Yi Huaxi's eyes were mixed with pain and confusion: Jiang Ning didn't need to be at a loss for Jingbei's changes; Yuan Zhen waved 100,000 troops into Jingbei brazenly, just to give Xu Ruyu an excuse to give up the war in the East China Sea and negotiate peace with the Chen family.

Yi Huaxi looked at Xu Ruyu's calm face, consuming a huge amount of materials and carefully laying out for a year, why should he give up easily?

"Qin Ziqing is a minister of Jiang Ning?"

This sentence was like a lightning bolt that went straight through Yi Huaxi's mind, and he looked at his father in amazement.

The key figure in Yuan Zhen's dispatch of troops to Jingbei was Qin Ziqing.

Qin Ziqing did not meet in Jiangning, experienced the heat and coldness of the world, and finally betrayed Jiangning to Nanping in the late autumn of last year. instigated Yuan Zhen to rejuvenate Jingbei in order to repay Jiang Ning's disregard for him.

This is the truth in the eyes of the world, isn't that true?

In the first battle of Jingbei, the Su Guard army suffered heavy losses, and more than 15,000 soldiers and horses were still in danger so far. If Qin Ziqing is Jiang Ning's death, then Jiang Ning's tens of thousands of soldiers stationed in Jingbei and the Huo family staying in Jingbei are the bait used by Xu Ruyu to lay out. Xu Ruyu can be so ruthless in Jingbei, and there is no reason for him to open up to Chen Qianwang.

Xu Ruyu's eyes were slightly constricted, looking slender, and his gaze fell on Yi Fengchen's humble face, and said, "Why does Yi Valve think so? ”

Yi Fengchen said: "What is the purpose of conniving at Qin Ziqing's betrayal of Jiangning? ”

Yi Fengchen said: "In the past, the weak son can finally raise the butcher's knife. ”

Xu Ruyu's face changed slightly: "Qin Ziqing is not a subordinate, since he left Jiangning, it is no longer for me to control." ”

Yi Fengchen's face turned grim and said, "Qin Ziqing instigated the battle of Jingbei in a timely manner, how can it be said that Qin Ziqing is not under the control of Jiang Ning?" Qin Ziqing defected to Yuan Zhen instead of Rong Yanmen, wasn't all this out of Jiang Ning's arrangement? After pondering for a moment, he said, "Nanping Xing troops in Jingbei, Jiangning has long been on guard, and the casualties of the Su Guards are not as heavy as the legends of the world. ”

Xu Ruyu said: "It was my intention to connive at Qin Ziqing's defection to Yuanzhen, but the blood of thousands of soldiers in Jingbei is particularly shocking. If you don't know, you are willing to explain them one by one. ”

Qin Ziqing returned to Jiangning with Kou Zichan, and he often acted out of the ordinary, and he was arrogant and arrogant, difficult to control, and easy to seal the dust.

Jiang Ning used him as a room, and it was possible for him to help Jiang Ning separate Yuan Zhen and Rong Yanmen, but he still wanted to eat Jiang Ning.

After a moment of silence, the doubts in Yi Fengchen's heart could not be eliminated, but his face softened.

Xu Ruyu said: "Jiangning's struggle with the East China Sea will only weaken the strength of the southeast, although Ruyu is stupid, he did not do such a stupid thing at the juncture of foreign invasion. The Battle of Fangshan was to force the East China Sea after the elbow of Qingzhou to resist foreign aggression with Qingzhou and suppress Zhang Jidao's power and influence in the East China Sea. ”

Yi Huaxi was reluctant in his heart, but he had to admit that this was closer to the truth.

Jiangning confronted the East China Sea, attracting the main force of the Yuza battalion army from the north of the East China Sea to the south, and the result of the battle of Fangshan was that Chen Pre's soldiers and horses were mobilized in the area of Biling and Yiyang, which happened to block the road from Zhang Jidao's north to Yixingfu.

The Yuza battalion army is under the surveillance of Jiang Ning, and Zhang Jidao's behavior will be greatly restricted.

Is this a coincidence, or is it Xu Ruyu's elaborate layout?

Yi Huaxi stared at Xu Ruyu, who had been pretending to be crazy on the Ruying Flower Boat, and said secretly: In the first battle of Jingbei, Jingxiang suffered heavy losses, but Jiangning's casualties were lighter than rumored, but it made Yuan Zhen and Rong Yanmen fight for power, open up the Jingbei battlefield, and consume the military potential of Nanping. It also caused Jiang Jin to suffer the injustice of collusion with Nanping, and saw that he was suspicious of the Huo family and the Yongning family, and was isolated and helpless.

Counting birds with one stone, the world's calculations are not as good as Xu Ruyu's alone.

Thinking that Jiang Jin's situation at this time might have been arranged by Xu Ruyu, Yi Huaxi couldn't help but be annoyed.

Yi Fengchen asked: "The king is here, saying that he is asking for advice, probably because he has taught the Yi family." ”

Xu Ruyu said: "Don't dare, Ruyu has been reborn in Jiangjin and regards Yi Valve as an elder." Hulan is strong, and you foolishly thought that you needed to take precautions, so you came uninvited and asked Yi Valve. ”

Yi Fengchen said: "Please speak." ”

Xu Ruyu said: "In the late autumn of last year, Hulan built a dam to seal the water, and the spring water did not rise, and the stagnant water had flooded the Fanyang Sheep Horn Wall, making Fanyang City completely isolated from the outside world. Now the water is not on the wall, the people in the city can't come out, and the Hulan people can't go to attack the city, so it's okay for the time being. Fan Yang Cheng is strong, but he can't help the water irrigation for a long time, and Fan Yang City is only broken sooner or later. Our Jiangning Wuhu Army and Xishan Yishi have attacked the dam several times, trying to break the dam and release the water and rescue the people trapped in the city, but Hulan has been well defended and has not succeeded. In view of this, the Hulan troops have been able to be transferred from the northern part of Youji, and the Anyang Han battalion has stepped up its offensive against Hanoi, linking Kehuaizhou and Xiuwu Zhucheng, just waiting to capture the entire Hanoi Province, which will be the time when the Hulan army crosses the river and goes south. Yi Valve thinks that the three coalition forces of the Yi clan, the Li clan, and the Xun clan can stop the Hulan Iron Cavalry? ”

Yi Fengchen frowned, and said: "Sixty years ago, Hulan entered the Kou, concentrated the power of the state, and it took seven years to drive it out of the fortress. ”

"The Xun family and the Yi family can't hold the river, and the Jianghuai Plain is thousands of miles, how can they stop hundreds of thousands of Hulan iron horses?"

Yi Fengchen fell into deep thought, and Yi Huaxi was slightly sick: "General Qingfeng entered Jiangjin alone, but only to discuss the matter of resisting foreign insults?" ”

Although Yi Huaxi had disdain on his face, Xu Ruyu still replied solemnly: "Exactly." ”

Yi Huaxi smiled and said, "Mr. Ziyang is here, can't he show what Jiang Ning means?" ”

Xu Ruyu said: "If I don't come in person, I can't show Jiang Ning's sincerity." ”

Yi Huaxi frowned, and was about to say something, but let Yi Fengchen stretch out his hand to stop it.

Yi Fengchen said: "Huaishui and Jiangshui are each other's surface, and the East China Sea guards Huaishui for Jiangning, so Jiangning is worry-free, why do you need to discuss with me Jiangjin?" ”

Xu Ruyu said: "The key to guarding the Huai River lies in the water, and the East China Sea will sail all the water camps into the Huai River, and rely on the cities on both sides of the quasi-water to establish defenses. However, the Huai River originates from the Tongbai Mountain in Nanyang, flows through the Qing River and flows down to the East China Sea, if the Qing River is lost, the danger of the upper reaches of the Huai River is in the hands of the enemy, and the East China Sea can not rely on the risk of the Huai River. Ask Yi Valve, does the Li family have a strategy to ensure that Qinghe does not lose? ”

Xu Ruyu saw that Yi Fengchen's face was hesitant, and said: "The defense of the north bank of Huaishui depends on the combined forces of Yi, Xun, and Li. The Xun clan gave up Bianzhou and guarded the danger of Luochuan and southern Henan, so that it would inevitably make way for the Hulan Iron Cavalry to open a large southward passage between the water systems such as Whirlpool, Surabaya, Jinshui, and Rushui. What can the Li clan rely on to keep the enemy soldiers several times their size out of the Qinghe? ”

The Jinshui flowing through Bianzhou, Qinghe and Jiangjin connects the three water systems of the river, Huaishui and Jiangshui, and will also be a large passage for Huban Tieqi to go south.

Compared with the current heavy troops pressing the city, the threat of alien races seems to be far away, but Xu Ruyu described a rather terrifying scene to Yi Fengchen.

Sixty years ago, the Hulan people went south along this passage, although they were not able to really control this area, but the Hulan cavalry was erratic, attacking thousands of miles deep, and the cities and villages along the Jinshui were barren and ruined.

Yi Fengchen said: "The alien race has ravaged Zhongzhou, why don't Jiang Ning let go of his obsession and join hands with Nanping to resist foreign insults?" ”

Xu Ruyu looked at the faint sparks in Yi Fengchen's eyes, and said: "Alien invasion, Nanping has led wolves into the house, can Jiang Ning join hands with the person who led the wolf to drive the wolf?" ”

Everyone was speechless for a while, and the back garden fell silent.

A maid came with a lamp and bumped into the three Yi father and son under the stiff moon gate, startled, covering her lips and almost exclaiming.

Xu Ruyu wore a green coat to make the rain soak darker, waved his sleeves, and said, "Under the nest, how can there be eggs?" Uninvited, abrupt, please forgive me. With that, he was about to leave.

Easy to seal the dust and get out of the way.

Looking at the backs of everyone who had walked to the corner of the corridor, Yi Huaxi turned his head to look at Yi Fengchen and whispered, "Father." "There was a strange fire flowing from his eyes.

For Yi, this is the last and great opportunity.

Yi Fengchen seemed to be in deep thought, did not react, and after a long time, he let out a light sigh, turned around and walked into the back garden, staring at the ancient tree with new branches.

Yi Xingzhi knew that his father was looking back for the past.

Yi Fengchen looked sideways at Yi Xingzhi and asked, "Xingzhi, what do you think in your heart?" ”

When Xu Ruyu was there, Yi Xing didn't say a word.

Yi Xingzhi said: "Over the years, my father has been unable to sleep at night, and he has not known the taste of food, and he can't bear to see it. ”

Yi Fengchen picked up a strand of frost-white sideburns, and said softly: "Yanmen is sad and sad, and the biggest defeat of Rong Yanmen's life will be not to kill Xu Ruyu before he rises." ”

Yi Huaxi said: "Father ......"

Yi Fengchen said: "Zhongzhou is drifting, can the family survive alone?" Xu Ruyu may be a big hero, but the situation no longer allows me to wait and see. ”

Yes, the Ling family has clearly sided with Jiang Ning, and secretly I don't know how many families have colluded with Jiang Ning.

Yi Huaxi said: "Father doesn't ask the eldest brother's opinion? ”

Yi Fengchen took out a letter from his sleeve and said, "Before the Jiangning army arrived, your eldest brother handed this letter from Boling. ”

The great river seemed to flow out of the clouds of fire, and in an instant it rushed to the eyes, rushing towards the huge pale blue mountain rock, and the water momentum was slightly reduced, bypassing the mountain rock, and heading north.

On the pale blue mountain rock, Rong Yanmen stood with his hands in his hands, and the light blue eyes reflected the faint shadow of the flowing glow.

Yuan Xun abandoned his horse and walked over, jumped into the mountain rock, and followed Rong Yanmen's gaze, and the fire clouds in the distant sky were galloping on the ridge.

Since the Western Expedition army entered Chengdu-Chongqing, it quickly advanced westward and northward, capturing almost half of Chengdu-Chongqing County.

Seeing that the Western Expeditionary Army was unstoppable, the Wu Luo family contracted the defensive line, stationed troops on the front line of Rongcheng, and confronted the Western Expeditionary Army in Nanping.

Rong Yanmen personally led a large army to confront the Chengdu-Chongqing coalition army here, but sent his generals to the southeast to defeat the remnants of the Wu forces.

"Ling Shuai sent a letter from Jichun, Huo has nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses to return to Jingxiang Sui County, Huo Qingtong has not yet returned to Jingxiang, these 30,000 soldiers and horses will not have a big impact on Jichun and Jiangxia's defense line for the time being. Jiang Ning gathered 20,000 water battalions in Wuzhou, and the naval division stationed in Pengze only occupied the upper reaches, and if Jiang Ning continued to assemble warships in Wuzhou, the naval division was forced to withdraw to Hukou. ”

Rong Yanmen remembered those clear eyes, and sighed lightly: "Xu Ruyu left Wu Qingyi and gave a Qin Ziqing instead." ”

"Qin Ziqing has ill intentions, can you ask the master to expel him?"

"Yuan Zhen wants to fight for the eastern front, and he regards Qin Ziqing as his arm, and it is inconvenient for the master to come forward." Rong Yanmen smiled lightly and said, "Xu Ruyu uses Qin Ziqing as an intermediary, and he also wants to prevent him from attacking Jiang Ning." ”

Yuan Xun said worriedly: "Nanping is ...... by enemies on three sides."

Rong Yanmen said: "Tell Ling Fengjing that there is no perfect opportunity, and you must not fight with the Jiangning Water Camp. ”

Yuan Xun said: "The battle of Jingbei made the Yi family suspicious of Jingxiang, Jiangning was strong, and Chen soldiers were in the east of Jinshui, and they had the idea of swallowing Jiangjin. It can make Ling Shuai come to the aid and use the Jian Yi clan to fight against Jiang Ning's thoughts. ”

Rong Yanmen shook his head slightly and said: "Xu Ruyu has a close relationship with the Jiangjin family, the Chen family can still control the East China Sea and defend its own land, but the Yi family can't wait. ”

"Who would be a subordinate if it were possible?"

Rong Yanmen said: "The Yi family has Jiangjin, but for ten years, there has never been the prestige of dominating one side, Yi Fengchen will not wait until the mountains and rivers are exhausted to make a choice, Xu Ru knows the situation, how can he miss it?" ”

Yuan Xun saw that Rong Yanmen's face was calm, and asked in surprise: "Jiangjin returns to Jiangning, Zuo Du has no worries in his heart?" ”

Rong Yanmen said: "Xu Ruyu doesn't take Jiangjin, will I worry about one or two?" ”

"Why?"

"Xu Ruyu doesn't take Jiangjin, and he is bound to divide the victory and defeat with me first and then try to the north. Xu Ruyu and the East China Sea truce, and with the help of Nanning and Sanmiao, while our army was still in Chengdu-Chongqing, he gathered 200,000 troops from Jiangning to trace the west of the river, and Nanping was worried. Xu Ruyu took Jiangjin, which shows that Xu Ruyu is worried about Hulan, and it is not easy to block the Hulan Iron Cavalry north of Huaishui, Xu Ruyu will only entangle with me in Jingbei, and has no intention of attacking on a large scale, although it is troublesome, but there is no big worry. ”

Yuan Xun thought for a while and said: "Entangled with Jiangning in Jingbei will be a great damage to Nanping, and Yuan Xun should be persuaded to give up Jingbei to Jiangning." ”

Rong Yanmen said: "Yuan Zhen has not suffered a major defeat in Jingbei, and he will never withdraw his troops. Tell Ling Fengjing that there is no perfect opportunity, and it is impossible to fight with Jiangning Shuiying, Jinghu has Jingnan Yuan Longyi to wait, even if the mouth of the lake is taken, the army of Jingbei will not be exhausted. Everything needs to wait until the victory of the Western Expedition, and then deal with Jiangning. ”

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