Xindu Xue Mansion Zhao Wuming and Xue Qian sat down separately, Xue Qian picked up the wine and toasted to Zhao Wuming: "The fourth prince came to my mansion for the first time, and there is nothing to entertain. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Only these drinks, please also invite the fourth son Haihan".

"Brother Xue is polite." Zhao Wuming hurriedly picked up the wine bottle, saluted Xue Qian in return, and then drank it all.

Xue Qian drank all the wine in the wine bottle, looked at Zhao Wuming and sighed with emotion: "It's been a year since the years passed, think about a year ago I was waiting under the account of the fourth prince." How happy it was to gather the rout, defeat Wei Ang, and block Pang Juan. I thought that as soon as the king's reinforcements arrived, we would be able to make immortal achievements under the account of the fourth prince, but the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes. The king cut the military power of the four princes, and since then in this year, the four sons have not had any news."

"As soon as the king's reinforcements arrived, he immediately issued an order to let my son return the three thousand soldiers and horses of those remote princes. It is difficult to disobey the king's order, so it is not high, and I ask Brother Xue to forgive my sins." After Zhao Wuming finished speaking, he stood up from his seat and saluted Xue Qian.

Xue Qian saw Zhao Wuming saluting, and hurriedly stood up to help him: "I can't make it, the fourth son is a son, and Qian deserves a big gift from the son." At this point, it's just small talk, and there is no hint of blame."

"It's always rude to say goodbye without saying goodbye, and Brother Xue naturally deserves it." Zhao Wuming looked at Xue Qian and explained to him.

Xue Qian pointed to the seat, revealing a wry smile: "If the fourth prince doesn't sit back in the seat, there will be no way to continue today's idle talk."

"Brother Xue, please ......." Zhao Wuming smiled and made a gesture of invitation to Xue Qian, and seeing that Xue Qian sat first, Zhao Wuming immediately sat down in the seat again.

Xue Qian looked at Zhao Wuming with a hesitant look on his face: "There is a sentence that I don't know if I should ask or not."

"It's just idle talk, Brother Xue, but it's okay to say it." Zhao Wuming was slightly surprised when he saw Xue Qian's hesitant appearance.

Xue Qian pondered for a long time, and organized the language in his heart: "The fourth prince has not been in the letter capital for a year, maybe he doesn't know that Gao Zhao is gathering in the name of the fourth prince in the court. Although the power was weak at this time, it gave the officials from the poor family a little power to protect themselves. It's just that I don't know if Gao Zhao has the permission of the fourth prince under the banner of the fourth son."

"Gao Zhao once took refuge in Ben Gongzi and proposed to recruit the Hanmen, and Ben Gongzi took into account the misery of the Hanmen officials and immediately asked Fan Shun to assist him, and now I don't know what their situation is in the past year." Zhao Wuming thought of the day Gao Zhao took refuge and explained to Xue Qian.

Xue Qian was relieved, listened to Zhao Wuming's inquiry, and then spoke: "The fourth prince was suddenly cut by the king, and there are many soldiers in the Handan garrison who are unhappy for the prince, but they can only discuss it in private but dare not say it clearly. The hundreds of officials in the court know it, but no one is upset for the son. Half a month after the departure of the prince, the king held a great court as usual. Gao Zhao took a group of officials from the poor family and questioned the king, although he was punished by the king. However, the hundreds of officials looked sideways, and the soldiers of the Handan defenders gradually moved closer to them, so that the Hanmen forces were beginning to form in the middle of the court. A soldier asked me whether Gao Zhao was really the person of the fourth prince, but I didn't immediately reply because I didn't know at the time. It wasn't until Fan Shun came forward that the Handan defenders believed in Gao Zhao's identity. As a result, the Hanmen and Handan defenders united, so that the Hanmen forces in the DPRK and China completely gained a firm foothold."

"Handan defenders?". Zhao Wuming fell into deep thought, but he didn't expect that these people were a group of people who valued love and righteousness.

Xue Qian looked at Zhao Wuming and fell into deep thought, and explained to Zhao Wuming: "After the fourth prince of Handan's defenders left, the king expanded to 150,000 with the original skeleton. Nominally, he was the commander of my father's national lieutenant Xue Li, but in fact the soldiers were not completely convinced, but they respected my father's meager name in the army, so it was calm."

"What about the private soldiers?". Zhao Wuming then asked.

Thinking of the aristocratic private soldiers, Xue Qian sighed with emotion: "In the first battle, the forbidden army suffered the heaviest losses, followed by private soldiers. After the departure of the fourth prince, the private army was disbanded on the spot, and the king ordered the forbidden army to be expanded to 150,000. I heard that Shen Tuxiu, the commander of the forbidden army, and those generals hated the fourth prince very much. The fourth prince of Yan announced his personal vendetta, in order to protect the defenders of Handan, so he let the forbidden army suffer such serious losses. Therefore, Childe replied to the letter this time, and he should be careful of them."

"They are all clowns who jump off the beam, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, why are they afraid." Thinking of Shen Tuxiu, a sneer flashed at the corner of Zhao Wuming's mouth.

Xue Qian saw that Zhao Wuming was a little worried and continued to prompt: "Don't be careless with the fourth son, I heard that Shen Tuxiu intends to take refuge in the second son, Zhao Qian, if the two are united, the situation will be unimaginable."

"Zhao Yan? It seems that in the year when this son is away, the excitement of Xindu is not inferior to Handan." Thinking that the two enemies were about to come together, the cold water on the corner of Zhao Wuming's mouth became a little colder.

Xue Qian gradually frowned, and his next words seemed to be speechless and stopped.

"If you have anything to say, it doesn't matter, why should you and I hide it at this time." Zhao Wuming looked at Xue Qian's expression and knew that he had something to say, so he immediately asked.

Xue Qian's lips moved, and he made a decision in his heart, and then he slowly spoke: "The fourth prince doesn't know anything, just after the fourth prince doesn't say goodbye." The acting county guard suddenly asked to tell the old man, and the king Enzhun also ordered the third prince Zhao Fan to go to the town guard, and named the third prince Fan as the acting county guard".

"Daijun?". Zhao Wuming was slightly stunned, isn't the south of Loulan the county of Dai?

Hearing Zhao Wuming say the word Daijun, Xue Qian's brows furrowed a little tighter: "Daijun is annoying in the north, and Zhongshan is in the south." It is the most important county in the north of our country, and here gathers the grain and grass of my Zhao country in the north, and there are more than 300,000 soldiers and horses. If the matter is urgent, you can also call on the nobles of the county to gather 100,000 private soldiers, which should not be underestimated."

"300,000 soldiers and horses, plus 100,000 private soldiers." Zhao Wuming only felt that a scoop of cold water fell from the sky, and he was instantly poured cold in his heart. Just now, I was still thinking that if Seoul calmed down Lou Fu, he could go south directly to kill him Zhao Fan. Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, he found out that he had 400,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and it seemed that it would take another time to destroy him.

400,000 soldiers and horses attacked like Mount Tai pressing the top, Xue Qian took a deep breath: "Zhao Wei is the king of Anyang, Anyang was the old capital of our country in the past, and the population was prosperous. If Zhao Yan wants to urgently recruit troops, he can recruit more than 200,000 troops."

Although Zhao Wuming didn't understand why Xue Qian suddenly mentioned Anyang, he still listened carefully.

Xue Qian paused for a moment and asked Zhao Wuming: "Fourth prince, do you know what kind of situation the prince is facing now."

"I don't know, please tell Brother Xue." Zhao Wuming shook his head slightly, his eyes looking at Xue Qian.

Xue Qian pondered for a long time, and continued to analyze Zhao Wuming: "The second son, Zhao Yan, and the third son, Zhao Fan, have been thick for a long time, and they regard the prince as a stumbling block. Zhao Wei is good at buying people's hearts, so as to win the attention of hundreds of officials, and he holds more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in Anyang. In addition to Zhao Fan, the third prince of Daijun, as a strong reinforcement, the eunuch order in the palace and the forbidden army to which Shen Tuxiu belonged were more likely to take refuge. At this time, the prince is already in danger."

"How many soldiers and horses are there in my Zhao country." Zhao Wuming weighed it in his heart, and he couldn't imagine that the situation faced by his eldest brother was so bad.

Xue Qian looked at Zhao Wuming and immediately wrote a number on the desk, and pointed twice: "There are more than 1.2 million soldiers and horses registered."

In other words, Zhao Wei and Zhao Fan have already obtained half of the country's military power. So where is the remaining half of the military power? “。 After listening to this, Zhao Wuming thought thoughtfully.

Xue Qian pointed up with his hand: "In the hands of the king, he is facing the Wei State in front. Among them, there are 150,000 defenders of Handan, 150,000 forbidden troops, and 300,000 soldiers and horses from all over the country."

"How much military power does my eldest brother have?" Zhao Wuming listened to Xue Qian's analysis and frowned.

Xue Qian shook his head and sighed slightly: "The prince has no military power in his hands, although the fourth prince let the prince temporarily command the forbidden army last year, but as soon as the king arrived, the military power of the forbidden army returned to the hands of Shen Tuxiu."

"No military power?". Zhao Wuming thought of the strategy set in Seoul, and it seemed that it would take some effort to put the eldest brother on the throne.

The room fell silent, and Xue Qian looked at Zhao Wuming. His lips moved, and he spoke for a long time: "Actually, it can't be said that there is no at all, at least my father is gradually favoring the prince now." With my father's prestige in the army, the soldiers and horses in various places can still give a few thin faces, and nominally lead 150,000 Handan defenders. If the fourth prince can make a gesture of support for the prince, I dare not say that the soldiers and horses in various places will be biased, but at least the 150,000 soldiers of the Handan garrison should be biased towards the prince. It must have been the surprise attack of the Wei State on Handan, if it weren't for the four princes, they would have already become the ghosts of the Wei State. The officers and men in the army have always attached great importance to affection, and as long as the son comes forward and adds my father's attitude, they will definitely not hesitate."

"Even so, the eldest brother is only 150,000 soldiers." Zhao Wuming had a headache when he thought of this.

Xue Qian suddenly smiled, and the depressed atmosphere suddenly became empty: "The position of the crown prince is not a battle between the two armies, although the military power is important, it is not the only one. Even if the second son, Zhao Yan, and the third son, Zhao Fan, joined forces to rebel, would the 300,000 defenders and 100,000 private soldiers of Daijun obey a Taishou who has only been in office for a year? Except for the forbidden army and the Handan garrison, the rest of the soldiers and horses did not have too direct influence on the crown prince's position."

"What Brother Xue said is reasonable, but this son is too worried. It seems that the plan for now is to help my eldest brother gain the support of the Handan defenders, so as to stabilize my eldest brother's position as the crown prince." Zhao Wuming only felt that his eyes lit up, and he had been fighting, which made his thinking fall into limitations. Now that I think about it, I really thought too much just now.

Xue Qian shook his head slightly, revealing a hint of a smile: "Don't worry, the king is here." At this time, it would be an unwise choice to let the 150,000 Handan defenders immediately defect to the prince. Otherwise, why did the eunuch Ling and Shen Tuxiu not immediately indicate that they had taken refuge in the second son, Zhao Xuan, and the reason for this was not that the king was sick, and he was afraid of extraneous branches."

"King Zhao is sick?". Zhao Wuming looked at Xue Qian suspiciously, why was King Zhao sick when he left because he was in a tough body after not seeing him for a year.

Xue Qian pointed to it and explained to Zhao Wuming: "This year, the king has been worried about Handan, so he is sick, and he is still a little sick. Otherwise, why would the father who was neutral show his inclination towards the prince? The reason for this is that I am afraid that the battle for the storage position is about to reach the final moment."

"I see, it seems that King Zhao's body is really unable to hold on." Zhao Wuming looked at Xue Qian's lips with a hint of a smile, and at this time he suddenly understood. Why did Xue Qian invite himself to come to Xue Mansion and say such a thing.