Under the calculation of Xiang Wentian and the black-robed old man, Tang Tiande reluctantly took out a talisman symbolizing the command of the whole army, which was a piece of jade in the shape of a cheetah, and the base was engraved with the four words of the border guard seal.

Then Xiang Wentian took Tang Tiande to the border camp at Tianqian Pass, summoned the commander of the leading troops, and after a simple handover, Xiang Wentian temporarily commanded the border guards.

Then Xiang Wentian took Tang Tiande back to the City Lord's Mansion again, arranged a chic courtyard for Tang Tiande to live in, and arranged a few young maids to wait.

After arranging Tang Tiande, General Kong Siren, the commander of the city guards, was recruited to the mansion by General Wentian, in a word, he directly asked for military power.

In the end, Kong Siren had no choice but to hand over the talisman, but he directly withdrew from the commander of the legion on the grounds of physical discomfort, and directly handed over all the power to Xiang Wentian.

Seeing that Kong Siren was so knowledgeable, Xiang Wentian didn't bother much, and after rewarding him, he sent Kong Siren back, as for going there, this is not something Xiang Wentian should consider.

Later, Xiang Wentian went to the camp in the east of the city, met with several regiment commanders, took out the talismans and told the situation, and several regiment commanders did not say anything, because most of them were already Xiang Wentian's people, so there was definitely no one to hinder them.

In this way, it took less than three days for Xiang Wentian to capture all the military power of the border guards and city guards. At this point, another new force was born.

As for whether Xiang Wentian will listen to the old man in the black robe in the end, it is unknown.

Because the battlefield in the south has renewed disputes.

Although Gou Jian and his people withdrew, they were not so stupid as to attack the city again without resting, on the contrary, Gou Jian came to a move to brake quietly, on the one hand, the army pressed the border, but did not attack the city.

Pressed outside the city like this, and not strong enough for the range of the bow, the whole army was waiting for it, and it was serious.

And the more the pressure does not attack, the more time passes, and the guards guarding the city on the prince's side will not be able to stand it. Seeing that the army was in front of him, but the people formed a battle formation, they just didn't come to attack the city.

The more this happened, the more the soldiers defending the city did not dare to relax, fearing that the enemy army would take advantage of the situation to attack the city.

So the suppressed information surrounded the soldiers who defended the city, and they did not dare to rest, and after the siege army stayed like this for a day, it retreated after dark.

But the soldiers defending the city here did not breathe a sigh of relief, and after dinner, the army was once again overwhelmed.

There was no way, and the soldiers defending the city were once again on standby.

In this way, for 3 consecutive days, not only the eldest prince couldn't stand it, but the soldiers who defended the city couldn't stand it even more, and they couldn't get a good rest in a tense and depressing atmosphere for a long time.

And Gou Jian was not idle, ordering the army to stalemate like this, and at the same time, he quietly returned to the imperial capital and met the new emperor Yongli, which was a good boast, bragging about how awesome he was.

How did he order his soldiers to kill the enemy bravely, how did he use stratagem to vomit blood from the generals on the opposite side, etc., and only after some bragging, did he talk about the burning of the siege ladder.

In order to lay down the Acropolis as soon as possible, Emperor Wynn did not hesitate to praise himself, in short, it was a good compliment, and finally allocated nearly 100 siege ladders and nearly 20,000 wooden ladders.

However, Wynn repeatedly demanded from Gou Jian this time that the Acropolis must be taken in the shortest possible time.

And Gou Jian also patted his chest and promised that this time he would definitely take the Acropolis in one fell swoop, and he would definitely not give Yongchun traitors any chance to succeed.

And after Gou Jian said goodbye to Emperor Wynn, he walked out of the palace with a majestic spirit, and then went directly to the logistics hall, ordered good things, and galloped towards the garrison camp with a snorting face.

Here, the First Army still strictly obeyed Gou Jian's orders when he left, and resolutely did not take one more step, just lined up and guarded the town.

When Gou Jian came back, seeing that this was the effect, Gou Jian nodded happily and expressed his approval.

After returning to the camp in the evening, Gou Jian said the set of words praised by Emperor Yongli, and immediately said that the blood of those guards was boiling, and they were full of energy, and they all wanted to attack the city immediately.

It's just that Gou Jian still suppressed the excitement of the soldiers, because the siege equipment or something hadn't arrived yet.

And as the first legion played like this, the eldest prince also had to accept the recruitment, and in the end, there was no way to directly divide the soldiers into 3 shifts under the advice of the staff, and keep the city guarded by his own soldiers at every moment.

The other two parts of the soldiers were all resting, but they said that as soon as the drums sounded, they must immediately get up and prepare for battle, so that they were relieved a little.

In the end, the eldest prince had no choice, and once again convened a meeting of the whole army to discuss this matter and how it should be resolved.

After discussing and discussing, in the end, there was only one way, that is, to form an alliance with Yongde traitors, reach a simple alliance relationship, and approach the capital together, forcing Yongli to retreat the defense line and gather all the soldiers stationed abroad.

Now that it has been decided, it is necessary to arrange for someone to negotiate, and even to discuss the specific relevant content in detail. But this question of selection once again stumped the eldest prince.

Because there is no one to go, and no one dares to go, who knows if the other party will cut himself down if he is unhappy, then he has no place to reason.

So in the end, the eldest prince had to send the young man who offered the idea to discuss the alliance.

Such a young man's name is Liu Zongyuan, because he was not from a good background before, and he did not have good martial arts qualifications, so he read a little more, and thought that he was very smart and could rely on his intelligence to stand on a bigger stage.

So this time Liu Zongyuan did not shirk anything, let alone mention any conditions, and after discussing some specific things with the eldest prince, Liu Zongyuan took advantage of the darkness and secretly slipped out of the east city gate.

But this trip is relatively dangerous, on the one hand, it must break through the imperial capital, and the imperial capital must be under martial law now, and whether he can break through is a question.

On the other hand, even if he succeeded in crossing the imperial capital and going south to find Yongde, would Yongde see him? Or would he use himself as a tool to vent his anger and kill him directly, which is unknown.

So Liu Zongyuan basically went with the determination to die, and he didn't bring any guards with him, and he brought some gold coins and some spirit stones in the package, and other than that, he had a change of clothes.

So Liu Zongyuan is not afraid to investigate, and others can't find out anything.

After 10 days of trekking through mountains and rivers, Liu Zongyuan finally entered the southern city.

Compared with the four seasons of spring in the imperial capital, the south is even hotter, but it is only a little hotter, which is still acceptable.

And today, Liu Zongyuan has entered the territory of the Yongde traitors, and has entered a large city called Wancheng.

From Liu Zongyuan's point of view, although the city is not as good as the Acropolis, it is not small, the flow of people is like weaving, and the prosperity is abnormal, but there is a characteristic, I feel that the changes in the dynasty have little to do with here.

Because there is no oppressive tension here, there is nothing to do, and there is no wonder or influence because the dynasty is divided into three.

Then Liu Zongyuan found a mid-range restaurant and got in.

Relative to asking for clues, it is better to have a pot of wine and a few side dishes quickly.

In this way, after Liu Zongyuan entered the restaurant, he ordered a pot of wine and a few side dishes, and then while eating and drinking, he did not forget to listen to all directions and gather relevant and useful information he heard.

As he heard more and more news, Liu Zongyuan's brows furrowed deeply. Because from Liu Zongyuan's point of view, Wancheng is a battleground for soldiers, because it is located at a four-way crossroads.

A few days to the north is the imperial capital, a few days to the south is the first pass in the south, a few days to the east is Linhai City, and a few days to the west is the Yanlai Pass.

It can be said that this is a distribution place for logistics support, but since Yongde occupied here, it has not been in a hurry to continue to expand north, but on the contrary, it has expanded in the east-west direction.

Judging from the news heard in the restaurant, Yongde is currently reorganizing and gathering, because outside the south gate of Wancheng, an army of hundreds of thousands has been stationed, and it is waiting now.

It's just that the westward expansion seems to be a bit unfavorable, so many people are talking about the unfavorable news of the westward expansion.

After eating a meal for more than 2 hours, Liu Zongyuan basically knew some important information.

The first is that Yongde is currently not in the camp outside Wancheng, but in Tongguan County behind Tongguan. Therefore, if you want to find Emperor Yongde, you must continue south to Tongguan County.

The second is that Emperor Yongde seems to have begun to prepare for war, and there are definitely quite a few of them.

After hearing this information, Liu Zongyuan was basically satisfied, so he didn't delay, after replenishing dry food, he bought a batch of fast horses and went straight south.

5 days later, one of them passed through 3 cities, and Liu Zongyuan just went in to replenish it, and then continued on his way.

Finally, on the evening of the fifth day, Liu Zongyuan successfully entered the county seat of Tongguan County, and then after inquiry, he learned that Emperor Yongde was now in the county guard mansion and did not go out.

I found an inn, and after resting for the night, early the next morning, Liu Zongyuan, who had freshened up, went to the county guard mansion with his head held high.

It's just that the closer you get to the county guard's mansion, the more heavily guarded it becomes, although it won't be checked one by one, but as long as you show some bad breath, then there will be soldiers coming up to check it.

Liu Zongyuan was dressed like a scholar, so he didn't attract the attention of the soldiers under martial law, but when Liu Zongyuan arrived outside the county guard's mansion, he was still stopped.

"Stop, who's coming? I don't know if this is the sleeping palace where the emperor of the Yongde Dynasty lives? The guards guarding the door looked fierce and drove Liu Zongyuan.

Liu Zongyuan raised his hand and clenched his fists, bent over and said: "This sergeant brother, in Xia Liu Zongyuan, there is something important to ask to see the First Emperor Yongde, and I hope to report it." ”

"Go, go, go... Can anyone see our majesty? If anyone wants to see us, then won't our majesty be exhausted? If you can't go? Don't blame me for doing it!"

After the guard guarding the door finished speaking, Canglang pulled out half of the waist knife.

"This eldest brother, I really have a good plan to dedicate to the emperor, to be honest, I am here to admire, you can inform His Majesty the First Emperor, and say that I have a good plan to break the enemy, and I will definitely be able to break the Wynn traitor!"

Liu Zongyuan had no choice but to beg again.

The guards guarding the door glanced Liu Zongyuan up and down, and then said, "I'll report it to you once, if you dare to panic, don't blame me for being rude!"

After speaking, as soon as the guard put away his waist knife, whispered a few words to the person next to him, and walked to the county guard's mansion.

Liu Zongyuan said in the back: "Thank you sergeant, thank you..." Seeing the back of the sergeant walking inside, Liu Zongyuan breathed a sigh of relief, at least half of it is now completed.