"What's wrong with Youzhou?"

Huangfu was taken aback, and an uneasy premonition rose in his heart, Youzhou was his last way back, if something happened to Youzhou, the situation would be dangerous.

Strategist Gao Gao is one of the important staff of Huang Fu Yuan, with Huang Fu Yuan for nearly ten years, persuading Huang Fu Yuan to marry Luo Qifeng as a concubine is his idea, it is precisely because of marrying Luo Qifeng, that Huang Fu Yuan was fully supported by Luo Fu Choke, the then Qi Qing Jie Du envoy, Huang Fu Yuan has great trust in Gao Gao, this time and Yongzhou joint attack is also Gao Gao vigorously persuaded Huang Fu Xi to make up his mind.

He bowed high and said: "I heard that Huangfu Wujin sent Qi County Magistrate Shi [***] to Youzhou to persuade Liu Hanzhang, I feel a little bad, please send a letter to Liu Hanzhang immediately, you must stabilize him." ”

Huangfu was furious, "[***] This bastard, I treat him well, and promoted him from the county order to history, he dares to betray me to help the enemy!" ”

"Your Royal Highness, since he surrendered to Huangfu Wujin, he must still want to climb up, this is normal, Your Highness, please leave him alone, the key [***] is Liu Hanzhang's brother-in-law, I am very worried that Liu Hanzhang was persuaded by [***] to surrender Huangfu Wujin, and Youzhou will be in danger."

Huangfu sighed and said, "Liu Hanzhang has been with me for many years, so he shouldn't betray me." ”

Gao Gao sighed secretly in his heart, when it comes to the fate and future of everyone's family, he will not consider any friendship, the biggest problem of King Qi is that his name is not right, Huangfu Heng is the prince of the East Palace, and his accession to the throne is justified; Huangfu Tian's mother is the queen, and it can be said that Empress Shen helped him to ascend the throne; And Huangfu Wujin is the grandson of Emperor Jin'an, with the support of the Empress Dowager, it is reasonable for him to ascend the throne, but King Qi is the son of a partial concubine and is named the king of the domain.

If he is strong, there may be people to support him, but now that his nest has been ended, I am afraid that there are fewer people who support him, far away, just say [***], have always been loyal to him, but when the real thing came, he immediately surrendered to Huangfu Wujin, and actively did things for him, which shows that the officials of Qizhou did not really support the king of Qi, but agreed against his will because of his power, if the king of Qi couldn't even see through this, it would be too disappointing.

Although he thought so, Gao Gao didn't dare to say it explicitly, so he had to say implicitly: "I'm not afraid of 10,000, just in case, His Royal Highness still writes a quick letter to Liu Hanzhang, so it's safer." ”

Huangfu nodded, in fact, he didn't have a bottom in his heart, "Okay! I'll write right away. ”

After a pause, he asked again: "I want to ask sir, I am now withdrawing the army back to Qizhou, and I am still staying in Yuzhou?" ”

"What does Your Highness think of yourself?" Gao asked rhetorically.

"To be honest, I'm conflicted, I'm worried about my family."

Huangfu frowned and said: "I know that the soldiers want to return, but as soon as I leave, the land of Yuzhou that I have worked so hard to occupy will be returned to Yongjing, I am unwilling, and more importantly, if I am defeated by Huangfu Wujin, I will be finished, and I will have no place to stand, my heart is very chaotic, please teach me." ”

After thinking about this question for a long time, he said earnestly: "First of all, I think that the princess and the prince are safe, they should be on the way to Luojing, but they can't pass the news, if the princess and the prince are captured, we should know right away that the emperor will definitely use them to attack the prestige of His Royal Highness." ”

Huangfu thought about it, it should be like this, as long as the princess was not arrested when Jinan City was broken, she should be able to escape, he felt that the surname of the captured person was not big, and his heart was slightly lowered.

"And then? Please sir continue. ”

"Then, I thought that there were now three strategies to choose from, and it was up to His Highness to decide."

Huang Fu became interested, he sat down and said, "You say, I'll listen!" ”

"I'll talk about the best policy first, the best policy is that His Highness can divide his troops into two routes, one way a small number of troops will go north to Youzhou to prevent Liu Hanzhang from surrendering, and the other route will lead His Highness to withdraw the main force to Dongjun and prepare to face Huangfu Wujin."

After saying the best strategy, he looked at Huang Fu Chen, Huang Fu Yuan did not say anything, and urged: "Sir, please finish speaking, I will think about it together." ”

"Good! I will talk about the middle strategy, the middle strategy is to send a small number of troops north to Youzhou, the main force will continue to attack Luojing, be sure to take Luojing, and then rely on Luojing to deal with the westward Huangfu Wujin, and the next strategy is to directly withdraw the army, go straight to Qizhou, if Liu Hanzhang did not surrender, then he was ordered to go south from Youzhou, and the two armies cooperated to recapture Qizhou in one fell swoop, His Royal Highness can choose one of the three strategies. ”

Huangfu pondered for a moment, and he asked a little strangely: "Why did Mr. put the recapture of Qizhou in the next step, is this unrealistic?" ”

Gao Gao shook his head and said: "There is a question here, whether Youzhou can be kept, if it can't be kept, then His Royal Highness will face the joint attack of Chuzhou and Youzhou when he returns to Qizhou. If Youzhou has not surrendered, then why fight in Qizhou, and face the main force of Huangfu Wujin in Yuzhou, isn't it better? Huangfu Wujin was defeated, we can also capture Qizhou, and we can also keep Yuzhou. ”

Huang Fuyuan nodded, it makes sense, this strategy is really unnecessary, you can give up, he asked again: "Then the best strategy or the middle policy, which one does Mr. suggest I choose?" ”

"I suggest that Your Highness choose the strategy."

"Why?"

Gao Yin Yin smiled and said: "It's very simple, Huangfu Wujin is definitely not willing to deal with Yongzhou and His Royal Highness at the same time, if I guess correctly, the Xiliang Army will definitely take action in advance to force the Yongzhou Army to withdraw, at that time, if His Royal Highness defeats Huangfu Wujin, not only can Qizhou be recovered, but even the entire Yuzhou belongs to His Highness, and Yongzhou finally made a wedding dress for His Highness." ”

Huang Fu gave a thumbs up and praised: "Sir is really smart! ”

．．．．．．．．．． Hejian County, since the Chu army attacked Qizhou, Youzhou defender Liu Hanzhang led 100,000 troops to garrison in Hejian County to watch the movement of Qizhou, on the one hand, he did not get the order of Huangfu Yuan to support Qizhou, on the other hand, he was also worried about whether his army could cross the Yellow River successfully, Chuzhou's powerful naval army made him stop, and stationed 100,000 troops near the Yongji Canal north of Changlu County.

Liu Hanzhang is a native of Bocheng County, Lu County, 50 years old this year, born in the Lu County clan, 30 years in the army, in the Qizhou army is very senior, he from the captain to the captain, and then promoted to the general of Jinan, five years ago as the deputy envoy of Qi Qing Jiedu, was attracted by the Qi King Huangfu Yuan, turned to him to be loyal to him, after the Huangfu Yuan captured Youzhou, he ordered him to be the governor of Youzhou, commanding 100,000 troops stationed in Youzhou.

Liu Hanzhang's wife and children are all in Jinan Mansion, and when he heard that Jinan Mansion had fallen, he was very anxious and had already sent someone to find out the news.

In the afternoon of this day, Liu Hanzhang was writing a letter to Huang Fu in the big tent, he had just received a letter from Huang Fu Yuan, hoping that he could continue to be loyal and not be intimidated by the situation in front of him, and Huang Fu Yuan told him that he would soon recapture Qizhou.

Although Liu Hanzhang temporarily stabilized his anxious mood, he was still very worried about the safety of his family, and he hoped that Huangfu Yuan could find a way to redeem his family for him.

At this moment, there was a soldier outside the tent who reported: "Report to Chief Liu, a person from outside the camp, claiming to be a relative of the adult, called [***]. ”

Liu Hanzhang was stunned for a moment, and then rejoiced, "Quick!" Invite him in. ”

[***] is his brother-in-law, and is the history of the county magistrate of Qi, he must know the situation of his family, a moment, a middle-aged scribe wearing a white brocade robe was brought into the big tent, the person who came was the chief of the county of Qi [***], forty-five or sixteen years old, medium stature, with a short beard.

[***] is a Jinshi born, has been in Qizhou as an official, but mixed but not good, into the career of nearly fifteen years, before becoming the county commander of Licheng County, last year was recommended by Huangfu as the head of Qi County, his wife Liu is Liu Hanzhang's third sister.

As soon as he entered the account, he smiled and said, "Big brother is worried about his family!" ”

Liu Hanzhang grabbed him and said, "Tell me quickly, what's wrong with my family, is there anything wrong with my mother?" ”

Liu Hanzhang's mother is 70 years old this year, and she is also in Jinan City, Liu Hanzhang is not only worried about his wife and children, but also about his mother.

"Big brother, don't worry! The eldest brother's mansion is guarded by the army, and no one is allowed to go in to disturb it, before leaving, Sanniang and I also went to see the old mother, she is in good health, let me bring you a message. ”

Saying that, [***] took out a jade bracelet and put it on the table, this is a token, Liu Hanzhang recognized it as his mother's thing, he was a little surprised: "Didn't Yu Niang have a letter?" ”

Yu Niang is his wife, what does his mother say, his wife should write a letter, how to bring a message, [***] took out a letter and put it on the table, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law's letter is there, but she happens to be in Yidu County, and she is not with her old mother." ”

Liu Hanzhang nodded, his eldest daughter married Zhou Xiaowen, the commander of Yidu County, and had just given birth to a son, it is estimated that his wife went to see her grandson, "Then what is my mother's message?" ”

"The old mother said that you should know the current affairs and be loyal to Emperor Daning."

Liu Hanzhang was silent, he understood what his mother meant, it was to ask him to stand in line and not be loyal to the wrong person, and he slowly opened his wife's letter, and his wife had only one meaning in the letter, asking him not to attack Qizhou, otherwise the life of the whole family would be difficult to protect.

"Big brother, why don't you ask me?" [***] smiled.

"You? What do you ask? ”

Liu Hanzhang glanced at his brother-in-law, and he suddenly understood, [***] must have surrendered to Huangfu Wujin, so he could see his mother, and only then crossed the river to the north, Liu Hanzhang couldn't help sneering, "I don't need to ask you, you must have surrendered Huangfu Wujin, right!" ”

"That's right, I did surrender to him, not only me, but most of the magistrates in Qizhou expressed their willingness to be loyal to him, do you know why?"

"Why?"

"It's very simple, because he is the grandson of Emperor Jin'an, everyone thinks that he will be the emperor of the Daning Dynasty, and he is Su Xun's son-in-law, with Su Xun's prestige in Qizhou, I'm afraid there are not many people who can refuse him, even I call myself Su Xun's protégé."

Liu Hanzhang still shook his head, "He is the grandson of Emperor Jin'an, I admit that he can rightfully ascend the throne, but now it seems to be a little early to say that he is the emperor of the Daning Dynasty, as for Su Xun's son-in-law, that is your scholar's opinion, and it has nothing to do with me." ”

"Big brother, you're still confused! I don't understand what the old mother meant, what the old mother meant, is that you don't want to be loyal to King Qi anymore, don't you understand? Although the king of Qi is ambitious, why did he ascend the throne? No one in the world obeys him, he wants to ascend the throne is just wishful thinking, and the fall of Emperor Fu Heng of Luojing is imminent, and the ministers have fled, of course they will no longer be loyal to him, the rest is Yongjing and Huangfu Wujin, does the eldest brother want to be loyal to the Shen family? ”

Liu Hanzhang was a little shaken, it was not [***] who persuaded him, but his mother, wife and children were in the hands of Huangfu Wujin, and he couldn't afford to take this risk.

"Let me think again!"

"Alright! Big brother just want to. ”

[***] took out the inscription given to him by Huangfu Wujin, "Take a look for yourself!" Zhao Guogong, Fan Yangjie's envoy, eldest brother, knows the times as a junjie. ”

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(To be continued)