Luokou is less than fifty miles away from Luokoucang, and the whole retreat is fast, Li Fengyun is also chasing fast, and before dusk, the two sides start a fierce battle in Luokou.

Li Fengyun has a clear goal, show his strong muscles, and tell Zhou Fashang, if you and I lose both, you will suffer, and all your plans will be difficult to implement because of insufficient strength, on the contrary, you take a step back, preserve your strength, keep the initiative, and calmly deal with the rapidly changing situation.

The main force of the alliance fought fiercely in the front, but Li Fengyun invited General Wu Benlang and Yining Gong Zhou Zhong in the rear.

Zhou Zhong didn't know Li Fengyun, but he had been in the Eastern Capital for a long time, and as a senior officer of the Wei Mansion, of course he knew Wei Fusi and Li Min. He was a little surprised when he saw Li Min, he thought that Li Min had died at the hands of the rebels, but he didn't expect that Li Min not only did not die, but also appeared in Yang Xuangan's army, which shows that Li Zixiong, Li Min's father and son have long had the intention of rebellion, and they are Yang Xuangan's hardcore comrades. By the time he saw Wei Fusi again, he was already shocked. Isn't Wei Fusi degraded at home? Isn't it in Saikyo? But now Wei Fusi is standing in front of him alive, and Wei Fusi is also Yang Xuangan's comrade, which makes Zhou Zhong suddenly have all kinds of speculations, and even guessed that Yang Xuangan has formed an alliance and cooperated with the local nobles in Guanzhong led by Wei.

"Yi Ninggong, do you know the old man?" Wei Fusi asked.

Zhou Zhong smiled bitterly and bowed.

"Is there a way for you to send a message to Zhou Fashang in the shortest possible time?" Wei Fusi asked again.

Zhou Zhong thought for a moment and said, "You just need to go to the front line and find a familiar person." ”

Wei Fusi turned his head to look at Li Fengyun. Li Fengyun frowned slightly and questioned, "It is possible that he can take the opportunity to escape, and a certain needs him and does not want to kill him." ”

Zhou Zhong suddenly realized that the young officer in front of him with a helmet and armor had an extraordinary identity, this person was not Wei Fusi's subordinate, but the commander of this army, although his face was very unfamiliar, but as a senior veteran, Zhou Zhong still smelled the terrifying aura of blood and rain from the other party's cold and murderous aura, and this aura he had felt in his father's personal guards, all of them were strong and domineering people who killed people.

Wei Fusi turned his head to look at Zhou Zhong again and asked in a cold voice, "Will you run away?" ”

Zhou Zhong smiled bitterly, "If you are a dead person now, what is the difference between escaping and not escaping?" ”

"I'm not afraid of you running away, I'm afraid of you dying." Li Fengyun said coldly, "If you are bent on death, who can save your life after you go to the front line?" ”

Zhou Zhong was speechless. He can't survive now, can't die, his fame is wasted, and he has also caused trouble to his wife and children, and defiled his ancestors, which is really painful.

"Do you know him?" Wei Fusi raised his hand and pointed at Li Fengyun.

Zhou Zhong shook his head.

"He's the notorious white-haired thief."

Zhou Zhong was surprised, unbelievable, unbelievable, he was a white-haired thief? The white-haired thief also took part in this mutiny? Zhou Zhong knew why Li Min appeared here, Li Min was completely annihilated by the white-haired thief at the beginning, and now it seems that the battle of the whole army was obviously premeditated.

"Do you know where the old man met him?"

Zhou Zhong continued to shake his head.

"The old man met him in Qi County." Wei Fusi smiled, "Do you know why the old man went to Qi County?" ”

Zhou Zhong immediately thought of King Qi, thought of Wei Fusi's fall because of King Qi's "loss of morality", thought of Li Zixiong, Li Min's father and son were also supporters of King Qi, and they were also hit by the government because of King Qi's "loss of morality", and thought of the rumors that King Qi "raised Kou for self-respect" in the Eastern Capital, and the entire "Kou" was a white-haired thief. Now Wei Fusi, Li Min and the white-haired thief, the three who have a close relationship with the King of Qi, are standing together, standing in front of their eyes, what does this mean? A thought immediately crossed Zhou Zhong's mind, King Qi was going to enter Beijing, and he was going to join forces with Yang Xuangan to rebel.

Without waiting for Zhou Zhong to answer, Wei Fusi himself said the answer, "The old man has always been by King Qi's side. ”

Zhou Zhong became more and more sure of his guess, and blurted out in surprise, "King Qi wants to enter Beijing?" ”

"It's not that the King of Qi wants to enter Beijing, but that we want to leave Beijing."

Wei Fusi's words suddenly made Zhou Zhong fall into the clouds, and he was at a loss, could I be wrong? Could it be that King Qi and Yang Xuangan broke up and turned against each other?

Wei Fusi waved at Li Min, "You probably say it, let Yi Ning Gong make the right choice." ”

The elder had an order, but Li Min didn't dare to disobey, so he immediately considered it, and very cautiously and selectively, briefly described the inside story of King Qi's use of this storm to gain political interests.

Zhou Zhong's doubts gradually dissipated, his eyes gradually brightened, and as the truth was revealed, he also saw a glimmer of life in despair and a glimmer of light in the darkness

In terms of political life, King Qi, Wei Fusi, Li Zixiong, Li Min and his son, including himself, are actually about, are or have ended, even if they save their lives and survive, it is better to live than to die, and their future is even worse than the rebellion of the white-haired thief, after all, these rebellions are all grass mustard ants, they have nothing, and if they die, they will die, and they will be a hundred, but they still have family members, relatives and friends, and protégés, the loss of interests is too great, so even if they are desperate and their lives are over, they have to support tenaciously, waiting and praying for the birth of miracles in struggle, and in real life there are too many such "miracles" to mention, and there are many people who "come back from the dead" in their lives.

Of course, the birth of "miracles" requires conditions, some "miracles" are actively created and have huge profits, and some are passively generated with relatively limited profits. In order to "resurrect the dead" of their own political life, King Qi, Wei Fusi, Li Zixiong, Li Min, father and son, joined hands to form an alliance and actively create a "miracle", and even did not hesitate to cooperate with the anti-thieves for this purpose. The enemy of the enemy is a friend, in order to strengthen their own strength, King Qi and others can be said to do everything, but only in this way can they break the cauldron and sink the boat, put it to death and come back to life, and made a plan of "hegemony according to the northern Xinjiang".

In Zhou Zhong's view, this plan has its practical significance, and the success rate is very large. Since the accession of the Holy Lord, Middle-earth has launched one western crusade and two eastern crusades in succession, and the signal released to the northern captives is to actively attack, to expand the territory, and to directly endanger their survival, so the relations between the north and the south will inevitably move from tension to rupture, although the war between the north and the south cannot be said to be imminent, but with the aggravation of the internal and external troubles in the middle of the earth, the eastern capital can no longer launch a huge foreign expedition under the political dilemma of being attacked by the enemy, and it is difficult to form a substantial deterrent against the northern captives, and the national defense will inevitably change from active defense to passive defense. And the northern captives will inevitably actively take advantage of your illness to kill you, and there will be frequent wars and bloody rain on the frontier for a period of time in the future.

In this bad situation, the king of Qi took the initiative to defend the border, exchanged the "self-exile" on the political zhì for military achievements, and continued his political life with accumulated merits and prestige, which was acceptable in the eyes of the holy lord and the center, after all, the central government had mastered the financial resources and the lifeblood of the northern Xinjiang town, and the king of Qi could not escape the control of the eastern capital no matter how ambitious he was.

The king of Qi "according to the northern frontier" is to continue his political life, the purpose is still to "dominate", or to win the world, only in this way can he save his political life, and his political life is saved, and the political life of all those who follow him is also saved, but the realization of this goal not only requires military strength, needs a piece of territory, but also needs a proper time, and needs the cooperation of the general trend at home and abroad.

Whether a "miracle" can be born depends on the mandate of heaven, and whether the mandate of heaven is attributed to the king of Qi depends on the efforts of the king of Qi and his followers. Miracles don't fall from the sky, there are no miracles without blood and sweat, and this is where the hope lies, which is why Wei Fusi, Li Min and the white-haired thief can work together, and why Zhou Zhong must make the right choice.

Zhou Zhong was born in the Jiangzuo family and was the son of the famous Chinese general Zhou Luoyu, who was famous and famous in history. Zhou Zhong withstood his father's dazzling halo, inherited the rich inheritance left by his father, and had an extraordinary influence in the Jiangzuo aristocratic group. The reason why Wei Fusi "tempted" Li Fengyun to "snatch" forty-seven aristocratic bureaucrats from Yang Xuanzong was that his real target was Jiang Zuoren, and the first person to persuade and was very sure to persuade was Zhou Zhong.

Zhou Zhong and the Zhou family have rapidly declined in politics since Zhou Luoyu's death, and Zhou Zhong is definitely not reconciled. This time it was even more devastating, and the family was wiped out, so it is conceivable that Zhou Zhong had a strong will to "survive". If Zhou Zhong took the initiative to defect to the King of Qi and did his best to assist the King of Qi, the King of Qi would gather members of the three aristocratic groups of Guanlong, Shandong and Jiangzuo, which greatly enhanced the strength of the King of Qi, expanded the development space of the King of Qi, and had an immeasurable role in promoting the realization of King Qi's future goals.

Zhou Zhong made a decisive decision to follow the King of Qi, this was the only chance of life in despair, he had to seize it, not to miss it. However, before making a promise, Zhou Zhong still had a question, if Wei Fusi, Li Fengyun and others participated in Yang Xuangan's mutiny in order to further worsen the situation so that it would be convenient for King Qi to "blackmail" the Holy Lord and the center, then now that Yang Xuangan has not yet entered the Guanzhong, and the shape has not deteriorated to the extreme, why did Wei Fusi and others urgently withdraw from the battlefield in the Eastern Capital? Could it be that Yang Xuan was so stupid that he couldn't see the true purpose of King Qi and let King Qi play with himself?

"Yang Xuangan is the most beneficial to King Qi only when he enters Guanzhong, but as far as he knows, Yang Xuangan is still far away from Guanzhong, he is still surrounded by reinforcements from all walks of life in Weifu, and he is still in danger of annihilation, and once Yang Xuangan is quickly defeated, Xingshì will be unfavorable to King Qi." Zhou Zhong questioned, "Could it be that Yang Xuan has lost his mind and turned against you at such a critical moment?" ”

"You're right." Li Min sighed, "Although we didn't turn against each other, we almost tore our faces, and we had to leave." ”

Zhou Zhong immediately realized that the battle situation had changed, and immediately asked, "Has the decisive battle of Michi had a result?" Yang Xuangan won the battle? ”

Li Min nodded, "Yang Xuangan won, Wei Wensheng was defeated and fled, if nothing else, Yang Xuangan will soon be able to enter the Guanzhong." ”

Zhou Zhong did not hesitate any longer, and immediately made a promise to follow King Qi to the death.

"If you have the confidence to live, the old man will be relieved." Wei Fusi said with a smile, "You go to the front line to find an acquaintance and ask him to summon Zhou Fashang, Wei Wensheng was defeated in Michi, and then Zhou Fashang knew what he should do." ”

Zhou Zhong comprehended and bowed down to receive the order.

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