After listening to Zhang Shumo's words, Gongsun Luo immediately ordered the army to advance at full speed and rushed to Yunzhou City, and finally before dawn, the army of Yan Kingdom came to the outside of Yunzhou City.

Seeing the big word "Yan" hanging on the city wall, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that the Yan army had won.

When the people in the city saw Gongsun Luo leading people to come, they immediately opened the city gate to greet them. At this time, the Yan army had completely taken over the defense of the city, and the streets were still being cleaned up. It wasn't quite what I expected, but it turned out to be good.

So Gongsun Luo was overjoyed and praised the soldiers at the moment. Then, under Zhang Shumo's reminder, Gongsun Luo ordered the officers and soldiers of the Yan State to control the yamen in the city and take over all the things in the city.

On the second day, the news of the Yan army's destruction of Yunzhou City immediately spread in the eastern part of Jingguo, and the local officials and defenders of other cities in the east fled one after another, leaving the people behind.

Therefore, the Yan army effortlessly took the three cities of Hunyuan, Guangling, and Yanggao in the eastern part of Jingguo, and occupied the entire eastern part of Jingguo.

When war comes, the local people are the first to suffer. Many people were concerned about Jingguo and did not want to be slaves of the country, so they secretly ran out and migrated to other parts of Jingguo. The pipeline from Yunzhou County to the west is full of refugees who have taken refuge, and it is a depressed scene.

The news soon spread to the capital of Jingguo, and Ji Xin was shocked to learn the news, and directly dismissed Shen Xiao from his post, and sent troops from the south to suppress the rebellion to the east to resist the Yan State.

Under the persuasion of the hundred officials of Jingguo, Ji Xin finally sent an envoy to Yan to sue for peace.

At this time, the Yan army had occupied the eastern part of Jingguo for more than a month, and under the persuasion of Zhang Shumo, Gongsun Luo immediately issued a new decree to distribute the fields in the homes of the fugitive officials and squires to the people who were willing to stay, and reduce taxes for three years. This initiative immediately won the hearts and minds of the local people.

For those local squires and nobles who were willing to stay, Zhang Shumo advocated the protection of their original property and persuaded Gongsun Luo to give them power. These squires and nobles had no less property, and the children of the family were also installed in the yamen, of course they did not complain, and they were very supportive of Gongsun Luo.

On this day, Gongsun Luo received the edict from Gongsun Xue and immediately invited Zhang Shumo and Xu Jian to discuss.

In the edict, Gongsun chose Gongsun Luo and Zhang Shumo to return to Beijing to receive merit, and then asked Xu Jian to replace Gongsun Luo to lead the army of more than 100,000 in Jingguo.

So Gongsun Luo said bluntly when he saw the two: "Some time ago, Jingguo had sent someone to send a letter to my father asking for peace, and now my father suddenly recalled me and the military division, and it seems that this Jingguo is eighty percent gone." It's just a pity that the Yunzhou County we laid down, did it just give it to Jingguo? ”

After hearing this, Zhang Shumo arched his hand to Gongsun Luo and said: "Your Highness, rest assured, Your Majesty will never hand it over from Yunzhou County, why should you pay it back if you have the ability?" As long as Yunzhou County is in hand, the entire territory of Jingguo will be under the overlook of Dayan, so Jingguo will only be more obedient. ”

Gongsun Luo breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this: "It would be great if this was the case, with the advice of the military advisor, the people here love the palace so much, if it is returned to Jingguo, they are afraid that they will suffer." ”

When Xu saw this, he immediately received: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, as long as there is no order from His Majesty, the old minister will never let the people of Jingguo set foot in Yunzhou County for another half step!" ”

After hearing this, Zhang Shumo suddenly had a new plan in his heart: this time, Yan Guo conquered the entire territory of Yunzhou County, and he had already taken a big advantage. Now that Jingguo is sending someone to sue for peace, Gongsun Xue and Fan Yao will most likely agree, so it won't be long before Jingguo will free his hands again to go to the other party Yang Xue. But if the Yan army of Yunzhou County and Jing Jun are constantly in friction, then Jing Guo will not dare to relax his defense here, and the pressure on Yang Xue's side will be reduced a lot.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shumo immediately said to Gongsun Luo: "Your Highness, before you go down, you want to make this place a force for Your Highness!" ”

When Gongsun Luo heard this, he became interested: "Oh? Tell me about it? ”

Zhang Shumo deliberately glanced at Xu Jian, and Gongsun Luo immediately understood what Zhang Shumo meant, so he said to Xu Jian: "General Xu, since I and the military advisor are about to leave, please take a lot of trouble here, this palace will give orders to the officials of the cities now, let them fully cooperate with you, you go and get familiar with them now!" ”

Of course, Xu Jian understood that this was driving himself away, so he took the order to leave.

As soon as Xu Jian left, Zhang Shumo spoke.

"Your Highness, although the second highness Gongsun Zhi is under house arrest now, if Your Majesty does not get rid of him one day, then he will still have the possibility of coming out of the mountain again, so Your Highness should not be careless! And His Highness's power in the territory of Yan Country is too small, except for His Highness's five thousand private soldiers, I'm afraid there are no people who really obey His Highness's command wholeheartedly, right? ”

Gongsun Luo looked at Zhang Shumo in surprise after hearing this: "What do you mean by this?" Didn't the escort sent to me by my father obey my command wholeheartedly? ”

"Your Highness also said that it was given to you by Your Majesty, if Your Highness is at odds with Your Majesty's order, will the escort obey Your Highness's order or obey Your Majesty's order?" Zhang Shumo reminded.

Gongsun Luo suddenly stood up when he heard this, he already understood the meaning of Zhang Shumo's words in his heart, Zhang Shumo let him cultivate an army that completely belongs to him! But what's the difference between this and rebellion?

So Gongsun Luo immediately scolded: "Bold Zhang Shumo, do you know what your words mean?" ”

Zhang Shumo immediately knelt on the ground, and then said: "Your Highness, the foreign minister naturally understands what he is talking about, Your Highness, imagine that if one day Your Majesty really passes the throne to Gongsun Zhi, will Your Highness be willing?" ”

"Gongsun Zhi has committed the crime of rebellion, which is already a heinous crime, how can Your Majesty pass the throne to him?" Gongsun Luo immediately retorted.

Zhang Shumo suddenly got up and laughed: "Your Highness, as long as you haven't ascended the throne for this kind of thing, there are still variables, and Your Highness naturally has to make all the best preparations!" Moreover, Gongsun Zhi was killed for plotting against His Majesty, could it be that His Highness secretly raised private soldiers, and His Majesty would do anything to His Highness? ”

This sentence completely speaks to Gongsun Luo's heart, and what Gongsun Luo is most worried about is that Gongsun Luo is biased towards Gongsun Choice, and he will end up with a bamboo basket for nothing.

Thinking of this, Gongsun Luo wavered, and he looked at Zhang Shumo: "Stealing private soldiers is not a trivial matter, do you have a perfect strategy?" ”

Zhang Shumo nodded: "I asked His Highness to show favors to the people in Yunzhou County, just to make the locals loyal to His Highness, as long as His Highness promotes these locals to the main officials of the cities, they will definitely look forward to His Highness!" ”