Fazheng shouted, Xiao Furong was leaning on the desk, fist-fighting with a barbarian and was happily not hearing anything. Fazheng shouted helplessly, and Xiao Furong discovered Fazheng at the signal of a barbarian.
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"Oh, Mr. Fa, what's the matter?"
Xiao Furong was slightly stunned. Normally, these civil and military ministers, except for being very powerful, didn't talk to her very much. When they met, they would just salute respectfully. Xiao Furong knew that these civil and military ministers hated her, and that kind of rigid respect was also because of
Liu Zhang’s reasons.
Although Xiao Furong returned the gift every time, she always felt strangely uncomfortable, so she simply tried to avoid those civil and military people she encountered again.
As a result, there were no civil or military officials to talk to Xiao Furong, and Xiao Furong was happy and free, only interacting with a group of barbarians.
She didn't expect that Fazheng would take the initiative to find her. Xiao Furong remembered that Fazheng helped Huang Yue frame her when she was in Yizhou. Since Xiao Furong didn't blame Huang Yue, she wouldn't blame Fazheng, but she knew it clearly in her heart.
Fazheng just hates himself, and he wonders what Fazheng is looking for him to do.
This was the first time that Liu Zhang's civil and military officers took the initiative to look for her, and Fa Zheng had a very high position in the Sichuan Army. Seeing his serious expression, Xiao Furong suddenly became a little nervous, and hurriedly put down the wine bowl and sat upright.
, adjusted his clothes, and glanced at the stumbling barbarians again.
These subtle movements were seen by Fazheng. Fazheng just sighed in his heart, saluted Xiao Furong, and said to Xiao Furong without changing his expression: "Madam, can you come out with me for a moment?"
"Oh, oh, yes." Xiao Furong agreed hastily.
The night breeze is warm and blows gently on my face.
There was constant laughter and noise in the courtyard, but it was rarely quiet outside. A crescent moon hung high in the sky. Xiao Furong followed Fa Zheng out. She felt a little uneasy in her heart. She just thought that she had done something wrong that would affect Liu Zhang. Fa Zheng was going to
Come to blame yourself, twisting the corners of your clothes with your fingers.
However, it was not Xiao Furong's character that he kept struggling. As soon as he walked out of the door, Xiao Furong said bluntly: "Mr. Fa, just say what you have to say. If I have done something wrong, just say it and I won't care."
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Fazheng smiled: "Madam, you are worrying too much. Madam has never done anything wrong. The reason why she is wrong is because other people think that Madam is wrong, so Madam is wrong. Fazheng calls Madam out because she just wants to ask for something."
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Xiao Furong chuckled lightly. Although she didn't understand what Fazheng's tongue twisters meant, she had her own standards for measuring right and wrong. Anything that would cause trouble to Liu Zhang was wrong, and anything that wouldn't cause trouble was right.
"It's okay for Mr. Fa to speak out. As long as Furong can do it, there will be no excuses."
Fazheng sighed. There were many things he wanted to say, but when Xiao Furong saw his reaction, she held them in her heart. She just felt that if she said it like that, it would hurt the girl very much, so she finally chose the important thing to say.
"Madam, my lord has always been in poor health. If the military situation is urgent, Fa Zheng has nothing to say. But now that the three armies are resting, other chores will be left to us ministers to worry about. Madam, please give me more advice and not to drink too much."
You can’t stay up late and work hard.”
Fazheng paused for a moment when he said this, and sighed: "Originally, these words are what our ministers should say, but Fazheng estimates that the lord will not listen to them. The lord can always brainstorm when facing major issues, but some lords think it is right.
Things will not listen to us.
Now the lord only has his wife as a concubine, and she is always by his side. The lord's health still needs to be taken care of by the lady. The lady is someone close to the lord, so some words are easier to say, and the lord is more likely to listen.
Of course, my lord has some stubbornness in his character, so it is reasonable for my wife to think that it is difficult to persuade her and want to follow my lord’s wishes.”
Fazheng said the last sentence with a smile on his face, but Xiao Furong felt a little uncomfortable. Didn't this clearly mean that if she didn't persuade Liu Zhang, she would be a bad woman who only wanted to please her charming husband? Xiao Furong knew that she
She's not a good wife, but she's not that bad either.
If he had had his previous temper, or if the person standing in front of him was Samoko or another barbarian general, he would have kicked him out long ago.
Xiao Furong was a little upset, but she couldn't get angry at Fa Zheng. She could only say: "I understand, Mr. Fa, don't worry, I will definitely persuade you."
After saying that, he walked angrily into the courtyard, the sword on his body opened and closed, making a clanging sound.
"lady."
Fazheng suddenly stopped Xiao Furong, Xiao Furong turned around, Fazheng paused, raised his head and said with a smile: "No one is born a good wife and mother."
Fazheng's meaningless words made Xiao Furong confused. Fazheng looked at Xiao Furong's back as she entered the door, sighed and smiled: "I hope you can change something, otherwise it will be a pity for a good girl."
At this moment, a young boy broke in from outside, bowed to Fazheng, and was about to rush into the courtyard. Fazheng stopped him in a deep voice: "Why are you so alarmed?"
"There is an urgent military situation and we must report it to the lord immediately." The young general said breathlessly.
"My lord drank some wine and may not be able to take charge of the affairs for the time being. Please tell me first."
"Yes." The young general hesitated for a moment and bowed to Fa Zheng: "Mr. Fa Zheng, something bad happened. Fan Lixiang, the prefect of Guiyang, surrendered his county to the enemy and proposed a grain scraping plan to Liu Qi. All the three counties of Wuling and Lingling in Changsha rebelled against Liu Qi.
Eighty thousand troops gathered in Hanshou to do harm to me in Jiangling."
"What scraping plan?"
Fazheng was not surprised, but just a little confused. After asking the generals for details, he learned that the grain scraping plan was to dig three feet into the ground to collect grain and pay. Now the four counties in Jingnan have been almost wiped out by Liu Qi, with a grain harvest of 50,000 shi.
Before Liu Zhang withdrew from Jingnan, he had already destroyed the official grain supply in Jingnan. Liu Qi was able to collect so much grain, so it seems that Jingnan was hollowed out.
"Huh~~"
Fazheng breathed a sigh of relief. The Jingzhou army was about to counterattack. However, this had been expected by Fazheng. As long as Liu Qi and his Jingzhou generals had normal IQs, they would not sit still and wait for death. Currently, there are as many as 60,000 Sichuan troops in Jiangling.
How can the garrison be afraid of Liu Qi's 100,000-strong army that has been deprived of supplies? Even with Fan Lixiang's so-called grain scraping plan, Liu Qi's 100,000-strong army will be wiped out as long as it persists for three to five months.
Liu Qi is a child with a yellow mouth, but Fazheng thinks he still doesn't take it seriously.
What Ling Fazheng didn't expect was two things. The first was that Fan Lixiang actually surrendered to the enemy. Could it be that she was preparing to surrender to the enemy by asking to be a female eunuch of Guiyang? But it makes sense anyway, Fan Lixiang was originally from Jingzhou.
, his men were Jingzhou soldiers, so it would make sense for him to surrender to Liu Qi.
But what surprised Fa Zheng the most was Liang Qiao, the prefect of Wuling. Liu Zhang and all the Sichuan army generals thought that he would surrender without a fight, but they did not expect that Wuling was the one who resisted the Jingzhou army the most fiercely. Liu Qi also thought that Liang Qiao would surrender without a fight.
He surrendered and sent a small force to take over the defense of Wuling city. Unexpectedly, they were ambushed by Qin Ci, the captain of Wuling, and the entire army was wiped out.
At this time, Liu Qi was rushing to Changsha. The army had to turn to Wuling, which wasted a lot of time. However, Wuling took advantage of the mountains along the way to form a camp step by step. The defenders of less than a thousand people resisted Liu Qi's vanguard army.
It has not been lost in the past ten days.
Instead, Fan Lixiang arrived in Guiyang and was the first to surrender the city. Changsha Lingling followed suit and surrendered. Wuling was unable to survive alone, so Liang Qiao led Wuling officials to open the city to meet Liu Qi's army.