A sword is still a knife, Jiang Yuhu doesn't care anymore.

These two lines of poetry really tickled his flesh.

He even made up a new sentence for himself.

One body turned to fight three thousand miles, and one sword frost and fourteen states!

Hey, it's that wonderful!

Jiang Yuhu doesn't look like a tiger swallowing thousands of miles at the moment, but like a cat scratching his belly and snoring, happily immersed in the happiness of the faint king.

So, naturally, this night, all five of them got drunk.

Fortunately, there are Jiang Yuhu's cronies on duty in the entire state pastoral mansion, and there are also elite guards on the periphery, so there will be no mistakes.

After a happy and stable night, early the next morning, Xia Jingyun endured a headache, made a pot of tea, and began to write a secret letter to his sister according to yesterday's ideas.

As soon as the person who delivered the letter left, he suddenly remembered something, and quickly asked Chen Fugui to call the person back, and waited for himself to write another letter before handing it to the other party and asking him to take it back to Zhongjing.

After finishing all his work, he walked to the pavilion outside, made another pot of tea, looked at the spring around him, took a small sip, and began to plan the rest of the things.

Not long after, Jiang Yuhu also came over, looking at his neat makeup and red and sweaty face, thinking that he had just practiced martial arts for a while, Xia Jingyun smiled and poured him a glass, "According to the general's opinion, when will Yuyan Prefecture completely settle down?" ”

Jiang Yuhu picked up the teacup and slowly moistened it, "Just like you said before, if you want to fight, take this opportunity to beat the pain and clean the house, otherwise when everything settles down, it will be troublesome to toss again." These big families still need to be screened slowly, and some of them are dog things that don't do anything, but they are just more secretive. When all these miscellaneous pieces are cleaned up, there will be no problem in Swift State. ”

Xia Jingyun said slowly: "I want to take advantage of the fact that the rebellion in Yuyan Prefecture is now in place and the military is majestic, to clear the acres of land and check the household registration in Yuyan Prefecture, what does the general think?" ”

Jiang Yuhu glanced at him and said directly: "Let your eldest brother go to Lieyang Pass to sit in town, and I will stay here for an extra month." ”

Xia Jingyun smiled when he heard this: "Thank you, General!" ”

Jiang Yuhu took a sip of the tea in the teacup and waved his hand arrogantly.

Since Jiang Yuhu made a decision here, when he left Beijing and went north, he was granted the power of the queen mother to control the generals of the border passes, so he directly called Xia Yunfei over.

Xia Yunfei listened to the arrangement, but he didn't have any displeasure, as a general, fighting in all directions was something that had been prepared for a long time, not to mention that this was just a change of defense.

He is also very happy to be able to return to the Wudang Army.

The only thing that's a little regrettable is that I'm going to separate after getting together with Erlang all night, but, looking at the smiling appearance of him and Childe, it doesn't seem that the problem is so big when I'm not there.

When Xia Yunfei went to arrange the guards and leave, Xiao Fengshan also came over and told the two about the unfinished business yesterday.

Although I said a lot yesterday, I just talked about a framework, and as soon as the wine was drunk, I didn't elaborate on it.

At this moment, everyone was awake, and they officially put some questions on the table.

Many unfinished things and details have also been arranged, deduced, and determined one by one.

After chatting, Xiao Fengshan also made preparations before the trip.

This matter is very big, and it is impossible for these two people to decide directly, and it must be reported to His Majesty and the Queen Mother, but in the case of a very high probability of passing, such as materials, ordnance, personnel selection and other preliminary preparations can be done first.

By the time I finished speaking, it was already noon.

Jiang Yuhu looked at the big sun above his head and looked at Gao Yang in front of him, "Right now, it only depends on whether Yelushi can succeed." ”

Xia Jingyun smiled slightly, "I think he can do it." ”

He looked at the sky, "At this time, this King of Liang Dingxi should be about to return to the Liang capital that is about to become loyal!" ”

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In the capital of Liang, in the palace city, Emperor Xue Rui of Liang sat in the imperial study, and in front of him, sat the great Liang Zhongshu Ling Yuan Xiantao, the privy envoy Pei Shisheng, and the Huwei general Yu Wenyun.

Originally, it stands to reason that there should be some important ministers in the court, including Wang Ruoshui, but today's words, I am afraid that some are not enough for outsiders, so only these two people were left.

If it is changed to Great Xia, it will naturally cause criticism, but this is the pillar of the seven surnames governing the country, and it is not bizarre.

Emperor Liang, who was sitting on the dragon chair, had a stable face, but he was a little nervous in his heart.

Although he urgently summoned Yelushi and the army of the crane to enter Beijing to stabilize the situation;

and let the king of Zhennan go south quickly, in exchange for the snow dragon to stabilize the imperial power;

then reconciled the contradictions between Yuwenyun and Murong Hammer, and personally inspected the defense of Kyoto Guard;

In the end, it was also supplemented with cowardice Xue Wei, generous rewards and encouragement, and left as the last hole card;

But so many actions can't really settle down in his heart.

Because, it was a full 20,000 White Bear Army, which had experienced the rain, snow, wind and frost in the north, and its combat power was not comparable to these young master soldiers nested in the capital.

What's more, the king of Pingbei, who has been standing in silence like a rock in the north for more than ten years, although his reputation is the weakest among the four kings in the southeast, northwest and northwest, Emperor Liang has heard the first emperor mention that if he really wants to fight, with the same strength, I am afraid that few people in the Liang Dynasty can fight.

At least King Zhennan can't beat it.

When such a troop and such a person are at such a juncture, in the name of worshiping the new monarch, the soldiers are coming to the capital, not to mention Xue Rui, who has just ascended to the throne, even if he is the first emperor of Northern Liang who has been sitting on the throne for thirty years, I am afraid that there will be a little muttering in my heart.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the capital city is strong, the soldiers and food are sufficient, even if the king of Pingbei really wants to make a move, he doesn't have too many worries."

King Pingbei's incident can also be regarded as a military matter, so Pei Shisheng, the privy envoy with the same function as the Shangshu of the Great Xia Military Department, took the initiative to speak, "What's more, according to the minister's opinion, King Pingbei will not take risks and do things that anger the sky and people." ”

Emperor Liang only hummed lightly, but did not speak, because such nonsense did not need to be responded.

"Report!"

An attendant hurriedly ran to the door and came to everyone with small and eager steps, "Your Majesty! The army of the king of Pingbei has reached twenty miles outside the city! The Privy Deputy Envoy Wen Zheng'an has come out to meet and stop it! ”

Emperor Liang silently glanced at Pei Shisheng, the privy envoy who was supposed to come out to meet and stop him, and sighed secretly, even if he was the emperor, it was impossible for him to let a family head with seven surnames take such a big risk to go to the tiger's mouth.

Pei Shisheng also knew that there seemed to be something wrong with his style, so he immediately spoke: "Your Majesty, the minister has explained clearly to Deputy Envoy Wen, and when Wen Shilang returns, no matter what the King of Pingbei has planned, we will deal with it calmly." ”

Emperor Liang nodded, "Just wait over there." ”

Not long after, another chamberlain hurriedly arrived, "Your Majesty, Lord Wen was detained by the King of Pingbei, and the King of Pingbei led the White Bear Army into the capital for ten miles!" ”

Xue Rui's brows furrowed suddenly, and his heart sank.

Although he had long thought that Wanyan Da was not good, he still had a trace of unrealistic illusions, and now reality completely shattered his illusions.

Pei Shisheng looked embarrassed, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Yu Wenyun snorted coldly, got up and said: "Your Majesty, Wanyanda's heart is obvious, according to the minister's opinion, directly search and arrest all the Wanyan family members in the city, escort them to the city wall, and order Wanyanda to enter Beijing alone, if he doesn't obey, he will be beheaded!" Set an example! ”

"No!" Pei Shisheng didn't care about the embarrassment, and hurriedly spoke, "Your Majesty, don't do it!" Acting like this, King Pingbei has to be forced to rebel if he doesn't want to rebel! If the king of Pingbei rebels, the northern border will rebel, and then the world will be in chaos, and the already turbulent situation may be overturned! ”

Unlike Daxia Taizu, who founded the country, he subdued the Quartet and unified the world, when Liang founded the country, in fact, Liang Taizu was similar to a leader of a wealthy clan, and won the support of various clans, forming an advantage, and finally took them to sweep away the rest of the people who were unwilling to stand on their side, and set the world.

Therefore, Beiliang is actually a wealthy alliance, and the Wanyan family also occupies a large share in this court, where is it so easy to move.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the seven surnames have changed one or two, which time is not a major event, of course Pei Shisheng does not want to see such a situation happen.

Yu Wenyun turned his head and snorted coldly when he heard this, "This is not good, that is not good?" So what do you say? Could it be that now Wanyan Da has no edict to lead troops into Beijing, isn't it considered a rebellion? Those who are already the opposite, why should they care about those? ”

"You" Pei Shisheng flicked his sleeves, "The military affairs, how can you be so arrogant, like child's play!" ”

"When our heads are trampled on the soles of our feet by Wan Yanda, then there will be no child's play!"

Emperor Liang looked at the two arguing and couldn't help frowning.

"Your Majesty, can you allow the old minister to say a few words?"

At this time, Yuan Xiantao, who had been silent, took the initiative to speak, and Emperor Liang naturally nodded, "There is nothing to do." ”

"Your Majesty, in fact, Wanyan has come here, and there are no more than two things."

"Now that His Majesty has ascended to the throne for the first time, he either wants to take advantage of the undecided power of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, and when His Majesty's foothold is not stable, he will take advantage of the military power to seek more benefits, and take the opportunity to change the Yan family's position at the end of the seven surnames. Or, it is simply the calculation of relying on the authority of the military to control the government. ”

Yuan Xiantao said slowly, and Yu Wenyun snorted coldly after hearing it, "Isn't this all nonsense!" ”

Emperor Liang glanced at him lightly, but Yu Wenyun finally reined in and didn't dare to say more.

Yuan Xiantao didn't care, and smiled, "The king of Pingbei is menacing, like a wolf in the northern frontier, but doesn't Your Majesty hear about the plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf?" ”

Emperor Liang's heart moved, and Yuan Xiantao said with a smile: "Now, the king of Dingxi is still in Huaishuo City, if he orders him to lead 20,000 people to control the crane army, how does Your Majesty think the situation will develop?" ”

Emperor Liang, who had already secretly ordered the king of Dingxi to enter Beijing to protect him, was reminded like this, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "If the king of Dingxi enters Beijing, the military advantage of the king of Pingbei will be neutralized." If the king of Pingbei is honest and surrendered, then the major event can be determined, if it is stubborn, then the two tigers will fight, and there will be an injury, and I can be in the middle to check and balance, so as to occupy the initiative. ”

He was a little excited, and looked at Yuan Xiantao with appreciation, "Yuan Aiqing is worthy of being the head of the court, this is very good!" ”

Yuan Xiantao owes his body and does not take credit, "It's all Your Majesty's wisdom." ”

Emperor Liang went through Fang Cai's thoughts again in his mind, and he did go one step further than his previous plan, instigating Yelushi to suppress Wanyanda, so that even Yelushi's possible disloyalty could be eliminated.

The most important thing is that by provoking the Yelu family and the Wanyan family to fight, they can also take advantage of the situation to weaken the two of them, and they can calmly reward their Conglong ministers, Murong family and Yuwen family, and then reward the Yelu family, even if it is just to restore it to the current situation, it will be more able to win Yelushi's heart.

This calculation can be regarded as killing birds with one stone.

Hearing this, Yu Wenyun also glanced at Yuan Xiantao, and secretly said that this old thing really has some ability.

The thought was cleared, and Emperor Liang's waist straightened a little, "Hu Quan! ”

The great eunuch Hu Quan replied respectfully: "The slave is here!" ”

Emperor Liang said in a deep voice: "You go and pass on my message to the King of Pingbei and ask him what he wants!" ”

Hu's whole body trembled, and he looked at Emperor Liang pleadingly, and after Emperor Liang was silent with a cold face, he didn't dare to make any resistance.

Your Majesty can't let Pei Shangshu risk his life, can he still instruct him not to move this dog?

Just as Hu Quan agreed to set off in a trembling voice, another messenger came quickly, "Your Majesty, the army of the King of Pingbei stopped five miles outside the city, and sent an envoy to question, he returned to the court to congratulate the new monarch, why did the Jingshi city gate be closed to prevent him from being like a thief, and what did Your Majesty want?" ”

Hu Quandeng's heart was overjoyed, but Emperor Liang's face was instantly gloomy like a dark cloud before a rainstorm.

Good fellow, before I can open my mouth, you will call the injustice first!

But now, he has been more thoroughly prepared, and he has enough confidence that in the face of such a provocation, he can even smile after calming down, "Since this is the case, then first comfort our hard-working King of Pingbei, Pei Qing, you go and arrange the affairs of the labor army, send someone out of the city to comfort you, if he has anything to say, bring it back to me." ”

"Yuan Qing, this government affairs of the DPRK and China, you will be tired! Yuwen Aiqing, let's go, accompany me to inspect the city defense. Let's wait for the king of the West to come! ”

After exiting the hall, Pei Shisheng couldn't help but come to Yuan Xiantao's side and whispered: "Brother Yuan, you have such a wonderful hand, Yelushi and Wanyanda, the two only remaining thorns, fight each other, not only to shatter Wanyanda's plan, but also to weaken the two families at the same time, and successfully complete the transition of the new dynasty, worthy of you!" ”

Yuan Xiantao smiled, "Everything is undecided at the moment, we still have to go step by step, you are a privy envoy, but your status is particularly important, be careful!" ”

Pei Shisheng nodded, "With this direction, we also have the bottom in our hearts, even if Yan Dagou jumps over the wall in a hurry, how can Jingjing Wei and Cowardly Xue Wei hold out for a few days, and wait until the Crane Control Army arrives." Then you can calmly sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. ”

Yuan Xiantao was noncommittal, looked at the sky, and sighed softly: "Wind and rain, eventful, every step has to be steady!" ”

"Brother Yuan is just too cautious, don't worry, this matter will be resolved smoothly. Let's get busy first, farewell! ”

Looking at the back of Pei Shisheng leaving in a hurry, Yuan Xiantao was silent for a moment, wrapped his sleeves, and slowly paced to the workshop.

At this moment, two or three miles outside the city gate, a tall general with a full beard and a burly figure sat on a tall horse and looked at the city not far ahead.

Behind him was a cavalry of about two hundred men, all in armor and silent.

This tall general is the king of Pingbei of Liang, who has been stationed in the north for more than ten years and has been stable in the north of Liang for more than ten years.

"Lord, the city gate is open."

The soldiers behind him watched the two city gates open, and then the drawbridge was slowly lowered, and reminded in a low voice.

Wan Yanda was silent, turned his horse's head, and drove in the direction of the camp.

The soldiers behind him also turned around, and in an instant they disappeared cleanly, like a wind blowing from the north, passing outside the city, leaving only a few messy grass marks.

The privy deputy envoy had been detained in the army, and the privy envoy Pei Shisheng himself did not dare to come, so he had to transfer a clansman who served in the Privy Council and led the team to the labor army.

When the Pei family arrived in the army, it was already almost two battles, and when they entered the big tent of the Chinese army, they looked at the generals of the White Bear Army standing with knives on both sides, and Wan Yanda who was holding the golden knife above, and they were even more unbearable, leaning on their bodies, and said in a trembling voice: "Your subordinates, the privy councillor has ordered Pei Deguang to meet the king of Pingbei." ”

Wan Yanda looked at him with a cold and arrogant expression, "What did Your Majesty say?" But to chill the hearts of these soldiers who have come thousands of miles to congratulate? ”

Pei Deguang's throat rolled, and he swallowed his saliva, "If you return to the King of Pingbei, Your Majesty appreciates the loyalty and courage of the King of Pingbei very much, but the place in the city is limited and cannot accommodate tens of thousands of troops, so the special subordinate brought wine and meat to come to comfort him, Wang. If it is convenient for the prince, he can bring 3,000 soldiers as representatives to Beijing to congratulate. ”

There were several unanimous cold snorts in the tent, and he almost didn't frighten this Master Pei to kneel on the ground.

Wan Yanda said: "Leave the things behind, go back and tell our young majesty, I have so many warriors from the north, I have come from afar, either he opens the city and lets us go in, or he comes out and lets us worship, otherwise, we will enter the city by ourselves!" ”

When he entered the city, Pei Deguang easily understood the meaning of his words, but he was also glad that he was able to escape, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the prince will not worry, the lower official will definitely be intact and reply to Your Majesty word for word!" ”

When he got out of the big tent, he almost lay on his horseback and ran back to Zhongjing City.

And when he conveyed Wan Yanda's words to Emperor Liang, who had just finished inspecting the city defense and was looking at the White Bear Army camp on the city wall, Rao knew that he had to maintain his demeanor and demeanor in front of his courtiers, and he couldn't help but slap on the city wall!

This is a provocation, this is humiliation, this is even more a clear-cut rebellion!

It's as if to say, if you don't lead the neck, you will be killed, and I will take your head!

Not to mention that as the supreme emperor in the world, even an ordinary magnate can't bear such insults!

"Murong Hammer!"

"The minister is here!"

"Whole army! Defend every gate! If the White Bear Army dares to attack, there will be no forgiveness! ”

"Obey the order!"

"Yu Wenyun!"

"The minister is here! Holding my gold medal, cowardly Xue Wei, and surrounding the Yan family, no one is allowed to be let go, but no one is allowed to be harmed without an edict! ”

"Obey the order!"

The furious Emperor Liang looked at the military camp in the distance, murderous.

But when he returned to the palace and slowly calmed down from his anger, he was a little worried in his heart, after all, the White Bear Army had 20,000 troops, and they were soldiers of a hundred battles.

Among the seven surnames, each has a ghost, what if any of them secretly fall to Wanyanda when they see that the situation is not good?

Will he fall asleep and fall asleep, and Wan Yanda suddenly appeared in front of him with soldiers?

With these terrible thoughts swirling in his mind, Emperor Liang could barely sleep all night.

When dawn came again, he got up in a daze with two huge black circles under his eyes.

I was glad that I was still alive after a night, and at the same time I was annoyed that the emperor was worried about these things.

And at this moment, an attendant ran over with a rolling belt, "Your Majesty, the White Bear Army is attacking the city!" ”

"What?" Emperor Liang hurriedly got up, and the voice of Pei Shisheng asking to see him came from outside.

Soon, Pei Shisheng stood in front of him with a solemn expression, "Your Majesty, Wanyanda has exhausted his army of 20,000 and marched towards the capital, and he is already preparing under the city." ”

Emperor Liang immediately got up, "How are the preparations for war?" ”

"Your Majesty came to supervise in person yesterday, and the Kyoto guards are ready to fight, as long as the White Bear Army really dares to make a move, they will attack head-on!"

Emperor Liang's face was also solemn after hearing this, the 20,000 White Bear Army, if it really fought, whether it won or lost, how much damage it would do to the national strength.

And will the remaining 10,000 White Bear Army in the north be honest? Will the entire North be in chaos at that time?

Do you want to compromise and appease Wanyanda with some concessions and benefits first?

Just when he was suffering from gains and losses, another chamberlain came excitedly, "Your Majesty, King Dingxi, it's here!" ”

Emperor Liang's expression changed suddenly, and he glanced at Pei Shisheng, and their eyes were full of surprise.

He immediately got dressed and hurried out of the palace city to the walls of the west city.

I saw that the crane control army that arrived overnight was already lined up three miles away from Xicheng, the army was neat and neat, and the number was huge, and there was no end in sight.

However, the commander of the crane army, King Yelushi of Dingxi, did not hold his troops as powerful as Wanyanda, but only led a few guards and came towards the city gate.

Emperor Liang hurriedly ordered the opening of the city, and after the king of Dingxi successfully entered the city, he hurriedly climbed the city tower.

As soon as they met, Yelushi knelt down on one knee and bowed respectfully, "Your Majesty, Yelushi's rescue is too late, and I hope to forgive my sins!" ”

Emperor Liang looked at his sideburns and white hair, looking at his respectful appearance, his heart was even surging with deep emotion, he stretched out his hand to help him up, and said softly: "King Dingxi, I have been waiting for you so hard!" (End of chapter)