Chapter 667: Collapse

The next morning, Su Ying sent a message to Motu.

The Red Devil's base camp is in Jin State. The Red Devil's power there is more invasive than in other countries. She asked Motu to find out in Jin State why Jin State wanted to join forces with Southern State to go to war with Chu State.

Before Su Ying received the news from Motu, news came from the front line that the troops of Jin had arrived in the South and joined forces with the Southern Army, and the two countries were preparing to send troops to Chu at the same time.

After Xiao Jin got the news, he directly appointed a loyal and brave general in the court to lead an army of 100,000 to the border to resist the invasion of the two countries.

Near noon, Xiao Jin returned to Fengluan Palace.

Su Ying asked the palace maid to bring lunch. She found that every time she came back from an outing, the man would lose weight. She didn't know if he wouldn't even eat when she was not around.

"General Zhongyong has a disabled leg, why send him to lead the army?"

General Zhongyong was the general who guarded that border back then. Later, he was injured in the friction with the Southern Kingdom and broke his leg. The late emperor then let him return to Beijing to recuperate.

Su Ying had visited General Zhongyong's leg before, but because it had been so long, it was impossible to completely heal it. However, with her treatment, he had no problem walking normally, but he just couldn't use too much force.

It doesn't have much impact on daily life, but it will be inconvenient if a war breaks out.

Xiao Jin took the warm tea that Su Ying handed over and took a sip before saying, "He has been guarding the border for many years. He is more familiar with that area than anyone else, and he also has a certain deterrent effect on the army."

He asked General Zhongyong to go, not to send him to the battlefield, but to send him to keep order. In addition to General Zhongyong, he also sent two powerful generals to go with him, but General Zhongyong was the commander-in-chief.

"Yeah." Su Ying saw that Xiao Jin had his own plans and didn't ask any further questions.

When the palace maid brought up the food, the two little ones also came back.

Zhou Qing said that they had not come back for lunch during the time she was away from the palace. Now that Su Ying was back, they said they would come back no matter what, just to have one more meal with Su Ying.

"Mom, can you accompany Ling'er to sleep for a while?" Erbao pulled Su Ying and looked at her eagerly.

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Ying saw Dabao looking at her eagerly.

Now that the two children have grown up, they no longer sleep in the same room. Su Ying goes to accompany the second child, leaving the eldest child alone.

"I'll tell you a story each, and then you can go to sleep, okay?"

Erbao was a little unhappy that she failed to get Su Ying to sleep with her, but she agreed with a smile only after Su Ying promised to wash her hair at night.

After eating, Xiao Jin, who was sitting in the inner hall, could only watch Su Ying being dragged away by the two treasures.

"The eldest prince and the princess are not young anymore, it's time to open another palace. This Fengluan Palace is small and is already crowded."

Zhang Shuming stood aside and pretended to be dead. Even if dozens more people were to be housed underground in Fengluan Palace, it would still be small... but if the emperor thought it was small, then it must be small.

Half a month later, Su Ying received the news from the Red Devil.

However, the Red Devils did not disappoint her. They had already found out the reason why the State of Jin sent troops to attack the State of Chu.

The iron smelting technology of Jin was lost, and the emperor was furious. The situation in Jin became chaotic, and several princes fought each other.

The other princes used the loss of the iron-smelting technique to try to completely bring down Xie Rui's lineage. Naturally, the Prime Minister's Office was unwilling to just sit there and wait for death, and somehow, someone discovered that someone in the State of Chu had used the iron-smelting technique to smelt iron.

The spy immediately reported the news to the King of Jin. Coincidentally, not long after, the envoy from the Southern Kingdom arrived in the Southern Kingdom.

They were unable to find out what the envoys from the Southern Kingdom had said to the King of Jin. However, not long after that, the King of Jin decided to send troops to attack the Chu Kingdom on the grounds that the Chu Kingdom had stolen the iron smelting technique.

After reading it, Su Ying applied a little force with her fingertips, and the letter instantly shattered into pieces in her hands.

Iron smelting technology is indeed very important to the State of Jin, but judging from the current domestic situation in Jin, the so-called iron smelting technology is just an introduction. Agreeing to go to war with the State of Chu together with the State of the South is likely to divert domestic conflicts abroad.

Su Ying felt that the prime minister of Jin might have played a significant role in this matter. After all, she had not received any news that something serious had happened to Xie Rui.

However, the Southern Kingdom actually took the opportunity to win over the Jin Kingdom. How could she make the alliance between the two countries so solid?

At night, when Xiao Jin returned, she told him her thoughts.

"Jin State fabricated some false evidence and said that Chu State stole their iron smelting technology. We can also create some fog to make them think that the iron smelting technology was stolen by Nan State. Even if we can't immediately disintegrate their alliance, we can at least annoy them. What do you think?"

After Su Ying finished speaking, she met Xiao Jin's half-smiley gaze. She raised her eyebrows, "What's that look?"

Xiao Jin pulled her into his arms and kissed her, "Didn't we get the Iron Refining Technique?"

Su Ying raised her eyebrows, "That was taken from the Northern Wilderness. What does it have to do with the State of Chu? And why are you being forced to confess like this?"

"Recognize it or not, they just need an excuse to call us. But you're right, they look down on each other to begin with, so we can't let them have it easy."

Soon after General Zhongyong led his troops to the front line, the troops of the Southern Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom stopped moving.

Inside the camp, General Zhongyong looked at the sand table and tried to figure out what tactics would be the best way to repel the two countries.

"General, the spies have news to report."

General Zhongyong raised his head and said, "Come in."

The spy walked into the tent and bowed, saying, "General, we have learned from our investigation that Jin and Nan are fighting each other for unknown reasons."

General Zhongyong paused, "Did they start a fight?"

"Yes, but I heard it was just a small-scale fight."

If it was a battle between large armies, they would have known about such a big commotion long ago.

"Is this a conflict?"

"General, this is a good thing for us. We can take advantage of the fact that their allies are not stable and disintegrate them one by one."

General Zhongyong nodded slightly, "You will lead a team of 2,000 people to conduct a surprise attack now. Remember, when fighting against the troops of the Southern Kingdom, if the Jin army does not take the initiative to attack, avoid them. Then spread the word that there is no hatred between Chu and Jin, and the iron smelting technique is just a misunderstanding. I hope Jin will not be deceived by the traitors and can have a good talk with Chu if there is anything to say."

"General, do you want to talk about peace with the State of Jin?"

General Zhongyong nodded and shook his head. "Two against one is always disadvantageous to us. The longer the Jin State can hold out, the better. This will be more beneficial to us."

The fact that Jin and Nanguo could fight each other shows that there must be some disagreements between them, and it would be a better time to further disintegrate them.

"Yes, I will obey your orders."

(End of this chapter)