Tianyi Sect Master said: "Those two teenagers will each deal with one for each of you, although we may not be able to defeat them, but at least we can hold them back for a long time." As long as we hold them back and buy time, we have succeeded. ”

The man asked, "What about the others?"

Tianyi Sect Leader said, "It's all arranged." ”

The man asked a little puzzled: "Didn't King Cheng send someone to send the poison of the Yue clan, why don't you use it?"

Tianyi Sect Master said: "The Yue clan is not credible, and besides, so many people will inevitably not be masters of poison, if they are found out in advance, it will be a little troublesome." It may be a big loss to start, but as long as we do what we have planned, everything is under control. ”

After a pause, the Tianyi Sect Master said again: "This time I went out to notify the gangs that belonged to us, but have you been notified?"

The man said: "I and Zuo Yufei and a few people acted separately, and when we came back, we had already met in Changzhou City, and we had already been notified." “

The Tianyi Sect Master breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Everything is coming to an end. ”

The man said, "For them it's over, and we're just getting started." ”

Tianyi Sect Master laughed loudly: "Uncle Qi is right, we have just begun. ”

The man said: "When King Cheng is exhausted from fighting them, we will be invincible and unstoppable." ”

The Tianyi Sect Master said: "Even if someone blocks it, someone must block and kill the Buddha." After the matter here was over, we immediately led people to Jingqian Town. ”

The man said, "Elder Mei has already gone to meet Cheng Quan. ”

The Tianyi Sect Master nodded, looked into the distance and said, "After this time, we don't have to live in the shadows. ”

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After Ji Xuan became the crown prince, he worked hard to get rid of the chronic illness of the Great Wei court in a short period of time and restore the national strength. He and Fan Changyun carried out a series of innovations, promoted many young officials, and the atmosphere of the court was completely changed after several months of their efforts.

Illness comes and goes, and if you want to completely restore the national strength of Great Wei, it is not something that can be achieved in a few months. Ji Xuan knew that King Cheng didn't have much time left for him, and if he didn't speed up his pace, once King Cheng implemented his plan, the consequences would be very serious.

What Cheng Wang's plan was, Ji Xuan didn't know, but he had a hunch that Cheng Wang would definitely make a desperate bet. Therefore, Ji Xuan has been sending people to keep an eye on King Cheng.

There has been no movement on King Cheng's side, but bad news has come from the frontier one after another. The 100,000 iron cavalry of the Northern Yan raided the northern defense line with lightning speed. The Northern Yan Iron Cavalry seemed to know the deployment of the northern defense line of the Great Wei Dynasty well, specializing in the weak points of the troops, and even conquered five cities of the Great Wei Dynasty one after another within half a month. The worst thing is that the commander of the northern defense line was attacked by the Northern Yan ambush on the way to the march, and he was killed by an arrow, and now tens of thousands of soldiers in the north have no commander, and they are fighting separately, and the situation is very bad.

However, fortunately, the speed of the Northern Yan Iron Cavalry was too fast, and the follow-up grain and grass replenishment was not timely, and the latest military intelligence report showed that their speed gradually slowed down. The Great Wei soldiers took the opportunity to stabilize their positions, and although they stood on their own, they could also hold on to the city. The soldiers who retreated from the defeat in the front cities are now replenished to the cities behind, so now the troops in each city are sufficient, and it is not as easy for the iron cavalry of Beiyan to capture it as easily as before.

Not only from the north, but also from the northwest and southwest, and the Jin State and the Western Zhou also stationed their own troops in the northwest and southwest defense lines of the Great Wei, and there was a possibility of attacking at any time.

The enemy on three sides, if it is not dealt with well, the situation of Great Wei is really very dangerous, and it may be a catastrophe.

At this time, the old emperor was in a coma, and everything needed to be decided by Ji Xuan.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Ji Xuan said, looking around at the civil and military officials in the court, "do you have any good ideas to speak freely." ”

After Ji Xuan's voice fell, no one among the civil and military officials stood up to speak, it was a matter of life and death for the country, and no one dared to speak lightly.

Seeing that no one responded to Ji Xuan, Fan Changyun said: "The Jin State and the Western Xia have not moved for the time being, we still have time, especially with General Xue in the southwest, the Western Zhou Dynasty does not dare to move easily, if the Jin State does not have the certainty of victory, they will not dare to take the initiative to attack, they are now waiting to see our reaction to the North Mirror, and at the same time, they are also involved in our northwest forces, so that we cannot transfer troops to rescue the northern border, if we do not respond effectively, they will take the opportunity to attack." So the most important thing now is to quickly elect a coach for the north, rectify the northern defense line, and counterattack the northern Yan. ”

Ji Xuan nodded, then looked at an official below and asked, "Lord Lin, do you have a candidate for the commander of the Northern Border Defense Line in your military department?"

Lin Yuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, replied: "Returning to Your Highness, I received an urgent report, and the ministers have discussed the matter with the heads of the Ministry of War, and there is already a candidate. ”

"Speak quickly!"

Lin Yuan said: "Tang Bin, the chief general of the Ding'an Army. ”

Ji Xuan suddenly realized when he heard Tang Bin's name.

Yes, Tang Bin was the commander of the north before he was demoted to the commander of the Ding'an Army, and no one can compare with him in terms of familiarity with the north. After Ji Xuan became the crown prince, he wanted Tang Bin to serve in the capital, but Tang Bin politely refused, Tang Bin said that the current capital did not need him, and if there was a need, he would definitely be duty-bound.

Ji Xuan said: "Quickly pass the decree and let General Tang rush to the north immediately." ”

"Yes!"

Once the coach is decided, the next step is money. Fighting a war is not only a struggle for manpower, but also for financial resources. Although Ji Xuan confiscated a lot of corrupt officials after becoming the crown prince, and collected a lot of money into the treasury, if there was really a full-scale war with these three kingdoms, the money was far from enough, so it was necessary to consider it in the long run and calculate it holistically.

Ji Xuan asked the household department to take out one-third of the money and grain from the treasury to support the war in the north, and then seconded some of it from the northern state capitals. Ji Xuan particularly emphasized that the imperial court was seconded from the state capitals, not forcibly levied, and the state governments could take out the money and grain that could be taken out according to their own conditions, and they were not allowed to apportionment to the people.

After listening to Ji Xuan's arrangement, the cabinet and the household department had no objections, but Xue Chen put forward different opinions.

"Your Royal Highness, according to the battle report, the Northern Yan army adopted a cavalry raid, and the reason why they were able to capture our five cities in a short period of time is that they have mastered the deployment of our northern defense line, bypassing the heavily guarded places, and focusing on the weak places, and the other is that at the beginning of the war, I conveniently lost the commander, causing confusion in the deployment of troops, which caused the current situation. But now the Northern Yan cavalry is already alone, and the follow-up supplies can't keep up, so the minister thinks that as long as General Tang arrives in the north and stabilizes the army's heart, the war in the north will not last long. ”

Ji Xuan nodded and said, "So General Xue doesn't think it's necessary for the imperial court to prepare so much grain and grass?"

Xue Chen said: "What should be prepared is still to be prepared, but there is no need to send it to the northern border now." The grain and grass needed in the north can be collected and delivered by the northern state capitals mentioned by His Highness just now, and then decide whether it needs to be transported from the capital according to the development of the war. According to the current emergency reports in the northwest and southwest, it is very likely that there will be fighting in these two places as well, so we must be prepared. ”

Xue Chen's analysis made Ji Xuan and the ministers feel very reasonable, so they did what he wanted.

However, as soon as it was decided to let Tang Bin be the commander of the northern border, bad news came from the Ding'an army.