Under my order, the entire Qingyang and Jinzhou troops were quickly running and entered a tense pre-war preparation stage. However, the intelligence department brought worrying news. The troops of Yinchuan Prefecture continued to gather in the border area with Guide, and had reached the scale of two divisions. There were also an unknown number of Sithro Empire troops entering the area bordering Yinchuan Prefecture. What are the intentions?

Could it be that Sun Yuanliang really wants to take the blame for the world and join forces with the Xisluo people to invade Guide Mansion? If this is the case, things will be a bit difficult. The Xisluo people and the Yinchuan Mansion's army are not as good as the chaos army, and their combat effectiveness is incomparable. If they really want to fight with my troops, it is probably unpredictable who will win or lose. For the first time, I felt the complexity of my path forward. Although I had many difficulties in the past, I could take the initiative and always find the best solution under complex and changing situations, but the current situation is somewhat inaccurate.

Once Sun Yuanliang's army enters Guide Mansion, I believe that in a short period of time, it will be able to defeat the riots and completely control Guide. If the situation really turns out like that, with the support of the Sisluo people, I am afraid I will have no choice for a while. And if I go to Guide and Bonan according to the original plan, once Sun Yuanliang and the Sisluo people suddenly go south to raid Qingyang, I have no confidence in whether the Third Security Division that has just formed can defend Qingyang. This puts me in a dilemma

In the situation, if the orders of the imperial court are not implemented, it will inevitably greatly affect the reputation I have finally established. Moreover, many ministers in the court who have already complained about me have been given a handle to attack me. If they attack rashly, they may be attacked by enemies from the north. Once Qingyang is lost, all forces around them may fall down and everyone will push them to take advantage of the situation. It can be said that the foundation I have worked hard to establish may be destroyed.

On the one hand, I ordered the intelligence department to continue to do everything possible to collect intelligence, and at the same time, I also called Ling Tianfang to the mansion to see what he thinks about the current situation.

The atmosphere seemed a little dull. It seemed that Ling Tianfang didn't expect that Sun Yuanliang would stand in front of the map for a long time.

"Sir, what do you think of the purpose of Sun Yuanliang's army gathering at the junction of the three palaces?" After a long time, he asked.

I felt that his words mean a lot. After thinking about it, did he have any doubts about Sun Yuanliang's purpose of sending troops? Then what did Sun Yuanliang do to arrange the troops of the two divisions in a remote area?

"Tianfang, do you doubt Sun Yuanliang's intention?" I asked cautiously.

He nodded silently, "What Sun Yuanliang did is indeed suspicious. During the early stage of our confrontation with Luo Beiren, he just sent a division army to pretend to behave. Now he suddenly sent another division army, but he did not enter Guide territory. At both ends of the first rat, I suspect that his real purpose was not to march into Guide."

"What about you?" I was also puzzled by Sun Yuanliang's actions.

"I judged that Sun Yuanliang's intention was to take this opportunity to observe our corresponding actions. If we were worried that he would attack Qingyang and did not dare to send troops rashly, thus wasting time, he could take this opportunity to march into Guide openly. It can also be said that it would be to resolve the people in the fire and fire, so that we could be passive in public opinion. If he really quelled the Guide rebellion, he could also create a fait accompli and let the local gentry elect a person to serve as the city guard. At that time, if we want to solve Sun Yuanliang with our strength, we would probably not be able to accept the reality and swallow this bitter fruit. What's more, attacking Guide will arouse dissatisfaction among the local people."

"How should I deal with it in your opinion?" I was very satisfied with Ling Tianfang's analysis, but I still couldn't think of a better way to deal with it. After all, Sun Yuanliang's two divisions stationed in the border area have always been a huge threat to Qingyang. If Qingyang's threat is not lifted, my army cannot boldly attack Guide.

"The Empire Post has been issued to the whole country, and I believe Yinchuan and Taixuan have also received it. At present, the Lord has taken office as the military and political governor of the Northwest and commanded the military and political affairs of the entire county. The Lord can issue an order to Yinchuan Prefecture, saying that the Xisluo people are active in the border area and want to make plans. In order to ensure the safety of Yinchuan, the Yinchuan Prefecture guards are ordered to return to the headquarters of the city and strengthen their defense. In addition, the Lord can also order Taixuan Prefecture to draw a division in the name of the Military and Political governor of the Northwest County to move westward and put pressure on Sun Yuanliang." Ling Tianfang said this after careful consideration, "Sun Yuanliang has always been cautious, and he can be said to be cunning. He will not be unclear about the abacus of the Sisluo people. He will consider the pros and cons clearly."

Ling Tianfang said it right. Although the Sithro people have close ties with Sun Yuanliang for many years, the two sides actually use each other's interdependent relationship. The Sithro people want to swallow Yinchuan Mansion at all times, but under Sun Yuanliang's management, Yinchuan Mansion is like an iron barrel, and has three elite security forces. The Sithro people are also quite concerned. If they force Sun Yuanliang to be anxious, he will be cruel and re-enter the empire. The Sithro people will lose one foot that has stepped into the empire's heart. That will be a loss. Without absolute certainty, the Sithro people are unwilling to take this risk.

Sun Yuanliang also knew his current situation. Although the empire had recognized his dominance over Yinchuan Prefecture on the surface, he tried every means to regain actual control. Faced with the pressure of the empire, he had to use the power of the empire's old enemy, the Sithro people, to compete with the empire. On the one hand, he also tried his best to make good friends with the empire on the surface and prevent the empire from finding excuses to attack. At the same time, he also secretly told the empire's senior management that once the empire had other adverse actions against Yinchuan, he had to consider turning to the Sithro people in full, even if he was a traitor who sold the country and seeks prosperity, he would do whatever he wanted, forcing the empire not to press too much. He also cleverly used the balance between the empire and the Sithro people, so that his own power not only did not collapse between the two major forces for more than ten years, but also as stable as Mount Tai.

"But the Sixth Prince has not arrived yet, and the seal of my Northwest County Military and Political Governor is still there." After untiing this knot, I felt relieved immediately. The rest were all the minor problems that were much easier to solve.

"How can those who accomplish great things be careful about the trivial matters? Just order the craftsmen on the street to do one. Anyway, no one has seen the true appearance of this thing now." Ling Tianfang replied with a smile.

After receiving the emergency secret letter from the messenger of Qingyang, Sun Yuanliang, the Yinchuan Prefecture City Guard, who had carefully read the letter, had already walked back and forth more than a dozen times in the convention hall of the City Guard's office. The slightly camel-shaped figure looked a little older under the dim afterglow of autumn. The officials sitting on both sides of the hall knew that the City Guard had encountered a difficult thing, and they sat silently without saying a word, fearing that they would interrupt the City Guard's thinking.

"Brother, you walk around like this without saying anything. What troubles are there? Let everyone help you refer to it." Someone still couldn't help it and finally broke the silence.

Sun Yuanliang knew that the person who spoke was his fourth brother Sun Yuanhui, and only he felt unscrupulously interrupting his thoughts.

He stopped and thought silently. Li Wufeng, the boy, actually picked up the chicken feathers as an arrow. The order here was issued as soon as the poster was appointed. Should he obey his orders? This is really a headache. If he ignores it, then his efforts to deliberately keep a low profile for more than ten years to avoid open conflicts with the empire will be in vain. He is denied the big hat of disobeying the orders of his superiors. Although he is not afraid now, the empire has found an excuse to start a war at any time, especially the newly appointed war dealer Li Wufeng. Under the threat of Li Wufeng's army, he is still unknown to quickly win Guide. But just giving up such a good opportunity in vain is unwilling to give up such a good opportunity in vain.

Seeing that his elder brother ignored him, Sun Yuanhui was not angry. He was just such a slutty temper. "Brother, you are saying something!"

Sun Yuanliang slowly turned around and glanced at him. Seeing that his brother was in a bad mood, Sun Yuanhui stopped talking as he knew it.

"Everyone, I just received a letter from Qingyang. The new military and political governor of Northwest County, Li Wufeng, Lord Li, said that the people of Xisluo in the north had abnormal movements. In order to ensure the safety of Yinchuan, they asked the second and third guard divisions of our mansion to withdraw from the southeast to the Yinchuan Prefecture City to guard against the accident. What do you think about this matter?" Sun Yuanliang, on the surface, was like an ancient well and introduced the content of the letter lightly.

There was a buzzing sound immediately under the hall, and Sun Yuanhui jumped up first, "What? Do we want us to withdraw our troops back to the city? The Sithro people have abnormal movements? What does the Sithro people have abnormal movements have nothing to do with him? He is obviously afraid of the threats our army will threaten him, and we must not be fooled."

Many people in the hall also agreed with Sun Yuanhui's opinions, but many people remained silent, obviously not very much in agreement with Sun Yuanhui's opinions.

Sun Yuanliang's eyes flowed over the people in the hall again, and finally stopped on a middle-aged man in mai, "Tinggui, what do you think?"

The middle-aged man in Mai is his chief think tank Zhou Tinggui, a middle-aged man who looks inconspicuous. Since Sun Yuanliang launched a coup eighteen years ago, he has been following Sun Yuanliang to give him advice. Yinchuan Mansion can stand between the two giants of the Xisro Empire and the Tanghe Empire, and he will not make any contribution.

"Sir, what do you think of the mobilization of our northern Xisluo army?" Zhou Tinggui did not directly answer Sun Yuanliang's question, but asked him a question.

Sun Yuanliang was stunned and then began to think. After a while, he raised his head, as if he was talking to himself, and as if he was asking everyone, "We learned that two more divisions in Nuremberg went south three days ago. They have arrived at the border area with Taixuan Prefecture and our Yinchuan Prefecture. In addition, the Xisro army, which was originally stationed in the border area, has nearly three and a half divisions. Do they have other purposes?"

"I suspect that they are drunken men, and the elite troops of the three and a half divisions are enough to sweep Guide Mansion, but they are still not moving, and they are still talking about cooperating with us. If they want to take Guide Mansion alone, the Sithro Empire and Guide Mansion are intertwined with our Yinchuan Mansion and Taixuan Mansion, like an enclave, and it is impossible to defend for a long time. Although Kidman is annoying, he is definitely not a mediocre person, and he will never fail to consider this. In this case, the purpose of his stationing such a number of troops in the border area is somewhat suspicious. I think he will not use such a huge force to help us intimidate Li Wufeng. The mobilization of such a large number of troops must be approved by the Central Committee of their empire, so I have reason to suspect that they want to use our attack on Yinchuan when we entered Guide!" The last sentence was like a huge thunder knocking on the hearts of everyone present.

"But the Sithro Empire has always been in good terms with us, and General Kidman has always had close ties with you. Lord Zhou, are you a little worried?" A big-bellied guy asked back. He was Yu Deli, the financial officer of Yinchuan Prefecture.

"Hmph, in the face of national interests, we should talk about benevolence, morality and personal feelings to avoid being too naive, Lord Yu." Zhou Tinggui sarcastically mocked Yu Deli without hesitation. In his opinion, he actually made such a ridiculous reason. I really don't know what he put in his head. Maybe this guy was thinking about how to collect money all day long and could no longer tolerate other things.

Sun Yuanliang fell into deep thought again. After a long time, he slowly rubbed his forehead. "I can't see that Li Wufeng's information is so fast and accurate, so you should not be underestimated. Tinggui, your opinion?"
Chapter completed!