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In the city lord's mansion, above the main hall.

The man with the bunched hair paced anxiously for a long time before stopping. He let out a long sigh and looked at the elders sitting cross-legged on either side, "Are you really helpless?"

Several old men were silent, and after a long time they opened their mouths, thinking that they were going to make suggestions, but they couldn't help but sigh.

"Lord City Lord, this ghost king Yu Che has captured Huicheng, in order to eliminate the potential threat within the Lingnan boundary, he will definitely go all the way south to take my Fancheng, the situation is critical!"

Now we are talking about how to resist the enemy. What do you do besides analyzing the situation?" asked another.

Wei Zong was very anxious, a group of old men who had been talking like a river before, when it came time to really employ people, they couldn't think of any good way.

"Actually, there is a way, but I'm afraid that the city lord is unwilling. The second elder's voice on the side was very low, but he still let Wei Zong hear it.

"If you have a way, you can say, do you want the city to fall into the hands of the demon clan as soon as possible?"

"The old minister didn't dare. It's just that the old minister suggested that the city lord go and ask the ghost king for peace......"

"Nonsense!" Before he could finish speaking, Wei Zong was so angry that his face turned red and shouted, "This Fancheng is the ancestral inheritance, even if we can't keep it, we will defend it to the end!"

The second elder was reprimanded, and suddenly lost his opinion, shrunk his neck timidly, bowed his head and said nothing.

There is a Huai River between Fancheng and Huicheng in the Lingnan boundary. The east and west sides of the Huai River are lofty mountains and mountains, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, so he must take the waterway when he goes south this time.

However, the combat power of Fancheng, which has always been good at leading the naval army, has been transferred, and the three shark sword generals under the Ghost King are good at water warfare, and for a while, there is no one in Fancheng to lead troops to deal with the ten giant fleets of the Ghost King.

If they are really allowed to approach downstream from the waterway, then Fancheng is in danger!

Wei Zong was surrounded by warriors who were good at land warfare, and he could ride in the plains and mountains, thousands of miles away from the enemy. However, those warriors got on the warship, but they did not have the same spirit as they were on the flat ground, and had to succumb to the strength of the ship's guns.

"If only General Wei Yuan hadn't left......" The voice from the audience made Wei Zong's heart sour.

When Wei Yuan was there, why worry that there was no one to lead the naval army? Three months ago, Xiao Linglong received news that the Ghost King led a fleet to attack its southern shore. Thinking of the friendship of Hezhong, Wei Zong ordered Wei Yuan to go to support.

Wei Yuan disagreed at the time. He would rather die than leave, insisting that this was the ghost king's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain. Helplessly, the more anxious Xiao Linglong's letter became, Wei Zong only remembered in his heart that when Fancheng was in an emergency, Xiao Linglong's side of the world sent three thousand warriors to rescue, so he used his sword to force Wei Yuan to go to support.

When Wei Yuan left, he saw that the maple forests on both sides of the strait were full of red, and he felt that Wei Zong only valued love and did not know the situation, and then saw the maple red reflected in the Huai River, and the sky was like blood, and he sighed and never looked back.

Less than ten days after Wei Yuan went to support Xiao Linglong, the news of the ghost king's slaughter came from Huicheng. It turned out that this was long before September, and the ghost king deliberately suppressed the news, and used a trick to transfer Wei Yuan away, knowing that the diversion on the side of the Huai River had nine bends and eighteen bends, even if Mr. Wei released the news and waited for Wei Yuan to return to the city, it would take half a month, so that Fancheng would have no naval reserves, and it could be easily taken down.

Mr. Wei was remorseful when he learned of this, but even if he sent someone to send a message to Wei Yuan, it would be difficult to solve the urgent need at this time. After consulting with the elders, this gang of people and the mud couldn't make up their minds at all, either to make peace or to move elsewhere, and none of them could come up with a reasonable plan to break the enemy.

"It's better to invite Lin Lao, at least he is also a high-level soul master......" said one person, Nuo Nuo.

Before he could finish speaking, another person next to him secretly pushed him and whispered, "Crazy......?

Hearing this, the person who made the suggestion also bowed his head and remained silent.

Lin Hai, and the traitor back then, everyone knows that it is a thing of the past!

Now that the past is over, it should not be brought up again!

"It's all gone...... Wei Zong turned around and sat down, his eyes condensed on the seat that no one had sat in for many years, and frowned. Thinking that the old fellows would not be able to come up with any reliable solution for a while, he waved his hand and told the crowd to disperse.

The night is hazy and warm as water. Under the eaves of a green brick and tile, the candlelight is swaying, and the green bamboo is swaying.

"Who?"

Hearing an unnatural trace of wind outside the window, the white-bearded old man said sharply. The flame of the night candle on the table flickered for a moment, suppressing the shadow. In a moment, there was already a young man in white standing outside the door, seventeen or eighteen years old, with beautiful eyebrows and a calm expression.

"In Xia Mu Rui, from the Valley of Dust, there is something to disturb the old Lin. Before Mu Rui stepped into the door, he explained his intentions.

Lin Hai looked at Mu Rui carefully, and saw that he was acting extraordinary, with an aura of immortality, and indeed looked like a disciple of the Lord of the Dusty Ancient Ouyang Valley. Then he turned around and said, "Please." ”

"Brother Ouyang called you here, what is the matter?" Lin Hai returned to his seat, still not forgetting to observe him.

"Relieve the siege of Fancheng, this is the purpose of my visit. ”

The teacup that Lin Hai put to his lips stopped when he landed, but he calmed down the fluctuations in his heart for a moment, took a sip, and gently put the teacup back on the table.

"Brother Ouyang hasn't set foot in Fancheng for many years, and Mr. is also a newcomer, I'm afraid I don't know the situation here. Lin Hai sat upright in his robe, "The old man has been ignoring the dust for more than ten years, meditating on fasting and reciting Buddha at home, and wants to retreat the soldiers from the enemy, Mr. can go to the City Lord's Mansion to recommend himself, why bother to find a useless old man? ”

After that, I opened the "Taishang Induction Chapter" again, read it carefully, and ignored it.

Mu Rui saw a cup of tea and an idle book on the table, a smile appeared on his face, and he turned the topic elsewhere: "Mr. Lin is really elegant and quiet. ”

Lin Hai didn't say anything, "Taishang Induction Chapter" turned another page.

Mu Rui saw that Lin Hai didn't pay attention to him, and he didn't drive him away, and he already understood a little in his heart. After a while, he spoke: "I'm afraid that Lin Lao's study is not just the book "Taishang Induction Chapter". I guess that the books in this study, what is not revealed, are mostly masterpieces of soldiers and legalists, and perhaps one of them, "Wei Xuanzi" and "Taigong's Art of War", has been translated by the old gentleman by heart......"

Mu Rui's eyes kept staring at Lin Hai's reaction as he spoke, and after noticing Lin Hai's expression changing slightly, after making sure that he was right, he stood up and paced lightly in the study.

"It is as fast as the wind, as swift as a forest, as swift as a forest, as invading as fire! as immobile as a mountain, as unpredictable as a cloud, and as moving as thunder...... If you ignore the world, why don't the old-timers practice Confucian benevolence and Taoism, but learn the military training of military law? Isn't there ambition in your heart, what is it?" Mu Rui became more and more excited, and he no longer had that kind of Taoist clothes fluttering and weak, and his sharp eyes were close to Lin Hai.

Finally, this sentence made Lin Hai no longer refute, and at the same time as he gently closed the "Taishang Induction Chapter", his eyes were slightly closed.

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and he also has his difficulties, and a trace of gloom rises in his heart.