"What do you mean by this?" Emperor Mingwen frowned, he didn't understand the meaning.

Chu Yunning pointed to the southern end of the map: "We are surrounded by the Three Kingdoms. The deposed prince united the three countries to attack us and reached a consensus in private. Yunlan will not consider it for the time being, but Xihai and Dongling have not withdrawn their troops."

"We're just waiting for someone to make the first move. We're not familiar with the terrain. Once we make a move, there will definitely be gaps in the rear. I'm worried that someone will pursue us from behind. If we don't try our best, we may not be able to win."

Emperor Mingwen stared at the map closely. Being reminded like this, a chill suddenly ran down his spine.

"What An Ning means is that Dongling is just a bait, deliberately attracting us to take the bait and distracting us!"

"Yes!" Chu Yunning nodded and added, "If Yangcheng is defeated without a fight, leaving the city empty for us may not be a good thing."

There are hundreds of miles between Yangcheng and the southern border, which is equivalent to dividing the complete military force into two parts.

If Yangcheng is attacked, people from the border city will not be able to get through for a while.

Similarly, when the border city was attacked, Yangcheng had no choice but to rush there first.

"Someone was playing chess, a very big game, and we fell into it without even realizing it."

The more Chu Yunning thought about it, the more he became afraid: "It stands to reason that Prince Nancheng has been refusing to return with his troops, so Emperor Dongling should have sent troops to seize them, but Emperor Dongling sent Chen Bi's father instead, and Chen Bi could fight between the two."

It’s so weird that countries can come and go freely between countries.”

I didn't think about it at first, but now Chu Yunning has come to think about it.

Chen Bi's father was just a cover, and Emperor Dongling didn't even think about confiscating it, it was just a show.

Otherwise, what is the difference between the behavior of Chen Bi's father and the prince of Nancheng?

Aren’t they all leading troops but not returning?

Emperor Mingwen took a deep breath: "The three countries have reached an agreement to attack the southern end. The only thing that has not reached an agreement is whoever goes first, they all want to pick up what is ready."

"right!"

"Even the Western Sea Marriage is fake!"

Emperor Mingwen was suddenly angry, and there was a rage in his heart, and he was being fooled around.

Chu Yunning's face tightened: "Our military strength is definitely more than enough to deal with one country. If the three countries unite, they will definitely suffer."

Emperor Mingwen frowned.

The two of them looked at the map. After a long time, Chu Yunning suddenly said: "Let's abandon Yangcheng and retreat to the border city first. The border city is easy to defend but difficult to attack. We must protect the base first and then make plans for the rest."

Emperor Mingwen made a decisive decision and prepared to retreat to the border town.

No one understands why they should give up when they have already won.

"That's enough. I've made my mind up. There's no need to say anything more."

Half an hour later, everyone was ready to go and rushed all the way to the border town, returning to the southern realm again.

"From now on, we will dispatch 10,000 soldiers and horses and start patrolling along the border town three times a day. Any suspicious people must be arrested. If the local magistrate does not cooperate, he will kill the whole family and will not tolerate it!" Chu Yun

Ning suggested.

Be ruthless when necessary!

Emperor Mingwen nodded in agreement.

"Send another 10,000 people to see the casualties in the villages. No matter men, women, old or young, they can seek refuge in the border town. We must accept them."

Many of the soldiers in the army are children of ordinary people, and some are from border towns.

It is very likely that there are still close relatives in those villages that were burned down.

Therefore, the most important thing at this juncture is to appease people's hearts.

"Just use the one hundred thousand taels of gold from the deposed prince as a pension, and tell the brothers not to rush for revenge. Nanduan will not forget every innocent person, so cheer up!"

Chu Yunning suggested to Emperor Mingwen that these people were deliberately provocative and constantly irritating Nanduan, so that the troops in Nanduan would be excited and take some drastic actions.

Emperor Mingwen turned to give instructions to several lieutenants.

After five hours of driving, we soon arrived at the border town.

As expected, all the soldiers were very angry and wanted to immediately go to the opponent with their swords in hand.

Under the comfort of several lieutenants, everyone's emotions slowly calmed down.

Inside the camp, Emperor Mingwen looked at Chu Yunning: "When did you realize something was wrong?"

"Donngling shouldn't have hurt innocent people this time and went to grab food. It seemed a bit deliberate."

Shen Bi had long followed Nan Duan's example. Prince Nancheng's subordinates also used greenhouses to grow vegetables. The land he occupied was very fertile.

So there is no food shortage yet.

They killed people, set fire, and blew up the entire village. It was clear that they deliberately aroused public anger and forced Nanduan to attack Dongling.

The purpose is too obvious.

In addition, Shen Bi kept saying that Prince Nancheng would definitely become emperor.

Chu Yunning had to think more. If he really wanted to be emperor, would he start an uprising?

It's better to follow God's will and take it step by step. Sooner or later, that position will be his.

Chu Yunning bit her lip and thought for a while: "I just have a strong intuition, these are all guesses."

Emperor Mingwen was silent: "Some things should not be taken carelessly. If you want to confirm whether it is true, just verify it."

"How to verify?" Chu Yunning raised an eyebrow.

"beat!"

On the way back, Emperor Mingwen had already thought about it.

It’s time to close the Huilu line.

...

aventurine

Prince Nancheng looked at the large amount of food confiscated.

There are also some pots and pans, and worn-out cotton-padded jackets and bedding, with some patches on them, which have been mended one after another.

Seeing this, Prince Nancheng felt a little uncomfortable.

"What is the prince thinking?" Shen Bi changed from the past gloom and stood beside him wearing a thick white cloak.

Following his line of sight, Shen Bi sighed: "Your Majesty, no one is immortal in a war. Once this battle is over, everything will return to normal."

Prince Nancheng pursed his lips, sighed, and said, "If this is the price for winning the war, it would be too cruel."

"The prince has a kind heart, but if we don't fight this war, more innocent people will be displaced. Now we must have a wise master to end this troubled times."

Shen Bi gently put his hand on the shoulder of Prince Nancheng and comforted him softly: "War is so cruel..."

"But what's wrong with these people? They just want to live quietly."

The prince of Nancheng couldn't bear it. This was completely different from the killing on the battlefield.

These people are powerless and should not have to suffer this.

Shen Bi pulled the Crown Prince of Nancheng back, not letting him continue to look, while comforting him: "We have no other way out now. The Crown Prince cannot be soft-hearted. We have so many soldiers waiting for you to take charge. There are thousands of them."

Thousands of families are waiting to go back."

Prince Nancheng took a deep breath: "Well, that's all we can do."

Half an hour later, a guard handed Shen Bi a letter.

The letter contains six words: The person is dead, the Lord is at ease.

Shen Bi smiled and put the letter on the flame to burn.

From then on, she was the only one left in the world, Shen Bi.

The only one who can accompany Prince Nancheng is himself.

"It's well done. This matter must not be made public."

"yes!"

Shen Bi came to visit the Crown Prince of Nancheng with a tonic soup in hand, and someone happened to be reporting something inside.

"The Southern Emperor gave up Yangcheng and returned to the border town. He also gave out one hundred thousand taels of gold to appease people's hearts..."

After saying this, Shen Bi's face became a little ugly: "Did someone leak the news? How could they return to the border town for no reason?"

Didn't they just go back to visit the greenhouse ten days ago?

This is not right!

Could it be that Chu Yunning was a god, that he was able to avoid it in advance.

The three countries have united and gathered hundreds of thousands of people to prepare for a surprise attack on the border town.

Prince Nancheng was not surprised at all: "The southern end is not something anyone can calculate. We should be more cautious."

His original intention was not to fight, but to guard the border.
To be continued...