lonely king

"What! Retreat?!"

He was stationed in the Qiangzhao Saijian military camp, which is less than a hundred miles away from the Xizhao military camp.

Sai Jian listened to the report from the front, and Xi Zhao was ready to retreat. This news made Sai Jian dumbfounded. He never thought that Yue Ji would prepare to retreat at the critical moment when he was about to attack the Nanming King City.

"Is Yue Ji full of thatch in his head? He is going to retreat at this time?" Sai Jian raised his eyebrows, his eyes full of disgust.

Baili Nian was sitting on the soft mat in Sai Jian's camp. It was getting colder at the end of autumn, especially at night, when it was already so cold that Baili Nian was simmering hot wine on the stove. He looked at the green smoke on the stove. , frowning slightly.

"Nian'er, I really can't figure it out, why did Yue Ji retreat at this time?" Sai Jian looked at Baili Nian on the soft seat, his eyes were full of puzzlement.

Baili pursed his thin lips and looked outside the tent, "What about Mo Yan, why hasn't he come back yet?"

"Mo Yan?" Sai Jian didn't understand why Baili Nian mentioned Mo Yan at this time, he knew that Mo Yan was going to inquire about Baili Nian's news, Sai Jian looked back, Wei Yu didn't seem to come back, Mo Yan left At that time, Sai Jian also sent Wei Yu to follow.

About an hour later, Mo Yan entered the camp, followed by Wei Yu. Mo Yan's face was not very good-looking, and Wei Yu's mouth was curled up. His face was wounded, which showed that he had fought with someone before.

"Why are you coming back now?"

Sai Jian opened his mouth first, and looked at Wei Yu's face, "What's going on with your face?"

Wei Yu was a little ashamed, "I walked too fast on the road and was scratched by a branch."

After all, he glanced at Mo Yan coldly. In fact, he followed Mo Yan to Nanming. When he came back, he was dragged out by Mo Yan. The two fought. Wei Yu was Mo Yan's opponent. They fought from Nanming Wangcheng to Qiangmao's tent before stopping.

Sai Jian didn't care, nodded, and Baili Nian didn't care about these trivial matters, he raised his eyes to look at Mo Yan, his eyes were a little cold, "It's an hour late."

Mo Yan's face was pale, and he knelt down abruptly, his eyes were full of guilt, "This subordinate delayed the master's important business, and I will punish myself with a knife!"

Mo Yan pulled out the short knife from his waist, and slashed his leg fiercely. The blood instantly stained the bottom of his trousers, and the eye-catching blood dripped on the ground. Mo Yan's move was quite surprising, especially when Wei Yu opened his mouth. Seeing unbelievable, Sai Jian also frowned. He didn't expect Baili Nian to be so cruel, which shows how harsh Baili Nian treats his subordinates.

In the whole tent, only Baili Nian's face remained unchanged, his eyes turned to Sai Jian, "Your Majesty may be tired today, let's go back and rest."

Sai Jian glanced at Mo Yan, and then at Baili Nian, "Nian'er has something to talk to his subordinates, can't I stay here? I also want to know about Nanming's situation."

Baili Nian frowned slightly. In the past, Sai Jian would not insist on staying, but today he is also strange. Baili Nian paused for a long time, and instead of rushing Sai Jian to leave, he looked at Mo Yan.

"How is the situation in Nanming?" Baili Nian asked.

Mo Yan glanced at Sai Jian, apparently his stay made him very displeased, but Baili Nian didn't say anything, Mo Yan could only listen to the Lord's words and open his mouth to answer.

"Returning to the Lord, the person who was staring at Zhang You's mansion was pulled out, and his subordinates are dull. Only now did they get the news. Zhang You entered the palace a few days ago and has never left the palace. However, three days ago, he appeared in Xizhao In the camp of the army, the informant who was placed in the Xizhao army came to report, it should be Zhang You and the king of Xizhao negotiated something, but the specific details, the subordinates are incompetent, only know that Zhang You is negotiating peace with Xizhao."

Mo Yan lowered his head, his eyes were full of self-blame, he was the one who underestimated Zhang You, the people who arranged to watch Zhang You's mansion were too careless, and delayed the Lord's important event.

A coldness flashed in Baili Nian's eyes, "Xizhao's retreat was indeed Zhang You's handwriting."

With Zhang You staying by Gongsun Zhi's side, it was not so easy for Nanming to pull him out.Baili Yan lowered his eyes, and the color of his eyes gradually darkened, unable to guess what he was thinking.

Sai Jian didn't know who Zhang You was. In Mo Yan's words, he only paid attention to the word "negotiating peace". He frowned, "Xizhao and Nanming negotiated a peace? The king of Nanming can kill Yueying's Lao Tzu, and Yueying will die." So easy to negotiate a peace and let go of Nanming?"

Sai Jian really didn't understand the reason for this.

Baili Nian was holding the wine glass, stroking the rim with his fingers lightly, "Your Majesty also rectifies the troops, prepare to retreat."

"What?! Are we also rectifying the retreat at this moment?" Sai Jian was really full of doubts and didn't understand what Baili Nian meant.

"Your Majesty, why do you think King Xizhao intends to retreat?" Baili Nian asked Sai Jian.

Sai Jian waved his hand, "Where does this king know what is going on in Yue Ji's thatched mind?"

A trace of disgust flashed in Baili Nian's eyes. In terms of schemes, Sai Jian is really inferior, and this thatched brain should also be Sai Jian.

However, Baili Nian still opened his mouth to explain: "King Xizhao wants to retreat at this moment because he has taken precautions. Now that Nanming has won or lost, Beiyan army is stationed on the north bank of Baiji River. Beiyan has encroached on thousands of miles of land in Nanming. The confrontation between the north and the south no longer exists, and Qiang Zhu is behind Xizhao, and the king of Xizhao is afraid that when he and Nanming are close to each other, he will be taken advantage of by Beiyan and Qiang Zhu."

"The battle of Yeling back then was already a thorn in King Xizhao's heart, and he was guarding against repeating the same mistakes."

Before Yue Ming was paralyzed by resentment, he wanted to avenge his father and crusade against Nanming. When Zhang You went to Xizhao, he would naturally analyze the current situation for Yue Ming, and would even make a fuss about the position of Yeling back then. Will take this trick.

Sai Jian was still ignorant and couldn't comprehend the deep meaning, "It's reasonable for Yue Ji to be wary of Bei Yan. Why be wary of this king? This king still sent troops in the name of aiding Xizhao, a friendly country. Why is Yue Ji wary of this king instead?"

"It is you that King Xizhao is on guard against. Beiyan Yuwenyang is still separated by the Baiji River, and you are right behind the Xizhao Army. If you attack the Xizhao Army, wouldn't the King Xizhao be caught off guard?"

There was a bit of impatience in Baili Nian's tone, he pursed his lips slightly, his complexion was not good, his eyes were looking at the night outside the tent, further east was Yeling.

"Let's go back to the court. Qiang Zhu sent troops in the name of aiding Xizhao. If Xizhao is going to retreat, then there is no reason for the king to stay here. Otherwise, the name of sending troops will be questioned by the world. Follow Xizhao together." Retirement can also protect the friendship between the two countries, don't return the soldiers and horses to Cangyu Mountain, just retreat to Taoyang City, this time we retreat together, Xizhao naturally has no reason to compete with the king for Taoyang City."

This is the best way for Baili Nian to consider for Sai Jian and Qiang Zhuo, but there is a touch of regret in his tone.

"If... If Nian'er doesn't want me to retreat, I don't care about being friendly with Xi Zhao, and I don't care whether it's reasonable to send troops. If Nian'er wants to attack Nanming King City, I..."

Baili Nian was slightly startled, he raised his eyes and looked at Sai Jian, "Your Majesty is worrying too much, soon Xizhao will send a letter to the barracks, and King Xizhao will persuade him to retreat. And just retreat."

Since Yue Ji had the intention to retreat, after negotiating the conditions with Nanming, he would definitely pull Qiang Zhu to retreat together. This is the best time for Qiang Zhu to retreat.Sai Jian didn't know when and what was best for Qiang Zhuo, he only saw the gloomy expression on Baili Nian's face at this moment.

"Nian'er, if..."

Sai Jian opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything. If Baili Nian asked him to attack the Nanming King City at this moment, he would not say no, but judging from Baili Nian's face, he couldn't tell what he wanted. Feel stupid for once.

"Whatever Nian'er says, this king will do!"

Sai Jian looked at Baili Nian's face, and finally uttered these words after a long time.

Coming out of the tent, Sai Jian kept frowning. He didn't know what Baili Nian wanted to do more and more, and he was more and more worried about what Baili Nian wanted to do. He knew that there must be something in his heart. , but Sai Jian couldn't see it. This kind of intangible feeling is very bad.

And Wei Yu, who was following Sai Jian, also frowned tightly, the image of Mo Yan stabbing his leg with a knife was still rippling in his mind, it was so fierce, but Baili Nian had a calm face.

"Mr. Baili is really strict with his subordinates..." Wei Yu murmured.

Sai Jian suddenly stopped and looked back at Wei Yu, "What did you say?"

Wei Yu quickly jumped out of his emotions, how could he dare to say that Baili Nian was not good in front of Sai Jian, "This subordinate is talking nonsense, I didn't say anything."

"You kid still half-confessed when talking to this king?" Sai Jian glared at him.

Wei Yu shook his head immediately, he was a little bit hard to say, with entanglement and doubt in his eyes, he finally opened his mouth.

"Don't your majesty think Mr. Baili is a bit strange? Mr. Baili knows everything about the world, and the news of Nanming and Xizhao can reach his ears in an instant. This subordinate has had a lot of contact with Mo Yan these days. When they went to the Nanming King City, the subordinates saw that Mo Yan was negotiating with many people. It was probably Mr. Baili's eyeliner who stayed in the Nanming King City. These eyeliners also have many dignitaries in the court, and they can't be placed in a short while. Such a news network will not be formed in five or seven years, and I always feel that Mr. Baili..."

"I always feel that Mr. Baili's behavior seems to be calm, but in fact he has a deep meaning. Does he have a deep meaning in staying with Qiang Zhu and the king?" Wei Yu frowned slightly, looked at Sai Jian, his eyes There is worry in it.

Sai Jian frowned all the time, stood on the spot, his eyes were full of entanglement, Wei Yu said that he didn't realize why Nian'er did what he did?

Coincidentally, at this time Mo Yan also came out of Baili Nian's camp. His legs were still bleeding, and his walking was a bit unsteady. After looking up and seeing Sai Jian and Wei Yu, he slightly bowed his hands and walked towards the dark place in the night. go.

Wei Yu looked at Mo Yan's back, and frowned even more, "Mr. Baili's confidants are also different from ordinary subordinates. The subordinates can't pass ten tricks in his hands. The subordinates know that they are incompetent, but Mo Yan is here When I went to the Nanming King City, I knew the official road station and officials very well, not like a close friend of Mr. Idle, if Mo Yan is the secret guard of a certain king in a certain country, his subordinates will believe it."

Sai Jian's gaze also fell on Mo Yan's back. Mo Yan's skills are not inferior to his. He is loyal, cautious, and extremely well-behaved.

"Nian'er..."

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