Cypress Boat Floating

"Think about it again, think about it again, there must be a way." Ye Jianqing muttered to himself, thinking frantically in his mind who could help in this situation.

In order to stop Lu Zhixing from going to Beiguan, there must be someone who can solve the trouble at Beiguan. The person who can solve this trouble must have been on the battlefield, have certain military command capabilities, and be able to compete with Durbert Nar. However, there are not many people in the court today who can do this.

But there shouldn't be a city like Da'an without a single person. If Durbert Nar was really so invincible, Damo would have conquered Beiguan City long ago. Why would he have to stay here until today and pay tribute to Da'an every year?

"Is there really no one in this court?" Ye Jianqing asked with a skeptical attitude: "In the last life, after your second brother returned to Beijing, who replaced him and went to Beiguan to provide support?"

Lu Ciqiu thought for a moment and said, "General Weiyuan Qian Hongzhen."

"So what kind of person is he?" Another name Ye Jianqing had never heard of.

Lu Ci Qiu thought back to Qian Hongzhen's past: "General Qian was the top martial arts scholar of that year. He was strong as a mountain and had an unparalleled courage. He was a righteous man and had great martial arts skills. He fought to the death with the Western Regions in the west and finally took back the three cities occupied by the Western Regions. My third brother also started as a soldier under General Qian, and only became a marshal two years ago and was stationed in the Western Regions.

General Qian was called back to the capital by the emperor to recuperate, and he has only held a half-time position in the Ministry of War since then. But thinking about it, it is also true that General Qian was so powerful that his father was inevitably afraid of him, but he did nothing wrong, and it happened that the third brother had also been trained, so he thought of a way to transfer him back and let the third brother guard the Western Regions. "

"Since this person can go to Beiguan on behalf of your second brother, then it should be possible this time. You are just worried about your second brother going to Beiguan. Now that there is someone who can go in his place, why not let him go?"

Lu Ci Qiu's face was full of worry. Although he had not attended the court that year, he had heard a lot about these things. The tutor in the academy would occasionally use these current issues as questions.

"I don't know General Qian's personality well enough. I know that he seemed to have given up on himself after returning to the capital from the Western Regions. He never cared about anything in the court and rarely got close to the officials. He only loved drinking and playing with knives. He just stood by and watched everything. Even when all the officials in the palace were arguing about General Ye's treason, General Qian didn't say a word. He just stood aside and didn't listen to anything. When people asked him, he would only say, 'It's none of my business.'

In his previous life, he went to Beiguan to provide support because his second brother was injured and wrote to the emperor to ask him to send General Qian to provide support. His father considered it for a long time before agreeing to send General Qian to Beiguan and let his second brother return to the capital to recover. "

Ye Jianqing really wanted to complain loudly, "Isn't it because your father is afraid of them that they deliberately did this?" But in the end, he did not say it out loud. Ye Jianqing still knew that there were some things that should be said and some things that could not be said.

"The desert has not invaded yet. Besides General Ye, there are General Ye's deputy generals and other generals at the North Gate. Now that General Ye is not here, others can naturally take over." Ye Jianqing frowned slightly.

Lu Ci Qiu retorted: "But they can't defeat Da Mo either? Otherwise, why would they ask my second brother to go there later?"

"But you haven't had any trouble at Beiguan yet. If you rashly tell others to let General Qian go to Beiguan, it will only arouse suspicion. You might then be charged with treason and collusion with the enemy."

Unable to come up with an effective solution after a while of communication, both of them fell silent.

At this time, apart from them, it seemed that no one was considering the people and the Flame Army far away in Beiguan, and no one knew what kind of crisis Beiguan would encounter in the coming time.

Under the command of their most resourceful, brave and warlike Khan, the Desert Army attacked Beiguan City in one fell swoop. The Marshal did not return, and the Flame Army without the Marshal could only resist for a short time. They fought tenaciously under the command of the deputy general, but as long as the Marshal did not return, the morale of the army would be unstable.

Finally, Deputy General Dai Xingxian was shot and killed by Nar in front of the two armies. Although other deputy generals wanted to stabilize the morale of the army, the death of Dai Xingxian was like an unsolvable nightmare that took root in their minds, and the fear of Nar spread in the military camp.

The city was broken and people died.

Tens of thousands of Flame Army soldiers died in this war, the people were displaced, Beiguan was occupied by the desert, they burned, killed, looted, captured the original Da'an people and made them their slaves. They took Beiguan city for themselves, completely forgetting that they had once sat here with the people they had killed, drinking, singing, dancing, and chatting about business and family matters.

Lu Ci Qiu felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife when he thought of the scene described by the Grand Tutor at that time. The trip to Nancheng had brought him a lot of gains and made him realize how difficult life was for the common people.

So this time, he not only didn't want Lu Zhixing to get hurt in Beiguan, he also didn't want the scenes that the Taifu described to happen again. The Flame Army has been fighting for Da'an and the people all their lives, and he didn't want this group of passionate people to die in despair in the end.

Before they died, they were still hoping that someone would come to rescue them and give them a hand, but in the end, when their blood was cold, no one came.

Why is that?

Isn’t it because of my father’s suspicion of General Ye Honghai and the Flame Army that all news about everyone in the capital has been blocked, no matter who it is or what the news is, no one can get out?

Especially Lu Zhixing and Lu Ciqiu, because Lu Zhixing was originally under Ye Honghai, no one can guarantee that he will not cheat for Ye Honghai's life. And Lu Ciqiu, as Lu Zhixing's younger brother, it is difficult to guarantee that Lu Zhixing will not use him to spread the message.

So the emperor simply kept a close eye on the two of them.

Now, there is only one way for Lu Ci Qiu to change this outcome, and that is to arrange people to go to Beiguan in advance. No matter what, Beiguan cannot be without a marshal, someone who can lead the army. As long as the marshal is there, there will be more confidence when fighting against the desert.

And this person must be someone who can convince others.

For example: Lu Zhixing, Qian Hongzhen and others who made great contributions on the battlefield.

"Now it seems that we can only find a way to get Qian Hongzhen to go to Beiguan." Ye Jianqing felt that this matter was a bit difficult to handle. After Qian Hongzhen returned to Beijing, he became a loner and did not interact with other people. He even hated all court affairs. Such a person was really difficult to approach.

Qian Hongzhen, Qian Hongzhen.

Why did Ye Jianqing feel that the name seemed to be more and more familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

A light bulb suddenly lit up in my head, and I suddenly remembered: "General Zhang Quansheng!"

"What?" Lu Ci Qiu was frightened by her shouting.

"I remember now. I said the name Qian Hongzhen sounded familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere. General Zhang Quansheng, we went to Nancheng together at that time, do you still remember?" Ye Jianqing, who finally got some clues, was obviously a little excited and patted Lu Ci Qiu's arm.

"I remember, I remember, of course I remember." Lu Ci Qiu squinted in pain and replied quickly.

After finally thinking of a point, Ye Jianqing couldn't help but get a little excited: "When I was chatting with General Zhang in South City, I seemed to hear him say that he and General Qian were good friends. If it's true, you can first visit General Zhang Quansheng and talk to him about the North Gate. General Zhang cares about the people, so he will naturally be worried. Now you can mention General Qian and ask him to introduce you to General Qian. After that, it's just a matter of persuading General Qian, right?"

Lu Ci Qiu was still a little worried: "That being said, right now, our father's eyes are on us. It would not be a good idea to go to General Zhang at this time."

He was afraid of implicating Zhang Quansheng. After all, no one knew what his father was thinking now. He even arrested General Ye, with whom he grew up. Who knew what he really meant.

"If you're worried about being discovered, then we can only make an appointment outside." Ye Jianqing knew that everyone was in danger at this time, but this was the only way.

"Okay, then I'll try it in court tomorrow." Lu Ci Qiu thought about it and finally agreed. Some things have to be tried. If you don't try, you don't know whether you can do it or not.