Emperor Liang summoned his ministers and met with Yuan Jingzhong in the Taiji Palace.

Yuan Jingzhong prostrated on the temple and shouted long live.

Emperor Liang kindly let him get up and asked, "Why did the envoy come?" ”

"The Northern Wei Dynasty was corrupted, the demon queen abused power, disasters broke out, and the people were struggling to make a living. As a clan, my father really couldn't bear to let those traitors do evil, so for the sake of the people of Xuzhou, he had no choice but to raise troops to resist tyranny. But after all, it is difficult to protect oneself, so I ordered to come down and ask His Majesty the Emperor of Daliang to surrender, and I am willing to be a vassal, saddle before and after the horse, and follow Your Majesty! ”

As soon as Yuan Jingzhong's words fell, a buzzing whisper of discussion sounded among the ministers.

"Xuzhou has jurisdiction over seven counties and twenty-four counties, and it has always been an important military town." Emperor Liang said in a calm tone, "Such an important place, you really want to take refuge in my Liang?" ”

"Under the head guarantee, my father is sincere to vote, and there is no second heart!"

Emperor Liang laughed, "I know, your father calls himself the Son of Heaven, the country name is Song, the capital is Pengcheng, and the Yuan Tianqi is changed; You and your brothers should have been crowned kings too. ”

Yuan Jingzhong hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to explain, "That's just my father's determination to break with and confront the Northern Wei Dynasty, and he definitely doesn't really have the heart to be the emperor!" ”

"Don't panic, please go back to the hall to rest first." Emperor Liang still smiled and said, "Wait for my monarch and ministers to discuss, and then make a decision." ”

After Yuan Jingzhong left, Emperor Liang asked, "Tell me, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Yi took the lead and expressed his opinion, "Your Majesty, Xuzhou has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, and it is indeed a good thing if you can really be a soldier without blood, and it will be included in my bag." But......" Zhu Yi frowned, "Can there really be such a good thing?" ”

"There is nothing wrong with the concerns of the Zhongshu people." Chen Qingzhi also stood up and arched his hand and said, "Xuzhou is so important, the Northern Wei Dynasty will never sit idly by. Wei Chen guessed that the Yuan monk was arrogating the emperor, and the Northern Wei Dynasty would inevitably raise troops to crusade, he must have been afraid, so he had no choice but to ask my Liang to surrender, and wanted to pull us to be his backing. ”

Emperor Liang snorted contemptuously, "If you don't have the strength, you dare to be the emperor, this Yuan Dharma monk is really stupid and ridiculous." ”

"That is to say, if we accept the vassal of the Yuan monk, we will have to face the conquest army of the Northern Wei Dynasty?" Zhu Yi asked.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be." Chen Qingzhi replied, "But Xuzhou is an important town, and it is necessary to take it." No matter what purpose the Yuan Dharma monk came out to descend, it can be regarded as the right time and place now, even if the Wei army comes to conquer, there is no need to worry! ”

Chen Qingzhi began to analyze, "General Xiahou Kang contained a large number of Wei troops on the front line - although General Pei passed away, the residual power in the enemy army was still there, and the Wei army categorically did not dare to send troops to Xuzhou from now on. The rebellions in various places, as well as the rebels in the six towns, also need a lot of military strength to crusade and suppress, and they also need to set aside enough troops to defend Luoyang. Therefore, the Wei army that crusaded against Xuzhou could not have too many troops, and it should not be an elite division. ”

"Well, Ziyun said this, and I was relieved." Emperor Liang nodded, then turned to King Ye Yuanshu, who was silent on the side, and asked, "King Ye, you and that Yuan monk are from the same Northern Wei clan, do you know this person?" ”

Yuan Shu hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, Xiao Wang and Yuan Fa Monk did know each other before, but this person is greedy for money and lustful, lawless, cruel and tyrannical, moody, and often kills his subordinates for no reason. Xiao Wang has always been quite disdainful of this person, full of wine bags and rice bags. ”

"Hehe, such a person is easy to take care of." After listening to King Ye's words, Emperor Liang laughed, "Then let this Yuan monk stop staying in a place like Xuzhou where the four wars are fought, and come to Jiankang to ensure that he is prosperous and rich, and enjoys his life in peace." ”

"Although this person is incompetent, he is not stupid, let him leave Xuzhou and come to Jiankang, I don't know if he will be willing." King Ye was a little worried.

"So I have to show my sincerity!" King Liang said, "Try to reassure him, promise to treat him well, if he can take the initiative to hand over Xuzhou, it is the best, if he is unwilling, he will also rob Xuzhou!" ”

"In this way, it is necessary to send an important minister as an envoy to Xuzhou to appease the Yuan monks; Then send a large army to respond, so that Xuzhou will be placed in the palm of my Liang. Chen Qingzhi suggested.

"Heavy minister...... Emperor Liang pondered for a while, and suddenly asked, "Yanhe, are you willing to go to Xuzhou as an envoy?" ”

Zhu Yi never expected that Emperor Liang would choose him as an envoy.

But on second thought, the minister! When such a great responsibility needs to be able to reflect Emperor Liang's sincerity, His Majesty's choice of him doesn't just show his status in His Majesty's heart.

Zhu Yi will never disobey the emperor's wishes, whether it is right or wrong - this is the foundation of his life.

"With such a great responsibility, Your Majesty can actually entrust Wei Chen, and the minister is really grateful!" Zhu Yi knelt on the ground, pretending to be excited and said, "The minister must try his best to achieve the mission, raise my Liang Tianwei, and let the Yuan monk take the initiative to hand over Xuzhou." ”

"Good!" Emperor Liang slapped his palm on the imperial case, "Yanhe, if you can persuade the Yuan monk to take the initiative to come to Jiankang and take Xuzhou, you will be the first merit!" ”

"Then, who will lead the receiving army?" Zhu Yi asked.

"King Ye, you and the Yuan monk are both members of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and they are old acquaintances, so I am glad that you ran to pick him up in Jiankang." Emperor Liang said to King Ye with a smile.

"Xiao Wang obeys!"

"Your Majesty!" Chen Qingzhi suddenly arched his hand and said, "Can you let Weichen lead the army and follow behind King Ye's army?" ”

"Behind?" Emperor Liang asked puzzledly, "Why is this?" ”

"If the Northern Wei Dynasty sends an army to conquer Xuzhou, it should have already sent troops. But we don't know the movements of the Wei army, and we don't know when the troops will arrive in Xuzhou. King Ye led the army in front, and I led the soldiers and horses of my headquarters to follow far behind; Even after King Ye enters the city, I will find a secluded place to camp. In case the Wei army launches an attack, I can also be used as a surprise soldier to join forces with Ye Wang Li and attack the Wei army, so that I can be invincible. ”

"This ......" Emperor Liang obviously fell into hesitation.

"Your Majesty, Master Chen's proposal, Weichen thinks it's quite safe." It was Zhu Yi who helped Chen Qingzhi speak.

"Yanhe, you also agree with this plan?" Emperor Liang asked.

"It's a foolproof strategy. I also said before that there will not be too many Wei troops to conquer, and it will not be an elite division; Second, Chen Zhushu is strategizing and showing his talents, if he can show the talent of leading the army again this time, wouldn't it be a blessing for my big beam? ”

"Well, what Hikowa said makes a lot of sense." Emperor Liang couldn't stop nodding, "In this case, I ordered King Ye to lead an army of 20,000 to meet him; Feng Chen Qingzhi was the general of Wuwei, led the troops and horses, and followed him. In order to prevent changes, each of them stepped up preparations and set off as soon as possible! ”

Scattered out of the court, Chen Qingzhi and Zhu Yi walked together.

"Brother Yanhe, thank you so much today, the first battle that I was looking forward to next day and night is finally going to be achieved!" Chen Qingzai happily thanked Zhu Yi.

"Brother Xian, don't be polite, Brother Yu said that as long as there is the right time, I will definitely help you achieve your wishes."

"Brother Yanhe thinks that there will be no risk in this battle?"

"At least it won't be too risky." Zhu Yi smiled and said, "Besides, don't you want to send an envoy to Xuzhou, let's take care of each other together." ”

"Brother Yan and Brother have the confidence to let that Yuan monk take the initiative to come to Jiankang?"

"Let's do what we need to do." Zhu Yi smiled and said, "Brother Fool is more concerned about the fact that if the Wei army comes to attack, you must win, because my brother doesn't want to be a prisoner of the Wei army." ”

"Please rest assured, Brother Yan and I will do my best to protect everyone's safety."

Chen Qingzhi immediately left his health and went straight to the Yixing military camp.

"Brothers, repair your armor, polish your swords and guns, we are going to go to Xuzhou!"

This news made the entire military camp boil in an instant!

"Great! It's finally time for us to go into battle! ”

"We've been practicing for so long, it's time to show our strength!"

"We can't wait!"

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The entire barracks was immersed in a joyful atmosphere. Everyone was busy packing up the camp supplies and preparing for departure as quickly as possible.

After everything was cleaned up, Chen Qingzhi gathered everyone and began to make arrangements for this expedition.

"This time we go to Xuzhou, our task is to follow the army of King Ye, in case the Wei army comes to attack, we can attack back and forth."

"Xu Jin, our army has three hundred cavalry, commanded by you; Whether you are marching or camping, you must send out sentry cavalry at any time to closely control the movement of our army within a radius of at least ten miles. ”

"The distance between us and King Ye's army is at least twenty miles, so as not to be detected by the Wei army. We have few soldiers, so the key is to keep your actions secret, let the soldiers bring dry food, and they are not allowed to make fires or cook along the way! ”

"When you are about to fight, you must strictly obey military orders! Also, soldiers are not allowed to cut off the enemy's head, just kill the enemy bravely! ”

"Brother Song, Brother Yu, Hui Ze, you each have five hundred people, you must do your duty as the team leader and take care of your soldiers. Our army has been trained for many years, and they are all elite soldiers, which are not easy to come by, and we must try to minimize the damage. ”

After everything was arranged, the soldiers were already lined up neatly, waiting for Chen Qingzhi to give the order to leave.

looked at the group of sturdy soldiers in front of him - although the number was only more than 2,000 people, they were all energetic, their eyes were like torches, and their morale was even more vigorous. Chen Qingzhi couldn't help but have mixed feelings, after so many years of preparation and training, today, he is finally about to achieve his goal!

Chen Qingzhi faced them and made an impassioned voice, "Brothers! What we have been looking forward to for so many years is coming true today! We are going to set foot on the land of Xuzhou, go there, and fight for my beam! ”

"Many people, like me, are on the battlefield for the first time, and you are excited, and I am excited; But those who have experienced the battlefield know that it is definitely not a beautiful place, it is a place that needs to be defended by sacrificing our flesh and blood, even our lives! You don't need to be afraid, I will stand with you, fight side by side, life and death! On the battlefield, we are brothers by blood! Let the enemy tremble under our swords and guns! ”

"Brother! Brothers! Brothers......" the soldiers shouted in unison.

Chen Qingzhi turned his horse's head, "Brothers, let's go outside Jiankang City first, meet with King Ye's army, and set off!" ”