Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Xiao Xuexing was not surprised when he knew that the Northern Wei Dynasty sent troops to the south. From last year to this year, Qi State began to suffer from constant disasters. First, there were floods and then droughts, which made the people miserable, but it was not just the Qi State. The Northern Wei Dynasty also Not going anywhere.

When the drought came, the state of Qi occupied half of the country in the south, and the water source in some places could still be supplied. Not many places were affected by the disaster, but the Northern Wei Dynasty was a little bit worse, and only the banks of the Yellow River were slightly better.

The drought was followed by locust plagues. The Qi Kingdom did not suffer from locust plagues, but the naked eye can see that the grain harvest of the Northern Wei Dynasty must not be good this year.

Although the Northern Wei Dynasty occupied the north for many years and absorbed the Han culture, it seemed that it was infinitely close to the Central Plains regime, but that was only on the surface. When it really came to a big event, it would still reveal some barbarism unique to nomads, such as plundering side.

From the Xiongnu to the Wuhu, in order to ensure that their tribe can survive the winter safely, they will definitely go to the Central Plains to grab a wave before winter.

This war is still the same now, but the ambition of the Northern Wei Dynasty is much greater than before. The opponent not only wants to plunder their food, but also occupy the land here.

Xiao Xuexing has been paying attention to the war, and will deduce the sand table from time to time.

Ling Fu stood beside him and asked cautiously: "Your Highness, are you going to go out this time?"

Xiao Xuexing shook his head slowly: "No, we won't move unless His Majesty gives orders."

After he finished speaking, he turned his head and glanced at Ling Fu and asked, "What's the matter? Are you hungry for military achievements?"

Ling Fuhan said with a smile: "How can I? My subordinates hope you don't go, your body is just a little bit better, and it's really not suitable for suffering."

After Xiao Xuexing heard this, he suddenly smiled. Even though Ling Fu often followed him, he seldom saw his smile. At this time, his smile was so bright that Ling Fu couldn't bear to look away.

Xiao Xuexing left from the sand table, sat down slowly and said, "Believe me, Chaoshang must be arguing at this time."

Ling Fu was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"

Xiao Xuexing said: "Some people want me to go to war, some people don't want me to go to war, these two groups of people must be arguing."

Ling Fu was a little surprised: "This...why? Could it be that His Highness has been away for a while, and some people found that His Highness is good, so they also want to protect His Highness?"

Xiao Xuexing glanced at him and shook his head: "Those who let me go to war are not necessarily bad, and those who don't let me go are not necessarily good."

Ling Fu was stunned for a moment. He watched Xiao Xuexing babbled for a long time and didn't dare to ask. He felt that he had already asked a lot, and His Highness seemed to be in a good mood today. He told him a lot. If someone is smarter, he would definitely understand His Highness. Meaning, but...he knows nothing but fighting, so naturally he can't understand the metaphors in Xiao Xue's jargon.

Xiao Xuexing also found that Ling Fu couldn't understand, and he was a little bit disappointed, but he didn't say anything.

He is used to it. Over the years, there are many people who are afraid of others, few who understand others, and there is no one in the world who is a confidant, so he doesn't think there is anything wrong with it.

Seeing him looking out the window, Ling Fu dared not say a word.

In fact, Xiao Xuexing was just guessing at the moment, but he didn't need to guess, the letter written by Xiao Ji, the son of Xiao Xuan, came to him.

Just as Xiao Xuexing guessed, the court and China are basically divided into two factions.

Because the Northern Wei Dynasty suddenly sent troops south, Qi was caught off guard, so it suffered some losses at the beginning.

The only thing the generals sent out now is to barely hold the city, and it is impossible to fight back or beat the opponent back.

As the situation changes day by day, the officials at the top are always impatient, and this reminds me of Xiao Xuexing.

Xiao Xuexing was adopted by Xiao Yu back then, but he followed Xiao Yu whenever he went to war, even at a young age, he was trained in blood and fire, and now there is hardly anyone in Qi who can compare to him in terms of fighting.

At this time, someone wanted to release Xiao Xuexing and let him fight the Northern Wei Dynasty to death.

Anyway, no matter whether he wins or loses, Qiguo doesn't have much loss. It's good to win, but losing... is also expected by everyone, and he can even use this opportunity to deprive him of the title of regent.

The most important thing is that Xiao Xuexing's health has been repeatedly unwell for the past two years. Maybe this expedition will be suspended halfway?

Putting Xiao Xuexing together with the Northern Wei Dynasty, these people were even more afraid of Xiao Xuexing.

It was the way Xiao Xuexing and Xiao Yan invaded Jiankang together and tore the emperor off the throne at the beginning, which gave them a psychological shadow.

On the other side, it was not Xiao Xuexing's party that didn't want Xiao Xuexing to go to war. In fact, Xiao Xuan was able to let Xiao Xuexing be the regent all the time because Xiao Xuexing had no party members at all except his soldiers.

There were quite a few ministers in the court who wanted to please him, but in the end he gave them a bowl of closed doors. Gradually, more people hated him than liked him.

Of course, there are many people who like him and admire him, but most of them are young people, and there are very few young people with his status in the officialdom, and they can't talk about it.

Those who refused to let him go out were worried that Xiao Xuexing was pretending to be sick. After all, Xiao Xuexing stayed in Nanyanzhou for some reason for the past two years and refused to leave. If anyone said that the place could warm and nourish his body, no one would believe it, so Xiao Xuexing must have a conspiracy.

Maybe his health has recovered a long time ago, just to deceive everyone.

If he is allowed to go to war, isn't this a gift of general merit to him?

Now Xiao Xuexing's name as the regent is already very difficult to deal with. With a little more military exploits and defeating the Northern Wei Dynasty, what's the matter with them?

Now Sangong can't wait to back away from Xiao Xuexing when facing Xiao Xuexing, will it pay off if this continues?

The letter described the mental activities of the ministers vividly, making Xiao Xuexing feel as if he was watching the excitement, and he really laughed at it. At the same time, he also felt a little pity in his heart. He only felt that the prince was blind and his heart was clear, and he could understand the thoughts of these ministers. It's transparent.

As long as his eyes are fine, the position of crown prince must be his, and His Majesty will not have a headache about the heir.

However, if his eyes were good, he might not be alive now.

Xiao Ji reminded in the letter: Be careful, they may have to transfer the troops from Nanyanzhou.

Xiao Xuexing was not surprised at all. Now that the Northern Wei Dynasty is going south, it is certain to transfer troops, but he is very knowledgeable about where to transfer from. Now he is in Nanyanzhou, and all the soldiers and horses under his command are here. Those people naturally have reasons to transfer the troops from Nanyanzhou , he's here anyway.

He doesn't mind, just adjust it casually, anyway, he is determined not to go out if he can't go out, it's not that he doesn't care about state affairs, the main reason is that he himself is also worried about what to do if he is half hit and can't hold on?

He hasn't found Xiao Zirong yet, and he is even worried that what if he beats the other party too hard, what if the other party tears Xiao Zirong up?

Not long after Xiao Ji’s letter arrived, the imperial court’s transfer order came down, and the commander of the garrison in Nanyanzhou happily took them away—staying here, he was always worried that he might be followed by him at any time, after all, if it was about corruption He is not much at all, and things like eating empty pay are basically a matter of convention.

In fact, he didn't know that Xiao Xuexing didn't bother to care about such things at all, as long as it wasn't too much, he could turn a blind eye.

In the past, Wang Cishi was too much. Seeing that it is not just one or two people who don't care about death, but now... the most empty salary is the court spending more money. Xiao Xuexing remembers that this garrison commander still has a little bit of ability, and also It can be regarded as fighting hard, not the children of aristocratic families.

In this way, he will be more relaxed. After all, it is better to give money to these people than to let the people in the court embezzle them.

But the commander of the garrison was not stupid, he had bid farewell to Xiao Xuexing before he left, and presented the defense map of South Yanzhou with both hands, and also talked about his arrangements in recent years.

After Xiao Xuexing read it, he understood why Xiao Xuan agreed to the proposal of those ministers. He is indeed a capable person. It is not clear whether he is fierce in battle, but at least he is good at defending the city.

Xiao Xuexing let him go graciously, without any harshness, after the commander of the garrison left, the military of South Yanzhou fell into Xiao Xuexing's hands.

He felt a little helpless thinking that he was really a restless life, and finally there was a governor in Nanyanzhou, and he was even asked to take care of the garrison.

In fact, the fact that the governor has no military power is a matter of the past two years. Xiao Xuan has also learned the lesson of Xiao Baojuan. At the beginning, Xiao Xuexing and Xiao Yan were both governors. If they did not have soldiers, they would not be able to rebel. It’s better not to have soldiers in hand, and those generals should also guard against it. We have to think about the specifics, but we can’t do it now, otherwise he will cut down his military power here during the war. Isn’t that waiting for these people to rebel? ?

Xiao Xuan is not considered a genius in government affairs, and he has only touched a little bit of the way up to now, but he has a clear mind and knows what can and can't be done, so he barely survived.

Compared with others, Xiao Xuexing was much more comfortable in deploying defenses, which he was used to, and the soldiers under him were actually a little stronger than those raised by the imperial court.

Ling Fu was also able to comprehend his meaning better, in this regard Ling Fu was rare to be astute, sometimes he knew what to do without Xiao Xuexing needing to explain it thoroughly.

Xiao Xuexing often lamented that Ling Fu really put all his cleverness into leading troops.

Seeing Xiao Xuexing deploying heavy troops along the border, Ling Fu couldn't help but feel a little strange: "Your Highness, why did you put all your troops there? Now that the North is targeting the west, it's impossible to attack our side again?"

Xiao Xuexing said: "That's not necessarily the case. What if the other party thinks that he can win Jiankang?"

Ling Fu had an unbelievable look on his face, but he thought that His Royal Highness had never guessed wrong, so he still followed Xiao Xuexing's idea.

Sure enough, after three months of stalemate on the western battlefield, the Northern Wei Dynasty finally couldn't resist and began to attack Southern Yanzhou.