"If you go outside, you must first settle inside! This is an established national policy, so there is no need to discuss it! In the Jing'an Hall of the Daning Imperial Palace, Xiao Yu interrupted the discussion of the courtiers irritably.

"Your Majesty! The East China Sea is eyeing the tiger, and has gathered more than 200,000 people to take the three islands of Wailiao, and now they support Quan Lang to call the emperor outside the Guan, and re-establish the pseudo-mausoleum, our army outside the Guanxi has retreated to the south of the North Songjiang River because of the edict! Chu Cheng said excitedly, in Chu Cheng's opinion, Mengxuan is only an internal matter in the Central Plains, and foreign enemies such as Donghai and Beimu are what the imperial court should pay attention to.

"You know what! Over the years, I have endured the relationship with Chengdu, and now Chengdu has become a big trend, and now Kaifeng is an opportunity, don't we do it to watch him continue to grow bigger! The East China Sea is just a disease of ringworm and scabies, and it is bitter cold outside the Guan, I have long wanted to withdraw the army to the Guannai, as long as we solve the Montessori within five years, it doesn't matter what Beimu or Donghai! "Xiao Yu is very stubborn.

Chu Cheng was about to say something, Duanmuyang tugged at his sleeve on the side and signaled not to anger Xiao Yu anymore.

After retreating from the dynasty, Duanmuyang dragged Chu Cheng back to the yamen of the office, and whispered as he walked: "Chu Xiang! You're so excited, when you hit Your Majesty! ”

"Lang Guogong! I didn't want to argue with Your Majesty, since General Yu had already rushed to Yingchuan, why did he transfer the King of Dongyang over, so that our coastal defense would be empty, and the wolf sons of the East China Sea were ambitious, they invaded the three islands of Wailiao and supported Quan Lang, the next step is to enter the Central Plains, you should see it clearly! Chu Cheng was still not angry in his heart, he believed that resisting foreign enemies was more important than unifying the Central Plains.

"I'm afraid that the prime minister is serious, even if the East China Sea has developed in the past few years by taking advantage of the civil strife in our Central Plains, it will not have the ability to threaten the Central Plains." Duanmuyang said this for comfort, and secondly, he looked down on Donghai in his heart.

Chu Cheng shook his head and said: "Lang Guogong, you know my origin, I saw the ambition of the East China Sea when the Quan family married the East China Sea, fortunately, the old Yan King has always been vigilant against the East China Sea and did not let the East China Sea sit big, but the East China Sea also took the opportunity to install a lot of people in the hidden capital, this time the East China Sea blatantly supported the scum of Quan Lang, which is enough to show that the East China Sea is prepared!" ”

Duanmu Yang thought for a moment and said, "Since there is a problem in the hidden capital, why should the prince bother with the transfer of the Dongyang King?" ”

"The king of Dongyang has been in charge of my coastal defense for a long time, and the people of the East China Sea are quite jealous of him, you have also read the military report that the East China Sea fleet has been cruising near the waters east of the Jiangdong River of our country, once the king of Dongyang is transferred, the people of the East China Sea may not dare to enter the north and south Songjiang!"

Duanmuyang gasped, what Chu Cheng said was not unreasonable! But do the people of the East China Sea really dare?

Chu Cheng saw Duanmuyang's hesitation about what he said, and then said: "Lang Guogong, once the king of Dongyang and Daxuan start a war in the Great Lake, it will be difficult to withdraw for a while, the Montessori has learned from our dynasty in recent years and formed a water division, whether it is Huo Youji or Xia Wenyu, it is difficult to get along, if the East China Sea invades the South Song River, the South Song River is lost, and the East China Sea goes all the way up the big river, what do you think will happen!" ”

Duanmu Yang, who had his eyes slightly closed, suddenly widened his eyes and said in a trembling voice: "Chu Xiang, this matter can't be said easily!" After crossing the South Song River, all the way up the river is the capital! ”

Chu Cheng nodded and didn't speak, he knew that Duanmuyang already had a sense of crisis, Duanmuyang paced back and forth in the room, and then suddenly stopped and said: "Prime Minister, you go to the king of Anqing County, I will go to invite the prince, let's meet in the palace of Anqing County, if this matter is as you said, it will be too big, not for you and me to solve!" ”

Xiao Ning, the prince of Daning, held the teacup tremblingly, gasped and said, "Uncle Wang, Lang Guogong, do you think what the prince said will come true?" ”

Everyone was speechless, what Chu Cheng said was too big, no one dared to comment easily, after half an hour of kung fu Xiao Han got up and said: "In the next few days, I will go to the north to discuss the matter of going south with King Yan, go and see the situation first, what do you think?" ”

"The prince's cautiousness is admired, but can the king of Dongyang not go west for the time being, or postpone the plan to go west?" Chu Cheng is still working hard, and he thinks that it is an unwise choice to turn his face with Daxuan at this time.

Xiao Han looked at Xiao Ning, if this matter is to be promoted, it depends on whether Xiao Ning is willing to contribute, Xiao Ning was uncomfortable by Xiao Han, and stammered and embarrassed: "Uncle Wang, you are not lonely, this is a plan set by my father, and it is difficult to take back this matter with my father's temper, unless I can say that King Dongyang can be moved." ”

Duanmuyang sighed and said: "King Dongyang has always been very resolute in carrying out His Majesty's orders, and we can't do anything about him, but if the speed is fast enough, even if Donghai does something to us, King Dongyang should be able to come back in time." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, what you say now is just speculation, Your Majesty's order still has to be implemented, is there any news from the Qilin Pavilion?" Xiao Han got up and asked.

"Lord Wang, the Qilin Pavilion sent back the news that Huo Youji, who temporarily took over Kaifeng, was ill last night, and now Kaifeng is temporarily taken over by Jin Fu, and Jiujiang is now under the temporary command of Xia Wenyu." Duanmu Yang replied with a frown.

"No, Huo You's sick? Is it a bit of a coincidence that he is sick at this time? Chu Cheng questioned.

"There shouldn't be any problem, as far as I know, the people over there in Kaifeng have not been very friendly to Huo Youji, and the generals of the Kaifeng battalion are not satisfied with Huo Youji's guest general, and now the people from the Condor Army are gathered near Ruzhou, and Jin Fu is also chasing ducks to the shelves, this kid is not General Yu's opponent." Xiao Han said calmly, firstly, he believed in the intelligence of the Jinyi Qilin, and secondly, although Jin Fu became famous in the Battle of Yuzhang, he was still a chick compared to Yu Qingwu.

"The prince's analysis is reasonable, this Huo Youji originally went to the Condor Army to select people to form recruits, the death of Zhou Ce and his wife was an accident, it is really impossible for Huo Youji to control Kaifeng for a while, and the sudden suicide of Zhou Ce's deputy is not a good thing for Huo Youji, the illness is not estimated to be true, but it should be no problem to retreat." Duanmuyang has studied the generals of Daxuan, and among the second-generation generals of Daxuan, Huo Youjian is indeed a front-line existence, if he is given three months to sort out Kaifeng, it is no problem, but when major events happen one after another, even Chen Zhiqing does not dare to guarantee that he will control them all.

"Alas, Zhou Ce's assassination is our handiwork, but burning the princess's mansion is really not what we want to do, and this Quan Qing is too bottomless." Xiao Han said faintly, this is also the first time that a small-scale response to the Kaifeng incident has been made.

However, there was no special surprise for the people present, although Ning and Xuan have been in close contact over the years, but the competition between the two sides has never stopped, for Daning, the Kaifeng garrisoned by Zhou Ce is stuck in Heluo's throat like a fish thorn, and the Ning army has not dared to go west to Luochen, and the army in the pass is not easy to move.

The assassination of Zhou Ce was just to make the Xuan army in Kaifeng unable to get out of the city easily, but now it's okay, Quan Qing, a brainless person, directly killed Zhou Ce and his wife, and took the initiative to provoke the Xuan army in Nanyang, so that Daning had to send troops in advance, once the Xuan army came to Luochen City, how long could Quan Qing be able to defend it?

Xiao Yu retreated everyone, one person studied the route of the troops in the inner study, Teng Han was in Xijing, Yu Qingwu was in Yingchuan, Xiao Ze was in Wangjiang, the three soldiers and horses acted together, Teng Han feinted to attack Hanzhong, this way only needed to let Meng Huan return to the army quickly, Xiao Ze actually had no specific task in Wangjiang, the purpose was to attract the attention of Daxuan, if it was possible to take Yuzhang and Jiujiang, it was also a good thing, the most important way was Yu Qingwu, the Condor Army was already in chaos, Xuansong and others were still in Chengdu, even if they couldn't take Kaifeng, It can also make Kaifeng's soldiers and horses dare not come out, so it will be simple for Yu Qingwu's ability to go west to Luochen.

Now Xiao Yu's only worry is whether Long Tingfei will reach some kind of agreement with Daxuan, according to the original plan, this expedition will be two months later, but the death of Zhou Ce and his wife must send troops as soon as possible, I wanted Quan Xi to contain Long Tingfei, but the actions of the East China Sea people and Quan Lang made Quan Xi a little disobedient to the command, Xiao Han must pass as soon as possible and urge Quan Xi to go south.

After making up his mind, Xiao Yu immediately called the inner servant to pass the decree, the time did not wait for anyone, and he wanted to grab time with Daxuan, at this time Meng Yan was still in sadness, once he reacted, Xiao Yu thought that he was not sure to take advantage of his hands, and he was a brother for many years.

After the waiter left, Xiao Yu took a few guards to Lanting Garden, and when he arrived at the door, Xiao Yu asked the guards to guard outside, and walked in alone.

After passing through the corridor, a flower house on the island in the middle of the lake was half-closed, Xiao Yu gently pushed it away and said with a smile: "Sanniang, how are you okay these days?" ”

An elegant woman in the flower room was pruning the flowers, and she didn't look back when she heard Xiao Yu's words, and responded softly: "Big brother, I said, it doesn't make sense for you to detain me like this." Then the woman turned her head and looked at Xiao Yu expressionlessly, this person was Zhong Roulan, the empress of Southern Chu!

"Sanniang, I don't want to detain you, I just hope you can figure it out, the Central Plains is where you and I can perform, overseas or the Western Continent, not our hometown, but then again, you are still as bold as when you were young, and the dignified Empress of Southern Chu will sneak back to Yuhang."

"I was careless, I didn't expect the relatives around me to have contact with you." Zhong Roulan's words were calm, as if she was not particularly touched by the matter of being placed under house arrest.

"Sanniang, it's still the same sentence, you come back to help me, Daning's position as the queen is reserved for you, as long as you want, all your subordinates can be resettled in Daning, and even I can help you retake Chenjing and send Chenjing to you."

Zhong Roulan smiled faintly and said, "Big brother, we are not teenagers anymore, it's okay for you to coax the child with these words, I'm old," and then paused and continued: "You are dealing with the second brother now, are you sure to be honest?" Over the years, you and I have been unable to live with the second brother too much. ”