Wei Ran gently touched Yuan Shu's head, Wei Ran's body was still very weak at this time, and after being seriously injured by the wolf's tooth arrow, he was afraid that he might not be able to heal at full term.

Wei Ran immediately looked at Cui He and asked, "I have a wolf tooth arrow in my body, this is also a great opportunity, Xiao Shi will definitely send troops to attack Yuzhang." ”

When Cui Huan heard this, he immediately looked at Wei Ran. But Wei Ran's face was still pale at the moment, especially his lips, which were even more white.

Although Cui He had already guessed Wei Ran's intentions, he still shook his head and said, "Duke Qin's intention is to cheat death, and then attract Xiao Zhi to come out?" But now that Gong Qin's health is not safe, he can recover overnight. How to play? ”

"What's more, the plan to cheat death must be airtight, so that the soldiers don't know that the army is sluggish, if the thief army takes advantage of the situation to capture Yuzhang, what will happen?"

Seeing Cui Huan with a serious expression, Wei Ran couldn't help but hesitate.

Originally, according to Wei Ran's idea, after he cheated his death, he could return to Jiankang by water, and then led the army to attack Panyu along the coastal road, and finally attacked Xiao Shi from the north and south.

But Cui Huan's words are not unreasonable, if the morale is low and the thief army breaks Yuzhang, it will inevitably be troubled.

And at this moment, an express came from Jiankang.

The general handed the imperial court express to Wei Ran, Wei Ran suddenly felt painful when he saw the back, and couldn't help coughing violently, Yuan Shu was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to appease Wei Ran.

Wei Ran handed the letter to Cui Huan tremblingly, urging him to take the letter, and he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

Wei Ran and Cui He looked at each other, and Wei Ran said: "I didn't expect the son of the traitor Zhou Cheng to make a comeback, and he has swept through eastern Zhejiang, and Bingfeng is pointing directly at Minzhou. ”

"I'm afraid that Zhou Xun and Xiao Shi have already colluded, so that Minzhou will be attacked left and right, and the thief army will occupy the coastal land at that time, and it can be attacked and retreated," Cui He calmly analyzed: "But if they attack Minzhou, Qin Gong will have enough time to recuperate." ”

After hearing this, Wei Ran shook his head and denied Cui Huan's words. Wei Ran retorted: "In this way, the thief army occupies Guang, Min, and eastern Zhejiang. In addition to Jiaozhou, the population is large and the military supply is sufficient, so it cannot be controlled in the short term. If the rest of the vassal kings change their minds after a while, the situation will be even more dangerous. ”

Wei Ran was already dissatisfied with the beads of sweat on his forehead at this time, which was caused by overwork, and after thinking for a long time, Wei Ran said: "When the news is released to the outside world, it is said that this prince has died, attracting Xiao Shi's army to attack Yuzhang and Xiangzhou. Order Song Wuwei to transfer troops from Yongzhou to gather in Yuzhang, contain Xiao Shi, let people go to Minzhou along the path, and make Zang Hong block Zhou Xun, and I will order Zhang Gui to personally lead the army to attack Zhou Xun. ”

"The news that this duke is still alive only needs to inform His Majesty and the main generals, and the rest of the people must not leak the news. The Heng clan also did not tell anyone. Wei Ran suddenly added.

Du Wenyu, the pioneer general of Xiao Consulting, had already been stationed outside Luling County at this time, and Wang Fang, the Taishou of Luling, led the local scholars to pick up Du Wenyu in Luling City.

"Today, Your Majesty is mediocre and unreasonable, appointing the traitor Wei Ran, for the sake of the trouble, and now the King of Yue is willing to clear the king's side, An Sheji, and we are naturally only the king of Yue." Wang Fang was the first to make a statement.

A few of the scholars present did not know in advance, and when they suddenly heard Wang Fang say this, they couldn't help but show fear on their faces.

"It's not. Do you want to rebel? Someone in the clan trembled and said.

"What does Mr. Deng mean, King Yue is to help the Great Qi Society, how can he say that he is rebelling?" Wang Fang was unhappy when he heard this, and then scolded fiercely.

"Although Wei Ran is brutal, if he fails to do this kind of thing, he will lose his head, and it is your business to participate in it, anyway, I Zhang Xian is unwilling." Another rough man said.

But before he finished speaking, Du Wenyu walked up to this person, and then pulled out his saber and cut off this person's head in public.

Blood splattered on the faces of the people around them, and everyone was so frightened that they didn't dare to make a sound.

Du Wenyu stuck the knife on the table, then stepped on Zhang Xian's corpse and said, "If anyone else wants to quit, they can say it." ”

Everyone trembled, and no one dared to object.

Du Wenyu nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "The scholars in Xiangzhou have already started to assassinate Wei Ran, and if nothing else, they should have succeeded, so why should everyone worry?" ”

"Is General Du's words serious?"

"That's nature" Du Wenyu said with a proud smile: "King Yue has no last resort, Wei Ran is a yellow-mouthed child, but it is luck that has brought him to this point." ”

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, Wei Ran was dead, so he had no scruples. At that time, they expressed their willingness to support the great cause of King Yue.

Du Wenyu raised his arms and said energetically: "In this case, everyone will go back and prepare, and the soldiers will send Yuzhang and Xiangzhou in the next day." ”

On the battlefield in eastern Zhejiang, Zhou Xun attacked Fuzhou for a long time.

Zang Hong, the assassin of Minzhou, is a ruthless man, who was trapped in Pengcheng in the past, and he was still a partial general, so he dared to spray against the Northern Qin Emperor Yuan Jian at the head of the city, and his mouth cannon kung fu was very good.

In this battle against Zhou Xun, Zang Hong output his mouth cannon with all his strength, insulting Zhou Xun with words on the city wall.

"Zhou Xunxiao'er, are your soldiers all women's soldiers?"

"Zhou Xunxiaoer, it's hot, uncle will vent your anger for you."

Zang Hong's way of defending the city was extremely shameless, allowing the soldiers to concentrate on excretion, and others poured boiling water, and he directly poured dung.

He even used catapults and large vats to seal the gaps in the city, and filled them with urine and projected them towards the rear army of Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun's army didn't react at first, and after the vat shattered, everyone smelled a fishy smell.

This way of playing also made Zhou Xunqi scold madly in the camp tent.

"How can this Zang Hong do this!" Zhou Xun said angrily.

"King, Zang Hong is a generation of famous generals, Xiao Heng originally ordered him to guard Minzhou is also to monitor Xiao Shi, this person is very brave, at the beginning of Pengcheng 8,000 people resisted Yuan Jian's 100,000 army, and now Fuzhou City has 30,000 armor, if Xiao Shi does not merge and attack together, we can't break it."

After listening to Zhou Ke's words, Zhou Xun was even more angry, Xiao Zhi did not move, and did not attack Minzhou as planned, so that he could face Zang Hong alone.

Zhou Xun's soldiers are all homeless and commoners, and their combat effectiveness is not high.

However, many of Zang Hong's corporal strokes were from local ethnic minorities. The battle was quite fierce, and Zhou Xun's soldiers couldn't fight for a long time, and they were all afraid.

Zhou Ke analyzed at this time: "Now there is only a siege without attack, and the grain and grass in the city are exhausted. Can send troops to attack the rest of the counties, now Zang Hong's main force is in Fuzhou City, I don't dare to go out lightly. ”

When Zhou Xun heard this, he had no choice but to nod, and then ordered Feng Gan to lead an army of 20,000 to sweep the surrounding counties.

In Panyu City, Xiao Shi sat on the couch and looked at Fan Hong kneeling on the ground, Xiao Shi just said coldly: "The matter should be done." ”

Fan Hong said with a smile: "Exactly, although the waste of the Yin Yang Building did not kill Wei Ran, but Wei Ran relaxed his vigilance and was shot by the wolf tooth arrow we sent over, the wolf tooth arrow is huge, such a close distance, Wei Ran is dead or alive." ”

When Xiao Shi heard this, he also laughed: "God help me, Wei Ran is dead, the warships of the Guangling Army were all burned by Zhou Xun, and the sea route is not open in a short time, Zhou Xun is attacking Fuzhou at the moment, and we will take this opportunity to march into Jiankang." ”

"King, Zhou Xun has been asking us to attack Minzhou quickly, isn't the king ready to join forces with Zhou Xun?" Fan Hong reminded loudly at this time: "After all, we and Zhou Xun are also allies. ”

"Allies? He also deserves it? This king is just using him to contain Zang Hong. Zang Hong is also a fierce general in the world, if he is not contained, our army will leave Panyu on the front foot, and Zang Hong on the back foot will definitely attack the base camp of our army. The She soldiers are brave and good at fighting, and this king is reluctant to confront them head-on. Xiao Shi said coldly.

"Fan Hong, pass on the king's order, mobilize an army of 50,000, lead the army to attack Xiangzhou through Luling, quickly send a message to Du Wenyu, let him attack Yuzhang, after the king captures Xiangzhou, the two sides will meet in Yuzhang, and after capturing Yuzhang, hurry up to build a warship, and our army will go straight down the river to take Jiankang."

A few days later, the news of Wei Ran's death reached Jiankang City.

There were all kinds of people in the court, Xiao Ju pretended to be sad and said: "Duke Qin is the pillar of our country, and now he has been assassinated, which is really a catastrophe for my Great Qi." ”

The ministers also showed regretful and sad expressions, although Xiao Ju was bowing his head and wiping tears at this time, his eyes were still looking at everyone below, seeing everyone behaving in a sympathetic manner, although his face was painful, but there was not a single tear.

Xiao Ju sighed, and secretly said in his heart: "These people are really experts in acting. ”

Heng Xian stood up at this time and said: "Your Majesty, Duke Qin will not be killed, but this is not a sad time, Xiao Zhi, the king of Yue, and Zhou Xun are plotting rebellion, and they should send troops to quell the rebellion as soon as possible." ”

When Xiao Ju heard this, his expression was also lifted, and then he asked: "Everyone, Aiqing, now that Duke Qin is dead, who wants to lead the soldiers and horses to meet Xiao Shi?" ”

Heng Xuan was just about to come out of the ranks, but he was pulled by Heng Zhi. Heng Xuan looked at Heng Zhi, but Heng Zhi only shook his head slightly and did not speak.

Xiao Zhi is quite talented, and there are many generals under him, and it is not Heng Xuan who can resist.

"Your Majesty, Xiao Zhi is not an ordinary person, the one who can fight with me in the court is General Song Wuwei, but General Song is currently guarding Xiangfan, if he is easily transferred, I am afraid that Northern Qin will take the opportunity to enter."

The person who spoke was Zhang Zemao, and then Zhang Zemao said: "Now Weichen suggests that General Liu Renye can lead his troops and horses south to quell the rebellion. At present, General Zhang Gui is sitting in Huiji, and is preparing to personally exterminate Zhou Xun, Zang Assassin Shi is resisting Zhou Xun in Fuzhou, and the minister heard that Zhou Xun has been unable to attack for a long time, and General Zhang will be able to attack Zhou Xun in person. ”

"Liu Renye has no significant military merits, how can he convince the public?" Hengzhi was the first to stand up against it.

Now that Wei Ran is dead, the ownership of military power has become the biggest problem. If Liu Renye is allowed to lead the army, won't the military power be returned to Wei Ran's henchmen.

"Then according to what Heng Gong said, who can take on this great responsibility?" Xiao Ju asked rhetorically

As soon as these words came out, Hengzhi was speechless, now that Hengzhi is old, it is quite inappropriate to lead the troops in person, but he can't let his son take risks, so after weighing, Hengzhi returned: "Your Majesty, although Lian Po is old, he still has spare strength." Although Wei Chen is old, he is willing to personally lead the army to conquer Xiao Zhi. ”

"Heng Gong is sick, so he should not move lightly." Yuan Muzhi objected at this time, and then said: "Your Majesty can drive the expedition in person, with Liu Renye, Hengxuan as the general, and Yuan Huzhi as the vanguard, and send the troops of Kangjiangzhou to Baling, and then stationed in Yuzhang." ”