Before you know it, the night flies by in the blink of an eye, and the sky turns from pitch black to deep blue, heralding the dawn of a new day.

In the misty morning light, Xiao Yu and his party came to Mianzhu City, Wei Ban and Huang Shuiquan went out of the city to greet them, and then Wei Ban personally led the way and led Xiao Yu into the mansion of the original Mianzhu guard.

Xiao Yu asked Tang Shengyue, who was in a trance, to rest first, while he entered the study with Wei Ban.

After taking a seat, Xiao Yu spoke first: "Wen Ze, you should be the first to take the lead in this Shuzhou war." ”

Wei Ban did not wear armor, but wore a military attaché robe with narrow sleeves and waist, and bowed his hand and said: "Don't dare to be a prince." ”

Xiao Yu smiled gently: "Wen Ze doesn't have to be humble, whether it is stealing through Yinping, cutting off the back road of the Sword Pavilion, or even the three cities of Xiajiangyou, Fucheng, and Mianzhu, it is enough to be famous for future generations, if you can't deserve to be the first merit in Shu, who can afford it? ”

Xiao Yu changed his words, and then said: "Now there is no danger in Shuzhong, there is only one Jincheng left, as long as the Tang family is destroyed again, then Shuzhou can be in my hands." What do you think?"

Wei Ban was obviously prepared, and did not hesitate for a minute and said: "Back to the prince, the last general thinks that Jincheng is easy to attack, and the Tang family is difficult to fight, the Tang family is the first family in Shuzhou, and there are countless disciples and dead soldiers, and they have colluded with the White Lotus Sect over the years, which can be described as a master." Moreover, Tang Lie, the head of the Tang family, is also a master at the peak of heaven and man, and there are as many as five masters of heaven and man, including him, which is extremely difficult to deal with. ”

Xiao Yu waved his hand and said: "It's okay, except for the two real people who were taken to Xiliangzhou by Xiao Jin, the remaining six Daomen real people followed this king, Min Xing and Lan Yu into Shu respectively, plus Zishuiyang and Huangshuiquan, there are enough eight heavenly masters, and then this king will also take action personally, as long as it is not the White Lotus Sect leader in person, the Tang family will not be lucky." ”

Wei Ban complimented him a few more words, although he made great achievements this time, but he only had five thousand tired divisions in his hands, which was still far from Xu Lin, Min Xing, Lin Han and others, so he didn't have the slightest idea of being rampant. It is precisely because of this that he can calmly watch from the sidelines, and see very clearly that Xiao Yu really has his own plans in his heart about how to take Jincheng and Shuzhou, and the reason why he asked him was mainly to express his closeness and importance to him, the "first meritorious minister".

What Wei Ban is now worried about is the accusations that will follow within the Northwest Army after the end of the Shuzhou War. Now the Northwest Army can be roughly divided into three factions, of which the most powerful is naturally the Zhongdu faction headed by Xu Lin, but this faction is also the most ruthlessly suppressed by Xiao Yu, followed by the Xiliang faction headed by Min Xing, dominated by the Xiliang Army and other border armies, there is a tendency to come from behind, and there is even the meaning of replacing Xu Lin. Finally, there is the foreign faction led by Lin Han, this faction is mainly grassland and new generals, and there are also "surrendered" generals like Han Xiong, who are naturally Xiao Yu's descendants. Wei Ban himself belongs to Xu Lin's Zhongdu faction, but depending on the meaning of the prince, it has the meaning of classifying himself as a descendant, whether he Wei Ban admits it or not, as long as the prince makes this attitude, in the eyes of others, Wei Ban has become the prince's confidant, so that the Zhongdu faction will regard himself as a traitor. And this time the Zhongdu faction is responsible for staying behind, the Xiliang faction as the main force into Shu, the long-term attack in Langzhong failed, in the context of their own stealing over the Yinping results, even more mediocre and incompetent, if the prince reprimands the Xiliang faction, then they dare not resent the prince, but dare to be jealous of their shallow foundation. In this way, when he looked around, he was surrounded by enemies on all sides, and there was no other way to go except to hug the prince's thigh.

After thinking about this, Wei Ban couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, the prince is indeed a good means, but Sai Weng lost his horse, and he didn't know if it was a blessing, since he became the prince's descendant, then with his military merits, his official position would not stop at a commander of the three grades, maybe he could take a step further.

Xiao Yu's next words made Wei Ban feel overjoyed, "The responsibility of the local capital division should be stationed, not in the attack, after the battle in Shuzhou, our army should go down the river and march into the two lakes and Jiangnan, so that the command of the envoy and the original border army military system command, there is a lot of inconvenience, so the king wants to set up a wartime camp to divide the army under the command, each camp is set up as a commander or a superintendent, plus the title of governor of the left, on behalf of the king to direct the right to fight, after the war, the camp will be revoked, and the personnel will be in their place." ”

Wei Ban's eyes lit up, if the camp was divided, it would not be limited to the three-way army, so that each commander and the capital would not have two or more bosses, and only need to obey the orders of the commander and chief military officer of the palm seal camp, and the palm seal officer of the camp would also become a veritable feudal official.

From this, it can also be seen that Xiao Yu is no longer limited to a few states, but wants to look at the whole world.

Wei Ban praised sincerely: "This move of the prince is really a good prescription in wartime. ”

Xiao Yu smiled lightly: "If this law is implemented, I plan to set up the Two Lakes Camp, and let you Wei Wen serve as the palm seal officer of the Two Lakes Camp." ”

Wei Ban knelt on one knee, hugged his fists and said: "Wei Ban dares to disobey the power of dogs and horses, and then die!"

After Xiao Yu arrived in Mianzhu, the army stationed in the Sword Pavilion also pulled out of the camp one after another, except for the necessary remaining people, all went to Mianzhu.

At the same time, the Blue Jade army sent troops from Hanzhong and began to sweep away the remnants of the Shu army north of Jianmen Pass, and the siege of Langzhong in Minxing was about to come to an end.

Min Xing was able to leap out of the many governors in the northwest and become the second only to Xu Lin from the left governor of the first grade, naturally has its own uniqueness, whether it is strategy or strategy, he is second only to Xu Lin, and by Xiao Yu suppressed Xu Lin, he took the opportunity to leave the capital out of Xu Lin's control, and then gathered the Xiliang army that originally belonged to Qin Quan and later surrendered, and became a family of its own, becoming the Xiliang faction among the three major factions in the northwest. This time into Shuzhong, the Zhongdu faction headed by Xu Lin was completely left out in the cold, and the Xiliang faction took advantage of the situation, Min Xing originally wanted to completely consolidate his position in the Northwest Army by virtue of his military exploits in Shu, but he did not expect to be born Wei Wenze, but he became a stepping stone for Wei Ban.

In the past three days, Minxing attacked the city day and night, regardless of the damage, although the Langzhong guard general Tang Lian swore to defend the city to the death, but the Shuzhong family had abandoned the Tang family, and was unwilling to die with the Tang family on the sinking ship in Shuzhou, each seeking to protect themselves. On the evening of the third day of the siege of the city by Minxing, the gentry in the city opened the city gate, the army of Minxing entered the city, and all the defenders in the city surrendered.

Min Xing ordered the two Taoist real people accompanying him to hunt down Tang Lian, and he personally drafted the document to report the victory, and asked Li Chen, the political envoy of Xihe Prefecture, to go to the Sword Pavilion with the document in person.

Three days later, Jincheng in Shuzhong, the Tang family's mansion.

Tang Lie came to the inaccessible backyard alone, and unconsciously walked under a high wall, reaching out to hold on to the cold and piercing wall.

News from all over Shuzhou came one after another, Jianmen Pass was lost, Langzhong was lost, his youngest son Tang Lian's life and death were unknown, the blue jade army entered Shu from Hanzhong, and it had arrived at the Sword Pavilion, and Xiao Yu personally led the army, Chen Bing Mianzhu, and eyed Jincheng, which had no slightest obstruction.

Shuzhou's natural insurance has been lost.

Although the Tang family in Shuzhong still seems to occupy half of Shuzhou, as long as they stick to Jincheng and wait for Luo Zongxian's reinforcements from the two lakes, they still have the strength to fight. But Tang Lie himself knows very well that this is just a verbal fig leaf, not to mention that Shuzhou is no longer in danger, even those families who are ready to move have already made the Tang family shackled, and these families are still thinking about using the Tang family to curry favor with Xiao Yu, the new lord of Shuzhou.

Internal and external troubles, the building will fall.

Tang Lie sighed, withdrew his palm, and the whole person looked more and more old.

To this day, the result of the battle between the Tang family in Shuzhong and Xiao Yu in the northwest is a complete rout, and the Tang family has been forced to the edge of the cliff, with an abyss behind them.

Xiao Yu, who destroyed the Zhao family with his own hands, is still pressing step by step, wanting to let the Tang family follow in the footsteps of the Zhao family, fall into the abyss, and never recover.

Tang Lie looked at the snow-white wall in front of him, and asked himself: "Tang Lie, Tang Lie, when the matter comes, whether you are fighting or leaving, you must always know in your heart." ”

Then Tang Lie was silent for a long time, and laughed at himself: "People are old, and their courage is small. ”