"The county prince, there are envoys from the Northern Dynasty who come to visit outside the door." Just when Wei Ran's family was enjoying themselves, the family general interrupted the family's laughter.

"Who?"

"The person who came claimed to be Yuwenzhi, saying that he was entrusted by Princess Changqing to bring some gifts to his wife."

Wei Ran nodded, and then asked the general to lead Yuwen to the lobby, and then asked Yuan Shu to avoid it first.

Soon after, when a person came to the house, Wei Ran couldn't help but be curious when he saw Yuwenzhi's extraordinary appearance and majestic face.

"Yuwen Zhi has seen Mrs. Wei and the Duke of Guangling."

Yuwenzhi was quite martial when he spoke, and Li Yuwan knew that this Yuwenzhi was the grandson of Yuwenshu. Since he was a child, he grew up in the border with Yuwenshu, rarely returned to Beijing, and I don't know why he got together with Princess Changqing.

"This is a gift brought to Mrs. by Princess Changqing, I don't know if Mrs. Wei is in good health." Yuwen Zhi said as he asked people to bring the gift into the house.

"Sister Changqing really has a heart, I am different from her now, and she still misses me so much." Li Yuwan looked at what Yu Wenzhi brought in, and couldn't help but redden.

Yu Wenzhi then looked at Wei Ran with a scrutinizing gaze.

Before leaving for Jiankang, Zhao Youzhi once said to Yu Wenzhi that although Wei Ran was young, there was no one in the younger generation who could compare with him.

Yu Wenzhi was slightly unconvinced in his heart, he claimed to be the first person of the younger generation, capable of literature and martial arts, and took the initiative to give gifts to the Guangling County Mansion today, and he also wanted to really see Wei Ran.

"I heard that the county prince of Guangling is about to take office as the assassin of Jingzhou, and he will become a feudal official in the year of the weak crown, and he is the only county prince."

"General Yuwen is polite, I heard that Gongzi Yuwen is currently in command of the soldiers and horses of the state, and he is the right-hand man of Sima Yuanshan of the Northern Dynasty." Wei Ran said lukewarmly.

Li Yuwan had already left the lobby at this time. Yuwen Zhi saw that there were only two people in the room now, so he said: "Lord Zhao has always told me that the county prince is the first person in the younger generation, but it is a pity that he is in the Southern Dynasty and is controlled by others everywhere. ”

Wei Ran snorted coldly: "Isn't the Northern Dynasty also a powerful minister. ”

"I know that the enemy of the county prince is the prime minister Min Guan, why don't the county princes return to the Northern Dynasty and get rid of Min Guan with the great Sima, and after getting rid of Min Guan, the county prince will be elected as the governor of the two Huai, which can not only avenge his father, but also fulfill the long-cherished wish of unifying the mountains and rivers, isn't it beautiful?"

Wei Ran really couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, he never imagined that this Yuwen Zhi could say such childish words.

Yu Wenzhi carefully observed Wei Ran's expression, but seeing that Wei Ran's expression did not change in the slightest, he couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart. When it comes to Min Guan, this person is calm and can't see his expression, and he has grown into such a situation for more than half a year, and he must be removed as soon as possible.

"I am the prince of Daqi County, and I am even more of a court horse, don't you think General Yuwen is ridiculous and generous when he says this?"

"Facts are impermanent, and who can say for sure what will happen in the future? The county prince would never have thought that he would become a minister one day. ”

"For the sake of the general's loyalty, I was burdened by Min Guan's treacherous schemes and defected to the Southern Dynasty. If you go to the north again, how can the dynasty stand on its own. Someone, send off! ”

Wei Ran didn't want to entangle with Yuwen at most, so he got up to see off the guests.

Wei Ran stayed in Jiankang for half a month after his wedding, and then took his family to Jingzhou to take office.

Lu Ke originally wanted Wei Ran's family to stay in Jiankang as a hostage, but Xiao Heng flatly refused.

Lu Ke keenly felt that since the change of the Three Wus, Xiao Heng no longer trusted them, and perhaps never trusted them, but now he has more chips to balance them.

Wei Ran served in Jingzhou for three years, and within three years, the northern and southern dynasties were relatively peaceful, and there was no war.

After Wei Ran arrived in Jingzhou, after a long talk with Song Wuwei, Song Wuwei stood on Wei Ran's side very happily, and Wei Ran took over the military power of Jingzhou very smoothly.

Wei Ran then sent a letter to Heng Zhizhi, transferring Heng Yuqiong to Linhai County to be in charge of the military of Linhai County, Wei Ran personally stationed in Xiangyang, but instead used Song Wuwei to guard Fancheng. This change made the Northern Qin general An Zhong feel the pressure and did not dare to disturb the border at will.

Wei Ran then transferred Wang Xian, a Jiangling general who had escorted their mother to the quarry, to Xiangyang, and then arranged for him to be stationed in Yiyang.

The two parties in the north and south of the court of the Southern Dynasty also entered a stage of relative peace, during which the concubine of Xiao Luan, the king of Chu, and the princess Zhaoyang of the Northern Qin gave birth to a son, and the emperor of Qi Xiao Heng was overjoyed and named Xiao Ziyin.

After Xiao Ju married Zhenfeng, the queen of the Wang family, he worked hard day and night. But all the daughters were born, which made Xiao Ju feel a lot of pressure, and he also expressed concern in his letter to Wei Ran, Lu Ke is now taking advantage of Wei Ran's serious illness in Jingzhou, and he keeps encouraging Xiao Heng, fortunately, Xiao Heng's heart is like a mirror, and Xiao Ju's position as the prince is safe.

The court of the Northern Dynasty is now also making a comeback. Since the concubine Zhao Youzhi fell to Yuanshan, Min Guan has struggled in the court. Yuan Shan finally showed his ambitions, while actively eliminating Min Guan's henchmen, and on the other hand, he continued to shrink the power of the Qin Emperor Yuan Zhen, who had reigned for four years, but the power was not as great as when he first ascended the throne.

After Empress Dowager Min, the mother of Yuan Zhen, was forced by Yuan Shan to remove the curtain and return to the palace, Min Guan lost the capital to compete with Yuan Shan in the court. So he had to focus on the military strength of the Hebei region, and finally reached an agreement with Yuan Shan, transferred Li Ke to the state, Yuwen to serve as the governor of Lianghuai, transferred An Zhong to Xichuan, and Yuan Shan's brother Yuan Xi stationed in Wancheng, and from then on, the troops of the states near Chang'an City in Northern Qin were controlled by Yuan Shan.

However, after Yu Wenzhi took office as the governor of Lianghuai, under the instruction of Yuan Shan, the main generals of the former Huaibei Army were purged and replaced, Wei Zhi's former cronies and generals Gao Kun were depressed after Li Ke came to power, and after Hefei was captured by Northern Qin, he has been sent to lead his department of 5,000 Huaibei soldiers to garrison Zhongli, but Yu Wenzhi's various behaviors made Gao Kun feel that the danger was approaching him, and Gao Kun made a bold decision after consulting with the subordinates.

Gao Kun sent someone to send a secret letter to Wei Ran in Xiangyang, expressing his willingness to defect to Southern Qi, hoping that Wei Ran would be able to make the Huainan army respond.

At this time, Wei Ran's wife Xiao Yanran had just given birth to a son, named Wei Rui, and when she received Gao Kun's letter, Wei Ran was entertaining guests in Xiangyang City.

But seeing that Wei Ran returned to the inner hall and looked at the letter without saying a word, Weber asked at this time: "Can the son show the letter to the old slave." ”

Wei Ran then handed over the letter, and after reading it, Weber pondered for a long time, and then said: "Zhongli City is far away from the Yangtze River, so the Huainan army can set off from Guangling to attack Huaiyin, and after occupying Huaiyin, General Gao Kun will still lead his troops to station Zhongli. Our dynasty can be based on the eastern area of Huaishui and Feishui. If Yuwen Zhi transferred Shouchun's troops to attack Zhongli, he could transfer troops from Jingkou to reinforce Zhongli, and at the same time, our army took the opportunity to cross the Yangtze River and take Hefei directly. ”

After Wei Ran pondered for a while, he sent his generals down the river to Jiankang overnight, and he went to Jiangling to gather an army.

Before leaving, Wei Ran summoned Wang Xian: "General Wang, this prince wants to personally lead the army to recover the fertilizer, Yiyang City is very important, if the Northern Qin takes the opportunity to attack, the general must hold on." If Yiyang is lost, the Northern Qin army can take the opportunity to cut off our east-west connection. When the time comes, Xiangyang is in danger. ”

It is no wonder that Wei Ran is so cautious, the location of Yiyang City is very important, after capturing Yiyang, the Northern Qin army can threaten the Yangtze River, cut off the Yangtze River waterway, and then use the troops of Jiangling Xiangfan to fight against the continuous reinforcements in the direction of Chang'an, Jiangling will be lost, if Jiangling is lost, Xichuan will no longer exist, and from then on, Nanqi will really have six counties left in the south of the Yangtze River.

Wang Xian received the order, knelt down and said: "In the past, the last general Zeng said that he was willing to wait for Dingnan to be a pawn, but now thanks to the reuse of the county duke, the last general will die in battle, and he will not lose Yiyang." ”

Wei Ran's letter was delivered to Xiao Ju in Jiankang City, and there was a lot of discussion in the court.

Lu Cao said: "At the moment, we have no war with the Northern Dynasty, so why should we offend the Northern Dynasty for the sake of a general." ”

The Jiangnan Shi clan all agreed, and Xiao Heng looked at the southern ministers on the dragon chair, and he was also very annoyed in his heart.

"Father, the sons and daughters do not agree with what Lu Xiang sees. The Northern Dynasty has a vast land and abundant resources, and its population exceeds that of our Dynasty. Before Min Guan and Yuan Shan restrained each other, my dynasty had three years of peace, Yuwen to this person is not a general generation, now Min Guan has shown a declining trend, if Yuan Shan integrates the court, do the army of the north, how long can my dynasty be peaceful, Erchen agreed with the opinion of Guangling County Gong, preemptively. Occupy the land of Xuzhou in the south, and take this opportunity to attack Hefei. ”

At this time, Heng Xuan, the son of Hengzhi, also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, there is no day when the Huainan soldiers do not want to recover the homeland of Huainan, and they are eager to fight, and now their morale is flourishing, and Yuwen Zhi cleans Wei Zhi and Li Ke's old troops in the land of Lianghuai, and the morale of the Northern Qin army is not in order, this is a godsend." ”

Xiao Heng listened to it and pondered for a long time. Then there seemed to be a fine light in his eyes: "I am old, in the past, I once wanted to unify the mountains and rivers, but Wei Zhi made us lose the land of Huaibei and Shouchun, and now the general of Guangling County, Men Huzi, is also blessed by God, I have nothing else to ask for in this life, I just want to let the Huainan soldiers return to their homeland." ”

At this time, although Lu Cao still wanted to dissuade him, but when he saw Xiao Heng's gaze, Lu Kao was shocked, because he saw the killing intent against him from Xiao Heng's gaze for the first time.

Seeing Xiao Ju, who had already shown the spirit of a Ming monarch, and seeing Xiao Luan, who was now married to the princess of Northern Qin but still taking care of himself as a concubine, Lu Ke had mixed feelings in his heart.

After Lu Ke returned to the mansion, he called his cronies and drank: "Quickly inform the Northern Qin Hefei guard of the news of Gao Kun's rebellion." ”

Due to the previous incident of Kong Ji, Lu Ke no longer dared to write letters in person.

Two days later, Jiankang's messenger came to Jiangling, and officially named Wei Ran as the governor of Hefei to conquer the Huainan military of Hefei, from now on from now on 60,000 Huainan troops, 30,000 Jingzhou troops, and 50,000 soldiers of Sanwu, a total of 140,000 troops, responsible for the Huainan war.

Just when Wei Ran led his troops to Jingkou to join the Huainan army in high spirits, a letter came,

"Yuwen Zhi already knows Gao Kun's plan, and has transferred 100,000 troops from Shouyang Pengcheng to besiege Zhongli."

At this point, the battle between Southern Qi and Northern Qinhuai and Southern Qin broke out completely.