Chapter 477: Desert Northbound, Great Zhou Chaos! (iv)

Ji Feng saw the situation in front of him very clearly, but he couldn't grasp his own positioning. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info It's not a reason for IQ, it's a lack of experience. Xiao Yan may be very smart, but his vision is limited by his identity, and he can't give Ji Feng much advice and help on major issues. After thinking about it for several days, he couldn't sit still.

Recalling what his father said to him before leaving, Ji Feng went to the Mansion of the Duke of Wei, intending to meet Xu Jiye, the Duke of Wei. The place where the two met was Xu Jiye's study. The old man sent his subordinates out, leaving only two people in the room, and there was nothing to talk about.

Ji Feng first respectfully bowed to the junior, and then muttered to the future. After listening, Xu Jiye showed a relieved smile, and said: "The old man has been waiting for you for a long time, and now the situation in the court is changing rapidly, even if you don't come today, I will go to the palace tomorrow to discuss with you." ”

Ji Feng's respect was as always, and he raised his hand and said, "Please Uncle Xu make it clear." ”

Xu Jiye nodded, but was silent for a long time, as if he was considering a difficult decision. Ji Feng was not in a hurry, he sat aside and waited quietly, after half a cup of tea, Xu Jiye suddenly raised his right hand, stretched out three fingers, and said lightly: "Upper, middle and lower three strategies, for the virtuous nephew to choose." ”

"The little nephew listens."

Xu Jiye said word by word: "First, the Son of Heaven is to suppress the subordinate." Second, to cooperate with the kings, in order to please the unvirtuous. Third, wait and see what happens. ”

Ji Feng's face remained unchanged, and he asked, "Uncle Xu thinks that Fengtianzi is the best policy?" ”

"Not bad."

"The kings can't cooperate?"

"It's a collaboration, but it's not the king's way." Xu Jiye replied lightly: "The Great Zhou Dynasty has been established for more than 2,000 years, and the change of imperial power has always been stable. Although the King of Qi is victorious, from the old man's point of view, he has reached the end of the strong crossbow, and he is definitely not the opponent of Wu Xiuming, and he is about to be defeated in the near future. ”

Ji Feng was silent and thoughtful.

Xu Jiye was also not in a hurry or impatient, waiting for him to digest it slowly. After a while, he continued: "If the court wins, the king of Qi will be cut." All the time, all the land is returned to the imperial court, and the imperial court is the biggest winner in terms of prestige and actual benefits. If the court is strong, I am weak, and if the court gains, I lose. Therefore, it is the best policy to wait and see what happens, which is tantamount to missing the opportunity. ”

"What does Uncle Xu mean is that I should immediately send out the army to King Qin and send troops to Qingzhou?"

Some words are just right to the point, everyone is a smart person, and it is not beautiful to say it too clearly. Xu Jiye stroked his beard and smiled, and said lightly: "It's over, let's go back early, the old man is going to rest." ”

"That being the case, the little nephew retired."

After returning to the palace, Ji Feng carefully recalled Xu Jiye's words, he didn't understand it at first, but it didn't take long for him to come back to his senses. Xu Jiye and Jiang Yun's advice to him is actually the same, which has to be seen from two aspects.

The first is the overall direction. King Qi's strength is too weak, because of the distance, he has a certain initiative at the beginning, but the gap in hard power is there, no matter how he tosses, it is unlikely that he will defeat Wu Xiuming in one go and attack the capital.

Taking a step back, even if he is possessed by a god and is lucky enough to defy the sky, he really succeeds, but it is still useless. Even if Ji Qiyun is killed, the other vassal kings are still there, and they are afraid of the court, but what are you King Qi? Who qualifies to sit on that chair in the court? If the King of Qi enters the palace today, he will become the target of the public tomorrow. If Ji Feng responds to Ji Xintan, Jiangnan's fate will not be much better.

This is Jiang Yun's opinion, the chaos in the world will be very troublesome, it will create opportunities for too many people, and it will invisibly set up a large number of opponents for himself. If there are many opponents, it is inevitable to take care of one and lose the other, which is by no means a good thing for Jiangnan and the people. Xu Jiye also means this, so he said that the kings of Xiezhu are by no means kings, although they can get some convenience and help from it, but this help will become resistance at any time, who dares to believe who these days? If you are too naΓ―ve, it will end badly.

Rather than being on guard against each other, it is better to simply stand on the side of the imperial court. Respect the Son of Heaven and clean up potential competitors in the name of the imperial court. This is one of them.

Second, strengthen yourself.

Fighting will kill people and produce losses, but robbing while the fire is burning will not, but can reap some unexpected benefits. Jiangnan sent troops to attack Qingzhou, but the army of the imperial court was tripped by the main force of Qingzhou on the front line, and the speed and efficiency were definitely not able to catch up with the Jiangnan army. As long as I take the first step to attack Qingzhou, the resources of Qi Land will be in my hands, and Ji Mingliang will be in the domain for decades, and everything he has accumulated will go into Ji Feng's pocket.

However, the court was helpless about this, because the reason for Jiangnan to send troops was "King Qin". It is natural to help the court fight and collect the spoils, as long as he swallows it, it is impossible for the court to let him spit it out again, which is unreasonable.

In this way, the biggest benefit is in Jiangnan, and Ji Qiyun, who got Qidi, got just an empty shelf after all, but paid a lot of military expenditure for it. The gap between Jiangnan and the imperial court has become a little smaller.

This is a game of chess, with a large layout, and if you want to win the strong with the weak, you must seize any opportunity that appears in front of you, and when the slight advantage accumulates to a certain extent, the strength and weakness will be reversed.

"Fourth uncle, I'm sorry."

The opportunity must not be lost, and it will not come again, Ji Feng stood in front of the window and took a deep breath, and when he made up his mind, he called his righteous brother Ji Yuan overnight. The next day, the 30,000 iron cavalry in the south of the Yangtze River had been assembled, crossed the Yangtze River under the leadership of Ji Yuan, and galloped north.

One day after Jiangnan sent troops, Ji Feng announced to the world that Jiangnan would send troops to King Qin. When the news reached the ears of all parties, before it could be saved, another news came immediately - the fall of Qingzhou Mansion!

As soon as the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar. No one understands what kind of madness King Wu is smoking, so he can't wait to hug the thighs of the court? Even after Ji Qiyun got the news, he was stunned. He specially wrote a letter, even comforting and threatening, asking Zheng Wang Ji Cen to be honest, because he was afraid that he would not be able to think about it for a while, and assisted Ji Xintan to send troops to rebel. Once Henan sends troops, the imperial court will be very passive.

Rengui is self-aware, he knows that there is not much harmony between the court and the vassal king, and he never thought that there would be a vassal king willing to send troops to help him, because Jiangnan is located in the south of Qidi, he didn't even write to Ji Feng. But I don't want people to take the initiative so much, and if I don't agree with him, I will go out of the teacher and meet love around the corner! This happiness came too suddenly.

Ji Qiyun was overjoyed in his heart, and even praised Ji Feng greatly during the court meeting, the pillar of the country, as it should be. But he didn't want to, when he returned to the harem full of joy, he was poured cold water by Queen Xiang Rong.

"Your Majesty, you should immediately issue an order and order Song Guogong to withdraw his troops immediately!" That's what she said.

Xiang Rong's face did not have the slightest joy at all, but was full of sorrow. Ji Qiyun was puzzled and couldn't help asking, "Why?" ”

Xiang Rong shook her head and said: "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and there are some things that the concubines can't say clearly, but please understand that everything the concubines do is for the good of Your Majesty." ”

She sighed helplessly, her husband was too honest after all. That Ji Feng's methods are old and spicy, and they are by no means easy to match. King Qin? Amusing! The imperial army has received good news one after another, and it is easy to quell the rebellion, and it will only be possible to attack Qingzhou in the morning and night, do you need him to send troops to the south of the Yangtze River to help? If you are too diligent, you must have a plan, but I am afraid that King Qin is fake, and it is true to rob while the fire is hot.

Xiang Rong has been nurtured by her father since she was a child, and she saw through Ji Feng's sinister intentions at a glance, and she also thought of a way to deal with it at the first time. As long as Wu Xiuming immediately withdraws his troops and the backyard catches fire, Ji Xintan will definitely not pursue, and the first thing he has to do is to use all the strength at hand to counterattack Qingzhou and recapture the base camp of Qidi.

The troops sent out by Jiangnan are all cavalry, and although they are strong in the field, they are not much stronger than ordinary soldiers when they are used to defend the city. In addition, Ji Mingliang has been in business for many years, and there is no shortage of loyal henchmen in the city, once Ji Xinqin's army returns, it will not be too difficult to recapture Qingzhou.

At that time, a big battle, the strength of the Qingzhou army will be greatly damaged, and the Jiangnan Iron Cavalry will be wiped out, and the imperial army can effortlessly take back Hejian Mansion, and then use the momentum of the boulder to crush the eggs, and the troops will come to Qingzhou and annihilate the rebels in one go.

The lost territory returned, the rebels were annihilated, Jiangnan stole chickens and rice, and lost the most elite main cavalry. Killing three birds with one stone, the door tiger girl is really not to be underestimated.

People say that those who are destined by heaven will be favored by God, and Ji Qiyun is such a person, at least for now. Heaven gave him the most perfect queen, but this gift was wasted after all. Ji Qiyun not only didn't understand, but was even a little annoyed after hearing this.

He hadn't thought much of it at all. No! Maybe I thought of it, but my identity is different, and my views are naturally different.

What is the royal road? Righteousness and integrity are kings! Between monarchs and ministers, they don't care about their mentality, they only look at the results. No matter what Ji Feng's purpose is, King Qin is a good move, how many pairs of eyes in the world are staring? No one is blind. If he listened to Xiang Rong's advice, he might really be able to kill three birds with one stone, but what he would lose would be the hearts of the people in the world. This method of removing the disaster and framing is so obvious that even ordinary people can see it clearly.

Losing the hearts of the people is secondary, and more importantly, it will chill those who want to return, this kind of behavior is simply the same as the old emperor Ji Chong's murder of his own brothers when he first ascended to the throne, and the harm is not shallow.

As a queen, he was not taught to show people the royal way, but to put profit first. Women, after all, have long hair and short knowledge... Ji Qiyun was very cold.

Just as Xiang Rong was worried, there were some things that were inconvenient to say clearly, Ji Qiyun was the emperor, why not? Soon after he ascended the throne, the thirst for prestige had reached an extremely urgent level. If the soldiers are bloodless, or the opportunistic victory is won, how can there be more eye-catching counterinsurgency in a dignified manner? More to the people to talk about? The imperial army must not retreat, whether it is out of strategy or not, it cannot retreat even half a step! Retreat means cowardice, it means humiliation, this is a stain, no matter how beautiful the victory is, it cannot be erased.

Not long after the two got married, it was a glue-like and extremely sweet moment. Even if Ji Qiyun was a little dissatisfied, he would not reprimand Xiang Rong in person, he smiled a little embarrassedly, and said: "I know, let's not talk about this matter for the time being, I will accompany the queen out for a walk." ”

How could Xiang Rong not see that perfunctory attitude? Thousands of worries can only turn into a silent sigh...

When the news reached the former military camp, Ji Xintan couldn't help jumping in anger after learning that Qingzhou Mansion had fallen, and scolded Ji Feng for being ruthless, unrighteous and shameless! He was in a hurry to recapture Qingzhou immediately, and lost his base camp, even if the results of this battle were great, the ultimate was a dream, and the 60,000 army had become homeless and lonely, where would it go?

He understood the seriousness of the situation very well, but Wu Xiuming bit him tightly like a dog's skin plaster, and he had no intention of letting go, and Ji Xintan had entered a situation where he could not advance or retreat.

Is that the end of it? Heaven refuses to favor him, and he has nothing to do. Ji Xintan, who was cornered, immediately decided to fight with the court regardless of it. He immediately ordered the 30,000 troops who attacked Tianjin Wei to come to Baoding Mansion to join the division, and while the army was still alive, they fought to the death with the imperial army. If he can win, or have a glimmer of life, as long as he successfully enters the capital, he will try his best to ensure that the king of Shu ascends the throne. With the skill of the dragon, coupled with the change of ownership in the world, he can still become the king of a town, but it is a big deal to change places and start again.

Ji Xinqin's abacus was clanging, but the abacus of his subordinates did not fight with him, the army's morale was chaotic, and the fighting spirit had been lost, how to fight again? If he could still have a good deal with Wu Xiuming before, after the meeting, there would be a big battle, and the result would be much beyond Ji Xinqin's expectations.

The imperial army defeated the Qingzhou army with a devastating force. The plan to take Baoding and attack Shuntian was completely aborted. After a big defeat, Ji Xintan, who had lost his troops and lost his generals, fled in a panic and finally ran back to Hejian Mansion. But at this point, the defeated army in Qingzhou has permanently lost the power to attack. There is no way to advance or retreat, and defeat is a foregone conclusion.

Three days later, Wu Xiuming led the army to break through the river, the Qingzhou army died, the surrender fell, and the king of Qi, Ji Xinqin, killed himself in front of the army. After another three days, the imperial army arrived in Qingzhou and joined the Jiangnan army. At this point, the pacification of the rebellion of King Qi was officially announced.

A big victory should have been a great joy, but in the face of the empty Qingzhou Mansion and the empty Mansion of King Qi, Wu Xiuming, the Duke of Song, couldn't laugh anyway. He angrily found Ji Yuan, the commander of the Jiangnan Army, and reprimanded him vigorously. However, Ji Yuan always looked like a hippie smile, and he didn't take him seriously at all. Stuff? It's all shipped back to Jiangnan. King Qi's family? Sorry, I didn't see it! When they enter the city, they run early.

Ji Yuan is the son of Wu Wangyi, who grew up in the military camp since he was a child, and stays with veteran fritters all day long, he doesn't care about his face at all, and he is shameless as much as he says. But people are reasonable, and Wu Xiuming is helpless.

Before entering the city, he knew that Jiangnan Jun would definitely make some gains, but he didn't expect that these guys would be so insatiable that they not only ate all the food, but even licked the soup bowls clean. Take the granary in the treasury as an example, the rich granary of Qingzhou Mansion can starve to death of rats at the moment, not to mention rice, even a single rice husk has not been left for him, and it is too bad! My heart is darkened!

Ji Yuan smiled and said hello to Wu Xiuming, and officially handed over Qingzhou Mansion. In fact, according to his thoughts, why should he send it to the imperial court from the place he fell, but since his brother has confessed, he can only recruit it. Cleaned up the Qingzhou Mansion, and finally soothed his young heart a little. Still leave some for the imperial court? He hadn't even thought about it, so he had an egg!

Ji Yuan didn't linger, took the three guards and horses, and under the gaze of Wu Xiuming's pale face, he happily set off to return to Jiangnan.

Wu Xiuming suppressed the anger in his heart, and immediately reported to the imperial court, he didn't want to do so much, and left the headache to the emperor. Fuck it and think about getting angry, the marshal who has won a big victory doesn't need to make himself unhappy.

A few days later, the officials who were ordered to take over Qi arrived in Qingzhou from the capital, and after pacifying the people, Wu Xiuming led the army to return to the court.