Men and boys are pitiful, their heads are in different ditches, no one collects the white bones in front of the battle, and their wives and children look at each other in their dreams. Boys and boys are pitiful, they do not return in the spring and autumn, no one collects the grain beans at home, and the partridges and wild finches fly around the trees. The twenty-eight young woman's face was like paint, and she sat under the lamp sewing clothes. There is nowhere to send the clothes sewn, and they are folded at the head of the bed. Get up in the middle of the night and sew two lines, one lonely and one crying.

Wang Shichong quietly listened to Wei Zheng's tone in a subdued tone, sang this catchy song, and said with a smile: "I can't imagine that in just two or three months, there are so many songs in the land of Qilu that instigate people to evade military service and labor, and go up the mountain to become bandits and thieves, Xuancheng, do you believe that these songs are spontaneously composed by some people?" ”

Wei Zheng smiled and shook his head: "The lord is wise, why bother asking, from a distance of two thousand miles, I can smell the smell of Xu Gai behind the lyrics, except for this Southern Dynasty genius who is proficient in Yuefu poetry, who else can create such a touching anti-song?" ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "It seems that this old friend of ours has also smelled the breath of the coming troubled times, and is ready to show his strength, according to my informant, three months ago, he just invited Dou Jiande and Wang Xuba to Zhuangzi, I heard that he wanted to match their two forces, and there was a plan, but it seems that it was not negotiated in the end, Dou Jiande left in anger, and Wang Xuba and his group only left after receiving some money, and then Xu Gai put Wang Bo, Ge Qian, Lu Mingyue's powerful subordinates were sent back to their hometowns in various parts of Qi County, and these strange Yuefu songs appeared strangely in these places and became popular. ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "Lord, that's up to you." What does Xu Gai want? I want to learn your way. lit fires all over Shandong, and then he took the opportunity to lead the troops to quell the rebellion and obtain military power to get a glimpse of the world? ”

Wang Shichong shook his head, his brows furrowed: "No, he can't learn this trick of mine, I am now an official of the Great Sui, and I have a reputation for leading troops to fight." In the future, when the world is in chaos and out of control, Yang Guang must use me to lead the troops to quell the rebellion, but Xu Gai is different, he is just a local tyrant in the countryside of Lihu in Caozhou, even if he has some reputation in the rivers and lakes, but after all, he is not a person in the official government, and he does not have any official body. Gather a few thousand Zhuang Ding and keep a Xu family mansion. If there are too many people, the government will treat them as bandits and find a way to annex them. If there are fewer people, they will not be able to resist the invasion of a large group of bandits. It's a dilemma. ”

Wei Zheng smiled: "Xu Gai shouldn't not understand this truth, but why did he do this?" ”

Wang Shichong nodded, and said calmly: "Yes, Xu Gai is a smart person, his real idea should be to recapture Chen Xuan'er, take her as the banner, and return to Jiangnan to develop, that is where he can really be separated and self-reliant, the land of Qilu, he has stayed for less than ten years, although it seems that the power is good now, but after all, there is no foundation, let alone the help of those township parties in Jiangnan for decades and hundreds of years, so he himself knows that in the land of Qilu, he can't do anything." ”

"But on the other hand, Xu Gai also knows that the world will be chaotic, and the Sui Dynasty's rivers and mountains are about to be lost, at this time, if there is nothing to do, then there may be no more food in the world's male lords in the future, so he has to light this fire first, and wait until the world's heroes are everywhere, after a few years of war, the situation of who can win the world will gradually become clear, and then he will take the men and horses in his hands to defect, and he will not lose the founder of the country."

Wei Zheng shook his head: "I just can't figure it out, why didn't he come to join the lord?" The shape of the world is actually placed here, the lord you have been planning for many years, laying out everywhere, if you talk about the preparation for the future, I am afraid that no one will surpass you, and he has already cooperated with you, and has also received your great favor, no matter from which point of view, loyalty rather than betrayal of you is the best choice. ”

Wang Shichong sighed softly: "Because Xu Gai is arrogant, he hates me deeply in his heart, looks down on my background, and feels that working under the son of a businessman like me is an insult to him, the son of a wealthy family in the Southern Dynasty, plus I have been holding Chen Xuan'er, he is also holding a grudge, and he believes that I am a thief who insults the princess of the Southern Dynasty, this time he went behind my back to find Dou Jiande and Wang Xuba privately, in fact, he has officially escaped from my control, but he also knows that before the Sui Dynasty is finished, We're still grasshoppers on a rope, and we can't report me so quickly, so we let our subordinates light fires everywhere in order to profit from the chaos. ”

Wei Zheng said with a smile: "His real wishful thinking, I'm afraid he still wants to pull Dou Jiande and Wang Xuba to start an incident at the same time, so that in Jizhou and Youzhou together, the momentum will be big." ”

Wang Shichong sneered: "How could Xu Gai be so kind and share the fruits of victory with others? In my opinion, he just wanted Dou Jiande and Wang Xuba to take advantage of him. These two people are in the land of Hebei, compared to the Qi County where he is located, they rely more on the front line of the expedition to Goguryeo, and the imperial court wants to transfer troops to recruit husbands and send them to the front line, and it is only possible to recruit troops in Hebei, where last year because of the matter of digging the river made people angry, if they are still doing this, I am afraid that when the army leaves Hebei and conquers Goguryeo, it is the day when Hebei begins to be full of wolves! ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "What the lord said is very true, you sent Zhang Jincheng to Hebei at that time, also to light this fire, and now Jincheng has everything in place, just waiting for someone to provoke the trouble, do you think that Dou Jiande and Wang Xuba, will they respond to Xu Gai's call and take the lead in the incident?" ”

Wang Shichong pondered for a while, and said: "Dou Jiande is a person, rough and solid on the outside, on the surface, he looks bold and righteous, but in fact he is a person who is very good at preserving his strength, judging from the last time he took his subordinates to Xue Shixiong's army, he is also a wait-and-see in the troubled times, and will never strike first. ”

"As for that Wang Suba, although I haven't dealt with him, I knew before that he had a military advisor named Song Jingang who was very powerful, and with this person giving advice, I don't think he would act recklessly, the place where they were active in Zhuojun County, Youzhou, was the rear base for the expedition to Goguryeo, and there must be heavy guards, and if you start something in a hurry here, you will only die."

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "So, are you all waiting for Yang Guang's national mobilization order?" (To be continued......)