Jing Xiang and Li Zhen both had no hope for Zhang Hanjie.

Sure enough, when Zhu Youzhen asked, he replied: "Your Majesty, Xuzhou is no longer owned by the imperial court at this time, even if Your Majesty is good at appeasing you, I am afraid that Wang Yin will also take refuge in Wu State." After all, this time ......"

Zhang Hanjie didn't say it explicitly, but everyone understood what he meant.

Indeed, in the past half a year, Zhu Youzhen has liquidated Zhu Youzhen's cronies by various means, and Wang Yin, as the Wuning Jiedu envoy appointed by Zhu Youzhen, cannot be unaware of this situation.

In this way, even if Zhu Youzhen sent someone to appease, he was afraid that Wang Yin would not dare to believe it, but might feel that Zhu Youzhen was ready to use means to deal with him.

So it is almost impossible to appease Wang Yin.

Jing Xiang, Li Zhen and others couldn't help but sigh when they heard this, and they also knew that what Zhang Hanjie said was not wrong.

In fact, after Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, with Han Qing and other chief evildoers being killed, Jing Xiang and others felt that the overall situation had been decided, and there was no need to liquidate the other officials appointed by Zhu Youzhen to the end, which would only continue the turbulent situation in the Liang State.

And if Zhu Youzhen is willing to issue an edict to appease those Zhu Youzhen's old departments, those people will naturally work for Zhu Youzhen after the general trend is gone, so that they can not only get their gratitude, but also show their minds, which is undoubtedly a very good choice.

It's a pity that although Zhu Youzhen doesn't have the same ability as his father Zhu Wen, he is as small as Zhu Wen, and he has already made a decision to liquidate Zhu Youzhen's old department.

Now, even if you want to change it, it's too late, because everyone's impression has already been formed, and it is difficult to change it.

Jing Xiang and the others were silent, but Zhu Youzhen frowned and asked: "You are right, Wang Yin's traitor colluded with Wu Guo and betrayed the interests of the country, and I will never tolerate it." However, do you think I should send troops to attack immediately, or should I try it slowly? ”

Zhao Yan said: "Your Majesty, the minister heard that there was a great drought in Wu this year, and in order to help the people, the grain reserves in the treasury have been exhausted. Therefore, if His Majesty sends troops to attack Xuzhou at this time, even if the Wu army has the intention to send troops to rescue, they will not be able to use many troops! ”

Zhu Youzhen's eyes lit up when he heard this, yes, after just experiencing a great drought, how many troops can the Wu army send to attack? I'm afraid that at most, it will be tens of thousands of troops stationed on the front line of the Huai River.

On the Liang side, although the overall situation is not optimistic, there are still a large number of troops in the country, not to mention more, there is no problem in dispatching 60,000 or 70,000 people.

With so many troops, if another famous general is sent to command, even if Wang Yin leads Wu soldiers to rescue Xuzhou, he is afraid that he will not be able to stop the Liang army.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen immediately made up his mind and said: "I have made up my mind, and I will order Zhu Youzhang, the king of fortune, to replace Wuning Jiedu as the envoy, and change the title of Wang Yin to the history of Huaizhou Assassin!" ”

"Obey the order!" Jing Xiang and the others had no choice but to come down and prepare to go back to issue the edict.

……

In the city of Xuzhou, the atmosphere is a little tense, and there are few pedestrians on the streets, so you can't see that this is still a heavy city.

In the study of the Wuning Jiedu Embassy, there were already three people sitting high at this time.

The one in the middle is tall, wearing a purple robe, with an awe-inspiring majesty on his face, it is Wang Yin; The following two, one of them has a fair face and a beard, but it is Han Shu, a close staff member under Wang Yin; As for the remaining one who is resolute and heroic, it is Wang Yin's nephew Jiang Quan.

Other civil and military generals, even some old people, were not summoned by Wang Yin because of the importance of the matter discussed. At this time, there is a team of guards outside, and no one can approach here at all.

"The current situation must be clear to you, the relationship between us and the imperial court is already extremely tense, and now there are rumors of collusion between us and Wu Guo on the side of Kaifeng Fucheng, I am afraid that the relationship between us and the imperial court will be more difficult to turn around, what should we do next, you might as well talk about it." Wang Yin was the first to ask.

Although the rumors about Wang Yin's secret collusion with Wu Guo were only circulated in Kaifeng City, Wang Yin and others still heard the relevant news.

"This is obviously a rumor secretly released by the Wu people, wanting to force the marshal to break with the imperial court!" Jiang Quan said worriedly in his heart.

"I don't know, but what's the use of knowing?" Wang Yin sighed.

Wu Guoren's move seems to be a conspiracy, but in fact it is somewhat similar to a yang conspiracy.

That is to say, even if everyone realizes that there must be Wu people deliberately stirring up the relationship between Xuzhou and the Liang court, they can only obediently accept the provocation of Wu people.

Or to put it more clearly, Wang Yin and Zhu Youzhen and others have no trust in each other at all, one has always been worried that the other party will kill him, and the reason why he has not betrayed immediately in the past few months is just a little luck in his heart.

The other does have the idea of killing the other party, and the reason why he hasn't taken action in the past few months is just because it hasn't been his turn to do anything to Wang Yin.

How can two people trust each other?

So after Wu Guoren deliberately released rumors, Zhu Youzhen quickly made the decision to replace Wang Yin with Zhu Youzhang.

Although Wang Yin was not clear about the decision that Zhu Youzhen had made at this time, he still instinctively realized that something was wrong.

Han Shu twisted his beard and said, "Jie Shuai, if it is as expected, it will not be long before His Majesty will send someone to take the place of Jie Shuai." Even at this time His Majesty's herald messenger was already on the way. It's better to plan ahead. ”

Wang Yin hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Mr. Han, you said that if Ben Shuai is soft to His Majesty, is it possible for His Majesty to let me go?" ”

Han Shu replied without thinking about it, "How is this possible?" And even if His Majesty lets the festival commander go, does the festival commander still expect to be rich and prosperous in the future? ”

Wang Yin was silent: "That's it, it's Ben Shuai who wants to be bad." ”

He also had the idea of surrendering to Wu, but he also knew that the rules of Wu were relatively strict, especially in the prevention of local forces, and if he surrendered to Wu, he would be a rich man at most in the future, and if he wanted to continue to serve as a festival envoy, it would be impossible.

Even before, when he secretly contacted the secret envoy of Wu, the other party had put forward a condition, that is, Wang Yin handed over Xuzhou, and Yang Wu, the king of Wu, would canonize him as a marquis and appoint him as the assassin of a state.

Of course, this thorn history cannot be the thorn history of those prosperous areas, but the thorn history of a certain state in the southwest remote area.

The two options of surrendering to the imperial court and surrendering to the state of Wu, one will cost him his life, and the other will only weaken his power, but it can also guarantee his wealth.

These two options are so many fools know how to choose.

However, even though he had the decision to surrender to Wu in his heart, he was not very satisfied with the conditions proposed by Wu Guo, so he had been procrastinating during this time, trying to use the chips in his hand to fight for more benefits for himself.

Now it seems that Wu Guoren is obviously a little impatient, so he secretly sent people to release rumors, wanting to use Zhu Youzhen to force Wang Yin to make a decision.

At this moment, the guards outside came in to report: "Jieshuai, a messenger has just arrived from Kaifeng, saying that His Majesty has ordered the Fu King Zhu Youzhang to replace the post of Wuning Jiedu envoy. ”

"What? So fast? Wang Yin was taken aback, Han Shu and Jiang Quan glanced at each other, and their faces were the same; Surprised.

"Do you know how Your Majesty arranged for the marshal?" Jiang Quan hurriedly asked.

"I heard that His Majesty intends to appoint the festival marshal as the assassin of Huaizhou."

"Huaizhou Thorn History? Is this taking Ben Shuai for a fool? Wang Yin sneered in his heart.

Huaizhou is very close to Luoyang, although the capital of the Liang State has now moved to Kaifeng, but Huaizhou is still an important city close to the capital.

The forces here are basically controlled by the imperial court, and if Wang Yin goes there, he can only be slaughtered by others.

Han Shu even reminded: "Jieshuai, Xuzhou is your foundation, if you leave Xuzhou, your majesty will not need to use the army at all, just send a small official, and you can easily take down Jieshuai with a rope in your hand." ”

"You're right, the imperial court is no longer credible, and the only way out for this marshal is to surrender to Wu!" Wang Yin made a decision immediately.

"Jiang Quan, you immediately go and invite that Yang San, just say that Ben Shuai has decided to abandon the darkness and turn to the light and serve King Wu. Remember to be polite and don't make people unhappy. Wang Yin instructed.

"Yes, little nephew, let's go." Jiang Quan hurriedly agreed.

That Yang San is the secret envoy sent by Wu State, and Jiang Quan is secretly matchmaking these days, and now he naturally has to contact him.

Soon after, Yang San arrived, and the two began to discuss surrender.

However, by this time, the initiative had fallen into the hands of Wu State, and Wang Yin did not have much choice; But at this time, Yang San was not as aggressive as before, but took the initiative to make some concessions when discussing the conditions, such as changing the place where Wang Yin would be placed in the future from the previous remote place to a certain state in Liangzhejiang.

Soon, the two sides reached a final agreement, and Wang Yin officially decided to surrender to Wu, and publicly announced it.

For a time, the government and the opposition of the Liang State were shaken, and this was the second example of defecting to foreign forces since Zhu Youqian, the king of Ji last year, defected to the Jin State; Last year's Zhu Youqian Rebellion has not been completely quelled until now, and I don't know if Xuzhou can be quelled as soon as possible this time.

At the end of October, Zhu Youzhen ordered Niu Cunjie to be the envoy to Xuzhou, and Liu Cheng to be the deputy envoy, commanding 70,000 troops to attack Xuzhou; In order to prevent himself from being implicated, Wang Zhan, the son of Wang Chongying, publicly stood up, drove Wang Yin out of the Wang family, and demanded that his original name Jiang Yin be restored.

At the same time, Wu Guo's side also reacted immediately.

According to the original plan, Wu Guo took the general Zhou Ben as the reinforcement envoy for Xuzhou, and Wang Juan as the deputy envoy for support, and led 35,000 troops to rescue Xuzhou.

However, this was only the vanguard force, Yang Wu immediately reacted after receiving Jiang Yin's surrender, and as in the last expedition to Jiangling, he left his eldest son Yang Jiong and Yang Long, the king of Hailing, to supervise the country, leading 20,000 forbidden troops, 3,000 Yulin troops, and 3,000 cavalry to leave Jinling on the fifth day of November and march north along the waterway into Xuzhou.

In addition, Li Jian, who was in Shouzhou, was also ordered to lead 13,000 troops east into Suzhou and threaten Songzhou and other places in the Central Plains of the Liang State.

In this way, the total number of troops mobilized by the Wu side is as high as 74,000, and if Jiang Yin's Xuzhou army is added, the number of troops will be even more.

For a time, the situation between the north and the south changed dramatically again, and a major war was coming.

After the news of Wu's response so quickly reached Kaifeng, it immediately caused a greater shock than when Jiang Yin announced the surrender of Wu before, especially after hearing that Yang Wu led the troops to recruit again, many people were deeply pessimistic about the battle of Xuzhou.

There are even some officials who are still writing to Zhu Youzhen, proposing that Wu Jun has many generals and a strong army, and Yang Wu is good at using troops, and he is afraid that it will be difficult to defeat Yang Wu by relying on Niu Cunjie and Liu Jun alone, let alone recovering Xuzhou.

Therefore, these people suggested that Yang Shihou, the king of Ye, should be transferred south to serve as the commander, and at the same time, he could increase the strength of the Liang army and increase the bargaining chips for victory.

This suggestion quickly aroused Zhu Youzhen's great attention, after all, compared to Yang Wu, the world-famous commander, Yang Shihou can make people feel at ease in the Liang army, and if other people lead the troops, let alone recover Xuzhou, it is difficult to say whether the army can be guaranteed to be safe and sound.

"Wu Wang Yang Wu once again personally led the troops, which is not good news for our army. What do you think of the proposal to replace General Niu Cunjie with King Ye? In the Chongzheng Palace, Zhu Youzhen asked worriedly.

As far as he is concerned, he is indeed a little uneasy about Niu Cunjie leading the troops to confront Yang Wu.

Niu Cunjie is a very low-key general in the Liang army, and he is extremely loyal to Zhu Youzhen, and his ability to lead troops is also very strong.

After that, Niu Cunjie led his troops to go around many times and won many victories.

However, if you talk about the ability to lead troops, this person is obviously not as good as Yang Shihou, at most he is comparable to Kou Yanqing.

In addition, this time the total strength of the Liang army was only 70,000, which was not only less than the Wu army, but they also had to take the initiative to attack, which was much more difficult than the last battle of Jiangling.

In the last battle of Jiangling, Kou Yanqing had so many advantages that he was not Yang Wu's opponent, and this time Niu Cunjie was afraid that it would be difficult to beat Yang Wu.

Zhu Youzhen is not at ease with Niu Cunjie, but if he is replaced by Yang Shihou, he is also a little difficult to decide.

As soon as the battle is changed, this is originally a taboo in the use of troops, which will not only affect the morale of the army, but also offend Niu Cunjie and make him dissatisfied.

Second, don't look at Zhu Youzhen's respect for Yang Shihou now, some important things must be consulted by Yang Shihou before making a decision, but to say that Zhu Youzhen has no pimples in her heart, it is obviously impossible.

Regarding the strong strength of Wei Bojiedu's envoy, Zhu Youzhen had already wanted to divide it in his heart, but now that Yang Shihou's strength is too strong, he naturally does not dare to act rashly, so as not to cause a backlash.

In this case, he didn't want Yang Shihou to make another great contribution.

In addition, the situation in the north is also unstable now, and the Zhao army often invades, and without Yang Shihou to guard it, Zhu Youzhen is also difficult to rest assured.

All kinds of circumstances make it difficult for Zhu Youzhen to make a decision.