Three days later.

Ouyang Lixing, who was recuperating in Juhe City, suddenly received a message.

No, I was prepared to say that I was waiting for someone to come.

Hong Tianji.

He knew this person and was very familiar with it. He knew that this person was an internal minister of the Zhu Yan Empire's royal family, and he usually only went out in person to convey the royal family's orders.

The arrival of Hong Tianji made Ouyang Lixing's heart sink, and a bad premonition appeared.

Therefore, when his subordinates reported that Hong Tianji had arrived in Juhe City, Ouyang Lixing's first reaction was to avoid seeing him and let envoy Zhu Yan, who had been in his army, deal with it first.

After getting along with each other for this period of time, the envoy also roughly understood Ouyang Lixing's difficulties and agreed with Ouyang Lixing's approach at this time. He was successfully persuaded by Ouyang Lixing and considered the issue from his standpoint.

As a result, he finally managed to deal with the envoys, and another special envoy like Hong Tianji came.

Ouyang Lixing knew exactly what he was doing.

But how can you escape?

They were in Juhe City, and Hong Tianji just relied on an imperial edict to leave his envoy speechless and could only report to Ouyang Lixing.

The final result was that Ouyang Lixing could only receive the special envoy from afar in person in the meeting hall of the city lord's palace.

Inside the meeting hall.

There were only two people at the scene, Ouyang Lixing and Hong Tianji, but neither of them was in a hurry to speak. They just immersed themselves in silently sipping tea.

It wasn't until the cup of tea almost reached the bottom that Hong Tianji, who looked like a master, put the cup down, exhaled softly, and said with a smile: "Good tea."

"It's not bad."

Ouyang Lixing nodded, also put down the teacup in his hand, and responded in a neutral tone.

"correct!"

Hong Tianji finally raised his head, looked at Ouyang Li Xing, and said seriously: "Mr. Ouyang, I haven't congratulated you for making such a great contribution to the empire!"

Although Ouyang Lixing is the commander-in-chief and is a military general, most people who know him well will call him Mr. Ouyang, and he himself prefers this title.

But obviously, the current matter was far from something that could make him feel better just by calling him sir. Therefore, Ouyang Lixing still responded calmly: "I don't dare to take credit for sharing the empire's worries!"

"this……"

Hong Tianji smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Ouyang is still the same Mr. Ouyang. It seems that you have fully understood the purpose of coming here, right?"

"Let's not talk about this first!"

Ouyang Lixing waved his hand fiercely, interrupting Hong Tianji's words, and only asked: "You should be coming from Fengyan City, so let me ask you, when will Fengyan City send reinforcements here?"

"this……"

Hong Tianji was dumbfounded. This was another question that was difficult for him to answer. After pondering for a moment, he shook his head and sighed: "Mr. Ouyang doesn't know something. Because of the changes in Nantes Province, your Majesty has been really thinking about it for this period of time."

, I have been working on this matter for a long time."

"You have to know that because of the Nantes Province, there are changes in most of our borders right now. Your Majesty really has to be on guard. And here in the Nantes Province, Mr. Ouyang is in charge, so Your Majesty feels more at ease and can vacate the province.

Let’s take action to resolve the potential crises on the periphery first.”

"Speaking of this..."

Hong Tianji's face straightened, he stood up suddenly, bowed solemnly to Ouyang Lixing, and stood up after a long time.

Ouyang Lixing did not move and accepted the gift calmly. But when Hong Tianji straightened up, he asked again: "What does Mr. Hong mean by this move?"

Hong Tianji smiled bitterly in his heart. Ouyang Lixing didn't know what he meant?

If you don’t know, why did he receive this gift?

He didn't dare to express his anger, so he solemnly said: "The gift just now was the one I gave to Mr. Ouyang on behalf of Your Majesty. This was also what Your Majesty had specially asked before I came to Juhe City to express my gratitude.

Mr. Ouyang’s contribution to preserving the province of Nantes!”

These words were so sincere that Hong Tianji even bowed his hand to Ouyang Lixing and said, "Mr. Ouyang really deserves this gift!"

Ouyang Lixing sighed and said, "So?"

"Mr. Hong, you have come all the way here, is it possible that you are doing this ceremony for Your Majesty?"

"You haven't answered me yet, where are the reinforcements?"

Ouyang Lixing is not stupid, and will not soften his heart just because of the other party's sincere words. For him, the most important thing is how to solve the current trouble, and he is not prepared to let Hong Tianji speak before him, so he

He has been insisting on reinforcements.

"this……"

Hong Tianji could only smile bitterly. This was his third "this" today. To be honest, when he heard that he would be sent to Nantes Province to find Ouyang Lixing, Hong Tianji originally refused.

No one knows Ouyang Lixing better than him. At the same time, he also knows that Ouyang Lixing is difficult to deal with. Want to persuade him to change his mind?

This is simply an almost impossible task.

But for the sake of the empire, to put it bluntly, it was impossible to disobey His Majesty's will, so Hong Tianji had no choice but to take this trip.

Sure enough, in the first conversation between the two, he was already at a disadvantage and was silenced by Ouyang Lixing's question for a while.

It’s no wonder that he was in trouble. In fact, the empire was in the wrong this time!

As the saying goes, if you are not clear-minded, you will not be strong. Hong Tianji came with a guilty conscience. Faced with Ouyang Lixing's insistent question, he really had nothing to say.

After much hesitation, Hong Tianji could only change the topic and said weakly: "Mr. Ouyang, does he know that the rest of Qingyang's troops are currently building fortifications in Xilong City?"

Ouyang Lixing glanced at him slightly and said, "Of course I know this."

As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, his first priority is to ensure the smooth flow of intelligence. Scouts reported to him as early as two days ago. Chen Ze and others led nearly one million troops to retreat to Xilong City.

They stopped moving forward, and it was obvious that they were building the burned fortifications of Xilong City.

They cultivate it with such great fanfare and obviousness that anyone who is not blind can definitely see it.

How could Ouyang Lixing not know about this?

And he knew something else better.

That is, after Chen Ze and others are stationed in Xilong City, although it doesn't matter to him, there will definitely be people who can't sit still and come to him at this time.

So Hong Tianji came.

Therefore, Ouyang Lixing wanted to drive him out.

But due to the identity of the other party, Ouyang Lixing couldn't do this, or even avoid it.

But now, Hong Tianji finally mentioned this issue. Ouyang Lixing looked calm on the surface, but in fact he was very bored and immediately said in a bad mood:
Chapter completed!