Having said that, the seventh princess did not dare to increase the troops, after all, the old emperor is not dead now, and the Chengnan County she is facing is also in strict formation, which makes the seventh princess very annoyed. But there is nothing to do, people are Chen Bing in their own county boundary, so they can only recruit Zhao Meng back, the main general on the opposite side and Zhao Meng have been friends for many years, and he is also a very experienced and shrewd handsome talent, and only a general like Zhao Meng can deal with it.

Duanmu Qi withdrew from the main hall, An Qi shook his head, the seventh princess was still too anxious, but he was still very happy to be able to exchange Zhao Meng back, his thoughts were the same as Zhao Meng, he didn't want to be hostile to the nineteenth princess, and he didn't want to become hostile to Zhu Xiaobao. Duanmuqi always had a feeling that Zhu Xiaobao was probably really someone who could influence the situation of the battle.

In Xiyuan City, Feng Xiaoyong's defense area has really expanded, and the boundaries facing King Ming on the left and right have been handed over to him, while the nineteenth princess is facing off against King Wen's fief, and now the two sides are not picky, so they are facing each other, but the business is still done, but the free boutiques given to Princess Wen every month will no longer be sent. On the contrary, King Ming is still continuing to send, which is also a small strategy of the nineteenth princess, and it can be regarded as a small counter-strategy!

But the effect of this little anti-plot is really good, Princess Wen was not happy immediately, she couldn't figure out why the nineteenth sister suddenly cut off the freebies for herself, sometimes people are like this, once they get used to it, suddenly they don't have it, they are very unhappy!

In desperation, King Wen told the last time he offended the nineteenth sister, in fact, King Wen was also very entangled, after all, King Ming's personality was really not flattering. But now it can only continue to join forces with King Ming.

Princess Wen listened to the reason, and immediately became unhappy, and quarreled with King Wen, this is the first time that Princess Wen has had an awkward relationship with King Wen over the years, in fact, the matter of the nineteenth princess is just an external cause, she has always been disgusted with joining forces with King Ming, and now even the nineteenth sister is offended, so she can't help but be angry. The main factor in this is the fear of King Ming from the heart, although King Ming is very well-behaved now, but Princess Wen's intuition can still detect King Ming's covetousness for her!

But quarrel after quarrel, King Wen and Princess Wen both know that now is the most critical moment, and they must make a choice, in order to protect themselves, they can only join forces with King Ming! But what about later? Once King Ming gains power, what will happen?

King Wen and Princess Wen didn't have to quarrel anymore after a few days of quarreling, because the old emperor was really dead, and Gonggong Gao had already announced it to the world, and he said it very clearly. That is, to tell these princes, you can start!

This is also a unique way of choosing a new king in the Great Xia Kingdom. It's been the way it has been followed for hundreds of years. The Great Xia Kingdom never set up a crown prince, nor did it pass on the throne to that prince or princess. Successive emperors have won it by their own ability. And the coffin of the old emperor will not be buried for the time being, but will not be buried until the new king ascends the throne, and the new king will preside over the grand ceremony, and finally enter the ground for peace!

So no one went back to pay respects during this time, and the four counties around the imperial city were also in strict formation, and it was okay to compete for the throne, but the flames of war could not be burned to the imperial city. Otherwise, why is the seventh princess so troubled, if she wants to enter the Central Plains, she must pass through Chengnan County!

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Zhu Xiaobao also heard the news, but he was a little puzzled by the way he chose the new king, didn't he think it would cause civil war and killing! Even if he takes the throne, it will be a great injury, how many years will it take to recuperate?

"Hmmm! It has always been like this, so the armed forces of the Great Xia Kingdom are prosperous, everyone practices martial arts, and those princes and princesses never dare to slack off, and try to manage their fiefdoms as much as possible, so they all recover very quickly after the war! And without worries, all the defeated princes and princesses will not survive. Mu Junyi, who was standing beside Zhu Xiaobao, said very calmly, and seemed to approve of this method.

At this time, several people were sitting on the rooftop of the top floor of Zhu Xiaobao's residence, and they were also discussing the next response plan.

"I don't think the second warship should be built first, now it's impossible to build a dozen such warships, I think it's simply changed to a transport ship, and when necessary, I think the nineteenth princess will still have to withdraw from Xiyuan City!" Tong Wuxin also said very decisively.

"The production of burning knives will also be reduced by Daifuku, and now the price of grain is skyrocketing, and King Wen has explicitly not allowed the exchange of grain for wine. King Ming also issued a strict order that he was not allowed to exchange iron and stone for wine. The Nineteenth Princess followed closely. She clearly felt the breath before the chaos, those large and medium-sized families had already begun to quietly hoard food, but now it was openly buying and hoarding food. These great families can survive for hundreds of years because of their ability and strength.

Fortunately, the nineteenth princess has also hoarded a lot of food, and she has hoarded it in the blessed land, which can be regarded as a long preparation.

Next, it depends on who will do it first, and the most helpless of them is the nineteenth princess, she is too few people and horses to be qualified to participate in the succession, but to consider how to save herself. Therefore, the nineteenth princess still thought of the possibility of withdrawing from Xiyuan City. But even if you withdraw from Xiyuan City, where can you go? Will Xia Zixiu's centaurs go with him? These are all questions that plague the Nineteenth Princess.

Although there has been no war during this time, the change in the situation is very huge, and the supply of the burning knife of the nineteenth princess has also begun to decrease, and the price has skyrocketed, from the original six taels of silver to three taels of gold, an increase of five times, the reason is very simple, the price of grain has risen.

Now the burning knives in various places are no longer snatched up, and many places are placed on the shelves without queuing. The price is too expensive, who can afford to drink it!

The princes also began a large-scale conscription, and now the most bitter thing is the common people, there is nowhere to go, who knows where is the safest, most of the people still stay in place, waiting for the changes.

What the nineteenth princess didn't expect was that her recruitment work was very smooth, and the people of Xiyuan City were actually very enthusiastic, the reason was very simple, everyone didn't want Xiyuan City, which had finally gained vitality, to be abandoned again. So during this time, Xiyuan City was still very busy, busy building weapons and training new soldiers. The number of people of the nineteenth princess has actually increased to 80,000. Coupled with Xia Zixiu's 40,000 horses, he is already a little confident.

Zhu Xiaobao also began to worry about his own safety and prospects, if Xiyuan couldn't bear it, wouldn't it be too dangerous for him to stay in this cave blessed land, and then it would not be so easy to get in and out, even if he couldn't make it, but it was not a matter to be trapped in the cave blessed land!

"Do you say that if you rely on those red-coated cannons, you can defeat the troops of King Ming and King Wen?" Zhu Xiaobao sat idly on a red-clothed cannon on the city wall, and asked with some worry.

"Can't! You have never seen such a large-scale battle, hundreds of thousands of horses are overwhelming, stretching for dozens of miles, and it is impossible to do much damage with thirty red-coated cannons, and in the end, it will be necessary to rely on hand-to-hand combat to decide the victory. Mu Junyi still followed Zhu Xiaobao's side, but although she didn't care about these things, she had seen such a big scene. Of course knowing how brutal and horrific such a large-scale battle is.

"Yes! I also think it's unreliable, but I promised the nineteenth princess to help her as much as possible, how can I help? Do you want me to go into battle and kill the enemy? Isn't that overkill? Zhu Xiaobao said very depressedly.

"I ...... I think...... You can still go to Luofeng Island, Lingyue Mountain is a good way back! Mu Junyi suddenly said a little slurred.

"Hey, hey, apprentice, it's not authentic for you to do this, you've been following me for two months, and you're still thinking about sending me to Luofeng Island? Are you my apprentice? Is there such a thing as selling Master? Zhu Xiaobao was so shocked that he almost hung himself from the red-clothed cannon, and shouted at Mu Junyi in annoyance.

"Master! I mean seriously, since the death of the old emperor, there has also been internal strife within the Lingyue clan, and now it is divided into two forces. The original island owner Yu Qianhe was set aside by the second princess Yu Li, and now he took part of his men and horses to Lingyue Mountain. So Yu Dan sent me a letter, still hoping that you can go to Luofeng Island, she said that there is something very important to discuss with you! Mu Junyi lowered his head and whispered.

"Don't go! What's the matter she wouldn't come here on her own? Zhu Xiaobao shouted disdainfully, this is to deceive himself to go to Luofeng Island!

She said...... This thing is...... You begged her, that's why you want to go to Luofeng Island! Mu Junyi's voice was lowered, and he blushed a little, of course he knew what it meant to go to Luofeng Island.

"I beg her? She was kicked in the head by a donkey, right? Zhu Xiaobao snorted disdainfully, and then suddenly thought that he didn't know what had happened to Lingyue Island, so he asked Mu Junyi to tell him quickly.

It turned out that this incident was also related to the death of the emperor, as soon as the emperor died, Yu Li saw the interests and fighters in the middle, and she wanted to take the opportunity to seize the thirty-six islands in the southeast. If not all of them, it's still possible to take one or two. The Lingyue people rely on war to survive and grow.

Yu Li felt that the current island owner, that is, her mother Yu Qianhe, was too conservative in her thinking, which led to more and more female warriors on Lingyue Island, but she had not participated in too many battles, which was simply a waste of the advantages of the Lingyue people! Over the years, he has taken down a Lingyue Mountain. There is nothing else to be done.

Therefore, Yu Li, instigated by several belligerent elders, took the lead in starting to impeach Yu Qianhe, and those elders were the ones who lost the battle with Yu Qianhe for the position of island lord, so they were also quite active, inciting female warriors to oppose Yu Qianhe together......