At the time of the great change in the situation in Xuzhou, Wei Shuo had completed the conquest of the grassland, and after dealing with the Zhuhu tribes north of Yinshan, he set up Bazhou on the newly recovered land. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The whole Bazhou jurisdiction is south of Yinshan and north of the Great Wall, among which Shannan County (Zhiliang City) is set up on the grassland centered on Daihai. The vast grassland of Bashang is divided into four counties, and the administrative offices are all new cities that are about to be built.

In order to bring Bazhou under the rule of Liaodong as soon as possible, Wei Shuo ordered all the extra population in Guanzhong to be relocated, and many naturalized Hulu were moved from the land of Youyan; On the other hand, Liu Han was urgently transferred to be the assassin of Bazhou, and Shao Yuniang was the governor of Bazhou.

Other recovered lands have also been arranged, among which the old system of Yunzhong and Wuyuan counties was restored on the Dongtao Plain and returned to Shuozhou.

At the end of July of the second year of Taixing, after completing the aftermath work, Wei Shuo finally returned to Jicheng again. As soon as he came back, he received the bad news that Zu Ti had killed Pengcheng in battle.

"What the hell is going on? How could Zu Ti die in Pengcheng? ”

Thinking of the scene when the two fought side by side in Xuzhou, Wei Shuo could not hide his grief. At the beginning, it was Zu Ti who assigned the eastern part of Xuzhou to his name, giving him a foothold in Xuzhou. Even though the relationship between the two has gradually drifted apart recently due to different ideas, Wei Shuo's admiration for Zu Ti has never diminished.

Because he knew very well that Zu Ti alienated Liaodong not because he infringed on the interests of the family, but because Liaodong always showed that he wanted to replace the Jin family, which was the most intolerable thing for Zu Ti.

"My lord, the imperial court's reinforcements were delayed in the Huai River, causing General Zu to fight alone, and finally he was outnumbered and martyred."

"The imperial court rescue is not effective?! What about Liaodong? Where are the reinforcements from Liaodong? ”

In the face of Wei Shuo's roar, everyone in Liaodong was silent, and no one dared to speak easily.

In the end, it was Pei Wei who relied on his seniority to be the oldest, hesitated for a moment and said: "Lord, it's not that Liaodong doesn't send reinforcements, but that General Zu didn't ask Liaodong for help at all!" ”

"What?!" Wei Shuo's face was full of shock, and he couldn't believe what Pei Wei said.

"Lord, as Pei Changshi said, General Zu did not ask for help from Liaodong from beginning to end." Gao Zhan explained on the side.

Pei Wei glanced at Wei Shuo and continued: "Lord, General Zu did not ask Liaodong for help, but he did not have the intention of fulfilling Liaodong. ”

Wei Shuo was shocked when he heard this, and he suddenly figured out the trick. Even though he knew that Liaodong was good to the people and was determined to drive out Hu Lu, he would not be in league with Liaodong, the 'traitor' who aimed to overthrow the Jin dynasty.

Seeing that Liaodong is getting stronger and stronger, and the future trend of dominating the world is becoming more and more unstoppable, Zu Ti chose to die on the battlefield as his destination while not wanting to be a mantis arm as a car in the future.

"Someone, shout to Shi Le, and ask him to send the corpse of Zu Ti to Jicheng completely within a month, otherwise Lao Tzu will personally lead the army to fetch it himself."

"I want to hold a grand state funeral for General Zu in Jicheng!"

……

"Bang!" With a loud bang, Shi Le's fists slammed on the desk, gritted his teeth and said: "Wei Zhiyuan, it's too much to deceive people!" How can you be so humiliating about someone? He shouted at me like a servant! Don't you want the remains of your ancestors? Lao Tzu just won't give it to you. ”

Originally, Xiangguo and Liaodong were mortal enemies, but this time Wei Shuo did not care about Shi Le's feelings, and directly scolded him for handing over the remains of his ancestors, which completely ignited the anger in Shi Le's heart. In the face of the angry Shi Le, no one in Xiangguo dared to come forward to persuade except Zhang Bin.

"Lord, and the wrath of thunder is just a useless corpse, since Liaodong wants to give it to him, why bother to make a fuss about this little thing? At present, the main forces of our Xiangguo are gathered on the front line of the Huai River, and the rear is empty, in case this angers Liaodong, and Wei Zhiyuan is furious and raises troops, won't it be a big loss because of a small loss? ”

Zhang Bin said thoughtfully: "Moreover, returning the body of Zu Ti to Liaodong is not a good thing for us. ”

"Huh? What does Meng Sun mean by this? Shi Le's brow furrowed, his face full of displeasure.

"Lord, it is said that as a loyal minister of the Jin family, the ancestor died on the battlefield, and the court did not say that he was buried thickly, but at least he had to be rewarded to show the kindness of the court. However, since Zu Ti died in battle, Jiang Zuo ****** has no other measures except for issuing a posthumous edict to promote Zu Ti Pinyi to one level. At present, Da Sima Weishuo wants to return the corpse of Zu Li in a high-profile manner, obviously to treat him solemnly. ”

"Liaodong will inevitably make the people of the world think that the imperial court treats meritorious heroes poorly, and the Son of Heaven will be blamed and will put all the responsibility on Wei Shuo, so the contradiction between Jiangzuo and Liaodong will inevitably deepen, if the lord takes advantage of the situation to attack Huainan, he is not worried about Liaodong rescuing Jiangzuo."

"Well, that's what Meng Sun wants."

……

Sure enough, as Zhang Bin expected, when the news of the return of King Weishuo and the high-profile announcement that he would hold a state funeral for Zu Li in Jicheng reached Jianye, it caused an uproar in the imperial court.

Wei Shuo's move clearly put the imperial court in an extremely embarrassing situation, and for a while, all parts of the country accused the imperial court of treating the heroes poorly, which made Sima Rui, who had just become the emperor, annoyed.

"Ahem, ahem!" Sima Rui coughed lightly, speaking of which he was two years younger than Shi Le, but he had worked hard to maintain Jiang Zuo's situation for many years, making Sima Rui's heart haggard, and his body was far less strong than Shi Le.

"Actually, I want to save Zu Shizhi, but he has offended too many people, not only Wang Dun wants him to die, but the Jiangzuo family led by Lu Ye doesn't want him to live. The demise of the Zu brothers certainly lost one feudal town, but it also left Huainan with one less barrier. ”

"Right now, Shi Lebing Peak is pointing directly at Huainan, and Liaodong is resentful of the imperial court because of the death of Zu Ti, once Huainan is in danger in the future, where will the imperial court find reinforcements?"

The crown prince Sima Shao was full of worries and said: "Father, Liaodong has ill intentions, and it is clear that he wants to compete with the imperial court for the hearts of the people. When Erchen was inspecting Liaodong, many local people accused the imperial court of ineffective Northern Expedition. Now Da Sima has brought the special merit of pacifying the south of the desert, and he is going to publicly hold a state funeral for his ancestors, I am afraid that the hearts of the people in the north will no longer belong to the imperial court! ”

"Since the implementation of the Juntian system by Da Sima, the hearts of the people in the north have not been on the side of the imperial court. In fact, I am more worried that the death of Zu Ti will make the heroes of the Northland completely fall to Liaodong. ”

……

"Alas, I didn't expect the famous ancestor to die! I think that at the beginning, five people, Shao Xu, Cao Wei, Zu Ti, and Zu You, under the leadership of Da Sima, met to defend the Central Plains. Who knew that only a few years later, the Zu brothers were defeated one after another, and Cao Wei was at both ends, and only the old man still stuck to Sizhou. ”

Li Ju was very shocked to learn that Zu Ti had killed Pengcheng in battle, and without Zu Ti to contain him in the south, the pressure on Sizhou doubled. And the increasingly complicated situation in the Central Plains made Li Ju feel more and more powerless.

"Uncle, to put it mildly, Zu Ti's death was completely caused by himself. If he could decisively throw himself into Liaodong, with the friendship between him and Da Sima, even if he was unsatisfactory, it would not be possible to end up where he is today. ”

Guo Yu said meaningfully: "However, the death of Zu Ti has sounded the alarm for Sizhou!" ”

"Huh? What do you mean by that? ”

"Uncle, most people attribute Zu Ti's death to the failure of the imperial court to rescue him, but in fact, it was Liaodong that really caused his death!"

"Liaodong?! This...... How is this possible? Da Sima is far away outside the Saiwai, even if Liaodong has a heart, he will be powerless, right? ”

"My uncle underestimated Liaodong, if you want to save your ancestors, you don't need to send a large number of soldiers and horses, just the garrison of Qingxu and Xuzhou is enough. The key is that Liaodong did not have the heart to save Zu Ti, and this is the reason why Zu Ti died in Pengcheng. ”

"As Liaodong solves the grassland threat, its focus will inevitably shift to recovering lost territory and unifying the world in the future, and princes like Zu Shizhi and Uncle will also become a stumbling block to Liaodong's unification of the world.

"Ahh Li Ju's face was pale, and he asked Guo Yu tremblingly: "Yu'er, you have always been resourceful, do you have a plan to teach me?" ”

"Uncle should know very well that relying on Sizhou alone is definitely not Shile's opponent, in order to avoid dying like Zu Li in the future, we need to choose a good candidate as early as possible. Since he wants to exchange Sizhou for his future, the future of Liaodong will be unstoppable, why doesn't my uncle choose to be a founding hero? ”

Guo Yu was very optimistic about the future of Liaodong, and tried his best to encourage his uncle Li Ju to take refuge in Wei Shuo. As for Jiang Zuo, he never considered it, not to mention that Sizhou and Jiang Zuo were separated by a lot, and the imperial court's inconvenient treatment of all kinds of homeless marshals discouraged him (to be continued. )