"The second request is about refugees, with a war, there will inevitably be a large number of refugees fleeing, His Royal Highness the King of Jin hopes that the general's army will not plunder the people and not hinder them from fleeing."

Perhaps it was the residual anger just now, Qiu Jingzhong said in a cold tone: "I can only say as much as possible, once the battlefield is spread, many soldiers are not something I can control." ”

Gongsun Liangji said coldly: "It's best to restrain it, otherwise the Jin army will clash with you in order to protect the people, which is not something we want to see." ”

Qiu Jingzhong opened his mouth wide, and only then did he understand what the other party meant, and the Jin army would also appear on the battlefield.

"What if it's Zhu Zhu's army that disturbs the people?" Qiu Jingzhong asked unwillingly.

"We will warn Zhu Jun that if he does not restrain military discipline, the 50,000 Jin cavalry will never stand idly by!"

.........

Gongsun Lianghei said goodbye and left, Qiu Jingzhong paced back and forth in the room with his hands, depressed in his heart, Sizhou and Bozhou were taken away by the Jin army, and the territory of the four states he originally planned was reduced by half at once, and no matter how good news there is, it is difficult to restore his depression at this time.

Hou Xicai sent Gongsun Liangji back, and when he saw that Qiu Jingzhong was still sullen, he smiled and persuaded him: "The general wants to open a little!" We got 80,000 sets of armor, and we should have exchanged them for Bozhou and Sizhou, and Guo Song's favors were not easy to take. We've got to pay the price, don't we? ”

Qiu Jingzhong let out a long sigh, "After a big battle, I'm afraid that there is no place to replenish the troops, the Jin army is too ruthless, and it is just enough to take away Sizhou and Bozhou, but what about the 35,000 scattered troops?" Even give me half of it! ”

Qiu Jingzhong was depressed not because the two territories were gone, but because the 35,000 scattered troops he had already regarded as in his pocket were gone, 20,000 in Sizhou and 15,000 in Bozhou, his strength could have reached 150,000, but now 35,000 have flown away.

Hou Xicai continued to persuade him: "General, fighting a war itself is a trade-off, if we defeat Zhu Zhu's army, we will get a large number of soldiers, and we don't have to worry about replenishing troops." ”

Hou Xicai's persuasion untied Qiu Jingzhong's heart knot a lot, and he nodded and said, "Don't worry about this matter for now, let's discuss, how to deal with the attack of Zhu Zhu's army?" ”

.........

The news of Qiu Jingzhong's capture of Songzhou and Xuzhou finally reached Zhu Zhu's ears, Zhu Zhu had never been so angry, he swung his sword and chopped indiscriminately in the inner study, so frightened that Wang Xianzhong and several eunuchs fled with rolling and crawling, and if they were one step too late, their heads would be lost.

How can Zhu Jun not be furious, Songzhou and Xuzhou are his first and second largest production areas, especially the official fields in these two states are particularly large, half of the military food comes from these two states, Song and Xu are lost, and his army will soon be hungry.

At this time, Liu Sigu was hurriedly found by Wang Xianzhong, and only he could dissuade the furious Son of Heaven.

When Liu Sigu arrived, Zhu Zhu was exhausted, sitting on the chair panting, and the long sword was thrown aside by him, Zhu Zhu was too fat, and the few swings just now made him exert all the power of the wilderness in his anger, and now that he is calm, he is out of strength.

"Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty doesn't need to be so angry!"

"How can I not be angry? Guo Song's generals are loyal, but my subordinates have become rebellious one by one, I treat them well, why should they betray me? ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Jun couldn't help but burst into tears, he was really heartbroken, and one of his most trusted generals also betrayed him.

Liu Sigu sighed, "Your Majesty, in the final analysis, it is still a matter of power, Qiu Jingzhong has been in control of the Flying Bear Guard for seven years, too long, when the Flying Bear Army has become his private army, his ambition will naturally burst out." ”

"He wants to be king, and I can do whatever I want, but ..... He occupies Songzhou and Xuzhou, which are the two largest grain producing areas, and half of my military rations come from these two states. ”

Liu Sigu was very helpless in his heart, of course he didn't want a civil war to break out, if Qiu Jingzhong occupied Sizhou or Bozhou, he could persuade Zhu Jun to forbear, but Xuzhou and Songzhou are different, these two states are not only the best grain-producing states, but also occupy thirty percent of the population, if you don't endure the pain in time to dig out Qiu Jingzhong's tumor, then the whole body will soon fester.

"Your Majesty, since the war is inevitable, let's implement it as soon as possible, take advantage of Qiu Jingzhong's unstable foothold, first take back Songzhou, and then stabilize the position, so that we can confront Qiu Jingzhong in Xuzhou, and our losses will be reduced by half."

"But without the food in Xuzhou, I am still worried that the military food will be insufficient!"

Liu Sigu smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, we don't need to provide food for the 80,000 Flying Bear Army, in fact, it's about the same." ”

Zhu Jun was stunned for a moment, he patted his head and smiled: "I'm really angry, according to the words of the military advisor, how should this battle be fought?" ”

Liu Sigu pondered and said: "Weichen suggested that the general Wang Zhongmou be the main general, with the Leopard Tao Army as the main force, supplemented by 30,000 scattered troops as the reserve soldiers, set off overnight tonight, the soldiers were fast, and the enemy and Jingzhong army were caught off guard. ”

"Then why don't you let Xiao Wanding lead the Tiger Benwei there?"

Liu Sigu smiled bitterly and said: "Weichen is honest, General Xiao has little actual combat experience, he is not Qiu Jingzhong's opponent, it is better not to let him fight." ”

Liu Sigu knew in his heart, although Xiao Wanding kept saying that he had transported his troops properly and thwarted Qiu Jingzhong's attempt to attack the palace, Liu Sigu knew that he had actually fallen into Qiu Jingzhong's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain and deceive his 100,000 troops to the north, so that Qiu Jingzhong could leave Luoyang smoothly.

Zhu Zhu is also from the Jiedu envoy, and he knows that Liu Sigu is right, Xiao Wanding is indeed not Qiu Jingzhong's opponent.

He immediately issued an order: "Spread my will, and quickly summon General Wang Zhongmou to see me!" ”

A eunuch ran to deliver the decree, and at this time, Liu Feng hurried to ask to see the Son of Heaven.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has an urgent report!"

Liu Feng took out an envelope and presented it: "This is a letter from Guo Song, King of Jin, to His Royal Highness, someone put it in a blank envelope to Weichen, Weichen opened it, only to find that it was a letter to His Majesty!" ”

When Zhu Jun heard that it was Guo Song's letter, he hurriedly took the envelope, only to see that the envelope read: 'Master Mingyutang to Mr. Dongge! ’

Ordinary people can't understand it, but Zhu Jun knows that Mingyutang is the name of Guo Song's official room, and Dongge is the inner study where he is now, which can be regarded as an informal letter.

Zhu Jun opened the envelope, inside was a folded plain note, he unfolded the letter, there were only a few lines on it, "Mr. Yu Wen Dongge wants to recruit traitors, this is your internal affairs, the Jin army will not interfere, but please restrain the army and do not disturb the people, otherwise, the 50,000 cavalry of the Jin army on the East Road will never stand idly by, above!" ’

The inscription is Guo Song, the king of Jin, and a private seal is stamped underneath.

Zhu Jun didn't get angry, he stared at the letter blankly, his heart was full of fear, he understood the unclear words in the letter, Guo Song actually deployed 50,000 cavalry to watch the battle.

"Your Majesty, what did Guo Song say?" Liu Sigu asked in a low voice on the side.

Zhu Zhu handed the letter to him, Liu Sigu hurriedly read the letter, he was also secretly surprised, he suddenly realized that Guo Song had the intention of manipulating this war, but his mind turned extremely fast, no matter whether Guo Song manipulated the war or not, this war was inevitable, even if they didn't fight this war, Guo Song would still manipulate Qiu Jingzhong to weaken them.

Liu Sigu glanced at Zhu Zhu, and saw that he was still a little confused in his eyes, obviously he hadn't seen through the doorway yet, Liu Sigu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's normal for Guo Song to pay attention to this war, he wants to take the opportunity to buy people's hearts, let's just leave him alone." ”

"But..... Where did he deploy fifty thousand cavalry? Zhu Jun is still puzzled, there are Caozhou and Bianzhou between them, does Guo Song want to seize Caozhou or Bianzhou?

"Your Majesty, the Jin army should be in Yanzhou, and Yanzhou borders Song Zhou."

At this time, the eunuch reported at the door, "Your Majesty, General Wang Zhongmou is here." ”

........

Zhu Zhu's southern expeditionary army set off the next day, and when they conquered Qi at the beginning of the year, they still had half of their supplies, grain and grass unused, and it happened that this expedition against Qiu Jingzhong was used.

Grain and materials are hoarded in Chenliu County, where it is a famous transit place for grain and grass materials, hoarding hundreds of thousands of stone grain and a large number of materials, and there are currently 80,000 scattered troops assembled in Chenliu County, just to protect the grain and grass materials in Chenliu County.

In this expedition against Qiu Jingzhong, Zhu Jun dispatched 90,000 troops, including 50,000 leopard tao troops, 10,000 tiger guard cavalry and 30,000 scattered troops, under the command of the general Wang Zhongmou.

Wang Zhongmou is about forty years old, tall and thin, his face is thin, his eyes always reveal a cold meaning, he is also one of the generals who participated in the Jingyuan Mutiny, and now Mo said that Qiu Jingzhong is a veteran who has followed Zhu Zhu for more than 20 years, and even the generals who have participated in the Jingyuan Mutiny, there are only three people left, in addition to Wang Zhongmou, there are also Hu Benwei right general Han Min and left general Zhang Tingan.

This time, the general who commanded the 10,000 Tiger Guards cavalry was none other than General Zuo Zhang Ting'an.

The 60,000-strong army left Luoyang and marched towards Chenliu County.