Plan to cut off the nine states

Archmage Liu Jiuzhuan really narrowly escaped death. Under the inspiration of "The Coming King", he dragged his decayed body to the battlefield, which greatly boosted the morale of the army. However, he did not meet the officers and soldiers, and soon after leaving the city, he fell down - fell His right leg was broken and he rested for several days. Finally, his life was not in danger. However, he could no longer stand up and could only sit on a chair and be carried by others.

This did not affect his status, but instead won him great honor. According to the rumors of the World-born Army, the ancestor king made a slight trip in the sky, tripping the Archmage, with the purpose of letting him stay in the world. However, after ascending to heaven, his divine power suddenly Unfortunately, this trip was not done well and even broke one of the Archmage's legs.

In short, Liu Jiuzhuan's disability is not simple, but a mark left by gods and Buddhas, which can be called "divine disability".

Liu Jiuzhuan readily accepted this statement and developed a habit from then on. Whenever he had trouble talking to others, he would reach out and gently rub his wasted right leg, sighing as if he was enlightened, as if he was receiving a message from heaven. information coming.

This trick has proven successful over and over again, and no one dares to refute the Archmage's reputation.

Only this move did not work well against the Golden Saint. Liu Jiuzhuan had already rubbed the god-dead leg to some pain, but the Golden Saint remained unmoved.

"I am not doing it for myself, but for the ancestor king, for the new king, for all the soldiers who came to the world, especially for the Golden Saint..."

"I am now a general born into the world." Xue Jinyao corrected.

"This is a false title, used by King Wu to fool you."

"My father possessed the King of Wu and came to this world. You saw it with your own eyes. A few days ago, you respected him like a god. Why did you suddenly...change your attitude?"

"It's not sudden at all." Liu Jiuzhuan held down his right leg. There were no outsiders in the room, so he could speak freely. "I have been thinking, why did King Ancestor choose King Wu to possess him? These days, I have been thinking day and night. When I think about it at night, I often have some insights, as if my ancestor is reminding me from heaven..."

"What did you realize?"

"The Ancestor King possesses the King of Wu, not because he admires him, nor because he wants to pass the throne to him. On the contrary, because the King of Wu is a pure mortal, there is no need to worry about accidents with him. I fell down even if the Ancestor King gave him a gentle move If you lose your legs, you will have trouble in the future.”

"There is nothing wrong with King Wu."

"Not now, but there will be in the future. I have figured it out. The ancestor king did not choose the young king and the golden sage... The general who came to the world cares about his children and cannot bear to hurt them."

"Hey." Xue Jinyao sneered.

"That's the truth!" Liu Jiuzhuan firmly believed in his judgment. "Although King Wu was possessed, he had no respect for the ancestor king or the World Army. After seizing power, he never worshiped gods and Buddhas again. He has no respect for us. These mages don't even look at them. He only wants people from the Incarnation Army. Now that there are new people, he has to abandon the old people."

"What new people and old people?"

"The officers and soldiers who surrendered were newcomers. After the King of Wu got the soldiers from Luozhou, he was overjoyed. Everyone felt at home. After finally winning a big victory, the King of Wu did not give the captured soldiers to everyone as slaves, but wanted to reuse them as a way to rely on them. Rumors are that He said that the King of Wu was going to use King Xiangdong, Cao Shenxi and other descendants to replace the descendants of the generals, and kill all of us old people, leaving only ordinary soldiers. Anyone who refuses to obey will be killed. Anyway, he has Luo The state soldiers don’t need the Shichen army.”

"Nonsense." Xue Jinyao scolded, "I will send you to King Wu and you will confront him face to face."

Liu Jiuzhuan kept rubbing his legs and sighed: "Golden Saint is the legitimate daughter of the ancestor, why won't you listen to my bitter words of advice?"

"You are not loyal, but slanderous, trying to sow discord between me and the King of Wu." Xue Jinyao did not correct the title again.

"Why doesn't the Golden Saint understand? King Wu has no 'love' for anyone. He was hunted by the Tiancheng court and had no choice but to defect to the World Army. What was the result? The person who accepted him in the first place was either killed or driven away , but he rose up step by step and seized the power of the entire army. King Zu, King Ning, King Jin, King Shu, and King Wu’s subordinate Meng Silun were all examples. "

"Every king's defeat has its own reasons. As for the ancestor king, he ascended to heaven by himself."

"The ancestor king ascended to heaven by himself, but the person who did it is still unforgivable. Everyone in the city saw it. All the kings were defeated, and only the murderer, King Liang, was still there. If you think about it carefully, when the ancestor king was killed, King Wu may not have been involved. …”

"The one on the left is 'rumor', the other on the right is 'not necessarily', there is no half-truth, and you still claim that you are not the instigator?" Xue Jinyao stopped sternly, unwilling to listen any more.

Liu Jiuzhuan refused to let it go, "The Jingzhou Army is about to arrive, and King Wu has asked the World Army to leave the city to meet the enemy. Isn't this a rumor? This is a clear frame-up."

"I requested to lead the army to meet the enemy. What harm could I do?"

"The Golden Saint asked to go to war, but King Wu didn't even say a polite word. He was clearly eager to make both the Jingshi Army and the Jingzhou Army lose, so that he could reap the benefits. Otherwise, he just got the Luozhou Army, why didn't he let them go to meet him? enemy?"

"Luozhou soldiers first arrived, and the morale of the army was unstable."

"Hey, when King Wu first came to the World Army, he didn't care about whether the morale of the army was stable. In order to fight for him, more of our people died than in the previous dozens of battles combined."

The Avatar Army was "inspired" by the ancestor king and fought bravely to kill the enemy, regardless of life and death. They were willing to do so at the time, but the survivors gradually came up with various ideas afterwards. Especially people like Liu Jiuzhuan, who saw the King of Wu being possessed with their own eyes, were the first to believe it. , was also the first group to become suspicious.

"This is how fighting is, how can there be no death? The Avatar Army has never captured such a large city before, nor has it been surrounded by so many officers and soldiers. Of course, there will be more casualties. What's more, I personally led the troops out of the city at that time, and I didn't Tell them to back off."

Liu Jiuzhuan shook his head in disappointment, "If, I mean if, King Wu really has the intention to send the Incarnation Army out of the city to die, what will happen to Saint Jin? In that case, you will not only kill yourself, but also countless soldiers, not to mention the families in the city. The young king has not yet established himself. Without the protection of Saint Jin, he will not survive for more than three days..."

"Enough! Why don't you 'if' your son wants to kill you and seize your property?"

"My son died a long time ago." Liu Jiuzhuan said in astonishment.

"I believe in King Wu, and you must believe it too. King Wu is determined to rule the world, and his power will become stronger and stronger in the future. The Incarnation Army will naturally become weaker and weaker in it. We rebel to establish a Buddhist country on earth, not to fight for power. King Wu believes in the Incarnation or not. Since the Ancestor King chose him to possess him, Maitreya can choose him as the Buddha King."

"But I have been feeling my legs all the time, it must be the Ancestor King..."

"If your legs hurt, take more medicine, if it doesn't work, cut it off."

Xue Jinyao is not good at speaking, but these words made Liu Jiuzhuan speechless, and he said after a long time "The King of Wu has not even entered the room of Saint Jin these days, and you still trust him so much?"

"I believe he has great ambitions, and it has nothing to do with other things. Liu Jiuzhuan, I respect you for your age and high moral standing, and I will not bother with you. Go back and recuperate, and you don't have to leave the city with me, but watch your mouth and don't say anything nonsense. If I hear you fanning the flames, don't blame me for not thinking of the "old man". It is up to me to promote the teachings of the advent, not others."

Xue Jinyao walked to the door and asked someone to come in and carry Liu Jiuzhuan away. He took his weapons and mounted his horse, ready to go out of the city to fight the Jingzhou army.

In Yecheng, more than a thousand miles away, there were also two people discussing the King of Wu.

Zhang Shiyu, the prince of Jibei City, returned to Yecheng ahead of schedule and escaped a great defeat. After hearing the news, he was furious and came directly to Princess Huanyan, "Lou Chu is so disappointing that he actually did such a treacherous thing!"

"He has changed his surname to Xu." The princess did not show anger.

"The surname has changed, but the nature has not. Alas, I should have realized it earlier. Back in Dongdu, he has been hiding and exploiting, and never told the truth... Only you saw through him and kept saying that he is untrustworthy."

"The King of Wu can be trusted."

"Huh? Why have you become inconsistent?"

"The King of Wu can be trusted, but on the battlefield, he adheres to the principle of 'all is fair in war', so of course he has to use tricks everywhere. You were deceived because you didn't understand the situation."

"You are still speaking for him at this time? The Jizhou army was defeated, and my father has no news in Jingzhou. Your father The fate of relatives is unknown, and Yecheng lacks soldiers and generals. If it is attacked, how can we defend it? Lou Chu... Xu Chu is proud this time, he will definitely send troops to seize the city. Where can we escape to? "

"Escape? Why should we escape?"

"If we don't escape, will we die? Whether Xu Chu is trustworthy or not, he is cruel enough now. If the city is broken, you, me, and my sister will not survive."

"He will not come to Yecheng, and he dare not come."

Zhang Shiyu's expression eased a little, "The princess has been prepared?"

"Well, especially when she knew that my father went to After inviting the general, I stepped up the arrangements. "

Zhang Shiyu showed a happy expression, "What did the princess arrange? Let me know too. The only person in our Yecheng who can compete with Xu Chu is the princess."

"Stop flattering me, I still need your help in my arrangements."

"Just make the arrangements, I'll listen to you."

"The army of He Rong is less than a hundred miles away, you go to meet your father-in-law and greet him."

Zhang Shiyu was surprised, "He Rong's army is clearly in Bingzhou, why did he come here?"

"I sent someone to invite him "I came here and promised to make you the emperor as soon as possible and the daughter of He Rong as the empress."

"I can't be the emperor!"

"Let's talk about this later. Anyway, you go to meet your father-in-law, marry his daughter, and be a peacemaker at the same time."

"Peacemaker?"

"Well, mediate between He Rong and Bingzhou Shen family, let them stop fighting and join forces to go south to Luozhou together?"

"How is this possible?"

"The Shen family wants it. He Rong wants fame and profit, so just give it to them. As long as the country is not lost, everything can be tolerated."

Zhang Shiyu was speechless.

Princess Huanyan continued, "If the King of Jibei can act according to my plan, he can persuade Jingzhou to send troops. Dongdu will have a short respite, but will face siege from three sides. I don't believe he can win again."

"Three sides? Now there are only the Jingzhou army in the south and the He Rong army and Shen family army in the north..."

"There is also the Sheng family's army in the east."

"How can the Sheng family help us attack Dongdu if they defect to Jiangdong?"

"The Liang and Lan families are unpopular in Jiangdong. Although they hold the emperor hostage, they only occupy a stone city. The counties and prefectures pretend to obey and secretly disobey. Seeing that their situation will not last long, the Sheng family sent people to Yecheng to seek peace. I accepted and promised your sister to the Sheng family."

"Which sister?"

"Shi Qing."

"She has married Xu Chu..."

"It's just in name only. The Sheng family doesn't care. As long as you become the emperor, they will be happy to accept this marriage and move to Yecheng."

"I... I really can't do it. If you cooperate, the princess will use our family to win over the heroes."

Princess Huanyan showed determination, "The price I paid will not be less than your family. You will know it later."

"Just to make me the emperor?"

Princess Huanyan glanced at Zhang Shiyu and said coldly: "To defeat him."

"But... do you hate him so much?"

"This is not hatred, this is..." Princess Huanyan didn't know what this was. After a while, she said: "There must be a winner."