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Gan Zhao arrived as promised that night, with only two entourage, and Song Xingju was ordered to wait outside the camp for a long time, without needing to report, and immediately brought the king of Shu into the camp to meet the consul.

Gan Zhao shook off the snow on his body, took off his cloak, and bowed his hand to Xu Ji: "Let King Wu wait for a long time." ”

"Aren't you happy to have a friend come in the snow?"

The two laughed, Xu Ji had already prepared hot wine, drank three glasses each, chatted about some gossip, and said willingly: "I came this time, in fact, I have something to ask King Wu for advice." ”

"Don't dare, let's call me 'Xu Gongzi', with the word 'King Wu', you and I can't speak freely."

"Haha, then I'm not welcome, if Xu Gongzi doesn't see the outside, please still be called 'Gan Commander'."

"Commander Gan."

After a few more drinks, Gan Zhaocai said: "I have a question, is it really a good time to be king?" Of course, Xu Gongzi has also become king, and he must feel that this is the time, but I am still not solid enough in my heart. ”

"What did someone say to Commander Gan?"

"Hehe, someone said to me, the first king will be hated, it is difficult to last long, the best policy, it is better to occupy more land, slow to be the king, wait for the situation to change, pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, the previous generation of champions is not like this."

Xu Ji shook his head, "Time has changed, the previous generation of champions, there are those who quickly call the king, and there are also those who slow to call the king, there is no need to follow the example of the previous generation, everything only depends on the present dynasty." ”

"Is it time to be king?"

"The troubled times are rising, the court is still stable, and the unmasking has not become a prairie fire, and calling the king is tantamount to setting fire to himself, and this should be 'slow' time. The chaos has begun, the unveilers are swarming in all directions, the kings are everywhere, and the heroes of the world do not know what to follow. As for pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger—" Xu Ji smiled, "In this world, people who pretend to be tigers are often considered pigs, and those who pretend to be pigs are not even as good as pigs." ”

Gan Zhao was slightly stunned, then comprehended, and laughed: "Xu Gongzi is right, I don't have to worry about hearing what you said." Then he put away his smile and leaned forward slightly, "Someone has been pretending to be a tiger for a long time, and it really means eating people." ”

Xu Ji poured wine for Gan Zhao, "Do you want to do it again?" ”

Gan Zhao nodded, and said directly: "The incarnation king is jealous of the virtuous and virtuous, and the person who is called the king may not attract the fire of the court, but it will attract his anger, although he did not reveal it to anyone, but I can guess that he hopes that the kings will fight a decisive battle with the officers and soldiers, and when both sides are defeated, the incarnation army will take advantage of the fisherman again." ”

In terms of strength alone, the descendant army accounted for most of the righteous army, and if Xue Liujia refused to participate in the war for a long time, even if the five kings joined forces, it would be difficult to defeat the officers and soldiers.

"Will the Descendant accept the new king?" Xu Ji asked.

Gan Zhao shook his head, "This is the benefit of pretending to be a tiger, some people can see through it, but more people are willing to accept that tiger skin, most soldiers really believe that the incarnation king is Maitreya's personal disciple, otherwise, how can a village man be able to gather millions of troops and make Tiancheng Dynasty crumbling?" Is there a providence in this? ”

Gan Zhao was originally a local official, joined the Incarnation Army halfway, and secretly had ambitions, of course he didn't believe that Xue Liujia was a "real tiger", but after following him for a long time, he saw the Incarnation King Jedi survive several times, and his belief was shaken.

"Tiancheng collapsed, it has nothing to do with the will of heaven, those who take advantage of its momentum get their name, and the Jinyang soldiers became famous in the battle of Mengjin, which is also the truth."

Gan Zhao said with a smile: "It's also true, the officers and soldiers were shocked in Mengjin for no reason, the reason is still a mystery, not long after, many people have forgotten about this matter, only remember the victory of the Jinyang soldiers, and call it the bravery, the most feared person of the king of the world, is the king of Jin." ”

Xu Ji was stunned, no wonder when the kings met, Xue Liujia deliberately snubbed Shen Tan.

"There's only one way to get the Incarnation King to send troops." Xu Jidao.

"I heard it all in detail."

"When the officers and soldiers hit the door, the incarnation king can only fight."

Gan Zhao thought for a while, and said with a smile: "The officers and soldiers stand on the wall, I'm afraid they won't come out easily, not to mention that the incarnation king is camped in the rear, and the officers and soldiers must defeat the five kings before they can attack the front of the incarnation military camp, unless—" Gan Zhao glanced at Xu Ji, "The five kings make way for the officers and soldiers?" ”

Xu Ji shook his head, "The righteous army lacks training and does not know the art of advancing and retreating, once they give way to the officers and soldiers, their fighting spirit will disappear, and they may collapse on their own." ”

"Xu Gongzi must have a clever plan."

"It's not a clever plan, it can only be said that the situation is compelling, if the five kings can really join forces, the five armies will be combined into one army, and try their best to protect themselves, maybe the officers and soldiers will be able to retreat in the face of difficulties and turn to attack the descending army."

"If the officers and soldiers refuse to fight......"

"Officers and soldiers will definitely come out." Xu Ji affirmed that he did not explain the reason.

Gan Zhao put down the wine glass and arched his hand: "I understand, the five kings live when they are together, and they die when they are divided, I am willing to live and die with the kings, but I am soft-spoken, and it is still difficult to pretend to be a pig, and it is not like a tiger, and I can't speak on the side of King Jin and King Liang......

"I'm going to persuade the two kings of Jin and Liang, and Commander Gan can at least talk to King Ning, right?"

Gan Zhao nodded, "King Ning's heart is as deep as the sea, and it is not easy to persuade him, but I can speak, and I will go to see him tomorrow." ”

"How is Commander Gan going to persuade?"

"Outside of King Jin, the most feared person of the King of the Coming World is King Ning, King Ning knows this, I believe that he would rather unite with the kings than submit to the King of the Descended World."

"Commander Gan should be careful, looking at the meaning of the King of the World during the day, it is likely that he will also win over King Ning."

Gan Zhao said with a smile: "Let Gongzi Xu guess correctly, I will go to see King Ning tomorrow, and I will go to show goodwill on the order of the king of the world." The meaning of the incarnation king is that the three of us are from similar backgrounds, and they are all real leaders of the incarnation army, while Xu Gongzi and others are outsiders, and they are from a high family, and they will not be the same as the incarnation army. ”

"The incarnation king trusts Commander Gan."

"Hey, it's just an expedient measure, the Incarnation doesn't trust anyone."

"It's inconvenient for us to come and go, there is a Song Xing Song general in my camp, Commander Gan must recognize it, he will deliver the letter for me in the future, if it is replaced by someone else, Commander Gan does not have to receive it."

"Yes. I sent an iron kite to deliver the letter, Xu Gongzi remembers this person, right? ”

"Yes." Xu Ji was protected by Gan Zhao's subordinates in the military camp of the Descendant, and exchanged names during small talk, among which was an iron kite, a tall man with a smile on his face.

The two chatted for a while, said goodbye, and Xu Ji personally sent it outside the camp.

Things have a little eyebrows, Xu Ji is very happy, and he poured himself three cups in the account, thinking about how to phrase after meeting Shen Tan and Ma Wei tomorrow.

Meng Senglun said outside: "Ruling the government, I have something to ask to see." ”

"Please come in." Xu Ji sat precariously, for this Meng Seng Lun, his feelings were very complicated, he couldn't be too far away, he couldn't get too close, and it was extremely difficult to grasp the proportion.

Since Meng Seng Lun revealed that he had been married to the princess and deceived the officers and soldiers with bitter tricks, he regarded himself as the number one confidant of the ruling king, and he never concealed what he had to say.

This request was no exception.

"Is it true that I have heard that when the kings gathered, the rulers were humiliated by Ninghug?"

"Who did you listen to?"

"There are many rumors, and everyone in the camp knows about them."

Xu Ji shook his head, "This is a rumor, although the kings didn't talk about anything, no one was humiliated. ”

Meng Senglun's face softened slightly, "Wu people would rather die than give in, if you would rather hug the battle and bully others, please tell me that I am willing to sacrifice myself to avenge the ruling power." ”

Xu Ji smiled slightly, "With General Meng's promise, who in the world dares to despise me?" General Meng, please sit down and have a few drinks with me. ”

Meng Senglun's face finally relaxed, half awe, half loving, as usual, sitting opposite, pouring wine for Xu Ji, "It's not my heart, it's really too rumored, and it's ......."

"General Meng, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"The ruling is still too young, the soldiers of the Wu army respect you like a god, and when you go outside, especially in the face of those so-called heroes who are reckless, you will inevitably be inferior in momentum."

Xu Ji hasn't been said to be "too young" for a long time, but he has just heard someone say that he is "inferior", and said with a smile: "A real hero is famous and real, but he breaks people in front of him, and it is useless to get a name but not a truth." ”

"We don't want to break people in person, at least we can't be bullied. The ruling may not know much about Emperor Wu's rules, thinking that back then, wherever Emperor Wu went, no one dared to look up, and foreign envoys had to bow down outside the city gate, and those who did not observe the etiquette cut off their ears and noses, and then did not observe the etiquette, gouging out their eyes and pulling out their tongues......"

"The king of the fallen country is not worth emulating."

Meng Shenglun sighed and drank the wine in the cup, "Emperor Wu is indeed a little brutal, but the rules are always right...... Forget it, the ruling is a hundred times smarter than me, and he has his own plans, I don't say much, just ask the ruling to remember, I am willing to be a fierce dog in front of the ruling gate, tearing and biting rude people, and fighting for myself. ”

"Keep it in mind."

Meng Shenglun got up and said goodbye.

Xu Ji breathed a sigh of relief, the Wu people were renamed, and they were stubborn, and they really lived up to their reputation, especially the children of the Seven Clans, almost all of them, and Meng Shenglun was the best among them, but they were loyal to the ruling king and were the backbone of the Wu army.

Xu Ji was not very satisfied with these "backbones", but he couldn't give up, so he could only deal with them carefully, try to use his strengths and avoid his shortcomings.

In the face of Gan Zhao, Xu Ji opposed "pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger", and Meng Shenglun opposite him wanted to show that it was actually useful for him to occasionally "pretend to be a pig".

The wine and food were already cold, Xu Ji was excited, asked someone to come in to clean up the broken table, and then sent a basin of hot water, and he had to rest after scalding his feet.

In the cold winter, bathing his feet with hot water is more pleasant than drinking, Xu Ji was enjoying it with his eyes closed, when he suddenly felt a cold wind coming, and when he opened his eyes, it was Tang Weitian who came in with the futon.

"General Meng asked me to stay by the side of the Metropolitan Governor in the future, and never leave to protect my safety." Tang Weitian made the bed at the door, fell down and fell asleep.

"Don't talk about the things that happen when the kings gather together." Xu Ji admonished, thinking that the rumors came from Tang Weitian.

Tang sat up and widened his eyes, "It's not me, it's really not me, several people came to ask, I didn't say a word, if you don't believe it, you ask General Meng, he pestered me for half an hour, promised me benefits, I didn't say a word." ”

Tang Weitian's face was full of grievances, Xu Ji believed him, and said with a smile: "I made a mistake, it must have come from another military camp." ”

The water was already cold, Xu Ji raised his feet and came out, dried and went to bed, Tang Weitian took the basin of water and handed it to the guards outside, and came back and said: "Some people just owe their mouths, and they have to make up nonsense wherever they go, if it were me, I would simply not let them enter the camp." ”

"Who are you talking about?" Xu Ji was inexplicable.

"There are a lot of people coming to join these days, and one of them is a former member of the Incarnation, I recognize ......"

Xu Ji didn't care about wearing boots, ran to the door barefoot, and said to the guards: "Call Meng Shenglun, Wang Dian, and Song Xingci to come over immediately." ”

Xu Ji returned to the tent and looked at Tang Weitian with a look of surprise, "The kings made a covenant not to recruit each other's people, Xue Liujia is digging a pit for me." ”