Since the first attempt of the Flame City ended in failure, the Flame City has attacked twice, each time ending in failure. Although the victory or loss of the battle had no effect on Flame City, Meng Hu, who had belligerent blood in his body, was in a bad mood for several days.

At this moment, news came from outside the city that Long Xiguo wanted to recruit An.

Although it was Long Xiguo who recruited An, the envoy sent was selected by Si Chen, and the candidate was Zheng Shuyu of the Nanyue clan.

Shen Run has no opinion on the matter of Zhao'an, he doesn't want to recruit An, it was Si Chen who told him that he wanted to send someone to the inner city to investigate the situation through the matter of Zhao'an.

It was not Long Xiguo's people who were sent, and this matter had no impact on the original war, Si Chen insisted, and Shen Run didn't want to resent. He didn't think that Zheng Shuyu would make any progress this time, and even Meng Hu would probably not even open the city gate because he didn't agree.

But since this matter had no impact on the war, he didn't say much, and everything was only left to Si Chen to operate. Anyway, with Si Chen's character, he said that it was useless, and Si Chen would not listen, it was better to let her touch a nail herself, and she would know how to converge.

What Shen Run didn't expect was that on the third day after the news was delivered, Meng Hu actually agreed.

Shen Run was taken aback.

Si Chen was not surprised.

Zheng Shuyu entered the city in the evening, and at dusk, he came to Si Chen's tent.

Si Chen was sitting in the big tent thinking, holding a secret letter from the Feng Netherworld in his hand.

Zheng Shuyu knelt down on one knee.

Si Chen instructed him a few words, and said lightly: "This time, it is very dangerous, whether you can come back alive depends on your wisdom, I don't tell you too much, just adapt to the situation." ”

"Yes, Your Highness rest assured, the minister will definitely live up to His Highness's expectations, and the minister will complete the task neatly and then come back."

Si Chen nodded, was silent for a while, and said in a low voice:

"If it's really dangerous and you need someone to help, you can think of contacting the fourth general Lei Leopard in the inner city, you have seen it in the first two encounters, the general Lei who looks like a bear, he will help you get out of danger, if he can do it. Don't contact him unless you have to. ”

Zheng Shuyu was stunned for a moment, his heart suddenly raised his throat, his eyebrows were raised, his eyes were dumbfounded, and he asked in an incredulous tone:

"Your Highness is ......"

"If you know, you have it." Si Chen interrupted him coldly.

She even planted a prostitute, how could she only install one prostitute.

"Yes, yes." Zheng Shuyu agreed twice in a row, surprised and delighted.

The powerful and brainless general in Flame City is actually a person from His Highness, no wonder he looks stupid, no, he can't say that, it should be said that everything is really in His Highness's control. I knew that His Highness had a lot of capable subordinates, but His Highness had buried such a deep nail in Flame City since so long ago, this kind of scheming made me feel terrible when I thought about it.

But it is precisely this terrible place, the depth of the city, the subtlety of the calculation, that is convincing. His Highness would tell him such a secret thing, because he feared that he would die in the city. To be loyal to this master in this life, Zheng Shuyu is willing.

"Shuyu," Si Chen said in a shallow voice, "I have changed my mind, I want a prisoner in the inner city." ”

Zheng Shuyu was stunned.

Previously, there was also a discussion on how to deal with the horse bandits in the inner city. Whether it was because they had experienced wars before, had been humiliated by the Chiyang Kingdom, or they themselves believed that a strong military was the foundation of the country, in short, everyone believed that the military capabilities of the Feng Ying Kingdom should be improved as soon as possible.

If you want to improve your military capabilities, you must first have people, there are too few people in Fengyingguo, and they have experienced wars, natural disasters and man-made disasters, even if they are well paid to enlist, there are still not enough soldiers. Now it's just that the five countries are maintaining a delicate balance and not going to war, once the war starts, not to mention Chiyang and Cangqiu, it is the Longxi Kingdom that has gone downhill, and the 900,000 army can also set foot on the Fengming Kingdom.

Zheng Shuyu knew in his heart that the reason why Emperor Long Xi didn't do that was because he cared about Cangqiu and Chiyang, and because Emperor Long Xi had the heart to marry His Royal Highness. Since you want to marry, there is no need to fight, everything is settled after marrying.

His Royal Highness is fishing for Emperor Longxi, and now it seems that this trick has worked, but in the hearts of Zheng Shuyu and other courtiers, they always feel unwilling, and the feeling that it is like their Highness needs to rely on betraying their hue to maintain the peace and stability of the Feng Ying Kingdom makes them scratch their hearts and lungs, and they are very annoyed.

They can feel His Highness's ambition from His Highness's words on weekdays, and at this time, their hearts will also be ready to move, and they will follow His Highness to step into a strong country.

But this requires a strong military force, and the process of enriching the military is not easy, first of all, there must be people, and secondly, there must be money, and they are stuck in the number of people alone, and they cannot hope for the continuous decline in the number of births.

His Royal Highness had also considered collecting people from Flame City before, but the inner city was full of extremely vicious people, and it would take a lot of effort to collect them for his own use, and military spending was in short supply, firstly, because His Highness felt that the current Feng Ying Kingdom might not be able to suppress these people, and it was a bit risky to choose to subdue them; Second, because in front of Emperor Long Xi, subduing 20,000 wandering "wild dogs" in the outer city, Emperor Long Xi may turn a blind eye to his feelings, if His Royal Highness wants to subdue the 80,000 troops in the inner city, Emperor Long Xi will definitely not sit idly by, maybe Long Xi Guo also wants to subdue the Flame City, in the end, even if he does not turn against each other, it will cause a gap between the two countries, and His Royal Highness does not want it.

But now, something must have happened to change Her Highness's mind and make her make up her mind.

As for what it is, His Royal Highness doesn't say it, Zheng Shuyu naturally can't ask. After listening to Si Chen's words, he lowered his head and said loudly:

"Your Highness, this time the captives in the inner city must all belong to the Feng Ming Kingdom!"

Si Chen hooked his lips shallowly, and said lightly:

"Go ahead."

"Wechen retired." Zheng Shuyu said, stood up, and retreated.

Si Chen sat in the tent, glanced at the secret letter in his hand again, and clenched it in his palm.

Seeing this, Si Qian, who was standing behind her, opened his mouth and said softly:

"Your Highness, rest assured, there is Chang Xi in the country, and it will be fine, Lin Qi is just a lieutenant general, and he can't make much waves."

Si Chen was silent, and after a while, he looked at him and said:

"Obviously, this time is different, he can capture three cities in just a few months, he is well armed, and more and more people are joining him, this new South Vietnamese will seem to have magic, and there must be someone behind him."

Si Qian also knew that things were not so simple, he just wanted to comfort Si Chen, thought silently for a long time, and asked:

"Your Highness thinks that it is the people of the Fengying Kingdom or other countries who support him?"

"If the people in the country are okay, it's just a war between the three clans, but this time it is completely different from the previous war between the three clans, so open-minded and arrogant, I'm afraid that the supporters behind it are not from Feng Yingguo, but from other countries."

Si Qian was silent for a while, and asked softly:

"Will it be, Yan Ying?"