Su Xiaochen finally promised: "Lord Pei's loyalty can be seen by the sun and the moon, and I will not touch Lord Pei's furniture." However, if you let Master Pei out like this, I'm afraid that there will be some turmoil along the way. It's better to live in my camp for a few days, and after I fall into the city, I will go back to Hanjiang to report to the saint, and then explain the longitude and latitude of the matter for Lord Pei in front of the saint, so as to ask for credit for the lord, how about it? ”

Pei Ran's eyes rolled, and he thought to himself, could it be that this kid really has the ability to pacify the imperial capital? Seeing his plan to ambush the city of the Eighteen Kingdoms is not bad, it is better to simply gamble and live in the camp with him for a few days. If I can really fall into the city, what else will I run? Go home with gold and silver and go on living. When the time comes, there will be a gloom in the court, and I can stand up and be with this Su Bachelor, wouldn't it be able to snatch half of the credit for pacifying the imperial capital?

Thinking of this, Fang Cai's panic had already been thrown out of the clouds, and only his heart was left to bloom.

"Since Master Su said so, of course I can't ask for it. Now that the national thief is in charge, the husband is responsible, although I Pei Ran has no power to restrain the chicken, but how can I be greedy for life and afraid of death? If you want to pacify the emperor, you will not shirk it! ”

Su Xiaochen was secretly amused, thinking that if Xiao Tong was here, he would be so disgusted that he would vomit on the spot, so he couldn't help but smile and replied: "That's very good." ”

However, in the second day, the imperial capital suddenly became agitated, and from the morning a large number of people poured out from the city gates, fleeing in all directions. Su Xiaochen ordered Vulture Tail to go to investigate and learned that those people had temporarily gone out of the city for refuge.

"What's going on in the city?"

"Chen Qi's head has been hung on the city tower." Washio replied.

Su Xiaochen smiled slightly when he heard this: "Uncle really started very fast. Tell me about it, what is the situation? ”

"It was Master Su's divisive plan that worked, and Ye Shangshu and Zheng Lun privately agreed to plot against Chen Qi. Ye Shangshu first pretended to invite Chen Qi to Qinghuai Villa, saying that he was reconciling Chen Qi and Zheng Lun, and Zheng Lun pretended to be soft and coaxed Chen Qi to drink a few more glasses. The two took advantage of Chen Qi's drunkenness, so they cut off his head, claiming that Chen Qi had collaborated with the enemy and wanted to appease people's hearts. ”

"Pacify? But why did the people flee? ”

"This is an eye-opener. A few days ago, Pei Shangshu set up porridge sheds all over the city, but after he escaped, the porridge sheds were naturally unattended. Those poor people originally learned that they could give alms for ten days and eight days, but they didn't distribute it for three or four days, and they were all annoyed, so they began to make trouble, and it happened that Ye Zhiqiu had a ghost in his heart, and felt that this must be an ambush from the eighteen countries taking the opportunity to make trouble, so he suppressed it on a large scale, killed many troublemakers, and accidentally injured the people everywhere, which caused a popular uprising. ”

"It's a real surprise." Su Xiaochen frowned and said, "But after all, there is a dragon scale army in the city, and the people should not be their opponents for a while." ”

"It was not an opponent for a while, but after all, the people were outnumbered, so Ye Shangshu was forced to evacuate all the dragon scale troops on the four sides of the city, and retreated to the hundred official residences near the palace, completely separating the magnates and the people with high walls. Some people felt that the imperial capital was not peaceful and the city gates were unguarded, so they took the opportunity to flee. ”

"Very good, this is the day I was waiting for. As long as my uncle keeps the people on the periphery, I will have no worries if I do it. Eagletail, how are all the preparations I told you to prepare the other day? ”

"Almost, in a day or two at most."

While the two were talking, Xu Fu came in and heard that Su Xiaochen was about to make a move, so he rubbed his hands excitedly and said, "What's the matter?" Master Su quickly ordered, my old Xu Hao made preparations early. But to kill? ”

During this period of time, Xu Fu had admired Su Xiaochen so much that he had long forgotten that he only had 4,000 people.

"Haha, General Xu came just in time to explain something to you, but it's not a big killing."

"...... that?"

"General Xu, now that the Dragon Scale Army has all withdrawn to the city to guard the vicinity of the palace, the city gate is empty. After three days, you can divide the 4,000 men into three groups and guard the three gates of Yingxi Gate, Chongjing Gate, and Baitai Gate. If it is the people, you will let it go, if the officers and soldiers surrender on the spot, if it is the powerful...... Prisoners rise and guard tightly! ”

"Fire?" Xu Fu looked at Su Xiaochen embarrassedly and said with a smile: "Master Su...... Are you trying to burn down the imperial capital? ”

"Yes! As long as the fire is strong, it will naturally burn upwards, which is better than the siege of thousands of troops and horses. ”

"But Master Su, you also know that our Wanhua Emperor is ......."

"General Xu is worried about ambergris?" Su Xiaochen obviously guessed Xu Fu's worries, "Yes, everyone in the world thinks that the ambergris mouth is used to irrigate the fertile fields under the city, but in fact, the biggest purpose of the Mu Yun Taishi dug this ambergris mouth back then was to prevent someone from attacking the city with fire." The water of the Miaodai Mountain Waterfall in the mouths of thousands of ambergris flows endlessly throughout the city, and it is difficult for ordinary fire attacks to work. ”

"Since Master Su knows the magic of this ambergris, why do you still ......?"

"General Xu, the magic of the ambergris mouth is more than that, General Xu just surrounds the city gate as I say, and when the time comes, whether this fire can burn or not, but it depends on my means."

Xu Fu was shocked when he saw that he said it lightly, how could the ambergris set up by Master Mu Yun be easily broken? Even if the water in the mouth of the ambergris has been frozen into ice, once it catches fire, it will still melt the ice into water, and it still can't be burned.

Su Xiaochen no longer refused to say more, and only asked him to return to the camp to divide the troops and prepare for the attack on the city in three days.

******

On the side of the Hanjiang River, Wen Lan put up a pergola and looked at the Cangwu country across the river.

"How, what's going on across the river?"

Lin Tongsheng said humbly on the side: "It has been found out that the lord of the country has entered Li Houcong's royal tent and asked for some soldiers and horses to return to the imperial capital to quell the chaos. ”

"Humph! A good lord of the country is not right, but he has to be someone else's slave, he really has no ambition! What's the matter, isn't he with Zhu Zhitong? I also said that he only saw the personal affairs of his children in his eyes, and he couldn't see anything else. ”

"No, he took the soldiers given to him by Li Houcong to the direction of the imperial capital in the west, and Zhu Zhitong went to the south."

"Southside?"

"Yes, she got on the serpentine ship of Qiu Yueshi, and it is difficult to continue to track her, so I don't know where she is going for the time being."

Wen Wen stood aside and asked, "Brother, is she really going to sneak attack the Taiye National Capital as her brother expected?" ”

Wen Lan shook her head and said, "I don't know if she will sneak attack, I just let Qi Lie ambush near the national capital." She is just a powerful Kuntou ship in her hands, and we can't beat her at sea, but if she dares to go ashore to attack Taiye without her strength, Qi Lie will give her a hard time. I deliberately sent out the news that the three tribes of Imulan were all gathered by the Hanjiang River, and presumably this news must have reached her ears, and as for not being fooled, I went with her. However, the lord of the country went to Li Houcong to ask for soldiers and horses, which was very pleasing to me, so that it would be much easier for us to fight against Li Houcong. ”

As he spoke, he turned his head and asked Lin Tongsheng again: "How many soldiers and horses did Li Houcong give to the lord of the country?" ”

"Four thousand."

"What...... Four thousand? The two elders of the Wen family all changed their faces, "With only four thousand people, how can they capture the capital of Wanhua Emperor?" ”

"To be precise, it should be 4,200 people, and the lord of the country also asked Li Houcong for 200 tailors."

"This ......" Wen Lan and Wen Wen glanced at each other, and the same thought was in their hearts: Could it be some treacherous strategy in Mu Yun's art of war? But no matter what, Li Houcong only gave 4,000 people, which shows that he has no trust in Su Xiaochen.

Lin Tongsheng said again: "In addition, Huo Qinglin's 50,000 troops have been stationed on the south bank of Jingzhou, which is not too far from Li Houcong's camp, and it has become a corner. ”

"Well, Lao Lin, you've worked hard, let's go down first."

Wen Wen saw Lin Tongsheng retreat, and then said to Wen Lan: "Brother, this Luxia people's serpentine ship is haunted, I'm afraid it's a hidden danger." ”

"It's a hidden danger, but I already have a countermeasure to this matter."

"Oh?"

"The Liuxia people have been hiding in Meilongyu for some time, and there are quite a few serpentine ships there. Now that I've found out, I'll send troops to find a way to capture one. Listening to Lin Tongsheng, the serpentine ship is fast and can change the shape of the ship, which is very useful. ”

"Brother, this is what you want...... Imitation of a serpentine ship? But such exotic ships, I'm afraid that they can't be imitated easily, right? ”

"Then you don't have to worry, among the ministers who surrendered Bihai this time, there is one person you probably don't care about, with him, all problems will be solved."

"Oh? Who is it? Wen Wen couldn't help but be curious.

"Lu Qiusheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry."

"Oh...... Is it the descendant of the Lu family who built the first phoenix ship back then? ”

"Yes, this Bihai Lu clan is very good at imitation, as long as he can capture a serpentine ship and hand it to him, he will definitely be able to figure out the drawings. I believe that with the national strength of the blue sea, once such a small ship has drawings, how can it be that dozens of ships will be built within the end of the month? Bihai originally had a shipbuilding place on the shore of Binzhou, and all the necessary materials were available, so when we crossed the river with this serpentine ship, we would be intercepted on the river, and there was nothing to worry about. ”

Wen Wen said suspiciously: "Although I have heard of the name of the Lu family, I have never seen it in person, so I really have such a ability?" ”

"That's natural, this Lu clan is quite intelligent, but he is very cowardly with this temperament, after winning the capital of Taiye Country, I secretly coerced him several times, and it took almost no effort to make him obedient."

"Bihai people, after all, there are not a few hard bones, my brother only looks at those Lu family disciples, and the ministers of the dead country can still be in a safe corner."

"Wouldn't that be good?" Wen Lan laughed when she heard this.