When the Wu side was planning to send troops to attack Hunan again, in the city of Kaifeng Prefecture, Zhu Wen and others were also planning for the next strategic direction.

In the palace, the sky was gloomy, and although it was not yet dark, the hall was already full of candles.

At this time, the people in the hall, in addition to Jing Xiang, Li Zhen and other confidants, there is also a middle-aged civil official, who is respectfully standing in the center and reporting to Zhu Wen and others.

“…… At that time, the minister overheard that the person wearing the red official robe was the messenger of the king of Jin, and the minister was still a little unbelieving in his heart at that time, so he went to inquire in person, and only then did he confirm the identity of the person. Your Majesty, this King Zhao actually had an envoy from King Jin appear in his palace, and he was still in front of his ministers, which didn't take His Majesty to heart at all! ”

This civil official is the envoy who has just sent the envoy of Wushun Jiedu and returned to Kaifeng after separating the envoy of Zhao Wang Rong from Zhenzhou.

In the land of Hebei, there have always been three Jiedu envoys who disobeyed the imperial court, namely the Lulong Jiedu envoy who seized Youzhou, the Chengde Jiedu envoy who seized Dingzhen Prefecture and the Wei Bojie envoy who seized Weizhou.

These three feudal towns were the most severely troubled areas of the Tang Dynasty feudal towns, and were known as the Three Towns of Hebei.

Among the three major feudal towns, the Lulong Jiedu envoy of Youzhou was the most powerful, and the Wei Bojiedu envoy of Weizhou was known for his unruly tooth soldiers, in contrast, the Chengde Jiedu envoy was the most stable of the three feudal towns.

Today's Chengde Festival envoy, from the beginning of Wang Yancuo's secession more than 80 years ago, has been ruled by the Wang family until now, to a certain extent, it has been inherited for nearly a hundred years. The country was established.

The Wang family seized Zhenzhou, although its strength is now declining, far less powerful than it was back then, but it is still a force to be reckoned with in Hebei.

And Wang Rong was able to survive in the gap between the three powerful forces of Liu Shouguang, the king of Yan in the east, Li Cunxuan, the king of Jin in the west, and Zhu Wen, the emperor of Liang in the south.

When Zhu Wen was at his strongest, all the major feudal towns obeyed in shock, and Wang Rong naturally could only obediently follow Zhu Wen and shout for him.

Although his attitude towards Zhu Wen is not as close as that of Ye Wang Luo Shaowei, he sometimes sends troops to follow the Liang army to fight in the east and west, such as when the Wu army was in the Northern Expedition, Wang Rong sent troops to help Zhu Wen.

However, now as Zhu Wen is aging day by day, Liang Jun's prestige is declining, especially the momentum of Li Cunmiao, the king of Jin, Wang Rong will naturally change his attitude towards all parties.

Although he has not completely separated from the Liang State, he has begun to send people to contact the Jin King Li Cunmiao.

Some time ago, Wang Rong's mother He died of illness, and Zhu Wen sent a messenger to condole, who knew that he actually saw the envoy of Li Cunxuan, the king of Jin, at the funeral, which naturally caused Zhu Wen to be very dissatisfied.

"What is the identity of the envoy sent by the King of Jin, have you ever found out this?" In the hall, Jing Xiang immediately asked after listening to the experience described by the envoy.

As the governor of the Chongzheng Yuan of the Liang State today, Jing Xiang's identity is like the prime minister, taking on the government affairs of the Liang State today, and he is deeply trusted by Zhu Wen.

Although the performance of the Liang army on the battlefield over the years has not been good, and even suffered setbacks again and again, making the prestige of the Liang State much less than before, it is precisely because of these talents in Jingxiang that the Liang State has not been affected much and still maintains stability.

"Qi Yu Zhizheng, the envoy of the King of Jin is Li Chengxun, the young Yin of Jinyang Mansion!" The messenger replied respectfully.

"Is that him?" Jing Xiang frowned.

Although Li Chengxun's identity in Jinyang is not the top, it can barely be regarded as a high-level figure, since Li Cunxuan sent this person to Zhenzhou, it is obvious that the relationship between the two families is not bad now, at least there are a lot of contacts in secret.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that King Zhao Wang Rong is so blatantly colluding with King Jin, plus although Dingzhou and Zhenzhou are respectful on the surface, they have always been disobedient to the control of the court inside, I am afraid that they will inevitably betray Your Majesty and turn to King Jin in the future!" The messenger continued.

"What you said is extremely true, the two states of Zhending and Ding, have always been divided from Hebei, relying not on their strength, but on the twilight of the Qin Dynasty and the capriciousness, and now it is normal for him Wang Rong to have the intention to collude with the King of Jin." Zhu Wen said in a hoarse voice.

As he gets older day by day, Zhu Wen's face has more and more wrinkles, coupled with his hair that has turned completely white, Zhu Wen is basically like a drooping old man now.

However, as the so-called people are not old, Zhu Wen has become more and more fond of women in the past few years after the death of his queen Zhang, and has become more and more indulgent in sensuality, and even has reached the level of psychological pathology.

In order to satisfy his desires, he even did not let go of the wives of his ministers, including Jingxiang's wife Liu.

Liu was originally given by Huang Chao's "prime minister" Shang Rang and became his wife; Later, after Huang Chao was defeated and Shang Rang was killed, Liu was obtained by Shi Pu, the envoy of Xuzhou Jiedu; After Zhu Wen defeated Shi Pu, it was transferred to Zhu Wen.

Later, Zhu Wen saw that Jing Xiang's wife died, so he married Liu to Jing Xiang as his wife, but he and Liu still maintained a long-term relationship.

And Jing Xiang didn't even dare to be dissatisfied with this.

In addition to attacking the wives of his ministers, Zhu Wen did not even let go of his own daughter-in-law.

While his sons were away from town, their wives were often recruited into the palace to be pampered.

It can be said that today's Zhu Wen, his absurdity has reached the point of outrageousness.

Under his decades of obscenity, neither his ministers nor his sons who secretly fought for power for the throne, none of them dared to stand up against it.

Of course, although Zhu Wen is absurd, he still attaches great importance to the Liang State he established single-handedly, so he has not wasted it on national affairs.

At this time, Zhu Wensha whispered in a hoarse voice: "I and Li Cunqiao are fighting for Jinzhong, and it is difficult to eliminate them for a while; However, the power of the towns in Hebei is now declining, and Wang Rong and Wang Chuzhi have always wavered, and now it is time to completely eliminate these two! ”

"Jing Xiang, I am ready to take advantage of King Ye's new funeral to send troops to capture Zhenzhou, but it is difficult to choose the generals who will lead the troops, can you have a suitable person to recommend?"

Today's Liang State, although there are still enough leading talents and there are still many famous generals under his command, but there are not many who have enough ability and can gain Zhu Wen's trust at the same time.

Zhu Wen's suspicion is extremely serious, and as long as the subordinate generals have high merit, they will basically be suspicious.

And this suspicion became even stronger after Liu Zhijun's betrayal, and now he almost no of the generals who can fight well but have heavy troops in their hands dare to fully believe it.

And Zhu Wen's principle of employing people is generally to choose those generals with higher ability among the newcomers, and let them lead the elite troops to fight in the east and west.

After this general has made enough contributions, he will begin to try to suppress him, and those who are more suspicious will even be directly executed.

After suppressing and even executing those veterans, the battle everywhere will not stop, and at this time, Zhu Wen will naturally find a new general to lead the troops, so as to start a new cycle.

In the previous few years, the two most famous generals in the Liang army were naturally Liu Zhijun and Yang Shihou, both of whom were generals who began to be reused during the Tianfu years, and both made great contributions to Zhu Wen.

Among them, Liu Zhijun guarded Guanzhong for a long time to block Li Maozhen's attack, and often played major victories with fewer victories, which dealt a heavy blow to Li Maozhen's strength, so that Zhu Wen basically did not need to consider the threat from Guanzhong.

Yang Shihou, as Zhu Wen's number one eagle dog, generally led the mobile forces to the east and west, and also made outstanding achievements, defeating Wang Shifan to the east, capturing Zhao Kuangning's Shannan Dongdao to the south, and repeatedly making contributions to the north in the battle with Li Cunxuan, and defeating Wang Maozhang, a famous general of Wu State, in Ezhou two years ago, and relieved the siege for Ma Yin, the king of Chu......

But now, with the increase in the merits of the two, Zhu Wen naturally will not continue to trust the two as before, and begins to guard against the two in all aspects, which naturally led to Liu Zhijun's betrayal.

And although Yang Shihou still has heavy troops in his hands, Zhu Wen no longer has the kind of trust in him as before, and he naturally doesn't have as many opportunities to lead troops to fight as before.

So this time to attack Ding, Zhen Erzhou, Zhu Wen plans to use another new person to lead the troops.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he wants to lead the army to attack Dingzhou and Zhenzhou, and he cannot take on this important task unless he is a brave and resourceful general. There are two candidates for this task, one is Wang Yanzhang, the envoy of the Right Dragon Army, and the other is Liu Yanzhang, the envoy of the Left Dragon Army, please decide! Jing Xiang lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then bowed and replied.

Although Zhu Wen has always attached great importance to the generals who lead the troops, and the general candidates are selected by him alone, Jing Xiang's opinion is also very important.

"Wang Yanzhang and Liu Yan?" Zhu Wen nodded.

For him, these two people can indeed only be regarded as newcomers now.

Although Liu Jun took refuge in Zhu Wen in the era of Wang Shifan, he has not been reused, after all, there are many famous generals in the Liang army, and it is obviously impossible for Liu Jun to get ahead in a short period of time as a general.

And Wang Yanzhang also does not have much fame at present, and he has just stepped into the threshold of a high-level general.

In terms of ability, both of them are currently performing well and have the potential to become famous players.

If the two of them can be cultivated into the next Liu Zhijun and the next Yang Shihou, then even if they are no longer there, with these two people, Liang Guo will not collapse!

"That's it, compared to Liu Yan, Wang Yanzhang has less time to lead the troops alone, let him lead the troops this time, I hope he can have a good performance!" Zhu Wen finally decided.

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"Brother Wang, my brother heard that Brother Wang is preparing to send troops west to Hunan?" In Kunning Palace, Yang Wu's family still sat down to eat together according to their usual habits.

Although he has been in charge of Huainan for many years, and Wu has also been founding for two years, Yang Wu still has only a few concubines in his own harem.

No matter how time passes, Yang Wu's rules have not changed, and under normal circumstances, Yang Wu's family will gather in Kunning Palace for dinner.

Now Yang Wu still has only two children, the eldest son Yang Jiong has been canonized as the crown prince, the eldest daughter Yang Shu is still young, in addition to He Yiyi is still pregnant with one, and the production period should be at the end of the year.

Because the number of people is small, and there is no sign of a struggle for the throne yet, Yang Wu's harem is still harmonious; All the women are dominated by Zhou Mengjie, the queen, and there is nothing jealous of the wind.

In addition to Yang Wu's concubines and children, several of his younger brothers and sisters are still young, so they are still living in the palace and have not been separated from the mansion, plus Yang Wu's mother, Mrs. Shi, their family usually eats together.

At this time, it was naturally his younger brother Yang Longyan who asked Yang Wu about it.

"What? Do you want to go to the battlefield too? Yang Wu said with a smile.

Although Yang Longyan is not yet fourteen years old now, he is now starting to grow taller, and his height is even taller than when Yang Wu was at this age, plus he is now in the period of voice change, and his voice is a little like a male duck's voice.

"Brother Wang, if you really send troops to attack Hunan, the younger brother is naturally willing to go to the battlefield to see it!" Yang Longyan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly said, his face full of anticipation.

"Brother Wang, the younger brother also wants to see and see!" At this time, Yang Wu's other younger brother Yang Meng also put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and said to Yang Wu seriously.

Since learning the art of war with Gu Quanwu, Yang Longyan and Yang Meng have become more and more interested in leading troops to fight.

When they were still very young, they listened every day to how their brother won victory after victory, and under the influence of Yang Wu, their hearts were naturally full of longing for the battlefield, thinking that one day they would be able to personally lead the troops to the battlefield.

Of course, they also know that they are still young now, and it is impossible to lead troops to fight, at most they can go to see it.

Mrs. Shi couldn't help but scold when she saw it: "Nonsense, you two are young, how do you know the danger on the battlefield?" Don't hurry up and eat! ”

Zhou Mengjie also said with a smile: "It's not a joke on the battlefield, you two are still young, now it's better to learn skills from the teacher!" ”

After listening to the reprimand of the two, Yang Longyan couldn't help but pout, bowing his head and picking up rice.

Yang Wu smiled and said, "What? Can't wait to see it on the battlefield so soon? However, when he first went to the battlefield for his brother, he was also at the age of fifteen; You're really young now, so let's wait two years! ”

Yang Longyan, Yang Meng, Cheng Zong and Liu Renzhen, the four little guys, have been learning the art of war with Gu Quanwu, although the time is still relatively short, but for people like Gu Quanwu, they can basically see the qualifications of the four people.

According to him, among the four, Liu Renzhen has the highest qualifications, and if he is well trained in the future, he will become a famous general, and his achievements are limitless; And Yang Meng's qualifications rank second among the four, and there is no problem in becoming an excellent general in the future.

As for Yang Longyan and Cheng Zong's qualifications, they are much worse, if they work hard, they may be able to become qualified generals.