Wei Shuo took Mao Bao and his entourage to return to the post house happily, but he didn't expect that there would be an unexpected joy on this trip to Pei's Mansion. However, before he could be happy, he was shocked by another news. As soon as he returned to the post station, he received a report from the guards, saying that Zu Ti had written to King Langya to request the appointment of Zu Yu to assassinate the history of Yuzhou.

"Why did Zu Shizhi suddenly think of asking for an official for his brother?"

Although Wei Shuo has not been in contact with Zu Ti for a long time, he knows that Zu Ti is a selfless person, and Zu Ti will never seek a position for his brother if there is no sufficient reason.

In fact, Wei Shuo didn't know that due to the stimulation in Liaodong, as soon as Zu Yue returned to Huaiyin, he couldn't hold back his inner impatience, and secretly planned a plan to seize Yan and Henan Prefectures.

At first, Zu Yi did not agree with Zu Yue's plan, but it was only later that Zu Yue proposed to seize the western part of Yuzhou to accumulate strength for the great cause of the Northern Expedition, so Zu Li acquiesced to his action.

Since going south, Zu Ti has been suppressed by Wang Dun and King Langya, and his ambition is always difficult to reward, which once caused twists and turns in the great cause of the Northern Expedition. Now he is forty-eight years old, if he continues to stumble like this, I don't know when he will be able to realize the wish of the Central Plains of Beiding and drive out the Tartars.

"Lord, I think the ancestral assassin has seen the true face of King Langya, and no longer has any hope that King Langya will support his Northern Expedition, he wants to rely on his own strength to complete the Northern Expedition. Although Zu Yue's departure from Yuzhou is not in the interests of King Langya, it is greatly beneficial to the Northern Expedition promoted by Zu Ti! ”

"Alas! Zu Shizhi is an admirable hero, but it's a pity that he was born at the wrong time and cannot be reused by King Langya! ”

Wei Shuo sighed and felt a little sad for Zu Ti's fate, thinking that his arrival would change the ending of Zu Ti in history, but he didn't expect that Zu Ti still came to this point.

In fact, Mo Han didn't care about Zu Ti's fate, as Wei Shuo's confidant and strategist, he was only interested in the situation in the Central Plains.

Today, the situation in the Central Plains is somewhat complicated. Several counties in the northern part of Yanzhou, such as Taishan, Chenliu, Jibei and Dongping, were under the control of Shile, and were guarded by Shile's general Taobao, Chen Chuan, and Xu Gong. However, among these three, except for Tao Leopard and Chen Chuan, who are Shi Le's confidants, Xu Gong is a villain, and he is repetitive, and Shi Le cannot trust him.

The central part of Sizhou and several counties in the eastern part of Yanyu are dominated by Li Ju, the Taishou of Xingyang, and Guo Mo, who are the only remaining Han separatist forces in the north. And most of the southern part of Yuzhou is headed by Jiangzuo. The division of the Central Plains gave Zu Yue the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

With the acquiescence of Zu Ti, Zu Yue personally led a large army and swept all the way to occupy the four counties of Yuzhou, Liang, Pei, and Ruyin, forming a situation where Taobao and Chen Chuan were confronted in the north and Li Ju in the east.

This time the expedition to Yuzhou Zujia army won a complete victory, Zu Yue excitedly reported to his brother for the victory, and asked Zu Li to express his position as the assassin of Yuzhou.

Shi Le allowed Zu Yue to successfully occupy the central and western parts of Yuzhou, mainly because he was entangled in the situation in Jizhou and Youzhou, and he had no time to look south. After the big defeat. There were also rumors unfavorable to Shiler, which made Shile a little anxious. Don't talk about the southern expedition to Yuzhou, even Shao Xu, who is close at hand, has not yet settled.

The most important thing is that Shi Le feels that Wei Shuo is the most threatening, just looking at the other party occupying most of Youzhou in just a few months, it can be seen that Wei Shuo is much more difficult to deal with than Wang Jun. Knowing this, Shi Le said that he had to keep Wang Jun at the beginning.

However, Zuyo was not carried away by the victory, and he knew that he had taken advantage of it. Therefore, there is no longer an inch. Unmoved by the counties to the north and west, he only devoted himself to the four counties that he had acquired. Prepare to build a power that belongs to his ancestral covenant on this basis.

After Zu Ti's cousin about Yuzhou's assassination history arrived in Jianye, King Langya looked furious, he naturally didn't think that attacking Yuzhou was just Zu Yue's master, and Zu Ti just acquiesced to the fait accompli, but felt that this was the beginning of Zu Ti's private expansion of strength and the development of the feudal town.

Originally, having a Wang Dun was enough for King Langya to have a headache, but he didn't expect that Zu Ti, who he had always thought was loyal, would also start to learn from Wang Dun. Holding the music of Zu Li in his hand. King Langya wanted to tear it to pieces, but after careful consideration, he still suppressed the anger in his heart.

This time, Zu Ti sent troops to occupy several counties in Yuzhou without an edict, obviously not planning to hear about the deployment of King Langya like last time. If King Langya refuted Zu Li's performance, he just forced Zu Ti to rebel but let Jianye lose the Jianghuai barrier. It also made Wang Dun lose his restraint.

"Zu Ti, Wang Dun, Wei Shuo, Su Jun, Liu Kun, Li Ju, Shao Xu, Tao Kan ......"

King Langya spread out the paper and wrote down the names of the most prominent generals of the feudal towns one by one, and pondered in his mind for a long time. In the mind of King Langya, except for Tao Kan, the other generals are not credible.

Originally, Wei Shuo and Tao Kan were at the same level, but since Wei Shuo occupied Youzhou's strength increased greatly, King Langya knew that Wei Shuo would no longer be able to accept his call. It's just that Wei Shuo's threat to him is far less than that of Wang Dun, who is close at hand, so as long as the Hu clan in the north is not destroyed for a day and Wang Dun does not give in for a day, Wei Shuo will not be suppressed by King Langya for the time being.

In the end, King Langya still approved Zu Li's performance and appointed Zu Yu to assassinate the history of Yuzhou, but in this way, the ancestral brothers who were not treated by King Langya were completely excluded by King Langya this time, and were listed as the same general of the domain who did not accept Wang Hua and needed to be wary of like Wang Dun.

After receiving King Langya's reply, Zu Ti did not have any joy on his face, obviously he had realized that there were many contradictions between the Zu family and King Langya, and they could no longer be repaired. However, the current Zu Ti has also figured it out, and no longer purely relies on the imperial court to carry out the Northern Expedition, but intends to rely on the strength of the ancestral family itself.

Diao Xie looked at King Langya's uncertain expression, rolled his eyes, and whispered: "The king has a heart disease?" ”

King Langya glanced at Diao Xie and said in a choked voice, "Do you have a heart medicine that can't be done?" ”

Unexpectedly, Diao Xie said seriously: "Uh-huh! really let the king say, his subordinates really have heart medicine to know the king's heart disease! ”

"Oh? Is it? You don't even know what kind of heart disease the widow has, so you dare to say that there is a cure! ”

"In fact, what the king is worried about is nothing more than that the generals of the feudal towns have faint signs of threatening the imperial court, and the king lacks sufficient means to restrain the generals, resulting in the power of the feudal towns becoming stronger and stronger, and gradually disobeying the king."

Hearing this, King Langya's face changed abruptly, and it took a long time before he spoke: "Sir, do you have a plan to teach me?" ”

Diao Xie said confidently: "The king is actually too worried, the threat of the feudal town is far less than you think. Among Wang, Zu, Su, Wei, Tao, and Liu Zhuzhen, Tao Kan has always been loyal to the imperial court, and has never cultivated personal power, so he poses the least threat; Su Jun was the weakest in the towns, and he didn't have the courage to go against the imperial court. ”

"Only Wang, Zu, Wei, and Liu Sizhen are the most powerful, and all of them are ambitious and have always disobeyed the king, and they are most likely to become confidants in the future, so these four towns must be!"

However, among the four major feudal towns, the most threatening to the imperial court at the moment is Wang Dun in Wuchang, who controls most of the military power in Jiangzuo, and has Wang Dao to dredge the court for him, and now it is difficult to govern. For Wang Dun, the king must make a plan in advance, and he must not tolerate adultery again, otherwise there will be chaos in the future. ”

Sima Rui bowed slightly, and finally showed a smile on his face.

Seeing this, Diao Xie was greatly encouraged, and continued: "Great King, in addition to Wang Dun, the real threat in the future is Wei Shuo!" ”

"Why Wei Shuo, not Zu Ti or anyone else?" King Langya asked puzzled.

"Zu Ti is only a hero's ear at best, but Wei Shuo is a hero! Heroes are easy to tie their hands, but what about heroes? Weichen believed that as long as the king made a statement to keep Wei Shuo in Jianye, the Liaodong army would appear under Jianye City in less than ten days. ”

"Therefore, compared with Wei Shuo, other people are at most just ringworm scabies, and only this Wei Shuo is the biggest problem in his heart. However, now that Wei Shuo is far away in Youyan, he can't threaten the king for the time being, but the king still needs to use his power to suppress Wang Dun. After the king leveled the king and ancestor in the future, it was time to clean up Wei Shuo. ”

King Langya thought for a while, and seemed to know how to treat Wei Shuo, he thought for a while and then instructed Diao Xie: "Wait a minute, you go to the post house to spread the widow's will, and let Wei Shuo enter the palace in three days to see the driver." (To be continued.) )