After Liu Qing retreated, Qin Wei walked out of the camp tent and looked at the Pingman Pass in front of him.

It was late spring and early summer, and the warm southeast wind was blowing in the crisp vegetation of the mountains.

Feeling the gust of breeze, the corners of Qin Wei's mouth curled.

"If you have a good location, this king will borrow the time of heaven!"

He chuckled softly.

At this moment, Wang An hurriedly ran over.

Recently, Wang An has been really busy, although the traitors of the Shuzhou Imperial City Division have been almost cleaned up, but the new intelligence network of the Imperial City Division has not yet been built, Wang An not only has to deal with the affairs of the Imperial City Division, but also collects information from all sides for Qin Wei, and he is very busy.

"Your Highness, there is an edict in Kyoto!"

He came to Qin Wei and said urgently.

Qin Wei was stunned, and hurriedly took the edict and opened it.

After reading it, his face became calm.

Emperor Lihuang actually let him stop at Pingmanguan and not go south to Yunzhou!

In addition, Emperor Lihuang told him not to return to Beijing for two years!

Wang An looked at Qin Wei's face, and his heart was a little worried, "Your Highness, but what's the change?" ”

"What's so unusual about Kyoto?" Qin Wei asked.

"Everything is fine in Kyoto, but Your Majesty has changed the rules of the Imperial Court before." Wang Andao.

"The rules of the Reserve?"

Wang Andao: "That's right, eight days ago, His Majesty revised the rules for establishing a prince in front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and no longer ordained a prince on the surface, but instead ordained a prince in the form of a secret decree......"

After hearing this, Qin Wei was a little stunned.

The crown prince is no longer openly canonized, but the prince is established in the form of a secret decree, and it is not until after the death of the emperor that the truth is revealed who will inherit the throne.

Qin Wei's eyes narrowed slightly, and his heart was full of thoughts.

It doesn't matter to him how he establishes the prince, what matters is Lihuang's attitude towards him.

He was not allowed to return to Beijing for two years, which meant that Emperor Lihuang did not have the idea of establishing a prince.

Now he has stopped at Pingmanguan and is not allowed to go south to Yunzhou, which means that Emperor Lihuang is already restricting the military power in his hands.

If he goes south to Yunzhou, then he will inevitably interfere in the military power of Yunzhou, once the rebels are exterminated, the military power of Yunzhou may be controlled by him.

Yunzhou not only has more than 100,000 town defenders but also 200,000 border troops, although these troops are now rebels, but if he goes south, he will definitely be able to gather some surrendered troops.

After the fall of Mao Jiang, the Anning army under his command may reach the scale of two or three hundred thousand, or even more.

"My imperial grandfather is really cautious!" Qin Wei sighed helplessly.

He understood Emperor Li's concerns.

Emperor Lihuang didn't suspect him by restricting him, but just to prevent it in advance.

Prevent him from becoming bigger after mastering the military power, prevent him from fighting for the throne by force when Emperor Lihuang dies, and prevent him from having thoughts that he shouldn't have now.

This is a beating, but also a suppression.

Of course, it is definitely not only Qin Wei, the king of Xin'an County, who has been suppressed, perhaps those princes and grandsons who have been staying in Kyoto will be beaten even more.

"Thinking about it this way, this king is quite free!"

The corners of Qin Wei's mouth curled slightly, then put away the letter, turned around and walked into the tent.

Whether it is beaten or suppressed, it doesn't matter to Qin Wei now.

……

Forty-five years of Wude, the fifth day of the fifth month of May.

It is advisable to bury, sacrifice, enter the house, and break the ground, and avoid opening the light, digging wells, and marrying.

In the early summer, thousands of kinds compete for green, the mountains are full of layers of fields, boundless, and the green shines like water, as if even the sky is dyed green.

The wind blows in with the smell of grass, blowing the green waves and rolling endlessly.

Qin Wei rode on his war horse, looking at the majestic Pingman Pass, feeling the warm summer breeze, he smiled softly.

The Anning army assembled, and the troops approached the city of Pingmanguan.

The ironclad forest, the aura of slaughter filled the canyon.

Catapults were parked at the front of the army, and thousands of soldiers were busy, all of which indicated that a great war was about to begin.

Pingmanguan on the city wall.

Yang Lu and Li Xing looked at the formation of the Anning Army.

"They're really going to attack!"

Yang Lu looked at the row of catapults and said in surprise.

In his opinion, catapults could not threaten Pingmanguan at all, and he felt that Qin Wei, the king of Xin'anjun, might not know about the situation in Pingmanguan, but the other generals in the Anning army didn't know either?

Isn't there anyone who advises the king of Xin'an to stop doing these useless works?

He was a little confused.

"Maybe they just want to try!" Li Xing guessed.

"Useless work is useless work, and there is no point in trying no matter what." Yang Lu shook his head and said with a smile.

If only the catapult can break through the Pingman Pass, then the Pingman Pass is not called the Pingman Pass.

At this time, Li Zhongxian and an old man in a purple robe walked up to the city wall.

"I've seen two seniors!"

"Meet the hall master!"

Yang Lu and Li Xing hurriedly bowed.

The old man in the purple robe in front of him was Zhong Daofu, the hall master of Wushan Palace.

Zhong Daofu's face was full of ravines, a pair of narrow and sunken eyes looked particularly gloomy, and he was wearing a purple robe without the slightest sense of wealth, but a little gloomy and ruthless chill.

In contrast, Li Zhongxian wears a green shirt, but he has a bit of the demeanor of a worldly master.

"How's it going?" Li Zhongxian asked.

When he cooperated with Tang Mingcheng, he never cared about the war, but just waited as a foreign aid to deal with the other party's innate martial artist.

But Tang Ming's success or failure was so fast that he almost didn't react.

In order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, this time he stayed by Yang Lu's side.

"Senior, rest assured, that Anning child will definitely not be able to attack this level!" Yang Lu said confidently.

Li Zhongxian looked at the camp of the Anning Army, which had strict military discipline, and said lightly: "When Tang Mingcheng attacked Xin'an Mansion, he also said that the King of Xin'an County was vulnerable, but now he has become a prisoner of the King of Xin'an County. ”

Yang Lu's expression froze.

What does this mean?

He looked at Li Zhongxian.

Li Zhongxian said in a deep voice: "The king of Xin'an County is by no means an ignorant person, if you look down on him, you will definitely suffer a big loss. ”

With the lessons of the past, Li Zhongxian is now very jealous of Qin Wei.

The more he knew, the deeper his jealousy of Qin Wei became.

When Qin Wei first entered Shuzhou, he didn't think that Qin Wei had the ability to change the situation in Shuzhou, but after the battle of Xin'an Fucheng was over, he realized that he had underestimated Qin Wei.

"The king of Xin'an is extremely good at hiding his strength, he established the Zhenwu Division in Tianzhou, and played with hundreds of sects in applause, but everyone thought that the king of Xin'an was a congenital martial artist around him, but no one knew that Yuwen Chengdu was also an innate martial artist!"

"Do you think such a person would attack Pingmanguan without being sure?" Li Zhongxian stared at Yang Lu and said.

Yang Lu's eyes flashed, he didn't look down on Qin Wei, he just had confidence in Pingmanguan.

However, after listening to Li Zhongxian's words, he couldn't help but wonder if Qin Wei had other hole cards.

Just as he was pondering, Li Xing suddenly said, "Lord Yang, look! ”

Yang Lu raised his head and looked at the opposite side, only to see dozens of braziers lit in front of the Anning army on the opposite side.

"What are they going to do?" Li Xing asked a little nervously.

Yang Lu frowned, "Are they planning to attack with fire?" ”

"Impossible, the castle is full of houses made of mountain stones, even if it is a fire attack, it will not be able to threaten us."

"If this is the hole card of the King of Xin'an, then we can rest assured."

"Really!" Li Xing seemed a little skeptical.

Yang Lu nodded affirmatively and said, "When the Pingman Pass City was built, it was considered that someone might attack it with fire, so all the houses and buildings in the city were built with mountain stones, and rarely wood. ”

When Li Xing heard this, he was immediately relieved.

And although Li Zhongxian was still afraid, he didn't say anything more.

"Maybe we can catch them off guard!" Yang Lu looked at the other side, and the confidence that had dissipated just now came to his heart again.

……

In front of the Anning army, braziers were lit, and damp grass balls were transported to the catapults.

Qin Wei looked at those grass balls, and the smile on his face was even better.

Fire Attack!

That's impossible.

If he had enough lamp oil or other flammable materials in his hands, he might choose to attack with fire, but unfortunately he didn't have them.

He only had 3,000 cans of lamp oil, which was the largest he could collect so far.

With these lamp oils, it is naturally impossible to burn the city with a flame to the Pingman Guancheng.

And this time, the real weapon is not lamp oil, but those grass balls.

The mountain stone is used as the center of the ball, and the surface is tied with damp hemp rope and many grass branches.

"Your Highness, you're all set!" Liu Qing came to Qin Wei and said.

Qin Wei felt the oncoming breeze of Xi Xi, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly, "Then let's start." ”

"Whoa!" Liu Qing answered, and rode to the front of the battle.

Yuwen Chengdu had been waiting in front of the battle for a long time, he looked at the Pingman Pass where he was going, and thousands of soldiers were standing next to the rushing car and the ladder behind him, ready to attack the city.

"Fire!"

With Liu Qing's order, the dull sound of the horn suddenly sounded.

Woo woo~~~

The sound of the horn spread, as if with a heavy breath rushed towards the city wall of Pingmanguan.

The soldiers on the city wall were all nervous when they saw this, although they also had confidence in this tall and strong city wall, but after all, this was a war, and once the war started, no one dared to say that they could be safe and worry-free.

As the grass balls wrapped in the rocks were ignited and placed on the catapult, Liu Qing roared violently.

"Put!"

Huhuhu~~

The three-foot-long ball of grass flew towards Pingman Pass with blazing flames and black smoke.

Two hundred balls of fire leaped from the narrow canyon, each dragging a long tail.

On the city wall, Yang Lu looked at those fire balls, his eyes flashing.

Bang~~

A ball of fire fell a hundred meters behind the city wall, and some rolled dozens of meters inside the city before stopping next to a house.

Yang Lu frowned slightly when he looked at it, this ball of fire did not fall on the city wall, but fell in the city.

Do they think that the houses in the city are made of wood?

The soldiers in the city were a little panicked at first when they saw the falling fires, but soon they calmly fell and were busy putting out the fires.

Ahem, cough, cough~~

The smoke was billowing and the fire was not extinguished, but they were choking and coughing.

Immediately afterward, more and more fires fell into the city.

Thick black smoke obscured the sky and filled the entire city.

On the city wall, Yang Lu looked at the billowing smoke, and his face changed drastically.

"Damn, the King of Xin'an County is so cunning!"

His originally calm mind suddenly panicked.

Huhuhu~~

A gentle breeze poured in from the south of the canyon, blew across the narrow valley floor, and rolled up thick smoke towards the walls of Pingmanguan.

In a matter of moments, the entire city wall was covered in smoke.

Ahem, cough, cough~~

Ahem, cough, cough~~

Ahem, cough, cough~~

Violent coughing followed one after another.

(End of chapter)