In the original plan, Wen Qiao and his party would leave Zhangwu County at night and continue to go north, directly to Youzhou, to see Chen Zhi and announce the edict.

However, after learning the news of Zhang Fang's troops, Wen Qiao temporarily changed his plan and decided to stay for a few more days, first inquire about the news, and find out the situation.

Because of his decision, another person in the envoy group, Su Jun, who served as the deputy envoy, came over to inquire about the reason as soon as possible.

"Su Jun came just in time, you know about military affairs, and even the general who conquered the north praised your military attainments, and you still need to come over to take a closer look at this matter."

As soon as he saw Su Jun coming, Wen Qiao did not refuse, but took the initiative to explain the matter.

It turned out that this Su Jun was not an ordinary character, he was promoted as filial piety when he was young, and he was valued by Zhang Chu, the assassin of Xuzhou, and promoted to the assassin of the history, and he also had an intersection with Chen Zhi, and stayed in Pengcheng for a while, he was a character who had a friendship with Chen Zhi, and he was more martial artistic.

Before, the king of Jiangdu went south to Xuzhou and expelled the assassin Zhang Chu, Su Jun had gathered a group of family members and villagers to resist, and won several battles, so the king of Jiangdu noticed him, and finally because of the strength of the lonely, Su Jun's resistance still ended in failure, but he was appreciated by the king of Huainan and promoted him to be the envoy of Huainan.

King Huainan joined the Three Kings Group and defeated the King of Changsha to control the government, and Su Jun's status as a confidant improved, and he was also taken to the center and found a position in Shangshutai.

However, there is a big gap between the central and local environment of the imperial court, although Su Jun has a backstage, but his foundation is shallow, so he has not achieved his ambition in Shangshutai, and has been seeking greater development, and this opportunity finally made him wait.

Relying on a little friendship with Chen Zhi, Su Jun joined this mission, but he knew very well how difficult this mission was, so he was in the right position.

"You're saying that Youzhou may be about to start expanding?"

From Wen Qiao's mouth, when he learned the news, Su Jun immediately became solemn.

"I don't hide it from Su Jun, this time the envoy, you and I have a heavy responsibility," noticing the change in the deputy envoy's expression, Wen Qiao made a heart-to-heart posture, "If everything goes well, I will be the assassin, you will be in charge of the army, you and I will work together, or you can control a part of the Youzhou forces, but this still depends on the convenience of you and me, otherwise, once you can't control the situation, Chen Zhengbei will be promoted to Youzhou Mu, but he will really go further in power!" That's really incurable! ”

Su Jun looked serious, and said in a slightly bitter voice: "I know the stakes, because you have a relationship with Liu Fujun, you can use his strength, and I have an old relationship with General Zhengbei, and I have a good relationship with several of his friends, and Peng Chengshi has many envoys in Youzhou, such as Liu Gang, Liu Miao, Peng Qi, etc., and is in the key yamen, I want to use my friendship with them, just ......"

He paused, and said solemnly: "I advise Wen Jun to dispel the idea of holding real power and controlling Youzhou, this is good for you and me, Su someone made a plan before leaving, this best situation is nothing more than to sit in a secure position, get along with General Zhengbei, sincerely assist his people, and gain a certain influence in Youzhou, in order to use the power of Youzhou to help the court, in the final analysis, General Zhengbei is not a character that you and I can deal with, don't say that you and I, in my opinion, even if the three kings go out, it is impossible to make them bow their heads!" ”

"Oh?" Wen Qiao was surprised, he knew the ability of this Su Jun, and he knew that this person was quite proud, even if he was not ambitious in Shangshutai, but he did not admit defeat at all, and he looked down on many people, he didn't expect this person to give Chen Zhi such a high evaluation, "How is the general of Zhengbei compared to the king of Huainan?" ”

Su Jun was silent for a moment, and finally said, "Victory is far away!" ”

Wen Qiao was taken aback by these words, and then fell silent.

As an envoy of the imperial court, Wen Qiao certainly has his purpose, and he has great ambitions to go north, but the root cause is the court controversy not long ago.

The origin of the controversy was the invasion of Goguryeo, and the conclusion was to remove the Youzhou Assassin History, but even the prince of the clan who was hungry for profit knew how dangerous it was to want to move a feudal official who had military power and real power and had been operating in the frontier for several years, so he was quite cautious when formulating specific plans.

The crux of the matter is that the land controlled by this feudal official is still separated from the hinterland of the imperial court by Shile, which makes it difficult for the imperial court to reach the frontier.

But from another point of view, it was precisely the middle of Shile that the clans dared to use their brains, otherwise they would have to worry about provoking Chen Zhi and making his people angry, leading troops to attack the capital, threatening their own safety.

Since there was an enemy in the distance, even if Chen Zhi was furious, he couldn't fight him, so they dared to act again.

However, the three kings are all high-ranking figures, taking into account the overall consideration, formulating strategies, and falling to the specific implementation of the person, but they have to overcome many obstacles in order to get the result.

Wen Qiao and Su Jun are the executors, although they have goals, they are inevitably sad.

"If Youzhou turns from defense to offense, stop first and look at the situation," Su Jun saw Wen Qiao silent, and put forward his opinion, "The main voice in the court is that you don't fight for a few years, and you can't compare to the combat power of other forces, so you dare to move, under this premise, if you and I can't do our best, it will inevitably attract criticism, then it's better to let Youzhou's combat power show up in Pingzhou first, so that you and I have the bottom in our hearts, if the combat power is not good, let's go over, this waist can also be straighter, if the combat power is still strong, then it's better to say, The people in the court should be sober, even if we don't do well, we won't be held accountable. ”

Wen Qiao nodded, he also had similar thoughts, it was just what he wanted to stop and repair, on the other hand, he also wanted to take the opportunity to inquire about Liu Kun's news, strictly speaking, Liu Kun is still his uncle, and the in-law relationship is broken bones and tendons, which means that it can be ignored regardless of it, not to mention, this time to go north, but also to use Liu Kun's influence.

With the decision, both of them were a lot more relaxed, and they didn't have to face the Zhengbei General's Mansion for the time being, which also allowed the two to take a breath.

Then Wen Qiao asked: "According to Su Jun, since Youzhou has sent troops, how long will it take to get the results?" Can't wait too long......"

Su Jun pondered for a moment and said: "If you talk about the results of the battle, it is definitely not easy to get, but if you move troops, soldiers and horses, food and grass, people eat horses and chew, I don't know how cumbersome, the situation in Pingzhou is complicated, Goguryeo is backed by the border, there is sufficient support, if this battle starts, it will not be calmed down in a few months, but we don't have to wait until the battle situation is clear, as long as the two sides hand over and listen to the battle reports of a few battles, you can know that the army of Youzhou still has a few percent of the combat power, and then send a letter to the imperial court, it will almost be clear." ”

Wen Qiao put his mind at ease and nodded, "I see." ”