Xu Jie, like Feng Zi Ming Jian, turned around and made contact with Ling He, the envoy of the Tang Army, many times. Ling He naturally knew what the handsome Tang Xian meant, and he also gladly accepted Xu Jie's change of heart.

In fact, as Feng Ziming expected, Situ Lei's envoy Situ Wen saw what Xu Jie had done, and knew that Xu Jie was not satisfied with the conditions he proposed. Immediately informed Xu Jie, we can continue to talk, conditions, re-negotiation.

I have to say that the influence of Situ Lei, a big force, is obviously higher than Tang Jun in Xu Jie's heart. Perhaps because the tense situation in front of him was extremely busy, Xu Jie immediately left Tang Jun behind again and turned to negotiate with Situ Wen.

Ling He was immediately furious, it was just enough to be played once, but how could he be willing to be played with one after another. Ling He immediately took the envoys of the Tang Army and evacuated Yanzhou City.

After Feng Ziming learned of the situation, he sighed bitterly, Xu Jie, he had already blocked a road, and he had set up an absolute strong enemy. Even Ji Yun, who inspected the army from the southern provinces and supervised the resistance of the armed guards, rushed back to the governor's mansion, and after learning about it, he lamented. After learning about the matter, he could only sigh that Xu Jie was messed up.

Perhaps because of the tense atmosphere in Yanzhou City, Tiangong was not beautiful, and it began to rain lightly. Zhao Xun, Lin Menglong, Wei Dong and others were still on the small building, watching the scenery of Yanzhou City in the rain from afar.

After a while, Lin Menglong sighed: "I don't know if Yanzhou City can be passed, Yanzhou Governor's Office, it may be that Yanzhou is the first to break out in war!" ”

Zhao Xun looked at the streets and alleys outside the smoky wall and some pedestrians who were walking quickly, and said lightly: "Xu Jie panicked!" The battle of Yanzhou City is inevitable, but the size of the scope can still be controlled. ”

"I'm afraid it's not just Yanzhou City, Tang Xian of Liangzhou Mansion is afraid that he will also take action! has been tricked twice by Xu Jie, if he hasn't made a move, it would be really strange. Wei Dong said with a smile.

Zhao Xun couldn't help but shake his head, speaking of which, the first time this Tang Army envoy was tricked, it was related to himself. However, in any case, now Xu Jie and Tang Xian are completely hostile. If Tang Xian wants to seize the land of Yanzhou, he will have to rely on force to solve it. Then, the first enemy in the south of the Xiaoguo Army will not have the opportunity to develop and grow steadily. Needless to say, the Xuzhou Army naturally has no choice, then, a battle between Xu Jie, and the Wuwei Army is inevitable nine times out of ten. How to reverse the defeat of the Wuwei Army and the Shence Army in the Yanzhou Mansion Army, as well as obtain benefits in the Mansion Army, is what Zhao Xun is thinking about now.

"Adults! The governor of the Governor's Mansion, Shi Fengzi Mingfeng, came to visit! At this moment, the guards outside the palace reported.

"Feng Ziming? What is he doing with us at this time? Even if he asks us for help, he knows that we can't intervene in the current situation in Yanzhou. Lin Menglong frowned and said.

"Go and invite Lord Wind in, just come here!" Zhao Xun said lightly to the guards.

"It seems that Feng Ziming has seen the essence of Xu Jie, and knows that he is unreliable." Zhao Xun said with a smile.

"What does the lord mean that Feng Ziming is not ready to serve Xu Jie?" Lin Menglong said in surprise.

Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "The Yanzhou Mansion Army has now entered the Jedi. Fengzi Ming is not effective, and it can't change the ending. Only Xu Jie could decide the direction of the Yanzhou army's advance, not him. As for what he thinks, it depends on his rhetoric for a while. ”

"Master Li, we're meeting again!" Seeing Zhao Xun, Feng Ziming said in a deep voice, deliberately accentuating the accent on top of the Li character.

"Lord Wind! Li didn't expect that at this time, in this kind of weather, Lord Feng neither handled the official affairs of the Governor's Mansion, nor did he take a rest at home, but came to us. Wind-sama, please! Zhao Xun said lightly. Feng Ziming raised the corners of his eyebrows slightly, and didn't say anything.

After the three of them sat down, Zhao Xun looked at the scene in the rain along the window by himself, while Lin Menglong sipped tea unhurriedly. Feng Ziming wanted to say something, but looking at the appearance of the two, the corners of his mouth only twitched, and he couldn't say anything.

"Lord Feng, you still have lost confidence in Xu Jie, Xu Dudu, haven't you?" Suddenly, Feng Ziming's voice sounded in his ears, interrupting the question he was thinking about in his heart.

"Oh...... What the? Feng Ziming asked suspiciously.

"Xu Dudu has no ambition or courage, and more importantly, now he is still dizzy, and he doesn't know where he should go. Having said that, for you Yanzhou Mansion Army, in fact, the alliance between Xu Jie and Tang Xian is the best way. Tang Xian and you are the ones with a weak foundation among all the forces in the land of Yanzhou. Wouldn't it be good to join forces with Tang Xian without worrying about being annexed by each other, connecting the weak and weak, and chasing the south together? Zhao Xun said slowly.

"Lord Governor......"

"You, the governor of Yanzhou, Xu Jie, if you don't have the courage to emulate the monarch of Shu and Tang Xian, you shouldn't have to go against the Wuwei army. Wouldn't it be nice to surrender to the Armed Guards? Since there is a heart to be the master of one side, there is no turning back. The Wu Weijun did not accept it, and now they have become enemies. Situ Lei can't give practical support, and of course, he can't give it. Tang Xian was angered by you again, tsk...... The Yanzhou government army is in danger! Zhao Xun interrupted Feng Ziming's words and said with a sneer.

Feng Ziming was speechless for a while, not knowing what to say.

"Lord Feng, can you think of the way out of the Yanzhou Mansion Army, and think of the way out for the people of Yanzhou City under the watering of this raindrop?" Zhao Xun asked with a smile.

Feng Ziming's face was straight, he paused slowly, and said: "Master Li is too worried, I, Feng Ziming, am just a small governor of the Governor's Mansion, this is a major matter related to the Yanzhou Mansion Army, but it is not something I can do." How is the above arrangement, I will naturally follow the order. By the way, Lord Li, since the battle in the land of Yanzhou is about to start, this Yanzhou city may also fall into the flames of war, why hasn't the Commercial Division of the Xiaoguo Army evacuated? Master Li still hasn't evacuated yet? Could it be that Lord Li is also interested in the battle of Yanzhou City? ”

Zhao Xun leaned forward slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Feng, do you think it's useful to test me now?" I am an outsider, and for me, the land of Yanzhou, whether it is or not, has nothing to lose to me. But for you, can you bear it? ”

Feng Ziming's face changed a few times, looked at Zhao Xun, and said, "Li Feng is not your destiny!" Now that you're here, why don't you tell who you are? ”

"Does this matter? It doesn't matter what you are, does it! Zhao Xun said lightly.

Feng Ziming was aggrieved for a while, he always felt that he was suppressed by this young man named Li Feng, but what the other party said was not unreasonable, and he had nothing to say.

"Well, I don't care about that. So, may I ask Lord Li, in your opinion, what should I do with the Yanzhou Mansion Army? Feng Ziming said in a deep voice.

Zhao Xun smiled and said, "Can you be the master of the Yanzhou Mansion Army?" Wait until you're ready! ”

Feng Ziming's face suddenly became a little pale, and the other party's words were obvious, as long as Xu Jie's position was the governor, no matter how well he planned here, it would be useless, it was completely utopian. Because, Xu Jie would not follow his steps at all.

"You asked me to get rid of Xu Jie? That's impossible! Feng Ziming said in a trembling voice.

Zhao Xun smiled: "No, it's not to get rid of him, but to give orders on his behalf!" What do you think? Can it be done? As long as you replace Xu Jie, the problem is actually very simple, isn't it? You've thought of these things a long time ago, but you don't want to change where you want to go. ”

Feng Ziming shook his head and said, "No, give orders on his behalf?" Isn't it just to get rid of him? Otherwise, do you think that just by putting him under house arrest, you can order the Yanzhou government army? The power in Xu Jie's hands is definitely not something I can resist. ”

Zhao Xun laughed and said, "Sure enough, you have long thought about replacing Xu Jie, but you are just worried that you won't be able to play him." ”

Feng Ziming's face sank, and he said, "Even so, I definitely didn't think about replacing him." As he spoke, a little gratitude appeared on Feng Ziming's face, "I don't dare to say that I am reused by the governor, but the governor Xu is indeed kind to me." I also considered putting him under house arrest and resolving the situation in Yanzhou first. However, the success rate is extremely low. ”

Zhao asked: "So, Lord Feng, what are the soldiers and horses that you can control in your hands?" Own! ”

Feng Ziming smiled bitterly: "There are 10,000 people under my control, and only about 5,000 are really controlled, and the remaining 5,000 are still distributed after the Governor purged the spies a month ago." These 5,000 people, it stands to reason, are temporarily placed in my name, and will be redistributed when the new lieutenant is selected. Speaking of which, the current government army is no longer a government army, and the establishment has begun to move closer to the guard army. ”

"Five thousand, things are not easy! But it's not impossible! Zhao Xun said with a smile.

Feng Ziming's eyes lit up and said, "Oh? Please teach me, Master Lee! I can't thank you enough! ”

Zhao inquired: "Although it is not good for my Xiaoguo army at all, the stable Yanzhou is still good for our commercial department. ”

Feng Ziming secretly pursed his mouth, no good? If it didn't work, your Xiaoguo army would run here in a daze? Do you want the land of Yanzhou to fall into the hands of the Wuwei Army, or rather, you don't want to fall into the hands of Murong Cheng. Of course, Feng Ziming will not say this face to face.

"That is, kill the messenger of Situ Lei! Repair the Xuzhou Army and the Tang Army, and a little concession is worth it! Your biggest enemy now is the Wuwei Army, the Tang Army is second, and the Xuzhou Army is not to worry. Zhao Xun said in a deep voice.

"This ......," Feng Ziming pondered. Speaking of which, he didn't have the idea of killing Situ Wen, but how to explain to Xu Jie afterwards, how to make Xu Jie accept to reconcile with Tang Jun and Xuzhou Jun, and how to make Tang Jun no longer angry about the first two things are also difficult to solve.

At this moment, Wei Dong walked over quickly and said in a deep voice: "My lord, the war in Liangzhou Mansion has started!" ”

Zhao Xun had expected this situation for a long time, and he was not too surprised. Feng Ziming, who was pondering, said urgently, "What's the matter? How was the battle of Liangzhou Mansion? ”

Under Zhao Xun's instructions, Wei Dong told the information that the Xiaoguo Army had obtained.

Since the last time, in order to wash away the suspicion on his body, Xu Jie asked the government army to send troops to raid the Tang army, defeated the Tang army in Gucheng, and recovered Gucheng County. Since then, the two armies have been at peace with each other. Subsequently, Tang Xian sent his subordinate Ling He to Yanzhou City to negotiate peace with Xu Jie, preparing for the weak alliance of the two armies, working together to attack the Wei army and the Xuzhou army in the south.

After the first Tang army envoy was tricked, Tang Xian was not in a hurry to get angry at the government army, and was still waiting for Yanzhou City's return. But the Don Army was not unprepared. All units of the Tang Army, while strictly reorganizing training, gathered military supplies. On the one hand, it collected information on the counties of Liangzhou, and planted spies in the counties to buy off the unwilling and money-greedy officers in the army.

This time, the envoy of the Tang Army was played with again, and Ling He also left in a rage. However, the captains of the government army of Liangzhou Mansion were not prepared, and when they came, they did not get information about Yanzhou City. Second, I didn't expect Tang Jun to make any moves.

As a result, less than three days after Ling He left Yanzhou City, and before he left the territory of the Fu Army, the Tang army attacked on a large scale. In just a few days, under the response of Neiying and the slogan of some tax reductions and exemptions of the Tang Army, the four counties of Gucheng, Linyi, Leping, and Faping were all lost. Only the southernmost one, and the last to get the news, that the two counties of Liaocheng and Boping, which had been prepared, had not yet been taken by the Tang army. But judging from the current situation of the Tang army and the reaction of the government army, it is not a difficult problem to take these two counties.

"How so?" Feng Ziming said in a lost voice.

Zhao Xun snorted coldly: "Do you think Tang Xian is a soft persimmon?" Even Ding Qiang, the general of the New Armed Guard, did not dare to insult him. The envoys sent by him Tang Xian have been humiliated in your Yanzhou City repeatedly, if he doesn't react at all, then it's weird! Since your Yanzhou government army is not united with him, then he also knows the current situation of your Yanzhou government army. Rather than giving it to Murong Cheng for nothing, it is better to start first and then talk about the stronger part. It's just the beginning now, if it really fights with the Wuwei Army, even the Xuzhou Army, which has always been weak, will also show its fangs and take a few bites in Yanzhou. You, think it out for yourself. ”

Zhao Xun was also a little annoyed by Tang Xian's rapid offensive, if Tang Xian really saw the benefits of this kind of siege, as well as the weakness of the government army, I am afraid that it will be out of control, and it will be difficult to appease him at that time. Then, if you want to plan in the land of Yanzhou, it will be more difficult.

Feng Ziming left Lin Menglong's mansion in despair, even if the raindrops fell on him, he was indifferent. The guards around him didn't know what was going on with their adults, and how they came to the mansion of the Xiaoguo Army officials and became like this.

"Lord, this wind is not simple! If things are really allowed to go on like this, I am afraid that the land of Yanzhou will really be divided between two parties, or even three parties. That's a bit of a bad situation for us. Wei Dong whispered.

Zhao Xun sighed and said, "There is no way, this Feng Ziming can't make up his mind, and we can only watch." However, even if the Tang Army and the Wuwei Army divide Yanzhou equally, they will not coexist peacefully, and it is much better than the Wuwei Army monopolizing it. If you really have to do it, you can only assist the Tang Army and counterattack the Wuwei Army. ”

Sure enough, in the evening, Xu Jie sent someone to invite Feng Ziming to enter the Governor's Mansion to discuss matters. When he saw Xu Jie, Feng Ziming found that Xu Jie's spirit was not as heroic as he was a month ago. A month ago, when Xu Jie dealt with the internal spies, how heroic he was, and now, he is already like an old man who needs someone to support him. There seem to be more wrinkles on the forehead, and there seems to be a lot more gray hair between the temples. Seeing this, Feng Ziming couldn't help but sigh in his heart. And Xu Jie's cronies and staff often handle some confidential matters for Xu Jie, and Ji Yun, who has supervision and intelligence, is also here.

The last time he saw Ji Yun, Feng Ziming felt that this person was stable and different from ordinary people, and it seemed that nothing would surprise him. But now, he also seems to be full of sadness.

You didn't expect that after you went out for half a month, Yanzhou City almost changed. Looking at Ji Yun with a bitter face, Feng Ziming thought secretly.

"Sit down, all the generals! Ji Yun, let's talk about the emergency military information I just received! Xu Jie said bitterly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have just received a report on the battle in the north, and it is information about the Liangzhou Mansion. Five days ago, the Tang army attacked the counties of Liangzhou. When the information came, except for Liaocheng and Boping counties, which were still in the hands of our army, the rest of the counties were taken by the Tang army. Ji Yun said in a deep voice.

"What?"

"Tang Jun'an dares to do this?"

Dozens of lieutenant officers said angrily in unison, either angry, surprised, or frightened.

"Although Sanyang Prefecture has sent reinforcements to support these two counties, the situation is still not good. The Great War has begun, and if you want to settle down, it will not be possible at that time. From now on, all the ministries have stepped up their preparations for war, and I don't want anything to go wrong. Those small actions of yours, on weekdays, I can not care about it, but now the situation is different, if anyone drags me back again, he will not be forgiven! Xu Jie said sharply.

Ji Yun continued: "Presumably, you already have some understanding of the current situation of the Yanzhou Mansion Army, if you think that you can't lead the army to fight, you can bring it up now, so as not to regret it when you get it." Now that you bring it up, Lord Governor will not care, and will arrange for capable people to take office, replace you, and fight to the death in the land of Yanzhou. If you don't bring it up now, if anyone dares to delay the military plane in the future, then you can blame the official for being ruthless. ”

Ji Yun said this, and there was no way to do it. No matter how the Yanzhou government army is reorganized, its essence is still the government army, and its officers were originally the captains of various prefectures and counties. Most of them are officials who have never been on the battlefield, not even military generals, and some are close to civilian officials. It's okay on weekdays, training and training, and there is nothing to do. But now, the situation is urgent, and if these people are still allowed to go to war, the results will not be much better.

At this time, Feng Ziming was also shocked. At this time, he found out that the government army was really so unbearable, and it was really as the young man named Li Feng said, the government army and the Tang army were the weakest. If the Tang army is in a small territory, if the government army has a lot of troops and a large territory, there are almost few people who are really capable.