In late spring and early summer, the sky is bright, but it is only the beginning of dusk, and bright candles are lit in the main hall of the palace. A thick white ash swayed on the candlestick with smoke, and the long shadow of the thin bamboo pole of Huaiqing that shook the hall was like rippling in the water waves, suddenly elongated and bent, which was a little weird.

"Prince, the army has been assembled outside the city, but it will take a few days to raise food and grass. Minister, do you want to go to the Copper Green Mountain immediately?" The faint candlelight made Huaiqing's unique smoke duck voice a little vivid.

"The prince and the younger brother of the horse, Yan Suihou's army of more than 100,000 has surrounded the Tonglu Mountain, and if they don't pull out, won't they sit back and wait for them to be destroyed and the Tonglu Mountain will be taken?" E Yufang said, raised his eyes and glanced at Huaiqing at the bottom of the stairs, and teased, "Could it be that Aiqing has no high opinions?" qs

"The minister Qi Jun, the minister does have a different view of the army, but he is afraid that if he speaks out, he will be suspected of provoking the king's flesh and blood, so he dare not speak rashly. But if you don't say anything, it will be against the righteousness of the people and the interests of the country, and you still decide to risk your life to speak."

"Alright, alright," Eyufang waved his hand impatiently, "You sour literati are like that, you like to talk innocuous nonsense. If you have something to say, you will be innocent!"

"In this way, the minister will be presumptuous." Huai Qing crossed his legs, made a gesture of indignation, and said loudly, "The minister thinks that it is too early to send troops at this time. The king needs to wait for the prince to officially start the war with the army before he plots to send troops."

"Oh? What do you mean by that?" E Yufang shook his brows, and his tone suddenly became awe-inspiring.

"First, the army is eager to recapture the Tonglu Mountain, and the Suihou is personally in command, it is the time when the morale is high and the morale is high, if the king rushes to the Tonglu Mountain at this time, it will be a tough battle. Victory is also a disastrous victory, but it is more likely to be at a standoff with the accompanying army, after all, our army is not a local battle, and it is easy to become passive on the battlefield, which is not good for itself."

E Yufang listened attentively, and couldn't help nodding, in his impression, his brother-in-law has always been a sour and rotten celebrity who can only drop his book bag, but he didn't expect to be able to analyze the battlefield situation so reasonably. It seems that he underestimated him!

"So, what do you mean?" He straightened up and asked earnestly.

"Second, the king has to guard against the Eighth Division of Cheng Zhou. The minister has heard that when the marquis gathered the generals in the shogunate, he openly declared that Kui Duoyou had promised to send troops to deal with it, and to contain the army of our Hubei country so that I could not go west to the Tonglu Mountain with all my might. Echeng is not far from Cheng Zhou, if the king really pours the army of the country west, once the army of Cheng Zhou goes south, how can he resist?"

"Isn't this matter ------- the Huaiyi tribe already promised to be widowed and go to the Eighth Division of Zhou? Could it be ------" he squinted at Huaiqing, "You didn't do this wholeheartedly?"

"Your Majesty," Huaiqing cried out for injustice, and his chest beat loudly: "The people of my father's clan can be trusted, but there are many Huaiyi tribes, and it is difficult to unify people's hearts, and they are also lagging behind the Zhou army in weapons. You can only do some harassment and sneak attacks, but you can't do it head-on, you can only bluff. If Kui Duoyou is not fooled, he will definitely go south, what should my country do?"

E Yufang didn't express his position immediately, but his brows were tightened and he thought, he looked very nervous, as if he was fighting fiercely in his heart. Needles can be heard in the hall, and only the "sizzle" sound of the burning candles on the candlesticks can be heard.

Huaiqing didn't dare to raise his head, but only stood silently, the beads of sweat on his forehead exposed the tension in his heart. After a while, he finally heard the deep voice of E Yufang after hearing the Jun case: "Then in your opinion, what is the solution to this matter?"

"The battle of Copper Green Mountain is inevitable. However, it is not too early to go, the prince and the prince are both recognized by the whole country as good generals, brave and strategic, and occupy a favorable position, and will definitely be able to resist the offensive of the army. When the offensive of the army was frustrated and the soldiers were tired, the king surrounded it and destroyed it in one fell swoop, and the battle was decided, and there was no dispute about the ownership of Tonglu Mountain from then on. Isn't it once and for all?"

These last two sentences deeply touched the Eyu Fang, how to make the Son of Heaven and the whole world recognize that Tonglu Mountain belongs to the E, this is more difficult than fighting. Huaiqing's words made him suddenly, as long as the first war was subdued, there would be no more disputes over the Tonglu Mountain, which was exactly what he had been sleeping at night for more than ten years!

"In that case, do as you please." He made a gentle decision.

"No! The minister retired." Huaiqing suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and tried his best to salute in the calmest tone.

Huaiqing just flashed out of the main hall, and a palace maid in her thirties quietly walked out from behind the big screen, silently pouring tea by the side of the king's case. E Yufang only felt upset, and wanted to find someone to talk to, but the palace maid pursed her lips tightly, and refused to meet his gaze for a moment.

"Uncle, what's wrong with you today? You don't even look at the widow, you're not like that." E Yufang was quite resentful.

"The king is a man with great ambitions, and his children do not look at him, let alone our slaves and maids?" Uncle Yu's words were cold, but she still didn't squint.

E Yufang suddenly understood: "You listened to the conversation between Fang Cai and Huaiqing, right? Is it true in your heart that the widow is such a heartless and unkind father?"

"Slaves don't dare."

"I don't dare to say it, but that's what I think in my heart, right?" E Yufang's voice rose slightly, and he was already a little stunned: "If you have an opinion, just say it, the widow hates it the most, and there are things to hide, this is not your character."

"Then the slave and maid are presumptuous." Uncle Concubine put down the teapot and looked directly into E Yufang's eyes: "Before the princess got married, the king clearly knew that the Son of Heaven had a grudge against my daughter of the E family because of the matter of the queen of Fanji, and the princess would definitely not be happy when she married into the palace. But in order to successfully destroy the country, the king still coaxed the princess to go. That's it, after all, the princess can marry into the palace, which is a great honor in the eyes of the people. But what about the son? He is the heir of the Hubei country, and he is a general, but he is the younger brother of his mother's compatriots, in the eyes of the king, just to make the battle of Tonglu Mountain easier, can he lightly sacrifice their lives?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" E Yufang angrily slapped the case: "The widow will definitely send troops, but it is just a little delayed to make all preparations."

"No more. The king has made it very clear that the slave is not deaf in his ears and his heart is not deaf."

The uncle solemnly knelt up, stretched out her long sleeves, and bowed three times to Eyufang. E Yufang was stunned: "Uncle, what are you doing here? Are you ------ leaving the widow?"

"The king acts, and the slave and maid really dare not agree. Please see that the slave maid once went to Hojing to die for the sake of his life, let the slave and maid go out of the palace and return to their hometown, and die in the wilderness!"

"You ------" E Yufang's chest rose and fell sharply, and at the end, he only stood on the desk and waved his hand lightly: "Let's go, since you have made up your mind, let's go!"

"Thank you."