After about half a stick of incense was burned, there was no one around Fang Yunsong. Facing the Tibetan front guard cavalry who surrounded him, he stretched out his right hand to reach for the quiver, but only found two arrows.

Pei Yue slowly rode forward, and Gu Fan followed him.

Fang Yunsong's right hand kept clenching and unclenching. After repeating this for more than ten times, he finally said: "Before I die, can I ask a question?"

Pei Yue nodded slightly.

Fang Yunsong stared at Gu Fan and asked with a complicated expression: "I want to know how you can do it, so that the main cavalry can cross the river south quietly."

Pei Yue glanced at Gu Fan, who was silent and tenacious next to him, and said calmly: "As the Wufeng navy goes down the river, your monitoring intensity in the upper reaches of the Tiancang River will inevitably weaken. This is our opportunity."

Fang Yunsong shook his head and said, "You don't have enough ships."

Pei Yue said calmly: "It is true that there is no such thing on the surface, and the several large ferries upstream are still controlled by the Qin Dynasty navy. It's just that the Tiancang River stretches for thousands of miles, and it's impossible for you to clear the entire area. In the past, we

We didn’t do that because it was not necessary. The Dingzhou Navy could protect the pontoon bridge between Puqi City and Jiangling City as long as it spared no casualties.”

He paused and said with a hint of sarcasm: "Speaking of which, I would also like to thank your fourth brother this time."

Fang Yunsong subconsciously clenched the long arrow in his hand, anger and sadness emerged in his eyes, because he finally remembered something.

More than half a year ago, he was ordered by his father to go to the upper reaches of the Tiancang River to meet Fang Yunhu. At that time, he used his powerful archery to help the fourth boy block the pursuers behind him. The most critical reason why Fang Yunhu was able to escape from Beiliang was that Beiliang

Liang's help from the Cheng family.

Moving forward in time, the Cheng family secretly colluded with the Southern Zhou army and used water transportation to smuggle goods to make huge profits, becoming a pawn planted by Fang Xiexiao in Beiliang.

The Cheng family not only had boats, but also mastered hydrographic information and several secret ferries. Under the premise that the main force of the Wufeng navy was advancing eastward, they could still send four thousand cavalry to the south bank with all their strength.

Pei Yueyuan looked at Fang Yunsong, whose face was ashen, and said coldly: "When Fang Yunhu set up the trap, I was curious about how he planned to escape back to the south, so I kept an eye on it. But I didn't expect that one day I would use the Cheng family's chess piece.

, I didn’t expect that your father would attack Jiangling City like crazy."

"fart!"

Fang Yunsong said sternly: "If it weren't for your aggressive behavior in the Northern Liang Dynasty, hoarding hundreds of thousands of heavy troops on the border, and even taking our Jiangling City as your own, why would my father do this? You are calling black things white,

How ridiculous is it to call shamelessness into justice and act arrogantly in my court under the guise of marriage!"

Pei Yue shook his head and said calmly: "I'm not interested in trying to reason with you."

When Gu Fan heard this, he immediately rode forward.

Fang Yunsong had a look of disbelief on his face, and then he used the last strength in his body to shoot the two long arrows one after another.

Gu Fan's expression remained normal and he easily slashed it down with his sword.

After a while, he brought Fang Yunsong's head to Pei Yue and slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity.

Pei Yue looked at his still gloomy expression, thought for a while and said: "Miss Nanqin doesn't want to see you like this even in heaven. Revenge can be avenged slowly, but you must give yourself a little buffer space. Fang Yunhu has been crowned, and now Fang Fang

The second son of the family also died in your hands, do you plan to pretend to be lonely and lonely for the rest of your life?"

Gu Fan forced out a smile and said, "Thank you."

Pei Yue said angrily: "Thank you."

Gu Fan was startled, and then protested: "Hey, I'm your brother. If I hadn't helped you back in Green Willow Manor, you would have..."

Pei Yue looked at him quietly.

Gu Fan finally couldn't speak anymore and sighed softly: "I will let go of those things in the past."

Pei Yue urged his horse closer, raised his hand and patted his shoulder, and said calmly: "That's right."

Everyone returned to the battlefield and began to clean up the mess and collect arrows.

The gains from this battle were not small. Not only did they cripple the Southern Zhou Dynasty’s rare cavalry unit, Dingshan Camp, but they also defeated the 5,000 infantrymen of the Ningguo camp. Although it was impossible to annihilate them all, it was enough to cause further damage to the Southern Zhou’s western defense line.

emptiness.

The most important thing is that after the defeat of Dingshan Camp, the Zangfeng Guards captured a large number of troops and horses, laying a solid foundation for the next attack on this vast land.

Gu Fan looked at the Zangfeng Guards officers and soldiers around him who were full of bravery, and asked: "Where to go next?"

Pei Yue turned to look at the east and said decisively: "Jiangling City."

…

Jian'an, Imperial City, Daqing Hall.

Emperor Qingyuan looked at the noisy and noisy scene below, his expression looking very ugly.

When the cabinet released the news that it wanted to clear land, the government and the public were in an uproar. For the wealthy families who made up the entire Southern Zhou Dynasty, this move was tantamount to digging up their foundation. Even though the gold, silver and land controlled by these people could be used by their children,

The descendants could enjoy it endlessly, but no one was willing to dedicate it to the imperial court.

If Xu Huiyan, the first assistant, had not used his own Qinghe County and the Xian family's Yonghe County as pilot projects, the opposition would have been enough to annihilate him.

Even so, his life was not easy these days.

Before this matter could come to a conclusion, the news from the north was like thunder, shaking everyone to the core.

Duke Xie Xiao raised his troops to attack Jiangling City!

At this time, both the war faction and the peace faction were frightened and angry, because the so-called marriage and marriage was obviously a pretense, just to create an opportunity to attack Jiangling City. Without the permission of His Majesty the Emperor and the cooperation of the chief ministers of the cabinet,

Even if Fang Xiexiao suddenly became insane, he would not be able to do such a thing unless he wanted to rebel.

Only then did the officials realize that they had been kept in the dark, and that the previous debate about marriage and marriage was like a joke.

Even if a small number of people could understand Emperor Qingyuan's good intentions, the remaining officials still disapproved of this method. It would be fine if Fang Xiexiao could succeed. The benefits of recapturing Jiangling City need not be elaborated, but what if it cannot be taken?

That meant that the imperial court would fall into absolute passivity, and it would be almost impossible to repair relations with Beiliang.

The only advantage may be that in this chaotic situation, no one will oppose the national policy of clearing the land.

In the midst of the noise, Jubei Marquis Xian Chunqiu suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the deal is now done. I believe that we should work together to give the greatest support to the Duke of Zhen!"

Emperor Qingyuan and Xu Huiyan looked at each other, feeling a little surprised in their hearts.

This situation is extremely secretive. From the beginning to the end, only the monarch and his ministers and Fang Xiexiao knew the inside story. No matter what they said afterwards, there was only one real reason for excluding Xian Chunqiu, and that was that they were unable to intervene at the most critical moment.

I generally believe this veteran who defected from Beiliang.

Emperor Qingyuan was already prepared for Xian Chunqiu to come out and sing the opposite, but he did not expect that this person would actually support Fang Xiexiao.

At that time, a civil official stood up and refuted: "The old marquis has been away from the battle formation for a long time, and he may have forgotten the dangers of the military. According to the report sent by the Zhenguo Duke, now that the war has been going on for several days, Jiangling City has been attacked for a long time.

If not, will the Northern Liang frontier army just sit back and do nothing? Once the national war breaks out and the Liang army goes south, who will be able to bear this responsibility?"

Xian Chunqiu said angrily: "Now that the matter has come to this, we should unite sincerely. How can we let the Liang people laugh? The Duke of Zhen is good at military affairs, and the soldiers under his command are brave and good at fighting. I don't believe that an army of more than 100,000 can't take down a Jiangling."

City! Don’t say any more. If you let me hear the words of fear of war again, I will definitely ask your Majesty to punish you for collaborating with the enemy and treason!"

In the absence of Fang Xiexiao, Xian Chunqiu was undoubtedly the leader of the military. These words were so resounding that they actually suppressed the objections of all civil servants.

Emperor Qingyuan was silent for a moment, and finally said: "There is no need to discuss it. I will just follow the advice of the Northern Marquis. The Military Aircraft Department and the cabinet will work together to give the Duke Zhen the greatest support."

"I obey the decree."

There were few responses, but Xian Chunqiu's resonant voice penetrated the entire hall.

After the court meeting, Xian Chunqiu walked out of the imperial city alone. Although he was already in his sixties, his steps were still steady.

The autumn wind blew his gray hair.

The old man said to himself softly with a complex expression: "A war that is destined to fail..."

It seems a bit regretful, but also a bit happy.
Chapter completed!