April 17.

Chengping did not recover from the plague, even if it was already very taboo not to leave all the corpses and burn them all, but he still couldn't control the tense epidemic, and even the incense of the Lotus Niangniang Temple was nearly half less than usual. There is a splendid palace in Chengping, but there is no vibrant, bustling scene. Meng Yining sat in the study of Xia Wang Jingchi, like a statue and did not speak. Lian Qin and Jing Chi stood in front of an unfolded map of Great Xia, melancholy.

"How many more soldiers and horses?"

"200,000 soldiers and horses in Great Xia, 70,000 capable fighters, urgently conscripted and dispatched soldiers and horses!" General Lian Qin's words were not emotional, and he was also trying his best to suppress the apprehension in his heart. The young king could not stabilize the current situation of internal and external troubles, and the first king was ordered to die. The general continued: "General Gai Xiaoyong, who has returned from Beiyang, still has 8,000 men and horses in his hands who are not sick and can be used. ”

"Arrange 30,000 people to a place thirty miles outside of Chengping. General Gai guarded the valley for a hundred miles beyond the mouth of the valley. Jing Chi sighed, he was now guarding against more and more people, and he didn't even know whether he was friend or foe. He pointed to the mouth of the valley outside Chengping and said, "The places that are easy to defend and difficult to attack need to be arranged more, Jing Zheng has been on the run for several days and has not moved, which really doesn't seem like his style of acting." ”

"Your Majesty, it will take a few days to recruit troops, not to mention that he plans to take advantage of the country's crisis to seek power and usurp the throne. Moreover, where is King Lian's soldiers and horses......" Lian Qin scoffed at what Jing Zheng did.

There was no baby who had not spoken next to him: "Xia has inside, and Chengping is turbulent." There is an external attack in the summer, and Yan Rong is unpredictable. ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers think that the internal troubles can be solved, and the external troubles are endless. Now that Great Xia is backed by Beiyang, although it is stable, there is only one ally, and it is a bit too careless to put all the bets of Yanrong's invasion on Beiyang. Beiyang has not fought in recent years, and it is not clear what Yanrong is doing. He glanced at Meng Yining, saw that she was sitting there expressionless without speaking, and continued: "We can ally with the Wei State, if Yan Rong sends troops to attack, then the Wei State can enter Yan Rong in an instant and seize the city. For them, it is good and harmless. ”

Jing Chi asked: "If Yan Rong wants to go on the expedition, he must be stable in one direction. What if they had already allied with Wei? ”

Meng Yining finally interjected: "The foreign minister interjected first, my king has already sent the prime minister to Wei to conclude an alliance." ”

The infant laughed, "Sure enough, someone took the lead, and the king of Beiyang took precautions." We need to have the vigilance of the abyss, the vigilance of walking on thin ice. ”

"Yan Rong pretended to be Wei and sent someone to assassinate the king of Beiyang, and he wanted to splash dirty water on his neighbors for such a big rebellion, and I don't know what he thought." The girl smiled disdainfully, "It is impossible for Wei and Yan Rong to form an alliance. She changed her words, "But if Yan Rong's real money and silver continue to be sent to Yan Rong, or if he is really ruthless and willing to cede the city for stability, it is not impossible." After all, Yan Rong has been waiting for this day for a long time, and he has secretly laid out it more than ten years ago. For this little profit, you may be able to go out. The more Meng Yining said, the more wrong it became, "No, how can I destroy my own ambition and grow the prestige of others......"

Ying Ji smiled and bowed his hand, "What Miss Meng said is true, but the people of Wei are true to what they say, and they are true to their words, and there has never been a situation where they have not fulfilled what they should do." Moreover, the alliance between Beiyang and Great Xia is based on the trust accumulated by the king of Beiyang and my king when they were young, and they are like brothers, so they will definitely not kill each other. Yanrong is a country, is there still less going on with each other? Rather than ally with it and wait to be eaten after relaxing its vigilance, Wei should ally with Great Xia and Beiyang, which can deter Yan Rong even more. In the world of great disputes, the world is all warring states, and there is a coveting of life and death, and a conquest of war against each other. You can't only see the benefits in front of you, but not the troubles behind you. ”

"What Mr. said, then I am relieved." Meng Yining's originally anxious heart finally fell to the ground.

She stood up, ready to go out to breathe, the sun shining in from outside. He took a deep breath and suddenly retracted again.

"What's wrong?"

"Something." She couldn't say anything, but she always had a premonition that dark clouds and rain were coming.

Sure enough, the sky that had been clear just now suddenly began to rain heavily, and the buds that had just emerged were covered by the muffled thunderstorm. In the cold rain, a figure hurriedly hid a small scroll, and knelt on the ground, his wet clothes crumpled, but the silk silk taken out of his bosom was still dry. Jingchi unfolded and looked at it, and the whole person became heavy, "Lian Tan, prepare the horse!" ”

Jing Chi stood in the doorway, the water vapor passing through his eyebrows like a brush of cold steel, and the water droplets condensed on his eyelashes and hair.

"Go to the barracks!"

Nearby, lightning and thunder roared loudly, and heavy rain poured down. Jing Chi didn't take a carriage, he chose a fast horse and galloped in Chengping City. Water splashed, and lightning was projected on his resolute face. The eyes of this gentle man in the past were endlessly cold, and there was a solemn silence all around. The torches in the barracks are like lights in the night, guiding the way of the lost wanderer. Jingchi's white clothes were wet with rain and slowly flowed down the sinuous and delicate collarbone. He couldn't open his eyes, squinted and galloped.

Meng Yining followed closely behind, muddy water staining her long skirt.

"Call the whole army to the barracks." Jing Chi stood still in the rain, standing on the leading platform, quietly watching the soldiers who were gathering quickly.

Meng Yining stood beside the infant and looked up at the man. As soon as he ascended the throne, he had already changed a person, and the perseverance and composure in his eyes from the heart were no longer the same as when he was young. She didn't know if he could do it, but now it was only him, and he was the only one standing here commanding. The girl's eyes suddenly moistened, and she looked at the man in the rain, the light in his eyes would not be worn by the world, and it was still as bright as the heart of a child at first sight.

He can, he can support the Great Xia of internal and external troubles.

The girl was cold, but the blood was hot.

On the high platform, Jing Chi's eyes swept over the soldiers standing in the wind and rain. He clenched his hands into fists, then released them again. Waving his arms, he shouted in the flutter: "Soldiers! Now, my Great Summer is in danger, the country is in turmoil, and there are internal and external troubles. There is King Jing Zheng of Lian who strategizes and fights for the throne. Outside, Yan Rong is eyeing me, seeking to calculate the territory of my Great Xia. We cannot sit idly by and let other countries bully. His eyes were like water, "In the future, Great Xia will not face a fierce battle, but a bloody moment of life and death." If we can't keep those forces out of the Great Xia Realm, our dignity will be trampled on, the country will be shattered, and our families, our parents and children will be tortured by unprovoked war! Soldiers, the widows need your iron blood and courage, even if the widows know that what lies ahead of us is endless bloodshed and sacrifice, but behind us is the Great Xia is thousands of people, the land of our ancestors! ”

The soldiers stood densely packed in the square, staring at the supreme king with red eyes. The blood was boiling silently, and the sharp sword was not unsheathed.

"Great Xia, please all the strong men!" After Jing Chi finished speaking, he suddenly bent down and lowered his head, and bowed deeply to all the officers and soldiers.

In the thunderous rain, everyone was silent for a long time, and after a while, the warriors in armor knelt down on one knee in unison, clasped their hands into fists on their chests, and their eyes were blazing: "Swear allegiance to Great Xia!" ”

One after another, like stormy waves.

"Swear allegiance to the king!"

"Swear allegiance to Great Xia!"

"Swear allegiance to Great Xia!"

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