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Gao Huai smiled, and continued: "Actually, I am also very anxious."

After he finished speaking, he didn't say any more, but just stared in the direction of Jinling in a daze.After being stunned like this for a while, Xiao Jian couldn't hold back anymore, and said, "Third brother, I can't see that you are anxious. That agreement, the emperor made an agreement between you and the eldest prince, but everyone knows about it. What do you plan to do?" What about it? Do you really not care at all? If His Highness takes control of the Eastern Qi court, will he let you go?"

Gao Huai said: "Of course he won't, but... I'm not afraid of him. Isn't it just a jade seal? I will find a way, you don't have to worry."

He frowned and thought for a moment, then slowly said: "A few days ago, I made an offer to my father, the eldest brother and the second brother both have fiefdoms, but I don't, I want to ask him for the land of Luoyang and Henan counties. As a result, my father sent me a secret order today, urging me to send troops to attack Linfen. Once the human and tiger talismans are combined, the troops can be directly dispatched, and I don't even have room to speak."

Xiao Jian said: "Why do you think of land fief now? It's not a very important thing."

Gao Huai said: "I don't want to go back to Jinling anymore. My memory there is very bad. In fact, if the world is unified, I think Jinling is not suitable as the capital of the country. It makes sense. Luoyang is better as the capital of the country. As long as Guanzhong releases our own people and there is no threat from the west road, we can sit north and south and control the world." Can you go back to Jinling?"

He held Xiao Jian's hand in his sleeve, and stroked the road lightly and unconsciously. Xiao Jian didn't expect him to have such thoughts. After being shocked, he became embarrassed, and said: "Of course I thought about it. I This... I am not used to food from other places. But third brother, I..." He wanted to say that I still want to follow you, but Gao Huai interrupted him with a chuckle: "Your reason sounds like a small baby."

Xiao Jian said: "Then what do you want? Lingering here is not a long-term solution. Third brother, I thought about it, we will not attack Linfen. Sure enough, it would be troublesome if we got caught in an ambush. In fact, it would be great if we could go to Beiyan’s territory. If we send troops to the north from the east side of Taihang, we can also take Taiyuan and attack from both sides. It’s a pity that the First Prince will definitely not allow us to march from there.”

Gao Huai said: "I also had this plan before, knowing that my elder brother would not give way properly, so I gave up on it. This is not a big deal, but the enemy's sneak attack in the middle of the night last time was a big deal , there must be traitors who are involved in it, I have checked many times in private, but there is still no clue."

Mentioning that surprise attack, Xiao Jianhao's white face suddenly turned crimson. Gao Huai looked at his face and said, "What are you afraid of? It doesn't matter." Distributed, and rubbed it on his face, the tentacles were smooth and firm.His heart fluttered, and he said with a smile: "Look at your messy hair. It's so cold, you can't jump into the river to take a bath. Go to my tent at night, and I'll ask them to prepare hot water, and I'll wash you. Whoever dares to break in this time, I will break his leg."

Xiao Jian was scared out of his wits last time, and stammered: "No...no need."

Gao Huai comforted in a soft voice: "Don't be afraid, it's okay." Before he finished speaking, he saw several people hurrying towards this side, Xiao Jian quickly pulled his hands out of Gao Huai's sleeves, and stood up.

Seeing that Gu Yong was the leader, Gao Huai frowned slightly. He saw a roll of yellow things in Gu Yong's hand, which looked like an imperial decree, and secretly groaned in his heart.

It turned out that Gao Banner's imperial decree came, ordering Gao Huai to immediately take the way to Yicheng and send troops to attack Linfen without delay.Gao Huai had no choice but to accept the imperial decree, waved Gu Yong and others to retreat, but Gu Yong refused to leave, and fell to the ground with a plop, solemnly said: "Your Highness, the family members of the next official and General Nie have been watched by the Ouchi guards and the Imperial Forest Army. Control it, the emperor said, if the third highness is allowed to delay the military plane here again, then... the whole family will be executed. His highness knows the emperor's temper, and please be sympathetic to the subordinates, and spare all the subordinates. life."

Gao Huai sighed, and said in his heart: "Father, this hand is really long, and the grip is really wide!" Then he said: "Don't worry, I will return to the Chinese military tent later, and you will wait for me there."

After finally sending Gu Yong away, Xiao Jian saw Gao Huai's sad face and asked, "Third brother, what are you worried about?"

Gao Huai said: "Zhao Yuancai is famous for his lust. But I still need to find out whether he is really lustful to this extent. The army is overwhelming here, and he still has the mind to recruit beautiful women to fill the harem. Don't you think Weird?"

Xiao Jian was taken aback, and said, "You mean, he's cheating?"

Gao Huai said: "I can't tell, but I just think it's a bit of a coincidence. It is said that Zhao Yuancai recruits people to the palace at the end of each year. I dug up the records of previous years, and this year is 28 days earlier. And Linfen is It is an important military town. I brought troops here this year, so he should be heavily defended. According to the news, he did not have many troops stationed there, and they were all concentrated in this area in a fan shape. I think maybe he deliberately created The illusion deceived us to attack Linfen. If Linfen is in our hands, we can go directly to the city of Taiyuan along the Weihe River Valley. Zhao Yuancai is not stupid. He will not be unprepared for this road. But the emperor forced me to send troops. If you rush to Linfen, if you are caught in an ambush, if the troops from Yangcheng and Qinshui come up again, you will have no way out!"

Xiao Jian said: "You're right, otherwise I'll take a few people first to see what's true. How about your army slowing down a little bit, and then follow over?"

Gao Huai said: "No, you still follow me, I will send someone else."

He took Xiao Jian back to the tent of the Chinese army. Nie Shihuan, Gu Yong, Hou Laoqi and others had already been waiting here, each with a solemn and solemn face. Understood. But I think it is prudent to send a few people to find out the facts. General Nie, who do you think is suitable?"

Before Nie Shihuan could speak, Han Lin took the initiative to ask for orders: "Your Highness, the general is willing to relieve His Highness's worries and go find out the truth."

Han Lin's action was very fast, and a message was sent back two days later that Linfen was not prepared at all. The officials sent by the king of the state of Zhao wantonly recruited women in the city. The people complained and the people were very angry. About 5000 soldiers and horses were mobilized to guard the city, focusing on guarding against riots by the people.

So Gao Huai and Nie Shihuan assigned troops under Gu Yong's urging. The Central Route Army was dominated by Nie Shihuan's 8 horses, and another 3 were Luoyang city defenders at that time.Nie Shihuan assigned [-] of his own troops to stay in Yangcheng. While the army was marching towards Linfen, these [-] troops concentrated their forces to attack Yangcheng, successfully blinding Xue Xiao's eyes.Exchange news with Yang Baozhen and Zhong Ruota, let them increase their forces to attack Jiangxian and Jincheng at the same time, so as to contain Zhao Jun's strength and attention.

The army rushed to Linfen quickly, but encountered the first snow in the Northland on the way, sporadic small snowflakes fell chaotically, and the weather became cold.The army passed by quietly, thousands of mountains and birds flew away, and thousands of people disappeared, only the sound of horseshoes treading wheels.

Xiao Jian followed Gao Huai, and Gao Huai turned his head to look at him immediately, knowing that Xiao Jian was only wearing a thin jacket in his armor, so he asked, "Xiao Jian, is it cold?"

Xiao Jian said: "It's not too cold right now, it's only cold when the snow melts."

Gao Huai got closer to him on a horse, and asked casually: "How was the bath water last night hot or cold? Are you satisfied?"

Xiao Jian said casually: "It's okay." Suddenly regret came out of his mouth, and he was embarrassed and shy for a while, and his eyes slipped away, not daring to look at him.Gao Huai watched the blush spread on his Xiuyan's face a little bit, felt more interesting, covered the smile in his eyes, and said in a solemn and gentle voice: "I promised your elder brother to take care of you, of course I will serve you. You need to be more considerate. But your voice seemed a little louder last night, and I didn’t bother to cover it up for you. Although there is no one around my camp, I’d better be more careful in the future. Well, by the way, I mean when you took a bath The sound of water."

The people around were hurrying on their way, and no one cared about the charming and ambiguous feelings that quietly flowed back and forth between the two of them.Xiao Jian couldn't bear it anymore, he stared at him with big black eyes, tightened the reins of the horse a few times, deliberately got behind his horse, and rode side by side with Lin Zaichun who was not far behind.

The army marched not far outside Linfen City, Gao Huai looked out, Linfen City was quiet and devoid of popularity, and there were few guarding soldiers on the tower.He paused in his heart, his eyes swept over, and when he saw the banners fluttering on the tower of Linfen City, his face suddenly changed and he stood still.

Han Lin had already joined the army, and came to meet him from a distance, his face was full of joy.As soon as he arrived in front of him, Gao Huai suddenly whipped him away, and the front of his chest was blown, and everyone around him was shocked.Han Lin was in a panic, and quickly knelt down and said, "Third Highness, Third Highness calm down. But I don't know what mistake the general made?"

Gao Huai remained silent, and after a while he said coldly: "You should be beheaded, so I'll give you a whip first."

Snowflakes fell one after another, and there was a murderous atmosphere between the heaven and the earth, and the cold wind swept across the distant mountain peaks, making a long and strange sound.Gao Huai's face sank inch by inch, dignified and dignified. When the people around saw him angry, they became quiet and solemn.At the same time, Nie Shihuan rushed to the front from behind, his usual calm expression changed slightly, and said: "Your Highness, something is not right. At this point, there is no movement in Linfen City, which is not normal .”

Gao Huai said: "There is a big black flag on the city wall, with two golden dragons embroidered on the flag's feet. That represents the king in Zhao State. Only Zhao Yuancai can use this flag."

He paused, then said slowly, "We've been tricked."