"I see, then it's no wonder that others, Zhu Tingxun brought it on himself, and he didn't lose Penglai." After Shi Luosheng read the letter, he said to Yang Yi: "Reply to the Lord of Zhuzhong City and ask him to leave Niu Qingyuan." Arrange him in the Ryukyus first, and then we will have a naval army in the Central Plains later, and then transfer him back. ”

Yang Yi nodded: "Zhu Qitang, the prince of Yan State, with the support of Ning Zefeng, has been enthroned as emperor in Jinxing City, and at the same time, Zhu Tingxun announced his abdication in Anyang. Jiang Huanyan has completely disrupted the situation on the entire continent at this time, and we are still thinking that Yan Guo can last a few years and buy us more time to prepare, but now it seems that our plans are about to change. ”

"That's not enough, it was indeed unexpected that the third brother could take Penglai so quickly, but Zhu Tingxun's willingness to abdicate to Zhu Qitang is even more unexpected to everyone. His trick is indeed much higher than when Xiong Huan escaped by himself, leaving the prince Xiong Xin to guard the city. It took a few years for Deng Yuanjue to beat the bear's heart back then, and now the third brother is beating Zhu Tingxun, I don't think this time can be short. Shi Luosheng's opinion on this is different from Yang Yi's.

"If it's really like what the sect leader said, then Penglai is not much different from being in the hands of Qi and Yan is not much different to us, and our caravan can still pass normally."

Shi Luosheng is now the son-in-law of Qi State, and Jiang Huanyan naturally can't lead troops to rob the caravan of the Tianluo Sect, at most, he just pays taxes normally.

"In the past few years, the war has indeed not burned Xichuan, but we can't be in a corner of peace, after Qi Song carved up the Yan State, the next thing to deal with is us and the Qin State, and we have to seize the time to expand our power." Shi Luosheng is also worried about the future.

"The best thing to fight now is Yan Kingdom, why don't we also send troops to attack Yan?" Yang Yi proposed.

"No, the most influential families in the Yan Kingdom are the Zhu family and the Ning family, our Tianluo Sect not only has no conflict with them, but also has a good personal relationship with the Ning family. If we also send troops to attack Yan, although we can capture some cities in the short term, we will also completely break with these two families, and even make them hate us more than Qi and Song. And this kind of hatred will also be transmitted to the people of the entire Yan Kingdom, and it will be difficult to eliminate it within a hundred years, and the losses caused by this consequence are immeasurable. Shi Luosheng immediately refused.

Yang Yi is not a short-sighted person, as soon as he listens to Shi Luosheng's explanation, he understands that the reason why he is unwilling to send troops is not because of his personal friendship with the Ning family, but because he has a more long-term view.

"Does the sect leader mean that he wants to support the Zhu family and the Ning family? But the Zhu family is a royal family, and it is not good for us to support them. Yang Yi asked again.

Shi Luosheng said with a smile: "Your worries are not unreasonable, the Zhu family will let him withdraw from the stage of history with the demise of the Yan Kingdom." But the Ning family can't die, we have to find a way to keep them, even if we only save one person, then we can let him use the banner of reviving Yan Kingdom and win the hearts of the people of Yan Kingdom. ”

Yang Yi completely understood now, it turned out that Shi Luosheng wanted to wait until the Yan Kingdom was divided between the Qi and Song countries, and then use the Ning family to come out and compete for hegemony with the Qi and Song countries under the banner of avenging the Zhu family.

"The sect leader is far-sighted, and his subordinates admire him, has the sect leader already chosen Ning Bu Qu as the representative of the Ning family? Then we have to arrange for people to go to Nanjun and save him when the Yan army is defeated. Yang Yi knew that Ning Buqu had a very strong personal relationship with Shi Luosheng and others, so he took him as the first choice.

Shi Luosheng did not shy away from it: "Of course, it is the best choice to save Ning Buqu, but it is not so easy for Tian Wuji to take Nanjun." Take the former Chu as an example, although the state of Chu perished, Xiang Chu still stayed in Suizhou in a dignified manner. ”

Yang Yi smiled: "This is also true, speaking of which, Qi Guo's luck is really bad, when he attacked Chu, he encountered Xiang Chu's hard bone, and as a result, he fell behind Deng Yuanjue in an all-round way." This time, I met Ning Zeping and Ning Buqu, the uncle and nephew, if it wasn't for Jiang Huanyan to take Penglai, I was afraid that Deng Yuanjue would be preempted again. ”

"My father-in-law is not only capable, but also surprisingly lucky, if I meet him on the battlefield in the future, I'm afraid I'll have a headache" Not to mention Shi Luosheng, who in the mainland now mentioned that Deng Yuanjue doesn't have a headache?

"Since we can't avoid a battle with Deng Yuanjue in the future, let's start first, my subordinates have a bold idea, I don't know if I should talk about it?" Yang Yi asked tentatively.

"Sect Master Yang has something to say, if we hadn't listened to your suggestion at the beginning, we wouldn't have sent troops to Jiangzhou to occupy the entire Xichuan and most of Yungui." Yang Yi can't be simply evaluated by people in the rivers and lakes, his strategic vision is as sharp as his martial arts, otherwise Shi Luosheng would not hand over the task of exploring the Central Plains to the Hidden Star Sect that had just been merged.

"I heard that the sect leader, you have a good personal relationship with Huang Songsheng, the commander of the Great Song Dynasty's naval army, and Jeju Taishou Guo Xu?" Yang Yi asked.

"Are you saying that we will use the Song State to send troops to attack Qin?" Shi Luosheng reacted immediately.

Yang Yi praised: "This is exactly what our subordinates mean, we can transport troops to Xianghu from the sea, and then ask Guo Taishou to help use Jeju to sneak attack Qin, but in this way, we will reveal to Guo Taishou that you are still alive." ”

"Although Guo Taishou and I have a good personal relationship, he is Deng Yuanjue's person, so it's better not to expose it for the time being." Shi Luosheng was not very sure about Guo Xu.

"If you don't pass Guo Taishou, then there will be no way to lead troops to the Qin State." Yang Yi's words were not without disappointment.

Shi Luosheng lowered his head and pondered for a while: "The suggestion you said is indeed feasible, if you give up this strategy because you don't trust Guo Xu, it's really a pity, why don't we just be bold and go directly to Jianye to find Xiao Yan." ”

Yang Yi was a little surprised: "Looking for Xiao Yan directly?" ”

Deng Yuanjue privately went to war with the Yan State, which not only broke the alliance between Song and Yan, but also gave no explanation for Xiao Yan's inquiry. I know Xiao Yan too well, and he must be worried now, if Yan Guo is also swallowed by Deng Yuanjue, will it be his turn to take the next step. Shi Luosheng served as Xiao Yan's concubine, and his temperament was naturally clear.

Yang Yi suddenly realized: "What does the sect leader mean is that we will visit Jianye in the name of the Tianluo Sect and persuade Xiao Yan to jointly send troops to the Qin State?" ”

"That's right, it's not difficult to convince Xiao Yan, just grasp the weakness of him who wants to surpass Deng Yuanjue, and if the Song State wants to grow, it must expand its territory externally, they can't send troops to the Yan State, then they can only send troops to the Qin State."

Yang Yi took Shi Luosheng's words and continued: "If only the Song State sends troops alone, they may not be able to defeat the Qin State, for the sake of insurance, cooperating with us is the best choice." ”

Shi Luosheng nodded with satisfaction: "It's better for you to send Jianye this time." If Xiao Yan can finally agree, then I will disguise myself with Zixuan and Mr. Wang, plus General Gao, and the five of us will take a troop to Qin State to see Bai Mengqi's demeanor. ”

Yang Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, his original intention of learning martial arts was not to mix in the rivers and lakes, but to want to join the ranks and make contributions, although he later became the deputy leader of the Hidden Star Sect, but he was getting farther and farther away from his ideals. I didn't expect that after merging into the Tianluo Sect, I would be able to fulfill my long-cherished wish.

A month later, Yang Yi brought the two elders of the Hidden Star Sect to Jianye to ask to see Xiao Yan.

Although the Tianluo Sect was still just a gang, it could be regarded as a separate party and became another force outside the four countries of the mainland. For Yang Yi's visit, although Xiao Yan felt strange, he still warmly received him.

After some politeness, Yang Yi explained his intention. Xiao Yan wanted to refuse after hearing this, Song Guo itself has a bunch of problems, Deng Yuanjue's affairs are still like a sharp sword hanging above his head, how can he still have the energy to send troops to attack Qin.

Besides, how could the Qin State be so easy to deal with, the five countries on the mainland back then, except for Qi Chu, the strongest was the Qin State. In addition, there are only 300,000 soldiers and horses that the Song State can use now, of which 50,000 are in the hands of Deng Wenying, and the Qin State has 400,000 armored soldiers, and the probability of success in the Qin attack is too low.

Yang Yi had already expected that Xiao Yan would refuse, and persuaded according to the words that Shi Luosheng had taught in advance: "General Deng's army of Yan is like a bamboo, I don't think it will be a few years, and the Yan State will be the same as the Chu State, and will die at the hands of the Qi State and General Deng, how will Your Majesty get along with the Great General at that time?" ”

Yang Yi's question made Xiao Yan a little embarrassed, he couldn't do anything about Deng Yuanjue now, let alone Deng Yuanjue after taking Yan Kingdom again.

Yuan Chengce, who had just been promoted to prime minister, saw that Xiao Yan's face was a little ugly, and reprimanded angrily: "Presumptuous, General Deng is the general of my Great Song Dynasty, he is a minister, Your Majesty is a king, Your Majesty naturally uses the courtesy of a monarch and a minister to get along with the general." ”

Yang Yi snorted coldly and said with a little sarcasm: "What is the relationship between General Deng and your Song court, you know better than anyone else in your hearts, why deceive yourself?" Yang came to the door on the order of the sect leader this time, although he didn't dare to say that he was here to help you solve the problem, but he was definitely not here to ask for your cooperation, since His Majesty had no intention of joining forces, then Yang would leave first. ”

"Wait." Seeing that Yang Yi was leaving, Xiao Yan hurriedly stayed: "Sect Master Yang, don't be surprised, it's just that this matter is very important, and you can't make a decision easily." Why don't you stay in Jianye for the time being, and after I discuss with the ministers, how about giving your sect an answer? ”

Yang Yi smiled: "That's right, then Yang is waiting for His Majesty's good news." ”

Looking at Yang Yi's back, Xiao Yan asked everyone present: "Regarding the proposal of the Tianluo Sect just now, everyone should share their opinions." ”

Yuan Chengce first stood up and objected: "The minister thinks it's inappropriate, we only have 300,000 troops in the country, of which 100,000 in Danyang and 50,000 in Yulin City can't move, and after deducting the standing garrisons in various places, we can use less than 80,000 men and horses." His Tianluo Sect is just a small gang, how many troops can he send? Even if we join forces with them, our odds are too low. ”