Grand Hyatt Inn is located in an inconspicuous place in the southwest corner of Daijing City. Zhang Shumo stood at the door of the passenger station, and Wang Chen came out to greet him after a while.

The two entered a guest room talking and laughing, and Liu naturally stood guard outside the door.

Zhang Shumo briefly asked about Wang Chen's recent situation, and then couldn't wait to ask about Huaiguo's situation.

"Do you know how I fought with Zheng Guo?"

"I heard that the two sides are in a stalemate in the south of our country, and both sides are winning and losing each other, and neither side can beat the other to death with a stick."

Zhang Shumo nodded after listening, this is the best result for Huaiguo. Forming an alliance with Wu and Yan, Jing had no time to go south, and his only rival, Zheng Guo, also blocked it, and it was estimated that it would not be long before his father would be crowned emperor.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shumo took out a few letters: "Brother Xian, you and I are our own people, so I won't go around the bush." I came to you on purpose so that you could help me bring these letters back. I wonder where you're going to go back this time? ”

Wang Chen thought for a while and said, "We should still go back to Jiyuan County, but I will definitely deliver the letter from the eldest brother to the place, and the eldest brother will say it directly." ”

Zhang Shumo originally wanted Wang Chen to bring the letter to Cai Zhi in Qinyang, but Jiyuan County was still some distance away from Qinyang City, so Wang Chen felt embarrassed to run Zhang Shumo like this, so he said: "You can bring the letter to Zhu Qing in Dachabao, he is also a businessman who travels back and forth to Yan Kingdom, after you hand it over to him, let him send it to Cai Zhi's hands." ”

When Wang Chen heard this, he asked directly: "Why don't you tell me where Cai Zhi is directly, and I will hand over the letter directly to him?" ”

"Cai Zhiyuan is in Qinyang, and I don't want Brother Xian to run a little longer."

Wang Chen hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't get in the way, eldest brother has done us such a big favor, it is natural to send a few letters!" But the little brother has some questions, I don't know if to ask? ”

Zhang Shumo smiled: "You are completely different from before now, why are you and I still talking about this, just ask." ”

Wang Chen smiled: "Big brother, who are you?" Why did you know the princess of Yan Kingdom? Also, I heard that you were named the king of Zhenxi, why did you come to Yan Kingdom if you didn't stay well in the northwest? ”

Zhang Shumo thought about it and decided to hide it from Wang Chen first, so he said to him: "This matter is a long story, I can't let you know it now, I'll tell you later." ”

After that, the two chatted about the recent situation of both sides, Zhang Shumo also mentioned Yunyan girl, the two sides sighed, Zhang Shumo left under the pretext, and before leaving, Zhang Shumo repeatedly told Wang Chen to collect the letter, don't be found by others. Wang Chen responded with a full mouth, and let Zhang Shumo, who was sent away, leave the inn.

Back at the post house, Zhang Shumo found that there was a carriage parked at the door of the post house, and it seemed that someone was visiting.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhang Shumo saw the butler of the Prime Minister's Mansion and Cai Xun waiting together, and the two of them hurriedly greeted Zhang Shumo as soon as they saw Zhang Shumo coming.

"Master Zhang, my lord invites you to come to the house to talk."

Zhang Shumo frowned after hearing this, this Fan Yao suddenly found himself definitely nothing good. But Zhang Shumo couldn't refuse, so he had to agree: "Then bother the housekeeper to lead the way in front." ”

Soon, Zhang Shumo came to the living room of the Prime Minister's Mansion, in addition to Fan Yao, Gao Yan was also there. When the two saw Zhang Shumo coming, they went straight to the point.

"Zhang Gongzi, I asked you to come today because I want to hear your opinion. The spies we planted in Jingguo sent back a letter, which was written by the rebels of Jingguo, to the effect that they wanted to join forces with us to deal with Jingguo, saying that they would govern Jingguo together after the matter was completed, I don't know what do you think? Fan Yao asked.

When Zhang Shumo heard that it was the Jingguo rebels, wasn't that Yang Xue's person? So he asked, "Is the source of the epistle reliable?" Can the Epistle be in the house? Can you show me? ”

Fan Yao didn't shy away from it, and directly took out the letter and handed it to Zhang Shumo, Zhang Shumo took it and looked at it, and it was really Yang Xue's notes.

Zhang Shumo understood that Yang Xue had nothing to do with Yan Guo, and if it wasn't for the point of necessity, he would never rashly turn to Yan Guo for help. So Zhang Shumo hurriedly asked, "What is the situation in Jingguo now?" Are the rebels already about to be suppressed? ”

"That's not enough, but Ji Xin is not a vegetarian either, the Jingguo army is pressing, and the five cities of Jincheng County, which the rebels originally occupied, now have only three cities left, and the situation is not optimistic." Fan Yao explained.

Zhang Shumo looked at Gao Yan after listening, since Fan Yao called Gao Yan here, he must have wanted to send troops in his heart, so he deliberately tried to say: "Since this is the case, I think your country can agree to them first." ”

When Gao Yan heard this, he immediately retorted: "What you said lightly is a sentence in your mouth, but in my eyes, there are many things to do when sending troops. Moreover, most of our troops have been deployed in the south, and the number of troops in the north is less than 150,000, so we can't let His Majesty's forbidden army also go to war, right? ”

Fan Yao hurriedly reassured: "General, don't worry, you listen to Zhang Shumo's words." ”

Zhang Shumo nodded and continued: "As far as I know, Jingguo's rebels are the subordinates of Zhou Ji, the former general of Jingguo, and their team is Jingguo's strongest combat force. Moreover, Jingguo wants to send troops to suppress the rebels on the one hand, and on the other hand, he has to prevent the invasion of barbarians in the north, and the deployment of troops in the east is definitely insufficient, this is a great time for Yan Kingdom! ”

Gao Yan also said after hearing this: "But this is also the case in my country now!" Forming an alliance with you this time can be regarded as completely offending Zheng Guo. The army marched south to guard against Zheng Guo. Moreover, there are also barbarian troubles in the north of our country, if we rush to send troops, the barbarians and Zheng Guo will take the opportunity to attack, and it is taboo for us to suffer from the enemy on our backs! ”

Zhang Shumo scratched his head and looked at Fan Yao, discussing this kind of thing requires a world-minded vision to see the overall pros and cons, just like Yan Guo does not fight Huaiguo, sometimes it is more beneficial than fighting not fighting. It's just that Yang Xue suffered, and she couldn't help her, except for letting Yan Guo send troops, she couldn't think of any good way.

Fan Yao saw that Zhang Shumo was no longer talking, so he expressed his opinion: "General, in fact, I think what Zhang Shumo said has a certain truth, we can indeed promise each other first, and then mobilize troops and horses to go to the front." ”

"So Fan Xiang also agreed to send troops?" Gao Yan asked.

Fan Yao shook his head: "Huaiguo has the sincerity to negotiate peace, so we won't fight." But Jingguo has not yet shown his sincerity, so we naturally have to put some pressure on him. Agreeing to cooperate with the rebels is the greatest pressure on Ji Xin! ”

Zhang Shumo understood it, and Fan Yao wanted to deal with Jingguo with the same way he dealt with Huaiguo. Pretend to be a soldier first, and let Jingguo come to the peace talks, so as to get the maximum benefit from Jingguo without spending a single soldier! Looks like I'll have to find a way to get them to agree to send troops!