PS: these chapters may be a little dull. The beginning of a new volume is like a new book. It will be fragrant only after precipitation


    Liangcheng


    Black flag army camp in the north of the city


    Sun Kaidao hurried in from outside the big tent with a smile on his face. Fang Xie, who sat behind the handsome case and hung his head reading, didn''t even lift his head. He smiled and said, "why, today''s talk is good? There is joy in your footsteps. Is Zhong Xin loose?"


    "Not yet, but my subordinates can see from his face today that nine times out of ten he is going to promise."


    Fang Xie put aside the book in his hand and pointed to the teapot on the table: "your voice is hoarse. It must be very difficult to talk. Pour yourself water and drink, and then talk."


    Sun Kaidao poured in a glass of water, wiped the corners of his mouth and said: "Zhong Xin should have been wondering from beginning to end whether we really want to fight beihui road as long as food and grass. So he has been trying. At first, his subordinates can see that he is speculating about our purpose. If his subordinates promise to reduce some money and food, I''m afraid he will think that we are taking the opportunity to delay for another purpose, so his subordinates will not give in and say more A few items are the number. A copper coin and a grain of rice can''t be less. "


    "Well done"


    Sun Kaidao hurriedly said, "since my subordinates have taken this job, the general''s orders can''t be relaxed. Zhong Xin is an old fox, and I guess he''s skeptical now. But my subordinates will talk again tomorrow, and he should promise."


    "No need."


    Fang Xie waved his hand: "I''ve asked Chen Dingnan and Lu Fenghou to lead 50000 Ma Bu troops to Hui''an. If nothing happens, they can arrive early tomorrow morning. Just talking to Zhong Xin, he will keep talking. It''s not so easy to promise. From tomorrow, you''ll wait in the camp and wait for them to send someone to talk. If they don''t send someone, I''ll call Hui''an as they do, and I''ll withdraw Hui''an''s troops , but... The army will consume food and grass as long as it moves. The quantity I said before is not enough. It needs to be increased. "


    Sun Kaidao was stunned and immediately understood the meaning of Fang Xie.


    "My subordinates understand!"


    He nodded: "we can''t take the initiative."


    Fang Xie said, "go down and have a rest. From tomorrow on, just wait for Zhong Xin to send someone to talk. People who don''t have enough weight don''t talk, and they can''t see me. In addition, don''t tell me about my news in the camp. I asked Chen Dingnan to play my flag. People in Hui''an will definitely report to Zhong Xin for help."


    "The art of war is empty and real"


    Sun Kaidao hugged his fist: "how can Zhong Xin know the reality and the reality of the practice of the great general?"


    Fang Xie smiled and waved his hand to let him go back to rest.


    It is imperative to attack the northern emblem road. Although it seems that the speed of promotion is a little faster now. After all, Huangyang road has not been completely stabilized, but now is the time. Luo Yao and pangba, the two largest forces in the south of the Yangtze River, are now marching into the North of the river and have no time to take into account the southwest. The four southwest roads are empty. Luo Yao is anxious to enter the Chang''an City and took almost all the soldiers away. The governors told Luo Yao has no loyalty, but they don''t have soldiers now, so it will take time to become powerful.


    Fang Xie must not give them time.


    Those who can become a governor must have a background behind them. Because Luo Yao has been strong in the southwest these years, they have been pressed and can''t do it. After Luo Yao led the troops away, they also took a lot of money and food. As soon as Luo Yao left, they were under less pressure, but less pressure doesn''t mean they can make a difference immediately.


    Luo Yao has dug up the sources of troops in the southwest in recent years. When the governors were suppressed by Luo Yao, they don''t want to have their own army. Now, although Luo Yao left them, it''s equivalent to starting from scratch.


    If Fang Xie doesn''t fight in the southwest, wait a year, at most two years, and the governors backed by powerful family forces will have the strength to keep Fang Xie out. If you want to enter the army at that time, you can imagine that the loss of the team will be several times that of now.


    Even so, now Fang Xie doesn''t want to move troops to the North huidao easily. Most of his men are cavalry of the black flag army. In terms of field operations, they are second to none in the southwest. In terms of attacking cities and regions, there are no infantry and a large number of siege equipment, which are all disadvantages.


    Although many infantry have been recruited, it is an indisputable fact that their combat effectiveness is low.


    Therefore, Fang Xie did not dare to act rashly.


    If we want to fight beihui Road, we must go hand in hand with courage.


    What he has to do now is to paralyze Zhong Xin, governor of beihui Road, and those local giants as much as possible, so that they think they are just greedy for money and blackmail, and then find the most appropriate entry point. Fang Xie is now a little glad that Dugu Wenxiu directly denied his idea at that meeting. If Huangyang road starts to implement points If Tian enters the house, it is more difficult to hit beihui road.


    The northern Hui Road and even the large families of the southwest roads will immediately rise up and resist. What great strength will these people gather together at that time?


    Therefore, Fang Xie also understood that he could not solve the problem blindly if he wanted to bring more benefits to the people. Now he was in this position. If he took a wrong step, he would fall very painful. In the past, when he was just a border army scout in fan Gu, he would not think about these things. If he did anything wrong, he would just keep running. Later, when he entered Chang''an, his level could not be too high, that is If you fall down, you can get up and continue to live.


    But now, the height he reached does not allow him to fall, because it is already very high, and the fall will hurt very much.


    The more things a person has, the more scruples he has.


    "General"


    When Fang Xie was distracted, someone outside quietly shouted to him, "senior general, San jinhou, please go over and say that you have prepared the food and want to invite you to have wine."


    Fang Xie was stunned. Then he realized that the little girl Wu Yinyu had not run to her side these days, but he didn''t have time to pay more attention to official affairs. Wu and his team sent someone to invite him over. Most of them were the old lady who lost her temper again. Fang Xie felt a little embarrassed when he thought that all the people in the world regarded him as an uncle.


    ……


    ……


    The place where Wu and his family live is at the back of the camp. There is a five room house in a row in the innermost part of the stronghold, with a large yard. This is the best courtyard in the camp. It was originally built for Fang Xie. But Fang Xie lived in the camp all the time after he arrived. Because Wu Yi refused to be on an equal footing with him, Fang Xie felt a little sorry, so he insisted on asking Wu Yi to move in here.


    Fang Xie asked someone to prepare some cooked food and personally carried it into the small courtyard.


    As soon as I entered the door, I smelled a burst of aroma. Fang Xie looked into the yard and found that the kitchen was steaming out along the window. He looked into the kitchen and saw that the delicate and graceful little girl was busy, and several servants were busy waiting after him.


    This is Wu Yinyu, who Fang Xie once knew. When she was in Chang''an City, don''t say that she won''t touch anything in the kitchen, even if it''s unpleasant, she won''t take a bite. But at this time, the little girl who has become more and more famous has wrapped a scarf around her head and gathered up her hair. The weather has turned cold, but she only wears a single coat and pulls up her cuffs, revealing that her white forearm is bending and busy.


    When a servant saw Fang Xie coming to salute, Fang Xie waved his hand, handed the food box he was carrying to a servant, and then walked into the kitchen with light hands and feet.


    He waved his hand, and the servants immediately withdrew with a smile.


    Wu Yinyu, who was busy living, was completely unaware that the servants had retreated. At this time, her attention was all on the pot of chicken soup that had been stewed all morning in front of her. Her face was solemn and like a great enemy.


    Because she had to work, she didn''t wear a particularly cumbersome dress. Her upper body was a goose yellow coat. The waist was very narrow, but compared with her small waist, it was a little loose. Fang Xie even had an illusion, and her waist was pinched thick.


    The skirt is a long home cotton dress that you won''t wear when you go out. The hem is large and fluffy. This dress makes her look very lady. She can''t see her unruly nature in the past.


    She bent over and stared at the pot of chicken soup as if she were guarding a treasure.


    Because of this, the slim waist is more clearly outlined. Such a perfect arc starts from the waist and then gradually relaxes to the hip. The two arcs form a very warped circle. Sometimes beauty is so incredible that it can make people feel confused.


    Wu Yinyu heard footsteps behind her, but she didn''t know it was Fang Xie.


    She scooped some chicken soup with a spoon, blew it and tasted it, and then frowned slightly. There were some wrinkles on her small and exquisite nose, which looked particularly cute.


    "It''s a little light... I haven''t determined his taste yet. Forget it. If he doesn''t like salty, wouldn''t it be bad to add it... Long''er, I forgot to put red dates. Go and get them for me."


    She didn''t return her orders.


    Long''er, who had been hiding outside the door for a long time, pursed his mouth and smiled, spit out his tongue towards Fang Xie and pointed to a kitchen. Fang Xie then nodded, grabbed a handful of red dates and handed it to Wu Yinyu.


    Wu Yinyu stretched out her hand to answer, hesitated and said, "I didn''t wash my hands, and I don''t know how to wash the dates!"


    She straightened up and turned back, while Fang Xie leaned forward to observe the chicken soup. As a result, the two people bumped into each other without warning. Wu Yinyu suddenly bumped into Fang Xie''s arms, face to face.


    "Ah"


    Wu Yinyu exclaimed. She quickly retreated and accidentally bumped into the stove. Fang Xie held her waist and pulled back, and the other hand carried the overturned casserole. But the casserole was saved, but the stove fell down and the charcoal fire spilled all over the floor.


    "Hot!"


    Wu Yinyu was startled and shouted eagerly.


    "It''s okay"


    Fang Xie saw that her anxious face had changed, and there was a layer of fine sweat on her forehead.


    "My chicken soup..."


    Wu Yinyu murmured, or wanted to hide her embarrassment.


    "Blame me."


    Fang Xie smiled: "I scared you, or I wouldn''t have knocked over the stove. Are you okay?"


    Wu Yinyu forgot to struggle out of Fang Xie''s arm, hung her head and said in some panic: "it''s all right... I''ve been cooking all morning. Now the stove has turned over and needs to make a fire again. I''m afraid the taste is bad..."


    "Don''t make a fire again"


    Fang Xie smiled, took Wu Yinyu''s hand and came out of the kitchen. He asked her to sit down on the stone stool in the yard.


    "Do you know what is my greatest progress in practice these days?"


    Fang Xie asked with a smile.


    Wu Yinyu shook her head: "I haven''t seen you all day. I don''t know what you do every day. If your father asks you to come for wine, you''ll come. I''ll ask Long''er to invite you to dinner and you''ll push it off..."


    Fang Xie smiled awkwardly, then held the casserole in the palm of his hand, and then a flame spit out from the palm of his hand.


    "I''ll help you stew chicken soup. Recently it''s easy to control the fire and make it obedient. In the past, the fire burned everything as soon as it came out. Now at least it can be controlled freely."


    "What''s the use?"


    Wu Yinyu was puzzled.


    "It''s useful. I can cook for you in the future."


    Wu Yinyu blushed and stamped her feet: "which one wants to cook for you! I''m cooking for my father!"


    "Eh"


    Wu Yi, who came out of the room, smiled: "yes, yes, you cook for me. You often want to learn to cook any dishes. I eat the burned dishes. When I learn them well, I will call him to taste them. When he eats your dishes, I will eat the experimental products that are either burnt or not salted, or too much vinegar or too much sugar for a few days..."


    "Dad!"


    Wu Yinyu shouted, holding the corners of her clothes with both hands, at a loss.