Tutu Chengguang's army had just walked out of Chang'an, and Chang'an's fine work had already reported the news to Wei Bojiedu's envoy Tian Ji'an. Tian Ji'an, who has been hiding behind the scenes and fanning the flames, is ready to go to the front desk this time. He couldn't wait to gather his subordinates, and said menacingly: "In the past twenty-five years, the king of Chang'an has never crossed the Yellow River and entered Hebei. Today, they are going to cross our Weibo and attack Chengde. Once Chengde is conquered, we will surely die with cold lips and teeth, what should we do? The instigated Wei Bo soldiers shouted loudly: "May the fake cavalry be 5,000 to eliminate worries for the public!" This is what he wants, Tian Ji'an couldn't help but feel a little proud, raised his arms and shouted: "Strong!" The soldiers are decided, and the frustrated ones are killed! ”

"No, no," a loud voice resounded through Tian Ji'an's chamber.

"In my territory, someone dares to disagree with me", Tian Ji'an was very angry, but the consequences were not serious, because he found that it was not his subordinates who spoke, but Tan Zhong, the assassin of Youzhou, who was a guest.

Looking at Tian Ji'an, who was full of anger, Tan Zhong smiled slightly, and talked eloquently: In the past, Wang Shiping Shu destroyed Wu, and the credit was in the prime minister, and it had nothing to do with the Son of Heaven. The conquest of Liu Pi in Western Shu relied on the responsibility of Prime Minister Du Huangsheng; The pacification of Li Qi in Eastern Wu relied on the strategy of Prime Minister Li Jifu. Now, the Son of Heaven conquered Hebei, and he did not need old ministers and generals, but served as eunuchs; Don't use the world's elite, but send a Shence army under the control of eunuchs. This is obviously to praise his subordinates, show his might, and compete with the prime ministers. If Wang Shi encounters a crushing defeat as soon as he enters the territory of Wei Bo, Chang'an will definitely re-select wise men and advisers, elite soldiers, and good generals, and plan carefully and do his best. For the sake of today's plan, once the army of the king division enters the territory of Weibo, you should reward you generously, rectify the armored soldiers, and pretend to crusade against Chengde. Then, you secretly sent a letter to Chengde, and the letter said that if Wei Bo conquered Chengde, he would be a traitor; If you don't conquer virtue, you are a traitor. I am not willing to bear these two charges, if Chengde can give me a city, so that I can report to Chang'an, then I don't have to enter Chengde, worthy of the emperor, worthy of friends, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?

Tian Ji'an followed the plan, while holding a banquet to welcome Tutu Chengxuan, while writing a letter to Wang Chengzong, Wang Chengzong replied and agreed, and actually gave Dangyang County to Wei Bo. Tan Zhong saw that the plan had been accomplished, so he came to resign, Tian Ji'an was inexplicably grateful, and said goodbye.

Tan Zhong returned to Youzhou, just as his superior, Lu Longjiedu, made Liu Ji to meet the military situation, and the focus of the discussion was whether to send troops south to crusade against Chengde.

"The Son of Heaven will definitely not let you participate in the crusade against Chengde, and Chengde will definitely not guard against Lu Long's southward movement", Tan Zhong entered.

"You just say that I colluded with Wang Chengzong!" Liu Ji roared angrily, and Liu Ji, who had finished yelling, was still angry and put Tan Zhong in prison.

Soon, the news brought back by the spies confirmed Tan Zhong's prediction, and on the border with Lu Long, Chengde was indeed unfortified; A day later, the envoy of Chang'an brought an edict ordering Liu Ji to "protect the northern frontier" and not to go south.

How could things be like this? Liu Ji was stunned, and the stunned Liu Ji released Tan Zhong from prison, he must ask what happened.

The reason is very simple, just because of one person, a person named Lu Congshi. Lu Congshi is a sleek person, a person who puts interests first, on the one hand, he clamored to crusade against Wang Chengzong, leaving a good impression on Chang'an; On the one hand, he made overtures to Lu Long again, turned around, but in front of the Son of Heaven, he slandered Lu Long out of nothing. Because, Lu Congshi's real ally is actually the person he has repeatedly written to crusade again, Wang Chengzong. He gave advice to Wang Chengzong and deliberately galloped on the border between Lulong and Chengde, one of which said that Chengde did not want to be an enemy of Lulong; Second, it made Chang'an suspicious of Lu Long. Then, Lu Congshi secretly wrote to Chang'an, falsely saying that Lu Long and Chengde were in the same breath and conspired to deal with Chang'an together.

Obviously, this is an elaborate trap, and Liu Ji, who is trapped in the trap, is now in an awkward situation. The Son of Heaven in Chang'an and the people of the whole world thought that he was colluding with Wang Chengzong, but Wang Chengzong did not accept his affection, because in Wang Chengzong's view, this should be the credit of Lu Congshi. Lu Congshi, who flattered both sides in front of the Son of Heaven and Wang Chengzong, forced Liu Ji into a situation where he was not human inside and out.

Liu Ji, who suddenly came to his senses, decided to untie this trap, prove his loyalty to the Son of Heaven and the people of the world, and crush Lu Congshi's conspiracy, he personally commanded 70,000 elite soldiers under his command, attacked Chengde in a big way, and captured Raoyang and Shulu one after another.

Before the expedition, Liu Ji appointed his eldest son Liu Qi as the deputy chief historian and stayed in Youzhou, while his second son Yingzhou assassin Liu Zong was on his side. As it turned out, it wasn't a good decision. Because it was this decision that finally cost Liu Ji's life, and also took the lives of his eldest son Liu Qi and dozens of generals.

As long as it is a condom, it is possible to untie it, and the key is whether the person who unravels the condom is smart enough. The trap carefully designed by Lu Congshi is not worth mentioning at all in front of Tan Zhong, the most intelligent person in Youzhou. Tan Zhong is a terrible person because of his intelligence. He is like a roundworm, a roundworm in someone else's stomach, whether it is the wise and martial son Li Chun, or the treacherous villain Lu Congshi at both ends of the first rat, the little abacus in their stomachs can't escape Tan Zhong's discerning eyes. It's a pity that Liu Ji didn't bring the wisest person in Youzhou with him on this expedition, so he inevitably fell into the trap of someone else, who was actually no one else, it was his second son Mr. Liu.

Of course, Liu Ji's death will not wait until after Chang'an and Chengde strike the army, and before that, he still has the last bit of time in his life, to be specific, nine months.