Liangzhou, Wuwei.

"Demon Emperor?"

Zhu Zi stared at Yan Le in front of him, a guest from Shu from thousands of miles away, with a hesitant face.

"When the prime minister attacked the demon city and exterminated the demon clan, wasn't the demon emperor conceived by the Sky Swallowing Mussel already dead?"

Liangzhou and Shu have always been allies, and theoretically they should advance and retreat together, but they have never been implemented. Yan Le suddenly brought news from Yang Xian, saying that the Demon Emperor would lead the demon army to attack Yangjue Pass in half a year, and asked Zhu Zi to take precautions. This sounded a bit ridiculous to Zhu Zi.

"At the beginning, the Heaven Swallowing Mussel gave birth to two eggs, Meng Xuan killed the Demon Emperor and burned the Sky Swallowing Mussel, but he didn't expect that the other one had been hiding in it. The prime minister discovered the traces of this demon emperor a few years ago, but he had no choice but to hide this demon emperor. Until a few days ago, the Demon Emperor sent a messenger to avenge the demons. The prime minister was worried that there was a police officer at the Yang Pass, so he specially sent his subordinates to inform him and asked the general to be on guard. ”

"Thank you Prime Minister for your kindness, the messenger will go down first! I have prepared a hot dish and a hot soup, and I invite the messenger to enjoy it. ”

"Thank you, General Che Cavalry!"

Yan Le saluted and retreated.

After Yan Le's figure exited the house, the subordinates in the Che Cavalry General's Mansion opened their mouths one after another.

"Lord, is what Yang Xian said true?"

"If that Demon Emperor really makes a comeback, I'm afraid that our plan to open up the wasteland will be greatly affected?"

"The demon clan has the ability to control brute beasts, if what Yang Xian said is true, then it is likely that it will not be as simple as being affected, and the entire plan to open up the wasteland will be blocked."

The vassals under Zhu Zi's command were not worried about the Demon Emperor, but about the Liangzhou Army's plan to open up the wasteland.

Enter the wasteland, communicate and trade with a group of foreign races, exchange for a large number of trade goods, and then sell them exclusively to the Shu Kingdom, Guanzhong, and even the Central Plains and Wu Chu, this valuable trade route can bring the Liangzhou army a huge amount of wealth.

If this trade route is destroyed, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to the Liangzhou army.

Zhu Zi folded his hands behind his back and walked in front of the seat, and the worried discussion of the ministers did not hinder the thoughts in his heart.

The Liangzhou army was able to gain a foothold in the wasteland because it controlled the demon city of the former demon clan, which is now Zhaofu City.

Only 1,000 Liangzhou troops were stationed in the city of Zhaofu, and this part of the army was not stationed for defense, but to explore and manage logistics resources.

The Liangzhou Army has not been operating the wasteland for a long time, and it is impossible to garrison troops on a large scale outside.

If it is to deal with the threat of the demon race, the best way at this time is to gather the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, go out of the Yang Pass, wipe out the demon race on a large scale, and strangle the demon emperor.

But this is also the problem, Zhu Zi can't make up his mind to gather troops and get out of the jam.

Yangjue Pass is seven or eight days away from Zhaofu City, and if it is purely a Xiliang Iron Ride, then this time can be shortened by half. It's just that there is no water replenishment point along the way, and if you carry the water camel beast that the merchants who go out of the customs often bring now, then it will be even slower.

Moreover, it was Zhu Zi who gathered the Xiliang Iron Cavalry in Wuwei at this time, and then rushed to Zhaofu City, that is, the war went smoothly, and I was afraid that it would be more than a month. If the war doesn't go well, it will drag on even longer.

Zhu Zi couldn't take such a big risk because of Yang Xian's words. In case Yang Xian is cheating, then during the period when he leads the main force of the Liangzhou Army out, Liangzhou is afraid that it will change hands.

Even if Yang Xian wasn't lying, Zhu Zi had now begun to integrate the leaders of the Liangzhou Army. This was a window period, and Liang Hou Huan Qi served 100 days of mourning, and he had at least three months to calm down the initially disordered situation.

Now the army leader in the eastern part of Liangzhou is panicking, if he leads the Xiliang Iron Cavalry out of the pass, he will not be able to deter the army leaders. What will happen at that time, it is impossible to predict, maybe Liangzhou will be in chaos.

Gathering the main force and sweeping the devil's den, this military best solution, Zhu Zi is now unable to use.

Zhu Zi closed his eyes, and finally suppressed the idea of going out of the army, and said with a smile: "What Yang Xian said may be exaggerated. The ministers don't need to worry, just send scattered horses out of the customs to patrol. ”

Wu Guo, Gusu.

A wedding dress, red and glamorous.

Hou Zhaoji slowly entered this temple, but saw Hou Tao standing in front of the spirit card of Hou Shen, the lord of Wu, holding incense and worshipping three times.

"Big brother!"

Hou Tao is tall and handsome. When he finished the incense, he stood with his hands in his hands.

"If you marry Cai Yun, will you feel wronged?"

"Whether you will be wronged or not, it depends on what kind of person Cai Yun is?"

Hou Tao smiled and said, "How?" ”

"If Cai Yun is the master of great talent, then I will naturally assist my husband, and then swallow Wu Land and become a hegemon. If he is just a mediocre person, then the state of Chu will be surnamed Hou. ”

Hou Zhaoji's eyebrows are narrow and long, and her figure is much taller than that of ordinary Wudi women. When he said this, he had a manly spirit.

Hou Tao didn't laugh angrily, and laughed very heartily.

"Good! is worthy of being my sister, the children of the Hou family. But what the eldest brother wants to tell you is that Cai Yun is still second, and what you have to guard against is Cai Tong, the old fox. ”

"Cai Tong?"

Hou Tao turned around and looked at Hou Zhaoji, the younger sister who was about to leave Wu Guoyuan to marry someone else.

"Cai Tong is treacherous, which is rare in the world. Now the situation in Wu is not as stable as it seems. I want to receive strong reinforcements from outside to deter the big families in the country. And Cai Tong didn't want to do this, but he was guarding against Yang Xian! ”

Speaking of this, Hou Tao sighed.

"When my father was here, I had the idea of swallowing Chu, but because Cai Tong was in Chu, I didn't dare to go further. And why didn't Cai Tong have the heart to swallow Wu? The national strength of Wu was weaker than that of Chu, and the Chu army occupied a favorable geographical position. Cai Tong didn't dare to make a move, because the strong enemy was on the side. Now that Huan Wu is dead, Cai Tong's only concern is only Yang Xian. If he is allowed to stabilize the situation in the west, this old fox is likely to raise an army to swallow Wu. And you are the best bargaining chip in his hand. ”

"Is it possible for Cai Tong to stabilize the situation in the west?"

Hou Tao smiled, with disdain.

Cai Tong is treacherous, but he is also afraid that others will cheat him. Yang Xian stationed 50,000 troops in Jiangzhou, and the leader was an unborn talent, the general Yang An. It was Yang Xian who went north out of the Central Plains, but as long as the Zhichong army was still in Jiangzhou, then Cai Tong would not dare to move. ”

Hou Tao put his hands on Hou Zhaoji's shoulders and said, "Big brother still needs another year to stabilize the situation in the country. And in this year, the situation in the world may change dramatically. If Yang Xian didn't move, Cai Tong wouldn't dare to move. But once the situation deteriorates and Wu Chu meets each other, you don't want to fall into the prestige of the Hou family. ”

"I see!"

Hou Tao's words, Hou Zhaoji knew the meaning very well. She nodded, firmly.