Xia Kou is too guarded by Zhang Zemao and is Lu Ke's disciple.

Since he learned that Xiao Ju was called emperor, he has been unable to sleep at night. Xiakou, where he was stationed, was the only way for the Jiangling army to go to Jiankang, so he sent a letter to Jiankang as soon as possible, hoping that Lu Ke could send reinforcements.

After waiting for several days, there was no news from Jiankang City, which couldn't help but make Zhang Zemao fall into despair. At present, there are only more than 20,000 defenders in the city, and the hearts of the people are different, and not all of them are willing to work hard for Xiao Luan.

Since they knew that Xiao Ju was the emperor in Jiangling, Xiao Luan and Lu Ke were even more uncomfortable. In the land of eastern Zhejiang, which was originally in his hands, Chen Qing, the guard of Linhai County, raised troops to resist Xiao Luan. Subsequently, Tan Xuan, the guard of Huiji County, also led Huiji County to respond to Chen Qing, and the armies of the two sides marched into Wu County.

In the direction of South Xuzhou, after the Huainan Army and the Guangling garrison occupied Guangling, they immediately notified Hengxuan, but Hengxuan was a child of the scholar clan, and his father Hengzhi was still in Jiankang City, so it was inevitable to throw a rat taboo. Yangkan couldn't be forced to see this, and Zhongli Huaiyin really needed to be defended, and the Huainan Army and the Guangling Army totaled 60,000 troops Chen Bing Guangling, ready to cross the river at any time.

In the Shangyuan Palace of Jiankang Taicheng, Xiao Luan, Lu Ke and others looked at the military situation in all directions, and they didn't know what to do.

"The army has besieged Stone Town for a month, but it will not be able to overcome it. The people of Danyang County often delivered supplies, grain and grass to the rebels in Stone Town. ”

"The Yangkan Department in the direction of Guangling has blocked the Yangtze River in recent days, and has collected ships everywhere, which seems to have the intention of forcibly crossing."

"The rebels of Linhai Huiji have broken through Jiaxing and are approaching Wu County, and now they should quickly send troops to quell the rebels in eastern Zhejiang, and the rebellion in the Sanwu area is between the elbows and armpits, and it is in danger of Jiankang."

"There have been frequent emergency reports in the direction of Xiakou recently, and recently I have always encountered ships in the direction of Jiangling wandering near Xiakou, and the Jiangling army is ready to storm Xiakou at any time."

Listening to the news from the mouths of the ministers, Xiao Luan was completely panicked at this time, the hand holding the pen was already trembling violently, and Xiao Luan looked at Lu Lu with a bloodless face.

Lu Ke was also helpless at this time, a group of Jiangnan scholars, when they really needed to use soldiers to fight, they couldn't even talk about soldiers on paper.

"Your Majesty, Weichen suggests sending heavy troops to break the rebels in the Sanwu region first." At this time, Xie Meng stood up and said.

As soon as these words came out, everyone in Shangyuan Palace seconded the proposal.

"But where do the soldiers come from now? The total strength of Linhai County and Huiji County is not less than 50,000, if the troops are sent from Jiankang, if they attack in the direction of Guangling at this time, how is it good? Although Xiao Luan was panicked, he would still count. At present, Jiankang can gather 150,000 defenders, and Jiankang City is high and deep, and there are more than a year of grain and grass reserves.

But at this moment, the Sanwu clan still insisted on sending troops to attack Linhai County and Huiji County first, and Lu Ke was not able to directly oppose it, and the scene was deadlocked for a while.

"You southerners, until now, you are only thinking about protecting your family!" At this time, a sudden sound came, it was the queen Princess Zhaoyang of Northern Qin.

What does the queen mean by this? We are all for the court and for Your Majesty. Xie Meng was not convinced, and then said loudly: "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, how can the queen come here?" ”

"Now that the country will not be a country, why can't this palace come here?" Princess Zhaoyang sneered: "If this palace doesn't come here, Your Majesty won't know that you have been sold by your group of sour Confucians." ”

Then Princess Zhaoyang took out a letter from her bosom, gave it to Xiao Luan, turned to the ministers and said, "How much money money has been transported from the south gate, everyone should know in their hearts. For you and others, even if Jiankang is finally broken by traitors, you can still keep your wealth, but this palace is now telling you that this is wishful thinking! ”

"Where did this letter come from?" Xiao Luan trembled and looked at the letter handed to him by Princess Zhaoyang, and then looked at the ministers in the audience with a pale face.

"Please forgive your majesty, there are so many difficult autumns, Jiankang City should close the city gates and cut off contacts. So as not to mix in the details, but a few days ago, the concubine and maid told the concubine that the south gate of Jiankang had been open, and the concubine kept an eye on it, so she entrusted the guards I brought from Northern Qin to investigate carefully. ”

"Haha, you put me on this throne, and now you can neither give me countermeasures nor keep me safe. They all only think about self-preservation. Then Xiao Luan looked at Lu Ke coldly: "Especially your grandfather, how did you promise me in the first place!" ”

Lu Ke's face suddenly flushed, and he was ashamed.

"In this palace, there is a letter brought by Zhao Youzhi, a horse of the Northern Qin, and the letter of Zhao Youma said that if the dynasty is willing, the Qin army can cross the river to assist our defense of the dynasty. And troops can be sent from Pengcheng to contain South Xuzhou. Princess Zhaoyang took out another letter, and then handed it to Xiao Luan, at this time, Princess Zhaoyang had completely controlled the dominance.

When many ministers heard the news, their eyes couldn't help but light up. For them, Xiao Luan, Xiao Ju, or Northern Qin, it doesn't matter who governs. The royal family with flowing water and the iron-beaten family have no scruples about luring wolves into the house for this reason.

"What are the conditions for Zhao Yuma?" At this time, only Xiao Luan could still keep calm: "Please make it clear to the queen, this matter is a big matter, and I need to know everything." ”

"The State of Qi declared itself a vassal to the State of Qin, and after repelling the army of Xiao Ju, ceded Southern Xuzhou to the State of Qin, and at the same time the State of Qi was responsible for all the military salaries, grain and grass during the war, does Your Majesty think it is okay?" Princess Zhaoyang said with a smile.

"Zhao Juma is really a good calculation, and now the place we occupy is nothing more than from Jingkou to Xiakou. Hunan Jiaozhou and other places have been unable to pass the edict at present, and they are all judging the situation, but the land of Southern Xuzhou is not under our control now, why is Zhao Juma so sure that we can hand over Southern Xuzhou? After listening to Princess Zhaoyang's words, Lu Ke didn't feel angry, but laughed.

Looking at Lu Ke, who was laughing, Princess Zhaoyang just slowly said two words: "Hengzhi!" ”

"Also, the land of Southern Xuzhou currently occupies Guangling by the Huainan Army, if Hengzhi is used as a bargaining chip to blackmail Hengxuan to give up Huaiyin Zhongli and other cities, then only Guangling City will be left, a lonely city, isolated and helpless, and the only way for the Guangling Army is to go to the sea." After hearing this, Lu Ke couldn't help but say: "Zhao Juma is really a generation of Tianjiao, he used to be unknown in the Northern Dynasty, and his light was all covered by Wei Zhi, but now it seems that he is a terrifying opponent compared to Wei Zhi. ”

"Weichen still has a plan, maybe he can retreat from the rebels." At this time, Xie Meng said suddenly.

Seeing that everyone shifted their eyes to their faces, Xie Meng hurriedly said: "Although the traitor is now the emperor, but his wife and children are in our hands, we can write a letter, if we march, we will behead his wife and children and Wang Zhenmo's entire clan." The people of Danyang County and the prince Wei in Stone City secretly communicated with each other, and the minister guessed that Wang Zhenmo definitely contributed a lot. ”

When it comes to Wang Zhenmo, Xiao Luan Lu Cao can't help but have a big head, this person is stubborn and refuses to go to court.

Hearing Xie Meng's words, everyone was shocked, and Xiao Luan's face was also uncertain. Lu Ke looked at the expressions of the ministers, and then said: "Your Majesty, this matter can be discussed later, now that the ministers are tired, it is better to let them rest first." ”

Xiao Luan was slightly surprised when he heard this, but he still waved his hand and motioned for everyone to retreat first.

"Why hasn't Grandpa left yet?" Xiao Luan suddenly raised his head and saw that Lu Ke was still in the hall, and couldn't help but wonder.

Seeing that everyone was going away, Lu Cao suddenly said: "Just now Lord Xie reminded Wei Chen, and Wei Chen felt that he should kill the wife and children of the traitor Xiao Ju in the city, and send the head to Jiangling to set an example." ”

"That's my nieces after all!" Xiao Luan was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly shouted: "If I kill them, what face will I have to face the people of the world." ”

"Rebellion is an unpardonable sin. Xie Meng's words just now were purely ridiculous, even if he could threaten Xiao Ju, could he still threaten Wei Ran? Moreover, Xiao Ju's family is a disaster in the city, if someone tries to use the family of the traitor Xiao Ju to ask Xiao Ju for credit, wouldn't we be unable to prevent it? Now if you want the court to have the determination to fight to the death, you must kill the family of Xiao Ju's traitor in Jiankang, and kill Wang Zhenmo's entire family together. In this way, there is no way out for the ministers of the DPRK and China. ”

The cold aura emanating from Lu Ke's hands made Xiao Luan startled, and then looked at Princess Zhaoyang with his eyes.

Princess Zhaoyang seemed to be shocked by Lu Cao's words, but then Princess Zhaoyang shook her head gently, but not to Lu Cao, but more like to herself, and then Princess Zhaoyang chuckled: "What Lu Xiang said is not unreasonable. Now the loyal ministers of the court and the central government have their own ghosts, especially some of the scholars, all of whom control a certain number of soldiers and horses, if Xiao Ju leads the troops to attack, they still want to fish with mixed hands, then even if the Qin army crosses the river, it is useless. ”

There was silence in Shangyuan Palace for a while, and then Xiao Luan said slowly: "According to what Lu Xiang said, Xiao Ju's wife and children, and Wang Zhenmo's clansmen in Jiankang will be beheaded together, and Danyang County will be ordered to be guarded, and Wang Zhenmo's ancestral house in Danyang County will be raided, and everyone will be beheaded!" ”