a pillow in autumn

It was late at night when Zhou Mubai and Dong Gongwei arrived at Ye County, and the ten fast horses did not enter the city, but went directly to the Xuanyi Army camp on the side of Ye County.

There were soldiers guarding the gate of the village, Zhou Mubai showed Prince Rui's seal, and the soldiers immediately opened the gate of the village.Someone had already rushed into the village to report, and a moment later, Qi Wenhao, Meng Xiang's military advisor, led two lieutenants and hurried over to welcome them to the big tent in the middle camp.

Several people gave the military salute to Prince Rui first, Qi Wenhao said: "Unfortunately, your Highness has come down, General Meng has been ill for many days, and he is recuperating in the city right now. Your Highness has traveled a long distance, why don't you rest for a night first, and I will pick up General Meng immediately tomorrow morning Come."

"You don't need to be so troublesome. This king will personally go to pick up General Meng. Lord Qi will send a few soldiers to lead the way." Zhou Mubai said with his hands behind his back.

"now?"

"now!"

Qi Wenhao's face turned a little ugly.The burly lieutenant Cui Yaoliang beside him immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, our general accidentally dropped his leg. It is too late and the city gate is closed..."

"Presumptuous!" Before he could finish speaking, Shen Lan had pulled out the whip and quickly stepped forward, slapping the whip on his face: "What are you! How dare you speak like that in front of Prince Rui!"

Bloodstains immediately appeared on Cui Yaoliang's face.He followed Meng Xiang for a long time, and he was also quite prestigious in the army, but now he was suddenly whipped, and immediately his face was full of anger, and he stared at Shen Lan fiercely.

Qi Wenhao glanced at the lieutenant general, cupped his hands to Zhou Mubai and said, "Since this is the case, I don't dare to work for Your Highness. Please wait a moment, Your Highness and all the adults, I will send someone to pick up the general."

"Master Qi." Zhou Mubai said suddenly and slowly: "It's a little bit of waiting, it's best to just wait a little longer. No matter how bad the lonely king is, he is also the Prince Rui who was conferred by his father. I want to have a chat with General Bingzhu, and he, General Meng, doesn’t have to come late at night?” She smiled slowly as she spoke, the smile seemed sincere, but her eyes were extremely cold.

Qi Wenhao read the murderous look in her eyes, his heart shuddered, he quickly bowed his head in response, and hurried out with the two lieutenants.

Qu Bin frowned and said, "Your Highness, does General Meng have a real illness or a fake illness?"

"Whether it's true or not, I will definitely bring reinforcements to Quyang tomorrow morning." Several people listened to Zhou Mubai's instructions, and they all understood, Zhou Mubai said: "According to circumstances."

All the guards nodded, and each of them meditated and rested.Qu Bin approached Zhou Mubai and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, there is something that I will always worry about."

Mu Bai raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Atuo Lie of the Tu family was dying that day, and it was General Meng who received the report and told the prince about the emptiness of Quyang city soldiers. General Meng originally asked for a battle. The day before the army set off, he and several lieutenants rode horses. While going out, the horse stumbled, he fell off the horse and injured himself, the military doctor said it was a broken leg bone."

Qu Bin looked at Zhou Mubai, and continued: "That day I accompanied the crown prince to visit him in the camp, he struggled to lead the troops to battle, and rolled down from the couch, His Highness the crown prince comforted him a few words, looked at him To recover from injuries, I led my own troops to go out."

Several candles were lit in the tent, one of which was more than half lit, making a slight crackling sound.Zhou Mubai raised his eyes, his pupils were as cold as ice.

In the middle of the night, the forest was bleak, and Meng Xiang was already sitting in a tiger-skin chair in a large tent.In addition to Qi Wenhao and the two lieutenants, there are also aides of the Meng family who have made military exploits with him for many years.All the generals stood with their hands down, Meng wanted to hear what they had said, but he didn't say anything immediately, he only lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while before asking: "The military adviser sees what Prince Rui's intention is here?"

"Rescue the prince!" Qi Wenhao didn't hesitate.

"Prince... Can Quyang City be saved?" Meng Xiang changed the phrase, it's disrespectful, and he should be on guard.

"If the general wants to be saved, he will be saved naturally. If he is not saved, he will not be saved." Although Qi Wenhao's words were ambiguous, they were true.To save or not to save is all in one thought.

Meng Xiang looked around at the generals and said, "Do you have any good strategies?"

All the staff expressed their opinions, some were delaying the time, some were pretending to agree, and some even said that if the general continued to feign illness, he would invite Prince Rui into the city, accompanied by a few beauties, young and flirtatious, and after a while Let's talk again.

"Prince Tangtang, what beauty do you want? This city is so vulgar and vulgar, why do you still want to keep her?" Meng Xiang loosened his fingers and said calmly: "Besides, this general wants Prince Rui to know, it's not that this general doesn't want to save her." , but out of reach.”

Qi Wenhao understood in his heart, and offered a plan: "There is a way." He stepped forward two steps, explained this and that, Meng Xiang nodded his head, and said to Cui Yaoliang again, do you understand?

Cui Yaoliang cupped his hands and said: "The general will understand!"

After about a cup of tea, there were gradually footsteps outside the big tent in the middle camp, and then someone pulled up the curtain of the tent, and two soldiers took Meng Xiang's arms to help him in.

Meng Xiang fell down and bowed down, the lieutenant wanted to help him, but he waved him away.

Zhou Mubai looked at him coldly for a while, and when he knelt down and bowed with difficulty, he smiled and said, "General Meng is injured, there is no need to be polite, get up."

The two lieutenants held back their breath and helped Meng remember.Zhou Mubai didn't need them to evade, he directly explained the siege of Quyang City, but concealed the feeling of the prince's poisoning, and finally said: "General Meng, please call in troops to rescue the siege immediately."

Meng Xiang lowered his brows and said: "There is such a thing!" After thinking for a while, he said: "Quyang's rescue is really a big deal, and I will discuss the rescue strategy with all the sons at the end. Your highness has a precious body, and the trek is hard. Please rest in the tent for now."

Zhou Mubai didn't know that this was a prevarication, but he didn't get angry, he said in a calm voice like talking on paper: "The general can discuss it slowly, but before dawn, the lonely king will lead one hundred thousand Xuanyi troops to Quyang."

Meng Xiang was still quite forbearing, the faces of several lieutenants had changed color, and one of the young generals even put his hand on his saber.

Zhou Mubai smiled lightly: "And the remaining [-] elite riders, the lonely king will take them all away."

"Your Highness!" Cui Yaoliang took a step forward, with a square face and beard standing on end, "Your Highness has been in the palace for a long time, so the matter of leading troops in battle should be left to rough people like me to think about."

Shen Lan held on to the horsewhip and stood in front of Zhou Mubai, sneering: "Your Highness is talking to the general, how many ranks do you have, how dare you contradict His Highness!"

Cui Yaoliang's face turned pale. He turned his head and saw the military adviser Qi Wenhao winking, and immediately knelt down to Meng Xiang and said, "General, Ye Jun is guarding the gate of the related country. General, please think twice!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Lan had already whipped the whip. This time he was on guard, and immediately turned around halfway and grabbed the whip, and said angrily: "Zhuzi bullied me!"

All the lieutenants in the middle battalion glared at each other, intentionally or unintentionally guarding the entrance and exit of the tent, while Dong Gongwei surrounded Meng Xiang and Zhou Mubai by coincidence.The atmosphere was tense for a moment.

Zhou Mubai gave everyone a look, "Wait, dare to Nigu?" Her tone was careless, even with a little chuckle, but the voice was cold, penetrating into the bones of people.

At this time, Meng Xiangcai shouted: "What is this? How dare you act skinny in front of Your Highness?" After the lieutenants stood with their hands down, he continued: "The crown prince came to Xizhen with the last general, and the crown prince was trapped in Quyang , the last general is also very anxious, and the rescue is even more duty-bound. It’s just that Ye County is the gateway to the west of Ruiguo, and the Tu clan always comes to disturb it. What needs to be saved is only a long-term plan.”

Zhou Mubai pointed to the people he brought: "Does the general recognize them?"

Except for Shen Lan, who had never met before, the other eight people were all East Palace Guards, and Meng Xiang naturally recognized them.

Zhou Mubai said again: "Since the lonely king is Prince Rui, why didn't the general find it strange why he brought the Donggong guards to Ye County instead of his own personal guards?"

Meng Xiang couldn't figure out what she meant, so he had no choice but to continue: "The general is dull, please make it clear, Your Highness."

Zhou Mubai smiled lightly: "The twelve guards of Prince Rui's Mansion have sent a group to Ji County to ask General Wei Jinpeng to rescue them. Although I don't have many red-winged soldiers, I still have tens of thousands of elite cavalry. Not to mention that General Wei is the eldest brother of the Crown Princess , just relying on the loyalty of the Wei family for generations, tell me, will General Wei rush to help at night?"

Meng Xiang's expression was serious, and he heard Prince Rui say: "It's a bit difficult for 2 Red Wing Army to attack [-] Tu Army, but there are still more than [-] Black Wing Army in Quyang City, and now it's a desperate situation. , General Meng, who has a better chance of winning?"

Zhou Mubai raised his hand, Qu Bin immediately took out a piece of cloth from his bosom and presented it respectfully, Zhou Mubai took the cloth and handed it to Meng Xiang: "You know about the death of Atuo Lie of the Tu clan, the lonely king intercepted the military situation of the Tu clan on the way, The Tu tribe is in civil turmoil, and the tribes are too busy to take care of themselves. The Tu army has no reinforcements to send. If you follow the lonely king to rescue the prince, it is a credit at your fingertips. If you insist on going your own way, General Meng, you can think about the consequences."

Meng Xiang originally deceived her to stay in the palace for a long time, and she was young, so if she had to drag it out for a while, it would be better for her to take advantage of the fisherman. Now, after listening to her analysis of each case, she is startled, but her face is still calm , He paused for a moment, knelt down and said: "His Royal Highness is in danger, how dare the last general be alone, the last general wishes to order the general immediately, and send troops to Quyang before dawn."

Zhou Mu cared in Baiyu: "Is General Meng's injury all right?"

Meng Xiang was stunned for a moment, and his rough face showed enthusiasm: "The general, the general is carrying wound medicine, even if his legs are broken, he still has to go."

Zhou Mubai smiled and said: "General Meng understands righteousness deeply, it is really a blessing for the country, Xiao Wang is convinced."

Meng Xianglian said that he didn't dare, and discussed with the military adviser a few more times, and dispatched the troops to each route, all the lieutenants bowed their hands and withdrew from the account.

Zhou Mubai sat on a top chair, reckless and frivolous, with the temperament of a young man in his words, "This is the first time the lonely king marched, and he doesn't know much about the rules in the army..."

Meng Xiang really couldn't figure out what she was thinking, so he could only listen to her change of tone, and said with a sneer, "It's just that the vulgar person dared to commit crimes against the orphan, so General Meng really just ignored it?"

Meng Xiang cursed secretly in his heart, but he could only raise his voice: "Cui Yaoliang contradicted the royal family, if he commits the next crime, he should be punished with a hundred army sticks! The general will do it!"

Zhou Mubai listened to him taking the matter lightly, only talking about contradicting the royal family, since it had nothing to do with the military order, and he didn't say anything, so he stretched his arms lazily, and went to the prepared tent to take a rest.

Seeing her leave, Meng Xiang wondered if the young prince really just wanted to vent his anger, and then sent an order to take Cui Yaoliang out of the tent to receive punishment.

It was three o'clock, several soldiers pressed Cui Yaoliang, brandished their military sticks and beat them left and right, because Zhou Mubai and Donggong Wei were both in the nearby camp, the soldiers who punished him did not dare to fake it.Although Cui Yaoliang was rough-skinned and thick-skinned, he still gritted his teeth in pain under this solid army stick.

The lieutenants all heard about the punishment, and knew that General Meng didn't really punish him, so they all laughed behind their backs.Unexpectedly, after hitting seventy or eighty times, Shen Lan suddenly came a few steps from the side, grabbed the army stick and quickly hit Cui Yaoliang on the back. Then, he had finished beating with more than ten sticks.Cui Yaoliang snorted, spat out a mouthful of blood, and passed out.

General Shen Lan pointed his stick at Cui Yaoliang, whose life and death were like a puddle of mud on the ground, and said frowningly: "Whoever dares to disobey Prince Rui from now on, this is a role model!"

The author has something to say: I received a hand grenade from Fourteen.

In addition, Jiang Xia received a rocket launcher, a grenade, and a landmine from Jiang Xia on the author's homepage.

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