Li Shanbin stood on the gate tower of Qixia Pass, and was silent when he saw that another batch of Dingzhou grain transport teams that had just arrived were detained, and the mighty grain trucks were ordered to drive into the big warehouse in the city. As a Great Chu general, although he has been stationed in Qixia Pass for a long time, he does not have the pain of the Dingzhou people for the barbarian invasion, but for a long time, the hatred of the Great Chu people for the barbarians has also affected him, and he is helpless for everything he has done, being in a different camp, he must do something involuntarily, for this matter, he can only look at the west from afar, sigh, sorry, Li Dashuai.

Li Shanbin knew that after he was locked up, the Changfeng County Commander was helpless against him, so he sent someone to Luoyang to report to the marshal, counting the time, he was about to arrive in Luoyang, and when the marshal clearly ordered the release of the Dingzhou grain team, it was estimated that everything had been settled. And at that time, he probably left this Xiongguan that allowed him to grow up, and was in the army on the side of His Royal Highness King Ning in the south.

What Li Shanbin didn't know at this time was that the messenger sent by the Changfeng County Order had just left the state and was intercepted and killed by the killer who was ambushed in advance by Zhong Ziqi, and the letter would never reach Wu Zecheng's hands.

Of course, Zhong Ziqi does not expect this news to be concealed for a long time, I believe that it will not be long before Luoyang will know what happened in Qixia Pass from different channels, but what does it matter, what he wants is this time difference, come and go, and wait for Luoyang's reaction to reach Qixia Pass, almost a month will pass, if there is a little delay, the time will be longer, there is such a long time, enough to achieve King Ning's strategic goal.

Zhong Ziqi left Qixia Pass with Li Shanbin's wife and children with a happy mood and moved towards the territory of King Ning in the south.

Xiao Haoran, the Duke of Qi, got the news on the tenth day after the incident, looking at the information in his hand, he was stunned at first, and then laughed, laughing so happily that his beard trembled, waving the information in his hand, and said to Xiao Yuanshan: "Yuanshan, go and ask Wu Dashuai to come over." ”

After Wu Zecheng read the information, his face was pale, the information was very short, but there was a lot of information revealed in it, Li Qing's life and death were not a big deal for him, but the general he trusted and relied on was actually the nail planted by King Ning but it made him lose face and make him lose face in front of the Duke of Qi.

"I'm going to skin him!" Wu Zecheng's beard was full of hair, and his muscles were exposed. Under the surge of blood and energy, he almost fell to the ground.

"Wu Dashuai, don't be bored!" Xiao Haoran smiled and comforted, "This is not a bad thing for us. ”

Wu Ze looked at Xiao Haoran dissatisfied, for the strength of Dingzhou, he who is adjacent to Dingzhou, has a personal experience, and the best way to be neighbors with such a strong man is to maintain a good relationship, don't let the opponent find any reason to deal with him, Wu Zecheng does not think that he is stronger than the barbarians. Regarding Xiao Haoran's understatement, his understanding is that Xiao Haoran is a full man who doesn't know that a hungry man is hungry, and he really wants to annoy Li Qing, and he is really enough to drink a pot.

"Wu Dashuai, calm your anger first, calm your anger!" Xiao Haoran stroked his beard and said, "Li Shanbin's move is beneficial to us and harmless, why should Wu Dashuai be so angry!" ”

"Where's that?" Wu Zecheng pressed his anger, "I immediately sent an order back to Qixia Pass to release the grain and grass in Dingzhou." ”

"Wu Shuai, this matter has happened for more than ten days, and when your messenger rushes back to Qixia Pass, a month is almost the same, a month is enough time to do a lot of things, if you say that you offend Li Qing, this month's time is already clean, why care about this time?"

"It's too late to make amends!" Wu Zecheng sighed.

Xiao Haoran said with a smile: "Wu Shuai, this time you will return to Merge Prefecture, will you immediately start to rearm your armament and strengthen the defense of Qixia Pass to guard against Li Qing?" ”

"Not bad!" Wu Ze became enlightened.

"In this case, Li Shanbin's move is tantamount to helping you and me greatly reduce the pressure from Li Qing and give you more time to prepare, why is Wu Shuai so angry?"

"This ......" Wu Zecheng couldn't help but stop, in the final analysis, he still couldn't save face, and it was difficult to calm down if anyone encountered this kind of thing.

"Wu Shuai, then again, the grudge between our Xiao family and Li Qing is much bigger than yours!" Xiao Haoran glanced at Xiao Yuanshan, Xiao Yuanshan was slightly hesitant and lowered his head.

"Not only us, the Fang family not only lost two generals in the hands of Li Qing, but also suffered heavy losses economically, the Xiang family not only lost Huangquan to Xianhe, but also lost Fuzhou, that family and Li Qing are not as deep as the sea, in the final analysis, Li Qing climbed up on the top of our family's heads." Xiao Haoran said calmly.

"I, Xiao Xiang, the three clans of Fang, have joined forces to raise major events together, and now it seems to be the control center, controlling the heart of Da Chu in one fell swoop, sitting on a rich land, strong soldiers and horses, not I am prepared for danger in times of peace, but in fact, it is even more dangerous right now."

"King Ning's intentions are obvious, the rebellion is a matter of the night, the two great giants in the north and the east are eyeing each other, if they look at the opportunity, they will never hesitate, they will definitely attack in a big way, and the rise of Li Qing in the west, the soldiers of a hundred battles, is even more worrying, to tell the truth, I Xiao is trembling, walking on thin ice, a little careless, it is the end of no return."

Wu Zecheng gasped, he couldn't imagine that Xiao Haoran, the prince of Qi who is now powerful in the world, was so pessimistic.

"King Ning's move is to give us a chance to solve the crisis in the West, even if it is temporary." Xiao Haoran said.

"I want to hear about it." Wu Zecheng arched his hand.

"I was very worried that after Li Qing pacified the grassland, he would march into the Central Plains in a big way, and at this time, if King Ning also raised troops at the same time, then the two heroes of the east and the north would not have the opportunity to move, and then we would really be attacked on all sides!" Xiao Haoran shook his head and said: "But I don't know what King Ning thinks, he actually thought of attacking Li Qing at this time, hehe, probably because he felt that the victory was in his hands, and he didn't want Li Qing to enter the customs to stir up the situation." ”

Xiao Yuanshan nodded and said: "Most likely, patriarch, in my opinion, King Ning's move is to make Li Qing and the barbarians both defeated, and they have no power to go east, so they can only hide in Dingzhou and lick their wounds, and when Li Qing recovers, the overall situation of the Central Plains has been decided, and Li Qing is helpless." ”

"That's exactly what it means!" Xiao Haoran said, "King Ning thinks that as soon as he comes out, we will all be tied up, hehe, is he and I all local chickens and dogs?" ”

"But can Li Qing know that this matter was secretly started by King Ning?" Wu Zecheng said worriedly, "What if he counts this account on us and forms an alliance with King Ning?" ”

Xiao Haoran sneered: "Are you a fool when Li Qing is a fool, we have all found out Li Shanbin's origin, how can he not know?" King Ning's move can be regarded as a death hole for Li Qing, and he also offended Li Qing to death, which gives us the opportunity to form an alliance with Li Qing. ”

"An alliance with Li Qing?" Wu Zecheng said in shock: "Guogong, Xiao Xiangfang San clan has such a big enmity with Li Qing, how can he easily form an alliance with us?" ”

Xiao Haoran shook his head and said: "Wu Shuai, national affairs, there is no unsolvable hatred, as long as the interests exist, the big hatred can also be put down, at least when the interests of both parties are the same and there is a common goal, this hatred can be temporarily put aside, there are no eternal friends, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests." ”

"King Ning has become the common goal of both sides!" Wu Ze became enlightened.

"Yes, at this stage, King Ning has become our common goal." Xiao Haoran nodded. "Li Qing's great loss of strength is beneficial to King Ning, but it is more beneficial to us, King Ning has one more enemy, and we have temporarily gained a friend, with Li Qing's surname, there is no reason not to retaliate. As for what happens between us after defeating King Ning, that will be a matter for the future. ”

Wu Zecheng laughed, "After defeating King Ning, with the land of the Central Plains, Li Qing's troops are no longer strong, but they are suffering from the bitter cold of Dingzhou, and the resources are limited, and they are powerless to pose a threat to Guogong." ”

"That's right!" Xiao Haoran said with a smile: "So, Wu Shuai, after you return to Merge State, you still need to continue to strengthen the military equipment of Qixia Pass, with the important strategic position of Qixia Pass to Dingzhou, with this place, we can attack and retreat, and firmly lock Li Qing outside the pass, so what about temporarily letting him be a king outside the pass." After seeing Dingzhou, if Li Qing wants to get out of the customs, he must make a detour to Fuzhou, Fuzhou, but King Ning's sphere of influence, let them touch it, wouldn't we be happy? ”

Wu Zecheng suddenly realized, "In this case, I'm not busy returning to Merge State, so let Li Shanbin add more chaos to Li Qing!" He chuckled.

"That's exactly what I mean, Wu Shuai, tonight, you go with me to visit Li Huaiyuan, Duke of Anguo!" Xiao Haoran said with a smile.

"Visiting An Guogong?" Wu Zecheng was stunned.

"Why, your subordinates have caused such a big mess for his grandson, shouldn't you go and apologize to him? By the way, let's talk about the alliance with the Li family, that's what the question should mean? Xiao Haoran said with a smile, "Although Lao Li Tou is old, he is still scheming, with his influence in the army, if he can return to us with a clear banner, it will give us wings!" ”

"I'm afraid it's not that simple?" Wu Zecheng said with a smile, "An Guogong is not an ordinary person!" ”

Xiao Haoran laughed, "That's natural, today the emperor rewarded me with a few palace maids, I borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, sent a few to Lao Li Tou, and talked about my heart." When you go back, prepare a gift as well! ”

Wu Zecheng laughed, "An Guogong is old like that, don't you send a few beautiful women like flowers and jade over, wouldn't it be difficult for An Guogong?" Isn't it uncomfortable to just look at it but not be able to eat it! ”

Xiao Haoran laughed, "What I mean by sending the palace maid to him, he will understand." ”

In Luoyang City, Xiao Haoran had his plans, and at this time, under the cover of the night, a team dressed in night clothes was quietly approaching the pass and touched the moat. The leaders were Wang Qi of the Operations Department of the Statistics and Survey Department and Zhong Jing, Qingfeng's personal guard, and the plan for Dingzhou's surprise attack on Qixia Pass had officially begun.

(To be continued)