It rained lightly overnight, and the next day the sun came out, and the air was very clear, and it was refreshing to take a breath. The thrush in the corridor was also singing merrily.

Yuchen walked out of the house and looked at the young shoots on the trees, the water droplets on the young shoots were like pearls under the refraction of the sun. Yuchen said with a smile: "It's a good weather today, I'll go for a walk in the garden later." "In February, it is the season when everything wakes up, and there is a unique scenery in the garden.

When she returned to the yard after walking around the garden with her two children, Mama Gui told her one thing: "Niangniang, I just got the news that Yunqing led the troops to capture Taiyuan. "That's not good news for them.

Yuchen frowned and said, "How can it be so fast? It only took a few days to break through Taiyuan?" Now that the news has come out, this news should be true, but the Northwest Army is really so powerful? In such a short time, it has broken through Taiyuan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Mama Gui shook her head and said, "I don't know the specific situation. "But being able to break through Taiyuan in six days is not something ordinary people can do.

Yuchen said: "Taiyuan is occupied by Yunqing, and it will not be smooth on the prince's side. Yan Wushuang was not idle, Qiu Dashan had already defeated most of Hebei, and Zhao Kuo retreated to the border with Shandong with the remnants. However, Yuchen knew that Yan Wushuang's purpose was in Shanxi, and now that Shanxi was occupied by Yunqing, Yan Wushuang's original plan could not be realized.

Mama Gui said: "What can I do about this?" This game is lost by his own prince, and sometimes losing a game may determine success or failure. Of course, this time it's not time to decide whether to make or break this time. But if the prince is such an arrogant person, he will definitely be psychologically uncomfortable if he loses.

Yuchen was silent for a moment and then said, "The prince will have a way." "In the past, the prince would tell her about the outside, but now he doesn't talk about it anymore. All she knew was her own information, and the news she heard was very bad for them.

At this time, Yan Wushuang happened to receive Qu Liangyi's excerpt for help. Yan Wushuang threw the fold on the ground after reading it, and sneered: "There were five people and six people before, but now that you have lost Taiyuan, you will ask the imperial court to send troops to support?

Meng Nian said objectively: "Yunqing's ability to occupy Taiyuan so quickly has a lot to do with the previous rumors. "The rumors that Meng Nian said are the news that Yuxi asked the intelligence officers to release. Shanxi has an army of 400,000, but eighty percent of these 400,000 people are children of civilians. When these people heard these rumors, they were very moved, and when they were confirmed, they had no intention of fighting. So when the two armies faced each other, the soldiers all shrank back, and no one wanted to rush forward.

Yan Wushuang let out a sigh of relief and said, "The way of using soldiers, attacking the heart is the upper and attacking the city is the lower." Although Han did not lead troops to fight, her strategy was worth thousands of troops. After a pause, Yan Wushuang said: "I heard Concubine Han say that Han Yuxi read the art of war when she was a child, but I didn't expect her to use the art of war so skillfully. "This woman, if you want Yan Wushuang to say it, she is about to become a demon. It's only been a few years, and it's grown to such a terrible point.

Meng Nian said: "If this matter is really from the Han family's handwriting, then this woman is becoming more and more terrifying." "Han's strategy saved Yunqing at least half of his strength.

Yan Wushuang nodded and said, "It's getting more and more terrifying, but the more powerful she is, the more people are afraid of her." "It's not revealed yet, but one day it will erupt. And she is waiting for the day to come.

Meng Nian said very pertinently: "As long as Yunqing is on Han Yuxi's side, she will be invincible." Moreover, Han Yuxi also has four sons. ”

Yan Wushuang chuckled and said, "Counting it, they have been married for eight years. No matter how beautiful something is, you will get tired of watching it for eight years. "Besides, Yunqing is still leading troops outside, not in Ho City.

Meng Nian said: "This matter has to be considered in the long run. If we don't know for sure, we should not do it again. After a pause, Meng Nian still said the words in his heart: "If it is the same as Qingge, it will really be a loss to Mrs. and a soldier." Han Yuxi used Qingge to successfully provoke the relationship between He Gaoda and He Ye. And the consequence is not only that He Ye and He Gaoda's uncle and nephew are not in harmony, but that the generals below are all out of their hearts when they look at He Ye like this. This is also the reason why the Luoyang defenders will understand the surrender. Yang Duoming's persuasion certainly worked, but the real reason was that this general felt that the northwest was strong and prosperous, and he would be able to have a good future after taking refuge in Yunqing, and following He Ye not only had no future, but also lost his life. Normal people know how to choose.

Yan Wushuang smiled and said, "This is natural. "After suffering a loss, he must hit it with one blow if he wants to strike again.

Meng Nian's heart was slightly relieved when he heard this: "Lord Wang, the Northwest Army is not only brave in battle, but also well-armed and well-equipped. We can't compare with these, and if we fight against the Northwest Army in the future, we will suffer a big loss. "The Northwest Army is brave and good at fighting, and the Liaodong Army is also very capable of fighting, but under the same circumstances, the weapons and equipment are not as good as others, and if the two armies face each other, they will definitely fall into disadvantage.

Yan Wushuang said: "This weapon and equipment is not something that can be solved in a day or two. "There are ores in Liaodong, and the number of iron ores is even more than in the northwest, but there are very few skilled blacksmiths in Liaodong. Yan Wushuang can't help this. It takes a decade or two to train a good blacksmith.

Speaking of this, Yan Wushuang sneered and said, "Ji Xuan has worked hard for nearly twenty years, but it turned out that Yunqing and Han Yuxi were all cheap. ”

Meng Nian said: "All of them have made wedding clothes for others, and they can't be blind when they die." "They knew that Ji Xuan had private soldiers, but they didn't know that Ji Xuan had recruited so many skilled craftsmen. In this part, Ji Xuan's secrecy work has been done very well. As a result, Yunqing and Han Yuxi were cheaper.

Yan Wushuang pressed this matter down and asked, "How is the investigation of the matter of the fine work?" The matter of the fine work was asked by Meng Nian to investigate five months ago, and at that time, it was found that a guard in the Yan Wang's mansion had been bribed. Not to mention Yan Wushuang, even Meng Nian didn't believe that this guard could sell so much secret information.

Meng Nian shook his head and said, "I don't have a clue yet." "The main reason is that the identities of the people they suspect are not simple and difficult to check.

Yan Wushuang pondered for a moment and said, "Since you don't have a clue, let's check He Feng, Lou Qingyun and Tie Kui first." "These three people don't let Yan Wushuang feel at ease, but they all have heavy weapons, so they are the first objects of Yan Wushuang's suspicions.

Meng Nian hesitated a little and said, "Lord Wang, once it is detected, the consequences will be unimaginable. "Once you make a mistake, you will let the generals below be separated from the prince, this price is too heavy, and you have to be cautious.

Yan Wushuang said: "The sky can't fall. Among the three, Lou Qingyun should be paid special attention to, I always feel that this person is not very appropriate. "Yan Wushuang's suspicion of Tie Kui before was just an instinct. Later, seeing that Tie Kui was greedy for money and spoiled his concubine and killed his wife, and after several years of surveillance, nothing was found wrong, Yan Wushuang was a lot more relieved about Tie Kui. And Lou Qingyun is a very self-disciplined person, he doesn't love money and doesn't like beauty, and he didn't even want to accept the beauty rewarded by Yan Wushuang at that time. In desperation, he took it and transferred it to his subordinates.

As a superior, I actually like subordinates with shortcomings. And Lou Qingyun is too clean, so clean that Yan Wushuang feels too fake, so he is very wary of this person. Of course, Yan Wushuang is the kind of person who would rather kill by mistake than let go, so Tie Kui and He Feng will not let it go either.

Lou Qingyun was actually originally a child of the military general's family, but later the family suddenly suffered a catastrophe and had to join the army. This person is very good at leading troops, and he is also very good at commanding. The 50,000 horses he brought with him only obeyed him, and the others went and didn't pay attention to them. This kind of person is a sharp sword if he uses it well, and if he uses it badly, he will cut himself.

Meng Nian felt that this was very inappropriate, and said: "Lord Wang, this matter has to be done slowly, and there is no hurry. "If you are in a hurry, you are prone to make mistakes, and once you make a mistake, it is too late to remedy it.

Of the generals in the Liaodong Army, one-third were Yan Wushuang who had previously been favored by Generalissimo Yan; one-third were disappointed in the imperial court and submitted to Yan Wushuang; and the other one-third were forced to submit to Yan Wushuang, because if they did not submit, they would only die. Yunqing is different, Yunqing himself climbed up from the bottom by virtue of his military merits, and the current generals in the Northwest Army are all drawn out by him. In addition, he has vigorously improved the conditions in the army in recent years, and has won the respect and love of all the officers and men of the Northwest Army. In terms of prestige in the army, the five Yan Wushuang can't compare to Yunqing.

Yan Wushuang hummed and said, "Don't worry, but in the future, the intelligence must be more secretive, and it can't be exploited again." ”

Meng Nian said with some regret: "If only we had installed someone by Yunqing's side back then." "Back then, Yan Wushuang was very contemptuous of Yunqing, so he disdained to install his own people around him. Later, it was too late to insert people in.

Yan Wushuang raised his head and said, "None of us would have thought that Yunqing would marry Han Yuxi, let alone that Han Yuxi would have the ability to govern the country in Anbang. "If he knew, how could he bother to install someone by Yunqing's side, and directly kill the Han family or tie him up to Liaodong.

Meng Nian was silent, and the person who was previously looked down upon by them as cowardly and pedantic has now become their worst enemy. I have to say, this is really uncomfortable.

Tie Kui knew that no matter what he did, Yan Wushuang would not be at ease, so he was not so cautious. In the past two years, he will not send out unless it is news that he thinks is very important. And in the past two years, Falcon has never taken the initiative to find him, which makes Tie Kui very satisfied with Yuxi.

On this day, Tie Kui was talking to Zhong Shantong in the house, when he heard the guards outside say that Lu Niangzi, the steward of the inner courtyard, asked to see him.

Tie Kui's eyes flashed with boredom when he heard this, and needless to say, he knew that it was another matter of fighting in the house. Sometimes, Tie Kui regretted a little that he had to marry the Xiao family at that time! He couldn't even suppress a favorite concubine, and he was in vain for the name of the wife of the family.