Chapter 617 Tiger thinks the same way

As soon as Chi Haonian's words were finished, Zhong Xin's face immediately became ugly, he didn't have a good seizure, he just smiled and said, "Brother Lixian, this matter is too big, I can't call the shots alone." You also know that although I am the governor of Beihui Province, but now the governor of the Great Sui is just a vain name. People give face, and they call me the governor, if they don't give face, I can only pack up my things and go home. ”

"Mingzhe, where is that?"

Chi Haonian hurriedly said: "Although the Great Sui is in chaos now, who doesn't know that you are highly respected in Beihui?" I know it's a dilemma, and I won't force you to make a decision, and it's not something I came up with in a hot head...... What is the difference between my situation and that of you? ”

Zhong Xin scolded in his heart, still with a smile on his face: "You and I have known each other for many years, and Brother Lixian has already opened his mouth, so naturally I won't refuse, but Brother Lixian should also understand that I can't be the master if I want to, I can help my brother persuade them, if they all agree, I will naturally not obstruct it." ”

Chi Haonian was also sneering in his heart, he hugged Zhong Xin and said, "Don't work hard, brother, I have already visited several Houde seniors along the way......

Zhong Xin's face changed slightly: "Brother Lixian, you have a wide range of friends." ”

He said in a cold voice, and then gave a look to the cronies standing on the side, and the cronies hurriedly said: "It's not too early, do you want to arrange a banquet first?" ”

Zhong Xin nodded and said, "It's okay or not, Brother Lixian has come far to work, first eat some wine to warm up and relieve fatigue." ”

Chi Haonian pulled Zhong Xin by the hand, waved his hand and motioned for the man to retreat.

"Mingzhe, why are you so confused?"

Chi Haonian lowered his voice and said: "I also told everyone before I came, even if everyone is against it, Mingzhe, you will not object." Because this matter is a great good thing for me in the southwest, and it will only be good for you and me, and there will be no harm. ”

"Why can't I see what's good?"

Chi Haonian said: "You haven't heard me finish speaking, so you are in a hurry to interrupt me......"

He pulled Zhong Xin to the map and said: "Just borrow a road from you, not only you, I have also discussed with other people, you Beihui Road will give up a road, Nanhui Road, and Yongbei Road will also give up a road." ”

Zhong Xin said slightly angrily: "What Brother Lixian said is light, your Yongbei Road is thousands of miles away, if I make way for the Black Flag Army, he will suddenly stop and not leave, and your Yongbei Road will immediately block the main roads of the passes, and it will have nothing to do with you, but even if my Beihui Road falls into the mud pit!" ”

Chi Haonian had long expected what Zhong Xin was worried about, he smiled and said, "Mingzhe, you have to think about one thing first...... Fang Xie is just a junior who has no foundation, and by chance, he got the hundreds of thousands of horses, which is the capital he has now. But this person is not without vision, the reason why he talked to you first instead of directly using troops is that he doesn't want to offend all the families in the southwest. ”

"If he wants to achieve great things and gain a foothold in the southwest, if he does something treacherous in your North Hui Road, then who else in the southwest can accept him? What he wants is not a little profit in front of him, but the entire southwest four provinces. So you should rest assured, if he takes away your Beihui Road, who will believe him if he wants to go south? He's not a fool and won't fail to understand this. ”

"Relatively speaking, the Southern Barbarian is more of a headache than Fang Jie. Nanyan Murong Yan and King Su have joined forces, and they have turned half of the flat trade road upside down, and they are much more greedy than Fang Jie! Fang Xie just wanted a piece of territory, but he didn't dare to offend us too thoroughly so that we could coexist, and what about Murong Shame? He wants more and is incompatible! ”

Chi Haonian pointed to several places on the map and said: "These counties were broken by the Southern Yan army, and the Southern Yan people snatched grain and plundered the people. And those Su people have the deepest hatred for us Han people, and they will kill people when they see them. If this continues, the flat business road is not guaranteed, followed by my Yongbei Road. Even if I have tens of thousands of county soldiers in my hands, how can I protect so many places? Although Nanyan Murong Yongduo only entered the customs with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, there were hundreds of thousands of people! ”

Zhong Xin sneered: "The so-called cold lips and teeth are nothing more than this, right?" Pingshang Road couldn't stop the Southern Barbarians, so Brother Lixian couldn't sit still. You Yongbei Road and the Peace Trade Road are close to each other, but you came here to discuss with me to let me let go of a road and let Fang Jie's Black Flag Army go south to fight hard with the Southern Barbarians, even if I agree, why do you think Fang Xie will agree? ”

"He will!"

Chi Haonian said in a very low voice: "There is something you don't know, if it weren't for Luo Qiu's impatience a while ago, he wouldn't want to say it...... It is precisely because we know this secret that we are sure that Fang Xie will definitely go south to protect Yongzhou. ”

"What?!"

Zhong Xin immediately asked.

Chi Haonian leaned forward and said, "Fang Jie...... It's Luo Yao's son! ”

"Ahh

Zhong Xin's face changed greatly: "Brother Lixian, in order to make me agree, you won't make up such a lie!" ”

"How could it be a lie!"

Chi Haonian said: "Think about it, when Fang Xie first arrived in Yongzhou, it is said that he went straight to Luo Yao's study and slaughtered the envoy sent by Li Yuanshan with a knife, if someone else did this, Luo Yao would be able to tolerate him?" Even if Fang Xie had an errand on his back, Luo Yao had already made up his mind, and the identity of the messenger had no meaning to him. Not only that, Luo Yao also gave Fang Xie a battalion of men and horses, and all of them were allocated to war horses, isn't this abnormal? ”

"I'll tell you something...... When Fang Xie was in Yongzhou, he often went in and out of Luofu, but what he saw was not Luo Yao, but Luo Yao's wife Chu...... Over the years, how have you ever seen Luo Yao's wife see a foreigner? And if there is a three-to-five day solution to the door of Luo Mansion, the Chu clan will immediately send someone to invite, is there really no hidden secret? ”

Hearing Chi Haonian say this, Zhong Xin's heart also began to have some doubts.

"And ......"

Chi Haonian said: "Think about it, Fang Xie left from the left front guard with a battalion of soldiers and horses, why didn't Luo Yao send troops to chase and kill him?" Fang Xie recruited and expanded in the northwest, and immediately returned to Huangyang Dao after having an army in his hand, why didn't Luo Yao send troops to stop it? Tian Xin in Xinyang City shrank step by step, and he didn't have the slightest intention of fighting Fang Jie, is this reasonable? ”

"In my opinion......"

Chi Haonian sneered and said: "This is just Luo Yao's conspiracy, Fang Xie led the troops to leave the left front guard, maybe it was simply from Luo Yao's instructions, he led the troops to leave the southwest and left almost no troops, at this time Fang Xie came back with the Black Flag Army, just a coincidence?" ”

"What do you mean......"

Zhong Xin hesitated for a moment and then said, "You mean, this is basically what Luo Yao and Fang Xie have discussed. Luo Yao led his troops to fight Jiangnan first and was marched north, but Fang Xie led his troops back to defend the four southwestern roads, in fact, he was still Luo Yao's soldiers! But Luo Yao did this, why? ”

"If nothing else, I guess Luo Yao wants to see how we react after he leaves."

As soon as these words came out, a layer of cold sweat immediately broke out on Zhong Xin's back: "Test us?" ”

Chi Haonian nodded: "Seven or eight times out of ten, so after I discussed it with a few of them overnight, I immediately came here to see you." Think about it, let's let the Black Flag Army go south to Yongzhou, Fang Xie is Luo Yao's son, and his mother's Chu clan is still in Yongzhou, will he rest assured? Now the coalition army of the Southern Barbarians is only two or three hundred miles away from Yongzhou, and the troops in Yongzhou City are insufficient, so he must be anxious...... Think about it again, why did Fang Xie immediately put pressure on you in Beihui Road as soon as something happened in the south? ”

Zhong Xin took a deep breath, and his heart was shocked: "I still can't believe that these are true. ”

Chi Haonian said: "Then think about it again, if Fang Xie is really as loyal to the imperial court as advertised outside, he will stay in Huangyang Road with his men and horses, why should he march south instead of north to relieve the siege of Gyeonggi Road?" You must know that he has more than 100,000 horses in his hands, and half of the elite cavalry! If the imperial court had this support, Gyeonggi Province would not be as precarious as it is now. ”

At this time, someone from outside hurriedly came in, and when he saw that there was a foreigner, he opened his mouth and swallowed the words back. Zhong Xin apologized to Chi Haonian, and asked the cronie why he was so urgent. The cronie whispered a few words in his ear, and Zhong Xin's already unsightly face immediately turned pale.

"When!"

He asked, a little annoyed.

The cronie said: "I just received the news, the Black Flag Army's troops in the east of Huangyang Road have made a posture to attack Xinkoucang, and the defenders of Xinkoucang dare not go out to meet the enemy, but who would have thought that the Black Flag Army did not want to attack Xinkoucang at all, a cavalry wiped the edge of Xinkoucang and came directly into our Beihui Road, and now several adults' manors have been breached...... The purpose of this cavalry is to arrest people, but because of the speed that comes and goes without a trace, our troops have only gathered and they have left, and they have already circled a large circle in more than a dozen county towns in the east and captured a few old ladies......"

Zhong Xin only felt suffocated in his heart, and then thought about what Chi Haonian had just said, and believed it a little more.

If Fang Xie really wanted to defeat Beihui Dao, how could he do such a thing that offended several big families in Beihui Dao? He went to arrest those people just to increase the bargaining chips in the negotiations...... Fang Xie wants money and food, isn't it to be used as food and grass materials for the south?

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Suzaku Mountain Camp, Council Hall.

Wu Yi listened to Fang Jie's analysis, he frowned and said, "This matter is too big, don't be rash and impulsive." Our Suzaku Mountain camp has just had some foundations, and if you leave with your troops at this time, I'm afraid that all your efforts will be wasted. Now that several workshops have been built, and the trade of iron ore and leather has almost been negotiated, at this time, won't this foundation fall into the hands of others? ”

Fang Xie shook his head: "Naturally, it's not like you don't want anything and leave." ”

He glanced at Wu Yiyi and Luo Weiran and said, "All the infantry and cavalry, I will stay in the Suzaku Mountain camp, and in addition, I will transfer Cui Zhongzhen's men and horses back." I only took 30,000 cavalry to the south, and I can trust the affairs of the camp, the Hou and the uncle. What is lacking in our Black Flag Army now? ”

Fang Xie paused and said, "It's not money and food for the time being, it's not a source of soldiers, it's fame!" ”

"If I lead my troops south to fight a few beautiful battles and subdue Nanyan and the Suren, then the reputation of my Black Flag Army will resound throughout the southwest and even the entire Central Plains. It is beneficial and harmless to our Black Flag Army...... And I have my own measure, and if the battle situation is difficult, I will retreat. There are warships to respond, and it's a big deal to take the waterway and come back. The wealthy families in various places are planning their own projects, the generals of the guards are grabbing territory, and only our Black Flag Army goes to the border to resist the enemy...... This reputation spread and was also of great benefit to the future army. ”

"That's what I said."

Luo Weiran thought for a while and said, "But Luo Qiu dares you to lead troops into the Pingshang Road?" ”

"I went straight down to Yongzhou by water, and he didn't dare to stop me?"

Fang Xie smiled: "Speaking of which, this is a lone army that is indeed dangerous, but since ancient times, it has been said that wealth and wealth are sought in danger, and those guys in the south have no naval army or cavalry in their hands, so they can't stop me." If I wanted to come back, I wouldn't have to go overland. ”

Wu Yi pondered for a while and said, "If you have already decided, we will not stop you, but there is one thing you must remember. Now that the foundation is unstable, if the things in the south are not successful, I will return to Suzaku Mountain immediately, so as not to have many dreams at night. ”

"I know."

Fang Xie smiled and was about to continue, when Chen Xiaoru strode in from outside: "General, Zhong Xin, the governor of Beihui Province, and Chi Haonian, the governor of Yongbei Province, went outside the camp together and asked to see the general!" ”

Fang Xie was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, "It seems that someone is the same as I think......"

"Driving tigers and devouring wolves?"

Wu Yi sighed: "The tiger is also thinking like this......"