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Meng Shenglun, Song Xingxi, and Wang Dian came in one after another, lined up, bowed their hands, and were silent.

Xu Ji got up to greet him and said with a smile: "Is that thing again?" ”

Since the envoys sent by the five kings of the descending army, the generals of the Wu army have frequently persuaded them to advance, hoping that Xu Ji will be king.

Song Xing said: "The Metropolitan Governor will lead his troops to join the King of the Descendant tomorrow, and when the time comes, our army will have no king, won't it be a dwarf?" ”

Wang Dian said: "The heroes are together, the state of Wu has not fallen behind, there should be a king, that is, the five kings of the descending army, and I am willing to see the governor of the capital claim the king." ”

Xu Ji smiled slightly, Ning Baoguan did persuade him to become king quickly in the letter, but it was just a temptation, Ning Baoguan had already regarded Jiangdong as his own and would never share it with others.

Meng Shenglun said: "The governor of the capital is extremely intelligent, has outstanding merits, and is recognized by the Manchu army, who can be called the king of Wu if he is not the governor of the capital?" ”

"I am a person who has changed my surname, not the grandson of Emperor Wu, and I have promised that I will find the person of Empress Wu and serve her as the king, how can I break my faith?"

If it was in Runan City, before the arrival of the officers and soldiers, Xu Ji pretended to excuse himself a few times, and he would soon accept the king's title, but after the battle with the officers and soldiers, he was not so anxious.

All the rebel armies, including the Five Kings and the Wu Army, are facing a serious problem, which has never been solved, but is becoming more and more obvious, which makes Xu Ji very uneasy, and the Wu army also has a fatal loophole - the lack of generals, all rely on Xu Ji's strategy to barely support, Bao Dun is a malleable material, but he was injured, stayed in Runan City, and did not follow.

The three of them didn't care about this, they had already discussed it before they came, and Meng Seng Lun said: "The Xu family was slaughtered back then, and there were few survivors, so I don't know where to hide. It is not easy to find Empress Wu, the Seven Clans have never given up their efforts, and they have not found clues for so many years. The governor of Dadu is the son of the princess, who avenged Emperor Wu in person, and has changed his surname to inherit the unification. If the gods make other arrangements, let us find the real Empress Wu, and the Metropolitan Governor can decide whether to take the Zen position or not. ”

Xu Ji still shook his head, he once desperately longed for a king's name, but when it came to the end, he felt that the time was wrong.

Wang Dian said: "It's not as good as this, the majority of the governors are called 'Wu Fake King', the king's name is in the four directions of the town, and the word 'fake' means that the position is vacant." ”

Song Xingju immediately said: "It's not good, the 'fake king' makes people laugh when they say it." ”

Wang Dian said: "How about the 'ruling king of Wu'? Reign on behalf of King Wu, and then return it. ”

Everyone understands in their hearts that it is impossible for the ruling king to return the king's title, not to mention that this "King Wu" has even been found.

Xu Ji groaned, the three of them persuaded hard, and when it came to generosity, Meng Seng Lun swore to the sky that if the governor of the capital did not claim the title of king, he and his generals would not want to participate in the war.

"What do the other generals think?" Xu Ji asked.

Seeing that the governor of Dadu was loose, and the three of them were overjoyed, Song Xing said: "All the generals are willing to serve the governor of Dadu as king." ”

"I'm going to call someone in." Meng Shenglun turned around and went out, and immediately brought in more than a dozen generals, three or five people from each of the Seven Clans, Xiao Clan, Jingzhou, and Runan Bao Clan, and said in unison: "The ministers and others will knock on the ruling king." ”

Everyone wanted to bow down, Xu Ji hurriedly got out of the way, and said: "Thanks to all of you, you have promoted me as the governor of the capital, and you want to serve me as the king, and it is difficult to persuade you." The current situation is difficult, Wu Jun has created a hasty creation, and those who are not kings cannot be appeased. There is only one way, if you agree, I will accept the king's name, if not, it is better to maintain the status quo. ”

The generals did not ask what the conditions were, but agreed with each other.

"The four characters 'Wu ruling king' are very good, externally he is called the king, and internally, please call me 'ruler' or 'metropolitan governor', and do not call yourself 'minister'."

The generals looked at each other, and Meng Seng Lun said: "For the time being, let outsiders know that the Wu army has a king, not an ownerless person." ”

The matter was thus settled, and the generals proclaimed the whole army, changed the banner, engraved a new seal, and sent messengers to the kings of the rebels.

The Wu army was divided into two divisions, the infantry still stayed in the military village outside the Shaoyang Gate, strengthened the encirclement, and prepared to defend it, while Xu Ji led all the cavalry and a small number of infantry to join the descending army.

Not long after the creation of the Wu army, the cavalry was even rougher, most of the horses were left by officers and soldiers, most of the Wu soldiers were only able to ride, Xu Ji took them out to fight, one is to train the soldiers in battle, the other is to show off the military might, compared with several other rebel armies, the Wu army is the weakest, must bluff, in order to raise the status.

Xu Ji frequently patrolled the camp, arranging all the big and small things as far in advance as possible, and did not eat the first meal of the day until the afternoon.

Tang Weitian came in from outside, "Childe...... Metropolitan Governor...... Ruling...... That king...... Alas, what a hassle. ”

"Pick the one who pleases the mouth." Xu Ji said with a smile.

"Dadu, I like the word 'big'. Well, that Zhang Wenbi wants to see you. ”

Zhang Wenbi was originally Ning Baoguan's staff, and he followed the South Road Righteous Army with Xu Ji, and was more of a watchdog than an assistant.

Xu Ji didn't take him too seriously, "Let him in." ”

Zhang Wenbi's body was weak, after these days of fatigue, he became thinner and thinner, and his body leaned to the side more seriously, as if he was seriously injured on his waist. ”

"The 'king' doesn't dare to be it."

"Knock on the government." Zhang Wenbi kowtowed again, unlike Tang Weitian, he knew what to call in his heart, and calling "King" was purely a temptation.

"Since Mr. Zhang is an old man, he doesn't have to be formal, get up and speak."

Zhang Wenbi slowly stood up, took two steps forward, and arched his hand: "Congratulations on being in power." ”

"Heaven is not extinguished, what is the joy? Mr. Zhang has something to say. ”

Zhang Wenbi turned his head to look at Tang Weitian at the door, and saw that Xu Ji had no intention of whispering, so he had to take another step forward and whispered: "It doesn't matter how you call it internally, since Zhizheng has already called him king externally, he doesn't worry...... Outsiders' thoughts? ”

"The world is in turmoil, there are kings everywhere, what can outsiders think?" Xu Ji pretended to be confused.

Zhang Wenbi smiled dryly: "I forgot to govern, there is still a 'King Wu' outside." ”

"Impossible, there are few descendants of Queen Wu who have survived, and their whereabouts are unknown, where is there still King Wu?"

"King Wu Yue." Zhang Wenbi didn't hold his breath.

"Oh - what can King Wu Yue think? In his letter, he urged me to become king quickly. Xu Ji kept the letter by his side, took it out and handed it over.

There was only one line on the letter, Zhang Wenbi read it, returned his hands, and said with a smile: "King Wu Yue does want to be the king, but I think that King Wu Yue has another deep meaning beyond his words, so he will only write six words." ”

"Really? The implication was the most difficult to guess, so I had to ask him after we met. ”

"I'm afraid it's too late to meet and ask again, and I'm willing to run for the ruling power, ask King Wuyue's intentions face to face, and come back to inform them, so as to avoid misunderstandings between the two sides."

Xu Ji frowned, "What you said makes a lot of sense, I just thought about Wu Jun's affairs, and almost forgot the influence of the outside." Well, I was originally ordered by King Wu Yue to appease the Nanlu Righteous Army, but fortunately I did not disgrace my mission, and I should indeed report it. In this way, you bring fifty pairs of armor, ten boxes of silver, and 100 horses of cloth, which should be a gift from Wu Jun...... This is not enough, double it all, and I will send someone to send you back. ”

Zhang Wenbi was overjoyed and arched his hand: "Seeing this generous gift, King Wuyue must have no doubt about the government." ”

"Mr. Zhang accompanied him all the way, and I had to give Mr. Zhang the same generous gift, but the armor was not in it, and Mr. Zhang must not like these things."

Zhang Wenbi was dumbfounded, the same generous gift was twenty boxes of silver and two hundred pieces of cloth, his ancestors had never seen so many treasures in several generations, and as for the armor, he was really not interested.

"This ...... The gift is too thick, under the ...... In the unsuccessful and rewarded, the heart ...... Restless. ”

Xu Ji said with a smile: "Sending an envoy to King Ning and speaking on behalf of him is a great achievement." ”

Zhang Wenbi has always had a bad impression of Xu Ji, and at this time, gratitude overrode everything, knelt down, and said excitedly: "Don't worry about Xu Zhengzhi, I will fight for this life, and I will make the two kings feel like brothers!" ”

Xu Ji sent Zhang Wenbi out of the account, called Wang Dian, and ordered him to prepare two gifts, Wang Dian was surprised to hear the amount, but he didn't ask more and acted as ordered.

Song Xingqi barged in, "Ruling power, why do you want to give your own things to unrelated people?" Ning Baoguan is a reckless man in Guanxi, who has never received the support of the people of Jiangdong, how can he dare to compete with the ruling for the throne of King Wu? Zhang Wenbi is even more shameless villain, and it is a waste to give him a penny. ”

There were many river workers from Jiangdong in the Ningbaoguan army, but the "scholars" in the mouths of the children of the Seven Clans never included real civilians.

Xu Ji smiled: "General Song thinks that these belongings are all 'his own things'? ”

Song Xing said: "It was the ruling government that set a clever plan, and our Wu soldiers fought to get it, of course, it was 'their own thing'." ”

"What if we rob it is ours, what if it is robbed by someone else?"

Song Xingqi was stunned, "Who dares to rob Wu Jun?" ”

"The world is turbulent, we dare to rob the officers and soldiers, and others will naturally dare to rob us."

"Then ...... Slapp. "Song Xingju has always wanted to fight a tough battle since the successful night attack.

"Of course we have to fight, and there are still many battles to fight, and if others come to rob us, we will also rob others."

"That's right." Song Xingju smiled, this is the ruling king in his mind.

"Therefore, the 'things' belong to the world, send them out today, get them back tomorrow, and keep circulating, why bother with whose hands they are in for a while?"

Song Xing was stunned for a while, and then arched his hand: "I understand, it's me who is stupid and misunderstands the intention of governing." ”

Tang Weitian had been guarding the door, and there were no outsiders, so he asked, "Does the Metropolitan Governor want to fight with Ning Baoguan?" ”

"How could you have such an idea?"

"If you want to take back what you have sent out, doesn't that mean war?"

"Whether or not to fight, whether to fight, depends on what King Wu Yue thinks. If you do, who do you think will win? ”

Tang Weitian didn't even think about it, "Ning Baoguan will win, the person I admire the most in the Descendant Army is him, but as long as he is a strong soldier, he can't look down on people like me." ”

Tang Weitian has a lot of strength, but he looks thin.

Xu Ji laughed, "You are real, but you are right, Wu Jun is not Ning Baoguan's opponent, not to mention this, the righteous army of all walks of life together is not the opponent of officers and soldiers." ”

"Hey, the rebels have won consecutive battles, and we have only just won a few battles, how can we say that we are not the opponents of officers and soldiers?"

Xu Ji sighed, this is the most serious problem faced by the rebel army, and Wu Jun also failed to solve it, "According to what you have seen and heard, has there ever been a rebel army that has really fought a tough battle face to face with officers and soldiers?" ”

"Why didn't there be a ......" Tang Weitian's first impression of a lot of tough battles, think about it carefully, but they don't meet the requirements of "face to face", from the original battle of defeating the general in Qinzhou, the righteous army is not the opponent of officers and soldiers on the battlefield, often have to wait for the officers and soldiers themselves to collapse, before they can "pick" a victory.

"Anyway, I've won so many times, so I can win again." Tang Weitian can only think so.

"There is no way for the officers and soldiers to retreat, the so-called mourning soldiers will win, and there is a general to command......" Xu Ji pondered for a moment, still without a plan, "The righteous army must be united, it is worth it as many gifts as you give for this, everything must wait for the breakthrough of the Eastern Capital." ”

Xu Ji hoped that Ning Baoguan could have the same idea, otherwise, before starting a war with the officers and soldiers, the two families would have to be separated.