road. It's very chaotic, and you are bound to have trouble by yourself."
Yue Ning said "Yes", "I know, I met a few fleeing refugees on the road, and also met a small group of bandits, but they were all accidental."
In the past, Wei Qizhi had been interested in Yue Ning, but now that Yue Ning escaped from marriage, the two experienced a lot of hardships along the way. Even though there was no ambiguous relationship, the relationship was quite different from before. Qin Wan knew in his heart that But he didn't ask in a hurry, and only told Yue Ning about Yue Qiong's stay in Fengzhou.
Yue Ning said, "What's the situation like now? I don't have the face to see my father, so you should stay here now."
Qin Wan smiled, "Don't worry, maybe the foster father will come over in two days."
As he said that, he told Yue Ning about the current situation. Yue Ning was better at fighting than Qin Wan, so she understood as soon as she heard this.
After bathing, outside Wei Qizhi had finished washing up and was sitting in the warm pavilion with Yan Chi talking, seeing Qin Wan and Yue Ning coming out, they both stood up.
Yan Chi said, "The meals are all ready, let's go to the side hall to eat and talk."
Then the group of people entered the side hall, and after sitting down, Wei Qizhi toasted Yan Chi first, "The first cup is to His Royal Highness, Prince Rui. I have to stay here these days, and please take care of me, Your Highness. , I also brought a gift to Your Highness—”
They were old acquaintances, Yan Chi was naturally happy, and raised his eyebrows when he heard the word "gift".
Wei Qizhi smiled and said, "As much horses as your Highness wants, I can give His Highness as many horses! Even if you want weapons, I can find them for Your Highness!"
Yan Chi laughed, "I was waiting for you intentionally before, but things have changed, I also respect you with this cup, you protect Yue Ning all the way here, thanks to you."
This was exactly what Qin Wan wanted to say, Wei Qizhi glanced at Yue Ning, raised his hand and gulped it down.
Both of them had been hungry for a whole day, so naturally they had to eat well first. When the meal was finished, Qin Wan said that he wanted to sleep with Yue Ning, and drove Yan Chi to the Nuan Pavilion. Yan Chi had no choice but to obey, and Wei Qizhi Back in the room, when Qin Wan and Yue Ning lay down, they first talked about many things about Shuoxi and the capital, and then Yue Ning talked about Yanze again, and so on, until they heard the crowing of chickens sleep...