Xiao Yi couldn't help but show a look of shame on his face at this time, and the recent praise of hundreds of officials couldn't help but make him a little fluttery.

Xiao Yi didn't care about the wine in the cup at this time, he put down the wine glass directly, and immediately knelt down and said: "Weichen is guilty, please punish Your Majesty,"

Xiao Ju got up and helped Xiao Yi up, and personally poured him a glass of wine, seeing Xiao Yicheng's frightened expression, Xiao Ju couldn't help but smile and said: "Uncle Huang doesn't want to be like this, I just said something considerate to Uncle Huang." ”

Xiao Yi just drank this cup, but he was already sweating.

In fact, Xiao Yi knew in his heart that although Xiao Ju's talent may be slightly inferior to Taizu Xiao Huan, it is stronger than Xiao Heng.

Xiao Yi then said: "Your Majesty's words have made Weichen enter the Daigo empowerment, and Weichen can have today, all of which depends on His Majesty and King Qin at the beginning who did not care about the ministers who were vassals of Xiao Luan. ”

Xiao Ju waved his hand, signaling Xiao Yi not to say such things.

Then Xiao Ju changed his words and asked: "Actually, King Qin accepted the woman as his righteous sister, but also to take care of the emperor's uncle's face, the dignified prince and concubine, marrying a people's daughter as his wife, it is indeed inappropriate, I will also crown the woman as the county lord of Pingcheng to show his favor, if the emperor uncle has no objection, go back to prepare for marriage." ”

At this time, where did Xiao Yi dare to disobey, if he didn't obey, he would be locked up in the cold palace with Xiao Gui and them.

Xiao Yi has also visited them in the past few days, although it can't be said to be very miserable, but it is also painful, although compared to the common people, at least they don't have to worry about food and clothing, but they are locked up in the world all day long, after all, it is embarrassing.

After Xiao Yi left, Xiao Ju said to the people around him: "Which ministers have been to the Xiangwang Mansion today?" ”

Luo Daozhou, the commander of Xiao Ju's secret guard, immediately said: "The civil officials have Shangshu's right servant Feng Zizhi, Cheng Cao Xian in the imperial history, Wang Yichen and others in the sacrificial wine, and the military generals have Hussar General An Zai, and the auxiliary general Chen Budo. ”

Hearing the name of the person reported by Luo Daozhou, Xiao Ju frowned slightly: "There are so many people?" ”

Luo Daozhou nodded yes and said: "It turns out that King Qin is not in Jiankang, Lord Cui is no longer in Jiankang, and Lord Zhang is still sick, so the major affairs in the court are all in charge of the King of Xiang, and Lord Yuan Muzhi assists, so there are many people who please the King of Xiang." ”

Xiao Ju had already gotten up at this time, and said to Luo Daozhou as he walked: "Spread my will, and all these people will be fined for one year to set an example." ”

In the direction of Xiangyang, after Cui He entered Xiangyang, looking at Xiangyang City, which had been burned, Cui He could only requisition people from Jiangling, Jiangzhou and other places in recent days, rebuild the city, and on the original foundation, the city wall was heightened, and at the same time the horse city was built in the city, intending to turn Xiangyang City into a military town.

This move was quite a waste of money and labor, but the state officials discouraged it, but they were all vetoed by Cui He, he knew the importance of Xiangyang's city defense, and then he redivided the land around Xiangyang into a military cantonment, and the soldiers cultivated the land by themselves, self-sufficient.

Since the last defeat of the Yizhou assassin Wang Xian, he has not dared to attack the Hanging Gourd, and at this time received a letter from Wei Ran, asking him to assemble the armies of Yizhou, Jiangzhou, and Yingzhou, and send troops to Hang the Gourd.

Wang Xian couldn't make up his mind, so he had to run to Xiangyang to find Cui Huan.

Seeing that the unkempt Cui Huan was actually supervising the work in person, Wang Xian was also quite unbearable, and said: "Such a trivial matter, just arrange someone to do it, why should Lord Cui be like this." ”

Cui He said: "The big and small things in the world are different from person to person, and my big thing now is to build Xiangyang, how can I not do it myself." What's more, now that the city is being built, everyone is angry in their hearts, if I don't take the lead, how can I calm the hearts of everyone. ”

Wang Xian was speechless for a moment, but Cui Huan saw that Wang Xian must have something to do here, so he put down his work and asked, "General Wang is here, but there is something important?"

Wang Xian then informed Cui Huan of Wei Ran's order to send troops.

Cui He knew that he still had scruples in his heart because Zhang Da was ambushed last time and the whole army was annihilated, so he said: "The situation is not as good as before, the army has now occupied Shouchun, and Yuanbao of Hanging Gourd City does not know where the general will march from, and how can he safely arrange ambushes." The previous fiasco was because of the transportation of grain and grass, so General Zhang's march was slow, and today's troops, grain and grass can be sent to the front line from Huainan, and the general can lead the elite to march quickly, and at the same time, there are many secret whistles on the way, so it is not so. ”

After Wang Xian heard this, the stone in his heart fell to the ground, but he said puzzledly: "Fa Yi Prefecture, Jiangzhou, Yingzhou soldiers, how many people are appropriate?" ”

"My lord can send more soldiers from Yizhou, Jiangzhou and Yingzhou will each transfer 10,000 troops to cooperate with the general, and the general of Yizhou defense does not need to worry too much, I Xiangyang now has more than 100,000 people and 50,000 soldiers, which is enough to help."

After Wang Xiang received the reply, he returned to Yiyang to reorganize the army with satisfaction, and Cui Huan also ordered the transfer of troops from Jiangzhou and Yingzhou to Yiyang, which was controlled by Wang Xian.

Wei Ran had already sent troops out of Huainan for many days at this time, attacking cities and territories along the way, and the surrounding counties were afraid of Wei Ran, and they all surrendered.

When Yuan Bao in the Hanging Gourd City heard the news and knew that Wei Ran was coming for him, he was also panicked in his heart at the moment.

Let him deal with Zhang Da, he is full of confidence, but in the face of Wei Ran, Yuan Bao still can't help but feel stunned.

At this time, Tuoba Wei had already left the Hanging Fortress City and went to Chang'an, he lacked a think tank around him, and he wanted to fight an ambush battle.

Therefore, after carefully studying the terrain, he chose a place as the main point of ambush, but his generals advised him not to do so.

Yuan Bao was also quite hesitant for a while.

The partial general said: "There are only 30,000 defenders in the city, if you divide your troops to ambush Wei Ran, how to resist it when you attack from the direction of Yizhou at this time?" For today's plan, the only way to hold on to the hanging city and at the same time to recruit troops around with the respect of the prince can stick to the city. ”

Although Yuan Bao felt that the general was reasonable, he still said: "Now the surrounding places are afraid of Wei Ran, what if no one comes to help?" ”

The partial general said: "The city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is a strategic point, there are 30,000 soldiers in the city, and there is plenty of food and grass, which is enough to hold on." The king sent someone to Chang'an for help, His Majesty will definitely come to the rescue, the king now needs to move the surrounding people into the city, the wall is clear, Wei Ran's army has been far away from the Southern Qi, after a long time, the grain and grass are not good, and it will inevitably retreat. ”

Yuan Bao was overjoyed, so he ordered all the surrounding people to be moved into the city and burned down the houses and fields outside the city.

Wei Ran marched all the way was also quite careful, for fear that Yuan Bao would come to ambush again, but no ambush was found along the way, and when the army marched to the vicinity of the Hanging Gourd, he found that there were ten rooms and nine empty near the Hanging Gourd.

Wei Ran immediately said fiercely: "Does Yuan Bao think that it will be safe to be a turtle?" This battle is going to kill this fang! ”