The back house of a mansion in the Sandao City (Xicheng) of Tongwancheng (Xicheng) in Xiazhou, the Dingyan Military Administration, is still the quiet and secret study, or the heavy and sturdy square wooden table, or the two men and two women sitting opposite each other around the table, or the brass candlestick and the candle on the candlestick, or the four faces that look a little cloudy and hesitant under the flickering candlelight......

After being silent for a long time, Qiu Mingbo, who was still white-skinned and thin, drank all the bitter tea in the porcelain bowl in front of him, and then slammed it on the table, and said: "Wealth and danger are seeking, this time we must take the initiative to attack, take the initiative in our own hands, and force the spies and agents of the local branch of the Ministry of Intelligence, or the approaching crossing team to take action immediately, take us out of the Dingyan Army, and send us back to Kaifeng City." ”

"But the method you proposed is really too risky, brother. If the party members do not react as you estimated, and respond in the way we want, then the lives of you, my brother, and all the family members will have to be answered. Chen Baoqiang, who was dark-skinned and strong, was as cautious as Qiu Mingbo was when he wanted to go to Beijing with the party delegation to find Xin Feiyu, for fear that his brother's plan would go wrong and cost the lives of his whole family.

"yes, yes." His wife Zhao Zilu also agreed on the side, "Although the people in the Intelligence Department are a little inefficient, they always put the safety of our people first." Since they said they weren't ready, let's just wait patiently. We want to eat and drink here, and the party people treat us well, but what does it matter if we go to Kaifeng a few days late, why rush at this time? ”

Although Wang Han, who was sitting next to Qiu Mingbo, did not speak, his face was full of worry and uneasiness, obviously the same idea as Chen Baoqiang and Zhao Zilu.

In this regard, Qiu Mingbo disagreed, and retorted: "By the time the spies and agents of the Intelligence Department send us to Kaifeng, the daylily will already be cold." In the past, we didn't know much about the situation in the Central Plains, and we didn't know much about the crossing team, so we didn't know what these people were capable of and what strength they had. But now, brother, I went to Kaifeng to see with my own eyes how powerful the crossing team was there, and after the conquest, the first battle of Shu saw clearly how powerful and invincible the army under its command was. For such a powerful force, and a force that is willing to accept us, even if you can't flatter and beg for mercy regardless of your face, you should join their banner as soon as possible and serve them, so that you can get the other party's appreciation and get the reward you deserve. ”

"Since the other party has agreed to accept us, and it is they themselves who say that the time is not ripe, and they think that it is not appropriate for us to get out of the Dingyan Army now, then when we arrive in Kaifeng City in the future, they will naturally not put the responsibility for not being able to work in time on us. With the status of Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin and other brain figures, they will not use this as a reason not to give us the benefits we deserve. After all, you and my brother are not unlearned wastes, and with skilled talents, he can still use our brothers in many places through the team. Chen Baoqiang still couldn't understand why his brother was so eager to leave the Dingyan Army and go to Kaifeng.

"Big brother, you're confused!" Qiu Mingbo shook his head and sighed: "What kind of status you have and how many benefits and rewards you get are linked to everyone's merits and contributions. Conquest of the world and destruction of the state are not only the easiest way to obtain credit, but also the most valued and recognized contributions. Ketong guò's understanding of the dynamics of the Later Zhou court during this time, the observation of the situation in the world, and the communication with the spies and agents who contacted me in the Ministry of Intelligence, the other party inadvertently revealed the news, brother, I think the crossing team obviously did not take the Dingyan Army in their eyes, and the Dingyan Army was not only inferior to the Liao State and the Southern Tang Dynasty, but also inferior to the Later Shu and Southern Han Dynasty. For such a local force that only has a land of only four states, a population of only hundreds of thousands, and the natural conditions are not very good, and is currently respectful to the Later Zhou court, the only thing that the crossing team can look at is that it is located between Fuzhou, Linzhou, Lingzhou, and Yanzhou, which is not conducive to the Later Zhou court to control the northwest, and use this as a springboard to enter the Western Regions and complete its ideal of restoring the homeland of the Han and Tang dynasties.

Since it is only a stumbling block to the Western Regions, for the crossing team that is busy pacifying the north and south of the Great River and consolidating the rear of the Central Plains at this stage, it is naturally unwilling to be distracted and consume too much strength for it. If my brother is not wrong, before the crossing team completely defeats the Liao State, I am afraid that I will not make a move against the Dingyan army. This also means that before the end of its invasion of Liao, the crossing team will not take our brothers out of the Dingyan Army and return to Kaifeng, so as not to tear their faces with the Dingyan Army in advance and affect their plan to pacify the world. But the problem is that when the war is over, the campaign to pacify the world will come to an end. Although there is still a Western Regions to be captured, the time for its seizure is not as urgent as the seizure of other places, and the method and process of its seizure are likely to be completely different from the previous pacification of the north and south of the Great River. Now, only by returning to Kaifeng as soon as possible, joining the expedition of the crossing team to the north and south of the river, and doing a part to pacify the world, can we get a share of the benefits that belong to us after the dust settles. The worst thing is that when Wang Kunjun or other leader-level members who are highly respected and expected in the crossing team take Zhou's place, oust Chai Zongxun's puppet little emperor from power, and sit on the dragon chair himself, we can still get a share of the dragon's merit and be the founding father of the country.

As for the eldest brother who said that we have technology and talent, there is still a place for us to be used by the crossing team. Not to mention, it is almost impossible to rely on technical ability to achieve feats comparable to conquest operations. As far as the technology itself is concerned, does the eldest brother really think that the crossing team values our brother's technology so much, and thinks that we are indispensable talents and must be recruited under his own banner? Do you really think that the front-loading guns and flint guns we made can be shorter and longer than the howitzers and machine guns equipped by the Zhou army? Do you really think that the crossing team will go to great lengths for the sake of us who have no special talents, and will not hesitate to fight against the Determination Army?

It may be a little embarrassing to say, but in fact, the reason why the crossing team is willing to accept us is that they don't want to have other groups composed of traversers in addition to their traverser group to compete with them; I don't want to make other traversers who have not yet been seen retreat and be discouraged by rejecting us, so that they lose the opportunity to be truly useful to them, but I am more afraid that it is still for Xin Feiyu's face, and I don't want to hurt the heart of this good brother who leads the army and can fight for such a trivial matter. Only then did he agree to accept our brothers, and was ready to take our brothers back to Kaifeng City in the process of pacifying the Dingnan army according to the established deployment. ”

Although he was unwilling to accept it, Chen Baoqiang understood that what his brother said was very reasonable. Not to mention anything else, Chen Baoqiang has no doubt about the dragon's gong alone - although he did not see it with his own eyes, but after returning from the passage to Qiu Mingbo's detailed introduction to the situation of the crossing team tilting towards the government and the opposition and the current situation of the Later Zhou court, Chen Baoqiang was convinced that it would be a matter of time before Wang Kunjun or other qualified members of the crossing team took firewood and replaced him, and it was even possible that he would be born before he completely pacified the north and south of the river. Therefore, after hesitating for a long time, after repeated weighing and analysis, Chen Baoqiang finally agreed to Qiu Mingbo's proposal, and decided to take the initiative to attack according to the strategy he formulated, and try his best to get out of the Dingyan army and return to Kaifeng to seek a good background and a good future for himself and his family.

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