"How did you see that Wang Er had a problem?" After Jiang Lang left, Mu Hanzhang walked up to Jing Shao and asked, how could he suddenly remembered to check a bookkeeping secretary.
Jing Shao stretched out his arms and hugged him tightly, with one hand on his waist and a pen in hand to write a peace book for the emperor: "Today I saw his eyes twinkle, so I became suspicious." Jing Shao said nonsense, but in fact he didn't see it at all. Wang Er's face, a dignified king will not admit that he did this for the death of his disciple who coveted his own princess!
The body in his arms had a faint medicinal fragrance. Jing Shao didn't like the smell of this medicine at first, but when it smeared on his own princess and mixed with his own breath, it smelled unexpectedly good, and he couldn't help burying his nose in the fabric. Li sniffed hard.
Mu Hanzhang was tickled by him, so he broke away from his embrace and sat aside: "Are you going to report the southeastern king's change to the emperor?"
"Yeah." Jing Shao was quite dissatisfied with not being able to eat tofu, but even though his princess was sitting next to him, if he stretched out his hand from that angle, he would not be able to write a word, so he had to give up and hurry to finish writing the book honestly.
"By the way, mention Hao Dadao's credit and the bravery of the Shu army." Mu Hanzhang glanced at what Jing Shao wrote and reminded aloud.
"Shu Army?" Jing Shao turned to look at him suspiciously. Hao Dadao's credit and background must be mentioned. He also expected his father to quickly seal Hao Dadao as a general, but what happened to the Shu Army? They were just fighting with Hao Dadao, and they were no different from the Hunan and Guizhou armies, so why should they be brought up in particular
Mu Hanzhang smiled: "My lord, did you forget that the Shu army was still in Yunnan and Tibet with the eldest prince to fight the Nanman."
The Shu army was dispatched to rescue the eldest prince. After Jing Rong was rescued, he led the Shu army to attack the Nanman, with little success. At the beginning of the Southwest War, Emperor Hongzheng transferred the Shu army back to Rang and followed Jing Shao to fight the southwest fief, leaving only the troops of General Zhengdong, who had been allocated to the eldest prince, to continue tossing him.
When Jing Shao heard the words, he frowned and thought, if he praised the bravery of the Shu army, Emperor Hongzheng would remember that the Shu army had no achievements in the hands of the eldest prince.
"Jun Qing... Fortunately, you didn't marry someone else!" After a moment of silence, Jing Shao said slowly.
Mu Hanzhang shook his head, sighed softly, and said, "Even if I marry someone else, I will never help him so wholeheartedly." In this world, if you dote on me and believe in me, I'm afraid there will be no second place in the world. people. He didn't say the last sentence, he just looked at Jing Shao quietly, saw that the corners of his mouth were gradually grinning, he couldn't help reaching out and pinching his cheek.
"That's natural. Among the royal family, there is no one more handsome than me." Jing Shao said proudly.
Mu Hanzhang was immediately amused by him, pursed his lips and chuckled: "That is, in the royal family, there is no one with thicker skin than you."
The two finally finished writing the peace book, and Zuo Hujun came to answer with the results of the interrogation.
Wang Er couldn't stand the interrogation and quickly confessed everything. The person who contacted him was a small official in Beijing. He gave him money and only asked him to hand over the total amount of food used by the army every day, and he didn't care about the rest.
"When did it start?" Jing Shao asked.
"We have been in touch since Wang Er became a secretary in the suburbs of Beijing, but no news was sent to the outside world at that time. It started when he crossed the border of Shu." Zuo Hujun gave a very detailed answer, and he has always been interrogated by the army. He is responsible, so he knows best when asked to what extent.
The number of soldiers in the camp can be judged by handing over the number of daily rations. Jing Shao frowned. No wonder the horse archers came to surprise him that day, because they were sure that the army was not in the camp and had a good chance of killing him.
"That little official," Mu Hanzhang slowly rubbed the agate paperweight on Jingshao's table, "I think it was the hidden stake that the King of Southwest had placed in the capital." It was the King of Southwest who had been paying attention to the movement of the army since before the army set off. .
"Wang Er doesn't know that person's name and surname. There is another person who contacted him after he arrived in the southwest." Zuo Hujun presented a letter. "This is a news note that Wang Er didn't have time to hand out today."
There were only neat words on the note, with a few numbers written on it, and it was wrapped tightly in a piece of oiled paper.
Mu Hanzhang looked at the note for a while, took a piece of paper, and wrote down a few words with a pen, the same as Wang Er's words, except that the number on it was nearly three times larger: "This counts The number of Shu troops at the time."
Jing Shao took the note and looked at it, and immediately understood what his princess meant. Let the other party mistakenly think that the Shu army is returning to the camp, and the southwest army or southeast army ambushing nearby will not dare to act rashly. If they pull out the camp tomorrow, the chance of encountering an ambush will be greatly reduced.
Zuo Hujun looked at the note in his hand and was amazed. Originally, he saved Wang Er's life because he was afraid that the lord would use him to send false news. How could the military master have such a stunt: "My lord, what will Wang Er do? deal with?"
Jing Shao frowned: "Kill him, don't make a statement." Although he really wanted to kill the coveted military division in front of the whole army, no, those who cooperated with the enemy and betrayed the country were beaten to death, but they had to use the name of Wang Er to deliver news. , you cannot speak out.
The next day, the camp was set up, fearing that the road would be bumpy, Jingshao asked Jiang Lang to add another quilt to the bottom of the carriage.
From Shengjingguan to the southwest hinterland, unexpectedly unimpeded along the way. It must be that yesterday's note played a role. Hao Dadao's leading troops had already reached the vicinity of Yuncheng. The Southwest Army did not have the energy to deal with the increase in vain. It is estimated that they have already returned to help.
Seeing that there was no obstacle on the way, Jing Shao got into the military division's carriage and let Xiao Hei wander along with the carriage boredly.
The little tiger lay on the carriage window and looked out. He was curious about Xiao Hei outside the car. He stared intently at others. Seeing that Xiao Hei was just walking with his head down and ignoring it, he stretched his paws toward Xiao Hei. Xiao Hei glanced at the hairball by the window and breathed hot air at it.
"Meow~" The little tiger cub was startled, rolled into a ball and fell, falling on the soft quilt, and screamed shrilly.
"Yo, you can even learn to meow," Jing Shao was amazed, grabbed Xiao Huang and tugged at his ears, "Meow again."
"Wow!" The little tiger was unhappy when he saw Jingshao, and shook his head to prevent him from touching his ears.
Mu Hanzhang smiled and touched his soft round ears: "Why don't you go out, what's it like to stay in the carriage?"
"The strategist's injury has not yet healed, and this king loves his talents as his life, so he naturally has to take care of the strategist in the carriage." Jing Shao lay down on the big soft pillow, and approached his princess and said rascally.
"What would the soldiers think about your actions?" Mu Hanzhang sighed helplessly, the right guard had already asked blatantly that day, and it must be what Jing Shao did when he didn't know.
"Whatever they think." Jing Shao said indifferently, thinking in his mind how to let everyone know that the counselor was his princess, so as to stop some people's thoughts. Ever since the discovery of Wang Er's private collection of Jun Qing's portrait, Jing Shao realized how much of a limelight his princess is now in the army, and he couldn't help admiring even such a fine work. Wouldn't there be more of them? Suddenly, there is a sense of crisis that his own baby is discovered by others, and he does not know that this baby is exclusive to him.
Mu Hanzhang glared at him, took the little tiger into his arms and closed his eyes to sleep.
The little tiger nest twisted and twisted in the owner's arms, pressed the beautifully shaped chin with the meat pad with the retracted claws, and rubbed the round head against it.
"Haha..." Mu Hanzhang was itchy, and looked down at it.
The little tiger turned its belly up like a coquettish coquettish girl, and called out at the master. Because the voice was too high-pitched, "wow" became "meow"!
Jing Shao couldn't see it, so he leaned over and picked up the little tiger cub and threw it into the corner of the carriage.
Seeing his childish behavior, Mu Hanzhang couldn't help laughing softly. He reached out and touched the top of his hair: "If you don't want to go out, just sleep for a while. You won't have a good night's sleep when you arrive in Yuncheng at night."
Jing Shao was so comforted by the slender and warm hands, she couldn't help but narrow her eyes, buried her face in the chest of the person beside her, and hugged the narrow waist: "Then you sleep with me."
"If I'm not here, where else can I go?" Mu Hanzhang smiled and slid down a bit. He rested on a long pillow with him. During this battle, he was able to take such a quiet nap, and still Really stealing half a day of leisure.
There were no obstacles along the way, and there were not many scattered weapons and corpses. It must be the reason why Hao Dadao did not forget to clean the battlefield when he fought all the way. According to the news, Hao Dadao broke the tiger's tooth and the mouth, bypassing the Erchung Pass and breaking the pass in one fell swoop, and after meeting with Zhao Meng, he fought without stopping. The Southwest Army did not expect that Shengjingguan would fall within a few days, and it was in a hurry, and it was defeated along the way.
The fief in the southwest is not too big, and it is not far from the Shengjing Pass, which is the main city - Yuncheng.
When they arrived near Yuncheng, Hao Dadao had already led people to attack the city.
The reason why Yuncheng was named this is because of its special terrain. It rises from the ground and is much higher than the surrounding area. Standing outside the high city wall, it really looks like it is built on the cloud.
It was getting late, and the army was just returning to the camp. Zhao Meng rushed over when he saw his own army.
When Hao Dadao saw it, he explained that the soldiers disbanded on their own, and he dismounted to meet him.
"Coach, counselor, the three tips you gave are so useful! It's amazing, my old Zhao really admires it!" Zhao Meng didn't see the prince, so he ran straight to the counsellor's carriage and stood outside the carriage. shouted loudly.
The curtain was lifted, and it was their coach who came out first!
Jing Shao slept well in the car hugging his own princess Xiangxiang's soft body. He got out of the car and moved his limbs a bit, then turned to help the people in the car. The slender hand that has always been lustrous and slender was handed out, led by him, and slowly walked out of the military adviser in the snow-clothed jade crown, and the hairy tiger in the arms of the military adviser.
Zhao Meng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I said why I didn't see the prince, but he was lazy on the coach of the military advisor."
"General Zhao, stay safe." Mu Hanzhang greeted Zhao Meng.
Afraid that he would jump off the carriage and affect the wound again, Jing Shao took the little tiger and threw it to Jiang Lang to hold, and reached out to hug his own princess down.
"My lord!" Mu Hanzhang was not prepared to be hugged by him for a while, and his face suddenly blushed. In front of so many people, even if others knew that they were husband and wife, they would be embarrassed. The relationship with the coach, it is really disrespectful to act like this!
"You are injured, don't move!" Jing Shao said without changing his face, and put the person down carefully.
When Zhao Meng heard the words, he immediately forgot the ambiguous situation he had just seen, and hurriedly asked: "I heard that the camp was attacked, but the military advisor was injured?"
Mu Hanzhang pursed his lips, glared at someone who was obviously intentional, and said with a chuckle, "It's okay, it's just a minor injury."
"Haha, it doesn't matter, my old Zhao also won a lot of prizes this time, man, you have to have a few scars on your body to be a man!" Zhao Meng laughed and was about to pat the military division's shoulder. Shaoyan quickly grabbed his wrist.
Hao Dadao looked at the noisy people with cold eyes. In this battle, the prince's full trust and the military advisor's ingenious calculations really made him admire, but the two people were so ambiguous that he really couldn't see it. But he didn't bother to care about other people's private affairs, so he restrained the emotion in his eyes and stepped forward to salute.
Jing Shao looked at Hao Dadao who had advanced and retreated, nodded secretly, and then looked at Zhao Meng, who was holding his wrist by himself. He couldn't help but itchy teeth, and told everyone to pack up and gather in the middle tent. According to the merits and demerits of this attack on Shengjingguan, the merits and demerits will be rewarded and punished.
Hao Dadao made a great contribution this time, and his bravery and skill in battle were obvious to all. Jing Shao directly mentioned the general to him. The head coach is outside, and the appointment and dismissal of life and death have the power, as for the rank of the general, it has to wait for the emperor to decide.
Everyone had no objection to this, and Hao Dadao knelt down and took the general's uniform.
"Haha, Brother Hao is so brave and brave, he really deserves the title of general!" Zhao Meng admired Hao Dadao, and happily confronted Hao Dadao, who got up.
"Don't be happy yet," Jing Shao looked at Zhao Meng, who was silly and happy, "Zhao Meng's impulsive disregard for the overall situation almost caused the entire cavalry to be wiped out.
Zhao Meng heard the words with a sad face and knelt down to accept the punishment: "I will be punished in the end."
After rewarding and punishing a group of young generals for their merits and demerits, Jing Shaofang spread out a map and discussed with everyone the strategy of attacking the city.
"This Yuncheng has only two gates, the front and the back. The last commander ordered someone to guard the back gate to prevent the King of the Southwest from fleeing." Hao Dadao pointed at the map and said, "It's just that the terrain of Yuncheng is too high, and the gates are really difficult to get close to. Moreover, At the end of the day, I will find out that the city walls of Yuncheng are very strong."
"This Yuncheng was built when the country was founded. To show his favor, the Great Ancestor built a high wall with rice soup and mud, and it was unbreakable." Mu Hanzhang heard the words and remembered the records he had read in the history books, and he frowned. eyebrows.
"Rice soup and mud!" Zhao Meng was amazed, the rice soup and mud would make the mud ash several times thicker, and the city wall built was really a copper wall and an iron wall, unbreakable.
"That's it," Hao Dadao nodded, "The strategist is really knowledgeable."
Jing Shao hooked his lips, pointed to the sketch map of Yuncheng, and pointed his slender index finger to the west side of the back door: "The one zhang on the west side is not rice soup and mud."
When everyone heard the words, they looked over and were amazed.
"How does Wang Ye know it's not rice soup and mud?" Zhao Meng couldn't help asking.
Jing Shao glanced at him and didn't answer: "Tomorrow, the troops will attack the city in two ways, Zhao Meng will attack the front gate as the vanguard, and Hao Dadao will lead the troops to attack the back gate."
"Yes!" The crowd led the way.
Jing Shao stretched his waist and followed his princess to the counselor's tent.
"Aren't you going back to the king's tent?" Mu Hanzhang stopped to look at him.
"This king still has something to discuss with the military advisor." Jing Shao said without changing his face.
"What's the matter?" Mu Hanzhang glared at him, was this man afraid that others would not know that he and the military advisor were unclear
"Don't you want to know about the west side of the city gate?" Jing Shao smiled and leaned over.
Mu Hanzhang turned to the side: "Tiger raising is a danger, and the wise and talented people such as Taizu will naturally leave a trick for future generations. It is not uncommon for the lord to know about the secret of the royal family." After speaking, he turned and left. .
Jing Shao scratched his head. In fact, this is not really a secret royal family. Taizu kept this hand, but it is estimated that he did this because he thought that the Southwest King might rebel at the beginning of the founding of the dynasty. Also forgot to tell this to posterity. In the last life, one of the soldiers carrying the giant tree was shot and killed, and the direction of the siege was deviated, and the wall was smashed with a crooked attack.
He looked up at the crescent moon, which was already as thin as a hook. He had been abolished for a few months after attacking Shengjingguan in his last life, and now he has already reached Yuncheng in less than a month. No one shared this excitement. lonely. So he lifted his foot back to the king's tent and wrote a letter to his brother. After the lights were turned off in the camp, Fang slipped out of the king's tent and reached into the military advisor's tent.
"Wow!" Xiao Huang, who was sleeping beside the bed, was pinned down by the person who suddenly rushed up, jumped up immediately, and roared at Jing Shao, only to be snapped in the head.
Mu Hanzhang sighed helplessly, moved into the bed to make room for him, and Jing Shao immediately took off his coat and got into the bed.
"Can't you sleep in your tent all night?" Mu Hanzhang looked at him sideways.
"It's not safe to sleep on your own," Jing Shao squeezed towards the warm body, "It's impossible to say there is another assassin."
Xiao Huang was very dissatisfied with being occupied by the bed, and dragged Jing Shao by the collar for a long time. Xiao Huangqi reluctantly climbed onto the bed and nestled on Jingshao's chest, causing Jingshao to be pressed on the bed by a ghost and woken up several times at night.
The next day, Zhao Meng and Hao Dadao led people to attack the city, and the Southwest Army sent people to fight. Zhao Meng fought with the other generals and fought on a par. The soldiers from both sides rushed up to melee. The Southwest Army was mainly defending the city. When they saw that they were about to attack the city gate, they quickly returned to the city. Taking advantage of the terrain of Yuncheng is extremely lethal. Zhao Meng had to lead his troops to retreat.
And Hao Dadao didn't encounter many situations, not to mention attacking the city wall, it was difficult to approach the city gate.
After fighting for a whole day without success, the army returned to camp and fought again in the future.
"Hey, I heard that the prince stayed in the military division's tent again last night." One patrolling soldier whispered to another.
"Hey, since the assassins came out, I have often looked at the king's tent, and the king has basically never slept in the king's tent." Another soldier whispered.
"What nonsense!" Right Hujun gave a slap from behind.
The beaten soldier shrank his head and didn't dare to say any more, and continued to patrol honestly.
"Hey, what's going on with the lord and the military advisor?" Zhao Meng, who came to chat with the right guard, came out and couldn't help asking when he saw this.
"I don't know either." You Hujun looked at the ground in distress, remembering what the military adviser said, and couldn't help but fight a cold war.
"Didn't the lord dislike men? Didn't the emperor make a fuss for a while when he asked him to marry a male wife?" Zhao Meng was curious.
Hao Dadao, who came to find them to share the jerky, couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "You mean that the lord already has a wife and is a male wife?"
"Yeah, don't you know?" Zhao Meng smiled, thinking that there was finally something Hao Dadao didn't know about, "The princess is the son-in-law of the Duke of Northern Wei, and she is of noble birth. I heard that she is also famous among the talents in the capital. ."
The wife's family is in Beijing as a hostage, but the prince does such a cowardly thing, it is really...
Hao Dadao put down the jerky, turned around and left.
Mu Hanzhang was sitting by the river alone, watching the little tiger playing catching bugs in the grass. He heard the footsteps and thought it was Jingshao, but unexpectedly saw Hao Dadao with a dark face.