Chapter 674

There was no fanfare about Yu Xi's choice of reading companion for Brother Hao, but when Du Shao and Brother Hua entered the palace to follow Brother Hao, the news spread.

Xiao said to Yuan Ying with some dissatisfaction: "Master, why did you choose Feng Dajun and Du Zheng's children, but not our children?"

Yuan Ying also knew about this matter, and knew Yuxi's criteria for choosing a companion for Brother Hao's son: "Achen is much older than the eldest son, and it is not suitable for him to serve in the army now." Yuan Ying's eldest son Yuan Chen is sixteen years old this year, and now he is the general manager of the seventh rank in the Qianwei Camp.

Xiao Shi said: "Ah Chen is not suitable, but is there a last? My last is no worse than Du Shao and Cui Weiqi." In Xiao's eyes, Yuan Last is no worse than anyone else.

Yuan Ying laughed angrily: "A last is no worse than Du Shao and Cui Weiqi? I am ashamed that you have the face to say such a thing. Du Shao and Cui Weiqi have practiced martial arts well and read books well, but what can A last do?" You can’t study martial arts and can’t endure hardships, so how can you be favored by the prince and princess?” My son is not up to date, and no one can blame him for this.

Seeing that Mrs. Xiao wanted to say more, Yuan Ying sneered and said, "If you hadn't spoiled A-last too much, followed him and helped him hide everything from me, you could have been brought up to be what he is now. As long as he has one If you can do it, he will be the one to accompany you this time." Even if you don't have one, you can still fight for it.

Xiao Shi was a little short of breath: "It's because A-Xue is not in good health, so I pampered him more." Yuan Zhi's health was indeed not very good when she was a child, and Xiao Shi took a lot of thought to raise her.

Yuan Ying was too lazy to argue with Xiao Shi again: "Don't save me dinner tonight." After speaking, she went to the front yard.

At night Yuan Ying stayed in his aunt's yard and did not go back to the backyard. Xiao Shi was so angry that he didn't sleep well at night.

Yu Xi didn't know that Xiao Shi had an opinion on the companions she picked, but even if she knew, she wouldn't care.

In October and next month, the black widow in the capital sent news that the imperial court had decided to send another 100,000 troops to the south of the Yangtze River. According to the information they inquired, the army should be sent to Jiangxi this time.

Yu Xi said to Xu Wu: "Send someone to invite the prince back immediately." This matter is not trivial, and Yun Qing must be informed as soon as possible.

Yun Qing came back when he got the news, saw Yu Xi's anxious face and smiled and said: "Don't worry, the sky won't fall." The imperial court's sending troops to Anhui only made it more difficult for them to capture Jiangnan in the future, and there was no other problem.

Brother Hao also followed Yunqing: "Mother." Although Brother Hao is young, Yunqing specially asked him to participate in these things, so this time, he was specially asked to follow.

Yuxi nodded, and continued: "The imperial court sent 200,000 more troops to the south of the Yangtze River, which is very bad news for us." The Liaodong Army is also brave and good at fighting, no worse than the Northwest Army. When the two armies confront each other, even if they win, they must pay a heavy price.

Yun Qing nodded and said: "Both Anhui and Jiangxi have increased by 100,000 troops. It is much more difficult to capture Jiangnan than I expected. But even so, we have a good chance of winning."

Yuxi asked: "You already have a countermeasure?"

Yun Qing smiled and said: "You forgot, it was you who proposed it at the beginning. With this hole card, they will definitely be caught off guard."

Although Brother Hao looks like a little adult, the city is not enough. Hearing Yun Qing's words, Brother Hao couldn't help asking: "Father, mother, what cards do we have?"

Just as Yun Qing wanted to speak, Yu Xi shook her head. Yu Xi said to Brother Hao: "Ah Hao, since it's the trump card, naturally the fewer people who know about it, the better." Brother Hao is too young, and Yu Xi is worried that someone with a heart will leak it out.

Brother Hao was not disappointed either, he nodded towards Yuxi and said, "Mother, I understand.

"Brother Hao knows that if he doesn't tell him, it's because he doesn't trust him. It's because he is too young to take care of things. When he grows up, his parents won't hide anything from him anymore.

Yun Qing touched Brother Hao's head, and said with a smile: "Ten years later, when the time comes, Dad will take you to the battlefield together."

Brother Hao was not happy, and said: "Father, mother, the eldest sister said that she will be able to fight in two years, why should I not be able to fight in ten years?" Ten years later, he will be sixteen years old, A full three years later than the eldest sister.

Yun Qing laughed and said: "As long as you can have the skills of your elder sister when you are thirteen years old, you will naturally go to the battlefield with Father Neng."

Yuxi looked at the father and son and said: "Maybe the world will be peaceful in eight years, and there will be no more wars." It is impossible for there to be no wars within eight years. Even Yuxi herself knew that this was just her beautiful imagination.

Brother Hao said like an adult: "If there is peace in the world, that would be the best." Fighting means death, and if there is no war, there is no need to die.

Yun Qing is very satisfied with Brother Hao's answer. As a general, his greatest hope is that there will be no war in the world.

Yuxi smiled, and asked Yunqing: "Do you want to increase troops to Hubei?" Guan Tai led 100,000 troops to guard the border with Jiangxi. Now that Jiangxi has increased its troops by 100,000, Guan Tai's troops are definitely not enough.

Yun Qing nodded and said, "I will let Gao Song lead 50,000 troops to reinforce Guan Tai, and the Shu land will be handed over to the second brother." Gao Song and Han Jianye have been in charge of the Shu land for the past two years. Gao Song is mainly responsible for the defense and security of the border towns in Shu, while Han Jianye is responsible for eliminating the rebel forces in Shu.

Han Jianye implemented Yuxi's gentle policy towards the Yi people, and with Lu Lin's help, there were no rebels in Shu after more than two years.

Yuxi nodded and said, "Is 50,000 horses too little? Do you want to transfer another 50,000 horses from Gansu?"

Yun Qing shook his head with a smile and said, "No need. If Guan Tai with 150,000 soldiers cannot defend the city, I will withdraw him." Even if Guan Tai was able to defend the city without sending reinforcements, it was just to be on the safe side, so he sent five more soldiers. Thousands of horses.

The husband and wife were talking when they heard Xu Wu's voice outside: "My lord, my concubine, Henan sent back the eight hundred miles battle report."

Yu Xi's complexion sank, she didn't expect Qiu Dashan to send troops as soon as he arrived in Fuyang, but he didn't know how the front line was going.

Brother Hao's body tensed up after hearing this. It was the first time to participate in such a thing, and Brother Hao was a little nervous.

Yunqing opened the battle report, handed it to Yuxi after reading it, and said, "Although Du Zheng repulsed the attacking troops, Du Zheng said in the military newspaper that Qiu Dashan is coming fiercely this time. It seems that I miscalculated earlier. .”

Yuxi immediately understood: "You mean that Yan Wushuang and Yu Chunhao wanted to attack first, so they took the initiative to send troops to attack us?" The couple also thought about this, but their cities were very well built. Strong, and secondly, their soldiers and horses are very powerful. So under such circumstances, Yu Xi is not too worried even if there are 200,000 more troops sent by the imperial court.

Yun Qing nodded.

Yuxi said: "Since this is the case, then we should increase our troops to Luozhou."

Yun Qing hummed and said, "I'm just afraid that Yan Wushuang might have a backhand?" As far as the current situation is concerned, he's not worried, he's just afraid that Yan Wushuang might have some cards that they don't know about.

Yu Xi said: "We know exactly how many soldiers Yan Wu has in his hands. It is impossible for him to have private soldiers, at most they are some low-level methods. As long as we are not too wary of his calculations, we don't have to worry too much." Hide one or two Thousands of private soldiers are already great, but it is impossible to hide hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. The daily consumption of so many soldiers and horses is an astonishing amount. If there is, it is impossible for their people not to find out.

What Yunqing hates the most is these shameless methods used by Yan Wushuang.

Brother Hao was confused about what his parents said, but he didn't ask any questions. Yuxi told him before, let him listen more and read more, and wait for her to explain when she has time if she doesn't understand.

After talking, Yun Qing said to Brother Hao: "Ah Hao, go back to your yard and let the teacher make up your lessons, and make up for the missed homework as soon as possible."

Brother Hao felt a little regretful, but he didn't bother too much: "Father, mother, then I'm leaving."

Yun Qing looked at Brother Hao's back and said, "This kid is only six years old! He's too old." It's good that his son is sensible, but it makes him feel a little distressed.

Yuxi also felt distressed, but Brother Hao's identity destined him not to be as comfortable as Brother Rui and the others. Yuxi said: "It's better to be old than naive. According to this trend, Brother Hao will probably be able to stand alone in ten years' time."

Yun Qing shook his head and said, "Sixteen is too young to convince the public." In the eyes of many people, sixteen is just a brat, no matter how good Brother Hao is, he cannot be trusted. Therefore, it is impossible to think of picking up the pick ten years later.

Yuxi smiled and said: "I just said that Brother Hao will be able to stand alone in ten years, and I didn't say that he will take over the whole thing." Even if Brother Hao is smart and has not been tempered enough, she dare not let go. But with Brother Hao's help at that time, she won't have to work so hard.

Yunqing dispatched 100,000 troops from Gansu to reinforce Luozhou, and Zai dispatched 50,000 troops from Shu to support Guantai.

Such a big move couldn't be hidden from those eyes and ears planted by Yan Wushuang. A few days later, Yan Wushuang got the news.

Yan Wushuang said in a deep voice: "I thought Yunqing would mobilize the soldiers and horses from Yucheng, but I didn't expect that he would mobilize more than half of the soldiers and horses in Gansu, leaving no troops from Yucheng." Three soldiers, a total of 350,000 horses were recruited. Now Xihai has 250,000 soldiers and horses, and Yucheng has 120,000 soldiers and horses.

With the strengthening of the fighting power in the border town, facing the Beiyao people, they are no longer in a passive position to be beaten.

Meng Nian said: "It's the beginning of November now, and the weather will be cold at the end of the month, so we can't fight this battle. Yunqing guessed it was based on this consideration, so he didn't mobilize the troops from Yucheng." Yucheng is now strong The combat power of the city and the soldiers is 70,000, and the remaining 50,000 can be drawn out.

Yan Wushuang shook his head and said: "I always feel that something is wrong, Yun Qing seems to be too calm." But he couldn't tell what was wrong. It can only be said that this is an intuition.

Meng Nian said: "Your Majesty, Yunqing will try his best to attack Jiangnan. Even if we increase our troops by 200,000, it will be difficult to keep it. That's why Yunqing is so calm." That's what he said, but Jiangnan is a well-known money bag , I am unwilling to give up without fighting for it.

It was also for this reason that Meng Nian did not object to Yan Wushuang's increase of troops to the south of the Yangtze River. Moreover, they did not increase their troops for free, even if they lost, they would not suffer.

Yan Wushuang said with some regret: "Unfortunately, the people we have inserted in these years have not been able to break into their inner circle." If they can't break into the inner circle, they will not get any confidential information.

If Yuxi heard this, she would definitely scoff. If they were infiltrated so easily, their husband and wife would have died a long time ago, how could they still be today.

After talking, Yan Wushuang walked out of the study. Ah Qian came forward and said: "My lord, Mrs. Xiang's personal maid has been waiting outside for a long time." When the lord is talking about business, it is impossible for them to go in and report back.

Hearing Mrs. Xiang's personal maid said that A Bao beat Mrs. Xiang, Yan Wushuang frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" Learned martial arts. But because Abao is a girl's family, Yan Wushuang didn't expect him to lead troops to fight in the future, and he didn't have any requirements to follow her. And Abao's favorite weapon is the nine-section whip, but under Yuchen's strict discipline, he dare not use the whip when returning Abao in the backyard. It was the first time today to use a whip to whip someone.

Mrs. Xiang's personal servant girl cried and told the story. It was nothing more than Yuchen bullying Mrs. Xiang because of her status. Mrs. Xiang refuted a few words, but Abao whipped her when she heard it.

Yan Wushuang said lightly, "I see."

As soon as Yan Wushuang stepped into the Ruyi Garden, he saw Ah Bao standing in the courtyard with an aggrieved face and being scolded.

Seeing Yan Wushuang, Ah Bao threw himself into Yan Wushuang's arms like a butterfly, put his arms around his waist and said, "Father, you are here." When the father came, she would no longer have to be scolded by the concubine mother.

Yuchen didn't wait for Yan Wushuang to ask, and explained the matter: "This girl just whipped Mrs. Xiang twice. Why is Mrs. Xiang also her elder, this girl is too bold." Mrs. Xiang was brought in by Yan Wushuang three years ago. government. Although this girl is average in appearance, she is very fond of Yan Wushuang, and she even had a child last year. With her son, Mrs. Xiang's arrogance became even more arrogant, and even Yuchen was ignored.

Ah Bao hurriedly raised his head and said, "Father, Mrs. Xiang scolded her mother and even scolded me." The reason why Ah Bao has never whipped anyone so far is because she is favored and no one dares to offend her.

Yan Wushuang asked A Bao unchanged, "What did she scold you for? Made you so angry."

A Bao snorted coldly and said: "She scolded her mother for being shameless and disobedient, and even called me a little bitch." The latter sentence was added by A Bao.

Yan Wushuang looked at Yuchen, and asked: "Is she really scolding you and Abao like that?" Calling Abao a little bitch, wouldn't even he be scolded in it, and Xiangshi would not be so stupid. So he believed half of this at most.

Yuchen said with red eyes: "I'm the one who got Achi and Abao involved." It's okay for her to be wronged, but she didn't expect to implicate a pair of children.

Ah Bao grumbled and said unhappily: "Father, what are you talking about? Do you think that Ah Bao lied to you?"

Yan Wushuang said with a smile: "Forget it this time, don't use the whip next time." Mrs. Xiang was whipped twice, it can be regarded as a lesson for her!

A Bao hummed and said: "Understood." (To be continued)