Yanlai Building.

"Why are you so sure? This stinky woman is in the limelight right now. Zhao Ning's assertion that Zhao Yujie would not become a big problem surprised Wei Wuxian.

"The reason couldn't be simpler. Zhao Ning said, "I have received definite news that the Beihu army is massing in a big way, and the national war is about to break out." ”

Wei Wuxian's heart was shocked, "The Tianyuan Ministry, the Khitan Ministry, and the Jurchen Ministry are dispatched at the same time?"

"Of course. ”

Wei Wuxian couldn't help but look awkward.

But he quickly calmed down.

Sooner or later, the national war would break out, which was not only Zhao Ning's prediction, but also Wei Wuxian's. The situation in the Western Regions has long exposed the strength, means, and ambitions of the Tian Yuan Army.

If we think on the basis that the Tianyuan Division, the Khitan Division, and the Jurchen Department have long been one, then it is easy to conclude that there must be a national war.

On the contrary, if the premise of thinking is that the three tribes of Tianyuan, Khitan, and Jurchen are still independent of each other, then it is inevitable to conclude that the Tianyuan Department does not have the courage, strength, and conditions to challenge the behemoth of Daqi.

"Did you tell Emperor Lao'er the news?" Wei Wuxian then asked.

"Nope. Zhao Ning shook his head.

In Wei Wuxian's stunned gaze, Zhao Ning added, "You don't need me to say it, Your Majesty himself will get this information in time."

"The Tianyuan Army expanded to the west, and the Longyou Army, which was fighting in the Western Regions, including the new army of the defense envoy, has never crossed the Green Ridge, and although the battle situation in Liaodong is relatively small in scale and has won many victories, the Jurchen Department has not surrendered either, in this case, our Majesty will definitely send an eye line and pay close attention to the grassland.

"At present, the movement of the Beihu army cannot be concealed from Your Majesty. ”

Wei Wuxian nodded, "It really should be like this. ”

After thinking about it, he said with a solemn eyebrow: "The national war has begun, and with the current combat strength of Beihu, no one can be left alone.

"All the clans that have been forced to have no choice have secretly recruited private armies as a way out of retreat in the location of the foundation before, and no matter what the families originally planned to do with these private armies, they will all have to be put into the battlefield of the national war. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Wuxian took a deep breath, "This national war is the best opportunity for the family to make meritorious contributions and maintain their own power, and it is also the biggest challenge! If you do it well, you will be able to stand firm after the war by virtue of your meritorious deeds, and if you don't do it well, or the whole country will be overturned, or the family will be completely on a dead end!"

Zhao Ning bowed slightly.

Wei Wuxian's idea would become the idea of most of the great families in the future.

Seeing that Zhao Ning didn't mean to say anything, Wei Wuxian continued: "Have your people inquired clearly, how did Beihu arrange the offensive route? Since it is a national war, Beihu will inevitably have a large army, and when the million-strong army moves south, there will definitely be a sequence of left and right. ”

Zhao Ning took a sip of wine, "It's not difficult to speculate, after all, the terrain is there."

"No matter how the Beihu army arranges in detail, there will not be too many surprises on the route in the general direction: the troops are divided into three routes, attacking Longyou in the west, Yanmen in the middle, and Shanhaiguan in the east.

"These three armies, how each route is subdivided, where is the main attack area, where is responsible for the response, and how the troops are distributed, will not be revealed until later. ”

Wei Wuxian clenched his fists, "I now ask for my order to return to Longyou and go to the Western Regions to resist the Tianyuan Army, will Your Majesty agree?"

Zhao Ning put down his wine glass and shook his head, "I'm afraid it's difficult." ”

Wei Wuxian was silent.

In Song Zhi's eyes, this national war may not need to be dealt with with by the whole country.

"I have one last question. ”

Wei Wuxian looked at Zhao Ning and said:

"If the Beihu army wants to go south, it will inevitably pass through the Dadan Department, and if the Dadan Department is not destroyed, their hearts will not be safe. When the Tianyuan Army wanted to destroy the Dadan Department before, the Yanmen Army dispatched in time and beat the other party back, this time as long as the Dadan Department can hold out for a while, can the Yanmen Army reproduce the seven-year record of Qianfu?"

Zhao Ning did not answer this question.

......

Back at the Zhenguo Mansion, Zhao Ning first discussed some things with Zhao Xuanji, and then went back to the room to practice.

In the sixth year of Qianfu, he was sixteen years old and entered the Imperial Qi Realm, in the seventh year of Qianfu, he was seventeen years old and entered the middle stage of the Yuan Shen Realm, and in the ninth year of Qianfu, he was nineteen years old and entered the early stage of the Wang Ji Realm.

At the end of the cultivator's golden four years, he was already trying to storm the middle of the King's Extreme Realm.

Until today.

This cultivation progress, in the past hundred years, only Tian Yuan Khan has reached it before. And now, in addition to Zhao Ning, there is also Yang Jiani - she and Zhao Ning almost achieved the early stage of the Wang Extreme Realm, and now they are also impacting the middle stage of the Wang Extreme Realm.

There is another person, although Zhao Ning has not seen it, but according to his speculation, it should be the same situation now: Zhao Yujie. Not only is the other party's talent extraordinary, even better than Zhao Ning, but also the resources of the palace, and the cultivation progress will definitely not be slow.

However, Zhao Yujie only began to cultivate after entering the Zhenguo Mansion, although he stepped into the Imperial Qi Realm in two years, his foundation was not as stable as Zhao Ning, and now the realm will not be in front of Zhao Ning.

As for Emperor Song Zhi, Zhao Ning could be sure that the other party was already in the middle of the Wang Ji Realm.

Before participating in the war, or at the beginning of the national war, achieving the middle stage of the Wang Ji Realm was the goal of Zhao Ning's efforts.

Nowadays, Zhao's secret industry is developing rapidly, and after years of development, the Changhe Boat Company has not only gained a firm foothold in Caoyun, but also has become a behemoth on the canal with the help of Yipinlou, and the annual profit is a very terrifying number.

Last year, the Zhao clan's annual income exceeded 23 million gold, and the family had more than 170 cultivators in the Yuan Shen Realm and more than 800 in the Imperial Qi Realm.

In addition to Zhao Ning, there is also a new Wang Ji Realm, and two more people are at the key node that is about to break through the Wang Ji Realm - the battle of the Northern Realm in the seventh year of Qianfu, which won a tragic victory, which gave people a lot of training and touch.

With five King Extreme Realms and two Quasi-King Extreme Realms, the strength of the top cultivators of the Zhao Clan has surpassed that of the Imperial Family.

Of course, the imperial family had the Manchu Han officials as wings, and the Zhao family could not compare in this regard. Moreover, the number of cultivators in the Imperial Family, that is, the Wang Extreme Realm, was not as good as the Zhao Clan, and the other party had a lot of wealth and resources, and there was no shortage of Yuan Shen Realm and Imperial Qi Realm.

However, Zhao Xuanji had already successfully broken through the Heavenly Trench last year, promoted to the late stage of the Wang Ji Realm, and became the first person in the Great Qi! This is probably the key that the Zhao clan is most worthy of relying on at the moment.

Zhao Ning gathered his thoughts. Now it is meaningless to calculate the power comparison between the Zhao clan and the imperial family, and the imminent national war is a huge challenge that the Zhao clan and even the entire Great Qi need to face together.

In the previous life, the national war broke out in the ninth year of Qianfu and ended in the nineteenth year of Qianfu.

In this life, through the efforts of Zhao Ning and the Zhao Yanmen Army, the national war was successfully postponed for three years, giving Zhao Ning time to complete a series of arrangements, and also allowing the Zhao family to enhance a lot of strength in six years.

But in the past three years, the Tianyuan Army has also expanded a lot to the west, not to mention the wealth they have obtained, which can enhance the strength of the cultivators in the army, and the captured armor has greatly increased the proportion of soldiers equipped with iron armor.

In the previous life, the Northern Hu Army obtained a large amount of iron armor after Thunder captured the northern border of Daqi.

Everything will have pros and cons, and no matter how much Zhao Ning does, it is just the lesser of two evils.

This battle will definitely not be easy for Daqi.

Zhao Ning's goal is very simple, there are only two words: hold.

Hold the territory.

If you can't defend the border pass, you will guard Hebei, and if you can't hold Hebei, you will guard the Yellow River.

Not allowing the Tianyuan army to cross the Yellow River is Zhao Ning's bottom line.

Only in this way will it be possible for the Great Qi to gather a counteroffensive in the later stage of the war, repel the Northern Hu army, and drive them out of the territory of the Great Qi!

......

Ellsmin was delighted.

In the past three years, he has never been so happy as he is now.

After the battle of Fengming Mountain in the seventh year of Qianfu, he has been stuffy in Yanmen Pass, and there is no chance of meritorious service. Because his performance in that battle could only be said to be decent, he failed to pry the corner of the Zhao family.

Seeing that the training envoys and defense envoys of the Hanmen regiment have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, there are not a few people with heavy troops in their hands, and it is even more common for them to make contributions in the Western Regions and Liaodong, An Siming is as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

I think that at the beginning, he was the most valued general of the Hanmen by the emperor, and with the cultivation of Wang Jijing, he led 60,000 forbidden troops to garrison Yanmen Pass, and was entrusted by the emperor with the important task of fighting against the Zhao family, which can be regarded as a prestige.

And now, his status among the generals of the cold door is declining at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his weight is getting lighter and lighter, and he is about to become a second-rate existence. If this continues, what future does he have?

Just when An Siming was so anxious that he couldn't sleep at night, the sky will be Furui, and the turning point will come.

The Northern Hu army actually gathered troops and horses on a large scale, and had the potential to start a national war with Daqi! Moreover, the opponent's first goal was to sweep away the obstacles that had not been cleared before: the Dadan Division!

After three years of waiting, An Siming finally waited for another opportunity to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield.

The emperor ordered him to lead the men and horses of his headquarters, quickly rush to the Dadan Department, and join forces with the other party, so as to ensure that the Dadan Department is not swallowed up by other royal courts, and be a nail firmly nailed to the grassland!

After that, according to the situation, they used each other's horns with Yanmen Pass to fight against the Northern Hu army that dared to invade the south.

There is no doubt that compared with the Yanmen Army passively guarding the pass, An Siming, who is in the grassland, has a much broader world in front of him. With his back to the Dadan Department, he can advance and retreat from his heart, and has many opportunities to take the initiative and build great achievements!

The Dadan Department experienced seven years of war in Qianfu, and although the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, the army also got the baptism of war and became a lot more elite. And the original battle made the Dadan Department realize its own weakness, and in the past few years, the Dadan Department has also been vigorously training soldiers.

Although there are less than 200,000 string control soldiers in the Dadan Department at present, which is much less than the seven years of Qianfu, the combat power of these hundreds of thousands of soldiers is by no means comparable to the original.

"This time I will be able to establish extraordinary feats, as long as I perform well, with the attitude of His Majesty towards the family now, even if I replace the Zhao clan after the war and become the strongest general in the north, it is not impossible to be crowned by the imperial court!"

An Siming looked at the vast grasslands of the north, full of longing for the future.

......

Dadan Department.

Some time ago, a big event happened in the royal court.

Dadan Khan was assassinated.

Although he did not die, he was severely injured and has been unable to wake up recently.

Everyone knows that Dadan Khan, who is old and too obese, has been overindulged in lust all these years, has no cultivation realm, and in fact has collapsed his body, is about to come to the end of his life.

The assassin of Dadan Khan is the most favored beauty of the other party in the past six months.

Although this Mei Ji has the cultivation of the early stage of the Yuan Shen Realm, but the success of assassinating Dadan Khan is completely because Dadan Khan is indeed old and confused - he himself is not a wise lord, and after getting drunk, he was poisoned by this Mei Ji in the wine, and he did not notice it in time.

The poisonous wine made the drunken Dadan Khan lose most of his combat power, and his body was too bad, so he was naturally stabbed by Mei Ji.

Originally, Dadan Khan was bound to die, but coincidentally, because the princess Tana was unwilling to marry the warrior that Dadan Khan had chosen for her, she ran to the king's tent in the middle of the night to make trouble, and happened to bump into this scene.

The end result was that Mei Ji, who might be able to get out, died in the king's tent, and Dadan Khan was injured but not dead. Of course, my sanity is not very clear.

There is such a big thing in the royal court, and it is necessary to track down the murderer to find out the reason and find out the mastermind behind the scenes, and Prince Dadan did give this order. It's a pity that that Mei Ji committed suicide decisively after the matter was revealed, so it became very difficult to recover.

And Prince Dadan's "concern" for Dadan Khan is obviously much greater than chasing the murderer.

Seeing that Dadan Khan could die at any time, Prince Dadan's arrangement was simple: block the news.

At the same time, in the name of the king's tent, he gave an order to the evil king Batu, who was training outside, to hand over the military power to the people sent by the king's tent, and return to his tribe to wait for a new appointment.

Batu has an elite army in his hands, and Prince Dadan's arrangement is to prevent the other party from making trouble.

In front of the position of Khan, there is no affection between the two brothers, who are already incompatible, and it is easy to tear their faces. Prince Dadan must make arrangements as soon as possible and not give the other party a chance to get into the position of Khan!

In order to completely eliminate the threat of Batu, Prince Dadan has already sent a master. As soon as Batu leaves the barracks and loses the protection of the army, his men will assassinate the other party on the way back to the tribe!