Chapter 159 South to Help in the Battle

"Thank you, Xiaoci," Lu Zisang held Xiaoci more tightly. "I'm afraid that you will be sad, and I really can't bear to part with you, so I have a heart conflict. Although the border has calmed down, the disasters and disputes in the Central Plains are far from stopping. As a general in Wei County, it is the time to devote myself to the country. How can I be obsessed with the private affairs of my children? Even if we have just had a new wedding, I'm afraid I don't have time to spend more time with you, Xiao Ci!"

"Oh, you mean, you are about to lead the army and go south to help, right?" Xiaoci seemed to have expected it and asked Lu Zisun very calmly, "So did King Wei inform you of the time of the expedition?"

"Yes, it's the day after tomorrow."

After hearing this, Xiaoci suddenly smiled and said, "What else should I do? Is it worth hesitant? As a general, you don't lead the army. Do you want to do laundry, cooking and housework at home like us mother-in-law and women?"

"Xiaoci, won't you blame me and leave you as soon as you got married?" Lu Zisang's reaction was unexpected, and he asked in surprise.

"Of course, complain. There is always so little time left for me," Xiaoci said, half complaining and half coquettishly, "But I haven't known you for a day or two. Aren't you always been like this? If I don't even have the heart to guard the empty room alone, I might as well not marry a general like you who has been marching from east to west all day long!"

"What should I say? It's really too wronged for you, Xiaoci," Lu Zisang lowered his head shyly. "Marrying someone like me will always make you frightened and worried, but it's not that I don't want to be with you and my mother, but we need to wait until the world is settled. One day when there is no war to fight, we can get together and say goodbye. It's gone."

"Well," Xiaoci said with a smile, "Can I still not understand your heart? Even if you and I are far away from each other, you will have me. You will have you in me, right? Zi Song, don't worry. My mother has me to take care of you. You don't have to worry about everything in the family. As long as you do your own thing well and fight hard, you can take care of yourself. And you have to remember that my mother and I will always wait for you at home. The day you return triumphantly.

"You are so kind, Xiaoci," Lu Zisang gently held Xiaoci into his arms. "It's the greatest luck in my life to have such a profound and righteous wife as you."

The stove is fragrant, the red candle is swaying, and a pair of newcomers look at each other and smile, hugging each other tightly.

Two days later, Lu Zisong led the soldiers of the Mingsha camp transferred from Youliang Pass, together with some of the defenders, went south of Qianshan Pass and went straight to the front line of the battle with the imperial court, and cooperated with Nie Kong to attack the city of Luzhou. Due to Suzhou City, which was supported by the north granary, the city defense reinforcement project had not been completed, and Huanying volunteered to go to Suzhou. The city helped Niekong guard the reserve granary to ensure the supply of grain and fodder for the army.

Zhuo Ruitong knew that Huanxuan could not be idle, but now the war was tight, and it was difficult to take care of both left and right, so he did not deliberately retain Huanxuan. The most important thing is that Suzhou City is still in the hands of its own people. It's just to prepare for the defense of the city, and there is no need to fight. Zhuo Ruitong is relatively reassured about Huan Ying here, so Huan Ying went on the road with Lu Zisong.

She is going to Xinzhou to meet Nie Kong, and then turn to Suzhou.

As soon as Huan Ying and Lu Zisong left, Shao Jianping and Li Shan also returned to Youliang Pass. Zhuo Ruitong originally wanted to keep Chaoluba to stay in the besieged county for a few more days, but Chaoluba was impatient and was also an idle person. Although he tried his best to stay, Chaoluba still insisted on returning to the outside of Youliang Pass and waiting for the news of Beirong with his tribe.

Zhuo Ruitong had no choice but to agree to Chao Luba. As soon as he received a reply from Ye Suhe, he would send it to Youliang Pass, so that Chao Luba and others could feel at ease as soon as possible and set off to return to Beirong as soon as possible, and the remaining one was Fu An'an. Xiaoci took her to Lufu, accompanied by many people, and the two women felt less lonely and boring.

In a blink of an eye, the Wei Palace regained its desolation. Zhuo Ruitong was not so regretful that he could only deal with government affairs every day and continue to make himself less deeply missed in his continuous busyness.

In the camp of Wei County, outside the city of Yuzhou, Nie Kong set up wine in the middle tent to wash the wind and dust for Huanying and Lu Zisong. After talking about the war situation.

Huan Huan asked Nie Kong, "Why is there no worry about food and fodder now, but Nie Shuai's siege speed slowed down?"

Nie Kong told the whole point. It turned out that the weather was getting colder and colder. The army's use of food and fodder was not only getting greater and larger, but also needed more quilted cotton-padded jackets. The consumption of each ordnance was also increasing. He had to attack the city while seizing the captured city to collect it from the captured city to relieve the tight pressure of the army. And every time he captures a city, he must appease the hearts of the people and properly dispose of the prisoners, so the progress will be slower than before, but one of the benefits is to fight steadily. Take a city for King Wei.

Huanxuan nodded. Nie Kong had been in charge of going south, and she was not convenient for her to intervene, so she didn't ask more questions. After filling her stomach, Huanxuan said goodbye to Nie Kong and wanted to rush to Suzhou for a few days.

Nie Kong wanted to retain it, but he had no choice but to be busy with military affairs. The army had not yet attacked Tuozhou for several days in a row, which made Nie Kong very anxious. So he personally sent Huanying out of the camp. As they walked, they talked. Nie Kong simply introduced to Huanying what problems should be paid attention to in the reinforcement of Suzhou city defense. At the same time, he hoped that Huanying could cooperate with Mou Kun, the general of Suzhou City.

Nie Kong said, "Although Mou Kun is a general, he was originally a subordinate of General Lang Dingyuan of the capital. He was deeply recommended by General Lang Dingyuan. Only in this way can he lead the army independently and become the general of the Suzhou camp who guards the north granary for the imperial court. He knows the situation in Suzhou well and must be more familiar with how to take long-term compensation than us. It's short, so if you encounter something hesitant, just ask him for advice.

Huanxuan hesitated and said, "Is this person reliable? I remember that General Lang Dingyuan has a good relationship with the former prince Zhuo Luan. If Mou Kun is his subordinate, it is impossible not to be influenced by Lang Dingyuan. Can he really help us?

Nie Kong said, "Don't forget that the former prince was killed by Lou Xun. At least Lou Xun was the one who betrayed the whereabouts of the former prince. Now the former prince, Empress Dowager Li, Li Jin and other people are no longer alive. The only remaining Lou Xun has become the target of all of us. I think Mou Kun is willing to help for the time being on the point of concentric hostility. Ours, there is another situation that I want to remind you to pay attention to.

"What's going on, you say?" asked Huanwen.

"Well, Mou Kun revealed to me that many of the great generals in the court who held important military power, after Lou Xun usurped the throne, the reason why there was no opposition was that most of the families of these generals were controlled and monitored by the dead men of Lou Xun. Including Lang Dingyuan and Mou Kun, but before I attacked Suzhou, I monitored the dead near Mou Kun's family, but suddenly I didn't know who was killed. Mou Kun's brother quickly took his family to move separately. After hiding his good family, his brother rushed to Suzhou to report to him, so that Mou Kun could safely and boldly surrender to our army. According to Mou Kun's guess, it should be that Lang Dingyuan sent someone to help him, but he doesn't know what Lang Dingyuan's purpose is so far. After taking Suzhou, I gave Mou Kun to write two letters to Lang Dingyuan to test Lang Dingyuan's movements and try to win Lang Dingyuan's support. If he can work with us inside and outside in the capital, we don't know how many troops we will save. However, Lang Dingyuan has no response in two consecutive letters. I really don't know Lang. What kind of calculation is Dingyuan?

"Now the capital is turbulent," Huanling said hesitantly, "Could it be that the letter did not reach Lang Dingyuan?"

Nie Kong shook his head and said, "It is definitely impossible. It is because of the turmoil in the capital that I sent the letter to Zhou Yanting, who was left in the capital, and then Zhou Yanting sent someone to send the letter to Lang Dingyuan in person. General Zhou told Nie with certainty that Lang Dingyuan had received the two letters, and there was no one beside Lang Dingyuan at that time. That is to say, the letter we connected with General Lang could not be learned by Lou Xun's people, and Lang Dingyuan had no reason not to read Mou Kun's letter. But why didn't Lang Dingyuan reply to Mou Kun? I suspect that he has not made up his mind whether to cooperate with us or with the King of Wu. Of course, he is more likely to take a wait-and-see attitude towards both of us before the situation is clear.

Huanying pondered for a long time and asked, "How did Lord Nie know that the king of Wu would also aim at Lang Dingyuan?" Maybe Lang Dingyuan didn't reply to Mou Kun's letter just out of caution.

Nie Kong said, "I'm just guessing that since we all want to cooperate with General Lang Dingyuan, why didn't King Wu think of it? The most important thing is that Lang Dingyuan is the old general that the previous emperor relied on. Now that the old minister has been scattered, his prestige should not be underestimated. In those years, like Mou Kun, there were many generals who followed General Lang Dingyuan, but Lang Dingyuan recommended his cronies to the Empress Dowager Li during the reign of Empress Dowager Li and let them alone. He is in charge of soldiers in different states and counties. At that time, in order to attract the courtiers, the Empress Dowager Li had no available generals around her, so she almost completely adopted Lang Dingyuan's suggestion, which made Nie deeply uneasy, indicating that Lang Dingyuan's planning may have started during the era of Empress Dowager Li, but we don't know what he was planning.

"Is Lang Dingyuan's scheming so deep?" Huanxuan took a breath of cold air, "Use your own cronies to control the military power of each state and county, which can be reversed at any time."

"Yes," Nie Kong agreed and said, "Although I can't answer a hundred times, I think there are still more than a dozen. Although the strength of a Zhou county is not enough to achieve something, the combined strength of the county in ten weeks is several times the strength of our Wei County. It seems that this matter really has to be paid attention to."

Huanxuan muttered and said, "No, when there is a chance, I will sneak back to the capital in person and meet Lang Dingyuan once. I don't think he will give me face at all for the sake of my father."

"It's too dangerous for you to sneak back to the capital now. The two sides are fighting, and the investigation into the city is very strict," Nie Kong hesitated. "Let's talk about this matter. When the situation is almost the same, the situation is a little clear. Maybe Lang Dingyuan will make his position clear. You go to see him now. The enemy is not clear. I'm afraid. He will be against you."

"Well," Huanxuan said happily, "Of course, you can't go to see him rashly. You have to plan well before you can find Lang Dingyuan. What's more, even if he is willing to see me now, we don't have any chips in our hands to negotiate terms with him. Therefore, it's easy to be despised by Lang Dingyuan. It's better to wait until we are sure and hit him. "

"It's best if you think so," Nie Kong said and stopped. Sending you thousands of miles must finally say goodbye. Nie still has military affairs, so I can't send it far away. Remember that after arriving in Suzhou, everything is to ensure the safety of Suzhou, and the transshipment of grain and fodder must be arranged more carefully. After all, it takes nearly ten days to transfer grain and fodder from Luzhou to Suzhou, so please give everything to your wife. "