Zhu Yanshou guarded Shouzhou, although Shouzhou did not have as many troops as Xuanzhou, but there were also 30,000 troops, and more importantly, Heiyun, the ace unit of the Huainan Army, was in his hands. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

What's more, the geographical location of Shouzhou is extremely important, it is the core of the northern defense line of Huainan, once Zhu Yanshou rebels and even colludes with Zhu Quanzhong to go south, the harm caused by it is even more than Tianyan.

Of course, even if the strategy of pretending to be sick in history is difficult to succeed, this does not mean that Yang Xingmi has no way to deal with Zhu Yanshou.

After all, a tyrant like him, although he is known for his benevolence, if he only has benevolence and no means, he is afraid that he will be overthrown by those people under him.

"How are Cui Taichu, Lu Shizhou, and Li Houzai in contact with the three of them?" Yang Xingmi asked lightly.

Cui Taichu was the commander of Zhu Yanshou's pro-army and was deeply trusted by Zhu Yanshou. When Zhu Yanshou had just joined Yang Xingmi's men to fight for him, Cui Taichu had already taken refuge in Zhu Yanshou. After so many years of conquest, he has made many achievements. In addition, Zhu Yanshou is a fierce person, and he often goes to the battlefield to fight in person, and Cui Taichu is by his side every time.

Yang Xingmi used to be very kind to Cui Taichu's father, and after he began to suspect Zhu Yanshou, he naturally sent someone to contact Cui Taichu's father, hoping that he would personally come forward to persuade Cui Taichu to be used by Yang Xingmi.

As for Li Hou and Lu Shi, they were both generals of Heiyundu, the most elite unit in Huainan. The commander of Heiyundu is Zhu Yanshou, and the commanders below are Li Hou and Lu Shi.

Among them, Li Hou was only a captain of Heiyundu at the beginning, once Zhu Quanzhong sent tens of thousands of troops south to attack Shouzhou, the siege was very urgent, Zhu Yanshou sent Li Hou to lead 250 people out of the city to attack, and the result was naturally a big defeat. Zhu Yanshou had strict military law, and was ready to kill Li Hou with the military law, and it happened that Chai Zaiyong, who was the general of Shouzhou at that time, interceded for him, and finally Zhu Yanshou let Li Hou once again lead 500 people out of the city to attack, this time everyone fought bravely, broke Zhu Quanzhong's army outside the city, beheaded thousands of people, and was reported as the commander of Heiyundu.

Therefore, Chai Zayong, who has now been promoted to the history of Gwangju Thorn, is a lifesaver for Li Hou. This time, Yang Xingmi sent Chai to write a letter to persuade Li Hou.

And Lu Shizhou is the commander of the black cloud capital who inherited the position of his father Lu Ke, but this person has a close relationship with Zhou Yin, the judge of the festival, and because Yang Wu killed Zhou Yin in history, Lu Shizhou fled to Ma Yin in Hunan in fear, and later became a famous general under Ma Yin. This time, Yang Xingmi asked Zhou Yin to come out and persuade Lu Shizhou.

As long as these three people can be co-opted, even if there are tens of thousands of troops under Zhu Yanshou's command, there is not much threat.

"I just received the news that these three people have promised to be loyal to the king!" Dai Yougui replied.

Compared with Yang Xingmi's generosity, Zhu Yanshou was just and easy to kill, and his subordinates did not have much loyalty to him; In the past, relying on Yang Xingmi's prestige, he could still get his subordinates to prohibit him from serving, but now that he and Yang Xingmi are separated from morality, between Yang Xingmi and Zhu Yanshou, these people naturally chose Yang Xingmi.

"Well, that's good. But it's too big a matter to go wrong. ”

"The king can rest assured that these three subordinates are all one-line contacts, and the whole process is very secretive. Moreover, the subordinates decided to go to Shouzhou immediately to personally confirm whether these three people really served the king. ”

Yang Xingmi nodded, Dai Yougui was very careful, and there would be nothing wrong with him personally staring at him.

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On the same day, outside the city of Fengxiang.

Since Li Maozhen and Zhu Quanzhong began peace talks last month, the two sides have gone to war again because some details have not been negotiated.

On the first day of November, Li Maozhen's younger brother Bao Dajiedu led more than 10,000 people to rescue Fengxiang, stationed on the slope of the north of the city, and lit a beacon fire to echo each other in the city. Zhu Quanzhong sent his generals to attack Li Maoxun's rear, captured Fangzhou, and captured the families of Li Maoxun and his soldiers. When Lee Mao-hoon heard the news, he was forced to flee.

Today's Fengxiang is snowing heavily, the food in the city has long been eaten, and countless people have died of cold and starvation; Even some people who lie down and are not dead have been cut off from their bones and eaten by others. The price of human meat sold in the city even reached 100 yuan a catty, while dog meat was 500 yuan a catty. Li Maozhen's stored food was also used up, and pigs and dogs were used to supply the food of Li Ye, the son of heaven. Li Ye sold his own and the little prince's clothes in the market for daily use, cutting pine chips and soaking them in water to feed the royal horses.

But to this point Li Maozhen has completely lost the strength to fight back, a few days ago Li Maozhen's envoy went out of the city to ask to see Zhu Quanzhong's tone has softened a lot, the two sides have basically reached a compromise, and then Li Maozhen will kill Han Quanyu and other eunuchs as a scapegoat for kidnapping the Son of Heaven, and at the same time, the frame of the Son of Heaven will return to Chang'an soon.

The success of nearly a year's efforts is just around the corner, and Zhu Quanzhong is naturally happy, not to mention, just now he sent away a messenger from the south, which is Du Xunhe, who set off from Xuanzhou last month.

Du Xunhe sent an envoy to Shouzhou on behalf of Tian Yan last month to convey the intention of forming an alliance, and Zhu Yanshou accepted him very warmly and said that he was "willing to carry the whip". Then, according to Tian Yan's meaning, Du Xunhe hurriedly went north to Fengxiang to see Zhu Quanzhong.

At this time, there was still a huge barracks outside Fengxiang City, where 100,000 troops were stationed, and the barracks stood one after another, and there was no end in sight. Even Du Xunhe is a well-informed figure under Tian Yan, but when he arrives here, he can't help but feel worried.

What's more, after all, he has been in the south for a long time, and under the propaganda of Huainan sparing no effort, Zhu Quanzhong has long become a man-eating demon king who does all kinds of evil, plus after he entered the camp, he saw the heads hanging in front of the gate, and he believed the rumors that Zhu Quanzhong killed people without blinking. So when he saw Zhu Quanzhong, his face was already miserable, his mind was not possessed, and his back was even more drenched in cold sweat.

Du Xunhe is arrogant, eleven years ago in Chang'an Jinshi, with the eighth and first, there happened to be a person named Zhang Shu with him to take the exam, and he also had to be a high school jinshi. Both of them were conceited and joked with each other. Zhang Shu said: "Du Shishi, how lucky you are, you can be the same year as Zhang Shu!" Du Xunhe replied: "Where is it, I think Zhang Wulang is more lucky, he can be the same year as Du Xunhe!" ”

However, although Du Xunhe is arrogant, he has pursued fame and power all his life, and when he saw Zhu Quanzhong, the world's first hero, the arrogance in his heart has long been transformed into flattery.

At that time, the sun was shining brightly in the sky, and there was not half a cloud in the sky. But when Du Xunhe came in, it suddenly rained heavily in the sky.

Zhu Quanzhong heard his poetry for a long time, and immediately asked him to compose a poem, but Du Xunhe really made a poem with a vigorous spirit: "The same thing is different, and the rain flies in the sun wheel." If the yin and yang are similar, compete for the Liang King's creation! ”

A sycophantic poem made Zhu Quanzhong laugh, and not only immediately agreed to Tian Yan's friendship, but also left Du Xunhe behind, and awarded him official positions such as Hanlin Bachelor and Host and Guest Wailang.