Cai Bao just put his life on King Langya, but he didn't know that he had already been abandoned as an outcast.

In the case that Yang Jian has been exonerated from the crime, whether it is the family represented by the Wang family or the king of Langya, in order to explain to the outside world, they have made up their minds to use Cai Bao as a scapegoat for the failure of the Northern Expedition.

Cai Bao also realized that he was in danger, and when he was defeated and retreated to Linhuai, he decided to return to Jianye alone and ask King Langya for his guilt, so as to alleviate his guilt.

Just when Cai Bao packed his bags and was about to go south to Jianye to ask for guilt, his new boss Wang Daocong's younger brother and Wang Shu, the military governor of Xu Yanzhu, rushed to Linhuai.

Wang Shu tried his best to stop Cai Bao from going south, and bewitched Cai Bao and said: "The Hu people are going south, Shixuan should temporarily take charge of military affairs and stabilize Xuzhou." After the enemy retreats, it is not too late to go to Jianye to ask King Langya for his guilt. ”

Cai Bao thought that Wang Shu was a disciple of the Langya Wang family, and it was impossible to deceive him with lies, but he didn't expect that Wang Shu had dug a pit and waited for him to jump in.

As a result, Cai Bao, an honest man, happily followed Wang Shu's advice, and failed to return to Jianye in time to ask King Langya for his guilt.

So much so that King Langya thought that Cai Bao was born in a feudal town, and he didn't take him seriously at all, and his heart to kill Cai Bao became more and more determined, and he immediately sent someone to Linhuai to take Cai Bao. And Wang Shu, who originally suggested that Cai Bao not go to Jianye, showed his true colors, and united with the envoy of King Langya to take Cai Bao down at night and send him to Jianye.

As soon as Cai Bao arrived in Jianye, he was ordered to be killed by Sima Rui, and the body was displayed in the Jianye market for three days.

Cai Bao, as the Taishou of Linhuai, is very popular with the local military and civilians. Therefore, when the news of Cai Bao's killing reached Linhuai, the people of Linhuai felt very sorry for it. The generals of the outer domains, led by Zu Ti, Su Jun, Zu Yue, Li Ju, Cao Wei, etc., were completely sympathetic to Cai Bao's plight, and at the same time felt chilled by what King Langya had done.

"Alas! It's a pity that Cai Bao didn't die at the hands of Hu Ren, but was poisoned by his own people! It's sad and lamentable! ”

Thinking of Cai Bao, who died like history, Wei Shuo sighed. Originally, in history, none of the homeless people who lived between the Jianghuai were mediocre. Take Cai Bao as an example, although he is not good at military formation, he is very good at governing the government and securing the people. If he were the king of Langya, he would never let such a talent be lost.

Gao Zhan chuckled when he heard this: "Hehe, wouldn't this be better?" Lord, the Jiangbei Expedition failed, and the king of Langya did not take the real culprit Yang to ask for the crime, but unjustly killed Cai Bao will make the local feudal towns deviate from morality, and then as long as Liaodong uses a little means to win it over, are you afraid that everyone will not fall to Liaodong? ”

"Well, Jingqian's words won my heart, on the surface, the failure of this crusade against Xu Gong was the fault of Yang Jian, but the real reason for the uselessness of the Northern Expedition was caused by Jiangzuo's internal struggle for power and profit."

"Now looking back at the beginning, when Wang Maohong insisted on using Yangjian as the governor of the expedition and tried to grasp the supreme military power in Huainan, we can't help but suspect that Wang Daoshi had selfish intentions. If Yang Jian successfully enters Huainan, he will be able to remote the ancestors to the north and echo Wang Dun to the south. ”

"It's a pity that Yang Jian did nothing, not only wasted the good situation created by Cai Bao because of the victory of Tanqiu, but also caused Cai Bao to die in the end."

"And what Yang Jian has done has once again proved that the famous people of the family selected by the Jiupin Zhongzheng system are just an embroidered pillow with a false appearance!"

"Not only is it not beneficial to the people and the country, but it will also harm others and oneself."

"Judging from the entire course of events, only Cai Taishou began to win the victory in Tanqiu. Later, it was he who advocated active marching, while the other generals did not achieve an inch. Even if the crusade is lost due to major changes in the situation in the end, all the blame should not be placed on Cai Bao's head. ”

"It's a pity that King Langya can't afford to offend the Wang family, so he has to let Wang Dao, Yang Jian and others all go free, and Cai Bao, who was born in the inferior clan, became a substitute for the dead ghost."

As soon as Wei Shuo said this, even Pei Wei, Wen Qiao, Gao Zhan and other bureaucrats from the family were also silent, it was obvious that Wang Dao recommended Yang Jian to lead the troops in the name of Xu Gong of the Northern Expedition, and his motives were not pure at all, and his real purpose was to master the Jiangbei army.

"Lord, no matter whether King Langya has a heart or not, as soon as Cai Bao dies, the heroes of all places will definitely turn away from Jiangzuo, so the opportunity for Liaodong has come! You might as well take advantage of the approaching New Year to invite Li Ju, Cao Wei, Zu Li, Su Jun and others to Jicheng as guests, and contact and contact by the way, so as to lay the foundation for the future integration of Qunhao. ”

After listening to Gao Zhan's suggestion, Wei Shuo's eyes lit up, for the heroes from all over the world, he had already had the intention to pull them to the side of Liaodong, but he didn't start because the time had not come. Now because of the killing of Cai Bao, Qunhao is suspicious of King Langya, which is the opportunity for Liaodong to win over.

"Good! According to the intention of the scene, I immediately sent an invitation to Li Zuti and others in my name, inviting everyone to gather in Jicheng! ”

In the fifth year of Jianxing, in mid-November, not long after the defeat of the Jiangzuo Northern Expedition to Xu Niche, Wei Shuo, the general of Zhenbei, invited Xuzhou Thorn Shi Zuti, Jizhou Thorn Shi Shao Xu, Sizhou Thorn Shi Li Ju, Qingzhou Thorn Shi Cao Wei, Yuzhou Thorn Shi Zuyue, and Suiling Neishi Su Jun to Jicheng for a while.

When the news broke, all parties were shocked!

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Shi Le was worried that Liaodong would unite with various places to crusade against Xiangguo, so he immediately brought Zhang Bin, Kui'an, Xu Guang and others to discuss.

"The lord doesn't have to worry, the minister thinks that Liaodong invites the heroes to gather in Jicheng, and the most worrying thing should not be my Xiangguo."

"Oh? What does Meng Sun mean by this? ”

"Lord, since the news of Cai Bao's death came out, all the heroes from all over the country have felt chills for King Langya. At this critical moment, Liaodong suddenly invited Qunhao to go north, obviously to take the opportunity to win over Qunhao. Wait! It won't be long before Jiang Zuo can't sit still, and the minister is a little curious, I don't know how King Langya should fight back? ”

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Things were as Zhang Bin expected, when King Langya learned that Liaodong invited all the heroes from all over the world to Jicheng, he immediately panicked. He knew very well that Jiang Zuo had hurt the hearts of the heroes in dealing with Cai Bao, and Sima Rui was very worried that the heroes would be bewitched and completely fall to Liaodong. If that really happens, then this time King Langya will lose without even pants!

As a last resort, King Langya had no choice but to bring Liu Kui, Diao Xie, Dai Yuan, Yu Liang and others to discuss countermeasures.

"Let's talk about it, what is Liaodong's intention?"

"What else is there to say about this? Isn't it just that you want to take the opportunity to win over the feudal towns in various places? I heard that earlier, Zu Ti, Su Jun, Cai Bao and others stationed in the Huainan area were secretly receiving support from Liaodong. The two sides have been eyebrows for a long time, and now Cai Bao is dead, and the feudal town is centrifuged, if Liaodong makes more efforts, it may not be impossible to pull them over. ”

Diao Xie's face was solemn and categorical: "King, you must not let the feudal town take refuge in Liaodong!" ”

Sima Rui nodded heavily, the unjust death of Cai Bao made him lose too many points politically, which greatly damaged the tall image that he had been maintaining before, after this incident, he didn't want to command the crowd like before. Looking back now, I really shouldn't have been forced to execute Cai Bao under the pressure of the family.

However, no matter how Sima Rui makes excuses, the responsibility for Cai Bao's death must always be borne by him. And if you really want to talk about it, King Langya may not have the intention of pushing the boat with his hands, otherwise he really wants to stick to his own opinion, not to mention letting Cai Bao get away with his crime like Yang Jian, at least it should not be a big problem to save his life.

"Do you have a good plan to teach me to solve my current dilemma?"

Liu Kui sighed and said, "Alas! Now there is no good way except for high-ranking officials! ”

Promotion!? King Langya frowned a little unhappily, and now those foreign feudal towns will each have a high state thorn history, if they are promoted again, why not add the title of servant to them?

Don't underestimate the title of servant, in the Qin and Han dynasties, the servant was originally a loose post directly assigned by the emperor in the palace officials under the Shaofu; In the Western Han Dynasty, it was one of the additional officials outside the regular official position, and the minister of civil and military affairs could be banned from being subject to affairs with titles such as servants.

After Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, his status gradually increased, and his rank surpassed that of Shilang. After the Wei and Jin dynasties, Shizhong often became the de facto prime minister.

In the end, Wang Silai thought about it and still had to accept Liu Kui's suggestion, he immediately wrote to Chang'an, and promoted Weishuo to the general of Zhenbei on the grounds of meritorious, Zu Ti was the general of Xuzhou Mu and Zhenxi, Li Ju was the general of Sizhou Mu and Anxi, Shao Xu was the general of Jizhou Mu and Pingbei, Cao Wei was the general of Qingzhou Mu and Andong, and Zu Yue was the general of Yuzhou Mu and Pingnan. (To be continued.) )