Wang De sent his entourage out of the city and returned to the camp outside the city to tell the general Lan Yun to camp outside the city and wait, and he was invited by Guo Sheng to go to Guo's mansion for a banquet.

Although Feng Hong, the king of Yan, left, he did not take the entire court away, and almost left most of the court in Longcheng, judging from the fact that he left the courtiers in Longcheng, burned the palace, and only took away the children, the inner palace and the clan, this person is an extremely irresponsible person.

Guo Sheng is now the head of Longcheng, Guo's every move is in the Longcheng high-profile news, Guo Sheng's banquet in his own mansion Wang De's news spread, soon attracted the attention of the civil and military ministers of Longcheng, a little bit of weight of the ministers have sent people to squat near Guo's mansion, hoping to get first-hand news.

At night, the lights up and down the Guo Mansion are bright, but it doesn't seem to be much lively, just because the Guo Mansion is heavily guarded from the inside to the outside, with three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry.

Outside the lobby, there are many armor soldiers, and above the lobby, Guo Sheng and Wang De sit as guests.

"Please!"

"Please!"

The two drank together, and after three rounds of wine, Guo Sheng put down the wine cup and asked: "This Yan country up and down, from the ministers to the soldiers, most of them are Han people, let me wait to serve the Xianbei barbarians, I am afraid that I can't do it, if so, I will not have the face to see the ancestors and ancestors after death, so don't talk about the matter of serving the Wei country, the resistance is too great." The old man is more interested in serving General Zhao, and it is easier to achieve, I wonder if Wang Zhonglang can solve the old man's doubts, how to serve General Zhao, and what is the charter of General Zhao? ”

Wang Zhonglang was in good spirits for a while, straightened his waist and said with a straight face: "If the general and the official generals of Longcheng choose to serve my general, they can only be officials and generals in Youzhou; If you don't want to serve, my general is not reluctant, the military general can unload his armor and return to the field, the civil official can return to the countryside, my general guarantees that no one will find trouble, for the person who serves, my general will appoint an official or military position according to his prestige and talent! ”

"For the Yan army generals, after the situation in eastern and western Liaoxi is stabilized, my general will be reorganized, if someone is unwilling to continue to serve in the army, they can choose to retire, and the general's mansion will give severance pay to each soldier who chooses to retire and let them go home, but they must not gather in the Wuthering Mountains and forests to cause trouble; The generals who stayed to accept the reorganization were treated the same as other generals in Youzhou, and their families were exempted from conscription and taxes, and they could receive military salaries every month, which would be paid once a quarter! ”

Speaking of this, Wang De looked at Guo Sheng and said: "If the general has other requirements to put forward, if the subordinate can call the shots, he can reply on the spot, if he can't make the decision, the subordinate will also send someone to report to the general, and there will be news in three or four days at the latest!" ”

Guo Sheng pondered for a moment and said to Wang De: "Wang Zhonglang, this matter is very important, the old man needs to consult the attitude of the ministers and the main generals under his command, and it may take a few days to think about it!" Tonight, I will invite Wang Zhonglang to stay in the house for one night, and tomorrow the old man will send someone to send Wang Zhonglang out of the city, and ask Wang Zhonglang to wait outside the city for a few days, I don't know if it is possible? ”

Wang Dedao: "The general is sincere, the lower officials are convinced, and within five days, the lower officials will be on call outside the city!" ”

"Good! Come, please drink this cup to the fullest! ”

"General, please!"

Early the next morning, Guo Shengsheng opened the city gate and sent Wang De out of the city.

Subsequently, Guo Sheng convened the ministers and officials of the Yan State who were still in Longcheng and the generals under his command to discuss the matter, because the palace had been burned by Feng Hong, and now the fire has not been extinguished, so Guo Sheng can only set the place of the meeting in his own home.

In the next three days, there was a lot of quarrel in the main hall of Guo Sheng's house, and some people thought that there was a difference between serving the Northern Wei court and serving Zhao Junsheng, but there was no difference.

The difference is that after serving the Northern Wei Dynasty, there is a lot of room for growth, while Zhao Junsheng's career has little room for growth, and Zhao Junsheng is only a prince after all.

There is no difference that Zhao Junsheng is also a courtier of the Northern Wei Dynasty, what is the difference between serving Zhao Junsheng and serving the Northern Wei Dynasty, they are both serving the Xianbei people, but there is only one Zhao Junsheng in between.

Therefore, the focus of the debate among ministers and officials is whether to serve Zhao Junsheng or the Northern Wei court, and the advantage of serving Zhao Junsheng is that it can be expected, because Zhao Junsheng himself can call the shots and be appointed directly; And there is no guarantee to serve the Northern Wei court, and Zhao Junsheng can't intervene, and when they get to Pingcheng, who still knows them, the former ministers of the Yan Kingdom? Whether they can get an official appointment or not is really two words, maybe someone sees them unpleasantly and suggests that the emperor kill them, then it is really too unjustly dead.

On the morning of the fourth day, Guo Sheng sent people out of the city to meet Wang De and asked Wang De to enter the city again to negotiate.

"Five of the ministers want to go to Pingcheng, and the others are willing to join the old man to serve General Zhao. For these five people, I wonder if General Zhao has a way to find a position for them in Pingcheng? Guo Sheng asked.

Wang De said: "My generals can't influence the will of the court, they can only try their best to recommend to the court, if they are hired by the court, it is naturally a good thing, if they can't be hired by the court, my general can't do anything; Even if you are hired, you may not be able to become an official in the court, and you may be sent to a local official position, which is unpredictable! ”

Guo Sheng nodded: "Okay!" Wang Zhonglang can send someone to report to General Zhao, and the old man and the officials and civilians of Longcheng are waiting for General Zhao to come and receive it! ”

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The military camp outside the city was desecrated.

Zhao Junsheng finished putting on his armor with the help of his own soldiers, and one of his soldiers brought breakfast and put it on the desk, and he walked to the desk and sat on the horse to eat.

Guo Yi walked in and reported: "General, the defenders of Shanhaiguan have found a secret letter hidden in the mezzanine of their clothes from the messenger sent by Jia Zhou, and they have copied the content of the secret letter and sent it over, this is the content of the transcript!" ”

Zhao Junsheng put down his chopsticks and took the letter and opened it to read, and after reading it, a sneer appeared on his face, it turned out that Zong Ai and Jia Zhou really didn't have a good heart, Zong Ai's plan was to just wait for Zhao Junsheng to capture Yan Guo and then send him back to Pingcheng in the name of the emperor, and send someone to be the assassin of Youzhou.

And Jia Zhou's task is not only to monitor Zhao Junsheng, but also to divide and win over the generals and officials in Youzhou, so that Zhao Junsheng can't accept them, as long as Zhao Junsheng shows a little disobedience to the dispatch and will of the imperial court, Jia Zhou will use these generals and officials to give Zhao Junsheng a fatal blow.

These are Zhao Junsheng's speculations based on the content of Jia Zhou's secret letter to Zong Ai, Jia Zhou said in the secret letter that Zhao Junsheng was not restrained and controlled at all, had no reverence for the imperial court, and was even ready to attack Goguryeo, which completely violated Zong Ai's original intention, at this time the Liaodong war was nearing the end, so it was suggested that Zong Ai immediately issued an edict in the name of the emperor to transfer Zhao Junsheng from Youzhou, and sent someone to be the assassin of Youzhou to take over the affairs of Yan State.

"Hmph, let Lao Tzu work tirelessly, but in the end he wants to kick Lao Tzu away and send someone to pick peaches, how can there be such a good thing in the world?"

Zhao Junsheng snorted coldly in his heart, tore the transcribed letter to shreds, and said to Guo Yi: "Send someone to tell Shanhaiguan that the letter can't be obtained by Zong Ai, and no one can go to the capital, let them kill them on the spot!" ”

"Yes!" Guo Yi took the order and left.

As soon as Zhao Junsheng finished eating, Chang Kun walked in with his waist knife in his hand and hugged his fists to report: "General Qiyu, Wang Zhonglang has sent someone back!" ”

"Oh, let him in!" Zhao Junsheng immediately raised his hand and said.

A small official walked in quickly and saluted Zhao Junsheng and said, "Villain Han Yue greets the general!" ”

"Excuse me! What did Wang De say when he sent you back? ”

Han Yue took out a letter from his personal office and handed it over and said: "Longcheng has agreed to open the city and surrender, this is a letter written by Wang Zhonglang to the general, presumably Wang Zhonglang has already explained it in detail in the letter, please take a look at it!" ”

Zhao Junsheng took the letter from his own soldier, opened it and read it carefully, and then laughed: "Hahaha······ Well done Wang! Chang Kun, send someone to call Cao Jiao! ”

Not long after, Cao Jiao walked in with armor and saluted: "General, are you looking for the last general?" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Wang De has sent people back from Longcheng, Guo Sheng and the ministers of Yan State have promised to surrender to Kaicheng, and this general wants you to bring three thousand cavalry over to receive it!" ”

"Yes!" Cao Jiao agreed and asked, "I don't know what the last general should do after he goes to Dragon City?" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, and instructed Cao Jiao: "After you arrive in Dragon City, you will receive the Yan army first, and you don't need to rush to reorganize." Chang Kun will go with you, assemble all the Yan troops and appoint Chang Kun as the chief general of this Yan army, and transfer a building from your 3,000 cavalry to Chang Kun to command, and use this building to effectively contain the Yan army generals, and then select one person from the Yan army generals to serve as Chang Kun's deputy general, and then Chang Kun and the deputy general led the Yan army to come to meet with this general! ”

"In addition, you pass on the words of General Ben to Guo Sheng, saying that General Ben has entrusted him with full responsibility for the government affairs of Longcheng for the time being, and asked him to assist you in subduing other cities and counties in Yan Kingdom, so that other counties and counties will also surrender as soon as possible, and also let the counties and counties continue to act in charge of government affairs for the time being, and wait for the war to be completely over, and General Ben will readjust their positions! Go ahead, that's all there is to say, even if you mobilize troops and horses to rush to Dragon City, don't let Wang De wait too long! ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng then led the generals to the Daliao River to check the progress of the bridge construction and boat building.

Li Yuande, who was in charge of supervising the construction, saw it and greeted him: "General! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "How's the progress?" ”

"In two days, we'll have enough boats to build the pontoon!" Li Yuande said as he led Zhao Junsheng to the ships that had been built.

All of these boats were laid upside down on benches, and the bottom and sides of the boats were already covered with tung oil, and after the tung oil was dried, they could be launched into the water to erect pontoons.

At this time, there were already many officers and soldiers stepping on rafts to drive piles in the river, and at this moment, a group of Goguryeo generals appeared on the opposite riverbank, and a Wei soldier was pushed onto a raft on the riverbank.

The Wei soldiers carried a wooden box, and immediately rowed over to this side with all their strength after getting on the raft.

After a full two moments, Wei Bing finally rowed a raft to the shore, he ran over to Zhao Junsheng with a wooden box and crawled with a roll, knelt down and cried: "General, the Goguryeo people deceived people too much, they killed Deng Beijia and other accompanying soldiers, so they left the villain alive, and let the villain come back with Deng Beijia's head!" ”

Zhao Junsheng's face turned pale, and he stretched out his hand to open the wooden box, which contained Deng Tong's bloody head.

Zhao Junsheng didn't need to ask this Wei soldier to know the attitude of Gao Lian, the king of Goguryeo, on whether to send Feng Hong and his party back, and he yelled angrily: "Notify all the generals and officials to come to discuss the matter!" ”