Fang Zilan watched Zhuge Yu's expression change from indifferent to now depressed, and was a little at a loss. When she was considering whether to say something, she heard Zhuge Yu's voice again: "You are injured." She then realized that she was Not only stained with the blood of her enemies, but also her own.
She had two stab wounds on her body, but they were neither serious. Zhuge Yu called a military doctor to help her treat the wounds. Immediately, Shangguan Jing and Shangguan Min counted the number of people and appeared in the main tent together with the two of them. Also arriving was Li Qiyou.
Seeing Li Qiyou, Fang Zilan couldn't help but be startled, "The prince was injured and should take a good rest, why did he come here?" Li Qiyou's face was a little pale, and his expression was tired, "The military situation is unclear, and I can't feel at ease. "As he spoke, he turned to Shangguan Jing and asked, "General Shangguan, how is the situation in our army?"
"The situation is not very good. We lost thousands of people in this battle." Shangguan Jing shook his head with a solemn expression. Next to him, Shangguan Min clenched his fists. "If it weren't for protecting the prince, we wouldn't have let the Jin people come from behind. Sneak attack..."
"Min'er!" Shangguan Jing shouted softly. Only then did Shangguan Min realize that he had made a mistake, and Li Qiyou's face turned a little pale.
"Two generals, don't you think the Jin people are targeting the prince too much?" Zhuge Yu was the one who spoke. After he reminded a few people, they realized something was wrong. Fang Zilan frowned slightly, "You mean the Jin people know the identity of the prince?"
"But this time the prince's supervision of the army was very low-key. How did the Jin people know about it?" Shangguan Jing looked puzzled, and Zhuge Yu followed his lead. "I have said before that there is someone in the capital who has an affair with the Jin people."
"Master Zhuge, you mean there are spies in our army?" Shangguan Min couldn't help but say it, but his eyes were clearly in disbelief.
"This is just Mr. Zhuge's speculation. How can we believe it?" Fang Zilan looked at Zhuge Yu coldly. He was not annoyed. He just walked among a few people and looked at Fang Zilan who was sitting on the main seat. "I If you have a plan, you might as well give it a try."
"Master Zhuge, tell me what you have to say. I also want to hear the military advisor's opinion." Fang Zilan became interested, and several people nodded.
"If the Jin people really know the identity of the prince, we can put on a show for the Jin people to see." Zhuge Yu said slowly and slowly: "Let's just say that Miss Fang and the prince have always been at odds. Now that the prince is injured and angry at Miss Fang, let Miss Fang lead only 2,000 people to take back Kapok Town. The Jin people will definitely underestimate the enemy, and Miss Fang doesn’t have to be wary. We can lure the Jin people to the Wind River Valley. General Shangguan and I will set up an ambush in the Wind River Valley in advance and annihilate them in one fell swoop. "
"It's a good plan to lure the enemy deeper." Shangguan Jing nodded in praise, but Fang Zilan suddenly smiled, "What kind of show is this? Isn't it true that the prince and I are at odds?"
"Miss Fang!" Li Qiyou glanced at Fang Zilan dissatisfied, but she still just smiled, "Your Majesty, do you think what I said is wrong?"
Shangguan Jing saw that the two principals had no objections and said, "Since Miss Fang agrees, I will let people release the news."
"Wait a minute." Fang Zilan called to Shangguan Jing who turned to leave, and looked at Zhuge Yu who was standing aside, "I dare to ask Mr. Zhuge, is your plan to believe that the Shangguan family is not collaborators with the enemy, or do you want me to believe that you will not set up an ambush?" And annihilate me in one fell swoop?”
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, but Zhuge Yu expected it, "If I say it's both, will Miss Fang believe it?"
"Of course I don't believe it." Fang Zilan smiled coldly, "No one here wants me to live. Why should I believe Mr. Zhuge?"
"We..." Li Qiyou retorted, but was suddenly interrupted by Fang Zilan, "Prince Wang couldn't bear to see me as the head coach of a woman before he went on the expedition. This time, he was actually looking for an opportunity to replace me as the supervisor of the army. The Shangguan family and I have Shangguan Yun's account that has not been settled, and the Zhuge family is known as Li's right-hand man, so I'm afraid they have already regarded me as their enemy, right?"
"Miss Fang is right." Zhuge Yu nodded, but what he recalled in his mind were the two meetings before leaving Beijing. One was when the Empress Dowager asked him to help Li Qiyou, and she waited for an opportunity to kill Fang Zilan and replace him with Li Qiyou. , and another time with Li Shengxuan.
The king's heart is unpredictable, and he still clearly remembers what Li Shengxuan said. He said that if Fang Zilan could not control the Shangguan family internally and could not quell the Jinren rebellion outside, he would let Li Qiyou take his place; if Fang Zilan could do it, he would kill her while quelling the chaos.
The former is a useless chess piece that must be discarded, and the latter is a potential danger that is too capable but does not know the root cause and must be eliminated. No matter which one, the ending is inevitable.
"But this is also the best way to defeat the enemy at the moment." Fang Zilan said, standing up from the main seat and walking to Zhuge Yu, "I have no choice, right?"
Zhuge Yu nodded, Fang Zilan glanced at several people thoughtfully, Li Qiyou looked patient, Shangguan Min hesitated, and Shangguan Jing looked heavy. Sure enough, they all had their own agendas.
She couldn't help but chuckle, "In that case, General Shangguan will go and spread the news. But for this battle, I will take Guan Min with me."
"Miss Fang, you!" Shangguan Jing seemed not to have thought of Fang Zilan's additional conditions, and was caught off guard by a general. But Fang Zilan still just smiled, "You guys want me to believe you, of course you have to show some sincerity. If you are If I really want to do something else, I have to have a bargaining chip to protect myself."
"I'm going with General Fang." Before Shangguan Jing could say anything else, Shangguan Min agreed first, which made Shangguan Jing angry and annoyed, but it was hard to get angry in front of others.
"Okay, then you all prepare yourselves. If the news spreads, I will lead the troops to fight." After Fang Zilan said that, several people left one after another, leaving her alone in the main tent. She looked at the backs of several people with mixed feelings in her heart.
If Zhuge Yu and Li Qiyou really wanted her life, it would be useless even if she brought Shangguan Min with them. Now we can only see what choice Shangguan Jing makes. Is the dead Shangguan Yun more important, or the living Shangguan Min? She had no choice but to gamble her life and fortune.
That night, Shangguan Jing found Zhuge Yu and Li Qiyou who were playing chess. After a fierce battle during the day, the two people were still relaxed and elegant.
Although Shangguan Jing thought so, he was too embarrassed to interrupt directly. After all, he was the one asking for help, so he could only stand aside and watch the chess without saying a word.
"General Shangguan is here for Shangguan Min?" After Zhuge Yu finished speaking, the white piece in his hand fell steadily, "I accept the concession."
"Master Zhuge is really powerful." Li Qiyou smiled calmly and turned to look at Shangguan Jing, "General Shangguan, don't worry, Master Zhuge's plan is just to defeat the enemy and has no intention of targeting Miss Fang. Shangguan Min will be fine." .”
"But the plan to lure the enemy deep is extremely dangerous. I can only feel at ease if I ask Mr. Zhuge personally." Shangguan Jing took a few steps forward and looked at Zhuge Yu. He was looking at the chessboard intently and did not look up when he heard Shangguan Jing's words. .
"Whether Shangguan Min will be fine depends on how capable he is and whether Miss Fang is willing to protect him." Zhuge Yu said this and put the extra white pieces in his hand into the chess box and looked up at Li Qiyou said, "With your talent, the prince could have taken three more steps. It seems that the prince is upset."
Hearing this, Shangguan Jing's heart skipped a beat. There was something in Zhuge Yu's words. The loser was always the one who couldn't calm down and was upset first, but now he was the one who was upset. He was so sensitive...
"Luring the enemy deep, you have to wait until the enemy is deep before taking action. If you catch them all in one go, no fish will slip through the net." Zhuge Yu ignored Shangguan Jing's reaction and stood up on his own, "There are dangers everywhere on the battlefield. I'm afraid Zhuge Yu can't let General Shangguan feel at ease anymore."
Shangguan Jing watched Zhuge Yu's back disappear from sight, and then looked at the chessboard in front of him. Black and white are intertwined, but the black ones are wrapped in the white ones, and they have already been strangled. How can Fang Zilan win in such a deadlock?
Three days later, Shangguan Jing and Fang Zilan ensured that the news was spread, and the scouts sent from the other camp also confirmed the Jin man's laxity. The Jin man kept his troops stationary and waited for Fang Zilan to arrive. In this case, she couldn't go against the Jin man's will, so she took Shangguan Min and two thousand people to stand outside Kapok Town to call for formation early the next morning.
When the Jin people faced the rear, Zi Lan killed the deputy general who was leading the battle with a sword. As she expected, she angered the Jin people's general. Although she couldn't understand a word of the other party's jabbering, she probably guessed that the other party was saying that she only had so much. People have the nerve to be arrogant and let her have a taste of their power right away. After the provocation successfully achieved her goal, she no longer wanted to fight. She and Shangguan Min led the troops all the way north, and soon they arrived at the Wind River Valley.
However, the Jin people did not directly chase them into the valley, which made Fang Zilan's heart sink. I was afraid that Li Shengxuan and Shangguan Yun had made the Jin people suffer in the Wind Valley last time, so they did not dare to rush in this time. . But if the Jin people don't enter the valley, then Zhuge Yu's strategy of luring the enemy deep will be useless, and she will become the turtle in the urn.
Shangguan Min frowned slightly, looking at Fang Zilan who stood immediately in front of the mountain and refused to enter the valley, he couldn't help but shout, "General Fang!"
Although Shangguan Min guessed what she was going to do, he had no time to stop her. He could only watch helplessly as she rushed back into the Jin army single-handedly. The deputy general assigned by Shangguan Jing beside him was already prepared. Stopped in front of his horse. He had no choice but to snatch the arrows from the archer behind him, quickly pulled out three arrows, and shot them straight out.
Fang Zilan's long sword swept across the golden man in front of her. When she sided to avoid the golden man next to her, she saw the man fell straight off his horse. When she turned around, she saw Shangguan Min with a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other, with a stern expression similar to her that night when he ordered the general. What he saw on the stage was the same, except this time his enemy was not her.
With the help of Shangguan Min's feather arrows, she no longer hesitated with the sword in her hand. The tip of the sword swept across the area. Wherever the sword light flashed, there were screams. Golden men kept falling and gold men continued to surround them. She fought and retreated, the flag of Dajing was right in front of her eyes.
Just as she was about to retreat to the valley, she suddenly felt a gust of cold wind on her right side. Based on her experience, she quickly raised her hand to block the knife on the side. However, when she saw the person coming clearly, she couldn't help but gasp. It turned out to be the fierce battle that day. There were more than one strong man in her, and she was surrounded in the blink of an eye.
