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Liu Muzhi's return not only means that Wei Shuo has a strong arm, but also brings more inside stories of the Southern Dynasty to Hexi.

Sure enough, according to Liu Muzhi's revelations, because Huan Xuan became the master of Beijing, all parts of Jiangdong were ready to move.

In addition to the southeastern counties and the southwestern Shu region, even the counties north of the Hanshui River are also unstable.

"Lord, on the way back, the minister deliberately went to the counties north of Hanshui."

"And successively met and talked with Nanyang County, Nanxiang County, Xinye County, Shunyang County and other counties in northern Hanbei."

"Oh? How's it going? Wei Shuo's face moved slightly.

"The situation is very good, especially for Hexi."

"Please, please speak in detail."

"Nanyang Taishou is a new savage Yu Qian, who was once a henchman of Yin Zhongkan, and is very dissatisfied with Huan Xuan's dictatorship."

"When he was in Wancheng, Yu Taishou once hinted at his ministers and wanted Hexi to help him overthrow Huan Xuan."

"The minister didn't have the permission of the lord, and he didn't dare to promise the other party anything, so he just said a few vague words and haha."

"But according to the minister's observation, this Yu Qian is ambitious, and he will definitely not settle down, and sooner or later he will make trouble."

"Yu Qian? What does he rely on? Dare to plot against Huan Xuan? ”

"The lord doesn't know anything, and Yu Qian dares to oppose Huan Xuan, not because of himself, but because of the panic of the people of the northern Han and Central Plains domains."

"However, if Yu Qian makes a move, it will give Hexi a chance to meddle in Nanyang County."

"As long as Nanyang County is taken, this strategic location, it will be of great benefit to Hexi."

"Didn't the lord always hope to take the counties east of Tongguan by peaceful means?"

"Believe it! As long as Nanyang is taken and the connection between the Central Plains and Jiangdong is cut off, the Central Plains Haoqiang will be forced to fall to Hexi. ”

Wei Shuo bowed slightly, agreeing with Liu Muzhi's judgment very much.

On the geographical map of China, the Nanyang Basin is a very special place.

The Nanyang Basin is located in the east of Qinling Mountains and Daba Mountain, west of Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain, south of Funiu Mountain, and north of Dahong Mountain and Hanjiang River.

It is sandwiched between the Central Plains and the Jianghan Plain, and is the hub passage between the Central Plains and the land of Jingchu.

Historically, wherever local separatist forces competed for dominance in the world, Nanyang was an important traffic channel for the north and the south.

For example, Cao Cao broke Zhang Xiu and conquered Liu Biao, and Huan Wen and Liu Yu sent troops north to fight for Guan and Luo, all of which were fake Nanyang.

Regardless of whether the Jianghan forces (referring to Jingzhou) went north to compete for hegemony, or the Central Plains forces went south to Jingchu, Nanyang was a place to fight.

Especially when Shu has become a thing in Hexi's bag, if you can go south to Nanyang, once the opportunity is ripe in the future, Hexi can go down the Han River to Jingzhou.

"But how do you intervene? You can't really support Yu Qian against Huan Xuan, right? Wei Shuo said with annoyance.

"No, no, no! Hexi can't openly support Yu Xuan, otherwise he will have a bad relationship with Huan Xuan, which is not good for Hexi. ”

"In fact, the lord only needs to give some support secretly, and Yu Qian himself will take the initiative to jump out."

"But Yu Xuan's strength is limited, and he must not be Huan Xuan's opponent."

"When he is about to be defeated, he will definitely ask Hexi for help, and then the lord will intervene again and take Nanyang and other places."

"Well, it seems that this is all there is to it for now."

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At the same time, in Nanyang County, Wancheng was too guarded in the house.

Nanyang Taishou Yu Qian and Nanban Captain Yu Bin, General Anxi joined the army, Yang Daohu, Jiang'an County Commander Deng Xiangzi and others were sitting together.

At this time, the four of them frowned, their faces were sad, and they were relatively speechless.

The four of them all have a common identity, that is, the subordinates or henchmen of Yin Zhongkan, the former assassin of Jingzhou.

Not to mention Yu Qian and Yu Bin's uncle and nephew, Yang Daohu is a disciple of Yin Zhongkan, who was defeated by Huan Xuan in the Battle of Yangkou.

After Yin Zhongkan was killed, they were forced by Huan Xuan's strength, so they had to lie dormant temporarily.

But as Huan Xuan's strength grew, so did the pressure on them.

After Huan Xuan became the master of Beijing, he once rewarded his subordinates for their merits, in addition to appointing Huan Wei as the guardian of the Jingzhou Assassin History, he also asked his general Feng Gai to serve as the Yongzhou Assassin to guard Xiangyang.

After Feng Gai arrived, he intensified the supervision of the former Yin Zhongkan's henchmen, and the lives of Yu Qian and others became more and more difficult.

In fact, this is not difficult to understand, with Sima Zun, the king of Wuling, Mao Xuan, the assassin of Yizhou, and others successively announcing the rise of the army to the king of Qin, Huan Xuan is worried that more people will follow suit.

And the former Yin Zhongkan's henchmen were one of the key objects of Huan Xuan's concern, so he sent the general Feng Gai to monitor them.

After a long time, Yu Qian took the lead in breaking the silence in the room.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since the departure of Yin Envoy, our life has become more and more difficult."

"If it weren't for Huan Xuan's temporary inability to take care of us, I'm afraid we would have already fallen to the ground."

"But you and I can't continue to sit still, otherwise when Huan Xuan fiddles with the situation in the DPRK and China, and then cleans up Liu Yu, we will definitely not let you and me go."

After speaking, Yu Qian's thick eyebrows were upside down, full of anger, and his right hand lightly stroked the long hair under his chin.

At this point, there was a dead silence in the room, and the pressure was so heavy that the other three felt that it was difficult to breathe.

"Yes...... But now that Huan Xuan is powerful, we have no problem? Deng Xiangzi said helplessly.

"Alas!" Yu Bin and Yang Daohu on the side also sighed heavily, not knowing what to do.

"No, Deng County made this a mistake! Who says we can't change our situation? ”

Yu Bin, Deng Xiangzi, and Yang Daohu suddenly raised their heads and looked at Yu Qian with a mysterious face, not knowing why.

Deng Xiangzi asked tentatively: "Could it be that Yu Taishou has a good way?" ”

"What do you think of Feng Cai?" Yu Qian asked rhetorically without answering.

"Feng Cai?" Yang Daohu frowned and said: "It is said that he is called the second general of Huan Xuan's subordinates with Huangfu. ”

"This person is quite strategic, understands the art of war, and is skilled in bows and horses, which is by no means something ordinary people can compete with."

"Doesn't he have any shortcomings?" Yu Qian asked again.

"The downside? What are the drawbacks? Yang Daohu was puzzled.

"It's rare that you didn't find out that since Feng should return to Xiangyang, he has regarded himself as a famous general everywhere, and he is more arrogant than before?"

Yu Qian glanced at the other three with some hatred, and was somewhat disappointed in his heart.

In his opinion, Yu Bin, Yang Daohu, and Deng Xiangzi are really too unsuccessful.

Being looked down upon by Yu Qian made Deng Xiangzi a little dissatisfied, and he couldn't help muttering a few words.

"Even if Feng should be complacent? Could it be that Yu Taishou plans to attack Xiangyang? ”

Originally, this was just Deng Xiangzi's casual remark, but it really came to Yu Qian's heart.

When the three of them saw Yu Yan's serious face, they realized that something was wrong.

Deng Xiangzi said with a shocked face: "You...... Are you crazy? How many of us are there? How dare you attack Xiangyang? ”

"No, the old man is not crazy! I even thought about a way out after defeat. ”

"What? Do you have a way out? Deng Xiangzi, Yu Bin, and Yang Dao were suspicious.

"Of course! Otherwise, as Deng County Ling said, how dare I attack Xiangyang? ”

Seeing Yu Qian's confident look, Deng Xiangzi, Yu Bin, and Yang Daohu couldn't help but be moved.

It's really too painful to live a day of being watched, but if they get a little better, they won't be bewitched.

"Tell me, what's your way out?" Yang Daohu, Yu Bin, and Deng Xiangzi opened their mouths to urge.

Yu Qian smiled and did not speak, but pointed to the west with his finger.

Yang Daohu and Yu Bin are young, and they can't help but look at each other and don't know why.

And Deng Xiangzi said thoughtfully: "Could it be that Yu Taishou wants to use the power of King Yong to protect himself after defeat?" ”

"Yes!" Yu Qian smiled and nodded.

"I won't hide it from you, a few days ago, Liu Muzhi, a henchman of King Yong, passed through Nanyang, and the old man had the honor to have some exchanges with him."

"During this period, the old man specially asked him how Hexi thought of Huan Xuan, what do you guess Liu Muzhi said?"

Seeing that Yu Qian deliberately raised his appetite, Deng Xiangzi and the three of them were greatly dissatisfied, and urged again and again.

"Say it, say it."

"Hehehe, Liu Muzhi said bluntly, as the son-in-law of the first emperor, King Yong is not used to Huan Xuan's dictatorship."

"It's only because King Yong is a prince of a foreign domain, and it's not good to directly intervene in the internal strife of Jin, so he can't bear it."

"Really?" Deng Xiangzi and the three of them were overjoyed when they heard this.

"Of course it's true, can I still lie to you?"

This is really Yu Qian talking nonsense with his eyes open, but in fact, Liu Muzhi did not promise Yu Qian anything.

It's just that in order to pull others on the boat, Yu Qian had to exaggerate the content of the conversation a little.

But the other three didn't know the inside story, but under Yu Qian's flickering, they got on the thief ship in a daze.

Although Yu Qian did not tell the truth to others, he did have a 'back road' - in the future, if things went wrong, he would descend to Hexi according to Nanyang.

However, this cannot be said to the other three, otherwise everyone is likely to choose to directly choose to go to Hexi.

But Yu Qian didn't want to do this, he always felt unwilling to Yin Zhongkan's failure at the beginning, and wanted to teach Huan Xuan a lesson.

At that moment, the four of them had decided to find an opportunity to take Xiangyang, and then summoned the Quartet soldiers and horses to King Qin.