Choked by Jiang Feng's words, Wang Shouzhong gasped for breath, but his emotions did not get out of control and became angry.

As a feudal lord for many years, he has experienced a lot of things, although it is the first time that he has become a prisoner like today, and he has never thought about it before, but after it really falls on him, after anger and confusion, he knows very well that he must face it rationally.

The man in front of him who is less than thirty years old is not an idle person, in just two years, he can take Yang Pu away and take Xu Yan, and all the unruly soldiers can bow down in front of him, which is not explained by luck.

He has been in charge of Pinglu Zhuzhou for many years, and he knows very well how difficult it is to manage such a piece of land well.

In the event of floods and droughts, the homeless people alone can toss you to the point of wanting to die.

And the appetite of the gentry is just as great, you have to deal with them, not only to satisfy their appetite properly, otherwise they will disobey the yin and yang, and you must not let them go overboard, otherwise more and more people will lose their land, and the ant thief rebellion is just around the corner.

In terms of the fertility of the land, Pinglu Zhuzhou can only be said to be unsatisfactory, slightly better than Yanyunyi, but not as good as Xu Sihai, and the three towns of Hebei are between Bozhong, and it is not easy to maintain the current state.

In these years, there are enemies all around, and it is difficult to defend the territory without a strong army, but a strong army is also a bottomless pit that devours money and food.

Wang Shouzhong felt that he had worked very hard, he was not like Shi Yu, he didn't accumulate much personal wealth, almost all his savings were thrown into the hole of the Pinglu Army, and it was not easy to maintain such an army, but it ended in such a way, making Wang Shouzhong feel that his dream was also disillusioned.

He even has some relaxation, without this burden, it seems to be good, if he can be a comfortable man like Yang Pu and Shi Yu, pampered, no need to work hard, why did he go to Haizhou categorically, isn't it because he really can't support this army?

He didn't know how Jiang Feng could feed such a huge army, but he believed that Jiang Feng must be very difficult.

He was even very sure that he had gathered these forty or fifty thousand troops to invade Qingzhou in the north, and estimated that Xu Yan's land was empty enough to run horses, but he didn't know why Nanyang and Caizhou didn't take the opportunity to invade eastward, or didn't have time to do so?

But all this seems to have little to do with himself, before he gained control of Haizhou and Mizhou, Wang Shouzhong knew that he could not be free, and this was the best result.

Jiang Feng was very patient.

He believes he can convince the other side.

Pinglu seems to be powerful, but once Wang Shouzhong is taken down, then this superficial feudal lord will immediately fall apart.

Wang Shouzhong's three sons-in-law, but Wang Guorong and Wang Guohua were born to Wang Shouzhong's original partner, but his original partner had died for many years, and he straightened one of his equal wives Qingzhou Guo's daughter, and the third son Wang Guoxi was born by Guo's family, which produced a very subtle dislocation, Wang Guoxi is also a son-in-law.

The eldest and second eldest of the Wang family does not have the support of the matrilineal family, but Wang Guoxi has the support of the Guo family, and he himself is known as a martial arts wizard, although Wang Shouzhong has always been harsh on his children, but a discerning person can also see that Wang Guoxi is a little different.

But so what? Until it is clear who the heir is, the eldest son will always be the most orthodox and revered.

The problems within the Pinglu Army are not limited to this.

Now that Wang Shouxin and Liu Yansi are outside, Mizhou is the second most important town of the Pinglu Army after Qingzhou, but it is in Wang Shouxin's control.

Liu Yansi, Wang Shouzhong's most confidant, was far away in Haizhou, but Haizhou was originally under the jurisdiction of Huaibei, so it can be said that the Pinglu army had no foundation in Haizhou, and once the situation deteriorated, the Pinglu army was unable to gain a firm foothold in Haizhou.

It can be said that whether it is imprisoning Wang Shouzhong or beheading Wang Shouzhong, it is impossible for the Pinglu army to be unified under one banner, and no one has such prestige to integrate these armies.

Wang Shouzhong's life and death for the Huaiyou Army, that is, the recovery in one fell swoop or the victory through a continuous war is just the result of the two different paths, of course, the latter will have some variables, but for the Pinglu Army, it is no different.

Jiang Feng believes that Wang Shouzhong should understand this, and also know how to fight for his own interests, or maximize interests.

"Lord Jiang, what do you want?"

"Lord Shouzhong, the current situation is not what I want, but what you want. Jiang Feng said calmly: "You should understand very well, without you, the Pinglu Army would not exist, Wang Shouxin and Liu Yansi do not have this control, and your sisters-in-law do not have this strength and skill, not to mention that they are still in my hands." If you want to force it, it may only be a brutal melee. ”

"What do I want? Hehe, do you mean to give me alms?" Wang Shouzhong sneered.

"No, Lord Shouzhong, I don't think we need to go around in circles, my character, my reputation, I believe there is still a guarantee, otherwise Lord Shouzhong would not talk to me in this tone. Jiang Feng raised his head slightly, "Becoming a king and defeating a king, we all have to accept this result, today maybe I won a game, maybe tomorrow I will lose in the hands of others, history was originally written like this, there is nothing to make a fuss about, I think Lord Shouzhong should have this consciousness a long time ago." ”

Wang Shouzhong glanced at the other party, he didn't expect this son to see things so thoroughly and indifferently, but now that the knife is in the other party's hand, he is a fish.

"What do you want, what can I get?" Wang Shouzhong's voice was a little colder.

"Lord Shouzhong, you know very well that the Pinglu Army will no longer exist, and all you can guarantee now is yourself, and of course your people. ”

Jiang Feng knew that he was not suitable to be a negotiating interlocutor, and if he replaced Hou Chen and Wang Miao, they were much better than him, but he had to come here, which was at least a guarantee of respect and credibility.

"Hmph, my clansmen, hundreds of people from the Wang clan, can they go with me?" Wang Shouzhong asked rhetorically.

"Of course, there is also a precedent for the Yang clan in Luzhou. Jiang Feng immediately picked it up, but then said: "If the Wang family is willing to stay in Qingzhou, or even willing to join Huaiyou, a certain welcome." ”

"Hehe, they stay, do you dare to use it?" Wang Shouzhong was slightly surprised, he didn't think that the other party was lying about it, it was meaningless.

"It seems that Lord Shouzhong's resentment and misunderstanding of a certain is very big, that's right, Huaiyou and Pinglu are enemies, and now Huaiyou is the victor, but it doesn't mean that between us, or between us individuals, there is no common enemy, when the group of Pinglu Army no longer exists, as an individual, I don't think we still have any grudges, the two countries are fighting, each is its own master, when this premise does not exist, then everything should be put down. ”

"Clever tongue!" Wang Shouzhong suppressed the resentment and resentment in his heart, of course, he knew that what the other party said was in line with objective reality.

This is the case in itself, can it be said that the Pinglu Army does not exist, and the entire Pinglu Army of tens of thousands of people will be wiped out? This is impossible.

Look at the probation army does not exist anymore, but Yu Mingzhen and Lu Qiming are still the right-hand men in the Huaiyou Army, Yang Wu has become history, but Qin Han and Chai Yong are still fierce generals under Jiang Feng, history is so cruel, and the losers will be eliminated without any mercy.

Where do I go from here?

"What should we do?" Wang Guohua looked at his brother and asked with some anxiety.

The Huaiyou army had already entered the city, dividing the remaining 7,000 people of the entire Pinglu army into four pieces and confined them in the battle field in the city.

Without weapons, the more than 7,000 Ping Lu army is like a lamb to the slaughter, no one wants to do this, but no one has the courage to let them face the blade of the Huaiyou army.

"What can we do?" Wang Guorong said indifferently: "My father has fallen into their hands, and the Huaiyou Army will definitely not let go of this opportunity, and will not hurt my father, and now my father is a strange commodity in their hands, and Mizhou and Haizhou are still in our hands." ”

"Then ...... father" Wang Guohua hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively.

"I don't know, who knows what my father will think?" Wang Guorong lay on the bed a little sadly, looking out the window, "There will be results soon, and now Jiang Feng must be bargaining with his father." ”

"You mean that you may be able to ......" Wang Guohua's words were interrupted by Wang Guorong, "You think badly, the Huaiyou Army is not so stupid, let alone so kind, they are going to exchange their father's life for the surrender of the Mizhou and Haizhou armies." ”

"How is this possible?!" Wang Guohua said subconsciously.

"How is it impossible? What do you think my father will do? Let the second uncle join forces with General Liu to recapture Qingzhou? Maybe my father's head will be hung on the gate of Qingzhou and see this scene?"

Wang Guorong did not have much affection for his father, his mother died when he was only eight years old, and he and his half-brother Wang Guohua, who was two years younger than him, were not less neglected.

It's not just Wang Shouzhong himself who doesn't care about his children, but his stepmother also ignores the two brothers, which also makes the two brothers feel very weak about their father, or they don't have too much affection, especially when Wang Guoxi is more and more valued by his father, they don't even have much jealousy, but are jealous.

Who knows if Wang Guoxi is really going to become the envoy of the Pinglu Festival, what will happen to his two brothers?

"Erlang, the father who fell into the hands of Huaiyoujun may have a completely different idea from his father before, and he has to think about himself now. Wang Guorong analyzed very coldly: "The future of the Pinglu Army may no longer be a matter for his father to consider, what he needs to consider is his own life, well, maybe there is a future life, he doesn't want to die yet, maybe the life in Chang'an is very attractive? Who knows?"