"Wang Ke, the envoy of the river festival, see the horse!"

Seeing Liu Kui, who was younger than himself, Wang Ke couldn't help but be a little surprised, but he didn't forget the basic etiquette.

is also the general of the Shence Army, but Li Maozhen is standing half a step behind Liu Kui, which shows who is the leader of the imperial army this time.

To be honest, Wang Ke is also a little envious, the other party has obtained his current status just because he married the sister of the saint, and he is more popular than others. And he, it is so difficult to be a festival envoy, those old ministers are dissatisfied, and the elders directly jump out against him.

"Wang Jiedu, please get up. Before I came, His Majesty asked me to treat the Wang Jiedu envoy well, so the Wang Jiedu envoy was not so polite. Liu Kui hurriedly held the other party's hands and said politely.

"Yes, the minister should be grateful to Your Majesty and the court, if it weren't for the court's assistance, maybe Wang would have become a prisoner at this time.

However, Wang is still worried about something and wants to inform the colt. ”

"Wang Jiedu, please speak!"

"That uncle has a very close relationship with Li Keyong of Hedong Jiedu, in case he asks Li Keyong for help, Wang is worried that Li Keyong will send reinforcements...

Wang Ke wanted to continue, but was interrupted by Liu Kui with a smile, "Wang Jiedu is not more worried, while the Shence army is rushing to the aid of the river, Zhao Xiong, the general of the Zuo Yulin army, has already led the Zuo Yulin army across the Yellow River, and he should have taken Cizhou at this time."

Unless Li Keyong really wants to rebel, 80,000 forbidden troops are enough to deter Li Keyong. ”

Hearing that Zuo Yulin's army also crossed the Yellow River, Wang Ke was not only not happy, but even more worried.

The imperial court dispatched 80,000 forbidden troops, and the intention was obvious, that is, to completely bring Hezhong into the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

At this time, he had less than 10,000 troops in his hands, and in the face of 80,000 imperial army armed to the teeth, he couldn't even raise the courage to do it.

Although most of the Shence army is cleaning the battlefield now, the defense of the city has been taken over by the Shence army, and his army is placed outside the city to cooperate with the Shence army outside the city to clean up the battlefield.

Although the imperial court has not yet made it clear that it will do it, it will be sooner or later.

Seeing Wang Ke there in a daze, Liu Kui couldn't help asking, "Why is Wang Jiedu sad?" Are you still worried? ”

Wang Ke suddenly came back to his senses and hurriedly said, "What the horse said is that the main thing Li Keyong has always had no respect for the imperial court, and Wang is really a little worried about the other party's nonsense. ”

"Wang Jiedu is too worried, and Li Keyong doesn't have the courage for the time being." Liu Kui laughed and comforted Wang Ke.

With the defeat of Li Hanzhi and Wang Chongying's coalition army, Wang Ke, in order to celebrate, held a banquet in the Jiedu Embassy Mansion and invited the generals of the Shence Army who stayed in the palace.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Ke also tested the attitude of the imperial court, and after the banquet, he was sullen in the study in a daze.

After a long time, Wang Ke raised his head, looked at his father and his staff who followed in front of him, and couldn't help laughing at himself, "Sir, shouldn't I do this?" Even if my uncle occupies the river, the river is also the river of our royal family, but now that the imperial army has come, how do I feel that this river no longer belongs to my royal family. ”

The staff hesitated for a while, and finally chose to answer truthfully, "Actually, the young marshal doesn't have to be like this, even if the young marshal doesn't ask the court to send troops, the court won't let go of this opportunity, unless the young marshal takes the initiative to let go of the river at the beginning."

Lao Shuai once followed Li Keyong to attack His Majesty today, even if His Majesty is generous, the courtiers below will not give up.

Now that the imperial court is getting stronger and stronger, it is inevitable to seize Hezhong. If the old man is here, it's fine, but if the old man is not there, the river is doomed to fall into chaos.

Did the young marshal forget why Chang Xingru fled to Shaanzhou and was appointed by the imperial court as the defense envoy of Shaanzhou, was it just because he murdered the old marshal and offered Yang Fugong's head?

From the very beginning, this was a conspiracy of the imperial court, and his subordinates suspected that Chang Xingru was plotting to kill Lao Shuai, and it was very likely that it was the plot of Jinyiwei. ”

"The hateful Chang Xingru, the hateful Jinyi Guard, and the hateful...

Wang Ke originally wanted to scold the imperial court, but thinking of the current situation, he swallowed his words back, and could only secretly annoyed in his heart, if he hadn't been obsessed with his mind at the beginning, he wouldn't have gotten to this point.

"Sir, what now? At present, the imperial army is stationed in the river, and it will definitely not retreat easily, can you help me, sir? He will treat each other with courtesy! ”

"Young marshal, now that the imperial court is powerful, if it is in accordance with the policy of the imperial court in Shannan Dongdao, it will be difficult for the young marshal to grasp the military and political power as before, either to lead the envoys or to lead the troops."

"I also know this, but if you choose one of the two, sooner or later you will be removed by the imperial court."

"There's only one way, pretend to be a grandson!"

"Pretending to be a grandson?" Hearing such rude words, Wang Ke was a little unaccustomed.

"Don't think this is unpleasant, in today's situation, only the young marshal should keep a low profile and don't touch the bottom line of the court, maybe the court will not attack the young man for the time being. After all, the imperial court's enemy in Hedong was Li Keyong, not the young marshal. ”

。。。。。。

"You say that this Wang Ke still doesn't know the times? Still thinking about being a wall-riding faction? ”

Hearing the report of the person in front of him, Liu Kui, who was wiping the sword, stopped what he was doing and looked at the other party seriously.

"It's true. After the banquet, Wang Ke called the villain to the study and asked how to help him drive away the imperial army. ”

If Wang Ke was here, he would definitely find that this respectful person in front of Liu Kui was the staff he regarded as his confidant, but he didn't expect that this staff member had been rebelled by Jinyiwei a long time ago, and became Jinyiwei's secret son planted by Wang Chongrong and Wang Ke.

"Don't you want to immediately lead troops to arrest this Wang Ke, and then escort him to Chang'an to ask Your Majesty for guilt?" Li Maozhen on the side couldn't wait.

Liu Kui shook his head, "Before I came, Your Majesty said not to touch Wang Ke for the time being. The enemy of the imperial court is Li Keyong, and before Li Keyong is pacified, don't make extraneous branches for the time being.

As for Wang Ke, slowly disintegrate his forces, and I believe that his subordinates should know how to choose. ”

It was precisely because they didn't want to force Wang Ke to oppose him that the staff would suggest that Wang Ke pretend to be his grandson, so that the imperial court could slowly divide Wang Ke's strength through some personnel transfers.

It's like boiling a frog in warm water, slowly heating the water, and when the frog reacts that the water temperature is too hot, it can't jump out of the pot.

Just when a big intrigue drama was being staged on the side of Hezhong Mansion, Wang Chongying, who fled to Jiangzhou, could breathe a sigh of relief for the time being.

Thinking that he had left an army of 10,000 in Jiangzhou before, Wang Chongying felt extremely witty.

It was originally to guard against Li Hanzhi, but it didn't work, but it saved his life.

If there were no 10,000 troops stationed in Jiangzhou, it would not be easy to survive the pursuit of the thousands of forbidden cavalry behind Wang Chongying, with Wang Chongying's six or seven thousand defeated troops.

To be honest, Jiang Xiong didn't expect Wang Chongying to be such a thief, and he actually left 10,000 troops stationed in Jiangzhou. If it was just Wang Chongying's thousands of defeated troops, he might have taken the risk of attacking the city, but now he was not sure that he could take the Jiangzhou City defended by more than 10,000 people in front of him with these thousands of people in his hands without siege equipment.

"Commander Fu, do you have any way to conquer this Jiangzhou City?"

Looking at Fu Cunxian, who was appointed as a commander by His Majesty next to him, Jiang Xiong was still a little unconvinced, so he had the intention of making things difficult for the other party.

Fu Cunxun naturally saw the meaning of the difficulty in Jiang Xiong's words, and was not surprised, this was expected, looked at the Jiangzhou City in front of him, thought for a while and said, "Commander Jiang, this day is not suitable for attacking the city. However, now Wang Chongying is like a frightened bird, and he is also worried that our army will arrive, and he will definitely not stay in Jiangzhou for too long.

We can sneak up after dark and maybe get the unexpected. ”

If it was any other time, maybe Fu Cunxian's strategy was not bad, after all, when it was dark, the infantry they left behind would be able to keep up, and the chance of the sneak attack plan succeeding was very high.

But they forgot Zuo Yulin Jun, Jiang Xiong didn't know, and Fu Cunxian didn't know. Don't look at the latter as the commander of the left wing of the Zuo Yulin Army, but he has not even been to the garrison of the Zuo Yulin Army once, so he naturally does not know the transfer of the Zuo Yulin Army.

Just when Wang Chongying fled to Jiangzhou, before he could recover his strength, a bad news came from Cizhou.

A court army captured Cizhou yesterday under the banner of Zuo Yulin's army.

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Hearing the news, Wang Chongying was frightened on the spot.

Before this, he already knew that the imperial court had dispatched the left and right Shence army, and now that the Zuo Yulin army also appeared in the river, wouldn't nearly 80,000 forbidden troops cross the Yellow River?

Cizhou is located to the west of Jinzhou's lair, and at this time Jinzhou is only a few thousand old, weak, sick and disabled defenses, if Zuo Yulin's army attacks Jinzhou at this time, wouldn't he have to explain here?

Thinking of this, Wang Chongying called his eldest son Wang Qiang.

"Qiang'er, now that the situation is critical, if you want to reverse this crisis, you can only let you go once, go to Taiyuan to see Li Keyong, the king of Longxi County, and ask him to send troops, while you stay in Taiyuan Mansion."

Wang Qiang's face changed slightly, he naturally knew what this meant, which meant that he would become a proton in exchange for Li Keyong's troops.

"Father, let the child go." Wang Heng on the side couldn't help but stand up, wanting to replace this proton and go to Taiyuan Mansion by himself.

Wang Qian hesitated for a moment and bit his lip, "Erlang, it's appropriate for the eldest brother to go to this matter, only in this way will the king of Longxi County believe in his father's sincerity." ”

Wang Qian is not wrong in what he said, although anyone can be a proton, but Wang Qiang, as the eldest son, is undoubtedly more suitable, everyone knows that the eldest son is actually the first heir.

"Father, has it really come to this point?" Wang Hui was a little puzzled.

Wang Chongying nodded, "The news just came that the Imperial Court Zuo Yulin Army had captured Cizhou. ”

What it means that Cizhou is captured, Wang Qian and Wang Heng both know, and it is no wonder that their father made such a decision. If Wang Qian still had resentment before, but now it is gone, at this time, the only way to sacrifice him is to exchange for reinforcements.

Wang Zong's speed was very fast, and he took hundreds of his own soldiers to Taiyuan Mansion on the same day, and Wang Chongying also retreated to Jinzhou that night.

Jiang Xiong and Fu Cunxian still launched a sneak attack, but after defeating some of the defenders, they found that they had only taken an empty city, and Wang Chongying's army had already evacuated Jiangzhou a few hours earlier.

(End of chapter)