Wang Pingyao has been weak since he was a child, and Wang Zhixuan has never let him participate in a lot of battles, and when he heard that Cui Ji was going to raise troops to overthrow Dongyue, he panicked. After Cui Ji roared, he was even more panicked, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Wei Wuxing came over, helped Wang Pingyao up, and said to Cui Ji: "Don't embarrass him anymore, just let him stay in my Wei family." ”

"Nope." Cui Ji changed his mind, and continued in a calm tone as much as possible: "Wang Pingyao, Uncle Cui is not forcing you, the Wang family has not been defeated, and there are still forces in Dongyue, you have the opportunity to become the master of Dongyue and avenge your father and sister, why don't you want to do it, how can you be worthy of your father and sister, and the ancestors of your Wang family." ”

Wang Pingyao, supported by Wei Wudaunt, stood opposite Cui Ji, he was silent for a long time, suddenly raised his head with tears in his eyes, gritted his teeth and asked Cui Ji: "Can you really take revenge?" ”

Cui Ji nodded vigorously and said affirmatively: "I am deeply favored by your royal family, and I will do my best to help you." ”

Wang Pingyao listened to Cui Ji's words, turned his head to Wei Wudaunt and said, "Uncle Wei, I have decided to go back to Dongyue. ”

Wei Wuxing was faintly disappointed, he did not agree with Cui Ji's approach, although Dongyue was not peaceful, Jiuli provoked wars in many places, but the Wang family wanted to finally subvert Dongyue and become the master of Jianye, I am afraid that the chances are slim, Cefu, Sanshan Army, Fire Army, each of them is not a general. He said to Wang Pingyao a little helplessly: "Since you have decided, I will never stop it, as for the marriage, I want to hear your opinion, whether to wait for you to come back after you have achieved great things, or to leave after the wedding." ”

Cui Ji did not object to Wang Pingyao's marriage, once Wang Pingyao became the son-in-law of the head of the Wei family, it was also quite helpful for the future plan of Dongyue. But all this still depends on Wang Pingyao's own attitude.

After Wang Pingyao came to Wei's house, he actually didn't see Wei Qingyue a few times, knowing that Wei Qingyue didn't like him, he still had a bit of arrogance as a child of a big clan in his bones, and after thinking for a while, he replied to Wei Wuxing: "Thank you Uncle Wei, I want to go back to Dongyue first, and when I settle down, I will definitely come back to marry Qingyue." ”

Wei Wuxing was not angry, he nodded, patted Wang Pingyao's shoulder, and then said to him: "In this case, I am not reluctant, our Wei family is in Northern Qin, and there is no force in Dongyue that can help you, but the money, food, and ordnance you need to start an incident, even if you open your mouth, my Wei family will give full support." ”

The head of the Wei family personally promised to support Wang Pingyao, Cui Ji was very happy in his heart, he didn't expect Wang Pingyao to have such a position in Wei Wuxing's heart, of course, this is also very likely to be an investment by the Wei family, if Wang Pingyao really becomes the lord of Dongyue, for the Wei family, it will be a million profits in Dongyue in the future.

The next day, Wang Pingyao and Cui Ji left Puyang City, Wei Qingyue learned that Wang Pingyao followed the down-and-out scholar who came yesterday to leave, she knew that Wang Pingyao was going back to Dongyue to take revenge, yesterday he clearly heard the conversation between his father and Cui Ji, although he didn't like Wang Pingyao, but she couldn't help but be a little worried, Wang Pingyao looked sick on weekdays, and she was more cowardly, she was the same as her father Wei Wuxing, and she was not optimistic about Wang's counterattack this time.

Dongyue, Jianye, Xuancheng's requests for help and war reports were sent to Emperor Wen's case one after another, after Emperor Wen read it in detail, he was puzzled, Zhang Jue's army was exterminating the puppets, how did this puppet army appear in Xuancheng, and Cefu, their reaction seemed to be too fast, thousands of soldiers went to Xuancheng, what was going on, the biggest doubt was the middle-aged scholar, almost single-handedly repelled the puppet army, and then disappeared mysteriously, such a person exists, if it can't be used for himself, it is a hidden danger. He summoned Shan Chenwei and the cabinet people, Shan Chenwei this time quite firmly put forward his suspicions about Zhang Jue, Emperor Wen thought of what happened during this time, and decided to send someone to recall Zhang Jue first, and at the same time to find out the whereabouts of the mysterious middle-aged scholar.

While everyone was still discussing the next countermeasures, the battle report was delivered. Emperor Wen learned that the swordsman Yingqiu Tong blindly sent troops to the north bank, but the Xuanjia army of the Western Wei Dynasty took the opportunity to take the Xukou, and he was furious, and called his subordinates to find Jin Huiqun immediately. Shan Chen Wei heard that the Xuanjia Army had occupied the Xuanjia Mouth, and he was very puzzled at first, the north bank of the Xukou was the Zhennan Army of the Northern Qin, how could the Xuanjia Army of the Western Wei Dynasty suddenly appear, but he immediately thought about it, and a cold sweat suddenly appeared on his back. The trial was also puzzled on the side, according to the plan, it should be the Xiakou army that marched eastward along the river, and when the swordsman battalion attacked, it attacked and occupied the mouth of the swordsman, what was going on with this Xuanjia army.

Shan Chen Wei froze, and said to Emperor Wen in a heavy tone: "Your Majesty, the Xuanjia Army suddenly appeared, I'm afraid that the target is not just Wet Whiskers. ”

Emperor Wen looked at Shan Chenwei and asked angrily, "What do you mean?" ”

Shan Chen Wei expressed his suspicions one by one: "Xuancheng is empty, encountered a puppet sneak attack, fortunately it was defended, and the mouth of the Xuxu was also attacked at about a certain time, and was occupied very quickly, these two places are quite close to Jianye City, once the troops are directed at Jianye, the royal city is not guaranteed." ”

When the ministers heard Shan Chenwei's words, cold sweat instantly oozed from their backs, they had been in Jianye for a long time, although there had been wars in the Central Plains in recent years, it was still rare to invade the royal city. Emperor Wen was also a little flustered, he stared at Shan Chenwei and asked, "What do you mean, the Xuanjia Army will come to Jianye." ”

"Yes." Shan Chen Wei replied to Emperor Wen with great certainty.

"How many defenders are there in the city?" Emperor Wen suddenly felt the seriousness of the matter.

"The city defense army, the total number of forbidden troops is less than 30,000." Shan Chen Wei knew that he had transferred troops several times to Zhang Jue, and there was not much left in the city.

"Thirty thousand, the defenders of the royal city are only thirty thousand." Emperor Wen repeated the number of defenders, extremely helpless. He originally wanted to scold the military department, but he also thought of the war in Xukou, and he ordered the transfer of the capital army several times, so he endured it. He then asked the courtiers: "If the Xuanjia army of the Western Wei Dynasty is attacking, how can it resist?" ”

Everyone was silent for a while, although Jianye City has a strong city defense, relying on 30,000 soldiers can still hold it for a period of time, but the stakes are very high, the slightest carelessness is the disaster of the country, several cabinet ministers were silent for a while, and then looked at Shan Chenwei together. Shan Chen Wei did not think about this situation, but there have always been two powerful reinforcements in his defense plan, one is the swordsman battalion, and the other is the Cefu, at this moment the swordsman battalion has been annihilated, and only the Cefu can come the fastest.

Shan Chenwei stepped forward and replied: "Immediately send scouts to pay close attention to the changes around Jianye City, and the city will enter a state of combat readiness, and at the same time immediately notify the Metropolitan Governor Xuandong to lead troops to help." ”

After saying this, Emperor Wen didn't think much about it, and immediately ordered the whole city to be on guard according to what Shan Chenwei said, and sent scout soldiers to pay close attention to the surroundings of Jianye City while immediately rushing to Huiji.

After Emperor Wen gave the order, Jin Huiqun hurried to the imperial study, and saw that everyone was heavy-faced, he glanced at the judge, but the judge ignored it, he vaguely felt that something big had happened, so he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed. When Emperor Wen saw him coming, he was furious and yelled at Jin Huiqun, "What's going on with the swordsman camp? What's going on with the wet beard? The Western Wei Dynasty has invaded, you explain it to me. ”

Jin Huiqun saw that Emperor Wen was angry, knelt on the ground, didn't dare to get up, kept his head down, and frantically thought about how to deal with it. Emperor Wen continued to say angrily to Jin Huiqun: "Qiu Tong, the main general of the swordsman battalion, is your cronies, how could he suddenly rush forward and attack the north bank, not only the entire battalion was destroyed, but also lost the wet beard, this can't be instigated by you." When he said this, Emperor Wen's eyes were already revealing a trace of murderous aura. Jin Huiqun regretted it at the moment, the deployment of the trial was too insidious, the Western Wei Dynasty took down the mouth of the wet beard and ate the entire swordsman battalion, and the most powerful force in the army to which he belonged was gone, and he almost became angry and wanted to find the trial cadre desperately. But at this moment, the important thing is to save his life, he replied tremblingly: "Your Majesty, although this Qiu Tong is my close confidant, I have left the swordsman camp, this matter really has nothing to do with me, I swear to the sky, it has nothing to do with me, please Your Majesty to be clear." ”

Emperor Wen didn't speak, he listened to Jin Huiqun's defense, and had faintly decided to get rid of him first. Seeing that Emperor Wen was silent, Jin Huiqun immediately left tears and sobbed: "Your Majesty, the war has suddenly broken out ahead, I am willing to go to the army to be a pawn, the first to kill the Western Wei thief army, I hope Your Majesty will be successful." ”

"Hmph, Jin Huiqun, you're going to join the enemy." Emperor Wen's words suddenly shocked Jin Huiqun. Jin Huiqun knew that it was extremely difficult to escape today, so he climbed to the feet of Emperor Wen and cried with tears streaming down his face: "Your Majesty Mingjian, I am loyal to Dongyue and will never betray Your Majesty, so I beg Your Majesty to give me a chance to go into battle and kill the enemy." ”

Emperor Wen kicked Jin Huiqun away, and the judge interjected coldly on the side: "Your Majesty, Jin Yushi is also an old minister, if you really want to rebel, you can take refuge in the past as early as when you are in the swordsman camp, you don't have to wait until now, the current situation is critical, when employing people, Jin Yushi is also a general, let him make meritorious contributions." ”

Hearing that the trial cadre interceded for himself, Jin Huiqun hurriedly continued: "Your Majesty, I will lead my troops to take back the Xukou, and never let the Western Wei thief army step into my Dongyue territory." At the same time as he said this, Jin Huiqun's mind suddenly flashed, and the mouth of the wet beard was occupied, so it was very likely that the next thing was to point directly at Jianye, he was in a panic just now, and actually ignored this. It seems that most of this person is the hidden stake of the Western Wei Dynasty, as long as he can survive today, it is not certain who will die next.

Shan Chen Wei and the ministers saw Jin Huiqun's appearance, although they were extremely disgusted with him on weekdays, but Chen Lin, the Marquis of Wuping, was dead, and there was indeed a lack of generals in Jianye City who had really led the army in battle. Shan Chen Wei stepped forward to intercede for Jin Huiqun: "Your Majesty, there are few generals in the city who have combat experience in commanding legions, and the Xuanjia Army is one of the best legions in the north, so you might as well leave the history of Jin Yu and participate in the defense of the city together." Jin Huiqun was grateful to Shan Chen Wei in his heart, and at the same time, he heard the Xuanjia Army from his words, it seems that the Western Wei Dynasty is menacing this time. Emperor Wen saw that everyone was interceding for Jin Huiqun, and there was indeed no evidence that Jin Huiqun instructed Qiu Tong to send troops, he forcibly suppressed the killing intent, and said to Jin Huiqun word by word, and said extremely indifferently: "If I don't kill you today, if he dares to rebel in the future, Jin Huiqun, I will definitely let you die ugly." ”

When Jin Huiqun heard Emperor Wen's words, he kept kowtowing, and he kept saying: "Never dare, never dare, I, Jin Huiqun, swear that if I have a different heart, let me die with ten thousand arrows through my heart." ”

Emperor Wen listened to his oath and waved his hand impatiently to let him retreat. Then Shan Chen Wei and the others also left one by one, and went down to prepare for deployment, preparing to resist the surprise attack of the Xuanjia Army.