Gu Shenwei felt that sometimes speed was more important than strength, for example, now, although the main force was still on the southern shore of Xiaoyao Sea, he still wanted to attack the coalition forces immediately.

This point of view is naturally not recognized by Duguxian.

Therefore, after a short conversation, Dugu Xian fell out of favor before he was favored, at least he thought so.

He lived in a mansion near the palace, and although there was no clear order to restrict his freedom, he did not dare to step out of the house, and the soldiers and civilians of the city hated the commander of the coalition army and wanted to take a bite.

Gu Shenwei needs a professional general, but now is not a good time to reuse Dugu Xian, there are too many opposing voices, and rebuilding the army is not the most urgent thing at the moment.

The Dragon King's return to the capital of the Stone Kingdom triggered a series of reactions, and he had to sort out the chaos as soon as possible.

Fang Wen was a small conspiracy planned with the Xu family's sisters and brothers who couldn't hide it from his eyes, Lin Xiaoshan adhered to his principles and did not reveal a word to the Dragon King and the Prime Minister, it was Xu Yanwei who took the initiative to confess, she still didn't believe Zhong Heng, and tried hard to prove that the Prime Minister had the intention of betrayal, and as she spoke, the general and the younger brother were brought out.

Although these are all loyal to their own people, Gu Shenwei is not polite at all, and severely reprimands the three of them, especially the Xu family sisters and brothers, and then gives a clear order that Xu Yanwei is not allowed to leave the palace in the future, Xu Xiaoyi is only responsible for money, and if he dares to meddle in things, he will expel the two from Shiguo.

How many times has Xu Yanwei seen the threat to the Dragon King, so he didn't care much about it, and when he left, he had to ask, "What about Miss Ru? Why didn't you bring her back?" Okay, okay, I don't meddle too much, but when are you going to see the princess, she misses you a lot, it's all my credit, how many good things I say to ......"

Xu Yanwei was driven away, Xu Xiaoyi said curtly: "It's all my sister's fault, in fact, I don't believe ......" squinted and glanced at Fang Wen, meaning that he was deceived.

Xu Xiaoyi retired, although he was reprimanded, he was still very happy, and couldn't help but show credit for himself, "Dragon King, you don't have a penny of money, I hide it well." ”

Only Fang Wen was left to face the Dragon King alone, he was the initiator of the conspiracy, so he was very worried in his heart, but he felt insulted.

A soldier can be killed, bought, or used, but he must not be humiliated.

Fang Wen had a calm face, nervously sticking to his principles.

"The military advisor has suffered during this time. Gu Shenwei's tone was softened, as if he was an adult who had passed his prime, and the other party was an immature teenager.

"It's not bitter. Fang Wen spit out two words stiffly, paused for a while, and began to complain, "It's nothing more than being imprisoned by the Dubu King for a while, subjected to some torture and coercion, and then unswervingly, escaping from Biyu City, thousands of miles away, and defecting to the only stronghold left by the Dragon King in the Western Regions." Although he is not valued here, he is still loyal and does not dare to give up on himself, hoping to save the remaining strength for the Dragon King, but no one appreciates it. So, it's not bitter, it's not bitter at all. ”

For the first time in so many years, Gu Shenwei felt a smile spontaneously, almost showing it on his face, and Fang Wen was undoubtedly defeated if he was more sincere in words, so he pretended not to hear the sourness in the military advisor's words, and directly changed the subject, "Well, that's fine." Now that Jinpeng Fort has conquered the city and occupied a large area of territory, the Western Regions is overturned.

Fang Wen had a belly of "high insight", but he had just been reprimanded and didn't want to bring it out so quickly, so he raised his head and said nothing, silently counting from one to ten in his heart, feeling that it was almost over, and commented on the overall situation, the more he talked, the more excited he became, and soon left the dragon king's rudeness behind.

"First, troubled times are a good thing, a great good thing, troubled times produce heroes, without troubled times, how can the dragon king have a chance to compete for hegemony in the Western Regions? I originally said that I would wait for ten years, but now I see, these ten years of work can be saved. ”

"Second, it is not Jinpeng Fort that is attacking the city and plundering the land, it is the North Court, don't be confused by the Jinpeng Banner, it depends on who is the person holding the flag, and then fight with the Dubu King at this time, it is inferior, even if you win, it is also a wedding dress for others. ”

"Third, why does Zhongyuan appear weak? Because the opponent in his eyes is not Jinpeng Fort at all, but the entire Beiting. If you open the map and take a look, you will understand the truth here: the Western Regions and the Central Plains are separated by thousands of miles of deserts, and it is certainly a good thing to take the Western Regions, but will the loss of the Western Regions have an impact on the Central Plains itself? No. Looking at Beiting again, the border with the Central Plains is no less than 10,000 miles, and the Western Regions is only a small part of it. From the perspective of the Central Plains, rashly starting an all-out war in the Western Regions will not outweigh the losses, but may fall into the strategy of attacking the east and attacking the west. ”

"If you want me to say, sooner or later, the Central Plains will start a war, but the target will not be the small Jinpeng Castle, as long as the North Court is defeated in one fell swoop, the Dubu King will naturally look at the wind. ”

Fang Wen said a lot of things freely, Gu Shenwei had been listening to the military division analyzing the situation in the Western Regions all afternoon, and finally had to interrupt him, these things were too far away, even farther away than the time to use Dugu Xian, "What the military advisor said is very reasonable, but the current problem is how to deal with the four-nation alliance forces outside the city. ”

"The thousands of people outside the city are a rabble, even the commander has surrendered, what else is there to fear? Dragon King, take a long-term view......

Gu Shenwei said a few perfunctory words, threw the general division alone, and left by himself.

Fang Wen's words are not unreasonable, but they are far from being able to use them.

The news of the arrival of the Dragon King had spread to every corner of the capital of Shiguo, but Gu Shenwei was walking on the street, and no one could recognize him.

There are pros and cons to exaggerated false fame, and it is precisely by relying on the reputation of ruthlessness and the rumors of an army of 100,000 that the dragon king can break through in the free sea, and even seize a country with the power of two people, but the disadvantages are emerging, and they are about to exceed the benefits brought by false fame.

If the people of Shiguo recognized the Dragon King, they would probably be disappointed, because this was not the god and demon they imagined, they were very excited, and their morale was high, thinking that the Dragon King would be able to destroy the enemies outside the city by breathing fire, and the war that lasted for almost a year could finally end, and they could live and work in peace and contentment and return to their old lives.

Thanks to the Dragon King's exaggerated false name, he has been at war with the puppet state of Jinpeng Fort for a long time, and there are few people in the capital of the stone country who are ready to face the Dubu King.

Gu Shenwei found Zhong Heng in the palace chamber, where he was busy reading official documents and issuing orders.

Zhong Heng is the person Gu Shenwei needs the most at present, he is not as ambitious as the military advisor Fang Wen, nor is he as conformist as Dugu Xian, this prime minister who knows how to compromise always pays attention to the current problem.

If the Dragon King refuses to show up for a long time, of course Zhong Heng will surrender, he has never been a person of unlimited allegiance, as long as the conditions are right and there is no conspiracy in the middle, he will be very willing to give up everything he has in his hands, it is Jinpeng Castle that complicates things and forces Zhong Heng to resist to the end.

There is no need to test Zhong Heng, just treat him as a shrewd businessman who pays money with one hand and delivers goods with the other, so after Gu Shenwei entered the capital, the first person he saw was him, showing his trust, and after his identity was revealed, he immediately ordered Xu Xiaoyi to hand over half of the silver ticket to enrich the treasury of Shiguo in the hands of the prime minister.

Zhong Heng understood the intention of all these actions of the Dragon King, so even if he guessed that Fang Wen was the conspiracy of that group of people, he did not pursue it, and completely handed it over to the Dragon King to deal with.

"The spy said that the coalition army outside the city is unstable and will flee at any time, and I think we can fight. ”

As soon as he saw the Dragon King, Zhong Heng made a suggestion, defending the city for more than eight months, he defended carefully, never tried to attack, and finally waited for the best time to start a war.

This is also the advice that Gu Shenwei is eager to hear.

"Who is in charge of the coalition?"

"A group of staff officers and killers of Jinpeng Castle, led by about seven or eight people, with more than a hundred people, all rely on their bullet pressure, and the coalition forces barely exist, but they don't know how to fight, and they will only force the soldiers to charge. ”

"What about the generals, and will the soldiers obey their orders?"

Zhong Heng touched his chin and thought for a while, "It's hard to say, the generals don't want to fight either, but they are more afraid of the Jinpeng killer than the soldiers." ”

Gu Shenwei held on to the hilt of the knife and thought for a while, "Do you think these generals will surrender?"

Zhong Heng was a little surprised, it turned out that the Dragon King's idea was not only to defeat the enemy, but also to take the opportunity to expand his strength, "Since they surrendered to Jinpeng Castle, they will bow their heads to anyone, as long as they can show their strength and can deal with that group of killers, but don't expect too much from their loyalty." ”

Gu Shenwei knew best in his heart, if he took loyalty too seriously, he would probably still be cowering in the snowy mountains now, the way of controlling people is ever-changing, even the enemy may be used for himself, loyalty is like a viscous core, with it, it can wrap a round ball ten times or a hundred times larger.

"Therefore, the enemy is only seven or eight Jinpeng Fort staff officers and killers. ”

"Seven or eight people in the army. Zhong Heng pointed out this difference, and then thought that since the Dragon King could pass through the encirclement line and enter the capital, he would naturally be able to break into the military camp again, "The Jinpeng killer is scheming, beware of deception. ”

Gu Shenwei had already thought about this, and felt that he could take a risk, Shi Guo was not the focus of Dubu King's attention, and the killers sent would not be first-rate, "I'm more worried that the five thousand coalition forces are running too fast, and in the future, we will have to fight one country after another, and Shangguan will not give us too much time." ”

Zhong Heng pondered, and finally came up with a proper idea, "Yang Dou, the former prime minister of the Shi Kingdom, has been hiding in the military camp, and there are still a few people left in the Yang family to stay in the city, using this line, you can establish contact with the generals of various countries, what conditions does the Dragon King plan to offer?"

"Spare them from dying, countries will remain independent, and Yang Dou can serve as prime minister. ”

Zhong Heng was stunned for a moment, Yang Dou served as the prime minister, what should he do? Then, he understood the small trap hidden in the Dragon King's words, nodded and smiled: "I think it's enough for this, when does the Dragon King plan to do it?"

"Tonight, two people are enough. ”

It was almost dark outside, but Zhong Heng was not surprised again, he just thought that he had to move fast enough.

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