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I have food in my hand, and I don't panic in my heart. After the treasury was filled again, everyone naturally breathed a sigh of relief.

"The king used thunderous means this time to punish those illegal profiteers, which is a very happy event. There is no one in Guangling who does not clap their hands. Some people also complained about why the king didn't come up with this method earlier, otherwise they would not have been plagued by profiteers for so long. Zhou Yin twisted his beard and smiled.

"Hmmm! The people clapped their hands and said that it would be good to be happy. Yang Xingmi smiled and nodded, very satisfied with this result: "However, those unscrupulous profiteers are subdued, what is the situation on Jia Lingwei and Qu Zhang's side?"

"Back to the king, during this time, Qu Zhang and Jia Lingwei behaved relatively normally, except for going to the military command department on weekdays, they generally stayed at home at other times and did not do anything else." Fan Yu bowed and replied.

"Does that mean there's no other progress?" Yang Xingmi was a little dissatisfied with this result, and couldn't help but think of the benefits of Dai Yougui in his heart, feeling that if Dai Yougui was still there, there might have been a breakthrough at this time.

"Yes, the subordinates will definitely step up this matter." Fan Yu was a little ashamed, there were still people in the long sword capital who disagreed with him, so the efficiency of doing things was not high.

However, this is all an internal matter of the long sword capital, and he is naturally embarrassed to take it out and tell Yang Xingmi and the others, and he is also ruthless this time, ready to completely solve the internal problems.

Yang Xingmi nodded, then turned his head to look at Yang Wu and said, "Wu'er, you are basically in charge of military affairs at present, and now it is late September, how is the situation of the reorganization of the various armies?"

"The two generals in the north, Li Chengsi and Tai Meng, reported that their integration had been completed, and that General Yi Chengsi had prepared to relieve the siege of Gwangju as ordered."

"In the other armies, the children's department and General Zhou Ben's department will be able to complete the integration in about ten days, and General Wang Maozhang should be slower, but it can also be completed before November." Yang Wu replied.

"Ten more days? What is the current situation in Huzhou and Shezhou? Can you hold out until that time? ”

"The current situation in Shezhou is very good, the performance of the Jiangxi soldiers is worse than we expected, and Zhong Chuan's two sons are not generals, and they are divided into two ways and fight each other, as a result, they have entered Shezhou for 20 days, not only have they not made progress, but have been defeated by Chen Zhixin twice, and they are currently demoralized and have turned into rest. So Shezhou doesn't need to worry. Yang Wu said.

It's just that the situation in Huzhou may be much worse than expected, Qian Biao also created the Suzhou cannon to attack the city, and he used his troops steadily, not impatient at all, and consumed the defenders in the city step by step. Although we don't know the current situation in the city because of the lack of information, I don't think it's very optimistic. ”

"Didn't you let Shi Yan and Hou Zan lead the cavalry to contain Qian Biao, didn't it have any effect at all?" Yang Xingmi frowned.

Qian Biao, an old rival, had been dealing with Sun Ru since he was fighting together ten years ago, and later the two families fought many wars over the states south of the Yangtze River.

Although from the perspective of strength comparison, Qian Biao's strength is naturally far inferior to Yang Xingmi, but Yang Xingmi has too many enemies to deal with, and there are not many that can really be used to deal with Qian Biao. So for many years, Huainan has been helpless against Qian Biao.

This is the opportunity of the Wuyongdu Rebellion last year to seize Suzhou and Huzhou, and completely suppress the Qian Biao forces.

If Qian Biao is allowed to take Huzhou back again this time, wouldn't it mean that this old opponent is going to turn over again?

"Qian Biao made preparations in advance, the main road to Huzhou was guarded by him, and fortifications were built in many places, and it was really difficult to break through with two thousand cavalry."

Yang Xingmi was silent, and only after a while did he say: "Even if you lose Shezhou, Huzhou can't lose it." Shezhou is lost, and if it is recaptured in the future, the loss to us is not large, and the strength of Zhong Chuan will not increase much. But Huzhou is too important to Qian Biao, and he must not be allowed to take it back! ”

"Wu'er, we can't delay it any longer, the longer it drags on, the greater the variables, and Huzhou must be lifted as soon as possible. Therefore, although the integration of the army has not yet been completely completed, the rest can be integrated on the battlefield. In two days, you will lead the army to the battle, and your army and Wang Maozhang's army will go out together to break the siege as soon as possible, and it will be better if you can defeat Qian Biao in one fell swoop! Yang Xingmi ordered decisively.

Yang Wu was a little surprised, he didn't expect him to be in a hurry than himself, but it was better to send troops to lift the siege of Huzhou as soon as possible, if Qian Biao really let Huzhou take down, it would be a headache at that time.

At this moment, a guard hurriedly came in to report: "King, General Jia Lingweijia came to ask for an appointment, saying that he had something important to report, and he is now waiting outside." ”

When everyone heard that it was Jia Lingwei who asked to see him, they couldn't help but be surprised. You must know that they were still discussing how to deal with him and Qu Zhang before, but they didn't expect him to take the initiative to ask to meet.

I only heard the guard continue: "General Jia is worried that the king will not see him for important matters, so he wrote this note and asked his subordinates to hand it over to the king."

As he spoke, he handed over a note, and after Yang Xingmi took it and looked at it, he couldn't help but be furious, grabbed the cup on the table in front of him and slammed it on the ground: "Bastard, what a bold!" Is it true that the old man's knife doesn't kill people? ”

I don't know what happened, Yang Xingmi, who has always been known for his generosity and benevolence, actually said such murderous words. And he was obviously angry, he didn't call himself "lonely" anymore, but called himself an old man.

"This..."

"King, what the hell is going on?"

Everyone didn't know what had happened to make Yang Xingmi so angry, and hurriedly asked.

Half an hour ago.

Jia Lingwei went to Qu Zhang's mansion to look for him, and it happened that the housekeeper of his house said that Qu Zhang had important guests talking in the study, so he asked him to wait in the living room first.

After waiting for a while, seeing that Qu Zhang hadn't come out yet, Jia Lingwei, who was a little bored, proposed to go around the mansion. Because he usually gets close to Qu Zhang, and he has been in frequent contact with him in recent days, Qu Zhang's housekeeper didn't treat him as an outsider, and agreed without thinking too much.

Unexpectedly, Jia Lingwei wandered around Qu Zhang's house, and turned around and turned outside the study, and it happened that there was a faint sound coming out of the study.

Jia Lingwei's heart moved, wondering which important guest Qu Zhang was talking to, he saw that no one was paying attention around, so he leaned over and listened intently, not wanting to be stunned by this hearing.

It turned out that the two people in the study listened to business, one of them was Qu Zhang, and the other person's voice was relatively unfamiliar, but it sounded a little old.

I only heard the somewhat old voice say: "This time the matter is really too big, isn't the general worried that after the incident happens, King Wu will take you down directly without regard to the Fa-rectification?" ”

I only heard Qu Zhang reply with a smile: "Brother Liu, rest assured, King Wu cherishes his reputation very much, and will never kill heroes without evidence." When he killed Gao Ba, although he quickly expanded the army, it also made him lose a lot of prestige, and later caused him a lot of trouble. So he hasn't done anything like it since. ”

"Even if he was so jealous of Tian Yan, An Renyi and others at the beginning, and wanted to get rid of them, he waited until Tian Yan and them took the initiative to rebel before he made a move; Even in order to make Huainan feel that the three people were not forced by him, he deliberately made An Renyi's reputation stinky in advance. ”

"In contrast, Ben Jiang is not An Renyi and them, nor is he a businessman who was killed by Zhou Yin a few days ago on a casual charge, Ben Jiang has been a state assassin, and now he has a good reputation among the people of Guangling, and he has no evidence, so he won't touch me casually." In the study, Qu Zhang's somewhat smug voice came.

"What you say makes sense, but this time is different after all, if our plan succeeds and burns down all the five granaries in Guangling City, it is hard to guarantee that King Wu will not take you down in anger! So it's better for you to prepare early. The old man said.

Outside, Jia Lingwei couldn't help but be surprised when he heard the news of "burning down all five granaries", he was worried that he had heard it wrong, so he hurriedly continued to listen.

"You are too worried, the people who set the fire are all your subordinates, and if they want to investigate, they can only find out the head of your king, what does it have to do with the general? At most, he will be guilty of dereliction of duty, and he will be fine. ”

……

After listening for a while, Jia Lingwei was finally convinced that he had heard correctly, and what the two of them discussed was really to burn down the few newly filled granaries in Guangling in order to delay the speed of the Guangling army.

And listening to what they mean, it seems that someone has already been sent to do it, and soon there should be "good news" coming.

Although Jia Lingwei and Qu Zhang created this Guangling grain turmoil, he was only bewitched by Qu Zhang when he was angry, and the purpose was just to vent his anger to take revenge on Yang Wu, and by the way, he could also make a lot of money.

However, after the thing was done, he regretted it a little, but he had already boarded the thief ship and couldn't find a chance to get down for a while.

Now that he heard that Qu Zhang was planning to burn down all the granaries in Guangling, this was not to vent his anger, but to be a real collaborator.

Jia Lingwei has no plans to collaborate with the enemy at present, and after Yang Xingmi executed the dozen or so profiteers by thunderous means, he is also very afraid in his heart, and now when he hears such big news, he is shocked and at the same time sees an opportunity to atone for his crimes.

So Jia Lingwei calmed down, pretended not to know anything, returned to the living room, and told the housekeeper that he still had important things to do, and he would come to see his master next time.

After saying goodbye and leaving, Jia Lingwei immediately rode his horse and galloped to the Jiedu Embassy Mansion to report to Yang Xing.

After hearing such astonishing news, Yang Xingmi was naturally furious, and hurriedly sent people to take over the five granaries in Guangling City, and ordered Qu Zhang and other people involved in the case to be arrested immediately.

He is really angry, the Guangling granary is finally refilled, Huzhou to break the siege also depends on these grains, if it is really burned by a fire, I am afraid that the army will be delayed again, and Huzhou will really fall at that time.

"King, this Qu Zhang is now serving in the Military Command Division, and his position is in charge of army logistics, and he is dealing with the granary, but I am afraid that he has secretly sent people to lurk in!" Gao Miao said with some concern.

Yang Xingmi frowned, but at this time he had no choice, Yang Wu didn't want to wait here, so he offered to go to the scene to inspect.

However, before he could leave, another guard came to report that two of the five granaries had caught fire and were now being put out. Fires also broke out in three other granaries, but they were discovered early and were quickly extinguished.

Hearing the news, Yang Xingmi and the others were a little uneasy, and Yang Wu hurriedly left and went to the scene to direct the firefighting.

In Qu Zhang's mansion, after sending the old man away, the housekeeper stepped forward to report: "Master, General Jia Lingweijia came to ask for a meeting before, but the old man was talking to the guests at that time, so the little one asked him to wait first according to your instructions."

"Well, what about the others?" Qu Zhang asked indifferently.

"At first, he was still waiting here, but then he saw that you never came out, so he proposed to walk around the courtyard. The little one saw that he was close to the master on weekdays, so he didn't stop him. However, after a while, General Jia suddenly said that he had other important matters, so he took his leave and left. ”

"Suddenly quit and left?" Qu Zhang couldn't help but have a bad premonition in his heart when he heard this, and hurriedly asked in a deep voice: "When General Jia is walking around the mansion, can someone accompany him?"

Seeing that he asked seriously, the housekeeper thought that he was blaming him for not entertaining Jia Lingwei well, so he said: "The master forgives the sin, the little one also said that he would find someone to lead the way, but General Jia said that he was just walking around, and there was no need to send someone to follow." The little one agreed without much thought. If the lord feels that the little one has neglected the guest, please punish the master! ”

The uneasiness in Qu Zhang's heart became even stronger, although when he talked to the old man before, he was confident that Yang Xingmi would not move him without evidence, but if Jia Lingwei took the initiative to denounce him, it would be different.

Although Qu Zhang didn't know if Jia Lingwei had betrayed them or how much he knew, he was cautious by nature and immediately decided to make some preparations.

"Fortunately, when I first came to Guangling, I left my family in Qizhou, and a few days ago I let them leave Huainan first. Now I'm going to get out of the city and hide and see how it goes!" Qu Zhang thought to himself.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a commotion outside, and then the butler came to report that a large number of soldiers had broken into the house. Qu Zhang's face changed, knowing that the worst had happened, Jia Lingwei had denounced him, and now Yang Xingmi must have gotten the news and arrested people directly.

He hurriedly returned to the study, pushed the bookshelf open, and a secret passage was revealed inside, Qu Zhang didn't care about what to bring, so he immediately entered the secret passage, pushed the bookshelf back to its original place, and fled in a hurry.