Hongyang Town guards the border army camp

Fang Rui looked at the letter paper in his hand, his face was uncertain, and his deputy Liang Liang couldn't help but ask boldly when he saw it.

"I don't know who wrote the letter to the general, and it made the general entangled."

Jiang Liang is the old man next to Fang Rui, he has been with Fang Rui for ten years, and he is a deputy general, so he dares to ask directly, and Fang Rui did not hide from his old subordinates, and shook the letter in his hand.

"Who else can it be, the master of Xiao Guan is here, and now he is writing a letter in Fucheng to summon me to go for a while."

"Yan Dudu?"

At the beginning of Hongyang's rebellion, Jiang Liang, as Hong Rui's deputy general, was also Yan Kui's subordinate, and when he heard what Hong Rui said, he immediately blurted out Yan Kui's official title in Hongyang.

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Liang suppressed the surprise in his heart, looked at Fang Rui in front of him, and asked carefully.

"Yan Du...... The general is calling, what do you want? ”

Fang Rui sneered and said dissatisfiedly: "What are you kid pretending to be stupid, you have followed me for so many years, can you not see the Tao here?"

Lao Jiang, the two of us have worked together for many years, we are brothers in life and death, there is no need to be so tempting with each other, it just so happens that I also want to hear your opinion, what do you say. ”

"Okay then."

When Jiang Liang heard this, he no longer pretended: "The general asked the last general to say, and the last general told him bluntly." ”

Fang Ruiyi stretched out his hand: "I want to hear it in detail." ”

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"Ahem."

Jiang Liang cleared his throat, and under Fang Rui's gaze, he analyzed the situation with Fang Rui with a solemn face.

"General, according to our secret report, the forces of Nanling and Beiling have already stood in line, and now only we Hongyang have not made a clear statement among the three prefectures in the frontier.

And among the three major forces of Hongyang Mansion, the Border Army, and the General Military Mansion, we are the strongest in guarding the border army, whether it is General Yan, Grandpa Qi, or even Deputy Envoy Cao, they will not turn a blind eye to us.

It is inevitable to take sides, so the most important thing for us today is to choose one of their three forces.

And Qi Yan and Cao Sanfang, now with Yan Kui's strength, we have a friendship with him, and the last general thinks that if the general wants to choose, he should give priority to General Yan. ”

"Finished?"

Seeing that Jiang Liang stopped talking, Fang Rui glanced at him and asked, Jiang Liang nodded a little puzzled and confirmed.

"The last general is finished."

"I told you what amazing insights you had, but what you said was nonsense."

Fang Rui pursed his lips and scolded loudly: "What is the current situation, who is superior in strength and who is inferior, I still need you to tell these obvious things?" ”

Jiang Liang shrank his head when he was scolded: "Since the general is not worried about this matter, what is he struggling with?" ”

Fang Rui withdrew his anger and sighed: "I was thinking, can Yan Kui defeat Qi Cao and the others and become the final victor of the border army, I have a heavy family responsibility and can't afford to lose." ”

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To tell the truth, deep down, Fang Rui didn't want to get involved in the struggle for power in the border army.

But people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes, unless he removes the position of the general of Hongyang Town, otherwise he has to choose between Qi Yan Cao and the three, of course, if he has the ability, it is okay to pull the banner and fight for power with Yan Kui.

But obviously, General Fang's head is not so iron, and he doesn't dare to compete with the three big guys at the top.

So I had to choose one of them to take refuge, Fang Rui preferred Yan Kui.

Not to mention that Yan Kui is now the strongest in terms of comprehensive strength, just by saying that the two have worked together before, Fang Rui is more inclined to take refuge in Yan Kui.

In the first battle of Hongyang's rebellion, Yan Kui led 100,000 troops, destroying the withered and decaying for several months, and wiped out the three rebel parties in a row.

In his heart, he is really optimistic about Yan Kui's future prospects.

To this day, Fang Rui's current situation is not too good, in the early days of the Hongyang rebellion, Fang Rui was defeated once by Li Ji of Shou County, and afterwards the imperial court held him accountable, and almost took away Fang Rui's position as a general.

Later, Fang Rui followed Yan Kui to quell the Hongyang rebels, and made meritorious contributions, although he kept his position and military power, he also lost the trust of the court to a certain extent.

In a short period of time, Fang Rui may not have any upward trend, so if Fang Rui wants to wash away the negative impression on his body, and then climb up, it is a good choice to hug his thighs.

It's just that Fang Rui's only hesitation is that he is afraid that he has made the wrong bet.

He himself is not afraid of death, but he is afraid of affecting the family, since the Fang family stood in the wrong line when the first emperor was in the wrong line, it has been ups and downs for decades, and now it is difficult to gain a firm foothold, that is because he planted it again, and in the future, under the Nine Springs, Fang Rui has no face to face the ancestors of the Fang family.

It is precisely because of this that Fang Rui is so entangled, and he doesn't know how to reply to Yan Kui's letter.

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Jiang Liang has followed Fang Rui for so many years, and he didn't react at first, but now he was broken by Fang Rui's words, and he quickly succeeded in controlling Fang Rui's pulse.

"General, the last general has the audacity to say a word."

"Say."

Fang Rui didn't have any ideas in his heart, he wanted to hear what good opinions Jiang Liang had.

Jiang Liang arched his hand, and said with a little demagogy on his face: "Now that the situation is like this, whether the general wants to or not, it is inevitable to enter the game, instead of being in a dilemma, it is better to make up your mind as soon as possible and devote yourself to helping the future master to regain the power of the border army."

At that time, it doesn't matter if you take refuge in General Yan or Grandpa Qi, as long as you help them reach the peak of the border army, with your identity and the power in your hands, no one can treat you badly, even if you can't be a deputy envoy at that time, it is not a big problem to come to Hongyang Yiyantang.

General, we can't just think about defeat before we do things, we sometimes have to estimate the bright prospects of the future, it is true that the cost of failure is serious, but once it is done, the rewards given to us are also very rich. ”

"This ........."

I have to say that Fang Rui was moved by Jiang Liang's words, of course, more importantly, he had no other choice.

Under Jiang Liang's gaze, General Fang's face changed several times, and finally his eyes flashed, and he slapped the table in front of him vigorously.

"Come on, prepare the horse, I'm going to Fucheng."

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Fang Rui was about to go to Fucheng with great interest, but Jiang Liang didn't bother too much, and after staying for a while, he asked for an excuse to leave.

Fang Rui was busy preparing to go to Fucheng, and he didn't have time to take care of him, waved his hand to let him leave on his own, Jiang Liang left Fang Rui's handsome tent with a smile, and returned to his residence, where a young white-clothed scribe was sitting, and when he saw Jiang Liang coming back, he immediately got up to greet him.

"Vice Admiral Jiang, what's the situation?"

Jiang Liang looked at the white-clothed scribe in front of him, with a slight flattery on his face: "Back to Mr. Fu's words, Fang Rui has already been persuaded by the last general, and now he is preparing to leave for Fucheng, if there is no accident, within two days after tomorrow, General Yan will receive his surrender." ”

"Good."

The white-clothed scribe smiled brightly: "If my general really gets the help of General Fang, he will definitely be like a tiger with wings, Vice General Jiang, you are undoubtedly the first to make a contribution, and I will definitely make more contributions to you in front of my general." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Fu, for your kind words."

Jiang Liang couldn't suppress the excitement on his face: "Please also ask Mr. to help inform you, the last general on Fang Rui's side must be watching closely, if he has any trouble, the last general will report to General Yan immediately." ”

Mr. Fu, a white-clothed scribe, smiled sincerely: "Vice General Jiang's loyalty, I must be a general of my family, you can rest assured, the post of Hongyang General will be in Vice General Jiang's bag sooner or later." ”

The corners of Jiang Liang's mouth opened: "Then the general will wait for Mr. good news." ”