After listening to Qin Sheng and Chen Lin's words, Jiao Qiang sighed and said: "I understand the worries of the two gentlemen, please rest assured, we will never turn against the Yiyang Army and the Wu Xiu Army now, but we had better agree on our future plans now." I'm a rough person and don't like to beat around the bush, so I asked directly, will we continue to develop independently in the future, or will we unite with other forces, or even submit to one or the other forces? ”

Only then did Chen Lin understand Jiao Qiang's true intentions, Jiao Qiang is now the commander of the Western Route Army, if he wants to start an incident, he doesn't need to discuss it with everyone at all, just act according to his wishes. Since he is proposing this idea now, it shows that he has the intention of uniting with other forces and even submitting to one side or the other.

So Chen Lin immediately said: "I think we can unite with Zhang Shumo for the time being." Although Zhang Shumo is the weakest, he has done so at a young age, and his future is limitless! And he was originally a person from the General's Mansion, and he would take into account the interests of the General's Mansion in some way. ”

"What?" Huang Can looked puzzled: "Mr. Chen, isn't he confused?" What is Zhang Shumo's identity, and why is he united with us? To put it mildly, when Jingguo's trouble is solved, he will definitely be the first person to be kicked out of the northwest! ”

When Qin Sheng heard this, he immediately retorted: "I didn't expect General Huang to be so conservative, a manly man, and he will definitely make contributions in troubled times, what kind of background do you see?" Don't forget, it was Zhang Shumo who handed Xu Liangcheng back to the General's Mansion. Otherwise, you're still trapped in the projectile land of the last city! ”

"What do you mean?" Huang Can's eyes widened angrily: "Are you saying that without Zhang Shumo, we can't defeat Liu Ye's Northern Route Army?" ”

Jiao Qiang just wanted to stop Huang Can, but Chen Lin said with a smile: "General Huang, don't be angry, maybe Zhang Shumo's identity is not simple." Think about it, who is presiding over the government of Huaiguo now? ”

Huang Can said without thinking: "Zhang Lu, what's wrong?" ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, Jiao Qiang hurriedly asked, "Does Mr. Chen mean that Zhang Shumo has something to do with Zhang Lu?" ”

Regarding the speculation that Zhang Lu has a relationship with Zhang Shumo, Qin Sheng has already heard Chen Lin say it, so he is not surprised, but said a little proudly: "Zhang Shumo and Zhang Lu are both surnamed Zhang, can't they explain the problem?" The surname Zhang is in Huaiguo, except for the Zhang family clan in the capital, where are there any other branches? And you may not know that Zhang Shumo was suddenly promoted by General Su Han to Yicao when Zhang Lu came to Xu Liangcheng to comfort our army. You can think about it, why did General Su promote a young man who didn't know the details for no reason, and it was after Zhang Lu arrived at Xu Liang, is this just a coincidence? ”

After listening to Qin Sheng's words, everyone felt more and more that Zhang Shumo might be related to Zhang Lu, and Zhang Jun couldn't help but add: "There is also the little Taoist priest beside Zhang Shumo. That Taoist priest is young, but his martial arts are very good, and he is not an ordinary person at first glance. But he is willing to assist Zhang Shumo, thinking that Zhang Shumo must have a great future! ”

Chen Lin was overjoyed in his heart, and everyone finally went to the road. So he continued: "That's right! Not only Zhang Shumo's subordinates, but even the people of the Yiyang Army are willing to do things for Zhang Shumo, can't it explain the problem? If anyone wants to say that Zhang Shumo is just an ordinary person, I categorically don't believe it! Therefore, at the moment, it is the safest choice to unite with Zhang Shumo. ”

Jiao Qiang also wanted to unite with Zhang Shumo before, but after listening to Chen Lin's words, he said with a little worry: "But Zhang Lu is a thief, if Zhang Shumo really has something to do with Zhang Lu, wouldn't we join forces with him with the thief?" ”

Chen Lin shook his head: "General Jiao, don't you know what the emperor was like before?" If Huaiguo wants to be strong, he must get rid of that faint king! Moreover, General Su Han should have had some dealings with Zhang Lu when he was alive, otherwise Zhang Lu would not have had to come to comfort the Northwest Army in person! ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. This time, even Qin Sheng was surprised: That's right, how could the prime minister personally go to the frontier to comfort the defenders in previous years? Zhang Lu rebelled after coming to the northwest this year, if he didn't have any conspiracy with General Su Han, why did he go to the northwest in person?

"Mr. Chen, if you have any other major guesses, just tell them at once, the old man is old and can't stand the stimulation." Zhang Jun said as he wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead. This news had too much impact on Zhang Jun, if it wasn't for Liu Ye's rebellion, would Su Han have helped Zhang Lu rebel together? Will you rebel with you?

Chen Lin smiled: "Speculation is speculation after all, and it needs to be confirmed." But judging from the current situation, we will definitely not be wrong to join forces with Zhang Shumo. First, the pressure of foreign enemies, it is difficult to resist Jingguo's attack without uniting with them. The second is domestic pressure, if Zhang Shumo is really Zhang Lu's person, then once we block Jingguo's attack, Zhang Lu will definitely help Zhang Shumo, if Zhang Shumo is still the master, it doesn't hurt for us to follow him. If Zhang Shumo plots against him, we will be in time to rebel! Besides, Su Yi Gongzi is still in Zhang Shumo's hands, even if we leave incense for the Su family, we have to follow Zhang Shumo for the time being! ”

Everyone was moved by Chen Lin's words and fell into deep thought. Qin Sheng had already seen from the previous events that Su Yi was not the master of the Ming, but Zhang Shumo attached great importance to friendship, and it was not a good thing for him to follow Zhang Shumo!

Thinking of this, Qin Sheng took the lead and said, "I agree with Chen Lin's suggestion!" ”

Jiao Qiang squinted his eyes and looked at Zhang Jun, Zhang Jun's impression of Zhang Shumo was not bad, so he also nodded. Then Jiao Qiang looked at Huang Can again, although Huang Can was a little hesitant, he nodded helplessly when he saw that everyone else agreed.

"Good! Since you all agree, I will convene everyone tomorrow and propose a tripartite alliance, with Zhang Shumo as the leader of the alliance! ”

At the same time, there was a commotion at the north gate of Dieling Pass, and it turned out that Pang Yuan rushed back with the cavalry of the Wuxiu Army. Soon, the news of Pang Yuan's return spread, and the main personnel in Dieling Pass came out to greet Pang Yuan.

"General Pang has worked hard!" As soon as Zhang Shumo saw Pang Yuan, he hurriedly greeted him.

Pang Yuan hurriedly knelt down on one knee to Zhang Shumo: "Qi Yu Gongzi, the last general Pang Yuan pursued the enemy for thirty miles and killed nearly 3,000 enemy troops!" ”

Everyone applauded when they heard it, Jingguo people killed nearly 10,000 Western Route troops in Dieling Pass and ran away, everyone must have held back their bad breath, and now that Pang Yuan has returned with a great victory, everyone can be regarded as having this evil breath.

Zhang Shumo hurriedly helped Pang Yuan up: "The general should have been rewarded for this great victory. It's a pity that it's late today, and the soldiers should rest early after a tiring day. Wait until tomorrow, and I will reward the army and reward the deeds! ”

Pang Yuan thanked Zhang Shumo but found Yang Xue's figure, and seeing Yang Xue standing behind Zhang Shumo, Pang Yuan said again: "This pursuit is thanks to this girl's reminder, this big victory, this girl should take the lead!" ”