Chapter 922 Strike first to gain the upper hand!
Although Shangguan Changgong asked this question in a very calm tone, as if he was asking what to eat tonight, this question sounded as heavy as a thousand pounds to Chen Jingyu's ears······························
Chen Jingyu was not sure whether Shangguan Changgong had heard anything. After thinking for a while, he replied to Shangguan Changgong:
"Someone from the Coordination Office has looked for Minister Murong!"

Hearing this answer, Shangguan Changgong still had no expression on his face and asked calmly:
"Does Murong Lun have any response?"

Chen Jingyu continued:
"Minister Murong did not respond!"

Shangguan Changgong couldn't help but sneer when he heard this:

"What a no response!"

He knew that Murong Lun did not respond to the Fengwu Army's solicitation, not because he was so loyal to the Luoan court, but because the old guy Murong Lun was waiting for a good price.

Now that the Fengwu Army has reached the doorstep, the old guy Murong Lun is starting to think about jumping ship!
Thinking of this, a cold light flashed in Shangguan Changgong's eyes, but he still waved at Chen Jingyu calmly. Seeing this, Chen Jingyu bowed to Shangguan Changgong again and left the room.

After leaving Shangguan Mansion, Chen Jingyu returned to his own house. Sitting on the chair, the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. After hesitating for a while, he quickly wrote a letter and gave it to his confidant to send out.

An hour later, the letter written by Chen Jingyu appeared in Murong Lun’s hand. Looking at the letter from Chen Jingyu, Murong Lun couldn’t help but narrow his eyes...

At this moment, he had a bad feeling in his heart. The last time he had this bad feeling was when Shi Huairen fell into Shangguan Hongyuan's trap.

In this letter that Chen Jingyu wrote to himself, Chen Jingyu told Murong Lun everything that happened when Shangguan Changgong summoned him just now.

And at the end of the letter, Chen Jingyu also explained to Murong Lun why he told Shangguan Changgong that the Fengwu Army had contacted Murong Lun!

Chen Jingyu said that although he was the commander of the Supervisory Department, he could not cover everything in the Supervisory Department. Some of the thousand households in the Supervisory Department could report directly to their superiors.

Because of the previous incident, Shangguan Changgong didn't trust him very much. During the time he was in power, he had been trying to make moves in the Supervisory Office. So if he covered up for Murong Lun, he would most likely be suspected by Shangguan Changgong.

Murong Lun didn't care much about Chen Jingyu's explanation. What he cared about was that Chen Jingyu would write him a letter at this time.

He has always had a lot of exchanges of interests with Chen Jingyu, and Chen Jingyu has also tried her best to cover up for Murong Lun within the scope of her authority. This was largely one of the reasons why Murong Lun was able to survive Shangguan Hongyuan's purge last time...
Otherwise, if Shangguan Hongyuan, the God of Death, knew what Murong Lun did behind his back, he would have teamed up with Shi Huairen to kill Murong Lun as well!
Although Chen Jingyu helped Murong Lun a lot, Chen Jingyu never surrendered to Murong Lun, and the two sides only had a cooperative relationship.

With the death of Shangguan Hongyuan, Shangguan Changgong's promotion to the throne made Chen Jingyu feel uneasy. In order to ensure his own safety, he was very obedient to Shangguan Changgong on the surface.

But secretly he and Murong Lun were very close, and the fact that Chen Jingyu could write such a letter to Murong Lun at this time fully demonstrated his true thoughts at this moment.

After putting down the letter, Murong Lun closed his eyes and fell into thought. Yesterday, Tang Peng finally sent him a reply letter, in which Tang Peng expressed a meaning.

The Fengwu Army's offensive was extremely swift, and reinforcements and supplies were continuously being transported and assembled at Wei Pass. Therefore, if the imperial court could guarantee reinforcements and logistical supplies, there was still a 50% chance of holding Wei Pass. However, if the support was insufficient, Wei Pass might even be lost this month!

As the current powerful figure in the Luoan court, Murong Lun is very clear about the situation in the court.

Shangguan Changgong originally hoped to use peace talks to buy time with the Fengwu Army so that the Luoan court could adjust the deployment of troops, coordinate the supply of materials, and negotiate with the Golden Horde to win reinforcements from the Golden Horde...

But Ye Mingsheng was not a fool, and naturally saw through Shangguan Changgong's trick. After the normal rest and rotation, Yun Bing's Fengwu Army immediately launched an attack on Wei Guan, giving the Luoan court no chance to breathe.

At the same time, in response to Shangguan Changgong's intention to sacrifice Yongliang land in exchange for the Golden Horde, the Fengwu Army used military aid as bait to instigate the Luobi people and frequently took military actions on the Elunqin steppe to attack the Golden Horde's pastures.

As a nomadic people, pastures, cattle and sheep are their core interests. Compared with the barren Yongliang, the Erlunqin grassland with abundant grass and water undoubtedly has a higher status in the hearts of the Kipchaks.

Therefore, even though Asdogan was the Great Khan, he wanted to reach an agreement with the Luoan court as soon as possible to assist the Luoan court in blocking the Fengwu Army from unifying the Great Zhou.

However, there were also very strong voices of opposition within the Golden Horde. These voices believed that even if the Golden Horde really wanted to assist the Luoan court, it should ask for more benefits!

One Yongliang is far from enough, there must be annual tribute, at least 50,000 taels of silver and 50,000 pieces of cloth every year!
Although Shangguan Changgong felt humiliated at first about the condition of annual tribute, he was ready to accept it in order to allow the Luoan court to continue to survive!
However, these Qipchaks were too greedy. Seeing that Shangguan Changgong accepted these conditions, they raised the price again.
After so many times, Shangguan Changgong could no longer bear the fact that the Kipchaks were not sincere at all. The negotiations between the two sides were completely deadlocked! At present, the reinforcements of the Kipchaks were nowhere in sight, and the situation in Weiguan was difficult to continue to assist. In addition to the 20,000 troops guarding Luo'an and some garrison troops far away in Sichuan and Shu, basically all the troops that could be assembled had already gathered in Weiguan!
Judging from Chen Jingyu's letter, Murong Lun boldly guessed that Shangguan Changgong was going to make a desperate attempt and send Luoan's troops to Wei Pass!
This brings up a new problem!
Why did Shangguan Changgong leave 20,000 soldiers and horses in Luoan?
The answer is actually very simple. These 20,000 soldiers are used to guard against some aristocratic families headed by Murong Lun and prevent them from rebellion!
If these 20,000 troops were sent to support Wei Pass now, Shangguan Changgong would definitely worry that he would take advantage of the situation to cause chaos, so he would definitely think of a way to solve the problem before leaving!

And what would be the solution to this problem?

Thinking of this, Murong Lun's expression became more serious and gloomy. He knew that Shangguan Changgong was like a gambler who was about to lose everything. His reason was gradually being swallowed up by madness. He would most likely make a crazy decision and raise the butcher knife like his father did not long ago...
The imperial court is currently short of silver, medicine, and everything else, and the Murong family does have some of these things, so Shangguan Changgong is very likely to raise his butcher knife and attack the Murong family.

This would firstly allow him to obtain the Murong family's property and ease the financial crisis of the court. Secondly, Shangguan Changgong had always regarded the Murong family as a hidden danger, so he could remove it by taking action now. Thirdly, Shangguan Changgong could also use the Murong family's heads to establish his authority and return all the power of the court to his hands!
Before, Shangguan Changgong could tolerate the existence of the Murong family in order to maintain the stability of the imperial court against the Fengwu Army. But the situation had become so bad that Shangguan Changgong no longer had too many concerns!

Thinking of this, Murong Lun couldn't help but sigh. What he could think of, Shangguan Changgong could also think of. If he were Shangguan Changgong, he would definitely cut the knife on the Murong family. This was indeed a brilliant move!
Murong Lun is now certain that Shangguan Changgong will kill him and his followers, and he will act quickly!

Thinking of this, Murong Lun couldn't help but narrow his eyes. Since Shangguan Changgong wanted to kill him, he might as well strike first!

During the time in Luoan court, the Shangguan family’s knife was always on his neck. When Shangguan Hongyuan was alive, with his ability to control the imperial guards, Murong Lun had no good solution and could only wait to be killed...
However, as Shangguan Hongyuan's death has become an open secret in the Luoan court, Shangguan Changgong's prestige and control over the army are far inferior to his deceased father, so Murong Lun also won over some imperial guards generals under the cover of Chen Jingyu!
Although these generals do not have many soldiers and horses, they still have several thousand men. If they act quickly enough, they can decide the outcome of the battle and kill Shangguan Changgong!

As long as Shangguan Changgong dies, his followers will scatter like birds and beasts, Luoan will fall into his control, and he will have more bargaining chips in negotiations with the Fengwu Army!

Realizing this, Murong Lun felt a little helpless. How great it would be if there was no Fengwu Army. He could then act arbitrarily like Shangguan Hongyuan and use the emperor to command the princes. Maybe even someone with the surname Murong could rule the world!
After his thoughts were immersed in fantasy for a moment, Murong Lun shook his head slightly and returned to reality. He first called his trusted subordinates to prepare for the retreat of the core members of the family.

Although he was confident that he could strike first, Murong Lun was well aware of the consequences of failure. The entire Shi family was exterminated and their entire clan was exterminated just as he was seeing it!

As the saying goes, it is better to be safe than sorry, so Murong Lun must prepare for the worst before fighting!

After arranging the retreat of his clansmen, Murong Lun wrote another letter to Tang Peng, telling him that he was ready to take over the city defense of Weiguan and wait for his orders...
Weiguan is an important bargaining chip in their negotiations with the Fengwu Army and must be in their own hands. If that old man Ma Chongyang opens the city gate without authorization and lets the Fengwu Army in, they will have no bargaining chips left!

After completing the first two steps, Murong Lun began to write letters to the imperial guards he had won over. The situation was now very dangerous and Shangguan Changgong might take action at any time.
The sooner the better, the sooner the better. So even though it was urgent, Murong Lun decided to start the rebellion tonight and try to catch Shangguan Changgong off guard!
I was not prepared on my side, and I believed that Shangguan Changgong was not prepared either. The situation was completely settled in just one night!
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Yijing, Ye Mansion

Ye Mingsheng, who didn't know that something bad was about to happen in Luoan, had a very gloomy face at this time, while Huo San stood in the hall with some fear.

Ye Mingsheng really didn't expect Shangguan Changgong to be so mean that he sent people to threaten An Miaoyi with the lives of the entire An family, asking An Miaoyi to persuade him to negotiate and stop attacking Weiguan.

This made Ye Mingsheng very angry. He felt that Shangguan Changgong had no bottom line at all!

It is impossible to stop the war on your own, but the lives of the An family are equally important. Although An Miaoyi stated that everything is for the overall interests of the Fengwu Army, Ye Mingsheng naturally cannot help but have some concerns. After all, these people are An Miaoyi's flesh and blood.

Therefore, although he was very angry about Shangguan Changgong's behavior, Ye Mingsheng also knew that he should not provoke Shangguan Changgong at this time. After all, Shangguan Changgong was already fighting like a trapped beast at this time. He had completely lost his mind and dared to do anything now!

After a moment of silence, Ye Mingsheng instructed Huo San:
"Tell Shangguan Changgong through your channels that I, Ye, have no personal grudge against them, so everyone should give them some way so that we can meet again in the future!"

"If they dare to touch anyone from the An family, the moment the Fengwu Army enters Luoan, all nine clans of the Shangguan family will be brought to justice!"

"Of course, if he gives me face, I, Ye, can also promise to treat the Shangguan clan members well and never kill them indiscriminately!"

Ye Mingsheng paused and continued:
"Your Coordination Office must be prepared for the worst. If Shangguan Changgong really wants to take action, then your Coordination Office must do its best to rescue Madam An's mother and some of her close family members!"

Huo San nodded heavily upon hearing this and said:
“I understand that our Coordination Office will do its utmost to ensure their safety…”

(I will try to completely end the plot about the Luoan court in the next few chapters. The Fengwu Army will move to the south. At present, I haven’t thought about the plot about the south. I don’t know if you have any ideas. I will listen to your valuable opinions!)

(End of this chapter)