Jiang Qing

Pingdu Baifu.

Bai Bingchen stepped into the room with frowned eyebrows, and when the servant girl loosened the court clothes outside for him, and changed into the ordinary clothes, he was slightly dazed, looking listless.

Before Mei Shao went to Beidi, he left Jian Shiliu in Baifu, and handed over half of his intelligence contacts in Jianjian Villa to Bai Bingchen.

With the war raging in the north, the deferred food and grass became extremely important. Even though the household department who raised the food and grass was one of his subordinates, Bai Bingchen still went through them one by one, and personally selected a reliable food escort officer to deliver the food.

His nerves were tense, and he was a little distracted in the court today. He was extremely tired, and he leaned on the small couch with his eyes closed to rest, and he didn't even notice Jian Shiliu coming in.

"My lord." Jian Shiliu called, and Bai Bingchen opened his eyes in a daze.

"Flying Pigeon just sent a secret report that the last batch of grain and grass sent to the Northland was dried up on the way, and a mountain fire broke out, and it was completely burned."

Bai Bingchen's heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "Where's the grain officer?"

"The grain guard was seriously injured. Within two days, the official residence report for this batch of grain and grass will be sent to Pingdu." Jian Shiliu added: "This batch of grain and grass was not delivered to Beidi in time. Can last another month."

Deep fatigue welled up in Bai Bingchen's brows. Mei Shao and Qin Chengze had been fighting each other for some time, and the two sides were still at a stalemate. Now, winter is about to begin, and winter in the Northland comes early, and once the ice freezes, it will be difficult for people and horses Okay, Mei Shao's situation is even more difficult.Cutting off the food and grass in Beidi at such a critical moment is tantamount to choking Mei Shao's lifeline. Bai Bingchen never believes that the fire is just a coincidence.

"In today's court, someone impeached Chongjin." Bai Bingchen pressed his aching head, took a breath, and said with difficulty: "Some people in Yushitai said that Chongjin would not regain the lost ground for a long time, and they supported their own self-respect and made contributions. He wanted to use the situation in the Northland in exchange for fame. There were also two low-ranking officials in the court who agreed. Although they were reprimanded by His Majesty, there was no major disturbance. However, the affairs of the court have always been There must be something behind for today's impeachment." Bai Bingchen raised his eyes and glanced at Jian Shiliu, expressing his intentions: "I was still thinking about this matter on the way, but when I got back to the mansion, you told me that the food and grass for the march were burned. , it seems that they are heading for Chongjin."

"Your Excellency, what do you mean, the situation in the court today, and the food and grass on the way are all instigated by the same person?" Jian Shiliu pondered for a while, and understood what he meant, "I will send someone to investigate the reason for the burning of the food and grass. "

Bai Bingchen nodded, and said: "The matter of food and grass can't be delayed. Since we got the news a few days earlier than the people in the court, we should take advantage of this time to raise food and grass. You ordered your Jianghu people to pretend to be merchants, and in Pingdu When buying grain, follow the trend of rising grain prices in recent years. Don’t collect too much, so that the price of grain has risen too abnormally and attracts attention. Then follow this method, bring the grain and grass collected from Pingdu all the way north, and the towns You are better than me at hiding your whereabouts. You should know how to do it. The food and grass raised in this way can solve the emergency. I will once again follow your Majesty to collect official food and send it to the Northland. Official rations will attract attention, and your transportation will be easier.”

Although Bai Bingchen mistook Zhang Jiudai as the person behind the Anxiang Pavilion, but Anxiang Pavilion took advantage of the military chaos to attack. Wei Tao, the auxiliary emperor's pavilion, gained the trust of the late emperor after the fall of the Yu family during the first emperor's time. The Anxiang Pavilion also provoked it. The change of Nanyang Hou's soldiers was evidenced by the Anxiang Pavilion's convenience for the Nanyang Hou. At this time, the chaos in Yanzhou was caused by foreign enemies. Bai Bingchen didn't want to focus on it, but All kinds of signs showed that the Anxiang Pavilion even colluded with the enemy and treasoned the country, slandering Mei Shao in the court for Qin Chengze, in exchange for Li Guojun's unrest.

Luring wolves into the house is not done by smart people. Qin Chengze is not a businessman who can buy people's hearts by giving a piece of meat. Since he has swallowed the land of the Li country, it will be more difficult for him to spit it out in the future.The Dark Fragrance Pavilion is not for high position at all, for the sake of power, he can take the entire Li country out for a deal, and what he wants to do must be a big move like changing the dynasty.

Mei Shao is in the military camp, Wu Yu backstabbed earlier, but now the army is not so clean, maybe there are people buried in the Anxiang Pavilion, ready to strike at any time.

Bai Bingchen was anxious and wished he could go to the battlefield with him like he was in Nanyang, but he also knew that he was Mei Shao's solid backing for fighting on the front line, as long as he didn't fall, the food and grass sent to the north would not be cut off.By blocking Pingdu's open and dark arrows, Mei Shao has a better chance of winning and returning triumphantly.

He guards the court hall, serves as the soldiers of the Northland, for the fortune of the Li country, and also as the one who rides the horse and silver spear.

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Northland barracks.

Mei Shao stood in front of the sand table with a bowl in his hand, picked up two mouthfuls of rice, and then fiddled with the red flag on the sand table.

Now that Li An has completely controlled Jiang Guo's court, it can be regarded as Mei Shao's help, but after Wu Yu's incident, Mei Shao has also become more cautious. Shock Li An.She would rather be a multi-minded villain than let go of possible hidden dangers. Mei Shao's behavior now seems to be a bit of Bai Bingchen's foresight.

Chu Yan had just sent Prince Cheng back, and when he opened the curtain, he saw Mei Shao performing a sand table, and said, "My lord has already set off, and I will be able to arrive at Han Que Pass tonight."

He hesitated for a moment, and then said: "We just made a relationship with Li An, and let Prince Cheng guard the gate. Is it too deliberate, Li An will guess what the general thinks, and when the time comes, we will not look good to each other in terms of cooperation. "

"Well, he will indeed guess." Mei Shao responded, grabbed a handful of sand in the sand table, and watched them slowly flow down in his clenched hands, "He will know that I am here for the relationship between us." Besides, since it was Prince Sheng and not anyone else who I let go, he should thank me."

"Attacking the city is the bottom, attacking the heart is the top." Mei Shao's eyes flashed a gloomy, "This is Meng Ye who reminded me."

——The siege is the bottom, and the heart is the top.If one day we see Liang soldiers retreating with their flags turned down, it will be the time for Li to make a general attack.

This was what Meng Ye asked Chu Yan to bring back to Mei Shao after he refused to leave with Chu Yan. He asked Chu Yan for a chronic poison that could be passed on to the person, and then stayed in the King Liang's court.Mei Shao told Zhenbei Hou Meng Yilin about this matter, Meng Yilin stood silently for a long time, and said, "He is a son of man in vain, but he is a loyal minister."

Afterwards, the two tacitly stopped mentioning Meng Ye.

"There is one more thing. The grain and grass transported from Pingdu encountered a mountain fire in Wumeng Ridge and was completely burned. Now the grain and grass in the barracks are still enough for more than a month. Do you want the general to write a letter back to Pingdu?"

Mei Shao raised his eyebrows, "Burn? It seems that some people don't want me to win. With Yanfang here, don't worry about food and grass. Can't stop worrying. Don't you have a letter from Yanfang yet?"

"No." Chu Yan said: "Where is Jian Shiliu, don't worry, General, Mr. Bai is probably busy with food and grass, and can't take care of the letter for a while. I will also seal this matter, so that other people in the army will not know. "

"I hope so." Mei Shao suddenly realized, and asked, "Do you still remember the number of times we fought Liangbing during this period?"

"Recently?" Chu Yan thought for a while, and said in shock: "It's been eight or nine days since there was no movement from Liangbing soldiers. Usually, Liangbing soldiers will always come to call for battle in three or four days. What's going on recently..."

Mei Shao sneered, patted the fine sand in her palm, looked deeply, and said in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter whether our army knows about food and grass, the important thing is that Liangguo should have known that we are short of food and grass Because this matter is what Qin Chengze is most proud of... No wonder he deliberately kills the time of the battle, no matter how he fights, he just blindly defends the city, so it was his idea."

"Then what to do, seeing that winter is about to begin, the northern land will get colder when it snows. It is difficult for cavalry to move, it is difficult to hide their tracks in the snow, and food and grass are even more scarce. If we can't decide the victory before the end of the year, The situation has become one-sided like a mountain, and it is difficult to turn around."

"His current stability is only temporary. With Meng Ye tossing around, he wished to take my head as soon as possible. Now I will deliver a knife to him and give him a full chance Kill me, do you think he can bear it?" Mei Shao said softly: "As long as he wants to seize this opportunity, he has to send troops, and sending troops will change the situation."

Mei Shao gave Chu Yan a look, her gorgeous eyebrows looked like demons under the flickering candlelight, revealing a chilling coldness, "Send a letter to Li An, let him make a good deal with Qin Chengze, let him go He entered Han Que Pass, and at the same time, secretly told Meng Ye the news."

"Let Liang soldiers enter Han Queguan?" Chu Yan said in surprise: "Once Han Queguan enters Liangbing, there will be a city within a hundred miles in the future, and Liangbing can arrive there by day and night. Once the situation is out of control, Li The northern part of the country must be lost, this is a dangerous move!"

"It's not dangerous, how can we win?" Mei Shao's eyes were slightly ruthless, "Han Que Pass, a line of valley, let's make a break there."

Chu Yan's eyes moved slightly, and he replied, "Then I'll send the letter now."

"Wait." Mei Shao suddenly stopped him, started to walk to the desk, spread out the paper, and paused for a while, "By the way, ask someone to send this letter to the Baifu in Pingdu. I put myself in a dangerous situation. I'm afraid he's worried."