"Sect Master, this Guo Xu is Deng Yuanjue's person, I don't think you're sure that he will surrender to us, right? Otherwise, you would have told him about the Tianluo Sect a long time ago. In case he doesn't agree, then the position of Jeju Taishou ......" After saying this, Yang Yi made a head-killing gesture.

"Don't worry, I know Mr. Guo, even if he doesn't agree to surrender, he will take the initiative to give up the position of Taishou." Shi Luosheng shook his head, and continued: "Besides, Dong Liang is the commander of the Jeju City Defense Army, he is raised by me, as long as the military power is in our hands, Jeju will not be in chaos." ”

After talking about Jeju, Shi Luosheng asked Penglai again: "How is the preparation over there?" ”

Shi pre-replied: "General Ning has been guarding Penglai for many years, and the people there still agree with him very much, and in more than half a month, he has recruited more than 5,000 people, and it is not a big problem to take Penglai." However, General Ning wanted to wait a little longer, he had to have enough troops to take Anyang in one fell swoop. ”

"Is Niu Qingyuan back?"

"General Niu is now gathering the old troops on Shangchuan Island, and he can arrive in Penglai in five days. When he set out from Naha, the lord of Takenaka City had a rare and generous loan of 10,000 troops from him, and General Ning now had 20,000 troops in his hands. ”

Hearing this, Shi Luosheng smiled, but he said it himself, dividing overseas and mainland into two, and not interfering with each other. But later, with the growth of the mainland's power, there were more and more places to use money, and Shi Luosheng himself couldn't implement this principle, such as allocating funds to Jiang Huanchu and providing supplies to Ning Buqu, etc., these are all silver allocated from overseas, but Takenaka Chongzhi is still implementing it.

"Since you want to win two cities in one fell swoop, it's better to just play bigger. Master, you are now sending the masters of the sect to infiltrate the four cities of Liuzhou, Fuquan, Liping and Guangyuan, since Jiang Huan and Song ascended the throne, the troops stationed in Yandi are weak, and you can go all the way north after taking Anyang. ”

The reason why Shi Luosheng decided to take such a radical approach was also because the people of Yan Land, when the Yan Kingdom was destroyed, because of Jiang Huanyan's excellent strategy, the people of Yan Country did not reject the Qi army. If it weren't for Ning Buqu coming forward in person this time, the people wouldn't want to rebel against Qi at all.

Zu Qingzhi nodded: "I will send out all the masters of the Rizong later, if the manpower is not enough, I will also ask the Star Sect to support some as well." ”

Yang Yi arched his hand: "The Ancestral Master is polite, the Star Sect is waiting for your dispatch at any time." ”

Three months later, Ning Bu Unyielding suddenly rose to the occasion, and with the secret help of the Tianluo Sect and the Ghost Shadow Sect, he quickly swept through half of the Yan Land. Everywhere the army went, the people all ate pot pulp, welcomed the road, and important cities such as Penglai, Anyang, and Liuzhou were also lost.

Jiang Huan Song, who was far away in Beijing, couldn't sit still any longer, and he gathered his ministers together to discuss countermeasures: "Ladies and gentlemen, because of the negligence of the third brother, Ning Bu Qu was let go, which led to the resurgence of the Yan Kingdom now, you all talk about how to deal with it." ”

When Da Sima Xin Shoujian heard him accuse Jiang Huanyan, he was unhappy in his heart, and deliberately excited: "This matter is all caused by His Royal Highness King Lu, and the minister suggests that King Lu should be invited out and let him lead the troops to solve it himself." ”

Jiang Huan Song's face was a little ugly, he deliberately accused Jiang Huan Yan in public that he wanted to slowly eliminate his influence, but he didn't expect to be caught by Xin Shouji, so he had to say: "The third brother is still in mourning, and he refuses to come out easily, so Da Sima should think of another way." ”

Prime Minister Song Chong was worried that Xin Shouji would clash with Jiang Huan and Song, so he hurriedly stepped forward: "In addition to the King of Lu, the King of Jin and the Great General, the only ones who can resist Ning Unyielding now are the Great Sima and General Sun Zhongmou, and the Great Sima is now in charge of the military affairs of the whole country, and he can't move lightly, so let's transfer General Sun to Hanzhong and let him recover Yandi." ”

"General Sun has been fighting against Ning Zeping of Yan State for half of his life, and it is only appropriate for him to fight Ning Buuning." Xin Shouji didn't want to get too stiff with Jiang Huan Song, so he took the opportunity to give him a step down.

"Since both of them recommended General Sun to go, let's give him an order." Jiang Huan Song's face softened slightly, but then he said to Song Chong: "Prime Minister, I listened to your suggestion and named the fourth brother the king of Jin, but now that his father has passed away for a few months, he still refuses to return to Beijing to worship, so disloyal and unfilial, does the prime minister still want to speak for him?" ”

Song Chong secretly said in his heart that something was not good, what he was most worried about was the division of Qi State, now that all parts of the country were not peaceful, if there was civil strife again at this time, the blow to Qi State would be too great.

"The old minister is willing to personally send an envoy to Kaifeng and persuade the King of Jin to return to Beijing in person."

"No, don't I know the fourth brother? It's useless for you to go, I decided to send troops to capture him. Jiang Huan Song looked angry, he didn't want to use the sword at this time, but he heard that Jiang Huan Chu got a large amount of silver from somewhere, not only bought Xiang Chu to ally with him, but also continued to expand the army, preparing to counterattack Shangjing. If he is allowed to develop like this, he will be able to compete with himself in less than two years.

"Da Sima, I gave you 200,000 troops, can you be sure to recapture Kaifeng for me?" Jiang Huan Song, who had just incorporated Zeng Dong's 300,000 army, could finally straighten his waist, and the feeling of holding a heavy army was good.

Xin Shouji wanted to refuse, but found that Song Chong beside him kept giving him a look, although he didn't understand what he meant, he had to agree: "The minister takes the order." ”

Jiang Huan Song saw that the old man was stubborn and willing to send troops, and Long Yan was even more happy, and said: "In addition, I will pass on my will to Zeng Dong in Jiaozhou, so that he can also bring a naval army to attack Penglai, the third brother landed from Penglai to destroy the Yan Kingdom, he was a deputy general at that time, and now I have appointed him as the commander, don't let me down." ”

Over the years, Lu Xinghai has already handed over all the affairs of the Nujiao Gang to his subordinates, and he rows a bamboo raft every day, goes out to sea to fish, basks in the sun, and does not ask about the world, and his life is comfortable.

According to the usual, if Zeng Dong receives a message from Shangjing, he usually makes his own decisions and does things, and at most he says hello to Lu Xinghai when it is completed. But since Jiang Huanyan returned to Beijing, there has been no news, and Zeng Dong has no heart to deal with teaching affairs.

Zeng Dong, who had just received Jiang Huan Song's order to go out on this day, felt even more uncomfortable, and he thought of Jiang Huanyan again. So he came to the dock and found Lu Xinghai: "Helper, Your Majesty just ordered me to send troops to recover Penglai, what do you think of this matter, why didn't he let His Royal Highness come back?" ”

Lu Xinghai still maintained a fishing posture: "Do you have any suspicions?" ”

Zeng Dong did not hide it: "When I was in Chudi, Your Majesty asked people to take away my military power with the personal tokens of the Third Highness, which led to my defeat in Chudi. Later, I fled back to Jiaozhou and asked someone to inquire about the news of His Royal Highness in Shangjing, but after a few months, there was still no movement. I'm worried about whether he is under house arrest by His Majesty? He had always supported the Four Highnesses before. ”

When Lu Xinghai heard this, he dropped the fishing rod in his hand, jumped on a bamboo raft, and when Zeng Dong came up, the bamboo raft left the port quickly.

After half a pillar of incense, the bamboo raft sailed into the sea, Lu Xinghai looked around, and saw that there was no one around, so he put down the penny, sat on the bamboo raft, and slowly spit out a few words: "Huan Yan is dead." ”

"What?" Zeng Dong's face was pale, although he knew that the helper would not lie to him, but he still refused to believe it: "Didn't Your Majesty just crown His Highness as King Lu?" How could he die? ”

Lu Xinghai had a few tears in his eyes, he had no children under his knees, since Jiang Huanyan came to Jiaozhou at the age of seven, he had always treated him as his own son, and it was the first time he had cried for so many years.

"That's just a means for Your Majesty to cover up people's eyes, I believe that the prime minister, the general, the big Sima, the fourth prince and Princess Wan'er all know about it."

"No, His Royal Highness is resourceful, no one can kill him, you must be mistaken, he is under house arrest at most." Zeng Dong's feelings for Jiang Huanyan even surpassed Jiang Huanchu.

Lu Xinghai sighed: "I also hope that he is just under house arrest, but don't forget one thing, the fourth prince once returned to Beijing, but escaped before entering the palace, and then the general also turned back to Xiangyang halfway, don't you understand?" ”

"It may just be that they were also afraid of being placed under house arrest by His Majesty, so they escaped." Zeng Dong still refused to believe it.

"What about Princess Wan'er? Wan'er, who rescued the four princes, why did Her Majesty die, and she didn't dare to return to Beijing to guard her filial piety? Is she also afraid of being placed under house arrest by His Majesty? ”

Zeng Dong was stunned, Jiang Wan'er was just a woman, she didn't pose any threat to Jiang Huan Song, and she was already married to a woman, even if she went back to Beijing for the funeral, it stands to reason that Jiang Huan Song would not embarrass her, why didn't she dare to go back?

Then there is only one possibility, that is, the Third Highness is dead, Jiang Huan Song is afraid that after she returns to Beijing, she will make a big fuss in Jing Siyuan, and as a result, everyone in the world knows that Jiang Huanyan is not in it at all, thus exposing his lies, so he set up an ambush and prepared to not let go even Princess Wan'er,

"I'm going to go to Beijing to get justice for His Royal Highness." Zeng Dong stood up suddenly, grabbed the penny and was about to row back.

"Are you going to take all the brothers in the gang and bury them with you?" Lu Xinghai said coldly.

"Then I'll sneak into Shangjing alone and find that faint gentleman to have a good theory."

"Smack." Lu Xinghai slapped Zeng Dong in the face: "You calm me down, the Tianqi Sect has taken refuge in Jiang Huan Song, and there is a top master like Lei Moyang by his side, what is the difference between you going back and sending him to death?" ”

"So what should I do? His Royal Highness treats me like a brother, and I can't do nothing. Zeng Dong's tone was full of unwillingness.

Lu Xinghai patted him lightly on the shoulder: "Don't worry, we will avenge this revenge sooner or later, the fourth prince has recently recruited troops in Kaifeng, and there will be a battle between him and Jiang Huan Song." We also have to take the opportunity to expand our strength, and when things come to light, it will be time for us to avenge Huan Yan. ”