Dynasty Call: Low-key Struggle for Hegemony

That night, the Zhuang Mansion where Li Yuan was located was attacked. The leader of the Lieyan Sect personally led people to assassinate Li Yuan, but Li Mu took action.

As a person in the late stage of the Dharma Realm, he wounded Liu Qingquan with one blow. Liu Qingquan was defeated and fled, leaving three Tianwu Realm elders behind.

Chu Qingyan returned to Chu Junyan early and was assassinated by the Ximen Family and Zhongyi Hall in Lingyan Mansion. She was defeated with casualties on both sides.

In the next ten days, the Yu Dynasty was turbulent, and all kinds of news were flying around. The major forces in each state raised troops to conquer the forces in their own states, and then fought against the three kings Xuan Wang, Tomorrow, and Yu Wang.

Not to be outdone, the three kings sent troops one after another after killing part of their opponents' high-end combat power.

The other two major dynasties and other major dynasties also received news of Emperor Yu's death and the chaos of the Yu Dynasty, but almost everyone did not take action.

One is because they know that if they attack the Yu Dynasty at this time, all the forces in the Yu Dynasty will probably stop fighting to deal with them together.

Second, the Yu Dynasty was experiencing constant internal strife and constant consumption. Only by waiting for the opportunity to attack in the future would the benefits be maximized.

Third, the two dynasties also wanted to take this opportunity to eliminate the hidden dangers within the dynasties. The main reason was that Emperor Yu had secretly arranged some secret hands in the two dynasties, and in the last year, he created internal chaos in the two dynasties.

As for the dynasties, after Hu Qi of the Hu Tuo Dynasty was tricked and killed by King Ming, the nearby dynasties did not dare to easily believe the lies of the Yu Dynasty.

In the small town where Lingyan Mansion, Lingrong Mansion, and Linghong Mansion meet, the leaders and senior officials of the four major forces, Ximen Family, Zhongyi Hall, Lieyan Sect, and the Hidden Family Wang Family, gather together with murderous intent.

In the spacious lobby, there are four forces scattered around the center of the lobby: east, west, north and south. The main seats in the four directions are Ximen Lintian, Jiang Kun, Liu Qingquan, who is still pale from serious injuries, and a middle-aged man with a calm momentum, the head of the Wang family: Wang Xin.

Ximen Lintian inspected the crowd, stood up and said loudly:

"Now the forces in various states have raised troops one after another, and several major forces such as myself have also taken control of the military power of their respective prefectures and counties in the past few days.

In Lingzhou, we have two common enemies, the King of Chu who controls Lingyang Prefecture and Lingyuan Prefecture, Chu Junyan who takes over the three counties of Lingyan Prefecture, and Chu Qingyan who takes over Huirong Prefecture.

Today our four major forces have officially formed an alliance to deal with them! "

The senior officials around looked at each other and nodded heavily. The purpose of coming here today was clear.

Wang Xin, who had his eyes closed and his face calm, opened his eyes and said: "Let's get straight to the point. Let's form an alliance. King Chu and Chu Junyan will definitely form an alliance. How do we form an alliance? How do we deal with them?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the top leaders of each force looked at each other, and no one dared to speak first.

Seeing the silence in the lobby, Jiang Kun looked at Ximen Lintian and said:

"This matter is related to the interests of each of our forces. If you have something, don't hide it. The first thing is unity.

Each of our forces needs to go all out and cannot take it lightly. "

"It's natural!"

Wang Xin and Liu Qingquan nodded.

Ximen Lintian continued: "The alliance between King Chu and Chu Junyan, their key target must be Lingrong Mansion, and if we want to cut off their alliance, we must drive Chu Qingyan out of Lingrong Mansion. The government serves as a dividing line and can be fought on two fronts!"

Ximen Lintian turned to look at Wang Xin and asked:

"Master Wang, if we contain the power of King Chu and Chu Junyan, how long will it take you to deal with Chu Qingyan?"

"Victory in one battle!" Wang Xin's tone was full of confidence.

A little Chu Qingyan would be the Wang family's opponent.

"Sect Master Liu, are you sure you can contain the power of King Chu?"

Ximen Lintian looked at the pale Liu Qingquan and softened his tone.

"Ahem," Liu Qingquan coughed lightly and said with a solemn expression: "There is no problem in containing the King of Chu in a short time. I, the Lieyan Sect, can lead an army of 300,000 from Lingyun Mansion to the border of Lingyang Mansion, and the King of Chu will definitely return to defend."

When Ximen Lintian heard Liu Qingquan's answer, his eyes lit up and he immediately said:

"Okay, the first step for our alliance is for the Wang family to deal with Chu Qingyan, Lieyan Sect to contain the King of Chu, and my Ximen family and Zhongyi Hall to attack Chu Junyan.

In the second step, after the Wang family has eliminated Chu Qingyan, they will counterattack Chu Junyan and defeat Chu Junyan in one fell swoop with our two major forces.

The third step is for our four major forces to encircle and suppress the King of Chu! "

"Can!"

"Can!"

"Can!"

Just when the four major forces were making preliminary alliance plans, Li Yuan and Chu Qingyan met again in the small town where Lingyuan Mansion and Huirong County were connected.

In a courtyard in the town, Li Yuan, Yuwen Chengdu, Jia Xu and others sat down with Chu Qingyan, Liang Wenyu, Wu Yong and others.

Liang Wenyu's eyes glanced at the handsome and smiling Li Yuan from time to time.

It's hard to imagine that the young man was once very cheerful before all the conspiracies and conspiracies came to light.

Jia Xu stroked his beard gently, looked at Liang Wenyu, and smiled.

Liang Wenyu is Chu Qingyan's number one strategist.

Wu Yong lowered his head and looked at Jia Xu from the corner of his eye, his eyes full of fear.

Chu Qingyan said with a smile and congratulations:

"It's great to congratulate His Royal Highness the King of Chu for taking over Lingyuan Mansion in just over a month!"

"I am delighted that the princess was able to capture Huiyang County in just over a month, which surprised me."

Li Yuan returned the congratulations with a cupped hand and smiled.

And when the people behind them saw the two congratulating each other, they felt a little weird and weird.

Especially Liang Wenyu and others, at the same time, you won a prefecture and you won a county. What is there to congratulate? Are you insinuating yourself?

But seeing King Chu’s sincere smile, it didn’t look like it!

"I have heard for a long time that the King of Chu is very charming, but today I saw him and he is indeed extraordinary!"

At this time, a voice like water and song came, like an oriole leaving the valley, making people feel deeply in the floating world, but it has the feeling of a bright moon in the sky and a gentle breeze.

I saw Chu Junyan's swaying posture, exuding a heroic temperament, as he stepped in from outside the courtyard.

Li Yuan's eyes showed a hint of surprise, he didn't expect Chu Junyan to come too.

"I have admired General Chu for a long time!"

Chu Junyan sat next to Chu Qingyan and said with a solemn expression:

"King Chu, time is urgent. Now the Wang family, a hidden family, has decided to join the three major forces. Now they have formed an alliance."

"The Wang family, a hidden family?"

"There are also hidden families in Lingzhou?"

Li Yuan frowned, with a sharp look in his eyes.

Seeing Li Yuan's expression, Chu Qingyan said solemnly: "That's right, and the Wang family is in Lingrong Mansion!"

"So now we are going to face the three major forces, and we also need to add a hidden family, the Wang family?"

Li Yuan frowned deeply and looked at Jia Xu, who was also frowning behind him, with solemn eyes.

Chu Junyan and Chu Qingyan looked at each other invisibly, and Chu Qingyan sighed:

"That's right, Your Highness King Chu, our enemy is very powerful!"

"If we didn't still have a chance to survive and didn't want to leave in embarrassment, I would have wanted to return to Zhaozhou with my sister, and when the time was right, I would conquer Lingzhou with my father."

When Li Yuan saw what Chu Qingyan said, he also sighed: "Well, if my father hadn't made me the governor of Lingzhou during his lifetime, I would have wanted to return to Kyoto and become a free prince.

The newly enthroned Emperor Yao is my most respected brother, and he will help me. "

Chu Qingyan's eyes widened when she saw Li Yuan sighing. Shouldn't his focus be on asking what the glimmer of hope was?

Why are you sighing to yourself?

When Li Yuan saw Chu Qingyan's appearance, he sighed again:

"Princess, we really feel the same pain!"

Everyone:…………

Chu Junyan looked at Li Yuan with complicated eyes, and said seriously:

"King Chu, you don't want Lingzhou to be occupied by them!"

Um? ? ?

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment.

This sentence is so wrong, shouldn't it be him who said it?

"Both of you, you don't want to be driven out of Lingzhou by the three major forces!"

…………

The three of them looked at each other, suddenly smiled, and said in unison:

"Then make an alliance!"

Li Yuan is a man, and men speak first:

"We already know the strength of the three major forces. Together with the Wang family, a hidden family, we are invincible to any one of us. Therefore, we must form an alliance to fight against the four major forces and advance and retreat together!"

Chu Qingyan and Chu Junyan agreed: "Yes, we formed an alliance here this time because we want to use everyone's talents to discuss a sound strategy to resist the attacks of the four major forces."

Although the three people expressed their opinions, people from the two factions sitting on both sides nodded in agreement and whispered.

After receiving Chu Junyan's nod, Liang Wenyu stood up and spoke first:

"Your Highness King Chu, the eldest lady has an army of 200,000 fighting in Lingyan Mansion, and the second lady has 100,000 soldiers in Huirong County. We have a total of 300,000 fighting troops!

Among them, we only have one late-stage Dharma Realm venerable and fourteen powerful Tianwu Realm masters. "

After hearing Liang Wenyu's introduction, Jia Xu, who was behind Li Yuan, also stood up, showing a trace of shame:

"Although our Prince of Chu's Mansion controls the land of the two mansions, the territory is vast and needs to be guarded by troops, because we can only send 300,000 troops to fight, and there is only one late-stage Dharma Master Realm venerable, and among them there are only six strong Tianwu Realm Bit."

Chu Junyan and Chu Qingyan nodded at the same time without showing any surprise. They also knew Li Yuan's specific strength.

Chu Qingyan showed joy and said: "Although we only have two venerables, they are both at the late stage of Dharma Master Realm. As long as we plan properly, we can cope with the venerables sent by the four major forces. After all, they cannot send all the venerables to attack."

Li Yuan and others nodded. The Venerable is equivalent to the Dinghai Shenzhen among the forces. He may not take action in battle, but you can't live without it!

Liang Wenyu continued: "Although there are only twenty of us in the Tianwu Realm in total, we are enough to deal with the four major forces. With the combination of many capable people and generals on both sides, we will definitely be able to defeat the four major forces."

The generals behind Li Yuan and Chu Qingyan opened their sharp eyes at the same time!

Jia Xu, Liang Wenyu and others looked at each other and nodded heavily.

"So, do we focus on offense or defense?"

"Border defense, attack with Lingrong Mansion as the main battlefield!"

Jia Xu and Liang Wenyu said at the same time.

Jia Xu said: "Now the enemy is strong and we are weak. We cannot let them lead us by the nose."

Liang Wenyu nodded and said: "If the guess is correct, the four major forces will most likely contain the King of Chu first, focus on solving our three counties of Huirong County and Lingyan Mansion, and finally encircle and suppress the King of Chu."

Everyone nodded.

"So how do we respond?"

Soon everyone fell into silence. The four major forces were powerful. Any force could contain the King of Chu. The force that contained the King of Chu must be the Lieyan Sect, and the direction of attack was Lingyang Mansion. In this way, the main force of the King of Chu was far away. Lingyang Mansion is a mansion away from Lingrong Mansion, so it is difficult to support them.

Li Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly. He knew that the real crisis was coming. If Chu Junyan was really defeated, it would be really difficult for him to defeat the three major forces in Lingzhou alone.

Looking at Chu Qingyan and Chu Junyan, Li Yuan actually had another idea in his heart, which was to let Chu Qingyan and Chu Junyan give up the territory in their hands and give them a county in Lingyuan Prefecture. Work together as a line of defense against the enemy.

What Li Yuan needs is time!

Now Yuwen Chengdu and Zhong Lizhen have broken through the Tianwu Realm and are enough to kill indiscriminately in the Tianwu Realm.

"I will withdraw from Lingyan Mansion, make a surprise attack on Liangrong County tonight, gather forces together with Huirong County, and place the battlefield in Zhongrong County."

When everyone was silent, Chu Junyan said in a very firm tone.

"Now the four major forces have just formed an alliance. These days are their preparation time. They thought we would only defend, but on the contrary, these days are our opportunity to attack!"

Zhongrong County is the center of the seven counties of Lingrong Prefecture. Liangrong County is adjacent to Huirong County and is located in the east of Lingrong Prefecture, right on the back of Lingyuan Prefecture.

Chu Junyan had already thought about it before she came. Her generals have now secretly gone to the border of Lingrong Mansion. She is confident that she can take Liangrong County overnight.

Chu Junyan turned to Li Yuan and said slowly:

"King Chu, when my sister and I make peace, Lingrong Mansion will have 300,000 troops, and the Ximen family, Zhongyitang, and Wang family will use Zhongrong County as their battlefield.

And you only need to send 100,000 troops to block the Lieyan Sect's short-term attack, and the remaining 200,000 main troops will surprise Dongrong County, and then join us in Zhongrong County. When the time comes, they will retreat and move to the battlefield of Lingrong Mansion. . "

Before Li Yuan and others returned, Chu Junyan sneered:

"The alliance of the four major forces cannot be a whole. If we put all our main forces in Zhongrong County, the three forces of Ximen Family, Zhongyi Hall, and Wang Family will not allow them to face our main force, leaving Lieyan Sect behind. !”

"In the end, they can only put all their main battlefield forces in Zhongrong County and have a real battle. Who wins and who loses? The victory will be determined in one battle!"

"Ahem, what, General Chu, your strategy is very good, but I am a little unsure about the situation in Dongrong County, especially the Wang family's branch in Dongrong County. If you want to occupy Dongrong in the shortest time, The county meets them in Zhongrong County, I am afraid there will be some difficulties and the opportunity will be delayed."

Li Yuan looked annoyed, feeling ashamed for not thinking of Chu Junyan's plan.

"It doesn't matter, you don't have the information about Dongrong County, I do!"

Chu Qingyan raised her head and said proudly, "When we enter Lingrong County, I have already understood the situation of each county in Lingrong County clearly, especially the Wang family. The Wang family does not have many strong men stationed in Dongrong County. With your strength, you can... The battle is resolved!”

"That would be great. If the princess's information is accurate, I will immediately send troops to attack Dongrong County. Within a day, I can capture Dongrong County and join you in Zhongrong County."

Li Yuan looked excited, and Jia Xu next to him smiled.

Yuwen Chengdu in the back raised his eyebrows slightly, because before he came, His Highness had already sent Zhong Lizhen to lead an army to the border of Lingyuan Prefecture, and the target was Dongrong County!