Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "Lord, you are too greedy, it is impossible for all the talents in the world to belong to your subordinates, it is already very good to be able to collect this Fei Qingnu, besides, Shen Guang is also a small family after all, his father has been an official, and he has received orthodox loyalty education since he was a child, even if the world is in turmoil, he may not be on our side." ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "I can only comfort myself like this." Continuing to talk about Dou Jiande's matter, the second strange thing is that the county order killed Dou Jiande's whole family, such a big thing, he actually sent someone to the army to arrest Dou Jiande before he started, and asked him to bring people back and kill himself, Xuan Cheng, do you think this is normal? ”

Wei Zheng nodded, and said with a straight face: "Don't hide it from the lord, when I first heard about this, I felt that someone should have deliberately arranged it, first instructed this county order to arrest people, and then killed Dou Jiande's entire family overnight, and then sent someone to inform Dou Jiande of this matter, and even killed that county order, it is very likely that this person arranged for Dou Jiande to do it, so as to cut off his way back, from beginning to end, this person is very clear about Dou Jiande's strength and intentions, and he deliberately forced Dou Jiande to cause trouble." Now that Dou Jiande has killed officials and rebelled, he has gone to Gaojibo, and there is no possibility of turning back. ”

Wang Shichong's eyebrows raised: "So, who will be most beneficial to Dou Jiande if he rebels now?" ”

Wei Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "It is most beneficial for those allies of ours in the Central Plains. Lord, now that you are fighting with Yang Guang, Dou Jiande, Xu Gai and others will only benefit those allies who are also ambitious and want to compete for the world. ”

Wang Shichong sneered: "I'm sure it's either Li Mi or Xu Gai, besides." Li Yuan is also possible. Xue Ju and Xiao Mo are rough people. One doesn't know about Dou Jiande's existence. can't do this kind of thing, if you can instruct a county order, it must be a family, and in this way, Li Yuan and Li Mi are more likely to be. ”

Wei Zheng's eyes lit up: "Could it be that Yang Xuangan and Li Mi have already mixed up and want to start an incident in advance in the rear?" ”

Wang Shichong gritted his teeth: "There is this possibility, but not yet, Yang Xuangan has a false title of the Ministry of Rites." There is not a single soldier in his hands, and several brothers of the Yang family also have soldiers in Liaodong, this is actually a hostage, I think Yang Xuangan will not do it now, but may want to light this fire to see the changes. ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "Then what should we do?" ”

Wang Shichong paced back and forth on the river bank with his hands behind his back, and the cold river breeze with a hint of blood made his mind sober for a while. He paused and thought about it carefully. said: "Now he is still acting according to the plan, Yang Xuangan is not a fool, only relying on Dou Jiande and Xu Gai to occupy the mountain as the king, and they can't shake the foundation of the Sui Dynasty, even if he thinks about it, it's not now." But our purpose is the same, we all want the world of the Sui Dynasty to collapse, so I have to speed up the action here, capture the cities in Liaodong as soon as possible, so that the Sui army must divide troops to defend here, so that the country has been empty for a long time, and careerists will naturally have trouble. ”

Wei Zheng touched his goatee and said with a smile: "Then it seems that this plan of the lord is still the most suitable, so that the Sui army can be stationed in Goguryeo for a long time, instead of retreating in defeat, so that the country can be in chaos faster." It's a pity that Xu Gai, he should have been the first to ignite the fire, but it's a pity that Zhang Xutuo, who arranged for the lord in the past, was so angry that he couldn't find anything at this time. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "I regret transferring Zhang Xutuo a little, maybe it will be better to change someone else, Zhang Xutuo is a person who fights hard, but he is also loyal to a tendon, and he fights to the death for Xu Gai's subordinates, and now Wang Bo and Ge Qian are beaten away, and the Shandong area has also settled down, which is not necessarily a good thing." ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "But I heard that Qi County has looted the land very much, and it was hailed at the end of last year, so hundreds of thousands of hungry people from all over the country are concentrated in Licheng and ask to open a warehouse to release grain." ”

Wang Shichong's face changed slightly: "Qi County has always been a land rich in rice and grain, and last year, the grain was only four dollars a bucket, which was the lowest in the country, and there would be a famine?" ”

Wei Zheng sighed, and his expression became a little unbearable: "Yes, the troops who crossed the sea requisitioned a large amount of military rations, plus natural disasters, so the famine in Qi County is very serious, these are what my spies reported when they investigated Dou Jiande's rebellion, Yuanwendu, the county guard, does not dare to report these things at all now." ”

Wang Shichong sneered: "One Yuan Wendu, one Yuan Hongsi of Donglai County, and two dog officials surnamed Yuan, but they have caused misery to the people of Qi County. In this way, the only grain in Qi County now is the military rations provided to Zhang Xutuo, right? ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "Exactly, I heard that Yuan Wendu didn't dare to offend the hundreds of thousands of people, but he didn't dare to be the master of the grain, so he simply handed over this decision to Zhang Xutuo, saying that these military rations were what he needed to beg the thief, and he was the master." I don't know if Zhang Xutuo has released this grain now. ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "According to the law of the Great Sui, I didn't receive the holy order, and I opened the granary to put grain privately, I want to kill the head, with Yang Guang's suspicious personality, I am only afraid that Zhang Xutuo will pacify the whole territory of Qilu, and he will not be able to exonerate himself, Sutuo is a good person, although it is likely to be our fierce rival in the troubled times in the future, but like the wheat iron rod, I don't want him to have any three long and two short, but I hope that he can successfully overcome this difficulty." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Shichong raised his head and looked at the Goguryeo camp in the distance: "Xuancheng, let's discuss it again, how to solve these Goguryeo's broken troops in the shortest possible time, and pursue Goguryeo's main force in Liaodong as quickly as possible." ”

Qi County, Licheng.

This year's weather is particularly abnormal, it is already March, the land of Qi County is still a goose feather snow, the snowflakes fluttering all over the sky, the inside and outside of the city are washed into a vast, the tens of thousands of shacks temporarily built outside the city, the tent is also wrapped in this thick snow, full of eyes, a piece of silver, but under this white ice and snow, you can see everywhere a body lying in the snow, to the ice blue and purple, stiff corpses, as well as the dead family members of the people who cry out for the sky and the earth, even overshadowed the howling north wind, Heart-wrenching.

Zhang Xutuo stood on top of the city pass, dressed in a robe and big armor, his face was solemn, his eyebrows were dyed white by the wind and snow, and his black face was also frozen red, looking at this tragic scene outside the city, his heart was like a knife, and his eyes were also shining with tears, and he couldn't hold back his tears. (To be continued......)