Chapter 716: Before the War

"The royal family of Cloud City, dating back three hundred years, is a branch of the Great Qin Sect, living in Cloud City for generations, and dozens of children have died on the outer battlefield of Cloud City in each generation. ”

"The Xu family of Cloudsdale City, a family of merchants for generations, has donated various materials to Cloudsdale for many years, totaling no less than one million taels of silver, and is a well-known benefactor in Cloudsdale. ”

"How can the Wang family be the spies of the grassland, their family dies on the battlefield every year, their family can be said to be as deep as the sea with the grassland, how can they be the spies of the grassland in Cloud City?

"Is this the case for the Wang family, what about the Xu family? The Xu family is a well-known good person, eighty percent of their family's business is in Daqin, once the matter of taking refuge in the grassland people is discovered, their family will be completely finished, are the people in charge of their family all fools?"

"It can't be that Lord Feng Tang wronged them, right?"

"How can it be wronged, the evidence is conclusive, the evidence is ironclad, there was no slightest conscription in advance, and even the people of the yamen only knew about it, it is said that this news was brought back with his life by the scouts planted in the grassland by my Great Qin. ”

The news that Wang and Xu's two families were directly copied by Yunzhong City spread, and the entire Yunzhong City was a sensation, and the people were hotly discussed, at first almost everyone did not believe that these two families would be spies of the grassland, but Feng Tang had already expected to read out the two families and the grassland collusion one by one, although there were some stupid people in Yunzhong City, but there were also many wise people, and everyone could see that this time the imperial court did find out the collusion between the two families and the grassland.

"I didn't expect the Wang family and the Xu family to be the people who were planted in Cloud City by the grassland. Feng Tang said with a palpitating face: "If it weren't for luring the snake out of the hole this time, I'm afraid that when the grassland people enter Cloud City, we may not be able to find these two families." ”

It's no wonder that Feng Tang has palpitations, it's really that these two families are too well hidden, like the Wang family, who has a deep hatred for the grassland on the surface, who would have thought that his family would be grassland people? It wasn't until the Wang family was copied that Feng Tang discovered that the so-called children of the Wang family who died in the grassland every year were actually secretly taking refuge in the grassland, and the hatred on the surface was as deep as the sea actually did not exist at all, but Yunzhong City was very trusting of the Wang family, and there were several city gates where the city guards had people from the Wang family, and the Xu family had accumulated countless favors in the city through the name of benevolence, and in some small things, the Xu family's words were even more effective than Feng Tang's.

"If we hadn't discovered the story of these two families this time, when King Zuo Xian's army arrived in Cloud City, we would have had a lot of fun. Meng Tian sighed, his Meng family was based in Cloud City, and he had dealings with the Wang and Xu families, but he had never found out about the problems of the Wang and Xu families, which could really be said to be a dereliction of duty.

"Two Aiqing, don't worry too much about this. Wang Mang looked at Meng Tian and said: " These two families are really well hidden, judging from the information we obtained on the bright side, only two or three people in the two families know the relationship between them and the grassland, and even the two families don't know that each other is doing things for King Zuoxian, if it weren't for Bai Qi killing 400,000 of them successively and provoking them in a hurry, they wouldn't have used such high-level spies, these are all chess pieces laid out I don't know how many years ago, the value of each one can't be measured, my news in Cloud City can't be concealed sooner or later, and it's a good thing to be able to take this opportunity to catch these two spies who are so deeply hidden。 ”

Meng Tian sighed and said, "What does Your Majesty plan to do with these two families?"

"Put it first, and then dispose of it together when you take down King Zuoxian. Wang Mang said.

"Clever. Feng Tang's eyes lit up and said, "Your Majesty plans to use these two families as bait to see if you can lure out some more people." ”

"There is such a plan, as for whether it will be successful or not, it depends on the status of these two families in King Zuoxian. Wang Mang smiled: " In addition, the so-called husband and wife are the same forest birds, and they fly separately when disaster comes, and now Zuo Xianwang has raised millions of troops to attack Yunzhong City, although Bai Qi has killed 400,000 opponents, but for some people in Yunzhong City, this is not enough, they have no confidence to be able to stop the pace of Zuo Xianwang, these people who have no courage will calculate, will try to take refuge in Zuo Xianwang to get their own lives, they have no contact with Zuo Xianwang, and Wang Xu and the two families are very good votes, these wall grasses have no need to exist, I only kill Zuo Xian Wang this time, but next time I come to the entire grassland, I can't let these wall grass spoil my business。 ”

Your Majesty wants the whole steppe?

Wang Mang's words fell on the ears of everyone next to him, and everyone was shocked, everyone didn't expect that Wang Mang's ambition would be so big, how big should the entire grassland be, and can Daqin eat it now?

King Zuo Xian repeatedly confirmed the news that Wang Mang was in Cloud City, and finally couldn't help but raise his head and laugh and said, "Emperor Great Qin is actually in Cloud City, this is really God help me!"

"Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king!" the grassland generals congratulated one after another.

With the birth of Tiemu Town's Overlord Bow in the grassland, the environment of Zuo Xian Wang's big tent in the grassland is not good, Tie Mu Town was born in the eastern grassland, and the Blue Wave City has a life and death feud with Zuo Xian King in a battle, if Tiemu Town wants to raise an army, it will inevitably be in the eastern grassland, with the support of the temple, Tiemu Town will bring a great threat to Zuo Xian Wang.

Originally, with the prestige and strength of King Zuo Xian in the eastern grassland, Tiemu Town would not pose a great threat to King Zuo Xian in the short term, but at this time, Zuo Ba and Zuo Tu successively lost 400,000 troops in Cloud City.

King Zuo Xian lost 400,000 troops in Cloud City, which would be the first impression of ordinary grassland people, and this impression would undoubtedly have a rather bad impact on King Zuo Xian.

If there is some gossip that is very unfavorable to King Zuo Xian spread in the grassland at this time, and then some stories that have to be told between Tiemu Town and Overlord Bow spread, this will seriously shake the foundation of King Zuo Xian's rule over the eastern grassland.

Now there is definite news that the Great Qin Emperor Wang Mang is in Cloud City, which is simply great news for King Zuo Xian.

In the Central Plains, although Great Qin is a small country in the west, but in the grassland, Great Qin is also a part of the Central Plains, if the powerful Great Qin Emperor in the Central Plains is captured by King Zuo Xian, what is the loss of 400,000 soldiers, as long as the Great Qin Emperor falls into the hands of King Zuo Xian, whether it is life or death, King Zuo Xian will establish great influence in the grassland, this influence even if it is a temple must be retreated, and the pressure brought by Tiemu Town to King Zuo Xian's big tent will disappear completely.

"Great King, I suggest that you immediately send troops to Yunzhong City and surround Yunzhong City, so that the Great Qin Emperor will not get the news and flee from Yunzhong City. ”

"That's right, the news that Emperor Daqin is in Cloud City is definitely a top secret in Cloud City, so once the news leaks, I think Cloud City will immediately know that our senior spies in Cloud City will not be able to keep it, and even Cloud City is likely to have already known about the news leak, without further ado, I also think that we should immediately send troops to Cloud City. ”

A steppe general advocated immediately sending troops to Yunzhong City, which was also in line with Zuo Xianwang's thoughts, he said: "Since this is the case, then send troops immediately, but how to solve the problem of Bai Qi, the vanguard general of Yunzhong City, this person's methods are strange, who can fight him?"

Hearing King Zuo Xian mention Bai Qi, the generals suddenly didn't dare to speak, their skills were not much stronger than Zuo Tu and the others, and they really didn't dare to say that they would definitely win Bai Qi.

Seeing the silence of the generals, King Zuo Xian couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, he only said that he had many generals before, and dealing with Xiaoxiao Yunzhong City was simply bullying, but he never thought that his subordinates would always be such a bunch of waste, and he didn't even have the courage to face Fang Xianfeng directly.

Looking at the more and more obvious anger on Zuo Xianwang's face, one person finally said: "King, that Bai Qi is really powerful, we don't know much about him in our army, it is difficult to say which general can defeat him, but that Bai Qi has a big weakness, that is, he does not have many soldiers and horses in his hands, if our army is pressed by a million troops, even if that Bai Qi's means are powerful, he can do anything with the few people in his hands?"

"He really doesn't have many people on his hands now, but Cloud City has always been a strategic place for Great Qin, and he can easily recruit an army of 500,000 troops, so Bai Qi may not have a few people on his hands before, but he defeated Zuo Tu and Zuo Ba one after another, who knows if Meng Tian will send him more soldiers and horses?"

"Don't disturb the king, although it is very white, but the Meng family has the final say in Cloud City, will Meng Tian let a non-Meng family make such an immortal achievement in Cloud City?"

Hearing this, King Zuo Xian thought thoughtfully, in all fairness, King Zuo Xian admired Bai Qi who could annihilate his 400,000 army with a loss of tens of thousands of people, but King Zuo Xian thought about it himself, if Bai Qi was a general under his own command and made such a great achievement, he would almost cover up his own light, and he would have to suppress Bai Qi no matter what, maybe Meng Tian thought the same way?

Thinking of this, King Zuo Xian finally made up his mind and said directly: "In this way, recruit a million troops in the city of blue waves, and this king will personally lead them, and then recruit a million troops as a countermeasure, and this battle will destroy the city in the clouds." ”

"Destroy the city in the clouds!" shouted the generals.

Cloud City is in a tense preparation at this moment, after Wang Xu and his family were captured by Feng Tang, and then the reason for the capture of the two families came out, the entire Cloud City knew that the grassland army would arrive in Cloud City at any time, although Cloud City had already been prepared to face the invasion of the grassland at any time, but after hearing the news that the grassland sent millions of troops this time, the defenders of Cloud City were still a little nervous.

"Your Majesty, Cloud City is the front line, and the front line is very dangerous, Your Majesty might as well go to Dingbei City to rest for a while. Meng Tian looked at Wang Mang bitterly, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this front line is really dangerous, and the minister has no other ideas, but even if he is a minister, he doesn't dare to say that he will definitely be able to save his life on the battlefield." ”

Wang Mang said indifferently: " If I leave the city in the clouds, then the king of Zuo Xian will withdraw at any time when he sees that things are not good, this is a rare opportunity, if King Zuo Xian dies in the city of clouds, the entire eastern grassland will inevitably fall into chaos, I Daqin will not have to endure the suffering of the enemy on both sides, I can free up my hands to deal with the enemy in the east, this is a long-term plan for Daqin, as the emperor of Daqin, I can't go, Meng Tian, you don't want to persuade me, have time to consolidate the city defense, the first wave of attacks on the grassland must be extremely fierce。 ”

"Your Majesty......" Meng Tian wanted to say more, but was stopped by Wang Mang's look, Meng Tian knew that if he said it again, he was afraid that Wang Mang would be completely unhappy, so he could only say in his heart, and after a while, he would arrange someone to be ready to protect Wang Mang and evacuate Cloud City.

Bai Qi said on the side: "It's a pity that the time is too short, if there is enough time, the minister will set up a great array of heaven and earth destruction outside the city, and he will not leave a piece of armor to kill the king of Zuoxian." ”

"It's already okay to kill 400,000 people on the other side, don't pursue too much. Wang Mang said: "This time, you have lost 400,000 elites in the grassland at the cost of losing 30,000 soldiers, and when the news comes out, you will make a name for yourself on the mainland." ”

"A little fame is nothing, only strong can be eternal. Bai Qi looked at Wang Mang and said, "The ministers will protect Your Majesty and become the supreme in the world." ”

Meng Tian looked at Bai Qi in some surprise, he only felt that Meng Tian was so big, how could the supreme in the world be called casually, even the people of the Continental Alliance did not dare to speak like this, Meng Tian just wanted to remind Bai Qi to be cautious, Cheng Buzhi walked in with a smile, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has completely strengthened the city defense of the entire Cloud City according to His Majesty's instructions, in addition, although the time is tight, the minister still hurried to leave a small surprise on the city defense, presumably it will definitely surprise those grassland people at that time." ”

What Cheng Buzhi did in the city defense, Meng Tian had already known through his subordinates, he didn't expect Cheng Buzhi to really have such a great talent, and easily increased the defense of Cloud City, which the Meng family had consolidated for hundreds of years, by at least thirty percent.

"Mr. Cheng, Meng Tian thanked Mr. for everything he did for the people of Cloudsdale. Meng Tian Chaocheng said respectfully: "Sir, the people of Yunzhong City will at least die 100,000 less in this grassland invasion, and my contribution to the people in the clouds, I Meng Tian will definitely let the people know." ”

"There's no need. Cheng Buzhi said with a smile: "It's all for Your Majesty, if the people want to be grateful, thank Your Majesty." ”

Meng Tian's eyes flashed, and he immediately said: "Yes, it is all Your Majesty's blessings, if it weren't for Your Majesty's general, how could the city defense of Cloud City have changed now." ”

Wang Mang was too lazy to listen to these sycophants, his ears moved slightly, and he said, "Then King Zuo Xian has already brought someone here, let's go and have a look!"

Outside the city in the clouds, an army that stretches for dozens of miles is coming in a whole army, this army from a distance, it is mighty and majestic, but when the distance is close to the city in the clouds, the defenders of the city in the clouds are stunned to find that the vanguard of this army seems to be quite embarrassed, and the military flags are crooked.

Walking up the city wall, Bai Qi, who happened to see this scene, smiled and said: "This group of idiots, those traps I left really played a role." ”

(End of chapter)