Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 742 Newborn

The swords collided with each other. Gao Yannian deflected the blade, deflected the opponent's chop, and stabbed into the opponent's belly. The steel easily penetrated the leather and flesh, and penetrated the opponent's body. He pulled out the knife with great effort, clumsily avoiding the blows of others. Cutting across, the blade tore through the coat, setting off a string of sparks on the exquisite lock curtain. Gao Yannian didn't care to check whether he had any hands, and cut off the arm with his backhand. The person holding his arm screamed and fell to his knees. Gao Yannian raised his knees. Knocking him down, he turned around and shouted: "Dad, don't worry about that man named Luo, let's rush out by ourselves!"

The sight that greeted his eyes almost made the young man's jaw drop. A few minutes ago, Luo Qiuze, who had been lying on the ground with no air in his mouth, was now waving the steel knife vigorously, facing Gao Sheji back to back. Rush to kill, what the hell is going on? Wasn't he already poisoned and about to die?

"Don't be stunned, rush out!" Gao Sheji shouted to his son. Gao Yannian suppressed the doubts in his heart and rushed out with Gao and Luo. At this time, the field was already in chaos, and the bandits were slashing at each other. Killing, he didn't care about the three of them at all. The three of them had iron armor hidden under their clothes, and soon the three of them rushed out.

"Yannian, are you okay?" Gao Sheji panted for a while and asked his son.

"It's okay!" Gao Yannian moved his buttocks with difficulty: "My arm is a little bruised, but it's not serious. Dad, what happened to Uncle Luo? Didn't he just drink poisonous wine and he's already dead?"

"This is all a ploy!" Gao Sheji laughed.

"A strategy? What strategy?" Gao Yannian asked in confusion.

"Some wine was poisoned, but he had already taken the antidote in advance!" Gao Sheji said with a smile.

"Then what did he look like just now?"

"It's all pretending!" Gao Sheji said with a smile: "Think about it, if the bandits find that someone has been poisoned, we will be the first to suspect it. After all, we are the ones who initiated this alliance! How can the bandits not Will they doubt us? Of course, only if they are poisoned first. Since they are poisoned, it must not be us who poisoned them! Since it is not us who poisoned them, it is the bandits themselves, so that they will suspect each other and attack and kill them. !”

"So that's it!" Gao Yannian suddenly realized: "Then, why didn't you tell me at the beginning? Then you scared me half to death!"

"Because you are still young, if you knew this was a trap from the beginning, you would definitely be exposed, and maybe the bandits would see through it, which would be troublesome! Don't worry, put the antidote in the water, and the three of us will I've been convinced since the beginning, Yannian, you are so skilled. If it weren't for you, your father and I might not be able to rush out!" The speaker was Luo Qiuze, who smiled and patted Gao Yannian on the shoulder: "Just now I The signal has been sent out, these bandits cannot escape!"

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After a while.

Gao Yannian stood on a stone, overlooking the rocky beach. Not long ago, this was a Shura field.

There was a dagger lying on the ground a few meters away. It might have been dropped when someone lifted the table, or it might have been an object belonging to someone dead. Gao Yannian walked towards it, leaned over and picked it up. The dagger was rather crudely made, with many chips on the edge. The surface was covered with stains, maybe dried blood or rust. Gao Yannian didn't know, so he stuck the dagger in his belt.

A corpse in front moved. The body turned over. There were wounds on the shoulders, thighs and lower abdomen. A soldier came over and coldly gave the dying man a little mercy with a dagger. The mountain wind brought shouts of killing and the howling of wild animals. It should be Luo Qiuze's people chasing the bandits. Suddenly, he remembered what Yanliang's teacher said: "Spears, bows and crossbows are not as dangerous as the human mind!"

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As usual, Wang Wenzuo dined with his son and mistress.

"This fish tastes a bit weird!" Yanliang said suddenly.

"Really?" Gui Shiyun said hurriedly: "I'll have someone go check it out right away. What's going on with this fish?"

"Don't worry!" Wang Wenzuo shouted to stop Ghost Room Yun. He picked up a piece of fish with his chopsticks and chewed it twice: "The fish is fine, Yan Liang. You must be used to eating sea fish. Today we went to the pond." The fish you raise must have a strong earthy smell!"

"Yeah!" Yanliang ate another piece and nodded: "It seems so!"

"I will tell the cook to just prepare sea fish from now on!" Oni Shiyun said with a smile.

"No need to make special preparations!" Wang Wenzuo said: "My son will probably lead troops to fight in the future. If he is too particular about his diet, he will not be a good general, right, Yanliang?"

"Yes, that's already good!" Yan Liang smiled.

"Also, you better not reveal your preferences easily in the future!" Wang Wenzuo said.

"why?"

"It's very simple. Take today as an example. If you say that the fish tastes strange, the cook and the servant who bought the fish will probably be severely punished or even executed. If you say that a certain food is delicious, even if it is Food is very rare and comes from far away. Your subordinates will try their best to get it on the table for you to please you. This will bring a heavy burden to the people and become an opportunity for corrupt officials to seek personal gain. For you, it is just a bite of fish, but for the people below, it is a disaster from heaven, and the family is destroyed. Therefore, as a king, you must be cautious at all times and cannot indulge your own desires, otherwise it will only make the people live. If you don’t go on, you won’t end well in the end!”

"General! Young Master! Madam Yun!" Di Renjie bowed to the three people at the dining table.

"Is there any news?" Wang Wenzuo put down his chopsticks and wiped his hands.

"Yes!" Di Renjie nodded: "Gao Sheji sent a letter back. Twelve mountain cities have surrendered to the general. The bandits on both sides of the road have been cleared away. The road to Datong River is open!"

"Very good, Yanliang, it seems you have chosen the wrong person!" Wang Wenzuo smiled and said, "How do you plan to reward them?"

"Use that high-shelf chicken as the guardian envoy, assuming full power, and order him to calm down the local area, and wait for future orders!"

"Since my son thinks so, let's do it!" Wang Wenzuo looked at Di Renjie. Di Renjie responded knowingly and did not leave. Seeing this, Wang Wenzuo knew that there were more important things and it was not suitable for Yanliang and Guishiyun to be together. mentioned before. He wiped his hands and stood up: "You guys eat slowly first, I'll go out for a while!"

When Wang Wenzuo walked into the study, the generals were already lined up in order, with restlessness hidden under their nervous faces. Is there something wrong? Wang Wenzuo put all other thoughts behind him and sat down at the front seat: "What's going on?"

"An urgent letter has arrived from Chang'an!" Master Shen presented the letter with both hands. Wang Wenzuo took the letter, opened the sealing wax, and looked at it carefully.

"The Tibetan troops were mobilized, and the four prefectures of Shanzhou (today's Ledu, Qinghai), Kuozhou (today's Guide, Qinghai), Hezhou (today's Linxia, ​​Gansu), and Fangzhou (today's Diebu, Gansu) were all attacked by soldiers. His Majesty issued an agreement Bi Heli led all the armies to attack, but Qibi Heli died of illness at a young age, so he ordered Liu Rengui to take his place..." Wang Wenzuo stopped when he saw this. He jumped directly to the end and looked at the time: "Oh, so It happened at the end of autumn last year! Get the map first!"

"Follow your orders!" The guard brought the usual map and replaced it with the unfamiliar Longyou map. Wang Wenzuo leaned over and looked at the map. The Shanzhou, Kuozhou, Hezhou and Fangzhou mentioned in the letter were all located in the Hehuang area. It is almost six or seven hundred miles from west to east. The Tibetan army is attacking such a vast area, and the Tang army even pulled out semi-retired veterans like Qibi Heli. Obviously the Tubo army was not bluffing, and even these actions were It is part of a larger military operation next year.

"Qinling will have a big move next year!" Wang Wenzuo looked at the map for a while and sighed: "The Hehuang area is a good launch point for attack. If it falls into the hands of the Tubo people, not only Longyou will be in danger, but Hexi will also be in danger. There will be no peace either!”

"What does the imperial court mean by sending this message here?" Shen Faseng asked: "Are they going to transfer the general to Longyou?"

"That can't be done. We finally got some clues here, and they transferred the general away. Wouldn't the previous work be in vain?"

"That's right! It's not too late to at least wait until the general defeats Qi Sibiyu before he can be mobilized! Otherwise, once the general leaves, Qi Sibiyu will become rampant again, and the west may not be able to win. Wouldn't there be no beggars? Good?"

The generals at the long table whispered to each other. Their attitude was very consistent. They did not want Wang Wenzuo to leave the east side. The reason was simple. These generals did not rule each other. If it were not for Wang Wenzuo, there would be nothing to connect them. If Wang Wenzuo is transferred, all their previous efforts will be completely in vain.

"Your Majesty has not lowered my order to go to Tibet!" Wang Wenzuo put away the letter: "Besides, Liu Gong is my old boss. He may not be able to attack but he is more than capable of defending. After Pei Xingjian pacified the Turks, he can also succeed Liu Gong. You guys You don’t have to worry about it anymore!”

The generals' whispers calmed down, but Wang Wenzuo did not let go of the stone in his heart. He knew very well the military pressure Chang'an would face once the Hehuang Land was lost, and the consequent political pressure on Li Hong. If he had been there to share the burden for him in the past, but now he was thousands of miles away, could he be able to bear this kind of pressure? Should I do something? After all, without the emperor's firm support, the war he was waging in the east would not have been able to continue.

"Black Teeth Changzhi!"

"The general is here!" Hei Teuchang stood up at the table.

"Now take a boat to Dengzhou, take a thousand cavalry, and go to Chang'an!" Wang Wenzuo said: "I will write a letter, and you will bring the letter to His Majesty!"

"As ordered!"

"You have all seen it!" Wang Wenzuo pointed at the map on the long table: "Time, I need time to pacify Liaodong, but what I lack now is time. If the situation in Hehuang continues to deteriorate, the emperor will transfer me back to Chang'an It’s just a matter of time!”

"We can send troops now and kill Qi Sibiyu in two to three months!" Shen Faseng said.

"Send troops now? Do you think half of my soldiers will lose their toes from the cold?" Wang Wenzuo snorted coldly: "The more times like this, the less urgent it is to send troops. We cannot send troops before spring!"

Master Shen lowered his head in annoyance. Fortunately, He Bayong and the others hadn't arrived yet, otherwise he would have been embarrassed in front of these people. Wang Wenzuo thought about it for a while: "Let's stop here today!"

Back in the bedroom, Gui Shiyun sensitively noticed the man's displeasure. She used gestures to ask the maid to exit the room, brought tea, and gently massaged Wang Wenzuo's shoulders: "What's wrong? You look very unhappy!"

"It's nothing, it's just that the Tubo people have invaded the border again. It is estimated that there will be a big war in Hehuang next year!" Wang Wenzuo sighed.

"Do you think Datang will lose?"

Wang Wenzuo was silent for a moment, and finally nodded: "It is true that the Tubo people have a better chance of winning. The losses in the defeat of Dafeichuan cannot be recovered so quickly! And Qinling is indeed a difficult character!"

"Are you worried that the imperial court will transfer you back?" Gui Shiyun's heart skipped a beat and she asked cautiously.

"That's not what I'm worried about. The emperor won't agree. He has already made an agreement with me!" Wang Wenzuo sighed.

"That is--?"

"The Emperor Himself! Once Hehuang is lost, Longyou and Hexi will be under the attack of Tubo. The Emperor can only mobilize more troops and transfer more food and wages there. In this way, everyone in Chang'an Guanzhong will be dissatisfied with him , this is not a good thing for him!"

Wang Wenzuo sighed and nodded.

"You mean someone will usurp the throne?" Gui Shiyun asked.

"Didn't you already bring King Pei out? Who dares to do this?" Gui Shiyun asked.

"I brought King Pei out, but the late emperor had more than one son. Even if Chang'an didn't have other sons of the late emperor, he still had nephews. Chang'an lacks everything except the royal family named Li! While I'm not in Chang'an, When I was away, I got everything done and forced me to accept the fait accompli. There are many people who think so! The longer I stay away from Chang'an, the more people may do this! "

"That means you still have to go back sooner or later? What about my concubine?" Ghost Room Yun sighed quietly.

"You?" Wang Wenzuo was stunned when he heard this: "Do you want to follow me to Datang?"

"I am a concubine of the subjugated Baekje country, and I will only be looked down upon by others when I go to the Tang Dynasty?"

"Then you want to stay here?" Wang Wenzuo asked.

Gui Shiyun did not speak, but turned around, her shoulders trembling, obviously sobbing, which confused Wang Wenzuo: "You don't want to go to the Tang Dynasty with me, and you cry again if you stay, what do you want to do? ?”

"It doesn't matter how I am, I can live anywhere anyway, but there must be an arrangement for the child in my belly to be born. I can't just live in such confusion, right?"

"A child in your belly?" Wang Wenzuo was stunned when he heard this, and then he was overjoyed: "You have a child? Why didn't I know?"

"You are a grown man who thinks about military and national affairs every day, how can you care so much?" Ghost Room Yunjiao said angrily.

"Yes, yes! You are right!" Wang Wenzuo rubbed his hands happily: "How long have you had it? In what month will you be born?"

(End of this chapter)