That night, Wei Shuping and Shen Mingyuan sat together to discuss countermeasures. Shen Mingyuan asked first: "General Wei, I don't know anything about war, this time my father ordered me to come to Haixi to learn from you, what do you think?" Wei Shuping stood up and saluted: "Your Highness has raised the minister." Shen Mingyuan waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down. Wei Shuping pointed to the map and said, "There is no movement in Bibo City at present, we should be the first to receive the news." The water devil attacked Hais, we can't control it, but I'm afraid that in a few days, the news will spread, and the two countries of Xidi and Storm will be linked, and Houwan County will follow the front and back attacks, and take the opportunity to attack Haixi, which will be dangerous. ”

Shen Mingyuan asked: "If the prince really raises troops, then his purpose must be to fight Huadu and seek power and usurp the throne, otherwise, there is no point." Wouldn't he just go south? Wei Shuping shook his head and said, "Your Highness, our position in Haixi is too important. If he hadn't destroyed Hercy first, and Shikoku would not be able to support him to the south, then he would have to fight alone, and his chances of victory would not be great. Moreover, he went directly south, if our Weijia army ignored it and attacked Bibo City, then his lair would also be in danger. Therefore, as long as he thinks of soldiers, he has to beat our Weijia army down first. ”

Shen Mingyuan agreed with his words: "Yes, I was negligent. If Haixi weren't so important, he wouldn't have had to think about it for so many years and wanted to bring down the Wei family. So you said that if he had a different heart, he would definitely come to fight Hercy in the first battle, right? Wei Shuping was a little worried: "If the Four-Nation Alliance comes, our Wei family is not afraid; If the prince comes, our Wei family is not afraid. But I'm afraid that they will be connected in tandem and attack together, and when the time comes, it will be difficult to say that they will be attacked on their backs and be isolated. Speaking of this, he stood up, dressed himself, and saluted again: "In case this is the case, the whole family of Weichen will protect His Highness to leave Houwan County safely." ”

After being assassinated twice in a row, Shen Mingyuan already knew that this place was dangerous, far beyond his expectations. But fortunately, my father knows how to make good use of people, and the Wei family is really reliable. So he said his thoughts without reservation: "General Wei, it can almost be judged now, Prince Yi is absolutely opposed, it's just a matter of time." But what about the four northern countries? Is there a way for us to talk to them, I think, what benefits did the prince promise them, we can also promise, what they want is nothing more than money, food and fresh water, let's just give more? Stabilize them first, wait for the rebels to be quelled, and then take your time to clean up one by one. ”

Wei Shuping replied to him: "The four countries are greedy, if they only need money and food, although Haixi Mansion is not enough at present, they can be replenished in the future." It's just that we don't know what benefits the prince promised them, what if the city is ceded to them after the rebellion is successful? As soon as Wei Shuping's words fell, Shen Mingyuan's right palm slapped on the table. Although he is not very old, he also knows that it is a great shame to cut the land and pay compensation, and in the 116 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have been seven generations of emperors, and he has never ceded the land and kissed.

He is different from Shen Minghuang, Shen Minghuang has a rigorous temperament and does not smile, but he is not informal, and he also laughs and laughs when he talks on weekdays, so Wei Yangyang doesn't care if he ignores him. But when Wei Shuping mentioned cutting land, it was the most serious time since he entered Haixi Mansion. He stood up and said, "Don't even think about cutting the ground!" If you want to cut and cut other homes, we will not give them a grain of sand! Hearing him say this, Wei Shuping seemed to have a new idea: "Your Highness, you just mentioned cutting the land to cut other families, and Weichen has an idea. It's just that we can't make decisions about this matter, we need to go to the emperor and ask for a performance first. Shen Mingyuan wanted to hear his opinion: "General Wei, what is your idea first?" ”

Wei Shuping pointed to the map again: "This water demon is the largest of the four countries, in addition to attacking our Haixi, it also oppresses the other three countries all year round. Snowflutter's eldest son was a hostage to the Water Devil, and the other two countries also sent protons to the Water Devil. Wei Chen thought, since there is no surprise attack on Hayes now, the country will be empty, why don't we add a handful of firewood to him, unite with the West Dike and Tyrant, and attack the water demon from the west and south at the same time. When the time comes, the land of the water demon will be divided equally among the three families. Moreover, the Water Demon Cavalry has the strongest combat effectiveness, and if they are completely eliminated, the pressure on the defense of the northern border will be greatly reduced! How many cities can the prince promise to the West and the Tyranny? What's more, rebelling with him may not be successful. These three points of water demons have a greater chance of winning and more benefits. It's just," he said, hesitating.

Shen Mingyuan understood his words: "This union of the two countries is not a trivial matter, General Wei is worried, the emperor sent envoys again, delaying the warplane, right?" The garrison replied to him: "Yes." Moreover, the land that was beaten down was not qualified to be granted to the two countries. Shen Mingyuan touched the signet ring on his hand and said to him: "General Guard, when I came, my father told me that if the situation is urgent, I can make any decision with full authority. You don't have to think about the consequences of doing this now, you just need to think about whether you can do it or not. Hearing him say this, Wei Shuping was reassured, and continued to say his idea: "Your Highness, although we are mortal enemies with the four countries, we have not been fighting every day over the years, and we have traded with each other on weekdays. Wechen is confident that he can persuade the two countries to attack the water demons together. ”

* In my heart, I planted a seed of doubt in Lingzhou, and as time went by, this seed grew bigger and bigger, until the end of April, when I came to Haixi to worship Jibo Yiwei, it finally grew into a towering tree. It turned out that Cheek Bo Snow Butterfly had long known that his eldest son was killed by my younger brother, and he could still endure humiliation for so long, and his scheming was terrifying. Two years ago, the prince of Yi asked the four countries to join forces to attack Haixi, and he was the intermediary to spread the word; A year ago in Lingzhou, it was also the emptiness of Qiantang that he said, which caused Xiao Diaoer to be completely annihilated; Now, his youngest son is hooking up with Wei Shuping's daughter again. Therefore, it is true that he surrendered to me, and he wanted to make Dayang a vassal country! Yes, when his son marries the daughter of the Wei family, and Dayang supports him, we water demons will never think about overpowering Hayes again. Kill him, thought to himself.

The one who received the news a few days later than the garrison was the cheek wave snow butterfly. He hated to be treacherous, and he cooperated with pirates last year to attack Qiantang, and this year he actually attacked himself with his backhand? Soon, King Hayes sent someone to announce that the snow butterfly had entered the palace to discuss matters. The cheek wave snow butterfly is in power, and if it was in the past, he would not have bothered to deal with the king at all. But now is different from the past, since the year before last, he made his own decision and agreed to the prince of Ji and the four countries to sneak attack the Wei family, which angered Wei Bingyue, causing Hayes to be beaten all the way to move the capital, and after he also fled to the sea, his prestige in Hayes plummeted. When he fled back from Lingzhou, he found that Xun Huizu was not as obedient as in previous years.

Xun Huizu entertained him for a meal, and what he said sounded like the king's banquet, but the food on the banquet was not as rich as the Wei family's hospitality guests. It is a great shame for a country to move its capital three times in a year, and to be embarrassed to flee for its life all the way. The year before last, they moved from the original capital city to the Black Panther City, three hundred miles to the east, and Wei Bingyue stopped chasing them. Because, there is no need to chase it at all. This Black Panther City is in the center of the desert, and the Wei family cavalry can't get through at all, and even if they are left to fend for themselves, they can starve to death if they are hungry. It wasn't until last year that the king moved back to the capital.

The two monarchs and ministers each have ghosts, and while eating, they reminisce about the happy days in the past. Xun Huizu asked: "General Grub, the Water Demon Cavalry is about to fight, what is your best strategy to retreat from the enemy?" Cheek Butterflies said, "The minister is going to personally go to the White Leopard City to command the battle. Xun Huizu sighed: "Our Hayes is a small country, and we have been fighting for many years, so I'm afraid we are no longer able to fight back." ”

They drank another glass of wine, and Xun Huizu said, "There is a way to retreat from the enemy quickly. Cheek Butterflies asked, "What can you do?" ”

Xun Huizu smiled and said to him, "Your head." The water devil's trust did not need a little letter from the trustee, saying that as long as you give him your head, they will collect the army. It's worth sacrificing yourself to keep the country of Hais, right? Cheek Snow Butterfly also smiled: "Isn't it crazy to be poor?" There was no food, so I didn't dare to go to Haixi to rob it, but I came to our Haisi to grab it. How many truckloads of grain can the minister's head be worth? But the king, living a luxurious life, not working, but also raising a group of wives and children in vain, if the king dies, he can save a lot of food. ”

Although Xun Huizu didn't have much power, it was the first time he was publicly insulted by him like this, so he pointed at him angrily: "You are so bold! The cheek of the snow butterfly looked at him like a hound looking at a rabbit that was powerless to resist: "If you don't give me this cup of poisoned wine today, you can continue to be your puppet king." Since you want me to die, then you must die before me. With that, he rushed to the throne and stabbed Xun Zuhui to death with a sword. He also ordered someone to send the head of the person looking for Zuhui to Tuo Bujing, expressing his determination not to surrender.

After this blow, it broke the big plan of the prince of Yi. He was originally planning to unite the four countries to destroy Haixi and then raise troops next spring, but now he actually received the news that the water demon and Hayes were fighting, and the killer he sent was not successful, Shen Mingyuan was actually rescued and disappeared. It's okay if Shen Mingyuan is dead, I'm afraid that he is still alive now, go back to Huadu, and Emperor Jiahou will definitely investigate the truth about his assassination. When the time comes, it will be easy to discover the secret of your hoarding of weapons.

The situation is urgent, and we have to do the opposite! On the first day of the eighth month, Shen Liangyun, the king of Yi, lured the governor Yuan Shukuo to come to the palace and asked him to rebel with him, but Yuan Shukuo refused. King Ji killed him and announced the start of the army! Yuan Shukuo was the highest-ranking military general in Houwan County except for the garrison, as soon as he was killed, the situation took a turn for the worse, and within a day, the entire Bibo City was in the hands of the prince of Jin. Shen Liangyun understands that the fighter plane is fleeting, and the most important thing now is to capture Haixi Mansion. Otherwise, in a few days, the news reached Huadu, and Emperor Jiahou sent an army to come, and the two fronts fought at the same time, and there would be no chance to destroy the Weijia army.

The prince was really anxious, so on the second night of the first month of August, the rebels left the city from the north gate and marched towards Haixi Mansion.

The Mo battalion was the first to discover the rebels, and according to the instructions of Wei Shuping, the Mo battalion feigned defeat and retreated all the way to Haixi City. Knowing how the rebels shouted and scolded outside the Shengping Gate, the garrison just ignored it. Time is pressing, and Shen Liangyun is very anxious. The city of Haixi Mansion is strong, if the Wei family army can't shrink out, although he has a cannon in his hand, even if he uses a cannon to bombard, if he wants to capture Haixi, he is afraid that it will have to be a month or two. A month later, the news of his army had already spread! No, you have to lure the garrison into battle.

Lord Yi was in a hurry, and Wei Shuping was also in a hurry. Hercynian Province is an isolated city, and previously only had to defend against the Shikoku army at the Wanfumen Gate in the north. This is the first time that Shengping Gate from the south has fought against Dayang's own army. After being trapped for a month or two, even if the rebels can be dragged back, Haixi Province will run out of ammunition and food without foreign aid to respond. But now, there is only a matter of waiting, waiting for the imperial court to find out that the prince has rebelled, and send troops from the south of Houwan County to quell the rebellion.

Wei Shuping honestly told Shen Mingyuan about Haixi's current predicament. But fortunately, they got the news of the attack on the Hays Kingdom five days earlier than the prince of Yi. Five days is enough to save a life for an experienced general like Wei Shuping. He first sent people to contact Bangjie and Xidi, and asked them to wait for the opportunity to send troops together to recruit the water demons. But he knew that the two countries were not reliable, so he sent the blue battalion and the green battalion to stay outside the north city gate to deter the two countries. When the rebels arrived outside the gate of Hainan City, the prince did not know that Wei Shuping had cut off his dream of attacking Haixi Mansion with Shikoku.

After listening to Wei Shuping's words, Shen Mingyuan knew that Haixi was in danger, so he explained the deployment and disposition of Emperor Jiahou: "General Wei, we can send someone to Baocang County to find General Wu for help." This is much faster than the imperial court sending troops. I just don't know, how much time does it actually take to come back and forth? After hearing his words, Wei Shuping immediately pointed out to him on the map: "If you ride a fast horse from Haixi to the camp of the Baocang army, it will only take a day and a half." But the desert is very dangerous, one person will definitely not do, and five people must be sent out to ensure that the news is delivered to the warehouse without fail. Then, General Wu reorganized the army and sent troops to come. If all goes well, it will take five days to get to Back Bay County. But they had to capture the three cities of Gao County, Chao County, and Pai County before they could reach Bibo City. Wei Shuping was a very strict person, he carefully calculated the deployment of the troops of the Baocang army and the rebels, and then thought about the command ability of General Wu, and said with great certainty: "Twenty days, it will take twenty days at most, and the Baocang army can start attacking Bibo City, and our opportunity will come." ”

After they set the time, they were confronted with an even more difficult problem: how to send someone out to deliver the letter? Outside the city gate, the rebels surrounded Haixi Mansion so much that they couldn't even fly out, let alone send five people? Sending people out can still think of a way, but the most important thing is not to let the prince find out that someone has gone out to deliver the letter. We must not startle the snake, and it is difficult for the garrison to be flattened. He knew that he couldn't act rashly, the troops of the two sides were about the same, and Haixi was an important defensive town, and the prince of Yi surrounded a city with 50,000 troops, and the chances of victory were not great. Therefore, whoever can't hold his breath first loses. Shen Mingyuan also knew the method of using troops to encircle it ten times and attack it five times, and he knew that it was not wise for the prince to besiege Haixi Mansion, and the chances of victory were not great. This prince has never led troops to fight, and his level of use of troops is obviously not qualified to lift shoes compared with the garrison Ping, who has experienced a hundred battles and has never tasted defeat and became the chief soldier of Shanghai Xifu at the age of 35. Although Shen Mingyuan clearly knew that the prince would be defeated, the cruelty of the battlefield was still beyond his imagination. In the face of the tens of thousands of rebels outside the city gate, he still felt the sense of oppression in his face, and he kept telling himself that he must not show cowardice, otherwise, why would he fight for the crown prince, be the emperor, and rule the world in the future?

Just when the garrison was in trouble, the prince sent the steps. He personally stood in front of the city gate and shouted to the garrison: "General Wei, this king is not here to fight with you, but to marry you. Wearing the golden fish scale armor exclusive to the general soldiers, the garrison stood majestically on the city tower and shouted: "The dogs of the last general dare not climb the county lord of the palace!" Shen Liangyun shook his head: "No, no, no." The king's son met the daughter of the general guard on the street by chance in June, and saw that Ling Aixiu was wise, gentle and quiet, and asked her to be the princess. This king has only one son, and since he loves Miss Wei, he has to pull down his old face and come to Haixi Mansion to ask for marriage in person. ”

Everyone on the city tower knows that he is talking nonsense, this "show is wise, gentle and demure", which word is Wei Yangyang? Only then did Shen Mingyuan know that it turned out that Wei Yangyang was beating on the street that day, and it was actually the prince of the Wangfu Mansion. But she beat the other party half to death, how could people think she was "gentle"? He was about to laugh, but suddenly it occurred to him that he helped that day, so that the other party found out his identity and exposed his traces, right? Oops, so careless.

Wei Shuping smiled coldly: "Thank you for the prince's love, it's not that the last general doesn't know how to lift, it's just that the little girl has been spoiled and lawless since she was a child." I'm afraid that when she arrives at the palace, if the prince makes her unhappy, she will hack the prince to death on impulse, won't the prince cut off his children and grandchildren? Scolding people and cutting off their children and grandchildren is a very vicious thing, but what Wei Shuping said is also the truth, and he can only scold the other party, but the other party can't scold him. Because he has seven wolves and eight tigers, and now he even has more than 30 grandchildren, and he will never cut off his grandchildren.

Shen Liangyun jumped to his feet in anger, and he shouted under the city tower: "Wei Shuping, in the battle of Sanliying three years ago, although the Wei family won, but also paid a huge price, have you ever thought about why the Wei family army was raided?" Why was the Hays Army able to come to the city of Bibo to threaten the ink camp? And why did the Water Demon Cavalry hold the steel knife made by Dayang? And why were the orange battalions, green battalions, and green battalions held back by the Xidi Army and the Tyrant Army at the same time? I guess all this is not a coincidence, right? What he said naturally meant a threat in it, and he wanted to tell Wei Shuping that Shikoku had already been in contact with him, and if he refused to sacrifice his daughter, he would have to accept the front and back attacks. However, the battle of Sanliying was the biggest blow suffered by the eight generations of the Wei family, and when he said this, it was obvious that this blow was not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster! So after he finished speaking, it didn't have the effect he thought it would. In the eyes of the children of the Wei family on the city tower, there was not fear, but anger!

Shen Mingyuan stood in the back row in the armor of an ordinary general, inconspicuous. He saw that everyone in the Wei family was holding their bows and arrows tightly in their hands, and when Wei Shuping gave an order, he wanted to shoot Shen Liangyun with ten thousand arrows. But Shen Liangyun saw that everyone was silent, thinking that they were afraid, and said without knowing whether they were alive or dead: "This king has ordered people to inform the four countries the day before yesterday, and they will come soon." General Guard, I'll give you three hours to consider. If you are willing to sacrifice your love and submit it to this king, after the matter is completed, this king will allow you to be a marquis, and the post of secretary of the military department will also be left to you, okay? Moreover, this king has only one son, so if Airuo becomes the crown princess, she will be the future queen, and you will be the future prince. "The future queen", Wei Shuping seemed to be a little tempted when he heard this, and replied: "Okay, prince, then I will go back and think about it." ”