Happiness is to see the woman you like suddenly throw herself into your arms and act coquettishly. You don't know where to put your hands. Looking at Aunt Yun's tired face, Meng Xinghe slowly put his hands on Aunt Yun's shoulders, trying his best to He whispered: "Someone is watching," he reminded in one sentence. In the past, Aunt Yun was noble and refused to show her little girly side in front of others. Now, in front of so many people present, she hugged her so reluctantly just after she came. He kept to himself, and those around him who came after hearing the news, although they knew about Meng Xinghe and Aunt Yun, saw that the two were so deeply in love as husband and wife, they all turned around and did not disturb their show of affection.
Aunt Yun seemed to be distracted by Meng Xinghe's words, her face turned red, she pushed him away gently, turned around and came to General Lan, straightened her throat and said nothing, probably to sort out her previous gaffe as a young woman.
General Nan chuckled and said, "Old minister, I pay my respects to Princess Xiruo." He knelt down and was about to kneel down. This was entirely out of courtesy for a courtier.
Yang Xiruo raised her hand to support him, "General Lan, there is no need to be polite. Back then, my father gave you 40,000 elite soldiers from Jiangdu to take to Lingnan. More than 20 years later, these 40,000 elite soldiers are still loyal to my Yang family. General Lan’s contribution is indispensable. Moreover, the Sui Dynasty has been dead for more than 20 years, so there is no need to observe the etiquette of monarchs and ministers."
General Lan was also not polite. After receiving Princess Xiruo's order, he willingly said: "Princess, I lost. Mr. Meng has done all the three questions you asked. I must not abide by the instructions of the late emperor. I will The last foundation of the Yang family is in his hands, and no matter what, the veterans and other soldiers will follow him to the death,"
Meng Xinghe doesn't know what kind of alliance there is between Aunt Yun and General Nan, but he doesn't care about it anymore. Yang Xuangan's matter has not been resolved yet. His less than 40,000 elite soldiers cannot deal with Yang Xuangan's 100,000 soldiers. , this is undoubtedly a case of overestimating one's ability.
"Second brother will set off for Shuzhong immediately. Soon he will take the military talisman from the Ministry of War to dispatch troops and generals to guard General Zhang in Lingnan. I only wish him a smooth journey," Meng Xinghe thought silently in his heart, and Chai Shao rode Heifeng. They have moved reinforcements from Shuzhong, and the only thing they can do now is to buy time for the army to arrive.
However, how can a mere 40,000 elite soldiers defend themselves against Yang Xuangan?
Meng Xinghe was not proficient in marching and fighting. Fortunately, he brought Miss Du and General Lan with him when he came back to Lingnan. They quickly formed a resistance alliance to resist Yang Xuangan's retaliation, and directly surpassed Meng Xinghe's top command. Overhead he arranged fortifications.
Everyone has a clear division of labor. Mr. Chai picked two good players and went to Shuzhong under Meng Xinghe's repeated instructions. Miss Du, General Lan, and Aunt Yun, who were more familiar with marching and fighting than Meng Xinghe, were sent to Shuzhong under General Lan. In the mansion, strong troops were deployed to guard the locations around the General's Mansion where Yang Xuangan was expected to attack. After learning that Yang Xuangan was actually not taking any action, several people even believed that Yang Xuangan would insidiously take down General Lan's Mansion in one fell swoop. .
And while Meng Xinghe's side was busy arranging defensive fortifications.
At Yang Xuangan's house, Yang Xuangan felt more and more uncomfortable and realized that he was indeed poisoned by poison. Unfortunately, he was not a priest of the Miao family and could not cure poison. He just felt that he could still hold a sword and a gun and was full of energy. His body suddenly felt as if it had been drained dry, as if he had aged many years.
"General, why didn't you arrest Meng Xinghe and Lantian in one fell swoop earlier?" I was aggrieved by Yang Xuangan's inexplicable retreat in front of the Miao Palace, but now I see General Yang sitting in the room motionless after returning. This is completely unlike him. Yang Xuangan had a character of never letting his opponents stand up. As his lieutenant, Yang You, the general who had followed Yang Xuangan for thirty years, asked this question without knowing it. In his heart, he was already eager to lead his troops to attack General Lan's house.
Yang Xuangan knew what he was doing, but his two lieutenants, Yang You and Xu Hu, although they had been with him for many years, could not be said to be confidants who could talk to him. He never trusted anyone, and he could even give away his wives, concubines, and daughters. To Yu Wenji, who else could he trust? He didn't want to tell that he had been poisoned, for fear of shaking the morale of the entire army, but the holy aunt of Nanzhao Temple refused to keep her promise and bring the medicine to cure the poison. , he already felt a headache. Hearing the call from the two lieutenants, he, who had always been thinking carefully, could not bear his temper and said: "Yang You, you immediately hurry up and send us an order to go to the Lingnan border and send the 100,000 people who are staying there." Recruit a group of soldiers. Xu Hu, you can lead a pair of troops to attack Lantian's mansion from time to time."
He rubbed his forehead and felt his palms getting colder and colder. Yang Xuangan knew that the Miao family's poison was powerful, but now, he wanted to destroy the entire Nanzhao Ancestral Hall.
He suddenly felt cruel and said to Xu Hu: "Immediately issue a recruitment order, saying that there is rebellion in Lingnan. All residents in Lingnan should send a man from each household to supplement our team."
"I have the order," Xu Hu immediately resigned after receiving the order.
Seeing that his subordinates had been ordered out and the room was empty, Yang Xuangan sat on the armchair and murmured: "Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, I can't beat you. I can't even beat people like you. I, Yang Xuangan, If you don’t believe me, I want you to open your eyes wide this time and see how I killed your Taiping Sect’s Holy King with my sword. Otherwise, I’m sorry for all these years and I’ll never be able to figure out how I treated you and Yang Guang. Hate,”
"Ah..." After saying this, Yang Xuangan roared, obviously in extreme pain.