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Wang Shou said with a smile: "I'm glad that General Qu Tu finally ended the drum battle, to be honest, I slept really badly in those few nights, and I was beating the drum in my dreams." ”

Wang Junkuo said apologetically: "We also realized that the sound of drums is very disturbing to the military and civilians, so everyone suggested stopping beating the drums and changing to simulated drills now, which should be better!" ”

"Although there will be a little drum and shouting in the dead of night, it is much better than the drum battle, after all, it is wartime, and you can't be too demanding."

"Thank you for your understanding, I don't know how the fourth prince did in the imperial examination?"

Wang Shou smiled, "Of course I didn't pass the exam, and I learned too much to enter the middle school, but it was also in my expectation, that kid stayed at home all day but talked about the world's affairs, and the whole thing was done behind closed doors, and it was strange that he could be admitted, he later wrote a letter to me, saying that he met the Son of Heaven Weifu private interview, and the Son of Heaven commented that his strategy was too shallow, and he had never been to Jingcheng, but he commented on Jingcheng." ”

"It's a coincidence that the fourth prince actually met the Son of Heaven for a private visit."

Wang Shou glanced at Wang Junkuo and said lightly: "It was indeed a coincidence in the restaurant, not a deliberate summons." ”

Wang Junkuo's face turned red, and he hurriedly said: "The junior has no other meaning......

Wang Shou waved his hand and said with a smile: "No need to explain, my Wang Shou is optimistic about the Zhou Dynasty Taiyuan Everyone knows, my four sons are all in the Zhou Dynasty, I never thought about sending my son to Chang'an, betting on the treasure of the Tang Dynasty, and in the end it will only harm my son." ”

Wang Shou's words were like a needle poking in Wang Junkuo's heart, he was silent for a while, and Wang Shou said slowly: "Junkuo may not know that Li Shenfu has withdrawn from Bashu and retreated to Hanzhong. ”

Wang Junkuo was shocked, and looked at Wang Shou in surprise, "Is this true?" ”

"Of course it's true, it's my brother Wang Shan who wrote to tell me, and I only found out this morning."

Wang Junkuo's heart suddenly became chaotic, and the huge shock made him unable to investigate how Wang Shou and Wang Shan had secretly contacted, in fact, he also knew that Xu Shiji led an army of 100,000 to attack Bashu, and he also knew that a useless person like Li Shenfu could not hold Bashu, and Bashu would be lost sooner or later, but when the news of Bashu's loss really came, he was still shocked, what did the loss of Bashu mean to the Tang Dynasty? Everyone knows it in their hearts.

"If Jun Kuo is allowed to guard Bashu, there are only 25,000 troops, can Jun Kuo hold it?" Wang Shou asked with a smile.

Wang Junkuo calmed down from the shock for a while, he thought for a while and said: "Twenty-five thousand troops are indeed not much, if I defend Bashu, I will guard all the troops on the dangerous passes of the Three Gorges Road and Qingjiang Road, originally lost Yiling County, should immediately build a dangerous pass on the Three Gorges Road, strengthen the interception on the water, rather cut off the shipping than give the enemy warships a chance, the biggest taboo is to disperse the troops, but Li Shenfu has dispersed the last bit of troops, I really don't understand what's the point of sending only 5,000 people to Shouba County and Chengdu? ”

"Jun Kuo said it very well, and I also believe that Jun Kuo's talent is far stronger than Li Shenfu and his ilk, but why would the emperor of the Tang Dynasty prefer to use a mediocre person like Li Shenfu than a general with real talent and real learning?"

Wang Junkuo smiled bitterly, "When today's son only believes in the clan, I am not, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has also pointed out that this is one of the roots of the Tang Dynasty's repeated invincibility, I believe that after the prince ascends the throne, he will definitely appoint people on the basis of merit, and no longer cronyism." ”

Wang Shou shook his head, "Maybe the crown prince will be better, but I want to remind Jun Kuo not to have too much hope for the prince." ”

Wang Junkuo was stunned, "Why is this?" ”

Wang Shou took out a letter from the box beside him and handed it to Wang Junkuo, "This is a letter that the crown prince wrote to me a month ago, you can understand it when you look at it." ”

Wang Junkuo took the letter, he didn't dare to read it carefully, just skimmed it, but the more he looked at it, the more confused he became, Li Jiancheng said in the letter that there were many useful generals, such as Wang Bodang, Liu Shinong, Zhang Nian, Zhao Wuxian and so on. These are all generals who left Wagang with Li Jiancheng at the beginning, and Xie Yingdeng was not mentioned because Xie Yingdeng had surrendered to the Zhou army, but why didn't he mention himself?

"Have you thought about it? Why didn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mention Jun Kuo in his letter? ”

Wang Junkuo shook his head, "I really don't understand, why didn't he mention me, am I not his person?" ”

Wang Shou said lightly: "Maybe Jun Kuo himself doesn't feel it, but we all think that Jun Kuo has betrayed the prince and taken refuge in His Royal Highness the King of Qin, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also thinks so." ”

"What!"

Wang Jun stood up suddenly, and said in anger: "Where did I betray the prince? I was transferred to Shangjun by the King of Qin to fight, and I was recommended by the King of Qin to follow Qu Tutong in Taiyuan, I can't help myself at all, how can I put the word 'betrayal' on my head? ”

Wang Shou looked at him sympathetically, shook his head and said: "I heard that Jun Kuo just didn't know how to let Zhai Hong have been in the Wagang army back then, and today this situation has appeared, it can only be said that Jun Kuo really doesn't understand officialdom, at the beginning, King Qin also transferred Wang Bodang to Shangjun, Wang Bodang said that he was sick, how could he not go, Xie Yingdeng is the same, King Qin also wrote to him to go to Shangjun, he asked me if I want to go, I said if you go, the prince will not use you anymore, Jun Kuo really doesn't understand why King Qin transferred you to Shangjun? ”

Wang Junkuo's heart was in a mess, he looked at Wang Shou blankly, he couldn't say anything, Wang Shou sighed and said: "The secret battle between the King of Qin and the crown prince has been a long time, he transferred Jun Kuo to Shangjun not because he took a fancy to Jun Kuo's talent, but because he was digging up the foundation of His Royal Highness the Prince in the army, if he appreciates your talent, then why don't you reinstate the official, is it difficult for him to be a general?"

He poached you, but he didn't trust you, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also thought that you betrayed him, and you will end up with nothing, and my son is the same, I sent all four sons to the Zhou Dynasty, and none of them went to the Tang Dynasty, this is to stand in line, at the critical time of the change of dynasties, taking a wrong step will ruin the child's future. ”

"So what should I do?" Wang Junkuo sat down dejectedly, and his heart was about to despair.

Wang Shou felt that the time was ripe, he signaled Wang Junkuo to calm down, and then said to him seriously: "You have offended His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and you have failed to win the trust of His Royal Highness the King of Qin, you can only say that your future in the Tang Dynasty is over, but it does not mean that you have no chance elsewhere." ”

Wang Junkuo nodded silently, he understood what Wang Shou meant, he was persuading himself to surrender to the Zhou Dynasty, in fact, when the news of Xie Yingdeng's surrender to the Zhou Dynasty came, he was also moved, but he didn't have the courage to take this step.

Wang Shou said slowly: "The so-called authorities are fascinated, bystanders are clear, as a bystander, I know your situation very well, you can't be reused in the Tang Dynasty, because you have fallen into the grass and the mountains are cowardly, the Tang Dynasty emperor doesn't like such people, but in the Zhou Dynasty you will not encounter such discrimination, I said three people, one is Lu Ping, the head of the Chang'an Intelligence Agency, who followed Du Fuwei's thieves, and now he has been promoted to the general of the Tiger Ben Lang, and there is also a Shan Xiongxin, now he is the Taishou of Dongjun, has he been discriminated against?" There is another person you are more familiar with, the majestic sea, remember this person? ”

Wang Junkuo nodded, "I have fought with him for territory more than once. ”

"He grabbed Lu Mingyue and dedicated it to Zhang Xuan, and now he has also been promoted to the general of the Tiger Benlang, when he was fighting the Turks, how much Zhang Xuan admired you, and hinted more than once that you stayed in the Northern Sui, if you agreed at that time, I believe that you should be a general of the Zhou Dynasty now, not a small Tang Dynasty general."

Wang Shou's words were heartbreaking, and Wang Junkuo sighed angrily, "I didn't want to betray His Royal Highness the Crown Prince back then!" My loyalty has been exchanged for today's end, and my Wang Junkuo is already cold. ”

"Now is your last chance, will Jun Kuo take it?"

Wang Junkuo sighed and said, "My heart is very chaotic, the head of the family gives me a little time to think about it again." ”

Wang Shou nodded, "I'll give you time to think about it, but let me say one last word, you now understand why I refuse to accept you as a member of the Wang clan, right?" Because you are a Tang general, I don't want to be on the wrong side, but if you are willing to be loyal to Da Zhou, then I promise to put your father's and grandfather's spiritual seats in the main hall of the Wang ancestral hall. ”

Wang Junkuo's heart was shocked, the main hall was only qualified to be placed by the spiritual seat of the Wang family's descendants, this condition simply made him irresistible, he tried to calm the excitement in his heart, and said slowly: "Before tomorrow night, I will definitely give a clear answer to the head of the family." ”