As Zhang Zhongzhi said, as long as Ye Chang led 30,000 soldiers, he never lost, and even more than 20,000 soldiers, he never suffered defeat.

Even if, as An Lushan said, the army gathered by Ye Chang was mainly composed of ordinary people, but according to Ye Chang's usual style before, at least about 30,000 of them were veterans with combat experience. As long as there are these veterans as the core, then this army is in Ye Chang's hands, and it is an army with considerable combat effectiveness.

At least Zhang Zhongzhi didn't think that by bringing 10,000 horses to him, he would be able to relieve Cui Qianyou.

"So, the general thinks that the king is not Ye Chang's opponent?" Wang Wujun asked again.

Zhang Zhongzhi didn't answer, tilted his head and looked at him for a while, and then sneered: "You want to replace me?" ”

"Why did the general say that?"

"If that is not the case, why are you leading me to say such things?"

"The general has misunderstood the humble position, how dare the humble post have other plans!" Wang Wujun was shocked, at this time, An Lushan's temper was turned over and strange, which made many of his generals also endanger themselves, and the suspicion between them was also very deep. If Zhang Zhongzhi misunderstood Wang Wujun and thought that he was going to slander in front of An Lushan, he had to cut him down first to protect himself.

Thinking of this, Wang Wujun looked around, and saw that they were all Zhang Zhongzhi's cronies, so he lowered his voice and said, "Humble position is just another idea." ”

"What thoughts?"

"If Ye Chang really has hundreds of thousands of people, how can Cui Qianyou escape safely, in his humble opinion, the king's royal order cannot be violated, Ye Chang's military might cannot be touched, the general should wait and see first."

"Wait-and-see?"

"Let's see if Cui Qianyou is still there, if he is, if he can save it, he will save it, and if he can't save it, he will protect himself."

"If the king is held accountable, what can he do?"

"If Cui Qianyou is defeated, what the king has to worry about is how to face Ye Chang's hundreds of thousands of troops, and have time to pursue the general? Now that the signs of troubled times have appeared, there are soldiers and generals under the general, as long as there is another piece of territory, why can't you settle down? ”

Zhang Zhongzhi was stunned, this was to persuade him to be self-reliant!

Although he did not establish himself as a king, at least he broke away from An Lushan's subordinates, and no longer tied himself to An Lushan's gang of rebels.

Zhang Zhongzhi was thrilled.

Now this situation, he actually can't understand it, it stands to reason that An Lushan has an absolute advantage in a short period of time, because he has much more troops than Ye Chang, as long as he can defeat Ye Chang in the case of an absolute advantage, even if he is driven out of the pass, then the next step is to hold the danger, and the balance of victory is still inclined to An Lushan's side.

But Ye Chang "transformed" a large number of soldiers and horses, An Lushan not only could not drive Ye Chang away, but also had to fight a decisive battle with Ye Chang in the pass that he was not very sure of - everyone knows that in the pass, in a protracted war in the pass, Ye Chang will definitely be able to get the support of the three towns of Anxi, Beiting, and Jiannan, while most of the other jiedu envoys will take a wait-and-see attitude. In this case, Ye Chang's troops will be more and more, and there will be more and more strong soldiers who have been in battle on the border for a long time.

Therefore, a quick victory is the only option for An Lushan to win.

"General, although this is a bit dangerous, it's better to go over to Ye Chang's side and send him to death." Wang Wujun said everything to this point, and there was no temptation or concealment, and he said directly to Zhang Zhongzhi: "If the opportunity continues, there will be something lost!" ”

"All of this requires one condition...... Needless to say, let's send someone to find out the battle situation ahead. ”

He ordered all the people and took the lead, and when he arrived in Yixian, the second group of envoys from Cui Qianyou in front also arrived.

"General Cui has been defeated, lost most of his men and horses, and retreated to Qiyang in order to prepare for another battle?"

When this news reached Zhang Zhongzhi's ears, he felt that something was wrong, so he wanted to look at the map for a while, and summoned Wang Wujun with a gloomy face: "Wujun, take a look!" ”

Wang Wujun was also shocked when he heard that Cui Qianyou was retreating to Qiyang: "Why not retreat to Qishan County, but Qiyang?" ”

To retreat to Qishan County is to go to the southeast, just to meet with An Lushan's army, and to retreat to Qiyang is to retreat to the east, which can only be regarded as parallel to An Lushan's army.

"It's fake to retreat to Qiyang, but it's true to retreat to Pizhou!" Zhang Zhongzhi said.

If it weren't for Wang Wujun's previous words, Zhang Zhongzhi would never have thought like this, but now, he had to think so.

He has the heart of waiting and seeing, doesn't Cui Qianyou have the heart of waiting and seeing? And with An Lushan's current capricious and irascible temper, he has suffered a defeat, how dare he come back to see An Lushan? Don't you see that the messengers he sent to report the military situation were all slashed by An Lushan!

"Yes, what the general said is that he must have gone to capture Pizhou!" Wang Wujun looked at the map for a while, and said in horror: "If this is the case, our army cannot enter again, and if it enters again, it will be dangerous!" ”

If Cui Qianyou is really in Qiyang, it is better to say, the two armies can become horns, but if Cui Qianyou runs to Pizhou, then the problem will be big, and their more than 10,000 men and horses will be equivalent to plunging into Ye Chang's prepared pocket. Mo said that Ye Chang's army of 120,000 had a certain combat effectiveness, even if it was really like An Lushan said, they were the people who were temporarily pulled out, it was enough to eat his more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.

"What if we don't enter, I think that Cui Qianyou's envoy will come to the king's side, and the people who urge us to move forward will follow."

"Go to Chencang!" Wang Wujun looked at the map again, and then said.

To go to Chen Cang is to go straight to the west, not to the northwest to engage Ye Chang. Zhang Zhongzhi thought for a long time, and then shook his head: "No, no, this is to pass under the tip of Ye Chang's nose and go around to his flank, how can Ye Chang tolerate me!" ”

"What does the general mean?"

"The king's military order is for us to rendezvous with Cui Qianyou, and we naturally have to act according to the order." Zhang Zhongzhi's eyes flashed: "Go to Qiyang!" ”

When Wang Wujun heard this, he immediately understood that he himself already felt a little insidious, and Zhang Zhongzhi was even more cunning than him!

Cui Qianyou's military report said that he lost more than half of his troops, so his troops were small, and Zhang Zhongzhi had more troops.

After annexing Cui Qianyou's department, Zhang Zhongzhi's strength increased greatly, and then he took the opportunity to seize Pizhou, even if he chose to surrender Ye Chang next, he had enough room for bargaining.

"Clever plan, what Zhang Gong said is very true, just like that!" Wang Wujun said loudly: "I am willing to be a striker and serve Zhang Gong." ”

He is now just a partial general, although he has his own plans, he must rely on Zhang Zhongzhi. But Wang Wujun is willing to live under others for a long time, Zhang Zhongzhi has his own plans, and he also has his own plans! If he annexes Cui Qianyou's ministry in the name of Zhang Zhongzhi, he will be able to take charge of himself and one day, he will be able to fight for a good future for himself.

After this big change, these side generals can be regarded as understanding, Datang has entered a turning point, and the voice of the strong will be greatly enhanced, even if Ye Chang tries his best to turn the tide, he will not be able to change this trend, because he himself should also be regarded as one of the strong soldiers.

The plan was decided, so they turned north and chased Cui Qianyou's department. Within a day, their news reached Ye Chang, and after hearing the movements of Zhang Zhongzhi's department, Ye Chang was also a little confused.

Although Ye Chang has full confidence in himself strategically, he does not dare to underestimate An Lushan tactically, he is not afraid of casualties, but unnecessary casualties can be avoided as much as possible. Therefore, when he found out that Zhang Zhongzhi's troops and Cui Qianyou's troops were separated from the battlefield, he did not act rashly, but sent scouts widely. It took two days of hard work to confirm that Zhang Zhongzhi and Cui Qianyou had no intention of fighting, and he was stunned when this result came out.

"Lang Jun is now famous, and he is really a group of evils retreating!" One of the generals said: "Since this is the case, why not strike with hot iron!" ”

"How do you take the hot iron method?" Another human: "Lang Jun has said many times, don't pin your hopes of victory on the enemy's mistakes, but on your own all-round lead!" Zhang Zhongzhi and Cui Qianyou obviously have different intentions, with these two people at the beginning, how can An Lushan not guard against it? I'm afraid that next, I will have to face An Lushan's full strength. Are we really ready for a decisive battle with An Lushan? ”

When this question was asked, everyone fell silent for a while.

Indeed, are you ready for a decisive battle with An Lushan?

The enemy doesn't know their reality, but they are the generals who are close to Ye Chang's account, but they know the way, and the current strength in Ye Chang's hands is indeed not enough to win a complete victory over An Lushan. According to Ye Chang's usual style, unless he reaches a dead end, he will always rely on his all-round advantages and overwhelming strength to reduce his losses.

After a moment of silence, the generals began to talk again, but this time everyone's voices were much quieter.

Ye Chang sat in the middle of the crowd and did not stop their discussion.

Although he had a plan in his heart, he knew very well that the number of times he was on the battlefield was getting less and less, and most of these generals present now were disciples of Lushun Academy that he had cultivated, and they would become the leaders on the battlefield in the future.

Taking advantage of the fact that they are still here, it is also good to let them exercise more.

However, after a while, they still haven't come up with a coping strategy that really satisfies Ye Chang.

This is related to the background of these people, they are all from Lushun Academy, they are all good at cultivating morale, and the training of arranging troops and drills is also quite good, but they are still tender when they really play tricks and conspiracies on the battlefield.

In other words, they will only consider the problem purely from the perspective of soldiers, and they have never left the word "war" in their thoughts.

However, among them, a small number of generals of the forbidden army squeezed their eyebrows at each other, and they looked a little disapproving.

Because of Ye Chang's fancy, among the generals of the forbidden army, An Yuanguang was faintly at the head, Ye Chang saw that although he also exchanged glances with his colleagues, he never spoke, so he immediately named him by name: "Yuanguang, you have always been wise, tell me your opinion." ”

An Yuanguang smiled bitterly.

He knew why those generals from Lushun Academy spoke so actively, and half of the reason was on him.

They thought that they had graduated from Lushun Academy and could be regarded as Ye Chang's protégé, so they naturally had a sense of arrogance in their eyes. Moreover, their military training exercises are indeed quite different from the old-style army, An Yuanguang can't judge which is better or worse at this time, but it is certain that these generals of Lushun Academy who can sit here have unique characteristics.

In terms of success rate, the students of Lushun Academy are much higher than the average person, and what they lack is only to really hone more on the battlefield and experience more outside the battlefield.

And Ye Chang's attention to An Yuanguang made these students very unhappy, from the beginning of the war in Luoyang, An Yuanguang was entrusted with important tasks by Ye Chang, and he lived up to Ye Chang's expectations and repeatedly made special achievements. In the eyes of these students, An Yuanguang is an "outsider", robbing them of the glory and military exploits that should belong to them, although this kind of "unhappiness" has not developed to the point of falling into each other, but it is normal to look at An Yuanguang and other generals of the forbidden army who are not pleasing to the eye.

So An Yuanguang didn't want to be in the limelight, but Ye Chang named him, and he had to be in the limelight again. He understood what Ye Chang meant, Ye Chang just needed someone like him to exist, firstly, to put pressure on the generals of the Lushun Academy Department, and secondly, to prepare for more people from different backgrounds to join his camp in the future.

If he can't show enough ability, Ye Chang will support others to take on this important task.

"I think we may be able to take advantage of the matter of Cui Qianyou and Zhang Zhongzhi." When An Yuanguang said this, he paused slightly, and when he saw Ye Chang's face showing joy, he knew that his thoughts coincided with Ye Chang, and then he said: "In the news I got in the past few days, An Lushan was tyrannical and had made his subordinates unbearable, and the departure of Cui Qianyou and Zhang Zhongzhi also proved this. With the experience of these two people, An Lushan must be more suspicious of other subordinates, we might as well spread more rumors, only that the generals under An Lushan's account have secret correspondence with Ye Gong, and they are willing to respond to Ye Gong. However, those who are unwilling to respond to the situation also promise to support their troops in the war to protect themselves and never participate. ”

The generals of the Lushun Academy Department are not stupid, but they are more inclined to solve problems through the battlefield than intrigues. So after hearing An Yuanguang's words, they couldn't help but hold their breath slightly: If this plan is successful, An Lushan will definitely not be able to settle down, and he will have to make everyone betray his relatives and leave!

It can even be said that they may let An Lushan's 100,000 army fall apart without bloodshed.

"Yuanguang, you still have unfinished words, let's talk about it later." Ye Chang said again.

"Yes, the lowly position thinks that this strategy can be a conspiracy, Ye Gong can ask the saint to publicly pardon, and those who are willing to fight back will no longer be held accountable for the crime of rebellion and obligation. Anyone who can make meritorious contributions, the court will not hesitate to reward the famous man. Ye Gong may also use other channels to lobby and buy these generals, whether they succeed or not, they can make An Lushan anxious, and they can also make their subordinates suspicious of each other. ”

Ye Chang nodded, this is indeed a yang scheme, but An Yuanguang still hasn't said anything.

"There is one more thing, Ye Gong might as well say that An Lushan wants to kill Li Heng and establish himself as the emperor. Regardless of whether An Lushan has such intentions or not, as soon as such rumors come out, the relationship between An Lushan and Li Heng will inevitably break down, and there will even be some changes in Chang'an City. If this is the case, Sergeant An Lushan will have no heart to fight, and only want to go back to Chang'an City to clean up the situation. If An Lushan returns to Chang'an, he will definitely die! "An Yuanguang said this, categorically!