Chizhou.

After two years of recuperation, Chizhou has gradually recovered, the population has begun to grow, and the number of people who do not have enough to eat is getting fewer and fewer.

However, Lu Weiyi is a hero, and the purpose of his active learning from Hui'an Mansion is to make himself stronger and then gain more disks.

It's a pity that although the turmoil around him has not stopped, he has not reaped too many benefits, watching Lu Yuan, who is adjacent to him, grow step by step, he is envious and irritable in his heart.

After Lu Yuan's surprise attack on Hangzhou, he convened his generals to discuss the possibility of a surprise attack on Jinling, but was unanimously opposed by all the generals, and during the siege of Fujian, he took advantage of the emptiness of Xinzhou and finally seized half of the land of Xinzhou, which was also his only harvest in the past two years.

Lu Weiyi also has an engineering academy under him, and the envoy is Wang Lei, who imitated the loss of the crossbow at the beginning.

In the past two years, Wang Lei has successfully imitated sixteen consecutive rounds of repeating crossbows. When the Jianwu army counterattacked Shinshu, this kind of repeater played a good role in the defense of the city.

After the death of Tang Emperor Li Jing, Lu Weiyi thought that he could take the opportunity to capture some Tang land, but when a large number of northern troops appeared on the north bank of the Yangtze River, he realized that he had encountered a crisis.

The combat power of Zhao Kuangyin's army shocked the entire Jiangnan after the war with the Tang State. Lu Weiyi had fought with the Tang Forbidden Army, and he knew that they were powerful, but they were not Zhao Kuangyin's opponents at all, which made him a little frightened.

He didn't think he could compete with Zhao Kuangyin in land warfare, the northern army was not good at water warfare, and the only way was to prevent them from going ashore.

Therefore, Lu Weiyi gave up the attack on the Tang State, and for this period of time, he has been deploying defenses in Chizhou, and when he learned that Zhao Kuangyin sent an envoy to come and surrender himself, his heart was very shaken.

In the camp tent, Lu Weiyi summoned his subordinates and told Zhao Kuangyin about sending people to surrender.

"What do you think?" His tiger eyes swept through the crowd.

Jia Wu was the first to speak: "Brother Lu, Zhao Kuangyin will conquer more than a dozen states in the north of the Tang Kingdom within a year, such a heroic figure, I might as well surrender." ”

Xie Rang immediately retorted: "The reason why the Tang Kingdom lost so badly was because of Tang Emperor Li Jing's decision-making mistakes, not how strong Zhao Kuangyin was. The soldiers in Chizhou City are full of fine food, and there is a natural danger of the Yangtze River, how can they surrender without a fight? ”

Lu Weiyi scratched his head irritably, he found that every time he gathered, there would always be two factions arguing with his subordinates, and he didn't know whether it was his own problem or his subordinates' problem.

"Alright, don't argue." He roared and turned his gaze to Xu Da, "What do you think?" ”

Xu Da groaned: "The last general thinks that we don't need to pay attention to Zhao Kuangyin's surrender, we can guard the Yangtze River first, and if we can't hold it, we can also ask Wu for help." ”

"Even if Wu Guo sends troops to rescue, he may not be able to beat Zhao Kuangyin." Jia Wu glared.

"Fart, the Wu army defeated the Zhou army on the Yangtze River a few days ago!" Xie Rang sneered.

Lu Weiyi slapped the table vigorously and said angrily: "You two shut up for me and listen to him!" ”

Xu Da said in a condensed voice: "Even if the situation is really crisis in the future, Jie Shuai can also go to Wu State, we have sent troops to help Wu State, Jie Shuai and Lu Yuan are also old friends, it is better to take refuge in him than to take refuge in Zhao Kuangyin." ”

Lu Weiyi patted the case and said: "Okay, just listen to you, Zhao Kuangyin wants to take down my Ning Guojun without spending a single soldier, that would be too contemptuous." ”

Xie Rang said loudly: "Jie Shuai, let's kill Zhao Kuangyin's envoy to sacrifice the flag!" ”

"Idiot, what's the benefit of forming a mortal enmity with Zhao Kuangyin?" Lu Weiyi said angrily: "Xu Da, you go and send someone to entertain the envoy, just say that Ben Shuai is sick and it is inconvenient to receive him." ”

Xu Da was ordered out of the camp.

……

Hangzhou.

Lu Yuan's subordinate Shi Chongxin's troops had completed preparations to attack Dengzhou, but the change in the situation in Hangzhou made him suspend the Dengzhou plan.

A few days ago, Xiao Shilang led 20,000 naval troops to defeat the Zhou army one after another, which made Lu Yuan's heart feel much more at ease.

Zhao Kuangyin's prestige was too prosperous, and Lu Yuan had always been jealous of him, and the victory of the navy greatly improved his confidence, making his desire to defeat the Liao State and recover the rivers and mountains more urgent.

According to the military situation on the front line, the Tang army Fenghua army was defeated by Zhao Kuangyin, which made the strength of the Tang State a lot weaker, in addition to the 30,000 forbidden troops in Hangzhou City and several thousand Fenghua troops, Changzhou and Xuanzhou were only 10,000 Jiangyin troops left.

Lu Yuan naturally would not let go of this opportunity, and he ordered the Third Army to continue to approach Changzhou, and the First Army was also ready to attack Xuanzhou.

The Third Army is now full, with a total of 30,000 people, all of whom are cavalry, well-equipped, and half of the cavalry are heavy cavalry equipped with heavy armor, which can be said to be one of the most elite troops in Lu Yuan's hands.

After Meng Xiao got the order, the army was quickly mobilized, he had already inquired about the reality of Changzhou, knew that there were not many defenders, and ordered Ye Shouxiong to take 10,000 cavalry as the vanguard and approach Changzhou quickly.

Ye Shouxiong changed his caution when attacking Xiuzhou, marched quickly, and came to Changzhou Yixing City in two days.

"General, there seems to be no one on the city wall." Adjutant Sha Zhen said.

Ye Shouxiong sneered: "It seems that Yixing has been abandoned, and the order is that the army will not stop and continue to advance towards Wuxi City!" ”

All the soldiers responded in unison.

Two days later, Ye Shouxiong came to the outside of Wuxi and found that it was an empty city again. Ye Shouxiong stationed in Wuxi, ordered the scouts to transmit the news back to the rear army, and looked at the direction of Jinling City in the west, his eyes became a little hot.

The Tang army was so vulnerable that he saw the hope of capturing Jinling.

……

Hangzhou, Wende Palace.

After Lu Yuan received Xu Qian's Tang report, he felt a little emotional, Xu Qian took Xuanzhou without much effort, coupled with Meng Xiao's report a few days ago, he had already won the two states without blood.

Thinking about the difficulties he had when he attacked Muzhou, it was a world of difference, and he gradually realized the feeling of being overwhelmed by power.

Lu Yuan used to be weak when he was weak, and he had to always be on guard against others to attack him, even if he repelled the attacking enemy, people were still staring at Hui'an Mansion, and now, there is almost no idea of daring to fight him again, only he has the share of attacking others.

Everything began to change fundamentally after the defeat of Hangzhou.

At this time, Lu Yuan's appetite was also very different from before, Changzhou and Xuanzhou could no longer satisfy his ambitions, and Jinling, which was more prosperous than Hangzhou, came into his sight.

The generals under him frequently asked for war and wanted to attack Jinling, and Lu Yuan also felt that with his current strength, he might be able to take this populous city.

While thinking about it, a personal guard entered the study: "Your Majesty, Liao Shan, a member of the Ministry of Labor, asks to see you." ”

"Let him in."

A moment later, Liao Shan, who was wearing a cyan official uniform, entered the study.

"Chen Liaoshan greets the king."

"What's the matter with Liao Qing?" Lu Yuan asked.

"The minister wants to recommend one person to His Majesty." Liao Shan looked solemn.

"Who?"

"Tang Guo's servant Han Xizai!"

"Han Xizai?" Lu Yuan was slightly surprised, this is a historical celebrity.

"Yes, he hopes to join the state of Wu."

Lu Yuan pondered for a long time and said, "You can let him go to the German Pavilion, and then arrange an official position for him." ”

During this time, Lu Yuan received a lot of letters in his favor, many of which were important ministers from other countries, including Feng Dao, the prime minister of Zhou.

After coming to this world for so long, he is not as interested in historical celebrities as he was at the beginning. In addition, Han Xizai took refuge in himself when the Tang Kingdom was in danger, so he did not have a good impression of this person, so he did not directly confer an official on him.

Liao Shan saw Lu Yuan's cold attitude, not only was he not disappointed, but secretly happy, he said: "The minister knows, but Han Xizai proposed to see the king, I wonder if the king is willing to meet?" ”

"Let him in." Lu Yuan hesitated for a moment and spoke.

"Yes." Liao Shan bowed down and left the study and walked all the way to the Ministry of Works, where Han Xizai had been waiting in his public room for a long time.

"How? Would His Royal Highness King Wu want to see me? ”

Liao Shan said lightly: "Originally, the monarch was very busy, so he didn't have time to see you, but I repeatedly made comments, and the gentleman agreed to talk to you." ”

Han Xizai was overjoyed: "Thank you, Brother Liao, please lead the way quickly." ”

Liao Shan didn't move, he said in a low voice: "When we meet with you, you'd better be careful and don't show off your poems, otherwise you will annoy you, and I won't be able to save you!" ”

Han Xizai didn't realize the hostility in Liao Shan's words, and said with a smile: "No, Brother Liao, don't worry." ”

Liao Shan snorted secretly and said, "Come with me." ”

Entering the Wende Palace, before Liao Shan could speak, Han Xizai hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness King Wu, there is an important situation in the lower part that I want to report to His Royal Highness alone." ”

Lu Yuan nodded and motioned for Liao Shan to retreat. Liao Shan was a little dissatisfied in his heart, glared at Han Xizai, and bowed down.

After returning to the Ministry of Industry, Liao Shan worked with a sullen breath, and when he arrived at the lower office, he didn't see Han Xizai coming to him, which made him have a faint bad premonition.

In the next few days, Liao Shan never saw Han Xizai again, and when he went to the palace to ask other officials, he also said that he had not seen him, as if he had disappeared out of thin air.