Jiangzhou, Hucheng County.

Cheng Wan summoned the civil and military officials and said in a deep voice: "Now that Ning Ze has taken Liangzhou and occupied my two counties of Huairou and Langshan, it is difficult to hide his ambitions. If you don't take back Wolf Mountain and Huairou County, Ning Ze will invade the door and enter the house, and it will be difficult to resist!"

"Envoy!" a scribe stood up and said respectfully, "Ning Ze has captured the two counties of Huairou and Wolf Mountain, and the division is unknown. I am willing to go to Liangzhou to ask for the second county in person and persuade the troops to withdraw!"

Cheng Wan looked sideways, and it was the staff member Cai Qun who spoke. After thinking for a while, he said to him: "Ning Ze is ambitious, how can he listen to the words of the king and return the land of the two counties?"

"Princess Yuanxi is known for her benevolence and righteousness, and she is reprimanded with benevolence and righteousness, so that she is ashamed and embarrassed, and she will definitely return it!" Cai Qun replied confidently, "With this three-inch tongue, I will take back the city for the king!"

"Ridiculous!" a person on the side came out and said, "Who is Ning Ze, how can he return the land of the two counties because of this? In my opinion, it is the best policy to take advantage of the fact that Liangzhou was initially settled and cannot be distracted, and immediately send troops to recapture Fang!"

Cheng Wan turned his head to look, and this time it was his general Zhong Jizhao who spoke.

Cai Qun turned to Zhong Jizhao and arched his hand and said, "Ning Ze is powerful and invincible. Although the king is strong, he is not an opponent. It is difficult to win with a military enemy. ”

Zhong Jizhao snorted coldly: "I haven't fought yet, who knows if I win or lose?

"Don't dare!" Cai Qun replied, "It's just that Ning Ze is proficient in spells, who can defeat him?"

"This is a rumor from the outside world," Zhong Jizhao said, "The rumor is always exaggerated, I don't believe it!"

"Even so, Ning Ze assisted Princess Yuanxi to seize the lands of Jin, Han, Cheng, and Liang, and also occupied Bashui, Huairou, and Wolf Mountain, which is very human!" Cai Qun said, "Chu Bai is also a defeated general under Ning Ze, so that Jun and Chu Bai have fought against each other, regardless of whether they are up or down. ”

"Chu Bai is Chu Bai, Ning Ze is Ning Ze!" Zhong Jizhao replied, "Mr. Cai is not too ambitious to destroy his own prestige." ”

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The civil officials on the scene supported Cai Qun, and they all said that they would suffer a loss if they had a hard encounter with Ning Ze, and the generals all supported Zhong Jizhao and felt that they had to take back the two counties of Wolf Mountain and Huairou by force.

After arguing fiercely for a long time, no one could convince the other party, and Cheng Wan finally came to the conclusion: "Since this is the case, I will ask Mr. Cai as a messenger to go to Liangzhou to persuade Ning Ze to return the second county." If the other party is willing to return the land of the two counties, Ben Thorn Shi is willing to join forces to help him take Zhao Chen and attack Chu Bai together. Of course, you also have to prepare for the back hand. If Ning Ze refuses to agree, our army will immediately attack the two counties of Wolf Mountain and Huairou and forcibly recapture them. ”

"Make you wise!!" the civil and military officials responded in unison.

So Jiangzhou launched a two-handed strategy, on the one hand, let Zhong Jizhao lead his troops to the border and garrison in Langshan County, and on the other hand, he sent Cai Qun to hurry up and rush to Liangzhou.

Cai Qun rode a fast horse day and night, passing through Eagle Peak County into the Funing area, and then heading north to Boping.

When Ning Ze learned that the envoy from Jiangzhou was coming, he led the civil and military officials to meet him at the official office.

Cai Qun entered the main hall, completely ignoring the civil and military forces on both sides, and walked straight to Ning Ze without being humble or arrogant and bowing with his hands: "Cai Qun, a staff member under the command of Jiangzhou Assassin Shi, meet General Yingyang and Marquis Danyang!"

"The envoy is from Jiangzhou, I don't know what is important?" Ning Ze asked with a smile.

"I'm here to ask for the two counties of Wolf Mountain and Huairou!" Cai Qun said loudly, "These two counties are the land of my Jiangzhou, and it is an unjust move for Hou Ye to send troops to seize them! Hou Ye and Cheng Zhijun are both Dacheng colleagues, how can they attack each other?"

"Oh, in this case, Cheng Yuanjun attacked Shi Chubai in Xizhou, why didn't he miss the feelings of his colleagues?" Qian Shi stood up and asked Cai Qun with a smile.

Cai Qun immediately replied: "Chu Bai treacherously plotted to seize Yuanzhou. This person is very ambitious, and he is a traitor to the imperial court! Cheng Envoy Jun's conquest of the rebel thief is to avenge Su Envoy Jun! He has the name of righteousness. ”

"Mr. Cai can speak well, reverse black and white, and admire him!" Qian Chun came out and said, "What does the matter of Yuanzhou have to do with your Jiangzhou?"

"Cheng Envoy Jun and Su Envoy Jun are good friends, how can they sit idly by?" Cai Qun replied, "Jiangzhou and Chu Bai fought because of Su Envoy Jun, where the righteousness lies! Hou Ye took advantage of the unpreparedness of people to seize the two counties of Huairou and Wolf Mountain, which is unkind! I have heard that Princess Yuanxi is incomparable in benevolence and righteousness, how can she do such an unrighteous act and laugh at the people of the world?"

"What a sharp mouth!" Ning Ze laughed when he heard this, "But you're mistaken." ”

"What's wrong with that?"

"Gu and Jiangzhou really have no enmity," Ning Ze said, "his subordinates crossed the sea and lost their way, strayed into the land of Jiangzhou, and wanted to take advantage of Huairou to go to Liangzhou." Unexpectedly, Huairou County was attacked by thieves and almost lost. They are also soldiers and horses of the imperial court, how can they sit idly by and watch the thief army capture Huairou and not win the people? As a last resort, our army took down the thieves and took care of them for the time being. ”

The corners of Cai Qun's mouth twitched, and he said in his heart that you are too shameless! The thieves in Haijiao Village obviously opened the city gate for you, how did they become thieves attacking the city, and you helped to suppress the thieves?

Without waiting for him to speak, Ning Ze continued: "As for Wolf Mountain County, I don't know why Wolf Mountain Taishou abandoned Jiangzhou and switched to our army. Maybe Cheng Yuanjun is in charge of Jiangzhou, and the people are not attached to it? Or Mr. Cai will go to Huajun County, Jinzhou, and ask Weijiang in person?"

Obviously, he was afraid of defending Xinjiang, so he surrendered. Cai Qun arched his hand and said: "Hou Ye is the reversal of black and white! Princess Yuanxi has always been benevolent and righteous, and Hou Ye is not afraid of tarnishing the princess's reputation?"

"Hahaha~" Ning Ze smiled when he heard this, "The princess is benevolent and righteous, but the world knows the will of Lone! Lone has great power in his hands, who dares to disobey it?" This reputation falls on Lone's head, but Lone doesn't care!"

"How can Hou Ye be like this?" Cai Qun hurriedly said, "In the affairs of the world, benevolence and righteousness come first! Please return the two counties of Wolf Mountain and Huairou to Hou Ye, so that the people can be convinced!"

The corners of Ning Ze's mouth slanted: "Cheng Envoy Jun can't defend the city by himself, so he has to manage it for him alone." Mr. Cai should go back and ask Cheng Yuanjun why he can't do his duty? Even if he returns the city alone, he can't keep it. In this case, it is better to defend the city alone, so as not to be invaded by thieves again and hurt innocent people. Lonely is also for Dacheng, helpless!"

"Hou Ye is in a high position, how can he be honest?" Cai Qun said hurriedly, "It is clear that Hou Ye and the thieves teamed up to seize Huairou ......"

"Lone has always been benevolent and righteous, how can he be slandered?" Ning Ze Zhengse, "Obviously, Cheng Envoy Jun can't defend the city, and he has to send troops alone to quell the thieves." Isn't Mr. Cai afraid of angering Gu on charges of indiscriminate placement?"

Cai Qun was not afraid, and said loudly: "Hou Ye seized the city of Jiangzhou because of his own selfish desires, and he did not take the imperial court in his eyes. If Hou Ye does not return the land of the two counties, he will laugh for the people of the world in the future!"

"We'll see. Ning Ze didn't care, how could the city in his hands be exchanged for someone else?

Seeing that he didn't eat oil and salt, and he didn't care about his reputation, Cai Qun shouted in a hurry: "If the Hou Ye refuses to return the two counties of Huairou and Wolf Mountain, he will be killed in the court, and then the world will know it, and the crowd will be excited!"

"Someone, tie it up!" Ning Ze waved his hand, and immediately rushed over left and right to take down Cai Qun.

Cai Qun raised his head and shouted: "The two armies are fighting without slashing, Hou Ye is too rude!"

Ning Ze smiled: "I didn't want to kill you." Besides, you're going to die, and you're afraid of being killed?"

Cai Qun replied: "I am not afraid of death below, but I can't be humiliated!

"Lone is here to save you!" As the saying goes, saving someone's life is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter," Ning Ze said, "If you let go, Mr. Cai will die here, why bother? ”

"Let go of me! Let go of me! Hou Ye is shameless! Hou Ye is shameless!" Cai Qun shouted loudly.

"Bold!" Hearing this, the generals on the left and right drew their swords and wanted to behead Cai Qun.

Ning Ze stopped them and said, "Don't be rude to the envoys!" ”

The hearts of the people say, "Why should you not be rude?" You have tied up people, how can you have a position to say this.

Of course, no one would be unlucky, so they responded: "Lord Hou is generous!"

Cai Qun was sent out of Liangzhou by Wuhua and arrived at the border of Jiangzhou, where Ning Ze's subordinates put him down.

This kind of encounter made Cai Qun feel deeply humiliated, but he had already left Liangzhou, and it was useless to commit suicide at this time, so he returned to Hucheng County in a huff and cried to Cheng Wan.

Although Cheng Wan expected that Ning Ze would not return the two counties, he didn't expect that the other party would be such a scoundrel and even humiliate the envoy.

Obviously, Ning Ze didn't care about fame, and he didn't worry about Princess Yuanxi's reputation being damaged. After all, everyone saw what Ning Ze had done, and decided that he was just using Princess Yuanxi as a puppet, not taking the other party seriously at all, and firmly grasping power alone.

Not only will the people of the world not reprimand Princess Yuanxi for these things, but will turn to sympathy. All the voices of rebuke will be focused on Ning Ze.

Cheng Wan comforted Cai Qun and said to him: "Ning Ze has made no secret of his ambitions, and this official has long expected that he will not return it. Mr. Cai has worked hard all the way!"

Cai Qun sighed, stroked Wan arched his hand, and retreated to his position.

Zhong Jizhao stood up and said loudly: "Envoy, the last general has already said that troops must be sent to recapture the two counties of Wolf Mountain and Huairou!"

"Hmm~" Cheng Wan nodded, "Are the front-line troops appropriate?"

"Rest assured! The whole army is ready to go. Zhong Jizhao replied, "As long as you give the order, the last general will personally go to the front line to lead the troops to capture the city!"

"Okay!" Cheng Wan immediately ordered, "General Zhong!"

"The last general!"

"Order you to lead an army of 10,000 to attack Wolf Mountain County! This official personally led a large army to make a detour to attack Huairou! According to intelligence, Lou Qu, the Taishou of Wolf Mountain County, is said to be Ning Ze's righteous son, and being able to place him in Wolf Mountain and try his best to delegate power is a move that Ning Ze attaches great importance to. If you can take down this person, you may make Ning Ze throw a mouse!"

"Rest assured, the last general will definitely take Wolf Mountain and capture Lou Qu alive!"

"Okay!" Cheng Wan got up and looked around at everyone, "All the gentlemen obey orders!"

"Xiaguan (the last general) is here!"

"Although you are waiting for the official to go out and recapture Wolf Mountain and Huairou!" Cheng Wan shouted loudly, "This battle will be won!"

"We must win, we must win, we must win......" The scene shouted slogans in unison, and the momentum was extremely great.

So Cheng Wan's soldiers were divided into two routes, with Zhong Jizhao leading 10,000 troops to attack Wolf Mountain, and he himself personally led 50,000 troops to Huairou.