Yuan Fang continued: "Didn't that Wuhua just say that he can send troops to help us recover Nanzhou, if that's the case, once we recover the lost territory and solve the external troubles, then we can concentrate on dealing with other things, such as the prime minister and the queen." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Yang Xing, I say something unpleasant, you are just hanging the identity of a prince now, most people do not regard you as the crown prince, and even many people dare to argue with you with the power of the prime minister, if it continues like this, it will be a huge hidden danger for you and the entire empire, in the long run, the people will lose confidence in the imperial power, once they lose their royal majesty, the consequences will be unimaginable, so I think if you can, it is best to inherit the throne first, stabilize the imperial power, eliminate treachery, and return the empire to unification, And then go all out to the outside world, then is the best time for us to take revenge. ”

Chang Xun nodded and agreed: "Yuan Fang is right, Your Highness, if there is any possibility of cooperation, it is better to ascend the throne as soon as possible to solve the internal troubles, only when the country is unified, can it exert more powerful power, and the empire can flourish again, and at that time, who dares to offend my Eastern Saint Tianwei." ”

Yang Xing thought about it seriously: "Do you really want to cooperate with them?" ”

Yuan Fang nodded and said: "If the other party doesn't have any conspiracy, then cooperate for the time being, and get some benefits first, as for whether you want to help that prince in the future, it doesn't depend on our mood?" ”

Chang Xun frowned and said: "Since we want to cooperate, we will definitely sign an agreement, if we breach the contract, the other party will spread it everywhere, I am afraid that His Highness's reputation will be affected." ”

Yuan Fang smiled evilly and said: "It's okay, you also heard it just now, His Royal Highness the Prince also has a lot of plans, it seems that he has also coveted the throne of the Ningyuan Empire for a long time, he shouldn't dare to talk nonsense about this kind of thing, it will also be a big trouble for him, and it will even lead to death, besides, even if he has the determination to break the net, we are not afraid." ”

Yang Xing asked curiously: "Why?" ”

Yuan Fang smiled: "Because it was me who signed the contract with him, not you." ”

Yang Xing and Chang Xun suddenly realized, the three of them laughed for a while, and began to discuss some things that need to be paid attention to in cooperation, anyway, it is a sentence, the premise of cooperation is to ensure that they have absolute control, advance and retreat, and be invincible, in this way, even if the other party really has any conspiracy, it will not have much impact, and it is a big deal to start a new war.

At midnight, Chen Xin, Shi Ping and Qin Zhen's three-way army arrived and merged with Chang Xun, at this time, if the enemy army wanted to escape again, it would have to pay a heavy price, of course, if their reinforcements arrived, Yang Xing's side would also fall into a passive situation of being attacked by the enemy, but Chang Xun They could not have such a major mistake.

After Chen Xin and several people arrived, they didn't have time to take a breath before Yang Xing was summoned to discuss the matter of cooperation, after listening to what happened, everyone had different opinions, some people were in favor of cooperation, some people were worried that the other party had a conspiracy, after a lot of arguments, at dawn everyone reached an agreement, and came up with a cooperation intention that was very beneficial to their own side and was very harsh for the prince.

During this period, Chang Xun sent people out to arrest a few scouts of the other party, and after a night of torture, he collected some information about the prince. His Royal Highness the prince on the opposite side is named Dugu Zhen, who is the fourth son of the first emperor of the Ningyuan Empire, that is, the fourth prince, the first emperor died, the four princes competed for the throne, the second prince and the four princes joined forces to overwhelm the other two princes, and won the final victory, the second prince inherited the throne, and he, the fourth prince, became the prince, as for the eldest prince and the third prince, they are nowhere to be found, life and death are unknown.

However, Dugu Zhen was not at ease and was willing to be subservient, and secretly developed his power over the years, but he was noticed by the current emperor, and secretly suppressed it, and finally sent it here to guard the border, and also ordered it to capture Dongzhou of the Eastern Sage Empire, wanting to use war to consume Dugu Zhen's strength, and the effect was quite good.

Of course, these were all analyzed by Yuan Fang and others based on the information obtained, and it was impossible for those small soldiers to know this kind of thing so clearly. Early the next morning, Yuan Fang found Wuhua, expressed his intention to cooperate, and briefly explained his conditions, and after hearing this, Wuhua's face changed and changed, and then returned to the Ningyuan military camp.

On the third day, Wuhua came again, on behalf of Dugu Zhen, to meet Yuan Fang, the fake third prince, through negotiation, the two sides agreed to meet at noon the next day in Gushan, twenty miles south of the camp of the two armies, Yuan Fang gladly accepted. On the same day, the two sides only brought a hundred guards to stay at the foot of the mountain according to the agreement, Yuan Fang, Lei Hua and Chang Xun climbed the ancient mountain to meet Dugu Zhen, there were only two people on Dugu Zhen's side, one was Wuhua, and the other was a middle-aged man with a handsome face, which should be Dugu Zhen.

Yuan Fang didn't want to make the same mistake as Wuhua, so he first confirmed Dugu Zhen's identity before starting to negotiate, but for his identity, Yuan Fang always vaguely and perfunctory, but fortunately Dugu Zhen did not doubt it.

The content of the negotiation is similar to what Wuhua mentioned, several bargains, the two sides finally made a decision, reached an agreement, the two sides called off the truce, formed an alliance, Yuan Fang represented the Eastern Sage Empire in exchange for the ancient bell city and the Ningyuan Empire, so that Dugu Zhen sent troops to Nanzhou, at the same time, Dugu Zhen also had to provide Yang Xing's side with enough food and grass supplies, and after cooperating with Yang Xing's side to recapture Nanzhou, he returned to his own territory and ceded the coastal counties.

And what Yuan Fang needs to pay is to send troops to feint to attack Lihua County after receiving the coastal county, creating the illusion of a large-scale invasion, attracting more Ningyuan troops to go over, and contain them, and the rest does not need Yang Xing to do anything, those are all Dugu Zhen's things, whether he can succeed in the dynasty or not, it depends on his own ability.

The content of the cooperation is roughly these, this kind of condition is a loss for Dugu Zhen, it can be said that all the initiative is in the hands of Yuan Fang, if the other party defaults, he will definitely suffer a big loss, and it is the kind of unspeakable dumb loss, but Dugu Zhen has no other way, his imperial brother has not much patience, vowing to put him to death, if he drags it out, he only has a dead end.

To say that Dugu Zhen is also depressed enough, when he reached an agreement with the second prince of the Eastern Sage Empire, Dugu Zhen could be said to be full of confidence at that time, even if the second prince did not wait to win the throne, it would not have much impact on the cooperation between the two sides, but he never expected that a palace change, the eldest prince and the second prince fell at the same time, resulting in Dugu Zhen's plan being forced to be suspended, and all the previous efforts were done useless, otherwise, he would not have been forced to this part by his imperial brother, and he would even agree to such unequal cooperation.