In the southern Narcissus City, Nangong Xia and Nangong Bo father and son were also discussing with several of their cronies and generals about Shi Ziling's intention to use the south to sneak attack Li Yuan's old nest Mijing City.

Since receiving Shi Ziling's flying pigeon message, Nangong father and son were quite shocked, they couldn't imagine that Shi Ziling suddenly decided to intervene in the war in the northwest, and also came up with a bold plan to sneak attack Li Yuan's body through the south.

However, this matter is directly related to the future survival and development of the Nangong family, and there is quite a controversy within the Nangong family, most people think that although Shi Ziling's strategy is good, but after all, the army is limited, even if the sneak attack on Mijing City is successful, after all, it will still have to start a head-on battle with Li Yuan's two major armies.

Shiziling's Songhu Legion originally only had 80,000 troops and horses, and it was estimated that it could only bring 50,000 elite soldiers at most if it was a long-distance expedition, even if the Nangong family also sent 50,000 elite soldiers, the total was only 100,000 horses. And Li Yuan's two major legions each had 100,000 soldiers and horses, a total of 200,000 military horses, and there were countless martial arts masters in the Tongtian Sect.

In this way, even if Shi Ziling and Xiahou Yuan form a front and back attack as they wish, they may not necessarily be able to win.

What's more, before Shiziling arrived, Xiahou Yuan might be defeated first, and Mijing City might not be able to be captured quickly, plus the long-distance journey of the coalition army in the southeast must be very tiring, and under multiple uncertain factors, it is really uncertain whether Li Yuan can be defeated in the end.

Once this incident is defeated, both the Nangong family and Shi Ziling will inevitably become the targets of Li Yuan's army. The Nangong family is relatively close to Li Yuan's territory, and there is no supreme master who is strong enough to resist Li Yuan's divine power, and it will definitely bear the brunt of the retaliation of Li Yuan's army, and the consequences are really unimaginable.

Therefore, within the Nangong family, after a long discussion, most people did not agree with Shi Ziling's plan at first, feeling that this plan was too risky, and once it failed, the Nangong family would inevitably be strongly retaliated against by Li Yuan's army, and everyone tended to wait for the final results of the Northwest War to come out before making plans.

Only the head of the family, Nangong Xia, resolutely supported Shi Ziling's plan.

Nangong Xia said: "Although Shi Ziling's plan for passing the book this time is simple, the meaning is quite clear, that is, to catch Li Yuan off guard. Everyone knows that Li Yuanxiong is very thoughtful, and once the war in the northwest is over, it will be impossible for anyone who wants to take advantage of him again. ”

"Although this plan is very risky, if it fails, Shi Ziling and the army we sent will be in danger of being wiped out after penetrating deep into the enemy's hinterland, not to mention Li Yuan's ensuing means of retaliation. But other than that, there was no chance to defeat Li Yuan. ”

"Let's think about it carefully, the Xiahou family has always been the only family that can directly compete with Li Yuan among the major forces in the Bright Moon Continent, if he didn't already know that he was invincible, he would never have lowered his face to ask us for help. ”

"Once Li Yuan annexes the north as he wishes, in the future, I am afraid that any force on the Mingyue Continent will no longer be able to compete with it head-on, at least three years, at most ten years, Li Yuan will sooner or later break our south and east one by one......"

After listening to Nangong Xia's analysis, everyone couldn't help but be moved.

Nangong Bodao: "It's still my father's thorough analysis. I originally planned to wait and see before making plans, but as my father said, once Li Yuan pacified the north, I am afraid that it will be too late for other forces to make a move, and there may still be a chance to strike a desperate blow while his strength has not yet reached its peak. ”

"If you miss this opportunity, it will probably be even more difficult to compete with Li Yuan in the future. Fortunately, the current Shi Ziling has just defeated Aunt Gongsun, and the momentum is in full swing, with him, even if Li Yuan has the seal of the heaven-turning god in his hand, he will not be unable to parry. Moreover, his Songhu Legion is also said to be quite good in combat, and it may not be possible that we will have unexpected results in this joint attack. ”

Nangong Xia Zhengse said: "Shi Ziling is definitely a martial arts wizard, I didn't expect him to take the initiative to get involved in the war in the northwest, since he did this, it must have been carefully considered." Shi Ziling is by no means a reckless person, if he is not a little sure, he will never act rashly. ”

"For us, although it is enough to protect ourselves for the time being, in the long run, due to our weak strength, sooner or later we will be swallowed up by Li Yuan or Xiahou Yuan. Instead of this, it is better to take the initiative to seize the opportunity to join forces with Shiziling. ”

"With my understanding of Shi Ziling, once he gains power, he will never be as wiped out as Li Yuan. I finally have a little friendship with him, and I think the foundation of our Nangong family can still be preserved. This is also a way to do it, under the current situation, we can only bet on Shi Ziling, otherwise it will be difficult to escape the end of defeat after all. ”

Everyone was solemn, and after Nangong Xia's analysis, everyone finally understood Nangong Xia's true intentions.

Although the Nangong family does not seem to have any immediate worries, Nangong Xia has already seen the trend of the next ten years, if Li Yuan is allowed to continue to grow, then the Nangong family will not be able to escape the fate of destruction after all, it is just a matter of time.

Rather than waiting for the irretrievable defeat in the future, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity to give it a go now, if the bet is right, the rise of Shiziling will at least preserve the century-old foundation of the Nangong family in the future.

Although the plan to cooperate with Shi Ziling to sneak attack Li Yuan's lair is extremely dangerous, and a bad one will accelerate the fall of the Nangong family, but in addition, there is really no better way to restrain the growth of Li Yuanshi's power.

At this point, the internal core of the Nangong family, including Nangong Bo, finally reached an agreement, and everyone agreed to join forces with Shi Ziling to deal with Li Yuan, and started preparations for this.

Soon after, Xiahou Jingxuan, who was in Songhu City, received Xiahou Yuan's flying pigeon transmission and came to Su Bairen's city guard mansion again with generous gifts, imploring Su Bairen to send troops to the north to rescue.

Su Bairen was already in the chest after learning about Ma Yu and Shi Ziling's plan, and he had expected that the Xiahou family would inevitably plead for rescue again. He first pretended to shirk Xiahou Jingxuan, until Xiahou Jingxuan took out a letter of commitment written by Xiahou Yuan, promising that once Li Yuan was defeated, he was willing to hand over control of the north before he reluctantly agreed to send troops to help.

However, Su Bairen told Xiahou Jingxuan that Shi Ziling was solely responsible for sending troops to rescue, and Shi Ziling was in charge of when to send troops and what route to take.

Xiahou Jingxuan immediately came to Shiziling's capital mansion to ask for a meeting, hoping that Shiziling could send troops to rescue him as soon as possible.

Shi Ziling had already received a notice from Bai Wuya, and as soon as he saw Xiahou Jingxuan, he immediately promised to personally lead the troops to rescue.

However, for the sake of prudence, Shi Ziling did not fully reveal his marching route and attack plan, so as not to leak the rumors, and repeatedly told Xiahou Jingxuan not to reveal his leading plan, even if it was a close confidant of the Xiahou family.

Xiahou Jingxuan was overjoyed after confirming that Shi Ziling was willing to personally lead the troops to the rescue, and after thanking him for his kindness, he said goodbye and hurriedly went back to pass the good news to his father Xiahou Yuan as soon as possible.

At the same time, the flying pigeon biography of the Nangong family's reply to Shi Ziling was also delivered to Shi Ziling.

After Shi Ziling negotiated with the Xiahou family, he received a reply from the Nangong family that he was willing to join forces to send troops, and immediately summoned the Songhu Army and the main generals of the city defenders to discuss the specific expedition.

Shi Ziling said: "I have received an official reply from the head of the Nangong family, and the cooperation with the Xiahou family has also been negotiated, without further ado, an expedition will be sent early tomorrow morning." ”

All the generals were in good spirits, everyone had been looking forward to it for so long, and finally waited for the moment of departure, all of them were gearing up, hoping that this time they could succeed in the battle and completely change the pattern of the Mingyue Continent.

Subsequently, Shi Ziling officially announced to everyone the specific planning arrangements for the troops.

This time, the plan they announced to the public was that Shi Ziling led the 50,000 elite soldiers of the Songhu Legion to go straight to the Black Dragon City in the north to rescue Xiahou Yuan, but in fact, the 50,000 soldiers and horses who really set off were the city defenders under the command of Dutong Zhao Xiong, but they were just playing the banner of the Songhu Legion.

In order to hide people's eyes, Zhao Xiong will not show up in public this time, but is secretly responsible for the command and dispatch of the army, but on the surface, it is Su Songyi who pretends to be Shi Ziling.

Su Songyi's figure and appearance are somewhat similar to Shi Ziling, and Miki Miki, who is proficient in disguise techniques, carefully dresses him up, unless he is very familiar with Shi Ziling, outsiders will never be able to see it.

The reason for this arrangement is mainly to create an illusion to the outside world, especially to give the spies set up by Li Yuan along the way, to create the illusion that Shiziling is really going directly to the Black Dragon City in the north by the official road.

Since the purpose of these 50,000 horses and horses was only to cover up the true movement of the Shiziling Songhu Army, their journey along the way would not be very fast, and they would not really go to the front line in the end. Once the real Shiziling sneak attack on Mijing City succeeds, Su Songyi and Zhao Xiong will lead the army back to Songhu City.

And the 50,000 elite soldiers selected by Shi Ziling have quietly come to Songhu City in batches a few days ago to wait outside Songhu City, just waiting for Shi Ziling's order, these 50,000 elite soldiers will take advantage of the southern Narcissus City to attack Li Yuan's old nest Mijing City.

The total strength in the east was not much, and after Shiziling transferred 50,000 elite soldiers and Zhao Xiong took away 50,000 city defenders, there were only 20,000 or 30,000 horses left. Just in case, Shi Ziling left Bai Qingshuang behind, and she led the Songhu Army and the remaining military horses of the city defenders to defend Songhu City.

Bai Qingshuang was very unhappy at first, she very much hoped to follow Shi Ziling to the northwest battlefield, but after the elite of the Songhu Legion and Zhao Xiong's city defenders totaled 100,000 military horses, the east was greatly emptied, and only Bai Qingshuang in the army had not only been in the city defenders, but also held important positions in the Songhu Legion, so it was most suitable for her to lead the remaining military horses in Songhu City.

In addition, in case of an attack by a foreign enemy, Su Zhirou, Yu Yulan and others at home can go to the army to help Bai Qingshuang, and Shi Ziling still left Bai Qingshuang in Songhu City after multiple considerations.

Although Bai Qingshuang was unwilling, he also knew that he had a heavy responsibility, and with his own presence in Songhu City, Shi Ziling could lead the troops to the expedition with complete confidence, and finally agreed.