The 17th day of the New Yu calendar

Hexi Daocheng, Hou's main hall, Zhaoyang Palace

Hou Yuxiao, who had just returned from Jianye Prefecture, brought Hou Yujie and Hou Yuduan to the meeting with Jing Tianyu and his party, and summoned Hou Yucheng and Hou Yuling together. At this moment, there was no one in the main hall except the five of them.

Hou Yuxiao waved his hand gently and blocked the entire main hall. Then he turned to look at Hou Yucheng and asked in a low voice: "Jing Tianyu and the others, what have you done in the city these days?"

Hou Yucheng shook his head and said, "I didn't send anyone to stare at him deliberately. They were a bit abnormal in low-key. They were almost always staying in the door, except... Lian Ningxue!"

Snow clamping?

Hou Yuxiao didn't react at the first time, but he soon remembered that this was the object sent by the Hedong Alliance to marry Hou. Seeing Hou Yucheng's unusual expression on his face when he mentioned Lian Ningxue, he immediately asked in a strange tone: "What?"

"Liang Ningxue, deliberately approaching me!" Jing

It was not just him, but Hou Yuling and the other two laughed a little. Hou Yucheng's eyes were warned, so the three of them suppressed their smiles and restrained them a little.

"Isn't this a good thing?"

Seeing Hou Yuxiao's expression, Hou Yucheng laughed at himself: "I am still a little self-aware. Ten years ago, I met Lian Ningxue. This woman is definitely not the kind of person who takes the initiative to stick up. The reason why she approached me so proactively is as expected, as my elder brother expected, I am afraid that I would rather inquire about the situation in Hexi. As my elder brother said, I did not have distantness, did not flattery, and maintained a lukewarm attitude. She was happy and never gave up!"

Hearing this, Hou Yuxiao immediately put away his teasing and his expression became a little solemn.

"The alliance is confident that she will send Lian Ningxue to marry her, which means that they have absolute confidence in this woman. After four days, the Taiping Princess Yuwen Qing of the Jin Dynasty will arrive. It is probably the same. The fourth brother will also pay more attention."

"Yes, brother!"

Hearing the reminder, Hou Yujie bowed and nodded solemnly.

After all, the Lord of Hexi is still him, Hou Yuxiao. The army on both sides has entered Hexi, but his attitude as the master is still unclear. Now both sides are eager to make sure, so they can only rely on this method.

"To be honest, they can't find out anything from us!"

Hou Yucheng shook his head and looked at Hou Yuxiao with a helpless expression.

As soon as he said this, the other three people looked up at Hou Yuxiao, their faces filled with doubts.

It's true. Whether it's Lian Ningxue or Yuwen Qing, there is no way to find out about Hou Yucheng and Hou Yujie, because until now, Hou Yuxiao has not clearly told them the four of them about Hexi's position.

Of course, Hou Yuxiao made it clear to them that Hexi was against Jin.

But while instructing the four of them to go to Sishui County to find Tongtian Hebo, Hou Yuxiao himself led his army to welcome the army landing south of the Great Jin Dynasty, and at the same time expressed to Tuoba Zun that Hexi surrendered to the Great Jin Dynasty. Both Hou Yujie and Hou Yuduan had witnessed these things with their own eyes, and Hou Yucheng and Hou Yuling knew about them.

The 4.5 million army was placed in Xingnan Prefecture, and the 500,000 Red Flame Army brought back from Xiapi County was also arranged by Hou Yuxiao to Xingnan Prefecture. This was clearly a deliberate way to maintain a distance from the alliance and the Great Jin Dynasty, which was also a neutral manifestation.

In short, even the four of Hou Yuxiao's arrangements are confused, not to mention Jing Tianyu and Tuoba Zun can't tell where he is standing.

"Brother, I really can't understand what you're going to do."

"Now we seem to be not offending both ends, but in fact we offended both ends."

"Before Hexi's position is unclear, Jing Tianyu and Tuoba Zun must be very polite to us. Just now, my elder brother said that the banquet will be held in four days and Tuoba Zun will come. Jing Tianyu did not react at all and even took the initiative to say that he would attend the banquet. This is obviously because he is worried that we will surrender to the Great Jin Dynasty, right?"

"Of course, according to the situation we saw in Xiapi County, even if the Dajin went south this time, the total number of troops was at least more than 8 million, and the troops were already better than the Hedong Alliance. If we turn to Dajin again, then the Hexi War will be in lingering in the alliance!"

"When I was in Xiapi County, Tuoba Zun learned that Jing Tianyu was in Daocheng, and immediately agreed to his elder brother's invitation. By accident, our Hexi became a hot commodity."

"It's just a short time, once the position is clear, the situation will change."

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Of course, it is not entirely true that all four of them are confused.

Except for Hou Yucheng, Hou Yuling and Hou Yujie, the three of them were full of doubts in their words, but Hou Yuduan, who was beside him, had a more calm expression. Seeing that Hou Yuxiao did not speak, he spoke first to explain the confusion to Hou Yucheng and the other two.

"Second brother, third sister, fourth brother, don't worry, we must have a position!"

With Hexi's current strength and status, he has no right to wander between the Great Jin and the Alliance, nor has the confidence to watch the fire across the river like the Crescent Moon God Cult. Only by choosing one side can you gain the opportunity to survive.

But at the same time, choosing one party also means completely offending the other party.

Hou Yucheng and the other two knew about these things.

Their confusion was mainly due to Hou Yuxiao's series of arrangements. Both sides showed goodwill. At the same time, they arranged all the five million troops in Hexi in Xingnan Prefecture, and held a banquet in Daocheng, and invited people from both sides to do what they wanted.

"Brother, whether it is the Grand Jin or the Alliance, as long as it is your decision, we will fully support it. Brother should be clear about this.

I think that if we want to turn to one side, we should deploy as soon as possible. Otherwise, when the Dajin and the alliance are more prepared, our bargaining chips will become less and less, and we must be careful that these two companies will... secretly connect!"

Hou Yujie said this and all the other three frowns, and even Hou Yuxiao, who was standing at the top, had a gloomy face.

This sounds a bit incredible at first glance. After all, Dajin and the Alliance are enemies who are about to fight. It is a bit exaggerating to secretly associate with the enemy, but if you think about it carefully, it is not impossible.

The alliance was seven million, and the Great Jin Dynasty was more than eight million. This total of 15 million troops came to Hexi for a long distance, but they were not here to visit. The supply of so many troops was consumed every day, but the position of Hexi was shaking. They had to be dragged like this, which would waste a lot of time, manpower, and material resources. This was also a great loss.

The problem is that they dare not unilaterally break up against Hexi. Doing so rashly pushes Hexi to the other side is the way to die. So if Hexi keeps swaying like this, both sides will definitely have to find a way. By then, the best way is to secretly connect the four words Hou Yujie said.

The Dajin and the alliance are in Hexi, and they must fight. If possible, they all hope that the Hou family will turn to themselves. After all, the Hou family has five million troops, including two million elites of the Holy Land. This power cannot be underestimated.

But if Hexi has been like this, it would be torture for both sides. They were worried that Hexi would fall to each other and were dragged by Hexi like this and could not be beaten. At that time, as long as the two families secretly contacted each other, they would only have one conclusion.

That is, the two families join forces to destroy the Hou family first!

Not to mention, for the two companies, this is the safest way to deal with it.

"Don't worry, Dajin and the alliance want to deal with it most is not Hexi. Besides, it is not that simple to ask the two of them to join forces, so they will not do this unless they have to."

Hou Yuduan spoke up and calmed everyone's hearts. Then he looked at Hou Yuxiao and asked softly: "At the banquet in four days, Tuoba Zun and Jing Tianyu will win over or shock me, Hexi. Do you want to buy some more time at that time?"

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Hearing the four words of buying time, Hou Yuxiao's pupils condensed slightly, and he immediately looked at Hou Yuduan. Seeing his eyes, Hou Yuxiao immediately understood that Lao Wu must have guessed his intention.

He wanted to try again Hou Yuduan, and his mind moved slightly and asked deliberately:

“When is the time to fight for?”

Hou Yuduan saw Hou Yuxiao's temptation, pondered for a moment, looked up at Hou Yuxiao, and said three words softly.

"Xingnan Prefecture!"

"What Xingnan Mansion? Didn't the elder brother put the army there?"

"What does it mean to buy time for Xingnan Prefecture?"

"Brother, Lao Wu, what puzzle are you fighting?"

As expected, I know, I am worthy of being the fifth brother...

Hou Yuxiao sighed in his heart, and looked at Hou Yucheng and the other two who were confused, but did not explain. It was not that he did not trust them, but that he was a holy land method. It was really unpredictable. At present, Dajin and the alliance have placed people beside Hou Yucheng and Hou Yujie. If he accidentally revealed it, all his previous efforts would be wasted.

"Prepare for the banquet in four days. When the banquet is over, you will know my plan. Don't rush to go down these days!"

Hou Yucheng and the other two hesitated for a moment, but nodded respectfully and said goodbye.

Since the eldest brother didn't tell them, it would make sense. They would naturally know when it was time for them to know. Judging from the situation where Lao Wu had just had a puzzle with Hou Yuxiao, it was obvious that he had seen something in advance. The three of them were suddenly a little dissatisfied. Hou Yuduan could see it, but they couldn't see it.

Obviously, after going down, in addition to arranging a banquet in four days, the three of them also had to continue thinking about what the mystery just now meant, and to buy time for the army of Xingnan Prefecture and what time to buy?

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The news that the Hou Mansion of Hexi Province had a banquet for Jing Tianyu and Tuoba Zun had long been circulating. People in the entire Dao City, or people in Hexi, were closely following the banquet.

The tens of millions of troops from the Holy Dynasty of the Great Jin Dynasty entered Jianye Prefecture, and the seven million troops of the Hedong Alliance entered Zhaoyang Prefecture. These two things have long been spread in Hexi. Now even ordinary people know it, so many people know what the purpose of this banquet is.

The Great Jin advanced eastward in the north and had already fought with Qinjian Villa. The alliance also sent millions of troops across the river to support it. Everyone knew that it was the first battlefield of the Great Jin, and now Hexi would become the second battlefield. Any warrior with some eyesight, even ordinary people, would understand it in their hearts.

At this critical moment, it was obviously the Lord of Hexi, Hou Yuxiao, who wanted to make a choice among the two families. How could people in Hexi not pay attention to such a thing?

After all, Hou Yuxiao's choice is related to the future situation of the entire Hexi.

The power of the Great Jin Dynasty is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. As early as when we learned of the Great Jin Dynasty's going south, there were already many voices turning to the Great Jin Dynasty in Hexi. This was not only in the circle of people in Hexi, but also in the people under the Hou family.

These people also knew in their hearts that the voice was the sound, and as long as Hou Yuxiao, the Lord of Hexi, did not make a decision, Hexi's position would be unclear every day, which led to their attention to this banquet reaching a very crazy level.

Moreover, there are not only the people in Hexi, but there are countless forces in the world. There are countless forces who want to know the news in advance. How to choose Hexi is related to the result of this war and will also affect the situation of the world. Under this circumstance, the Hexi Dao City, which was originally lost in the rapid destruction of war, suddenly became extremely lively.

Warriors from various states in the world, even people from many holy places, as well as local people from Hexi, rushed into Daocheng wildly and tried every means to inquire about the banquet. For several days, it was rumored that they had to spend a high price of 50,000 taels of silver when they wanted to meet the maid in charge of the banquet.

Although Hou had tried his best to block the news and avoid outside attention, someone inevitably leaked the news. Seeing this, Hou simply stopped hiding the matter, but made a generous announcement and invited many people to inquire about the news. Of course, at least it must be a prefecture-level force.

In this way, the banquet that originally only invited Tuoba Zun and Jing Tianyu turned into a grand event with hundreds of guests. Even Hou Yuxiao did not expect that there would be so many forces gathered in Hexi at this moment.

The New Yu Calendar on November 21, 1322

On the day the banquet officially began, there were crowds of people from the Hou Mansion. Zhaoyang Palace had been decorated in a grand manner. The guests had already entered the seat early with invitations in hand. Hou Yuduan was responsible for receiving the guests at the door. Hou's White Yu Guards, Black Yu Guards, and all the warriors from the Hou family were all mobilized to ensure safety. Before the banquet began, there was a grand feeling of guests from all over the world.

"That's the Bai Yuwei of the Hou family. Tsk, they are all in the Grandmaster realm!"

"After all, he is the personal guard of the head of the family, Hou Yuxiao, so it's not surprising that he has this cultivation level."

"The head of the Hou family is now at the sub-saint level of martial arts. He doesn't use any personal guards. It's probably equivalent to the servants around him."

"This is a wealthy family! Grandmaster, servant, tsk tsk…..."

"Hei Yuwei Guard is the elite around the Fourth Master Hou Yujie, and he is also at the Grandmaster level."

"The people who came to the Marquis' Sect also had many masters in the Grand Master Realm. The number of masters in the Hou clan is far beyond the average heaven-level power. I'm afraid it's not far from the Holy Land, right?"

"Naughty, this is only a few. The five million troops of Hou's family are still in Xingnan Prefecture. This is only a small part of them. I guess the masters of Hou's family are not as good as those of the Great Jin and the Crescent Moon God Sect, and other holy places. I'm afraid there may not be many of them."

"How could this be so strong?"

"A joke, otherwise how could someone destroy Leiyin Temple?"
To be continued...