Has always been bleak

Everyone in Princess Jincheng's house knows one thing. When Xiao Lang is alone, he must not be disturbed. When the princess is happy, she runs to see her son. If she comes too often, Xiao Lang will roll her eyes, let alone others?But since this spring, Mr. Xiao Lang has quietly changed the rules. When he is alone, the living cannot be disturbed. People can pass without hindrance, no matter when and where they can go straight into Mr. Xiaolang's room, and Mr. Xiaolang will not only not be annoyed, but will also be rewarded greatly.

The whole family flocked to them all the time, and often went to the door when they had nothing to do, hoping to catch up with such a letter once in a while, and the reward they got would be worth half a year's hard work, but it's a pity that there are too few such letter papers, and half a year has passed only two years. It's just a pity.

Mr. Xiao Lang sent a lot of letters, almost like a snowflake, but there was no reward for sending letters, so no one snatched them, it was all because of Wu Yi's running legs.After a long time, the princess also heard about this matter, and she knew that Wu Yi's mouth was tight, and she couldn't ask any questions when she called, so she asked someone to steal a few letters from Rong Xiang, and saw that they were all about daily trivial matters. Why did the soup cakes I ate this morning be too salty, so I drank all the water and went to the toilet all morning; or I saw a lynx mantle robe when I was shopping during the day. At first glance, the inner lining was actually pink embroidery, which was so vulgar and disappointing, so I didn’t buy it; or else it was a poem I came across in a dream yesterday, with gorgeous rhetoric and every word, and I wanted to write it down when I woke up, but I forgot all of it... …and so on.

The princess is really not interested in looking at this kind of letter paper that children are chatting with. She only inquired about the whereabouts and found out that it was sent to Taiyuan. There are quite a few Wang's children in Taiyuan who were classmates with Rong Xiang when they were young, and they corresponded with those few. Naturally, it was not surprising, the princess let Rongxiang go.

In fact, if the princess checks carefully, she can find out that the many letters are not all sent to one place.

Some were sent to Taiyuan, and some were sent to Liangzhou.

In fact, all the letters and paper between Rong Xiang and Xiao Yi were arranged by Wu Yi. They did not go to the post station at all, but went to a military channel of Soluhou Murong Zhilian himself. Rongxiang did not know what method he used to get Soluhou As for the letter with the word "Xiang" on the cover, it was Rong Xiang's trick to fool people. .

Naturally, his actions could not be concealed from Soluhou.

Although Murong Zhilian is far away in Qingzhou, he can't give this son a word of advice, but after all he has high hopes for this only son, knowing that letting the princess of Jincheng raise his son will inevitably make him a dandy, so he often writes letters with Rong Xiang, and he has the right to give advice .It's just that Soluhou is strict by nature, and cherishes words like gold, and the letters and papers are often orders or criticisms.For example, the last time Rong Xiang sent Xiao Yiping safely out of Chang'an City by means of tricks, he was secretly proud, Suo Luhou had already got the news, and a letter came to scold Rong Xiang to death.Rong Xiang was not convinced at first, but the more Zhan Xin looked at it, the more frightened he became. The arrangement he thought was perfect had so many loopholes?

It was freezing cold and no one was inviting me. I took four maids out of the city for no reason, and returned to the city without going anywhere to enjoy them. There were so many eyes in the mansion, and there were only three maids brought back. Where did that go?

Rong Xiang never liked incense, but on that day he used incense cakes with a strong smell, so thick that it could make people pass out. Could it be to cover up some extraordinary smell?Such as bloody smell?

He clearly pretended not to know why the city gate was under strict inspection, and then the censor who came up to search only said that the thief had killed his envoy, Rong Xiang casually said that it turned out that Luo Xishi was the one who was killed. Although there is a one-letter difference between "harm" and "kill", it is possible to explain it if you insist, but it is suspicious after all.

Such and such flaws were listed casually, before seeing the fifth one, Rong Xiang's cold sweat had already come down.Fortunately, Soluhou couldn't bear to scare his son to death, so he added a sentence at the end of the letter. He had already tried to make up for the loopholes, but this is not an example. Xiang went directly to Qingzhou to let Grandpa teach him face to face.

But scolding and punishment are always unavoidable, and what makes Rong Xiang even more devastated is that the punishment for copying this time is no longer a few thousand-word book such as "Tao Te Ching" and "Book of Changes", but a complete book. This "Warring States Policy", this has 10,000+ words!Just like Grandpa said, you are not allowed to go out without copying the entire book, mushrooms can probably grow on Rongxiang's ass.

Wu Yi imitated Rong Xiang's handwriting with a little bit of meaning, so unfortunately he was caught as a hard worker. His handwriting was enough to deceive the princess in front of the princess. As for Soluhou... Rong Xiang rolled his eyes and told Wu Yidao, There are five blank characters on the page, and Rong Xiang is left to fill them up by himself, so that those words that don't look like it can be explained as copying with sore wrists and not writing well.

Poor Wu Yi's hard work copying the book doesn't count, if he accidentally copies the whole page, he will have to start over again, he really doesn't want to copy it!Under the coercion and lure of Rong Xiang, he dared not speak out, and agreed with tears.

Rong Xiang comforted Wu Yi with a smile, and promised to take him to Beishan for hunting after copying, and Wu Yi became happy.

After finally coaxing Wu Yi into the study, and returning to the bedroom, when there was only one person left, Rong Xiang's complexion slowly sank.

What grandpa can see, Li Linfu must also be able to see.With Li Linfu's ability, as long as there are clues, it is easy to find out the truth. I am afraid that Xiao Yi's identity can no longer be concealed, and he is still safe and sound now. his men.And myself, thanks to the oversensitive position of Grandpa, the governor of Qingzhou, Li Linfu had no deep foundation in the army, let alone offend this important official who holds a heavy army guarding one side.

However, once a person who is targeted by a poisonous snake shows some flaws, he will inevitably be devoured.I am really overwhelmed this time.

Rong Xiang spread out a piece of paper, picked up a pen and wrote a few names: Emperor, Li Linfu, Wang Zhongsi, after thinking about it, he added Huangfu Weiming, Wei Jian, and Prince.

Sitting at the table, thinking, he used thin lines of different colors to connect these names one by one.

At the end of the drawing, all the lines point to a person.

Wang Zhongsi.

If he is Li Linfu, the point of breaking the game must fall on Wang Zhongsi.

Wang Zhongsi...has military exploits, holy family and popularity, and is calm and prudent. How can such a nearly perfect person be broken?

Rong Xiang rested his pen on his pen, looking out the window in a daze, wondering how Xiao Yi is doing well in Wang Zhongsi's army?

This man has a toothless temper, and his letters always report good news but not bad news, but based on his understanding of Xiao Yi, such a hard-tempered young man once resolutely left Wang Zhongsi, but now he has to return to his head. It is extremely difficult to ask someone to serve in the army, not to mention the ridicule and ridicule that others will inevitably have. How did he endure it?

Back then when Xiao Yi was going to join the army, Rong Xiang actually didn't take the matter of joining the army to fight a war very seriously. If he joins the army, he joins the army. Grandpa has so many soldiers, aren't they all good-looking?But after Xiao Yi left, Rong Xiang still couldn't help taking the military books in Grandpa's study and read them carefully one by one. There were also many discussions about military affairs in the correspondence with Grandpa.He is such a smart person, he can explain some things he doesn't understand in the book, so Luhou is very pleased, so he often writes a copy of the real battle cases of the general and sends it to him in the letter, Rong Xiang reads it a lot Only then did he gradually understand how much blood and tears were hidden behind the simple four words of serving in the army, so he became more and more worried about Xiao Yi's situation.

Liangzhou at this time is the season when the sky is high and the clouds are light and the grass is green.It seems that when you are free, you just look at the blue sky, and your mood will improve.Xiao Yi was lying on a high slope with a grass root in his mouth, looking at the sky, but he was in a bad mood.

Jie Shuai is indeed a gentleman, he came back in such embarrassment, but Jie Shuai didn't mention anything about the past, and also considered that there had been quarrels before, and he was afraid that his subordinates would take the opportunity to clean up Xiao Yi, so he specially arranged Xiao Yi in the vanguard camp of the Left Army Zhonglang took Li Xin's subordinates far away from the commander's account.

Xiao Yi just arrived in the army, although he has martial arts skills, he doesn't understand military affairs after all, he learned many things under the guidance of Li Xin, so he is very grateful to Li Xin for his trust.Li Xin is En Yin's young general, although he comes from a very high family background, he is not very arrogant. He is popular all over the world, and has the same temperament as Xiao Yi, so he also draws Xiao Yi as his right-hand man and relies heavily on him.

But recently, Li Xin and Jie Shuai had a big, big disagreement, both of whom he was very grateful to and convinced, but they disagreed to the point of face-to-face conflict, which made Xiao Yi very distressed.

The first disagreement was that Jieshuai wrote to the court three times in a row, citing lack of talents and virtues, please return the Jiedu envoys of Hexi and Longyou towns, Sheng Nuo.

As soon as this letter came out, there was an uproar in the army.

At this time in the Tang Dynasty, there were only nine major festivals in total, and Wang Zhongsi wore four general seals alone, controlling thousands of miles, which was unprecedented in history.What an honor this is, it is the culmination of Jie Shuai's life, and it is also the reliance on which everyone under his command can rise.Under the control of the four towns, how many positions and opportunities will be waiting for them?They have been following Jie Shuai all the time, so they must be closer to the water than Huangfu Weiming's original subordinates, and the possibility of getting these positions is much higher than others.

But Jie Shuai actually gave away what was in his pocket.

It was Hexi who sent it!It's Longyou!It is the front line of Tubo!This means countless battles, followed by death or military exploits.Under the command of the invincible general Wang Zhongsi, death seems far away, and military achievements seem to be within easy reach.

But all of this disappeared with Jie Shuai's letter.

Li Xin tried hard to persuade Jieshuai when he wrote the letter for the first time, and even asked his elder brother Shuhan to persuade him.Geshuhan is not good at words, but his relationship with Jieshuai is extraordinary.Ge Shuhan has been the devil king since he was a child, and his ability to cause trouble is greater than the sky. If he hadn't met Wang Zhongsi, he might have been just a dude for the rest of his life.His loyalty was beyond doubt, and Wang Zhongsi also trusted him.Even Ge Shuhan came forward to persuade him, but Wang Zhongsi remained unmoved.

He didn't explain much, and there was no need to explain.

Sometimes, people have to make some choices against their will for the sake of those around them.If you fight hard for them, they will follow you wholeheartedly and provide you with more strength.This is an exchange of interests, and Wang Zhongsi does not reject this approach.

He also understands the thoughts of his subordinates, what they want and what they expect.

But this time, he couldn't give it.

The festivals of the four towns seem to be cooked with flowers and flames, but how can these four towns be ordinary four towns?This is nearly half of Datang's portal, and it is the lifeblood of Datang.Once the four towns are out of the control of the imperial court, the prosperous and rich Tang Dynasty will be like a little girl who has taken off her clothes and will be ravaged by others.With the supreme temperament, he will never put the power of the four towns in the hands of one person for a long time, even if he is Wang Zhongsi.

When Huangfu Weiming resigned, Zhizun just couldn't find suitable newcomers to accept Hexi and Longyou, so he asked Wang Zhongsi to take over the two townships, but Wang Zhongsi knew in his heart that this was only temporary, if he didn't understand Zhizun winked, loves to fight for power, and has dominated the four towns for a long time. Sooner or later, Zhizun will develop suspicion and take away all his original ones.

The supreme trust in Wang Zhongsi is not only because he grew up in the palace since he was a child, he is the supreme fake son, and Wang Zhongsi understands the overall situation and knows how to advance and retreat, which is what the supreme appreciates him more.

Therefore, when the situation in Longyou, Hexi became stable, Wang Zhongsi wrote to the imperial court, requesting that he no longer concurrently serve as the governor of these two towns.Sure enough, the Supreme Master agreed very quickly, and such a quick reply confirmed Wang Zhongsi's inference.

He guessed right.

But these are difficult for others to understand.

Because they are not Wang Zhongsi.

If he is not in this position, there is no way to truly understand him, including his confidant and beloved general Ge Shuhan.This rough and straightforward barbarian is not someone who can understand tactics. He just hopes that his family's status will be higher and higher, the holy family will be more prosperous, and his military achievements will be more and more prosperous.

But he doesn't know what it means to say that when the moon is full, it will be weak, and when the sun is midday, it will be dire.

Maybe that kid Xiao Yi can figure it out, but it's a pity that he wants to be promoted too much, and his eagerness for quick success blinds him.He actually helped Li Xin to come up with an idea to persuade himself.

How can you expect those soldiers to figure out something that even Xiao Yi, who grew up in half the palace, can't figure it out?

Therefore, Wang Zhongsi did not intend to explain at all, his decision was a military order.

The second disagreement between Li Xin and Wang Zhongsi was in the battle of Shibao City.

In fact, in Wang Zhongsi's written reply, in addition to allowing him to return the power of Jiedu envoys in the two towns of Longyou, Hexi, the Supreme Master also ordered him to capture Shibao City before resigning.

This was the starting point for Huangfu Weiming to lose power.Li Linfu's operation was the direct cause of his fall, but there was a more supreme meaning in it.It is a matter of the emperor's dignity, and Shibao City must not be lost, and if it cannot be taken back, it will be a death penalty.

Wang Zhongsi disagreed with this.

He has carefully studied the terrain around Shibao City. This fortified city is indeed guarding the key points, and it is a battleground for military strategists. Over the years, countless battles, large and small, have indeed broken out around Shibao City. Both sides are well aware of the importance of Stone Fort City, and they don't want to take this city as their own all the time.

This is a life-and-death battle, and there seems to be no possibility of a win-win situation.

The previous Longyou Jiedu envoys also did the same.

But when Wang Zhongsi arrived in Longyou and carefully studied the map, he had a different idea.

He dispatched a large number of secret agents to go deep into the enemy's territory, and thoroughly searched around Shibao City, almost every plant and tree was spared, and all the pictures were sent back to the commander's account.Wang Zhongsi discovered that Stone Fort City is important, but the terrain of the city is extremely steep, with cliffs on three sides, and only one stone path leading to the top of the mountain.Since being recaptured by Tubo in the 29th year of Kaiyuan, Tubo has not only garrisoned heavy troops, but also invested a lot of manpower and material resources to build extremely strong fortifications.If you want to attack by force, you may be able to attack, but you must use your life to pile up, maybe [-], maybe [-], maybe, more.

1 to [-] is just a number, once the success is achieved, the necessary sacrifices seem to be inevitable.But behind these cold numbers, there are real people who cry, laugh, hurt, hurt, joy, and sadness.Each of them represents the earnest expectation of a family.

Pity the bones by the Wuding River, especially the person in the dream of the spring girl.

Wang Zhongsi didn't want to use the lives of his sons and daughters to accumulate credit for himself.Although he knows very well that as long as he can capture Shibao City, Supreme will never care how much he will pay, he will only be happy with this victory.But if he can't attack, he may be the second Huangfu Weiming.

But Wang Zhongsi is by no means a person who is timid to fight. He avoided Shibao City and found another opportunity.To the east of Shibao City, that is, to retreat a little further in the direction of the Tang Dynasty's defense line, there is a rocky mountain, which is also extremely steep. This place can completely rely on the mountain to build a deep defense to prevent the Tubo army from relying on Shibao City to advance eastward.Find an opportunity in the future, or follow the example of Li Yi's surprise attack in the 17th year of Kaiyuan, or buy horses from Tubo with a lot of money during the stalemate. , given time, why not take the stone fort?

This is a steady method, focusing on defense and taking every step at a time.

But the Supreme doesn't like it.He didn't expect that Wang Zhongsi, who was brave and good at fighting in his youth, would become so reserved and withdrawn now.

Wang Zhongsi adhered to the policy of emphasizing the security of the border, and now it has become the reason for the Supreme Being to criticize him. "A hundred and five lacquer bows, what's the use of hiding them?" The meaning of Supreme's reply made people shudder.

Even with such a severe reprimand, Wang Zhongsi still insisted on his own opinion, without wavering in the slightest.

Everyone saw Supreme's unhappiness, and some quick-witted people started to move.

General Dong Yanguang was originally a general under Huangfu Weiming's command. Since Wang Zhongsi took over the two towns of Longyou in Hexi, although he strived for fairness and maintained a smooth transition, Huangfu Weiming's resignation will inevitably affect his subordinates. Dong Yanguang is one of them. Trusted by Jieshuai, the respected general turned into a marginal figure, his status plummeted, and he had countless grievances in his heart, but he dared not speak out.

Zhizun and Wang Zhongsi disagreed about Shibao City, which gave Dong Yanguang an opportunity.He took the initiative to write to the Supreme, requesting to lead troops to attack Shibao City.

The emperor was overjoyed, so he ordered Wang Zhongsi to allocate [-] soldiers and horses to Dong Yanguang, and to cooperate with Dong Yanguang's battle plan to make complete preparations.

Wang Zhongsi could no longer refuse this order.The meaning of the supreme is obvious, if you don't fight, someone else will fight, there is no need for you to show me a dead face, under the heavy reward, why worry about not having soldiers to use their lives?You just need to cooperate obediently. Anyway, your reputation as the commander-in-chief is here. Dong Yanguang won, and the biggest credit is still yours.So, you have to be obedient.

This order not only allowed Dong Yanguang to see the dawn of a comeback, but also gave great encouragement to other soldiers.

Attack Stone Castle!

Supreme valued side matters so much, taking down Shibao City would be an extraordinary feat, and it might be at this time to seal his wife Yinzi.Li Xin was tempted, and Xiao Yi was even more tempted.

His original intention of joining the army was very clear, to accumulate military merits, and climb up step by step until he had the strength comparable to Li Linfu.Now that the opportunity is in front of him, how can he not be tempted?

But everyone never expected that Jie Shuai accepted this order to cooperate with Dong Yanguang on the face, but he just pretended to be a snake and responded passively. Seeing that a month had passed, half of the food, salary and military equipment were not ready.To put it nicely, it is perfunctory, to put it badly, it is a hindrance.

As much as Li Xinxin looked forward to the battle of Stone Castle, he was dissatisfied with Jieshuai's lack of cooperation in this battle. Even if you don't want to fight, it's the same for us to fight!He persuaded Wang Zhongsi several times, both openly and secretly, but was repelled by Wang Zhongsi.

In the military, there are many, many people who think like Li Xin.

The morale of the army fluctuated for a while, and Li Guangbi, the deputy envoy of Shuofang Jiedu who was far away in Lingwu, rushed over after hearing the news.

Although Ge Shuhan has been following Wang Zhongsi and seems to have Wang Zhongsi's trust far more than Li Guangbi, few people know that Wang Zhongsi once said clearly to Ge Shuhan: "The one who wins my soldiers in the future is Guangbi. "Except for Wang Zhongsi, brother Shuhan, who was dissatisfied with almost everyone, did not have the slightest intention to refute this sentence, even though Li Guangbi had just passed his thirties and was more than ten years younger than him.

Li Guangbi is deep and resolute, has a long history of strategy, is rigorous in his military management, and has a fierce style. He has the style of a general at a young age. He is not only loyal, but also considerate and steady.Wang Zhongsi was a little surprised that he came here this time.

Li Guangbi is the kind of person who, even if he disagrees with you, as long as it is an order from someone he believes in, he will try his best to execute the order perfectly.How could he come to try to persuade Wang Zhongsi to change his mind?

Li Guangbi was also a Hu, the son of the Khitan patriarch who voted for Tang.But compared to Geshuhan's high-nosed and deep-eyed features, his face is obviously much softer, and he looks more like a Han Chinese.He has been in the army for a long time, and he naturally has an aura of hiding a sword in a box.On weekdays, he is as quiet as a virgin, but occasionally he shows his majesty, and his murderous aura is overflowing.

Wang Zhongsi quietly sat down in front of the desk and wrote something. He didn't seem to notice that Li Guangbi walked into the handsome tent step by step, but the flying pen in his hand stopped.

Li Guangbi approached Shuai's case, took off his saber and put it aside, knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and said, "Jie Shuai."

Wang Zhongsi raised his head and said softly, "You're here, get up."

Li Guangbi got up according to his words, and looked at Wang Zhongsi carefully, seeing that Jie Shuai looked as usual, still looking unmoved, he sighed slightly in his heart, and said: "Yes."

"Are you also here to persuade me to send troops with Dong Yanguang?"

"Yes."

"Tell me your reasons."

"The prosperity of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. At present, great profits are flocking to you, Jieshuai, you can't stop it. Even if you stop Dong Yanguang this time, as long as the emperor's heart is on Shibao City, there will be countless people." Unclear Li Yanguang, Zhao Yanguang, and Chen Yanguang come out. May I ask Marshal Jie, how long can you stop him?"

Wang Zhongsi smiled slightly: "When those Li Yanguang, Zhao Yanguang, and Chen Yanguang appear in the future, our army should be fully prepared and not afraid of this battle."

Li Guangbi shook his head and said: "I know that Jieshuai loves soldiers like sons, and I don't want my sons to use their lives to fill the sky moat under Shibao City, but this battle is a foregone conclusion, no matter what, we have to fight, Jieshuai is like this, Dong Yanguang returned without success , wouldn’t it be possible to blame Jie Shuai for all the failures? A delay of the military plane is enough to save Jie Shuai, has Jie Shuai ever thought about it?”

Wang Zhongsi tapped the paper under his hand lightly with a pen, and said lightly: "I will not exchange the lives of my sons and daughters for military merit, nor will I sit and watch Dong Yanguang exchange their lives for military merit. I know there is a better way, why bother to do nothing?" Watching them go to die? If you can stop them once, stop them once, if you can stop them twice, then stop them twice, even if you can't stop them in the end, you must try your best to stop them now."

Li Guangbi replied in a low voice: "If you fight to the death, how many times can you stop it?"

Wang Zhongsi was startled for a moment, then smiled and said: "You are worrying too much. At worst, I will not be an official. I will go home to be a farmer. I will spend most of my life at the border. I also want to have a good rest. The two sons in the family, I am afraid I don’t even remember what my grandpa looks like.”

Li Guangbi looked at Wang Zhongsi steadfastly, and said word by word: "What if it is the worst outcome? So what about being handsome?"

Wang Zhongsi slowly put down the pen in his hand, looked back at Li Guangbi, his eyes were clear: "If the Ming Lord sees the punishment, a certain body can be exchanged for tens of thousands of people, so-and-so, he is willing."

Li Guangbi looked at Wang Zhongsi for a long time, then suddenly knelt down on his knees and prostrated: "Jieshuai has the style of an ancient benevolent man, and Guangbi can't match it. Guangbi dare to ask Jieshuai to forgive me. If there is such a day, please forgive me." Allow me to use my own body to be safe in the new festival."

A glimmer of light flickered in Wang Zhongsi's eyes: "Why did you come here? I have a different identity from you. The same crime may be just a resignation to me. If it were you, it would be a death penalty. How could I let you do such a thing?" thing?"

Li Guangbi fell on the ground, with a low voice: "Jie Shuai is a member of millions of people, if Guangbi can be replaced by Jie Shuai, Guangbi is willing."

The author has something to say: A while ago, I ran out to surf, came back from the sun, and realized that it hadn’t been updated for a long time. I realized that I quickly wrote a few thousand words. Fortunately, I remembered to conceive this story when I was having fun. Can't write it.

(Wang Zhongsi has a lacquer bow weighing 150 jin. In conversion, it is about 2 shi and less than 3 shi. At that time, the lieutenant soldiers only asked for 1 stone bow. Nearly 3 shi is a very hard bow. But Wang Zhongsi seldom uses this bow The bow is always hidden in the bag to show that it is useless, indicating that the basic idea of ​​​​his ruling the border is "safety" rather than "war")

(Li Guangbi is another cute spot of mine. When the Anshi Rebellion was quelled, the battles he led, big and small, were all very interesting. His ingenuity was one after another, and I was excited to see it. But I dare not write about this man’s battle formation, and I will write about it. Not coming out, silently cute to death)

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If there is a little fairy who sees this, please help me out if you know.An old article "Snow on the Plum Blossom" was locked due to a setting problem. Recently, I received a short message from the website, saying that a certain chapter violated the rules again. I tried to modify it twice, but the lock was still locked, so I was very helpless.I just want to be lazy because I can’t think of a solution. I don’t know if this kind of full text is locked and a single chapter violates the rules. Can I make it work if I don’t change this single chapter?Anyway, the full text is locked, and no one can see it.

☆, prepare for battle