"I don't trust Zhu Wen." Fu Wang Li Xin shook the red wine in the cup, looked at Chen Bangzhao and said, "So as long as Zhu Wen doesn't fight with Tian Chenghei for a day, we won't move here." ”

"This is also the reason why you let Zhu Furen Li Hai stay stationed in Xinye?" Chen Bangzhao said: "Are you afraid that something will happen to Weizhou?" ”

Li Xin nodded: "How much do you say Zhu Wen is loyal to the imperial court?" ”

"It's hard to say!" Chen Bangzhao said with a smile.

"Then tell me, how loyal is Wuwei Li Ze to the imperial court?" Li Xin then asked.

This time, Chen Bangzhao hesitated for a moment and said, "Wuwei Li Ze, there is still a little bit of it!" ”

"How many points?" Li Xin laughed: "This argument is really interesting." It's a few points, but how many points? In this big war, Li Ze obviously put Shi Zhuang's 20,000 elites in Yizhou, if he made a move, Shi Zhuang's 20,000 soldiers and horses entered Xingzhou, what big waves could Wei Bo afford? But he just didn't, he held the posture of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and we can't say anything about it, because in the past two years, he has indeed been fighting with Zhang Zhong. ”

Chen Bangzhao's face was solemn: "What does the prince mean is that Li Ze is actually also a ghost?" ”

"Who doesn't have a ghost in their hearts?" Li Xin sighed: "If the court is strong, then they are naturally loyal, and if the court is weak, then no one can blame." ”

Chen Bangzhao nodded with a heavy face.

"So Bang Zhao, we can't afford to lose!" Li Xin let out a long sigh.

"But just like this, the consumption of more than 100,000 troops is also an extremely terrifying thing!" Chen Bang called.

"Compared to failure, the loss of grain and grass is nothing." Li Xin said: "Li Ze won't talk about him, this time, I want to see what Zhu Wen wants to do?" The Xuanwu army is still crawling on the road like a turtle, hehe? When am I a fool? ”

"We are here now, although Zhu Wen said that he promised to assist the imperial court in the battle, but it is difficult to say what he thinks in his heart, and it seems that he can only wait for the victory and defeat on the side of Xingzhou. As long as Han Qi and Xue Ping succeed, and then turn to support our attack on Luzhou, it is also a strategy to break the situation. Chen Bangzhao thought for a while: "Lord Wang, it seems that you still have to put a little pressure on Han Qi." ”

"I've sent an envoy to him." Li Xin said: "As long as this victory is achieved, I will fully support him to bring Hezhong under his jurisdiction." Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men. ”

Chen Bangzhao was taken aback: "Lord Wang, how can Wu Yue in the river be willing to rest?" ”

"If the imperial court wins this battle, even Li Ze will have to bow down, just Wu Yue in the river, what is it?" Li Xin sneered: "At that time, with Han Qi's containment, even if Li Ze is domineering, he can be regarded as having a strong opponent, and the imperial court is in the middle, so it will be easier to balance." Wu Yue's attitude this time was ambiguous, and he didn't even have verbal support, I sent someone to ask him for some money and food, but he also pushed back and blocked, after the war, who would he clean up? ”

Chen Bangzhao nodded silently. Li Xin is also right, once the imperial court wins this battle, Zhaoyi and Wei Bo are all under the command of the imperial court, and there will indeed be no waves in the river. Moreover, Hezhong is very close to Chang'an, and it is naturally beneficial to the imperial court to be able to control it in your hands.

Handing over the river to Han Qi is equivalent to the imperial court building a big town, so that Li Ze will not be able to stand alone, which is also the way to balance and control. Anyway, now the contradiction between Han Qi and Li Ze is well known to the world.

Although Yang Zhihe received Xue Ping's support, but the losses he suffered in the early stage were too great, and now he can only try to maintain Xingzhou City and its surroundings, fortunately, Xue Ping disregarded his face and Li Ze had a trouble, and finally brought a lot of food baggage into Xingzhou, which was barely able to stabilize the situation, occupied Pingxian County, and Tian Pingbu of Renxiang still occupied an absolute advantage, although Han Qi sent troops to occupy Nanhe, but he only confronted the opponent, Both sides were trying to find fighters, and for a while, no one could help the other.

"Is this a joke?" Han Qi held the secret year given to him by the Blessed King Li Xin, but his voice trembled a little. "How is this possible?"

"Nothing is impossible." In order to win Han Qi's trust, the envoy this time was Pei Ju, the confidant of Luoyang Changshi and Fuwang Li Xin. "The prince is not only thinking about the present, but also about the future."

"How so?"

"What do you think of Li Ze?" Pei Ju asked suddenly.

Han Qi exhaled heavily: "Today, I might as well make it clear to Pei Changshi that everything I did was specially ordered by Gao Shuai before leaving, Gao Shuai said, Li Ze, the capable minister who rules the world, and the hero of the troubled times, if you can't contain him, maybe it will be this person who will completely destroy the Tang Dynasty in the end." But if this thousand-mile horse can be included in the rules, he must be the minister of Zhongxing in the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, since Gao Shuai left, everything Han has done is to prevent Li Ze from becoming the dominant family in the Northland. ”

Pei Ju's face was slightly pale: "Why didn't Gao Shuai explain it in the testament?" ”

Han Qi smiled bitterly: "Pei Changshi, with all due respect, if Gao Shuai really said it in his will, I'm afraid it won't be long before Li Ze will know, right?" In this way, it may backfire. The imperial court is now a big colander. ”

"If that's the case, the court has wronged you all along." Pei Ju said with emotion: "Even the prince thinks that after Gao Shuai leaves, you Han Qi have the meaning of self-defense?" ”

"I have my heart on the bright moon." Han Qi sighed.

"Even so, the bright moon will naturally not only shine on the ditch." Pei Ju nodded and said, "Han Shuai, in this way, isn't Gao Shuai's original intention with you to make peace with the prince?" Beidi, just give it to Li Ze, after this battle, you own most of Hedong, plus Hezhong, wouldn't it be stronger than you are now? ”

Han Qi was silent.

"Please Han Shuai must believe in the prince." Pei Ju said in an aggravated tone: "The influence of the prince on His Majesty the Emperor is much greater than you think. And His Majesty the Emperor is not confused. ”

"If I want to quickly end the battle of Xingzhou, I must mobilize Li Cunzhong's troops, and as soon as Li Ministry's troops move, Daizhou and other places will inevitably be attributed to Li Ze."

"Hezhong is so much better than Daizhou and other places. When the time comes, you will move to Hezhong, and Li Cunzhong will be stationed in Taiyuan, but it will be much stronger than today, and you will only get it if you give up, Han Shuai, the key is that we must win this battle. ”

"Why is the prince staying still in Luzhou?"

"The prince is worried about Zhu Wen." Pei Judao.

"I see." Han Qi Huoran stood up: "Since this is the case, then I will give it a fight and immediately order Li Cunzhong to lead his troops to come." ”

The battle situation in Zhaoyi fell into an eerie calm, and the imperial court attacked with a fierce army, but stopped when the two armies faced each other. Xuanwu Zhu Wen claimed to assist the imperial court in their crusade against the rebellion, but by May, their army had completed its buildup and slowly marched towards Bozhou in Weizhou. Tian Chenghe, who was besieged from several sides, seemed to be calm, sitting firmly in Weizhou without moving, as if he was waiting for Zhu Wen to come.

But this calm, as the nearly 20,000 main forces of Li Cunzhong's headquarters in Hedong left Daizhou and came all the way to Xingzhou, was finally broken. It is conceivable that as soon as Li Cunzhong arrives in Zhaoyi, the imperial army will inevitably launch a fierce attack on Tian Ping's department in Xingzhou, and once Wei Bo's army in Xingzhou fails, the overall situation will be immediately affected.

"I underestimated Li Xin." Tian Chengsi of Weizhou finally could no longer sit firmly on the Diaoyutai. He didn't know what Li Xin had done to persuade Han Qi to come out, but in this way, he was already in extreme danger.

"Pass my order, mobilize all the main forces of Weizhou and Bozhou, and go straight to Luzhou." Tian Chengsi said sharply.

"Jie Shuai, what about Weizhou and Bozhou? The whole army attacked, the two states were empty, and what should I do if the Xuanwu soldiers came? Tian Chenghe's Chinese army protector Huang Ming lost his voice.

"You stay in Weizhou, gather the townspeople, and defend the city." Tian Chengsi said.

"Xiang Yong?" Huang Ming opened his mouth wide and looked at the other party, unable to say a word.

"Don't worry." Tian Chengsi sneered: "If my expectations are right, Xuanwu Zhu Wen, can't go to Weizhou and Bozhou, if he really wants the land of these two states, what if I defeat the imperial army and go straight to Luoyang and Chang'an?" ”

"But, it's a military matter, how can you guess it like this?" Huang Ming stammered.

Tian Chengsi said with a smile: "Now for us, there is only one way to Huashan, move forward bravely, defeat the imperial army, as long as we defeat the main force of King Fu in Luzhou, everything will be turned upside down, and the army commanded by King Fu is already the last bit of capital at the bottom of the box of the imperial court, as long as there is no more, then they will be finished." This is the only way we can save ourselves. As long as we do this, Zhu Wen's main force will inevitably attack Luoyang and Chang'an before us, so that we can win a chance to breathe and have the capital to bargain later. So this time, I gave it my all, and if I didn't succeed, I became a benevolent. I want to seize the victory and defeat before Xingzhou divides the victory, without defeating King Fu, so that Han Qi can only come to save Luzhou, and we can take the absolute initiative. ”

"What if Li Ze also moves?"

"At that time, Li Ze was afraid that he was busy grabbing Han Qi's territory!" Tian Chengsi sneered.

At the beginning of May, Tian Chengsi threw himself alone, led Weizhou, Bozhou's main army south, and went straight to Weizhou, and at this time, Li Cunzhong's department, has not yet gone out of Hedong, but to Tian Chengsi's expectation, Xuanwu's army at this time accelerated the pace of marching, when he arrived in Zhaoyi Xinye, Xuanwu's army was like a bamboo, captured Bozhou, and then advanced to Weizhou.

But at this time, Tian Chengsi had no way to retreat, and in mid-May, Tian Chengsi's troops broke out in Xinye, Niu Furen, and Li Hai's departments. Niu Furen and Li Hai were defeated in successive battles, and had to retreat to Weizhou to join forces with Xue Wei.

Li Xin, the king of Fu, led his troops back to help. Chen Bangzhao was left to launch a fierce attack on Luzhou.

At this point, there is no point in confronting each other.