Chang'an Youth Tour

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was summoned to stay directly in Yongqian Hall for two days, even Yunlan was a little panicked, although he knew it was fine, but Emperor Qingde's behavior was obviously due to his dissatisfaction with the East Palace, which really made people worry.

Luo Heng was calm. Seeing that Yan Junyu and Wei Ru had been playing the art of war all morning, and they were absent-minded while eating, he knew that he was also worried, so he smiled and said, "There is no need to worry about it. The strength of the Eastern Palace is hidden, I know Probably less than half of them. In the political arena, it doesn’t matter where you are in danger. Liu Bang even went to the Hongmen Banquet. As long as the power behind him is there, there will be no danger in Longtan and Tiger’s Den.”

His words reassured everyone, but in fact, others don’t really need reassurance, especially Yun Lan, her cruelty is really frightening, and when His Royal Highness is still in the Yonggan Palace, she still does not hesitate to strike .When the battle report arrived in the morning, she received it and looked at it, and gave it to Luo Heng. Both of them were very calm. Yan Junyu thought it was some good news, but when she took it over, she found that the northern border was harassed and ransacked by the Xirong cavalry again. In several villages, Yu Yanran and their heavy cavalry arrived too late. King Yanbei always retreated and defended, and ordered no pursuit.Yu Yanran was so angry that she cursed for more than a page in the letter.

"It's so irritating!" Yan Junyu clenched his fists. He was naturally sensitive to the battle reports, and he knew what happened to the few numbers on the "burning, killing, prostitution and looting" and "dozens of people killed and injured".

"It's not a bad thing to be angry." Yun Lan was very indifferent. She often had this kind of contrast in her body, and she said scary things in the gentle tone unique to palace ladies: "This letter is urgent, and it will take about seven days." If we can get there, the frontier should be a different scene now."

"What scene?" Yan Junyu asked.

Yun Lan didn't say anything, but soon Wei Ru quietly got the news that an urgent battle report had arrived in the capital. He heard it from the little eunuch in Yongqian Palace, and also heard from the little eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor that the messenger's horse ran away and died. Yes, the horseshoe looks like Yanbei's horse.

Yan Junyu was anxious to scratch his heart and liver, and circled around Luo Heng. Luo Heng wanted to laugh, and told him: "Go pester Yun Lan, this is her plan."

But Yun Lan never taught him as seriously as Rong Hao and Luo Heng did. Yan Junyu knew it was useless to pester him. After finally waiting for Rong Hao to enter the palace, he rarely looked light and said: "Xi Rong's side is settled."

"What is settled, what is settled?"

"Meng Cang told me that he is going back to Xirong, and Hulishe and Helian will stay here."

Yan Junyu vaguely guessed that this was good news, because when Meng Cang went back, the marriage was basically hopeless, Hu Lishe and Helian stayed behind, and they were equivalent to hostages, which meant that Xirong would not go to war easily, which is very important for Rong Hao The business in these few months is very good news. If Yu Yanran is here, you must laugh at him: "Master Rong's beauty trick has worked, and Prince Helian really wants to leave?"

But Yan Junyu asked him about the details with a cliché, Rong Hao just smiled: "It's none of my business, it's Yun Lan's business."

"What's the matter with Yunlan, you tell me, I'll teach you how to break the iron pagoda in the northern battlefield, I just thought of it last night."

"Who wants to learn this, I'm not Luo Heng." Rong Hao had no interest in fighting, and lay down lazily on the couch.

"Then you don't tell me, don't want to sleep, and I will make trouble for you when you sleep in the future."

"Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you, let me tell you, there are two letters from Yanbei Palace, one is what you saw this morning, it happened seven days ago, the Xirong people just harassed and looted routinely, a month's total I need to come several times. The other letter is a confidential urgent letter, which will arrive in the capital in three days. After the Xirong people ransacked those villages, they were attracted by a group of merchants and became greedy. He robbed two villages, was ambushed in the second village, and 300 people died, only a hundred or so remained."

"What?" Yan Junyu was very surprised: "Impossible, the area of ​​Yanbei has been fortified and cleared. Some villages don't even have swords and swords. They are all earthen walls. There is no ambush condition..."

"It wasn't the soldiers who ambushed them. It was some retired old soldiers." Rong Hao coughed a little guilty for some reason, and said, "They are in a small town about ten miles south of the second village. Disabled veterans retired from the Yanbei Army lived with their families, and only a hundred of them could mount horses. Although they knew that the Xirong people would not attack the city, they were unwilling to sit back and watch the people be taken captive, so they took the initiative to ambush in the village. Killed more than 200 Xirong soldiers, and he himself was massacred. None of the female family members and children were spared. The Yanbei Army received the news and intercepted them on the road. Not one remained. These 3000 Xirong people are the second son of Xirong North King Tie Le's subordinates were stationed in a small border town, and the Yanbei army did nothing but rush into the small town, killing more than [-] Xirong soldiers, Tie Le was seriously injured and escaped, and now his life is unknown."

After he finished speaking, he thought that Yan Junyu would be angry, but who knew that Yan Junyu just frowned, and suddenly asked, "What's the name of that small town? Lu'an, or Baichang?"

"It seems to be Baichang, right?"

Yan Junyu didn't speak, but walked to the sand table and began to fiddle with it.Rong Hao laughed at him all day long for playing with mud, but in fact Junyu had memorized the entire surrounding map in his heart. He made several hills out of sand, added rivers, put flags on them, and took a piece of gold. The pony made two steps on it, thought for a while, and let the pony go around the river again.

"This is the tail of the Ameng Mountain. The Ameng Mountain has geothermal heat. This section is an ice-free river, so the Xirong people's plundering route should be this way." He concluded: "This is the edge of Yu Yanran's jurisdiction. His subordinates are all light cavalry, so they can make a surprise attack on Baichang. Baichang is surrounded by plains. Entered the lower reaches of the river and went to Yutian City..."

"Why are you deducing this when you have nothing to do?" Rong Hao still wanted to get away with it.

"The Holy Majesty did not allow the frontier to go to war, and Yu Yan caused a catastrophe. But he has always been very temperamental, and his status is noble. Meng Cang is still in Beijing, and the Xirong people should not dare to easily offend his jurisdiction." Yan Junyu's eyes Staring straight at him: "It's your arrangement, isn't it?"

"Don't look for me, it's all Yunlan." Rong Hao also sighed: "They are all veterans and family members of the Yanbei Army. She is really ruthless."

Although Yan Junyu understands that tactics are only for preparing for war, after all, he has been swayed by what he has seen and heard, and he easily launched the process by relying on the art of war: Yun Lan used news from a team of merchants to lure Tie Le's 300-man team, which was originally just a plunder, into the ten miles, and accidentally arrived in Yanbei It was impossible for the veterans to watch the nearby small villages being looted, so they fought desperately.After the city was massacred, Yu Yan was furious. Killing all the soldiers of the Western Army was not counted. They simply went to the territory of the Western Army and the generals acted privately. This is a serious crime of beheading.But judging by the speed at which he defeated Baichang, I am afraid that the generals in the neighboring district also participated.

At first, Yan Junyu hadn't figured out why Yunlan did this, but Rong Hao said directly: "But it's understandable for her to do this, don't think about Youzhou, that's Yong Hanhai's disciple, Chunchen. Jingbei is the throat , is fighting, and cannot move, so we can only attack Yanbei. Anyway, the king of Yanbei is an iron barrel, with a thick skin, and it will not damage the border defense if you move him a few times."

When he said that, Yan Junyu immediately understood.

I'm afraid that in the urgent battle report that King Yanbei wrote to Emperor Qingde, the general who took the initiative to attack must not be Yu Yanran.

First of all, Yu Yanran attacked across the jurisdiction, and the crime was added to the third class. Secondly, Yu Yanran's light cavalry was a sharp weapon to curb the looting of the Xirong people, and no matter how conservative or old Yanbei King was, the small town was under his command Even if he is cold-blooded and ruthless, he still has to consider the morale of the Yanbei Army.Yu Yanran was avenging the veterans and their families who were slaughtered in the city. If he handed Yu Yanran over, how would he order the three armies again?

What's more, Yu Yanran's father passed away early, and he was an only seedling. He grew up in Yanbei for almost half of his time, so even if he looked at the friendship of fellow princes in Lingyan Pavilion, he would keep him.

So King Yanbei must have chosen Yu Yanran out, and found a few other people to share the blame, maybe even his own son.After all, he has a son whose jurisdiction is next to Yu Yanran.

But if this matter fell into Emperor Qingde's eyes, it must not be the case.

It is not unreasonable for Luo Heng to say that the king wants to fight his subjects.Even Yan Junyu can deduce the truth of the matter like Yanbei King's behavior by relying on the art of war. Emperor Qingde has many eyes and ears, and Yanbei also has the warlord, how could he not know what's going on.Emperor Qingde knew it was Yu Yanran, and King Yanbei also knew that he knew it was Yu Yanran, but he still wanted to write the battle report like this.

And when he writes the battle report like this, Emperor Qingde has nothing to do, he will not accept military orders abroad, not to mention that the Yanbei Palace has guarded the northern border since the founding of the country. ?

Of course, it goes without saying that King Yanbei was loyal and loyal. Yu Yanran complained three times a day when he was in the East Palace, saying that he tied them up like a horse. Raid border villages like bandits.They often ride on their heads, and they are not allowed to pursue them, so they can only watch them walk away.King Yanbei was so cautious because he was obviously unwilling to destroy Emperor Qingde's policy of making peace with Xirong.

In King Yanbei's mind, this incident would certainly anger Emperor Qingde, but it was nothing more than a small suspicion.

But Yanbei is too far away, he probably doesn't know what Emperor Qingde looks like now.Xuan Tongfu's conscientiousness would be suspected of deliberate affectation, which is almost tantamount to provocation.

But for all other things, no matter whether it is to show favor like he did to Xuan Tongfu, or to threaten him like he did to Jiangnan, the King of Yanbei would not pay attention to it, nor would he be afraid...

It happened that King Yanbei had to hide the situation.

It just happened to be Yu Yanran, it just happened to be Donggong, and it just happened to be the moment when it was about to explode.

Yun Lan's strategy is like those one-hit assassinations in the biographies of assassins, even if Luo Shensi is alive again, it is difficult to decipher it.No wonder she said that Xuan Tongfu is not qualified to be Li Ling. In fact, Yan Junyu has been deducing Li Ling for half a month. The more he deduces, the more he realizes the helplessness of people.Luo Heng said that those great Confucianists who had their homes raided could not avoid their fate even if they saw through them, and they were deeply trapped.In fact, why is Li Ling not like this?He was pushed to that point step by step by fate, just like King Yanbei, he did what he had to do.

It's just that he probably didn't expect the price.

On December 23rd, the frontier war resumed. King Yanbei's [-] urgent battle report entered Beijing and reported to his second son, Kuang Tianrui. A small team from Xirong raided Zaolin City, an important frontier town, killing more than [-] veterans and taking away important secret formation maps. Had to chase to Baichang city.Unexpectedly, Tie Le, the general of Xirong, not only refused to return the formation map, but also shot arrows to kill people. Kuang Tianrui had no choice but to break into the city and take back the formation map. The king of the north was detained in prison, waiting for the emperor to send him off.

At the same time, Zuo Prime Minister Xuan Tongfu reported that Prince Mengcang had already submitted a letter to resign. He was homesick and wanted to return to Xirong immediately.Emperor Qingde was recuperating in Yonggan Hall at that time, when he received the battle report, he was furious.He smashed the medicine bowl and scalded Xuan Tongfu. In a fit of rage, he ordered Kuang Tianrui to be tattooed and assassinated in Yanzhou.

Yanzhou is the front line of the battle with Xirong, and it is the city guard of Youzhou. In March alone, it fell and was recaptured three times. Not to mention the children of princes, even soldiers with only sons in their families are not allowed to guard Yanzhou.

At that time, the prince was serving the sick in front of the imperial court, and he gave a few words of advice. The sage was furious and reprimanded the prince for being unfilial and unsuitable for assisting the government. Just entered politics.

It was afternoon when the prince returned to the East Palace.

Yan Junyu had heard the news a long time ago, and had been lying on the wall of the East Palace courtyard to wait, and saw the imperial chariot approaching from afar, and couldn't wait, so she rolled a snowball, hoping to throw it at Xiao Jingyan's feet when he got off the imperial chariot, to make him happy.

But Xiao Jingyan was still very indifferent, as if nothing happened, Yun Lan did such a big thing, she was also very calm, brought tea as if nothing happened, and watched the prince change clothes.On the other hand, Rong Hao sighed with emotion: "I just said, don't be too cruel. It's okay to report Meng Cang's departure at night. It's no good to make the Holy Spirit angry like this. I met Tianrui once back then. He's worse than Li Yu." Beautiful, how ugly to be tattooed in the face?"

"If you don't make a face, how can the king of Yanbei be vigilant?" Yun Lan really didn't have any respect for Emperor Qingde: "It's just right, the more you lose your composure, the more outrageous it will be when it spreads to Yanbei. It seems that I don’t know it, and it makes that violent and unpredictable. According to my temper, it’s too slow for King Yanbei to be Li Ling, and it’s interesting to force him to be Meng Tian.”

"Yanbei is the most important town in the country. Why do you keep messing with the king of Yanbei? The old man has guarded Yanbei for so many years, and he has worked hard without credit."

"Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. Sooner or later there will be a battle with Xirong. The king of Yanbei will throw himself into my East Palace one day later, and the loss will be greater. The hundred or so veterans in the small town are human, but the people in the frontier are not human? Xirong plundered and died ten times at a time. This half a year is enough to die early."

"The people in the frontier were killed by the Xirong people. If you kill veterans, are you also from the Xirong people? Besides, don't tell me you only do it once. Whose life is more valuable and who can judge? Everything starts from your logic... ..."

"Wrong, the old soldier was also killed by the Xirong people, I just pushed it." Yun Lan said calmly: "Forget it, the Confucianism can't justify me, you call Luo Heng, maybe There is still a chance.”

Confucianism is indeed not conducive to Yunlan's fighting, Rong Hao can't say it, but when the two were arguing, Yan Junyu quietly approached Xiao Jingyan from the side, and gave him something.His Royal Highness thought it was a good thing, but it turned out to be a snowball, and couldn't help laughing.

"Xiaoyan has been waiting for me for a long time, right?" He asked softly, he is so smart, even if he took out one-tenth of his brain to guess the snowball, he would be able to guess the whole story.

"Not long." Yan Junyu looked at him seriously, and reached out to hold his hand.Everyone was there, so he couldn't kiss him like Li Daoyong kissed Luo Heng, so he could only say: "Today is a young year."

"Well, Xiaoyan is going home the day after tomorrow." Xiao Jingyan was farther than he thought, and suddenly smiled and said to Yun Lan: "Today is a young year, please invite Luo Heng and the others over, let's hold a family banquet."

"There is also the Crown Princess." Yan Junyu said suddenly.

There was momentary surprise in Xiao Jingyan's eyes, but he soon understood.

"Okay, and the princess."