"Exactly!" Xu Shi also answered directly.

Guo Song took a few steps and said slowly: "In the past two years, Li Wujun and Zhu Tao have colluded and have been trying to seek Taiyuan, the last time Zhu Tao invaded Taiyuan, there was Li Wujun's army in it, I captured Zhaozhou, in fact, it was to suppress Li Wujun, and he was not allowed to collude with Zhu Tao again, Mr. Xu also knew that Fukou Pass was located between Xiangzhou and Zhaozhou, if I wanted to deal with the King of Wei, then I must occupy Xiangzhou, not occupy Zhaozhou." ”

Guo Song's words are a bit ambiguous, the occupation of Zhaozhou is because of the Cui family as an internal response, of course, it is easy to succeed, it does not mean that they will not attack Xiangzhou in the future.

But Xu Shi sent an envoy to see Guo Song, and he only hoped that Guo Song would give a promise not to attack Xiangzhou, and then they would be able to withdraw their troops, and they would not be able to deal with the north-south attack of Huaizhou and Zhaozhou, as for whether Guo Song would fight Jizhou or Xiangzhou in the future, who knows?

"What about Huaizhou?"

Xu Shi asked again: "Isn't His Highness's capture of Huaizhou to capture Xiangzhou?" ”

Guo Song smiled slightly, "You think too much, the reason why I decided to attack Huaizhou is related to the situation in Jianghuai, Zhu Zhu swept away Wu Shaocheng, there was an attempt to cross the river to invade Jiangnan, Han Rong sent someone to ask me for help, so I captured Huaizhou, and the soldiers pointed to Luoyang, this is the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao, Zhu Zhu dared to cross the Yangtze River to attack Jiangnan, and the Jin army would cross the Yellow River to attack Luoyang, which has nothing to do with you." ”

Xu Shi pretended to breathe a long sigh of relief and said, "I see, His Highness has no plan to attack Wei this time. ”

"It's true that there isn't one this time, but I can't guarantee it later."

After a pause, Guo Song smiled slightly: "Although I, Guo Song, am not Chrysostom, as the king of Jin, I am also a man of my word." ”

Xu Shi was overjoyed, got up and saluted: "Then I will go back and report to the King of Wei, and we can also withdraw our troops." ”

"Despite the withdrawal, in a year or two, I will not be interested in Xiangzhou."

Guo Song paused for a moment, and asked meaningfully: "Although I promised not to fight Xiangzhou, I know that you and Li Wujun have an alliance, what if Li Wujun wants you to send troops to Xiangzhou?" ”

Xu Shi replied very simply: "King Wei said that as long as His Royal Highness does not attack Xiangzhou, Xuzhou has nothing to do with us, go to the covenant of the mother, this is the original words of the King of Wei." ”

...........

In the camp of Anyang County, Wei Wang Tian Yue squinted and listened to Xu Shize's report, his finger joints tapped lightly on the table a few times, and turned back to ask the military advisor Wang Yudao: "Do the military advisors think it is feasible?" ”

Wang Yu is also over the middle of the year, but he is tall and thin, with an elegant temperament, with a half-foot-long black beard under his chin, he looks like a very famous Confucian, in fact, he is also a doctor of state studies, assisting Tian Yue for more than ten years, never miscalculated, and won Tian Yue's trust.

Wang Yu nodded, "The reason he said is a bit far-fetched, it is right to deal with Zhu Jun, but it also threatens us, but he said that he will not attack Xiangzhou in a year or two, I believe this." ”

"Why?" Tian Yue immediately sat up straight and asked.

"The reason is very simple, first, his war preparation takes time, it is inconvenient to transport materials in Fukou, and it takes time to accumulate materials, and he seconded the fleet from the Qinghe Cui clan to transport materials; Secondly, he will not make enemies on both sides, since he has chosen Li Wujun as the target, then he will concentrate his energy and forces to destroy Li Wujun, and then consider attacking others, maybe us, maybe Zhu Tao, I personally think that Zhu Tao is more likely, mainly because Zhu Tao controlled Jingcheng and directly threatened the security of Taiyuan. ”

Tian Yue took a few steps with his hand, "The military advisor is right, he really won't make enemies on both sides, and the capture of Huaizhou is mainly to contain us, if it were me, I would also concentrate my forces to clean up Li Wujun." ”

The strategist Hu Cao on the side couldn't help but say: "Maybe Guo Song attacked Zhaozhou just to confuse us and make us think that he was attacking Li Wujun, but in fact, his target is Xiangzhou, and he thinks that this is also possible." ”

Wang Yu's face sank and said: "Everything is possible, but we can only choose the most likely one, if we want to be comprehensive, in the end we must not take care of everything, even if he attacks Xiangzhou, it will not be a fatal wound for us, but will cause Li Wujun and us to join forces."

Guo Song was able to get to this day, never by taking risks, but only after stabilizing the territory did he send troops to expand his territory, and after gaining a firm foothold in Hexi, he sent troops to the northwest court of Anxi, and then sent troops to Longyou and Shuofang, but he was not in a hurry to attack Guannei, but signed an armistice agreement with Zhu Jun, why? He needs to consolidate Longyou and Shuofang, and the same is true for attacking Hebei, if he doesn't gain a foothold in Zhaozhou, he will never easily send troops, so we can judge that he will not attack Xiangzhou in a year or two, Mr. Hu Don't mislead the prince! ”

Hu Cao's face was red and white, and he was so white that he couldn't speak for a long time, he stared at Wang Yu with jealousy, and then fell silent.

Tian Yue has long been accustomed to the infighting of the strategists, and he doesn't care about it at all, he is still reminiscing about what Guo Song gave him, he took a few steps with his hands, and said with a meaningful smile: "He actually asked me to send him the soil of Weizhou, it's okay!" I'll give it to him next time, and it's up to him to see if he dares to take it. ”

.........

After being convinced that Guo Song would not attack Xiangzhou, Tian Yue ordered the withdrawal of the army, and the 80,000 troops withdrew from Xiangzhou one after another, leaving only 10,000 troops stationed in Anyang.

Tian Yue's withdrawal was like a basin of cold water poured in his face, extinguishing the fire of Li Wujun's counteroffensive, and Li Wujun, who was originally ready to move, died down again and had to retreat and return to Xindu County.

Li Wujun was very annoyed in his heart, and sent an envoy to Weizhou to scold Tian Yue for treachery, Tian Yue was so angry that he ordered the envoy's ear to be cut off and driven out of Wei, Li Wujun was furious, and the envoy of Wei in Xindu also cut off his ear and drove him out of Zhao, and the alliance between the two families broke down.

Soon after Tian Yue led the army back to Weizhou, Guo Song also led 3,000 troops to leave Zhaozhou and return to Chang'an, he named Yao Jin as the general of Zhendong, led 30,000 troops to sit in Weizhou, and appointed Sima Liu Qiang as a transshipment envoy, responsible for transporting grain and grass materials from Hedong to Zhaozhou.

The imminent war in Hebei gradually subsided.

...........

There is a small stone alley in the north of Chengdu, and the innermost part of the alley is a small courtyard that covers an area of only three points, which is the home of Li Weijin, the order of the Shaofu Supervision and Administration Bureau.

Li Weijin is a native of Xianyang, Guanzhong, who was originally responsible for smelting copper ingots in the mine supervisor, but he was just a small official, because he refined copper ingots with high purity, and was favored by Guan Heng, the secretary of Shaofu Temple at that time, and transferred him to Chang'an to mint coins and served as the coin minting supervisor from Jiupin, that is, responsible for minting coins formula.

In the Taifu Temple is ten years, he has been in office for these years, but also after the Anshi Rebellion copper coin quality of the best years, because of his outstanding performance, step by step from the nine products of the official to the eight products of the administrative order, but he came from a humble background, no background background, after being promoted to the top of the eight products.

After the Jingyuan Mutiny, he also followed the tide of the southward migration of hundreds of officials, brought his wife and children to Chengdu, continued to serve as the magistrate, rented a small courtyard, and finally settled down.

But since last year, the Southern Tang Dynasty's finances have become increasingly embarrassed, and the middle and lower-level officials have become the biggest victims, with a rent of 1,000 wen a month, as well as the usual food and clothing, they can't make ends meet at all, their family has also fallen into poverty, and the two servant women in the family have also been dismissed, leaving only the maid of the Yang family, Achun, who is the wife of the Yang family, because she has a substantial relationship with Li Weijin, it is difficult to send away.

In order to subsidize the family, Yang and the marrying maid Ah Chun had to wash clothes for others, and their thirteen-year-old son had no money to study, so he was forced to drop out of school and study at home.

This year, the situation is even more serious, there has been no money for five months, there is nothing to do in the court, all the family's savings have been spent, and there is a lot of debt, all of which have been sold out, and can only eat one meal a day.

In the room, Li Weijin said to his wife, who was taking care of him to drink medicine: "I heard that a batch of copper ore is going to be smelted in Yunnan, so why don't I go to Yunnan and get a subsidy of five yuan.......

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, his wife Yang held his mouth down, "Don't say such stupid things, they all say that there is a serious miasma in Yunnan, and the husband is now sick, and he will definitely not be able to live if he goes to Yunnan. ”

After speaking, Yang couldn't help crying, looking at his wife's patched sleeves, Li Weijin sighed, "I'm really incompetent!" ”

"Husband, why don't I go back to my parents' house to borrow some grain and rice?"

"Don't go!"

Li Weijin said categorically: "I'd rather starve to death than let you look at my brother and sister-in-law's face." ”

Yang wiped away his tears, lowered his head and thought about it, "Or.... Ah Chun and I will take on some other work! Let's see if I can grind beans for the tofu shop, and I can earn twenty dollars by grinding it overnight. ”

"No! The shopkeeper of the tofu shop didn't have a good heart, and he didn't look right at you, so he asked you to go to his shop at night, thinking that I didn't know what he had in mind? ”

"Husband, I will never ......"

"No, lady, can you give me some face?"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door in the courtyard, Yang's face changed greatly, and he said in a trembling voice: "It must be.... It's the landlord again. ”

What they are most afraid of now is the landlord, who threatens them to kick out their whole family if they don't pay the rent again.

Zhou Xun, a member of the Ministry of Labor, and his family were driven out of the street by their landlord last month and became the laughing stock of the whole city, and she didn't want her family to do the same.

The maid Ah Chun opened the door, only to hear her ask, "Who are you looking for?" ”

"May I ask if this is the home of Li Weijin?" It was an unfamiliar voice.

Li Weijin and his wife glanced at each other, not the landlord, Yang hurriedly said, "I'll take a look!" ”

She stood up and walked briskly into the courtyard.......