Iron Dynasty

Jinling City, the palace of Wei Wang.

A carrier pigeon broke the tranquility of the morning. After learning that the Southern Expedition Army was approaching Chuzhou, the King of Wei urgently dispatched 130,000 elites to support him. .

Chuzhou is under siege, the situation is critical, Wangfu Wang must dispatch a large army to come to support, and then the inside and outside should be combined to annihilate the Nanzheng Army. After reading the contents of the letter, King Wei's palm trembled slightly.

The ministers in the main hall were divided into two groups, and all the civil servants and military generals looked at the King of Wei, waiting for the decision of the King of Wei.

His Royal Highness is in prison. His Highness should send a large army to rescue him at this time, said a person who looked like a civil servant.

As soon as the civilian's voice fell, a general said: Your Highness, it is absolutely impossible, this is a trap set by the Nanzheng Army, His Royal Highness almost took away half of the elite of Jinling City, and now he is trapped in Chuzhou by the Nanzheng Army. It can be seen in the city that the current situation on the battlefield is not dominant.

If this is the case, then you should go to rescue His Royal Highness. The civil servant said anxiously.

King Wei's expression was gloomy and uncertain. The general who spoke just now was Lu Meng, the commander of the Jinling City garrison. Although Xiao Han tried his best to cover up what happened in Chuzhou, a discerning person could see what happened.

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

His Royal Highness, it is not appropriate to mobilize the army of Jinling City at this time. The Dengzhou army in Yangzhou is also eyeing it. If the troops in Jinling City are empty, they will probably be taken advantage of and enter. Lu Meng said.

When the civil official heard the words, his face turned displeased, and he said to King Wei: Your Highness, if His Highness the Prince is captured, what should we do then? Are we going to see King Qi execute His Highness the Prince with our own eyes?

King Wei's expression was solemn. This was indeed a dilemma. After pondering for a while, he asked the first official on the lower left: Is there any change in the troops of Yangzhou and Tongzhou?

Back to His Highness, the defenders in Yangzhou have been silent, and our eyesight in Tongzhou has not returned any news of the change of the Tongzhou army, the official said.

King Wei nodded. At this moment, a fluke suddenly rose in his heart, he said: The Nanzheng army led by Lu Fei is Xiao Ming's elite. If they can defeat the Nanzheng army, Xiao Ming will definitely retreat, and Chuzhou will definitely retreat. The more than 100,000 soldiers in the city are the elites of our Wei land, and if they are not saved, they will all die at the hands of the Nanzheng Army. King Wei said.

Hearing this, Lu Meng said anxiously: Your Highness, do you still not understand today? Our army is not an opponent of the Nanzheng Army with firearms at all. Even if there are many people at this time, it will be useless, and Your Highness Yangzhou massacre has already made people's hearts and minds. It's lost, even if the army leaves the city, how many soldiers are willing to fight for His Highness, the only way now is to inform King Yan, King Liang, and King Zhao of the situation at this time. The three items of the truce that day are all witnesses. Now Xiao Ming has torn up the truce contract. It is a blatant treachery, and the four families should jointly attack them and force them to retreat, otherwise Wei will have no way to return to heaven.

Bold Lu Meng, you are raising the ambition of others and destroying your own prestige. The massacre in Yangzhou left the Dengzhou army without food to eat. This proves His Highness's wise decision. How can you slander it? .

This strategy of fortifying the wall and clearing the field was proposed by a group of civil servants.

Lu Meng stared at the group of literati with a sneer, and said, Now all the people in the four prefectures sing praises to the King of Qi and regard me as an enemy bandit, doesn't that mean anything?

What do you know as a little colonel?

That's right, nonsense.

...

The civil servants became anxious and pointed at Lu Meng for a while.

King Wei was also displeased. This Lu Meng was just a garrison commander. In the past, he was just a small official in Jinling City. Now that the war is urgent, all the generals are called to come to discuss the matter. At this time, he is not ashamed.

With a light snort, King Wei said, No need to say any more, the prince needs to be rescued, and these three vassal kings also need to contact them, so let's go.

Having said that, King Wei waved his hand to let the officials go away.

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

After a while, Xiao Qi with a tired face arrived in the main hall, and towards King Wei, Xiao Qi simply saluted.

Upon seeing this, King Wei suddenly smiled and said: My nephew, the uncle was just a slip of the tongue that day. I hope that nephew will not care. The uncle has raised you for so many years. Don't you understand this? This war is urgent, uncle. I hope you will send envoys to Yandi, Liangdi and Chang'an again, and let the three families raise troops to save them.

Xiao Qi glanced at King Wei, and there was a hint of sarcasm in his eyes, and he bowed and said, Uncle Huang, nephew never cared about what Uncle Huang said that day, and at this time of crisis, nephew is naturally bound to.

King Wei breathed a sigh of relief, Xiao Qi was familiar with the road, and this time it was naturally the most appropriate for him to go to the rescue, so he said, It's so good.

However, King Yan, King Zhao, and King Liang are all people who move for profit. If you want them to send troops, I am afraid that two million taels of silver are necessary. Xiao Qi said.

King Wei's fat face froze for a moment. Although Jinling's treasury was abundant, it took a lot of time. However, seeing that Wei land was in danger of overturning, he gritted his teeth and said, This king will let someone take you to the treasury. Pick.

Xiao Qi nodded with a smile, and then he said, Uncle Huang, there are wars everywhere and there are many thieves on the road. The last time my nephew was on his envoy to Yandi, he was almost blocked and robbed, so I asked the uncle to send Colonel Lu Meng to escort my nephew there. My nephew heard that Lu Meng's martial arts skills are strong, and he will be able to protect the safety of his nephew.

It's quite simple. Uncle Huang will call Lu Meng for you. King Wei said.

Xiao Qi nodded with satisfaction.

On the same day, boxes of silver and gold were removed from the Jinling City government treasury and transferred to the merchant ship at Jinling Wharf. The removal work lasted an afternoon. The next morning Xiao Qi and Lu Meng appeared at Jinling Wharf, and they led twenty merchant ships along the way. The river goes to Yandi.

After walking for fifty miles, the merchant ship left the range of Jinling City. At this time, Xiao Qi and Lu Meng looked at each other. Xiao Qi said, Kill all of King Wei's people.

Yes, Your Highness. Lu Meng's eyes became cold, and when a whistle sounded, the guards on the merchant ship immediately slashed at the officials who accompanied Xiao Qi on the mission to Yandi.

Suddenly, screams came from the merchant ship, followed by the sound of bodies being thrown into the water.

Everyone was killed. At this time, Lu Meng said, I thought His Royal Highness still didn't figure it out?

Jinling City is broken in the past few days, how long will it be if you don't leave at this time? Xiao Qi's eyes were deep.

Then where are we going now? Lu Meng said.

After pondering for a while, Xiao Qi said: Xiao Ming has changed so much because of the teachings of Western missionaries. I would like to see what is different in the West.