Entering the Yangtze River, the wind and rain gradually decreased.

Tracing the river straight up, Lu Shengzhou, through Pengli, to Hanyang.

It is now the winter of Tianbao's fifth year, and there are more than ten days before the New Year's Day, and Wang Zhonghe's fate does not seem to be much different from what Xu Chen is familiar with, but he was demoted to Hanyang two years earlier.

However, in this bizarre world, the original familiarity has become a little ridiculous.

Whether Li Heng has always been timid and cowardly, so the words of those literati in the pile of papers may not be credible, Taoguang may be obscure, but he has never confronted Li Longji as blatantly as he does now......

Some people and things that were once well known have probably changed beyond recognition except for their names.

The biggest advantage is gone, and the hole cards in the hand are mostly secrets, but there will always be a day when the secret can't be hidden.

There are some things that need to be prepared for a rainy day......

Wang Zhongsi was not in the palace, and when he learned that Xu Chen was visiting, Han Zhi, who stayed in the Taishou Yamen, was also quite surprised.

"Ambassador Xu is a rare guest, it's not easy to meet him!"

"The secretary in charge forgives the sins!" Xu Chen smiled apologetically: "The battle in Fuzhou was dangerous before, the rebels attacked the city day and night, the soldiers were outnumbered, and the situation was as dangerous as a goose egg, so I really couldn't leave......"

"I'm no longer a secretary, but now I'm just a promoter!" Han Zhi shook his head and smiled, and asked, "Ambassador Xu is here in Hanyang, I don't know why?"

Knowing that the greetings were over, Xu Chen also got straight to the point and said: "I want to meet Wang Shuai!"

"Hehe!" Han Zhi laughed, Xu felt really funny, and the smile lasted for a long time.

"I'm sorry!" Han Zhi looked at Xu Chen and said with a smile: "I just think Ambassador Xu's words are ridiculous! Wang Shuai was your boss before, and you still avoided it perfunctorily, but now that Wang Shuai is in trouble, what will you do again?"

"Did you fall into the well?" Speaking of this, Han Zhi's face was no longer half smiling, and he only squinted his eyes and stared at Xu Chen gloomily.

Xu Chen always had a warm smile on his face, even if he said this, he still replied lightly: "When I was in Shengzhou, it was indeed because I couldn't leave, and I was embarrassed at that time, and my name was not right, so it was very inappropriate to visit rashly." ”

"Later, the situation was crisis, and I couldn't be idle! Now that the war has stopped, I should come here to thank the marshal for his kindness!"

Xu Chen stood up and saluted respectfully.

Han Zhi would not believe this nonsense, the other party must have entered Beijing to report on his work, and he deliberately made a detour to Hanyang, but the other party is a prime minister, and now he suddenly visited, it doesn't matter what the purpose is, but it is not impossible to use it to alleviate Wang Zhonghe's current predicament.

Han Zhi, as a strategist beside Wang Zhonghe, should share his worries with the master.

After thinking for a moment, Han Zhi decided to see the other party's purpose first.

"Lord Taishou is not in the city now, you want to see me, come with me!"

"There is Secretary Laozhang!" Xu Chen thanked with a happy face.

Out of the Taishou Yamen, Han Zhi rode out of the city and galloped straight to the southeast, and Xu Chen and the others naturally followed closely.

About half an hour, everyone came to a small fishing village by the river, it was evening, the smoke was curling, and three or two children were playing among the strangers.

The crowd led their horses into the village and walked slowly, and after a while, they saw a man in cloth hanging a rod on a reef near the river.

The river is not frozen, but there are not many fish, for Wang Zhonghe, he doesn't care whether the fish bite the hook or not, just to relieve the boredom in his heart.

Loyal people also have seven emotions and six desires, and if they are wronged and wronged, they will naturally be unhappy in their hearts, especially Wang Zhonghei, who is not the kind of person who is deep in the city, and his joy is more expressive, and he has the boldness of a martial artist.

Xu Chen asked Chai Lao and the two teenagers who were accompanying him to stay where they were, and followed Han Zhi forward alone.

"The last general has seen Wang Shuai!" Xu Chen gave a military salute.

Wang Zhongsi on the reef turned his head, looked at Xu Chen's face, and looked at Han Zhi with a little doubt.

Han Zhi then introduced: "This is Xu Chen, the envoy of the Ryukyu Festival, Ambassador Xu!"

"Oh......" Wang Zhongsi suddenly glanced at Xu Chen up and down, smiled and said: "It's really young and promising! It's just that it's not easy to meet each other!"

Xu Chen hurriedly apologized and smiled: "The marshal forgives the sin, it was indeed the fault of the last general before!

"Hehe, the mouth is bright!" Wang Zhongsi saw that the sky was getting dark, so he put away the fishing rod, stepped off the reef, and said to Xu Chen: "Let's go, I will talk about it in the house if I have something to say!"

Xu Chen came empty-handed, according to the information he found, Wang Zhonghei is not a simple life but not extravagant, he was born as an official eunuch, and his hometown has a large field of his own, so he rarely accepts gifts from outsiders in the ushering send-off.

Xu Chen knew that he was not very familiar with him, it was not good if the gift was light or heavy, and he could naturally find a gift that was not light or heavy and thoughtful, but this time he came back to visit Wang Zhonghei, Xu Chen was not for friendship.

Entering an obviously newly built earthen house, Wang Zhongsi opened it by himself, and Han Zhi stepped forward from time to time to help.

"Go and ask Aunt Li to make a pot of fish soup, make a few side dishes, and warm a pot of wine!" Wang Zhongsi is in the northwest all the year round, with the heroism of a man in the northwest, and after setting the low table in a hurry, he stretched out his hand to ask Xu Chen to sit down.

"Let's just say something!"

"Huh?" Xu Chenleng paused, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he laughed loudly: "Shouldn't we talk about things after the banquet?"

Wang Zhongsi shook his head and said solemnly: "Eating is eating, talking about things is talking about things, talking about things first, then eating, you should leave after eating!"

Xu Chen smiled awkwardly, and also gave up the idea of being sloppy, pondered for a long time, and then said straightly: "Do you have someone you want to keep? I can help you!"

Wang Zhongsi was quiet, his eyes looked at Xu Chen, and he wanted to laugh, but seeing the perseverance on Xu Chen's face, he couldn't laugh after all.

"I think you already know that I have the ability!"

Wang Zhongsi tapped lightly on the table, looked at Xu Chen quietly, squinted his eyes and said, "Just that I know, I don't dare to hand it over to you!" Because I can't see it...... I don't see what you're going to do!"

Xu Chen smiled, laughing very happily!

Before, Xu Chen only guessed that there were some remnants of Wang Zhonghe's forces here, as a famous general in this era who appeared in later generations in the name of knowing people, whether it was out of loyalty or selfish desires, it was impossible for him to be clean under his hands.

Military generals are different from Wenchen, the formation of military generals' forces is slow, and it is even more difficult to grow, but once they become powerful, they are not like Wenchen.

It was just a guess before, but now it has been confirmed, as long as there is really one, Xu Chen is confident to convince him.

"What am I going to do...... Xu Chen replied with a wry smile: "Actually, I don't know what I will do in the future......"

"You're really!" Wang Zhongsi quipped, "but it's useless!"

Xu Chen nodded slightly, and then said, "Then let's say something useful!"

"An Lushan is now on the northeast border, and the chapter of borrowing troops from Ge Shuhan has reached the center, if nothing else, the 20,000 Hexi troops are estimated to not be able to come back!"

Wang Zhongsi raised his head, and the depths of his eyes could not hide his shock and doubt.

Xu Chen looked at Wang Zhongsi and said with a smile: "I know you are suspicious, but I have my intelligence source, and I must know more about An Lushan than you!"

"He is now ready for everything, just waiting for the beginning of spring to launch an attack on the Khitan and Xi camps!"

"And ......" In order to move Wang Zhonghe, Xu Chen did not hesitate to assert: "He will definitely win this battle!"

"Ha......" Wang Zhongsi wanted to laugh.

"Don't be busy laughing yet!" Xu Chen interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and then broke the news: "The reason why he will definitely win is because he can't really fight at all!"

He has already discussed with the leaders of the Khitans and Xi people, as soon as the Tang army arrives, the opposite side will be immediately defeated, and then the people in those tribes who can't survive will stay where they are and wait to be captured by his army. ”

"This method is much more effective than simply killing the good and taking the risk! It is easy to suppress the good and the good, and it is difficult to escape death once the incident happens, but it is too difficult for him to set up troops to rob the barbarian tribe, and he can't stand the damage!"

Facing Wang Zhongsi's slightly open mouth, Xu Chen joked: "What's the matter? It's incredible, it's terrifying?"

"How is this possible?" Wang Zhonghe's voice couldn't help but raise his voice: "The soldiers are in danger and the battle situation is changing rapidly, can he feint defeat if he says that he is defeated? Once the barbarians deceive, the soldiers and horses of his two towns will be in danger of being wiped out!"

"That's why he asked Ge Shuhan to borrow troops, you know the combat strength of the Hexi Army best, although there are only 20,000 people, but staying in the rear to suppress the formation is enough to make the barbarians fearful!" Xu Chen said.

"I don't believe it!" Wang Zhongsi said flatly.

"Hehe, I don't plan to let you believe it now!" Xu Chen smiled and said: "Wait until there is still time in spring, you can take your time! An Lushan is a person with great ambitions, like when there was a grain shortage before, he secretly stockpiled grain, Hebei and other places were originally grain-producing areas, but when there was a grain shortage, the price of grain was still as high as gold!"

"Of course, it's not good to blame all the blame on others, but he still refused the order of the household department to transfer grain when the war ended, and at that time, the price of grain had begun to rise wildly, and the reason was hard not to be suspicious, right?"

"You can also say that these are just greedy for money!" Xu Chen said leisurely: "But in just one year, the soldiers and horses in the two towns of Fanyang and Pinglu have expanded by more than 30%, and the military funds are even more sufficient. You can also interpret this as preparing for the ......"

"I said, you don't have to believe me now, you still have time!" Xu Chen looked directly at Wang Zhongsi's eyes that had narrowed slightly, and said calmly: "After the battle is over, I can guarantee you that An Lushan will never let the 20,000 Hexi troops go back! Moreover, this is only his first step......

"There is no you in the Hexi Army today, Ge Shuhan wants to sit in the Chinese army, so he can only send a partial general to lead the army, do you think a small partial general can resist the pressure of An Lushan, the envoy of the two towns?"

"You also know An Lushan's long-sleeved dancing in Chang'an, you must know how much he has ability, and he left 20,000 Hexi troops on the grounds that the battle situation is undecided...... Hehe, do you think it's going to be difficult?"