The emperor stood with his hands in his hands, his brows furrowed slightly, his eyes were half squinted, watching the two of them being escorted down by the soldiers, a trace of amazement suddenly flashed in his heart, Murong Yan was his best playmate when he was a child, and he used to be behind him without half a complaint, but now even she has to betray herself?

He took a deep breath and clenched his fists, in this world, everything is fake, the so-called friendship is just a joke, and only power is the most trusted companion.

Men can't lose power!

Thinking of this, Murong Dan felt a little bored in his heart, frowned and looked up at the sky, only to see that the sky above his head had been covered with yellow sand, and he couldn't see his original color.

There seemed to be a little girl's laughter behind her, faintly familiar, Murong Dan subconsciously held his breath and listened carefully, it was the words that Murong Yan often shouted when he was a teenager: "Prince Dan, are you going to ignore me again?" ”

He clenched his fists again, shook his head, and tossed aside the chaotic thoughts in his mind, and the sound disappeared in an instant.

Murong Dan smiled bitterly and sighed softly, his mood was inexplicably a little heavy, and the yellow sand in the distance above was like a heavy curtain, pressing on his heart, making him unable to penetrate.

A kind of loneliness that I have never felt before, wells up in my heart.

But on the road to dominating the world, how can someone accompany you!

He withdrew his gaze and looked ahead, only to see that the road in the distance was long and long, as if there was no end.

Let's go down alone like this.

In this way, after a long silence, the depths of the emperor's eyes gradually calmed down, and his expression became flat again, he turned his head, called his soldiers to give a few orders, and then watched the soldiers turn away.

After a while, I saw Prime Minister Murong Feng striding from a distance under the leadership of the soldiers.

Seeing the emperor, Murong Feng was just about to salute, but before he could leave, he saw Murong Dan wave his hand and said, "The wind is strong and the weather is cold, there is no need to be polite, get up." ”

Murong Feng stood up according to his words, took a step forward, and came to the emperor's side, seeing that although Murong Dan's face was as usual, there was a slight anger between his eyebrows, and after hesitating for a moment, he bowed down and whispered: "Your Majesty, I don't know why you asked the old minister to come?" ”

The emperor's eyes flashed, and he explained what had just happened to Murong Feng in detail.

There was silence.

After a while, Murong Feng looked up at the emperor, then withdrew his gaze, and after thinking for a moment, he muttered: "Your Majesty, do you think Murong Yan has really been outside Dingbian City and seen Yan Shuo?" He didn't wait for the emperor to answer, so he continued: "Although the county lord has a stubborn and stubborn personality and does not like restraint, he can still grasp the balance in the face of this kind of thing, how can he have the heart to defect to the enemy state and oppose the emperor?" The old minister thought that there might be something unspeakable hidden in it, or the county lord was joking with the emperor."

After hearing this, the emperor slowly shook his head, looked at Murong Feng, and said with a straight face: "What Murong Yan said is true, it is definitely not a joke. ”

Murong Feng was stunned for a moment, and was silent for a while before he cautiously asked, "Then what do you want to do with the two of them, Your Majesty?" ”

The emperor's face was calm, and he said lightly: "Before I deal with these two people, there is still a henchman problem to be solved first. ”

After hearing this, Murong Feng frowned and lowered his head and muttered for a while, before he shook his head, with a puzzled look in his eyes, and asked, "Forgive the old minister for being ignorant, I don't know who the emperor is talking about." ”

The emperor's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and a layer of murderous aura appeared on his face, as if in the early winter of the cool breeze, a layer of chill was covered on his face, and he almost gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "I am not talking about anyone else, it is the King of Shunyang, Murong Lie, who has been against me in the past after the former Prime Minister Murong Hang!" ”

Murong Feng's body was shocked, he raised his head to look at the emperor, he wanted to say something but seemed to hesitate, and after pondering for a while, he finally gritted his teeth and persuaded: "Your Majesty, at this time, the army is moving south, and the situation in the rear urgently needs to be stabilized. ”

After hearing this, the emperor shook his head, sneered, and said, "How can I not know the truth, but if Murong Lie is not removed, the political situation will never be stable," Saying this, he squinted slightly and looked at the direction in which Murong Yan was escorted, took a breath, and muttered:

"What he is doing behind his back, how can I not know? I killed Murong Chui, and leaving him Murong Lie's life was just to see Murong Yan's face, but he didn't know it yet, hehe, did he think I was confused, thinking that leaving the emperor's brother Murong Xuan in charge of the country would give him a chance to seize power in vain. ”

Murong Feng's eyes lit up after hearing this, he lowered his head and did not speak.

The wind was blowing again, and the sky was getting darker.

Looking into the distance, my eyes are covered by the yellow sand, and I don't know what the people in the distance are busy with at the moment.

How many people are in the dark, planning and calculating, intending to leave their footprints on this country and mountains, and engrave their names in the blood-stained annals!

Success and fame, defeat and death, the crowd of heroes compete for the deer, it depends on who can have the last laugh!

The Emperor took a deep breath and turned back to the camp.

Behind him, the yellow sand gradually rose, slowly covering his footprints.

The earth was vast, and nothing remained, as if this man had never come—

Outside Suncheon Castle, the sky slowly darkened, and the dim yellow sand drifted from a distance with a little dark twilight in the wind.

There was a wind between heaven and earth, as if it had been blowing for thousands of years, and it was not endless.

There are less than two days to go before Zhongliang City.

After resting for half a day, the army of Yan continued to move forward overnight, the military flag was hunting in the wind, accompanied by the footsteps of the soldiers, several sounds unique to the battlefield gathered together, and came into the ears, which made people's blood tremble.

Emperor Yan Murong Dan stood on a high place, accompanied by Prime Minister Murong Feng, watching the army stretching forward in the yellow sand.

Almost all the soldiers raised their heads as they passed him, looking with awe at the supreme existence of the country, at the ruler who held the lives of all the people in the empire in his hands.

Then he raised his right hand holding his weapon and shouted loudly, "Long live my emperor!" ”

The earth shook with it.

The emperor smiled and nodded, stretched out his hand in response, and when he raised his head, his eyes happened to look in the direction of Zhongliang City, which was covered by yellow sand, and it was hazy and could not be seen clearly.

Further south, is the Patriotic Army, I don't know what kind of mood the enemy commander is at the moment?

The total strength of the army is only 150,000, and the troops have to be divided into two routes, vainly trying to attack the Dayan Iron Army, which is several times their strength, is really beyond their strength.

A trace of contempt flashed in Murong Dan's eyes, and he suddenly sneered, and said in a low voice: "Take 150,000 people and one conspiracy general as bait, Liu Xiu, you are so bold!" ”

At this moment, a scout suddenly trotted all the way behind him, Murong Feng's eyes flashed, motioned to the soldiers on the left and right to stop him, and then walked over in person.

Not long after, I saw Murong Feng hurriedly come to the emperor with scouts, and saluted: "I've seen the emperor!" ”

The emperor waved his hand, looked straight at the scout, and said lightly, "What's the matter?" ”

When the scout heard the emperor's question, he hurriedly raised his head and responded: "Your Majesty, the villains were ordered to spy on the enemy's military situation, and they didn't find anything unusual in the guards, but until four days ago, the villain found that Yan Shuo suddenly stopped moving forward, and stopped at a place that was still seven days away from Zhongliang. ”

After hearing this, the emperor frowned and said, "Are there any other signs?" ”

The scout shook his head and replied, "No other anomalies have been found. ”

After frowning and thinking for a while, the emperor slowly shook his head, turned back to Murong Feng and said, "Prime Minister, what do you think of this matter?" ”

After Murong Feng pondered for a moment, he replied: "Could it be that Wanyan Shuo guessed that my army would not fight a siege battle with him, but intended to fight directly outside Zhongliang City, so he didn't dare to move forward and prepare with all his strength?" ”

The emperor's face was calm after hearing this, and he didn't say anything about it, but turned his head to look at the scout, and continued to ask, "How is the situation of Zhongliang City guarding Xue Tian?" ”

The scout hurriedly raised his head and replied: "When the villain passed through Zhongliang City, Lord Xue specially asked the villain to play the majesty, and he has already arranged everything according to his majesty's instructions. ”

After hearing this, the emperor nodded, groaned slightly, waved his hand to the scout, and said: "I know, you go back to Zhongliang immediately, tell Xue Tian to take strict precautions, and at the same time pay close attention to the movements of the guards, once there is an abnormal situation in the enemy army, come to report it immediately, let me know, there is no mistake." ”

The scout hurriedly fell to his knees, bowed and replied, "Yes! ”

The Emperor nodded, raised his hand to make the scout stand up, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Inquire carefully, I will take note of your merits, and when the army wins, I will be rewarded." ”

The scout's body was shocked, his face showed ecstasy, and he said loudly: "The villain thanked the emperor!" ”

The Emperor nodded and waved his hand for the scout to step down.

At their feet, a third of the army had passed, and the ranks behind them swayed with no end in sight.

Murong Dan stood with his hands in his hands, listened to the soldiers shouting long live, took a slow breath, and after a while, he said to Murong Feng: "Is there any news of Yaonan City?" ”

Murong Feng replied: "Lao Chen just heard a report from the spies a few days ago, saying that Liang Jian, the commander of the enemy's auxiliary route army, led the army to walk extremely slowly, and according to their speed, they have only walked less than half of the distance now, I don't know why. ”

The Emperor's eyes immediately tightened.

Murong Feng felt it and then said: "After hearing this, the old minister ordered Yaonan City Guard Ma Zhaojun to immediately send people to reconnoiter and spy on the enemy's situation, I think there should be news in the next few days." ”

After hearing this, the emperor closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then suddenly shook his head and sighed: "What a good game of chess played by Yan Shuo." ”

Murong Fengqi said: "Forgive the old minister for being ignorant, I don't know what the emperor means by this." ”

The emperor smiled and did not rush to answer, but said lightly: "Do you think 150,000 vs 300,000, who has a better chance of winning?" ”

Murong Feng's face changed after hearing this, he suddenly looked up at the emperor, and said with a surprised expression: "Could it be?" ”

The emperor nodded, and then said: "Yes, Wan Yan Shuo is clearly divided into two ways, but in fact, he secretly gathers troops in one place, in a vain attempt to fight with my army outside Zhongliang City, it seems that Wan Yan Shuo guessed that my army will not defend Zhongliang, since this is the case," he paused, turned his head to Murong Feng and said: "Then the heavy task of attacking Weiguo Pingyan in the south will be handed over to Xue Tian." ”

Murong Feng nodded and agreed, but after a while, as if he wanted to think of something, he cautiously opened his mouth and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, that Shangguan Yu"

The emperor's eyes were cold, and he said lightly: "Kill." ”

Murong Feng Zhengse said: "Yes! ”