My companion is a bit fierce

The night is deep.

"Your Majesty, it's time to rest." Liu An saluted respectfully, "It's getting late."

The hustle and bustle outside has gone away, and it has fallen into silence.

With half-closed eyes, staring at the constantly beating lights and falling into distant contemplation, Emperor Tong Xi slowly turned his neck and looked at Liu An: "What time is it?"

"Second update."

"It's so late..." Suspect sighed, and Emperor Tong Xi walked slowly to the bedside and sat down, "There's no need to wait, let's go down."

Liu An looked up at Emperor Tong Xi's expression, nodded in agreement, and stepped back out of the big tent after bending over.

Even though the lights were out, a pair of eyes still glowed in the dark.

Turning over again, Emperor Tong Xi suddenly sat up from the bed, the quiet darkness surrounded him, and he lay down again after a long time.

The east is whitish, and the sun is slowly peeking out from the end of the sky.

The bright yellow flag fluttered with the wind, the tall horse neighed lowly, and the guards stood with guns, ready to fight.

Looking back at the endless line, seeing nothing wrong, Qi Lan got on his horse and said, "Go back to the palace!"

Rong Jue followed behind him, and immediately flattered his horse after listening to his instructions, he couldn't wait any longer.He was startled by Qi Lan's sudden statement last night, and he had to go back and inform Mobei as soon as possible.

===

Not long after the spring hunt ended, an urgent memorial was sent from Mobei to Emperor Tongxi's desk.

"Is Rong Xu really not paying attention to me?!"

Emperor Tongxi spoke sternly, and threw out the folder that Rong Xu sent, all the officials below were silent, and none of them dared to speak out.

Looking at the people below, Emperor Tong Xi's chest kept rising and falling: "Don't you speak for King Rong?!"

Who dares to bump into the gun at this time?

Swallowing his mouth carefully, an official finally stood up and said, "King Rong's request has indeed been passed. The barbarian gold has been attached to our court for a long time, and it is only because of a little suspicion that it hastily sent troops to crusade against our court. The atmosphere does not match..."

A memorial slapped the official in the face.

The voice stopped abruptly.

Slightly squinting his eyes, he glanced at the group of people below, and said to Emperor Tong Xi: "I didn't call you here to listen to your nonsense. King Rong insists on sending troops, so no one can give an idea to stop him?"

He stepped down the steps and walked past the officials one by one.

"What do I want you to do!"

The expressions of all the officials were indistinguishable. The soldiers in Mobei were always under the management of Prince Rong's mansion. Emperor Tongxi's order was of no use there. Only this point cut off all the roads.

Rong Xu wanted to send troops to make money, so it would be good if he could let him know.

Standing in front of Qi Lan, Emperor Tong Xi asked, "Prince, what do you think?"

"There must be a reason for King Rong to send troops. Father might as well relax." Qi Lan looked calm, "Besides, Manjin has been harassing me a lot towards the border, and King Rong sent troops just to give them a warning and deterrence."

"Deterrence?" Emperor Tongxi seemed to have heard something funny, and laughed, "Barbarian gold is a barren land. It has been surrendered for many years, and the annual tribute has increased every year. How dare you dare to offend our court?"

Is this turning a blind eye to Manjin's small actions all the time?

Qi Lan paused for a moment, and finally took a step forward, and said loudly: "All these years, the father has been kind to them, tolerant and tolerant, which has fostered their ambitions. Last year's poor harvest made them push forward even more. , the border is uneasy, how do the people make a living?"

"Did Man Jin cross Juxia Ridge and enter Daqi?" Emperor Tongxi looked indifferent.

"...No, but their traces have been found in Juxia Ridge before." Qi Lan talked about Rong Jue's entry into Beijing five years ago, "It can be seen that they—"

Emperor Tong Xi waved his hand, making Qi Lan shut his mouth.

"Do you really know whether Prince Rong's words are true or not?" Emperor Tong Xi curled his lips, but his eyes were gloomy.

There was a sudden jolt, and cold sweat broke out on Qi Lan's back.

Seeing the panic in Qi Lan's eyes, the corners of Emperor Tong Xi's mouth became even higher.

Forced to stabilize his mind, Qi Lan slowed down his tone: "Father means..."

Emperor Tongxi said: "If King Rong insists on sending troops, then Prince Rong's son can only play the role he should play as a hostage."

Everyone's breathing stagnated for a moment, and Qi Lan's eyes widened even more: "I hope Your Majesty will think twice before acting!"

"Does the prince think I'm too impulsive?" Emperor Tong Xi turned his head to look at him.

Qi Lan knelt down: "Don't dare."

"I think so too." Emperor Tong Xi nodded, "That's it."

"Father..." Qi Lan felt uneasy, "The Mobei affairs are related to Da Qi's safety and survival, so we need to be careful."

Emperor Tong Xi, who was about to go back to the steps, paused, turned around, and stared straight at Qi Lan: "What does the prince mean?" When did Rong Xu have this ability? Can he still influence me?"

Emperor Tong Xi's face was already ugly.

"I don't care what's going on between you and Prince Rong, what we're talking about today, don't let it out!"

Taking a deep breath, Qi Lan held down his rising and falling chest, and bowed his head in response.

All the officials present who had eyes could tell that Emperor Tongxi was extremely dissatisfied with Mobei Rong's father and son, and even the crown prince was angered.

After everyone else withdrew, Qi Lan was left behind by Emperor Tong Xi.

"Did you see the last spring hunt?" Emperor Tong Xi took the lead to ask.

Qi Lan didn't know why.

"It seems that you don't know yet." Emperor Tong Xi shook his head lightly, "The arrow feather that shot into the wild boar went straight to the brain, and the bow that shot into this arrow has three stones in its feet!"

When Rong Jue drew his bow, Qi Lan also watched from the sidelines. Rong Jue did it too casually, and he didn't think there was anything wrong.

"Three stone bows! Even the big man of the Feng family, who is as strong as an ox, can't pull it away! That Rong Jue, who shoots three arrows in a row, is so skilled in martial arts. After a hundred years of Rong Xu, he will still have [-] soldiers and horses in his hands. How will you deal with yourself then?" Emperor Tong Xi asked repeatedly.

"Do as you should." Knowing that Emperor Tongxi was worried about excess, Qi Lan said, "The Rong family has guarded Mobei for generations, and they have been loyal for so many years. Have you ever thought of anything wrong?"

"That was before!" Emperor Tongxi snarled, "This one, no, these two generations, Rong Xu and Rong Jue were both rebellious and too strong. If you succeed and Rong Jue sends troops to attack at will, what will you do? ?”

Pursing his dry lips, Qi Lan said in a hoarse voice: "Young Prince Rong is not a reckless person. If you send troops, there must be a legitimate reason."

"That's why you trust him?"

Qi Lan nodded slowly.

"You... what if you don't have a reason?"

"No no."

Emperor Tong Xi paused, and asked again: "He sent troops, will you plan in the rear?"

A war is not enough to send troops to the front line, but also needs food, grass and military equipment from the rear. If the backup cannot keep up, the soldiers on the front line will be demoralized, tired and hungry, and even surrender and be defeated.

"meeting."

The hall fell into silence again.After a long time, Emperor Tong Xi waved Qi Lan to leave.

===

Emperor Tongxi was too sensitive to Mobei.Qi Lan was deeply disturbed, so he went to find Wang Mingda for advice.

After listening to Qi Lan's narration, Wang Mingda frowned: "For some reason, I always have a bad feeling."

"Man Jin and the Xiongnu may have a connection, that's why King Rong thought of sending troops. There are already many refugees who can't bear the famine on the border of Daqi and even started riots..." Qi Lan sighed deeply, "These refugees are lost For those who don’t have cattle and sheep to plow the fields, eating and living is the top priority.”

Mobei himself was too busy to support himself, so where did he get the extra food to help these poor people.What's more, there are still many malicious people sneaking in to find out the situation, and taking the opportunity to launch round after round of charges on the pass.

"The weather is bad, and everyone suffers." Wang Mingda also felt a lot of emotion, "The poor stare at the rich, wishing to steal their food, but the rich's family is barely enough."

Rong Xu couldn't tolerate sand in his eyes, and with the repeated provocations of the barbarian gold and the Xiongnu, coupled with the fact that they colluded with each other to calculate Da Qi, he would not sit back and let them go on like this.Even if Emperor Tongxi did not agree to send troops, he would take the initiative to attack.Otherwise, when Man Jin and the Huns are ready to launch at the same time again, Mobei will not be able to deal with it.

At the beginning of April, the grassland outside Juxialing was blown by sandstorms.The barren land is exposed to the continuous blowing of the strong wind, flying sand and rocks, breaking trees and flowers, and strong winds, one after another.

More refugees poured into the pass, followed by cavalry with clattering horseshoes and infantry with black guns waving forward.

All the crossings in Mobei stopped trading early in the morning, and under such a terrible wind, they closed the city gates early in the morning to resist.

"Rush in!" The barbarian gold general leading the troops shouted, "There is a lot of food inside, endless wine, and even a charming and charming little lady! Gold is everywhere!"

"General Dai!" Meng Wenbin widened his eyes trying to see the enemy clearly, "I can't bear it anymore! If you bear it any longer, the city will be destroyed!"

Dai Yan's gray hair has been dyed yellow by the wind and sand, and he would swallow a lot of sand and stones as soon as he opened his mouth.

"The whole army obeys the order! Hold the city gates and never let them in!" With a hoarse voice, the fish tails in the corners of Dai Yan's eyes were wrinkled again, "Let's fight!"

At the same time, in the stable Dingjing, even the sound of breathing could be clearly heard in the quiet hall.

"What does the prime minister think? Except for the crown prince, the rest of the princes are not very close to Prince Rong. If the crown prince is abolished, can he be suppressed?" Seemingly knocking on the table casually, Tong Xi made an unconcerned look. He looked concerned, but in fact his eyes were fixed on Prime Minister Wang who had never left the steps.

"No." Prime Minister Wang's tone was flat, "Although Prince Rong and his son don't like to be restrained, they are not people who are unyielding and forgetful. Who is there?"