After Shang Rong heard about Wei Hongfei's deployment and adjustment of the first-line gorge, it was rare that he didn't say anything. He didn't have anything to say, but the generals in the army couldn't help but say it. Wei Hongfei's decision seemed to them to be simply ridiculous. Because Shang Rong can't be trusted, the defenses he doesn't know are not credible either? Is that Shang Rong trying to prevent the rebels from passing through the first line of the gorge, and in order to show that they are not all the way with Shang Rong, they should open the door and let the rebels enter a no-man's land?

Although Wei Hongfei also said a bunch of reasons to try to convince them, only one of these reasons seemed to be true in the eyes of these generals. That is--because this is arranged by Shang Rong, so it can't be. But the more the generals objected, the more Wei Hongfei entered a state where everyone in the world was drunk and sober. and became less and less inclined to listen to the advice of the people.

In the big tent, Shang Rong was a little lazy lying on the bed to recuperate, and there were four or five generals standing a few steps away from the bed in front of him, and the expressions on their faces were a little unsightly.

A quick-tempered general said, "General Shang, tell me what we should do now?" ”

Shang Rong looked sideways at his subordinates, sighed a little helplessly, and said, "Lao Jin, do you think there is anything I can do now?" He's the coach and I'm the lieutenant, not to mention.... He raised his hand to prop up his upper body, but soon lay back down, and even if he didn't have the strength to die, it was impossible for him to be alive in two or three days.

Seeing him like this, the generals were also speechless. The most suppressed by Wei Hongfei was Shang Rong, how could they not know. But now, if even Shang Rong can't do anything, they, ordinary generals, have no way to take Wei Hongfei, the commander with the identity of the county king. Could it be that Wei Hongfei was really allowed to mess around like this?

Shang Rong said: "Let's go back first, if you have a chance, I will mention it to the king of Jingjiang County." ”

"Then there is General Labor." The generals had no choice but to ask Shang Rong to recuperate with peace of mind and leave together.

"Someone." Shang Rong on the hospital bed slowly sat up and called in a deep voice.

A guard appeared in the tent and said respectfully, "General." General, your injuries? Shang Rong frowned, shook his head and said, "It's okay, what's going on with the King of Jingjiang County?" The guard said: "I heard that it seems to be the eldest prince of Jingjiang County's palace who proposed the construction of yì." said that he wanted to lure the king into the urn. ”

Shang Rong sneered, "Stupid, I'm just afraid that he will open the door and steal." Wei Junbo is young and doesn't know anything, is it possible that Wei Hongfei doesn't know either? ”

The guard said: "The generals in the army have persuaded me, but... The king of Jingjiang County still insisted on going his own way. If the general tries to persuade him again, I am afraid that it will backfire. "The most annoying person for the king of Jingjiang County is Shang Rong, and the more Shang Rong says no, the more he is afraid that he will insist on going his own way.

Shang Rong closed his eyes, and soon opened them suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "No matter what... Nor can you do nothing and look at him... Take the pen and ink, I want to write an excerpt for His Majesty. In addition, let the officers and men in the army pay attention at any time, and once there is a change in the first-line gorge, they will immediately go to help. ”

The guards looked at Shang Rong with some hesitation, "General, is it worth it?" Wei Hongfei originally wanted to find your fault, but if he found out that you made people secretly pay attention to the first line of the gorge, I was afraid that he would not give up. There is also Jinling, if His Majesty accepts the general's opinion, it is fine, if not, I am afraid that the general will suffer from it. ”

"Go." Shang Rong said in a deep voice, "General Ben is not here to defend the first-line gorge for Wei Hongfei. ”

The guard sighed and said in a low voice, "The general is important to think about the eldest lady." ”

Shang Rong's eyelids trembled, and he finally sighed and said, "With Hui'er to take care of you, Nian'er will be fine." The first emperor has the grace of knowing me, go ahead. ”

"Yes, General."

"Shang Rong, what do you mean?!" After a few days, Wei Hongfei once again rushed into Shang Rong's big tent in a rage. At this time, Shang Rong was no longer bedridden, but he was still unable to do strenuous activities, and was only raised in his own tent. Shang Rong raised his eyes and glanced at him, and said calmly: "I don't understand what the prince will say." ”

Wei Hongfei sneered, "Don't understand? This king asked you to garrison Ezhou, what do you mean by sending people to listen to the news of the first line of gorges from time to time? And let the soldiers be ready for a quick march at any time? Shang Rong, you are also a veteran in the army, you don't know what the crime of disobeying military orders is, right? ”

Shang Rongbing was not in a hurry, but said: "The prince thinks too much, Ezhou is north of the first-line gorge, and the first-line gorge is not broken, and Ezhou is as stable as Mount Tai." The last general asked the soldiers to prepare, but it was only because they were more needed than the first line of Ezhou. What's more, now that it is wartime, it is within the responsibility of the officers and men in the army, where does the so-called disobedience of military orders begin? ”

"This king doesn't want to hear your quibbles." Wei Hongfei said coldly: "Not only did you disobey the military order, but you also listened to the secrets of the army, Shang Rong, what are your intentions?" ”

Seeing that Wei Hongfei wanted to buckle him with a big hat, Shang Rong's face gradually became stern, "The crime that the prince said, the last general will not dare to admit it." However, since the prince asked, the last general will also say his opinion. The so-called strategy and defense of the prince will not be able to agree. Our army occupies a line of gorges, and although the rebels temporarily live in Xianning, they are dragged down by three state capitals that are suffering from famine. As long as time passes, the other party will naturally retreat without a fight if it can't hold on. As long as we hold the first line of the gorge, we will win. Why did the prince take such a risk? ”

"What do you mean by doing something redundant?" Wei Hongfei said sharply: "Isn't Xianning the land of Great Xia? Isn't Yuezhou Chenzhou the land of Great Xia? When did it become a matter of superfluous efforts to eliminate the thieves and recover the rivers and mountains? What does General Shang mean by this? ”

"...... "The question is, do you now have the ability to destroy the rebels and recover the rivers and mountains?" Shang Rong said secretly in his heart, but his face was calm, "The prince should understand that now the main force and focus of our army are in the north. ”

"So what?" Wei Hongfei glanced at Shang Rong with squinted eyes and said, "Since General Shang doesn't want to garrison Echeng, let's lead the troops to guard Qingyang County." ”

"Lord Wang!" Shang Rong's tone was a little more angry, Qingyang County was just a small county in Ezhou. It is neither a military fortress nor an economic town, and there is no danger at all, so there is no need to garrison it at all. Even the garrison is only a few hundred people at most. Wei Hongfei said this clearly, wanting to completely exclude him from Ezhou Wei.

Wei Hongfei didn't wait for him to speak, took out a fold and threw it on the table in front of Shang Rong, "This is sent by His Majesty Xià to order someone to hurry up, take a look." ”

Shang Rong raised his hand to take the fold on the table and looked through it, but his heart was cold. He wrote the emperor's excerpt, and the emperor sent it back in its original form without approving a word, but sent it to Wei Hongfei, the meaning of which is self-evident. A hint of pleasure flashed in Wei Hongfei's eyes, and he said: "Your Majesty's will, Shang Rong did not obey the military order, speculated on the will, and was demoted to a general." ”

Shang Rong's face was grim, and he did not let Wei Hongfei see the slightest loss and frustration. also made Wei Hongfei happy and had a little regret. However, it is always a good thing to be able to drive Shang Rong out of the army, as long as Shang Rong is not in the way, it will naturally be much easier for him to subdue those generals in the army.

Watching Wei Hongfei leave proudly, Shang Rong sat in the chair and was silent for a long time.

"General, what should we do now?" Beside him, the guard asked in a low voice, and at the same time said a little unevenly: "I didn't expect that His Majesty was really ......."

Shang Rong sighed, "The king is already suspicious, and with Hui'er's relationship, it is indeed difficult for His Majesty to believe me." It's just that we thought that His Majesty wouldn't even listen to my words. Shang Rong did not sue Wei Hongfei when he wrote the excerpt, nor did he expect that he would be able to retake charge of Ezhou Wei with a letter of excerpt after Wei Hongfei was defeated. The excerpt is just an objective analysis of the current situation and layout of the first line of the gorge, and I originally thought that after reading it, His Majesty would be able to send another main general over, even if it was to knock Wei Hongfei for a few words? Pity... Nothing.

"Are we really as Wei Hongfei said, to collect... Qingyang County? The guard had a look on his face, what is there to collect in that kind of place in Qingyang County? Even if Tainingwei called, he might not send troops to garrison Qingyang County at all, okay? Probably, the only advantage of Qingyang County is that it is far enough away from Ezhou City and the first line of gorges, right? When the general really arrives over there, he can no longer care about the affairs of Ezhou.

Shang Rong lowered his eyes and said: "The emperor's order is difficult to disobey, and the military order is like a mountain." Let's go and prepare. ”

The guard nodded and went silently. Shang Rong sat behind the desk and thought for a long time before picking up the pen and writing the letter again. This time, he didn't write to Xiao Qianye, but to the first spring of the Eguo Kingdom, which was already in his prime, only hoping that it would be in time, and only hoped that the old prince would receive his letter, which was also the only thing he could do for Daxia now.

A messenger with superstition quickly left the army in the direction of Jinling, but was stopped a hundred miles away from Ezhou. Nangong Xu, dressed in ink-colored clothes, looked at the messenger who tripped and fell to the ground by the tripping horse rope with a cold expression, and ordered, "Take him down." ”

Two men in black went over and casually cut people unconscious, and found a letter sealed with fire paint from him. One person presented the letter to Nangong Xu, while the other disappeared into the woods with the person. Nangong Xu took the letter and tore it out without the slightest hesitation.

After a while, Fang stuffed the letter back, and handed it to the person beside him: "Send it back and hand it to Wei Junmo." ”

"Yes, Nangong Gongzi."

Nangong Xu said in a low voice: "It's a rare loyal minister." "It's just a pity... Xiao Qianye obviously didn't have so much trust in this loyal minister, otherwise Shang Rong would not have been forced to write a letter to the Duke of Eguo. It's a pity that this letter is destined not to be seen.

"Where is Shang Rong now?" Nangong Xu asked.

The guard said in a low voice: "Shang Rong was demoted to Qingyang by Wei Hongfei. It should be on the road by now. ”

Nangong Xu nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Then let's go too." ”

"Nangong Gongzi is also going to Qingyang?"

Nangong Xu said: "It doesn't matter if you go to Qingyang or not, you can meet General Shang and have a good chat." Even if he can't convince General Shang for a while, at least he can't go back to help Wei Hongfei. The guard said, "Why don't we just tie people back?" It was not easy to be in the army before, but this time Shang Rong was demoted to Qingyang, and he definitely wouldn't bring many soldiers and horses. ”

Nangong Xu sneered and said: "Shang Rong's kind of person, if he didn't go with you willingly, you tied him up one moment, and the next moment he could die for you." Let's go. ”

"Yes."

Shang Rong really only took dozens of cavalry to Qingyang County, so he couldn't help but be a little surprised to see Nangong Xu sitting in the roadside tea shed dozens of miles away from Qingyang. Shang Rong is not familiar with Nangong Xu, even though he is the eldest brother of his son-in-law. But he has heard a lot about Nangong Xu, the eldest son of the Nangong family has been unknown for more than ten years, but in the last blockbuster, he directly buried the entire Chu State Mansion. And before that, he also married his brother and sister to the family, and at first he may have thought that he wanted to compete with his younger brother for the title of family property, but it was not until Nangong Huai was defeated that he realized that Nangong Xu obviously had a plan. No matter what kind of person he is, at least a single round of scheming is something that his son-in-law can't catch up with.

"General Shang." Nangong Xu raised his glass and smiled lightly.

Shang Rong stood at the door, paused for a moment, and quickly returned to normal. Stepping into the tea shed and nodding slightly, "Nangong Gongzi, why is Nangong Gongzi here?" Nangong Xu was also unambiguous, "Naturally, I am waiting for General Shang here." Shang Rong's eyes froze, and he said in a deep voice: "I didn't know that I had such a good friendship with the eldest prince of Nangong. ”

Nangong Xu sighed softly, "General Shang is Hui'er's father-in-law, how can two words of friendship be expressed?" I don't want to make my second brother sad, and I don't want my younger siblings to have the pain of losing their father. ”

Hearing this, Shang Rong sneered and sat down opposite Nangong Xu, "If the eldest prince of Nangong is here to give a lecture for Young Master Wei, then please go back." ”

Nangong Xu shook his head and said, "What good is it for General Shang to be so stubborn? Emperor Xià, haven't you already tried it? ”

"Under the command of Wei Gongzi, he is so well-informed." Shang Rong said in a deep voice: "The first emperor had the grace of knowing the old man, and he was loyal to others. The old man is different from Wei Gongzi and His Royal Highness King Yan, so Nangong Gongzi, please go back. Nangong Xu shook his head and said, "I have a different opinion from the general. ”

"Oh? Please advise. Shang Rong said coldly.

Nangong Xu said: "I am not interested in loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, the most important thing in this world is always the closest person." For their sake, even if everyone in the world dies, I won't blink an eye. General, if it were for the sake of your younger siblings, would you still insist on doing so? ”

Shang Rong sneered: "Is Nangong Gongzi threatening the old man?" ”

Nangong Xu shook his head, "Since the general acquiesced in the whereabouts of Hui'er and his younger siblings, he naturally believes that the character of Wei Gongzi and Mo'er will definitely not threaten the general with this matter, right?" "Seriously, Wei Junmo really doesn't have any character to speak of. If there is no Mo'er, I am afraid that he really doesn't mind threatening Shang Rong with Nangong Hui and Shang Nian'er.

"In that case, what does Childe mean?"

Nangong Xu said calmly: "It's not interesting, I don't know if I can go to the General's Mansion for a few days when I have nothing to do?" ”

"The old man is also a newcomer to Qingyang, but he is afraid that the cold house is simple......"

"It's okay, I'm not disgusted." Nangong Grand Duke said.