Lingnan Gang

The green smoke of the incense curled up, and the room was so quiet that only the crackling sound of the charcoal burning in the stove could be heard. Su Beiqin stood with his hands behind his back, and there was only a yellow and old bed spread out on the tidy study in front of him. Looking at the map, he only stared at the word Qinzhou on it, and stood there for a long time until Si'er pushed the door open and entered.

"Sir, Yin is not here to pick you up." Si'er said, with a trace of sadness on his childish face.

After receiving the news that Tang Shulin was marching towards Qinzhou, Wu Weiyang only took seven days to rectify, and then took some troops to the front line to investigate. A small number of people guard the positions of the uninhabited village.

Yin Buzai was waiting outside the door, the luggage that should be brought was packed a few days ago, Si'er took the luggage and handed it to Yin Buzai and said: "The conditions in that place are not as good as those in the uninhabited village. Don't let him catch a cold, take the medicine twice a day and watch him drink it."

Yin Buzai nodded solemnly and said, "I will."

Si'er is only fourteen years old this year. Because of the two years of famine, his body was weaker than his peers, so he didn't get the chance to go to the military camp together. Seeing his sad face, Su Beiqin couldn't help laughing Laughing, he stretched out his hand to touch his head, and said: "Don't worry, you'll be back soon, not to mention that Old Wu is also in the army, how can something happen if he takes care of me?"

Si'er had no choice but to nod with a bitter face, and watched Su Beiqin leave helplessly. Su Beiqin followed Yin's absence to call Zhuang Chu again, and then went down the mountain and got into the carriage that had been prepared and headed towards the front line.

Zhuang Chu naturally took his black teapot with him. When he was free, he liked the edge of the Mosha teapot, so the teapot of unknown material was black and shiny. Without you, Wu Weiyang would probably just drive an ox cart for the old man."

After getting along for a long time, Zhuang Chu lost a lot of the arrogance and aloofness when they first met, and occasionally made some harmless jokes. A smile appeared on Su Beiqin's lips and said: "Mr. If you are not tame, you are still a person who respects the elderly, and you will definitely not treat you like this."

The weather today is fine, the warm sunshine dispelled the severe cold when it rained a few days ago, the sunlight shone in from the corner of the opened car curtain, it was a bit dazzling, Zhuang Chu leaned on the hidden bag behind him, with a smile that was not a smile Looking at Su Bei Qin said: "It's really a fan of the authorities."

Su Beiqin was stunned by Zhuang Chu's eyes that seemed to see through everything, and asked suspiciously, "What situation did Beiqin get into?"

"You," Zhuang Chu stroked the teapot in his hand, and said after a while, "You have already entered Wu Weiyang's game."

Su Beiqin became more and more confused, his pitch-black eyes became much lighter under the sunlight, his appearance was already handsome, but now the look in his eyes when he lowered his head with a trace of confusion is really pitiful. He frowned slightly, but he still didn't understand the meaning of Zhuang Chu's words.

Zhuang Chu hummed a ditty vaguely with Erlang's legs crossed, took a sip of tea, and seeing that Su Beiqin was still in deep thought, he patted the back of Su Beiqin's hand and said, "It's meaningless to point it out directly. I just want to ask you, have you ever seen Wu Weiyang being nice to anyone but you?"

Just as Su Beiqin was about to speak, Zhuang Chu stopped him with a gesture, and Zhuang Chu said again: "You must say that he treats his subordinates well, but that kind of kindness is only on the surface, just like he is on the surface because of your relationship. Pretending to respect me, in his heart I am just a stubborn old man with some talent, have you ever seen him care about others, and he is so careful that he has to ask about basic necessities of life?"

"Because he feels ashamed of me," Su Beiqin said, but looking at Zhuang Chu with a look of uncertainty, he added, "It's also because I'm useful to him."

Zhuang Chu stroked his gray beard and shook his head and said, "There are so many capable people and strange people in the world, why is it that you, Su Beiqin, are special? You have been an official in the court for two years, why are you still so pure in your mind, no wonder you The prime minister dispatched an army to Lingnan."

Until he arrived at the camp, Su Beiqin didn't think through Zhuang Chu's intentions. Although he cared a little bit, he was not a person who likes to be in the dark, so he put down the things that he couldn't figure out first.

When Su Beiqin opened the door curtain and went in, Wu Weiyang was looking at the map, and the iron helmet was placed on the table beside him. He was wearing a suit of armor. The somewhat childish face was full of heroism at this time, as if he had changed from a hippie smiling ruffian into a mature and stable young man.

It's just that when he turned his head to look at Su Beiqin, the two dimples on his cheeks made Su Beiqin realize that this was indeed the original Wu Weiyang.Su Beiqin also changed into new clothes today. The moon-white robe made his complexion whiter. He was tall and straight, with long hair hanging down behind him, giving him a flirtatious and handsome appearance.

Wu Weiyang walked around him a few times, and said with a smile, "Bei Qin looks so good today."

Perhaps he was in a good mood today, but Su Beiqin's sharp eyes were surprisingly gentle, his black pupils turned, and his eyes turned from Wu Weiyang to the map spread out on the table, saying: "Tang Shulin's army still has How long will it be near Qinzhou?"

They hadn't seen each other for several days, and when they met, they looked indifferent. Wu Weiyang curled his lips, sat lazily on the grand teacher's chair, and motioned for Yin, who came in later, to tell them the general situation.

Yin Buzai coughed lightly, and said: "It is estimated that we will reach the border of Qinzhou tomorrow morning. The exact number of people is not clear, but it is estimated that there are no less than 8000 to [-] people. It seems that Tang Shulin has accumulated all the experience in the past few years. Take it out."

Although the effect of recruiting troops in the past few days is obvious, but including the number of people before No Man's Village, the total number is more than 3000, which is more than double that of the opponent, but judging from the battles Wu Weiyang fought before, it is often unexpected Winning more with less, and Wu Weiyang seemed to be full of confidence. Thinking about it this way, Su Beiqin's worries became a little less.

The map on the table shows two routes, which are the two main roads from Qiongzhou to Qinzhou. One is the official road, which is spacious and open, but there are high mountains on both sides, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, while the other is the commercial road between the two places. The trail developed by the team, this trail has only a short side facing the mountain, and the rest of the trail passes through the forest. It is too narrow for a large formation like a march, and the possibility of being outflanked is relatively high. For Wu Weiyang, this terrain is very favorable.

Su Beiqin tapped back and forth between the two lines twice with his transparent fingers in the sun, raised his head and asked Wu Weiyang, "Which way do you think they will come from?"

Wu Weiyang spread his limbs wide open on the chair, and said weakly: "I will come from two roads together."

Su Bei Qin raised his eyebrows, obviously seeing that something was wrong with Wu Weiyang, he stepped forward to touch Wu Weiyang's forehead, and asked softly, "Uncomfortable?"

Even though the sun was shining brightly, Su Beiqin's fingers were still cold. Wu Weiyang held his finger on his forehead, raised his eyes to look at him, and saw his worried expression. He has always spoken straightforwardly, but at this moment he was full of grievances, and asked, "You only care about me because you are afraid that I won't be able to lead troops into battle tomorrow?"

Su Beiqin's eyes darkened, and he really wanted to slap him to wake him up, but his heart softened when his eyes met his carefully looking at him, so he could only softly say: "I really care about you." You, if you are not feeling well, then hand over the leading troops to Baichuan in advance."

Wu Weiyang sat up from the grand teacher's chair, put his arms around Su Beiqin's waist in the sitting posture, pressed his face against his chest, and rubbed against his chest like a cat, "How could I let Beiqin see my heroic appearance. "

"Okay, okay," Zhuang Chu glanced at Wu Weiyang, who was snickering, and said with an old face: "Your boy, let's take it as soon as you see it, and tell the situation quickly, let this old bone go to rest, you guys It’s also good to express my heartfelt heart that I haven’t seen in the past few days.”

Only then did Wu Weiyang reluctantly let go of Su Beiqin, walked to the map, cleared his throat and said, "Just now, the absence of Yin has already explained the situation very clearly, and you two should also take care of these two routes." I understand, that is to say, no matter which road Tang Shulin chooses, it is not easy to go. This is where he is too stupid. He put his mouth on the good meat and refused to eat it, but tied his hands and gave it to others as a feast. "

Zhuang Chu nodded and said: "He is too reckless and eager for quick success, that's why he was defeated by your father back then."

"But he is my uncle anyway." Wu Weiyang evoked a contemptuous smile, "It should not be so stupid that it is hopeless. If you insist on choosing one of these two paths, you must choose the official path. Now that the world is in chaos, the government has already done nothing, so the officers and soldiers guarding the official road have already withdrawn. He can lead the army all the way into Qinzhou carelessly. However, if he walks on the official road, several sections along the road are sandwiched between high mountains. , We set up a defense on the high mountain, and it is estimated that we can kill him with 2000 people, but his other troops will definitely rush up at this time to snatch the high ground with us, and the winning rate is still very high."

Su Beiqin stared at the route, and said: "If we set up defense lines in every high mountain area, then his troops will consume a lot of money to keep grabbing the high ground, and there is no open space in that place. Huge armies can be stationed without even a source of water."

Zhuang Chu pondered: "He still has another choice, which is to take another commercial road. The advantage of this road over the official road is that you can reach the capital of Qinzhou just by climbing two hills."

"But we don't have that many troops guarding two locations at the same time." Su Beiqin frowned.

Wu Weiyang rubbed his chin, his round eyes were full of cunning, he smiled and said: "In this case, we have no choice but to change from defense to offense."