Daliang, Yongzhou.

As a border state in the great northwest, Yongzhou has never been a wealthy existence, and it is precisely because of this that the Western Regions Alliance Army is not ready to waste energy to attack other places.

In addition, it is not a secret that Zhenxi Mansion has taken refuge in Xiao Jiao's wife, and now that the soldiers are surrounding Tianshui, Xiao Yao's sister-in-law, who is sitting in Chang'an, has not moved, but if it attacks other places, the people who can't protect it will be angry.

Don't look at the Western Regions Coalition Army, but I really don't have much courage, the reason is simple, it is nothing more than that it has been suppressed by Zhenxi Mansion for too many years, and a single Zhenxi Mansion can be suppressed for so many years, if it annoys more, they are also afraid.

But by the same token, the more ruthless the suppression, the stronger the rebound.

After Tianshuiwei for a long time, he naturally inquired about the news of the Central Plains, and noticed that Daliang was a little too busy to take care of himself, so the Western Regions Alliance Army became bold and began to move.

It happened that the empress Huofeng wanted to support Jizhou, so she decisively sent an envoy to prepare to do something, promising some benefits, allowing the Western Regions Alliance to expand the attack area, and she would also do things on the frontal battlefield of Xiao Yuwen.

This is right in the middle of the hand, although it is not afraid that you will not be able to make a fortune if you break through Tianshui, but you can't stand it for several months and you haven't taken it, and reliable news that the grain and grass in the city can be eaten for at least three years!

It's very tangled.

At the beginning, the Western Regions Coalition Army invaded Yongzhou, because it was not very confident, and it was a tentative attack at the beginning, so it was delayed for a certain time, and as a result, when the defense line was broken and the official invasion was made, the people who could run away basically ran away, so in this case, naturally they did not grab any property and slaves.

Originally, I planned to withdraw from the army after breaking the sky, but now, I obviously can't hold my breath.

Anyway, it can't be encircled, just leave half of the troops to continue the siege, and the rest can be presumptuous at will, and there are no troops in the entire Yongzhou and other places.

First, the west of Yongzhou was disabled by the Turks, and now it has not recovered, and now the east is disabled by the Western Regions coalition army, where is there still the ability to resist. Even if you can't grab the property, it's good to plunder the population.

So, 80,000 troops were divided and prepared to plunder Yongzhou.

With an army of 80,000, it is impossible for no one to notice such a big movement, and the people panicked and fled to Bingzhou one after another.

On the official road from Yongzhou to the border with the state, a house is simple, but there are a lot of reception places placed here, and the people who fled can each drink a bowl of porridge and a bowl of broth, although there is only a little meat foam, but for the poor people, this is an excellent thing.

If you arrive early, you can continue your departure and make it to the next reception point before sunset. If you come late, you can rest here and take the next day to hurry.

Every reception staff is smiling and welcoming, seeing people is a fellow countryman, opening their mouths is hope, as if Taiyuan is the fairy world, and when you get there, you can eat and dress warmly.

Believe it or not, the attitude is not picky, and the people are simple and simple when the people's wisdom is not opened, and one by one they are excited and embark on the road to Taiyuan.

However, this is busy Xu Miaojin and others who are sitting in Taiyuan, and the state is not Tanzhou Chenghuizhou, and now it is poor, even after a period of development, there is an autumn harvest, and it is not too far from the next autumn harvest, but in the end there is still a lack of materials, for this reason, Yang Miaozhen had to lead the troops to sweep those abandoned cities and villages again, but everything that is useful, even if it is wood, it will be pulled back, just kidding, don't you need materials to build a house?

Anyway, the sisters in Taiyuan are very busy, and they have already written to Tanzhou to Li Qingzhao for support, saying that they must come to a few more sisters to help share the profits.

At the same time, Li Xiuning, who stayed in Tianshui City, also decisively left Tianshui with the army.

Naturally, it's not about running away, it's about having to do it.

The Turks who are attacking Jizhou may not necessarily attack the annexed state, but no one can ignore this possibility. With the strength of Yang Miaozhen's troops, they must not move blindly at will, at least, they cannot run to the west of Bingzhou to defend against the Western Regions Alliance Army that may also enter Bingzhou.

So naturally, the task of intercepting the Western Regions Army fell to Li Xiuning, in this case, how could he continue to sit in the city?

This matter has not been communicated with Yang Miaozhen, mainly because it is relatively time-consuming to come and go, and Li Xiuning also believes in the tacit understanding between her and Yang Miaozhen, after working together for so long, some things can be thought of without communication.

Originally, it was 10,000 troops who supported Yongzhou, and 5,000 were recruited on the way into Yongzhou, and 5,000 were also gathered in the past few months, a total of 20,000, and they left smoothly at night, even if they were detected, it didn't matter, as long as they were not directly besieged by tens of thousands of troops outside the city. In fact, they are all the art of war, and when the chasing soldiers chased after them, Li Xiuning and the others had already walked a distance, and even fought back.

"Good, good luck with this trip." The people of Xuanyang Mountain calculated for a long time and nodded with satisfaction.

"This battle has been won by a big victory, so it is naturally a good luck." Qin Liangyu rolled his eyes vigorously, are you still using you to pinch at this time?

"No, no, poor Dao refers to the next battle with the Western Regions Army, not this battle." Xuanyang Mountain Man shook his head and said.

"Then I'll borrow your good words." Qin Liangyu shrugged, she couldn't believe it, she couldn't say whether she believed it or not, anyway, there was finally a battle to fight, and it was always something that excited her.

As for Li Xiuning, he sat quietly and looked at the map. Don't think that you have really done nothing in the past few months, in addition to asking Zhenxi Mansion for a map of Yongzhou, and privately ordering people to wander around to paint, compared with the two, sure enough, the map given by Zhenxi Mansion has a lot less hidden mountain roads.

Li Xiuning is not ready to go to trouble the Western Regions Army in the first place, this is not his own territory after all, he doesn't need to be so concerned, he has to think about his own interests.

The stalemate between Xiao and Huofeng is what they are willing to see, but with the invasion of the Turks, this balance is likely to be broken, so the best way at the moment is for the Western Regions Army to force Xiao and Huo Feng to go back to defend and suppress, while Huofeng leads troops into Jizhou to support.

Although the latter was able to lose in the end, it at least played a role in containing the Turks, thus giving the state more time to develop.

As for Yongzhou, Li Xiuning does not need to contribute too much, firstly, to preserve his strength as much as possible and reduce casualties. Second, it can also consume the troops that Xiao Jiwen has. In addition, and the most important point, once Xiao Jiwen is contained, then it will be more convenient for Tanzhou to annex Qianzhou in the south.

However, Qianzhou will be taken and won, but it is best not to take it all, otherwise once it borders with Shuzhou and Yunzhou, it will directly make Xiao Jiwen restless, after all, it is not where the rear of the family is. Therefore, leaving a piece of land as a buffer is the best measure, and the king of Qianwang can be placed there as a buffer.

Although Li Xiuning can't contact Tanzhou so conveniently, the plan formulated by Li Qingzhao and others is really like this. Qianzhou wants to swallow, it must not be too much, King Qianzhou is the best buffer existence, it is not a good thing to be an enemy of Xiao Jiao too early, because the next step is likely to be the idea of fighting Jingzhou.

And Sun Shouren, the general of Zhennan, is not such a good existence to bully at will. No one wants to open up multiple battlefields in the face of a strong enemy.

Now all the girls in Tanzhou Mansion are in a very good mood, and the reason is simple, because it won't be long before Zhou Shaoyu will come back, and the parting time is not long, but it is not too short, and it is natural to miss it.

It's just that what they don't know is that the current Zhou Shaoyu is embarrassingly tight.

For several days, whether it was Zhou Shaoyu or Wei, they all avoided each other a little, even if they inadvertently glanced at each other, they hurriedly moved away, but Zhou Shaoyu also saw that that night, it should not be someone else's initiative, otherwise Weishi would not be like this after that, but, if there is any reason or change, well, Zhou Shaoyu can't think of it.

In the blink of an eye, everyone kept the New Year, Li Xian said that he was happy today, a few cups of belly, snoring, purring......

Several children couldn't bear to go back to the house to sleep one after another, only Li Bao'er was in Zhou Shaoyu and refused to move, and after a period of time, this little girl was so slimy. is also getting deeper, even if Bai's illness has long been intact, he is indeed the weakest one, so he can't stay up and go back to the house to rest first, and he can't stay up and leave after Xiao Qiao.

In the end, there were only Zhou Shaoyu who was holding Li Bao'er in his arms and Webster, who didn't seem to be sleepy.

"Giggle......" Li Bao'er Baza Bazaar's mouth, and he didn't know what he dreamed of, so he actually laughed out loud, grabbed Zhou Shaoyu's clothes with his little hand, and continued to sleep peacefully.

"The little one slept soundly." Zhou Shaoyu had nothing to say, lest the scene be too quiet and the atmosphere would be awkward.

According to Zhou Shaoyu's meaning, it should be Wei Shi who took the initiative to take Li Bao'er and carry him back to the house to sleep, and then Zhou Shaoyu naturally said that he was sleepy and went back to sleep. But people didn't mean it, and the baby was in Zhou Shaoyu's arms again, so naturally it was not so easy to take the initiative to mention it.

"yes, it's like someone, asleep, no matter how much you push, you can't wake up." Webster said with great resentment.

Zhou Shaoyu sweated, although it was only a short sentence, but he fully understood the meaning, and the doubts about that night were solved.

"Aha, aha, what, cough, um, it is said that the person who sleeps incense is blessed, uh-huh, that's it, it must be a blessed person after wrapping it." Okay, Zhou Shaoyu didn't know what he was talking about.

"Look at you, I panicked, and the slave didn't mean to blame my brother." Wei bit her lip, her face was very red, and she could see that she was also nervous, but in the end she stood up and took the initiative to sit next to Zhou Shaoyu.

So Zhou Shaoyu felt very weird, what is my brother? Now it's a kind of father's title, and you don't blame or say anything when you're done, and you take the initiative to sit next to each other!

Strangely turned his head and glanced at Wei, I have to say that since Zhou Shaoyu and they came over, the quality of life of this family has been significantly improved, and after a long time, Wei's complexion is naturally much better, and naturally, it looks a little more beautiful.

However, Webster just looked at his sleeping daughter dotingly at the moment, and did not do anything inappropriate except to sit closer.

"Isn't it scary?"

"Uh, how could it be."

"Then how can you hide?"

“……”

Zhou Shaoyu is embarrassed, what can he do if he doesn't hide, he doesn't lack sisters, there is really no need to do things that are sorry for his sisters, and the current Weishi is obviously the kind that can't be taken away, there is no need to make a fuss.

"Let's send the wrappers back to the house to sleep." Zhou Shaoyu forcibly changed the topic, and his body also stood up.

Wei was a little aggrieved, because Zhou Shaoyu's attitude was also obvious, he bit his lip again, not only did not get up, but knelt down.

"The slave knows that his brother is not an ordinary person, and the slave does not dare to expect too much, so he just asks his brother to say a few good words to the slave for the clumsy husband, even if it is a common person, as long as he can return to Beijing. Slave, slave has nothing to reciprocate, willing to be disposed of by his brother at will. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Shaoyu's face sank.

Thanks to him, he still thinks that Webster is probably just a poor woman, but at present, it seems that it is not complete. But after all, I can't bear to be reprimanded.

Wei's performance was not a disappointment to Zhou Shaoyu, because in fact, he didn't pay much attention to it at all, even if his original thoughts were wrong, but it still can't be denied that this is indeed a poor woman.

Do you really think that only her children were killed?

Li Xian abolished the emperor, and the queen of Wei was naturally gone, his father Wei Xuanzhen died in exile in Qinzhou, and his mother Cui was killed by the Ning Cheng brothers, the leader of Qinzhou. The four brothers Wei Xun, Wei Hao, Wei Dong and Wei Zhu all died in Rongzhou, and only two younger sisters escaped.

In other words, Webster's parents and brothers are all gone, and the closest men in the family are all dead, can you not hate? Can you not be angry?

Why fight for power? Why do you want to make Li Bao'er the princess? Isn't it because there is no hope? Li Xianbe's son is not her own.

In fact, if you think about it on another level, you can't deny Wei's power, her situation is equivalent to actually not much external help, and being able to finally control the government can only show her own strength. In contrast, Li Bao'er is much more tender than that.

"Under that man's nose, do you really dare to go back?" Zhou Shaoyu suddenly played with the taste, and the meaning of the words naturally referred to Wu Zetian.

Webster couldn't help but tremble, but finally insisted: "Dare!" ”

"Right now, you're just looking for death when you go back." Zhou Shaoyu shook his head and glanced at Webster meaningfully, does he already have a different psychology now. "Let's stay up, stay up for ten years, and you will naturally be able to go back."

In fact, if it weren't for the accident that night, Webster wouldn't have had the idea of going back to Luoyang now, even if he did, he would have buried it deep in his heart, it was just a temptation, it was naturally best to go back, it was better than suffering in the countryside, although that person would really give people a lot of pressure.

Even if you don't agree, it's nothing, anyway, the cheap has already been taken advantage of, the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty is relatively open, and Wei is not an unmarried woman, although she is afraid of being discovered, but if Zhou Shaoyu really wants to do something, she will not object.

It's just that he never thought that Zhou Shaoyu seemed to see through everything, and at that glance, Wei only felt that he was seen through, and there was no secret to speak of.

On the other hand, Zhou Shaoyu was a lot more relaxed, and said that he would be safe in the future, otherwise he would be really embarrassed if he continued like this.

PS: I still think it's necessary to explain, so as not to mislead people, Li Xian was exiled, there was only Wei Shi around, and there was no group of dolls, the only one was Li Bao'er, or because he was born in the middle of the road. This is also the reason why Li Xian loves Li Bao'er the most, because she is the only one who has been brought up since she was a child.

(End of chapter)