"Southside?" Wang Gou's heart moved, "Could it be that the lord is referring to the three kings?" ”

"It's the three kings, but now it's the two kings." Chen Zhi nodded.

"Two kings?" Wang Gou has been under house arrest for a long time, he doesn't know much about the outside world, he doesn't have enough channels, and he hasn't learned more about the changes in the south. ”

"Fei Ye," Chen Zhi introduced the situation a little, and then said, "In the battle of Tongguan, the three kings abandoned the emperor and fled for their lives alone, but conflicts also broke out between them, so the king of Yingchuan led a group of soldiers and horses, went south to Hanzhong, and stationed there, and now the king of Chu and the king of Huainan are sitting in Guanzhong." ”

"There is also a contradiction between the three kings?" Wang Gou was a little puzzled, "Could it be because of the power struggle?" ”

Chen Zhi affirmed this speculation, he said: "That's right, the three kings are in charge of the government, the original intention is to drive away the king of Changsha who is entrenched in Luoyang, but after that, the contradiction between them is difficult to hide, the king of Yingchuan is the emperor's brother, it is more convenient to abuse power, so he is gradually squeezed out by the remaining two kings, he even does not hesitate to collude with foreign enemies in order to gain an advantage!" ”

"And such a thing?" Wang Gou looked surprised, but thinking that Chen Zhi had even informed himself of such news, obviously in order to have enough information for himself to have an advantage in negotiations and negotiations, he asked, "The lord asked me to go south this time, is it to negotiate with the two kings of Naguanzhong, is it to agree on a policy of coexistence, or to maintain the relationship between the general's palace and the imperial court?" ”

Unexpectedly, Chen Zhi shook his head and said simply: "The two kings in Guanzhong are not considered the imperial court!" They are the same as the king of Yingchuan, they are murderers who murdered the emperor, compared to Liu Cong, Liu Cang, Zhao Ran and the like, you go south this time, if they are willing to retreat, then that's it, our army is to occupy the state, and then accumulate strength, and strive to avenge the emperor as soon as possible, if they don't want to, it would be better, take advantage of the situation to provoke conflicts, but also into the pass, the two kings were captured, and revenge the emperor together. ”

Wang Gou on the other side listened, and cold sweat flowed from his forehead.

He finally understood what the lord meant, and dared to let himself pass, in fact, it was not a negotiation, but to provoke trouble, to put it bluntly, to see if he could provoke contradictions between the two sides.

This is a technical job, and it has a lot of risks, and if you accidentally get rid of it, you may not be able to come back.

No wonder Chen Zhi asked himself if he dared to continue to go on an expedition at the beginning.

Just as Wang Gou was thinking about it here, Chen Zhi saw through his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's not just for you to cause disputes, at this time, the situation in the south is very complicated, Ran Zhan's soldiers and horses and the people of the two kings have already fought each other, but both sides are restrained, I think the meaning over there may be that they want us to give up one or two counties in the south of Bingzhou, if they don't know how to advance or retreat, they may not wait for you to get to the place, and a conflict will have already broken out." ”

Wang Gou immediately straightened his attitude and nodded: "I see, my subordinates understand, so I will go back and prepare, and strive to leave for the south as soon as possible." ”

"Okay, I'll have someone send you all the information I've gathered from the south, you can study it first, and then it's not too late to leave, it's not urgent to do so."

After Chen Zhi finished speaking, Wang Gou put forward an idea: "I hope that the lord can arrange for Brother Lu to assist, and we will go south together." ”

"Lu Chen?" Chen Zhi groaned slightly, nodded in agreement, "It's okay, the two of you complement each other, and this matter is indeed suitable to go together." ”

Since this matter has been decided, Wang Gou did not delay, and after saying goodbye to Chen Zhi, he went back to prepare.

Soon, the people arranged by Chen Zhi sent the battle report and situation in the south to them.

There are quite a few of them, and there are ten booklets, which are densely written, and they are all sorted out information.

"The situation in the south is really complicated, and this matter must be clarified before we can go." Looking at the ten neatly placed volumes, Wang Gou read through all night.

Early the next morning, Lu Chen, who got the news, took the initiative to visit him.

"Brother Wang, you are really good at taking the place of Zhang Luo, this time going south, it is not an easy job, you want me to accompany you to the tiger's den and Longtan!"

As soon as they met, Lu Chen said with a little reproach.

Unexpectedly, Wang Gou laughed, and he said bluntly: "Isn't Brother Lu interested in this matter?" Now that the war is in full swing, but it's all the finishing work after the fact, we, the civilian officials, are not as good as the generals in this matter, and there are not many positions that can take credit at this time, Brother Lu can't blame me, I found you a good opportunity, right? ”

Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help but sigh.

Just as Wang Gou said, this Youzhou Army's westward expedition was an excellent opportunity for meritorious service, but almost all of the civilian officials in Youzhou missed it, in the final analysis, because they were not optimistic about this expedition in advance.

In fact, not only civil officials, but also military generals also have doubts, but no matter how many doubts they have, they also have to go into battle to fight, and once they fight, they find that this matter is feasible, so they have changed their faces and become more and more active.

In contrast, Wang Gou and Lu Chen have already taken a credit because of the relationship between the previous envoys, and now they have received Chen Zhi's order to go south to contact the soldiers and horses of the two kings of Guanzhong.

Lu Chen also understood the truth behind this, and he didn't insist on it, but said: "I have to figure out first, what happened to the south." ”

"That's what Wang meant," Wang Gou didn't delay, and pointed to the book that had been opened for the most part, "You came just in time, you might as well take a look at these military information, maybe you can get something." ”

Lu Chen nodded and looked at it together.

The two of them saw that another day had passed, and during this period, Chen Zhi's personal soldiers came over and sent another volume, and it turned out that the battle situation in the south had a new situation.

After dinner, the two stopped their movements and immediately looked at each other.

Lu Chen smiled bitterly: "Listen to your words, the general asked me to wait for the south this time, which really meant to lure the soldiers and horses of the two kings to attack, but now looking at what Ran Zhan did, it is clear that he is about to provoke a dispute, how can there be room for you and me to come forward?" If this situation develops, I am afraid that as soon as you and I arrive in the other camp, we will be dragged out and cut down the sacrificial flag. ”

Wang Gou also smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "I didn't expect that Captain Ran's temper is so big, the other party just came to negotiate and put forward a little meaning, he can immediately tie people up and whip them hard, once such news spreads, I'm afraid the two kings won't be able to get off the stage." ”