As Xu Maogong expected, the joint signature of Wang Shichong and the kings was suppressed by Yang Yong, the prince of the prison state, which was also the request of Yang Su, the king of Yue. Originally, the kings of the Central Plains were separated from the imperial court, but now that it is possible to unite against Yang Guang, the king of Jin, the result will only be a defeat for both sides, which is very happy for Yang Su and other princelings. Even Yang Su was happy about this, and had a banquet in the mansion for a princeling's ministers, and the prince Yang Yong only sent Ji Wei, a favorite servant in the mansion, and Duan Da, a staff member of the prince of the East Palace, to attend Yang Su's banquet. During the banquet, everyone did not forget to discuss the good and bad of the situation.

"Yue Gong, the day before yesterday, the crown prince was only one step away from ascending to the throne of the Great Treasure, what a pity!" Duan Da, a close aide of the prince, put down his wine glass and said with some drunkenness.

"Yes! If Your Majesty does not recall the King of Jin and is not bewitched by others, I should have made a long time to make a contribution to the dragon. Yang Da, a relative of the emperor, echoed drunkenly.

"Eh--, now that the two parties are contending, and the king of Jin is powerful, it is better for us to act cautiously. If the crown prince ascends the throne, then the king of Jin will inevitably rebel, and it will not be good for the soldiers to besiege the capital at that time. If you want the crown prince to sit firmly in the Golden Palace, you should focus on weakening the current power of King Jin. As Yue Gong said, the alliance of the kings of the Central Plains is the best to resist the king of Jin, and we will sit firmly in the capital and watch them weaken each other. Hehe! Drink! Tang Lingchen said with a smile, and there was a flattering attitude towards Yang Su between his words. Yang Su, who was seated, was quite proud when he heard this.

"Yue Gong, if the kings rebel, they will definitely attack Tongguan! If Lao Yanglin can't hold it, then if the rebels really threaten the capital, what should they do? Yu Wenkai asked. Everyone looked at each other and no one could answer, and they didn't even think that the Tongguan guarded by the backer king Yang Lin would be lost.

"Hmmm! Mr. Yuwen is worried. But this prince thinks that the possibility of losing Tongguan is extremely low, first, the king of the backer has a good way of governing the army, and his soldiers are all elite, and the soldiers guarding the pass are 50,000. Defend against the danger and resist the 200,000 or so rebels without worry; Moreover, it is impossible for Yang Guang, the king of Jin, to sit back and watch the rebels attack Tongguan, he has a heavy army, and he will take the opportunity to cross the river to the south. Of course, this duke is not without precautions, and has asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to summon Pei Renji's troops back to defend the capital, plus the original forbidden army in the capital and the Zhang Xutuo department in Meixian County, at that time, we will have no less than 150,000 available soldiers, which can be used to defend the capital. ”

"The Yue Gong has made careful arrangements, and the palace and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be relieved." Ji Wei said in his eunuch-like voice.

Yu Wenkai listened to Yang Su's arrangement, and he was as relieved as everyone else.

"Yue Gong, the lower officials heard that the King of Jin now has millions of soldiers, if he wins in the Central Plains War, his momentum will be even greater, wouldn't we be accompanied by the tiger? How to sleep peacefully! Duan Dafu said again.

"Yes---- yes---- Yue Gong should have planned it as soon as possible." Everyone at the bottom of the stairs listened to Duan Da's words, and they all echoed and shouted.

"Yue Gong, as Lord Duan said comes true, how can the crown prince ascend the throne in the future? This matter must be guarded against! Ji Wei said to Yang Su with an extremely serious expression.

"This ----。" Yang Su fell into worry for a while, speechless. It's not that he didn't foresee this kind of result, but he couldn't think of an effective countermeasure, and couldn't help but look at Yu Wenkai.

Yu Wenkai was originally waiting for Yang Su to answer, but when he saw Yang Su embarrassed and glanced at him, he couldn't help but be stunned.

After a little thought, he took over and said: "Father-in-law doesn't have to worry about this, this chaotic war in the Central Plains will not have results in a short time." Even if King Jin wins in the end, it will definitely be a tragic victory, and it will be difficult to pose a threat to me at that time, so why be afraid? Even if it's still a tiger, it's already knocked out its teeth, hehe! ”

"Hmmm! That's right, Yuwen-sama's opinion. This king knows the strength of Wang Shichong and Tang Bi, and has been operating in the Central Plains for a long time, and there are countless soldiers and food in his hands. The unseen King of Jin can easily win. However, what Lord Duan said reminded the king that even if we can't support the crown prince as the emperor now, we should seize the opportunity to firmly control the capital. ”

"Yue Gong, it is better to take advantage of the time of the Central Plains War, and then talk to the Holy Lord about the matter of Chan concession, if it can be successful, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be able to mobilize the troops of Guanzhong, Hongnong, Hanzhong and Yizhou in the name of the new emperor to resist the forces of the King of Jin." Duan Da seized the opportunity to propose here.

When everyone in the audience heard this, they couldn't help but talk about it. Even Yang Su seemed to be a little moved when he heard this, and fell into deep thought. The eunuch Ji Wei couldn't help but nod again and again when he heard this.

"Lord Yuwen, what do you think of Lord Duan's words? Yang Su turned his head again and asked Yu Wenkai. ”

"Lord Duan, Lord Duan's words are reasonable! If the saint is seriously ill, he can take the opportunity to speak. At that time, the king of Jin was in the middle of a war with the rebel kings, and he had no time to take care of the matter of Chan Rang in the capital. If the raw rice is cooked and cooked, the King of Jin will have to admit it even if he has the ability. Yu Wenkai said fiercely, and everyone nodded when they heard it, and a few people said yes one after another.

"Hmmm! Rong Laofu thought twice. Yang Su did not make a decision on the spot, but tactfully pushed back.

"That's it! Let's think about it more! My father will go home. Seeing that Yang Su couldn't make a decision for a while, Ji Wei was not in a hurry, and when he saw that the matter was almost over, he said goodbye, wanting to go back to the prince's mansion to report to the prince one step earlier.

"Congratulations to Father-in-law Ji." When Yang Su and the others saw that Ji Wei was leaving, they all hurriedly got up and gave them away. Accompanying Ji Wei back was Duan Da, a staff member of the Prince's Mansion.

With Ji Wei leaving the table, the banquet came to an end. Subsequently, there were many people who were too strong to drink to leave the table. In the end, only Yu Wenkai was left and was about to leave, but was stopped by Yang Su.

"Please Mr. Yuwen follow the old man to the study for a while." Yu Wenkai had to follow Yang Su to the back hall study.

"Lord Yuwen, what Fang just said seems to have another deep meaning, there is no one else here, you might as well talk about it in detail."

"Yue Gong, the lower officials think that the matter of Zen concession will be of no benefit to me if it is delayed for a long time. Although the chaotic war in the Central Plains was fought against more than a dozen anti-kings on the surface, the prince also knew that the kings of the Central Plains were united on the surface, but they were all intrigued in private. The terrain of Tongguan is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the kings will inevitably be unable to attack for a long time, and there will be changes over time. The king of Jin is very likely to make a profit in the end, at that time, the kings are destroyed, the king of Jin has the land of the Central Plains, and the soldiers of the kings of the Central Plains are collected. At that time, even if the Holy Zen Makes it, we will be afraid of the power of King Jin, how dare we rashly help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to ascend the throne as the emperor? ”

Yang Su couldn't help but nod his head when he heard this, with a melancholy expression. What Yu Wenkai said was reasonable, and he couldn't help but be unconvinced.

Seeing that Yang Su did not refute, Yu Wenkai continued: "But this Central Plains War is indeed the best opportunity for my princelings, and if I miss it, there will be no day to turn over." ”

"You mean, take advantage of the chaos? One can command the soldiers of the world to serve the king; Second, can you mess with the king of Jin, make his power fall apart, and lose to the hands of the anti-kings? ”

"Yue Gong, is there a better opportunity than at this time?"

But what if the Holy One has no mind to give up at all? Did you do that palace coup? Wouldn't it make the world unconvinced, but it would be unbeautiful. ”

"Yue Gong, a coup d'état is absolutely undesirable, think of other methods."

"Okay, your intentions are known to the king, let the king think carefully, and please go back to the house, you can know what I said today, understand?"

"The lower official understands that he will never show half a word, and the lower official will leave!"

After Yu Wenkai hurriedly walked out of the Yue Wang's Mansion, he glanced behind him a few times, and made sure that no one was watching, so he hurried to his own mansion.

In the dark, after the two Jin Palaces secretly discovered that the last Yu Wenkai who participated in the palace night banquet came out of the palace, they quietly sneaked back to the Jin Palace's mansion to report to Yuwenshu.

Unlike the undercurrent of the capital, Luoyang at this time seemed to have become a huge barracks. The kings each led their troops as promised, and Yang Xuangan even directly abandoned the Red Peach Cottage and raised all the minions down the mountain, in order to gain the right to speak in the battle of the alliance against Sui. Xu Maogong also accompanied a total of 10 generals such as Shan Xiongxin and Qin Shubao, together with 80,000 soldiers from various prefectures and counties of Lu County, to Luoyang Huimeng, becoming a larger force. Only Du Fuwei, the farthest Jianghuai Shanyang Gong, arrived with 20,000 cavalry at the latest.

That night, the alliance dinner was held in Luoyang Palace, and the kings of the alliance participated in the alliance with their respective military advisors and marshals all present.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as Xu Junshi said, it has been half a month now, and there is no news of our joint concert of kings like a stone sinking into the sea. Fortunately, we have been prepared, and we finally made all the appointments to meet today. After counting it carefully, the soldiers of our alliance of kings have reached 500,000, and the generals are thousands. After tonight's feast, tomorrow we will swear to send troops. Come, kings and generals, the lord of this alliance will give you a glass. Wang Shichong is now full of confidence and pride, and he has to pay tribute to the kings and generals present at the toast.

After a cup of wine, Xu Maogong, who was the military advisor of the allied army, got up and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the generals of the kings will be sent to Tongguan at noon tomorrow, and the vanguard generals will be determined first, I don't know which king is willing to be the vanguard?" ”

As soon as Xu Maogong's voice fell, he saw a person standing up in the seat and shouted: "Yang Xuangan, the king of Chu in Huazhou, is willing to ask Ying to be the vanguard and open the road and build a bridge for the alliance leader to reach the city of Tongguan." ”

"Humph! How many people and generals are you, how can you be a pioneer? This king has Marshal Shang Yiming, military advisor Bai Shun, and 50,000 elite soldiers are willing to be the vanguard. Meng Haigong, King of Songyi in Caozhou, stood up and shouted.

"You ---" Yang Xuangan was about to argue, but Li Mi next to him pulled his shirt again and again, so he stopped fighting and sat angrily.

"In this case, this army division ordered Meng Haigong, the king of Song Yi, to be the vanguard, and go first at noon tomorrow, and the other kings and horses will follow up and gather in front of Tongguan City."

"Good! The vanguard is over, and you can get drunk tonight, come, and the leader of this alliance will toast you again. ”

After more than 100 people shouted at the "----" banquet, they began to toast each other.

"Mr. Xuansui, why did you stop me from fighting for the vanguard?" Yang Xuangan did not drink indiscriminately, but put down the wine glass and asked Li Mi in a low voice.

"Brother Xuangan, why fight? Our alliance is nothing more than to gain benefits from it, and besides, we have these 20,000 horses in our hands, if we lose it, it will be difficult to turn over, so we need to be cautious and cautious. Brother didn't see that Xu Mao Gonglu County has nearly 100,000 people, and he still has Shan Xiongxin, Qin Qiong and other tiger generals there, not to fight for this short time, not to preserve strength, why should you and my brother be strong! Li Mi pretended to raise a glass to drink to cover his mouth, and whispered to Yang Xuangan.

"Hmmm! What Mr. said is reasonable, for my brother is abrupt, come, for my brother to respect Mr. a drink. Yang Xuangan was touched by this point, and suddenly realized.

Here, Lu Guoshan Xiongxin, Qin Qiong and other generals were also drinking and chatting during the banquet.

I saw Cheng Yanjin quietly come to Qin Qiong's side and asked: "My brother is extremely heroic, and he has never had an opponent, why doesn't Xu Daochang recommend my brother as a pioneer general?" But he gave the first credit to others. ”

"Don't talk nonsense about biting gold, it's true that you have some skills for your brother, but you can't be a hero. You have been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, but you don't know that the Tongguan guard will be powerful. ”

"Brother Jin, don't you know how powerful the Tong Pass guard will be Yang Lin, the king of the mountain? A pair of imprisoned dragon sticks in his hand forcibly laid down half of the country for the Great Sui, and Shan couldn't resist the lance in his hand, who would dare to touch his moldy head? ”

"Second Brother Shan, is Yang Lin really so powerful?" Cheng Yanjin asked with some disbelief.

"Bite Brother Jin Xian, let's not say that Yang Lin Lao'er is powerful, let's just say that his current two generals are also extremely heroic. Master Shang is a famous general of the Great Sui, known as the Four Treasure Generals, with a treasure gun in his hand and a BMW under his crotch. There is also the eight horse generals Xinwenli, who is also extremely powerful and unstoppable. Uncle Bao whispered.

"Ahh So powerful? That's a little bit more important, hehe! Cheng Yanjin was taken aback when he heard this, and then he understood why Xu Laodao didn't let his side be a pioneer, and the other party was an extremely difficult hard persimmon!

Before noon on the second day, Meng Haigong impatiently took his 50,000 Caozhou soldiers under the leadership of Marshal Shang Yiming. Many of the kings who saw them off were gloating and laughing to themselves.

Tongguan Guangtong Canal Wharf.

As the weather warms up, there are more and more merchants. However, the Tongguan wharf has already implemented military management, and the wharf belonging to the military is constantly unloading generations of grain from the ship at this time, because of careless handling, a large rice bag mouth has collapsed, and the rice with white flowers is scattered all over the ground.

"General Tong, the last general personally escorted 500,000 stone of grain to arrive this time, if not all the big ships need to transport soldiers, even a million stone can be sent in one trip."

"General Shi, aren't there more ships? When will the 100,000 horses and horses of Shaohua Mountain be delivered here by these boats? ”

"Don't worry, general, although there are only 30,000 horses and horses who come by boat, but Shaohua Mountain is not far from here, and it is only a day's journey, and the soldiers who failed to board the ship are all coming by land, and they will arrive at noon tomorrow at most. These ships were still mainly used to transport food and ordnance. Stanley explained.

"I see, General Hua Gongming's arrangement is very clever." Tong Huan heard Shi Danai say this, and suddenly stopped worrying. Because the general of Tongguan Shang Shifu said that the counter-soldiers of the kings of the Central Plains have already hit the road, and they will be able to reach Guanxia in 5 days at the latest, and this pier will be completely closed at that time.

"General Tonghuan, the prince is invited, the military situation is important, please go back to the customs with the last general." Master Shang walked up to the two and said.

"Good! The last general will go back with the general. This place will be handed over to General Shi, and the 500,000 stone grain must be transported into the customs before dark. ”

"General Tong will go by himself, and the last general will know how to do it."

Immediately, Tong Huan turned around and took a few guards and followed Master Shang and his apprentices back to Bentong Pass.