"Predecessors, today's Liang is already sunset, once Wu Guo Northern Expedition, Liang is bound to fall. Now it's time for Ben Shuai to think about his own way out. I plan to go directly to Wu Guo at that time, what do my predecessors think? ”

In the study, except for Gao Jichang, there are only Ni Kefu and Liang Zhen, the two henchmen of Wen Yiwu, and the others are strictly forbidden to approach the study.

Although it has only been a few years, Gao Jichang is obviously much older than he was at the beginning, not only his hair and beard have turned white, but even his forehead is full of wrinkles, and his voice has begun to grow old.

Of course, Liang Zhen, who was called "senior" by Gao Jichang, looked older than Gao Jichang, but his spirit looked good.

Only Ni Kefu, who is a military general, is not old now, and his body is still strong.

"Take refuge in the state of Wu? At the beginning, Jieshuai and Wu Guo have been enemies for many years, although there is no mortal enemy, but Jieshuai originally had many opportunities to take refuge in Wu Guo, but he didn't, and now Liang Guo is poor and goes to take refuge again, isn't it too late? Liang Zhen said without thinking about it.

On the side, Ni Kefu also disagreed: "Jieshuai, it is difficult for the system of Wu to tolerate the development of local forces, and it is even more vigilant against those who are like Jieshuai. If the marshal goes to the country of Wu, I am afraid that it will be difficult to be taken seriously. ”

Ni Kefu is Gao Jichang's confidant, not to mention, Liang Zhen didn't actually plan to play for Gao Jichang at first, and was finally forced by him, so he was forced to give him advice.

However, after so many years, although Liang Zhen still only follows Gao Jichang as a cloth cloth, in fact, he is already the lord of the lord and considers him wholeheartedly.

Otherwise, if Gao Jichang defected to Wu State, it would be difficult to be reused, but their subordinates were not.

For example, Ma Yin, the king of Chu, was originally under the command of Wenwu, and some capable generals are now serving in the Wu army, and some civilian officials have also been reused by Yang Wu.

Of course, Gao Jichang also understood this, but he still sighed: "Ben Shuai also knows that it is uncomfortable to take refuge in Wu State, but apart from Wu State, Ben Shuai has nowhere to vote, do you want to take refuge in King Jin?" It's a pity that the army of the King of Jin is far north of the Yellow River, while we are in Xuzhou. ”

Xuzhou is located in the southeast of Luoyang, that is, Xuchang in later generations, located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, even if you want to take refuge in the Jin Kingdom, it is difficult.

In contrast, Wu's army was much closer, whether it was from Xiangzhou or Shouzhou, the distance to Xuzhou was not far.

Moreover, Xuzhou, as an important passage into Luoyang, must be the focus of the Wu army's attack, once the Wu army marches north, part of its main force will inevitably come directly to Xuzhou.

But Gao Jichang didn't dare to make any small moves over the years because of Zhu Youzhen's suspicions, and he didn't dare to do anything to secretly accumulate strength.

In this case, the garrison of Xuzhou in peacetime was very small, and it was obviously impossible to resist the attack of the Wu army.

Liang Zhen smiled bitterly: "Jieshuai, although what you said is true, but if you really take refuge in Wu Guo, Jieshuai is afraid that even the king will not be able to compare with them!" ”

At the beginning, Wang Shenzhi, Liu Yan, Ma Yin, etc. successively took refuge in Wu State, and finally Wang Shenzhi was named the Duke of Langya County, died of illness two years earlier, and the descendants of the Wang family are now living in obscurity in Jinling, it is said that there is no one who even comes out to be an official, and only relies on the title handed down by Wang Shenzhi to support the façade.

And the situation of Liu Yan's family is a little better than that of Wang Zhenzhi's family, after all, Liu Yan himself is still there, and the Liu family has been in Lingnan for many years, and their influence is still not small, so the Liu family's life is not bad.

However, now the Liu family is basically engaged in overseas trade, and has changed from a party to a maritime businessman, which many people did not expect.

Of course, to put it mildly, the best in the original feudal towns in the south should be Ma Yin, after all, Ma Yin still retained strong strength when he surrendered, and Ma Yin directly handed over a large territory to Wu State, so he was able to gain a foothold in Chenzhou and Lizhou.

However, people of insight know that the Ma family can have the current situation depends on the influence of Ma Yin himself, and one day Ma Yin is gone, I am afraid that Wu Guo will also suppress the Ma family.

And now Gao Jichang is far from Wang Zhenzhi and other feudal towns in terms of strength and territory, and even worse in terms of influence, in this case, he will definitely have no good fruit when he arrives in Wu State.

"If the marshal takes refuge in the state of Wu, although the king of Wu promises to ensure the safety of the marshal, it is difficult to get reused. But if the marshal takes refuge in the Jin Kingdom, with the system of the Jin Kingdom, the festival marshal will inevitably be reused. Ni Kefu persuaded him.

"Yes, after all, the festival marshal is a prince, ruling the Xuzhou land, if the festival commander defects to the Jin State, the Jin State will inevitably reuse the festival marshal to set an example for the people of the world." Liang Zhen said: "As for the problem that Xuzhou is located in the Central Plains and is too far away from the Jin Kingdom, this should not be a big problem. ”

Gao Jichang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Is there any way for the seniors to solve this problem?" ”

"Old decay has an idea, but it's hard to say whether it can be successful." Liang Zhen twisted his beard and said.

"Please also ask the seniors for advice." Gao Jichang hurriedly stood up and asked respectfully.

Liang Zhen nodded, this is the reason why he has been working for Gao Jichang for so many years, because Gao Jichang has never said anything to him for so many years, and has always maintained respect.

As the so-called soldier dies as a confidant, Liang Zhen naturally has this idea.

"What the marshal is worried about is nothing more than that Xuzhou is too close to the south and too far from the Jin army, so why doesn't the marshal try to change places?"

"Somewhere else?" Gao Jichang was a little hesitant.

Of course, he understood what Liang Zhen meant, but over the years, he had been operating in Xuzhou, and he had more or less established some forces, so of course he was reluctant to give up easily; Second, and more importantly, even if he wants to change places, will Zhu Youzhen agree?

Liang Zhen said with a smile: "Actually, no one in the court has proposed it over the years, and they want to take over the position of the section commander and be the envoy of this Kuang Guo Festival, but they were all stopped by Zhang Hanjie and Zhao Yan. As long as the festival commander sends someone to send a letter to Zhang Hanjie and the two of them, and gives him some benefits, it must not be difficult to change places. ”

Xuzhou, the residence of the Kuang Guo Jiedu envoy, is an extremely prosperous place, and even became the capital during the late Han Dynasty Emperor Xian, and is close to Luoyang, which is a "feng shui treasure land" for many people in the court, and there are many people who fancy it here.

In order to seek self-protection in the DPRK, Gao Jichang has been vigorously befriending Zhang Hanjie and Zhao Yan, Zhu Youzhen's henchmen, over the years, so those who covet Xuzhou have not succeeded in the end.

If they try to get Zhang Hanjie and the others to come forward, with their status by Zhu Youzhen's side, it shouldn't be difficult to let Gao Jichang change places.

However, where is the right place to go?

"Zhongyi Town!" Liang Zhen gave a direct answer to this question without thinking about it.

The envoy of Zhongyi Jiedu, whose station was in Yanzhou, that is, Yan'an, in later generations, was located in the north of Guanzhong, where the terrain was remote, and the population was sparse, and it was close to the border fortress, which was not a good place for those who were bent on happiness.

However, for Gao Jichang, if he goes there, he can avoid the chaos of the Central Plains, and secondly, Yanzhou crosses the Yellow River to the east to Shanxi, which is the core of the Jin Kingdom, and it is extremely easy to take refuge in the Jin Kingdom.

"Yanzhou? It's a good place to go, but can it be successful? Liang Zhen's suggestion obviously made Gao Jichang very tempted, but it was not so easy to implement.

After all, a radish is a pit, and now that there are already people in the Loyalty and Righteousness Temperance Envoy, if the other party is not removed, how can Gao Jichang take over? Even if he has Zhang Hanjie and the others to say good things for him in front of Zhu Youzhen, it is not so easy to succeed.

……

When Gao Jichang began to find a way out for himself, what he didn't know was that at this time, many local assassins in the Central Plains were planning a way out for themselves.

The situation of the Liang State has deteriorated to such an extent that even if it still barely maintains the status of a great power in the Central Plains, everyone understands that all this is based on the constant maintenance of peace with the Wu State.

Once the Wu State sends troops to the Northern Expedition, the Liang State is likely to collapse, and those local assassins and jiedu envoys also need to consider the back road.

Take refuge in Wu State? It's certainly a good choice.

However, if they take refuge in the state of Wu, it means that their rights to assassinate the history of these places will be greatly reduced, and they will be monitored in all aspects, and it will no longer be possible to do whatever they want in the local area as they do now.

On the contrary, it is much better in this regard if he takes refuge in the Jin Kingdom.

However, if they take refuge in the Jin State, firstly, the Jin army is still blocked north of the Yellow River, and secondly, the military strength of the Wu State is extremely strong, and it may not be weaker than the Jin army.

In addition, the policy of Wu State does not mean that all surrendering forces are excluded, and there are still many people who have been reused after surrendering to Wu State, such as Wang Yanyan, the current commander of Wu State's Righteous Army, who is now very popular in Wu State; In addition, there was Jiang Yin, the envoy of the Xuzhou Festival of the year, who is now also serving as a party assassin in Wu State, and has also been made a marquis, and his nephew Jiang Quan is serving as the commander of the army in the righteous army.

It can be seen that as long as you have the ability, as long as you do things honestly, and you don't have any ulterior ambitions, you won't be rejected after you arrive in Wu.

For a time, the assassins, festival envoys, and regimental training envoys in the Central Plains states were all planning for their future.