Huaigui

Within a few days, letters of response from all directions were sent to the Zhuquewei's camp in Pingcheng, and Ran Yunyang took a bundle of scrolls and went to the mansion to respond to He Lan after integrating them.

"The Youzhou Army and the Linhai Navy are the first ones to be delivered, the adults already know, followed by Chuzhou, Qinzhou... plus today's last letter from Runzhou, there are a total of twelve prefectures." Ran Yunyang spread all these out. , marked all the locations on the sand table for He Lan Mingyue to see, "My lord, please look carefully, there is already a tendency to encircle."

He Lan Mingyue didn't expect such momentum: "How can there be so many King Qin Party?"

In fact, he wanted to ask why none of them made any movement when Gao Hong issued the order to hunt down and kill Emperor Fei.

Was it in response to the call of the Western Army, or because of an order from Pingcheng, if it was because of the former, it would be a bit bloody, if it was the latter, who would decide the future King Qin?

Ran Yunyang guessed the meaning behind the words, and said: "Daning's army is a top-down command system. Suzaku Guard is under the king's power and above the military power. For all regions, we are a banner. Who does the Ran family support? , it represents who Pingcheng supports. If the person sitting on the Luoyang throne does not get the Vermilion Bird emblem, it is no different from Gao's rebellion."

"Since there is such a great energy to order the garrisons and even the princes everywhere, how can the emperor rest in peace?"

Ran Yunyang said: "My lord, do you want to say that Pingcheng is self-reliant? Impossible."

Hearing this, He Lan Mingyue was slightly in a daze.Thinking about the late emperor's unquestionable attitude towards Si Tianjian, he felt that this seemed to be reasonable.

Ran Yunyang fully understands this concern: "The royal family originated from Yecheng, and later settled in Pingcheng. Their ancestors were of Xianbei ethnicity. Their original surname was Gao Yun's, which was of the same ancestor as Murong's. In contrast, the Gao family entered the Central Plains earlier, and frequently interacted with the Han people. After marrying and living together, he changed his single surname to Gao, and even Emperor Daowu laid the foundation and hegemony. Reasonable."

Helan Mingyue hadn't heard much about the origin of the Gao family, her understanding of them was limited to gathering the three guards in northern Saibei, and she knew nothing about them.After hearing Ran Yunyang's slow-paced explanation, He Lanmingyue was still at a loss: "But what does this have to do with the Suzaku emblem, or even whether the world is home to one's heart?"

"The Vermillion Bird Emblem is a commemoration left over from Gao Yun's period to this day. It is the seal of the king. Therefore, the Gao family recharged their energy and stored up their energy for several generations and became the powerful officials of the former court. After raising their troops to stand on their own, the Vermilion Bird's prophecy was fulfilled. The Murong family did not get this Inheritance, so they can only be ministers. Everyone in the Gao family firmly believes that this is the original prophecy of the reason why they became emperors, so that now they never violate the astrology and heavenly signs. After all, it is the nature of the family."

It sounds miraculous, but haven't all the prophecies become man-made?

He Lan Mingyue responded, guessing: "You mean, only the Vermilion Bird emblem is orthodox? Gao Hong is not recognized by everyone?"

"Exactly." Ran Yunyang said, "In the past and present, there have been continuous sacrifices and rituals and music. They are all just sustenance. Gao's sustenance is Suzaku and language. Suzaku is no longer found, but the guard led by Ran is as it exists. ——attached to the Gao family, Gao's absence, the five Zhuquewei battalions can only send troops in unison by restraining each other's tokens, so even if a commander of a certain battalion wants to stand on his own, he must first pass the test of the rest of his colleagues."

He Lan Mingyue said: "It's still absurd."

Ran Yunyang smiled and said: "Whether prophecies are entrusted or entrusted, they all need force support. The Suzaku Guard was originally established to maintain the peace of the country, and now His Majesty is the orthodox, and Pingcheng certainly supports the orthodoxy."

Helan Mingyue snorted coldly: "At first he was in trouble, but I didn't see you taking the initiative to 'maintain orthodoxy'."

Ran Yunyang was ridiculed by him, but he was not annoyed: "Ran has sympathy in his heart. In the end, he must rely on tokens to transfer troops. The ancestral rules that have been passed down for generations, I hope you will understand."

It's useless to entangle any longer. He Lan Mingyue finally understood why the first emperor could kill loyal ministers without hesitation while guarding the fake astrolabe. At this point, which made those few fulfilled?

Just like the jacaranda blooming and the old man returning home, he never thinks there is any connection between the two.

But the people of Yinzhou firmly believed in this.

Perhaps Ran Yunyang was right. Throughout the ages, no one could explain it, but generations of people believed it.They have no gods, so the illusory stars interpret the messages from the nine heavens and are regarded as the standard.

Feeling empty inside, looking for sustenance...

If you say this is wrong, what is wrong?

Helan Mingyue stared at the many small flags inserted horizontally on the sand table, her handsome side face was a little lost in thought.

"... What Ran meant was that there were many responses, and when summer is approaching, the four seas are far apart and you can send troops first. The troops from Youyun and Erzhou went south and diverted to Pingcheng. One team went to intercept the Yuzhou army, and the other team went out. After Mang Mountain, Linhai and Linhai meet at Shanhe Pass, and the army breaks through Shanhe Pass, and they can go south to take Luoyang directly." Ran Yunyang said this impassionedly, seeing He Lanmingyue's expression, he couldn't help stopping himself and asked slowly, "Did you just say so Duo, are you listening?"

He Lan Mingyue lowered her eyelashes: "...I just suddenly thought of a person. If he was here, seeing that you are so proficient in military planning, he must not be able to resist discussing it with you."

"Is it General Zhenwei?" Ran Yunyang wiped the corners of his eyes with his hand, and smiled when he saw He Lan's dazed expression, "Ran heard about the prestige of the Western Army in his early years, and first heard that there was an iron cavalry in Yinzhou. When he knew that he was leading the army, he thought There is a chance to meet each other. Unexpectedly, the time is not right, and General Li is doomed to miss it."

"He taught me some things, and some, I haven't had time to learn." Thinking of this, He Lan Mingyue choked up slightly, "I thought that he was here, so I didn't have to worry about these marching things, after all, good luck tricks people. "

Ran Yunyang patted his right shoulder, several armies on the sand table had already attacked Luoyang: "What do you think?"

He regarded Helan Mingyue as his confidant brother when he spoke in a straightforward manner. He Lanmingyue took a look, and flicked the chess piece in his hand, hitting Luoshui in the south: "Maybe I will escape."

Ran Yunyang was stunned: "Huh? It should have been killed in Luoyang City."

"Gao Hongfei is someone who just sits and waits to die." He Lanmingyue drew a line in the mountains and hills to the west, "He has his own army, and it is very likely that he has gathered the imperial army and the Chinese army. It will not be possible to fight back by then, but It is enough for this group of people to protect him and escape. You can leave Luoyang from the south and west, and then go north to cross Xiaoshan and break through the pass to enter Xijing."

"You want to say that he may continue to stand on his own in Xijing?"

"Not necessarily, but Xijing was the former capital after all, and Guanzhong is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is best not to let him escape westward."

Ran Yunyang thought for a while: "Do you think it is feasible for King Qin to lead troops out of the customs?"

"King Qin has military power?"

"Ran remembers that the late emperor trusted him and the king of Yu very much, so Qinzhou and Yuzhou have garrisons, and there is no governor's mansion."

Gao Ziyou, King of Qin, was the eldest son of Emperor Wen's younger brother. Gao Pei was the most loyal supporter of his royal family during his lifetime.He Lan Mingyue thought it was feasible, and said, "Then what about the south? You have no plans for the south."

Ran Yunyang's remarks were a bit conceited: "My dynasty is based in the north of the river, if he flees south, he has no ambitions."

Helan Mingyue disagreed, he walked around the sand table, the southern water system criss-crossed, the land was flat, and after thinking about the words and sentences in the memorabilia he had read for Gao Jing in the early years, he shook his head and vetoed Ran Yunyang's idea: "After abandoning the outdated concepts, take Runzhou and take the world."

"what did you say?"

"Jiangning and Jiangdu must not be released." He Lan Mingyue looked carefully and asked, "The closest to Runzhou is the Huaizhou Army, and Chuzhou, you can go to Runzhou from Nanjun..."

Ran Yunyang didn't understand what he meant: "Why do you care about the south?"

He Lan Mingyue said: "The line from Nanjun to Jiangdu has been a battlefield since ancient times, and military strategists must fight for it. If only Luoyang releases a large area of ​​land in the south and Gao Hong successfully flees south, it may be divided into two."

The pain of the North-South conflict has been experienced for decades, and no one wants to continue the war for a long time.

Ran Yunyang suddenly realized: "...So that's how it is!"

"We can't let him cross the river south." He Lanmingyue set up a few small flags, "That's it. Since the Li family in Runzhou is vying to help Gao Jing, let them do their part. Set up a line of defense to the north of the river. , once Gao Hong’s southward escape is blocked, he can be escorted and then go north via Yaguan.”

"Why Yaguan? Isn't it more convenient to go through the canal?"

Hearing this, the corners of He Lan Mingyue's mouth twitched, and she quickly regained her composure.On the sand table, the barrier between the north and the south became a small and inconspicuous pass. Helan Mingyue looked at it silently. Through time and thousands of miles of fertile fields, he could almost see the blood of the Western Army that was once sprinkled there.

The captives of Southern Chu died violently, the western army raised troops to besiege the city, and the king of Longxi sought to stand on his own... This is the root of the disaster and the origin of everything.If not, he would not have grown up in the dark in Prince Yu's Mansion, and would not have those two shameful scars on his back.

It is also impossible for him to bow his knees to Gao Jing for several years in exchange for the other party's schemes.

Yaguan is the place where the honor of the Western Army died, and it is also Helan Mingyue's nightmare.

"Gao Hong must kneel at the cliff pass to comfort the heroic spirit."

Later, we will discuss how to march and deploy troops and communicate with generals from all over the world. He Lan Mingyue has never experienced it, but Ran Yunyang seems to have a plan in mind, and he doesn't think this is just a matter of fact.

He thought that maybe he was the "real soldier" Li Ciyuan said, even if he had been stable for more than ten years, he would be like a sharp sword drawn out of its sheath when it was about to be used.In the past, Gao Jing said that Queen Beining of Longxi had no real handsome talent. He looked at Ran Yunyang's action of cleaning up the sand table, and suddenly felt that this statement was not entirely correct.

A good general can charge forward and take the head of the enemy among thousands of troops; a famous general sits in the middle army, but he has to turn the world thousands of miles away to determine the outcome.

Good generals are easy to come by, but famous commanders are not born.

He is not as good as Ran Yunyang in this aspect, let alone analyze the war situation in the world.He Lan Mingyue thinks that she has no ability to strategize, but Ran Yunyang may be a handsome talent buried in Pingcheng.

"If there is nothing else to do, Ran will leave first, and I will send the book to the adults for review later." Ran Yunyang smiled and gathered the two swords, and He Lanmingyue nodded to indicate that he understood, then he turned and left.

Walking outside, Ran Yunyang suddenly left and came back again: "I almost forgot something."

"Master Ran, is there anything else?"

"This item is mixed with those documents. It looks like a personal letter. Maybe the subordinate carelessly took it together when he was doing business." Ran Yunyang took out two stacks of envelopes from the bottom, "Here, 'He Guichi' is you Right? That’s what the posthouse sent to you, and there’s another... Well, here, it’s called 'Tang Feiyi', who is it?"

"It's the girl with the long knife." He Lan Mingyue asked strangely, "How could there be a letter from her?"

"How did Ran find out about this? If that's the case, I'll leave it to you, my lord, help pass it on!" Ran Yunyang handed it over to him without any explanation, rubbed the soles of his feet with oil, and walked quickly.

He Lan Mingyue had no choice but to unfold the two letters and compare them, but she immediately saw the clue——

"He Guichi" and "Tang Feiyi" are clearly written by the same person.

He knew this person, Xie Bi who was forcibly left in Yinzhou.

For Tang Feiyi?He Lan Mingyue frowned, always feeling as if she had grasped some terrible secret.

Tang Feiyi was placed in the South of the City Inn with everyone in Baicheng, and the princess sent someone to negotiate, and they allowed them to walk the whole street at will.Helan Mingyue doesn't visit often, because Tang Feiyi comes to give Gao Jing injections every day.

In the evening of this day, Helan Mingyue asked the doctor to treat his left shoulder with needles as usual, and Tang Feiyi should be in another hospital after he was sent away.So he put the letter away and went to find Tang Feiyi next door—he wanted to convey it, but also to watch the excitement.

After all, Tang Feiyi couldn't compare to Xie Bi's exquisite heart, and she was so straightforward that sometimes Mingyue couldn't answer.

The sunset on the sky is bright and colorful, and the scenery of Jinwu Shenshan on the west side of the clear sky is too beautiful to behold.The wind calmed down, and the occasional chirping of a bird made the drowsy Frost on the branches jolt up.

These days, Feishuang lives on the sycamore tree here in Gaojing. Gaojing laughs that it is a phoenix. Just don't let touch.Seeing Helan Mingyue enter the courtyard gate, Feishuang Ruyan slipped into his arms like a swallow falling into the forest.

Helan Mingyue's heart was not here, she rubbed its bird's head: "Go and play with Meteor—"

Feishuang understood people's language, and immediately left obediently.

The door was ajar, and Aman was brewing medicine under the eaves. He smiled and said hello to him and explained: "Miss Tang is administering needles to His Majesty, so she closed the door. Will Mingyue go in now?"

He Lan said: "I have something to ask Sister Tang."

Hearing that she didn't particularly like Gao Jing, an indescribable disappointment flashed across Amang's face, she muffled "Oh", said then I'll bring you a bowl of milk soup, got up and went to the small kitchen.

After knocking three times, Tang Feiyi's voice came from inside: "Please come in."

In the room, only the lamp is lit by the side of the couch, the west window is half-opened, the breeze is blowing slowly, the sunset glow falls into the pool outside the window, and the warm sparkling light is reflected on the window lattice, on the tabletop, and on the high scene sitting on the edge of the bed. profile and jaw.

He was born beautiful, with full lips and a high nose bridge, and every bend of the side profile was like spring mountains and rivers.At this time, I was sitting on the side of the couch stretching my legs, and the long gown was pulled up to above the knees, revealing a pair of scarred feet. The healed skin seemed to have never been tortured, it was still white and delicate, but those dark scars were stubborn and ugly. Can't be eliminated.

Just like their past, the beauty is not torn apart by determination, but no one can ignore it.

Sensing the movement here, Gao Jing glanced at his eyes, and there was a light flashing inside, even though He Lan Mingyue knew that he could not see clearly now, he was still inexplicably dazzled by the light.He was more proud in the past, but now that he has suffered too much, he is always a little weak, which makes people feel pity.

Helan Mingyue always misunderstood that the time they stayed together was very short, and counted, from the first time I saw him—the boy who trapped himself among the branches and leaves of the tall willow tree—to now, a whole trance has passed eight years.

Tang Feiyi recalled the thoughts that were pulled away by Xizhao: "He Guichi, what are you doing here?"

Both she and Xie Bi liked this pseudonym very much, and He Lan Mingyue never corrected it, so she took out the letter and conveyed Ran Yunyang's words: "I have compared the handwriting, it is Xie Bi."

I don't know if it was his illusion, but He Lan Mingyue felt that when Xie Bi was mentioned, Tang Feiyi blush for the first time.

Her needle fingers were still steady, and she said calmly, "Please, I'll wear it when I leave later—oh, by the way, his knee is recovering well, but he often complains of pain recently, so please pay more attention."

He Lan Mingyue was puzzled: "What am I paying attention to?"

"Anyway...Anyway, you pay more attention."

Tang Feiyi pulled out the last silver needle and slowly put away everything.When she straightened up and brushed her hair, she revealed an ear that was so red that it could bleed. She put on the medicine box and stood in front of He Lan Mingyue, spreading her hands: "This is the end of today. I will come early tomorrow. Thank you for the letter from Mr. Xie." me."

He Lanmingyue handed it over and noticed that Tang Feiyi's hands were trembling: "What's wrong? Did he make you angry?"

Tang Feiyi's eyelashes trembled slightly: "He always writes strange poems, such as consonance or colorful phoenix... I don't understand, after I arrived in Pingcheng, I wrote back a letter telling him not to write these, I don't know if it's the same again this time. .”

Before he thought deeply, Gao Jing suddenly said: "He said 'the body has no colorful phoenix wings, but the heart has a clear understanding'. This is a poem written by a predecessor. He misses you and hopes you will think about him more."

Tang Feiyi blushed even more, and unexpectedly stammered: "This... I miss him? Why is he like this..."

Meeting Helan Mingyue's teasing eyes, Tang Feiyi snatched the letter and rushed out, running faster than ever.Standing where he was, he heard the muffled creaking of the door fade away.

Helan Mingyue thought blankly: When did Xie Bi become interested in Tang Feiyi?

The person left, and he was about to leave too. Just as he was about to say "if nothing else", Gao Jing who was sitting motionless by the couch suddenly said, "I heard that you went to see her that day."

He Lan Mingyue knew that he was talking about Gao Sichan.

They had a big quarrel that day, he lost his composure too much, and his sanity collapsed a bit, and then he went to Xiyuan to calm down a little, but he never thought of approaching Gao Jing's residence.

Gao Jing didn't ask about many arrangements, as if as long as he did it, the other party would obey him unconditionally.He Lanmingyue sometimes misunderstands that it's not that she and him "get each other's needs", but that he kidnapped Gao Jingqian to force the palace.

If it was his men, all his decisions, he took the soldier talisman to find Zhuquewei...

Will he still be crowned king?

What the hell is Gao Jing here for?

Use him again?

When this thought was born, it brought back too many painful memories, and the tail sound was still there, He Lan Mingyue stopped walking out the door: "Don't mention the princess, I still have something to ask you."

"You ask." Gao Jing said calmly.

"Why me?" He Lanmingyue looked at the figure in the dark, "At first I couldn't figure it out, but then I thought what you said was right. I really wanted to avenge my father's family. Now that I'm in Pingcheng, I suddenly understand that it's the same for anyone. The prince of Linhai even has more military power than me, and he wants to protect you...so why me?"

The golden crow sinks westward, and the last ray of light is also annihilated, winding up in the green smoke.

After a long silence, He Lanmingyue thought that Gao Jing would not answer, but heard his voice, which was unusually calm and extremely firm: "I don't want to die, I travel thousands of miles to the west, the desert is scorching sun, and the frost and snow outside the Great Wall, I'm not afraid." Suffering, because it would be worth it if I could see you again—

"I just want to get you back, so it must be you, Mingyue."

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*Regarding the origin of "Gao Clan", this article adopts the Gao Clan in Henan Province, which originated from the Xianbei nationality.