After Gao Xiangsheng received Li Ze's order to Shi Zhuang to attack Hou Xiyi, he ran to Li Ze's Chinese army tent out of breath. He wanted to follow Li Ze to participate in the battle to attack Henghai, but Li Ze unceremoniously threw him away to help him manage the logistics baggage.

"Li Gongzi, it is not appropriate to make more enemies at this time, I am willing to go to Dizhou and persuade Xiyi not to help each other!" According to Li Ze's big case, Gao Xiangsheng gasped.

Li Ze looked at him with a smile: "Gao joined the army, you are late, this battle has already been fought."

"Ah, it's over? So fast? Who won? Oh, oh, look at the way you look, naturally you won." Gao Xiangsheng looked at Li Ze and said, "Now is your critical moment, why bother making enemies everywhere?" Although this battle was won, it also ended up with the enemy of Hou Xiyi."

Li Ze's face was pale, "Although I like to take advantage of others, I don't like others to take advantage of me at all. When he dared to stretch out his claws to me, I broke them. Gao joined the army, you want to say he, how to say he, I will give it to him in Dizhou? That's mine."

Gao Xiangchang's face changed, his mouth opened, and he didn't say anything.

"The more moments like this, the more I can't show half a point of weakness, otherwise, more people will feel that there is a advantage to take advantage of and reach out to me. I can't give them the slightest chance to have any illusions." Li Ze continued.

"You're too arrogant." Gao Xiangsheng sighed: "If Hou Xiyi doesn't raise a large army again, it will inevitably add countless difficulties to your next battle across the sea."

Li Ze looked up to the sky and laughed: "Gao joined the army, it's not that I underestimated Hou Xiyi, if he really has this courage, this battle will not be beaten like this by Shi Zhuang. Seeing the benefits of recklessness, he wilted his head when he encountered a setback, he wanted to ease up this period of time, and it still took time! I'm afraid I'll go back and lick my wounds now."

"Really?" Gao Xiangsheng's eyes widened.

Li Ze nodded: "Where is the intelligence from Dizhou, Hou Xiyi was beaten badly by Shi Zhuang, and the loss was too heavy, and now Dizhou is Yang Wei's strength that has the upper hand again, Hou Xiyi's kind of person, who lives people's hearts with his own heart, is afraid that Yang Wei will take the opportunity to beat his idea and run back."

Gao Xiangchang was stunned when he heard this.

"But I really sent someone to recruit Yang Wei." Li Ze smiled and said: "I promised him that after I took Henghai, he would still serve as the assassin of Dizhou."

Gao Xiangsheng frowned and said: "This person has a weak temperament, whether it is civil affairs or military, he is not a masterpiece, what are you going to do?" ”

"What do I want so many people to work on?" Li Ze laughed: "There are too many people, I can't sleep. I think it's good for someone like Yang Wei. The ambition is not big, one mind is to hold the thighs to enjoy a glory and wealth, high to join the army, think about it, he is a state assassin, but Zhu Shou ordered him to give up Dizhou to Hou Xiyi, he actually obediently complied, you said to change people, can it be so smooth? ”

"That's why I look down on him."

"But in this world, I'm afraid that the vast majority of people are like him!" Li Ze said: "So people like this, I have to try my best to win them over."

"He agreed?" Gao Xiangsheng asked.

"I'm still hesitating, but it's only a matter of time before I promise it, because the terms I've offered are very good. I don't need him to help me fight Henghai, I just need him to hold Dizhou, and don't let Hou Xiyi stretch out his hand." Li Zedao: "When I finish fighting Henghai, then I will send an army over to help him resist Hou Xiyi's possible revenge, what about him, he is still his assassin, and he only needs to hand over the military power."

"Without the history of military power, he may not be willing to do it, right? Cao Xin handed over the military power to you, this is a special case."

"Change someone or really don't do it, but Yang Wei is really likely to do it." Li Ze spread his hands and said: "Character determines fate. Gao joined the army, I won't hide it from you, in the future, under my rule, the military and the government must be separated, and a large part of the reason why Datang is now divided into towns is because of a landlord, the military, government and civil affairs, and there is no means of restraint. Even if a person says it, how can it not breed ambition as time goes by? ”

"The world is like this, what can I do?" Gao Xiang looked up to the sky and sighed: "I think that the Tang Dynasty was not the separation of military and political affairs, the twelve guards were in charge of the military, the history of assassins in various places, and the Taishou was in charge of the people's livelihood. If you want to transfer more than 1,000 troops, you have to have an edict from the emperor, but how many years ago did this happen? ”

"We can slowly rebuild these rules." Li Ze said with a smile: "Gao joins the army, the road is under our feet, let's just walk slowly."

Gao Xiangsheng suddenly reached out and grabbed Li Ze's hand: "Li Gongzi, do you really have this intention?" ”

"Why can't you have that? The scene of the Tang Dynasty, I can only read it in books at my age, but every time I read about the glory of the past, it still makes my heart surge! It is really sighing that a great empire that has been dominating the East, arrogant in the world, and has leaders for more than 100 years, has fallen to the point where it is now falling apart. Gao joined the army, while the Tang Empire was still breathing, we could quickly find a panacea to renew his life! Li Ze looked at Gao Xiangsheng and said sincerely: "Gao joins the army, I hope you can help me!" ”

"Of course, of course I have to help, not only to help, I can even sell you all these hundred and eighty catties." Gao Xiangsheng said excitedly: "Gongzi Li, fight Henghai, you are holding the handle, I will go back to Chang'an and show your loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor. Although the authority of His Majesty the Emperor is far from being compared with the past, there is always a name for righteousness. In this world, except for a very small number of people who really don't take His Majesty the Emperor seriously, the rest of the people, even if they are in the face, have to be perfunctory. When you take Henghai, you will become the envoy of Henghai Festival, and when you enter Chengde, Chengde will also be annexed to you."

"I'm afraid it's hard, isn't it?"

"How hard can it be?" Gao Xiangsheng laughed miserably: "Now His Majesty the Emperor only has the power to issue an empty holy decree, but the holy decree covered with the jade seal should always be very useful to you!" ”

Li Ze arched his hand and said: "If this is really the case, then I will thank Gao for joining the army."

"Why thank me, just thank Your Majesty." Gao Xiangsheng arched his hand, "I'll go."

Looking at the back of Gao Xiangsheng leaving, Li Ze shook his head and smiled: "This recorder joined the army, and he actually had such an excited time, so he ran away in such a hurry?" ”

As soon as the curtain behind the big tent was lifted, Cao Xin walked in and said with a smile: "What you said, don't say that he is the emperor's lackey, it's me, and I also heard it with enthusiasm, is this your sincere words, or is it a lie to this Gao who joined the army?" ”

Li Ze laughed and was noncommittal.

"Cao Gong, I told you a long time ago, Datang's qi is not completely exhausted, don't look at him only hanging this breath, but ah, he still has a lot of filial sons and grandchildren. If it can be used, we will naturally use it."

Cao Xin laughed dryly: "It's naturally okay to use it, but Childe, if you put this hat on, it won't be so easy to take it off in the future."

Li Ze smiled and raised his palm, curling up one finger at a time, until he clenched tightly into a fist: "Without him, only strength. When you reach a certain level of strength, it is natural that someone will cheer for you and find countless logical reasons for you. At that time, probably if I don't obey this call, I can't do it, Cao Gong, there are a lot of things like this, right? ”

"It's good that Childe knows it." Cao Xin smiled: "Gao Senjun went to run for you, and we should also deal with Henghai. Now in Zhenzhou, the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings."

Li Ze smiled: "My second uncle, but you really dare to do it!" not only stopped the pace of attacking Dingzhou, but also allowed Wang Feng to transfer the main force of Dingzhou to Yizhou and entangle You Yong. I'm wondering if he will privately send a troop of troops and horses on the way to Zhenzhou! ”

"It's not clear where Li Anmin is now, but where is Suning, he is already heading for Zhenzhou, his own 3,000 armor soldiers, plus Fei Zhong's 2,000 Lu Long Army, this is a huge force!" Cao Xin smiled and groaned.

"Cao Gong, this time against Henghai, we have to grasp the time just right!" Li Ze looked down at the map on the table: "We still have to rush to Shenzhou, Lu Long wants my Chengde, how can I justify it if I don't retaliate?" Not to mention anything else, I don't want to put those Lu Longjun in Zhenzhou back, it's Shi Yi, this time we have to clean it up. Avenge the blood hatred of the tens of thousands of sons who died in Yingzhou! ”

Cangxian County, the capital of Cangzhou, is already in chaos. In ordinary time, although there has been a constant war under the rule of Henghai, as the capital of Cangzhou and the base camp of Zhu Shou, Cangxian County is still very prosperous, but now, the scene of the past is completely invisible, inside and outside the city, the streets and alleys, full of soldiers.

Zhu Shou gathered all his last strength in Cangxian County, preparing to fight Li Ze to the death. The layered defensive policy on which he had pinned his hopes was wiped out in less than a month.

At the end of September, Li Ze set out from Wuyi, Xindu and other places, crossed the uninhabited area of Dezhou, and then began to attack Dongguang, Botou, Nanpi, in less than a month, the army attacked Lianke, and the cavalry had appeared in Cangxian.

Looking at his nephew Zhu Jun who was kneeling and trembling in the hall, Zhu Shou had no intention of punishing this nephew at all.

Zhu Jun hid outside for a long time, until He Chong died in battle and Yang Wei ran away, and then he returned to Cangxian with trepidation. Compared to He Chong, he is naturally inferior, but compared to Yang Weilai, he feels that he is still a lot stronger.