Although he experienced a crushing defeat in Liaodong, Gao Yifu, the king of Mikawa, did not lose his ambition, on the contrary, he was planning day and night how to take revenge.

It's a pity that Goguryeo has just experienced a major defeat, and its national strength is not enough to support it to continue to use troops against Liaodong, so he can only temporarily suppress his revenge.

Unexpectedly, on this day, the minister of state came to report, saying that Pingzhou Assassin Shi Cui Bi had sent an envoy to join forces with Goguryeo to map Xi'an Pingweishuo.

"Prime Minister of State, this Cui Bi is a dignified Pingzhou assassin history, why does he have to get along with Wei Shuo? If it weren't for Wei Shuo's presence, the vast area east of Xi'an Ping would have been my Goguryeo Kingdom long ago, and what happened to his Pingzhou assassin history?! Wei Shuo has made such a great achievement, not only does Cui Yu not reward the other party, why do he want to harm him? ”

Cang Zhuli sneered and said: "King, the Han people have been strong since ancient times, but they never knew unity, so they had to fight among themselves!" Just because of its serious infighting, the Western Jin Empire, which was still extremely strong a few years ago, has it fallen to this point today? Cui Bi wants to try Wei Shuo, not for anything else, only jealousy! Jealous Wei Shuo gained a great reputation in Liaodong, and the limelight overshadowed him, who was a thorn, affecting his rule in Liaodong. ”

"Humph! Unexpectedly, the dignified Qinghe Cui clan is also a jealous villain! Gao Yifu said with a disdainful face: "Forget it, no matter how the Jin people fight, they don't care about my Goguryeo affairs, the minister of state only talks, how should the widow reply to Cui Yu?" ”

"The odds aren't great, but give it a try!"

Gao Yifu was puzzled when he heard this: "Huh? What does the Minister of State mean by this? If the odds are not good, why give it a try? ”

"King, Wei Shuo is a masterpiece, the first battle of Xi'an Ping has made its foundation stable, and it is no longer Cui Yu's enemy. Even if Cui Yu has Duan, Yuwen and my Goguryeo as foreign aid, I am afraid that Wei Shuo's position in Liaodong will not be shaken. ”

"Besides, it is impossible for the allies of the four sides to be of one heart and one mind, and with the ability of Wei Shuo, they will definitely find an opportunity to break the entire alliance in one fell swoop. Therefore, it is expected that Cui Bi will lose this battle. But Wei Shuo is, after all, my great enemy of Goguryeo, and if he is allowed to recuperate in Liaodi, he will probably invade my Goguryeo when he becomes strong in the future. For the future, the king can join the alliance, and he only needs to wait perfunctorily to achieve the purpose of harassing Wei Shuo. ”

"Well, what the prime minister said is really the words of the old man who seeks the country!" Gao Yifu said with admiration, and then replied to Cui Yu, saying that Goguryeo agreed to join the alliance and work together to defend Shuo.

After convincing Goguryeo, Choi sent his nephew Choi Tao to the Yuwen tribe. At this time, the tribal leader of Yuwen Xianbei was named Yuwen Xun Nickyan, who was the son of the previous Dadan Yu Yuwen Mogui. Yuwen Mogui realized the unification of the Yuwen tribe, and under his governance, Yuwen Xianbei became stronger and stronger, becoming the most powerful of the three Xianbei tribes in Liaodong.

Although Yuwen Xun Nickyan is not as talented as his father, but relying on his father's Yu Yin, although Yuwen Xianbei's power is not as good as in previous years, it is still a force that cannot be ignored in the Liaodong region, and there are no less than 100,000 people in the entire tribe. It is said that the later Northern Zhou Yuwentai was also passed on from the Yuwen tribe.

Knowing that Pingzhou Thorn Shi Cui Bi's nephew was visiting, Yuwen Xun Yan hurriedly brought his son Yuwen to discuss. The Yuwen tribe, like the Duan tribe, also does not attach as much importance to scholars as the Murong tribe, and can only discuss anything with family members or tribal elders.

"Da Shan Yu, his son Su Wen Wei Shuo is known for his courage and courage, and if he is not removed by taking advantage of his weakness now, he may become a disaster for us in the future. Since Cui Yu sent someone to contact Duan Bu and the Goguryeo people, Da Shan Yu should seize the opportunity to eradicate that Wei Shuo in one fell swoop. ”

"Besides, haven't you been worried that the Murong tribe is threatening us? As long as we take Xi'an Ping, we can get tens of thousands of Han people in Xi'an Ping, and our Yuwen tribe can expand its strength again, and then Murong Diao will not have to worry about it. ”

Yuwen Xun was overjoyed to hear his son's words, and quickly agreed to form an alliance with Cui Yu, and attacked Xi'an Ping in August.

Seeing that he had successfully persuaded Yuwen Xianbei and Goguryeo, Cui couldn't help but feel a lot of confidence. In his opinion, with the relationship between Duan Bu and Wang Jun, there is no need for him to come forward at all, and he can be recruited by just a letter. But what he didn't expect was that he was exactly planted in the place where he was most confident.

It turned out that Duan's Xianbei had no interest in attacking the remote and small force Wei Shuo at all, and now the entire Duan Xianbei was plotting with Wang Jun to compete with Shile for Jizhou. Since Shile established himself in Xiangguo, Wang Jun felt a great threat, and then he united with Duan's Xianbei and Jizhou to prepare to plot Shile.

As the most important force under Wang Jun, Duan's Xianbei is currently all their energy on the southern expedition to Shile, how can they have the leisure to pay attention to Wei Shuo in Liaodong. Therefore, after receiving Cui Yu's letter, Duan Jilu, the leader of the Duan Division, refused without hesitation.

After Cui Yu was rejected by Duan Ji and Lu Xuan, he felt that he had no face, and he sued Wang Jun in a fit of anger. Although Wang Jun felt that his wife and uncle were making a big fuss, after thinking about it, he felt that Duan Ji and Lu were too ignorant. No matter what Cui Yu said, he is also his wife's uncle, even if the southern expedition is very important at the moment, he should not refuse too simply, and with the strength of the Duan clan, sending thousands of cavalry to deal with it will not affect the overall situation.

In order to appease Cui Yu, Wang Jun also specially called Duan Ji Lu and his relatives to the mansion and reprimanded him severely, asking him to find a way to get some cavalry to help Cui Yu. Although Duan Ji and Lu were dissatisfied, he didn't dare to question Wang Jun publicly, so he had to secretly resent.

At this time, the complacent Wang Jun had not yet realized that the relationship between him and the Duan clan was no longer as close as before. In fact, since the death of the previous Duan family, the marriage relationship between Wang Jun and the Duan family has not been so strong. Among Duan Wumuchen's sons, except for Duan Wenyang, who is still loyal to Wang Jun, everyone else has the intention of breaking away from Wang Jun and becoming independent.

It was only because of Wang Jun's great power and the fact that there was a strong enemy Shi Le outside that Duan Bu did not dare to act rashly and chose to attach himself to Wang Jun for the time being. But as Wang Jun became more and more domineering, the relationship between Duan and Wang Jun became more and more strained.

"Humph! Who does this Wang Jun think of me? How dare you humiliate me like this! ”

As soon as Duan Ji and Lu returned to the station, he complained to his uncle and several brothers.

Uncle Duan Shefuchen stepped forward and persuaded: "Why should Da Dan be annoyed, after defeating Shi Le, I don't have to look at Wang Jun's face anymore." Let's be patient for now, but I don't know what Wang Tingshi wants us to do in the past to find a big order? ”

"Humph! What else could it be, it wasn't the trouble that Cui Yu made up? Seeing that the Southern Expedition is imminent, my Duan clan and Shi Le are about to start a big battle, how can I have the energy to care about Cui Yu's? It's just a little Wei Shuo, can you use it to mobilize the people? I heard that this time, Cui Yu not only found my Duanbu, but also contacted Yuwen and Goguryeo. Tell me, is he making a big fuss? ”

Duan Piyan pondered for a moment and said, "Brother, it's useless to talk about this now, let's discuss who to send to Liaodong next?" ”

Duan Ji Lu forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, looked at his uncle and the four brothers, and thought for a while: "Uncle is an important minister of the tribe and should not leave lightly, Duan Piyan, Duan Wenyang, and Duan Shujun are all the generals of my tribe, and they are the main force against the Shile army, and they can't go to Liaodong alone." Now it seems that only the fifth brother Duan Xiu is the most suitable to go to Liaodong, but I don't know if the fifth brother is willing to go? ”

The young Duan Xiu stepped forward and said, "Please rest assured, eldest brother, the younger brother will live up to his mission!" ”

"Good! He really deserves to be a good son of my Duan family! Fifth brother, when you go to Liaodong, you need to remember: After arriving in Liaodong, if someone encourages you to attack, you must not be impulsive. Don't compete for the first place in everything, just deal with one or two, and don't let Cui Bi find fault! Duan Ji Lu was worried that Duan Xiu was young and vigorous, so he opened his mouth to tell one or two.

"Brother Xie's teachings, little brother must keep them in mind!" Duan Xiu was busy bent down to be taught.

Xiangping Cui Yu was about to move, and Wei Shuo, who was far away in Xi'anping, soon received a report from the Feng family, and learned that Cui Yu had ambitions to plot against Xi'anping, and he hurriedly gathered his subordinates to discuss countermeasures.

"Now that the enemy is outnumbered, how about using a strong city to consume the enemy?"

"No, if we concentrate our forces in one place, the enemy will be able to concentrate on the siege without any other concerns, which is by no means an appropriate countermeasure. And in doing so, it is tantamount to showing the people the fear in our hearts, and I am afraid that we will lose our morale before we can become soldiers. ”

At this time, Han Shou, who had just taken refuge in him, suggested to Wei Shuo: "Cui Yu and others have the ambition to invade and advance, but the generals under their command are arrogant and unprepared, the soldiers are tired and lazy, and the alliance organization is loose. ”

As the chief strategist, Pei Wei also showed his outstanding ability, only to see him open his mouth and add: "Cui Yu united with the Duan clan, Yuwen, and Goguryeo to attack, and the enemy was outnumbered, easy to outwit, and difficult to defeat. Now the city wall of Xi'an is high, only a small number of troops need to be deployed to deal with the enemy's attack, we only need to ambush the troops, waiting for the opportunity to attack, inside and outside at the same time, so that the enemy is frightened and does not know how to guard, and finally can defeat the enemy. ”