General Mu immediately summoned all the civil and military generals in the city to the General Military Mansion to listen to orders. At the same time, he went east to the Chu army garrison and invited General Chen Chaoyun to come to discuss matters.

After a while, Chen Chaoyun arrived and went into the mansion to see Commander Mu: "Chen Chaoyun heard Commander Mu summoned him and came to see him quickly. I wonder what Mr. Mu's orders are?"

"Excuse me, General Chen. I have something important to discuss with you." Mu Tianju asked Chen Chaoyun to take a seat and said, "The day before yesterday, King Jingbei was invited to go to Xiamaguan to meet with King Pingxi. He was bound by something important and couldn't get away for a while, eh.

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Mu Tianju hesitated for a moment and continued: "Well, in order to prevent something unexpected from happening in Tongyuan City, Jingbei Wu temporarily handed over all the military power dispatching in Tongyuan City to me." After saying that, he signaled to Zhao Yibiao who was standing aside.

After a moment, Zhao Yibiao immediately stepped forward and showed the jade to General Chen.

Seeing the jade bi, General Chen immediately bowed his head and knelt down to Mu Tian: "The last general Chen Chaoyun will definitely serve General Mu as his leader. In everything, we must obey General Mu's command and do not dare to make any mistakes."

"General Chen, please get up." Mu Tianju hurriedly helped Chen Chaoyun up, "To be honest with General Chen, the imperial court has sent troops to march westward and will be approaching the city in the near future. General Chen is invited here today to discuss the city's defense plan. Please also invite

General Chen is generous with his advice."

"The general dare not. Since Mr. Chu has given you the military talisman, he must have made arrangements. The general only needs to obey your orders."

"What you said is true. The King of Chu has made it clear to me about the important issues regarding the defense of the city. General Chen can just act according to the plan." Zhao Yibiao took over the words and said. Then he gave me the defensive strategy given by King Jingbei in prison.

After explaining the arrangements one by one, General Chen went down to arrange and dispatch the troops after receiving the order.

Moreover, King Pingxi was surprised when he heard the news that the imperial army was marching westward. He did not expect it to come so soon. He quickly sent people to spread the news that King Chu Muyun of Jingbei was captured and imprisoned. He did not expect that the imperial army would march westward.

Not only did the army not stop, but they also mobilized more reinforcements from other places. It seems that they will take advantage of this to annihilate the Western Region in one fell swoop.

King Pingxi was as worried as an ant on a hot pot, and military advisor Wang Jianyi came to the palace to offer advice. He said to King Pingxi: "I have always heard that King Chu Muyun of Jingbei is kind and cannot bear the destruction of life in the war. Your Majesty, please advise Chu Muyun.

Yun went to Tongyuan City and led his troops to surrender to the imperial court. The condition is that the imperial court withdraws its troops to ensure the peace of the Western Region."

Wang Jianyi took two steps forward and said with confidence: "General Huang has been fighting in the northern region for more than ten years and is very afraid of the King of Jingbei. If he can defeat the King of Jingbei this time, it will be considered a success."

It's a great achievement, I think he will definitely agree."

King Pingxi heard what he said was reasonable, nodded repeatedly, and then ordered King Jingbei to be taken out of the prison and brought to the Yin'an Hall of the royal palace.

From time to time, King Jingbei was escorted to the palace. King Pingxi hurriedly stepped forward to untie him and give him a seat. He said: "The day before yesterday, I listened to the slander and misunderstood you. Now that I have found out the truth, you are actually a loyal minister of the country.

There is no real intention of betraying the country and seeking glory, it is just me who failed to investigate, and I hope Lord Chu will forgive me!"

Chu Muyun sat on the chair and did not answer. He just picked up the tea cup on the table and drank. After taking a few sips of tea, he put the tea cup on the table and then said to King Pingxi: "In that case, Your Majesty.

Any advice?"

"To be honest, the imperial court heard that you defected to the Western Regions a few days ago and has already sent troops to march westward. General Huang Zhipeng will lead an army of 300,000 and will arrive at Tongyuan City in the near future."

"When soldiers come, we will block it, and when water comes, we make earthen fortresses. I have 20,000 elite soldiers to help the king garrison Tongyuan City. Why should the king be anxious?" Chu Muyun said calmly.

"It's easy to say that the enemy's army is several times larger than ours. How can we resist it? I'm afraid that the people in the ten cities in our western region will be devastated by the war, and their families will be destroyed."

"But now that the matter has come to this, what is the king's countermeasure?" Chu Muyun asked.

"Since this matter happened because of you, I hope that the King of Jingbei will consider the lives and deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in the Western Regions and go to Tongyuan City in person to lead his troops to surrender and persuade the imperial court to withdraw their troops in order to protect our ten thousand people in the Western Regions.

The people in this city have been spared the catastrophe of this war, and the hundreds of thousands of people in our Western Region will be extremely grateful to your Majesty."

After hearing this, Chu Muyun raised his head and laughed: "Your Majesty, what you said is wrong. That kid Huang Zhipeng has always been a bully and afraid of the strong. He must have heard that you have detained me, so he dared to attack rashly. If I go to surrender to him

, he will become even more arrogant and will definitely put the Western Region to death."

"Oh, it seems that King Jingbei knows something about General Huang. According to this, what should we do?"

"Don't worry, King Pingxi. I have my own plan to retreat. I wonder if your Majesty is willing to listen to it?"

"Want to hear the details!"

"I have handed the troop mobilization talisman to Mu Tianju, the commander-in-chief of Tongyuan City, for him to mobilize and deploy defenses. With my Chu family's army here, it is expected that General Huang's army will be helpless. If I personally garrisoned in Tongyuan City, I am afraid that

That old man named Huang will turn around and go back immediately."

"Oh, is General Huang so afraid of you, King Jingbei?" King Pingxi obviously felt a little unbelievable.

"It doesn't matter if you don't believe it, but Your Majesty, you might as well give it a try."

"You want me to let you go back to Tongyuan City?" King Pingxi seemed to have already anticipated King Jingbei's intention.

"That's not necessary. Your Majesty can send someone to hand over my armor and sword to General Mu, and let him wear my armor and my sword and stand on the top of the city to pretend to be himself, and set up my Chu commander's flag on the top of the city. When the enemy sees

In the future, we will definitely defeat ourselves without a fight, but we can keep the source of Tong intact." Chu Muyun said confidently.

"Is this really feasible?" King Pingxi did not expect King Jingbei to say this, and was a little skeptical.

"My lord, there is no joke. If I can't withdraw my troops by then, it won't be too late for your Majesty to take me to surrender to the imperial court." After Chu Muyun finished speaking, he changed the subject and said, "I just have a condition, which is to be broken when the time comes.

After the enemy imperial army besieged me, your Majesty sent me back to Tongyuan City, and allowed me to temporarily station troops in Tongyuan City for a period of time to protect the peace of the Western Region with you."

After King Pingxi heard what King Jingbei said, he turned around and whispered to the military advisor Wang Jianyi for a while, and then he said to King Jingbei: "This is easy to say. As long as we can defeat the enemy, I will give Tongyuan City to you, Brother Chu."

It's absolutely necessary. If you are just bluffing and can't really retreat, then Brother Chu, don't blame me, King Pingxi, for being unkind."

After the two parties reached an agreement, King Pingxi immediately followed King Jingbei's instructions and arranged for people to properly accommodate King Jingbei, entertain him, and treat him as a distinguished guest for a while. He only secretly sent people to monitor him to prevent his escape.

On the afternoon of the third day, the army led by Huang Zhipeng arrived at Tongyuan City in a mighty manner. Looking from a distance, the mighty army was rolling in. It was so dark that the head and tail were not visible. For a while, the dust was flying, covering the sky and the sun. Just now it was back.

At noon, when the sun was shining brightly, it suddenly became dark, creating a desolate scene that made people shudder. It was like dark clouds were pressing down on the city, threatening to destroy it.

The enemy did not attack far outside the city, but moved their army to less than a mile below the city before taking a stand. After the dust and smoke cleared, three cannon shots were suddenly heard, and 4,416 apricot-yellow flags were waved out.

, under the flag foot, eight generals, each with gold armor, silver armor, iron armor, white robe, red robe, and green robe, lined up in front of the formation.

, surrounded by a cloud of banners and banners in the middle, a general stood in front of the formation on a tall horse. It was the hussar general Huang Zhipeng. Behind him, the flag was fluttering, and archers, spearmen, siege soldiers, heavy armored cavalry, etc. were arrayed in sequence.

The shape of the arrangement is very majestic. It is exactly the same: the fierce flags and flags are flying with murderous intent, and the war horses are like dragons.

Here in Tongyuan City, General Mu Tianju was already wearing the silver helmet and plain armor of King Jingbei. Surrounded by all the guards, he climbed the tower with anxiety.

Although the city had been well-defended according to King Jingbei's arrangement, and now he was pretending to be King Jingbei and ascended the city to retreat from the enemy, General Mu was still unsure in his heart. Seeing the dark army below the city, it was enough to lay waste to the small town of Tongyuan.

, my heart was pounding and it was hard to calm down.

Although he had already seen the strict military discipline and high fighting spirit of the Chu family army, and also knew that King Jingbei was good at foresight, he still found it hard to believe that just with the reputation of King Jingbei and the tens of thousands of troops, he could make the imperial court

The army retreated without a fight.
Chapter completed!