The best ring

Both Sun Liang and Wu Fan knew very well why the big families in the city came, and neither of them had the slightest fondness for these wallflowers, so naturally they couldn't see them so happily.

However, there are also many people who have not taken the initiative to see Wu Fan. They still choose to side with Ji Pei. In their hearts, even if Wu Fan is the county magistrate, his status is not as good as that of Ji Pei who has the support of the third prince. Still believe in and support Ji Pei.

"What's the situation like in the refugee camps outside the city?" Wu Fan asked. When he came back from Tianshan, although Wu Fan passed by the refugee camps, he didn't take a closer look because he was in a hurry to come back.

"The situation is very good." Sun Liang said: "In addition to the few before, some people are now taking the initiative to go out of the city to provide disaster relief. The refugees have food, their emotions have stabilized, and most of them are very diligent in doing things, whether it is in the wasteland outside the city. The reclamation, the repair of city defenses, or the dredging of rivers are all going smoothly. "

Because there were so many refugees outside the city, Wu Fan couldn't let them all be engaged in repairing the city's defenses. That would be a waste of labor, so he arranged other things for the refugees to do.

"That's good." Wu Fan nodded and said, "Where is Ji Pei, is there any movement?"

"Not yet." Sun Liang said.

"Keep staring."

"Yes, sir."

Tang San was originally responsible for tracking Ji Pei, but now that Tang San has gone to cooperate with Xu Dashan to find Ran Guang, Sun Liang is now responsible for tracking Ji Pei.

Blackwater Country, Linshui City.

Linshui City is the capital of the Blackwater Kingdom, and its city area is equivalent to Fengyu City in the Nanping Kingdom. In recent years, the Blackwater Kingdom has developed rapidly due to the strong support of the Shuiyue Kingdom. In contrast, the Nanping Kingdom and the Yanfeng Kingdom have developed rapidly in recent years. However, there are occasional frictions, and the relationship is not as harmonious as before. Therefore, the development of the Blackwater Kingdom in recent years has a clear trend of surpassing the Nanping Kingdom.

When one becomes stronger, it will naturally breed some ambitions, and this is the case in Blackwater Country.

In recent years, because the economic and military development has surpassed that of Nanping Kingdom, the inner ambition of the emperor of Blackwater Kingdom has been ready to stir up, and he has repeatedly provoked frictions on the border between the two countries. Shuiyue Kingdom also hopes to see this happen, so it has been They support the Blackwater Country behind the scenes, while the Nanping Country receives limited support from the Yanfeng Country. This also leads to the fact that when there is friction between the two countries, the Blackwater Country profits more, and they plunder a lot from the Nanping Country. population and supplies. Although most of these things were taken away by Shuiyue Kingdom, they could also lose a lot.

This gave Blackwater Country more ideas to invade Nanping Country.

In the last operation, with their cooperation with Shuiyue Kingdom and the help of Nanping Kingdom's moles, they directly killed most of the royal family members of Nanping Kingdom and also had a great advantage on the frontal battlefield. , the people of the Blackwater Kingdom wanted to destroy the Nanping Kingdom in one fell swoop and occupy their land. After all, it was their Blackwater Kingdom, not the Shuiyue Kingdom, that bordered the Nanping Kingdom.

The ambition that the emperor of Blackwater Kingdom has cultivated in recent years is not only to take advantage of Nanping Kingdom, he even wants to break away from the control of Shuiyue Kingdom and develop Blackwater Kingdom into an existence on par with Shuiyue Kingdom. .

The annexation of Nanping Kingdom was his most important step.

However, the Shuiyue Kingdom stopped this action and instead demanded war compensation and paid the puppet. This naturally maximized the benefits for the Shuiyue Kingdom, while the benefits obtained by the Blackwater Kingdom were extremely limited.

This incident made the emperor of the Blackwater Kingdom extremely dissatisfied with the Shuiyue Kingdom, but he could only be dissatisfied in his heart because the strength of their Blackwater Kingdom was far inferior to that of the Shuiyue Kingdom.

Moreover, while being dissatisfied, the emperor of the Blackwater Kingdom was also worried that the Shuiyue Kingdom would see his ambitions. If so, he and his Blackwater Kingdom would be in big trouble.

Fortunately, a huge change took place in Nanping Kingdom immediately. The puppet supported by Shuiyue Kingdom was killed, and a woman came back to the throne, and this woman actually did not take Shuiyue Kingdom seriously at all.

Such behavior naturally angered Shuiyue Kingdom, and it was normal for Shuiyue Kingdom to retaliate. However, because Yanfeng Kingdom immediately expressed its support for Nanping Kingdom, Shuiyue Kingdom did not dare to act rashly. In this case, it would There was an action for the Blackwater Kingdom to send troops to attack the Nanping Kingdom.

Regarding the order of Shuiyue Kingdom, there was no objection in the court of Blackwater Kingdom. Firstly, they did not have much say in what they faced in Shuiyue Kingdom. Even if they objected, it would be useless. Secondly, Shuiyue Kingdom This decision is also in line with the interests of their Blackwater Kingdom. They can gain a lot of benefits from fighting with the Nanping Kingdom.

As for whether it can be won?

The Blackwater Kingdom is not worried. After all, this is not the first time they have fought with the Nanping Kingdom. In the past, they have won more and lost less. Although the relationship between Nanping Kingdom and Yanfeng Kingdom has eased due to unknown circumstances, their Blackwater Kingdom There is also Shuiyue Kingdom behind them, so there is no need to worry about Yanfeng Kingdom at all. Shuiyue Kingdom cannot directly attack Nanping Kingdom, and Yanfeng Kingdom cannot directly attack Blackwater Kingdom.

After appointing Peng Chuan, a veteran with rich fighting experience from the Nanping Kingdom, as the chief general, everyone in the Blackwater Kingdom was waiting for good news from the front line. Even in the court, the emperor and ministers of the Blackwater Kingdom were already discussing how to avoid the water. The Yue Kingdom has gained more benefits from the Nanping Kingdom.

Not long after, news from the front line came back. However, the news that came back was not good news, but bad news that made them feel like the world was falling apart.

Their Blackwater Kingdom was defeated!

And it still failed miserably!

It was a disastrous defeat that was close to the annihilation of the entire army!

Hundreds of thousands of troops set out, but only 40,000 or 50,000 returned!

When they first heard the news, the emperor and ministers of Heishui Kingdom could hardly believe their ears, and even suspected that the news was a trick of Nanping Kingdom and a false news.

But as more and more defeated soldiers returned to the country, the news was slowly confirmed.

They were indeed defeated, and it was indeed a miserable defeat.

In the huge court hall of Heishui Kingdom, from the emperor Qi Feng to the ministers in the hall, no one spoke, all with dark faces, looking at the embarrassed general kneeling in the center of the hall.

"Your Majesty, this is the situation." Under the gaze of everyone, the general trembled and recounted what happened in Shanling Pass.

"Bang!"

Qi Feng slapped the dragon chair under his buttocks heavily, with a gloomy face, and shouted in a rather out-of-control manner: "Asshole! Trash! A bunch of trash!"

The emperor's roar echoed in the huge hall, and the rest of the people kept their mouths shut and lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at the emperor.

Everyone in the hall could fully understand their Majesty's mood at the moment. He had reason to be angry.