Gongsun Wulou curled up his lips: "General Duan, it seems that you still remember Murong Lan's kindness in saving you. Your cousin Duan Hong followed Murong Zhen to rebel and defected after the failure. Murong Lan was checking your identity the day before yesterday.
It’s time to let you off the hook, is this considered reciprocating a favor?”
Duan Hui said calmly: "Princess Lan has admitted her crimes. What kind of punishment she will receive can only be decided by your Majesty. Gongsun joins the army. In fact, you don't have to be so impatient. No matter what, Princess Lan will be in the future."
It is unlikely that you will oppose His Majesty the Crown Prince's ascension to the throne. Once the throne is confirmed, the power will be in your hands. Do you still need to take revenge on Princess Lan like this?"
Gongsun Wulou grinned: "I didn't expect that although General Duan looks brave and rough, he is also a smart man. I like to make friends with smart people. This time, His Majesty has ordered that while we pursue Liu Jingxuan and the others, we must also defend ourselves.
Linqu, after all, will be conquering Jin from the south in the future. As an important town in the south, Linqu will be an important place to gather troops, horses and food. We must not let the rebels cause any more waves here. Liu Jingxuan and his group are just wandering around Huaibei,
You have to be careful if they come back to attack you again."
Duan Hui frowned: "Then I will continue to pursue them now. Princess Lan said that they have only passed for an hour. It should be too late for us to change horses and pursue them. After all, the riding skills of these Jin people are not as good as those of Xianbei who grew up on horses.
Man."
Gongsun Wulou waved his hand: "That's all, no need. In fact, I came here not really to capture Liu Jingxuan, but to see Murong Lan's choice. If she is willing to take action to capture Liu Jingxuan, then I will take Liu Jingxuan back.
By the way, it can also prevent Murong Lan from returning to the Southern Dynasty, but now she lets Liu Jingxuan go, which is the result I prefer. This woman will no longer be able to interfere with the prince's great cause. And you, General Duan, have always been trusted by the prince.
As a general who relies heavily on me, I will have to trouble you a lot more at the southern gate of Dayan in the future."
Duan Hui said quickly: "Everything depends on Gongsun Junjun's orders."
Gongsun Wulou smiled and took out a copper talisman from his arms and handed it to Duan Hui: "This is the token your Majesty gave me when he sent me to hunt down Liu Jingxuan this time. Allow me to mobilize all the troops along the way.
You have the power to act expediently. With this talisman, you can take over Linqu now, reorganize the troops, and mobilize food and fodder. Within ten days, I need you to prepare for a 50,000-strong army to march south. Can you do it?"
Duan Hui asked in surprise: "A crusade is about to begin so soon?"
Gongsun Wulou smiled slightly: "The situation in the south is dog-eat-dog. Huan Xuan drove out Jiankang, but there is still a strong force in Jingzhou. If you give him time, he can recover his strength and fight back, so Liu Yu and the others will definitely not give Huan Xuan
Xuan will definitely pursue him immediately when this opportunity comes. As a result, Yangzhou's defense will inevitably be insufficient. This time, with Liu Jingxuan's excuse to cause trouble, we can send troops at any time. In the past few years since the founding of the country in Qidi, Yan has been unable to expand externally. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
How can you give up this opportunity? General Duan, it’s up to you to make great achievements.”
Duan Hui laughed: "No problem, leave it to me. Within ten days I will gather 50,000 troops and horses. With your Majesty's current body, I'm afraid it will be difficult to fight in person. When the time comes, the prince will be dismissed and Gongsun will join the army to help manage the military affairs.
I am a pioneer, and I will go through fire and water without hesitation."
Gongsun Wulou smiled and patted Duan Hui on the shoulder: "General Duan, you and I will encourage each other!"
Three days later, Guanggu, Tianxia Palace.
The door of the main hall was tightly closed, and the candlelight flickered, illuminating the faces of the two people facing each other in the main hall. Murong Lan was dressed in prison uniform, with her hair disheveled and bare feet, standing in the hall. Although she had become a prisoner, she still had
There was no torture device, but this appearance could still hide her peerless appearance. She looked calm and stood like this without saying a word.
Murong Beide was sitting upright, wearing armor and a big wolf-skin hat, on the bed above the jade steps, his eyes were like lightning, piercing Murong Lan, and said coldly: "Why, why are you doing this?"
Murong Lan raised her head, looked at her little brother, and suddenly laughed: "Don't you pretend anymore?"
Murong Beide gritted his teeth: "I pretended to be sick just to test who was ambitious and wanted to rebel against me. But I didn't expect that the person I tested was actually you, my little sister!"
Murong Lan shook her head, her black hair swayed, and her red lips parted slightly: "You know best whether I am loyal to you or not. If I really wanted to rebel against you, how could I be stupid enough to use Liu Jingxuan and the others? Brother, outside
Those people say this because Gongsun Wulou and Ah Chao are spreading such rumors, and if you allow such rumors to continue, you may be planning to conquer the south."
Murong Beide was silent for a long time before nodding: "My little sister is my little sister. I really can't hide anything from you. Yes, I deliberately asked Liu Jingxuan to rebel this time, just to find a reason to start a war. After all, if not
He came to assassinate me. As long as you are here, I can't attack the Chu State, oh, no, it should be the Jin State."
Murong Lan gritted his teeth: "Brother, I've told you countless times, why don't you understand? The Jin Kingdom is no longer the vulnerable Han people who fled south. Now under the leadership of Liu Yu, they are stronger than ever.
What we have to consider is not the southern expedition, but how to survive in the future."
Murong Beide said coldly: "What you want to survive is to surrender to Liu Yu and your men, and what I want to survive is to integrate the power of the entire Jin State before Liu Yu has unified the south.
At that time, I destroyed him. Now that his troops are out to attack Huan Xuan, Jiangbei is empty. With Liu Jingxuan's excuse to assassinate me, I can take advantage of the situation and launch our Xianbei army to march south, even if we capture the six counties in Jiangbei.
We can push the forces of the Eastern Jin Dynasty back to the north of the Yangtze River and force the Beifu army to return for reinforcements. In this way, Huanxuan will have the opportunity to stabilize his position and counterattack. In this way, the south will be divided for a long time and civil war will occur. We can take the opportunity to dismember it step by step.
, cannibalizing the land of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, this is the way for our Dayan to survive!"
Murong Lan shook his head: "Brother, you are provoking a giant dragon that could have become your friend. No matter you pretend to be sick or not, you are still an old man in his seventies. You don't have much time left. Even if you succeed in occupying Jiangbei for a while,
How can we destroy Jin in one fell swoop? This time we have settled a great feud. In the future, Liu Yu will stabilize his position and counterattack us. Who can you rely on to resist?"
Murong Beide laughed: "In these troubled times, as long as you occupy a place, you will naturally have a population, and you will have money and food for soldiers and horses. You see, there have been endless wars in the south in the past two years, and a large number of Han people have fled to our land of Dayan.
, our household registration has more than doubled, and even the Northern Wei Dynasty did not dare to take any chances on us anymore."