"My lord, is Huo Tingan really that powerful?" Pei Xiangdong's attainments in martial arts are not much inferior to those in military affairs, otherwise he would not be the strongest among the five hundred ruffians in the military camp on the outskirts of Beijing, but he has not seen Huo Ting'an's strength with his own eyes, so he does not have an object to refer to in his heart.

"It's so powerful, I didn't even take a single move from him." A hint of bitterness and fear appeared at the corner of Shen Yan's mouth, and he said with palpitations.

"The Holy Mother of the White Lotus Sect easily captured me in the military formation, she is very powerful, and Huo Ting'an's strength is only slightly inferior to the Holy Mother of the White Lotus Sect."

"Listening to the adult's comparison, Huo Tingan is really powerful, and as the adult said, if Huo Tingan really wants to do something excessive to us, we can only passively accept it." Pei Xiangdong's eyes flashed a trace of helpless bitterness, when he encountered such a master, no matter how powerful he was, he didn't have the slightest power to parry.

"When you think of this, you must have thought of how to deal with it, that's why you are so prepared, right?"

"Plan ahead, it's not at that level yet." Hearing Pei Xiangdong's words, Shen Yan said with an indifferent smile.

"When I left the cliff, I made a deal with the Holy Mother of the White Lotus Sect, and this transaction is related to the survival of the White Lotus Sect, as well as our future development and increase in strength."

"I told the Holy Mother of the White Lotus Sect that the battle of Xiangzhou Mansion must be fought, but how to fight and how to fight is a very big level, not only to fight vigorously, but also not to lose the strength in your hands too much, so as not to let others take advantage of the situation and take advantage of this big enough credit." When Shen Yan said this, a faint worry appeared in his eyes, glanced in the direction of Jinling, and said slowly.

Shen Yan knew very well in his heart that if the first battle of Xiangzhou Mansion dragged on for too long, first, the emperor would face tremendous pressure, second, some people in the court must want to come to Xiangzhou Mansion to get a piece of the pie, and third, this battle was a drama, and outsiders could not see the flaws. As the saying goes, life is like a play, it all depends on the acting skills, if you want outsiders not to see the flaws, you have to shorten the time, although this will make people feel suspicious, but it is better than revealing the flaws. At the same time, there should be a good tacit understanding between the two sides.

And this is the most testing person, so Shen Yan chose to let Pei Xiangdong command, and he could hide aside and observe the movements of the White Lotus Sect, so as to correct it in time.

"My lord, this battle is really not easy to fight." Hearing Shen Yan's words, a faint wry smile appeared on the corner of Pei Xiangdong's mouth, originally thought it was a hard battle, but who knew that it turned into a play, and this play was not easy to act at all.

"It's good to fight, I won't give it to you." Shen Yan said with an indifferent smile.

"The White Lotus Sect will withdraw from the stage after this war, temporarily disappear in front of the world, enter a period of dormancy, and preserve its strength. It seems that he has suffered a loss, but in fact, the White Lotus Sect has earned it. Although we have reaped enough credit, we have also become the object of envy and oppression, and we seem to have won, but we have suffered. ”

"If we want to gain more power and stage, we need to have enough strength, and at the moment our strength is good, but we can't control a real battle, so we still need to work hard, one is to expand our troops, and the other is to improve our overall combat effectiveness, if we can't do these two things, then we will face the danger of being swallowed by others." When Shen Yan said this, a trace of seriousness and solemnity flashed in his eyes.

"My lord, the situation shouldn't be as serious as the adults say." Hearing Shen Yan's words, Pei Xiangdong's eyes flashed with a look of uncertainty, and he said with some suspicion.

"Lao Pei, I also hope that these are situations where I have thought too much, however, this is the case." A helpless smile appeared on the corner of Shen Yan's mouth, and he said softly.

"The emperor is already old, and the pain left in the early years will gradually recur, if the emperor's body is strong, no matter what kind of storms there are in the court, the emperor will easily tame these storms. , but the emperor's body is placed there, and if he wants to do this, he is already a little powerless, so the situation in the court will become more and more intense. ”

"The princes take the heir, originally it was just a royal matter, no matter which prince sat in that position, it was a royal matter, however, there is already the shadow of the family behind the princes, and the emperor is a generation of Ming monarchs, with strong ambitions in his heart, he wants to destroy the family, and the family wants to monopolize more and greater power, so the emperor and the family have not dealt with each other, just like ice and fire, unable to coexist."

"There is the shadow of the family behind these princes who have seized the heir, so the emperor is even more reluctant to let these princes sit in that position, because once the emperor chooses one of the princes, it means that the emperor has compromised with the family, which means that the emperor has failed. So the emperor would not have made this choice at all, and it happened that the eighteenth prince appeared in front of the emperor with a new attitude, giving the emperor a ray of light who was originally a little painful. ”

"Although the emperor thinks that the eighteen princes are not the best candidates, they are better than those princes who have been infiltrated by the family, but the eighteen princes do not have enough strength around them, so the emperor has set his sights on me, otherwise, how could I rise so fast." When Shen Yan said this, a faint self-deprecation appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Although this is a test for me, it is more of an opportunity, not for anything else, just for a stable living environment for people who are worth paying, under the emperor's intentional operation, as long as other princes sit in that position, this prince will definitely do it to me, but the eighteenth prince will not be in the short term, although I don't want to make this choice, but the emperor has helped me make this choice."

"In the same way, you are my people, so you were also made this choice by the emperor." The corners of Shen Yan's mouth showed a trace of helpless bitterness, and he said lightly.

"My lord, whether we make this choice passively or actively, we will follow the side of the adult and serve the adult before and after the saddle." Pei Xiangdong's eyes showed a hint of surprise, he didn't expect that Shen Yan's fate had already been arranged by the emperor.

"My fate is up to me, after this battle, I will take the opportunity to expand the Royal Army of Great Xia to 30,000 people, and the servant army to 50,000 people, as for whether the combat effectiveness will decline, this issue will not be considered for the time being, as long as you pay more attention when selecting soldiers, just like before, the combat effectiveness will not decline."