Shi Chaoli, as the most trusted minister beside Empress Zhang, naturally knew that his status in Empress Zhang's heart was far inferior to Liu Yongxi, and if he wanted to sit firmly in the current position, he must serve Liu Yongxi well.

So he was particularly enthusiastic to introduce the stakes: "The imperial court naturally has other intentions for this name, recently Liu Liangzuo is storming Linhuai Pass, but has not taken it down, so I want to use sincerity to suppress Guangchangbo!" ”

Liu Yongxi knew that Liu Liangzuo was the weakest among the four towns in Jiangbei, and he was even inferior to his former defeated general Liu Zeqing, but Liu Yongxi really didn't expect that Liu Liangzuo couldn't even take Linhuai Pass: "Linhuai Pass seems to be a county seat, right?" Gao Jie failed to take Yangzhou? Why didn't Liu Liangzuo even take down a county seat! ”

No matter how weak Liu Liangzuo is, he is also one of the four towns in Jiangbei, so Liu Yongxi feels that under normal circumstances, the officials and people of Linhuai Pass will not be able to hold it for long, but judging from the arrangement of the imperial court, Liu Liangzuo has not been able to take Linhuai Pass yet, so he hopes to use his own strength to contain Liu Liangzuo.

And Shi Chaoli immediately explained what was going on: "At that time, when the Shi Pavilion Department proposed to establish four towns, the imperial court decided that Liu Liangzuo's army would open the town of Linhuai, and Fengyang and Shouzhou would be subordinate to it, so there were always many inconveniences when Liu Liangzuo attacked the city!" ”

As soon as Shi Chaoli said this, Liu Yongxi already knew everything.

In April of this month, Liu Liangzuo's troops had already had a fierce conflict with the officials and people of Linhuai Pass, when Liu Liangzuo fled from Shanyang to Fengyang, and along the way there was a tendency of "thieves are like combs, and soldiers are like grates."

After hearing about Liu Liangzuo's actions, the officials and people of Linhuai naturally made preparations in advance and prepared for battle, but as a result, Liu Liangzuo not only failed to take Linhuai in a hurry, but suffered a lot of losses.

And now that the imperial court has designated Liu Liangzuo to open the town of Linhuai, Liu Liangzuo naturally wants to renew the offensive, but Linhuai is the place where Liu Liangzuo opened the town, and Liu Liangzuo had some scruples when attacking the city, so he has not been able to take Linhuai Pass until now, but the situation of the officials and people guarding the city in Linhuai Pass is not good.

Liu Yongxi asked directly: "What does the imperial court mean?" Not only let Liu Liangzuo open the town of Linhuai, but also let me be the chief soldier of Linhuai Pass? Isn't this a second marriage of one daughter? ”

Shi Chaoli replied: "The reason why the imperial court marries one daughter and two is not for the sake of the size of the foreign minister, now the imperial court means to let Liu Liangzuo take over the town of Shouzhou when he sees it, Shouzhou is much stronger than Linhuai Pass in any aspect, and we don't have to go to Linhuai, but accept Huai'an Ma Futai's dispatch!" ”

Liu Yongxi didn't expect the imperial court to have such wishful thinking: "The imperial court is really not afraid that I will fight with Liu Liangzuo?" ”

Shi Chaoli laughed: "The imperial court most hopes that Uncle Chengyi and Uncle Guangchang will fight, but Uncle Chengyi is now short of soldiers and horses, and the court feels that it can't fight!" ”

Since Liu Liangzuo is one of the four towns in Jiangbei, his troops are naturally not weak, claiming to have 30,000 people, and the actual strength is at least 10,000 people.

But Liu Yongxi laughed: "Since the imperial court wants us to fight, then we will fight a good fight, Brother Shengping, do you have any confidence in cleaning up Liu Liangzuo?" ”

Xing Shengping is now a newlywed Yan Er Chunfeng proudly: "I may not have confidence in dealing with others, but I must have a 100% chance of winning against Huama Liu, do you want me to go to Yangzhou?" ”

In any case, the relationship between him and Mrs. Xing is that of sister and brother, although Mrs. Xing has a lot of dissatisfaction with Liu Yongxi, she still has frequent contact with Xing Shengping, especially after Xing Shengping's department was expanded from the first battalion to the fifth battalion, Mrs. Xing suddenly looked at Xing Shengping with admiration.

No matter what, the army under Xing Shengping has always been the Xing family army, and in the past, she did everything possible to support the development of this Xing family army and even tried her best to make Xing Shengping eat partial food.

However, Xing Shengping's department has never been able to develop, but after Xing Shengping temporarily broke away from Gao Jie's command, he has developed, and his strength is almost five times that of the past.

Although Gao Jie hates this unexpected variable very much, Mrs. Xing has to think about her own family, although Xing Shengping is temporarily out of Gao Jie's department, but sooner or later the old swallow will return home.

After all, Xing Shengping's department has always been Gao Jie's old department, and among the four towns in Jiangbei, Gao Jie's troops are the most powerful, the strongest and the most prestigious, so Mrs. Xing feels that Xing Shengping will return to the team sooner or later, and now Xing Shengping's strength is the most beneficial to herself and Gao Jie.

And Liu Yongxi immediately responded: "Brother Shengping, then please go to Yangzhou with Mrs. Mei, if you don't return to your hometown, it's like a night trip in brocade!" ”

Xing Shengping thought so, although his hometown was in Mizhi instead of Yangzhou, but now he not only has five battalions of elite soldiers, but also such a beautiful woman, how can he make those old friends who have been suppressing him red-eyed: "Okay, I'll go to Yangzhou tomorrow, what else does Uncle Cheng have to explain?" ”

Liu Yongxi turned his head and asked Shi Chaoli: "Brother Li, how is the matter of the joint capture and extermination of the Kou now?" ”

Shi Chaoli didn't expect Liu Yongxi to suddenly ask about this matter: "The court calls this the money to destroy the Kou, but it's actually the same thing, don't look at the current court fighting to the death, but no matter what the mountain supports, there are only some small disputes, at most there are some small disputes, even the old sincere uncle is very enthusiastic about this matter!" ”

Liu Yongxi asked more: "Can the mother interfere in this matter?" ”

Shi Chaoli said very clearly: "King Fu said that Niangniang can dictate everything, but the joint capture and destruction of the Kou Kingdom has been decided, and the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics!" ”

Although Emperor Hongguang only said on his face that "the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics", but now no one in the middle palace is obviously targeting Empress Zhang, and Liu Yongxi said to Xing Shengping: "So we have to mess up the matter of joining forces to destroy the Kou, if we really want to join forces to destroy the Kou, what is the use of us warriors!" ”

Xing Shengping has read a lot of history books and knows that this kind of thing has been staged countless times in history: "If the matter of uniting and destroying the Kou is negotiated, then the next thing for the imperial court is to collect the right to collect troops, and then our meritorious ministers will be the second Yue Wumu, I have to make this matter clear to my sister and brother-in-law!" ”

Liu Yongxi had talked to Empress Zhang several times on this matter before he finally reached a consensus, but he didn't expect Xing Shengping to be so sensitive to this matter, almost a little thorough.

And Xing Shengping can even draw inferences: "What is the joint to destroy the Kou, isn't it the second Shaoxing peace conference, the so-called four towns in Jiangbei are not the four generals of Zhongxing at the beginning, and now the benefits promised to us will be withdrawn when the time comes, maybe we will kill a few famous generals Liwei!" ”