"Why did you say that, sir?" Zhu Deng hurriedly asked, and Yang Xuangan was also quite shocked by Li Mi's words.

"Huh! Today's words will be fulfilled in the future. Li Mi didn't explain, after saying with a smile, after glancing at Yang Xuangan, he put down his glass and got up and floated away, leaving only this pair of unknown righteous father and son.

After waiting in the palace of Luoyang City for a few days, Yang Xuangan did not come, Wang Shichong was very angry, and asked Master Hu to discuss.

"Mr. Hu, what do you think of Yang Xuan's refusal to accept the king's appointment and refuse Luoyang?"

"Huh! Lord Wang, he has 40,000 soldiers there, and he is still recruiting troops, and the mountain of red hearts is treacherous and not suitable to attack, so it can be said that he has full wings. Besides, Yang Xuangan is not an ordinary person, has the prince forgotten? His father, who is now the king of Yue, has he been under others for a long time? Master Hu said to Wang Shichong with a smile.

"Yes. Yang Xuan felt that this person was the hero of today, and he would set himself up as the king one day. It's just that the Red Peach Mountain is closer to my Luoyang, and if you don't obey this king, it will be a big trouble! After Wang Shichong came to his senses, he couldn't help but worry, and he felt like he had dug a hole for himself.

"The prince doesn't have to worry, since he disobeyed the order and didn't come, he cut off the food and military supplies there as soon as he broke off, he didn't have much food there, and it was difficult to last long, and he would have to ask the prince in the future, and then the prince would just pinch him again."

"Huh! What Mr. Hu said is reasonable, and what he said is reasonable. Wang Shichong couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"Report, General Wang Renze of Luokou City, the prince, has a letter here." The junior colonel of the Chinese army entered the door to report and interrupted Wang Shichong's laughter. Immediately, he took the letter from the school's hand and opened it to read.

"Huh! I see, Mr. Hu, how do you think you should act? After reading it, Wang Shichong handed the letter to Master Hu.

Master Hu hurriedly took it and looked at it, touched his beard and rolled his eyes, and said: "Since the prince is so feasible, 10,000 for 3,000 is worth it." However, in this defeat, our army was captured by more than 10,000 soldiers, so he replied to him asking Luoyang to surrender 20,000 troops in exchange. ”

"That's what the gentleman said." Immediately, he said to the Chinese army who sent the letter: "Let the person with the letter send a message to General Wang Renze, 20,000 for 3,000, don't make a counteroffer, go!" ”

The news soon came back to Yang Er's ears in Wagang Mountain, Yang Er laughed when he heard it, he didn't take it seriously, looked at Wu Bao, who was so angry, that he opened his teeth and claws, and said softly: "Just pay him back 20,000, Wu Bao, you go and send him 20,000 who are thin and injured in the army, and exchange it for my 3,000 elites, which is very cost-effective!" Hehe! ”

"Since the lord said so, then the last general will go to the election, and after the selection is done, the last general will go to Luokou to bring back the 3,000 brothers." After saying that, Wu Bao turned around and left.

"Mr. Lu, has the attrition figures of our army come out in this Wagang defense battle?"

"Lord, it's all over here, lord, please take a look." As he spoke, Lu Zhaolin folded the book in his hand to Yang Er. Yang Er took it and looked at it in detail.

"Very good, in this battle, the king only wounded 100 people and captured more than 35,000 Luoyang soldiers. All right! After Yang Er finished speaking, he thought about it again, and then said: "After returning Wang Shichong's 20,000 weak soldiers, there are still 15,000 troops left, and I will send someone to Ma Shumou to do canal labor." In the future, the capture and surrender of troops will be dealt with in this way. ”

"Yes, my lord."

"Also, let Luo Cheng and Zuo Tiancheng take 3,000 white horse servants back to the Luzhou camp and receive 100,000 grenades, 300,000 fire and thunder arrows, and 200 iron cannons to Wagang Mountain."

"Yes, my lord, the lower officials will arrange it."

Looking at Lu Zhaolin, who turned to leave, Yang Er's heart was very relaxed. He knew that this unequal war had completely crippled Wang Shichong and scared him, and it was the kind of fear that made Wang Shichong fear from the bottom of his heart. If he didn't hit him, he would never dare to provoke him again, at least for a short time, there would be no threat in this direction. But it is still necessary to strengthen precautions, and Wang Shichong's family is not the only one who covets Wagang?

There was nothing to do in the next few days, and I wanted to go to the Yongji Canal construction site to have a look, but I was persuaded by Lu Zhaolin, saying that there were many people there and there was chaos and there was a fear of accidents. Yang Er didn't insist, and it was indeed hard to say whether there were assassins waiting for an opportunity among the migrant workers.

It has been snowing heavily for several days, and the entire Wagang Mountain is covered in snow, and Yang Er is either playing chess with Wang Dai or telling them all kinds of stories. On this day, a messenger suddenly came up the mountain, but it was a secret letter from Jianghuai Du Fuwei.

"Huh! The king has been wondering where this group of people will go? It turned out that when I arrived in Langya Fei County, I should have thought of it a long time ago. It's just a pity that Qin Qiong was originally behind the gate, but now he is actually in the same stream with the green forest, alas! ”

"Brother Shi, what's wrong? Who's in Fee County? ”

"Sister Chuchen, she is a person like Xu Maogong, who you can't look down on. They all went to vote for Qin Qiong in Philadelphia, what a good plan! If it is said that Qin Qiong rebelled, there would be three cities of Philadelphia, Mengyin and Yinan in an instant. This food is also ugly, so he is not afraid that Tang Bi will cut off the grain and grass he is waiting for? ”

"Brother Shi, has he been such a hero?"

"Xu Maogong and Qin Qiong are a bit of a brain. It's gone quietly, but it's not going to happen yet, but it's only a matter of time. Alas! Out of thin air, another force was born against this king. After Yang Er finished speaking, he helplessly threw the secret letter in his hand on the table.

It turned out that Xu Maogong and other heroes of the rivers and lakes went all the way south after leaving the boundary of the Red Peach Mountain, and 4 days later they arrived in Philadelphia, Langya County, met Qin Qiong, Fan Hu, and Lian Ming, and explained the purpose of the trip. I didn't want to coincide with the ideas of the three of them.

The three Qin Qiong brothers guarded the three cities respectively, and each other defended each other against Du Fuwei's attack, but they often quarreled with Shangguan Tang Jin due to lack of food. According to Tang Jin's intentions, the grain and grass supply for the three should be recruited from the people on the spot. But Qin Qiong refused on the grounds that the people of the three cities of Langya County were poor and could not bear to take the people's food for the winter, and even sent the documents requesting food directly to Tangbi in Jinan. In order to stabilize the rear, Tang Bi reluctantly asked Tang Jin to distribute food to the defenders of the three cities. This is also not available for full-term, not to mention that the soldiers are still wearing autumn clothes and have never changed into winter clothes. This made Qin Qiong, who loved soldiers, extremely angry, but helpless! The weather is getting colder, and now even outdoor drills are omitted, and the soldiers spend their days in the barracks with nothing to do. This situation has long caused Fan Hu and Lian Ming to be dissatisfied, and they have also talked to their eldest brother Qin Qiong many times, but Qin Qiong has no choice but to survive hard. Fortunately, the Dufuwei forces in Langya County have never taken the initiative to provoke them, but it is rare to be peaceful and calm.

"Daochang Xu, Second Brother Shan, it is not difficult for me to start a business here as a foundation, but the army is most short of food and grass, winter clothes, ordnance and horses. Only when all these things are solved can things be done, I don't know if the eldest brother can do anything? Qin Qiong said to the heroes who came to vote. The 9 people who came this time, including Xu Maogong and Shan Xiongxin, were his best friends, and they were also the brothers who worshiped together in Jia Liulou at the beginning, and there were no outsiders, so Qin Qiong told him about the difficulties he faced.

"Uncle Bao, although we are here, we don't have to do it immediately, we still need to wait for the time, and we are not in a hurry. If it is not good to raise the banner of righteousness now, not to mention whether Tang Jin will send troops to suppress it, even Du Fuwei who is close here will also transfer troops to defend against me, which is really unwise! Xu Maogong explained.

"Second Brother Qin, junior brother sees that you only have 20,000 horses here, and I have tens of thousands of stone grain in Changyeling Cottage, which can be sent for the winter first." Cheng Yanjin interjected, ignoring You Junda's tugging on the corners of his clothes.

"Huh! It's a way to look at the words of biting gold, but it's not enough to rely on the food of your cottage, and you need many cottages to transport grain here. The second brother can send green forest arrows to several nearby cottages to recruit food and winter clothes. ”

"Okay." Shan Xiongxin agreed.

In the following half a month, the nearest cottage heroes were ordered to gather in Philadelphia and sent grain and grass, they were Li Chenglong, Han Chengbao, Zhang Xianyang, He Jingjue, Wang Junke, Qu Tutong, Qu Tugai and other green forest heroes, and the food sent was as much as 250,000 stones, which could be used for the needs of the people in the three counties of Philadelphia for several months.

It's just that such a big action has already alarmed Du Fuwei and Fu Gongshi, who were nearby, and a secret letter was quickly sent to Yang Shuangzhong on Wagang Mountain.

Two days later, the Military Intelligence Department also sent a confidential letter with roughly the same content, except that there was a list of Philadelphia Jianghu rebels, a detailed plan for the uprising, and the amount of food and ordnance, which obviously came from the internal information provided by Wang Bodang and Xie Yingdeng.

It's a bit of a surprise, but it's not terrible. Xu Maogong, Qin Qiong and others have the biggest premise of holding high the banner of righteousness is that Tang Bibei and the kings are all opposed, so as to profit from it, otherwise, such heroes will never take the lead in rebelling, and now what they have to do is to let Du Fuwei get ready, and give this group of heroes in the rivers and lakes a "praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind".

After thinking about it, he sent a secret letter to Duvoway, asking him to act according to the meaning of the secret letter.

After letting go of the matter of Langya Fei County, Yang Er spent a few more days of leisure. On this day, he received a letter from Wu Yunzhao in Liyang City, but this letter made Yang Er restless, and he hurriedly asked Zhong Jian to find Lu Zhaolin to come over to discuss.

Wang Dai saw that he was flustered, so she asked: "My husband has always been leisurely, but today he is not giving up, why?" ”

"Sister Dai, don't you know that the Yellow River is freezing now?"

"So what? The Yellow River is like this every year in the middle of winter, and even the sea at the mouth of the sea is frozen. ”

"Huh! That's why my husband is panicked! Yang Er sighed as he looked at the flying snow outside the window.

At this time, Lu Zhaolin, who got the news, walked into the room, came to Yang Lin in front of the window, and also looked out the window with Yang Er's eyes.

"Mr. Lu, General Yunzhao wrote that the Yellow River is frozen."

"Huh? Wouldn't that connect the north and south shores together, and prevent the Tangbi army from attacking! ”

"Yes! This is what worries the king. Originally, it could also rely on the natural danger of the Yellow River to block Tang Bi, but now that the moat has become a smooth road, Tang Bi will inevitably take advantage of the mobile troops. In addition, there were many people in Jizhou who were originally in turmoil, so it would inevitably form a chain reaction, and I was afraid that Yu Wenhua and General He Yunzhao would not be able to take care of it! It has been two months since the channel was opened, and there are less than 30 miles left to open this channel, and it cannot be stopped at this time. Yang Er looked at the snow scene outside the window and whispered to Lu Zhaolin about the current situation.

"Lord, there are roughly 150,000 troops and horses in the Tangbi army, focusing on the two directions of Liyang City and Weicheng, among which Liyang City, which is guarded by Wu Yunzhao, is directly facing the attack of the Tangbi army on the shore, but General Wu Yunzhao has 40,000 soldiers in his hands and occupies Jiancheng, so Tangbi can't please this way; On the other hand, on the Wei side, the two cities of Ande and Pingma, near the Yellow River, had a large defensive area, and they were easily bypassed by the Tang Bi army who came from across the river and were cut off from Wei City, becoming isolated cities. Lu Zhaolin whispered to Yang Er beside him.

"Yes! This form is obvious, but if you want to teach Tang Bi a lesson, you might as well give the two small cities of Ande and Pingma to Tang Bi, so that they can go deep into Jizhou, and when they attack our Wei City, our army will cut off its way back, so that it may also be forced to retreat. ”

"The lord has a good plan! Use two small cities as bait, lure them deeper, and then close the door and beat the dogs. Lu Zhaolin stroked his short beard and nodded constantly.

"Mr. Lu can write a letter about this king's strategy and hand it over to Yu Wenhua and Mr. to do it, and he will transfer General Fan Yang Xue Wanche to lead 40,000 Bai Ma Yi from the battalion to the south to aid Wei City, specializing in cutting off the Tang Bi's return route to the surprise army. Then send a letter to General Wu Tianxi, the defender of Weicheng, and ask him to wait for the Jinan army to attack, no matter what, he must hold Weicheng in October, and the city will be punished if it is lost within October, and it is not strange that the city will be lost after October. Yang Er turned his head to look at Lu Zhaolin and said.

"Yes, my lord, my lord, my lord's will, I will draft a book and send someone to send two people." Seeing Yang Er nodding, Lu Zhaolin turned around and went out.

"Alas! The world seems to be in chaos. Yang Er sighed, turned around, paced to the fire, sat down and started the fire.

"Brother Shi, the day before yesterday, Wang Shichong's 100,000 troops came to attack, and the battle was unprecedented, and I never heard Brother Shi say that the world was in chaos. Why did the Tang Wall attack after the Yellow River froze and it became the beginning of chaos? Dusty asked, puzzled.

"Wang Shichong came to fight for a city and a place, just to vent his personal anger, and it can also be seen as a personal grudge between this king and his Wang Shichong, and the surrounding gate valves will not participate, let alone move lightly. And Tang Bi took the initiative to cross the river to attack, and the meaning was completely different. He is fighting for the interests of the Jizhou family who lost the land, preventing the king from opening a canal, this is a blatant rebellion, although he does not necessarily play the anti-Sui banner, but there is an anti-Sui reality, and the surrounding gate valve towns are bound to take advantage of the chaos to rise up, each taking benefits. It's for chaos to come! Yang Er stretched out his hand to roast by the fire, and whispered in his mouth.

Chuchen and Wang Dai were both surprised when they heard this, their eyes showed panic, and they looked at each other.

"Then Xu Maogong and other heroes of the rivers and lakes are bound to take advantage of the opportunity?" Izumi asked in surprise.

"It's inevitable! But it's okay, Xu Maogong, Shan Xiongxin and others who hold high the banner of righteousness will inevitably attack the side of Tang Bi first, and they can also involve Tang Bi's forces for their brothers. Jianghuai Du Fuwei can also take the opportunity to expand his sphere of influence, in short, this chaotic situation has both advantages and disadvantages, and in the long run, it is extremely beneficial to the brothers. Yang Er rubbed his hands and said easily, Chuchen and Wang Dai looked at him with puzzled expressions, waiting for him to continue.

"Huh! The two sisters don't have to look like brothers. In the short term, it is necessary to be passive on the brother's side, not only to open a canal, but also to defend against a strong enemy. But as long as the initial passivity is passed, the general trend of the world will turn in the direction that is favorable to the brothers, at least the gate valves will calculate each other, fight with each other, weaken their respective strengths, and when they are tired of playing with each other, they will clean them up for the brothers, and then it is justifiable to send troops to cut the feudal domain without a reason. Yang Er took a peeled potato handed over by Wang Dai and opened his mouth to eat.