There was no way, Zhu Dadian had no choice but to order the bullet pressure and not allow the guards to escape. He originally thought that these unproductive guards would definitely back down in the face of powerful force. However, what is surprising is that this bullet pressure actually led to a strong resistance from the guards, who did not hesitate to use the weapons around them and fight with Zhu Dadian's personal soldiers. Eventually, this fight turned into a scramble between the pro-soldier team and the guard team, and almost all the guard soldiers were involved.

Due to Zhu Dadian's deliberate arrangement, the guards were already extremely dissatisfied with Zhu Dadian. In their hearts, they don't know how much anger towards Zhu Dadian has pent up. After the two sides fought, this anger completely exploded. As a result, the fighting could no longer be stopped. The bloody battle lasted for most of the night. Eventually, some of the guards fled, and some of them were killed. Zhu Dadian's personal soldiers also lost a lot.

This civil strife greatly consumed the remaining combat strength of the Ming army. The Ming army, which was fighting for other purposes, was like ashes, and the war-weariness was infinitely high. Due to the impact of this civil strife, the morale of the Central Route Army has fallen to the extreme, and the soldiers are no longer willing to walk. When this sentiment extended to the whole army and was accepted by the majority of the people, even Zhu Dadian could not do anything about it.

Obviously, it is impossible to recover Qingzhou City by force. If Qingzhou City cannot be recovered, it will be impossible to send King Heng back to his original fiefdom. King Heng couldn't go back to his original fiefdom, which meant that his Zhu Dadian's brain seeds could be plucked at any time. For a while, Zhu Dadian was so anxious that his head turned white, if there was poison by his side, Zhu Dadian suspected that he would not be able to help but commit suicide by taking poison. Cornered, he's really cornered.

When he left Jinan City, Zhu Dadian never expected that he would encounter such a predicament. The Ming army, which numbered tens of thousands, was actually forced to such a point by Zhang Zhun's more than 1,000 people. Now he has to say whether he can effectively command the troops, not to mention the recovery of Qingzhou City. The army mutiny to such a point is probably only comparable to Zuo Liangyu's subordinates.

At this time, Zhu Han came up with an idea: "Uncle, maybe we can negotiate with Zhang Zhun?" Let's see if there is any other way to go back to Qingzhou City? ”

Zhu Dadian was about to wave his hand and slap his nephew, but then he held back.

Negotiating with a traitor?

You can figure it out!

Who is Zhang Zhun? That's a traitor!

If you negotiate with a traitor, you will be exterminated by your family!

Zhu Han said with a sad face: "Uncle, since we can't fight, we have to find a way to negotiate." Otherwise, is there any other way for us? If you can't get Qingzhou City back, it's also death, and it's death to negotiate with the traitor, anyway, it's death, why not give it a try? Besides, we just suggested that the emperor solve Zhang Zhun by appeasement, and we didn't negotiate with Zhang Zhun secretly, and we can't be blamed! ”

Zhu Dadian shouted angrily: "Get out!" Don't let me see you! Immature! ”

Zhu Han hurriedly rolled away.

After driving his nephew away, Zhu Dadian calmed down.

That's right, Zhu Han's suggestion is indeed very absurd and even dangerous. The edict of the imperial court has just clarified Zhang Zhun's identity, and now he has secretly communicated with Zhang Zhun and was revealed by Jinyiwei and Dongchang, which is a terrible crime. However, this suggestion is not unacceptable. That's right, it is a dead end to communicate with Zhang Zhun secretly. However, not being able to recover Qingzhou City is also a dead end. The two sides are weighed, and it is better to negotiate secretly with Zhang Zhun.

At the same time, Zhu Dadian believes that it is possible to succeed in secret negotiations. The most fundamental reason is that he and Zhang Zhun both have common interests. He Zhu Dadian didn't want to continue fighting, and Zhang Zhun might not be willing to continue fighting. He, Zhu Dadian, needed time to dredge up the relationship and avoid the emperor's questioning. Zhang Zhun also needed time to stabilize the rule of Laizhou.

Standing in Zhang Zhun's corner, it is impossible for him to control Qingzhou City, after all, it is a fief of a vassal king, which is related to the dignity and face of the royal family. If this expelled vassal king can't return to his fiefdom, the matter will never be resolved. Even if he is questioned by the imperial court, the newly appointed governor of Shandong will continue to attack Qingzhou City. The attack continued until the imperial court recovered Qingzhou City. In other words, as long as Zhang Zhun controls Qingzhou City, the battle will be endless.

Is Zhang Zhun willing to fight endlessly?

Of course not.

The endless battle is not good for Zhang Zhun. The purpose of Zhang Zhun's fight with himself was only to cover his various internal affairs work in Laizhou Mansion and buy time for complete control of Laizhou Mansion. Seriously speaking, Zhang Zhun's strategic space is only the land of Laizhou Prefecture, and the room for maneuver is very much that Laizhou Prefecture's population, materials, and resources cannot support a long-term endless war.

At the same time, the strategic position of Laizhou is also very unfavorable. Its east is Dengzhou Mansion and Dongjiang Town, west is most of Shandong, and the Beijing Division is not far away, if the imperial court really sends troops to attack desperately, Laizhou Mansion will be in a situation of being attacked on both sides, and Zhang Zhun will not be able to support it even if he has three heads and six arms. Therefore, if he proposed to exchange Qingzhou City, Zhang Zhun might not refuse. For negotiations that are beneficial to both parties, what reason does Zhang Zhun have to refuse?

The point is that this matter must be done in secret, and it cannot be known to the imperial court. If the court knew the inside story, he would definitely be another Xiong Wencan or Chen Qiyu. Who should be sent as messengers? Zhu Dadian searched all the people around him, and finally found a suitable candidate: Song Degang. He has long known that Song Degang and Zhang Zhun have some secret relationship, but what is the relationship between the two is not very clear. To be sure, the relationship is not very intimate, but it is not very strange either.

"That's him!"

Zhu Dadian immediately ordered Song Degang to come to the front line immediately.

Song Degang received the order and hurriedly left Jinan City and came to Zhu Dadian's camp to listen to the order.

Zhu Dadian retreated left and right, and said quietly: "Song Zongbing, I heard that you have a relationship with Zhang Zhun?" ”

Song Degang couldn't figure out what Zhu Dadian meant, thinking that Zhu Dadian was not in a good position to fight, and he wanted to blame himself, he was really lying down and was shot, and hurriedly said: "Rumors, rumors, the governor must not believe it, how can his subordinates have anything to do with Zhang Zhun?" ”

Zhu}}* Dadian said quietly: "You are too careful, Ben Fu invited you to come because I wanted you to meet Zhang Zhun." Since you left Dengzhou Mansion, you haven't seen Zhang Zhun in person? Good friends don't see each other often, and they will be rusty! ”

Song Degang was stunned.

The governor is so caring and considerate, which play is being staged?

Zhu Dadian continued to say slowly: "The two armies fought, the lives were ruined, the battlefield was continuous, and the fertile land was lost. Ben Fu, as the parent official of the people of Shandong, how can he sit and watch the land be barren? Now is the season of spring ploughing, if you miss spring ploughing, it will delay the livelihood of the people for a year. ”

Song Degang was stunned, swallowed hard, and finally understood that Zhu Dadian wanted to stop the war. What kind of life is ruined, what spring ploughing, it's all fart, and it's true that I want to negotiate with Zhang Zhun. Obviously, Zhu Dadian realized that it would not work to recover Qingzhou City by force, so he wanted to use other methods to get Qingzhou City back. It didn't work, so now I have to talk.

For this, Song Degang is really angry and funny. When he left Jinan City, Zhu Dadian also regarded himself as Zhang Zhun's internal response, not only taking away his own troops, but also sending people to monitor him and Liu Zeqing on the side, as if he would give Jinan City as a gift to Zhang Zhun at any time. They all suspected that they were suspicious of such a thing, and in the end they actually wanted to send themselves as an envoy to see Zhang Zhun, probably the governor's heart would also be very depressed.

Of course, when I went to meet Zhang Zhun, Song Degang had no problem at all. He also wanted to talk to Zhang Zhun. It has only been a few months since he left Shandong, and Zhang Zhun has tossed such a big move, and he is really interested in knowing how Zhang Zhun did it. Hehe, controlling the land of a mansion and driving away a prince is a great thing! This kind of understanding will help you judge the situation in the world and choose a good way to survive as soon as possible.

Song Degang thinks that he doesn't have much ability, and if he wants to survive in such a troubled world, he must choose a big tree for shade. In other words, hug your thighs. If you hold it wrongly, it will end badly. Of course, such thoughts cannot be shown on the surface. Song Degang then pretended to be ignorant and said: "My lord, my subordinates have seen Zhang Zhun, what should I say?" ”

Zhu Dadian said casually: "Just go to visit him in your private capacity." ”

Song Degang pondered for a while, and finally understood.

What a clever word!

The dignified governor sent himself to "visit" a thief, and it seems that he is still in a decent state! Zhu Dadian's meaning was obviously to lower his posture and discuss with Zhang Zhun well. In layman's terms, it was he Zhu Dadian who took the initiative to soften. Not to mention, Zhu Dadian took the initiative to soften, and he really took Zhang Zhun's pulse. Zhang Zhun is a guy who eats soft and not hard, if you tell him well, he really doesn't hold grudges. However, if you come with him, even if you are the king of heaven, he will dare to fight with you.

"The subordinates must live up to their mission!" Song Degang readily agreed, and then walked towards the position of the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army with a white flag. The cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army quickly captured Song Degang and sent him to the commander. Yang Weiguo and others are no strangers to this Denglai general soldier, and when Song Degang explained his intentions, he sent someone to send him to Zhang Zhun.