Sitting in the council hall, everyone had just made a decision to reduce Wang Rui's military food supply. Zhang Xian immediately clenched his fists and stood up suddenly: "General Wang, it is a felony to withhold grain and grass!" Our little military rations were collected with great difficulty, and they were not enough to supply Wang Tingshi's army, and they were still being deducted at the moment, wouldn't they want to put the army to death? ”

As soon as these words came out, the entire council hall suddenly fell silent. The officials are not stupid, they know that the matter of fighting for power has finally been put on the table, and they are all afraid to speak out.

Seeing Zhang Xian's beard trembling with anger, the corners of Wang Xu's mouth slowly drew his signature arc. However, he was not in a hurry to accuse, because this was not enough, and Zhang Xian had to be provoked to lose his mind.

Looking up at Zhang Xian for a long time, Wang Xu said unhurriedly: "Zhang County Order, what you said is serious, this general's move is just a reasonable distribution, how can it be said that it is a deduction?" At present, Guiyang is short of grain and grass, and the grain and grass carried by our army will be used up, if it is not distributed in this way, what do you think should be done? Could it be that the soldiers of the king's assassination are people, and my soldiers are not people? Don't have to eat? ”

Speaking of which, Wang Xu's tone has gradually increased. But this is not over, after glancing at Zhang Xian, he continued: "Besides, Wang Tingshi's quelling of the chaos lasted for several months without results, and people with a discerning eye know that they have taken advantage of the disadvantage, and they should have withdrawn a long time ago." This move can also make Wang Tingshi retreat from the difficulty, and avoid unnecessary casualties and attrition, what's wrong? If he really reports the truth to the Holy Lord, I'm afraid he won't be able to bear the wrath of the Holy Saint! ”

After hearing these words, Zhang Xian suddenly became angry and said angrily: "If you hadn't withdrawn your troops with Sun Taishou privately? How could he be trapped in such a situation? ”

"Huh? Withdrawing troops without permission? Wang Xu suddenly glanced at Zhang Xian amusedly, and asked rhetorically: "How do you know that General Ben and Sun Taishou withdrew their troops privately?" ”

"You ......" Zhang Xian was suddenly speechless by these words.

Seeing this, Wang Xu sighed, and pretended to be serious: "You don't know the truth about this matter, and General Ben doesn't care about you." Let me tell you this, General Ben's withdrawal was proposed by Wang Tingshi, and Sun Taishou's withdrawal was because he saw that the victory was in his hands, so he retreated after notifying Wang Tingshi. Because at that time, Changsha and I were still plagued by bandits, as Taishou, how could we not care about the stability of our own governance? ”

Wang Xu did not clash with Zhang Xian head-on, but reasoned on the facts, and immediately won the approval of all the officials, and most of them nodded involuntarily.

But Zhang Xian was already angry with Wang Xu's appearance, although he knew what Wang Xu's actual intentions were, but he couldn't find a refutation in this matter. couldn't help but take a deep breath and said, "Even so, why did the general stay in Chenxian County this expedition and not rush to reinforcements in time?" The general supervises the military affairs of the four counties of Jingnan, which is within the scope of pacifying the thieves, why does he always hesitate? ”

"This ......" Hearing this, Wang Xu had an idea, but he deliberately hesitated.

Sure enough, when Zhang Xian saw this, he thought that he had caught the handle, and immediately asked: "Don't you feel ashamed that the general does not advance or retreat at this moment, and allows Wang Tingshi's army to fight bloodily on the front line?" If the general could immediately send reinforcements and attack from both sides, the district star dog thief would have already been awarded. ”

Seeing Zhang Xian's plan, Wang Xu couldn't help but smile slightly, slowly stood up from the mattress, bowed to the side, stretched out his hand and pointed to his position and said, "Zhang Xianling, may you take a seat?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked over in surprise, even Liu Du didn't know why, Zhang Xian was completely confused!

Seeing this, Wang Xu smiled and continued: "Zhang County Order, this general seems to be quite good at commanding after listening to what you just said, so it is better for you to sit in this position." Guiyang is in chaos like this, presumably Zhang Xianling failed to show his talents, since Zhang Xianling is so good at using soldiers, why don't you come? ”

This sharp sarcasm immediately made all the officials react, and they couldn't help but "poof!" smiled, but it is estimated that Zhang Xian's face quickly lowered his head, but there were still many officials whose shoulders were shaking, obviously enduring extremely hard.

Zhang Xian is not stupid, after reacting quickly, his face is as ugly as he is.

However, before he could speak, Wang Xu's face changed, and he suddenly shouted: "Zhang Xianling, I respect you as a wise man, so I tolerate it everywhere." But what do you mean by being so aggressive? ”

As he spoke, Wang Xu suddenly sat back in his position, "Smack!" He slapped the table and said angrily: "What you said just now seems to be questioning the general's ability to command the army." I wonder what you qualify? Even General Huangfu and General Zhu Jun have never treated me with such contempt, I wonder what kind of achievements you have, and you can have such qualifications? ”

"Before the age of 14, General Ben had already followed General Huangfu to defeat Bocai, Ping Pengtuo, and War Ma Yuanyi, and experienced the three major battles of Changshe, Xihua, and Dongjun, and exterminated hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves. At the age of 15, he defeated Zhang Liang, beheaded Zhang Jiao, captured Guangzong, and exterminated nearly 100,000 elite Yellow Turbans. How to fight, does General Ben still want you to teach you? ”

As soon as these words came out, all the officials in the council hall bowed their heads in shame. After all, Wang Xu's name as a young genius was still in his ears, and those achievements were also known to the world, and no one could say anything. When it comes to meritorious deeds, no one here can compare with him.

But Zhang Xian himself has a strong personality and is arrogant, first teased and sarcastic by Wang Xu, and then humiliated by such words, his face was already red with anger, and there was smoke from his seven holes. He lost his mind with a bang in his head, and suddenly scolded angrily: "Wang Xu, Xiao'er, you don't want to be reckless, I know that you are very good at fighting." But what you're doing now is really forced to do something? You just want to force me to hand over power, get the support of the whole of Guiyang, and then compete for the position of assassin! ”

"Hiss......" Before Zhang Xian's words fell, the chamber was already full of gasps. Even the die-hard elements beside Zhang Xian were startled and wanted to stop them, but unfortunately their hands had just been born, but the words had already been spoken.

Even Wang Xu was stunned for a moment, he really didn't expect this Zhang Xian to be so straightforward. But then he looked at Zhang Xian coldly, his right hand was gently placed on the table, and his index finger tapped rhythmically.

"Smack, smack, smack!" The sound of the impact was like a heavy hammer, hitting everyone's hearts fiercely. The atmosphere in the chamber was instantly suffocatingly heavy.

Zhang Xian also knew that he was impulsive at the moment, and he had hidden remorse, but the words had already been spoken, so he couldn't change it!

With Wang Xu's silence, only the heavy knocking sound was suddenly left in the conference hall, but in a moment, many officials were even in cold sweat in their vests.

It wasn't until everyone was about to take it anymore that Wang Xu finally spoke. The tone is very light, so light that I can't hear any emotion. "Zhang Xian, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense! Conviction is about evidence, I wonder if you may come up with evidence? ”

Although Wang Xu's words were calm at this moment, they were extremely depressed in Zhang Xian's ears, and he wanted to say something, but he couldn't get out!

In fact, how can there be evidence for this kind of thing, it's just a tacit thing. However, in actual affairs, Wang Xu is thoughtful, and there is never a half-point difference, and it is impossible to leave a handle on people. Besides, it is not a crime to want to be promoted, and Wang Xu did not use any means that violated the laws of the Han Dynasty. Even if it was Wang Rui, he just took advantage of the other party's incompetence to design a trap, and he didn't do anything himself.

After waiting silently for a long time, seeing that Zhang Xian never answered, Wang Xu slowly spoke: "But I have evidence that you broke the law!" ”

As he spoke, Wang Xu's gaze gradually turned cold, and he said in an aggravated voice: "First, as the county magistrate of Guiyang County, when there was chaos in the county, you didn't stay in the county, but you came here, which is a great crime of dereliction of duty. ”

"Second, blatant insulting general-level officials with words, the crime of offense!"

"Third, two charges of framing general-level officials have been framed, and the crime of blaming the blame!"

"According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, the first article should be beheaded, the second article should be imprisoned for at least five years, and the third article should be beheaded! That's enough for you to die twice. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Xian suddenly felt a chill rising from his vest. Wang Xu could have put forward the first charge early in the morning, but now he said that it was obvious that it was difficult to put himself to death because he knew that charge.

Because Guiyang County has not fallen, it can be said that it is because the county government lacks manpower, and it will not be a big deal if he comes to help without worrying about Guiyang County. But now that the three things are happening at the same time, then you can see with a clear eye that you are fighting for power, and the three charges can be combined into one, the crime of conspiracy and disruptive government.

Saying that you die twice is simply fake, and the three add up to just one death. Any one of them alone can find a way to excuse it, at least it can't die.

Thinking of this, looking at Wang Xu with a calm face, Zhang Xian suddenly felt that he really seemed to have made the wrong choice, he had tried his best to help Wang Rui, but he still couldn't fight......

In fact, Zhang Xian thought too much, Wang Xu didn't want him to die at all, he just wanted to force him to provoke an incident and make mistakes in the chaos, and then take the opportunity to bring out the first one, justifiably remove his official position in front of everyone, and with the assistance of Liu Du, it was enough to clear his die-hard faction. I didn't expect him to end up being so out of shape and saying that kind of thing.

However, Wang Xu didn't want to really let Zhang Xian die because of this, first, it was meaningless, and secondly, he made a mortal enemy for himself, after all, the Zhang family was not small in Guiyang.

After being silent for a long time, Wang Xu slowly raised his head and looked at Zhang Xian, who was pale. "Zhang County Order, I don't want to hold you accountable for insulting and framing those two!"

After speaking, Wang Xu glanced at Zhang Xian deeply, then slowly got up and left the conference hall.

The officials also shook their heads and left quietly, leaving only Zhang Xian standing alone in the conference hall. Unable to say anything, he let out a long sigh......

The next day, Zhang Xian really made the most correct choice, and the entire Zhang family's extremely dependent officials surrendered to Wang Xu, and Zhang Xian was also dismissed! The reason is: although it is meritorious to assist the county government to stabilize the situation, it is also an indisputable fact that he left his post without permission.

Wang Xu no longer cares about Zhang Xian's affairs, after all, he has no grievances. Instead, he appeased the Zhang family, and personally came to Zhang Xian to have a good chat, and vaguely said that in the future, as long as the other clansmen of the Zhang family have the ability, they can also be reused. This move made many people in the Zhang family gradually have a good impression of him, and Zhang Xian also accepted Wang Xu's overtures!

And to solve the biggest hidden danger of this trip, Wang Xu is also very happy. After letting Liu Du take full authority to act as Guiyang's affairs, he once again focused his attention on the battlefield.

According to his prediction, Ou Xing should have defeated Wang Rui within four or five days after he sent troops to Guiyang, but I don't know what happened, it dragged on for more than ten days. Fortunately, Ou Xing did not disappoint him too much, and on the thirteenth day after Wang Xu sent troops to Guiyang, he finally launched a fierce attack, forcing the unwilling Wang Rui to retreat.

When he received the news, even Gao Shun couldn't help but sigh that this Wang Rui really loves face, and he is so happy, knowing that it won't work, he still held on to this Guiyang for more than three months.

In fact, Wang Xucai was the most depressed, if Wang Rui had retired early, he wouldn't have to work so hard at all.

With Wang Rui's withdrawal of troops, Wang Xu did not shy away from it, and left Chenxian County, the capital of Guiyang County, with his troops on the same day. At the same time, Sun Jian, who had been waiting impatiently for Chen Bing at the Changsha border, finally led his troops across the border and entered the territory of Guiyang.