Xu Jie took a deep breath, glanced at Feng Ziming with deep meaning, and said in a deep voice: "Let the brothers in the city be careful, everyone, be prepared to deal with it, of course, we don't act rashly!" Alright, let's all go down and get ready! ”

After everyone left, a middle-aged man with a grim face walked out of the side of the lobby, dressed as a scholar. He slowly walked to Xu Jie's side and said lightly: "Dudu, this son is really attractive, and now, the competition of all parties has started from you." ”

Xu Jie's face was a little gloomy, he sighed slightly, and said, "How can I not know this?" The Governor of Qingzhou and the King of Shu, the result of the two governors told me that they were in our position and had no choice. By the way, you say, what kind of people do my subordinates have? ”

The middle-aged man glanced sideways at Xu Jie, and said, "Qingzhou Governor Cao Bin's choice is to surrender to Zhao Xun, the northern prince, of course, he has no other choice. Zhang Yan, the governor of Ningzhou, established himself as the king and created a new situation. So, Xu Dudu, what is your choice? As you have said, your hesitation has caused more and more people to be mixed with other forces among your subordinates, such as the Wuwei Army, the Tang Army, the Xuzhou Army, and the Xiaoguo Army. ”

Xu Jie said in a deep voice: "Ji Yun, you say, what should I do now?" If nothing else, there is no hope of making peace with the guards anyway. With the help of the Tang army, he killed 15,000 of my people, and now, with the help of the Tang army, I got rid of his 5,000 people, and also ruined his plan to occupy Liangzhou Mansion. ”

Ji Yun smiled: "Isn't this Lord Dudu's own intention?" ”

Xu Jie smiled bitterly and shook his head, but he remembered that because of the heavy losses of his subordinates, the guards were taking their own things in the rear, which made him extremely dissatisfied. But Rao was so, but he didn't confront the guards head-on. Until the beginning of March, the guards took action against the Liangzhou Mansion again, and the angry Xu Jie, under the persuasion of the generals under his command A and Changshi Fengziming, gave the guards of the Liangzhou Mansion a cruel blow.

Then he came to his senses that by doing so, he was tantamount to completely cutting off the possibility of serving the Wei army, that is, the King of Qi. This is still secondary, the most important thing is that now the Yanzhou army is alone against the Xuzhou army and the Tang army, with one enemy and two. If the guards have a dislike with themselves, then, a little better, they are at a disadvantage, and if they are worse, then their own Yanzhou government army will be in danger. But things have happened, and regret is not the solution to the problem. Now, he himself lives in Yanzhou City with Ding Qiangqi, the general of the guards, and if one is not good, it will cause a war between the two sides and stimulate a big war. But what the subordinates said is not unreasonable, not to attack, but not to prepare.

"Ji Yun, can you guess who this Feng Ziming is?" Xu Jie said in a muffled voice. The current Xu Jie is very troubled, and as time goes by, he finds that his old subordinates are gradually starting to deviate. The generals also seem to have started to ignore the idea of the transformation of other forces, of course, this is also related to himself. Now the Yanzhou government army and the guard army are extremely incompatible, in Yanzhou, the guard army is even more climbed on the head of the government army, how can the government army soldiers tolerate it? But in order to take care of the overall situation, Xu Jie's subordinates and guards were not allowed to come hard. As a result, many government soldiers complained about this, especially when the government army was fighting on the front line, while the guards were seeking to seize their own territory in the rear.

Ji Yun shook his head and said: "I can't tell you clearly, on the surface, the biggest possibility is the Tang Army, after all, it is the Tang Army that has profited from this battle, if nothing else, the three counties of Liangzhou Mansion will be lost." When the time comes, the Wei army and the government army will not agree, and the Tang army, which is eyeing the north with a tiger's eye, will take advantage of the situation. Of course, if we do this, the Tang Army will become our main defensive target, so it is very likely that people from other forces will also be able to do so. In short, what the governor needs to do now is to prepare for contingencies, and to think about the way out in the future. ”

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Youzhou City, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

Although Zhao Xun was dismissed by the imperial court, the people in the north still called Zhao Xun the governor of the capital, so the capital governor's mansion in Youzhou City still did not change the plaque.

In the inner hall of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, in addition to Zhao Xun and several important ministers of the Xiaoguo Army, there were also Cao Bin, the former Qingzhou Governor, and Wang Yanqing, the former Qingzhou Xuanfu Envoy, all of whom gathered together and were tasting tea with relish, and the room was filled with the fragrance of tea.

The land of Qingzhou has been officially taken over by the Xiaoguo Army, and the government army under Cao Bin has also been rectified and reorganized by the Xiaoguo Army. Fortunately, with the internal assistance of Cao Bin, the governor of Qingzhou, the transition was smooth. Even if there is a problem or someone makes trouble, Cao Bin personally led the army to level the situation. Because of Cao Bin's cooperation, Xiaoguo Jun has a good feeling for Cao Bin. Now that the matter in Qingzhou has been completed, Cao Bin naturally will not continue to stay in Qingzhou, so he has come to Youzhou City to report.

Zhao Xun learned that he greeted himself. For the Xiaoguo Army, Cao Bin's cooperation enabled the Xiaoguo Army to expand the territory of a state and avoid the outbreak of a major war. In the house, everyone talked happily, although because of the equal status in the past, now it has become a lord and a minister, but the atmosphere here is very comfortable.

Outside the house, the cold is pressing, and inside the house, it is as warm as spring, and inside and outside a curtain, it is completely two heavens. Because of Cao Bin's performance in the past few months, the ministers of the Xiaoguo Army still have a good impression of him. It didn't take long for the two sides to put aside their direct estrangement and slowly melt together. talked about the recent situation in Qingzhou and the repair and dredging of the river.

Speaking of Qingzhou, everyone talked about the battle of Yanzhou and the recent situation of Shu. Unlike Yanzhou, which was stable for three or four months because of the cold winter, the land of Ningzhou, that is, the Shu Kingdom, was attacked from the north from three directions under Situ Lei's strong order, and the momentum was huge.

"Oh? I also had a relationship with Zhang Yan, the governor of Ningzhou, but I didn't expect that this guy was really bold. Compared with others, it became famous all over the world all at once. Cao Bin shook his head and said.

Situ Liang said with a smile: "Yes, this Zhang Yan moved, and suddenly the eyes of the world looked at him, he was the first guy to set himself up as a king." Later, he mentioned the forces in the world that were abandoned by the imperial court one by one, so that the imperial court and the people of the world looked sideways, it turned out that under the operation of the imperial court, so many forces have become rebels. In particular, each of them is a man who can fight well. I'm afraid that some people now doubt whether the imperial court can continue to command the world. ”

"Yes, this Zhang Yan made a move, cutting most of the army that surrounded him, and let those who have different ambitions also see the weakness of the imperial court." Wang Yanqing also sighed.

"What happened to this so-called Shu Kingdom now?" Cao Bin asked with a smile.

Situ Liang said: "What else, the north has no time to take care of anything else, and they are all busy with their own things." And the army of Yizhou and even Yongzhou of Ningzhou did enter his territory. It seems that the situation in Shu is not very good now, if it were not for the assistance of the southern barbarians in Ningzhou, I am afraid that the Shu Kingdom, which has only been independent for less than half a year, will be over. In addition, we also got gossip that this Shu State seems to have sent people to ally with Jiaozhou. ”

"Oh? In this way, the officials of Jiaozhou can't sit still? Cao Bin asked.

"The land of Jiaozhou was barren in the Han Dynasty, but because of the rise of maritime trade in recent decades, the southern and eastern parts of Jiaozhou have suddenly become rich and prosperous. This Murong Cheng and Situ Lei treated these former power officials, it was from beginning to end, their financial routes, their ways to make money were deprived, and even the money they had accumulated privately would be confiscated cleanly. The most important thing is that the governor of Jiaozhou had rejected Murong Cheng before, you must know that Murong Cheng will definitely not show mercy to these uncooperative people, this is a lesson from the past. Situ Liang explained with a smile.

Lessons from the past, needless to say, it is the north, this Cao Bin and Tang Xian are examples, in an instant, they have become traitors, and they will be killed by the nine clans.

After Wang Yanqing surrendered, he voluntarily arranged for the Qingzhou Prefecture Yin, as for Cao Bin, he said that he was unwilling to lead the army, and then Zhao Xun temporarily arranged for him to join the Military Affairs Department to coordinate the reorganization of the various armies, especially the Shun Lì rectification of the Qingzhou Prefecture Army.

After arranging for Cao Bin and other Qingzhou generals to be surrendered, Zhao Xun discussed the situation in Yanzhou with everyone. Although the Xiaoguo Army will not look south for the time being, it does not mean that the Xiaoguo Army does not care about the situation in Yanzhou. Nowadays, the land of Yanzhou is the center of the entire south. The road of the Xiaoguo army to the south, the road of the Xuzhou army to the west, and the road of the Wei army to the north all focus on this point. If it weren't for the fact that the Xiaoguo army had just swallowed the southern part of Jizhou and Qingzhou, I am afraid that the army would have followed Tang Xian and gone south. Since it is not possible to intervene directly, there is only covert planning.

"Lord, the beginning has been opened, and now, between the Yanzhou Mansion Army and the Wei Army, the contradiction is unavoidable, especially the eight thousand guards of the Liangzhou Mansion have been killed, and after the three counties of the Liangzhou Mansion are lost, with the personal letter of the Wei Army, they will definitely not live in peace with Xu Jie. In Gaza, our people have repeatedly provoked fights between the government army and the government army, and there are also many people in the government army who are very dissatisfied with this. Situ Liang said in a deep voice, telling them about their recent actions one by one.

Zhao Xun said with a smile: "Yes, in this way, the land of Yanzhou will not be in a stalemate, and the Wei army will gradually become the master of Yanzhou." ”

Situ Liang said: "In addition, our people also found that behind the generals around Xu Jie, there are people from all sides of the party, and now, Xu Jie's side is simply a mess. ”

"It seems that the existence of this guard army is too great a threat to both the Tang army and the Xuzhou army, and they are deliberately joining forces to sabotage the contact between the two armies, striving to kill or expel the guards first." Li Jinqian said in a deep voice.

Zhang Yuanjing said with a smile: "If it weren't for us repairing the canal and dredging the river, doing such a thankless stupid thing, I'm afraid we are also the object of their active defense now." ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but laugh secretly. Since the Xiaoguo Army began to repair and dredge the river, it has been ridiculed by many people, and many people have secretly sighed. Even within the Xiaoguo Army, many civil and military officials believe that now is not the time to do this. With this effort, it is better to open up the territory to the south, the land of Yanzhou in the south is already in turmoil, and many people in Yanzhou have asked for help from the Xiaoguo army, hoping that the Xiaoguo army can go south and pacify Yanzhou. With such a good civil prestige and advantage, to the south, this is what the Xiaoguo army should do.

"Ignore them, what we need to do now is to rectify the government army collected from southern Hebei and Qingzhou on the one hand, and govern the river on the other. As for the fighting in the south, we will leave it for the time being. A three-way war, no, it may be a four-way battle in the future, and in the short term, it will not be easy to distinguish the winner from the loser. When they're almost done, it's time for my Xiaoguo army to act. That's when we can make a difference. Zhao Xun said.

"Situ Liang, what you have to do now is to win over the generals in the government army and let them follow our wishes."

"My lord, what about the spies from all sides around the general of the government? Do I need to clear it? ”

"That's not necessary, these people can cover up the whereabouts of our people, the more spies, the more headaches Xu Jie." Zhao Xun said with a smile.

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Yanzhou City, General's Mansion.

Sure enough, within two days, news came that the third guard team he had arranged in Liangzhou Mansion was broken by the Tang army, and the whole army was killed, and even the main general Lin Yi was killed.

In addition, Ding Qiang also figured out the reason for the failure of the two teams last time, and it was really a problem with the government army, and quietly broke through the flank of the guards, catching the guards by surprise.

"What do you say? The two bastards, Hu Guang and Liao Jun, surrendered to the Tang Army? Ding Qiang's eyes were red and he stared at Ding Yi who he had sent, and asked sharply.

Ding Yi, as Ding Qiang's closest personal guard, was also frightened by Ding Qiang's appearance at this moment. He hurriedly said: "General, when I arrived in Qixiang, Shangqiu and other places, I had already received news that the two generals had surrendered to the enemy. Originally, the subordinates didn't dare to believe it, thinking that this was a conspiracy of the enemy. But the subordinates did see that the two generals were collecting and surrendering our surrendered soldiers for the Tang army in various places, and at the same time ...... At the same time, a number of officers who refused to serve the Don Army were executed. This was all ordered by the two generals themselves. ”

"Bastards, these two ungrateful bastards. Lin Yi was able to die on the battlefield, but they became prisoners and surrendered the enemy. Send this information back to Yongzhou and punish its nine clans. Also, didn't you say that you should be careful of the side government army? Why was he still caught off guard by being killed? Ding Qiang roared.

Ding Yi said in a bitter voice: "General Huiyu, when General Lin Yi was defending the city, there were thieves who opened the city gate and let the enemy army rush in. That's what makes ......"

"Xu Jie, this must be Xu Jie's idea, damn it! General Ben will never die with you! One day, he will take off your dog's head. Ding Qiang said sharply again.

"The general is angry, although the Liangzhou Mansion has failed, but for us, the loss is 8,000 soldiers. In contrast, we went to bury more than 15,000 government soldiers, no matter how you count it, we are not at a loss. Ye Feiyu said. The rest of the people breathed a sigh of relief, this Ding Qiang was strong-tempered, hot-tempered, and angry, and innocent people often suffered.

"Rest your anger! Eight thousand people are gone, and you say that you are angry! Also, if you go on like this, you won't be able to get the land of Yanzhou. You should be clear about what this means. General Ben doesn't get good, and neither do you. Ding Qiang said sharply.

Ye Feiyu couldn't help but shake his head secretly, it's true that this Ding Qiang can fight well, but as the coach of one side, I'm afraid it won't work. Even the feelings can't be controlled, how can you talk about anything else?

"General, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers! There is no such thing as perfection. Even if this Liangzhou Mansion is lost, it is lost in the hands of the Yanzhou Army, not in our hands. The Yanzhou army has more troops than us, and if it is left like this, he will not be able to raise it. Our rear is in the southwest, and now, it is not us who should be worried, it should be the Yanzhou army. If their territory is lost, there will be no point in saving the army. And the Xuzhou army will never be willing to let Yanzhou, the western exit, be blocked by the Tang army, and will definitely compete with it. In any case, we guards are the last fishermen. ”

"General, although Hu Guang and Liao Jun surrendered to the enemy, Lin Yi died fighting for the country, we should ask for credit!" Ye Feiyu said in a deep voice again.

Ding Qiang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said: "Okay, leave this matter to you, in short, our people, I will never let him be wronged." In addition, when I asked someone to bring a thousand Youzhou silver coins, I just said that this matter is a little bit of thought of the generals of my armed guards. ”

Ding Qiang knew that Ye Feiyu was making him reward and punish clearly. Since the two people are to be severely punished, the third person who died in battle needs to be contrasted with a heavy reward. Sue everyone, and surrender to the enemy, there is no good end.

"Is there anything unusual in the city? Also, what happened to Xu Jie? ”

"Not really, but the guards have been strengthened throughout the city, and even the number of night patrol posts has increased considerably. The military camp of the government in the city is also very strict. It seems that they are afraid that we will do something unusual. Ye Feiyu said in a deep voice.

"Keep a close watch! In addition, the news that Xu Jie and Tang Xian colluded together and wanted to give up the Liangzhou Mansion was spread. The land of the three counties of the guard army was quietly approached by the Tang army from the flank, but there was no movement in the land of the chachafu army. With these news, it's time for Xu Jiejie to take action. Ding Qiang said coldly.

Ye Feiyu smiled and explained to the generals around him: "Take action, what else can he do except a strong counterattack." If he doesn't deal with it, he will not be able to win the support of the Yanzhou government army as the governor of Yanzhou. If you can't even take care of the interests of your own subordinates, but want to join forces with the enemy who killed 15,000 of your own people, no one will support you if you don't have a positive and suitable reason. ”

General Gui Delang has always said fiercely: "Didn't you take advantage of the rumors in the city to enter the Governor's Mansion and solve this Yanzhou Governor, and we will replace him?" In this way, don't we control the whole of Yanzhou? Such a good opportunity, you can use it! ”

As soon as I said it, the rest of the generals were a little moved, and even Ding Qiang, who was in the mood for revenge, was also ready to move.