Jinling City, the palace of the king of Wei. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

A carrier pigeon broke the silence of the early morning, and after learning that the Southern Expeditionary Army was approaching Chuzhou, the King of Wei urgently dispatched 130,000 elites to support, but with the news that the carrier pigeon came back, his heart suddenly seemed to be soaked in ice water.

"Chuzhou is besieged, the situation is critical, I hope that my father must send a large army to support, and then the inside and outside should be combined to annihilate the Southern Expeditionary Army in one fell swoop." After reading the contents of the letter, King Wei's palms trembled slightly.

In the main hall, the ministers were divided into two classes, and the civil ministers and military generals all looked at the king of Wei and waited for the decision of the king of Wei.

"His Royal Highness the Prince is in prison, His Highness should send a large army to rescue him at this time." A man who looked like a civil official said.

As soon as the civil official's voice fell, at this time a general said: "Your Highness, by all means, this is a trap set by the Southern Expeditionary Army, His Royal Highness the Prince took away almost half of the elite of Jinling City, but now he is trapped in Chuzhou City by the Southern Expeditionary Army, which shows that the current situation on the battlefield is not superior." ”

"If that's the case, then it's even more important to go and rescue His Royal Highness." The civil official said urgently.

King Wei's expression was uncertain, the general who spoke just now was Lu Meng, the captain of the Jinling City garrison, although Xiao Han tried his best to hide what happened in Chuzhou, but a discerning person could see what was going on at a glance.

The current situation in Chuzhou City is bound to be bad.

"Your Highness, it is not appropriate to mobilize the army of Jinling City at this time, the Dengzhou army in Yangzhou is also eyeing the enemy, if the troops in Jinling City are empty, it is likely to be taken advantage of at that time." Lu Meng said.

When the civil official heard this, his face immediately turned displeased, and he said to King Wei: "Your Highness, if His Royal Highness the Prince is captured, what should he do at that time?" Do we want to see the King of Qi execute His Royal Highness with our own eyes? ”

King Wei's expression was solemn, this was indeed a dilemma, and after pondering for a while, he asked the first official on the lower left: "Is there any change in the armies of Yangzhou and Tongzhou?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, the defenders of Yangzhou have not moved, and our eyeline in Tongzhou has not sent back the news of the Tongzhou army's movements." The official said.

King Wei nodded, and at this time a trace of luck suddenly rose in his heart, and he said: "The Southern Expeditionary Army led by Lu Fei is Xiao Ming's elite, if it can thwart the Southern Expeditionary Army, Xiao Ming will inevitably retreat, and the more than 100,000 soldiers in Chuzhou City are the elite of my Wei Land, if you don't save it, I'm afraid they will all die in the hands of the Southern Expeditionary Army." King Wei said.

Hearing this, Lu Ran hurriedly said, "Your Highness, don't you understand it to this day?" Our army is not at all the opponent of the Southern Expeditionary Army with firearms, even if there are many people at this time, it will not help, and His Royal Highness Yangzhou Massacre has made the people lose their hearts, even if the army goes out of the city and how many soldiers are willing to fight for His Royal Highness, the only way now is to inform King Yan, King Liang, King Zhao of the situation at this time, the truce of the day is a witness, and now Xiao Ming tears up the truce contract, it is a blatant treachery, and the four families should work together to force them to retreat, otherwise Wei Di will have no way to return to the sky. ”

"Bold Lu Meng, you are growing the ambition of others and destroying your own prestige, the slaughter of Yangzhou has left the Dengzhou army with no food to eat, which proves the wise decision of His Highness, how can you slander it." The civil servants accused.

This strategy of clearing the wilderness was proposed by a group of scholars.

Lu Ran sneered at the group of literati, and he said, "Now that the people of the four states are all singing praises to the king of Qi and regard us as enemies, doesn't this mean anything? ”

"What do you know about a little lieutenant."

"It's just, gibberish."

“……”

The civil officials suddenly became anxious and pointed fingers at Lu Ran for a while.

King Wei was also displeased, this Lu Meng was just a garrison captain, in the past he was just a minor official in Jinling City, and now the war is urgent to summon all the generals to come to discuss the matter, but at this time he is not ashamed.

Snorting lightly, King Wei said: "There is no need to say any more, the prince wants to be saved, and these three vassal kings also need to be contacted, so let's disperse." “

With that, King Wei waved his hand to let the officials disperse.

Then he ordered another 50,000 horses from Jinling City to be sent to Chuzhou City, and at the same time sent someone to send Xiao Qi to the palace.

After a while, Xiao Qi, who looked tired, arrived in the main hall and bowed to King Wei simply.

Seeing this, King Wei suddenly smiled and said: "Virtuous nephew, that day the imperial uncle was just a slip of the tongue, I hope the virtuous nephew will not care, the imperial uncle has raised you for so many years, don't you understand this intention?" This time the war is urgent, Uncle Huang hopes that you will send Yandi, Liangdi and Chang'an again, so that the three families can raise troops to rescue. ”

Xiao Qi glanced at King Wei, a trace of imperceptible mockery flashed in his eyes, and he bowed down and said: "Uncle Huang, my nephew never minded what Uncle Huang said that day, and at this time of crisis, my nephew is naturally duty-bound. ”

King Wei breathed a sigh of relief, Xiao Qi was familiar with the road, and it was naturally the most appropriate for him to move the rescue soldiers this time, so he said: "This is very good." ”

"However, King Yan, King Zhao, and King Liang are all people who move for profit, if you want them to send troops, two million taels of silver may be necessary." Xiao Qi said.

King Wei's fat face stiffened for a moment, although the Jinling Mansion Treasury was abundant, but the consumption during this period was huge, but seeing that the Wei Land was in danger of overturning, he gritted his teeth and said: "This king will let someone take you to the Mansion Treasury to get it." ”

Xiao Qi nodded with a smile, and then he said: "Uncle Huang, now that there are wars everywhere, there are thieves on the road, and the last time my nephew went to Yandi, he was almost robbed by the road, so I asked the emperor to send Captain Lu Ran to escort his nephew, and the nephew will be able to protect the safety of his nephew." ”

"It's simple, Uncle Huang will call Lu Meng to you." King Wei said.

Xiao Qi nodded with satisfaction.

On the same day, boxes of silver and gold were moved from the treasury of Jinling City to the merchant ship at the Jinling wharf, and the moving work lasted for an afternoon, and the next morning Xiao Qi and Lu Meng appeared at the Jinling wharf, and the two led twenty merchant ships along the river to Yandi.

After traveling fifty miles, the merchant ship left the range of Jinling City, at this time Xiao Qi and Lu Meng glanced at each other, Xiao Qi said: "Kill all the people of the King of Wei." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Lu Rong's eyes became cold, and as a whistle sounded, the guards on the merchant ship immediately drew their knives and slashed at the officials who accompanied Xiao Qi to Yandi.

Screams erupted from merchant ships, followed by the sound of bodies being thrown into the water.

Everyone was killed, and then Lu Meng said, "I thought His Royal Highness the Prince still hadn't figured it out?" ”

"Jinling City is broken in these few days, when will you stay if you don't leave at this time?" Xiao Qi's eyes were deep.

"So where are we going now?" Lu Meng said.

Xiao Qi pondered for a while and said, "Xiao Ming has changed so much because of the teachings of Western missionaries, I want to see what is different in this West." ”