Chapter 620

(it's the end of the month. Let's see if there are any monthly tickets. The end of the month is the key to keep our position. You know... We can't let a month's efforts be wasted at the last moment, can we? We've worked hard until now, and we're only one step away from success!)

Chi Haonian and Zhong Xin didn't come out and walk around the room all afternoon. At the door were their two trusted followers. When someone came to deliver water, they were politely blocked. Until it was getting dark, Wu came to greet them in person, and the door opened from the inside. After Wu went in, they stayed in it for more than an hour, and they didn't know what they talked about.

At dinner time, Wu Yi sent someone to invite Fang Xie, but Fang Xie asked someone to go back and say that he was still asleep and didn't wake up. Chi Haonian and Zhong Xin knew that Fang Xie did it on purpose, but it was a little rude, so Wu Yidao apologized on behalf of Fang Xie, and then arranged a banquet to continue drinking.

It was not just Wu Yidao himself who accompanied the wine this time. The main generals of the black flag army in the camp were all present, and there were more than a dozen people. These guys have a strong drinking capacity. After two rounds of respect, Chi Haonian and Zhong Xin can't carry it. Although they have good drinking capacity, the black flag army uses large bowls instead of wine cups. They drink delicately, and these soldiers are very rough one by one.

After drinking a meal for nearly an hour, the two frontier officials really drank too much this time.

The two were carried back to rest. Instead of putting them together this time, they lived in a separate room. The guards brought by Chi Haonian and Zhong Xin were busy, but no one cared about this detail. After drinking at noon, they put the two people together for consultation. After drinking at night, it's not just because it's impolite for the black flag army to sleep in one room.

The next day, before dawn, the two of them were awakened by the thunderous roar outside. Zhong Xin struggled to get up from bed, rubbed her almost painful head, pushed open the window and looked out. He saw countless black armor soldiers practicing on the school yard in the distance.

On the point general stage in the northernmost part of the school field, the young man who looked weak yesterday stood there in a black robe, very heroic.

The soldiers on the school field constantly changed their formation with the flag bearer waving the flag on the general stage. The black flag army, which followed the changes of the infantry formation of the great Sui Dynasty, looked solemn. Looking at the posture, there were at least 10000 soldiers practicing on the school field, but there was no stagnation between the formation transformation and it was very smooth.

Although Zhong Xin is not a general, it doesn't mean he doesn't understand anything.

He has been fighting in officialdom for decades. What kind of scene has he never seen? When he was in Liangcheng, he saw the cavalry of the black flag army outside and knew that it was an elite. Today, when he saw the infantry training of the black flag army, he looked at the young man named Fang Xie again.

He remembered that when he was young, his father once said a word to him, which he always remembered.

No one can casually succeed, even if it comes from a famous family.

How could Fang Xie's strength be just luck? He went to the Northwest with only a battalion of troops. Instead of dying out in the chaotic situation, he pulled back a team of tens of thousands of fine cavalry. In less than a year, he established a large camp of such scale in Zhuque mountain, and trained such magnificent infantry... Only this morning, Zhong Xin's impression of each other changed greatly.

At this time, Zhong Xin also guessed that the next window was also opened. Chi Haonian looked at the young man in black on the school field with a dignified face like him.

The two people's eyes intertwined for a moment. Before they could have any conversation, they saw Wu Yi coming over with a smile: "why did you wake up so early? Was it not that you were noisy by the soldiers? I'm really sorry. This is the habit of the senior general. No matter cold, summer, rain and snow, you have to practice in person every morning. I apologize for the senior general for disturbing you to rest."

"No, no"

Chi Haonian, who was close to him, quickly waved his hand and said, "the great general's rule of the army is admirable."

"Why don't we go and have a look?"

Wu made a gesture of invitation.

As the saying goes, lobbyists follow the Lord. Although they are prominent, they are also guests when they arrive at the Zhuque mountain camp. They somehow freshen up, change their clothes, and follow Wu to the school yard.

"San Jin Hou..."

Chi Haonian hesitated for a moment, but he couldn't help asking: "the general was drunk yesterday. What did he say to you when he woke up?"

Wu Yidao nodded and said, "last night, when our banquet broke up, the general got up. Because I told him not to be awakened, he lost his temper and said to wait for two distinguished guests."

"Not this..."

Chi Haonian was a little worried: "didn't you say anything else?"

"Other?"

Wu Yi thought for a moment. As soon as he was about to speak, he saw Luo Weiran passing by with a team of Xiaoqi school. At the moment he saw Luo Weiran, Chi Haonian and Zhong Xin's faces obviously changed.

"That... Isn't it Luo Weiran, the original commander of the Imperial Guard?"

Zhong Xin asked subconsciously.

"Exactly!"

Wu Yidao nodded: "now he works under the command of the general, not just him..."

Wu Yidao pointed to the man standing respectfully behind Fang Xie on the distant commanding general's stage and said, "that was the eunuch in the imperial study. The emperor had extra trust in him. Before the imperial expedition, he asked him to bring a secret order to find the senior general. It can be said that the senior general is now acting on the emperor's secret order."

These words confused Chi Haonian and Zhong Xin. Isn't Fang Xie Luo Yao's son? Didn't he stay in Huangyang road to hold the foundation for Luo Yao? Why did he suddenly become an emperor? How did it suddenly become acting on the emperor's secret order?

Wu Yidao just made them confused. Seeing that their faces were changing, he smiled and said: "In fact, the senior general was worried when he knew what the two mentioned yesterday. The senior general had the right to make an arbitrary decision when he was ordered by his majesty to eliminate the rebels in the southwest. It is reasonable to know that the senior general must lead the army to fight against the bandits in Southern Xinjiang. However, there is really a lack of food and grass in the camp, so the senior general has more heart and less strength."

"If the general wants to go south to fight against thieves, he should worry about the problem of food and grass?"

Chi Haonian said, "what we said at the banquet yesterday was not a joke!"

Zhong Xin also said, "since the great general has his Majesty's will, it's justifiable to send troops to fight thieves. Where you go, who won't support it? My words yesterday count. As long as the great general is willing to lead troops south, my northern emblem road calculates that no matter how poor you are, you can still support some money and food. You can't let the soldiers kill the enemy for the country hungry!"

"In that case, don't talk later. I'll test the meaning of the general first."

Wu Yi smiled: "but what I'm worried about is that the senior general is reluctant to give up the Zhuque mountain camp that has just been established. If someone comes to attack my Zhuque mountain idea when the senior general resists foreign enemies for the country, wouldn't it make the senior general cold?"

"No!"

Chi Haonian said, "absolutely not!"

Wu Yi sighed: "you two said no, I naturally believe, but the general must also think of the following hundreds of thousands of soldiers... If you don't send all the threats, the general can't rest assured to take the team South."

"I don't know..."

Zhong Xin frowned and asked, "how can we reassure the general?"

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Yongzhou

Standing on the tall city wall of Yongzhou, looking southward with a thousand mile's eye, you can see the flames burning in the farthest distance of sight. All the gates of Yongzhou City have been closed. From today on, even the people who have fled can't enter the city. No matter how they beg, the gate hasn't been opened, and the soldiers guarding the city are also moved, but they don't dare to disobey the military order above Resistance.

In fact, it can't be blamed on the ruthlessness of the generals. Now the troops of he people and Nanyan are close at hand. No one knows whether there are Nanyan spies among these refugees. Once they sneak into the enemy, who can guarantee that the city will be able to defend at that time?

Therefore, no matter how miserable the people below begged, the soldiers turned their heads and couldn't bear to see it, but they were still determined not to open the gate.

After begging for a long time, the people didn't wait until the city gate was opened, so they had to bypass Yongzhou and continue to go north. In fact, many refugees have been accepted in Yongzhou City these days, and the people who fled from the south live in the streets of Yongzhou. The he people kill people too fiercely, which is a beast compared with the Nanyan army. The Nanyan people only rob money and food, but rarely kill people, because they have to kill them People also took it back.

After the founding of Nanyan, the country's population was not large. In addition, because the life of the great Sui Dynasty was better than that of Nanyan, many people secretly went to the great Sui Dynasty to settle down. The great Sui Dynasty did not refuse anyone, and Murong shame did not dare to offend Luo Yao, so he didn't even dare to ask, so he had to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

In the most recent year, hundreds of thousands of people came from Nanyan and became Sui people.

Nanyan's national strength is poor and the people pay heavy taxes. The emperor of the great Sui Dynasty has always taken good care of the roads in the southwest, and he will reduce money and grain every year. Although Luo Yao raids very, it is not the people but the rich families. Even if Luo Yao also collects taxes, it is far lower than that of Nanyan. Luo Yao also likes these Nanyan people to vote because they have no respect for the great Sui Dynasty, It was more reassuring for him to choose soldiers from these people.

Because of this, Murong's hatred of shame became stronger. He cheated the emperor of the Shang Dynasty from the big dog brothers. If the big dog had no special ability, the two brothers would almost have been killed by him. He finally pretended that the crown prince of the Shang Dynasty established Nanyan, but his national strength was weak. He had no choice but to grovel before the powerful Sui empire.

This resentment has been accumulated for a long time. Murong shame found a vent this time. So he ordered the Nanyan army not only to plunder money and food, but also to rob the population. Moreover, he also had to check that all the people who fled from Nanyan to Pingshang road had a word of slave on their faces with a red soldering iron.

As for those he people, they may not even know what they want.

Because they've been just killing.

The current garrison general of Yongzhou City is Xu Qingzhi, the fourth PinLang General of Daozhi Yamen. Although Luo Qiu is also in the city, he simply handed over all the garrison matters to him because he doesn't understand military affairs.

Xu Qingzhi was just under the age of thirty-five or six. He was already a senior general. If the Sui Dynasty had not been chaotic, he might not have had a chance to become one of the top generals of the 16 guards for a few more years.

He stood on the city wall, looked at the distant beacon smoke, and looked back at the crowded refugees in Yongzhou City.

"Without these refugees, Yongzhou could last two months if it was besieged. Although Luo Yao took most of the grain and grass, at least there were some stocks. But now with more refugees, it would be good to last one month."

He sighed, looked at the big Sui flag that governor Luo Qiu asked people to hang again on the wall of Yongzhou, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "now it's going to hang the big Sui flag... Who else can scare?"

I don't know why, he suddenly wanted to cry.