Xiangcheng, the power core of Gui, is the heavily guarded capital. www.biquge.info Late at night, a glow came rapidly from the west of Guiguo, like a comet piercing the starry sky, breaking the peace of Xiangcheng. In the glow, there were hundreds of guard posts inside and outside the city, and they flew straight towards the palace in the city, and did not stop until the magic circle in front of the main hall.

The person who came was actually a samurai in military uniform, but at this moment the samurai was scarred and looked exhausted. But he didn't care about the injuries on his body, took out a nameplate from his arms, and after a burst of irradiation on the magic circle, he quickly opened a passage. Then the figure of the Rong decorator flashed, and he quickly flew into the palace, and flew straight towards a certain hall in the center of the palace.

Above the hall, a tall middle-aged man in a dragon robe was facing away from the hall, silently staring at a huge map on the wall. From the royal aura and dragon pattern yellow robe faintly emanating from his body, it can be seen that this person is not only a monk with advanced cultivation, but also the supreme ruler of the Gui Kingdom, King Gui.

The warrior in military uniform flew into the main hall, and when he saw King Gui, he immediately knelt under the hall and said in a hurried and respectful tone: "My subordinates knock to see the king!"

"Yang Ming!" King Gui called the name of the warrior in uniform, but did not turn around. He asked in a deep voice: "What is the reason for using a voice talisman to report the widow, but he refuses to explain the reason directly, and he has to go to the main hall to meet the widow in person? Is there something important happening at the front?"

Yang Ming was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly responded: "Great King! There is a lack of urgent military intelligence reports! The main force of our army on the front line has been defeated in the battle with the Vietnamese army! There have been heavy casualties, and now all the front-line positions have been lost, and the whole army has all retreated to the main peak of Tianlun Pass, and the situation is extremely urgent!"

"What! Our army has been defeated!" King Gui was shocked when he heard this, and immediately turned around and asked, revealing an elegant face with a pale and anxious look.

The 100,000-strong army of the Yue Kingdom is besieging our army's position with all its might, surrounding Tianlun Peak, and Marshal Gui Su is organizing a large army to resist desperately. If this pass is broken, the enemy army will enter our country like a flat river! In order to report to the king, his subordinates are desperate to break out of the encirclement! The king of Gui is in danger in this battle, please send troops to reinforce the front line immediately!"

After hearing this, King Gui forcibly endured his panic, and after a moment of silence, he resolutely ordered: "Come on! Immediately gather the ministers!

In less than an hour, almost all the high-ranking civil and military ministers in Xiangcheng were urgently summoned to the palace hall. I saw that in the court, more than two hundred people were standing in two parts, most of them were cultivators, and only a dozen or so were ordinary mortals. However, one of the mortals was in the forefront of the hundred officials, and even a few realm monks on his side were respectful to him, which showed that his status was extraordinary. Although the ministers kept whispering to each other, they did not dare to say anything, and each secretly guessed the reason why the king had summoned them urgently at such a time.

The eunuch sent a message, King Gui stepped into the hall with the voice, and when he saw that the ministers had arrived, he immediately said: "The widow has just received urgent information from the front line, the main force of our army was defeated by the Vietnamese army not long ago, and now 100,000 Vietnamese troops have surrounded the army of Marshal Guisu who retreated to Tianlun Peak, our army has lost most of the positions in Tianlun Peak Pass, the situation is very urgent, do you have a good strategy to retreat from the enemy?"

Hearing this shocking news, the ministers suddenly made a mess as if they had smashed the pot. No one expected that the main force of the Gui army, which had been confronting the Vietnamese army on the front line for a long time, would suddenly be defeated. If the remaining Gui army cannot hold the last Tianlun Peak, the Gui State from the east of Tianlun Pass to Xiangcheng will have no danger to defend, and the Vietnamese army can go all the way down, and Bingfeng will soon be able to kill Xiangcheng.

A big man in military uniforms immediately came out of the ranks and said loudly: "Great King! The last general is willing to accept the order in danger and lead the troops to Tianlun Pass for reinforcements!" As soon as these words came out, more than a dozen generals immediately came out of the ranks and were willing to participate in the battle.

King Gui nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay! The widow is very pleased that the secretary has this heart to protect the country. ”

After listening to the opinions of the ministers, King Gui immediately ordered a general who cultivated the territory to command tens of thousands of reserve troops near the capital to go to the front line for reinforcements, and at the same time ordered all counties to immediately send troops to Xiangcheng as reserve reinforcements. King Gui's deployment was completed, so he ordered to retreat from the court. The civil and military officials withdrew one after another, but King Gui remained alone in the main hall.

In less than a quarter of an hour, seven or eight ministers returned to the main hall, including the mortal minister who stood in the first place but had not spoken, and beside King Gui, there were suddenly several more mysterious and abnormal figures who were not ministers of the court.

When King Gui saw everyone coming, he said: "In front of the ministers, some things are not easy to say, but now that everyone has dispersed, everyone loves Qing, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

His Royal Highness's brocade-robed minister said: "Your Highness, our army and the Vietnamese army have been facing each other for several years, and this sudden defeat, in addition to the lack of combat strength of our army, is probably a long-planned action of the Vietnamese country. Vietnam has been plotting against our country for a long time, and this matter must not be taken lightly. In the future, we should do our best to support the front line and hold the Tianlun Pass at all costs, otherwise it will be even more difficult to block it when the Vietnamese army crosses this pass. ”

Another courtier dressed as a Taoist in Tsing Yi said: "King, this time the Vietnamese army is strong, and the main force of our army has been trapped in the Tianlun Pass position for a long time, it must be very tired, I am afraid it will be difficult to maintain. If there is any mistake, I am afraid that the loss will be heavy. It is better to immediately order Marshal Gui Su to immediately abandon Tianlun Pass and retreat the main force to Xiangcheng. At the same time, strong fortresses were set up layer by layer along the way, and orders were ordered to clear the walls and fields east of Xiangcheng to lure the Vietnamese army to go deeper, and our army harassed them with guerrilla warfare. The deeper the Vietnamese army goes deeper into our territory, the more tired it becomes, and when its troops weaken, our army will stick to the elephant city and wait for work, and then seize the opportunity to completely annihilate the enemy who enters the country!"

Hearing this, a general dressed in gold armor next to him immediately retorted: "Daoist Xuluan can't say this! Tianlun Pass is the barrier to the west of our Gui Kingdom, and if this pass is lost, it will be like opening the western gate of Gui Kingdom, and we must not give up lightly! The last general thought that the Vietnamese army mobilized 100,000 troops to attack this time, and its rear must be empty. With its vigorous and all-out resistance, it is better to use a small number of troops to contain its main force, and then lead a large army into the enemy's territory to cut off its supplies, the Vietnamese army will inevitably retreat in panic when it is attacked by the enemy, and our army can take the opportunity to annihilate it in one fell swoop!"

King Gui listened to the suggestions of these three people, just nodded slightly, and didn't say anything, he glanced at the ministers, and stopped his gaze on the mortal middle-aged minister who had never spoken in His Highness, and asked with a pleasant attitude: "Nephew Qinxian, why didn't you say a word?"

It turned out that this mortal turned out to be King Gui's own nephew, because his physique really couldn't be cultivated, so he had always been a mortal. But as a prince, he has a transcendent status, and because he is resourceful, he has always been trusted by King Gui, so he does not dare to underestimate this person among the ministers of cultivation.

The prince named Gui Qin gave King Gui a slight salute, and then said: "My lord, the minister thinks that although the Vietnamese army is fierce and the situation is urgent, it has not reached the most urgent point. Tianlun Pass occupies the natural danger, since ancient times it is a place where soldiers must fight, our country has been operating here for a long time, and will not easily fall. As soon as the Vietnamese army failed to overcome this pass, it did not dare to penetrate too far into our territory for a day, and our country had time to mobilize rear forces to counterattack. With the divine might of the great king and the good generals and strong soldiers, it is not difficult to defeat the invading enemy, but the Vietnamese army is not enough to cause trouble! The minister believes that the disaster that our clan really needs to pay attention to is not outside the Gui Kingdom, but within the Xiao Wall. ”

When King Gui heard this, an imperceptible smile flashed on his face, and when he saw that Gui Qin wanted to stop talking, he immediately raised his hand and pressed it, and an invisible pillar of energy light emanated from his center, enveloping the entire hall. Seeing that King Gui could easily form such a huge soundproof wall, His Royal Highness's monks secretly marveled at the depth of its mana.

"Qin Xian's nephew has something to say, the people here are all cronies of the royal family, you don't have to worry. King Gui said.

Only then did the prince of Guiqin say with confidence: "The minister thinks that one of the biggest worries of the current Gui country is not the foreign enemy, but the four nobles of Li, Li, Mu, and Yan. The ancestors of these four clans followed the founding ancestor of the Gui clan to conquer the Quartet, laid down the world of the current Gui country, and made great contributions, so they were divided into nobles with different surnames. But the four clans have been passed down for more than ten generations, and most of the people of the four clans today have long forgotten the agreement between Taizu and his ancestors, and secretly have a heart of disobedience, and various small actions have been made over the years. The king put the overall situation first, and forgave him a lot, but the four clans did not notice the holy grace and still went their own way. According to the intelligence collected by his subordinates, in the past ten years, the family guards of the four clans have all nearly doubled, and there is even a suspicion of secretly communicating with neighboring countries such as Vietnam... All kinds of behaviors have challenged the bottom line of our clan! Therefore, the minister thinks that the four nobles are the real targets we need to guard against!"

When King Gui heard this, he lowered his head and thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes widened, and a huge energy fluctuation suddenly erupted on his body, and a raging fire ignited all over his body, and he was extremely violent. Seeing this, all of His Highness were terrified, for fear of being injured by King Gui's powerful energy fluctuations. But King Gui's anger was stopped in a flash, and he was quickly suppressed. He was silent for a moment, and then said majestically: "Hmph! The four nobles don't know what to do! What Qin Xian's nephew said, how can the widows not know it? But it's not that the widows don't want to cut the domain, but that these four clans have been rooted in our country for a long time, and all kinds of forces are everywhere, and they cooperate with each other to form alliances, and their strength is not weak. Although the widows have always wanted to eradicate these four tribes, our country has always been facing the worry of external troubles, so we can't tolerate these four tribes so far. The widow thinks about this day and night, but there is no good way!"

King Gui said this so angrily that he frightened His Highness and everyone dared not speak out. After listening to King Gui's words, Gui Qin was silent for a moment, and suddenly a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly froze, and said slowly: "Great King, the minister has a plan! The minister thinks that this invasion of the Yue Kingdom is a great opportunity for us to eradicate the four nobles!"

When King Gui heard Gui Qin's words, he was immediately overjoyed and said: "Aiqing has a good plan, say it quickly!"

Gui Qin smiled slightly, and then he came up with his plan, and King Gui couldn't help but nod his head as he listened, and finally laughed, obviously very satisfied with Gui Qin's suggestion, and the others were amazed and amazed. King Gui immediately adopted Gui Qin's advice and immediately issued several edicts that were sent outside the palace.

Soon, the whole territory of Gui Kingdom knew the news that Yue Kingdom had invaded, and at the same time, it also received the Qinwang Order issued by King Gui, and the entire Gui Kingdom suddenly boiled.

A few days later, in Lijia Fort in Lifu, seven members of the Li Clan Elders' Council were sitting in a large conference room, each holding a copy of King Gui's holy decree, pointing and whispering. The Great Elder sitting on the main seat looked at everyone with an ugly face, and was silent for a while, and then asked everyone, "Elders, what should be done about this?"