Fengzhou, the palace of the puppet Jin king.

"Bold Assassin! How dare you assassinate this king! It can be seen that this is a great sin to destroy the nine clans! Ding Rui, under the escort of a large number of forbidden troops, scolded angrily. Just now, several assassins infiltrated the palace and almost killed Ding Rui's dog, and he still has lingering palpitations!

At this time, the assassins were surrounded by a large number of palace guards in a corner, and when they heard Ding Rui's angry shouts, one of them looked up and laughed, and scolded:

"Ding thief! You kill the king and usurp the country! Slaughter Zhongliang! Filthy harem! All my windy people, everyone wants to eat your flesh and sleep on your skin! If we and a few others fail to kill you today, if they fall into your hands, they will die! Being a ghost won't let you go! ”

Another answered: "Old thief! Now the general of Zhenbei holds high the banner of righteousness! Three counties have been connected! It won't be long before you will enter the Windy State and take your dog's life! You won't live long! ”

Ah! It's okay that he didn't mention Lu Chen, but when he mentioned Lu Chen, Ding Rui was so angry that his whole body was trembling, he pointed at several assassins, and roared sharply:

"Kill! Kill! Kill them all! ”

With Ding Rui's royal order, the surrounding forbidden troops did not hesitate any longer, and all of them picked up their halberds and stepped forward......

With the death of several assassins, the assassination in the palace did not end there, and Ding Rui immediately ordered a complete blockade of Fengzhou City to strictly investigate the assassins.

For a time, in Fengzhou City, all those who carried weapons or knights were arrested by the soldiers and tortured, and there was once again a bloody storm in the capital.

Ding Rui's throne is not coming from the right way, he is the so-called King of Jin on his face, but in fact, he has always been very weak in his heart, and he has always been nervous about whether he will be killed by one of his ministers one day.

Therefore, under this kind of psychology, Ding Rui is becoming more and more brutal, and he can only use Wang Wei to cover up his weakness. And this assassination incident has involved countless heroes in the rivers and lakes.

Under Ding Rui's tyrannical behavior, everyone in the capital was silent, and the once bustling and lively street market is now like a ghost market.

Under this trend, Ding Rui also tried to expand the establishment of the Central Army again, and after the notice of recruiting soldiers was posted, it can be said that no one could be seen for the whole day.

In the end, Ding Rui was furious in the court, and immediately threw down the royal decree to forcibly recruit young people, and anyone who has a male in the family must join the army, otherwise he will be killed!

After this decree was issued, for a time, the fleeing people were like carp crossing the river, and people took refuge with their families and fled to the three counties of Guanshan, Wuyang and Pingyang under the jurisdiction of Lu Chen.

The general trend of the Wind Country has changed, Ding Ruiye has already felt that his power is shrinking rapidly, and at this time, he can no longer tolerate Lu Chen's continued development.

In the early dynasty, he proposed to use all his forces to gather 500,000 central troops to defeat Lu Chen in one fell swoop and completely pacify Lu Chen's forces.

But his proposal was first opposed by his son Ding Ze, who said to him:

"Father, now the barrier of the capital, only Nanyang County remains, if we gather all our forces and start a decisive battle with Lu Chen in Guanshan, if this is defeated, everything will naturally be fine, but if we are defeated, our country will be completely finished! We can't afford to bet on this style of play! ”

It may be okay to let Ding Rui play with intrigue and tricks, but if it is about marching and fighting, arranging troops, it is ten Ding Rui, and I am afraid it is not as good as one Ding Ze.

How could Ding Rui not know this, and how could his son harm himself? After listening to Ding Ze's words, he asked in a condensed voice: "Then in my son's opinion, how should my country deploy troops now?" ”

Ding Ze thought for a while and said: "Father, according to the opinion of the sons, now the entire strength of our country, only the 500,000 central army remains, unless it is absolutely necessary, we should not confront Lu Chen's army head-on, at this time, we should send an envoy to the Zhang country, let its Zhang army stationed in Longshan County, help us!" ”

"In Zhang Guo's eyes, they hope that their father's Jin Kingdom exists, and they definitely don't want to see the previous Wind Kingdom, and they will never sit back and watch Lu Chen's victory, because if Lu Chen wins in this battlefield, then the threat to Zhang Guo in the future will be too great!"

When Ding Rui heard this, he nodded slowly and said: "With the friendship between this king and King Zhang, as long as he is willing to speak, Zhang Guo will definitely not refuse, but if Zhang Guo agrees to send troops, how should we arrange it?" ”

Ding Rui said that he had a good relationship with King Zhang, and the ministers in the court did not dare to say more, but the people of Fengguo, who did not know, the so-called Ding Rui, the king of Jin, was actually a puppet supported by Zhang Guo, and the Fengguo, which had been dignified for more than 700 years, had also become a vassal state of Zhangguo in the actual sense of the word in the hands of Ding Rui.

Ding Ze also knew this in his heart, but in order for his father to sit on the throne, he could only cooperate with his father. At this time, seeing Ding Rui ask him again, he replied:

"After Zhang Guo agrees, he will definitely send troops from Longshan to intercept Lu Chen, and his father can send a general to lead 100,000 troops to garrison Nanyang County, so that the two armies, divided into two directions, will completely block Lu Chen's route to the south. If Lu Chen chooses to attack Nanyang, then Longshan's Zhang army can be contained from the side, and if he attacks Longshan, our army can also wait for an opportunity to move in Nanyang. ”

"Yes, that's good." After listening to Ding Ze's explanation, Ding Rui nodded in a deep voice, and then asked: "Then in my son's opinion, who should be sent to the garrison of Nanyang County?" ”

"Erchen suggested that sending Zuo Shuang as the commander will definitely make Nanyang solid." Ding Ze replied. At this time, he no longer thought about sending troops to suppress Lu Chen, but began to think about how to defend.

"Where's Zuo Shuang!?" As soon as Ding Ze's words were finished, Ding Rui sat on the king's chair and shouted.

"The end will be." As he spoke, a military attache in his thirties walked out from the end of the court train.

Seeing him, Ding Rui said: "Zuo Shuang, this king wants to send you as a commander, command 100,000 troops, and go to Nanyang County to garrison, you can't let this king down!" ”

"This ......" Zuo Shuang hesitated and didn't dare to come down, not because he was afraid of the Feng Army, but because he didn't want to fight against the Feng Army at all, because in his heart, everyone was the people of the Wind Country, and the current war was undoubtedly equivalent to cannibalism.

"Huh?" Seeing this, Ding Rui's brows suddenly furrowed, and then he said meaningfully:

"General Zuoshuang, this expedition, you can rest assured, the family in the house, this king will take care of it for you."

Hearing this, the fire in his left eyes flashed, but soon, he was forced to clench his fists again and said:

"The last general...... Obey ......"

After the court meeting, in the palace, Ding Ze said to Ding Rui again: "Father, do you remember the assassination incident in the palace a few days ago? Erchen believes that the thief should capture the king first. ”

"What do you mean?"

"As long as Lu Chen dies, his subordinates will be difficult to become a big weapon and will be self-defeating......"

(End of chapter)