Bright moon out of Tianshan

At this time, the Dongqi brigade had arrived near Linru in the southeast.Linru was the commercial avenue for the Qin and Jin Dynasties to enter the Central Plains in ancient times, but it was firmly guarded by soldiers and horses from the Eastern Qi Dynasty. This place is the key point of defense. Xiangyang can directly enter the Yangtze River, so this place is very important.Gao Huai and others arrived with the vanguard, and the leading general ran more than ten miles to meet them, and welcomed them into the army tent.

At the same time, Han Lin also brought back news that Beiyan sent [-] troops to assist Zhao Guo in attacking Luoyang, and the troops were concentrated in the east of Luoyang City.The guard Wang Ying fell in the city. It is said that he was assassinated by someone. As a result, the city was in chaos and he was taken down in one fell swoop.The defeated soldiers of the Eastern Qi retreated to the Donghulao Pass area of ​​Luoyang, and were at loggerheads with the northern Yan soldiers who had driven past.Today, Luoyang reaches Yichuan, Yiyang and other important fortresses on the south side of Longmen Mountain in the south, and the Yellow River in the north, and is guarded like an iron barrel by two armies of the enemy.Especially the Mengjin area in the north of Luoyang City and the intersection of Luoshui and Yishui in the east are heavily defended to ensure that the food and grass of the two countries can be provided in time.However, most of the old dragoon troops were scattered along the Yellow River, assisting the water army to resist the enemy, but they were unable to spare Luoyang for a while.

Now almost all the important locations in Luoyang have been seized by Zhao Guo. The general of Zhao Jun is Cheng Qiufeng, the famous general of Zhao Guo.Everyone has never fought against him, and they don't know how.The situation is very unfavorable to Dongqi.Gao Huai thought for a moment, then went back to the Chinese army tent to look at the sheepskin map. It happened that Yang Baozhen came back after he went out to investigate the enemy's situation. There are many more people than us, and there are heavy guards everywhere, and small groups of enemies are running around, presumably wanting to take a shortcut and insert into the Huaihe River area. It takes a long time for Gu Di to fight tough battles with them. Unfortunately, we can't delay, the emperor is impatient, and the toss for a long time is not good for you."

Gao Huai said: "What does the father think, don't worry about his many." After looking at the map for a long time, he suddenly pointed to the area on the west side of Yiyang and asked: "Are there many soldiers and horses set up by the enemy here?"

Yang Baozhen said: "It's far away here. In the past, you had to cross the mountains. The mountains are steep and difficult to walk. It is much more difficult than reaching Yichuan. But if you want to go there, there are ways. Yiyang and Yichuan control the upper reaches of Luoshui and Yishui. Everywhere can reach Luoyang directly, Zhao Guoding has sent heavy troops to defend, if we concentrate our forces to attack, we may not be able to attack for a while, but we can take the opportunity to let people pass through from the south."

Gao Huai said with a smile: "I saw that there are many tributaries flowing into the Luo River in Xiaoshan Mountain. In the mountains, there are river ditches where people can walk, and they can go all the way north and quickly go to the valley water. I just don't know this road. The road will not pass through."

Yang Baozhen sighed: "It is said that there is a way, but it is very difficult to go. Xin'an on the west side of Luoyang is too far away now, and I don't know who is holding it. If it falls into the enemy's hands, it will be attacked by the enemy at that time, and there is no way to advance or retreat. No." He frowned and thought, and suddenly said: "However, what His Royal Highness said is reasonable, if we can grab one of the three important towns of Yichuan, Yiyang, and Xin'an, we won't be so passive. We will spare no effort to go farther away, Maybe we can snatch Xin'an by surprise. The Dongqi soldiers in Mianchi and other places in the west of Xin'an have to guard against the guards of Zhao Guo at Hangu Pass, and they can't spare to attack Xin'an. Zhao Guo must be the least defensive in Xin'an. Occupy Xin'an can continue to go north, take the Mengjin area, try to cut off the back road of Zhao Guo's food and grass, and clear the wilderness, because Mangling is a mountain, but in fact it is not much different from a peaceful place, and it can be crossed everywhere. Or enter Luoshui along the valley, Spare Yiyang, which is heavily guarded by them, and go straight to the city of Luoyang, catching him by surprise."

Gao Huai said: "Well, let's think about it again. The most important thing is how to get there, right? Shall we send someone to find Lu Xing?"

Yang Baozhen shook his head and said: "I'm afraid that won't work. If there are too many people, they will scare the snakes, and they won't be able to make a surprise attack. If there are fewer people, if you go deep into the mountains, you won't be familiar with the terrain. You can run into anything, and it's possible that none of them will come back. "

Han Lin suddenly interjected from the side: "Third Highness, the general is willing to go out to find a way." Yang Baozhen squinted at him, remembering that Gao Huai treated him very well, so he held back his ugly words and said in his heart that you have this little ability , Enter the mountain and let the wolves, tigers and leopards eat you alive.Gao Huai caught sight of Yang Baozhen's face and said, "We'll talk about this later." He turned and left the tent.

Han Lin bid farewell to Yang Baozhen, followed him out, and said, "Third Highness, the general is willing to find a way for His Highness, not afraid of the danger of trekking in the mountains."

Gao Huai looked back at him, smiled slightly, his long eyelashes trembled slightly, and said: "I have stayed in the mountains in the south of Sichuan, if you are not familiar with the terrain, it is really dangerous. We can't do it Needless sacrifice. Besides, in this generation of mountainous areas, there are frequent summer rainstorms and mountain torrents at any time, so you need to be cautious." Every time Gao Huai sees Han Lin, he thinks of his poor family and difficult livelihood, and he will think of himself wandering outside In the difficult years of those years, I always felt compassion involuntarily, and my tone became gentle.What he didn't know was that his gentleness was very lethal, and it was fine if he didn't use it. When he used it, he was invincible in the Eastern Qi Dynasty.

He stood outside the tent, staring at the green hills in the northwest in a daze. He unconsciously stroked his lips and jaw back and forth with a finger, while Han Lin stared at him in a daze.

Gao Huai turned a blind eye to his gaze, and slowly paced around the tents in the camp, while Han Lin followed him step by step.The soldiers in the battalion were busy rectifying their drills, and when they saw him, they bowed and saluted one by one.After walking around to a tent, Gao Huai accidentally stepped on something in the grass. He lowered his head and saw that it was a small celadon bottle with a wide mouth, which was obviously the wound medicine he gave Xiao Jian the day before yesterday.With a thought in his heart, he picked it up and looked at it, and found that the bottle was full as if it had never been used.

Gao Huai turned his head to look at Han Lin, and said, "Is this Xiao Jian's camp?"

Han Lin said: "Yes, you told him not to let him go too far away from you." Gao Huai held the bottle in his hand, turned around and bent into the tent, Han Lin wanted to follow in, Gao Huai turned around and said, "You don't have to follow!" mine."

Han Lin blushed slightly, so he could only salute and back away.

He entered the tent, and saw Xiao Jian lying on the bunk alone in the tent, with his face buried in his arms, as if he had fallen asleep.Gao Huai thought: "Heard I'm coming, pretending to be asleep again!" Going up and kicking his leg, he said: "Wake up!"

In fact, Xiao Jian really fell asleep this time. He and a few of his accompanying soldiers were squeezed into a tent. He was used to sleeping alone since he was a child. He couldn't sleep well every night when he was alone. Now he was clean. He hurriedly had a good meeting with Zhou Gong, but was kicked awake by Gao Huai again.He had no choice but to raise his head in a daze, and said, "What's the matter? Your Highness, the last general's injury hasn't healed yet, so he can't stand up and salute."

Gao Huai said: "Is your injury healed? I also think you won't recover for a while. Xiao Jian, you are too willful! Why don't you take medicine for your injury and throw it away?"

Xiao Jian was speechless, but he actually used medicine, which was given to him by Lin Zaichun when he left Jinling. Lin Zaichun was a well-known genius doctor in Jianghu, and the ointment he prepared was even better than the ointment used by Ouchi.He thought the medicine was a burden, so he asked his soldiers to throw it away when he packed up his things.Unexpectedly, Gao Huai found out about this unlucky situation, and quickly made up a reason: "I was not used to the smell of musk since I was a child, so I didn't want to use the medicine you gave me. But I didn't throw it away, maybe it was when I was packing up. Accidentally dropped it."

Gao Huai said: "Just argue! Can the musk smell kill you?" Xiao Jian retorted, "Aren't you also afraid of the smell of makeup? I haven't seen that smell kill you..." Gao Huai's complexion changed, and he turned around to leave. Seeing that he was really angry, Xiao Jian quickly reached out and grabbed the hem of his clothes, saying: "Third Highness, Third Highness, don't be angry!"

Gao Huai was indeed a little angry. Every time he saw Xiao Jian, he always got very angry in the end for some reason, and now he was used to being angry. Seeing him holding on to him, he said, "Let go! You don't have to, I will Take it for others to use." Stretching out his hand to pull his clothes, Xiao Jian saw that his face was ugly, and hurriedly hugged his calf with his hands and said: "I dare not, I will not dare in the future! Third Highness, you Don't be angry, didn't you promise to take me out?"

Gao Huai didn't expect that he would pull him with all his strength, so he was caught off guard and fell on Xiao Jian's body, precisely where his injury was. He beat the floor and screamed: "It hurts! It hurts me to death!"

Gao Huai fell on him and touched his flexible and strong body. Suddenly, his heart beat wildly like a drum. He jumped up hurriedly, turned around and looked at him calmly, and said, "How are you? Do you need to call?" Military doctor here?"

Xiao Jian broke out in a cold sweat, but he insisted on making a condition quickly: "There is no need for a military doctor, but I am so hurt by you, I can't hurt in vain, you are not allowed to be angry again, and you can't break your promise if I make a mistake. Forget it. Also, give me that medicine, I won’t throw it away, I’ll use it well, and I’ll use it tonight. Don’t go, sit down first.”

Gao Huai said, "Where do you want me to sit?" Xiao Jian said, "Anyway, I can't sit on me anymore. In such a big tent, you can sit wherever you want. If you don't want to come, come and sit on my bedding." Struggling Then moved his quilt and spread it.Seeing his sincerity, Gao Huai sat down.Xiao Jian lay obediently on one side, and said, "Where are you going to take me around?"

Gao Huai was silent for a moment, and said: "You should know that since you have been studying since childhood, there have been many battles in Luoyang since ancient times, and they were fought back and forth in this Sanchuan Valley step by step. We can't waste our troops and time like this. I was discussing with General Yang just now. How can our vanguard reach the city of Luoyang quickly, there are mountains in the southwest of Luoyang, I want to see it, but I am afraid that I will get lost and I will not be able to get out, it is estimated that General Yang will not let me go, and I am in trouble."

Xiao Jian said: "The mountains in the southwest? Don't you want to go to Gushui River Valley? It's too far around?"

Gao Huai didn't expect him to figure out his intentions in a flash, he was very surprised, and said: "You..." After a pause, he said: "If you don't go around like this, just go directly to Yichuan, the enemy has already taken advantage The terrain is unfavorable to our army. Or detour to the east of the road to join the Dongqi soldiers and horses at Hulao Pass. There are many steep mountain roads, and it is easy to be ambushed."

Xiao Jian thought sideways, his black eyes moved slowly, and said: "Actually, a few years ago, Wang Ying went to Jinling, and I met him once." He suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said: "He said I was very interested to hear about one thing. There used to be a group of people called "Yichuan Zhirong" in ancient times. "Zuo Zhuan" explained Jiang Rong: "living between Qin and Jin, and friendly with Jin". They and The State of Jin teamed up to lay an ambush for the State of Qin, and later betrayed the State of Jin according to Zuo Zhuan Shang. When they got in touch with the State of Chu, the State of Jin wiped them out by surprise. They have been hiding in the mountains for hundreds of years, but the upper reaches of the Yihe River are poor, and they have no livelihood, but they often go out to rob the passing merchants near Yichuan. General Wang Ying sent troops several times, because the mountains are dangerous They couldn't be wiped out, but they forged a deep hatred. I heard from General Wang Ying that they are no different from savages now that they are dressed in quail clothes. They walk on mountain roads as if walking on flat ground. But the girls are all beautiful. "

He raised his head and said: "Your Highness, these people have lived in the mountains for so many years, and they are very familiar with the mountain roads. If you can invite them to be your guides, don't you want to go wherever you want?"

Gao Huai looked at him sideways, contemplated, and said slowly: "They were surrounded by Dong Qi's army, how could they obediently listen to me?"

Xiao Jian said: "No, no, no, you are wrong, Third Highness. Why were they besieged? It was because they came out to harass the merchants and the common people. Why did they harass the merchants and the common people? It was because they had no food to eat and no clothes to wear. You don’t know what to do with these things. You can give it to him! They are also the people of our Eastern Qi Dynasty. I am afraid that they have no choice but to lose their clothes as General Wang said. Besides, it is Wang Ying who is enmity with them, not you. What are you afraid of? No. Do you still say that their girl is beautiful? That would be even better. If the leader has a daughter, you can marry her as a princess. If you feel wronged by yourself as a princess, you can just be a side princess. This becomes an in-law, and What's not to say?"

Gao Huai's cold phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, his eyes suddenly became extremely sharp, he reached out and grabbed Xiao Jian by the collar and lifted him up, saying: "I don't like marrying a princess myself, I like to tell my father to give someone a marriage! I have already given Han Lin a marriage in my heart, for the sake of fairness, Xiao Jian, it's your turn next."