limited backtracking

The first emperor passed away, and the new emperor ascended the throne. The situation in Daxia was unstable, and it was the time when foreign enemies were eyeing.

The Privy Council was brightly lit for several days.

Judging from the military newspapers of Bianji and Yunsui, it seems that Great Liang intends to win over Beijiang, but Beijiang has not responded for a long time.

"Since the last defeat, Beijiang has avoided war for ten years. After the two sides signed the armistice agreement, although Beijiang did not make friends with Daxia, it did not offend Daxia again. This time Daliang may not be able to do so."

"As long as Beijiang doesn't explicitly reject Great Liang, there's still a half chance. We still need to fortify."

"Yunsui has a strong military force, and if Northern Xinjiang invades, it can still withstand it. But the margin is not as good as Yunsui, and the terrain, materials, and military strength are not superior. In addition to the fierce battle a year ago, the margin has not yet been rebuilt. If Great Liang unites with Northern Xinjiang Offensive, marginal may not be able to defend."

"..."

While listening to the discussion of the courtyard affairs, Bai Lian was arranging the marginal defense map.

"What does Your Highness think?"

Bai Lian was still holding a pen and sketching the deployment map on the paper, and asked, "What do you think, Young Master?"

Jiang Weiyan: "In my opinion, it is better to take the initiative to attack than to sit and wait for death."

Bai Lian twitched the corner of his mouth unobtrusively, and looked up at him, "Continue."

"The reason why Northern Xinjiang has avoided war for many years is not that its troops are too weak to compete with Great Xia or Great Liang, but because the current king of Northern Border is war-weary. Although it is war-weary, Northern Border's army training has not slackened, and its troops are even stronger. If any party rashly sends troops to attack Beijiang, Beijiang will not become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, and it is impossible to tell who will die." Jiang Weiyan analyzed, "If nothing happens, Beijiang will not agree to Great Liang. If war breaks out in the future , is also a matter of Great Xia and Great Liang, the northern border will not be implicated in any case, and the kings of the northern border are not stupid enough to waste their military and financial resources to form an alliance with Great Liang."

Li Yuanshi added: "Young Lord is right. If Northern Xinjiang wants to participate, they have joined forces with Great Liang to attack Great Xia a few years ago. Why should they form an alliance with Great Liang, whose national strength has been greatly reduced?"

"If Great Liang didn't win over Northern Xinjiang this time, we should have postponed our actions and waited until our forces grew stronger before attacking. We would have more time to set up defenses at the margins. When the time is right, we don't give Great Liang time to react, and we can directly send troops to take it down in one fell swoop. Big cool."

Bai Lian drew up the military transfer order, and handed the military seal and the military transfer order to Jiang Weiyan, "The tiger charm is in the hands of the emperor, I will get it later, you take these, and the soldiers and horses of Daxia are at your disposal .”

"Yes."

"Your Highness, this..." a member of the court faltered.

Bai Lian knew what he wanted to say, and glanced up, "Any objections?"

"Sir..."

"Why, who do you want to pin a hat on for no reason?" Bai Lian stood up, "That's the end of today's discussion. If there is nothing else, everyone can go back first. If you are dissatisfied with my decision, you can come directly The East Court is looking for me."

The court officials looked at each other, and after a while, they all bowed and bowed, "I will take my leave."

The others had left, but Jiang Weiyan was still sitting there with his right hand resting on his cheekbone, looking up at Bai Lian with a smile.

Bai Lian looked down and saw him looking straight at him, smiled, sat down, imitated Jiang Weiyan's movements, tilted his head and met his gaze, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Look at the way you defend me, it looks good."

Bai Lian raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

He called Fengzhi and asked him to enter the palace to get the tiger charm.

"Frost's Fall is approaching, how can the marginal defense be rectified?"

"How long do you want, Your Highness?"

"Two months."

"can."

"The winter solstice will be in two months..." Bai Lian put down his hands and leaned forward on the table, touched Jiang Weiyan's lips before leaving, looked into his eyes from a very close distance, and said softly, "I I want you to come back with me."

Jiang Weiyan stroked Baili's lower lip, stared at it for a moment, then kissed it again.

"I promise you."

***

The day before Jiang Weiyan's departure, it snowed, not too much, but the temperature still dropped.

Since Leng Yu returned to Yunsui, Jiang Weiyan seldom went back to the Marquis Mansion. He remembered that Leng Yu left a sable cloak in the mansion.

I don't know how cold this winter will be, and with Baili's body getting weaker and weaker, Jiang Weiyan wished he could guard him at all times.

A few years before Bailiyan was grounded, his body had not yet fully recovered. He lay on the bed for a long time. After getting out of bed, he could only sit in a wheelchair. After that, even when he could walk with both legs, he needed crutches.

In order to make it easier to enter and exit, the thresholds of other houses except the gate of Prince Jing's Mansion were removed.Jiang Weiyan was used to a house without a threshold, but when he returned to his house, he tripped over the threshold.

Jiang Weiyan pretended nothing happened, straightened his face, turned around and said to Feng Yi: "Let the housekeeper remove all the thresholds of all the houses in the mansion."

Feng Yi suppressed a smile, "Yes."

Back in the backyard of Prince Jing's Mansion, I saw Bai Lian sitting on the railing, looking up at the snow.

Jiang Weiyan unfolded his cloak, wrapped Baili Eucalyptus from behind, and hugged him whole again.

"It's freezing."

Bai Lian turned his head to look at him, "The edge is colder."

"It's okay, as long as you're not cold." Jiang Weiyan rubbed his head against Baili's neck, "I won't see you for two months, it's been a long time."

Bai Lian said with a smile: "I didn't see you in the past three or five years, isn't it longer?"

Jiang Weiyan narrowed his eyes, "It's different."

I just miss you more than before and feel that life without you is more difficult.

Jiang Weiyan let go of him, sat down on the other side and stroked his face.

"What's wrong?" Baili An asked with a smile, feeling the warmth in his hands.

Jiang Weiyan used his thumb to rub against the place where the snowflakes had melted, "It's snowing right now."

He took Bai Lian's hand and took out something from his arms.

Thyme took a closer look and saw that it was a red bracelet.

"This...you made it up?" Bai Lian saw that the craft was not from a shop, "When did you make it up?"

"A few days ago, I compiled a lot of articles, but this one looks better."

With his hands used to holding cold-blooded weapons, he clumsily wove a red rope and carefully tied it around Thyme's wrist, making his white and thin wrist extra gorgeous.

"Ugly." Although Bai Lian said so, the corners of his mouth did not come down.

"It looks good on you." Jiang Weiyan took his hand, kissed the protruding wrist bone of Bai Lian's wrist, and said, "I will protect you from evil spirits and avoid disasters, and protect your health."

The temperature was uploaded from Jiang Weiyan's hand, and Bai Lian looked at him, and for some reason, the tip of his nose suddenly felt sore.

He was afraid that Jiang Weiyan would see his gaffe, so he hugged him.

"Jiang Weiyan."

"I'm here."

"Jiang Weiyan."

"I'm here."

Bai Lian yelled a few times, and Jiang Weiyan responded a few times without getting tired of it.

Just when Jiang Weiyan thought he was falling asleep on his shoulder, a voice suddenly came from his ear.

Jiang Weiyan rubbed the back of his neck and listened, stunned for a moment, then replied with a smile: "Well, I remember."

Bai Lian said to him: "I love you so much."