As soon as he heard that he was going to borrow troops for the Northern Expedition, Zhao Chang was a little unhappy on his face, looked at Zhang Yu, and said with a chuckle: "The situation in Liangzhou, this official is still very clear, your generals have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, but they are not less than our King Liang!" Borrowing troops from our Liang country, there is no need for this! ”

"Haha! Can't you think that Lord Zhao is still quite concerned about the situation in Liangzhou? Although there are many soldiers and horses in Liangzhou, Zhao is known as having a million troops, and compared with Zhao State, more than 100,000 troops are not much. Zhang Yu explained.

While Zhang Yu was speaking, Zhao Chang's eyes had been staring at the treasure in the box, and after seeing Zhang Yu finish speaking, Fang withdrew his eyes and asked softly: "Since your general wants to borrow troops, there must be some truth, but I don't know how many soldiers and horses to borrow?" ”

Zhang Yu stretched out a finger and said softly: "10,000 troops plus one fierce general is enough, in the opinion of Lord Zhao, is King Liang willing!" ”

Zhao Chang hesitated for a moment, looked at the two boxes of treasures, and said softly: "10,000 troops say that it is not too much, and it is not too much to say less, whether King Liang will agree or not, it is not easy for this official to say!" But I don't know how much benefit our army can get after borrowing troops? ”

"It doesn't matter, as long as King Liang is willing to let General Xie Ai lead the troops, it doesn't matter if there are fewer soldiers and horses, as for the benefits, the two counties of Longxi and Nan'an of Zhao Kingdom will all belong to Liang Kingdom, can you?" Zhang Yu said.

Zhao Chang was overjoyed when he heard this, nodded and said: "Okay, if you can get these two counties, King Liang is most likely willing to borrow troops, and after a few days, King Liang will be in better health, and we will enter the palace together." ”

"Okay, that's it, Lord Zhao rests and retires." Zhang Yu said, Shi Li said goodbye.

Seeing that Zhang Yu was leaving. Zhao Chang personally sent the guest off, sent him out of the gate of the house, and turned back.

After visiting Zhao Chang, Zhang Yu carried enough treasures, and successively visited Wei Ji and other favored ministers around Zhang Chonghua, the king of Liang, in order to shorten the distance between him and these ministers of Liang and provide convenience for his task.

A few days later, Zhang Chonghua, the king of Liang, was in better health, so he officially summoned Zhang Yu in the palace.

Zhang Yu, accompanied by Zhao Chang, entered the Liangwang Palace and presented all the treasures he carried dozens of boxes to Zhang Chonghua. Thought it was a gift of meeting.

"Under Zhang Yu. Meet His Royal Highness King Liang. Zhang Yu clasped his fists and saluted Zhang Chonghua.

Zhang Chonghua didn't have much of a shelf, waved his hand, motioned for Zhang Yu to get up, and said, "Zhang Yu." Your thing. Ladies and gentlemen, Aiqing has already told this king. This king thinks that since your general helped this king last time, this time. This king should also support your general's Northern Expedition, but my Liang Country has insufficient soldiers and horses, and I can only do my best, and three thousand elite soldiers have been prepared, and they can follow General Hua to the Northern Expedition to Zhao at any time. ”

When he heard that there were only 3,000 people, Zhang Yu couldn't help but be a little disappointed, this Liang Wang was too stingy to come out with such a few soldiers and horses, but Zhang Yu knew that his real mission was not to borrow soldiers, but to borrow generals, so he hugged his fists and said: "Haha!" King Liang has a heart, and he doesn't know where General Xie Ai is or when he can leave. ”

Zhang Chonghua was stunned for a moment, and said: "My Liang country is full of talents, and there are hundreds of generals in command, why do you have to go out in person with General Xie Ai?" Obviously, he also knew that Xie Ai was a great talent, and he was a little reluctant to lose something.

Seeing that Zhang Chonghua was not only reluctant to soldiers and horses, but also reluctant to generals, Zhang Yu hugged his fists and said: "His Royal Highness King Liang, my general admires General Xie Ai's talent and wants to go out with him. ”

"This ......" Zhang Chonghua was still a little hesitant.

"Your Majesty, General Xie Ai is good at marching and fighting, not good at dealing with daily affairs, there is no war in my Liang Country at the moment, so it is better to let General Xie Ai lead the troops to the battle! The favored minister Zhao Chang opened his mouth to build yì said.

"Yes! Your Majesty, the generals of our Liang Kingdom are the best at fighting, let General Xie Ai lead the troops into battle, he will be invincible, what else does the king have to worry about? The favored minister Wei Ji also persuaded him.

Seeing this, Zhang Yu hugged his fists and said: "His Royal Highness King Liang, rest assured, General Xie Ai is the general of Liang Kingdom, as long as the war is over, General Xie Ai will definitely return safely." ”

"This, it depends on Xie Aiqing's own opinion, and this king doesn't want to make it difficult for others!" Zhang Chonghua couldn't refuse, so he had to give Xie Ai the right to choose.

Seeing that Zhang Chonghua no longer stopped Xie Ai from fighting, Zhang Yu finally put his mind at ease, with his understanding of military generals, as long as there is an opportunity to fight, as a general, he will not refuse, and military generals are eager to show their combat strength.

"Your Majesty, General Xie asks to see you."

"Oh, why is Xie Aiqing here, please." Zhang Chonghua was slightly surprised, this was naturally Zhao Chang accepted a generous gift, and according to Zhang Yu's request, he recruited Xie Ai on the grounds that King Liang was unwell.

"Minister, see the king."

"Xie Aiqing, why are you here?" Zhang Chonghua hurriedly asked.

Xie Ai hugged his fists and said: "Back to the king, a few days ago, Lord Zhao sent a letter saying that the king was not in good health, and the minister came overnight, is the king better now?" After speaking, he looked at Zhang Chonghua with concern.

"It's just a cold, you've recovered, Zhao Chang, you're really making a fuss, this king is just occasionally uncomfortable, why do you need to ......" Zhang Chonghua said, glaring at Zhao Chang beside him.

Zhao Changhan laughed twice and said softly: "Your Majesty, General Xie has been away from Guzang for more than half a year, and the minister saw that the king was not in good health, so he wanted General Xie to come and catch up with the king, make his own decisions, and ask the king to punish him." ”

"Forget it, you're also kind." Zhang Chonghua was unwilling to punish his favored ministers.

The favored lieutenant took a step forward, looked at Xie Ai, and said softly: "General Xie, what is happening in Zhao State right now, I think the generals must have heard about it!" ”

"I heard, what's the matter, the king has plans to go east?" Xie Ai hurriedly asked.

Zhang Chonghua shook his head, and said: "This king has not been on the throne for a few years, and the Liang country has not yet been completely stable. ”

"Oh, what is the king's plan?" Xie Ai asked.

Zhang Chonghua straightened his chest and said: "This king belongs to the Great Jin Dynasty, since the court intends to go on a northern expedition, this king naturally has to make a contribution, and Gu Zang's three thousand elite soldiers have been prepared and can go out at any time." ”

"Yes! If these 3,000 elite soldiers were led by General Xie, they would be invincible, and the Zhao army would be terrified. Zhang Yu hurriedly interjected.

Xie Ai looked at Zhang Yu and said suspiciously: "This is ......"

Zhao Chang hurriedly said: "General Xie, this is the envoy sent by General Hua to borrow troops, I don't know if General Xie is willing to lead the troops to battle." ”

When Xie Ai heard this, he looked at Zhang Chonghua, hugged his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to lead the troops to battle." ”

"Haha, it's great that General Xie is willing to fight, His Royal Highness King Liang can't break his word!" Zhang Yu hurriedly said.

Zhang Chonghua was stunned for a moment, looked at Xie Ai, and said: "Since Aiqing is willing to lead the troops to the battle, this king will hand over Guzang's 3,000 elite soldiers to Aiqing. ”

"The king can rest assured, the minister will definitely live up to his mission." Xie Ai clenched his fists and expressed his determination.

Zhang Chonghua nodded and said softly: "Okay, the matter is settled, you all go down!" ”

Everyone received the order and retired one after another.

After Xie Ai accepted the order, he led Gu Zang's 3,000 elite soldiers and followed Zhang Yu and his party to the vicinity of Wudu City to join the main army under Hua'an's command and wait for the order of the Northern Expedition.

Zhang Chonghua, the king of Liang, ordered his favorite minister Zhao Chang to lead 20,000 horses and horses to march in the direction of Xiangwu City, preparing to accept all Longxi County and Nan'an County, so as to slightly expand the territory of Liang State.

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In the palace of Jicheng, Peiwang Shi Chong heard that Shi Zun killed Shi Shi and established himself as the emperor, he was very dissatisfied, he was a few years older than Shi Zun, and he was Shi Zun's elder brother, but now, he wanted to be a vassal to his younger brother, the key was that his younger brother's throne was not a legitimate succession, but was won by grabbing, which made him even more unbearable.

He even felt that since his younger brother Shi Zun could seize the throne by grabbing it, why couldn't he send troops to Yecheng to seize the throne?

To this end, he gathered all the major generals under his command and prepared to discuss the matter of crusading against Shizun.

In the main hall of the palace, Shi Chong looked at the generals, and said: "Generals, Shi Shi's succession to the throne is the meaning of his father, which is justified, however, Shi Zun arbitrarily deposed him and killed him, there is no greater sin in the world, Shi Zun seized the throne and stood on his own is a rebellious move, this king wants to lead the army south to crusade against the rebellion, what do the generals think?" ”

Shi Chong's subordinates, for the sake of their future future, all expressed their support for Shi Chong's rebellion.

With the full support of the generals, Shi Chong's confidence was greatly increased, after all, the men and horses under his command were all elite divisions used to resist the southward movement of the Yan army, and their strength was strong enough.

After making some preparations, Shi Chong left Ningbei General Mu to defend Youzhou, and personally led 50,000 elite soldiers from Jicheng to the south and killed in the direction of Yecheng.

In order to make his division famous, Shi Chong asked his subordinates to write a rather incendiary crusade, pointing the spearhead directly at Shi Zun, who seized the throne and stood on his own, and asked the generals of Yan and Zhao to follow him to crusade against Shi Zun.

The role of the crusade against the text is obvious, along the way there are constantly soldiers and horses to join Shi Chong's army, when arriving in Changshan, Shi Chong's soldiers and horses have been as high as more than 100,000, which can be described as very huge.

Shi Chong led the army south to rebel, and soon spread to Yecheng, Shi Zun, who had ascended the throne, heard that Shi Chong led more than 100,000 troops to crusade against him, and was shocked, and hurriedly gathered his henchmen to discuss the countermeasure.

After some discussion, all the henchmen were strong with Shi Chong's soldiers and horses, and once the fight started, it would greatly damage the strength of the country, and asked Shi Zun to comfort Shi Chong and let him take the initiative to retreat to Jicheng.

Shi Zun listened to the advice of his confidants, and decided to pardon Shi Chongyiqiē's guilt and give him generous treatment, allowing him to retire and return to Jicheng. (To be continued......)