After the interrogation of Zhong Liying and the female soldiers, those prisoners confessed to the crimes they committed back then, and the details of the crimes they committed were basically the same as Zhong Liying's memory, which shows that these people are indeed participants.

confessed his guilt so quickly, Sima Hongyan knew that this was Zhuge Yu's advice in advance, these sinners still have their families in Nanyi, and they thought that they would use this as a threat to make them dare not admit it.

This Zhuge Yu has a set, and it is no wonder that he can be the prince of Nanyi, who seems to be sometimes confused, but in fact, he is quite thoughtful.

Since the other party expressed his sincerity, Sima Hongyan naturally fulfilled his promise, and privately signed a two-year agreement for peaceful coexistence with Zhuge Yu in a non-public form, and asked Shi Jinyan to hand over the list to Zhuge Yu. As for the subsequent arms transaction, Sima Hongyan will completely hand over the responsibility of Shi Jinyan and Zhong Liying, and the rest of the details do not need to be worried about by Lord Feng.

All these things were carried out in private, and there was no news from the outside, and Lan Shengwu, the king of Dongning, had spent several months in Yanling, but he couldn't get any news. Every day in the post house, King Hong's mood became more and more irritable, but there was nowhere to vent, which made him extremely depressed.

Hongwangcheng's mansion was very deep, and he deliberately delayed time and did not give Sima Hongyan a reply just to see if Yanling and Nanyi would reach peace talks. Unexpectedly, Nan Yiren was also very patient to stay in Yanling, and it seemed that he was delaying with King Hong, and King Hong, who had always been shrewd, began to gradually lose his heart.

The idea of sneaking up on Nanyi was made by Shen Caijie, the military advisor of King Hong, who expected that the current Yanling defense would be more than capable of attacking, so he suggested that King Hong take the opportunity to send troops from the sea to attack Nanyi, and strive to capture Nanyi in the fastest time.

This method is exactly the same as Sima Hongyan's surprise attack on Western Vietnam, in fact, it is simply learned from Sima Hongyan's method. Due to Sima Hongyan's bold attack, he not only pacified Xiyue and included it in the territory of Yanling, but also obtained the resources of Xiyue, and a battle suddenly brought Yanling to a height, which was unexpected by everyone.

As long as the method is effective, we must dare to learn from it, and it seems that Dongning is also eager to rapidly expand its strength.

The arms deal went smoothly, and after Zhuge Yu, Shi Jinyan, and Zhong Liying determined some specific details, Zhuge Yu entered the palace to bid farewell to Sima Hongyan and prepared to return to Nanyi. After all, Dongning didn't know when he would send troops to Nanyi, and Zhuge Yu was also in a hurry to rush over.

After seeing Sima Hongyan in the main hall, Zhuge Yu was already full of admiration for this phoenix lord, he didn't expect that when Nanyi was facing a crisis, Sima Hongyan also reached out to help. Although selling weapons and equipment can make Sima Hongyan make a lot of money, the help to Nanyi is also huge, and it can be regarded as a win-win result.

Sima Hongyan didn't say much else, just told Zhuge Yu that she would transport the goods traded for the first time to the border as quickly as possible, and also told Zhuge Yu that if he returned to Nanyi, it was best not to let the people of Dongning know, the more unsure the other party was of your movements, the less likely he would be to act rashly.

After listening to Sima Hongyan's suggestion, Zhuge Yu thanked him again and again, and when he left, he sincerely invited Sima Hongyan to have the opportunity to come to Nanyi as a guest in the future.

I have to say that Zhuge Yu was very efficient, and he ordered someone to pack up and leave Yanling Capital overnight that night.

The post house where Nanyi and Dongning lived was a gate and two courtyards, and Nanyiren walked quietly, and King Hong of Dongning didn't find out that Nanyiren had left until two days later. This is not a good sign for King Hong, he doesn't know what the result of the negotiation between Nan Yiren and Lord Feng was, so he left so quietly.

Emperor Dongning's reply to Yanling had already arrived in the hands of King Hong, and Dongning would never hand over the sixth princess Lan Aoxin to Yanling. Even though Yanling is much stronger now than before, it has not reached the point where Dongning can submit to his orders. Even if Lan Aoxin had offended Sima Hongyan before, she was a member of the Dongning royal family, how could she be handed over to Yanling like a prisoner, in that case, where would Dongxing's face be?

Some things can be compromised, if Sima Hongyan wants money and things, it is easy to say, but when it comes to the face of the royal family, Dongning will never agree, even if he likes to provoke the arrogance of the non-blue.

Dongning's intentions Sima Hongyan is very clear, and she doesn't expect the people of Dongning to agree, now Yanling does not have the conditions to start a war with Dongning, and Dongning is also a rat bogeyman who does not dare to do anything to Yanling. Beiling and Yanling have a close relationship, and Dongning doesn't dare to count on it, so he can only come to fight the idea of Nanyi.

In this case, Sima Hongyan didn't mind secretly giving Nan a hand.

Nanyi's quiet departure made King Hong uneasy, he vaguely felt that Nanyi and Yanling must have made some agreement in private, but after many visits, he couldn't get any news, and this was in Yanling, King Hong had no way at all.

The stay in Yanling was not short, King Hong did not get any useful information, the people of Yanling did not enter the oil and salt, no matter how much money was spent, they could not buy what they wanted, and the care of the Dongning people was extremely strict, King Hong gradually lost patience. Especially since that meeting, Sima Hongyan seemed to have forgotten King Hong and the others, and never took the initiative to summon them again.

It seems that there is no point in staying in Yanling any longer!

The people of Dongning explained to Sima Hongyan what the Dongning Emperor meant, and because they could not agree to Yanling's request, the peace talks could not go on, so they proposed to resign. Sima Hongyan didn't say anything polite, but just told him to have a smooth journey. King Hong had never been so depressed, and led everyone to walk away.

The alliance failed, and Yanling and Dongning became opposites. On the way back, King Hong sent an urgent report asking Dongning to increase troops on the border of Yanling, in case Yanling made any moves.

After the Dongning people left, Sima Hongyan immediately sent additional female soldiers and spies who infiltrated Dongning and Nanyi, and it is estimated that it will not be long before Dongning will take action.

However, months have passed, nothing has happened, and Dongning has not made any specific moves except for a few troop movements on the southern border.

During this period, Yanling and Nanyi conducted an arms deal. Nanyi purchased a large amount of armor and weapons from Yanling, and this transaction brought millions of gold and silver and countless precious medicinal materials into the treasury of Yanling. Don't look at Zhuge Yu crying poor before, but when he really bought military supplies, he was not stingy at all, so generous made Sima Hongyan see that Nanyi was still quite rich.

Of course, Sima Hongyan will not cut corners, this batch of military materials is newly built in the Western Capital, and the quality and quantity are strictly controlled. Xidu also relied on this transaction to earn a lot of money, which really made Xiahou Shuojie happy, with this money, Xiahou Shuojie carried out some construction of the Western Capital and improved the living conditions of some people. The western capital was full of joy and joy.

Not long after Nanyi got this batch of armaments, he asked Yanling again to purchase them, and the quantity and category have increased a lot compared to the first time, and it seems that the armaments built by the Western Capital make them very satisfied.

This matter is extremely confidential for Yanling and Nanyi, and there is no rumor from the outside world.

At the same time, news came from Beiling, and Han Beiying asked when he could hold a wedding ceremony for his beloved daughter. Since knowing that Yan Ling and Bei Ling both agree with this marriage, Li Siyu and Han Miaoqi have been inseparable, except that they don't live together, the two are tired of being together all day. However, Li Siyu is a very clear person, although he can't help falling in love, but the state affairs of Yanling have not been delayed at all.

Since Bei Ling came to urge, Sima Hongyan asked Shi Jinyan to find a good day for them and hold a marriage ceremony. This time it was a marriage between the two countries, and it was not allowed to be sloppy, and it was said that on the day of the wedding, Emperor Beiling of Beiling would also come from Beiling to participate in it. The fact that the emperor of another country came in person showed the importance of this marriage.

The underground passage between Yanling and Beiling is nearing completion, and Shi Jinyan considered the time span, so she suggested that the marriage of Li Siyu and Han Miaoqi should be set after the completion of the passage, and then Han Beiying would be able to go directly to Yanling from the underground passage, which is also a commemorative event for the underground passage.

This suggestion was approved by the two countries, and Beiling also specially asked Sima Hongyan to give a name to the underground passage that the two countries had dug and built together. Sima Hongyan was not good at this, so he asked Li Siyu for his opinion, and finally Li Siyu named it "The Way Under the Ice".

In order to complete the construction before the closure of the mountain in Beiling in winter, Sima Hongyan urged to step up the construction, and it is expected that before the spring of the next year, the road under the ice will be opened to smooth travel.

During this time, Nan Guying and Guo Zidi focused on military training, and the level of the Yanling army improved significantly. And Nan Xunyan's training of the women's army is also remarkable, Sima Hongyan is quite pleased with this, and also adds great confidence to the future conquest of Dongning.

There was frequent trade between the western capital of Yanling and the central capital, and the originally barren Yanyue Pass gradually regained its vitality, and even many Xiyue people began to migrate to Yanling to settle down, and many Yanling merchants also took root in the western capital. Slowly, the relationship between the Western Capital and the Central Capital became closer and closer, gradually diluting the past estrangement.

Later, even the Western Capital and the Central Capital began to intermarry, which further enhanced the intimacy between the two places. A number of small towns were built in the originally barren land between the central capital of Yanling and the western capital, and many families from the two places settled here, and these inadvertently established towns became the link connecting the two capitals.

Seeing the harmony between the Western Capital and the Central Capital, Nan Guying suggested to his wife that he start recruiting Yanling's reserve army in the Western Capital.

Sima Hongyan agreed without hesitation, and specially sent several generals to the Western Capital to coordinate the matter.

Winter went to spring, and the road under the ice was successfully completed, some time earlier than expected, Sima Hongyan went to see it once, and the magnificent underground passage made her have to sigh at the creativity of the people. Being able to complete such a huge project without the help of machinery, Sima Hongyan was amazed by the wisdom of the ancients.

Yan Ling and Bei Ling began to officially prepare for the wedding of Li Siyu and Han Miaoqi, and at the same time, a good news came that Nan Xunyan was pregnant!

This news made Sima Hongyan's sisters crazy, and Sima Hongyan immediately asked Nan Xunyan to go home to recuperate and stop training. also selected a few palace women with childbirth experience to take care of Nan Xunyan's palace.

Where is Nan Xunyan's quiet character, when he heard that he wanted her to stay in the palace to raise the baby, one hundred and twenty were unwilling. But this time, Guo Zidi no longer let her run around because of her temperament, saying nothing and not letting her go out.