Winter goes to spring, the earth is warming, and people's hearts are gradually restless.

The voice of the DPRK's crusade against Huaixi resurfaced after being silent for a while, and it was menacing, and soon formed a wave of sound, which was not to be taken seriously. The reason why the momentum this time can far exceed that at the beginning of the year is because the leaders have changed, and the two leaders who advocated the crusade against Huaixi at the beginning of the year, Li Jifu and Pei Yan, have all paid homage to the prime minister at this moment, and Wu Yuanheng, who had an ambiguous attitude before, has now also shown his attitude - if Wu Shaoyang does not take the initiative to admit his guilt, the court will resolutely solve it by force.

According to the experience accumulated in dealing with Xichuan and Zhenhai, the Son of Heaven soon issued an edict to summon Wu Shaoyang to Beijing and worship General Zuo Jin Wuwei. Wu Shaoyang can still be so reused by the imperial court to treat his sinful body, which shows the magnanimity of the imperial court, if Wu Shaoyang disobeys the order, he is a rebel and a thief, and he is a complete defeat in terms of morality and law.

Before that, the imperial court quietly adjusted the chief generals of Xiangyang, Yicheng, Huainan, Eyue and other towns around Caizhou, and reconfigured the deployment of troops.

After the expansion and reorganization of the left and right Longxiang army, they also lived up to expectations, and successfully extended their tentacles into Huaixi, between the mountains and rivers, in the city of Yaojin, and in Wu Shaoyang's base camp, laying up a strict net of watching the sky, although there is no eyes and ears like Lu Wenruo, but it is enough to make Wu Shaoyang's every move under the strict monitoring of the imperial court.

It was in this tense atmosphere that Lu Congshi arrived in Chang'an City. Lu Congshi was born in a famous family, learned martial arts as a teenager, was good at riding and shooting, traveled to Ze and Lu Erzhou, and was deeply valued by Li Changrong, the envoy of Zhaoyi Festival, and was appointed as a tooth general. Li Changrong died, and Lu Congshi was the envoy of the festival. Later, because Ding Wei was dismissed from his post in the township, and now Ding Wei's term expires, Lu Congshi went to the capital to seek officials.

He has a lot of relatives and friends in the past, and he has accumulated a lot of wealth in the past, so it is not difficult to ask for an official, but he is used to being the emperor of the soil in the locality, and then let him be a high-ranking and light-handed "official" in the capital, Lu Congshi is unwilling in his heart.

coincided with the imperial court to use troops against Huaixi, Lu Congshi wanted to take the opportunity to seek a background, and the adviser Chen Heyuan persuaded him: "Huaixi Wu Shaocheng is quite strategic, Huaixi and Caizhou have long been inaccessible by the needles he built, and it is not easy for the imperial court to take Huaixi." I advised Ming Gong not to join in the excitement. ”

Lu Congshi sighed: "I don't want to go to Huaixi to join in the fun." Why is it difficult to get ahead if you don't make a difference, so what? ”

Chen Heyuan said with a smile: "Chengde Wang Shi is really seriously ill, if he dies, he will be succeeded by Wang Chengzong, if he can persuade the imperial court to abandon Huaixi and cut down Chengde, it will be a matter of course for the Ming Duke to restore the Zhaoyi Festival." ”

Lu Congshi laughed and said: "Chen Heyuan, you haven't woken up from a hangover, or you got drunk early in the morning and talked drunk. ”

Chen Heyuan was shocked: "Ming Gong thinks I'm talking drunk? ”

Lu Congshi sneered: "I'm now begging people everywhere to buy an idle official who eats and waits for death, there is no power and no one, I told the court not to fight Huaixi to fight Chengde, and the court will listen to me?" Do you dare to say that you are not drunk? All the staff laughed together, but Chen Heyuan was not in a hurry, took a sip of tea, and continued to say slowly: "Ming Gong asks for an official, and he should pick up the true Bodhisattva to worship." ”

Lu Congshi said: "You still need to say this." ”

Chen Heyuan said: "There are only a few people in the court today who can be called true Bodhisattvas, and I know that there is a person who has the heart to abandon Huaixi and become virtuous. ”

Lu Congshi was shocked and asked who it was. Chen Heyuan was silent, and Lu Congshi waved his hand to withdraw left and right.

Only then did he leave the table and bowed: "Fang is reckless, don't blame him, sir, please advise." ”

Chen Heyuan returned the salute and said: "The person I am talking about is the new lieutenant of the Zuo Shen Ce Army Protector Tu Tu Cheng Huang, this person is a figure in the Son of Heaven's palace, but a confidant, the Son of Heaven let him take charge of the Shen Ce Left Army, many people are not convinced, he is trying to make a difference, eliminate the population, and consolidate his position." It is said that the Son of Heaven intended to make him the commander of the armies that conquered Huaixi. ”

Lu Congshi blinked and asked suspiciously, "What does this have to do with me?" ”

Chen Heyuan said: "No one is sure about Huaixi, and the fortune and misfortune of this expedition are unpredictable." But if it is changed to become a virtue, Ming Gong has been in Zhaoyi for a long time, and Wang Situ has a lot of friendship, and he knows a lot about Chengde. I don't think he will turn down this deal. ”

Lu Congshi said: "Wang Shizhen won't talk about it, I have a good relationship with Wang Chengzong, helping the court to become virtuous, don't you have to offend many people, I'm afraid it will not end well in the future." ”

Chen Heyuan said: "Stop, stop, stop, fight, fight for a few years, each other is exhausted, don't you have to sit down and shake hands?" At that time, they will have to rely on Ming Gong to make peace. ”

Lu Congshi laughed and said, "If I can return to Zhaoyi, Mr. will be my marching horse." ”

The imperial court is determined to crusade against Huaixi, and Wu Shaoyang has not much choice: or go to Beijing to ask for guilt, and then be his general, and die in trembling, as for whether he can get a good death, then he has to resign himself to fate.

Or just be ruthless and fight the court to the end, and fight him to the death.

Wu Shaoyang's attitude is very clear, when the head of the chicken does not make a phoenix tail, until the mountains and rivers are exhausted, he will never submit to the soft peace talks with the court.

In this way, it is inevitable to start fighting, after learning the lessons of Xia Sui, Xichuan, and Zhenhai who fought alone and lost, Wu Shaoyang decided to find a few allies for himself, the first one is naturally Li Shidao, this public is anxious and righteous, and he is a person who loves people and sees flowers blooming, but Kaizi is easy to deceive, but his ability is not enough.

The three towns of Hebei are the only ones who have the strength to confront the imperial court in the world, these three towns have been fighting against the imperial court for an early time, have a lot of experience in dealing with them, and their rich heritage shows their extraordinary qualities, which are good allies given by God to Huaixi.

Wu Shaoyang's envoys set off separately and rushed to the three towns with Wu Shaoyang's ardent hopes, but two of them disappeared silently shortly after leaving Huaixi.

Only all the way, trekking thousands of mountains and rivers, came to Zhenzhou, and saw Wang Shizhen, who only had half a life left, they came a little late, Wang Shizhen had run out of oil, and the alliance had not yet been discussed, so his old man drove the crane to the west.

After the news of Wang Shizhen's death reached Chang'an, Lin Ying immediately ordered the recovery of an order for himself, which was issued to Youlongxiang Military Prison, and the content was to escort several suspects to Zuo Shence Military Prison.

Zuo Shence Military Prison is now the private prison of the Son of Heaven, and once a person arrives here, it is equivalent to being handed over to Li Chun.

These people were the secret envoys sent to Hebei by Wu Shaoyang, and soon after they came out of Huaixi, they fell into the hands of the Right Longxiang Army, and after being tortured, they were secretly transferred to Chang'an and handed over to Lin Ying. In Youlongxiang Military Prison, they were tortured again until Lin Ying was convinced that their confessions were true.

Once Li Chun knew that Wu Shaoyang was already secretly contacting the three towns of Hebei to prepare to jointly fight against the imperial court, then the clarion call to crusade against Huaixi would be sounded immediately.

Lin Ying did this, he had his own reasons, a deep eyeliner, risked his life two days ago to report to him secretly, Tutu Chengguang accepted the request of Lu Congshi, the former envoy of the Zhaoyi Festival, and is helping him to operate and reinstate the Zhaoyi Festival.

It is not difficult to investigate Lu Congshi's background and find that this person has an extraordinary relationship with Chengdezhen, and now Wang Shizhen is sick and dead, and Wang Chengzong, like Wu Shaoyang, is self-proclaimed as the queen of Jiedu.

The imperial court raised troops to crusade because of Wu Shaoyang's non-compliance after his self-proclaimed stay, so what about Wang Chengzong, should he also crusade, favoring one over the other, how to command the world in the future?

This matter is not a big deal, the emperor can be said to be Huaixi first and then Chengde, and no one can run away from those who despise the imperial power. But this can also be said in another way, for example, with the same troops, money and food, the Chengde who defeated Wang Chengzong can benefit much more than the Huaixi who defeated Wu Shaoyang, the former is the first time that the world can kill a hundred examples, maybe after the first war, there will be no more feudal towns in the world, and there will be no more vassal commanders who support troops and stand on their own. And the latter, at best, is just one more credit like Xia Sui, Xichuan, and Zhenhai, and that kind of credit is enough, and the emperor has become numb to it. Moreover, practice has proved that pacifying such feudal towns cannot effectively deter careerists like Wu Shaoyang, who wants to rebel or rebel. Lin Ying was thinking, planning, calculating, and suddenly he figured out everything.