"There is not enough success, but there are more failures." Back in Wuyi, more detailed information has returned from Zhaoyi one after another, which also gave Li Ze and Xue Ping the most intuitive understanding of the affairs of Zhaoyi Festival Town.

Xue Ping was so angry that he only trembled, there was a change in Zhaoyi, and for him, the impact was undoubtedly the most direct. The 10,000 Shence army led by him now maintains a transcendent status in Wuwei, because their salaries are all from the imperial court and are issued by the imperial court, and they do not eat Wuwei's military rations.

Now that there has been a change in Zhaoyi, the food and salary from the imperial court will inevitably be cut off, and his soldiers and horses will be supplied by Wuwei. Originally, Li Ze was rewarded after the Battle of Matouzhai, which made the hearts of the Shence soldiers fluctuate. Of course, it can also be said that people are excited, but the problem is that this kind of excitement is not what Xue Ping wants.

"The Zhaoyi chaos must end immediately." Xue Ping looked at Li Ze.

Li Ze, who understood what he meant, shook his head in embarrassment: "Brother Xue, although this matter has a lot to do with us, there is no reason for Wu Wei to intervene. First, now we don't have enough troops, as you can see, the only mobile force in Wuwei now is my personal guard. Second, the teacher is nameless, Xue Wei conscripted Xue Jian, Xue Xiong and others, and these people have no bad deeds, nor do they have any objections, just because they have conflicts with Xue Wei, this is at most a family matter, right? Not only is it difficult for us to interfere, but it is you, and it is better not to interfere for the time being. ”

"My surname is Xue, too!" Xue Ping gritted his teeth and said.

"But don't forget, you are leading the Divine Army, which is the Son of Heaven's own army." Li Ze smiled and said: "If you make a move, it is equivalent to the Son of Heaven showing his attitude, and the meaning contained here is not ordinary." ”

"Do you mean that I can only watch?" Xue Ping was angry.

"Now I can only watch, and if I want to intervene, I have to wait for a suitable time, for example, when an external force intervenes in the internal dispute in Zhaoyi." Li Ze said quietly.

"External forces?" Xue Ping was slightly startled.

"Of course, Xue Wei has been preparing for this matter for a long time, not only in terms of soldier mobilization, but also in terms of grain and grass reserves, which are much stronger than Xue Jian and Xue Xiong, this battle, Xue Jian Xue Xiong Pei Zhiqing They will not last long before they will show defeat, do you think they will be restrained?" Li Ze asked with a smile.

"Of course not!" Xue Ping immediately came to his senses: "They will ask for help." And the one who is most likely to become their backer is Wei Bo's Tian Chenghei, how could Tian Chengsi let go of this good opportunity to annex Zhaoyi? Once Xue Jian, Xue Xiong and the others opened their mouths to him, he could justifiably meddle in Zhaoyi's internal affairs! ”

"That's it." Li Ze nodded and said: "At this time, Brother Xue, it is the time for you to make a move, in fact, not only you, but even the imperial court has a chance to make a move." ”

"The imperial court shot?" Xue Ping shook his head and said: "The imperial court will not interfere in the affairs between the towns and festivals, this is the custom, once the exception is made, the balance will be broken." ”

Li Ze sneered: "If this is the case, then His Majesty the Emperor is afraid that he will only be able to be a nominal emperor in the Chang'an Imperial City forever." If His Majesty the Emperor wants to revive the prestige of the imperial court, this is the best opportunity to enter, 200,000 gods, is it to feed dry food? ”

Xue Ping wanted to speak and stopped.

"I look at the gods and the army, I can still fight, the battle of Matouzhai is impressive, as the Son of Heaven, sitting in the land of Heluo in Guanzhong, to say a disrespectful word, even if he is just a festival town, it is also the strongest festival town in the world!" Li Zedao: "With such strength, I don't dare to fight out, I just want to hold Guanzhong Heluo, the time is a long time, how can I not let people look down on him, I want to fight out, let people see his majesty, see the majesty of the court is still there, and the majesty is still there." ”

Xue Ping said that the imperial court still has 200,000 divine troops, but how many can really fight? The Yuancong Praetorian Guards led by Qin Zhao were able to fight, but they were still beaten by Li Ze's Qianniu Guard, who had only been trained for more than half a year. Li Xin's 50,000 Shence army can be beaten, but it is even worse than the Yuan Cong Janissaries, whether Chen Bangzhao's Shence army stationed in the four major passes can still fight, Xue Ping really doesn't know, what he knows is that many generals in these four passes are very rich.

The Ten Thousand Divine Strategies that he brought to Wuwei can indeed fight, but they are carefully selected. And the Shence Army in Heluo Pass, in the final analysis, is not only a problem of the soldiers not being able to do it, but a big problem with the leading officers.

But how did he talk to Li Ze about these words!

Li Ze didn't seem to see Xue Ping's embarrassment, and continued to say with great interest: "Once Xue Jian and Xue Xiong are defeated, they will inevitably ask Wei Bo for help, and as soon as Wei Botian Chenghei makes a move, Brother Xue, it's not that I look down on your uncle Xue Wei, I'm just afraid that he will lose extremely quickly and miserably." But at this time, as long as your uncle writes to the court for help, and is willing to hand over the land of Zhaoyi to the direct subordinate of the imperial court, then the imperial court will have a lot of reasons to send troops to take over Zhaoyi, and Tian Chenghei will either swallow this breath and return to Wei Bo, or start a war with the imperial army. And as soon as the war starts, the hat of a thief can be put on his head, and the military leaders around him, hehehe, won't they pounce on him and bite Wei Bo. ”

Xue Ping said sullenly: "Rushing up all around, what good is it to the imperial court?" ”

"How is it not beneficial? Even if it is a little bit divided by the military leaders around him, as long as the imperial court takes the lion's head, it will make a lot of money, right? Li Ze laughed and said: "In this way, the army of the imperial court has been trained, the territory has been expanded, and more importantly, the imperial court has completely opened up the connection channel between us and Wuwei, Zhaoyi and Wei Bo are all under the imperial court. ”

Li Ze's description is extremely beautiful, but Xue Ping knows that it is easier said than done, and the most important thing here is that once the imperial court soldiers and horses make a move, whether they can defeat Wei Bo, Li Ze only said the benefits of winning, but did not say the disadvantages of losing.

"Anyway, Brother Xue, before I completely pacify Zhang Zhongwu, I don't have the strength to interfere in Nangu." Li Ze spread his hands and said: "Or you can run to Hedong and talk to Han Qi and them, they are idle now, maybe they can borrow you some soldiers and horses." ”

Xue Ping smiled bitterly: "Because of the Hedong Festival, Han Qi and Li Cunzhong not only hate you, but even I hate it, at this time, I go to them, what else can I get except to touch my nose?" ”

"Then I can't help it." Li Ze spread his hands and said: "So, now we can only watch Zhaoyi fight, I hope that your uncle will be a little more courageous and can take down his brothers and sisters with lightning speed." So that Wei Bo did not have a chance to intervene. ”

"How is that possible? Wei Bo is afraid that he has made all the preparations now, just waiting for an order! Xue Ping said bitterly.

Sending Xue Ping away, Li Ze stared at the map on the wall, thoughtfully, his palm secretary came over with his hands behind his back, stood beside Li Ze, looked at Li Ze's side face, and said in a low voice: "Sure enough, I am afraid that the world will not be chaotic, as soon as your idea comes out, if Chang'an really believes it, then as Xue Ping said, the balance has been broken." ”

"Zhang Zhongwu stirred up some wind and waves, but he is on the border, even if there are some wind and waves, it can't be too big, sir, we are fighting life and death here, but Heluoguan is still drunk and dreaming of death, singing and dancing endlessly, so well, the wind and waves will come more quickly and bigger." Li Ze said quietly.

"Is it easy to fish in mixed water?" Zhang replied: "Is the festival marshal so sure that he can touch the biggest fish?" ”

"I'm trying to get rid of all the fish." Li Zeyi smiled and said: "And those who want to catch the fish in this muddy water with me are all wiped out." ”

"There are so many heroes and heroes in the world."

"Then they will be overturned one by one, and the dead ones will not be heroes, but only bears." Li Zedao.

"It's naturally good to be ambitious, but you can't underestimate the heroes of the world, just one Tian Chenghei can provoke a lot of trouble." Zhang replied: "What's more, there is also a Zhu Wen who looks docile now, but moves frequently in private. This is only the north, and the south is not the land of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. ”

Li Ze laughed: "Sir, don't worry, I have always looked down on the enemy strategically and attached importance to the enemy tactically, by the way, now that the war has entered a stalemate, most of the students of Wuwei Academy have returned to study, right?" Tell Mr., tomorrow is the beginning of spring, these people can't be idle, when the time comes, if you want to come to Yanzhou, Danzhou will also be taken by us, and they all have to come out to work for me. ”

Zhang Hui nodded: "Kaichun Wuwei Academy will open the mountain gate to recruit newcomers to enter." ”

"By the way, Jin Mantang will search for a group of frustrated scholars from the south, and the poor scholars will come to Wuwei to study, and the number is probably quite a lot, I heard that there are hundreds of people in the first batch. Sir, pay attention to whether there are any heroes among them? Li Ze said with a smile.

Zhang Hui smiled and shook his head again and again: "Jin Mantang has been used by you to the extreme, and now he is even willing to be a human trafficker?" ”

"No, these people can't live happily in the south, and when they come to us, they will find that there is another world!" Li Zedao: "Everything is foreseen, and if you don't prepare, you have to do something in advance." ”

Zhang Hui sighed a little, Li Ze always took one step, looked at ten steps, and now even the north is still in chaos, but his eyes have swept to the south, a large number of southerners have joined Wuwei Festival Town, and it will naturally be of great use in the future.