Xiang Bei came to the lobby, and the boss greeted him: "The guest officer has come down for dinner?"

"Well, have they all eaten?"

"Except for you and your lady, everyone else has eaten. What would you like to eat?"

"Just come casually, why does it sound a little messy today, and the city soldiers are collecting taxes on the street again?"

"What kind of city soldiers, suddenly I don't know where to run out of a team, what is it called the Restoration Army. Asking for money everywhere in the name of saving the country, it was all made up by bandits, I really don't know when the bandits were so organized, and the decent bandit team all joined the Restoration Army. Now there are their shadows in the eight cities of the country. ”

"They came to rob money in broad daylight, and the city soldiers didn't care?"

"No matter what, each does his own thing. It's your turn, you grab it today, and we'll grab it tomorrow. If you are above board, you don't have to go out to work at night. ”

"In this snowfall border city, isn't there still a city guard that belongs to the army, and they don't care?"

"They are the most trouble-free, this Fuguo army can enter at will, but they can't go out at will. You have to leave them the money to go out, it's not as good as these bandits. Who can blame this, the country is gone, and the army and city lords have to be replaced by people sent by Tianlong, and it is a sum of money. Sit down, guest, and I'll get you something to eat. ”

After the boss finished speaking, he entered the kitchen, Xiang Bei sighed, the soldiers were in chaos, the people suffered the most, as a person of noble character, such a situation was the last thing he wanted to see.

But what can be done, all animals, including humans, are quite fond of fighting. The real chaos is just a small start, and it's still early to come.

Thinking of this, Xiang Bei couldn't help but think of the Blue Ocean Country, what is the Blue Ocean Country doing now as the mastermind of all the chaos.

.........

At this time, in the Blue Sea Palace, it was the time for early discussion. The old king sat upright at the top, and the officials below were lined up on either side. And at the front of the officials, Zuo Ji, Zuo Zhi, and Zuo Lan, the three crown princes are all there.

The king spoke, "You have all heard about the coldness. Tianlong is different from us, our blue ocean loves peace, but Tianlong has friction with its neighbors, and now it has invaded Handu, resulting in the complete destruction of Handu. We have to be careful with an evil country like Tianlong. From now on, the soldiers will be the most important and closely monitor Tianlong's every move. Maybe one day, our war with the Celestial Dragons will also break out. So we have to prepare in advance, and call the three princes here today, just to choose one of the three of them to be in charge of this matter, after all, I am old. If you have any opinions, please share them. ”

Many plotters stood up: "My lord, I think that since it is a matter of preparing for war, it is a major matter of the state, and it should be entrusted to the most reliable prince. The eldest prince is mature and stable, and he is the eldest son, so I think it is the most suitable. ”

The king nodded: "Well, what do the others think?"

One of the military generals at the front stood up, he was the Shenwu general of the Blue Sea Country, his name was Yang Hongjing, and he told the king: "The lord of the country, in my opinion, it should be the eighth prince who is the most suitable. The eighth prince has been close to the army for a long time and is most familiar with the army. And the talent of the eighth prince is also convinced by me. ”

The king nodded again and asked, "Isn't there anyone who recommends our third princess?"

Zuo Lan stepped forward: "Father, I am not good at military affairs, I don't want to get involved in this matter, and my father shouldn't call me back." The personnel of the second soldier training and assessment are still at sea and are about to return, so I did not go with the boat, but I should go to the beach and wait for them. I begged my father to allow me to leave, and I wanted to hurry back to the beach and get ready. ”

"Why bother for a moment, you have no intention of leading the army to fight, you can also stay and listen. I have something for you. ”

"Yes" Zuo Lan retreated, secretly scolding in his heart that he was going to be unlucky, he didn't expect the war to confess so quickly, and his money hadn't been transferred yet. How is this good, it will definitely be a matter of withdrawing money in a while.

Zuo Lan thought quickly, looking for a way to deal with it.

The king spoke again: "Since Lan'er is unwilling to participate, then choose one of the two from the eldest prince and the eighth prince." Maybe everyone thinks that the two of them are still too immature and have no combat experience. But the princess of Tianlong is not like this, and the battle against Handu is what the princess of Tianlong did. With 3,000 troops, more than 16,000 enemies were defeated, and the whole army was captured, such a wonderful battle, I am afraid that even an experienced veteran general may not be able to fight. ”

Yang Hongjing said yes, even if he changed his command, he couldn't do better than the princess of Tianlong. So fighting requires not only experience, but also intelligence. The eighth prince is precisely wise.

Zuo Ji was unconvinced: "General Yang, do you mean that I am a straw bag?"

"The eldest prince is angry, I didn't say that. After Yang Hongjing finished speaking, he retreated to his place. The king reprimanded Zuo Ji and must not be rude to the general.

"Yes" The eldest prince shut up unhappily and secretly glanced at many schemes, many of whom shook their heads and motioned for him not to say more.

The king spoke again: "Since we have mentioned the princess of the Celestial Dragon, we don't know much about the battle between the Celestial Dragon and Handu. I only knew that Tianlong only used the army of 3,000 people in Wandering Snow City, and even the remaining army of White Tiger City was not used, so he defeated the army of Handu. But we don't know how they do it. The two princes will use this as a topic to compare themselves. Let's talk about it, how should this dragon princess break the enemy?"

After the king finished speaking, the eldest prince and the eighth prince looked at each other. The eighth prince was very polite: "Please say it first, eldest brother." ”

Zuo Ji thought for a while: "I guess this Chu pity should be to bring people into the Manxue Field, attack and harass the enemy army, and take advantage of Tianlong's more familiarity with the Manxue Field to achieve such a result." ”

The king asked Zuo Zhi if he thought what Zuo Ji said was right, and if not, what did he want to say?

Zuo Zhi stepped forward: "Father, I'm afraid what the eldest brother said is completely wrong. First of all, he said that it was to attack the enemy army by using the harassment battle, so that it was absolutely impossible to defeat the enemy army with such a small number of casualties, let alone capture all of them. And the so-called Tianlong is familiar with the snowfield, which is even more nonsense. A few years ago, the Snowy Plains were still the territory of the Cold Country. The familiarity of the cold to the snowfield is not different from that of the dragon. Even if it is about generals, I am afraid that this is the second time that the princess of Tianlong has gone. And the enemy Shenwu General Du Liucheng is afraid that he has already walked through countless times. ”

The king nodded with a satisfied look: "What you said is reasonable, since you don't agree with what the eldest prince said, then how did you tell the princess?"

Zuo Zhi replied: "I am afraid that the key to victory or defeat is not the head-to-head battle between the two armies. If my guess is correct, the princess of Tianlong sent someone to cut off the cold food and grass. Because the snowfield cannot be walked, the cold grain and grass must come from the rocky beach. It was easy to attack the grain and grass, and the cold was a quick attack, and the army probably didn't bring much food, and they planned to enter the city to replenish supplies. And the city was emptied by the princess a long time ago, they entered the city but they pounced, and the grain and grass could not be delivered, they couldn't go back, there was no food in the snowfield, they would definitely starve to death, and no one dared to take the risk. ”