When Liu Yin of Lingnan decided to send his younger brother Liu Yan as an envoy to Wu to express his nominal submission to Wu, Wang Zhenzhi of Fujian was also hesitant to send an envoy to Wu to ask for surrender. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"The Wu army is strong, it is difficult to be the enemy, and now Jiangxi has been annexed by Wu for two years, and the rear has been completely consolidated, plus Zhu Wen's forces are contained in the north and it is difficult to go south, I am afraid that it will not be long before the Wu army will attack my Fujian in an all-round way." In the humble study, Wang Xianzhi sighed in a low voice.

Compared with Liu Yin, who had no grudges with Wu State, and Ma Yin, who was able to develop to the southwest, Wang Xianzhi was now even more restless and difficult to make up his mind.

Last time, Liu Zhiyuan, the envoy of Huainan, was killed by Wang Yanjun, the second son of Wang Zhenzhi, because he was too domineering, and this incident directly led to the confrontation between Fujian and Huainan, which had a fairly good relationship.

However, although Wang Zhenzhi was forced to confront Huainan due to the situation, he also knew that he could not resist the attack of the Wu army, and was worried that if he did too much, there would be no way out in the future.

Therefore, in the next few years, Wang Shenzhi did not send troops to participate in the war against Huainan, and he has not surrendered to Zhu Wen so far, but continued to exist as the king of Langya of the Tang Dynasty, in order not to do too much.

But on the other hand, Wang Zhenzhi was unwilling to completely surrender, and was worried about what fate he would face after surrendering.

Therefore, under the influence of this contradictory psychology, he neither approached Wu Guo again, nor did he send troops to oppose Wu Guo.

However, if two years ago the situation in the south and the general trend of the world were still somewhat unclear, now we can almost see it clearly.

More than two years ago, when Wang Zhenzhi and Huainan turned their faces, Jiangxi had not yet fallen into the hands of Huainan, Zhong Chuan still controlled Jiangxi, and forces such as Ma Yin and Wei Quanyi seemed to have a lot of strength; In addition, there is Zhu Wen, the king of Liang in the Central Plains, although Zhu Wen was not the emperor at that time, his momentum is much stronger than now.

But now that Jiangxi has been completely annexed, Wei Quanyan has been eliminated, Ma Yin has been hit hard, and Zhu Wen has also been restrained by Li Keyong, the king of Jin......

It can be said that the situation facing Fujian today is much worse than it was two years ago.

"Or, simply surrender to King Wu completely?" Wang Xianzhi hesitated in his heart.

The main reason why he was reluctant to surrender was that he was unwilling to hand over the foundation of Fujian, and the other was that he was worried about the fate he would face after surrendering.

Since ancient times, few other forces have surrendered, and few have been able to get a good death in the end.

So if he surrenders, will he be able to get a good death?

Like Qian Biao, who chose to commit suicide before the city of Hangzhou was broken, and although his children and grandchildren are still living well in Guangling, they have not been here for a long time, and it is difficult to explain what the problem is; Second, Qian Biao is dead, and the rest are just some young juniors, and the threat to Wu is much smaller.

As for Zhong Kuangshi and Zhong Yangui brothers, although they received preferential treatment after surrendering, firstly, they were the same as the Qian family, they were also juniors, and there was not much threat, and secondly, they were still married to Yang Wu.

But Wang Zhenzhi knew that if he surrendered, with his prestige in Fujian, he was not sure what he would be treated, and this was what worried him the most.

Just as Wang Zhenzhi was hesitating, a guard outside suddenly came in to report: "Wang, I just sent an urgent report from Jiangxi, saying that the Wu army has been mobilized on a large scale, and a large number of troops have been stationed in Xinzhou and Fuzhou, and there are constantly scouts and detailed raids of the Wu army on the Jianzhou side!" ”

"What? Are you ready to do it to me so soon? Wang Zhenzhi's face changed, and he couldn't believe it.

He originally thought that the Wu army had just defeated Ma Yin and seized the land of Yuezhou, and that he should take advantage of the victory to attack Hunan and further suppress Ma Yin's forces.

However, now it seems that Yang Wu's strategy is to annex Fujian first, and then deal with Ma Yin.

The reason why he attacked Hunan before was more to teach Ma Yin a lesson, and to prevent him from coming out to make trouble when Wu attacked Fujian.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhenzhi's face became even more sad.

Of course, he also knew that the Wu army had just finished its large-scale use of troops against Hunan, and he would definitely not immediately send troops to Fujian, and now he was just inquiring about the news in advance.

However, I am afraid that the time for the official attack will not be too long, and Wang Zhenzhi must make up his mind as soon as possible.

"It's too early to decide to surrender now, let's send an envoy to test it first, at least explain the reason why we killed Zhang Zhiyuan in the first place!" Wang Zhenzhi still couldn't make a final decision in desperation, so he could only take one step at a time.

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Three months have passed in a blink of an eye, and now it is March of the second year of Wuyi.

In Jinling City, the atmosphere is more solemn.

In the mansion of Li Shenfu, the Duke of Wei, Yang Wu personally led Gao Mian, Zhou Yin and other civil and military ministers to visit the patient.

Not long ago, Li Shenfu suddenly became ill, Yang Wu sent the best doctor in the palace to treat him, and ordered the best medicinal materials to be used to treat him, but unfortunately Li Shenfu's condition did not improve at all, and he was still lying on the hospital bed and difficult to get up.

As the courtier with the highest rank in Wu today, Li Shenfu has been fighting for the establishment and development of Wu all his life.

From the beginning when Yang Xingmi started in Luzhou, to the present more than 20 years, Li Shenfu has commanded hundreds of battles, and has not been defeated so far.

Even during the initial war with Sun Ru, other generals, including Yang Xingmi, were often defeated by Sun Ru's army, but Li Shenfu continued to win victories.

After defeating Sun Ru, Li Shenfu later defeated Gu Quanwu, Tian Hao, Du Hong, Han Qing, etc., especially in the battle of Junshan, he defeated Cheng Wei's 100,000 army with less than 10,000 sailors, forcing Cheng Wei to die in the lake, which can be said to be the most classic battle of Li Shenfu's military achievements in his life.

What makes Yang Wu even more praised is that Li Shenfu is extremely loyal to the Yang family, although in this life, because of Yang Wu, he avoided the tragedy of personally ordering his son to be shot, but this loyalty is always in Yang Wu's heart.

For Yang Wu, such a famous general who has won all battles is so loyal, it can be said that he is already a model of a general, and the famous generals of ancient times are nothing more than that.

The only fly in the ointment may be that Li Shenfu cannot participate in the great cause of unifying the world in the future; Without this credit, his merits and fame will definitely be inferior in the future.

Of course, these can only depend on whether Wu can successfully unify the world in the future, and the future performance of Li Shenfu's son Li Chengding.

At this time, seeing Li Shenfu lying on the hospital bed with a thin face, whether it was Yang Wu or other civil and military ministers, his heart was very uncomfortable.

"King!"

Although Yang Wu did not let people report, but so many people entered the ward together, Li Shenfu naturally felt it.

With the support of Li Chengding, he was ready to stand up and salute Yang Wu.

Yang Wu hurriedly stepped forward and pressed him and said, "Wei Guogong doesn't have to be polite, lie down quickly!" ”

"The king, the old minister's body is worrying the king!" Li Shenfu's expression was extremely haggard, but he still spoke clearly, and he didn't shirk at the moment, and lay down on the soft couch again.

"Wei Guogong can't be like this! Although your health is not good now, after all, you are a military general, and your body has a thick foundation, as long as you have a good life and recuperation, it will not take long to recover. Lone is still waiting for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains in the future, and you can also lead the soldiers and horses all the way to Bianzhou with Lone! Yang Wu hurriedly persuaded.

When Yang Wu first became a general, he crossed the river with Li Shenfu to crusade against Feng Hongduo, the assassin of Shengzhou; On that rainy night, Yang Wu led a thousand troops to defeat the Shengzhou army that came to attack at night, thus initially establishing prestige in the army.

And at that time, Li Shenfu was so high-spirited, but now it has only been a few years, but he is already bedridden.

"Mr. Cui, what is Wei Guogong's condition?" After Yang Wu helped Li Shenfu to sit on the recliner, he couldn't wait to ask, his words were full of worry.

"King, Wei Guogong's condition ......" Mr. Cui glanced at Li Shenfu with some embarrassment, and then continued: "At present, it is more serious, but as long as it is properly recuperated, there is still hope for recovery!" ”

Yang Wu became even more worried after hearing this, and from Mr. Cui's words, he heard that something was very wrong.

Li Shenfu listened to it, but his expression was calm, and he didn't feel strange at all, he changed the topic with a smile and said: "King, the old minister is lying on the hospital bed these days and can't handle official business. However, the old minister heard that Liu Yin of Lingnan and Wang Zhenzhi of Fujian have now sent envoys to come, especially Liu Yin, who directly asked his younger brother to come to ask for surrender on his behalf, I don't know how the king decided on this matter? ”

Liu Yan had arrived in Jinling a month earlier, and although Yang Wu had personally received him, he was not very interested in his request to surrender.

Liu Yin's meaning is obviously only to surrender to Wu in name, just like Liu Yin is now subjugating to Zhu Wen, at most, he will symbolically pay some tribute every year, which will not be of much benefit to Wu State.

However, many ministers were very interested in accepting Liu Yin's request to surrender, believing that this would increase the prestige and prestige of Wu, and secondly, it would also avoid the possible troubles in the process of eliminating Ma Yin and Wang Zhenzhi in the future.

As for the future after eliminating Ma Yin and Wang Zhenzhi, it will not be easy to find enough reasons to crusade against Liu Yin? Resourceful people like Yan Keqiu can find some reasons casually.

Therefore, civil and military officials, including Gao Mian, all advocated accepting Liu Yin's request to surrender in order to temporarily stabilize him and facilitate the future war against Ma Yin and Wang Shenzhi.

However, for the envoys sent by Wang Shenzhi, the attitude of the whole Wu State is now a little contradictory, and some people feel that under the deterrence of the army, they can directly persuade Wang Shenzhi to surrender by peaceful means, so that he can accept the land and surrender; But this was naturally opposed by the generals who were eager to establish their careers.