In the palace of King Liang in Luoyang, Wan He had already gathered all his subordinates, even Li Jing and others, who had just returned to Luoyang, to gather in the conference hall to discuss the matter of dealing with Luo Yi's army to the south this time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Wan He was high, but his face was gloomy, and he was now listening to Qin Qiong read out the situation from Liyang Du Fuwei. First of all, it is fortunate that Du Fuwei did not betray Wan He's intentions, but Du Fuwei did not send soldiers and horses to aid Wan He, but accumulated his Chu army, and actually wanted to go south to attack Xiao Miao!

When the Chu army and the Liang army were in the alliance in Hebei, Kan Ling, the general of the Chu army on behalf of Du Fuwei, asked Li Jing to ask the Liang army to assist the Chu army in conquering Xiao Milling. It's just that later there was a great defeat in the plains, and the Chu army was also beaten to pieces, and fled back to Liyang in a hurry, and even Wang Xiongsao, the general of the Chu army, was killed on the battlefield. Originally, I thought that Du Fuwei had suffered a great loss of vitality after this battle, and he had long forgotten the idea of continuing to go south, but he didn't expect that Du Fuwei was quietly ready to go south!

After listening to Qin Qiong's words, Wan He's face was also pale, although Du Fuwei did not betray himself openly, but Du Fuwei did not listen to orders at this time and sent troops south without permission, what is the difference between betraying himself? However, Wan He was finally able to hold back his temper and said in a deep voice: "As far as I know, there are more than 100,000 strong soldiers under Xiao Miao!" Du Fuwei's strength was originally on par with Xiao Miao, this time he suddenly sent troops, did he have the certainty of victory? ”

Hearing Wan He ask such a question, Qin Qiong's face suddenly became very ugly, hesitated for a moment, and said: "According to the report of the spies, Du Fuwei suddenly sent troops this time because he had already contacted a powerful ally, the King of Louluo in Liukou Dengzhou and Xiangyang, Zhu Cang!" ”

When the last name was pronounced, Qin Qiong almost gritted his teeth and pronounced the last two words, and when Qin Qiong pronounced the name, the faces of everyone present became extremely ugly, even Li Jing, who had always been good-tempered. As for Wan He, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then his face became even more ugly than before, and he snorted in a deep voice: "What are you talking about, is it the ogre king Zhu Cang?" ”

Zhu Cang, who was originally a county official of the Great Sui, rebelled at the end of the Great Cause, and was a well-known anti-king in the south, once gathered 200,000 rebels! It's just that later Wagangzhai made a strong move, and Zhu Cang gradually shifted the battle line to the Jiangnan area. Although they are both anti-army, Zhu Cang has never relied on other anti-kings, nor has he had an alliance with other anti-kings, this is not because Zhu Cang's strength is not enough, nor is it because Zhu Cang has an arrogant personality and is unwilling to cooperate with others, but Zhu Cang's reputation is indeed not good!

Zhu Cang calls himself the King of Louluo, but he has a louder nickname, which is the "Ogre King" that Wan He shouted just now! The nickname of this ogre king is not an adjective, but a real name, Zhu Cang's biggest hobby, that is, cannibalism!

At the beginning, when Wagangzhai did not have a strong alliance against the king, Zhu Cang was in trouble in the area of Haozhou, and later moved to Xiangyang and Dengzhou, and at that time, Xiangyang and Dengzhou were short of food, so Zhu Cang often caught folk children and cooked them! Zhu Cang even said to his subordinates: "The most beautiful food in the world is not more than human flesh, as long as there are people in the country, I don't have to worry about not having military rations!" To this end, Zhu often ordered his subordinates to capture women and children, steam them and distribute them to the soldiers for dinner. Every time he captured a town, Zhu Cang sent orders to forcibly conscript the strong men into the army, and distribute the weak men and women to the various departments, and kill and eat them when needed. When Zhu Cang's army was at its strongest, every time he conquered a city, there would definitely be nothing in that city!

It is precisely because of Zhu Can's notoriety that even if Zhu Cang was powerful at that time, Zhai Rang and Li Mi of Wagangzhai never thought of pulling him into the anti-Sui alliance, so as not to be discredited! But now, Du Fuwei actually joined forces with Zhu Cang, completely ignoring Zhu Can's notoriety! And even if Du Fuwei doesn't scruples, Wan He is scruples! Don't forget, Du Fuwei's current identity as the king of Chu is Wan Hefeng, and what Du Fuwei did is, to a certain extent, on behalf of Wan He! He is now joining forces with Zhu Cang, and when he sees it to the world, it is very likely that he will say that it is Wanhe who joins forces with Zhu Cang! Now Wanhe's reputation will also be stinky, no wonder Wanhe's face is so ugly!

"Humph!" Immediately, the teenager Xue Wanche couldn't help but pat his thigh, and when he stood up, he shouted angrily: "Du Fuwei is so bold!" Dare to join forces with Zhu Cang! Isn't he afraid that his back will be broken by the people of the world? ”

"Lord Wang!" And Fang Xuanling also stood up and said to Wan He: "My subordinates think that they should immediately issue an announcement to the world, showing that the prince has nothing to do with Du Fuwei!" This Zhu Cang's reputation must not be implicated, otherwise, it will be a great disadvantage to the prestige of the prince! ”

It's no wonder that Fang Xuanling is so nervous, now Wanhe's reputation can even be said to surpass the previous Yang Guang, the emperor of the Great Sui! If this trend continues, at a certain time, even if Wan He usurps the country of the Great Sui, not many people will object! And all of this comes from Wanhe's good reputation! If Wanhe's good reputation is ruined because of a Zhu Cang, it will really be wronged!

Wan He obviously also knew what Fang Xuanling meant, and nodded again and again and said: "That's right, I'll leave this matter to you, by the way, as far as I know, Mr. Shang's eldest son, Shang Lu, is very talented, so you might as well leave this announcement to him to write!" ”

The Shang Lu mentioned by Wan He is the eldest young master of the merchant who fled back from Chang'an with Wan He last time, since Shang Ruyun and his son returned to Luoyang with Wan He, Wan He has also made proper arrangements for their father and son. Of course, Wan He will not show favoritism, and casually arrange fat shortages for the businessman's father and son, so Wanhe also let Shang Lu as a representative of the merchant and enter the court as an official. This time it happened to be handed over to Shang Lu to do, as long as Shang Lu did a good job, then Wan He would have an excuse to promote him.

Hearing Wan He say this, Fang Xuanling also nodded immediately, knowing in his heart. He also knew the businessman's father and son, and naturally knew that Shang Lu's writing was good, and it was more than enough to write an announcement, so Fang Xuanling naturally had no doubts, and immediately bowed, wrote down Wanhe's instructions, and then sat back in his place.

Immediately afterwards, Wan He turned his head again and said to Qin Qiong: "Where is Du Fuwei's army now?" ”

Qin Qiong immediately replied: "Du Fuwei took the general Ximen Junyi as the vanguard, personally led an army of 70,000, and just sent troops to Liyang!" And Zhu Cang's soldiers and horses have also conquered Jiujiang and are resting in Jiujiang! Du Fuwei seems to be going to rendezvous with Zhu Cang in Yuzhang, and then join forces and point directly at Yueyang! As for Liyang City, it was garrisoned by Kan Ling, the general of Du Fuwei! ”

"Hmm!" After listening to Qin Qiong's report, Wan He frowned and thought for a moment, then turned his head to look at Li Jing, this matter of marching and fighting, that is to be done by talent, although Wan He has changed a lot in recent times, but this kind of professional matter, you still have to ask experts. Therefore, Wan He also came to the shameless question: "How does General Li think to deal with it?" ”

Li Jing hesitated for a moment and said, "Lord Wang! According to the current situation, it is okay for the prince to dissociate himself from Du Fuwei and Zhu Cang, but if he tears his face with Du Fuwei, it is absolutely inappropriate! Of course, our army is not afraid of Du Fuwei and Zhu Cang, but now our army is mainly facing the coalition of Luo Yi and the three anti-kings of Bianguan! If Du Fuwei is persecuted too much now, then when our army fights with Luo Yi's army, Du Fuwei is likely to send troops to attack Luoyang, in that case, Luoyang will be in danger! ”

"Hey——!" Hearing Li Jing's words, Wan He couldn't help but sigh, and he was depressed in his heart! When he took in Du Fuwei, he never thought that Du Fuwei would become a big tumor for himself, and he couldn't get rid of it. Attacking Chang'an before, it was because of Du Fuwei's threat that Wan He did not dare to go all out, if Wan He could shoot 200,000 troops to attack Chang'an, why be afraid of Li Shimin's trick?

Seeing Wan He's appearance, the eldest grandson Wuji also hurriedly stepped forward to persuade: "Don't worry, from the perspective of your subordinates, although the combined forces of Du Fuwei and Zhu Cang are strong, Xiao Miao's strength is not weak!" Xiao Milling started the army at the end of the great cause, and after several years of development, the Jiangnan area has already been managed by him like an iron bucket! The combined forces of Du Fuwei and Zhu Cang are only 150,000 or 60,000, and if you want to defeat Xiao Miao, I'm afraid it's not so easy! The lord can wait for Du Fuwei, Zhu Cang and Xiao Mo to defeat each other, and then send troops to Jiangnan to reap the benefits of the fisherman! Of course, before that, the prince can take the opportunity to concentrate on dealing with Luo Yi first! After pacifying Luo Yi and the three anti-kings of the border pass, then our army can pacify the north, solve the worries, and then concentrate on dealing with Li Shimin! ”

"It's come to this, and that's the only way it can be!" In fact, Wan He himself understood these truths, and the sigh before was just because he was depressed. Immediately, Wan He also nodded slightly, and then raised his head again and said, "Then what do you think our army should do to deal with Luo Yi's army?" ”

In fact, this is the real purpose of Wan He to convene everyone to discuss this time, Luo Yi's army has already captured Hedong, and now it is possible to attack Hongnong south at any time and approach Luoyang. Therefore, the Luo Yi army in front of Wanhe is the enemy that Wanhe really wants to guard against! As soon as Wan He said this, Cheng Yanjin and Luo Shixin stood up almost at the same time, and shouted at Wan He is fist: "Lord Wang! The last general is willing to lead his troops to meet the enemy! ”