Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Princess

Defending the country, the national capital, Dongping.

After Liu Xiu and his entourage arrived, they stayed in the palace of the Han Dynasty, it was almost noon, and the room layout was very similar to the Pingyan City Post House under the sun.

Liu Xiu reclined on the recliner, looking at the layout around her, remembering what happened here with Princess Liu Ying when she went to defend last time.

Where is she now? In a trance, I realized that I hadn't seen her for a long time.

Time flies like a white horse, but in the blink of an eye, things will be wrong.

He shook his head and smiled bitterly, when did he become so sentimental?

At this time, the attendant outside the door came in and said:

"Your Highness, General Wanyan Shuo has arrived."

Liu Xiu nodded and said:

"Let him in."

After a while, Wan Yanshuo strode in with his head held high, saluted Liu Xiu, and said:

"Your Highness, are you looking for me?"

Liu Xiu nodded and said:

"Yes, let's sit down first."

Wan Yan Shuo sat down as he said.

Liu Xiu paced back and forth in the room for a few steps, and said:

"The spies sent to the Cangdu of Yan State in the early stage have arrived in Dongping before I came, and they have just reported that since the defeat of Pingyan, the country is in critical condition, the treasury is empty, and there is a shortage of troops, and the new emperor Murong Dan has no choice but to issue several conscription orders and greatly increase taxes, what do you think about this matter?"

Wan Yan Shuo groaned slightly and replied:

"Your Highness, the situation of King Wei is unknown, and the people of Wei Guo are gradually becoming hostile to the Han Dynasty, if the war resumes, I am afraid that we will suffer from the enemy on our backs."

Liu Xiu nodded and said:

"Yes, I think the same way, now the situation is complicated, the people are not aligned, and I am afraid of endless disasters if I rush to send troops, but according to the report of the spies, not long after Murong Dan of Yan Kingdom ascended the throne, he had already defeated the army and eliminated Murong Ke, the general of Zhengnan, and the lack of military food, Yan was in turmoil and was just dead. I'm afraid that Emperor Murong Dan will stabilize his throne and relieve himself, and if he wants to take advantage of the chaos to seek the country, it will be difficult to do. ”

After hearing this, Yan Shuo was slightly surprised in his heart, although Liu Xiu had spoken a lot before, most of them were concise and to the point, and it was very rare to say so much like today, but he still got up immediately and replied:

"Your Highness doesn't need to worry, in my opinion, it will take some time for Emperor Murong Dan of Yan Kingdom to stabilize the situation, even if we are ready to conquer now, it is too late, and now the situation of the country is not stable, how can I attack rashly, but I can take the first step and go to Pingyan to win the hearts of the army for His Highness, and then it will be cheap."

Liu Xiu glanced at him and said with a smile:

"Very good, especially since the Shadow Army still has to rely on General Wanyan a lot."

Wan Yanshuo bowed his head.

Liu Xiu's eyes were calm, he walked to the door, said a few words to the attendant, and after a while, a person hurriedly walked in from outside the door.

The person who came was the remnants of Yingge, the three products of the Han Kingdom, the champion general, Wang Huaiyi.

Seeing him come in, Wan Yanshuo's gaze tightened suddenly.

Before Wang Huaiyi could salute, Liu Xiu waved his hand and said to Yan Shuo:

"You have been in the army for many years and are well versed in military affairs, and I can trust your ability, but now the situation is critical and complicated, and I am afraid that you will not be able to cope with it alone, so I arranged for a person to walk with you, one is to be your helper, to share your worries, and the other is to ask you for more advice, so as to prepare for the unification of the world in the future."

Wan Yan Shuo frowned, and was about to excuse himself, but when he saw Wang Huaiyi's face showing joy, he saluted Wan Yan Shuo with a fist, and said loudly:

"Humble Wang Huaiyi, thank you for the general's mention!"

After Yan Shuo had no choice but to return the salute, after thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong, and before he could speak, he heard Wang Huaiyi shout at Liu Xiu with a broken gong voice:

"I have heard the name of the Shadow Army for a long time, the last general has never been seen, and my heart is itching, and now I can not only go to the Shadow Army to see what is going on, but also walk with the famous General Wanyan, it is really a blessing for three lives!"

After speaking, he turned his head and "shouted" to Yan Shuo:

"I heard His Royal Highness say the day before the humble post, the Wanyan clan has always been a great general, His Royal Highness's words have always been wrong, and now I can work with my legendary characters and colleagues, it is my blessing, and I hope that the general can take the time to teach, do not hesitate to teach, and thank you first!"

After seeing Yan Shuo's gloomy face, Wang Huaiyi's face also changed, and suddenly a colorful expression jumped on his face, some were surprised, some were frightened, some regretted, some were ashamed, some were sad, all kinds of expressions, everything, as if he was afraid that this expression would not move Yan Shuo, he used a slightly aggrieved big voice to "shout":

"General Wanyan, although he is only shallow in his humble position, he will never interfere with the general's orders, and he will be lowly in his position."

Before the words fell, Wan Yan Shuo waved his hand and said:

"Okay, you don't need to say it, since His Highness has already arranged it, how can I refuse."

Wang Huaiyi was overjoyed and busy:

"Thank you, General!"

Wan Yanshuo's eyes flashed, looked at Wang Huaiyi, and said:

"I have always known that His Royal Highness's Yingge has never left mediocre people, and General Wang is even more talented among people, even if the emperor overthrows Yingge on the night, General Wang can retreat with his whole body, the so-called 'ask for advice', I really dare not take it."

Wang Huaiyi laughed when he heard this, scratched his head, and replied:

"I have a spare job in Luojing, doing some business to catch Qin criminals, I happened to be on an errand that night, and I was not in Luojing City, so I have to get out of a big disaster, I am really ashamed!"

As if he hadn't heard his answer, Wan Yanshuo continued:

"You and I, on the orders of His Royal Highness, patrol the border and gather troops, if there is a good opportunity, we will send troops to attack Yan, in case of war, I don't know how General Wang thinks about this battle?"

Wang Huaiyi put away the expression on his face, thought about it, bowed his hand to Yan Shuo, and replied:

"I think that if we really start a war with Yan State, it should be sooner rather than later, now our army is not stable in defending the country and Luojing is disturbed, but it occupies the absolute initiative in terms of military strength, momentum, supply and intelligence, and the initiative to start a war is in my hands, and now we only need to solve three things, we can attack Yan State and defeat the enemy."

Wan Yanshuo nodded and said:

"General Wang is right, dare to ask what are the three things?"

Wang Huaiyi rarely heard Yan Shuo's words of approval, so he was "overjoyed" at that time, and replied with a laugh:

"First, I hope that His Royal Highness will do his best to stabilize the king and ensure the peace of the rear; second, prepare grain, grass, soldiers and horses in advance to put pressure on Yan Guo and disrupt its people's hearts; Third, up and down Luojing City, His Royal Highness still needs to worry a lot. ”

After hearing this, Yan Shuo frowned, although he was depressed in his heart, but he really had no good way to shirk Wang Huaiyi's companions, so he nodded, no longer spoke, did not comment, and fell silent.

Seeing this, Liu Xiu smiled slightly and said:

"Okay, it's decided, you go back, remember, the Pingyan garrison nominally belongs to the Han Dynasty, but the military power is really in the hands of King Wei, you have to be careful, slowly figure it out."

Wang Huaiyi clasped his fists and responded:

"Remember!"

Wan Yanshuo also nodded.

Liu Xiu waved his hand, and the two agreed, and walked outside the camp.

After the two left, Liu Xiu walked to the door of the room with his hands in his hands and looked up at the sky.

The sky is clear, the sky is blue, the clouds are scattered, there is wind, and there is a bright eye.

Wei Guo, Wei Wang's Mansion, outside the door.

The subordinates had already prepared the carriage, and after a while, Liu Hongwen, the king of Wei, and Liu Ziyu, the princess, walked out together.

King Wei was dressed in court clothes, his face was grim, and he got into the car without saying a word, and the princess seemed to be a little uneasy, and her beautiful eyes turned around Liu Hongwen for a while before she followed.

In the carriage, King Wei snorted coldly and said lightly:

"Are you scared, or are you nervous?"

After the princess sat down, she stretched out her hand to close the curtain of the car, and then tidied up the dress before replying coldly:

"Afraid? The prince said with a smile, if you are afraid, I will not sit here in a good way now, and accompany you to meet the three princes of the empire. ”

King Wei shook his head, didn't look at her, and said to himself:

"Just last night, I heard from others that yellow eels are good at drilling holes, especially when it is hot, and I don't know if it's true or not."

Liu Ziyu's face changed dramatically after hearing this, her body trembled, she looked at King Wei and said:

"Liu Hongwen, in the past two years, I have lost you one day! Torture me like this! ”

King Wei smiled, shook his head, and said:

"Negative or not, you know, God knows, the earth knows, and I don't know."

Before the words were spoken, the carriage stopped at an intersection two streets away from the Imperial Palace, and at this time the surrounding area was already full of guards, lined up to guard.

In front of the Weifu soldiers, the four ministers of the Patriotic Guard, Minister Chen Fuxin, the defense envoy Song Xunwen, the observation envoy Fang Zhenyao, and the recruit commander Sun Zhengwu stood in turn and waited quietly.

These five big men who stood at the pinnacle of patriotic power appeared on this street at the same time, although there were soldiers on guard around, but the people in the distance still looked at each other from a distance, chatting with each other, and gradually the noise was endless.

What's more, after King Wei lifted the curtains, he saw Princess Wei Liu Ziyu sitting upright.

When he landed, the crowd was surging, and the people gradually came to watch, but after a long distance, they were stopped by the guards.

At this time, the people did not know that the three princes of the empire, King Liu Xiu, who was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, had arrived in Dongping, and was in the royal palace not far from them.

Then, under the suspicious and expectant gaze of everyone, the chariots and horses of the kingdom's ministers moved forward in turn, and when they saw that the direction they were walking was not outside the city, but in the palace, the surrounding people gradually stopped the noise, gradually quieted down, and held their breath.

If the Han Dynasty and the royal family came to Dongping, King Wei should have already gone out of the city to greet him, and it was not so unruly, unless the person who came was just passing by Dongping and didn't want to make a noise, or the person who came made a temporary move, and only informed King Wei when he arrived in Weiguo, but it was not reasonable.

Moreover, this person actually alarmed the arrival of King Wei in person, accompanied by the princess, accompanied by the courtiers, and it must have come from a lot of trouble, and for a while, the surrounding people began to whisper again.

On the side of the road, the soldiers took three steps, one sentry and five steps and one post, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense, only the sound of horses' hooves, stepping on the bluestone road, clattering.

Inside the car, Princess Liu Ziyu put her fingers together, her cheeks were pale, and her body trembled slightly as the carriage swayed.

On the side, King Wei's face was pale, and he looked at him coldly.

The atmosphere became tense as the distance approached.

Whose heartbeat, in the chest, is pounding!

Shake, the world!