At the beginning, Mu Zhaotong had a lot of industries, and even a number of casinos, and the most ruthless underworld force in Chang'an City benefited from Mu Zhaotong's protection, and not being able to compete with Liuyun Club does not mean how weak the wandering knife really is.

After Mu Zhaotong's death, some of these industries were abandoned, and some were inherited by Cao Anqing, among which there is a restaurant called Yuanwang Township, in Xicheng, not far from the Jinxiu Building where the accident occurred before, only one street away.

Yuanwang Township restaurant business is also not bad, a country's economic strength is reflected in the food industry is the most obvious, the people are rich in their hands, the business of the restaurant will be good, if this kind of prosperous business is not good, then not to mention that the business is difficult to do, it is the reason of people.

Since the past two years, Yuanwangxiang Restaurant has become a place for Cao Anqing to contact all kinds of people who cannot be contacted openly, some of whom are Jianghu guests, and some of whom are important ministers in the court.

The next day after the accident in Jinxiulou, a carriage stopped at the back door of the Yuanwang Township Restaurant, and an old man came down from the carriage, looking extraordinary, and the shopkeeper who was waiting at the back door leaned over to welcome the old man into the door, obviously the old man's identity was not trivial.

After the old man entered the back door, he did not go upstairs, but was directly led to the back of the courtyard, and at the door of the courtyard, Cao Anqing hung his head.

"Elder Ge."

Seeing the old man coming, Cao Anqing hurriedly saluted.

Yuan Tozhi glanced at Cao Anqing, did not speak, slightly bowed his head as a return gift, and stepped into the courtyard gate, the small courtyard was built very neatly, small but exquisite, the rockery spring spring pavilion lotus pond is readily available, and a small piece of bamboo was planted, the wine and food were placed in the pavilion, the night breeze blew, this place is the most enjoyable.

Yuan Toshiba seemed to be satisfied, and sat down on the throne: "What is the matter with Your Highness?" You have to let me come to this place. ”

Cao Anqing said with a smile: "The elder of the pavilion knows, His Royal Highness regards the elder of the pavilion as a teacher, originally His Royal Highness was going to come over in person to invite the elder of the pavilion to drink, I haven't seen him for a long time, His Royal Highness really misses the elder of the pavilion very much, His Royal Highness mentioned it to the slave and maid several times, saying that every time he thinks of the teachings of the elder of the pavilion, he will be very grateful in his heart. ”

This sycophant makes Yuan Toshiba comfortable.

"Since His Royal Highness is asking you to come, then if you have anything to say, you can just say it, I will go back in a while, I am old, and I can't sleep all night after sleeping too late."

"Although the elder is no longer in the cabinet, he is still thinking about the people in the world, and the slave is really full of admiration for the elder of the pavilion."

"Let's save the sycophants, it's time to talk about things."

Cao Anqing poured a glass of wine for Yuan Dongzhi in the past: "Your Highness wants to ask the elder to help, in fact, the slave maid also talked to the elder on behalf of His Royal Highness before, His Royal Highness feels that the people in the cabinet are too frivolous, unstable, difficult to take on big responsibilities, and overwhelmed, His Royal Highness thinks, if it is possible in the future......

Cao Anqing looked at Yuan Dongzhi's face, smiled and continued: "If possible, His Highness hopes that the Pavilion Elder can return to the Cabinet, and His Highness still feels that it is safe to have the Pavilion Elder in the Cabinet, and His Highness is at ease. ”

Yuan Toshiba took a sip of the wine glass, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Your Highness's words, I forgot after listening to them, and if I forget, I will naturally not mention them to others again, do you understand?" ”

Cao Anqing scolded in his heart, this old thing is obviously unwilling and unconvinced, but he thinks of himself as high.

"Elder Ge, Your Highness is sincere ......"

Yuan Toshiba put down the wine glass: "If you talk too much, it will be too full, you look at this wine glass, if you pour too much wine, it will spill out, and if you say too much, you will offend people, I understand the kindness of His Highness, but His Highness seeks to forgive Yuan Someone who dare not talk, do you know why I drink this glass of wine?" I drank this wine, and this is the wine that His Highness invited me to drink, and I must drink it, because I still know what is the way of being a minister, and since I still know what is the way of being a minister...... Your Highness should understand my mind, and I drank this glass of wine to respect Your Highness. ”

Yuan Toshiba got up: "You go back and tell Your Highness the truth what I said, people are indeed easy to get tired when they are old, so I'll go first." ”

Cao Anqing hurriedly leaned over: "Pavilion Elder go slowly, Pavilion Elder will bring the slave and maid to His Highness word for word." ”

Yuan Toshiba walked a few steps and stopped, looked back at Cao Anqing and said, "Please tell Your Highness, whether you fight or not, it is all Your Highness, why fight?" ”

Cao Anqing lowered his head and said: "Don't you still understand that Your Majesty's mind is ...... Whether to fight or not, it is not His Highness. ”

Yuan Toshiba sighed and walked away.

An hour later, the East Palace.

After hearing Cao Anqing's words, the prince's face became ugly: "He doesn't agree...... If he just doesn't agree, it's fine, but since he hasn't agreed after hearing so much, it's a hidden danger. ”

Cao Anqing said: "What His Royal Highness said is very true, this old thing wanted to refuse at first and greeted him like a bitch, but now he is pretending to be high, he knows a lot of things, and it is a disaster to keep it, and after he dies, Kang Wei will feel that he has lost his backer, and he can force Kang Wei to come over." ”

The prince nodded: "Then let him die early, and when he dies, he will be idle, hasn't he always said that he likes idleness the most?" ”

He got up: "If you are sleepy, you arrange for someone to send the Yuan Pavilion Elder on the road." ”

Cao Anqing leaned over and bowed: "The slave will handle it properly." ”

So Yuan Toshiba died, and died that night.

Early the next morning, the news arrived at the Tingwei Mansion.

Han Zhaozhi originally wanted to go north with the emperor, but before leaving, the emperor suddenly changed his mind and left Han Zhaozhi in Chang'an, he was here, many people in Chang'an City did not dare to be presumptuous, Han Zhaozhi of course also knew what the emperor was worried about, if someone wanted to make Chang'an City change the sky, Lai Chengcheng must die.

Han Zhaozhi stayed in Chang'an, and those who wanted to do something to Lai Cheng would hesitate again and again.

Qianbanfang Baijing walked into the door quickly, leaned over and said, "My lord, I just received the news that the Yuan Pavilion is old." ”

Han Zhaozhi, who was behind the desk, raised his head suddenly: "Have you checked?" ”

"In the investigation, the people in the old mansion of the Yuan Pavilion said that he went out last night, and when he came back, he had the smell of alcohol, he should have drunk wine, and after he came back, he locked himself in the study, the lights in the study were lit up all night, and the next person also went to send the sobering soup, but he was scolded by the old Yuan Pavilion and did not dare to enter the door, and the next morning he found that the old Yuan Pavilion had gone, and there were no external injuries on his body, and there were no traces of a fight in the house.

"Yuan Ge Lao is in good health."

Han Zhaozhi got up, paced back and forth in the room, and after walking for about four or five laps, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Use the fastest way to send a message to the people of the Pingyue Dao Tingwei Mansion, let them stare at Kang Wei, it is estimated that it is too late, but it can't be too late...... Go for yourself. ”

Fang Baijing reacted when he heard this: "Subordinates obey orders!" ”

At the same time, Northern Xinjiang.

The soldiers and horses of the Xifengkou battalion and the soldiers and horses of the Shen Lengshui division have passed the three-eyed Hushan Pass, the three-eyed Hushan pass guard will kill Qiniujun, and another defender, Koroleo, will lead the army to retreat while fighting, and the Ning army will advance to the west for hundreds of miles after passing the three-eyed Hushan Pass, and it has gradually formed a trap with the Ning army of Hanhai City, and if it attacks three hundred miles further, it will be able to choke the throat of the Nanyuan camp.

However, it is precisely because the Heiwu people also know this very well, so the Liao Killing Wolf dispatched a large army to support, and the cavalry of the various tribes of the Heiwu tribe are also converging here, and the Heiwu army blocking the Ning army has increased from 20,000 or 30,000 at the beginning to 100,000 troops.

The Chinese army battalion.

The Emperor looked up at the map hanging on the wall in front of him, and the generals waited around, and the sound of falling leaves seemed to be heard in the silence of the big tent.

After a long time, the emperor raised his head: "Koroleo's troops already have 100,000 people, and most of them are cavalry, and they are very quick to support each other, they are more familiar with the terrain, if the army wants to seek a decisive battle in the wilderness, it is not easy to fight with the existing strength, this is their advantage." ”

After the three-eyed tiger mountain pass, leaving 10,000 elite soldiers to guard, the defenders of Gedi City and Sula City did not move, and the Xifengkou camp left 10,000 people, and the sword soldiers of the old general Pei Tingshan are still in the northeast town of those large and small tribes, the most important thing is that the town is wide and invincible, so at this moment, the strength of the emperor's account is only 1120,000, which is almost the same as the strength of Koroleo.

The Ning army is mostly infantry, while the black warriors are mostly cavalry, and when the strength is not much different, everyone knows very well how many chances of winning are to attack cavalry with infantry.

"They have to disperse and defend the three lines of Baideran, Dongma, and Beigucheng, which is their disadvantage."

The emperor said: "From now on, the best route to march is to storm Dongma City, Dongma City is in the southernmost part, and the black warriors have the most troops, and the white city pass is in the middle, it is a mountain road, and it is the most difficult to fight and not easy to walk, so it is not considered, go to the best choice, go to the worst choice, then it can only be another ancient city." ”

The emperor walked back and forth in the big tent: "If the army rushes into other ancient cities and has to go for a day and a night, it is not difficult to hide from the black warriors for a day and a night, but the difficulty is that the black warriors in Dongma City and the black cavalry of Bai De Nian can rush over in one day, and there are at least 20,000 defenders in other ancient cities, so I must take the army as much as possible, I can't separate many people to block the black military reinforcements of Dong Ma City and Bai De Ran, I need someone to bring a very small number of troops over, here!" ”

His finger clicked on the most place about sixty miles north of Bai De Ran: "The ancient city of Beima, the ancient city of Beima has been abandoned, Bai De Mill is actually the new city of Beima City, if you block the black reinforcements here for a day and a night, I will be sure to knock down the other ancient cities, although the black army of the other ancient cities has more than 20,000 people, but the city walls are not high, the outside of the city is open, and they can be attacked on all sides, there are stone throwers, I feel that it is not difficult to knock down other ancient cities in one day and one night, the difficulty is how to rely on a broken earthen city to block the reinforcements of the black warriors." ”

The emperor stood up straight and looked at the Daning generals in the big tent: "I need to concentrate my forces to gather and annihilate the defenders of the ancient city in the shortest possible time...... Which of you would like to lead your troops to defend the ancient city of Beima? ”

"I want to go!"

"I want to go!"

"Your Majesty, the minister is also willing to go!"

The emperor looked at Meng Chang'an, Meng Chang'an leaned over and said, "Your Majesty has given 5,000 ministers, and the ministers have issued military orders." ”

"You better go to the siege, you are better than me in the siege."

Shen Leng clenched his fists: "Your Majesty, the minister asks for 3,000 soldiers, and he can set up a military order, if he can't stop the black warriors for a day and a night, the minister is willing to receive the death penalty." ”

The emperor was just about to say that you can't go, Shen Leng continued: "Please believe in Your Majesty, in terms of attacking the city, Meng Chang'an is the fastest sword, and in terms of defending the city, the minister is the strongest shield, the generals can not accept it, but the minister does not retract this sentence, and no one is more sure to hold it than the minister." ”

The emperor pondered for a moment: "What are you sure about?" ”

Shen Leng raised his head and replied with a smile: "Advantage." ”

"What's the advantage?"

"The reinforcements of the black army will not be less than tens of thousands, and the ministers will be three thousand, about twenty to one, so ...... There are targets outside the city, and the minister likes this advantage. ”

The emperor was silent.

There was silence in the tent.

"One day."

The emperor looked at Shen Leng: "Hold on for a day, no matter whether I have conquered other ancient cities or not, you have to withdraw your troops and come back." ”

Shen Leng leaned over: "Obey." ”

But of course, the emperor understood that he would not leave the ancient city of Beima in advance.