Lu Jinglian couldn't believe Murong Ling's idea, but it was the best answer for him, and he hurriedly asked, "Lord Murong, is what you said true?" ”

Murong Ling nodded firmly: "I have never relied on magic to win in my life, this time I am not dying in vain for my own people, don't think I am!" ”

"I still don't understand, my lord's people are so supportive of you and willing to charge for you, but you can't stop them?"

"They are not supporting me, but supporting their own Jade Hope, and I am just a tool they use to realize Jade Hope!"

"I understand, but I just want to ask, don't adults have the idea of competing for the world to be the emperor?"

"The so-called emperor, and my current status as the patriarch, are just a different word. Even if he dominates the world, he will only continue to be controlled by others and coerced by everyone. I'm not a high-ranking person, I just want to pass on the position of the patriarch to the next generation as soon as possible, and then hide and live a carefree life by myself! ”

"The idea of the big man is really different from that of ordinary people, and he wants to be a big official, so he volunteered to come to the adult camp"

"Everyone has their own aspirations, there is no right or wrong, you have your choice, just don't ignore your conscience. I have a word of persuasion, Your Excellency will have a reward when you go back this time, and you will receive it when you see it! ”

"I'm already very content, I can finally get rid of my untouchable status and glorify my ancestors! That will not be long in the next place, under the city of Chang'an, waiting for the good news of the adults! ”

Lu Jinglian quickly left with the internal guards and returned to Chang'an City.

Wang Tiezhu, He Wuji and the generals had been waiting for Lu Jinglian for a long time, and after connecting Lu Jinglian into the city for a while, they quickly got to the point.

"Master Lu, is Murong Lingken willing to retreat?" Wang Tiezhu asked very directly

"Murong Ling asked me to bring a war book, and asked Marshal Wang to challenge him on a single horse in Chang'an City, if Marshal Wang won him, he would retreat, and if he won, he would ask Marshal Wang to retreat."

"Lord Lu, you envoy is too child's play!" He Wuji couldn't help but say

"Marshal He, this is an opportunity, if you can't contain Tuyuhun's offensive outside the city, it will be a matter of time before you are trapped in the city and defeated!"

He Wuji thought about what Lu Jinglian said and made some sense, so he looked at Wang Tiezhu: "Is Marshal Wang sure to defeat Murong Ling?" ”

Wang Tiezhu slowly said three words: "Not necessarily"

Lu Jinglian handed the battle book to He Wuji: "I think Marshal Wang has a better chance of winning, after all, our army is waiting for work!" Marshal Wang had defeated Murong Ling under Wuchang City back then! ”

Wang Tiezhu shook his head: "It's not what it used to be, my martial arts have reached the limit, but Murong Ling is in the prime of life, it is impossible not to have made progress in the past few years."

"What if Murong Ling didn't want to win this competition?" Lu Jinglian finally wanted to say Murong Ling's words

Murong Ling originally asked him to only tell Wang Tiezhu alone, but Lu Jinglian didn't care about this, and told Murong Ling's thoughts in front of the generals.

"In that case, why don't we spread the word, so that the enemy army can be confused!" Cai Xiuzhi, who joined the army, thought that he could greatly reduce Murong Ling's prestige, thus causing changes within the enemy army

Lu Jinglian immediately stopped: "Do you think that this will make the enemy suspect each other?" Do you know that they worship Murong Ling as a god, if we spread these words, not only will we not let the enemies suspect each other, but it will make them think that we are slandering their gods, not to mention what we say, how can they believe it? ”

"Enough, to spread such news, is it not to tell the enemy and our soldiers

Bing, I, Wang Tiezhu, am afraid that Murong Ling will not dare to fight? Wang Tiezhu felt that joining the army was an out-and-out nerd, and he had never come up with a decent idea

"Brother Wang, you have to think twice, in case the enemy cheats, not one-on-one, you will be in danger!" He Wuji still felt that it was too risky to agree to Murong Ling's challenge

Wang Tiezhu looked at He Wuji, "Brother He, Murong Ling is also an unborn master, he can't afford to lose this person!" What's more, I still have you, a good brother, to suppress the battle for me, in case I am defeated, you can still lead everyone to hold the city! ”

Lu Jinglian thought that he was here to mediate this matter, so he gave a safe suggestion: "I think it is better for us to build an earthen platform outside the city that is one zhang high and twenty zhang square, and dig a ditch one zhang wide and one zhang deep around it, Marshal Wang and Murong Ling will make an appointment to fight on the earthen platform, and the winning side will take away the helmet of the defeated party as a basis, and the killer must not be killed." Lu is willing to go again to inform Murong Ling! ”

Everyone thought that this idea was really good, and the soldiers on both sides could still watch a master duel, so they all agreed.

Lu Jinglian re-entered the Murong Ling military camp, bringing Wang Tiezhu's challenge book, and asked Murong Ling to challenge in Tutai, and all the conditions were as Lu Jinglian said.

However, the Tuyuhun military camp was also fried, and the deputy general of the army, Murong Haolu, thought that this was a trick of the Wei army, in order to set up an ambush to kill Murong Ling.

Brother Murong Xiu, the military advisor, also felt that it was unwise to easily agree to this challenge, and persuaded Murong Ling not to agree.

However, Murong Ling's answer was also surprisingly consistent with Wang Tiezhu: "Don't dare to fight, is it to tell everyone and the enemy, I, Murong Ling, are afraid of Wang Tiezhu?" In that case, why should we continue the crusade? ”

This sentence blocked everyone's mouths, so it was agreed that Murong Haolu would lead the most elite three hundred ghost sheep horsemen to follow and respond.

A few days later, Murong Ling and Wang Tiezhu ascended the high platform, thirty zhang away from the west side of the high platform, three hundred ghost sheep riding around the high platform, and on the east side, Wang Tiezhu's deputy Tian Xianzhi led eight hundred cavalry to guard the formation.

Murong Ling hugged his fists at Wang Tiezhu and smiled, "Marshal Wang, I haven't seen you for a long time, please do your best in today's battle."

"Since it is a duel, Wang should go all out, and please ask General Murong to give him all his advice, don't be humble!"

"This long knife of mine has been with me for more than twenty years, it weighs fifty catties and is four feet three inches long" Murong Ling touched the knife and slowly erected it in front of him

"My pair of hammers, one weighs fifty-eight pounds and seven taels, and the other weighs fifty-nine pounds and six taels" Wang Tiezhu also carried the two hammers in his hands

At this time, the breeze was blowing, and the occasional war horse neighed around, and everyone held their breath to watch the showdown.

Murong Ling took a step back with a knife in both hands, "Marshal Wang, I'm about to start!" ”

Wang Tiezhu put two hammers across his chest: "I'm going to start too!" ”

The two shot at the same time, but the weapons did not touch each other, but the two switched places.

In three rounds in a row, both of them passed by, and everyone suspected that they had seen it wrong.

At this time, the soldiers on both sides shouted and cheered for their respective commanders.

Murong Ling and Wang Tiezhu jumped up at the same time, and with a clatter in the air, Murong Ling's long knife crossed against Wang Tiezhu's pair of iron hammers.

The two of them took a few steps back again, brandished their weapons and began to fight again.

Wang Tiezhu dazzled a pair of hammer dances, and Murong Ling's long knife changed its position to slash, but it didn't touch Wang Tiezhu.

After the long knife and the hammer came together again, they stuck together, and Murong Ling and Wang Tiezhu began to sweat on their foreheads, and their four feet sank into the earth platform by an inch.

Soldiers on both sides

The duel that they were looking forward to turned out to be a competition in the end, and everyone felt disappointed, and they wanted to go up and help.

However, the earthen platform is separated from the surrounding deep ditch, and it is not easy to climb the earthen platform.

However, there are smart people on both sides, Murong Haolu and Tian Xianzhi each set up arrows, and with a swish, the two arrows rushed towards Murong Ling and Wang Tiezhu from the east and west.

Soldiers on both sides also shouted

"Marshal, beware of cold arrows!"

"Patriarch, beware of cold arrows!"

Murong Ling and Wang Tiezhu abandoned the long knife and hammer at the same time, and rolled to the side together, dodging the hidden arrow.

After Murong Ling and Wang Tiezhu stood up, they shouted back to back

"Who put the arrows? Stand out! ”

Everyone fell silent, and everyone knew who had released the arrow, but no one said it.

Of course, Murong Haolu and Tian Xianzhi also did not say anything.

Murong Ling glanced at everyone, "You guys go back first!" In this competition, I lost, and I was reduced to relying on my subordinates to release cold arrows to help me! ”

The ghost sheep rode and Murong Haolu's eyes widened and refused to leave, "Patriarch, you didn't lose, they also released cold arrows!" ”

"You're insulting me! Let's go, I'll come back after talking to Marshal Wang! ”

The ghost sheep rode and Murong Haolu continued to move, Wang Tiezhu turned around and patted Murong Ling on the shoulder, "Murong Ling, this time I lost, my subordinates released cold arrows!" I will lead my own troops to defend the city, waiting for you to attack! ”

Tian Xianzhi was about to speak, but Wang Tiezhu glared at him.

The ghost sheep rode everyone and began to turn their horses' heads and walk back, and Murong Haolu continued to stay alone and wait for Murong Ling.

Wang Tiezhu jumped off the high platform and shouted, "Murong Ling, there will be a period later!" I'll quit first! ”

Murong Ling turned around and agreed, "There will be a period in the future, please guard the city, I don't have many opponents!" ”

Murong Ling didn't say a word on the way back, Murong Haolu admitted that he had released the cold arrow, but Murong Ling was still silent.

Murong Ling's wish was disappointed, but the ghost sheep cavalry and tens of thousands of Tuyuhun troops no longer seemed to have the same fanaticism as before, especially Murong Haolu often warned others that Wang Tiezhu's martial arts could match Murong Ling's.

The news of Tuyuhun's attack on Chang'an soon reached Xiangyang, and when Liu Jianjunchen was discussing whether to send troops to take advantage of the fire and rob, Jiangling came with an urgent report.

Cui Ju has already sworn in the Northern Expedition in Yuezhou, and gathered an army of 130,000 by land and water to the north.

originally expected to have a chance to recover Guanzhong or send troops to Jinling, but this time there was also an internal problem with himself.

"Cui Ju will have an incident sooner or later, and since they jumped out this time, it is also a good thing, just taking advantage of the fact that the northern enemies are attacking each other, we can have a chance to clean up the interior!" Shen Yuanhao felt that this was a good opportunity

"In the face of Cui Ju's 130,000 army, it seems that Shang Shuling has already thought of a strategy to deal with it," Liu Mingge looked at Shen Yuanhao

"As soon as Prime Minister Liu Cheng left with his front foot, Cui raised his back foot and got into trouble, Wei Chen felt a little suspicious" Huang Chuanting lost no time in making trouble

"Yes, maybe I shouldn't have drawn my sword at the banquet to kill and scare him, which made him too nervous, so he rebelled!" Liu Mingge did not shy away from it

"No, Prime Minister Liu did the right thing, Prime Minister Liu killed several of his henchmen, forcing him to rebel!" said to Xiaoyu

Liu Jian stretched out his hand and signaled the ministers not to continue arguing, "Whether Prime Minister Liu Cheng goes to Chenzhou or not, Cui Ju will be opposed!" If the Han Dynasty does not cut the domain, the king of Wu and Liu Bi will rebel! However, Cui Ju did not rebel openly, but raised troops under the banner of the Northern Expedition, since this is the case, we let him go to the Northern Expedition. ”