Blow up the City Wall Tomorrow

Liang State, Yaocheng.

Like Duanmu Chen, Situ Xie was closely following the war. The difference was that Duanmu Chen only cared about the war between the northern part of Gan State and Liang State, while Situ Xie was also keeping an eye on the war between the southern part of Gan State and Yan State.

Whether Yan State could break through Jiaye City was very important to Liang State. Therefore, when Situ Xie received the news that Yan State had sent troops at the time agreed by him and Ji Yuebai, he felt relieved.

Because in his opinion, as long as Liang and Yan formed a pincer attack on Gan State, it was only a matter of time for Gan State to be destroyed, and there was no other possibility.

Especially with the assistance of Mo Yan, Situ Xie's confidence was doubled, and he was just waiting for the victory news from the front.

However, as time went by, after the complacency at the beginning of the war cooled down, the frequent war reports made Situ Xie more and more anxious: not only Xuanbei City could not be conquered for a long time, but Jiaye City also showed no signs of being broken!

During this period, the vanguard general of Xuanbei City has always been Situ Xie's grandson Qiu Jing, the former second prince of Liang State, who made it difficult for the court, the people and the army to ignore him, and many voices of resentment and dissatisfaction appeared. Outsiders did not know the inside story of Qiu Jing's betrayal of Liang State, but only thought that it was caused by internal problems of the royal family, but did not solve this hidden danger as soon as possible.

Situ Xie's children and grandchildren kept making suggestions, strongly suggesting that Qiu Jing, the traitor, must be eliminated as soon as possible, saying that he was the disaster star of the Situ family of Liang State, and only his death could stabilize the hearts of the army and the people.

This is also the reason why when Nangong Lin and Yue Mei came to see Situ Xie and were willing to work for him, he decided to let them go to solve Qiu Jing. Not only "old grudges", but also "new hatreds", as well as the need to advance the current war.

Situ Xie calculated the time, waiting for the news that Nangong Lin and Yue Mei succeeded. It is said that one of them is Qiu Jing's master, and the other is a master of poison. If they join forces to deal with Qiu Jing, even if Qiu Cong is there, it will not be a big problem.

When the time expected by Situ Xie came, he just received news: Qiu Jing, who had been the vanguard general since the war, did not show up, and another young general with a new face was replaced.

The new general was Bai Yang, and the news Situ Xie received was the day when Bai Yang first led his troops to kill the enemy.

Although Bai Yang was a strong martial artist and still successfully blocked the Liang army outside Xuanbei City, the news of that day made Situ Xie smile for the first time since the war began. His children and grandchildren who hated Qiu Jing very much drank to celebrate, saying that they were "seeing off" Qiu Jing.

Whether in public or private, Qiu Jing's death was good news for them.

Unfortunately, they were happy a little too early... because in the new battle report sent the next day, Qiu Jing appeared again, as the vanguard commander of Gan State, and led his army to repel the Liang army.

The happier you were yesterday, the more depressed you will be today.

But Situ Xie asked Nangong Lin and Yue Mei to find Mo Yan if they encountered any obstacles. He believed that as long as Mo Yan took action, Qiu Jing would not be able to escape.

But they waited and waited. In the following battle reports, every time Bai Yang replaced Qiu Jing, Situ's people thought that Qiu Jing was captured by them, but Qiu Jing always showed up on time the next day.

After three rounds of replacements, although it was only six or seven days, Situ Xie still felt that there must have been an unexpected situation, otherwise Qiu Jing would not be fine.

Situ Xie did not arrange for the masters around him to kill Qiu Jing again. If Nangong Lin, Yue Mei, and Mo Yan couldn't do it, it would be in vain to send anyone else. But Situ Xie didn't think that the three people couldn't do it together, but suspected that Mo Yan didn't do it.

So, Situ Xie planned to send a confidant to see Mo Yan, ask about the situation, and let Mo Yan think of a way to break through Xuanbei City as soon as possible. Otherwise, Liang State could not sustain for too long with the food and grass provided by Yan State.

But before the people were sent out, Situ Xie received a piece of news that made him change his face instantly: Gan State secretly transferred troops from Jiaye City to the north before the war!

The reason why Situ Xie found out about this now is that Yan State and Gan State tried their best to cover up these secret actions in order to confuse Liang State. Especially Yan State, which now sends troops to attack Jiaye City every day. How could the royal family of Liang State think that Yan State is just pretending?

And this news made Situ Xie furious! This not only shows that Gan State knew that Liang State was going to go to war a long time ago, but also shows that the royal family of Gan State believed that it was more important to resist the attack of Liang State, and there was no need to worry about not being able to defend the south!

You know, Yan State, which has been watching the fire from the other side for many years, occupies unique natural resources, and its national strength is not weaker than Gan State and Liang State, and its military strength is not weaker.

There is only one possibility in this situation: Ji Yuebai is a liar! He said he would cooperate with Liang, but he actually colluded with Gan!

"Grandfather, could it be that Gan thought Liang was stronger, so he transferred some troops from the south to the north?" Situ Jing couldn't understand, "Ji Yuebai had no reason to collude with Gan. If so, why did he send so much food to us?"

Yes, food... Situ Xie remembered how Ji Yuebai's master had behaved when he came to negotiate with him. He was so straightforward and willing to provide food to Liang first, which was full of sincerity. This was also the reason why Situ Xie had never suspected that there would be problems with Yan after Yan sent troops and before today.

However, he was cheated, and Situ Xie was caught off guard by the slap in the face. He was so angry that he almost vomited blood!

Looking at Situ Xie's gloomy and terrible face, Situ Jing realized that the worst situation had really happened: Yan was not only not an ally of Liang, but also a backer of Gan!

"Gu Ling... Su Liang..." Situ Xie gritted his teeth, "It must be their fault! Duanmu Chen doesn't have such great ability to convince Ji Yuebai! Maybe it was Gu Ling who was able to become the prince when Ji Yuebai became the prince. Help secretly! At that time, Gu Ling’s whereabouts were unknown!”

Situ Jing frowned fiercely, "Then...can we have a truce?" If they continue to fight, there is no chance of winning.

Situ Xie said coldly, "That food and grass is bait! We have taken the bait. Do you think they will cease war if we make a truce?"

A gust of wind blew in through the window, and Situ Jing felt a chill on the back of his neck. For the first time, he felt that the Liang Kingdom was in danger of annihilation.

"That mysterious master! Does he have any idea? Let him kill Gu Ling and Su Liang! Our obstacles will be reduced a lot! Then kill Duanmu Chen and Ji Yuebai!" Situ Jing clenched his fists explain.

"It's not that easy." Situ Xie said coldly. Mo Yan had long said that he would arrange for his people to kill Duanmu Chen. A few days ago, Situ Xie received the news that Gu Ling had become the regent of the Qian Kingdom. He thought that Mo Yan's people had succeeded. Unexpectedly, he received the news again not long after. Duanmu Chen appeared again unscathed.

"The Qian Kingdom is difficult to deal with, so first kill Ji Yuebai who lied to us!" Situ Jing said sternly, "Catch his son and bring him here as a hostage! Let's see if he listens!"

Situ Xie did not answer Situ Jing's words, but wrote a new letter and asked his confidants to take it to Mo Yan.

After the people left, Situ Jing spoke again, "Father, is the man named Mo really trustworthy? Is it possible that he also colluded with Gu Ling and Su Liang?"

Situ Xie once commented that Su Liang was best at deceiving people. Now even Ji Yuebai has unreasonably formed an alliance with Qian Guo, and Situ Jing feels that the mysterious Mo Yan is also suspicious.

Situ Xie narrowed his eyes and shook his head after a while, "He is not the same person as Gu Ling and Su Liang."

"But, will he really help us?" Situ Jing asked again.

Situ Xie was really not sure about this issue. But he knew that Mo Yan, Gu Ling and Su Liang were enemies, and the enemy of an enemy was a friend. However, thinking that there was no exchange of interests between the Liang royal family and Mo Yan made Situ Xie feel uneasy, because he still didn't know what purpose Mo Yan wanted to achieve...

But now that things have happened, there is no turning back. Liang Guo started the war first, and even if Liang Guo wanted to stop, Qian Guo would not let it go.

The letter that Situ Xie asked his confidants to bring told Mo Yan that Yanguo secretly colluded with Qianguo to set a trap for Liangguo, so Mo Yan must help Liangguo reverse the situation no matter what method he used, otherwise their cooperation would be doomed. fail.

…

In addition to sending people to find Mo Yan, later that day, Situ Xie issued another imperial edict to the Peng family, ordering Peng Wei, who had already removed his armor, to go to Nanping City on the same day, and also asked Peng Wei's only grandson to follow him Go to the battlefield together.

When the Peng family received the imperial edict, they were angry but dared not speak out. Peng Wei was old and had been seriously injured before he retired. Although he recovered well under Su Liang's treatment and saved his life, his current body and bones were not suitable for leading troops in war. As for Peng Wei, he was the only grandson of the third generation. He had already requested an order from the previous emperor Situ Han and would not let his grandson go to the battlefield.

Even if they are not on the front line, the Peng family understands the current situation. The Liang Kingdom wants to attack the Qian Kingdom, but the war has been going on for nearly half a month and they have not yet broken through Xuanbei City.

The three generations of the Peng family knew very well that Situ Xie's purpose of ordering Peng Wei to take his grandson to Nanping City at this time was not because he really expected the old Peng Wei or his young and inexperienced grandson to lead the army, but because the Peng family was not like today Xuanbeicheng’s general Xing Ji, Su Liang and Gu Ling all have some past friendships!

This was obviously a deliberate attempt to let the Peng family's descendants go to see if Xing Ji would be merciful to them. If necessary, he might even push the Peng family's descendants out as hostages.

But the imperial edict has been issued, and I have to accept it, and I have to go. The Peng family has been from the Liang Kingdom for generations, and they are generals. If they resist the order, no one will care about how many achievements they have made, and it will lead to great disasters.

Peng Wei's son Peng Qian was seriously ill and had already recovered after being treated by Su Liang. He couldn't bear to see his elderly father forced to fight on the battlefield, so he went to the palace and knelt down to beg to fight on his father's behalf.

Situ Xie said a few high-sounding words, and finally changed his will and asked Peng Qian to go instead of his son. As for Peng Wei, he had to go no matter what. Situ Xie said that Peng Wei needed to be in charge at the border.

Therefore, Peng Wei and Peng Qian's father and son left Yaocheng and headed south to Nanping City.

Peng Wei's body could no longer bear the long hours of riding on horseback. Peng Qian offered to let his father ride in the carriage. However, the accompanying military attache sent by Situ Xie was very tough and said that the emperor had set a time and had to arrive at Yaocheng within a time limit. He could not delay and asked Peng Wei is considerate of them.

Peng Qian was filled with anger, but Peng Wei persuaded him, saying that he was fine and could hold on and not cause trouble.

…

The situation of three parts of the world has been maintained for nearly a hundred years. Although there were occasional wars between Liang and Qian, they never had any fundamental impact on the two countries.

However, in the past two years, major changes have occurred within the royal families of the three countries, and the throne has been replaced one after another. Last year, the Yan Kingdom attacked Kasyapa City and was repulsed. Therefore, when the Liang Kingdom began to attack Xuanbei City this time, even ordinary people felt that this God, things are really going to change.

As time goes by, the stalemate war is nothing to the Qianguo army. As long as they block the Liangguo attack, it is their victory. However, it is obvious that the Liangguo army is becoming more and more impetuous from top to bottom.

Xing Ji and Qiu Jing analyzed it together and felt that this was an inevitable result. The Liang Kingdom has always wanted to fight but did not dare to start a war easily because of insufficient food and grass. However, this does not mean that the Liang Kingdom's army will have the strength to crush the Qian Kingdom's army after solving the food and grass problem.

Xing Ji participated in the war between the two countries when he was young, and he has always paid attention to the changes in the Liang army over the years. Except for Peng Wei, there is really nothing for him to fear from other generals, but Peng Wei is already old, and the entire family of Peng Wei's son-in-law They were destroyed by Su Liang and Gu Ling in the past two years.

The strength of Qianguo's army has increased significantly in the past two years, thanks to Su Liang's military training plan, including her measures to improve the army's food and medical conditions. Although Duanmu Yi is now dead, he was still a wise king when he was in power. He valued Su Liang very much and seriously implemented many of her suggestions.

At the general level, it is said that there is a shortage of people, but the current group of young generals, including Qiu Jing, Nian Jincheng and Lin Wei, are all capable of acting independently. Even Bai Yang is growing up very quickly. In addition, there is Lin Bojun who guards the capital. Not to mention that Gu Ling and Su Liang are both military wizards who are familiar with the art of war and have turned the tide more than once.

Therefore, Xing Ji and Qiu Jing did not think they would lose in a head-on war when they were sure that Yan Guo would not get involved. They were just worried that the mysterious forces that Su Liang repeatedly reminded him to be wary of were up to something secretly.

A few days ago, Nangong Lin sent a letter to make an appointment to meet Qiu Cong and Qiu Jing. The two of them did not go. After that, they waited and waited, but there was no movement from Nangong Lin.

Qiu Cong, who was waiting for Nangong Lin to show up and kill him, was so angry that he yelled, "Could he be struck to death by lightning?!"

Qi Jun nodded seriously, "It's really possible."

On this day, Xing Ji once again received a secret order from the capital. It was said to be a secret order, but Duanmu Chen would thoughtfully inform the Xing family and the Su family every time he sent someone to send them a letter. Putting everything else aside for now, Xing Ji was a little surprised when he opened Duanmu Chen's secret edict.

Duanmu Chen ordered Xing Ji to take the initiative to propose a truce agreement with Liang Guo.

Qiu Jing led his troops back from outside the city. After seeing the secret decree, he frowned and thought for a moment, "The emperor's decree must have been discussed with Gu Ling and Su Liang. I suspect that Su Liang may be worried about continuing the fight against that mysterious force. People can’t help but take cruel measures.”

"But will Nanping City agree to peace talks?" Bai Yang asked.

"As long as we bring up such a big matter, they will have to ask Situ Xie for instructions. It is possible for the war to be suspended." Qiu Jing explained to Bai Yang.

Xing Ji thought thoughtfully, "The fact that Yan Country is our ally cannot be hidden from Situ Xie for too long. He should know about it by now."

Nangong Qian's letter sent at the same time showed that Nangong Lin had indeed lied before.

Su Liang's letter said something that surprised both Xing Ji and Qiu Jing: If the old man Mo Yan, who is suspected to be the leader of the mysterious force, appears and wants to arrest or kill you, or use explosives to attack the city, tell him one thing. I am his granddaughter and asked him to come to the capital to meet me.

"This..." Qiu Cong was confused, "Is it true or false? Is this Xiao Liang's strategy to lure the enemy?"

Xing Ji thought about Su Liang's life experience. Although it was known that she was Su Yuanzhou's granddaughter, no one knew who her mother was. Therefore, Xing Ji suspected that what Su Liang said in the letter might be true!

"Did Su Liang just find out about this? Because of those assassins?" Qiu Jing felt that if Su Liang had known about it earlier, he would not have said it now.

"Probably." Xing Ji nodded, "Anyway, judging from Xiao Liang's intentions, that Mo Yan is extremely dangerous, so be careful next time. We should do as she said before, avoid private contact, the other party won't come to us, and don't cause any complications. When the Liang army comes again tomorrow, tell them to call for a truce and peace."

It was night, in an inconspicuous house in Nanping City.

Mo Yan saw He Wei, whose arm was broken off by a bomb and half of his face was covered in scars.

"What's going on?" Mo Yan asked coldly.

He Wei lowered his head and knelt down, "Master, Gu Ling and Su Liang are too cunning. They seemed to have predicted our actions and set up an ambush. Everyone else was gone." When he was injured and fled the capital, They thought Duanmu Chen was not dead but seriously injured, but on the way they heard that Duanmu Chen was fine at all.

"How did you get hurt like this?" Mo Yan helped He Wei up.

He Wei sighed deeply, "I was bombed." He didn't say that he was bombed, but he deliberately blurred the matter so that Mo Yan would assume that he was injured by Gu Ling and Su Liang.

As expected, Mo Yan didn't ask further, "How are Rou'er and the others?"

He Wei shook his head, "Rou'er was given a marriage, but I thought I was going to kill Duanmu Chen right away, so it didn't matter. I didn't go to see them during that time, for fear of causing trouble." Because his daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter After being in contact with Su Liang, He Qianqian would recognize that Su Liang's appearance was similar to that of Mo Yan's daughter. He Wei had to deny that he had met He Qianqian during this period, and he had to insist that he had never seen what Su Liang looked like with his own eyes. Only then could he cover up the fact that he knew that Su Liang was probably Mo Yan's granddaughter.

"I understand. If you go again this time, who do you think is the person I'm looking for, Gu Ling or Su Liang?" Mo Yan asked.

He Wei immediately answered, "It's Gu Ling. Su Liang didn't show up and was taking care of the children at home. Gu Ling almost ruined our operation alone. If the master wants Gu Ling to leave, he must kill Su Liang. He is extremely powerful. , difficult to deal with, but my subordinate kept thinking on the way back that the only thing that could frustrate him and make him collapse was Su Liang's death!"

After He Wei finished speaking, Mo Yan nodded, "I have sent Yue Mei and Nangong Lin to the capital to kill Su Liang. They should be almost here."

He Wei was delighted, but he found a problem in an instant. Yue Mei was very familiar with Shen Qingxue, and she also knew that Shen Qingxue gave birth to a daughter for Mo Yan. If she saw Su Liang's face, would there be any trouble?

However, He Wei soon felt that Yue Mei was like him. She found out that Su Liang might be Shen Qingxue's granddaughter, and she would definitely kill Su Liang by any means before Mo Yan found out about it! First of all, Yue Mei hated Shen Qingxue the most, and secondly, Su Liang was the person she wanted to kill. If Mo Yan knew that Su Liang was in power, Yue Mei would definitely die.

In this way, He Wei was slightly relieved.

"These rubbish in Liang Country have not been able to capture a city for so long." He Wei mentioned the current battle situation.

Mo Yan said coldly, "I'm almost ready. I'll blow up the wall of Xuanbei City tomorrow."