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Ning Baoguan called in more than a dozen guards, lined up in two rows, half of them with knives and half with guns, all of them making a fighting posture.

Zhang Wenbi stood beside King Wu Yue, both scared and feeling touched by Yu Wei, and his whole body seemed to be more powerful than usual.

Xu Ji entered the hall, disapproving against such a posture, and stepped forward to arch his hand, "Meet the king." ”

He came back last night, he didn't have time to say a few words, and when he came back this morning, his treatment changed suddenly, and he could see that this was all Zhang Wenbi's "credit".

Ning Baoguan stared at Xu Ji for a while, and then asked Zhang Wenbi, "You come on." ”

"Yes, my lord." Zhang Wenbi saluted respectfully, stepped forward on both sides, and said to Xu Ji: "Are you guilty?" ”

"Guilty."

Zhang Wenbi prepared a series of questions, but was blocked by this unexpected answer at once, and Zhiwu said for a long time: "It's good to know the guilt, tell me about you...... What are your sins? ”

"I have three crimes, one is to defect to King Wuyue for thousands of miles, the second is to send an envoy to the army to negotiate peace for the king, and the third crime is too ambitious, and I want to fight for more interests for the king."

Zhang Wenbi's face turned red, and he said hurriedly: "That's not what you said, you do have three crimes, one is to claim to be a military advisor without the permission of the king, the second is to meet the enemy commander privately, talk secretly late at night, and the third crime is to damage the king's fat and selfishness, and use the king's banner to dig up benefits for yourself!" ”

Xu Ji smiled: "Mr. Zhang is joking. ”

"Who's kidding you? These three sins are all seen with my own eyes, and the chariots, horses, and belongings you received from the imperial court are outside, do you dare to deny it? ”

"What is there to deny? Those things are my credit, not my crimes. ”

Zhang Wenbi turned to Ning Baoguan and said, "King, he admits ......"

"Admit it." Ning Baoguan occasionally likes to swear.

Zhang Wenbi was so frightened that he took a few steps back and almost ran into the gun-wielding guard.

"Xu Ji, you call yourself a military advisor, I don't care, first tell me what happened to the carriage and horse you brought back? I asked you to ask for something for me, but I didn't see you bring back a grain of rice or a piece of grass, but you reaped a lot of benefits for yourself. ”

"That's right, that's what I mean by 'damaging the king's fat and selfishness'!" Zhang Wenbi added.

"I am indeed 'fattening', but I have not 'damaged the king', on the contrary, I have brought the king something better than grain and grass." Xu Ji took out a treasure seal from his arms and offered it with both hands.

Zhang Wenbi took it, glanced at it, and forwarded it to Ning Baoguan, "It's just an empty seal." ”

"What's the use of this thing?" Ning Baoguan didn't take the seal, only glanced at it.

"The king once accepted the official position of the imperial court, but there was no official seal, just an empty name, with this seal, the king can engrave any official position he wants."

"Will the court recognize it?"

"An official with a seal is always stronger than an official without a seal, and if the court does not recognize it, others will recognize it."

Ning Baoguan took the empty seal at this time, played with it over and over for a while, and sneered: "You left the carriage and horse by yourself and gave me a stone?" ”

"There are twenty-nine more of the same stones, and I will distribute them to the Southern Zhulu Rebels in the name of the king."

"What's more, the king only got a piece of ......" Zhang Wenbi didn't finish his words before he was interrupted by Ning Baoguan, "These stones can make the righteous army listen to my orders?" ”

"The king gets a king title from the king of the world, and it is difficult for him to go to the name of the 'army of the world' for the rest of his life, and in the same way, those who accept the seal of the king will also be difficult to change for life, and as for whether to obey the king's orders, the right is not mine, but the king."

Ning Baoguan had long since disobeyed the orders of the descending king, but he was confident that he would make the other rebels obey him, and laughed twice, "These stones are somewhat useful. ”

Zhang Wenbi found that the situation was not right, and immediately said: "Xu Ji had a secret conversation with the enemy commander Cao Shenxi for a long time, and he was rewarded by the imperial court at noon the next day, this is a betrayal." ”

"Even the king has an official position in the court, I don't know what Mr. Zhang's so-called betrayal means?"

Zhang Wenbi's face turned red again, and he no longer mentioned the matter of his official position, "What did Cao Shenxi say when he saw you?" What is your purpose in keeping it a secret? ”

Xu Ji arched his hand to Ning Baoguan and said, "Does the king let me say it now, or will I talk about it when there is no one?" ”

Zhang Wenbi hurriedly said: "Don't be fooled by the king, Xu Jiping retreated from everyone, it must be unfavorable to the king, he once participated in the assassination, and he is familiar with this kind of thing......"

Ning Baoguan laughed, "I'm afraid of the ghostly eyes of the readers, and I'm not afraid of the assassination of the readers." Everyone, step aside! ”

The guards put away their weapons and walked out.

Zhang Wenbi was taken aback, and took two steps closer to Ning Baoguan, "The king thinks twice, Xu Ji ......"

Ning Baoguan said to the guards who were walking away: "Come two people, take Mr. Zhang out, slap his mouth ten times, and punish him for the crime of chewing his tongue." ”

"King, I'm all thinking about you......" Zhang Wenbi was dragged down by the guards, and his screams were soon heard outside.

"No one is available, temporarily recharged." Ning hugged the pass.

"I have a lot of loyalty to the king."

"I don't lack loyalty, what I lack is soldiers, horses, food and grass."

Xu Ji stepped forward and said: "With all due respect, the king's frequent claims that there is an urgent shortage of food and grass are a trick to deceive the soldiers. ”

"Hey, do you see what I'm missing?"

"Foothold, looking at the world's heroes, the most lacking is a foothold, the Descendant Army is from Qinzhou, but failed to gain a foothold in Qinzhou, the Shen family is from Jinyang, the situation is better, but the hometown is empty, can not withstand changes, at least after half a year of stability, it can be called a foothold. As for King Liang and others, they don't even have a city, they are adrift like duckweed in the water, rising and falling suddenly, and there is no place to stand. ”

"Since everyone is like this, I don't have to rush."

"But the imperial court has a foothold."

"Eastern Capital? Within a month, the Eastern Capital would no longer be the Zhang family. ”

"The eastern capital is not the Zhang family, Jizhou is still, tens of thousands of iron horsemen are waiting in Yecheng, if you get the help of He Rong's department, you can sweep through Jiangbei, no one is invincible."

Ning Baoguan pondered for a moment, "You are much stronger than ordinary scholars, and you can discuss big things." That's right, I asked the imperial court for horses and food, just in exchange for trust, and then took advantage of its unpreparedness and waited for an opportunity to capture the eastern capital. Dongdu is the first city in the world, and it is said that the city walls are so high that they can block the floating clouds and occupy it, so it can be regarded as a foothold, right? ”

"It is a foothold, and it is also the target of the public, no matter who the eastern capital falls into, it will attract more enemies, and it is because of this that the Zhang family secretly abandoned the eastern capital and transferred to Jizhou. It is foolish to think that the king should still go to Jiangdong to seek a real foothold. ”

"Everyone else wants to seize the Eastern Capital, but I want to get out of the way?"

"No, after all, the Eastern Capital is where the Beijing Division is, if you don't participate in the war at this time, one will lose your prestige, and the other will be when you try to figure out the Central Plains, it's not easy to make excuses. For the sake of the king's plan, Mo Ruo united the north and the south, attacked the eastern capital, attacked but did not take, let others, and wait until the Jiangdong foothold was stable, and then take advantage of the chaos, which is a long-term plan. ”

"Is Jiangdong really that easy to occupy?" Ning Baoguan has always wanted to go to Jiangdong, and there are many river workers from Jiangdong in his army, and he misses his hometown even more.

"This is the purpose of my chariots, horses, empty seals and official positions from the imperial court, with these things, I can make the Jiangdong righteous army bow to the king, with them leading the way, why can't the king pacify Jiangdong?"

"Hey, Jiangdong people are not easy to deal with, I sent someone to go, it stands to reason that I should have come back a long time ago, but so far I haven't seen anyone, and I haven't seen a letter."

"There is a little connection with Jiangdong in Xia, maybe it can be used."

"Yes, you are the son of the princess of Wu Kingdom." Ning Baoguan got up, held the knife on his waist, and walked back and forth in front of the chair twice, "Do you know that the people of Jiangdong actually don't miss Emperor Wu very much?" ”

"I've heard a little." Xu Ji remembered clearly, after Jiangdong Hegong heard his identity, he showed a faint hostility.

"According to rumors, the Xu clan of Wu State has produced three generations of tyrants in a row, more cruel than the Emperor of All Things, killing countless people, when the Tiancheng army came, the people and soldiers surrendered one after another, and no one was willing to die for the Xu clan."

Unless it involves the conquest of the Tiancheng Dynasty, the history of the Five Kingdoms is rarely told in the Luxue Museum, Xu Ji said: "The Xu family is not benevolent, so the country is destroyed, but the seven clans of Jiangdong who raised troops are still headed by the Xu family." What I want to persuade is not the people of Jiangdong, but the children of the Seven Clans who lead the troops. ”

Ning Baoguan paced back and forth twice, and then walked in front of Xu Ji, "Okay, you do have ghost eyes, but don't do it any more, if you let me know that you are lying to me......"

"With the heroism of the king, when the hero of the world is driven, why do you suddenly doubt your own vision?"

Ning Baoguan laughed, "Okay, you are a character, come with me, I will let you see Wu Yuejun's family background." ”

Once Ning Baoguan appreciates someone, he always immediately gives a reward, and he is not stingy, he asks Xu Ji to go hand in hand with him, inspect the whole city, and then gather the generals, make Xu Ji a military advisor in public, and order the generals to pay tribute to him.

Wu Yue's army accumulated at least 3,000 cavalry, which drilled day and night in a corner of the city, and the supply of food and clothing was twice that of ordinary soldiers, and there were nearly 10,000 infantry, which can be called elite.

Such an army is far from being able to compete with officers and soldiers, but it is enough to be called the leader of the South Road.

Ning Baoguan found five Jiangnan rebels who were recruited, led the way for Xu Ji, and sent another 30 cavalry to act as escorts, and Zhang Wenbi, whose face was bruised and swollen, continued to serve as a deputy envoy, but was severely reprimanded, and in the future, he was only in charge of the paperwork, and was not allowed to intervene in the affairs of the envoy, let alone talk nonsense.

Xu Ji set off early the next morning, just as news came that the Jinyang army in the north made peace with the Liang army, approached the eastern capital together, and fought several small battles with the officers and soldiers, and the victory or defeat was different.

As for which son of the Shen family the Jinyang Army eventually fell into, there is no clear statement.

Xu Ji left only one guide and sent other Jiangnan people to the camps of the various rebel armies in advance to inform him of his arrival.

Jingzhou is connected to the mountains and rivers of Luozhou, the transportation is relatively convenient, and there are as many as a dozen righteous armies that have arrived, all of which have no belonging, Xu Ji saw the opportunity to act, and took turns to use the names of the descendant army, the king of Wu Yue and the imperial court, to persuade one army after another, let them go to join Ning Baoguan, and some righteous army, willing to go with him.

"Cooperation is strong, division is weak, no matter which side you end up turning to, more people are more valued than fewer people." The farther away from Wu Yuejun's camp, the more Xu Ji dared to say this, attracting more people to follow him.

He promised the rebels a goal: to become one with the Jiangdong rebels, and then to argue with the northern heroes.

The rebel army was scattered, coming and going, but the number was still increasing day by day, and when he saw the ships of the Jiangdong army, Xu Ji was already the temporary leader of six or seven thousand men, with whom he wanted to swallow the army from the "old country"—in this army, he knew only one Wang Dian at present.