The remaining clouds cover the moon, and the wind is bleak.

Cao Hua walked on the horse road in the city wall, looked at the majestic city behind, and sighed softly. There were torches on the city wall, and Han Qi was stationed in a distance. The 150,000 Northwest Imperial Guards led by Wang Bing had reached 300 miles away. There were 100,000 troops to the camp, and they took a boat from Liangshan to Chengdu.

There were dense Shu troops standing on the tall city walls, wearing the armor of the Chengdu garrison. After a month of inciting the morale was still strong, but the original Xishu Mountain Village had not experienced a great war for many years. At most, hundreds of people fought each other between small villages, and temporarily put more than 20,000 bandits together. Facing the upcoming 250,000 troops, Cao Hua did not have much confidence.

The only elite troops he could use was only two thousand Black Feather Guards. The reason why he did not break up was to break through after Chengdu fell. However, by then, there would be basically no chance to turn around in his life. Chengdu must defend the first wave of offensives. As long as it was delayed until mid-June, the two arsenals would operate with all their might, hundreds of cannons were installed on the city wall. Not to mention the 250,000 troops, if the other party had no artillery, it would be impossible to attack the city.

Xie Yijun, Old Man Lu, Li Bairen, Fang Qifo and others, as well as many generals of the Shu army, followed Cao Hua in white robe, and discussed endlessly:

"... Wang Bing is good at fighting. Last year, we suffered a lot of losses in Jiangnan. Moreover, he used the Grand Supervisor cannon, and he would not be in chaos with the formation like we were like. Fifty Grand Supervisor cannons may not be able to block it..."

"...I have used it, but the power of the Grand Commander's cannon is right in front of me, just like General Cao. Even though I know his strength, I am even more afraid. I am afraid that the imperial guards will escape faster than us..."

"...You should not underestimate the enemy. The terrain outside the East Gate is rugged and there are many earth slopes to serve as cover. Wang Bing must choose to attack the city. As long as he is not stopped and the imperial guards rush to the city, the artillery will lose its effect. The court has too many soldiers and horses, and even corpses can be piled on the wall...."

"...We can only use artillery to destroy cloud ladders, nest cars and other equipment. The city wall is three and six meters high. It is unrealistic to rely solely on long ladders to attack the city. It should be less of a problem to defend..."

"...The court has begun to cut off the commercial roads of nearby prefectures and counties. More than 700,000 civilians in Chengdu are living in vain. I am afraid that they will not last for half a year..."

"... Use heavy troops to protect the ferry along the Fuhe River. As long as you defend Chengdu and drag it into a deadlock, you can send people to Meizhou, Shuzhou and other places to raise food and grass for transportation..."

Cao Hua just listened to the messy discussion. After all, he was a skilled person. It was not advisable to put it anywhere. Try to leave the matters within the arrangement of troops to these ancient strategists as much as possible.

Xie Yijun is obviously like a commander than him, constantly arguing with other strategists. The various examples in the military books are ready to speak, which is completely different from the first impression of being big and brainless, and it actually has a bit of the style of a Confucian general.

Cao Hua accompanied many of his generals to inspect the city defense and drove his horse back.

The biggest difference between him and other leaders is that he does not have to take his personal soldiers and walk alone on the street. Fang Qifo and others took it for granted. After all, the most useless thing in the world is his bodyguard. It is impossible to say whether the personal soldiers protect him or whether he protects his personal soldiers. This is also a recognition of the boss.

Xie Yijun naturally lived in the Shu Palace, riding a horse on the street, still thinking about the city defense, frowned, and her cheeks were light and dark against the lanterns on the street, beautiful and charming.

Cao Hua slowed down his horse, followed him and looked at him for a few seconds, and suddenly reached out to carry Xie Yijun from the horse.

"ah--"

Xie Yijun's thoughts were disturbed and came back to her senses, but she saw herself lying in the man's arms and patted Cao Hua's chest with some annoyance:

"What are you doing? I'm trying to find a way to defend the city and don't have time to be intimate with you..."

"What you miss you is just wanting to hug you for a while."

Xie Yijun was a little helpless, moved a little, and made herself feel more comfortable, so she leaned on Cao Hua's shoulder and continued to think about it.

Cao Hua smiled and drove his horse slowly across the Qingshi Street, gently stroked Xie Yijun's back. When he walked outside the gate of the Shu Palace, Xie Yijun's eyes, which had been closed, fell asleep on his shoulder.

The war is imminent, and the boring and boring work is easy to make people tired. He is in the rear to pay military salaries and conduct military infrastructure. He rarely stays in the military camp, but there is no one in the military camp. The only people around him who can convince the public are Xie Yijun. In the past two months, Xie Yijun has been busy boosting morale and deploying troops and defending. He even slept for a few hours before getting up, for fear that the people under his command would be in trouble and would be tired long ago, but he just didn't want to show it.

He hugged Xie Yijun and walked through the corridor, came to the bedroom of the back house, and gently put Xie Yijun down.

Cao Hua stood beside the bed and looked at it a few times, leaned over and kissed it on his forehead, and gently closed the door.

The back house is very quiet, it's too late, so I'm afraid I'll fall asleep.

Cao Hua walked to the master bedroom and glanced at the window. Luo'er had already rested. He was pregnant in August last year. His due date was only about half a month ago. He was backed by the bed with a small bed. Madam Cui and the doctor were sleeping next to him and waiting at any time. All kinds of items were ready, and water was burning in the kitchen at any time.

"I'm going to be a dad soon..."

Cao Hua muttered softly, looking at Luo'er's beautiful side face, which was already a little nervous in his sleep, he was stunned and wanted to go in and say a few words between the couple, but he didn't want to disturb Luo'er's rest.

After looking by the window for a long time, Cao Hua smiled and turned around and walked towards other rooms.

After forgetting Luo'er's order, it was time to bully Jingliu tonight. Looking up, there were still candles in Jingliu's room, and the silhouette was reflected on the window paper, and she was holding a book in her hand.

Cao Hua passed through the corridor silently and was about to push the door, but Yu Guang saw a figure leaning against the pavilion in the garden.

"Um??"

Cao Hua thought that a careless maid was asleep in the pavilion. Seeing that her physique was a bit similar to that of Yutang, he slowly walked to the stone pavilion in the garden.

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“Hu—Hu—”

The gentle breathing sounds are evident in a quiet summer night.

The petite and delicate girl leaned against the pillar of the stone pavilion, with gorgeous makeup, wearing two silver flower hairpins, a thin goose yellow skirt covering her body, a little white wrist exposed from the sleeves, a small white hand was placed on her legs, and a round fan fell beside her embroidered shoes.

It was cool and comfortable in summer nights, but the pavilion was obviously not a place to sleep. Shen Yu leaned against the pillar and was about to fall down, leaning up a little, slowly sliding down again.

Cao Hua walked up to him, leaned over and looked at him carefully, and said intently: When he was not swaying his teeth, he looked like a little loli...

"Ahem—"

Cao Hua looked at it for a moment, then stood up and coughed.

Chen Yu jumped up and looked around in a daze. He was about to get angry, but he remembered something. He sat down with a "ah——" and looked up at the sky forty-five degrees. He noticed something was wrong. He quickly bent over and picked up the fan.

Cao Hua frowned slightly for no reason:

"Miss Shen...you..."

"The long night is long and I have no intention of sleeping. The young master also comes out to enjoy the moon?"

Chen Yu gently swayed the folding fan, and spoke in a quiet manner.

"Well--"

Cao Hua was stunned and looked up. He saw the sky was full of dark clouds, and he couldn't even see the stars. He was still watching the moon?

He never believed in words like "ghost body" and could only look up and down a few times:

"Chen Yu, are you a devil? Do you want me to call the doctor to come and see you?"

“…”

Chen Yu's little face froze, and after brewing for a long time, he shook the round fan and said softly:

"I'm bored at night, so I'm out and sit there. The young master seems to be quite bored..."

Cao Hua spread his hands, thought for a while, sat down next to Shen Yu, and looked at him carefully.

Chen Yu saw Cao Hua staring straight at him, covering his chest with a fan, sat back a little restrainedly, closed his eyes, and raised his little face nervously.

Cao Hua was quite funny: "If you want to sleep and go back to the house, why do you rely on here?"

Chen Yu took a deep breath, opened his eyes and leaned against the fence, with a quiet smile:

"When will the bright moon come? I ask the sky with wine... The young master's "Shui Jitou" is really suitable for the situation..."

Cao Hua looked up at the sky: "There is no moon tonight."

“….”

Chen Yu held it in for a long time, his face slowly became cloudy, and he couldn't help it and spoke in anger:

"I just want to watch the moon on a cloudy day, are you in charge?"

Cao Hua breathed a sigh of relief-it seemed okay.

He stood up and waved his hand:

"Go to bed early, I'll leave first."

Chen Yu was stunned, then became anxious, stood up and ran to the exit of the pavilion, and opened his arms to stop him:

"You are not allowed to leave."

Cao Hua was a little helpless, looked at Xiaobudian who was lying on a car with a mantis arm, and nodded: "Okay, let's enjoy the moon together." Then he sat in the pavilion and looked up at the dense dark clouds.

Chen Yu blinked, then took the round fan and muttered in a low voice:

"You... your water tune song is well written, especially the sentence 'I hope people will live long and share the beauty of the moon with thousands of miles away', I like it very much..."

"It was not written by me, but by Su Shi."

"I know what Su Shi wrote, isn't Su Shi the only one... Under what circumstances did you write this poem?"

"Didn't you know, let's make a 'black box' to cheat the money for those suckers..."

"...... Can we talk about something else without mentioning the money?"

"Well...what else do you do besides making money?"

“……”

Chen Yu thought about it for a while and blinked: "I... I learned dancing with Xiao Su, and I have been learning for a few days..."

"Really?" Cao Hua didn't believe it.

Chen Yu thought about it, then stood up in a hesitant manner, and then circled around the pavilion.

Not to mention, she is naturally petite and delicate, and she really has the taste of Zhao Feiyan’s ‘palm dance’.

Cao Hua was a little excited, stretched out his palms and stretched them out, and chuckled:

"Miss Chen, have you heard of 'Zhao Feiyan'?"

Chen Yu stopped in circles, looked at Cao Hua's stretched out palm, and quickly shook his head:

"What should I do if I fall?"

"You can't kill you."

"...Why do you speak so badly..."
To be continued...