As soon as the two of them combined, they felt that Xiahou Ninghan persuaded Li Jiangyao to express his position, and this matter was very feasible.

First, the situation in the world has undergone new changes, and the sooner the status of the crown prince is established, the sooner the whole country can be gathered to counterattack the Turks. Second, Xiahou Ninghan herself is a heroine with a heart and wisdom, and coupled with her relationship with Li Jiangyao, the weight of her words is naturally different.

Murong Xue immediately took a pen and paper and considered how to write this letter to Xiahou Ninghan. Dong Tianxing reminded on the side, there is no need to say too much, just talk about the benefits and disadvantages, and Mrs. Dadu Hu will definitely be able to understand it.

Shen Lie recognized this, and at the same time he also unfolded the letter and sent a letter to Li Jiangyao, once again imploring him to focus on the overall situation.

After the two letters were written, Dong Tianxing took them in his hands and looked at them, and then adjusted and modified a few places before returning them to Shen Lie. Shen Lie called his subordinates and ordered them to send the letter to Western Xinjiang urgently.

In the next two months, Murong Xue and Shen Lie were preparing for the emperor's succession ceremony, and at the same time, they fully assisted Dong Tianxing in deploying a plan to deal with the poisonous soldiers, and when Amunta and the others came over with the antidote, they immediately launched their actions.

Lao Dong looked forward to the stars and the moon, and finally looked forward to his old buddies Wu Rong and Amunta on this day. And with these two arrived in the eastern capital Luoyi together, there was also Li Jiangyao's envoy and Xie Tanzhi, the chief secretary of the Zhenjiang Army.

Xie Tanzhi's status in the Zhenjiang Army is extremely high, and he is the third person after Li Jiangyao and Xu Youchang.

His arrival means that Li Jiangyao's attitude has changed dramatically.

Murong Xue, Shen Lie and Dong Tianxing held a grand banquet to entertain all the good friends from Western Xinjiang. During the banquet, Xie Tanzhi made it clear that the Zhenjiang Army decided to fully support His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to succeed to the throne and become the new generation of emperors of the Shengtang Dynasty.

This news is naturally a great thing for the prince's family. However, Murong Xue and the others were also keenly aware that Xie Tanzhi was saying that the Zhenjiang Army fully supported His Royal Highness the Prince, rather than swearing allegiance to His Royal Highness the Prince. The difference between the two is very interesting.

Murong Xue asked Xie Tanzhi in a roundabout way, how much power does the emperor have over the Zhenjiang Army in the future, especially the personnel appointment and dismissal of the main generals, can the Zhenjiang Army accept the emperor's holy decree?

Xie Tanzhi smiled faintly and replied straightforwardly: No.

The soldiers of the Zhenjiang army only recognize the protection of the capital, and the people of Western Xinjiang only recognize the holy king, as for the emperor, who are you?

Compared with Murong Xue's embarrassment and displeasure, Shen Lie didn't seem to care so much, he smiled and played a round: the most important thing at the moment is to unite and fight the enemy together, and it is not too late to talk about things in the future.

Dong Tianxing is an old man, and of course he knows the delicate relationship between the prince and Xijiang, so he hurriedly helped Shen Lie to speak together, and turned the topic of the banquet to the overall situation again.

Xie Tanzhi said that in order to show his support for the emperor, when Li Bing ascended the throne, the main force of the Zhenjiang Army would launch a large-scale offensive to compete for the return of Liangzhou Mansion or Yongzhou Mansion to the succession ceremony, and to announce the influence of the new emperor of the Holy Tang Dynasty to the world with practical actions.

And the commander-in-chief of this battle is Xu Youchang, deputy marshal of the Zhenjiang Army.

His grandfather was the commander of the Qilin Army and the famous general Xu Liexu, who defended the imperial capital and died in the country.

You must know that among the 500,000 troops in the Jingxiang region, there are countless protégés of their Xu family.

Just by raising the banner of Old Man Xu, how many generals and lieutenants can kneel directly without thinking about it.

This is definitely a divine assist for the crown prince.

When Murong Xue heard that her good brother Xu Youchang was personally in battle, her emotions rose again, and she raised her glass excitedly and expressed her heartfelt thanks to Xie Tanzhi.

After the banquet was over, he couldn't wait even a moment, went directly to the palace, and told Li Bing about the situation in Western Xinjiang.

After listening to this, the crown prince Li Bing thought silently for a while, and then said calmly: "Okay, the Zhenjiang Army can take the initiative to take the lead, and it will not be in vain that Shengtang expects them from them." ”

Murong Xue originally thought that Li Bing would be very happy after learning the news, but he didn't expect His Royal Highness to behave so indifferently, and he couldn't help but be quite surprised. He secretly guessed in his heart that Li Bing should still be entangled with Xiahou Ninghan and Li Jiangyao, so he stubbornly asked, "Your Highness, should you summon the representatives of the Zhenjiang Army?" ”

"Did you say that the master book named Xie Tanzhi?" Li Bing said lightly: "It's okay to see it." Bring the indigenous leaders of Miao Jiang and Nanzhao, let them come together. ”

Murong Xue was slightly stunned.

It was indeed true that Wu Rong and Amanta should have been summoned, but the three of them had come together to meet them, obviously snubbing the Zhenjiang army. Because Wu Rong and the others are only here to deal with the poisonous soldiers and monsters, and the Zhenjiang Army is involved in the world's great disputes, the prince's operation will definitely make Xie Tanzhi feel unhappy.

But then again, as the Ninth Five-Year Venerable, it is a heavenly grace to summon the subjects, even if a hundred people meet at the same time, no one can find fault with it.

He had no choice but to sigh helplessly and say yes.

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Xie Tanzhi grew up in Western Xinjiang, admired the culture of his homeland since he was a child, and hoped to one day travel to the eastern capital of the imperial capital and the south of the Central Plains. This time he was ordered to send an envoy to Luoyi, he originally wanted to take this opportunity to enjoy the magnificent scenery of the famous city, but he didn't expect that at this time, Luoyi was ten rooms and nine empty, and there were broken houses and bloodstains everywhere, which made people feel heavy.

Without the interest of touring, Xie Tanzhi said goodbye to Murong Xue and Shen Lie after seeing the prince, and hurriedly set off to return to Western Xinjiang to prepare for the next big battle.

Wu Rong and Amunta stayed in Luoyi and began to get busy with great fanfare.

Dong Tianxing took the lead, convened everyone for a day and a night meeting, and finally decided to start the first battle against the poisonous soldiers in Ruzhou.

Ruzhou was originally an important town of the Xuanjia Legion. Unlike other cities in the Central Plains, Ruzhou is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only the east is connected to the outside world, which is the kind of terrain that is very conducive to closing doors and fighting dogs.

Ten days ago, about 800 poisonous soldiers attacked Ruzhou. The defenders paid the price of more than a thousand dead and desperately killed half of the monsters. Fortunately, at this time, the people in the city had already run away, so it did not cause too tragic consequences.

The remaining more than 400 poisonous soldiers were blocked in the city by the Shengtang army who rushed to reinforce after hearing the news.

Dong Tianxing decided to practice with these trapped beasts.

Murong Xue immediately personally led the team and led three thousand armor soldiers, together with Dong Tianxing, Wu Rong, Amunta and others to Ruzhou.

When he arrived at the place, Amunta ordered his subordinates to line up dozens of medicine cylinders prepared in advance, place them on the position of the Holy Tang Army in the east of Ruzhou City, and light the medicine cylinders in turn when the wind was not too strong. Those waist-thick medicine cylinders are filled with the antidote carefully prepared by Amunta, specifically for all kinds of vicious insect poison, and at the same time, it is also mixed with Yunnan vine powder, once lit with fire, the smoke will immediately billow.

The masters of Nanzhao carefully controlled the amount of smoke, and then used special giant blowers to blow desperately in the direction of Ruzhou. It was only half an hour, and the city of Ruzhou in the distance was covered with a layer of pale yellow mist that seemed to be absent.

Murong Xue was very curious, and couldn't help but ask Dong Tianxing next to him this and that, Lao Dong actually didn't know much about this poisonous fog, so he had to answer Murong Xue with a guess.

After waiting for another two hours, the mist finally cleared, and a terrifying roar continued to be heard from the city, which sounded terrible.

"Is this working? Or did it not work? Murong Xue's sword eyebrows tightened.

Dong Tianxing observed for a moment: "Why don't you send a team of people to take a look?" ”

Murong Xue bowed slightly, and then ordered his subordinates to go forward to investigate. Seeing this, Amunta, who was standing in front of him and directing the release of cigarettes, also volunteered to check it out together.

Fifteen armorers, along with Amunta and six of their men, quickly disappeared from view. But after only one meal, the gang suddenly went and returned, and rushed out of the city as if fleeing for their lives, and rushed towards the side of the line.

Behind them, a few poisonous soldiers were chasing closely, covered in black flesh and blood, with teeth and claws.

"Be on guard! Shoot the arrows! ”

With the officer's order, the archers on the defensive line fired one after another, and the flying arrows flew past Amunta and the others, and nailed them to the poisonous soldiers like raindrops. However, the monster that was hit by the arrow was not affected in the slightest, and continued to roar and chase frantically.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Murong Xue hurriedly shouted: "Spear and shield soldiers, go!" ”

A team of nearly 100 spear and shield soldiers immediately moved when they heard this, and they walked in the opposite direction with Amunta, lined up against the poisonous soldiers, and then used their large shields to block the monsters while stabbing the poisonous soldiers in the head with their spears.

In the blink of an eye, five poisonous soldiers were killed on the spot, and the remaining two turned around and ran back to Ruzhou City.

Amunta came to Murong Xue and Dong Tianxing with a sigh of relief, and said discouragedly: "It doesn't work, it's a failure!" ”

Dong Tianxing couldn't help but hurriedly said, "What is the reason?" Is the medicine wrong? Or is the smoke not thick enough? ”

"I don't know right now," Amunta said, taking the towel from the handkerchief, wiping the blood from his face, and continued, "Alas, those monsters are crazy, like crazy!" ”

Murong Xue looked at Dong Tianxing speechlessly, not knowing what to say.

At this time, Wu Rong strode over: "Brother Toast, don't worry, look at my methods!" ”

As he spoke, the Miao Jiang warrior brought over a few wooden boxes, and the boxes buzzed, as if there were countless bees flying.

"Where are you going to put these Gu worms?" Dong Tianxing asked.

Wu Rong pointed with his hand: "I have to get closer, otherwise the Gu worms will spread too wide." ”

Murong Xue nodded and instructed, "Senior Wu Rong, be careful, those monsters will come out and hurt people at any time." ”

Wu Rong agreed, and under the protection of the spear and shield soldiers, he led his assistants to carry the wooden box to the vicinity of the city.

Seeing that the surroundings were quiet and there were no monsters, Wu Rong cautiously opened the door of the box, and there were words in his mouth.

In an instant, several black clouds rushed out of those boxes, buzzed into the air, and then converged into a larger black cloud, circling and rushing into the city of Ruzhou.