The King of Liang, the feudal lords outside the town, and the generals inside

The date of attacking Zhangju Mountain was approaching, and everything was ready. Two days before sending troops, Bai Yu called Qin Ran and Mu Fengyi to him, and announced the news lightly, "I have asked Qiu Ye to train a young man in Zhangju Mountain. Make small batches. Your general direction is completely correct, but I have a little idea of ​​my own."

Zhangju Mountain, Jieyangzha and Pingzhou City are the three important barriers for the important city of Shouzhou. If they want to take Shouzhou directly, their current strength is far from enough, so Qin Ran and others decided to start with these three barriers .The capture of Zhangju Mountain caused Shouzhou to lose its only iron mine; the capture of Jieyang Gate cut off Shouzhou's military supply; Pingzhou City held the lifeline of Shouzhou's salt.As long as these three places are in hand, Shouzhou can be included in the bag without bloodshed.

Soon, Baiyu's meticulous training for several months played their role, spreading rumors in Zhangju Mountain that "there was a general who secretly communicated with the King of Liang".On an ordinary night, a neat cavalry marched forward in the silent valley. They didn't even disturb the birds in the mountains, just like a long snake cruising, silent, light and fast.

The defenders transporting grain at Jieyang Gate were on their way back to the camp when a feathered arrow pierced the chest of the first man with a "whoosh".

"There is an ambush! There is an ambush—!"

They shouted loudly, clenched the weapons in their hands, and looked around in panic. Soon, a cavalry on white horses came roaring, and the riders were all wearing the military uniform of Da Zhou.

"It's my own!"

They relaxed a little, but unexpectedly, these "insiders" brandished butcher knives and slashed at them.

The Da Zhou soldiers who escaped by chance ran back to the camp without their helmets and armor, and reported to the general: "General, we encountered an ambush when we returned to the camp. They were all wearing the uniforms of Da Zhou! We couldn't distinguish between friends and foes, so that we could not distinguish between friends and foes. Massacres, heavy casualties! Army rations were also robbed!"

The leader of Jieyangzha was named Ding Zhao. He rushed over in two or three steps, and grabbed his subordinate who was kneeling on the ground, "Can't tell friend from foe? Can't tell friend from foe, you just entered the camp together like this?!"

The horse Bai Yu rode was nearly three meters high, fat and strong, and weighed more than 2000 catties, which was a circle larger than other horses.It has no stray hairs all over its body, its whole body is snow-white, and its hair is so moist that it reflects light. At first glance, it looks like a rare, strong and beautiful horse.

"This is the horse Yan Xun gave me." Bai Yu held the reins, and accompanied by Mu Fengyi, entered the Jieyang gate, showing off, "I saw it at a glance in the stable of the general's mansion. It is the largest and the largest horse. It’s a big one, but it’s very docile, and I like white horses the most, so he gave it to me.”

Mu Fengyi cooperated and said: "The entire General's Mansion belongs to His Highness, let alone a horse."

Bai Yu laughed, turned to look at Mu Fengyi, with some relief, "You are the one who can talk. I named it Liu Fei."

As they talked, they soon arrived at the Chinese military tent in Jieyangzha. Ding Zhao had already been captured and tied aside, turning his head away with a cold face.

"General Ding." Bai Yu untied Ding Zhao's rope.

Ding Zhao glanced at him, waiting for his sensational speech to persuade him to surrender.

Bai Yu said, "Let's go."

Without hesitation, Ding Zhao stood up and walked away.

As soon as he walked to the door, Ding Zhao stopped and turned around, looked at Baiyu for a moment, then glared at Mu Fengyi who was beside him, and said, "It's normal that he wants to be the emperor, but the emperor treats you well, why do you want to help?" thief?"

Mu Fengyi was straightforward, "To repay the favor."

"What kind of favor can be compared to the kindness that the emperor gave you as a high-ranking official?"

Mu Fengyi said indifferently: "A high-ranking official and generous salary, that is what I exchanged for my blood on the battlefield, and I deserve it. What I deserve is not called 'gratitude', it is called remuneration. The real favor has no prerequisites and conditions. Reasons, such as King Liang's concubine saved my life."

Ding Zhao was speechless, gritted his teeth and stepped out.

Mu Fengyi raised his voice a little, "You should have died in Huangquan, Liang Wang is kind, he can't bear to kill you, and he doesn't force you to stay. Since you are let go, if you know what 'en' is, you should not be with me anymore. Let's go against each other and go far away."

Looking at Ding Zhao's leaving back, Bai Yu asked, "Do you think he will go to Zhangju Mountain or Pingzhou City?"

Mu Fengyi said: "It should be Zhangju Mountain. Pingzhou City is far away from here, and there is a big river in the middle."

"General Qin said that the defenders of Zhangju Mountain are not very smart."

"Ding Zhao will soon serve His Highness."

Bai Yu nodded, silently looking at the sky.At this time, the sun is gradually sinking to the west, and the afterglow dyes the clouds with magnificent colors, and then uses them to gently cover the earth with a layer of tulle.

"Is Your Highness worried about something?" Mu Fengyi asked.

"No, I was just thinking about what you said just now." Bai Yu sighed softly, "You said that true favor has no prerequisites and reasons, which is quite true. True love should be like this, without prerequisites and reasons. reason."

Bai Yu said sadly, "I suddenly realized that only Yan Xun's love for me seems to be like this."

Mu Fengyu was quiet for a moment, and said: "I will show His Highness Fucheng's letter at the end of the last few days, and His Highness has not yet decided whether to let them help in secret."

Bai Yu shook his head and said, "No need. Those who succeed or fail, don't let them bear the reputation of rebels, it's really not good."

"Speaking of which, the last general is very worried about the general. Cen An has taken over the military power of the general. After the general returns to the court, I'm afraid..."

"Yan Xun will not return to Shangjing." Bai Yu said, "Brother Huang must have secretly entrusted him with some mission. Giving military power to Cen An, one is to allow Yan Xun to leave the northwest barracks to do his work, and the other is to let him Let the Cen family relax their vigilance, and the third is to let Yan Xun avoid confronting me head-on. Brother Huang is considerate of him and me."

"Be considerate of the general...and Your Highness?" Mu Fengyi frowned, "Your Highness, there are probably many things that the general will not know about."

Bai Yu smiled, patted his arm, and said, "It's not just about you, I also have many things I don't know, Yan Xun also has it, and Brother Huang has it too. However, we both know some things and don't know some things together."

The more Mu Fengyi listened, the more confused he became, so he could only shake his head, "The last general just concentrate on fighting, as long as the other highnesses know."

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"Have you heard about the incident at the border?" Zheng Zheng said, "They let Yan Xun go just like that, and really thought that Yan Xun would honestly return to Shangjing to die."

Yuchi Yuan congratulated, "That's fine, we have nothing to worry about when Cen An leads the army."

Kezheng shook his head with emotion, "Soldiers? Are soldiers so important? Yan Xun has no military power, but he can do a lot of things. This is called breaking the jade cage and flying the colorful phoenix, and suddenly breaking the golden lock to escape the dragon. I am really scared, my The whole plan may fall short because of him."

"Last time, the Daoist asked me to send a letter to Feng Junyi, ordering him to tamper with the military rations that King Liang sent to the northwest. Unexpectedly, Yan Xun still defeated the joint forces of Xiaoqu and Nanwu. Then the Daoist still has more Any plan?"

悫zheng stood up and walked to the window, staring at the half-hidden sunset.He said in a deep voice: "Originally, our plan would not have so many branches, but later I had a disagreement with that person, and I no longer know what he wants to do. Now I am restless all day long, and I am really at a loss what to do. "

"That person?" Yuchi Yuanhe asked immediately, "Who is that person?"

Qianzheng turned around, looked at him with a smile, and said quietly: "This is a secret. Do you want to know?"

Yuchi Yuanhe nodded.

"You haven't fallen in love with Ye Zhiyan, have you?" Kui Zheng asked suddenly.

Yuchi Yuanhe sneered, "What do you think?"

"That's a pity." Qizheng sighed, "You'd better let him fall in love with you. If the last step fails, we must have a way out."

When Yuchi Yuanhe returned to the camp, he happened to bump into Mu Fengyi, who was distributing the seized luggage to each camp.Yuchi Yuanhe got off the horse, and Mu Fengyi faced each other in silence for a moment, the former was the first to speak: "Hey, General Mu, you have worked hard."

Mu Fengyi glanced at him lightly, and then passed Yuchi Yuanhe without looking sideways.

Yuchi Yuanhe stopped in front of him and said with a smile: "Why don't I remember when I provoked General Mu? We are all brothers in the same robe. If I offend General Mu in any way, you may as well speak up."

Mu Fengyi finally couldn't help it and said: "In the past, Zhao Wenwu only said that you were lustful, and that wasn't such a heinous thing, but I really didn't expect you to be this kind of person. Other people's hearts are flesh and blood, what did you do? ?”

"What do you mean?" Yuchi Yuanhe's smile began to stiffen.

Mu Fengyi looked around, took a few steps closer to him, and lowered his voice, "You probably don't know that Ye Zhiyan is a living person, not an object or an animal—I actually have to tell you this—you kill an animal You have to give it a good time, don't you?"

Yuchi Yuanhe's smile completely disappeared, his face turned blue and white, and he avoided Mu Fengyi's sight with some annoyance and embarrassment, "What did he tell you? You are quite close."

"Not all men have broken sleeves!" Mu Fengyi gritted his teeth and whispered, "Besides, why do you care who he gets close to? Just because you almost killed him?"

Speaking of this, Mu Fengyi seemed to think of something, "By the way, before you returned to Beijing, you brought back a group of young men from the south of the Yangtze River, and when you arrived in Beijing, there were ten missing. At that time, they all said that the ten were tortured by you. Damn, I still don't believe it, now it seems that it's not groundless." After he finished speaking, he gave Yuchi Yuanhe a contemptuous look, and walked around him to leave.

"I let them go." Yuchi Yuanhe said suddenly, "I even gave them money."

Mu Fengyi stopped and turned to look at him.

Yuchi Yuanhe continued: "They all have unsupported parents. I'm really not that bad."

Mu Fengyi is skeptical.

Yuchi Yuanhe's eyes darkened, "Probably because I was always laughed at when I was gentle and kind when I was young. Now I would rather everyone scold me for being vicious and ruthless behind my back. It's better for me than to laugh at me for having a flesh and blood bird." heart of."

"Many people have a past that they can't bear to look back on. You are not the only one, nor the most pitiful one, but no matter what you have encountered, it is not a reason for you to hurt innocent people." Mu Fengyi said, "If you really think so , and won’t say what you just said.”

"How is he now?" Yuchi Yuanhe asked.

"You should see for yourself."