Although he was caught off guard, he was actively preparing for war at this time.
Fan Jizu, Duke of Qishan, rushed to Longqing Mansion a few days ago, and then visited Zitong City, which is closest to Mianzhou.
A defense line was deployed along the Zitong River west of Zitong City.
He is full of resentment now.
His beloved youngest son was captured outside Fengmen Pass, and the Qishan Duke's Palace had lost its face.
There was even a fire in the backyard, and his wives and concubines came to him crying endlessly.
Then Fan Sheng, who had an important position in the Fan family, first lost Fengmenguan and then Suzhou.
Even he himself died in the battle in Suzhou City.
Although the emperor continued to praise Fan Sheng's fighting spirit, and promoted Fan Sheng who died in the battle to a higher rank, and even granted him a posthumous title.
But Fan Jizu could still hear the hidden meaning in some of Liang Hanmin's words.
That means Fan Sheng is useless.
The Duke of Qishan's Mansion has lost a lot of face recently.
However, Lu Fang once made both of his sons disgraced. Fan Jizu himself had always scorned the rebels.
Therefore, when he was ordered to go out this time, he was determined to annihilate the rebel army within the territory of Longqing Mansion.
While letting out a breath of bad breath, it also restored the prestige of the Qishan Duke's Mansion.
To the west of the Zitong River is the burial place he chose for the rebels.
Lizhou East County is close to Chengdu, and the Tongchuan area has a lot of rain. Regardless of whether it is the dry season or not, there are only a few places where you can cross the Zitong River.
It would be easy for him to stop the rebels.
Only a few stone bridges on the river need to be blown up, and there will only be two small roads left that can allow the rebels to pass.
Otherwise, you have to take a detour.
But he doesn't plan to do that.
He just wants to keep these stone bridges, and then deploy heavy troops to guard them, so that the rebels can come and die.
He wanted to see what these rebels were capable of.
By this time, he had transferred all the 20,000 imperial troops in Lizhou East County to the Zitong River.
The imperial troops in Jingzhao County, Qingyuan County, Jingxi County, and Kuizhou County have also been ordered to move out.
The imperial troops from Jingzhao, Qingyuan and Jingxi counties all moved to Lizhou East County, while the imperial troops from Kuizhou County were assembled in Chongqing Prefecture.
This posture is clearly aimed at taking Tongchuan County's retreat.
This shows how determined Fan Jizu was to completely eliminate the rebel army.
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Chengdu Prefecture.
Within the Nishiyama Nogawa River.
Inside the cottage where Shan Tai and others originally lived.
Lu Liang set out and took away Lao Wang, Lao Deng and Lao Xiao, but left Lao He behind and asked Lao He to take the red lady, Liang Siqi, Chen Youxi, Zhu'er, Fu'er and many other women and their families back to Nochuan.
Copycat.
Although life there is more difficult, the experimental fields that Lu Fang worked on before are still there.
There are also many family members of the original rebels.
You won’t worry about being hungry.
More importantly, if the rebel uprising fails, they will still have the opportunity to leave Xishan Yechuan and flee to Gaochang State.
Lao Wang left a letter to the Red Lady.
If that day comes, Lady Hong and the others go to Gaochang Kingdom to seek protection from the Tianchi Sect, he thinks his junior sister will not stand idly by.
As for Wu Lita, the leader of Tianchi Sect, Lao Wang knew in his heart that although that guy was more petty-minded, he would still consider the feelings of his junior sister.
At this time, it had been some time since Lao Wang, Liang Siqi and the others arrived at Xishan Yechuan.
Liang Siqi and the others still live in the stilted building where Lu Fang originally lived.
Naturally, they already knew Lu Fang's whereabouts.
They knew that Lu Fang went to Xingqing County, and also knew why Lu Fang didn't even say hello to them before leaving.
No one knew whether to be moved or angry. In the end, all they could do was feel helpless.
Fortunately, there are still many people around me, so I am not so lonely.
now.
In the main room of the Diaojiaolou, many people were gathered around.
Liang Siqi, Chen Youxi, Zhu'er, Hong Niangzi, Fu'er and other female family members add up to more than ten.
There are old women and older girls.
There is only one old man, Lao He.
Everyone was staring at him, including Liang Siqi.
It has been more than a month and a half since the three girls last met Lu Fang.
And after such a long time, Liang Siqi has never had her period.
Liang Siqi was thin-skinned and was embarrassed to say it. But Chen Youxi and Zhu'er both noticed carefully that she had become a little sleepy recently.
After asking, I found out that Liang Siqi’s menstrual period had been delayed for a long time.
After adding up the last time she had sex with Lu Fang, it turned out that she was probably pregnant.
At that moment, the two women quickly found Lao He and then the red lady.
Then for some reason, so many female relatives gathered here.
In fact, everyone is very concerned about this matter.
After all, if Liang Siqi is pregnant, she will be pregnant with the first seedling of the "Lu family".
It is also hope.
"Grandpa He, how are you?"
Lao He was still taking Liang Siqi's pulse, and the red lady couldn't help but ask questions from the side.
She is Lu Liang's daughter-in-law. As long as Lu Liang and Lu Fang do not separate their families, she will be the mistress of the Lu family.
Not to mention that her relationship with Liang Siqi, Chen Youxi and Zhu'er was already extremely close. She was very concerned about this matter both emotionally and rationally.
Lao He didn't speak.
Another half an hour passed.
The old man's face finally showed excitement and he said: "Girl Siqi is happy!"
With his medical skills, he had actually known it long ago.
It's just that he was nervous, so he kept calling for so long in order not to make any mistakes.
"Okay, okay!"
The red lady kept saying, holding Liang Siqi's hand, "Sister, you are happy!"
The other female relatives were also very excited.
Liang Siqi's pretty face turned red and her eyes were full of joy.
At this moment, there seemed to be a color in her eyes that was not there before.
Probably the glory of motherhood.
"Sister Siqi, I will move to your place tomorrow to take care of you!"
Fu'er said immediately.
In her heart, she always regarded Lu Fang as the young master, and Liang Siqi was naturally the young lady.
Zhu'er also said: "Yes, with Xi, my sister will have to pay more attention in the future."
"Yes, especially for someone like the princess who is pregnant with her first child, so be careful!"
"..."
The rest of the female family members also talked about it.
Liang Siqi was a little bit dumbfounded, but she was moved in her heart.
She blushed, touched her belly, and said, "I'm just pregnant, so I don't need to be so careful."
"You want what you want."
"This is not something to be taken lightly!"
But he underestimated the importance that other female family members attached to this child.
At that moment, the room became lively again.
It took a long time before all the female relatives dispersed.
Liang Siqi, Zhuer and Chen Youxi were left in the house.
Chen Youxi and Zhu'er looked at Liang Siqi's belly and were inevitably a little envious.
Of course they also want to be pregnant with Lu Fang's child, but this kind of thing depends on fate.
Suddenly, Zhu'er murmured, "If the young master were here, he would be as happy as a child."