I'm the villain in the book

As expected of you, Chu Xianping!

Wei Changtian's eyes widened slightly, and his thoughts suddenly turned around.

Previously, including Wei Zhaohai, Liang Zhen, and Han Zhao, they all felt that the value of Yan Huanwen was to allow Dajue to withdraw his troops for "redemption".

But after Chu Xianping reminded Wei Changcai, he realized that sometimes the dead are more valuable than the living.

I killed Yan Huanwen to help you sit on the dragon chair in a legitimate way.

In return, after you become emperor, you will have to withdraw your troops and cease the war.

Such a transaction must be very attractive to Yan Huaiqing.

but......

"Brother Chu, this idea is good, but Yan Huaiqing may not agree."

Wei Changtian frowned: "After all, a country cannot live without a king, so whether Yan Huanwen dies or not, as long as he does not return to sleep, Yan Huaiqing should be able to succeed to the throne sooner or later."

"Young master, but his reputation will be damaged in this way."

Chu Xianping seriously explained: "As an emperor, if there is a stain on his body, it will be criticized by the world for a lifetime."

"What's more, we don't only have this one bargaining chip."

"Yes, we do want to make peace with him..."

Having said that, Chu Xianping paused for a while, and there was a bit of murderous intent in his tone.

"But you must not talk about it in a humble way!"

......

......

A quarter of an hour later, Liangzhou prefectural government.

The door of the meeting room opened and closed, closed and opened again, and someone would enter the room every short while.

Liang Zhen, Han Zhao, Du Chang, Wei Zhaohai...

The 50 high-level officials of the "Ningshu Allied Forces" were all present, ready to discuss the new combat plan proposed by Chu Xianping.

It is not very accurate to say that it is a "combat plan". A better generalization should be "promoting peace through war".

In this new plan, they will no longer stick to Liangzhou City, but will take the initiative to attack while the Jueji Allied Army is still in the Tianshan Mountains, using the two advantages of the Tiangou Army and the new type of gunpowder to give the enemy troops a short period of time. Cause a lot of damage.

To put it bluntly, it is to scare the opponent first, and let Yan Huaiqing know that if he continues to fight this battle, he may not be able to win.

Then, when he was in doubt, he proposed negotiations and offered the condition of "kill Yan Huanwen and help him succeed".

Under the pressure of the battlefield and the temptation of succeeding to the throne, Yan Huaiqing will most likely choose to accept the peace agreement, return to the court with peace of mind, and become his emperor.

And Daning and Dashu don't have to use their remaining wealth to fight a battle that is doomed to lose both, so they can seize the time to recuperate.

As for Ji Guo, who only sent 20 troops... Once Dajue's army withdrew, they must have followed suit, so there was no need to deliberately arrange anything.

Such a plan is undoubtedly more reliable than the previous plan of defending Liangzhou, presumably no one will have any objections after listening to it.

But now Chu Xianping hasn't started to explain, so everyone's expressions are still a bit puzzled, I don't know why Wei Changtian called them here in such a hurry, they just sat and drank tea while waiting.

And the people they are waiting for are all outside the chamber door,

"Brother Chu, this is Li Zimu. You two may work together more in the future."

"Miss Li, this is Chu Xianping, my most trusted friend."

Smiling and pointing to Chu Xianping, then to Li Zimu, Wei Changtian briefly introduced them.

"..."

"Miss Li."

"Master Chu."

The two saluted each other politely, their eyes were thoughtful.

Although Li Zimu and Chu Xianping are better at "knowing people" and the other are better at "strategy", they focus on different things.

But they were undoubtedly smart people, so even if they met for the first time, they already saw something in each other.

"Okay, let's go in."

On the other side, Wei Changtian was too lazy to care about their psychological drama, and after the introduction, he opened the door and entered the meeting hall.

Li Zimu and Chu Xianping followed behind him, and they looked at each other again when they crossed the threshold.

The eyes met for a moment, and then they moved away naturally, and even the timing was almost the same.

Such a tacit understanding is not like the first acquaintance.

On the contrary, it is more like a pair of confidants who have reunited after a long absence.

Chapter 646 Air Strike

Five days later, the Tianshan Mountains.

At Haishi, heavy snow fell in the mountains again, and the snowflakes fluttered in the air, and the cold wind blew the torches "sizzling".

The vanguard of the 80 Jueji Allied Forces had arrived near the fairy pond where Wei Changtian had killed the white-feathered red bird. Since it was late at night and there was a sudden heavy snowfall, they camped by the lake to rest.

Not far away, the soldiers set up densely packed tents and piled up a bonfire, and they were lighting a fire to cook at this time.

By the lake, several people who looked like generals looked at the icy lake in front of them and whispered about something.

"It is reasonable to say that this lake should not freeze all year round. Could it be that the previous information was wrong?"

"Not necessarily, maybe it's just a little colder than usual this year."

"By the way, is there any new news in the capital over the past few days?"

"Keep your voice down...I heard that the prince is very powerful, and Liu Xiang will be dismissed from office and return to his hometown soon."

"Hey, His Royal Highness is still cruel, even my own father..."

"Hush...Brother Zhang be careful, there is no conclusion on this matter right now, besides, we just follow the orders of the Ministry of War, what does the court dispute have to do with us?"

"That being said, after all, the emperor has just fallen into the enemy's hands, and is no longer dead. Why didn't the prince talk to Daning first."

"Brother Zhang, compared to the throne, what is your father?"

"Besides, His Royal Highness may just be unwilling to be restrained by Daning..."

"..."

What you said was disrespectful.

Obviously the relationship between these generals should be good, otherwise they would not have been so frank with each other before.

But even so, they still kept their voices very low, for fear of being overheard accidentally, so that those officials who didn't do nothing would catch themselves.

The cold wind howled across the ice, tearing their conversation into pieces in the night, and covering up the noise of surrounding soldiers cooking and camping.

It has been more than ten days since the army entered Tianshan Mountain, and in four or five days they will be able to leave the mountain and reach the boundary of Liangzhou.

During this period, Jue Ji's coalition army never encountered even a small amount of harassment, and except for encountering a few monsters by chance, there was no battle.

This is consistent with the information from Liangzhou.

Daning deployed heavy troops in Liangzhou City, and they couldn't hide. It was clear that he wanted to fight them there.

So of course Jue Ji's coalition army will not be too vigilant now.

"Hoohoo!"

The sky was covered by wind and snow, the stars and the moon could not be seen, and even the surrounding snow-capped mountains were hidden in the night.

The generals by the lake had finished speaking and were preparing to return to camp to rest.

However, at a certain moment, they stood together again.

"Brother Zhang, did you hear that?"

A general frowned and asked, "Why do I seem to hear someone shouting something?"

"Seems to be......"

Another general surnamed Zhang also narrowed his eyes, and shook his head after a while.

"Maybe it's the wind."

"Ah."

Everyone looked at each other, turned around and was about to leave.

But in the next second, when the urgent cry in the wind sounded again, the expressions on everyone's faces became extremely astonished in just an instant.

Because this time they finally heard the voice clearly.

"Enemy attack!!!"

"Enemy attack!!!!"

......

......

"Hoohoo!"

The cold wind howled like a knife, Chu Xianping looked at the snowflakes passing by Yu's side with a calm expression.

Stepping down from the eagle demon and flapping its giant wings, it looks like a black cloud in the night sky.

And there are thousands of flying monsters around him, connected into a dark cloud, chilling and depressing.

That's right.

On the fifth day after Chu Xianping arrived in Liangzhou, after a series of preparations were completed, the Ningshu coalition finally launched its first attack on the Jueji coalition.

This was part of Chu Xianping's new battle plan, so he resolutely decided to lead the team to carry out this "air strike" in spite of Wei Changtian's dissuasion.

Five thousand flying monsters belonging to the Tiangou Army, carrying five thousand barrels of "black gunpowder", set off at night, arrived at Xianchi at midnight, and returned every moment at midnight.

The tactics and objectives of this battle are simple.

Will not fight head-on, will not be greedy to kill the enemy, and will not entangle with the enemy.

They just need to fly over the enemy company and battalion, and then drop the powder keg.

Although it sounds simple, this mission is not without danger.

Because after many tests, if you want to ensure the accuracy of "bombing", then the monster can't fly too high.

And if the enemy knew that the Tengu Army had such an "air force", it must have prepared "air defense" means.

So once it is "shot down" and falls into the enemy's line, it is absolutely impossible to survive.

Because of this, Wei Changtian didn't want Chu Xianping to fight in person.

But the latter was quite insistent, saying that this battle was of great importance and there must be no accidents, so he reluctantly agreed.

"..."

"call!!"

The eagle's wings trembled, and its black feathers were like ink.

Chu Xianping leaned over and lay tightly on the eagle's back, his sight was full of rugged snowy rocks.

If there is no accident, jumping over this mountain should be the Immortal Pond.

According to the latest information reported by Zhang San and Huang Sheng, the enemy's 15 vanguard troops were stationed around this not-so-large Xianchi.

Crowded and surrounded by mountains.

This is the best environment for a sneak attack, and also the best opportunity to deter Yan Huaiqing.

"Hoohoo!"

The eagle's head was raised high. At this time, the eagle demon was only a few tens of feet away from the mountain below. From a distance, it didn't look like it was flying, but it seemed to be rushing close to the mountain wall.

And as the distance to the top of this mountain got closer, Chu Xianping's breathing also began to slowly become faster.

Then, just as a huge rock "rumbling" rolled down, he finally crossed the top of the mountain and saw the valley below his feet like daytime.

Numerous torches illuminated stretches of military camps, illuminated the frozen fairy ponds, illuminated the dense mass of soldiers looking up, and illuminated densely packed longbows and crossbows.