It takes time for the armies of all parties to assemble and prepare for war, but with Zhao Wuji, the deputy commander, in charge, Luo Chuan, the nominal commander, is free.
He met with the officials of the third division office of Tongcang City in the garden of the Chen Mansion. After asking many detailed questions, he asked the officials of the third division to retreat.
When Luo Chuan, Shadow and Siqi were the only three people left in the garden again, Siqi started cracking melon seeds again. While doing so, he said to Luo Chuan, "I wonder if I have stayed in Licheng for too long. See you." There are too many officials there, but I think these young officials from Tongcang City are more pleasing to my eye."
Luo Chuan also grabbed a small handful of melon seeds from the bowl in front of Siqi and started cracking them, "In the land of Sancang and the Sansifu Yamen in various cities in Anling, these officials today basically come from the civil and military examinations." Although most of them are children of aristocratic families, most of them are not from direct lineage. These people are young and do not have the absolute support of family power behind them. In addition to their own hard work and achievements, in case of failure, As a prefect who doesn't follow the ordinary path, I have no other way to go, so I have to work hard and be low-key and humble. Naturally, you will be much more pleasing to the eye than those officials in Licheng."
Siqi said "Oh" and said, "I see, if you want to be an official, you have to find people like this. We have seen a lot of those noble men in Zhongjing City, and they all do bad things. .”
"There is no absolute conclusion for anything in this world. You have to look at both sides." Luo Chuan, as usual, instilled some principles from another world to the people around him, "Noble families can also have some pillars. Those who are talented can even be reused most of the time, because the vision and macro-angle of analyzing things are extremely difficult for children from civilian families to achieve. At the same time, not all children from civilian families will be honest and hard-working. Those who have never experienced real wealth will probably be tripped up by some small favors, or they are simply afraid of poverty. Once they gain some power, they will not do worse things."
Si Qi listened vaguely and seemed to understand. Luochuan seemed to be in a lively conversation. Just when he was about to say something more, he saw Chen Shaoxiong suddenly walking quickly into the garden and heading towards the pavilion where they were, so he stopped. The topic changed, and when Chen Shaoxiong came closer, he asked, "What's wrong?"
Chen Shaoxiong said quickly, "We received a guest from outside the city, Su Yiming, who was rushing to the city. He sent a message back first, saying that there was news about Xingcheng and Yunbailou, and he wanted to meet the prefect, so he was asked to come here. still?"
"Just stay here, it doesn't matter," Luo Chuan pondered for a moment, "I thought Mr. Su would come to Tongcang City earlier, but he only arrived today. From which direction did he come back?"
Chen Shaoxiong said, "The sword came from Zhengcang City and fell outside the city."
Luochuan nodded, and Chen Shaoxiong said goodbye. A moment later, he appeared in the Chen Mansion garden with Su Yiming, who was obviously tired of life, and his old servant Jin Ye.
Luo Chuan stood up to greet him. Su Yiming saluted from a distance, "Yiming has met the prefect."
"No need to be polite," Luo Chuan stepped forward to help Su Yiming up, and then said to Chen Shaoxiong, "Brother, please prepare some fruits to eat. The two of them must not have eaten yet."
Chen Shaoxiong took the order and left, while Luochuan and Su Yiming returned to the pavilion and sat down before asking, "I remember that you came back from a message last time and were still in Anyang, saying that you were going to see an old friend of mine. I don’t think I have any old friends in Anyang County. Apart from Yan Siyu, there is only one Yan Zhuo. You should go see him. I heard that he is in Chu City, but just now I heard that you and Jin Ye are wielding swords from Zhengcang City. What happened when you came back?"
After Su Yiming took the teacup from Siqi's hand and took a sip of water, he slowly spoke, "It's a long story. Let me start from the beginning, Lord Su."
Luochuan nodded, and Su Yiming said, "The governor knows that Su is going to Danggang this time to let Shen Ran, the leader of Danggang City, merge into Anyang County. After this matter is completed, Su will go all the way west. I wanted to go back to Licheng directly, but I received a message from Miss Yin on the way. I met her at the dock of Nanhu City and found out that Heyu City had fallen. Knowing that the defense of Yuanbeicheng in Anyang County had suffered a disastrous victory, I felt that the situation in Hanzhou in the southwest was about to change drastically. The Grand Administrator's coalition forces marched northward.
Guangjun Yunbailou will definitely advance into Xingcheng and stop them. At present, apart from Yongchang who is too busy to take care of himself, Anyang County, which has a chance to breathe, may become an unexpected variable. "
"Originally, Yiming wanted to go see Yan Siyu, but he felt that he had won a new battle. With his temperament, he might not be willing to offend Guangjun Yunbailou immediately after he got a chance to breathe," Su Yiming said, "so he thought He met Yan Zhuo who was training in Chucheng. Although this man was young, he was still better than his father in making decisions. Moreover, Yan Siyu still valued this son who grew up beside Wei Changhe. If Yan Zhuo turned to Yan Siyu warned, Yan Siyu said that he should pay more attention to it, but unexpectedly..."
Su Yiming had a wry smile on his face, but there was a hint of appreciation in his tone, "Unexpectedly, Yan Zhuo, after hearing what I said about Heyu City and what the prefect said in his reply, he saw Guangjun in Yunbailou The navy sailed upstream from the Ya River and directly ordered the Anyang naval forces to leave the harbor and pursue them. They followed from a distance until they were stationed in the ancient city. At the same time, they sent a message to Yan Siyu, requesting additional troops to the ancient city."
Luo Chuan was also a little surprised and said, "The ancient city and Xingcheng are connected by a river, and they are only two or three hundred miles apart. Now Yunbailou is building Huanxing City. If Anyang really increases its troops in the ancient city, then Yunbailou's future actions will not be the same. Maybe he didn’t have any scruples, Yan Zhuo really gave us a big favor, and no matter what happens next with us and Guangjun and Yongchang, Chen Bing in Anyang County in the ancient city will always watch the fire from the other side, and we can attack, retreat or defend. As a result, this Yan Zhuo...is really interesting."
Su Yiming nodded and said, "Indeed. Yan Zhuo has good judgment and quick decision-making, which is very good. Unfortunately, Yan Siyu seems to be wary of him. He has become somewhat distant since Wei Changhe's death. Not to mention this, Yan Zhuo When I led the army to reinforce the ancient city, I was still in Chu City. Thinking that the governor's coalition forces would still have some time to go north, I prepared to cross the Yahe River to Jincheng to find Yunbailou. But before I started, I was attacked by Yin Ling. Someone found me first, so I followed him to Xiucheng, then went south to the Ya River north of Xingcheng, and saw Yun Bailou among the navy of Guangjun."
"Did you see Yun Bailou on the Yashui River?" Luo Chuan asked, "Yun Bailou was always among the navy and did not enter Xingcheng?"
"No," Su Yiming said, "When I saw Yun Bailou, the Guangjun navy had arrived in Xingcheng for a few days, but Yun Bailou was on that ship and had never landed."
Luo Chuan frowned slightly, "Is it possible that Song Ningshan, the general of Xingcheng, has not made up his mind to rebel and return to Guangjun?" He shook his head again, "But judging from the news sent back by Qiu Feng, Xingcheng should have changed hands."
