Little Scholar's Circle of Husbands

On the way back to the camp, Lu Fangzhou met an acquaintance whom he hadn't seen for a long time, Xu Wen.

He was leading a horse, his hair was tied up in a random bun, and there was still some grass on it, and his clothes had not been changed for many days, and they were still the same ones he wore when he was transporting grain with him that day.His complexion was not very good, his eye sockets were sunken, and there were some black mud and blood stains on his face.

Seeing Lu Fangzhou and Yan Yan approaching, he first avoided looking at them, and then raised his head to look directly at them.

Lu Fangzhou was puzzled. Yan Yan once told him that the manzi who came to transport the grain that day was arranged by His Highness the Third Highness, and it was Xu Wen who was responsible for putting him there and handing him over to the manzi.

That being the case, with Yan Yan's personality, he would not let Xu Wen out easily, but Xu Wen not only came out, but also seemed to be waiting for them here specially.

Why is this?

Lu Fangzhou was puzzled, but Yan Yan knew.

The short exchanges between Yuezhou and Luoyang Wharf let Tan Yan know that Xu Wen is full of talents and learning, and he is not a person who works for tigers. The use of him by the Third Highness may not be completely honest. The third highness Xu Wen sees is only benevolent. The third highness, not the third highness who is hypocritical.

So today when he went to rescue Princess Changping, he took Xu Wen with him and told him that he would return him to His Highness the Third Highness.

Xu Wen witnessed the killing of Princess Changping by the Third Highness, and the collusion between Manzi and the Third Highness. Afterwards, he quietly found out the ins and outs of today's events, so he could see clearly the other side of the Third Highness and the other side of himself.

His heart was ups and downs, and for the first time in his life, he had doubts about the use of his own reading, self-cultivation, family harmony, state governance, and world peace.

This is what he yearns for the most, to use what he has learned, and to benefit the people.

However, this ambition can never be realized in the body of the Third Highness, the Holy Majesty.

Where should he go?

"I don't accept people who are hesitant and undecided." Yan Yan said.

Lu Fangzhou was taken aback for a moment, he heard what Yan Yan meant, not to refuse, but to recruit Xu Wen!Xu Wen is a talent, but what can Yan Yan do to attract Xu Wen?

Lu Fangzhou was not optimistic.

Xu Wen then asked: "Young General, are you leading the army this time to reverse the case for General Lou Da, or...?"

"Revenge!" Yun Yan replied cleanly.

Xu Wen's eyes moved, a little unbelievable: "After that? After revenge?"

"I have no intention of going to the world."

"Then who does the major general like to be crowned?"

After hearing the words, Yan Yan didn't answer immediately, but asked with a smile: "What virtue and ability do I have, and I can also decide who will be the future emperor of Daliang!"

"The major general is too modest. If you don't have the ability and the intention, you won't talk nonsense with me at this moment. You can see the clues in today's battle. Someone in the court has colluded with the Beiman. It can be seen that the Beiman's marching south is a foregone conclusion. It is you and the princess who are doing everything they can to stop it. If you just want revenge, you can go south with Beiman and enter Chang'an City to kill all the people you want to kill. You don't need to save the princess, and you don't need to choose someone to guard the northern border instead of you. Candidates. Only when revenge is still concerned about the world, and want to leave a stable situation for the later enthroned, will this be the case!" Xu Wen said.

Yan Yan looked at Xu Wen with admiration, and Lu Fangzhou praised Xu Wen from the bottom of his heart. He really couldn't see that Xu Wen was born in a farming family and had never seen the big world, so he had such an excellent view of the big picture.

"Now that you have thought of this, you should understand who my choice is." Yan Yan said.

Xu Wen thought about it, and then he was taken aback: "Princess?" His voice was full of doubts.

Yan Yan smiled: "Isn't it good?"

No!Xu Wen thought to himself, he remembered the situation in Yuezhou City back then, the third highness and the princess participated in the disaster relief at the same time, the third highness focused on the officials and nobles and their students, while the princess really went from house to house to check the disaster situation, and made plans one by one rescue method.Everyone in Zhedong Road knows that it is not terrible when the flood is flooding. What is terrible is the epidemic after the water recedes.

Not only that, but when the early rice is harvested and the late rice is transplanted, it is necessary to rush to harvest and plant as soon as the water recedes, otherwise the hard work of the whole day will be reduced to ashes.The princess ordered the soldiers under her command to go to the fields to harvest and transplant rice seedlings in person. As for the Third Highness, she spent all day with the merchants who made donations. However, the amount of relief money that the Third Highness handed over to the princess was only ten thousand taels.

Although ten thousand taels is a lot, compared with what he earns, it is a drop in the bucket.

If such a person is enthroned, he must be a person who cares about himself and the people, relying on the emperor's power to play with people's hearts and maintain the crumbling court.

The third highness is like this, and the fourth highness is not much better. The nomination of Yan Yan is uneasy and kind. Wu Yong, a student of Eastern Zhejiang Province who is on the same list with him, was used by him because of this matter. After using it, he sent it to a random place. He died on the way before he arrived.

No conscience at all.

The Holy Majesty's heirs are weak, except for these two princes, the rest either died young or were implicated in being killed, even within the clan there is no suitable successor.

On the other hand, Princess Changping, who is magnanimous and cares about the world, is a good candidate.It can be said that Yan Yan has a good eye for selecting candidates, but...

Xu Wen raised his head and looked at Yan Yan: "You intend to take revenge. If the princess finds out, how can she tolerate it? It is because the Holy Majesty sent her to death to make her alienate the Holy Majesty, but after all, it will hinder the holy name through the ages."

"You are a smart person, you should know that if you want someone to die, there are countless ways not to do it yourself." Yan Yan pointed out.

With Xu Wen's intelligence, he naturally understood, so he couldn't help laughing and asked: "How long have you been planning this? When planning, did you ever think that it might lead to great loss of life?"

"What makes things happen is the right time, place and people. I just take advantage of it. I didn't provoke everything. Without my plan, the Fox and Hu tribe would still be able to unify the northern barbarians, they would still send their troops to the south, and Daliang would still be devastated." Although I, Yan Yan, hate that person in the Golden Palace, I will never do anything to collude with foreign countries." Yan Yan sneered.

Lu Fangzhou also chimed in: "Hey, you can't overthink it, people have a bottom line, some things they won't do, they just won't do it. If he really did that, why would I stand with him?" it's here?"

"I believe it." Xu Wen said. Almost all the tribes in the northern barbarians hate General Lou. How could anyone be willing to listen to his plan obediently, and said, "How many soldiers and horses can you leave me? What do you want me to do?" ?”

"The 30 elite cavalry held back the Northern Man's army of at least [-], making it difficult for them to go to Daliang with the army." Yan Yan said.

One against ten? !Lu Fangzhou was taken aback when he heard that, the grassland peoples have always been tough, no matter how elite the cavalry is, they are no match for barbarians, they are born to grow on horseback.

Unexpectedly, Xu Wen nodded: "Okay, I will never let you down, and I hope you won't let me down either!"

"rest assured!"

After that day, Xu Wen stationed in the barracks, took off the scholar's robe, put on a soldier's armor, and ran all over the barracks to select suitable soldiers.

Xu Wen is not tall, gentle, and not good at martial arts. At first, he was not liked by this group of soldiers who had been baptized by the wind and sand in the northern region all the year round. Later, for some reason, he became friends with them by virtue of his sharp tongue. .

Lu Fangzhou was very surprised to see it. There are many famous people who were born in the literati in the history books, and they were in the military camp, and even Zhang Liang was like Zhang Liang.

But after arriving at the military camp, I saw that the men in the camp were full of men eating meat and fighting boldly, and felt that literati were incompatible with this. If nothing else, they couldn't drink alcohol, let alone wield swords and guns.

However, Xu Wen has this kind of ability. Some people ask him to fight swords, others help him fight, some people ask him to fight wine, others help him pawn.

The victory will always be on Xu Wen's side, even Lu Qing has lost before, and Lu Qing was so angry that he ran to Lu Shan: "Shanzi, you have a lot of ideas, fuck him!"

Lu Shan was unmoved, he belonged to the Shenji Battalion, and he also served as some military advisors. He was capable of general planning, but compared with Xu Wen, he was really inferior. Xu Wen's talent was comparable to crouching dragon and phoenix , It is really a lot of talents in Jiangdong since ancient times.

While Lu Fangzhou looked surprised, he was also a little disappointed. Well, he is the most useless.

Unexpectedly, Xu Wen came to him and begged him to improve the food that the cavalry carried with them: "30 soldiers and horses must hold down [-] troops, and guerrilla attacks are necessary. You have to think about it carefully, otherwise the soldiers and horses will not be strong enough to hold back the army."

When it comes to eating, Lu Fangzhou understands that not only food is hard to find on the grassland, but even water is not easy to drink when you see a puddle. In history, there is such a famous general who did not pay attention to hygiene and died by drinking water directly.We can't let this elite [-] cavalry die prematurely because of such a trivial matter.

Lu Fangzhou then began to think about the military rations he had bought from Taobao, especially the principle of self-heating military rations and the production of heating packs.The heating packs used in the later mass production of finished products are magnesium-zinc mixtures, which are too high-end, so Lu Fangzhou can only choose the most primitive, lime packs.

The reason why the lime bag was discarded was that some elements that are harmful to the body would seep into the food. Lu Fangzhou made a slight improvement, adding an extra layer of water-proof layer, double-layer steaming, although the heating effect is worse than that of a single layer , but the security has improved a lot, and then bring a container that can be used safely.Soldiers can eat hot food at any time, and can also boil water.

Xu Wen is very happy to be able to drink boiled water. There are many puddles on the grassland that barbarians do not set foot in, because those waters are not suitable for drinking directly. Being able to drink boiled water conveniently and quickly can greatly increase the range of activities of the cavalry and improve their mobility. Not a lot.

In addition, Lu Fangzhou also got some dried vegetables to prevent the soldiers' vitamin imbalance.Xu Wen was even more amazed, and even contributed his own treasured dried vegetables unique to Zhedong Road made by his mother himself. The dried vegetable soup has many effects, and drinking it with boiling water can solve many simple diseases.

Twenty days later, all [-] elite cavalry were selected, and Princess Changping saw them off in person. With Princess Tai'an's persuasion, she had already decided to follow the path that Yan Yan had said.

At the same time, Jiuyuan County was besieged by the Beiman army, the defenders were defeated, Jiuyuan County fell, and the Beiman army sent south.

His Highness the Third Highness has already cooperated with the Beiman and led the Beiman to go south. What he did not expect was that the Fourth Highness and the Du family also cooperated with the Beiman. The Huhu people who now control the Beiman have always enjoyed playing with people's hearts. Seeing that their own situation is good , so he no longer took the "good intentions" of the two Highnesses seriously, and continued to pretend to cooperate with them, but in fact they were delaying both parties in Chang'an City, cutting off their escape route to the south.

As for the emperor, the Du clan would not have the chance to flee south with him, naturally he was trapped in the Daming Palace and couldn't do much more.

With one emperor and two princes in hand, even if Beiman does not occupy Chang'an, these three people can demand countless gold and silver ransoms.

By the time the Third Highness and the Fourth Highness noticed it, it was too late, Chang'an City was about to be captured...

The author has something to say: Lu Fangzhou: Aww, the next chapter is about fighting!It's great, I've been looking forward to it for a long time!

Yan Yan (proud~~): As you wish!