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Gan Zhao planned to leave the Eastern Capital, and even did not shy away from saying that this was a "escape".

Xu Ji and Gan Zhao occupy the west city wall together, it is more convenient to meet, when he entered the house, Gan Zhao has put on a full suit of armor, is pacing back and forth, seeing King Wu, he is very happy, "You must go, you can't stay for a moment." Xu Gongzi - please allow me not to call Wu Wang - Xu Gongzi will flee with me. ”

"Where are you going?"

"Of course it's Yizhou, Xu Gongzi suggested that I go there to gain a foothold, and you also said that the sooner you leave, the better, and you can't delay."

"When the King of Shu is still outside the city, the sooner he leaves, the better, since he has entered the city, it is not so easy to leave."

Gan Zhao sat down dejectedly, was stunned for a while, raised his head and said, "The heart of the incarnation king is not on me, isn't this okay?" ”

Xu Ji sat opposite and said with a smile: "It has nothing to do with the King of the Incarnation, it is the King of Jin and the King of Ning, they will not let you go." ”

Gan Zhao was stunned, "I didn't offend the two of them......"

Xu Ji smiled silently, Gan Zhao wanted to continue to argue, but before the words came out, his face was already slightly red, so he squeezed out a dry smile, "Young Master Xu, no, no, King Wu is really a smart person." ”

"I say to them, there will be no informers."

Gan Zhao was silent for a while, "I didn't mean to inform, I just ...... Just ......"

"Xue Liujia found you?"

"He sent someone to find me, and threatened me, saying that he would kill Wang Liwei today no matter what, and if I didn't confess to someone, he would cut me." Gan Zhao smiled awkwardly, "I'm not greedy for life and afraid of death, so I ......"

"So you don't give one, you give it to all."

Gan Zhao was even more embarrassed, "The King of the Coming World was already suspicious of the kings, I said a few words in passing, but I didn't mention today's plan, I promised King Wu to keep it secret, and I really didn't mention a word." ”

Although Gan Zhao's "informant" did not point to any king, it was enough to make Xue Liujia make up his mind to kill a king, and after some weighing, he chose Shen Tan, the king of Jin, if Xu Ji hadn't stepped forward, the hall would have been covered with blood.

"King Wu is really bold, but in this way, the king of the world is even more convinced that all the kings are against him, and sooner or later he will do it."

"The five kings guard the door, there are at least 10,000 soldiers under his subordinates, and Xue Liujia only brings 6,000 people to the palace, what are you afraid of him doing?"

"Although the five kings have 10,000 people, they are not in harmony with each other, and the incarnation king is the best at sowing discord, and he still has tens of thousands of people outside the city, once the city is attacked, the five kings will be attacked on their backs."

Xu Ji said with a smile: "Although there are many descendants outside the city, they are not good at attacking the city, and the five kings each leave hundreds of people to defend the city, which is enough." Xue Liujia sowed discord, which was useful to the rebellious people of Qinzhou, but ineffective against the five kings. We people won't even be able to distinguish between priorities and urgency, and when we fight against the officers and soldiers together, the five kings are united, where is Xue Liujia? Now that the eastern capital has fallen, everyone of the kings has contributed and everyone has merit, but Xue Liujia is forced to participate in the war, on the battlefield, has he ever given everything he has and fought bravely to kill the enemy? ”

Gan Zhao shook his head and remained silent.

"The king of Shu has been following the king of the world for a long time, and he may be jealous of him, but we don't care whether he is a disciple of Maitreya or not, even if he is Maitreya himself, he is now a mortal fetus in the flesh, and he should be killed or killed."

Gan Zhao sighed, "King Wu, please listen to me, I don't believe in the nonsense of the incarnation king, what I'm worried about is ...... Or the kings are at odds. ”

"Even if you join forces once, the King of Shu still has doubts?"

Gan Zhao shook his head with a smile, and sighed again, longer and heavier than the last time, "King Wu's vision is more accurate than mine, I don't believe King Wu didn't see it." You are right just now, the kings are not the chaotic people of Qinzhou, at least they are smarter than those who were called kings before, maybe too smart. After King Wu left last night, King Jin sent people to win over the generals, and even entered my camp and promised them that if the King of Jin can monopolize the eastern capital, he will give all the property, people and animals of the eastern capital to all the generals, and he only needs four walls. ”

When Xu Ji was present, Liu Youzhong had made such a suggestion, Shen Tan refused, and wanted to use the technique of benevolence and righteousness to convince the public, but the practice afterwards was the same as Liu Youzhong, I don't know if he was persuaded or if he had this intention, and he just disguised himself in front of Xu Ji.

Xu Ji didn't think about it, "Well, I'm not surprised that King Jin will have this move." ”

"Then there is King Ning, I know him too well, he is by no means a womanizer, and he suddenly became interested in the Queen Mother, and he also made a fuss both inside and outside, obviously to appease the King of the World. He will have a second move, and with his usual means, if he wants to kill more than just one...... I'd better have escaped sooner. ”

"Why didn't the king of Shu flee, but went into the city with the kings?"

"I'm kind of ...... I hope that the King of the Incarnation and the King of Ning or the King of Jin will both lose. Gan Zhao smiled again, "All kings have ambitions, and I can't be exempt from vulgarity, a little ambition, I hope to increase some troops, and when I get to Yizhou, things can go more smoothly." ”

Xu Ji nodded, not picky about this, "King Ning and King Jin have a lot of ambitions, and they both have the intention of annexing the armies, but it doesn't matter, if it weren't for that, the kings wouldn't be able to unite." I'm just worried that everyone's ambitions are too small, greedy for small profits, and they will accept it when they see it, and they don't dare to fight with the incarnate king. ”

Gan Zhao's face was red again, thinking that King Wu was talking about him, a person who was dozens of years old, in front of a young man, he was embarrassed like a small official who had seen his boss for the first time.

He was indeed a petty official, but he was never afraid of any boss.

"King Wu really thinks that the kings can join forces again?"

"It's not 'thinking', but 'facts', the King of Jin and the King of Liang have agreed to join, and the officers and soldiers of the two armies are at my disposal."

Gan Zhao was very surprised, "King Jin also said so?" ”

"Especially the King of Jin, after today's events, he understands that if he doesn't have a good relationship with the kings, it will be tantamount to giving Xue Liujia's head."

Gan Zhao thought for a while, "And what about King Ning?" ”

"King Ning is simple, I'll go see him later, and in a few words, I can make him hand over all the soldiers. The king of Shu can go with me, if it goes well, let's form an alliance on the spot, if it doesn't go well, the west city will be guarded by us, you can leave if you want, who can stop it? ”

Speaking of this, Gan Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll go with King Wu and see what King Ning has to say." At this point, hiding is not a solution. ”

The two of them went around the city to the north without guards, and as soon as they reached the demarcation point, they were stopped by the soldiers of King Ning, and after being informed, they were allowed to walk over.

"King Ning is always so strict when he leads his troops, but everyone still likes to follow him." Gan Zhao whispered, quite in awe of Ning Baoguan.

Ning Baoguan still lived in the city tower, and finally closed the window and lit a charcoal fire, which was all relied on for heating and lighting.

Ning Baoguan sat there to roast the fire, no more chairs and stools were arranged, and he didn't look up when he heard someone coming in, let alone open his mouth to say hello, with a look of rejection thousands of miles away.

Gan Zhao arched his hand, didn't squeak, and stood silently to the side, to see how Xu Ji persuaded King Ning.

Xu Ji stepped forward, did not speak, picked up charcoal from the ground, put it into the basin one by one, the flame was first vigorous, and then it was pressed so that it could not be burned, and it was about to be extinguished, and puffs of smoke came out.

Ning Baoguan reached out and grabbed Xu Ji's right wrist, and with the other hand, he used an iron bar to remove the excess charcoal, and asked coldly, "What are you doing?" ”

"Add charcoal to charcoal to see if it burns more vigorously or if it is overwhelmed and extinguished."

"Extinguished, of course...... If you have something to say, you can say it, and don't come to this set. ”

"King Ning's murder plan with a knife is addictive, and I want to see Xue Liujia and King Jin merge, but unfortunately I can't do it. And did King Ning ever think that no matter who wins between those two, the next person to deal with will be you. ”

Ning Baoguan let go of his hand and said coldly: "If I am the winner, it is you who must be dealt with next." ”

Xu Ji said with a smile: "Thanks to King Ning's high opinion, but the winner is either Xue Liujia or King Jin, and the thoughts of the two of them are not at your disposal." To tell you the truth, I have already sent someone to inform the soldiers of the Wu army who stayed in the Supreme Garden, ordering them to return to Jiangdong as soon as possible, and not to come to the eastern capital to meet me. So you see, I am just these people in the Eastern Capital, less than two thousand, and neither King Jin nor Xue Liujia will take me as their next target. ”

"You sent someone back to Koto?" Ning Baoguan got up and asked.

"Exactly." Xu Ji lied casually, in fact, he asked Wang Dian to lead the army to Yecheng in Jizhou, "The news of the fall of the Eastern Capital will soon spread all over the world, Wang Dian will follow Jiangdong Prefecture in the name of the World Army, who dares not to surrender?" ”

Ning Baoguan sat down slowly, "You have too many eyes, so many that someone has to kill you." ”

Xu Ji smiled: "That's a matter for the future, in short, Jiangdong will soon be owned by me." I stayed in the Eastern Capital only to get rid of the incarnation king, so that no one would crush me with the banner of the 'ancestral king'. ”

"So you don't really persuade me to be emperor?"

Gan Zhao, who was standing at the door, was taken aback when he heard the words "emperor", but he still didn't speak, and made up his mind to just be a bystander.

"King Ning has never treated me sincerely, so why do you want me to be sincere? But you really should be called the emperor, it has nothing to do with whether I am sincere or not, it only depends on whether King Ning has the ambition and courage. ”

"Hey."

"I came to see King Ning this time, I have no other intention, please ask King Ning to hand over all the soldiers under his command to me for assignment."

"Huh?" Ning Baoguan lifted the iron bar that had been burned red at the end, and his expression was as stern as if King Wu was asking for his wife.

"King Ning wants to kill Xue Liujia, but he doesn't want to bear this reputation, I'll bear it, anyway, I have already been convicted of assassination, and I don't care about another name for killing the king. After getting rid of Xue Liujia, I took Wu Jun to Jiangdong, and I didn't participate in the love of the eastern capital. ”

"I went to Yizhou, and I didn't participate." The one at the door interjected.

Ning Baoguan glanced at Gan Zhao, lowered his head and pondered, and after a moment, he raised his head and said, "Okay, King Shu, you call Luo Hanqi in." ”

"Yes." Gan Zhao went out, and soon called Ning Baoguan's general Luo Hanqi in.

"King Ning looking for me?" Luo Hanqi said loudly.

"I will lend you and all the soldiers to the king of Wu...... How many days do you want to go? ”

"Borrow it today, and return it the evening after tomorrow." Xu Jidao.

"If you come back the evening after tomorrow, in these two days, King Wu's order is my order, King Wu asked you to kill me, and you have to obey, understand?"

"Huh? This one...... Well, I see, King Wu although, commanded. ”

Xu Ji was also not polite, "Please General Luo leave five hundred people to guard the city to protect King Ning, and no one is allowed to enter or leave." Before dawn tomorrow, lead the army to Xicheng to meet me, and if the sun does not rise, the military law will deal with it. ”

"Yes." Luo Hanqi arched his hand.

Xu Ji also bowed his hand to Ning Baoguan, "Farewell, King Ning is waiting for good news." ”

As soon as he returned to the west city wall, Gan Zhao said in surprise: "King Ning really values King Wu, and he really lent soldiers." ”

Xu Ji smiled and said: "Although King Ning keeps saying that he wants to kill me, he actually sympathizes with me, he believes that I can defeat Xue Liujia, and he also believes that I will return the soldiers." ”

Gan Zhao arched his hand and said: "There is nothing to say, the hundreds of people under my account are all sent by King Wu, and there are still my people outside the city, and they are also called in......"

"No need, these few hundred people are enough, if the army outside the city moves, it will definitely attract the suspicion of the descending army, but it will be unfavorable to the city."

Gan Zhao nodded yes, convinced, and no longer planned to escape.

Xu Ji breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, if he hadn't been accompanied by Gan Zhao, he really wouldn't have been able to convince Ning Baoguan.

With the army in hand, Xu Ji began to think about how to deal with Xue Liujia, and he didn't think it was a good idea to use hard to meet others.

He'll have to figure it out again.