Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 553: King Chong Wants an Alliance
Chongzhou, Chongwang Palace.

Prince Chong Chu Yan stood under the rockery, gazing out, while Gongsun Yan on his left, wearing light armor, stood by with his hands hanging down.

On the right side of Chu Yan was a man wearing a dark blue brocade robe. This man was Liang Song, the former prefect of Yuzhou and Liang Xue's father.

He was already a disabled man, but after returning to Hexi, he was hired by Chu Yan as the chief clerk of the royal palace.

Behind Chu Yan, a man dressed as a servant, with his hands clasped and his back bent, was reporting the latest situation outside.

After listening to this, Chu Yan snorted coldly, with a bad look on his face, and said, "This Duke Anguo has been very proud of himself recently."

"I really didn't expect that Yue Ruyan, after all, is a descendant of the royal family of Nanyue Kingdom and a warrior at the supernatural level, would actually become the concubine of Chen the thief." Gongsun Yan said.

At this moment, Gongsun Yan felt like he was eating sour grapes.

In fact, no one knew that when Gongsun Yan was sent by King Chong to reinforce Longyou, he also fought side by side with Yue Ruyan for more than a year, and he had some romantic thoughts about such a brave and beautiful female general.

In fact, the soldiers in the army are under great pressure. In addition, the barracks are relatively closed and women are rarely seen. Even a sow can be as beautiful as Diao Chan. The hormones that have nowhere to go will naturally give rise to Gongsun Yan's feelings for Yue Ruyan.

To be honest, that day Gongsun Yan wanted to take Yue Ruyan and the others back to Chongzhou, and he also had the idea of ​​being the first to get the moon because he was close to the water.

After all, one has to bow his head when under someone's roof. When Yue Ruyan becomes attached to King Chong, he, as the number one general under King Chong, will have a good chance of winning her heart.

Besides, he still has the favor of helping Yue Ruyan.

Liang Song was naturally angry at the man who had taken his wife and daughter. Even though more than three years had passed, he had never forgotten his hatred, but had learned to suppress it and hide it. Seeing King Chong frowning, he couldn't help but think about it and said:

"Your Highness, now Chen Mo controls the entire north, and the rich lands of Huai, Jiangdong, and Jiangnan in the south. He is also allied with Yang Xian of Shu Prefecture. His power is much greater than that of Xu Guozhong. If he uses the talents selected by the imperial examination to control the entire north, then no one in the world will be his opponent. He will certainly covet the southern regions and threaten Your Highness.

If the prince wants to achieve his wish, he must eliminate this great enemy as soon as possible."

King Chong's eyes darkened for a moment. How could he not know this? He said, "I know, but with my current strength, how can I compete with him?"

Liang Song said: "Your Majesty, the only solution now is to form an alliance with the princes of various places, put aside the previous grudges and unhappiness, join forces to fight against Chen, and keep each other warm.

"What Liang Zhubo said is right, Your Majesty. The lips and teeth are interdependent. The Prince of Huai has been defeated, Jin Xia has retreated, and the Chen bandits are ambitious. The next step will definitely be to target Your Majesty. Since the Prince of Anping allowed the Prince of Huai to come to Chongzhou, it is obvious that he is thinking of their royal relationship. If Your Majesty explains the pros and cons to him, you will definitely be able to win him over to fight against the Chen bandits together." Gongsun Yan said.

This is not because Yue Ruyan became Chen Mo's concubine that he said this, but because in the current situation, Chen Mo's family has become big, and if he wants to gain a living space, he must fight against them.

Unless King Chong submits to Chen Mo.

In other words, even if he knew that he was no match for Chen Mo, he had to fight him now. If he waited until Chen Mo completely controlled the entire north, then he would have the entire north to supply him with a steady stream of blood transfusions, and he would not be able to lose even if he wanted to.

"Brother Yan, we can't let him go on like this. I just received news that the four states of Qing, Yu, Lin, and Huai are recruiting soldiers. Chen Mo has also arrived in Huaizhou. It's obvious that he's coming for my Fengzhou."

At this moment, Prince Huai ignored the obstruction of the housekeeper of Prince Chong's mansion and walked over with an anxious look on his face. When Prince Huai first joined Prince Chong, he had been urging Prince Chong to send troops to Huaizhou, but Prince Chong refused because it was too cold. After that, whenever Prince Huai proposed to send troops to attack Chen Mo, Prince Chong refused with various reasons, and he obviously didn't dare to meet Chen Mo.

"Your Highness, I cannot stop Prince Huai." The housekeeper looked embarrassed.

Prince Chong frowned, waved his hand and asked the butler to go first, saying: "Fourth brother, didn't I tell you that this matter cannot be rushed, it's not the right time yet."

"If we wait any longer, there will never be a chance. I just kept delaying. If I had attacked him when he raided Linzhou and not given him time to grow, I wouldn't have ended up like this today." King Huai said.

Hearing this, King Chong was quite disdainful in his heart. Was that caused by procrastination?

At that time, you had just defeated the Tianshi Army and still controlled Huaizhou. If you had called me to join you, Huaizhou would not have been lost.

It was because you were so confident at that time that you didn't want me to have a share of the profits.

Okay, even if you don't want me to take advantage.

At least there is no need to cross the river from Fengzhou to attack Qingzhou. Instead, we can directly concentrate our forces to cross the river from Huaizhou to attack Linzhou. Can Chen Mo stop them?

With so many opportunities to win, you chose to lose.

Fortunately, Prince Huai did not know Prince Chong’s thoughts, otherwise he would have to defend himself. How could I know that Liu Ji would betray me, how could I know that the Wu family would marry Chen Mo, how could I know that Chen Mo dared to attack Huaizhou, how could I know that Chen Mo was a warrior in the realm of supernatural powers, how could I know that Liang Xuan would be killed by Chen Mo?
Chu Yan was silent for a moment, and said: "Even if I send troops to attack Chen Mo, I have to pass through Uncle Wang's territory, but why would Uncle Wang let me pass through? Fourth brother, you know Uncle Wang well."

The uncle king that Chu Yan mentioned is King Anping.

Prince Anping was used to being a coward, so he dared to send Prince Huai to Chongzhou, but he absolutely did not dare to let Prince Chong's army attack Chen Mo from Yanzhou, because anyone with a discerning eye would know that he had joined forces with Prince Chong to attack Chen Mo together.

Even Prince Chong could imagine that even if he followed Gongsun Yan's advice and explained the pros and cons to Prince Anping, the latter would not dare to form an alliance with him.

"Uncle Wang is a bully who only bullies the weak and fears the strong. At that time, Xu Guozhong was also powerful, and Uncle Wang did not dare to provoke him. But when I united with the princes to defend the king, Uncle Wang sent troops anyway." Prince Huai pondered for a while and said, "As long as you make a big splash, Uncle Wang will be fine."

King Chong frowned and asked in confusion, "How can we make such a big noise?"

Prince Huai was silent for a while, and according to the suggestion made by Diwu Fusheng before he came, he said: "We can cooperate with Lu Sheng. There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. Chen Mo is now powerful, and Lu Sheng will also feel threatened. As long as Yandi can unite with Lu Sheng, when Uncle Wang learns the news, he will definitely join in."

Moreover, the one who was loyal to the king at that time was Xu Guozhong, not Lu Sheng.

"Lu Sheng."

Hearing this, King Chong fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)