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In the first year of Longan, since the beginning of spring, Hebei has been changing, and the situation has been ups and downs, which makes people overwhelmed.

It was fast forward to mid-May, and while calm was gradually returning to Guanzhong, the situation in Hebei was becoming increasingly tense.

In order to compete with Hexi for Yecheng, the king of Wei Tuoba Jue ordered Tuoba Lie to lead an army of 50,000 Chen soldiers to the border of Jisi.

As a result, there was tension between Yan and Wei, and the war seemed to be about to break out.

Weijun Huatai (now Huaxian County), since the end of the Han Dynasty, has been a military stronghold, and Kim Yong, Tiger Prison, and Zhuan are collectively called the four towns of Henan.

Since deciding to divide the land, Murong De moved from Yecheng to the slipway, and the slipway immediately replaced Yecheng as the center of Nanyan.

On this day, a team of people and horses came from the southwest direction of the slide, and more than ten horsemen were escorting a middle-aged scribe to gallop towards the slide.

After a while, the people came to the outside of the slippery city, and the gate general came forward to stop them.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? ”

The middle-aged man said unhurriedly: "The envoy under the command of the Dadu in Xia Nai was ordered to come to see the king of your family." ”

Knowing that the middle-aged man was a messenger from Hexi, the city gate general would not dare to slack off, and immediately introduced the group into Huatai County.

This middle-aged man is no one else, it is Li Xian, a native of Zhongshan, who is shrewd and capable, and was sent by Wei Shuo to contact Murong De.

I have to say that Li came at the right time first.

Just eight days ago, the king of Wei, Tuoba Jue, had 50,000 soldiers on the Siji border, putting on a posture that he would never give up if he did not take Yecheng.

In the face of Wei's aggressive situation, Nanyan felt a lot of pressure.

At this time, Murong De was planning day and night with strategists Han Zhuo, Liu Zao and others, discussing how to ease the current pressure.

Because of the previous series of defeats of the Yan army, Murong De had a little shadow in his heart.

He was worried that he would be defeated by Tuoba Jue again, and at that time, let alone divide the land, I am afraid that he may not even be able to save his life.

As Murong De's confidant and strategist, Han Zhuo naturally understood Murong De's concerns.

So he smiled and comforted: "The king is worried, the situation in Yecheng seems to be in danger today, but it is actually very safe. ”

"The situation in Hebei is complicated today, Hexi and Wei contain each other, and no one will do it easily until they are fully grasped."

"Don't look at the border of King Wei Chen Bing, but in fact, he doesn't dare to take a step beyond Lei Chi."

"As long as the king keeps a clear head and waits patiently, a turnaround will definitely happen."

"Mr. is right, the situation in Hebei is indeed dangerous now, but will this turn of events occur?"

"Yes, definitely." Han Zhuo cut the railway.

Murong De was silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "What if we negotiate peace with the Wei State?" ”

As he spoke, he picked up a letter from the desk next to him and handed it to Han Zhuo: "This is a letter written by Tuoba, he wants to unite the widows against Hexi, you can know the details of it after you have read it." “

Han Zhuo took the letter and read it carefully, in which Tuoba Jue said that as long as Murong De switched to Wei, he would fully support Nanyan, and was willing to give 3,000 war horses to show his sincerity.

Han Zhuo frowned, and said worriedly: "Does the king know the deep meaning of the letter?" ”

Murong De said coldly: "Doesn't he just want to be that fisherman?" is no different from that Wei Shuo, they all use Da Yan as a gunman. ”

"Well, to be honest, the widow is disgusted by the current situation in which he can't help himself, but he knows that he can't do it otherwise."

"Without the support of Hexi, we would have been torn to pieces by the Wei State long ago."

Looking at Murong De, who was full of exhaustion, Han Zhuo sighed with feeling.

Don't look at Murong De's control of the six counties of Wei County, Ji County, Guangping, Hanoi, Dunqiu, and Yangping, but because he is under the siege of Hexi and Wei and Jin, the overall situation can be said to be dangerous.

Murong De didn't dare to make any mistakes, for fear of bringing disaster to himself.

"Great King, it is absolutely not advisable to negotiate peace with Wei, once it is known by the Dadu Protector, the next moment the Hexi Army will cross the Taihang Mountain."

"What's even more terrifying is that Liu Yu has a good relationship with Dadu Hu, if he cooperates with Dadu Hu to block the Yellow River, then I'm afraid I will really die and have no place to be buried."

"Therefore, whether it is to balance the Wei State, or to consider going south in the future, the king can only rely on Hexi."

Just as Murong De and Han Zhuo sighed for a long time, they suddenly heard the guards outside the door report, "The envoy from Hexi asks to see the king!" ”

Murong De was stunned for a moment, and then immediately reverted back to the Yan King who everyone feared, and shouted, "Please let the envoy in." ”

After a short while, Li Xian walked into the room quickly under the guidance of the guards.

He bowed and saluted, "Hexi's envoy Li first visited the king. ”

"The envoy doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat!"

After Li Xian sat down, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Murong De, saying, "This is a letter from Murong Chao, the nephew of the king." ”

"What?!" Murong De was shocked, and hurriedly took the letter and browsed it.

The letter was indeed written by his nephew, and his confidant Zhao Rong was also mentioned in the letter.

Holding his nephew's letter in his hand, Murong De only felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, and cold sweat soaked his back all of a sudden.

He quickly woke up from the joy of learning the whereabouts of his relatives, and now the people of Hexi came over with letters, and told him unmistakably that Murong Chao had fallen into the hands of Hexi.

Because he couldn't figure out Hexi's true attitude, Murong De said in a deep voice: "I don't know what the intentions of the capital are? ”

Li Xian smiled faintly and said, "Please rest assured, when the time is ripe, you will definitely return your nephew safely." ”

Li Xian said very implicitly, but Murong De guessed the deep meaning of his words, the so-called ripe time, didn't he want Nanyan to meet Hexi's requirements?

Murong De couldn't bear his dissatisfaction, and reluctantly smiled: "Please also ask the envoy to make it clear, but if you have a request, the widow will try his best to meet it." ”

"Good! The king is happy, so it's not nonsense. ”

"Before coming, Dadu Hu specially told the king, saying that it was very hard for the king to guard Yecheng, and I, as an ally in Hexi, should relieve the king's worries."

"However, due to the war in Guanzhong before, Dadu Hu has not been able to spare energy to take care of the king."

"And now that the battle in Guanlong is over, Dadu Hu has expressed his willingness to share some of the pressure for the king."

At this time, Han Zhuo asked on the side, "What is the sharing method?" ”

"Now that Nanyan's strength is weak, he has no time to take care of the two enemies in the north and south, so it is better to cede Hanoi and Ji County to Hexi."

"In this way, the southern line was handed over to Hexi, and the king concentrated on going north to compete with the Wei state."

"Could this be Hexi's attitude towards allies? Kick you when you're down?! Murong De held back his anger and said.

In the face of Murong De's accusation, Li Xian did not care at all.

He took a sip of tea and said lightly: "The king doesn't have to say so ugly, what ally?" Hehe, what is the relationship between you and me, is it rare that the king doesn't know it in his heart? ”

"If you are willing to emulate Tuyuhun, Rouran and other forces, Hexi will be sincere."

"As for the relationship between you and me, to put it bluntly, it's just using each other."

After pondering for a moment, Murong De said with a gloomy face: "Originally, the widow thought that you and I were allies and should be treated sincerely, but unexpectedly, not only did you not fulfill your responsibilities as allies, but you also wanted to occupy my land. ”

"My Nanyan is very weak, but if Hexi is so bullied, then don't blame the widow for turning his face and being ruthless."

"It's really urgent, and the widow immediately cooperated with the Wei army to go south to the Central Plains."

"King, are you threatening Hexi?" Li Xian's tone instantly turned cold.

"Humph! The widow is also now learning and selling, the so-called do not do to others what you do not want! ”

Li Xian glanced at Murong De fixedly, and suddenly smiled: "Hahaha, it seems that there is no self-knowledge is the glorious tradition of your Murong family, from Murong Yong to Murong Lin, Murong Bao, and then to Your Excellency, each one is more pretentious than the other. ”

"King, you don't think that you can take Hexi like this, do you?" Li Xian said with a mocking face.

For some reason, Murong De suddenly felt that he had been seen through by Li Xian, and there were no secrets in his body, and a strong uneasiness was surging up from the bottom of his heart.

"Recently, the king has secretly gathered his troops on the slipway, I wonder if he plans to raise troops to the south?"

"Before coming, Dadu Hu secretly told me that if Xianbei Yu didn't know what to do and didn't care about Hexi's good intentions, then Li didn't need to be polite to you anymore."

"In Xiadang, immediately go south to see Liu Tingshi, and ask him to block the line of the Yellow River, so as to cooperate with Hexi to destroy Nanyan."

Li Xian's words were like thunder in the eyes of Murong De and Han Zhuo, and they were dizzy.

Now there is only one thought left in their minds, how did Hexi know the strategy of Nanyan's southward expansion?

Murong De, who was still pretending to be calm just now, was completely messed up now.