Zhang Chonghua, the king of Liang, has the grace of knowing Xie Ai, so when Xie Ai learned the news that Zhang Chonghua had returned to heaven, he was extremely sad in his heart, and regretted that he was a step late and could not see Zhang Chonghua for the last time.

Xie Ai, who was sad in his heart, got up and walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and admired the starry sky at night in a clearing outside the camp.

In the night sky in the northwest direction, the stars are still bright, but Xie Ai's heart is still gray, now, Zhang Chonghua, the king of Liang, has returned to the sky, and he can't see it, whether to continue to go to Guzang, or return to Bingzhou, Xie Ai hesitated for a while.

"General, the new king has ascended the throne, do we still want to continue to Guzang?" A subordinate general asked, clenching his fists.

Xie Ai sighed and said softly, "We're still a step too late!" Now that the new king has ascended the throne, should our army continue to go to Guzang, and the general is also hesitating? ”

"General, we are already generals of Liangguo, so naturally we should return to Guzang." Another general said loudly.

Hearing this, Xie Ai waved his hand and said softly: "We are indeed the generals of the Liang Kingdom, but the Liang Kingdom is also loyal to the Great Jin Dynasty, and now, the biggest threat facing the Great Jin Dynasty is in the north. After speaking, he looked at the generals.

Xie Ai's tone was not resolute, obviously, he hadn't fully thought it through, right now, Zhang Chonghua's son Zhang Yaoling, although he had ascended the throne and claimed the throne, but Zhang Zuo, the Marquis of Changning, who was angry with Zhang Chonghua, still held the power of Guzang, Xie Ai was very worried that this Zhang Zuo would usurp Zhang Yaoling's throne. As a result, it will set off a wave in the direction of Liangguo, so that the western part of the Great Jin Dynasty must be unstable, which will also have a great impact on the situation in the north.

The generals of the Liangguo and Xie Ai got together and thought for a long time, but they did not completely make up their minds, the main army in the direction of Guzang City was controlled by Zhang Zuo, the Marquis of Changning, Xie Ai and the generals under his command were very worried, and they returned to Guzang rashly, and they would be disarmed by Zhang Zuo. He was even detained. In this case, the situation is quite bad.

It didn't take long for the sound of horses' hooves to be heard due south, and the sound was getting closer and closer. Apparently a cavalry force was approaching.

"General. Guanzhong cavalry. One of the generals said loudly.

Xie Ai glanced due south. He said softly: "It must be the soldiers and horses under General Wang, his movements are quite fast, we have just entered Guanzhong." And he found us. ”

"General, General Wang won't be here to arrest us, right?" A general said worriedly.

Xie Ai smiled and said softly: "It's okay, General Wang must have come to say hello, you can rest assured." ”

Soon, Wang Meng and his 5,000 cavalry rushed to the camp of Xie Ai's army and stopped their horses, while Wang Meng led several generals to ride their horses to the front of Xie Ai and stopped.

"General Wang's information is well-informed! It's coming so soon. Seeing Wang Meng riding his horse in front of him, Xie Ai joked softly.

Wang Meng jumped off his horse, smiled and hugged his fists, and said, "General Xie is so Yaxing, he admires the stars in the wilderness in the middle of the night. ”

"Haha! Didn't General Wang also come to enjoy it? Xie Ai said.

Wang Meng smiled and said softly: "General Xie entered Guanzhong in such a hurry, he is going to Guzang!" ”

Xie Ai nodded and admitted: "King Liang has the grace of knowing Xie Ai, a few days ago I heard that King Liang was seriously ill and someone in the country intended to usurp the throne, so I led these horses and horses to Guzang day and night, in order to help King Liang, but I didn't expect that King Liang had already returned to heaven, and Xie Ai was a step too late!" ”

"In that case, does General Xie still want to continue to Guzang?" Wang Meng asked softly.

Xie Ai did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "In General Wang's opinion, should Xie Ai return to Guzang?" ”

Wang Meng said: "Of course I have to go to Guzang, but now is not the time, we need to wait for a while." ”

"Oh, wait for the time, what time?" Xie Ai asked.

Wang Meng replied: "There is news from the direction of Guzang, the Marquis of Changning seems to have plans to usurp the throne, and right now, Zhang Zuo, the Marquis of Changning of the Liang Kingdom, has tens of thousands of troops, and General Xie's 3,000 men and horses are rashly returned, which is bound to threaten Zhang Zuo's usurpation action, therefore, Zhang Zuo will definitely get rid of the general and the soldiers and horses under his command immediately, so General Xie must not return to Guzang rashly for his own safety, and the time to go to Guzang is when Zhang Zuo officially usurped the throne, at that time, Zhang Zuo has usurped the throne and stood on his own, and General Xie can crusade against rebellion on the ground, Lead a large army to kill Gu Zang. ”

"General Wang, as an auxiliary minister, the Marquis of Changning is already in charge of the affairs of the Liang Kingdom, and there is not much difference between him and the King of Liang, will he definitely take another step and usurp the throne?" Xie Ai said softly.

Wang Meng said with a straight face: "If General Xie doesn't believe it, we can make a bet that within a month, Zhang Zuo will definitely ascend the throne and become king." ”

"Okay, since General Wang wants to gamble, Xie Ai is willing to accompany him." Xie Ai said loudly.

Subsequently, after careful deliberation with Wang Meng, Xie Ai and Wang Meng decided to lead 3,000 men and horses to follow Wang Meng back to Chang'an City to camp near Chang'an City to observe the movement in the direction of Guzang City.

As for the direction of the state, Xie Ai is not worried at all, after all, the main army of the Daiguo of Tuoba Shiyijian has just been defeated by himself, and the 20,000 charioteers under the command of Yang An are even more terrifying to the soldiers of the Daiguo, therefore, within half a year, the Daiguo army has absolutely no strength to attack Jinyang City, even if it does not have its own Jinyang City, with the strength of Yang An, Zhao Wu and other generals, it is enough to defeat the invasion of the main army of Daiguo.

In the afternoon of the second day, Xie Ai and his 3,000 men arrived at the foot of Chang'an City, and stationed in an open space outside the city.

Wang Meng, on the other hand, continued to intensify the training of new recruits, so that the 100,000 cavalry under his command could have strong combat effectiveness.

"General, the king has sent an urgent letter." A colonel entered the big tent of the Chinese army and reported to Wang Meng.

Wang Meng hurriedly took the letter and watched, seeing that Hua'an intended to take the opportunity to annex Liangguo, Wang Meng was extremely happy, which coincided with his thoughts, as long as Liangguo was annexed, Hua'an's strength would increase a lot, which would give him more confidence in the future to fight against the Yan Dynasty coalition army.

In order to live up to Hua'an's expectations, Wang Meng continued to collect every move in the direction of Guzang City, and on the other hand, he began to gather the main cavalry, and was ready to cooperate with Xie Ai's army at any time to kill Guzang City and destroy Liangguo.

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In the direction of Liangguo, the new Liang King Zhang Yaoling has been on the throne for many days, but all the power of Liangguo is held by the Queen Mother Ma and the auxiliary minister Zhang Zuo, so Ma and Zhang Zuo are the real masters of Liangguo.

In order to maintain his rule, the first thing Zhang Zuo did was to vigorously reward his cronies, and install all the key positions in Liangguo, so as to facilitate the control of the entire Liang State and lay the foundation for the next usurpation.

To say that Zhang Zuo really has two brushes, his means and efficiency in handling political affairs are indeed much more clever than Zhang Chonghua, in just more than ten days, he has managed the entire government in an orderly manner, and all his henchmen have been promoted to make a fortune.

These henchmen, for their own interests, also tried their best to help Zhang Zuo, so that Zhang Zuo could firmly control the government of Liangguo.

But Zhang Zuo, who is very ambitious, will never be satisfied with the position of auxiliary minister, his wish is to ascend the throne and become the emperor, therefore, while he is the auxiliary government, he actively contacts his subordinates, so that they can unite with the Empress Dowager Ma Shi, on the grounds that King Liang is young, abolish the Liang King Zhang Yaoling, who has just ascended the throne, and establish the auxiliary minister Zhang Zuo as the king of Liang.

Zhao Chang, Wei Ji and other confidants are all Zhang Zuo's sworn friends, and they naturally will not refuse Zhang Zuo's request, so they have written to the Queen Mother, asking to establish Zhang Zuo as the king of Liang.

Of course, it is not enough to just let these henchmen go to persuade the Ma family, in order to be able to ascend to the throne of King Liang smoothly, Zhang Zuo naturally has to go out in person.

At this time, Zhang Chonghua has returned to heaven, the new Liang King Zhang Yaoling is still a doll who doesn't know anything, in the entire palace of Liang Kingdom, Zhang Zuo can walk sideways almost without scruples, and this feeling is also what Zhang Zuo desires the most, and now, he can finally go to the harem to find Ma without scruples.

On the way to Ma's bedroom, Zhang Zuo raised his eyes and saw a beautiful young woman, in terms of appearance and figure, it is definitely far more than Ma's who is close to fifty, especially those eyes, which are the most charming, Zhang Zuo can't help but feel excited, this beautiful young woman is the late Liang King Zhang Chonghua's wife Pei Shi, and now, she is already the queen mother of Liang Kingdom.

Zhang Zuo swallowed his saliva, and made up his mind in his heart that as long as he ascended the throne of King Liang, he would immediately include Pei's family in the back room for his own pastime and venting, not only Pei's family, but all Zhang Chonghua's concubines and unmarried daughters were the objects of his pastime and venting, including his niece who was not yet ten years old.

Seeing Zhang Zuo staring at herself with a wicked smile, the Queen Mother Pei wanted to go up and shave his ears to avenge his anger against her husband, but she didn't dare to do so, because, at this time, Zhang Zuo held great power, and he could take his life with a random order, in order to save his life, Pei Shi walked quietly with his head down, pretending not to see Zhang Zuo.

Seeing Pei's straight face, it seemed to be a little cold and arrogant, Zhang Zuo not only did not get angry, but felt very interesting, he was used to seeing women who took the initiative to take the initiative, a cold and arrogant woman like Pei's could arouse Zhang Zuo's passion and thoughts. (To be continued......)