When Chen Qingzhi saw that Wang Yue had changed into military uniform, he knew that Wang Yue was going to the war, so he quickly persuaded him, "Your Highness, it's just a trip to Hefei, there's no need for you to go in person."

Wang Yue looked at Chen Qingzhi's anxious expression and asked with a strange look, "Qingzhi, you don't mistake me for Sun Quan, do you?"

Chen Qingzhi certainly knew about Sun Shiwan's affairs, and he quickly waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I don't mean to mock you, but we should also learn from history!

It's just a matter of taking Hefei. With an army of 10, even without a commander, they will win no matter how they fight.

But if you go, and the enemy commander attacks you, will the soldiers rescue you or not? Isn't this a variable?

If the prince is really worried, why don't I go in your place? Although I have been busy with government affairs these years, I have not given up my archery, horse riding and martial arts under the influence of the prince, and I am even stronger than before. "

After listening to Chen Qingzhi's advice, Wang Jing nodded and said seriously, "Yes, brother, you should listen to Elder Chen.

This time Wei Zheng has already requested to fight, and with our internal support, it will be easy to capture Hefei City and even Lujiang County. You really don’t need to supervise the battle.”

It’s not that he didn’t believe in Wang Yue’s command ability. After all, he followed Wang Yue and led the remnants of the Red Flame Army to defeat the Western Border Army.

Wang Yue's command ability was accumulated through battle after battle, and no one questioned this.

He was just worried about this battle. If a stray arrow hurt Wang Yue, it might really cause chaos in the army's morale.

What's more, the power of women in the Prince of Yue's mansion is too chaotic. With Wang Yue, everything is harmonious. Without Wang Yue, who knows what kind of chaos might happen.

Wei Zheng was actually very worried, so he quickly tried to persuade him, "Brother Wang, I know you are anxious to save Nie Yi, but this matter cannot be rushed. Don't worry, I will be the pioneer this time. If I fail to take Hefei, I will come to you with my head."

Seeing the three people saying so, Wang Yue could only shake his head helplessly and said, "Why do I need your head? You must be alive and well. Then I won't go. I will stay in Jiangning City and wait for the news of your victory."

In fact, Wang Yue underestimated his own strength. Although Hefei did not belong to Jiangzuo, it had been infiltrated very badly.

The people of Lujiang County all yearn for the life in Yue State, even the soldiers think so.

Although Wei Zheng had decided to leave the Jiangzuo League, in order to ensure that everything would be safe, he still contacted the Jiangzuo League branch near Hefei and asked them to cooperate with the Jinyiwei.

The current leader of the Jiangzuo League is Prince Jing's adviser, so Yang Zhao, the garrison commander of Hefei City, has no defenses against the Jiangzuo League at all.

When he discovered that people from the Jiangzuo League were in the city, he solemnly met with the leader of the Jiangzuo League and thanked them for their help in defending the city.

In his opinion, Prince Jing now has a great advantage. Once Prince Jing becomes emperor, Mei Changsu will have the opportunity to become the prime minister.

The Jiangzuo League is Mei Changsu's power, which means it is very trustworthy. He is very confident in using it and it can make up for the lack of military strength.

What Yang Zhao didn't expect was that the leader of the Jiangzuo League had a very good relationship with Nie Yi. In addition, under the instigation of his own Jinyiwei spies, he cooperated with the Jinyiwei in order to rescue Nie Yi.

So, on the second night after Wei Zheng led his army to Hefei, just before Chen Qianzhi arrived, he cooperated with the Jinyiwei in the city and easily captured Hefei.

Yang Zhao never expected that Wei Zheng would lead 10,000 soldiers to attack the city without waiting for the main force to arrive. Is this a joke?

Even if we attack, we will be beaten back.

So, he was caught off guard and was attacked by the Vietnamese army into the city.

Of course it was impossible for Yang Zhao to abandon the city and flee, so he immediately took charge of the military to counterattack. He was very confident that as long as his subordinates fully cooperated, they would be able to drive Wei Zheng out before the Yue army arrived.

However, he had somewhat underestimated the power of the Jinyiwei in Hefei City. Just when Wei Zheng was struggling to resist, several underworld gangs in Hefei City suddenly rushed out with weapons and temporarily helped Wei Zheng withstand the counterattack.

Chen Qianzhi had already received the news about Wei Zheng in advance, and just when Wei Zheng was unable to resist, he led his army to the scene.

After a hard battle, Yang Zhao was killed and Hefei fell into the hands of the Yue State.

On the one hand, Chen Qingzhi sent someone to pass the message to Wang Yue, and on the other hand, he asked Wang Jing to lead 30,000 troops eastward to cooperate with subsequent troops to occupy Nanxuzhou in Jiangbei and Huainan.

He himself led his troops to sweep across several prefectures and counties near Hefei, and quickly occupied Lujiang County and several places in the south of Yuzhou.

After Wang Yue received the news from Chen Qianzhi, he led his troops to Jiangbei without hesitation. He cooperated with Wang Jing and Chen Qianzhi to capture the fourteen counties of Nanxu within the Huai River, and expanded the territory of Yue State to the Huai River in one fell swoop.

The whole process ended very quickly. Except for the fighting in Hefei for a few days, other states and counties almost surrendered.

In fact, the main reason for this was that the troops here were originally controlled by Duke Qing. As a result, Duke Qing died in a party dispute, which made his subordinates very uneasy.

They had no intention of fighting any longer, and some of their soldiers wanted to surrender and live a better life. How could they defeat the ferocious Yue army?

In addition, this place is very close to the State of Yue. Many common people have heard about the affairs of Yue from those gangsters who came from Yue, and they also know about the lives of the common people of Yue, and they are very envious.

Therefore, when the people nearby heard that the King of Yue had finally attacked, many of them took the initiative to help, which made the advance very smooth.

What Wang Yue had not expected was that Chen Qianzhi, who had gained military power, fought recklessly without paying any attention to logistics.

He heard that Wang Yue had already brought reinforcements and was heading for Hefei, and he actually joined Wei Zheng in leading 60,000 troops and marched northward along the Dabie Mountains towards Runan.

The mess of Lujiang and Yuzhou was handed over to Wang Yue, along with the 50,000 troops that Wang Yue brought across the river.

Wang Yue had no other choice but to summon several members of the small cabinet to Hefei and start working with the Jinyiwei to stabilize the situation.

……

In the courtyard of Prince Jing in Jinling,

Mei Changsu didn't know that Yue State's funds were now across the Yangtze River. Like a boyfriend who had done something wrong, he stood in the snow for half an hour, but still didn't see Prince Jing, his girlfriend, who left in anger.

It was not until Meng Zhi arrived with the news that Prince Jing realized he could no longer hide and had to come out to meet him.

After the two met, Mei Changsu still failed to convince Prince Jing to give up on saving people, and finally had no choice but to agree to help save people.

Seeing that Mei Changsu was willing to help, Prince Jing finally calmed down and invited Mei Changsu into the house to discuss how to rescue him.

After Meng Zhi entered the room, he saw that Mei Changsu and Prince Jing were still a little uncomfortable, so he first said politely, "You two should calm down and think about it carefully. This time, the matter of Nie Yi was obviously a conspiracy between Prince Yu and Xia Jiang to target Prince Jing.

As long as Prince Jing doesn't fall, Xia Jiang and Prince Yu won't let Nie Yi die. His life is not in danger for the time being, so saving him is not that urgent."

Mei Changsu sighed twice. He knew that as the one who was planning things, he needed to speak first. He couldn't let his lord apologize to him first, right?

He could only say helplessly, "Commander-in-Chief Meng is right. It is precisely because they want to plot against Prince Jing that we have the opportunity and time to save him."

Seeing that Mei Changsu had calmed down first, Meng Zhi deliberately said, "During this prisoner robbery at the city gate, many of Jiang Zhumeng's brothers were killed or injured."

When he said this, he was afraid that Prince Yu would not believe him, so he said to Zhen Ping who was standing there, "Zhen Ping, I heard that you were also injured? Are you okay?"

Zhen Ping cupped his hands and said politely, "Thanks to the great commander's care, I only suffered a minor skin injury, it's nothing serious."

Lie Zhanying opened his eyes wide and said in disbelief, "Xia Qiu was attacked at the city gate. It turned out that it was organized by you?"

He sighed in his heart, Mei Changsu is indeed the leader of a big sect. He did things but did not bring them up. He is indeed an extraordinary person.

Mei Changsu didn't know what he was thinking, so he just said with emotion, "It's just that the action was too hasty, so the result is naturally not satisfactory."

The awkward Prince Jing realized at this time that he was too impatient and had misunderstood, so he said a little embarrassedly, "I didn't know that the Jiangzuo League had already helped us, but when you took action, why didn't you notify Zhan Ying for help?"

Mei Changsu was speechless. He looked at Prince Jing and said unhappily, "How do you help? Should you bring your palace soldiers to do it directly? Or should you let the patrol battalion do it? Wouldn't that just fall into Xia Jiang's trap?"

Lie Zhanying saw that the two were still a little embarrassed, so he hurriedly asked, "Sir, you just said that you wanted to continue to save Nie Yi, so how should we save him?"

Mei Changsu sighed and said coldly, "Robbery!"

Seeing that Mei Changsu had made up his mind, Prince Jing finally let go of his last grudge and asked excitedly, "You want to rob? I've been to the dungeon of the Xuanjing Division. The guards are very strict. I'm afraid it will be much more difficult than the cost."

Mei Changsu knew it was difficult. He already knew Prince Jing's attitude. He could only say helplessly, "I know this is a bad idea, but there is no better way. If Your Highness goes to His Majesty to plead for mercy, you will fall into Xia Jiang's trap."

Chapter 122 Wang Yue’s back-up plan!

When he thought of this, he suddenly wondered if he would be discovered by Prince Jing's men when he was transferring people.

Xia Jiang said to himself "Oh no!" and quickly pulled a horse over and ran towards the Dali Temple.

Seeing that his master had run away, Xia Chun hurriedly followed him, as he was also worried that the people had been rescued.

When the two men arrived at the gate of Dali Temple, they found it was very quiet, with only two yamen runners guarding the door.

Xia Jiang looked at the Dali Temple and saw how quiet it was. It didn't look like anyone had entered the temple to attack. He realized that he had been tricked and shouted again, "Oh no!"

But it was too late for him to react now. The people from Jiangzuo League had followed Xia Jiang here. They left a few people under the leadership of Fei Liu to trap Xia Jiang and Xia Chun, while the others followed Zhen Ping and rushed towards the Dali Temple.

When the two yamen runners at the door saw people rushing over, they ran to the sides without hesitation and disappeared like rabbits.

In order to save people, Zhen Ping and others did not chase after them and rushed in. However, they went in quickly and came out even faster, so they did not save anyone.

Zhen Ping, who had come out, also joined the siege of Xia Jiang and Xia Chun in order to find out the whereabouts of Nie Yi, wanting to capture these two and then interrogate them.

Although Xia Jiang and Xia Chun were both highly skilled in martial arts, they were no match for four hands and were knocked to the ground in a short while.

Zhen Ping was in a hurry to save people. He stepped on Xia Jiang's chest and said through gritted teeth, "Old man, where did you hide Nie Yi?"

Seeing the other party say this, Xia Jiang swallowed a mouthful of blood foam, then sneered and said, "Since the person has been rescued by you, I admit defeat. Why do you have to be so pretentious?"

Seeing that he still didn't say anything, Zhen Ping stepped on his wrist. With a snap, the wrist was obviously broken.

When Xia Chun heard the master's scream, he immediately shouted, "Let my master go! Come to me if you have any problems!"

Xia Jiang was indeed a tough guy. He was sweating all over and enduring the severe pain in his arm, but his mind became much sharper.

He realized that this group of people had not rescued Nie Yi. Where had Nie Yi gone? He could not help but prepare to plot again.

So, he prepared to trick Zhen Ping, and said with gritted teeth, "Kill me if you have the guts, and see if I will say another word!"

Although Zhen Ping is quite straightforward, he is not a fool. He couldn't help but think of the group of people who rushed into Xuan Jingshi's group, and also thought of Wang Yue.

He even thought of something that Wang Yue had said, which was that the old man had said so much, how could it be just one word?

But when he thought of this, he knew that it was impossible for him to be fooled by Xia Jiang. He also judged that it was Wang Yue who sent people to rescue Nie Yi, so he quickly asked everyone to retreat.

The group of people traveling together was led by Zhen Ping. Although they were a little confused as to why he left without saving anyone, they still followed him obediently.

After they left, Xia Chun struggled to crawl from the ground and crawled towards Xia Jiang, shouting anxiously, "Master!"

But he hadn't crawled far when he felt a chill on his chest and couldn't help but scream, "Ah~!"

Xia Chun's scream attracted Xia Dong's attention. He turned his head with difficulty and saw a sharp knife stuck in Xia Chun's heart, and the handle of the knife was held in the hand of a yamen runner.

Xia Jiang had seen this bailiff before. He was the one who was guarding the gate of Dali Temple just now and ran away when he saw someone coming.

When Xia Jiang found that Xia Chun was already dead, he looked at the yamen runner in astonishment, swallowed the blood in his mouth, and asked with great difficulty, "Who are you? You actually murdered an official appointed by the imperial court!"

The man sneered and said disdainfully, "You should take care of yourself first!"

An idea suddenly occurred to Xia Jiang: Could it be that this man wanted to kill himself too?

But as soon as this thought came to his mind, he felt a chill in his chest. He couldn't help but look down, and saw a long sword piercing his heart and passing through his body, with only a small half of the sword tip showing.

He turned over with difficulty, trying to see who was attacking him, but before he could turn over, he fell into darkness.

The head of the Xuan Jing Division, who had silenced the officials of Daliang, died on the spot.

The person who had been talking to Xia Jiang earlier said speechlessly, "Xiao Shisan, why would you let him die if you are so happy? He is the prince's great enemy! Wouldn't it be better if we caught him alive?"

Wang Shisan is the commander of this operation. He has not left since Wang Yue left and is responsible for contacting Qin Banruo.

Since Wang Yue understood the plot, he certainly knew where Xia Jiang had locked the people up, and he had made arrangements long ago.

As early as a year ago, Wang Shisan, following Wang Yue's request, found a job as a yamen runner in Dali Temple through a secret agent, and has been doing this job out of boredom until now.

He had been here for such a long time and thought he would stay here until he died of old age, but he didn't expect that he had just received a notice yesterday that Wang Yue asked them to wait in the Dali Temple to rescue Nie Yi and capture Xia Jiang.

He was a little surprised at first, but he didn't expect that at midnight last night, the person from Xuan Jingsi would actually send Nie Yi over.

The two of them finally waited for their mission, and asked the Jinyiwei brothers to rescue Nie Yi and send him out early in the morning.

After hearing what his companion said, Wang Shisan said nonchalantly, "What do you mean by small? Although you are the ninth child, it's because you are taller than me, not because of age, okay?"

Wang Xiaojiu knew that he couldn't beat Wang Shisan, so he said unhappily, "So what do you say we should do now? You've killed everyone."

Wang Shisan was very happy now. He could finally go back to Yue State. He said as a matter of course, "Of course, I will take the head back with me!"

As he spoke, he chopped off Xia Jiang's head neatly, put it in a special cloth bag, put it on his shoulder and walked away.

Wang Xiaojiu shook his head helplessly and followed Wang Shisan. Although he wanted to leave, he was reluctant to leave the life here because it was too leisurely and comfortable.

Not long after the two left, a large group of people rushed over. When Xia Qiu, the leader, discovered the situation at the scene, he was shocked.

There was only one thing in his mind: the sky of Xuan Jingsi had collapsed!

Su Zhai, Nuan Pavilion

Zhen Ping hurried over and said excitedly, "Sect Master!"

When Prince Jing saw him coming back, he asked excitedly, "How is it? Did the person come out?"

Zhen Ping quickly told me the details, and then he said excitedly, "Master, Your Highness, did Brother Wang also send people to rescue them? I saw that he really seemed to have locked the people up in the Dali Temple when he went down the river, but when we went there, there was not even a hair inside. Apart from Brother Wang's actions, no one else could have been so clean and efficient."

Mei Changsu stood up in astonishment. He walked back and forth a few steps before asking seriously, "Are there no prisoners in the Dali Temple?"

Zhen Ping nodded and said with certainty, "No, I don't know whether he was transferred by Xia Jiang or released by Brother Wang."

Prince Jing was a little bit incredulous, so he confirmed again, "Are you sure there is no one in the Xuanjing Division?"

After hearing this, Zhen Ping said awkwardly, "I'm not sure about this. When we were retreating as planned, we just randomly set a fire, and the Xuan Jing Division exploded. The whole place was probably in ruins, even, even..."

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