Lucheng is a military town with tall walls. On both sides of the city are mountains. If the alliance wants to enter Xia, it must pass through Lucheng. Therefore, the location here is very important.

A few days later, Long Tian and his party arrived.

"I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Chen Qingzhi, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and other generals who arrived in Lucheng first went out of the city to welcome Long Tian's arrival.

"Thank you for your hard work. The situation in Lucheng is relatively stable."

Long Tian had received accurate intelligence before. As expected by Jia Xu, the remaining 200,000 Jingbian troops in Lucheng did not resist at all and handed over the command.

"Your Highness, the current situation in Lucheng is stable. The generals who participated in the rebellion of King Wen have voluntarily surrendered their military power. I did not make things difficult for them, but let them leave Lucheng."

"Now in Lucheng, 200,000 Jingbian troops and 100,000 Baipao troops are preparing to deal with the provocation of the alliance of various countries."

Chen Qingzhi's handling was relatively safe. Since those generals knew what was interesting, Long Tian could let them go.

"Chen Qingzhi, pass the order down. From now on, the Jingbian troops will join the Zhenbei troops. The military pay of those who are willing will be increased by 30%. All people will practice the skills provided by this prince. Those who are unwilling can leave Lucheng immediately. This prince will never make things difficult for them."

King Wen is dead, so why keep the Jingbian troops? All the troops in Zongzhou must join the Zhenbei troops, which is convenient for management and can completely control Zongzhou.

After the initial explanation, Long Tian did not go to rest, but learned about the defensive fortifications of Lucheng accompanied by the generals.

"The city is high and the moat is deep, easy to defend but difficult to attack. With such a big city in hand, it is obviously difficult for the alliance of countries to break through. No wonder Xiao Chenghao has developed well here in recent years."

"We may face such a city in the future. If we want to seize it, we must pay a painful price. It seems that we should put some pressure on Master Lu Ban."

Whoever defends such a big city will have the advantage, but if you attack it, you will pay the price of life.

Long Tian felt that he had to put some pressure on Lu Ban. Siege equipment, defense equipment, and even some of Long Tian's ideas must be developed and manufactured as soon as possible.

In just over a month, Long Tian has been fighting here and has no time to perfect his plan.

"Your Highness, there is also Master Ou Yezi. We can't just make famous swords. If Master Ou Yezi joins in the siege equipment, it will definitely speed up the pace."

Jia Xu mentioned Ou Yezi, which made Long Tian's eyes light up.

In layman's terms, one of these two people is a carpenter and the other is a blacksmith. If the two join forces, they will definitely bring surprises to Long Tian.

"You are right. After finishing things here, we will return to Zhenbei City. Some plans must be carried out as soon as possible."

Long Tian only has some ideas for the time being. How to implement them will be discussed after returning.

"Chen Qingzhi, how far is the coalition army from here?"

Long Tian asked.

"Your Highness, the coalition army is still three days away from here."

"By the way, I just received news from General Zhang Liao that the new commander of Lucheng has arrived and will arrive tomorrow. The new governor has already gone to Yucheng and seems to be interested in building the governor's mansion in Yucheng."

Long Tian did not expect that the people from the court arrived quite quickly.

"Your Highness, the new governor should be interested in Mangshan."

Jia Xu said.

"It doesn't matter. After arriving in Zongzhou, they will no longer have the final say. By the way, Cao Zhengchun, the people of Shadow must keep an eye on them and the officials who come into contact with them."

"If anyone doesn't know what's good for them, Shadow will take action immediately and give them an unforgettable memory."

Long Tian knew that with the arrival of the new governor, there would definitely be people who would defect or even take the opportunity to cause trouble. There was no need to keep such people.

The knife was ready, and it was just a matter of seeing which bird would jump out.

On that day, Long Tian stayed in the Prince Wen's Mansion to rest. The next morning, Long Tian discussed with everyone how to deal with the alliance of various countries.

"Your Highness, it is not the right time for us to send troops to conquer the alliance of countries."

"First of all, winter is coming soon. Fighting in winter is more disadvantageous to the attacking party and will increase our losses."

"Secondly, the northern border may be unstable. Your Highness and the generals should focus on that side."

"In addition, we have exposed a lot of forces recently. We cannot let the various forces of Xia Kingdom pay attention to us. Liang Kingdom and Jin Kingdom may have noticed it. At this time, we are conquering the alliance of countries. They should not sit idly by. In this way, we will become the target of public criticism."

"Now we should stabilize the northern border and Zongzhou, and at the same time train the army to deal with the winter offensive."

"Finally, there is another very important point, that is, whether the old emperor can survive this winter, it is hard to say."

"The old emperor's several princes areThey are not easy to deal with, and there are also various princes who are eyeing them covetously. We must also be prepared in this regard. If possible, this should be the focus of our next action. "

"As for the barbarians and the alliance of various countries, when the time is right, Your Highness can send one or several cavalry to solve the problem. "

Long Tian hesitated in his heart whether to take direct action to seize the territory of the alliance of various countries, or seize part of it.

Jia Xu made a detailed analysis of Long Tian's idea.

Long Tian thought of other aspects, which was also the reason for his hesitation. Only the last point, the problem of the royal family of Xia Kingdom, was not thought of by Long Tian.

According to Jia Xu, once the old emperor died, it would probably be the time of chaos in Xia Kingdom.

The struggle between several princes has reached a white-hot level. No one is willing to submit to anyone and they all want to sit on that seat. The old emperor is greedy for power and has been reluctant to appoint a prince, which has exacerbated the chaos of the situation.

And those princes and officials have their own little thoughts in their hearts.

Perhaps the death of the old emperor is an opportunity.

"If this bastard dies like this, this prince will really be unwilling. "

Long Tian said, all the people present were summoned characters, and Long Tian had no taboos.

"Your Highness, you want revenge, I understand, and you seem to have a chance, but the risk is a bit high, I don't recommend you to take the risk."

Jia Xu said.

Long Tian basically knew the cause of Long Dao's death, after all, half of the top ten sequence personnel in the Shadow were in the court and the palace.

The investigation during this period has basically been clarified. Long Tian wants to take revenge personally and doesn't want the old emperor to die of old age, but this is not a small difficulty.

"Your Highness, we have succeeded in suppressing the rebellion in Zongzhou this time. In order to drive us back to the northern border, His Majesty's imperial decree to crown us kings will arrive soon. If you want to inherit the title of Northern King legitimately, you must go to Kyoto to participate in the ceremony of crowning the king. This is your opportunity, but at the same time, it will also be accompanied by great risks. "

To be crowned a king and bring honor to the family, it is definitely not enough to just pass on an imperial edict. There are also complicated ceremonies, but all of these must be held in the capital.

If Long Tian went to the capital now, who knows what he would face?

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