"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know much about King Wu, and what the minister knows is just some hearsay, and it's hard to distinguish the truth from the false!" Zhang Ge bowed.

"As for the minister's younger brother, he was quite courteous in Huainan when he was the envoy of the proclamation, but after the state of Wu became the kingdom, the king of Wu no longer attached so much importance to him."

"What's more, Shuzhong is too far away from Jianghuai, and it is also difficult to communicate, so the minister can't get any news through the minister's younger brother!"

Wang Jian sighed lightly and said, "That's it! ”

He didn't expect Zhang Ge to have any special understanding, after all, he also knew that the two places were indeed too far apart, and it was indeed very troublesome to get to and fro.

At this time, Zhang Ge said again: "Since Your Majesty wants to understand King Wu, why don't you go and ask Li Xun directly?" He once sent an envoy to Guangling, and even treated King Wu Wu, and had contact with the current King Wu, so he must know something, right? ”

"Li Xun?" Wang Jian frowned.

After all, he was old, and his memory had deteriorated a little, so it took a while to remember such a person.

"Are you talking about the Li Xun who is said to be very skilled in medicine? Well, I remember, this person did go to Guangling back then. ”

"Yes, that's exactly what the minister said!"

Wang Jian nodded, but did not mention Li Xun again.

In fact, the reason why he suddenly wanted to understand Yang Wu, the king of Wu, was because he needed to make a decision as soon as possible whether he should attack Guanzhong in the north or Jingxiang in the east.

If you attack Guanzhong to the north, it will naturally mean turning your face with Li Maozhen; And if you choose to march into Jingxiang, it is almost certain that Shu will go to war with Wu.

Both options have their pros and cons that make it difficult for him to decide.

At this time, if he decides to enter Guanzhong, he already has the reason he needs, just wait for him to make a final decision.

At this time, in his imperial study, there was a letter written on a handkerchief, which was written by his daughter, Princess Puci.

Princess Puci is the daughter who married Li Jichong, the envoy of Qinzhou Jiedu, who married Li Maozhen's nephew and promoted the alliance of Qi and Shu.

And this time she wrote a secret letter on her handkerchief and asked the eunuch Song Guangsi who served her to bring it to Wang Jian, the main reason was that her husband Li Jichong was addicted to alcohol and immorality, and often treated her rudely after drinking, so she asked Wang Jian to hope to return to Chengdu.

As a symbol of the alliance between the two families, if Wang Jian allowed Princess Puci to return to Chengdu to live, then it would naturally mean that the two alliances would end.

At that time, there is no need for Wang Jian to take the initiative, Li Maozhen, who feels humiliated, will naturally take the initiative to send troops to attack, and then he will have enough excuses to crusade against Li Maozhen, the king of Qi.

As for entering Jingxiang, he also has enough reasons.

Perhaps because of the defeat of the Liang army in Gaoyi, which made Gao Jichang have no hope for the Liang State, some time ago, Gao Jixing secretly sent an envoy to ask for annexation.

Of course, Wang Jian also knew that this kind of attachment was only nominal annexation, and in fact, it was naturally impossible for Gao Jichang to let the Shu army's hand reach into Jingnan.

Gao Jichang's purpose was just to lead the Shu army to come to the rescue if the Wu army attacked Jiangling in the future.

However, although he knew Gao Jichang's plans, if he really asked for reinforcements like Shu in the future, Shu would naturally have the opportunity to plot against Jiangling at that time.

Originally, if there was no change in Gao Jichang, Wang Jian would definitely choose to tear his face with Li Maozhen without hesitation, after all, although the two families are known as alliances, they have often fought before this, and their grudges are not small; Turning his face against it, all the generals under his command will be happy.

However, with Gao Jichang's sudden arrival, Wang Jian naturally had to think carefully about whether he needed to fall out with Li Maozhen.

Although Li Maozhen has been defeated by the Liang army in recent years, his momentum is declining, and his strength is not as good as before, but today's Qi State is still a big country in the world, and even if its strength is not as good as Shu, I am afraid that it is not much worse.

Not to mention the strength of the Wu State, it is a force that can confront the Liang army in its heyday on the frontal battlefield, with 200,000 elite forbidden troops alone, as well as naval troops and state soldiers, with a total strength of more than 300,000.

Such a powerful force is by no means an existence that can be ignored.

Therefore, if Wang Jian chooses to be an enemy of Li Maozhen, he can only try to be friendly with Wu Wang Yang Wu; On the contrary, if he chooses to go east to Jingxiang and make an enemy of Wu, then he will continue to maintain an alliance relationship with Li Maozhen, the king of Qi.

In short, with the strength of Shu, it is difficult to be the enemy of two at the same time, and it is necessary to win over one and strike at one.

At this time, Zhang Ge saw Wang Jian's hesitant expression, obviously something difficult to decide, so he asked tentatively and whispered, "Your Majesty, what difficulties have you encountered?" Although the minister has little knowledge, maybe he can also refer to a thing or two for His Majesty? ”

Wang Jian's heart moved, and he immediately did not hide it, and told him about the situation of these two parties.

"I don't know why Your Majesty hesitated, but I think that it is obviously better to enter Jingxiang than to enter the Guanzhong!" Zhang Ge is extremely sure.

"Oh, what's your reason?" Wang Jian suddenly became interested.

His heart was actually inclined to attack Guanzhong, and when he had privately discussed with some other confidants and ministers before, most of the opinions they gave were the same.

However, there was a faint worry in his heart, after all, he was now old, and the current crown prince did not look like a pioneering monarch.

On the other hand, Wu Guo, Yang Wu is now in the prime of life, and the national situation of Wu is in a thriving stage, if Wu people are allowed to go to Jingxiang, who knows if Yang Wu will further plot against Shu.

You must know that before the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty Liu Yu sent troops to successfully destroy Shu, seize Shu, and even capture Hanzhong in one fell swoop; After that, he launched a large-scale northern expedition to the Central Plains and achieved a major victory, conquering Luoyang, Chang'an and other places in one fell swoop.

If it weren't for the great changes in the domestic situation later, and after Liu Yu returned to the south, the civil and military ministers who stayed in Chang'an fought among themselves, which led to the failure of Liu Yu's Northern Expedition, and I am afraid that the first dynasty in history to unify the world from the south to the north would have appeared.

With the example of Liu Yu in history, the state of Wu established by Yang Wu is also somewhat similar to Liu Yu, and even Yang Wu is much younger and more energetic than Liu Yu, who was already old at that time.

Therefore, Wang Jian felt that instead of waiting for Wu to take the initiative to attack in the future, it was better to try to curb the momentum of Wu now, at least not to let them get Jingxiang too easily.

In short, both ideas moved Wang Jian's heart, and both made him difficult to decide.

At this time, Zhang Ge bowed down and said: "The minister thinks that even if the land of Jingxiang is fought, it needs to be heavily defended; Moreover, Jingxiang borders the Liang State in the north and the Wu State in the south, even if the Shu State is strong, I am afraid that it will be difficult to be the enemy of these two countries at the same time. ”

"In addition, even if Your Majesty wants to continue to maintain the alliance with Li Maozhen, the King of Qi, how can Your Majesty guarantee that Li Maozhen will not take the initiative to start a war with Your Majesty?"

"Li Maozhen took the initiative to start a war with me?" Wang Jian was shocked.

Indeed, before he only thought of the possibility of taking the initiative to start a war with Li Maozhen, but he forgot that Li Maozhen might also take the initiative to start a war with him.

If he is bent on befriending Li Maozhen and covets the land of Jingxiang, then Li Maozhen suddenly turns his face, then he may fall into the predicament of being attacked on both sides.

Thinking of this, Wang Jian immediately made a final decision in his heart.

PS:This month is a little busy.,The author said that he tried his best to finish the seventy chapters of the guarantee.,The rest of the plus is a total of five chapters,(including last month's reward of two chapters,Six、Seven,Eight,Three months of monthly pass plus three chapters),This five more authors try their best to code,If you can't finish the code,It's only postponed to next month.。

Fortunately, after this month, it will be much easier to do the next, and I believe that I will be able to make up for it next month.