I don't know how long it took, Director Wang finally put down the teacup and said leisurely: "Your Majesty, but are you worried about the general?" ”

"Those who know me, Mao Hongya!"

Sima Rui was stunned for a moment, and then bowed his head slightly: "It's similar to Maohong's expectations, although I didn't come specifically for the general, but this matter also started because of him. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

After speaking, he explained in detail the causes and consequences of Zhou Zha's defection to Wang Dun, and then said sincerely: "Maohong, I know that you have always been resourceful and decisive, and you are also known as Jiangdong Guan Yiwu, do you think this matter is true or false, does Zhou Za really have the courage to betray the imperial court?" Isn't he afraid to destroy his whole people? ”

When Director Wang heard this, he pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, even if this matter is not true, it is by no means groundless. Zhou Za has always been timid and afraid, how dare he offend the general? Therefore, in the face of the general's solicitation, Zhou Za definitely did not dare to openly refuse. Even the minister was worried that in the future, once the general soldiers came to the city, the timid and fearful Zhou Za would give up Stone City when he saw that the general was powerful. ”

"In this way, even if Zhou Zha did not betray the imperial court, he could not be trusted?"

At this time, Sima Rui's face was ugly, and when he thought of the serious consequences of the unstable defense line of Stone City, he suddenly sweated. If at first he was just angry because he was betrayed, then at the moment he was a little frightened. It turned out that Jian Ye seemed to be stable, but in fact he was already sitting on the tip of a knife, and he could be attacked at any time.

The Son of Heaven was no longer arrogant at the moment, and bowed to Wang Daoshen and said, "Please teach Maohong, and I will listen to you." ”

Director Wang hurriedly stepped forward to help the Son of Heaven and sighed: "Right now, all parties in Jiangdong are about to move, and it is really not appropriate for the imperial court to punish Zhou Zavain, so as not to force the Jiangzuo family to fall to the side of the general." Therefore, the minister thought that this matter could only be loosened on the outside and tightened on the inside, and His Majesty might as well strengthen the defense of Jianye on the one hand, and secretly make arrangements for Stone Town as soon as possible, so as not to be caught off guard when there are changes in the future. ”

Sima Rui nodded and sighed: "This is the only way to do it now, and please ask Maohong to sit in Jianye and be fully responsible for all affairs!" ”

In order to protect Jianye, Sima Rui gave up and entrusted the power to Director Wang. I have to say that he is beautiful with this hand, Wang Dao is different from Wang Dun, his temperament is generous, and he is deeply respected by the northern and southern families.

When many forces heard that Wang Dao was reused, they moved closer to the imperial court, which invisibly expanded the influence of the imperial court.

In addition, after careful investigation, Sima Rui found that although Zhou Za did not explicitly express his intention to defect to Wang Dun, the other party did not seem to have the slightest loyalty to the imperial court, especially resentment towards the Sima royal family. In the future, once the rebels come to attack, the timid Zhou Zha is likely to surrender the city directly, as Wang Dao said.

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When Sima Rui was doing everything possible to guard against Wang Dun, Wang Dun was not idle, and he was making final preparations for a rebellion.

Of course, the rebellion could not be decided by him alone, as soon as the Spring Festival ended, Wang Dun brought his confidants Shen Chong, Qian Feng, Deng Yue, and Zhou Fu to discuss the final plan of action.

Shen Chong was born in a wealthy family, was brave and brave, and was the number one thug under Wang Dun, shouldering the heavy task of occupying the granary of Jiangdong - Wuxing for Wang Dun.

As for Deng Yue, he is a general, second only to Shen Chong under Wang Dun, and often serves as the vanguard of the army.

And Qian Feng was the mastermind of Wang Dun and one of the most active people under Wang Dun in the rebellion.

Looking at Shen Chong, who is nearly tall and majestic, as well as Deng Yue, who is bright in armor and has a calm bearing, and Qian Feng who is holding Zhizhu, Wang Dun is quite unconvinced: "It is said that the Wei family kid has a lot of talents, and now it seems that I have Shen Chong, Qian Feng, and Deng Yue under my command, and it is not much worse than that Wei Shuo." ”

Among the other three people present, there is nothing, only Zhou Fu's son Zhou Fu is the most special, he has only come to Wang Dun in the past two years. It is said that his father Zhou Wan had a conflict with Wang Dun, and Zhou Fu should not get too close to Wang Dun, which is inseparable from the Son of Heaven.

When Zhou Wan died of illness, Zhou Fu intended to take over his father's position and sit in Xiangyang, but who knew that the Son of Heaven actually ordered Xi Jian to take over, but appointed Zhou Fu as the Taishou of Wuchang, trying to use the contradiction between Zhou and Wang to let Zhou Fu deal with Wang Dun.

But Zhou Fu is not stupid, Wuchang is Wang Dun's lair, and Wang Dun is not a good man and a woman, Wang Ling, the original son of the Langya Wang family, is Wang Dun's cousin, because he is dissatisfied with Wang Dun's rebellion, he always makes sarcastic remarks, and was assassinated by Wang Dun.

If Zhou Fu dared to make trouble on Wang Dun's territory, Wang Dun would never let him go.

Therefore, after Zhou Fu received the will of the Son of Heaven, he immediately wrote to Wang Dun, saying that he had no intention of becoming an enemy of him.

Wang Dun was very happy to receive Zhou Fu's letter, and he saw Zhou Fu's resentment against the imperial court.

So Wang Dun pushed the boat to attract Zhou Fu to join his own camp, although Zhou Fu was far inferior to his father in commanding the army, but he was not an ordinary person, and his size was also a talent.

And Zhou Fu was originally dissatisfied with the imperial court, and under Wang Dun's provocation and co-optation, he naturally joined Wang Dun's command.

This time, Sima Rui, the son of heaven, completely failed, not only failed to install chess pieces in Wang Dun's lair, but also lost a leading talent who could take charge of himself.

Wang Dun looked at his subordinates, and his originally nervous mood calmed down unconsciously, but the expression on his face was still a little dignified.

Seeing Wang Dun's contemplative expression, Qian Feng couldn't help but ask, "Lord, I don't know what you called me to wait for today?" ”

Wang Dun did not answer Qian Feng directly, but asked Qian Feng instead: "Shiyi, how do you think our army can take Jianye in the shortest possible time?" ”

Qian Feng's eyes lit up and he said excitedly: "Is the lord going to raise troops?" ”

Wang Dun bowed his head slightly and said: "Well, I thought about it and found that only by raising troops as soon as possible can we seek the greatest benefits." ”

Qian Feng was completely excited at this time, in fact, he had long wanted to instigate Wang Dun to raise troops, but Wang Dun had always been hesitant, and now he had finally made up his mind.

Wang Dun waved his hand to stop his excited subordinates, and said solemnly: "Don't be too happy, this matter is very important, and if we are not careful, we will fall into a place of no return." Just in case, we have to come up with a foolproof solution. ”

"Although I have made up my mind to raise troops on the side of the Qing monarch, to be honest, I am still a little worried about Gan Zhuo, Sima Cheng, Tao Kan, Xi Jian and other generals, these people are either confidants of the Son of Heaven, or they have always been at odds with us. In particular, Xi Jian, who is located in Xiangyang, happens to be in the upper reaches of Wuchang, and if he swims down, he can easily threaten the rear of our army. ”

"The lord is actually not worried." Deng Yue suddenly spoke.

"Oh? Could it be that Boshan has a clever plan to deal with Xi Jian? ”

"Well, my lord, in fact, we don't need to worry too much about Xi Jian, although Xi Jian is brave and good at fighting, because he was born in the north and is only good at land warfare, as long as the lord sends elite sailors to intercept it, he will definitely be able to minimize his threat."

"That's right, my lord, Boshan is very reasonable, Xi Jian is only good at land warfare, and the main force of the Jiangdong Navy Division is now in the hands of the lord, as long as some warships are sent, it is enough to block Xi Jian on the Yangtze River. The next point is, how can the army take Jianye in the shortest possible time? ”

Qian Feng's words made everyone, including Wang Dun, suddenly cheer up, and finally Wang Dun couldn't help but ask: "Shiyi has a clever plan?" ”

"Lord, if you want to capture Jianye, you must first take Stone City, and Zhou Zha, the defender of Stone City, has always been stingy and timid. I heard that in Zhou Za's storehouse, there are a batch of well-made weapons, and he would rather put them in the warehouse to be moldy and rusty, but he would rather give them to soldiers for use, what can a person like him do? ”

"As long as the army is in Stone City, the minister dares to guarantee that Zhou Zha will definitely not dare to raise troops to resist, and then only the general will appear under the city, and he is afraid that Zhou Zha will not open the door and surrender?"

Wang Dun listened to Qian Feng's words, and suddenly became more confident in the rebellion, and couldn't help laughing: "I have all the kings to help, why worry about the big thing?" Even if the Liaodong Army intervenes, I am not afraid! ”

Shen Chong smiled contemptuously when he heard this, and pretended to be relaxed: "The lord is too worried, now that Liaodong is fighting with Shile, how can he interfere in Jiangdong at this time?" ”

When Qian Feng heard this, he also echoed: "That's right, I think that Liaodong is unlikely to directly intervene in Jiangdong, not to mention that the two sides are separated by the vast sea, as General Shen said, there is still Shile in Liaodong that has not been solved, and Da Sima will definitely not risk being attacked by Shile to go south to Jiangzuo." ”

When Wang Dun heard this, he was still a little worried: "To be honest, what I'm most worried about is Liaodong, if Liaodong intervenes in the Jiangdong dispute, we will have to be cautious." (To be continued.) )