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However, Yang Wu believed that as long as Huainan maintained its victory, its internal cohesion would always be maintained, Yang Wu's authority would continue to be strengthened, and eventually these generals would adapt to the new rules and change the atmosphere they had formed in the past.

Of course, the best way to change the climate is to train new generals as soon as possible.

So in early August, after the trial of Zhang Chong was finally over, the attack on Jiangxi was about to begin.

However, before that, Yang Wu had to deal with a messenger from Jiangxi.

"The king and I Jiangxi were originally in-laws, not to mention, when Sun Ru ravaged Jianghuai, King Wu led his army to fight with him, and he was defeated in ten battles, which can be described as dangerous; At this time, it was the former king of my family who provided a large amount of money and food to help the first king of Wu fight against Sun Ru, and finally was able to overcome the difficulties and achieve today's great cause! Now that the king has succeeded to the throne, is he ready to repay the kindness of the past in this way? ”

In King Wu's mansion, Xu Yanxiu asked loudly.

Although he was entrusted by Zhong Chuan to persuade Zhong Kuangshi to make friends with Huainan after his death, so that Zhong Kuangshi would not be overwhelmed and confront Huainan in vain to cause trouble; However, Zhong Chuan is not an immortal, and he can't predict what will happen after his death.

What he didn't expect was that Zhong Kuangshi promised that he would not confront Huainan when he was still alive, but when he died, he immediately repented.

And although Xu Yanxiu tried hard to persuade him, Zhong Kuangshi, who controlled the power of Hongzhou, did not listen to him at all, so he was helpless.

Not only that, Zhong Kuangshi also sent Xu Yanxiu to Guangling to express his friendship with Yang Wu, hoping that the two families would be safe and sound, and each would guard its own borders, which could be regarded as indirectly squeezing Xu Yanxiu out of Hongzhou.

Although Xu Yanxiu was very dissatisfied with Zhong Kuangshi's decision, but as the so-called plan for his position, since he had assumed the mission of befriending Huainan, he had to fulfill his duties, and at least try to see if he could persuade Huainan not to use troops.

However, when he came to Guangling, what he heard was a call to send troops to Jiangxi, from those high-ranking officials and generals in Huainan to the ordinary people on the streets of Guangling, they all unanimously supported Huainan's use of troops against Jiangxi, which made him feel shocked.

"Now that the former king has just died of illness, Huainan is ready to send troops to seize Jiangxi; After all, the first king is the father-in-law of the current King Wu, does King Wu really want to raise an unknown teacher? ”

He hurriedly found the officials in Huainan to inquire, only to know that the excuse Huainan made was that Zhong Yangui, the assassin of Jiangzhou, claimed that his brother had been controlled by the general Liu Chu, and the decree had completely fallen into Liu Chu's hands, and it was not issued by Zhong Kuangshi at all. In addition, Sima Chen Xiang and Liu Chu, the marching troops of the Zhennan Jiedu Embassy, colluded with each other to control Zhong Kuangshi, maintain power in Jiangxi, and brutalize the Zhong clansmen, so he asked King Wu, who was the in-law of the Zhong family, to send troops to rescue the Zhong family.

And Yang Wu was furious after receiving Zhong Yangui's request, saying that he was married to the Zhong family in Jiangxi, and now that his old father-in-law had just died of illness, his brother-in-law and other clansmen were bullied by Jiangxi traitors like this, is it tolerable or unbearable?

Therefore, Yang Wu immediately ordered the general Qin Pei to be the envoy to Jiangxi, and ordered his general Zhu Siqing to be the deputy envoy to lead the 40,000 elite Huainan army to crusade against Liu Chu and Chen Xiang, the two traitors.

Now the army that is ready to go to the expedition is ready, and it can go out just after Yang Wu's order.

It was in this situation that Xu Yanxiu hurried to King Wu's mansion and pleaded with Yang Wu, hoping that he could let Jiangxi go in the past friendship between the two families.

However, Yang Wu always insisted that Zhong Kuangshi had been controlled by Chen Xiang and Liu Chu on the grounds that he had sent troops not to crusade against Zhong Kuangshi, but to crusade against Chen Xiang and Liu Chu, the two traitors.

In addition to cannibalistic warlords like Qin Zongquan and Sun Ru, Zhu Quanzhong would try to find a suitable excuse when he raised troops to attack other feudal towns.

As for Huainan, in the era of Yang Xingmi, he was extremely interested in the fame of the teacher, and he would not easily start a war without sufficient excuses.

In the current Yang Wu era, although he himself doesn't care about these things, but considering that Huainan has gradually transformed into a country, he can't still fight like a street gangster who doesn't agree with each other, right?

What's more, Zhong Chuan is his father-in-law after all, although the two families are a political marriage, but this relationship cannot be changed; Less than three months after the old father-in-law died of illness, he sent troops to seek the territory of Jiangxi, if there was no good excuse, Yang Wu himself would feel a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, Jiangzhou Assassin Shi Zhong Yangui provided him with a suitable excuse, and he finally didn't have to work hard to concoct one.

However, what he didn't expect was that Xu Yanxiu didn't eat this at all, he only asked one point: No matter what excuse Yang Wu used to send troops, but after conquering Jiangxi in the future, will Jiangxi be governed by Zhong Kuangshi, or will Huainan be directly annexed?

This point can be said to go straight to the core of the problem, no matter how good Huainan is, it can't change the fact of annexing Jiangxi in the future, unless Yang Wu continues to make the Zhong family the lord of Jiangxi in the future, but that is obviously impossible.

Xu Yanxiu is worthy of being a person who was admitted to the Jinshi, and he also drafted an edict for the emperor of the Tang Dynasty back then.

"The Zhong family has owned Jiangxi for nearly 30 years, and only has virtue and government for the people, and has no sins. It is also with the first king of Wu, and the king is even more in-law friendship, now the king has no reason to crusade, let me ask how the people of the world will look at the king in the future? Xu Yanxiu asked loudly.

Yang Wu couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, he was really stupid, he actually wanted to debate with such a person who was full of poetry and books, isn't this asking for hardship?

You must know that the jinshi in Xu Yanxiu's examination is not the kind of jinshi in Huainan, but the jinshi of Datang.

If you want to pass the Jinshi in the Tang Dynasty, the difficulty is much more difficult than that of the Jinshi in Huainan, especially in the imperial examination. The defeated Tang Dynasty, like Xu Yanxiu, had no back. The person of Jing can be admitted to the Jinshi, which shows how high this person's talent is.

However, although Yang Wu couldn't argue with Xu Yanxiu, he didn't have the slightest idea of quitting, but drew his sword and said angrily: "Xu Yanxiu, you don't need to say much!" What is the crime of Jiangxi Zhong? It's just that Lone has taken a fancy to his territory! Can you let others sleep soundly on the side of the couch? You quickly go back and tell Zhong Kuang, let him recognize the situation as soon as possible, and it is only right to come down early! ”

When he said this, he didn't expect that decades later in history, when Zhao Kuangyin said this famous sentence, it was precisely because the Southern Tang Dynasty official named Xu Xuan said it when he was speechless; And this Xu Xuan is Xu Yanxiu's son!

Xu Yanxiu naturally didn't know what his son would encounter in the future if there was no Yang Wu's crossing, but when he listened to Yang Wu's direct exposure. After the bones' words, he was stunned.

Can you still do this when you can't tell the difference? It's just a scoundrel after being annoyed and angry!

But then he reacted, even if Yang Wu was a scoundrel, what could he do? Jiangxi can't beat Huainan, that's the truth!

Even if Huainan forcibly sent troops for no reason, what could he do? What can Jiangxi do? The hard-fought debate he had with Yang Wu here was nothing more than a joke in vain.

Thinking of this, Xu Yanxiu's face was gloomy, and he was speechless for a long time.

Yang Wu smiled, seemed to be very satisfied with the effect of his words, and instructed Yin Wengui: "Mr. Xu seems to be tired, send him to rest, and let him go with him when the army sets out in two days; After the army besieged Hongzhou, they sent him into the city to persuade him to surrender! ”

"Yes!" Yin Wengui bowed and said, and then, several guards came in and took Xu Yanxiu, who was still in a daze, out.

Looking at Xu Yanxiu's back, Yang Wu said thoughtfully: "It seems that Zhong Kuangshi has illusions, and he thinks that he can use words to stop Lone from sending troops!" Or, does he still think that he is the lord of Jiangxi, the envoy of the Zhennan Army who holds more than 100,000 troops in the eight states of Jiangxi? If you don't completely dispel his illusions, it seems that he won't surrender easily! ”

After all, Zhong Kuangshi is also his brother-in-law, and the two families really have no grudges, only Zhong Chuan's help to Yang Xingmi at the beginning; Even a few years ago, Jiangxi and Qian Biao sent troops to Shezhou, but in the end it did not cause much loss to Huainan, but Jiangxi suffered heavy losses.

So if possible, Yang Wu still hopes to persuade Zhong Kuangshi to surrender.

Yang Wu immediately summoned Qin Pei and other generals, and ordered someone to take a map of Hongzhou. This map was provided by some Jiangxi officials who secretly took refuge in Huainan, and it happened to be a sharp weapon against Zhong Kuang at this time.

After looking at the map for a long time, Yang Wu pointed to a place outside Hongzhou City on the map, and said to Qin Pei: "This place is conspicuous and is a good place to set up camp, but after you lead the army to Hongzhou, don't occupy here, but choose another place to camp near here!" ”

Qin Pei said: "What does the king mean by this? If our army does not occupy such a good place to camp, will it be left to the enemy? ”

He had also studied this map for a long time, and naturally knew that the place Yang Wu pointed out was a good place to camp, so he couldn't understand why Yang Wu pointed him out like this.

On the side, Li Shenfu, who also knew a lot about this map, clapped his hands and applauded: "The king's plan is very clever, and the general will admire it!" ”

"Huh? It seems that General Li has figured it out! Yang Wu suddenly laughed.

He turned around and looked at the other generals, and saw that they were also looking down and contemplative, and couldn't help laughing: "General Li has already figured out Gu's thoughts, so have you generals figured it out?" ”

At this time, he suddenly became interested and wanted to test these Huainan generals.

Of course, he also knew that whether he could think of his own plan did not show that their ability to lead the troops to fight was high, this was just a little idea that Yang Wu had on the spot.