late night song

Chapter 174
After the Cangshan ambush, Shu Yuan hurried back to Beiling. He happened to meet the Beiling army horses marching outside Yunjing City, and Ling Ziyu personally led them to the border.

There was no reason for the twins' induction. He just felt that something might have happened to Ling Buhuo, so he hurriedly went north to take the military talisman from the old emperor Ling, and dispatched [-] troops and horses to rush to the border.

"What happened?" Ling Ziyu tightened the reins and frowned.

"We encountered Chilian Pagoda on the way back. The young master asked me to come back and ask the prince to send troops to the border." Shu Yuan didn't have time to dismount and hurriedly reported back.

"Chilian Pagoda..." Ling Ziyu narrowed his eyes and murmured, and then suddenly asked Ling Buhuo, "He was caught?"

"No. But Lejia Pengkang detained my sister, and the young master went back to rescue her." Shu Yuan raised his eyes and glanced at the uncertain Prince Ling, beating his heart. After all, Ling Buhuo was fighting for his sister. He was putting himself in danger, and if he made any mistake, the two siblings might not be able to escape bad luck.

"You said I'm not clear-headed, how can he be any better?" Ling Ziyu cursed and sighed, "What's going on in Yuquan Palace now?"

"My sister has been poisoned. It's unclear what the young master's current condition is."

"How many Chilian pagodas are there?"

"On the day of return, there were about 15 people. I don't know how many there were in total."

"Lejia Pengkang, you bastard." Ling Ziyu cursed through gritted teeth with itching anger, and then immediately ordered Shu Yuan, "Let the messenger in embroidered clothes keep a close eye on the situation in Yuquan Palace, and give you two thousand elite soldiers to secretly go to the rescue. .”

Shu Yuan accepted the order, and then Ling Ziyu waved his hand, leading his troops and horses to continue southward and press into the Hehe border.

At the same time, in addition to Beiling, Xirong's 30-strong army also quietly approached from the western border of Hehe Kingdom.

Ouyang Qunfang was alarmed by the credentials of the crusade delivered by Beiling in advance. Only then did he learn that Lejia Pengkang had secretly arrested Prince Ling, disturbing Hehe's already fragile peace. He lamented in anger and hurriedly entered the house overnight. Go to Yuquan Palace.

"Da Sima, why are you bothering me so late?" Le Jia Pengkang was obviously very irritable after being interrupted from the drowsiness that had just brewed.

"Don't you know what the king did?" Ouyang Qunfang was so angry that he completely forgot about the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers.

"I just couldn't bear to leave my sister and took her back to stay for a while. Prince Ling couldn't bear the wedding farewell and came back with him. What's the point of making Da Sima so angry?" Now that the matter has come to this, he has no intention of doing so. Hide and tuck.

"Does the Lord think Beiling will listen to such nonsense?!"

"So what if you don't listen. The old emperor's most beloved son is in He He's hands, what can he do to me?" Lejia Pengkang sneered.

"You're confused!" Ouyang Qunfang sighed and asked, "The king thinks that by capturing Ling Ziyu, Beiling will bow to He He? And that Gu Yuchu, the king really thinks that an insignificant woman can threaten Dong Emperor Qi Jing?"

"I have my own plan for this matter, so I don't need to worry about it, Da Sima." Le Jiapengkang said coldly and perfunctorily.

"What Hehe needs most right now is to recuperate, and maintaining peace with the two countries is the best policy." Although the leader of the country had made his attitude clear, Ouyang Qunfang still did not give up persuasion.

"Recuperate? Dongqi and Beiling may give Hehe a chance to recuperate? Maybe the country will become a state and county in the coming year!" Lejiapeng Kangzai couldn't suppress the anger in his heart and stood up angrily.

"Even so, I can't let the king risk He He's future! It's better to let Prince Ling go as soon as possible. Does the king know that Beiling's [-] troops are approaching the northern border?"

"Da Sima, are you confused? Even if I let Ling Ziyu go at this time, Beiling can let He He go?" Lejia Pengkang narrowed his eyes, his tone full of ridicule.

Ouyang Qunfang was at a loss for words. When the matter reached this point, He He could not explain anything to Beiling no matter what he did. He was silent for a while, took a breath, and said quietly: "Now the only way is to borrow troops to sail eastward. "

"Dongqi?" Lejia Pengkang laughed out loud, "For a hundred years, in order to survive in the world, Hehe either took refuge in Dongqi or relied on Beiling. Do you think he has gained any benefits now? If Hehe really We need an ally, the world is so big, it’s not either/or.”

"ally?"

"That's right! I have found a more powerful ally." Le Jiapeng smiled evilly. "Could it be the Kou Sang from Xirong?" Ouyang Qunfang thought about it, and then she seemed to realize something. She was shocked and her hands trembled.

"Da Sima is indeed very clever. Xirong's 30 troops have already arrived at Huilong Bay." Lejia Pengkang waved his hand and said proudly.

"You're crazy!" The Minister of Humerus, who had been standing in the temple for more than thirty years, was unfazed by honor and disgrace, and advanced and retreated appropriately when he heard the bad news, he almost couldn't stand still, "This is inviting a wolf into the house!"

"Which one of Dongqi and Beiling didn't come uninvited? I just want to show them that I, Hehe, don't have to linger behind them to survive safely!"

"Will Xirong allow you to rule the world together?" Ouyang Qunfang smiled bitterly, and his low and desperate voice penetrated the empty hall, "Heaven is going to destroy me, Hehe, I am ashamed of my entrustment to the late emperor!"

"Don't try to use my father to oppress me. If it weren't for the sake of the late emperor's death, if Da Sima was so indiscriminate between the king and his ministers, and the following offended the superior, I would have dragged you out and beheaded you immediately!"

"Hahaha, if there is no country but a general, how can I be a human being? The leader of the country can take action!" Ouyang Qunfang's eyes turned red, and he shouted righteously.

"Don't you think I don't dare?!" Lejia Pengkang's mouth twitched. He hated being threatened, but he quickly suppressed his anger and continued, "Since Da Sima is so loyal to He He, then in two days Then you, the old man, will personally go out of the city to greet the soldiers and horses of Xirong."

"You, you!" Ouyang Qunfang was so angry that she spat out a mouthful of old blood, and she was so angry that she couldn't say the whole thing.

"It's late at night, I need to rest." Lejia Pengkang gave the order to expel the guests and entered the dormitory without looking back.

Ouyang Qunfang stood in the main hall in despair for a long time, and then walked out of Yuquan Palace tremblingly. He didn't know how he got back home. When he thought of the ups and downs that he had been protecting and assisting He He for more than thirty years, and had visited the city several times, all the ups and downs had happened. He had never seen it before, but now, he was confused.

What made him sigh and couldn't accept the most was that it was no one else who caused the disaster of destroying the country, but Young Master Lejia, who was destined to carry the destiny of Hehe country since birth. He was the last hope of the ancient country of Hehe!

His eyes were red.The country was about to fall, and there was nothing he could do.

If we ask for help from Dongqi and Beiling now, it will put Lejia Pengkang in a treacherous position. Even if the crisis is resolved in the future, he may not be able to protect his throne.

But if he colludes with Lejiapeng Kanghang, he will be planning to involve the two powerful countries in the east. From now on, Hehe will have no way out.

No matter what, Hehe cannot escape the fate of being reduced to a battlefield.

He hesitated for a long time, until dawn, and finally wrote a letter to Dong Qi asking for help, telling him all the news about Xirong's march from the east to the south, Bei Ling's pressure, and Ling Ziyu's imprisonment, and asked Dong Qi to send troops to support immediately.

After the city gate was cleared the next day, in order to avoid Lejia Pengkang's spy, he summoned three cronies in the house and asked them to leave the city and send them to Dongqi with the same secret letters to ensure that at least one of them would go smoothly. Send.

In addition, he secretly met with the two military generals He and He, and warned them to make all kinds of war preparations immediately when they returned, especially the garrison and border defense of every important city. Any important military orders must have the approval of him and the king. Double weapon symbols are required for confirmation.

In Yuquan Palace, the secret guard presented two letters from Grand Sima, and Le Jiapeng dropped the tea cup on the table angrily.

He had long been intolerable to the great Sima who was good at making opinions. However, a few days ago, he received a secret letter from Qi Jinjue. The 30 Xirong Iron Army arrived at the Hehe border ten days later.In order to show the sincerity of the alliance between the two countries, Queen Kuosang asked him to go out of the city to greet him in person. However, he was still afraid that Xirong would break his promise and hold him hostage to use Hehe's troops and horses, so he had no choice but to save Ouyang Qunfang's life as a replacement. He made a welcome gesture.

However, what troubled him even more was that Beiling's latest letter of credence required Hehe to send Prince Ling back to the country within three days, otherwise the army would press on the border and march directly to Qiongzhou.

Beiling reacted so quickly that he was unexpected.

He paced back and forth in the hall, thinking about how to deal with the crisis in Beiling before the Xirong army arrived. By chance, he caught a glimpse of Ouyang Qunfang's letter on the desk, and he had another plan in mind, and he quickly ordered the secret guards to intercept the letter. The next letter was rushed to Dongqi again.

He calculated in his mind that if Ling Ziyu was given to Xirong, in the dispute between Xirong and Beiling, Xirong could strike first and have a greater chance of winning.In this way, one is to show the sincerity of the alliance with Xirong, the other is to take the lead in provoking the war between Beiling and Xirong, and temporarily avoid the threat from the north, and the third is to use Ouyang Qunfang's letter to pretend to unite with Dongqi and stabilize the Dongqi Iron Army, and then He He then linked up with Xirong inside and outside and went south to fight back, defeating the two giant dragons in the Eastern Continent.

Without further delay, in the middle of the night, he urgently ordered people to take Prince Ling out of Zhilan Palace, but Ling Buhuo still threatened Gu Yuchu's life and forced Lejia Pengkang to go see him in person.

(End of this chapter)