Three days later, Uncle Shen returned to normal court, and the Queen Mother admitted her mistake to him, which was a victory for him in itself, as for Shenji's Lord of Qin, the Empress Dowager Shen refused on the grounds that Shen Jiyuan was fighting in Yuzhou and was not good at shaking his military heart.

This result was also expected by Uncle Shen Guo, depriving Shen Ji of the prince was tantamount to turning his face with Shen Ji, Empress Dowager Shen was not stupid enough to go that far, of course she would not agree.

On the first day of October in the first year of Yixing, the news that Yongjing ordered the withdrawal of troops on all fronts reached Luojing.

Although Luojing City has fallen for many days, it is still in a state of chaos and out of control at this time, thieves are rampant, military discipline is not strict, and there are news that large families have been looted at night, especially many royal houses, royal families and families are in Yongjing, and their empty houses have become a paradise for thieves.

Most of the thieves are dressed up at night by the Qi army, which the king of Qi also knows that due to the instability of the army, in order to satisfy the soldiers' desire to get rich, he strictly controls large-scale robbery at the same time, but also relaxes the secret behavior of the soldiers.

As soon as the night came, groups of Qi soldiers left the barracks, wandered in the city, robbed large households, annihilated silver women, robbed shops, looted the empty imperial mansion, aroused great public anger, countless large households united to find the king of Qi to complain, although appeased, but the night crime of the Qi army did not converge at all, but intensified, the soldiers around them became rich without punishment, so that more Qi soldiers began to blush, tens of thousands of Qi soldiers actively participated in the ranks of the night riot, even small and medium-sized households began to suffer, And it spread to the Yongzhou Army's control area south of Luoshui.

A large number of people in the north of Luojing poured into the south of Luoshui to take refuge, bringing great pressure to the Yongzhou army, the night riot of the Qi army finally caused a strong dissatisfaction with the Yongzhou army, Shao Jingwen, who was responsible for the security of Luonan, went to visit the king of Qi several times, asking to stop the Qi army's crime, but was politely refused, Shao Jingwen ordered the establishment of a military police, began to cross the border to rob and commit murder to carry out severe punishment, regardless of killing, and finally he asked for the surname to block several bridges on Luoshui, strictly prohibiting Qi soldiers from entering the south of Luoshui.

Shao Jingwen's resolute action once gave hope to the people of Luojing, but the news that Yongjing ordered the withdrawal of troops on all fronts turned this hope into despair.

Panic spread over Luojing, and a large number of people began to flee Luojing, forming a huge wave of fugitives.

Shao Jingwen led more than a dozen entourages into An Congfang, which is south of Luoshui, close to Luoshui, and it was relatively quiet here some time ago, because there was a gendarmerie of the Yongzhou Army to maintain order, but with the news that the Yongzhou Army was about to evacuate Luojing, An Congfang also began to be chaotic, and people fleeing with their families could be seen everywhere, horse-drawn carriages, ox carts, dragging families with mouths, carrying boxes and large bags and small bags, leaving in chaos.

Shao Jingwen couldn't help but sigh secretly, and one of his personal soldiers next to him said angrily: "The King of Qi is about to take control of the whole city, why is he unwilling to rein in military discipline and let the soldiers commit violence?" ”

Shao Jingwen glanced at the pro-soldiers, and saw that several pro-soldiers next to him had the same question, so he shook his head and said, "Do you think he doesn't want to care?" He is actually very restrained, it is strictly forbidden for soldiers to rob openly during the day, and only at night will he turn a blind eye, he has no choice, Qizhou is occupied, his military spirit is turbulent, I heard that there have been deserters, he can only use this method to appease the army's heart, if it were not for Luo Jing, he would have indulged the soldiers to loot the whole city. ”

Everyone came to a big mansion, this is Zhang Jinjie's mansion, Shao Jingwen has come for the third time, in order to mobilize Zhang Jinjie to go to Yongjing, he has thought of all ways, but Zhang Jinjie is unmoved.

The mansion is full of Yongzhou soldiers, on the one hand, to control Zhang Jinjie and prevent him from escaping, on the other hand, it is also to protect him, after all, An Congfang is close to Luoshui and is vulnerable to the invasion of Qi soldiers, and Zhang Jinjie's house is the object of coveted by Qi soldiers.

Shao Jingwen walked up the steps, and an officer stepped forward to salute him, "See the general!" ”

"How? Is there any movement in Zhang's house? ”

"It's quiet inside the mansion, but we found some suspicious people outside the mansion, most likely people sent by King Qi."

Shao Jingwen nodded, this is normal, Zhang Jinjie is the right minister of Huang Fu Heng, and he is the person with the highest official position in Luojing, of course Huang Fu will win him over at all costs, if he supports Huang Fu Yuan, it will bring great political benefits to Huang Fu Yuan.

Shao Jingwen walked directly into Zhang's mansion, Zhang Jinjie is currently in a state of house arrest, his servants and servants have been dismissed by the Yongzhou army, leaving only a concubine and an old servant who has been with him for many years to take care of him, the three of them are under house arrest in a courtyard, although there is no shortage of food and clothing, but they can't go out for half a step.

Even there were soldiers standing outside the courtyard, Shao Jingwen waited at the gate of the courtyard, and after a while, the old servant came out and said, "General, my lord invites you in." ”

Shao Jingwen turned around and followed the old servant into the small courtyard.

When the Yongqi coalition army attacked Luojing again, Zhang Jinjie was seriously ill, he didn't have time to escape from Luojing, and he didn't want to leave, he gambled to prove to Huangfu Heng that he was not bought by Huangfu Wujin.

At this time, Zhang Jinjie's illness has gradually recovered, but he was under house arrest at home, and there is no possibility of escaping from Luojing, reading books every day to pass the time, his concubine is called Ah Chun, has been with him for ten years, and another old servant Uncle Zhong has been with the Zhang family for fifty years, since childhood, he has entered the Zhang family as a scholar, and now only the three of them depend on each other.

Zhang Jinjie was sitting in the study reading a book, just now Uncle Zhong came to report, Shao Jingwen came again, Zhang Jinjie put down the book and said to the concubine A Chun: "Go and pour a cup of tea for the guests." ”

"He put the old man under house arrest, why did he pour him tea?" Ah Chun said angrily.

"He is also acting on orders, in fact, others are not bad, if it is the king of Qi, it will not be as simple as house arrest, go ahead!"

Ah Chun had no choice but to pour tea, and at this time Uncle Zhong's voice came from the courtyard, "Master, General Shao is here." ”

"Please come in!"

As soon as the door curtain was lifted, Shao Jingwen walked in, he smiled and bowed to Zhang Jinwen, "The lower officials see Xiangguo." ”

Zhang Jinwen waved his hand and said with a faint smile: "The country has been destroyed, how can you come from, the general doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat!" ”

Shao Jingwen sat down, and the concubine Ah Chun came in with two cups of tea, Shao Jingwen hurriedly thanked him, and when Ah Chun went down, Shao Jingwen sighed and said: "I came to tell Lao Xiangguo that Yongjing has issued an order to order all Yongzhou troops to evacuate Yuzhou, and we will leave Luojing before noon tomorrow at the latest." ”

After Shao Jingwen finished speaking, he saw that Zhang Jinjie was very flat, and he didn't seem to be moved by the news, so he couldn't help but wonder: "Does Lao Xiangguo already know?" ”

Zhang Jinjie smiled slightly, "I don't know, no one told me, but I can guess that the Yongzhou army will not stay long, and it will definitely evacuate Yuzhou on all fronts, if I guess correctly, it should be the Xiliang army that put pressure behind Yongzhou, and Yongjing had to order the withdrawal of the army." ”

Shao Jingwen smiled bitterly, "Lao Xiangguo is right, the Lingwu army has been annihilated, Zhang Chongjun has already occupied Luojiao County, the forward is only three hundred miles away from Yongjing, the pressure of the Queen Mother is too great, so she can only withdraw the army, and not only Yongjing, the Youzhou army has also captured Fuyang Pass and threatened Shangdang County, and I must also withdraw to Jinnan as soon as possible." ”

Shao Jingwen sighed again, and he asked Zhang Jinjie again, "Lao Xiangguo has a long-term vision and a keen mind, can you tell the lowly position and the future direction of Yuzhou." ”

Zhang Jinjie took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "You should ask Shen Xiangguo, he is better than me, and he will know better than me." ”

Shao Jingwen was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "It's just a lowly private thing to know." ”

Zhang Jinjie stared at Shao Jingwen, he could feel the contradictions and uneasiness in this person's heart, in fact, not only him, almost everyone was full of anxiety and confusion about the future, Zhang Jinjie pondered for a long time, and then said slowly: "In fact, Huangfu Wujin's strategy to deal with the King of Qi is already obvious, with the wisdom of General Shao's counter-strategy, can you not see it?" ”

When it came to the anti-plot, Shao Jingwen showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, but immediately returned to normal, he shook his head and smiled: "I probably understand a little bit, I know that Huangfu Wujin forced Yongzhou to withdraw in order to destroy the Yongqi Alliance, and I also know that Huangfu Wujin has been stationed in Dongjun for a long time, in order to make a gesture, on the surface to fight, in fact, he is consolidating the occupation of Qizhou and the eastern part of Yuzhou, it has been more than a month, he has not moved, I can see that he is dragging, the longer it drags on, the more beneficial it is for him, but why is the King of Qi reluctant to attack the Chu army, Can't he see it? ”

Zhang Jinjie smiled slightly, "General Shao's biggest problem is to look at Huangfu Wujin's strategy from a military perspective, so I don't understand, whoever wins the Central Plains wins the world, this is an unbroken truth since ancient times, Huangfu Wujin's actions are all considered from the perspective of the world, now, it can be said that everyone in the world is looking at him, and the officials, scholars and even ordinary people around the world are watching his every move, so he has to make a gesture, he avoids the war with the greatest sincerity, and uses the strategy of surrendering the army without a fight to deal with the King of Qi, Strive for the support of the people of the world for him, he has now jumped out of the military, turned to political chess, and used his benevolence and righteousness to compare the ruthlessness of the king of Qi, and now the biggest problem of the king of Qi is to occupy Luojing, this is the bait thrown by Huangfu Wujin, the king of Qi has swallowed this bait, let me ask, he may give up Luojing, with indomitable determination to kill back to Qizhou? Impossible, he can't do it, his greed and ambition are destined that he will not give up Luojing, so in the end, the ending of King Qi will be dragged to death by Huangfu Wujin, and the soldiers who surrender without a fight, Huangfu Wujin will win the hearts of the people in the world, at least win the support of the local government in Yuzhou. ”

Shao Jingwen nodded silently, he stood up and said: "Before dark today, I will withdraw my troops back to the south of Jinzhou, at that time, Shenji's army will take over the surveillance of Lao Xiangguo, and there are also people from King Qi waiting at the door, I estimate that Huangfu Wujin's spies are also secretly waiting for an opportunity, everyone is competing for Lao Xiangguo, I can clearly tell Lao Xiangguo that Empress Dowager Shen has issued an order to bring Lao Xiangguo back to Yongjing together, but I, Shao Jingwen, want to do a private matter." ”

He looked at Zhang Jinjie and said in a resolute tone: "Before I evacuate Luojing, I am willing to help Lao Xiangguo leave Luojing, I don't know where Lao Xiangguo wants to go?" ”

Zhang Jinjie looked at him with some surprise, "General Shao said that he would not hesitate to resist the decree to help me, why?" ”

Shao Jingwen smiled self-deprecatingly, "Maybe I want to invest a little capital in Lao Xiangguo!" It's as simple as that. ”

Zhang Jin nodded, he admired Shao Jingwen's honesty and non-hypocrisy, this is the true character of a man, he muttered and said: "If possible, I want to go to Jiangning Mansion to join my second son." ”

That night, a closed carriage drove out of Zhang Jinjie's mansion, joined Shao Jingwen's withdrawal team, and left Luojing, and Shao Jingwen immediately sent someone to send Zhang Jinjie's family to Jiangning Mansion.

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(To be continued)