Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Three Visiting Here
Yedu.
Qiu Liusong brought news about Pingcheng, and the phoenix bird immediately went to see He Ru. She is now used to discussing everything with He Ru. As for whether to listen or not, it doesn’t matter. What’s important is that she likes He Ru to be arrogant when analyzing the general trend of the world.
"...Fang Sinian has been admitted to the first rank, and Master Kang believes that the threat is too great and wants to abandon her first..."
He Ru frowned and said, "Has the Heavenly Master left the city?"
"Um!"
"It's broken, the Heavenly Master is in danger!"
Luan Bird puzzled and said, "Fang Sinian is so powerful that he is not even a match for the Heavenly Master?"
"Fang Sinian was the one I saw growing up. She was a talented person. Even Xu You thought she could not compare with her. But she had just been admitted to the grade and her cultivation level could not increase out of thin air. How could she be the enemy of the Heavenly Master?"
"did you mean?"
The phoenix stood up in shock and said, "Will Xu You come?"
He Ru sneered: "The Heavenly Master is too careless. When he leaves the city, he will definitely be ambushed by Xu You!"
"impossible!"
Luanbird said firmly: "With the realm of a great master, how could Xu You ambush the Heavenly Master without being noticed? Not to mention ambushing him, he can know when he goes to the outskirts of Pingcheng..."
"The Grand Master is the Grand Master, Xu You is Xu You. His realm is beyond your cognition. What's more, Xu You regards Fang Sinian as his own sister and will never kill her. If you don't believe it, you can wait. I guess new news will come to Pingcheng when the night comes."
Sure enough, that night, Luanniao received new news, Kang Jing was killed, and Yuan Mulan led the iron cavalry to Yunbei Mountain, collected the body and brought it back to Pingcheng.
The phoenix had no time to boast about He Ru's decisive style, so she went to Taicheng urgently to report to Yuanyu.
Yuanyu was heartbroken when he heard the bad news. He and Kang Jing were both teachers and friends, respected and praised each other for more than 30 years. They had a deep relationship and immediately returned to Pingcheng to pay tribute.
He Ru dissuaded and said, "The dead are gone, and the most urgent thing is to avenge the Heavenly Master. Qingzhou has everything ready. Just wait for the master to order the troops and horses and command the troops to personally fight, and then you can destroy the dead and go down in one go. When Qingzhou enters the territory of the Great Wei, then patrol Xuzhou, occupy the Huai River and drink horses and the Yangtze River, and the north and south are settled!"
King Chengyang opposed: "It has not been long since the capital has been moved, and the states are exhausted and are good at starting war, which is not conducive to the country. Moreover, between Qingxu, there are waterways and our navy has not yet been trained. Do you have to use an iron cavalry to wading through the strong ships and sharp arrows of the southerners?"
He Rudao: "The King of Chengyang does not know military affairs, so don't talk much. From north to south, they come to confront each other, and attack from north to south, there are only three roads. One is to leave Guanzhong, enter Yizhou, and flow down the upper reaches; the other is to leave Luoyang, pass through the Nanyang Valley, take Jiangling, and enter the Yangtze River; the other is to occupy the two Huai Rivers, either from Chaohu to Ruxu River, or from Huai River to Guangling to enter the river."
King Chengyang said: "If the next two points today, Wei and Chu each occupy half of the wall. However, Guanzhong, Yuluo, Yizhou, Jingzhou and other important places are all in the hands of the Chu people, and they gather heavy troops. Zhu Li, the governor of Qinzhou, has been through battle formations for a long time, Ye Min, the governor of Luozhou, and Han Xin, the two states are the supporters of each other, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and have been blocked by land."
He Ru said: "Then you have to go to the two Huaihe Rivers... to attack Huai Rivers, you must first attack Qingzhou. Qingzhou Governor Bu Tian is also on the thousands of miles of defense line from Huanghuai River to the Yangtze River. The only one is not Xu You's direct descendant."
King Chengyang said: "So what if it is not a direct line? Bu Tian guarded Qingzhou and confronted our dynasty for decades, and rarely took advantage of him. Could it be that the attendant of the battle can guarantee that he will win?"
He Ru was not upset and explained carefully, saying: "Bu Tianyu Zhong An's family, after An Xiuyuan's death, ascended the throne, and was very dissatisfied with Xu You's control of the government. These four years were separatist, and he did not go to Beijing to worship, and did not obey orders and read the proclamation. All kinds of new laws were not implemented. Xu You were busy dealing with the family and temporarily appeased him. But both of them knew that once the family was suppressed, Xu You would be free to attack Bu Tian."
"So, this person can persuade him to surrender!"
"Persist in surrender?"
"Yes, after the contact between the emperor bird during this period, Bu Tian did intend to surrender, but he was afraid that Xu You would raise troops to attack and his family could not resist it, so he asked Your Majesty to personally lead the army to Qingzhou to fight against the Chu army. This is a good opportunity for heaven. If he is afraid and refuses to move forward, he will not regret it even if Qingzhou is surrendered by Xu You."
King Chengyang faced Yuan Yu and said, "Your Majesty, I admit that He Changshi's words are very touching, but the soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and no one dares to win. Thinking of Bu Tian, he has always been loyal to Chu State. No matter how domineering Xu You are, at least he is very kind to Bu Tian. How could he be willing to surrender immediately after lobbying? Then he surrendered, why did he still have to be the commander-in-chief in the army? I am afraid that Bu Tian will descend, which is Xu You's bitter plan..."
He knelt down and said, "The importance of family and country lies in the king. When Lanjing was first built, all destruction prospered. People's minds changed, internal troubles were more than external troubles. The king should not move lightly!"
The two argued for a long time, but He Ru failed to convince King Chengyang. King Chengyang had a great influence on the emperor, and others also opposed sending troops.
Kang Jing, who could have given him the greatest support in the court, died. Cui Boyu's current mind is focused on the country and has no intention of expanding territory, which has led to Yuan Yu's hesitation.
The plan to send troops was temporarily put on hold. Unexpectedly, at that night, the Shuangshique outside Xuanyang Gate in Taicheng was written with two lines of large characters in ink:
Xu You and Fang Sinian visited here and wish Lord Wei a long life.
These two lines of characters are like phoenixes flying and phoenixes, and their spirits are moving. Many people in the Northern Wei Dynasty also copied Xu You's divine book and immediately recognized that this was the original work of Xu You.
The Shuangshique was newly created when the Yedu was built. It is called the Divine Dragon and the Benevolent Tiger. It has a seat of seven feet high and a seat of five feet high. It is carved with rare birds and beasts. It is extremely magnificent and has the greatest success in history.
Now that Xu You's ink stains were stained, the officials who came to hear the news were mostly shocked, but there were still people busy commenting on calligraphy and praise them endlessly.
He Ru was also in the crowd, looking at the jokes full of Xu You's style, as if she had returned to those days of laughter and joy in Jingyuan. A smile first overflowed from the corners of her lips, and then she seemed to notice something was wrong, and her face instantly became gloomy and terrifying.
Yuan Yu, who had just woken up, hurriedly came out of Taicheng, looked up, and suddenly became angry and covered his chest, unable to say a word of pain.
Later, after being rescued by the imperial physician, although it was not serious, he could barely sit and walk, but the emperor was not thinking about the fact that he was in charge of the imperial expedition. He forced himself to hold a court meeting and decided to use troops to Qingzhou and appoint King Chengyang as the general of the expedition. This was a temporary position and was incomparable to the authority of the previous general. He led the inner general Yuchi Jinque, the general Mu Huaigong of the East, the general Yang Luan of the East, and the general Cui Yan of the East, and the general of Andong, and a total of 150,000 people, claiming to be 600,000. He set out ten days later to attack Qingzhou.
The King of Chengyang had no choice but to persuade him. After returning to the mansion, he sighed to his son: "The Lord should not be angry and provoke an army, and the general should not be angry and fight. Xu Yougui is the Grand Martial Artsman of Chu and is the first in martial arts. How could he imitate the naughty child and deliberately mock the Lord with words? It is just to anger the Lord and make him lose the wisdom and determination he should have. I may not be able to come back this time. You can serve your mother and take care of your younger siblings. You have good land and property in your family. Be a rich man, don't participate in the government affairs..."
(Happy May Day!)
Chapter completed!