Chai Shao immediately said goodbye and left, Li Shenfu rushed back to him angrily, picked up the tea bowl and drank two sips of hot tea, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and slammed the tea bowl in his hand to the ground, 'Bang! There was a crisp sound, and the tea bowl was shattered. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Several maids next to him were so frightened that they hid in the corner of the wall and didn't even dare to take a breath, at this time, it happened that Wang Jun, Li Shenfu's staff, walked in, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this, but immediately understood, he hurriedly gave a few maids a look, and several maids hurriedly slipped out along the root of the wall.

Wang Jun stepped forward and said with a smile: "It seems that the firewood horse makes the prince very troubled!" ”

"Humph!"

Li Shenfu snorted heavily, and said extremely dissatisfied: "Chai Shao wants to seize my military power, and he has begun to be unscrupulous. ”

Wang Jun said lightly: "His surname is Chai, the prince's surname is Li, he is in charge, the prince is in charge of the army, the rules are here, what can he do?" ”

Li Shenfu sat down and sighed for a while, "I'm afraid that the Son of Heaven secretly gave him military power, and he did a lot of things behind my back, does he think I don't know?" ”

Wang Jun pondered for a moment and said: "On the surface, Chai Shao wants to defend Chengdu and wait for backup, but the current situation can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, 100,000 troops against 20,000 troops, Chengdu will definitely not be able to hold it, and the backup will not come, unless the situation in the state is reversed, unless the Tang army in Longyou Hexi wins a big victory, but this possibility is really small, take a step back and say, even if we hold Chengdu, can we still recapture Bashu?" The prince's decision to abandon Chengdu and retreat north to Hanzhong to preserve his strength in order to make a comeback is a wise move, and with Chai Shao's intelligence, he will not fail to understand the current situation. ”

"Then why does he insist on resisting?" Li Shenfu asked puzzled.

"The problem is here, Chai Shao is in charge, when the political situation cannot continue, he should return to Beijing to report on his work, this is the normal practice, and should not interfere in military affairs, and he feels that his insistence on resistance may be just an excuse."

Li Shenfu was taken aback, "Could it be that his purpose is to seize military power?" ”

Wang Jun nodded, "I can even make a bet with the prince, once he seizes military power, he will definitely retreat north, he will not be stupid enough to trap himself in a lonely city." ”

Li Shenfu paced back and forth, in fact, he had long suspected that Chai Shao wanted to seize his military power, not this time the Zhou army entered Shu only began, from the time he entered Shu to grasp the military power, Bashu Yuan has been controlled by Li Xiaogong, and Li Xiaogong is the prince's person, that is to say, Bashu is the prince's sphere of influence, Chai Shao is also the prince's person, so he will be sent to Bashu to govern.

When the prince appointed himself to sit in Taiyuan, it was to seize the prince's military power, and he appointed himself to come to Bashu, which is also the same reason, will the prince give up? Definitely not, so it is understandable that Chai Shao took advantage of the opportunity of the Zhou army to seize his military power.

Li Shenfu figured this out, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but sneer, he knew that Chai Shao must be behind Li Jiancheng's secret instructions.

At this moment, a soldier rushed to the door and reported: "Lord Qiqi, the prince of Beicheng will have an urgent matter to see!" ”

Li Shenfu nodded, "Let him come in and see me." ”

After a while, a Lang general walked into the room quickly, knelt down on one knee and reported: "Lord Qiqi, I found an abnormality in my humble position, and I am here to report." ”

"What anomalies were found?"

"Lord Wang, the entourage of the envoys of the Zhou army just now was fifteen, but when they went out of the city, they found that there were only fourteen entourage, one less."

Li Shenfu was stunned for a moment, and asked dissatisfiedly, "Since there is one person missing, why don't you stop them?" ”

"The lowly duties only found out after they left the city, and it was too late."

Li Shenfu didn't know what the reason was, but Wang Jun's heart moved, and he immediately asked, "How many people still know about this matter?" ”

"Only the lowly and a few of his subordinates know, and the lowly is not allowed to talk nonsense."

"You're doing the right thing, this matter must be suppressed, and it must not be passed on, understand?"

"Humble duty understands."

"Go ahead! Go and tell some of your men, and whoever dares to speak out will kill him. ”

General Lang looked at Li Shenfu again, and Li Shenfu nodded, "Just do what Mr. said." ”

Lang Jiang bowed and left, and Li Shenfu asked, "I don't quite understand, what do they mean by this?" ”

"Lord Wang, the other party's subordinates don't really understand what their intentions are, maybe they want to connect with the spies in the city, but this is not important, the important thing is not to let people with intentions seize this matter and make a fuss, and seize the military power of the prince under the pretext of lax city defense and search of the city."

Li Shenfu nodded, "You are very thoughtful, you really can't be used by some well-intentioned people to make a fuss about it, but what should this escaped Zhou army soldier do?" ”

"This matter was handed over to his subordinates, and his subordinates secretly investigated the matter."

.........

Wang Jun arranged for Li Shenfu's personal soldiers to secretly search for the missing Zhou soldier, and when he returned home from the military office after finishing his chores, it was already dark.

Wang Jun's residence is located not far from the military office, less than 100 steps away from Li Shenfu's mansion, it is a small mansion covering an area of three acres, there are several domestic servants and two concubines in the house, the two concubines are given to him by Li Shenfu, young and beautiful, Wang Jun regards it as a treasure.

He rode to his mansion, turned over and dismounted, the groom led the horse into the courtyard through the side door, and Wang Jun walked up the steps, at this time, the door creaked open, and the old housekeeper saw that the old man had returned, and hurriedly let him into the courtyard.

When Wang Jun saw that the light was on in his study, he asked, "Are there any guests at home?" ”

"It's a fellow countryman!"

Wang Jun was slightly stunned, although he was from Pengcheng County, he was very cautious, never told anyone where his hometown was, and did not let people know his family situation, including Li Shenfu, who only knew that he had an old mother, a wife and two children at home, and now there were fellow villagers who came to find him, isn't it a little unbelievable.

He hesitated slightly, but still walked into the study, and saw a young man sitting in the study, sitting on the couch and drinking tea in a hurry.

"Who are you?"

Wang Jun asked coldly, "What does it mean to pretend to be my fellow countryman?" ”

The young man smiled, "Actually, Mr. Wang should know who I am?" Didn't Mr. Wang send a hundred of his men to secretly search for me in the whole city in the afternoon? ”

"It's you!"

Wang Jun was taken aback, instinctively looked back at the courtyard, then looked back at the man and asked, "What do you mean by coming to me?" ”

The man smiled slightly: "My general said that Mr. Wang is a smart person, and sure enough, it seems that Mr. Wang is mentally prepared for my visit to the mansion." ”

Wang Jun turned back to the old housekeeper and said, "If anyone looks for me, they will say that they are not in good health, they have already slept, and they will talk about it tomorrow." ”

The old housekeeper agreed, closed the courtyard door, Wang Jun closed the study door, walked to the young man and sat down, and asked in a low voice, "Xu Shiji asked you to come?" ”

The young man nodded and said with a smile: "Let me introduce myself first, under Zhao Wensheng, he also joined the army under General Xu's account, and he is in charge of military affairs." ”

Wang Jun suddenly understood, "Could it be that the real purpose of your negotiations in the city this afternoon is to cover your departure from the team?" ”

"Mr. Wang's reaction is very sharp! That's right, Zhang Yi is just here to socialize, and I am the real task. ”

"Your mission is to come to me?"

Zhao Wensheng nodded slowly, Wang Jun took a deep breath and said, "What are you looking for me, please tell me!" ”

"That's the case, our Son of Heaven hopes that General Xu can take Chengdu without bloodshed, so General Xu specially left the north gate for Li Shenfu to lead the army to evacuate, but Li Shenfu did not retreat north, which made General Jia feel puzzled, can Mr. Wang explain the reason?"

Wang Jun shook his head and said: "You do see the character of my prince, he originally planned to abandon the city and retreat north, but he has concerns, and more importantly, Chai Shao resolutely opposes the retreat to the north, after all, he is the most important son-in-law of the Son of Heaven!" ”

"I wonder what concerns Li Shenfu has?" Zhao Wensheng was not in a hurry to ask Chai Shao about it.

"The reason why the prince dares to abandon the city in Jiangxia is because Xiangyang is not far away, and there is a garrison to pick up, but how many dangerous passes and passes have to be passed through to Hanzhong here, and I don't know whether Jinshan County and Pu'an County have been occupied by you, especially the Jianmen Pass in Pu'an County, where there is a pass, and ten thousand people are not open, as long as hundreds of people guard the Jianmen, tens of thousands of troops will not think about it, these are the prince's concerns, unless ......"

"Unless what?" Zhao Wensheng asked.

"Unless you are willing to give the prince a guarantee."

Zhao Wensheng smiled, "Of course you can give a guarantee, but will your prince believe it?" ”

Wang Jun glanced at Zhao Wensheng and said meaningfully: "Then Zhao joined the army and didn't go to find my prince, but came to me for something?" ”