When Wei Shuo was hiding in Zhuqi County to stir up wind and rain, Jianye, who was far away in Jiangzuo, was also not calm. Since Emperor Huai of the Jin Dynasty lost Luoyang and was taken captive to the north by the Huns Liu Cong, the atmosphere of the Langya Mansion in Jiangdong has become more and more strange day by day.

Recently, there is a proverb that 'the copper horse enters the sea and builds Ye' suddenly spread in Jiangdong. Because the small character of Sima Rui, the biological mother of Sima Rui, the king of Langya, is called the copper ring, so many people think that the proverb happened to apply for Sima Rui and was about to inherit the throne, so many ambitious people wrote to Sima Rui to ask him to immediately ascend the throne and become the emperor.

But Sima Rui knew that Sima Ye, the king of Qin, had arrived safely in Chang'an, Guanzhong, and Sima Ye was a descendant of Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, and was more qualified to inherit the throne than him. Therefore, although Sima Rui coveted the position of emperor very much, he did not dare to hold the title of Sima Ye yet.

Coupled with the loss of Pengcheng and the successive troubles, King Langya has been very restless recently, and many people in the palace have been angered because of this.

In the Langya Palace, in the study, Sima Rui sat in front of the desk with an iron face, and threw a secret fold on the ground, which was a secret report sent from Xuzhou. Xuzhou assassin Shi Pei Dun was careless, resulting in the loss of Pengcheng, after the Han army broke through Pengcheng, it burned and killed in the city, looted the whole city, and countless ordinary people were slaughtered by the Hu people.

What's more serious is that the army that Pei Dun had trained with countless painstaking efforts was captured by the Hu people overnight, and only Bing Cao Zhiwei Shuo's command escaped by luck because he was not in Pengcheng in advance. At this point, there was no longer an army in Xuzhou that could confront the Hu people.

In just a few days, the Hu soldiers divided into several routes, and successively entered the northern areas of Xuzhou such as Dongguan County, Langya State, and Donghai Kingdom, except for the eastern coastal areas of Donghai State that were temporarily taken over by Bing Cao and Wei Shuo, and several counties and tribes in northern Xuzhou fell into the hands of Wang Sang and Zhao Gu.

And Qingzhou Thorn Shi Cao Wei also took the opportunity to occupy half of Chengyang County, and now Xuzhou Thorn Shi Pei Dun and Fenwei General Zu Ti only led nearly 1,000 remnants of soldiers to retreat to Xiapi. With the strength in Pei Dun's hands at this time, not to mention the counterattack on Pengchengguo, it is a question whether he can keep several counties in the south of Xuzhou.

Once the southern part of Xuzhou is lost, and Jiangzuo loses the Jianghuai barrier, then Jianye will face the Hu people's soldiers, and the pressure will be too great. Therefore, Sima Rui could accept Pei Dun's loss of northern Xuzhou, but he would never allow any further problems to arise in southern Xuzhou.

Pei Dun's performance really disappointed Sima Rui, he coldly glanced at Wang Dun, Wang Dao, Diao Xie, Liu Kun, Zhou Yi and others standing next to him, but unfortunately everyone except Wang Dun lowered their heads, Sima Rui's thunderous anger made them a little weak-hearted, it was they who strongly opposed Zu Ti to replace Pei Dun's assassination position.

Sima Rui was about to speak, when a close attendant hurriedly came in to report: "King Qiqi, General Fenwei Zu Li sent someone to send an urgent military situation. ”

"What?! General Zu's military intelligence report has arrived! Don't hurry up and bring it in! As soon as he heard that Zu Ti had sent an emergency military situation, Sima Rui suddenly became anxious, and even Director Wang couldn't maintain his usual composure. Pei Dun can't count on it, if Zu Ti has another problem, then Jiang Zuo really has to consider sending troops to help Xuzhou.

After a while, a close attendant walked in with a military newspaper, Sima Rui hurriedly stood up and picked up the military newspaper, opened it and browsed it in three lines, and finally breathed a sigh of relief after reading it.

Sima Rui raised the military report in his hand and said with relief: "Sure enough, Xuzhou still has to rely on Zu Shizhi!" You all have a look, General Zu said in the military newspaper that now he has established a new line of defense on the line of Xiapi and Suiling, and has formed a southeast echo with the guards Cao in the east, which is enough to deal with the next attack of the Hu people. ”

The others took the newspaper and read it carefully, and finally they all breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Zu Ti can stabilize the Xiapi line and ensure that Jianghuai in the rear is not lost, the pressure on Jiangzuo will be much less. Sima Rui, the king of Langya, will also be able to calmly rectify all parts of Jiangdong, and when the king of Langya completely controls Jiangzuo, he will be able to send troops to the Northern Expedition, and at that time, Zu Li, who is fighting on the front line of Xiapi, can act as the vanguard of the army.

"King, do you think it is to restore the position of General Zu's assassination?" After reading the military report, Liu Kui suddenly suggested loudly, "Now that the situation in Xuzhou is all maintained by General Zu, it is better for the king to appoint him as the assassin of Xuzhou, as for Lord Pei?" The king can transfer him to serve in the palace of Langya. ”

King Langya was thoughtful, and seemed to be a little moved by Liu Kui's suggestion, but he knew that this matter was not for him personally. So he looked at Wang Dun and said, "I don't know what Lord Sacrificial Wine thinks?" ”

"It's no problem to appoint Zu Ti as the assassin of Xuzhou, but where is this Wei Shuo? As a soldier, where was he when Pengcheng was about to break? How did he get to the eastern seaboard? And why does General Zu think that a small soldier Cao can take on the heavy task of flanking and containing the Hu people? ”

Saying that, Wang Dun's eyes flashed and said, "If something goes wrong, can he afford it?" ”

"Hehe, Lord Sacrificial Wine doesn't know, Liu has some understanding of this Wei Shuo, this person is Qingzhou Junyan, because he exposed the conspiracy of the traitor Sima Ao, and was reused by the assassin Shi Pei Dun. This person is quite powerful and scheming, and he is also a military expert, and he is a rare talent. Liu Kui on the side hurriedly came out to explain.

"It turned out to be Lord Liu's old acquaintance." Wang Dun's tone was a little yin and yang.

"Hahaha, it's not an old acquaintance, it's just that before I came down to Jiangdong, I had some dealings with him, and I admired his character and talents."

"Alright, alright, alright...... Don't argue with the two Qing families, today we are just discussing the matter of Xuzhou, if Chu Zhong is interested in this guard Cao, he will be summoned to Jiangdong another day. Sima Rui saw that Liu Kui and Wang Dun were pinched again, and he hurriedly diverged his words.

It is said that since Liu Kui entered the shogunate of King Langya, King Langya's life has finally been better. At least when Wang Dun was dominant, someone finally dared to stand up for him. Therefore, Sima Rui also attaches more importance to Liu Kui, loves the house and Wuxia, and has a good impression of Wei Shuo, who Liu Kui chatters day and night.

Soon the appointment of Zu Ti as the assassin of Xuzhou was approved, whether it was Wang Dun, Wang Dao, or Liu Kui, Diao Xie all knew that Xuzhou at this time needed a talent as proficient in military affairs as Zu Ti to ensure that Jianghuai was not lost. As for Pei Dun, if it weren't for the fact that he was born in the Pei family in Hedong, it is estimated that he would have been questioned and imprisoned a long time ago, and in the end, he would have been transferred back to Jiangdong to retire.

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In the new house of the Pei family in Jiangdong, Pei Yinger sat in front of the window and looked at the butterflies flying in the garden, stunned, not knowing what she was thinking. Suddenly, the door curtain moved, and a little lady in full costume walked in, and when she saw Pei Ying'er's distracted appearance, she couldn't help but show a narrow smile in her eyes.

I saw that the little lady who had just come in stretched out her crystal delicate right hand and slapped it on Pei Ying'er's back, scaring Pei Ying'er so much that she almost lost her soul.

Pei Ying'er turned to look at the person who came and covered her chest and said angrily: "It turned out to be the county lord, ah, the slaves and maids outside didn't know how to inform me, so that I could go out to meet the county lord." ”

"Hehe, if I tell others, how can I see Ying'er in a daze?" Someone laughed.

Pei Ying'er looked at the naughty Sima Li'er and was suddenly a little speechless, this is the best friend she just met, and she is the sister of Sima Yi, the king of Pengcheng. When Sima Liang, the king of Runan, was killed, she and her third brother survived because they were young, and later came to Jiangzuo.

"Ying'er, what were you doing just now?" Sima Lier asked curiously.

"It's nothing, it's just remembering some people and things, it's not a big deal. By the way, why did the county lord have time to come and see me today, I asked you out to play a few days ago, and you still said you didn't have time! Pei Yinger didn't want outsiders to know what was on her mind, so she hurriedly changed the topic.

"Ah, if it weren't for Ying'er's reminder, I almost forgot! Today I have good news to tell Ying'er, your father Master Pei will be transferred back to Jiangdong in the near future, so you don't have to worry about Lord Pei every day. ”

"Really?" Pei Ying'er was full of surprise when she heard this, since she left Xuzhou, she didn't worry about her father for a day, after the news of the loss of Pengcheng came, she and her mother almost fainted, but fortunately they learned that their father had escaped, and their mother and daughter were a little relieved.

"Of course, listen to my third brother, this time Master Pei was able to get out of danger smoothly, thanks to the help of General Zu and a person named Wei Shuo."

"Wei Shuo?"