. In Anping City, Long Shouren held a banquet to entertain messengers from Long Shouyi. Originally, he had no hope for Long Shouyi, but to his surprise, Long Shouyi actually sent reinforcements. In order to show his sincerity, he also sent his son Long Yunping to lead the team himself. Of course, this is nothing to Long Shouren. Isn’t it just one son? Long Shouyi has twenty-one, so he doesn’t care about this at all.

However, since he has come, in order to fulfill his friendship with the landlord, Long Shouren asked his son Long Yunfei to be in charge of the reception after he personally met Long Yunping once. Because he still has a lot to do.

In order to fight against the fierce Feng Yang army, Long Shouren can be said to have mobilized all the powers that he can use, including the power of aristocratic families that he has always distrustled. In Aolong, although the aristocratic family has always kept a low profile under the suppression of previous emperors, each aristocratic family is privately armed by its own family. At least hundreds to thousands, and the huge aristocratic family has more than ten thousand people. For example, Murong Yu, who married Ye Kaihuai as his wife, the Murong family where she lives belongs to a huge aristocratic family, with the total number of people in the Flame Knights. However, as Feng Yangling and Ye Kaihuai's water rise, most of the power of the Murong family has been transferred to Feng Yangling, and those who stay in Aolong are just some people ordered to stay and guard their ancestors.

What Long Shouren wants to win is the other three families, Ximen, Dongfang and Nangong, which are known as the fourth Aolong family, together with the Murong family, namely Ximen, Dongfang and Nangong. As long as they can obtain the support of these three families, Long Shouren's power will make a huge progress in both economic and military matters. However, for aristocratic families, the interests of the family are always ranked first. If you talk to them about loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, it is purely playing the piano against a cow. Only interests can make these guys feel moved.

After a series of bargaining, the three major families finally agreed to Long Shouren's request to send troops to fight Feng Yangling. However, in exchange for the consent of the three major families, Long Shouren also paid a certain price. He ignored the bans of previous emperors and agreed to the aristocratic families' request that they could recruit soldiers.

In response, Wen Rui and Maris jointly opposed this, saying that this was a way to cause chaos. However, Long Shouren insisted on his own and did not completely obey the opinions of Wen Rui and Maris. He just agreed to change the aristocratic family to only double the original strength of the original force. Regarding Long Shouren's compromise, Wen Rui and Maris had no other way except to shake their heads and smile. As the throne sat on longer and longer, Long Shouren became more and more stubborn and no longer wanted to obey his own words like before.

Looking helplessly at the joyful appearance of the negotiators of the aristocratic family, Wen Rui and Maris smiled bitterly at the same time, worried about the future fate of the empire. Now there is Feng Yangjun outside and there is a family inside. In addition, their own monarch Long Shouren is disobedient and stubborn. In the long run, the empire's defeat will be a matter of time sooner or later. However, Wen Rui and Maris are both people who cherish their lives. Although they understand in their hearts, they only want to attack Long Shouren indirectly and dare not point it out in person.

"Wen Aiqing, it seems you have something to worry about?" Long Shouren looked at Wen Rui and asked.

"Thank you for your concern. I am just thinking about the Feng Yang army that has been in Weiyuan for almost a month. Is it going to start to take action soon?" Wen Rui replied quickly.

"Yes, as long as you win Long Shouren's army, the so-called anti-Ye coalition forces will have no meaning. Maybe those aristocratic families will help us deal with Long Shouren's army in order to gain our favor."

"But even if he only deals with Long Shouren's army, his army is no longer a small number. After all, except for all other miscellaneous soldiers, Long Shouren actually still has more than 100,000 elite soldiers."

"I know, Xuanwu Legion. So I had already sent a letter to Wohu Fort a few days ago, asking my second uncle Ye Zhan to send troops to help the battle. Calculate the time and you should be able to arrive in two days."

"Tiger Roar vs. Xuanwu. I heard that these two legions have not been dealt with since the beginning. This time, there will be a good show." Long Xingyun suddenly said with some gossip.

"Yes. I heard that my second aunt was originally the fiancee of Deng Tong, the commander of the Xuanwu Legion, but somehow, she was married into the door by my second uncle. It would be strange if you say that their relationship can be better." Ye Kaihuai said in the same gossip.

"Oh, there is something like this here." Long Xingyun said excitedly.

"Well, two, are you talking about it a bit off topic?" Pang Yi, who was next to him, coughed lightly, reminding the two who were showing great interest in Ye Zhan's romantic history.

Ye Kaihuai and Long Xingyun were stunned at the same time, and then smiled awkwardly. Ye Kaihuai scratched his head and continued to talk to the truth: "So, the anti-Ye coalition formed by Long Shouren is not terrible in my eyes. In terms of the number of people, after the Tiger Roar Legion arrives, our number is not much smaller than that of Long Shouren. What I am thinking now is whether to go further after we defeat Long Shouren, cross the Langcang River and attack Long Shouyi."

"Of course I'll hit it." Long Xingyun replied without hesitation.

"Sir, are you worried that the rear will be unstable?" Pang Yi asked.

"Well. I often hear people say that you have to eat one bite at a time, and the road needs to be taken step by step. And you can't take too much steps when walking, as it's easy to pull the eggs."

"Sir, your second half is purely redundant." Pang Yi said to Ye Kaihuai with a black thread.

Long Xingyun, who had long been accustomed to, patted Pang Yi on the shoulder, "It's good if you get used to it. Just think this is the unique style of adults speaking."

"...Xingyun, were you praising me just now?" Ye Kaihuai thought for a while and asked Long Xingyun uncertainly.

"...You just listen to it as praising you."

Ye Kaihuai, Pang Yi: “…”

After teaching Long Xingyun a lesson, Ye Kaihuai said to Pang Yi: "Now, some people in Fengyang City have proposed the policy of taking every step forward. They suggest that I temporarily stop attacking the Aolong Empire and first digest what has been swallowed. After digesting it, I will eat one."

"Sir, you must be quite old, right?" Pang Yi asked.

"How do you know? Yes, this idea was indeed proposed by Zou Man."

"Young people who are full of mature and steady opinions cannot express such passionate opinions, or they are unwilling to express them at all. However, in this situation, such opinions are not good opinions."

"What's your opinion?"

"It is best to attack the edge of Langcang River and face the river across from Long Shouyi on the south bank. Only in this way can we calmly digest what we have already eaten, without worrying about two people suddenly popping up when we digest. At that time, let the navy separate part of the control of the Langcang River, so that the initiative of the attack will be in our hands. Fight whenever we want."

"This idea is good. What do you think of Xingyun?" Ye Kaihuai nodded and asked Long Xingyun beside him.

"Good idea. But I think it's a bit early to say this now. I'm a very practical person. I think we'd better solve the anti-Ye coalition forces in front of us first, and then consider the next step to be more practical."

Ye Kaihuai scratched his head when he heard this, rolled his eyes and retorted: "I'm called preparing for the future."

"Take you down. Kill Long Shouren first is the most important thing for us at the moment. We should not consider the rest for the time being."

"With Hughes and the others here, I believe they will not disappoint me."

"...Are you going to let them command this time?"

"Yes. If I don't let them command, why should I let them be the commander of the legion?" Ye Kaihuai replied naturally.

"If something goes wrong in such a battle..." Long Xingyun said with some concern.

"It's okay, I believe them."

“…I believe in their abilities, too, but…”

"No, Xingyun, look longer-term, we actually put our goal on the road to grace. Then we must cultivate Hughes and the others as soon as possible into people who can stand alone. Even if this war is unfavorable, we don't have to worry. At worst, we can retreat to Feng Yang and accumulate strength to make a comeback. To be honest, the scale of our current battle is simply incomparable to future battles. Instead of letting them make mistakes that Feng Yang can't bear in the future, it's better to make all the mistakes that may be made in the future."

"Since you said that, I won't say anything else. But in this way, we won't have to be logistics soldiers this time. Hughes and the others need exercise, and we also need exercise."

"Don't worry about this, I've already thought about it. Our task will be the most difficult. When Hughes and the others come, you will know when I tell them the battle plan this time." Ye Kaihuai kept Long Xingyun in a silence.

When Hughes and others came to report, Ye Kaihuai smiled and told everyone about his combat plan. When everyone was waiting for him, Ye Kaihuai to use his body as bait and Yin Long Shouren rushed to attack Weiyuan City, everyone unanimously opposed Ye Kaihuai's decision.

"Except me, who among you can let Long Shouren knows it's a plan, but he can't help but send troops to cause trouble for me." Ye Kaihuai asked Hughes and others with a serene remark.

"But this is really too risky. You sent us all out, but you stayed here as bait. Otherwise, let me stay in Weiyuan in your name, and you take the army to another place." Deer suggested to Ye Kaihuai.

"No, no. This Weiyuan people are too talkative, and if you are not careful, all your efforts will be wasted. And to prove that I am in Weiyuan, I will appear on the streets of Weiyuan from time to time. Can you do it? If you want to replace me, you must have to hide in the mansion and not see guests. But in this way, it will definitely cause doubts from the counselors under Long Shouren that Wen Rui and your father Maris are not easy to fool. And I heard that there is another person named Yin next to Long Shouren, who is also a smart person. Instead of pretending to let others see it, it is better to come to the real thing. I am in Weiyuan, and there are not many troops around, and I want to take my head. Just come and take it as long as you have the ability."

"What are we going to do?" Hughes asked.

"Your mission is very important. If you achieve it, your reputation will definitely spread to all countries in the mainland."

"What mission?"

"…Catch Anping and confiscate the old guy Long Shouren's nest."

"This task is very difficult." Hughes replied after thinking about it.

"Of course, if it's not difficult, I can do it by sending someone at will. Why do you need to find you? At that time, Hughes will divide the troops into four groups, conquering cities and plundering the land along the way, and directly taking Anping."

"If Long Shouren returns to Anping when we attack..." Dier said.

"He won't." Ye Kaihuai said affirmatively.

"Why?" Dier asked.

"Because Long Shouren is a very conceited person. Although such a person is respectful on the surface, he is actually very self-centered. Apart from believing in himself, he will never believe others' words. This can be seen when dealing with the aristocratic family. This time he cooperated with the aristocratic family. Wen Rui and Maris once tried their best to oppose it, but in the end, Long Shouren still did his own thing and insisted on reaching cooperation with the aristocratic family. The upper limit of the aristocratic family was relaxed and the aristocratic family was allowed to send family children to the court without restrictions. It is still hard to say that after a while, his court was still surnamed Long."

"Since that's the case, why don't we wait for a while?" Chen Siliu suggested softly from the side.

"No, my purpose this time was to use Long Shouren to attack the power of the aristocratic families in Aolong. You can believe that this time, there are 100,000 people composed of family private soldiers sent by various aristocratic families. After a hundred years of cultivation and restoration, the aristocratic families within Aolong are now large. I don't want a force to restrain them when unifying Aolong in the future."

"But it's too risky to let you take the bait."

"There is no way. Only when I am in Weiyuan will Long Shouren refuse to listen to his advisers and insist on bringing troops to Weiyuan; only when I am in Weiyuan will Long Shouren think that your attack on his territory will be to surround Wei and save Zhao; only when I am in Weiyuan will the resistance you will be to attack will be the least."

"But 20,000 people rely on the lord's hands alone..."

"Who told you that there are 20,000 people? Ye Leiting from the Tiger Roar Legion is leading the Tiger Roar Legion here at this time. I believe that it will take less than two days to reach Weiyuan City. Remember. In the next battle, the sooner I will win Anping, the sooner I can escape from danger."

"...If this happens, I suggest that the four troops be changed to two in the Ming Dynasty. The remaining two troops hide their whereabouts, sneak out of Anping City quietly, and unexpectedly take Anping." Li San thought about it and suggested.
Chapter completed!