The news of Concubine Xian's departure from Fuchun City was immediately detected by the scouts sent by the City Lord of Fuchun City, and they reported it to the City Lord of Fuchun City while tracking Concubine Xian's movements.

The city lord of Fuchun City was also puzzled in his heart, but he still decided to take the cavalry to catch up and take a look, even if this was Chu Jing's trick, with the flexibility of the cavalry, it should not cause losses, not to mention that the large army was still on the way, with his own strength, if he wanted to capture him, it was impossible.

The self-confidence of the city lord of Fuchun City comes from strength, although his strength is not as good as the general of the four towns, and he is not up to the Ling Xuan realm, but he is not an easy person.

When the city lord of Fuchun City and Concubine Xian met, the city lord of Fuchun City found out that this was actually true.

"Sister, what's going on, why did you escape from the enemy?"

Concubine Xian shook her head, "It's not that I'm running away, it's Pingxi Gong who let me go." ”

"Pingxi Gong?"

The city lord of Fuchun City had never heard of this title, because it was only sealed by the old emperor a few months ago, and he died on the battlefield of the world within a few days after the seal.

"Pingxi Gong is Chu Jing, the city lord of Renjin City, and he is the concubine of Princess Qin Yingran. ”

"It turns out that the people who dare to enter our northwest have such a big background. The city lord of Fuchun City fell into thought, he didn't doubt Chu Jing's identity, after all, these things can be found out as soon as they are checked, and there is no need to take them out to deceive people.

"Did you promise him anything?"

Concubine Xian said helplessly: "Yes, he wants to get the entire northwest." ”

"What? He really has a lot of appetite!" the city lord of Fuchun City laughed angrily, "He only had eighty or ninety thousand people when he crossed the Lushui River, and he actually wanted to take the northwest with this person, didn't he look down on us too much?" ”

"Sister, if you promise him, he will let you out, it's too arrogant, I was afraid that he would use you as a threat to force me to agree to harsh conditions, but now it's okay, don't worry about anything. ”

Concubine Xian hesitated for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Brother, do you think we still have a chance?"

The city lord of Fuchun City was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "Sister, how can you have such thoughts. ”

"We can't even deal with a single Chu Jing, the other princes have dozens or millions of soldiers and horses, and Anping City will have millions of casualties in the first battle, is this kind of war really something we can participate in?"

The northwest terrain is remote, there were originally only six cities, Green Water City and Linshui City are not in line with the two princes, and the soldiers who can be recruited are naturally few, and gathering 500,000 soldiers is already the limit.

And even if there are enough soldiers, in front of Chu Jing's fewer soldiers, they are helpless.

The city lord of Fuchun City said: "The three princes will not end the battle so quickly, we still have time, before this, we are the king of the northwest, guard the Green Water City and Linshui City, and even we can build a country by ourselves." ”

"But ......," Concubine Xian said excitedly, "Aren't Shangyu City and Fuchun City strong enough? ”

The city lord of Fuchun City looked at Concubine Xian in a daze, and said, "You...... You've been brainwashed by him?"

"I just say what I think, I'm tired, what my son is like, I just hope that my eldest brother won't kill everyone for his own selfish desires. ”

"Self-...... Selfish ......"

The city lord of Fuchun City repeated this sentence, but Concubine Xian had already returned to the camp.

That night, the city lord of Fuchun City thought for a long time, originally the second prince had no chance to become the emperor, but after the chaos in Xinguo, the city lord of Fuchun City saw hope, but Concubine Xian said that he was for his own selfish desires, did he really do something wrong?

Early the next morning, the city lord of Fuchun City stared at the dark circles under his eyes and came to see Concubine Xian, who had not slept all night, and his hair was a little grayer.

After seeing Concubine Xian, he asked, "What did Chu Jing promise you?"

Concubine Xian replied indifferently: "Fuchun City, Liding City, Yongqing City and 300,000 soldiers. ”

"What do you mean?"

"The Seven Princes promised that the cities he occupied would belong to his fiefdoms, and that he could appoint the lords of the cities himself, and that these three cities would be given to us, each of which could have a hundred thousand defenders, as long as we belonged to him in name. ”

"The entire northwest is his fiefdom, and the Seven Princes have such a great bearing?"

"The Seventh Prince probably didn't expect Chu Jingzhen to get our northwest with this little bit of people, you must know that he only had a small Renjin City and 50,000 soldiers before. ”

The city lord of Fuchun City couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "If that's the case, maybe Chu Jing can sit on the throne." ”

Concubine Xian did not answer.

The city lord of Fuchun City said again: "I agree with his conditions, anyway, the city is meaningless to Chu Jing, even if we don't let it out, he can take it himself, his conditions are acceptable." ”

"Still, what should he do there? ”

He was referring to the second prince, but this important matter was not discussed with the second prince.

"Does his opinion matter?"

Fu Chuncheng was speechless, left Concubine Xian's tent, and went back to sleep, if things went in this way, it seemed that it would not be bad.

With three cities and 300,000 soldiers, his power in the northwest has not diminished at all, and since the throne is not infested, then there is nothing to lose.

After a rapid march, the army of the second prince finally rushed to the outside of Fuchun City, but it had been two days since Fuchun City was broken.

After all, the army slowed down the marching speed, and it was still much worse than Chu Jing's light equipment.

As soon as the second prince came, Concubine Xian and the city lord of Fuchun City told him the news, and the second prince knew that Fuchun City was broken in half a day, and he personally went to see the huge gap in the city wall, and did not show the slightest reluctance.

Although he is not smart enough, he is still self-aware, and after recognizing the gap between the two sides, he completely broke off his thoughts.

What's more, this is a joint decision of his mother and uncle, and he has no right to change it.

The mother is already very satisfied that the second prince is okay.

A few days later, Fuchun City contacted the city lords of several other cities and held a special meeting, and the meeting was held in a different place, outside Linshui City.

The most important cities in the northwest are Green Water City and Linshui City, and handing over the defense of Linshui City is the first and most important step.

Chu Jing didn't learn Guan Yu to go to the meeting alone, not because he was afraid of danger, but because he felt that it would be very unimpressive to go alone.

The card of Eczodia's Undead has not been used for a long time, but it is indeed a four-star card, which is enough to deal with the powerhouses of the Lingxu Realm.

Chu Jing alone was able to kill all the city lords who participated in the meeting.

Of course he wouldn't do it, and it wouldn't do him much good.

Chu Jing went with Zirui, Zhou Tai and 10,000 soldiers.

The 10,000 soldiers and Zhou Tai were there to take over the defense of Linshui City.

The meeting place is three miles outside Linshui City, and the city lord who arrives early can temporarily live in Linshui City.

When Chu Jing arrived, he only saw a simple camp tent, and there were a few soldiers guarding it.

The city lord of Fuchun City and the other four city lords came out of it, and the city lord of Shangyu City had already been eliminated.

"Pingxi Gong is really brave and strategic, and the hero is a young man. ”

The city lord of Fuchun City said politely, it was the first time that the two had such close contact.

One is a young talent, and the other is an old man, but Chu Jing is victorious, and he is better than he opened a plug-in.

The other city lords also came up to be polite, Chu Jing didn't bother to pay attention to them one by one, and said directly: "I don't like red tape, compared to today, you know what the so-called thing is, and you also understand that you want to come to the northwest land and become part of my fiefdom." ”

"I will not interfere in the affairs of your cities, nor will I withdraw from your positions, I have only one request, that is, the garrison of Upper Chongqing City, Lower Chongqing City, and Yuanzhou City cannot exceed three thousand. ”

Chu Jing stretched out three fingers and gestured.

This made several people who were secretly happy in order to envelop the position of the city lord fall into an ice cave in an instant.

"Lord Pingxi, three thousand, three thousand people is too few, the previous least city had 30,000 defenders, only 3,000 people, not to mention the demon beasts in the wild, even the wicked people in the city are difficult to determine. ”

The city lord of Yuanzhou City said aggrievedly.

"Humph!"

Chu Jing snorted coldly and glanced at the city lord of Yuanzhou City contemptuously, "Don't try to deceive me, although the demon beasts of Xinguo often attack passers-by, large-scale demon beast operations have not happened for decades, although three thousand people are not many, but it is more than enough to manage a city, not to mention, there is a city lord of Fuchun City in the northwest, if you really encounter trouble that cannot be solved, you can ask him to help you solve it." ”

Chu Jing looked at the city lord of Fuchun City, and the city lord of Fuchun City hurriedly agreed.

The demon beast is no longer a concern, the city lord of Fuchun City will still agree to this little thing, and he can find a sense of presence in the northwest, which is quite in line with the interests of the city lord of Fuchun City.

The meeting was said to be a discussion, but in fact it was just a face-to-face notice.

There were not many soldiers stationed in Xiayu City and Yuanzhou City, and most of them were requisitioned by the city lord of Fuchun City to form the 200,000 army.

Therefore, even if Chu Jing didn't go to discuss with them, they wouldn't dare to do anything, after all, the city lord of Fuchun City, the largest force in the northwest, had already surrendered, what else could they do.

Because the northwest was too remote, Chu Jing simply left the position of the city lord to them, anyway, all he needed was soldiers, without soldiers, these cities would be useless to him.

In the end, Zhou Tai took over Linshui City, which was only 10,000 for the time being, but more soldiers would come to garrison it in the future.

According to the agreement, the three cities of Fuchun City, Liding City and Yongqing City can only leave 100,000 defenders, a total of 300,000.

The 250,000 in the hands of the city lord of Fuchun City plus exactly 300,000 in Linshui City, so the soldiers in Liding City and Yongqing City belonged to Chu Jing.

When Chu Jing accepted the defenders of Xiayu City, Yuanzhou City, Liding City, and Yongqing City, the total was as much as 150,000.

There are also 10,000 soldiers in Fuchun City, and those people will no longer have a problem.

150,000 plus 10,000, plus the 110,000 that Chu Jing originally had, and the 50,000 in Green Water City, a total of 320,000.

Of course, the loyalty of these soldiers is not high, the training is not enough, and the overall quality is inferior to that of the soldiers of Renjincheng.

Chu Jing left 50,000 each to Green Water City and Linshui City, leaving Han Dang and Zhou Tai, for Zhou Tai, Chu Jing is more assured, as long as he still needs to train soldiers, most of these 100,000 soldiers are defenders of the northwest cities, and their combat effectiveness is not particularly high, so they need to be trained well.

Moreover, after all, the northwest is not a place where Chu Jing is very relieved, leaving Zhou Tai, the first batch of generals of the Three Kingdoms who followed him, to watch, Chu Jing is more at ease.

Zhou Tai and Han Dang also have the power to conscript, and they are the only two city lords in the northwest who have the power to conscript, and when they reach the age of military service, they will be recruited into Dao Green Water City and Linshui City.

As time went on, the defenses of the two cities only got tighter.

As for Shen Xiaoye, after a city lord addiction, she gave up, the government decree is not a day to see the effect, and Green Water City is a military powerhouse, the management method is naturally different from other places, the people in the city do not dare to make trouble, and the ruffians and hooligans dare not come to this kind of city where 100,000 soldiers are stationed, so Shen Xiaoye is a little redundant.

On the evening of the day of the meeting, Chu Jing successfully completed the inheritance of the summoning of demons and learned the ability to fly and control demon thunder.

Now he is already a powerhouse of the three-and-a-half-star level, if it is said that according to the classification of human beings...... It's still a little bit away from Ling Xu's realm.

But there is no doubt that Chu Jing will be able to fly freely.

Soon, Chu Jing took 220,000 soldiers out of Green Water City and crossed the Green Water River.

This time, there was no need for a chain raft to cross the river, and there were no enemies on the other side, so a simple wooden boat would do.

The trees on the shore were again made into wooden boats for 220,000 soldiers to cross the river.

In Mingmen City, Qi Lin, who had been waiting for information, was completely stunned.

He could never have imagined that more than 80,000 people in Chujing had crossed the Lushui River, but when they came back, there were 220,000 around him.

Qi Lin naturally didn't dare to have any thoughts about Chu Jing's army, so he let them cross the Green Water River and begin to return to Renjin City.

Qi Lin wanted to send spies to the northwest to inquire about intelligence, but unfortunately the gates of Green Water City and Linshui City were still closed, and there were more guards on the city wall, several times more than the guards of the previous days, especially Green Water City, when Shen Xiaoye was the city lord, he completely gave up the city defense on this side of the Green Water River.

Qi Lin knew that something was wrong, something very bad must have happened.

It wasn't until he saw Zhou Tai patrolling Linshui City by chance that he realized that what he was most worried about had happened...... Chu Jing has leveled the entire northwest.

Chu Jing took away the army in the northwest, and the interior of the northwest must be empty, it's just that this Green Water City and Linshui City.

Qi Lin estimated the strength in his hands, considering that Chu Jing had not completely withdrawn, and there might be any backhand left in the northwest, so he had to retreat gloomily.

When Qi Lin returned to Xinyang City, the eldest prince did not blame, even the second prince in the northwest was inexplicably robbed of the army by Chu Jing, which is too suspicious, although the 200,000 army has not been built, but it has not been damaged, which is not a bad thing.

The eldest prince began to attach importance to the Seven Princes in his heart, not because of anything else, but simply because Chu Jing was his subordinate.

Qi Lin asked, "Your Majesty, these days, has the Third Prince made any moves over there?"

The eldest prince said with a smile: "Aiqing has only been gone for a few days, and he can't miscalculate the days because of the miracle created by Chu Jing in the northwest, the third brother is still recruiting, and I heard that the number of soldiers has reached millions, but ...... Most of them are ordinary people with no experience, and the third brother doesn't know what to think, does he want to rely on these miscellaneous fish?"

Qi Lin didn't know either, so he didn't speculate.

And in Jinning City, it didn't take long for the Seven Princes to get Jinning City, and they didn't even leave.

In fact, the Seven Princes are guests in any city, but it is better to stay in Jinning City, only here he is the master.

The Seventh Prince also received the information that Chu Jing had already 220,000 people when he came out after entering the northwest with 80,000 troops, and he was immediately shocked.

"This ...... Could this Chu Jing have taken refuge in the second prince?"

Except for Chu Jing's defection to the second prince, who gave him a large number of soldiers to attack him, the seventh prince really couldn't think of any other possibilities.

Zeng Fangzhou felt that it was impossible, how could the dignified Red Lotus envoy take refuge in a weak prince, besides, even if he really had the heart to take refuge, the second prince had to trust him, and under what circumstances could he take out an army of more than 100,000 troops and hand it over to a general who had just surrendered.

"Your Highness, there may be a secret in this. ”

"What is the hidden situation? Could it be that the second prince surrendered to Chu Jing? and took the huge northwest with 80,000 people?" the seventh prince became a little nervous.

The consequence of Chu Jing's betrayal is that the three cities of Renjin, Yuanwang, and Black Sheep will no longer belong to him, and he has just obtained Jinning City, and he has lost three cities, which is definitely not what he wants to see.

Zeng Fangzhou didn't understand either, after all, Chu Jing went to the northwest as if he was just going through the motions, and he could still know a thing or two about what happened outside Green Water City, but after entering Green Water City, the spies were powerless, and the entire northwest was already isolated from the world.

Suddenly, a soldier came in from outside.

"Newspaper, a letter sent by Ren Jincheng. ”

The Seven Princes were stunned for a moment, and then they remembered that this Renjin City was not where Chu Jing was.

"Quick, bring it to me and show me. ”

The Seventh Prince hurriedly opened the envelope, the content of the letter was not much, it was just a simple explanation that the second prince had surrendered, and it was more agreed that the northwest would be used as Chu Jing's fief, and Chu Jing appointed the second prince as the twin city lords of Liding City and Yongqing City.

Zeng Fangzhou observed the faces of the Seven Princes from suspicion to excitement to anger, and couldn't guess what Chu Jing had written in the letter.

"See for yourself!" the Seventh Prince suppressed his anger and handed the letter to Zeng Fangzhou.

Zeng Fangzhou was also stunned, "Chu Jing really captured the cities in the northwest?"

"Not only that, he privately accepted the second prince's surrender, and also named him a twin city lord, he really regarded himself as the Duke of Pingxi. ”

Zeng Fangzhou was a little speechless, Chu Jing's actions were indeed a little inappropriate, especially how could a prince surrender to a general, and the general directly gave the prince an official position, it was just child's play.

But Zeng Fangzhou still spoke for Chu Jing, "He was originally the Duke of Pingxi." Your Royal Highness, now that the second prince is out, although the northwest is not under the jurisdiction of His Highness for the time being, Chu Jing is also a courtier of His Highness, and he is still a force belonging to His Highness, congratulations to His Highness for taking a big step closer to the throne. ”

"Hmph!" the Seventh Prince was still angry.

"Your Highness, compared to the throne, how about a small northwest for him?"