Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

Li Shiming began to plan for the future.

And his news soon reached Sima Yi's ears.

Wei State, Qingzhou, the imperial palace.

The sound of the midnight bell penetrated the flickering light of the bronze lampstand, and anxious shadows floated on the twelve black iron screens of the Linzhang Hall in the imperial palace.

King Gaoling Sima Yi tore open his collar with golden python pattern, revealing a hideous scar on his collarbone.

The news from Li Shiming made him hesitant.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor of Tang wants us to be his vanguard!"

General Zhao Kuo, the general of Zhenbei, slammed the secret letter on the bronze table, causing the ice-cracked porcelain cup on the plate to jump up half an inch.

"There are tens of thousands of Chu soldiers stationed in the Yanzhou granary, and General Xu Fang only has 30,000..."

"But if you don't obey the Emperor's orders..."

Prime Minister Chen Lin suddenly interrupted his words and brushed the jade belt around his waist with his pale fingers.

The new prime minister's eyes swept across the bronze eagle specimen on the corner of the palace - it was a gift from Li Shiming for the autumn hunt last year, and at this moment it was glowing with a cold green light in the candlelight.

The muffled thunder before the rainstorm rolled over the glazed tiles, and Sima Yi suddenly grabbed the gilded wine jar on the table and smashed it at the map.

The amber liquor flowed down along the Chinese characters for "Yanzhou", soaking through the cinnabar marks marking the Chu army's deployment:

"Do you think this king is willing?"

He turned to look at a person in the train and said in a deep voice, "Minister of Rites!"

Minister of Rites Cui Wenyuan hurried out, the agate beads hanging from both sides of his official hat jingling loudly:

"Reporting to the king, the Nine Dragon Crown for the coronation ceremony has been inlaid with oriental pearls, and the bronze tripod for offering sacrifices to the heavens..."

"Who asked you that?"

Sima Yi kicked over the gilded charcoal basin, and the flying sparks burned several black holes on Cui Wenyuan's purple robe.

"If I anger Li Shiming, can I still stand on the altar alive?"

Chen Lin suddenly knelt down and took three steps, and his black official robe left a winding water mark on the blue bricks.

"Your Majesty, this matter really cannot anger the Tang Emperor, otherwise he will definitely not send an envoy to attend your coronation ceremony."

Chen Lin knew that what Sima Yi cared about most was the coronation ceremony.

"Now that the 50,000 naval forces of Jin have been completely wiped out, the Chu army is in high spirits. If we can't put pressure on them, if they even defeat the Tang army, then Jin will fall into their hands!"

"Once Jin falls, there is no doubt that the next target will be our Wei."

"So, this time we must fight the Chu army and hold back their troops in Yanzhou!"

"This war is not for the sake of Jin, nor for the face of Emperor Tang, but for the sake of our Wei State itself."

After these words were spoken, all the ministers fell silent.

He is not a fool. How could he not know that after Chu Ning takes over Jin State, they will be the next.

If the State of Chu is allowed to take over the State of Jin without any effort, they will be the next State of Jin!

Sitting in the main seat, Sima Yi's face became extremely gloomy when he heard this.

He stood up suddenly, and with a wave of his sleeves, he extinguished several lights in the hall.

"Chu Ning wants to take over Jin so easily? Impossible!"

"Send a message to Xu Fang, tell him to send troops to attack the Yanzhou granary immediately and fight the Chu army!"

Chen Lin heaved a sigh of relief and said loudly: "Your Majesty is wise!"

The other ministers looked at each other when they saw this. They knew they could not refuse, and Chen Lin was telling the truth, so they had no reason to object.

All of a sudden, everyone bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Sima Yi nodded slightly and turned to look at the Minister of Rites: "How is the enthronement ceremony going?"

Cui Wenyuan quickly replied: "The dragon robe has been made, and all the necessary items for the ceremony have been prepared. We are just waiting for the day to come."

"very good!"

"This coronation ceremony must be grand!"

Sima Yi waved his sleeves and said loudly: "Tell General Xu Fang that I am waiting for his good news as a gift!"

"Yes!" The ministers responded and then withdrew.

At the same time, the Han Dynasty Emperor Liu Che also received a summons from Li Shiming.

Han Dynasty, Weiyang Palace.

At midnight, the bronze crane lampstand in the Weiyang Palace suddenly burst into flames, startling Liu Che so much that his fingertips trembled and he dropped the gilded memorial with a "bang" onto the jade table painted with a map of the four countries.

Twelve shark silk curtains moved without wind, revealing six important ministers kneeling behind them. The xiezhi embroidered on their official robes were faintly visible in the icy white mist.

"Huo Quji has been holding back the Chu army in Maple Leaf City for more than a month."

Liu Che suddenly threw the handwritten letter from Li Shiming in his hand away and angrily shouted: "Look at the wording of Li Shiming: "If there is no war within three days, the covenant will be invalid!"

"Humph, he clearly wants to use the Chu army to consume our troops!"

The Minister of Finance Qian Qianyi was the first to step out. This old official, who was known for his stinginess, trembled slightly and said:

"Your Majesty is wise! Just to maintain the confrontation of 100,000 troops, 3,000 stones of grain and grass will be consumed every day. If a war really breaks out..."

He counted with his skinny fingers several times in a row: "Enough to rebuild three Weiyang Palaces!"

"I second the proposal!"

The voice of Wang Meng, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, was like a loud bell, and the nine copper rings on his armor jingled with his footsteps.

"The Chu army has not moved its troops in Maple Leaf City yet. They are clearly waiting for us to reveal our weakness!"

His calloused fingers pointed at a certain spot on the map: "Look, fifty miles behind Maple Leaf City is the Broken Soul Valley, where the Qin army was defeated!"

"His Majesty!"

Zhou Yanru, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, suddenly knelt on the ground, took three steps on his knees, and banged his forehead heavily on the blue bricks.

"We must not be fooled by Li Shiming. We should conserve our strength!"

Liu Che suddenly grabbed the plum in the ice jar and smashed it at the map. The bright red juice flowed along the word "Wei" to the edge of the word "Han".

He snorted coldly, raised his eyes and asked, "Does Prime Minister Chen also think so?"

His sinister gaze suddenly pierced the purple-robed figure in the shadows.

Prime Minister Chen Pin walked out slowly from behind the pearl curtain of the twelve-tassel crown, the ivory tablet in his hand showing fine cracks in the candlelight:

"Your Majesty, if the Chu army takes over Jin, the next target will definitely be Wei!"

"With the current military power of Wei, it would be good if they can hold out for a year. By then, the next target of the Chu army will be our Han Dynasty!"

"Why don't we take advantage of this Tang Dynasty's dispatch of troops to consume the Chu army's troops in Maple Leaf City and create trouble for the Chu army!"

"Otherwise, if the Chu army wins, it will ultimately be disadvantageous to our dynasty."

As soon as this was said, the scene was completely silent.

a long time.

Liu Che stood up suddenly, and the twelve jade strings hit the bronze lampstand with a clanging sound.

He looked outside the palace, a look of determination flashing in his eyes: "Send an order to Huo Quji! Lead the army to attack Maple Leaf City immediately!"

"We must make the Chu army feel the pressure to prevent them from secretly transferring troops to Jin."

"Also, tell King Gaoling Sima Yi my decision!"

It would be impossible for him to fight against the State of Chu alone, so he must ask Sima Yi to join the war as well.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Chen Pin breathed a sigh of relief, bowed and retreated.

The war is about to break out!