I'm afraid that even Wei Shuo didn't expect that he only gave a white deer pet to King Langya, but King Langya was happy to promote his official position from the fourth rank to the third grade.

It's just that King Langya may have been happy for a while, but it once again annoyed Wang Dun, who now holds the military power in Jiangdong.

Since Wang Dun ascended to the throne as the general of Zhendong, and supervised the military affairs of Jiang, Yang, Jing, Hunan, Jiao, and Guangzhou, as well as the history of Jiangzhou, he began to choose his own officials, and the traces of autocratic power gradually appeared, and the heart of committing crimes began.

After the news of Wei Shuo's promotion came out, Wang Dun believed that this was Sima Rui's further expansion of local power in order to suppress the growing power of the Langya Wang clan. With Wang Dun's strong character, he would not let King Langya calmly expand his strength, and he also stepped up the pace of controlling the local government, and at the beginning he aimed at one of the gateways to Jiangdong, Jingzhou

Jiangdong, which is located in a remote corner, has two very important gateways: Jing and Yangzhou.

Yangzhou is the center of the region, the area of wealth, called "inner household".

Jingzhou is a gathering of soldiers, and is in a rich place, with considerable financial resources, with a soldier and wealth, can shield Yangzhou, known as "Wai Yan".

As long as the two prefectures of Jing and Yang are mastered, they will basically control the overall situation of Jiangdong.

As early as the beginning, King Langya and Wang Dun launched several open and secret battles between the two places.

It is impossible for Wang Dun, who is good at calculation, not to realize the importance of Jing and Yang's military natural hazards.

At this time, the palace was discussing the candidate for the Jingzhou Thorn History, and the candidate who was originally the preferred candidate of King Langya was Tao Kan, and Wang Dun did not express any objections before, but now Wang Dun is ready to abandon Tao Kan.

Soon, Wang Dun dismissed Tao Kan from his position as the assassin of Jingzhou on the grounds that Tao Kan had been defeated and lost his division in the process of counterinsurgency, moved him to the left of Guangzhou Assassin, and then arranged for his younger brother Wang Ji to be the assassin of Jingzhou.

Unsurprisingly, the power struggle within Koto has once again affected the situation in various places. Among them, the most affected is undoubtedly Zu Ti, who is planning the great cause of the Northern Expedition.

For Zu Ti's persistent Northern Expedition, no one in Jiangdong expressed support. Even King Langya has changed from the previous limited support to overt support and covert obstruction.

In fact, at the beginning, King Langya also had high hopes for Zu Ti, hoping that Zu Ti could become a barrier in the north of Yangzhou and act as an important force to restrain Wang Dun. It's a pity that later, Zu Ti made a series of ********. Let King Langya become more and more estranged from him.

Especially at the beginning, Zu Ti ignored King Langya's feelings and resolutely stood up to express his support for Emperor Chang'an's will, which completely angered King Langya. In addition, King Langya can't interfere with the 'group of family troops' under Zu Ti, so he will not support Zu Ti.

Huaiyin City, in the Thorn History Mansion, the three Zu Li brothers sat opposite each other with heavy hearts, and just now the three brothers discussed the current situation, and they were all disappointed by the great cause of the Northern Expedition with an uncertain future......

Finally, Zuyo said impatiently, "Brother." Are you willing to be trapped in the Jianghuai River for the rest of your life and have nothing to do? What about your previous ambitions? Aren't you determined to sweep through the North and recover the Central Plains? ”

"Zuyo, how can you say that about brother? Didn't my brother want to go on the Northern Expedition? But with our strength alone, not to mention dealing with Shi Le, it is a little difficult to deal with Wang Sang and Zhao Gu in Pengcheng! Do you want to watch your brother kill himself? ”

In the face of Zu Gai's questioning, Zu Yue not only did not restrain but shouted loudly: "But we can't be indifferent all the time, I can see that King Langya and Wang Dun are basically the same dog, they have no intention of helping Baosheji to regain lost territory, but they have always treated our brothers as idiots." Stupidly act as Jiangdong's pawn! ”

Seeing that Zu Yue was emotional and began to talk nonsense, Zu Yu hurriedly scolded: "Zu Yue! Be careful! ”

To be honest, don't look at Zu Yue, he behaves righteously and awe-inspiringly, as if he is a loyal minister. In fact, the reason why he tried his best to instigate the Northern Expedition of his ancestors was nothing more than to take the opportunity to expand the strength of his ancestral family. Nominally, Zu Ti was the general of Xuzhou and Zhenxi, but in fact, the only places that could be managed were the northern part of Guangling County and the eastern counties of Linhuai Kingdom.

Guangling City, an important town in the south of Guangling County, was under the control of King Langya, and the western part of Linhuai Kingdom was controlled by Su Jun, who was guarding Huailing (Su Jun was originally stationed in Guangling, but was later transferred to Huailing by King Langya for his meritorious role in quelling the rebellion to contain Zu Li).

Since Sima Ye's accession to the throne, Zu Ti felt that his constraints were becoming more and more serious. Not only Wang Dun was on the side, but even King Langya no longer supported him as much as before.

For the Northern Expedition, Zu Ti prepared for a full year, which was suspended due to the Yuzhou Rebellion some time ago, and this time he said that he would not stop the Northern Expedition.

"Zugai. Suneshi is still reluctant to join us on the Northern Expedition? Zu Ti was silent for a while, and then turned to Zu Gai and asked.

"Well, Su Neishi said that there must be an order from King Langya to send troops before he agreed to send troops to assist us in the Northern Expedition."

Zu Cai's face was very ugly, which showed how bad Su Jun's attitude was.

I don't know how long it took, Zu Ti suddenly sighed and said, "Alas, Brother Wei still has a vision!" ”

When it comes to Wei Shuo, the three brothers of the ancestral family can't help but feel emotional, two years ago, Wei Shuo was still a small soldier Cao in their eyes. But now? He has been promoted to General Pingbei, Pingzhou Thorn History, and Hudongyi Lieutenant, which is basically the same level as Zu Ti.

At the beginning, Wei Shuo ignored the repeated invitations of Liu Kui, Zu Ti and others, and insisted on leading his subordinates to retreat to the east of Xuzhou. Now that Zu Ti has figured it out, Wei Shuo must have seen that Jiangdong seems to be stable and has a great future, but in fact it is just a quagmire, and once he falls into it, don't think about getting out easily.

If Zu Xiao is full of admiration for Wei Shuo, then Zu Yue is naked envy and jealousy of Wei Shuo. Seeing that Wei Shuo's power had swelled several times in just a few years, and their brothers could only live in Huaiyin, they could not retreat.

"Brother, I'm going to go to Liaodong in the near future!"

"Huh? What are you doing in Liaodong? Ask Master Wei for help? No way! Master Wei is far away in Liaodong, even if he has the heart to help, I am afraid that he will not be able to reach the whip. Besides, Brother Wei has helped us many times, and the situation he faces in Liaodong is not much better than ours, so we can't trouble him anymore. ”

Zu Ti did not agree with Zu Yue's suggestion to go north to Liaodong. Unexpectedly, Zu Gai, who had always been at odds with Zu Yue, unexpectedly expressed the same opinion as Zu Cai.

Seeing that Zu Ti was showing signs of anger, Zu should be busy saying: "Brother, don't worry, and listen to the younger brother's explanation." In fact, the younger brother doesn't say it, and the elder brother understands. Don't look at the elder brother's position in the history of assassination, but in fact, he is constrained everywhere. Unless the elder brother disbands the ancestral army and then returns to Jianye to become a rich man, the elder brother will never get support from Jiang Zuo. ”

"Hindering my brother's Northern Expedition plan is just a means for Jiang Zuo to restrict the expansion of the group's army. If the elder brother is an ambitious person like Wang Dun, he can ignore Jiang Zuo's orders and expand his strength in a big way. But my brother is a loyal man, how can he complete the Northern Expedition under his own hands and feet? ”

"There are constraints inside and there are no reinforcements outside, how can we brothers complete the great cause of the Northern Expedition?"

"Does Brother Xian mean that you want Brother Wei to send troops from the east to contain the Hu people?"

"That's right! Brother, although Lord Wei has transferred most of his troops to Liaodong, he still has thousands of elites stationed in Zhuqi, although it is not enough to bear the burden of a frontal attack, but it can be used to contain the Hu people! Besides, Brother Wei has an unusual status in King Langya's heart, otherwise King Langya would not have insisted on promoting him several times regardless of Wang Dun's face. ”

And this time, Liaodong entered the auspicious white deer, which won the favor of King Langya. Wouldn't it be better if we talked about Lord Dongwei and asked him to say a few good words for our brother in front of King Langya, and take the opportunity to eliminate the misunderstanding between my brother and King Langya? Brother, at the moment, I am willing to say good things for us in front of King Langya, and there is a certain amount of weight, only Brother Wei is the most suitable! ”

"Okay, so let's let Zuyo run!"

The reason why Zu Yue insisted on going to Liaodong was that in addition to asking for help, he also wanted to see how Wei Shuo expanded his own strength, hoping to learn a little experience from it. He didn't have much respect for the imperial court, and he only wanted to expand the strength of his ancestral family. It's just that Zu Yue knew that his brother Zu Yi would definitely not support him in doing this, so he had no choice but to hide his true thoughts in his heart.

A few days later, Zu Yue quietly visited Yangtan, who was still in Jianye, with Zu Yu's handwritten letter, and agreed with Yangtan to return to Liaodong with him. Because Yang Tan had a lot of things to deal with in Jiangdong, they did not return to Liaodong until the end of the year. (To be continued.) )