They all say I'm a tyrant

Although the situation in the southwest is not clear, for You Yan, it is not the most difficult situation he has ever experienced.Four years ago in the northwest, they were at an absolute disadvantage, with insufficient troops and insufficient food and grass. Come back.

But now, even though the southwest war has dragged on for nearly a year, with many incidents and twists and turns, in terms of overall combat power, the Southern Wei still occupies the top. Odds are big wins.And You Yan, the coach, is far more relaxed than before. There are many talented people in the Southwest, and there is no shortage of brave and skilled generals, so he only needs to strategize, control the overall situation, and don't need him to do it himself.

But You Yan was not so relaxed in his heart.Perhaps it was Tao Jiang's death that made him unable to let go, or because he had too many worries in his heart, he couldn't help thinking about the capital thousands of miles away. Not getting along.

Sometimes You Yan couldn't help but sigh with emotion. I don't know if it was because he was a few years older, or because he was indulging in Lin Ce's gentleness before, which made him more dependent on that person. The parting made him feel a little bit more sticky thoughts from the bottom of his heart. Compared with before, he seemed somewhat indecisive.

Of course, it may also be because the always rainy weather in the southwest will affect people's emotions to some extent.Calculated according to the season, it has already entered October, and it has already entered winter in the north. The weather is getting colder and colder, and some places have even begun to snow.But the southwest has a very different climate. Although it is colder every day, it is always accompanied by endless rainy days.The cold wind that blows on the body is mixed with wet water vapor, which is extremely sticky and uncomfortable.

You Yan has never experienced this kind of weather before, and he can feel the dampness and coldness from the cracks in his bones, and the old wounds that he thought had been well have all flared up, not serious, but painful and itchy, making people feel sick It was unbearable. After a few days, You Yan lost half a circle of weight. The military doctor prescribed some soups. To expel a little bit of the chill from his body, relieve some discomfort to some extent, but You Yan still misses the dry weather in the capital, the cloudless sunny day.

"General," the tent door was opened, and the lieutenant immediately covered the tent door with his hands after entering, for fear that the cold wind would follow in and make their commander's not very strong body suffer from the wind and cold again.

You Yan was curled up in front of the charcoal basin, looking at the map in his hand intently by the dim candlelight in the tent, when he heard the voice, he raised his head and nodded towards the lieutenant general: "Is there any movement in Yingdu City now?"

"The city gates are still closed, and after a period of rest, they have strengthened the city defenses. It seems that they have made up their minds to wait for work. If we want to attack the city again, it may not be as easy as before." The deputy general replied, " Especially now that the weather is getting colder every day, if we can't stand with them, it will be bad for us."

"Why are we in a stalemate with them?" You Yan laughed, "We clearly have the advantage, why should we be led by the nose by Fan Guo?" He put down the map in his hand, picked up the utensil and flicked in front of his eyes. The charcoal basin, "Most half of the Fan Kingdom is in our hands now, and the rest of the places are mostly high mountains, dangerous places, sparsely populated, and resource-poor places, so they can't give Yingdu City any support. And all the food and grass supplies in Yingdu City now, They all came from the allies of Fan Guo. And those small countries, who were my subjects in the Southern Wei Dynasty, had a different intention and insisted on colluding with Fan Guo, so they should be taught some lessons."

As he spoke, he raised his head and smiled at the lieutenant general, "It's better to draw the bottom of the pot to stop the boiling."

The deputy general looked at You Yan in a daze, and it took him a while to understand the deep meaning of his words: "The general means that we will not move the capital city now, but put pressure on those allies to completely cut off their retreat. At that time, there will only be one Yingdu City left, isolated and helpless, and it is only a matter of going with the flow if you want to take it down?"

"How can it be enough just to cut off their retreat?" You Yan said lightly, "These countries were able to collude with each other because of the same interests, but how can there be long-term friendship between countries? They can fight for interests Fan Guo joined forces, why didn't they turn against Fan Guo for the sake of profit?"

"Then this subordinate is going to start arranging the troops?" the lieutenant said.

"No need," You Yan stood up, moved his body a little sore from sitting for a long time, and poured himself a cup of hot water, "The men and horses have already left, and they should have arrived three days ago. I guess it will be two days You should receive the battle report." As he spoke, he picked up the map that had just been thrown aside, and drew a random line on it, "In at most three days, if we go north from here, it will be the territory of our Southern Wei Dynasty. "

"The general, here in the capital..."

"These generals in the army take turns to lead people to the city gate every day to call for battle. They must be full of momentum and try to feign attacks every now and then. Anyway, we want to convince the people in the city that we still want to attack the city wholeheartedly. There is no way." You Yan slowly closed the map in his hand, "Don't startle the snake, and wait for the surprises these few allies of Fan Kingdom will give us."

"This subordinate understands." The deputy general cupped his hands towards You Yan, his eyes full of admiration.

This lieutenant general is also You Yan's old subordinate, he also followed You Yan to charge in the northwest, and later came to the southwest with Tao Jiang.Previously, because of Guo Zhun's embarrassment everywhere, this group of people in the army always felt restrained and extremely aggrieved. It was not until You Yan came to the southwest to get rid of Guo Zhun and take charge of the overall situation that they regained the feeling of the past .

More importantly, You Yan never played cards according to common sense in the battle, and there were many surprise soldiers. It was difficult for even old generals like them to grasp You Yan's mind, let alone the enemy soldiers who were facing each other. With such a coach, The whole army has a little more confidence.

You Yan turned around, grilled his hands in a charcoal basin, and asked casually, "What day is it today?"

"It's the eighth day of October." The deputy general replied.

"The eighth day of October..." You Yan murmured repeatedly, "Today is Tao Jiang's burial day. It's a pity that the war was delayed, so we can't personally send him off for the last time."

The deputy general bowed his hands to You Yan: "When the Southwest War is over and the Fan people are completely wiped out, General Tao Quan will know and feel comforted."

You Yan shook his head lightly, and walked to the tent door.As soon as Fang opened the tent door, the cold wind swept in and blew on You Yan. You Yan sighed for a long time, looked at the patrolling soldiers outside the tent, and sighed: "The weather is getting colder every day. It's getting more and more difficult. In a blink of an eye, it's the end of the year again, and the war has lasted for nearly a year, and the soldiers are starting to miss home."

"Thinking about following the general's strategy, the day of complete victory is not far away."

You Yan lowered his head and thought for a while: "Guo Zhun still didn't ask anything?"

"He probably knew that he was going to die, so he didn't say a word all day long, and refused to explain anything," the lieutenant general replied, "But according to the accounts of his fellow soldiers, it seems that there is nothing between him and the Lord of Fan Kingdom. Direct communication, because they have never seen any aliens appearing in the army."

"No direct communication? How could it be such a coincidence that Fan Guoren staged a trick to lure the enemy into deep, and he just ordered Wu Sheng to give Tao Jiang a sword behind his back on that day, and cut off all foreign aid." You Yan slightly Frowning, "Didn't find anything?"

"The subordinates sent someone to search the Taishou's mansion again, and only found a secret letter, which should have just been received on the day you arrived at the Taishou's mansion. The letter reminded him to be careful of people coming from the capital, and be careful Be fully prepared so as not to show your feet." The deputy general hesitated, "There is no other content. Looking at the tone of the letter, it should not be the first time we communicated, but we searched all the places where he stayed before, and there is no other information. I found a trace, and Guo Zhun refused to explain where the letter came from and who sent it to him."

"Be careful of people from the capital?" You Yan narrowed his eyes slightly. His decision to come to the Southwest can be said to be an instant decision. Except for a few personal servants in Changle Palace, he didn't disturb anyone, not even his family. Without knowing it, I just thought he was recuperating in the palace.It was not until he captured Guo Zhun and took over the affairs of the Southwest that Lin Ce officially announced in the court that he would temporarily act as the governor of Yizhou and take charge of the war in the Southwest.Then who can remind Guo Zhun in such a timely manner?

He frowned tightly, trying to recall whether there had been outsiders in the one-day palace in Changle Palace, and whether he had disturbed anyone on the way out of the city, but he had no clue at all.

Both he and Lin Ce are cautious people, especially when it comes to this matter.Before they came to the southwest, they knew that there must be something wrong in the southwest. If You Yan took the imperial decree and came here aboveboard, everyone would know about it and let the other side be prepared. He would not be able to find out what the problem was. Fortunately, even he would be caught in it, so he was careful everywhere, and he could be said to be calm all the way.The guards who came to the southwest with him were also the group of hidden guards that Tao Jiang had selected for him earlier, and they were even more loyal and reliable.

If there wasn't something wrong halfway, then could it be... a ghost in Changle Palace?

But it was clear that Lin Ce had checked and checked the Changle Palace in the case of Li Bu before, not to mention the Changle Palace, even the entire imperial city should have been cleaned up long ago.

Suddenly, a certain thought popped into You Yan's mind, was the case of Li Bu really settled?There were a few things in Li Bu's case that day that really didn't look like his handwriting. Lin Ce went to the dungeon to confront Li Bu, and Li Bu's response was even more suspicious. It was straightforward, although they did all kinds of investigations afterwards, they still did not find any traces, and nothing happened after that, and it was only regarded as Li Bu's mystification before his death, not wanting to make Lin Ce feel at ease.

But now, from Guo Zhun's secret letter, it can be clearly seen that in the capital city, there is still a pair of hands that You Yan has never noticed, lurking in the dark, waiting for the opportunity to move.