The "wonderful plan" in Situ Xi's mouth began to be implemented on the day the Qing army attacked the city.

Before Situ Bi's death, due to years of natural and man-made disasters and the deficit of the national treasury, the imperial court was distracted and self-caregiving, and the barbarian Baisha country in the border area frequently invaded. Now in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Qing army led by Situ Mu and the imperial army on Situ Xi's side are constantly fighting, and Baisha has seen the opportunity to constantly find trouble on the border and plunder property. Situ Xi took advantage of this and wrote to the lord of Baisha State, secretly supporting him in the war in northern Xinjiang, and promised that as long as Baisha could contain part of the strength of the Qing army, the four cities in northern Xinjiang would be surrendered after the war.

As Situ Xi said, what he can abandon is what Situ Mu can't throw away. Situ Xi only has monstrous power and wealth in his eyes, and what he wants is a position above 10,000 people and not below people, so the lives of the four cities on the border of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the lives of the people are worthless to him. However, for Situ Mu, the four border cities are related to the safety and face of the Great Zhou, and they are the land that cannot be given up at all; The people of Northern Xinjiang are even more of his people, and as the prince of the Great Zhou, Situ Mu can't see them in dire straits and ignore them.

The guards of Lucheng in northern Xinjiang sent a letter asking for help and sent it to Ningzhou, asking the imperial court to send troops to help. After Situ Xi received the letter, he just glanced at it hastily, then threw it to his attendants, and only said: "Send it to the king of Ziqing outside the city." ”

When he received the letter, he couldn't sit idly by. He immediately summoned Tang Bujing and others to his tent to discuss countermeasures. The opinions of the people are divided into two factions: on the one hand, it is advocated that the battle of Ningzhou should be the priority first, and it is not too late to capture Ningzhou and seize the throne, and then it is not too late to support northern Xinjiang; The other side thinks. Northern Xinjiang is now in dire straits, and troops must be sent to support it immediately. Suspend the battle of Ningzhou and put the people first. Win the hearts of all people. Both sides have their own opinions and argue, because they both have their own reasoning, so they try their best to convince the other side.

After listening to everyone's opinions, Situ Mu carefully considered them in his heart. Everyone expressed their opinions, but Tang Bujing was silent. Situ Mu saw that his lips were slightly pursed together, holding a folding fan in his left hand, and gently tapping the palm of his right hand. This is Tang Bujing's habit of making such actions when he is planning. Seemingly. He already had a plan in mind.

"Mr. Tang," Situ Mu said at the right time, "I wonder what Mr. has on this matter?" ”

Tang Bu stopped the movement in his hand and smiled slightly, his smile was full of wisdom and shrewdness: "According to Wei Chen's opinion, His Highness must take care of both sides." Neither can we give up the results of the current battle of Ningzhou, nor can we ignore the people of the four cities in northern Xinjiang. ”

"Sir's idea is naturally good, the best of both worlds. Who wouldn't? However, our forces are limited, and if we are divided into two sides to fight, we will be overstretched even if we are on either side. Mu Xianxian frowned. Give your opinion right away. As a guard, he cares more about the safety of the people. But Situ Mu just gave up the good situation in Ningzhou. Mu Xianxing also felt a pity.

Tang Buwei knew that once his idea was proposed, many people would have doubts. He didn't bother to defend himself, but said, "General Mu still remembers." Our first battle since the uprising? ”

Mu Xianxing nodded: "Naturally remember." We won more with less, and defeated the imperial army by a big victory, and since then the morale of the army has been high and victorious. ”

"Yes," Tang Bu exclaimed, "since we can win more with less this time, this time it is not impossible." Although the disparity in strength between the two sides plays a great role in the success or failure of the war, it is not the most critical role. As far as I know, although the people of Baisha Country are fierce and brave, they are not good at arranging troops and arranging formations, and only rely on brute force to kill and collide. Besides, due to the constraints of the conditions, the Baisha country has always been not prosperous, this time they invaded the northern border of our Great Zhou, even if they raise the strength of the whole country, I am afraid that it will not exceed 50,000 soldiers. Now we have an army of 100,000, and we have sent 30,000 to fight against Baisha, plus the defenders of the northern border, which is enough to deal with it. The soldiers of the Baisha Kingdom are good at horsemanship, especially the fierceness of the cavalry, relying on hand-to-hand combat, but the art of the bow and crossbow mechanism is ignorant. Another point is that their national strength is limited, and the rear supply is not suitable for protracted warfare, so they can only support it for a while. When the time comes, we only need to pay some attention to their horses, grain and grass, and send more archers to fight in the northern frontier, which will naturally greatly weaken their strength. ”

After hearing this, Situ Mu smiled, stroked his palms and praised: "Wonderful, wonderful!" Although Mr. is in the Central Plains, he knows everything about the northern border, and Mu really admires it! ”

After listening to Tang Bu's words, the rest of the people couldn't help but nod in agreement. However, as a veteran, Mu Xianxing was more thoughtful, and he asked again: "According to Mr.'s law, there should not be much of a problem with the predicament of Northern Xinjiang. But here in Ningzhou, with Situ Xi's treachery and stratagem, once we send troops to the northern Xinjiang, he will definitely take advantage of the situation. For the battle of the northern frontier, we need to send a large number of archers, and relatively speaking, the remaining 70,000 soldiers will be much weaker. Now in the city of Ningzhou, it is conservatively estimated that there are 120,000 troops. In this way, the chances of winning the battle of Ningzhou are too slim. ”

"General Mu is thoughtful, what he said is good, according to common sense, our side does have few chances of winning the battle of Ningzhou." Tang Buxin did not deny Mu Xianxian's worries, "However, there is one person who can solve this problem, I wonder if the general is willing to believe her?" ”

"Oh?" Mu Xianxian immediately came to his senses, "Who has such magical powers?" ”

Tang didn't laugh or say anything, just stretched out his hand and pointed out the door. Han Xi was walking here, followed by Litian, Mrs. Tears and Lixiang. Mu Xianxing looked at them with some astonishment, he was naturally familiar with the cold tide, and the three people behind her also lived in his mansion, but their whereabouts were mysterious, and he had no contact, only knew that they were also from the Nangong clan. Mu Xianxing couldn't help asking, "What is Mr. referring to, is it Nangong girl?" ”

"Exactly." Tang Bu nodded with a smile, looking at Mu Xianxing with a puzzled expression, so he explained, "General Mu should have heard of the Nangong clan from Mrs. Mu. Han Xi is the young master of the Nangong clan, and Mr. Li, they are the sacrifices and protectors of the Nangong clan, with divine power, and they are proficient in the magic circle. If this Qimen formation can be used wonderfully and trap one-third of Situ Xi's troops, it should not be a problem. ”

Although Tang Buxing said this, Mu Xianxing still felt that it was too unbelievable, and kept shaking his head. But Mrs. Mu came from nowhere, patted Mu Xianxian's shoulder fiercely, and said, "You elm head!" With the help of the young master, the high priest and the two Dharma protectors, not to mention flesh and blood, even the heavenly soldiers and generals are difficult to contend with. Not to mention the magic circle of attack and killing, it is an ordinary defensive array, let them enter, and it is easy to come out! In the past, Situ Xi sneaked up on our Divine Palace, and he also relied on these three to cast spells together, controlling a large number of troops and defending our clansmen. ”

Madame Mu's words were even more useful to Mu Xianxing than the Holy Decree. Mu Xian immediately stretched his sad face and nodded again and again.

Everyone couldn't help but laugh at him like this. Seeing that everyone's opinions had finally reached a consensus, Situ Mu asked Tang Bushu: "Then according to Mr., who should be the main commander on both sides of us?" ”

Tang Bu pondered for a moment and spoke: "The battle in the north is about the national body. The people of the land cannot afford to lose, and this battle can also show the power of heaven. Therefore, it is up to His Highness to fight in person, deter one side, and hit Baisha so that they dare not commit it again. At the same time, it also warns other border tiger and wolf countries not to have a distracted heart for the Great Zhou. Your Royal Highness went to the four cities of northern Xinjiang in person, which shows that you and Situ Xi only care about power, and put the people first, which can win the hearts and minds of the people for your future accession. Your Highness, rest assured, Wechen is willing to go with you to ......"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but look at Han Xi and continued: "As for this, Your Highness will leave it to Han Xi and General Mu." The blood feud of the Nangong clan is deep, it's time to get it back. I'm sure she can do it even when we're not around her! (To be continued.) )