Chapter 657: Birds with one stone

The Great Chu has basically entered a state of rest and recuperation. The three major forces all need to accumulate energy and prepare for the next stage of struggle. There is only one place in the Great Chu that is still fighting, that is Youyan. After Tianqi returned to Luoyang, he immediately used Qiu Zhi as the general to replace Xiang Ping and command the battle against the Youyan area.

If the Youyan didn't go down, it would be like a thorn lying in Tianqi's throat. He could not eat or sleep. Xiao controlled the land of Youyan and his troops went out of the silence valley. He could send troops to threaten the Luoyang area at any time. The last time he let the Dingzhou cavalry infiltrated the city of Luoyang. Although it was immediately annihilated, the impact on Luoyang on the world was extremely bad and it is still irreversible.

People all over the world suddenly realized that Luoyang was not as powerful as they imagined.

Tianqi could not imagine what would happen if Xiao family fell to Li Qing and Dingzhou soldiers rushed to Luoyang City through Youyan's land. Therefore, he had to take advantage of Xiao Yuanshan's illusion to take down Youyan with lightning speed and guard the Luoyang gate.

Although Xiang Ping is not a fool, he is still much worse than Qiu Zhi's use of troops. After Qiu Zhi took over, he fought three battles within three months and drove all the Xiao army out of the Xigu River back. Now he is only relying on the Xiegu City, which was built by the Dingzhou Army, to defend Xigu. As long as he defends here, he can advance and attack and retreat. It can be said that the initiative is still in the hands of Xiao, but can Xigu be defended?

Xiang Ping had gathered a hundred thousand troops, sharpening his sword, ready to launch an attack at any time.

Xiao Yuanshan pressed his waist knife and stared at the blood-soaked land under the city of Xiegu, silently. This is Xiao's last hope. If Qiu Zhi breaks the city of Xiegu, Youyan will fall into war again, and the suppressed wave of opposition in the territory will rise again, and Xiao is in danger. He has transferred all the last tens of thousands of elite troops of Xiao to this place, and this is the last position of Xiao.

"Can we keep the distant mountains?" Xiao Weiran was a little confused, with a vague future, which made people feel desperate.

"If you can defend it, you can't defend it. You have to fight it before you know it!" Xiao Yuanshan said lightly. Compared to his uncle, as a military general, he has a much stronger mind and has experienced great ups and downs, and he can face it more calmly.

"Xiao will fight to the last moment!"

"Let's ask Li Qing for help? He won't sit idly by the way we were swallowed by Tianqi!" Xiao Weiran looked at Xiao Yuanshan and said in a low voice. "I was attacked by Tianqi and Xiao's family has no existence, but if we defect to Li Qing, we may lose our status, territory, and wealth. But at least, the Xiao family lineage can continue. Maybe ten years and a hundred years will pass, and we still have the chance to rise again."

Xiao Yuanshan was silent for a while, "Uncle, when the Duke of the Kingdom handed over the land of Youyan to me, he hoped that I could save the Xiao family's territory. Without fighting until the last moment, Yuanshan would not give up. Now, we are not desperate yet. We grit our teeth and overcome the difficulties in front of us, and things may turn around."

"Turn the opportunity?" Xiao Weiran couldn't see a turning point there.

"The world is three points, Li Qing, King Ning, the chair in the Taiji Hall of Luoyang Imperial City, as long as we persist in the three parties, one of us can't help but take action, our chance will come. At least, we can also protect Youyan."

"But, can we stick to that time?"

"Youyan man, will definitely keep it!" Xiao Yuanshan said loudly.

"I hope so!"

"Uncle, how are you talking about buying their weapons?" Xiao Yuanshan asked. If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your weapons. Dingzhou's weapons are the best in the world. If you can buy Dingzhou weapons on a large scale, you will have more confidence in defending the Xigu.

Xiao Weiran smiled bitterly and said, "They attach great importance to this matter and sent a senior official to discuss it specifically, but the price is too high and we can't afford it."

"How expensive? In the past, Dingzhou also sold military weapons, didn't there be ready-made prices?" Xiao Yuanshan said.

"Now they have seen our internal and external troubles and took advantage of the situation to rob, and the price has doubled compared to before. If we follow the order you issued by Yuanshan, we can't afford to lose everything!"

Xiao Yuanshan gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Everyone is all black-hearted! If we buy it, we must buy it. If we can't afford it, we will give it to the land."

Xiao Weiran was shocked, "Give it to the ground?"

"Xiangshan, don't they want Xiangshan? Give it to them and tell their officials that as long as they give me all these weapons according to the requirements on the list, I will hand it over to Xiangshan Mansion to them."

"If the distant mountains are given to Xiangshan Prefecture, there will be no danger between us and the Dingzhou forces. Even if Youyan is guarded, Li Qing will come over in the future, what will we use to guard?" Xiao Weiran said in surprise.

"I'll pass this level first!" Xiao Yuanshan punched the wall with a punch. "If you can't defend the slanting valley, Youyan will not be able to defend. If you can't defend Youyan, what's the use of Xiangshan? Get a piece of land for our survival. We can only do this business!"

In Dingzhou, in the conference hall, bursts of laughter came. Li Qing, Lu Yiming, Yan Nanfei, Luo Daoming, and Fu Zhengqing who had just returned were all laughing so hard that he fell back and forth.

"Lord, you don't know. When Xiao Weiran said that when he used Xiangshan to exchange for our weapons, his old face seemed to be a loss of his parents, and his expression was about to choose someone and eat him!" Fu Zhengqing gestured.

Li Qing laughed and said, "Of course, they are still thinking about using the natural danger of Xiangshan Prefecture to block our Dingzhou army. Now they are in a state of burning fire and they can't care about it. They can only take care of the pain in front of them first, and of course they will be a little reluctant to leave."

"Master, then do we agree?" Fu Zhengqing asked.

"Agree, of course." Li Qing said excitedly: "Send orders to Lu Dabing to send troops to Xiangshan Mansion. Yiming will immediately send personnel to take over the rule of Xiangshan Mansion. Well, Daoming, while accepting Xiangshan Mansion, he will send him the weapons he wanted. We are honest and honest."

"As for orders, lord!" Everyone in the room agreed excitedly. Taking the land of a mansion without fighting was a strategic rush, and everyone was not excited. Moreover, the Lu Dabing Group gathered heavily in Xiangshan Prefecture. Once Xiao Yuanshan could not defend the Xiegu, Qiu Zhi led the Luoyang army to enter Youyan, then Dingzhou would never mind sending troops first and taking down the old nest of Xiao's family before Qiu Zhi. Xiao Yuanshan transferred all the heavy troops to the Xiegu, and the mixed fish left behind in Youyan. In the Dingzhou deed, I was afraid that wherever the Dingzhou army passed, they would surrender. If you could easily capture Youyan and let Qiu Zhi attack from afar without any gains, everyone in the room would laugh.

"I hope General Qiu will become stronger and break through the slanted valley as soon as possible!" Yan Nanfei stroked his long beard and laughed. For Dingzhou, this is the most ideal result.

"Xiao Yuanshan is not a vegetarian!" Luo Daoming patted his thigh and smiled: "That's also an experienced general. With so many of our weapons and equipment, Mr. Qiu is afraid that he may not be able to eat and take care of him!"

"Fight, fight, the more miserable the fight, the better!" Li Qing smiled.

Standing behind Li Qing, Baoer opened his eyes and looked at the adults indoors with curious eyes. Why did he smile so happily? He was selling things to others just now, why did he look forward to Xiao and other people defeating a big defeat in a blink of an eye? He has been following Li Qing and has been taking care of Li Qing's daily life for a while. He also heard more or less about Dingzhou's biggest enemy is a villain named Tianqi in Luoyang. Isn't Xiao fighting with Tianqi? The enemy of the enemy is a friend! Baoer judges right and wrong based on her simple worldview, why does the general hope that his friend will defeat a big defeat? She was a little confused, with her big eyes blinking, and she couldn't figure it out.

"Master!" Li Zonghua walked into the conference hall and saw the expressions of the crowd, and couldn't help but say strangely: "What's so happy?"

Luo Daoming smiled and briefly said about Xiangshan Mansion, and Li Zonghua was also overjoyed.

"What's the matter with uncle?" Li Qing asked with a smile. Li Zonghua is actually in charge of the Supervision Bureau now. He usually doesn't choose to come here at this time without anything.

"Master General!" Li Zonghua took out a document from his arms and presented it to Li Qing with both hands. "Important information has been sent from the branch of Luoyang Supervision Institute. Please check it out."

Li Qing expanded the document and hurriedly scanned it: "Yuan Fang is planning a major conspiracy against our Dingzhou?" Li Qing raised his head, "What's the matter, do you have any clues?"

Li Zonghua shook his head, "This is the information sent from Luoyang. I only know that Yuan Fang is planning something, and this matter must be very disadvantageous to Dingzhou, but it cannot find out what he is going to do?"

Li Qing's brows frowned suddenly. Yuan Fang is not a good person. It can be said that as long as this old guy makes a move, it must be a big deal. The question is what he wants to do? Instigate him? Assassinate him? Li Qing shook his head, it was impossible!

"Instruct the Luoyang branch to try our best to find out this matter. Aren't we a secret spy in the Luoyang court? Let him investigate!"

"Master, this information was found by this secret spy. Although his status is not low, he tried his best to find out the details, but he still knew that there was such a thing, but the details were not found out." Li Zonghua said.

Li Qing nodded, "Let him continue to think of ways to explore the foundation of this matter without revealing himself. In addition, we will build a fence to keep our own, so we are not afraid of wild dogs finding a leak. We will respond to all changes with the soldiers and generals, and the water will flood the soil. Yuan Fang and our Dingzhou will have the upper hand. When will he gain the upper hand?" Li Qing smiled easily. "Let him get the bloody head, uncle, this matter is the responsibility of your supervisory authority!"

"Yes!" Li Zonghua bowed and retreated.

As soon as Li Zonghua retreated, Li Gan hurried in, "Lord, General Deng Peng, the navy's general, sent someone to send an emergency military information!"

Li Qing was shocked and stood up, "Let him in!"
Chapter completed!