Just when the royal family got the news, Luoyang, who also paid attention to the movements of the Han soldiers, naturally also had spies to report, and in the dim main hall of the Ming Palace, there was a rush of footsteps in the long corridor, and the maids on both sides hurriedly bent down and saluted, and shouted respectfully, "Doctor Ning!"

But Dr. Ning ignored it and ran straight to the high seat above the main hall. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 A man in Chinese clothes in his thirties on the high seat was drinking himself, quite comfortable, and suddenly felt that there was one more person beside him, and it turned out to be Ning Yue when he fixed his eyes, and hurriedly shouted, "Doctor Ning is here, come and have a drink with the widow." ”

Unexpectedly, Ning Yue didn't appreciate it, but snatched the wine lord from Duke Zhou's hand, and shouted, "Grandpa, the Han soldiers have already developed to the north, and they are going to fight!" ”

Zhou Gong suddenly became clever, hurriedly rolled up from the high seat, and exclaimed, "What, Han Bing called?" Shout General Dragon! ”

Ning Yue was helpless for a while, and scolded Tu Shi again in his heart, what is not good to offer, he has to offer liquor, make Zhou Gong like this, he has always wanted to persuade Zhou Gong to stay away from Tu, but he always didn't say it, but fortunately, Zhou Gong didn't seem to have completely lost his fighting spirit, so Ning Yue explained well, which made Zhou Gong understand that Han Bing crossed the river to the north, and it was possible to fight with Wei State.

"Oh, the widow remembered, I have already discussed with the royal family, and as soon as Korea is defeated by Wei, we will go to capture Gongyi." After sobering up, Zhou Gong quickly remembered.

"The lord is wise! That's why the lord will stop drinking every day from now on, and will sort out his military affairs a little so that he can send troops. According to the opinion of his subordinates, if the lord occupies Gongyi, the royal family will not dare to do anything. "This suggestion Ning Yue has mentioned many times, but Zhou Gong is a little generous, and he has not responded positively, in fact, Ning Yue is still very knowledgeable, and clearly understands that the royal family is the biggest obstacle to the Zhou Principality today, but Zhou Gong does not know enough.

Sure enough, I heard Zhou Gong say leisurely, "This matter is not in a hurry, let the widow think about it again." ”

"Lord, if we win Gongyi, we can form an encirclement of Chengzhou, and the royal family will not have the slightest room for development, and in the future, the royal family will look at the color of our Luoyang side as before, isn't it happy?"

Seeing that the Duke of Zhou was still contemplative, Ning Yue added another fire, "Lord, the royal family has several businesses in his hands, not to mention anything else, just this soju and fresh dishes from the natural curie can bring how much income can be bringed, if the lord controls the royal family, he is not afraid that his royal family will not hand over the secret recipe of soju, with this secret recipe, my Duchy of Zhou will definitely be able to increase a lot of wealth, and then in the name of the royal family, it will also be squeezed into the list of powerful countries in the world." ”

Zhou Gong shook his head when he heard this, "Aiqing, what you said is too far away, although Luoyang is located in the core of the Central Plains, but it is a corner of the country, surrounded by enemies on all sides, and self-protection is especially insufficient, how can you talk about a strong country?" Let's take one step at a time, Aiqing, you still pay more attention to the battle of Han Wei, and the widow has his own decision. ”

Knowing that Zhou Gong's temperament was mostly moved, he just didn't say it directly, so Ning Yue was overjoyed in his heart, but his face still didn't show it, and he surrendered his hand and obeyed the order.

However, Zhou Gong was still unsatisfied with this fine wine, and couldn't help but take Ning Yue's hand and said, "Aiqing, it's late today anyway, and I'll talk about it tomorrow if there is anything to deal with." Ning Aiqing will accompany the widow to drink two now, Aiqing is here to help the widow evaluate, which one is better, this Tu's liquor or the royal family's soju? ”

Ning Yue was helpless for a while, but after all, he couldn't bear the invitation of the lord, lifted his robe and sat down.

Chengzhou royal family is naturally another scene, as Jiang Ping left, there were people in and out of the palace one after another, that is, the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace, they all felt that the atmosphere was different from the past, and they were extra careful when walking.

The first to come was naturally the Taishi, as the important minister of the important ministers, the Taishi has been sitting in the center for a long time, in order to deal with various affairs at any time, the Taishi has his own other news channels, and he learned the news a little later than Zhou Bian, so not long after Jiang Ping left, the Taishi came, and the two walked towards the meeting hall while talking.

Taishi's first suggestion was to store food and concentrate the army, and when he was discussing the details, he arrived at the meeting hall, but he found that the young master was already waiting here, and it turned out that the young master expected Zhou Bian and them to come here after learning the news, so he went directly here to wait, and just happened to arrive and walked to the house.

The three of them calculated the grain and grass of Cheng Zhoutun and found that it was okay to deal with Cheng Zhou and Gongyi, but if Luoyang was in the worst case, that is, the grain and grass in Luoyang City were burned by the unwilling Zhou Gong, it would not be enough, after all, if the royal family got Luoyang, it would first have to solve the problem of eating the population of the city, if it was not solved well, then Luoyang was afraid that it would be chaos immediately.

After thinking for a while, they were still at a loss, and the three of them had to set their eyes on Bai Gui, who was far away in Luoyang, and had sent someone to contact Luoyang, presumably at night Bai Gui would come immediately when he learned the news, and as a businessman, he must have a solution.

After putting down the matter of grain and grass, the three of them calculated the strength of the troops. At present, there are five military forces of the royal family, about 300 guards in the palace, nearly 400 people in the Chengzhou garrison, about 300 people in the Imperial Forest Army, less than 300 recruits outside the east gate, and about 300 newly recruited skirmishers in Jinmagou, a total of 1,005, but the first two troops do not count on it at all, and the recruits and the people of Jinmagou can only barely go to the battlefield to cheer, the strongest force is still the Royal Forest Army, but the number is too small, only nearly 300 people, it is really unbearable.

Zhou Bian asked people to take the sand table for comparison, this sand table was used by the ancients to practice calligraphy, after all, bamboo slips and brocade silk are too expensive, or sand is good, can be used repeatedly. To go to Gongyi, you have to take away 400 people, although there is a large team of Zhou Gong, but the royal family brings too few people, which is easy to arouse suspicion, and second, it is not conducive to controlling Gongyi and then taking advantage of the chaos to control Zhou Gong. In Chengzhou, the city was handed over to the young master to guard, and the garrison division and the palace guards were responsible for the defense, in case Zhou Gong was not restrained and counterattacked. The three hundred people of Jinmagou brought one hundred veterans of the Imperial Forest Army to lurk into Luoyang, and waited for Bai Gui's dispatch to control the Ming Palace where Zhou Gong lived at the first time, as well as the mansion of General Long and several nobles who held military power, and then the granary, armory, west barracks and nine city gates in Luoyang City, alas, even if you add the eight hundred soldiers that Tu Ping, who is the commander of a thousand soldiers, and the nearly 100 people brought by Tu's two grandsons, as well as the more than 200 warriors of the Bai caravan that Bai Gui said, it is not enough, Each of the nine city gates alone has to be controlled by thirty or forty people, and in the worst case, if Zhou Gong is not restrained and counterattacks under the city gates, then thousands of people will have to defend it, plus there are those who control the order on the streets of Luoyang, and those who appease the people, they need manpower everywhere, alas, it is really less people to use it, Zhou Bian sighed and threw the pen in his hand.

The two Taishi also shook their heads and said nothing, listening to what Bai Gui said, they took advantage of the situation to recapture Luoyang, but it was really not difficult to do it. Almost all of the old Taishi were considering giving up Bai Gui's plan.

When there was silence, suddenly a guard came to report, and Li An brought it. Speaking of this Li An, it may have been forgotten by many people, in fact, this is a key figure left by Zhou Bian at the beginning, Li An was originally a native of Gongyi, and when he came to commit Cheng Zhou with the Gongyi soldiers, he was made dumplings by Zhou Bian and led by Zhou Bian, so he was captured by the royal family and came back, this Li An is a soft bone, when he was about to be beheaded before the Taimiao, he suddenly said that there was a clan brother who was the centurion of Gongyi, and after Li An revealed some information, he expressed his willingness to return to the king, so he was left behind and became a servant in the palace.

In the past six months, Li An has been at ease, no one in the royal family bullied him, and he was also given monthly money a few months ago. Today, I suddenly heard the king's beckoning, Li An is also a clever person, and immediately knew that his opportunity had come, so he was busy sorting out his clothes, and only after half a day did he rush over under the urging of the guards.

As soon as he entered the door, Li An knelt down and kowtowed, shouting long live, and sure enough, he heard a child's voice say flat, and Li An stood up and spoke.

"Ang Lee, huh? If you return to Gongyi, will your brother still recognize you? Knowing the king's intentions, the young master spoke first.

"Yes, of course I know, my brother grew up playing with the little ones since he was a child. Does the king want the little one to go back to Gongyi, everyone else knows that the little one died in Chengzhou, if you just go back like this, I'm afraid it's not good, don't say anything about the small one, I'm afraid it's going to ruin the king's plan! ”

didn't think that this Li An was so good, Zhou Bian couldn't help laughing, and Fang Cai's depression was swept away, "Li An, you are too worried, if this king asks you to go back to Gongyi, he will naturally dress you up, and then send capable guards to go with you, so you don't have to worry about your safety." This king only asks you if you are willing to do things for this king, if it is done, this king will not hesitate to be knighted, you will not be able to run away from the title of sergeant, as for your brother, if you serve this king, there will be another reward. You have been in this palace for half a year, and you know that this king never tells lies. ”

Li An was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed again, "The little one is willing, and the little one is willing to persuade my brother for the king." ”

Zhou Bian and the three of them looked at each other, they were all happy, although they hadn't decided how to use the centurion for a while, but it was also good to let Li An go to investigate the information first, so Zhou Bian called Jiang Ping and asked him to lead Li An to arrange.

After Li An left, the house fell into silence again, Zhou Bian was also extremely uncalm in his heart, thinking about it repeatedly, it was better to say anything else, if you fight, you have learned too much in your previous life with fewer victories, but it is too difficult to occupy a central capital with nine gates under the disadvantage. was pondering, and suddenly another guard came to report, Doctor Bai had already arrived outside the door, and the guard who should have gone west to calculate the time had just arrived in Luoyang, why did he come so quickly? But there was no time to think about it, Zhou Bian was overjoyed when he heard it, and hurriedly got up to greet him.

Sure enough, as soon as I went out, I saw Bai Gui dressed in white hurrying over, and before he arrived at the king's frame, Bai Gui stopped his steps and made a big salute, and the anxious Zhou Bian hurriedly supported him, "Bai Aiqing, you came here when this king was doing something unthinkable, it's really fast." ”

Bai Gui still had a calm smile on his face, which made Zhou Bian very impressed, only to hear that Bai Gui respectfully invited Zhou Bian after seeing the two Taishi and Young Master, "King, it's a big day outside, let's go into the house and talk!" ”