Xu Shiji was so frightened that he knelt down and hurriedly said: "The king, please calm your anger, please listen to the humble explanation!" ”

"Say, how do you explain it to me? You can't tell you clearly today, don't blame me for not thinking about brotherhood! Zhai Rang's eyes stared at Xu Shiji like a fire.

Xu Shiji said slowly: "Last year, when we drew up the expansion plan for the Central Plains, the king announced to everyone here that the king was responsible for the affairs on the south bank of the Yellow River, and the second king was responsible for the affairs on the north bank of the Yellow River. The king said that as long as he left the south bank of the Yellow River, everything would be handed over to the second king, although this was last year's plan, but it has not been abolished to this day, so. ”

"So you think that you don't need to report things to me, everything is up to the second king, right?"

Xu Shiji sighed, "The king, the incident happened in the Yellow River, and the king also said last year, don't provoke Zhang Xuan, set up a strong enemy, and act in accordance with the king's orders!" ”

"Excellent! Very good! ”

Zhai Rang laughed angrily, "San Lang, I now find that you are very good at talking, and you are so good at talking that you have made me speechless, yes, there is no doubt about it, I said this, and I haven't said to abolish it now, but you touch your conscience and think about it, should this matter be reported to me?" ”

Xu Shiji was silent for a moment and said, "I don't think I should report to the king!" ”

"Why?" Zhai let the anger that had just subsided burn again.

"The king, there are no rules, there is no circle, in the past we have repeatedly failed, that is, we have no rules, everything is a big and rough style, do whatever you want, you want to grab power, but you are not willing to take responsibility, the second king is right. We should establish a court, and who is responsible for what things, who has what power, and what punishment should be given for making mistakes, should be clearly written, and the official positions should be well distributed. We can't go down any further, or we're going to fail. ”

Zhai Rang couldn't say a word for a long time, he was shocked, it was not Xu Shiji's words that moved him, but he began to realize the seriousness of the problem, someone wanted to use the method of setting rules to completely take away his power, once the rules were set, the Wagang army was no longer his Zhai Rang's army, it became the army of the Wagang court. Then whoever controls the Wagang court will control the army.

Zhai Rang realized that the crisis after defeating Zhang Xutuo had come, and someone wanted to use the defeat of the Central Plains to settle accounts and deprive him of Zhai Rang's power in disguise, and Xu Shiji's incident was an obvious omen.

At this point, Xu Shiji's private release of Zhang Xuan's fleet has become insignificant, and Zhai Rang doesn't have the heart to dwell on such a trivial matter anymore, he needs to calm down and think about it. He waved his hand, "Stand down!" ”

Xu Shiji bowed and retreated. Zhai Rang paced back and forth alone in the lobby, pondering, weighing,

Zhai Hong returned to his courtyard, and as soon as he entered the door, he was met by Wang Ruxin, who was originally Zhai Rang's military advisor. But because of the defeat of the Central Plains, Li Jiancheng was angrily reprimanded in public, and was snubbed by Zhai Rang.

But Wang Ruxin has another identity, he is the eyes and ears of the Bohai Society in Wagang, and a few days ago he received an order from Gao Hui asking him to regain control of the Wagang army.

In order to control the Wagang Army. Of course, he had to use Zhai Hong, a capable person, so the two decided to use the increasingly difficult power structure of the two masters to reconcile, with Wang Ruxin making suggestions behind the scenes, and Zhai Hong coming forward to provoke the relationship between the two masters.

The matter of Xu Shiji is that Wang Ruxin asked Zhai Hong to tell Zhai Rang that he knew that this matter would definitely anger Zhai Rang.

"What's the matter, is the king going to kill that man?" Wang Ruxin asked with a smile.

"The king is furious, but he doesn't seem to have the idea of killing yet, and I don't think it's enough to be hot."

Wang Ruxin nodded, he knew what the problem was? Without enough support, Zhai Rang would not have made up his mind to fight Li Mi, and it was not enough to rely on Zhai Hong's instigation, they had to find more powerful supporters to encourage Zhai Rang.

"I see, it seems that not only the general will come forward, but another person will need to come forward."

"Who?" Zhai Hong asked.

Wang Ruxin smiled slightly, "Shan Xiongxin! ”……

The main force to defeat Zhang Xutuo this time was led by Shan Xiongxin, Zhai Rang personally led 10,000 troops to ambush Zhang Xutuo, and Shan Xiongxin led 50,000 troops to attack Weicheng and Kuangcheng, and defeated Zhang Xutuo's 20,000 main force in one fell swoop.

Therefore, Wang Ruxin wanted to use Shan Xiongxin's current prestige to persuade Zhai Rang, it should be said that Wang Ruxin saw people very accurately, he knew that Shan Xiongxin's biggest heart problem was to fall from the second to the third position in the Wagang Army, if Li Mi was removed, then Shan Xiongxin would return to a high position, why not do it.

In the room, Shan Xiongxin asked the soldiers to serve two cups of tea, and said with a smile: "Is there anything the military advisor looking for me?" ”

Wang Ruxin and Shan Xiongxin have a good relationship, it was Shan Xiongxin who recommended him to Zhai Rang, Wang Ruxin took a sip of tea and said: "Don't Xiongxin think that the Wagang Army is a little messy now?" ”

"What do you mean by a military advisor?" Shan Xiongxin asked puzzled.

"Many soldiers are at a loss, they don't know whose orders to listen to, whether to listen to the orders of Zhai Da's family, or to listen to the orders of Li Er's family, there are no two masters, there are no two generals, I am afraid that if this continues, the Wagang army will split sooner or later."

Shan Xiongxin bowed his head and was silent, he knew that what Wang Ruxin said was not a lie, and now the soldiers who supported Zhai Da's family and supported Li Er's family have been clearly distinguished, and yesterday there was even a conflict over the distribution of loot materials, but he was stopped in time, and this situation really should not continue.

Wang Ruxin observed his words, and he saw that Shan Xiongxin was not disgusted with his words, that is, Shan Xiongxin also resonated with this matter.

He continued: "Actually, what I am worried about is not splitting, but I am afraid that one day internal strife will break out, fighting in the same room, fratricide, and pity that the foundation we have laid little by little will be destroyed by the people sent by the nobles of Guanlong, I will not be reconciled." ”

Shan Xiongxin sighed, "That's it! I'll talk to the king and see if I can find a compromise to deal with this matter. ”

Wang Ruxin was secretly happy, he didn't need Shan Xiongxin to persuade Zhai Rang, Shan Xiongxin's statement itself was a huge pressure on Zhai Rang, and Shan Xiongxin unknowingly fell into Wang Ruxin's trap.

Shan Xiongxin immediately found Zhai Rang, Zhai Rang is a relatively indecisive person, he has a lot of concerns, he thought about it for a day and didn't think about any result, but Shan Xiongxin is not, he is much more decisive than Zhai Rang.

He found Zhai Rang and pointed out the dangers of ordering two doors.

"General, my meaning is very clear, either follow the advice of Li Er's family, everyone sit down and divide the powers clearly, who should take care of what things, so that the military orders will be clear in the future, and the brothers below will not be at a loss, if the general is unwilling to divide power, then decisively remove Li Er's military power and take all the power into his own hands, I also absolutely support, I think defeating Zhang Xutuo is an opportunity, we should make changes."

Zhai Rang sighed, "Don't hide it from Brother Xian, I actually thought about this matter for a day, I don't want to establish any Wagang court, but I don't want to completely offend the Guanlong nobles, I want to leave a way back for myself." ”

Shan Xiongxin pondered and said, "If that's the case, the general can choose the third way. ”

Zhai Rang understood what the third path Shan Xiongxin was referring to, and he hesitated for a long time and said, "Do you think it's feasible for Brother Xian?" ”

Shan Xiongxin nodded slowly, "I think it's feasible!" ”

Zhai Rang had been forced into a corner, he knew that he had to make a choice no matter what, and at this moment he finally made up his mind......

After dinner, Zhai Rang took more than a dozen entourages to the victory ridge where Li Jiancheng lived, and when he heard that the king was coming, Li Jiancheng personally went out of the gate to greet him, "Why don't you send someone to say it first, I almost want to go out, let my brother run for nothing." ”

"If Brother Xian isn't there, I'll just go back, it doesn't matter."

"Brother, please come in!"

Li Jiancheng invited Zhai Rang to the inner hall, the two sat down separately, Li Jiancheng asked people to toast tea again, Zhai Rang waved his hand and smiled: "No need, I drank too much tea today, just have something to talk to the virtuous brother." ”

"Brother, please speak, little brother listens!"

Zhai Rang said lightly: "I think Xu Sanlang should also report to Brother Xian!" ”

Li Jiancheng understood what Zhai Rang was referring to, and said apologetically: "I was negligent in this matter, and I didn't tell my brother in time, so I really can't blame San Lang." ”

"Of course I don't blame him, but I've been thinking about one thing lately, that is, what will I do with my brother in the future?"

Li Jiancheng didn't say anything, he knew that Zhai Rang had already said the key point.

Zhai Rang sighed, stood up and paced back and forth, walked to the front of the hall and looked at the mountains and said: "When the virtuous brother came to Wagang, we had a new look at the top and bottom of Wagang, but because the virtuous brother just came, so I can't let go of many things for the virtuous brother to do, this time to break through Zhang Xutuo, I can finally calm down and think about the future of Wagang, I feel that my talent and courage are far inferior to the virtuous brother, for the development of Wagang, I plan to give up the position of the owner of Wagang Village to the virtuous brother, I will go elsewhere to develop, what do the virtuous brothers think?" ”

Li Jiancheng is no longer the Li Jiancheng of the year, several years of training have made him calm and wise, more scheming, more courageous, he immediately understood Zhai Rang's strategy of retreating as advance, Zhai Rang only gave two choices, only one of them can be on the throne, and the other must leave, either he Zhai Rang, or himself, Zhai Rang is actually letting himself leave Wagang.

Li Jiancheng had already thought of retreating, and Zhai Rang's plan was also in his interests, he could keep his army instead of merging with Zhai Rang.

Li Jiancheng said slowly: "I still stick to the original plan, I am responsible for attacking Liyang Cang, after capturing Liyang Cang, I will distribute half of the grain to my eldest brother, and then I will build another Wagang in Hanoi County, if it were not for the defeat in the Central Plains, at this time I should sit under the lamp in Hanoi County and write a letter to my eldest brother." ”

Zhai Rang's eyes narrowed, and he stretched out a palm, "I hope that if this palm continues, we will always be brothers!" ”

Li Jiancheng also raised his palm, "Brother Zhai will always be my big brother!" ”

The two struck each other with heavy palms.

Two days later, Li Jiancheng led 20,000 troops to leave Wagang Mountain, crossed the Yellow River to the north, Zhai Rang stood on the top of the mountain and looked at Li Jiancheng away, this is his third way, not to offend the Guanlong nobles, to send Li Jiancheng away.

Li Jiancheng's departure marked the official split of the Wagang Army, and Xu Shiji, Wei Zheng, Wang Junke, Wang Bodang, Xie Yingdeng, You Junda and other general civil and military elites followed Li Jiancheng to the north. (To be continued.) )