Gao Fei stood alone on the tower of Yunding City, looking at the army attacking in the distance.

Now there were no crossbowmen on the towers, not one, all the crossbowmen were on the other side of the forest.

But these are not important, because there has not been a single soldier in the city for a long time, and it is impossible to defend Yunding City by relying on crossbowmen alone.

But sometimes, you don't need a single soldier to defend a city.

He silently watched as the army under the city drew closer and closer, his slightly trembling fingertips betraying the nervousness of his seemingly calm expression, thankfully, no one could detect such details from hundreds of meters away.

"I have no choice but to gamble. Goofy muttered to himself silently in his heart.

He saw the leading general riding a tall horse to stop in front of the formation, so he shouted to the general under the city: "Is the general Yun Tianshen coming?"

Yun Tian reined in his horse, looked up and saw that there was only a handsome young man on the city tower, and he had already guessed a few points in his heart, so he replied in a loud voice: "Your Excellency is Your Royal Highness the Third Prince?"

Gao Fei stood with a serious expression, deliberately paused for a moment, then shook his head lightly, and said in a loud voice: "No!"

Yun Tianshen frowned.

"There is no His Royal Highness the Third Prince!" Gao Fei added, "Doesn't the general know that the first king has been murdered by traitors!

He said again: "I don't know if General Yun is coming to rebel, or is he going to quell the rebellion with Gu?"

Yun Tianshen clasped his hands into fists and replied loudly: "I am under the order to quell the rebellion!"

"Counterinsurgency," Goofy nodded, "Good." ”

He asked, "Whose order are you doing, and whose rebellion are you putting an end to?"

Yun Tian Shen replied: "By the will of my Nanchu Xinjun......"

Gao Fei didn't wait for him to finish, and interrupted: "The new monarch that General Yun said should still be a doll who can't speak, so does the traitor that the general wants to put down refer to Lone?"

He stared at Yun Tianshen, and then asked, "But I want to ask you, how did a doll who can't speak give orders to you?"

Yun Tianshen was speechless for a while, and he didn't know how to argue, but the other party didn't seem to give him a chance to breathe, and continued to ask: "Gu asks you again, whose order are you doing?"

Yuntian was silent.

"It's the decree of the national teacher Zhu Ning, right?" Gao Fei's eyes on the city tower were like electricity, and Yun Tianshen became more and more weak under his forced gaze, and he felt more and more that this time he sent troops to be suspected of being a teacher.

Gao Fei continued to hit the railroad while it was hot: "But General Yun, you should listen to the words of a national teacher, but should you believe a king standing in front of you?"

Yun Tian fell into deep thought, he was still hesitating, although he had been thinking about the beginning and end of this matter these days, but as a border city guard, it was impossible for him to know the whole truth in the royal city after all.

And Long Yuhai has been serving under Zhu Ning for many years, so he naturally obeys Zhu Ning's orders unconditionally, and this time arranging him as the main general also explains some problems.

Just when he was hesitating, he suddenly heard the city gate in front of him squeak, and Gao Fei, who was still on the city tower just now, had come down and opened the city gate in person.

The moment Gao Fei pushed open the city gate, Yun Tianshen found that there was no soldier behind Gao Fei, and the city was empty.

Goofy made an inviting gesture to him, "General Yun would like to come in and sit down?"

"Is this a negotiation?" Yun Tian thought to himself, he didn't dismount, just stared at Gao Fei without speaking, and Gao Fei also smiled and looked at him.

At this time, Lin Qi, the city lord of Lingcheng who had been standing on the side, stepped forward and whispered: "General be careful, there may be an ambush in the city." ”

Previously, when Long Yuhai told him that there were reinforcements entering the city at night, he suspected that the other party had set up suspicious soldiers, but thinking that his side might be the unrighteous army, Yun Tianshen was always reluctant to tell Long Yuhai these conjectures.

Now Goofy is opening the city gate in front of him, what a great trust.

But this kind of move has become a deterrent for the deputy general Lin Qi.

Yun Tianshen's expression was entangled, he gently grabbed the reins, and the war horse under his crotch wandered in front of the formation. Goofy was still staring at him intently, and no one noticed that Goofy's sideburns were already beading with tiny beads of sweat.

Yun Tianshen's hesitation seemed to Lin Qi as if he was really considering whether there was an ambush in the city, so he shouted to Gao Fei: "If you want General Yun to enter the city, I will go with you!"

Yun Tian was shocked, turned back to Lin Qi and said, "Don't!"

In case Lin Qi entered the city and found that there was not a single soldier stationed in Yunding City, once he was greedy for merit, the scene would not be something he could control.

Unconsciously, Yun Tianshen no longer had the slightest hostility towards the "enemy" in front of him, and even began to think about his safety.

Now there are only two paths left in front of him - either defect to Goofy or withdraw his troops.

"If General Yun is willing to come in and talk, he doesn't have to dismount, he can bring his brothers in. Goofy added.

Yun Tian Shen heard the other party's solicitation.

But after all, he still had 8,000 men and horses led by Lin Qi, the lord of Lingcheng City, but he didn't know what Lin Qi thought, even if he was willing to take refuge in Gao Fei, what should Lin Qi and his troops do?

"No need. ”

After thinking about it again and again, Yun Tianshen finally made up his mind, he turned over and dismounted, and flew high and saluted the monarch and minister.

"The king forgives you!" Then he got on his horse and shouted, "Withdraw!"

After speaking, he immediately turned his horse's head and ran towards the southwest with the army behind him.

Lin Qi glanced at Gao Fei suspiciously, and saw that Yun Tianshen's attitude towards leaving was very resolute, so he had to follow with him.

Gao Fei looked at the back of Yun Tianshen leaving, and silently breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and couldn't help but say to himself: "It's okay, it's okay." ”

He originally hoped to take the opportunity to win over Yun Tianshen, but unfortunately he couldn't succeed in the end.

However, looking at the direction of Yun Tianshen's departure, it was towards Luoyun City, which meant that he would withdraw to the city where he was originally stationed, and he would not meet the Zhennan army in the forest to the east again.

"It's already a very good result, what more could I ask for, at least, we're no longer enemies. ”

He silently returned to the attic, where there was still an unfinished game, but he knew in his heart that the end had come.

The battle in the woods east of Yunding City lasted for half a day, and when it was close to evening, Long Yuhai with more than 10,000 remnants of the defeated army broke through with difficulty, encountered an ambush at the pass, suffered heavy losses, and then encountered an ambush again on the way back to the north, and the whole army was annihilated, and Long Yuhai himself was killed by ten thousand arrows when crossing the river in Lishui.

The Battle of Yunding City ended in a crushing defeat for the Nine-City Alliance, and Gao Fei, who commanded this battle of winning more with less, became famous all over the world again because of his military genius.

A few days later, the news of the defeat of Yunding City reached the national capital.

Zhu Ning's face was gloomy and he didn't say a word, Zhu Long angrily scolded Yun Tianshen for escaping, and at the same time began to organize his subordinates to gather the Zhu family garrison, preparing to deal with the next counterattack of the Zhennan army.

And the second son, Zhu Lan, was on the way to Qingqiu with the delegation at this time, he had just arrived at the border of Qingqiu Country, and he had not yet received news from Yunding City.

The carriage of the mission walked very slowly, and it was impossible to take the mountain road, so it could only go north around Qingqiu Mountain and then east, but because it had left several days early, it was expected to arrive at Longchuan, the capital of Qingqiu, that night.

A few days ago, on the eve of the mission, Zhu Ning suddenly summoned him into the mansion for a secret talk, and the first sentence told him: "This mission to Qingqiu, the task is very important. ”

"Erchen understands that as long as we can make peace with the Qingqiu royal family, we will have another major ally, but ......" Zhu Lan bowed his head and kowtowed, and said: "Forgive Erchen for being blunt, Erchen really has no confidence......"

"No, no. Zhu Ning interrupted him, he rarely said two "no" words, in Zhu Lan's eyes, his father has always been silent, and it is not an exaggeration to say that cherishing words is like gold, but there seems to be a lot to say tonight.

"Mingli, you are asking for your eldest brother, in fact, you are asking for a queen for the king of my Southern Chu. ”

"For this little kid who just succeeded to the throne?" Zhu Lan was shocked.

"No, for Goofy. Zhu Ning corrected.

"For Gao Fei's father, the son doesn't understand ......"

Zhu Ning interrupted him again with a wave of his hand, explaining: "Nanchu has always been the most powerful country in the southern part of the Great Wilderness, but in the past hundred years, Dongfang Qingqiu has risen rapidly, and the national strength is not weaker than ours at all, they have always thought that they should be on an equal footing with us, and as your eldest brother, it is impossible for Nangong Yu to marry his daughter willingly." ”

Zhu Lan nodded and said, "It's this matter that Erchen is worried about, but father, didn't you just send General Long to lead 100,000 troops to Yunding City to encircle and suppress Gao Fei?

Zhu Ning shook his head lightly and said, "Do you really think that with only the 100,000 soldiers and horses of Long Yuhai, you can destroy Gao Fei?"

Zhu Lan was surprised: "Isn't 100,000 against 40,000 enough?"

Zhu Ning said with a stern expression: "Child, you have to remember that looking strong can never mean really strong, and in the same way, looking weak does not mean really weak. ”

"We have always underestimated Gao Fei, this kid's wisdom is not at all what a person of his age should have, and the 40,000 Zhennan Army may be able to exert the power of 400,000 troops in his hands. Long Yuhai was no match for him. ”

"But father, you still sent General Long. ”

"Yes, I had to send him. ”

Zhu Ning sighed, and there was a trace of helplessness between his eyebrows, "Gao Fei just occupied Yunding City, and also slaughtered tens of thousands of soldiers under Wang Yu, and his morale is high. ”

"But if General Long is defeated, Gao Fei will definitely drive straight into Diyun City, and collect the armies of several cities along the way, and at that time, won't there be even more unstoppable?" Zhu Lan only felt that cold sweat had begun to break out on his forehead.

Zhu Ning looked a little displeased, and reproached: "I just told you to remember what you want to remember, and you forgot it so quickly?"

He stared at his son sharply, "Do you know what I'm talking about?"

Zhu Lan thought for a while, hung his head and said, "Looks strong can never mean really strong, and looking weak doesn't mean really weak." ”

"Very good," Zhu Ning nodded, but his expression was not soothed, and he still said sharply: "You must always remember these words!"

"Yes, Erchen will always remember!"

Zhu Ning took a deep breath and said quietly: "If the water is full, it will overflow, and when the moon is full, it will be lost." Cleverness is a double-edged sword, it will make a person climb very high, and it may also drag him into the abyss from which he will never recover. ”

Erchen remembered. ”

Zhu Ning beckoned to his son and said, "Come here, I'll tell you what to do when you go to Qingqiu." ”