Bai Wuya said: "Brother Xiahou, although I am willing to borrow someone, but I can only save the urgent need, if you want to repel Li Yuan's army, you still have to seek additional reinforcements."

Xiahou Yuan said with a sad face: "Who said it wasn't! It's just that no one would have thought that Li Yuan was so well prepared this time, and I sent troops to counterattack several times to disrupt his line, but they all failed miserably. The relationship between our Xiahou family and several other major families has always been mediocre, although I have sent my cronies and children to persuade them to send troops to rescue, but it has been fruitless, and I am also so anxious that I can't sleep!"

Bai Wuya said: "This is also expected, under the current situation, if the power of the major places is not a last resort, no one wants to offend the Li Yuan family, which is the strongest today." The strength of Su Bairen and Nangong Xia is not as strong as your Xiahou family, you still feel difficult, how dare they easily start a war with Li Yuan?"

Xiahou Yuan sighed: "The current situation is quite bad, once the Yanzhao Pass is breached, Li Yuan's army will drive straight in, and then our north may completely fall into the hands of Li Yuan." Alas, don't hide it from Brother Bai, I have prepared for the worst, why do I have to deal with Li Yuan to the end, it's just ...... It's just that Feiyang and Jingxuan are still young, and I don't want to see them ........"

Bai Wuya said: "Brother Xiahou, you don't want to give up the foundation of the north, I understand the mood of wanting to deal with Li Yuan to the end, but you also know Li Yuan's style, he was originally from the Lingbao Sect, and after he founded the Tongtian Sect, he will exterminate all the Lingbao Sect people who disobey him, and he will not show any mercy, I am afraid that once he controls the north, he will also ...... to the descendants of your family."

Xiahou Yuan smiled bitterly: "I have thought about this a long time ago, if it weren't for this, I would have thought about asking Li Yuan for peace." It is precisely because of the consideration that Li Yuan will definitely cut the grass and eradicate the roots after gaining power, so there is only one way to fight to the death. However, judging from the current situation, the future is indeed not optimistic. ”

Bai Wuya said: "Since you have seen that there is only one way to defeat if you fight hard, why don't you find another way out?"

Xiahou Yuan was surprised: "Find another way out? Where is there any other way out? Do you want me to flee to other places with my entire family? Even if I am willing to give up the foundation of the north, with the current situation, who is willing to accept our Xiahou family now?"

Bai Wuya understood that Xiahou Yuan was right, with the Xiahou family's pivotal position and strength in the Bright Moon Continent, once he gave up the northern foundation and fled to other places, the forces in other places would definitely not dare to accept him. Because they were afraid that Li Yuan would pursue it, they were also afraid that they would be eaten by the Xiahou family, so once Xiahou Yuan failed miserably this time, he would really be cornered.

Bai Wuya said: "Brother Xiahou, I understand your situation, in fact, the situation of my Shura Mansion is similar to that of your Xiahou family. Since I rejected Li Xiaoyao's marriage to Qingshuang, I have also formed a grudge with Li Yuan, and once Li Yuan controls the north, sooner or later it will be unfavorable to our Shura Mansion. For now, the only way to do this is to continue to ask for help. ”

"Asking for help?"

Xiahou Yuan said: "I have sent people to all the major families, but the replies I got are not optimistic, some are just perfunctory delays, and some simply refuse. At this time of year, who would dare to openly offend Li Yuan?"

Bai Wuya said: "I don't dare to say anything else, but at least one person still dares to compete with Li Yuan." ”

"Who is it?" Xiahou Yuan hurriedly asked.

"Of course it's my good son-in-law Shi Ziling!"

Bai Wuya replied with a smile: "In terms of martial arts strength, Ziling and Li Yuan have competed several times without winning or losing, and in terms of military power in his hands, Ziling now controls the 80,000 horses of the Songhu Army and tens of thousands of city defenders. I know that he is a good commander of the army, and the combat strength of the legion is quite good, if he is willing to send troops on an expedition, he may be able to save your current crisis. ”

Xiahou Yuan frowned and said, "I also had high hopes for Shiziling, and sent Jing Xuan to lobby Su Bairen for help, but unfortunately Su Bairen refused. And Shi Ziling has been out of Songhu City because he is busy fighting against Aunt Gongsun, and even if he is there, can he disobey Su Bairen's order?"

Bai Wuya said: "I have seen Su Bairen, he is a typical person who is content with the status quo without great ambition, of course he does not dare to offend Li Yuan, let alone send troops to fight Li Yuan." But Shiziling is different, although my son-in-law is not ambitious, but he has the mind to help the world and the people, if someone dares to talk to Li Yuan's Tongtian Sect for a long time, I think it is Ziling. ”

Of course, Xiahou Yuan hoped that Shi Ziling could send troops to rescue him, but he had received news from his second son Xiahou Jingxuan earlier, saying that Su Bairen had rejected their request and did not want to get involved in the war in the northwest, and Xiahou Yuan was also quite distressed about this.

Listening to Bai Wuya's tone now, he seems to be quite confident that Shi Ziling dares to challenge Li Yuan, thinking that Bai Wuya is Shi Ziling's father-in-law, maybe he can persuade Shi Ziling to send troops, Xiahou Yuan can't help but feel excited.

He hurriedly bowed deeply to Bai Wuya and said, "Brother Bai, if you can persuade Shi Ziling to send an expedition to help me repel Li Yuan's army, I am willing to give up the control of Black Dragon City, just to preserve the foundation of our Xiahou family in the north." ”

Bai Wuya said unhappily: "Brother Xiahou, I, Bai Wuya, have been working hard to run my Shura Mansion, and I have never competed with your Xiahou family for control of the north. ”

Xiahou Yuan waved his hand again and again and said: "Brother Bai, you misunderstood, I know that you are concentrating on martial arts, and you have never intended to dominate the world, our two families have been peaceful in the north for many years, how can I suspect that you take the opportunity to seize power?"

"It's just that Shi Ziling's expedition is not trivial, even if he can defeat Li Yuan, he will definitely suffer heavy losses in the end, and in return, I naturally have to come up with enough remuneration to be reasonable. Otherwise, how could he and Su Bairen be willing to send troops on an expedition?"

"I said that I was willing to give up control of Black Dragon City, as long as Shi Ziling's army can help me defeat Li Yuan, I am really willing to hand over the power of the north. ”

"As for who this control will be handed over, in my opinion, of course, it will be handed over to Brother Bai, you are most at ease. You and I have known each other for decades, although there have been frictions, but after all, I know the roots, I know the person, Brother Daobai, if you control the overall situation in the north, at least you can preserve the foundation of our Xiahou family. ”

Bai Wuya frowned and said, "Brother Xiahou, I am indeed sure that Shiziling will send troops to rescue your current crisis, but I never thought of taking the opportunity to replace your Xiahou family's position in the north, why do you have to make such a promise?"

Xiahou Yuan smiled bitterly: "Brother Bai, the battle for hegemony in the world has always been a succession and defeat, since our Xiahou family lost to Li Yuan, we naturally have to be willing to withdraw from the ranks of the hegemony." In fact, even if we and Shi Ziling can join forces to defeat Li Yuan's army, our Xiahou family will already be greatly injured, and I am already very satisfied with being able to preserve our century-old foundation in the north. ”

"If I still insist on controlling the north, even if Shi Ziling is your son-in-law, I will definitely not agree. If there is no benefit at all, why should he mobilize his troops to send troops on an expedition? The big and small forces in the east will also be dissatisfied with Shiziling because of this, and I am just talking about the matter. ”

Bai Wuya thought about it carefully, and also felt that what Xiahou Yuan said was reasonable. Shi Ziling sent an expedition, no matter what the reason, for the eastern chaebol family and the people who supported him behind him, there must be a clear explanation, and it is impossible to rescue just for the sake of rescue. If you can get control of the north because of this, it will naturally be the best result.

In fact, Bai Wuya had already received a flying pigeon transmission from his daughter Bai Qingshuang before, telling him that Shi Ziling intended to send troops to attack Li Yuan's lair Mijing City, hoping that he could wait for an opportunity to help. He originally planned to go to Xiahou Yuan to persuade him to formally ask for help from Shi Ziling again.

Now Xiahou Yuan took the initiative to promise that once Shi Ziling helped successfully defeat Li Yuan, he was willing to hand over control of the north in exchange, which was also the right decision he made after seeing the situation clearly. Otherwise, even if Shi Ziling could not be careful, the eastern forces behind Shi Ziling would never be able to agree to such a difficult expedition just out of kindness to help.

Thinking about this, Bai Wuya was calm in his heart, he understood that Shi Ziling's labor expedition would inevitably bring long-term benefits to the east, otherwise Shi Ziling would not be able to explain to the east, and taking the opportunity to gain control of the north would be the best reward for the eastern power.

Bai Wuya nodded and said: "Since Brother Xiahou, you have already made a decision in your heart, then I have nothing to say, as for who the control of the north will be handed over, it will be a matter for the future, and it will not be too late for us to discuss it in the future." The top priority is that your Xiahou family must show sincerity and once again implore the east to send troops to rescue, and I will definitely help persuade Shiziling. ”

Xiahou Yuan was overjoyed, and he didn't expect to come to Shura Mansion today to borrow someone, but in the end, he had the opportunity to mobilize Shiziling in the east to send troops to rescue. Xiahou Yuan had already thought very clearly, if Yanzhao Pass was broken by Li Yuan, the Xiahou family would be in danger of being uprooted, and it would definitely be impossible to stop Li Yuan from annexing the entire north.

Rather than let the foundation of his family be uprooted by Li Yuan for hundreds of years, he was willing to temporarily unite with outsiders to repel Li Yuan. Even if the control of the north is temporarily handed over, as long as the foundation of the Xiahou family is still there, maybe after decades of recuperation, there will be a chance to make a comeback, and then they will be able to re-enter the ranks of the world dominance.

Xiahou Yuan immediately discussed with Bai Wuya, and his second son Xiahou Jingxuan, who was in Songhu City, once again implored the east to send troops to rescue, and the Xiahou family would also announce to the world in due course, as long as the eastern reinforcements could help him repel Li Yuan's army, he was willing to hand over control of the north, just to preserve the Xiahou family's century-old foundation in the north.

In addition to helping persuade Shiziling to send troops to rescue, Bai Wuya also agreed to join forces with the Xiahou family to resist Li Yuan's invasion, hoping to wait for the arrival of Shiziling's reinforcements to join forces and repel Li Yuan's army in one fell swoop.