I think he was probably preparing for my question, so when I asked, he was not too surprised, but he didn't answer me immediately. Instead, he looked at my eyes and was silent for a while before he was about to speak again.

I spoke before him, "You said you won't lie to me."

“…”

So he was silent for a moment, then looked at me with a wry smile: "Even if I want to lie to you, I can't lie to you."

This is true.

During his coma, I generally understood his family business. I knew how much the population is, and it was impossible to spend less money out of thin air, and it was even more impossible to add more people out of thin air.

"At present, my troops are basically in Yangzhou, and the properly trained troops here in Bishan-" he sighed and said honestly: "Only this one left in Wen Ruyu's hand."

I frowned.

He didn't lie to me, which is also a fact I know.

I said, "Now, are you going to send this team out?"

He said: "I originally wanted to keep this team in Bishan, at least until the situation outside stabilizes before making arrangements. But now - Jiangling is not far from Xichuan, and the news is here, I am afraid that the people over there are already very close to us."

I bit my lower lip, which was what I was worried about. The news came here, so naturally things had happened long ago. Pei Yuanxiu wanted to disrupt the situation in Xichuan by making trouble from the inside. It seemed that he had not succeeded at the moment, so he had to advance from Jiangling quickly, otherwise he would lose the advantage of taking the initiative.

This way, Xichuan will be under great pressure.

Therefore, the troops must go out of Sanjiangkou to resist Pei Yuanxiu's troops there.

but--

Qinghan looked at me for a while and said, "I know what you are worried about."

I looked up at him.

He said, "So, I didn't fully agree to him."

“…”

"I would advise you to keep soldiers and money at least as much as you want to consider the future. In fact, the best situation is to have soldiers and money in your hands. In this case, no matter who sits in that position in the future, they will not be able to move us."

Then I let out a gentle sigh: "It's good that you know."

I am not the kind of person who is ignorant and ignorant of the generalities. At this time, I also knew that I should defend my country, but I will not forget that even two days ago, Pei Yuanhao reminded me with his actions. He was still spying on me and Qinghan. If we really gave everything in this battle, in the future, it would be just a piece of meat on a chopping board for him.

I said, "Didn't you ask him where his money and his men have gone?"

Qinghan said, "I asked."

"What then he said."

"He said that half of his money and his people were in Longnan."

"Longnan?"

As soon as I heard these two words, my heart couldn't help but move.

That is, the place where Tu Shuhan is stationed.

"He actually told you. But why is it?"

"Actually, I was a little surprised. When I asked him this, I also expressed my attitude. I didn't want to use my troops this time. Maybe he understood it, so I told me that his money was spent in Longnan, and some of his troops were also in Longnan."

"Longnan..."

I couldn't help but frown.

When we went to Longnan to borrow troops to rescue Nian Baoyuze, we went to Longnan, but the stay was too short at that time, and Tu Shuhan and we both used each other and had to be wary of each other. He also looked at us very closely. Apart from his official residence, we were unable to go to any other place.

but--

Qinghan said: "Did you remember that when we arrived in Longnan, there was actually a problem."

I said, "How could I forget?"

At that time, he and I entered Longnan City to negotiate with Tu Shuhan. That night, he suddenly ran out of the room alone, and didn't say what to do. I accidentally followed him, but Tu Shuhan caught him right away. He thought the matter of borrowing troops was going to ruin, but unexpectedly, he actually agreed that he and I were in a "private meeting", and later he was locked up by Tu Shuhan in a very embarrassed manner.

I will never forget this incident for many years.

He looked at my face, probably remembered this incident, smiled embarrassedly, and then said seriously: "Actually, at that time, I felt that there was something wrong with Longnan City."

“What’s the problem?”

"Half of Longnan City is empty."

My brows frowned slightly.

At this time, I also remembered that we were bathing in the same bathroom, with a screen in the center. Because it was inconvenient to clean with me, he first opened the window to see the scenery. It seemed a little strange at that time. Later, on that night, I also saw from Tu Shuhan's official residence in the east of Longnan City, without even a single light, and half of the city was extremely desolate.

If the emperor's money and people were in the same city, it should be more prosperous than other places, but how could it be so desolate?

And, why is Longnan?

That place is far away from the Central Plains and is sparsely populated. What exactly does he do with money and troops there?

A light suddenly flashed in my mind, and I suddenly opened my eyes wide and looked at Qinghan: "You said, is it possible that he is there-"

Qinghan's breathing became heavier. He looked at me and nodded gently.

"real?"

"I can't be sure, but I'll guess that way."

“…”

"There's another thing, Xie Feng."

When he mentioned it, I remembered that after we left, Pei Yuanhao split the way with us. We went to Xichuan first, and he took Xie Feng, whose arm had been cut off, to another place. Now it seems that there is only one place in the center that he could go from the imperial to Xi'an Prefecture, which is Longnan.

A large part of his money and troops were placed there, and now, Xie Feng is likely to be sent there by him.

I took a deep breath.

"So, is he telling you?"

Qinghan said: "It was a briefing, but I felt that he wanted to use this matter to convince me and persuade me to send troops."

"and you--"

He looked at me with a smile: "Haven't I come back to discuss with you?"

“…”

"If I am alone, the whole family will not be hungry after eating, so I don't have to think about anything, but now you are the leader, so of course I have to listen to you."

"You're so nice," I smiled bitterly. In fact, he is a soft knife. He has never been able to do what he wants to do. Although he came back to ask me for his opinion, I don't understand who made the decision?
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