Chapter 60

Xu Shouren was not willing to be weak, so he ordered 3,000 special operations troops to come forward to meet the battle.

The 6,000 army immediately began to tear apart, a bloody storm, in the chaos, the frightened Bao Hu found that the rope binding him was not tightened, so he quietly moved to an unobtrusive corner, took advantage of the chaos, and fled the battlefield.

Seeing Bao Hu fleeing with interest, Xu Shouren and Zhi Congyuan immediately ordered to stop the attack, and the soldiers who were lying in a pool of blood also got up, Xu Shouren, Xiang Xun, and Zhi Congyuan looked at each other and smiled.

The three ordered the army to arrange a large number of discarded and broken ordnance on the battlefield, and the two armies dressed up as unable to fight again and unwilling to retreat, forming a stalemate of confrontation, and at the same time strictly ordered the soldiers of their respective armies not to enter and leave at will, in order to prevent information leakage.

At the same time, Xu Shouren and Xiang Xun each secretly reported their progress to Baili Wuji and Chai Rong.

On this night, Bao Hu, who was lucky enough to escape with his life, quietly went out of the east gate of Pizhou and fled to Kaifeng with the help of his old subordinates.

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The news of the fierce battle between the Ming and Zhou armies in Pizhou not only deceived Bao Hu, but also deceived the subjects of Ming and Zhou.

As a result, there was a voice of war in the Ming Kingdom, and the goal of the war was the Zhou State.

The Ming and Zhou countries were fighting together with the Liao State and Zhubu, and the battlefield north of Chengdu was held by Yun Yang and Ma Jiyun, and Ming soldiers died in the battle every day.

And the country will set off such a big wave for some friction with the Zhou State.

Baili Wuji naturally guessed that this was the Liao State Meticulous Works, but for the smooth progress of the plan, Baili Wuji could only adopt a laissez-faire attitude towards the domestic Liao Army's meticulous efforts. As a result, the situation is getting more and more out of control.

But Jinling Mansion, as the capital of the Ming Kingdom, cannot be chaotic no matter what. Baili Wuji ordered the four compartments of the capital to patrol Jinling Mansion day and night, and only then did it stabilize the order of Jinling Mansion, but the other states and counties of the Ming Kingdom were still in chaos.

Xu Shiming and the other three phases played several times, asking Baili Wuji to make an order to quell the chaos, but they were all put on the shelf by Baili Wuji.

Baili Wuji is not worried in his heart, Ming Guo no longer has the temperance to make this kind of deformed "monster". And the military power is in his own hands, no matter how chaotic it is, it is only a matter of elbows and armpits, as long as the situation in Yanyun is clear. Then the army can be dispatched, and when the time comes, those stumbling Xiaoxiao will definitely flee when they hear the wind.

Although Baili Wuji is confident, Chai Rong is anxious.

The people of Zhou were not as easily incited as the people of Ming. Nor did they dare to be more reluctant to express their views on the matter. The Ming and Zhou armies fought like this, for the people of Zhou is like listening to the story of another country, except for a sigh after tea and dinner, it is none of their business, as for how to deal with it, it is a matter of meat eaters, the people are just a little heartbroken, I am afraid that there will be no relief food from the Ming Kingdom in the future.

But the courtiers of the Zhou State were obviously not as "patient" as the courtiers of the Ming State, and countless twists and turns poured towards Chai Rong like snowflakes. It is too big to drown Chai Rong.

Chai Rong was really a little overwhelmed, so he had no choice but to order his brother-in-law Zhang Yongde to mobilize the Praetorian Guards. The imposition of martial law on Kaifeng Prefecture was carried out in the whole city, so that the situation was temporarily stabilized.

In the sixth year of the liberation, the seventh day of the seventh month.

After countless exchanges of envoys and countless quarrels in the court, the Ming and Zhou finally reached an agreement to maintain the alliance for the time being, and after the two emperors met in Yanyun and Yanzhou (present-day Beijing), they decided whether the alliance would continue.

The meeting was held on 15 August, more than a month later during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

He chose the date of the meeting more than a month later in order to give Liao Guo enough time to deliver news to Liao Guo's Shangjing, and also to give Liao Guo plenty of time to make strategic arrangements.

The two countries began to prepare for the meeting, and dense troops and supplies began to be mobilized on official roads in various places.

This news immediately spread to all the states and counties of the two countries, and naturally also reached the ears of the Liao State everywhere.

The next day, the eighth day of the seventh month.

In an unobtrusive mansion in Kaifeng Mansion, Xiao Siwen, the privy envoy of the Northern Court of Liao, specially summoned Yelu Dusha, who was lurking in Jinling Mansion, to confirm the authenticity of the information to him, so as to discuss whether to report to Shangjing and the meeting between the emperors of the two countries.

"What is the reaction of Jinling Mansion to the fight between the Ming and Zhou armies in Pizhou?" Xiao Siwen asked Yelu Dusha.

According to the reports of the Ming officials controlled by his subordinates, the Ming and Zhou armies in Pizhou fought fiercely, resulting in 370 deaths and more than 800 injuries in the Ming special warfare army, while the casualties of the Zhou army were even greater, and the specific number is unknown. Under the deliberate instigation of their subordinates, the Ming government and the opposition were increasingly calling for war with the Zhou State, but unfortunately, the two emperors had a deep friendship, so they suppressed the matter and decided to meet. Jerodusa replied.

"Jeruh is steady, in your opinion, is there any deception in this? Imagine if the two want to meet, why choose the location in Yanzhou, which is thousands of miles away, why not choose Xuzhou, where the two have been meeting, wouldn't it be more convenient? ”

"Back to Xiao's secret words, his subordinates also suspected this matter, but according to Liu Chengzhi, the servant of the Ming State Officials, the reason why Baili Wuji and Chai Rong chose Yanzhou is that although Yanzhou is the land of the Ming Kingdom, it is separated by the Zhou State, so that both of them have a safety guarantee, and it also makes the courts of the two countries feel at ease."

Xiao Siwen asked: "This explanation barely makes sense, so in this way, Baili Wuji and Chai Rong have already become suspicious of each other?" ”

"That's natural, although the two are righteous brothers, they are not ordinary people after all, as emperors, there are always their own interests that contradict each other, and it is reasonable to have conflicts and suspicions." Jerudusha said.

"Hmm...... The envoy also heard that when Chai Rong learned that the Ming and Zhou armies were fighting, he actually ordered the Ming envoy Wang Pu to give him thirty court staffs, and he beat Wang Pu to his back, and he is still lying on the bed, on the line of life and death. Thinking about it, Chai Rong was really angry. Xiao Siwen said.

Yelu Dusha said: "The Jinling Mansion is also there, and when they heard that the two armies were fighting, they immediately seized the ordnance and materials that had been loaded to be transported to Ningzhou and the grain to be transported to Kaifeng. ”

Xiao Siwen thought for a while and said, "Let's put this matter aside for the time being, I want to ask, how prepared are you for the assassination of Baili Wuji?" ”

Yelu Dusha said: "The subordinates have already obtained firearms, and there is no chance to start, and now Baili Wuji is going north to Yanzhou to meet with Chai Rong, so that this is an opportunity to start along the way." ”

Xiao Siwen said: "Very good, the envoy will summarize and submit this information to Beijing today, Yelu is detailed and stable, I hope you can establish a miracle for the emperor, and the envoy will definitely ask the emperor for merit when the time comes." ”

Yelu Du Sha Xie said: "My subordinates must do their best. ”

……。 (To be continued......)