Chapter 10 (1)

Tokyo, Bianliang.

The city gates, which had been closed for more than ten days, have resumed normal traffic. The soldiers on duty also put away their anger and no longer swords at pedestrians entering and leaving. However, in this sunny weather, the figures passing through the city gate are sparse. Except for the messenger who rode a fast horse and looked heavy-looking, almost all the flat-headed people in Bianliang shrank vigilantly in their respective homes. Then he locked the courtyard door, and kept glancing at the mouth of the hidden cellar. As long as he hears any wind and grass, he will take his children directly into the ground, and he will not hide for three days and three nights, and never show his head again!

In these years, if you want to live a long time in Bianliang City, knowing how to "watch the sky at night" and digging cellars are essential skills. You have to be alert enough to anticipate the imminent danger from the wind and grass in the city before disaster strikes, so that you have enough time to prepare. And once the disaster really happens, whether the cellar in the yard is deep enough, whether the entrance of the cellar is hidden enough, and whether there is enough dry food and water in the cellar determines whether the whole family can survive to the end of the disaster. If you don't have these two things, even if you have a lot of money and do all the good deeds, you will be doomed!

"Of, of, of, ...... of, "of, of of the city The messenger on horseback, exhausted from running, gritted his teeth and held on to prevent himself from falling off his saddle.

"Alas, what a sin!" said someone shaking his head and sighing in a low voice behind the cracks in the doors of several courtyards along the street. "It's only been a few days?"

From the time His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty led his troops to attack Bianliang, to last month, the eight-colored lights suddenly lit up on the library of the imperial palace, and it was only four and a half years. It's not enough for a group of ignorant naughty children to grow up, and it's not enough for a dilapidated family to recover from the predicament and see the hope of a good life again!,

The privy envoy and the prince sealed off the palace, and the prince led a large army to conquer Caozhou. The 75-year-long turbulent times have just shown signs of an end, and they have returned to the starting point.

In the end, no matter whether the privy envoy Lord Wang wins or His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wins, I am afraid that in Bianliang City, I am afraid that people will be killed. And the real catastrophe has just begun. There are Han families in Youzhou, Liu families in Taiyuan who are determined to take revenge, and outside the Sai, there are Khitan people eyeing each other. Once these three families unite to take advantage of the situation, eight years ago, the tragedy of leading beasts and cannibals will probably recur again!

"It's all to blame on that damn Wang Jun!"

"Isn't it, the emperor has always treated him well. It's always okay for the common people!"

"I hope he can't win, God bless him if he can't win the prince!"

"It's hard to say, when did God open his eyes? Alas......"

The vagabonds, with no yard to hide from and nowhere to go, chased the messenger's back with their eyes and whispered in their mouths.

They are the lowest level of the entire Bianliang, they are as lowly as weeds, as tough as weeds, and they grow again after cutting. No one wanted to talk to them, not even the soldiers who were hurrying by. Even when I heard their emotion, I shrugged my shoulders and walked by with a sneer. Even among them, there are people staring at the door of Wang Jun's mansion at this moment, and their eyes are not blinking!

The palace gate of Wang Jun, the privy envoy of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was open like a city gate after dawn. As soon as the messenger dismounted, he was lifted up by two big men, one on the left and one on the right, and rushed to the main hall of the Privy Council. There, after receiving the warning of the loss of Caozhou the day before yesterday, it automatically became Wang Jun's White Tiger Festival Hall. In the past two days, as long as a messenger arrives, whether it is to express support for the privy envoy, or to come and announce that he is inseparable from the rebellious ministers and thieves, he will be sent to the White Tiger Festival Hall as soon as possible to be questioned by Wang Jun, Wang Yin and several other "important ministers".

"Tell me, where are you from? Are your family members going to join the same stream with the surname Chai, or are you going to crusade against the rebels with the old man?" Hearing almost all the bad news for several days in a row, Wang Jun's heart was already a little numb. Without waiting for the messenger to finish his salute, he asked with a sneer.

"Slippery, slippery, slippery report! The rebels invaded slippery yesterday, and the city was lost!" The messenger was blown by the chill blowing on his face, and the spirit shivered, shrunk his head, and stammered to report, "Zhang, Zhang stabbed the history faction, sent the villain to make a detour, come to the privy envoy, report to the privy envoy, tell the urgency!!"

"What?" Wang Jun was taken aback, and immediately turned his gaze to the map hanging on the wall. Caozhou is only two or three hundred miles away from Bianliang, and there are no dangers along the way. With the temperament of the Chai family, he should take advantage of the opportunity of the big victory to go straight to Bianliang. Why did all of a sudden, go north and enter Huazhou?!

Before he could figure out the slightest clue, Taiwei Wang Yin suddenly stood up, laughed and stroked his palm, "Haha, the vertical son is afraid, so he plans to rob Huazhou first, so that in the future, when the situation is not good, he can take a boat down the river!"

That sounds exciting. But Wang Jun's brows furrowed even tighter. If you want to use Huazhou as a stronghold for confrontation with the imperial court, wouldn't it be better for Chai Rong to take Weicheng first with the rebels? Weicheng is much closer to Huazhou than Yincheng, and as long as you take this place, it is equivalent to smashing the gate of Huazhou.

"I'm afraid what he wants is not Huazhou, but sour dates!" Wang Jian, the deputy commander of the left army of the Shenwu Praetorian Guard, has always known how to observe words and feelings, and seeing that his brother Wang Jun was noncommittal about the opinion of Taiwei Wang Yin, he immediately gave another answer tentatively.

"What does he want to do with sour dates, take a detour to Hedong to join Changsi?" Wang Jun immediately became furious, turned his head, and gave his brother Wang Jian a big roll of the eyes, "If you don't understand, don't pretend to understand." Chai Rong's roots in Shanzhou, Cangzhou, and the other six states of Hebei will also support him. How could he leave his own foundation and run to send someone under the fence?!"

"This ......" Wang Jian was so frightened that he shrank his neck, not daring to speculate any more. Taiwei Wang Yin's gaze suddenly lit up again, "If you don't want to rob Huazhou as a way out, and you don't plan to go to Changsi, then there is only one place left, Linghe! Although this place is not dangerous, you can take Chenqiaoyi and go straight to Bianliang." If you retreat, you can retreat all the way to the Linghe Crossing, board the big boat, and escape!"

"Hmm!" This time, Wang Jun did not continue to frown, but nodded slightly.

"He thinks beautifully!" Seeing that Wang Jun had reached an agreement with him, Taiwei Wang Yin immediately sneered loudly, "Do you really think that the 50,000 forbidden troops under the old man's command are decorations? Brother Xiufeng, you don't have to be angry." I'll personally take the forbidden army over and capture him, see what hope can Guo Jiaque'er have?"

As he spoke, he pulled his legs and was about to go out. However, just half of his body was turned, but his left arm was grabbed by Wang Jun from the side, "Shude! Brother Shude, don't be impulsive, something is wrong with the situation?"

"Hey, you're just being too cautious. What's wrong? At this time, the Cao Zhou army under the command of the Chai family's junior second commander is also added together, and it is only more than 10,000 yuan, and the old man can still be afraid of him?" Wang Yin flicked his sleeves impatiently and counted loudly. "If we had listened to the old man and sent a bowl of poison to that Guo Jiaque, we wouldn't have to be so passive at all! As long as we come up with enough benefits, what Chang Kegong, Gao Xingzhou, Fu Yanqing, maybe like Lao Bai, would have agreed to follow our brothers a long time ago!"

"Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh!" Wang Jun was so stimulated by the other party's unashamed attitude that he coughed again and again, but he refused to let go of his hand.

"Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh......" Taishi Bai Wenke, who was called Lao Bai by Wang Yin, also coughed embarrassedly.

So far, he is the only general who has clearly stated that he wants to advance and retreat together with Wang Jun and Wang Yin. The other generals with heavy troops either immediately pulled up their flags as Chang Si and announced that they would not share the sky with the two kings. Or, like Gao Xingzhou and Fu Yanqing, they are still pretending to be deaf and dumb, and they have made up their minds to stand by!

Distraught by the coughing sound of the two, Taiwei Wang Yin threw off his arm again and forcibly shook Wang Jun's hand away. Then he pursed his lips and added loudly, "Am I wrong, where is there a way out for us to retreat now? Why pretend to be and lock Guo Jiaque'er in the palace as a cover! It's better to break the kettle and sink the boat, directly kill Guo Jiaque, and let Xiufeng make you the emperor." Then ......"

The reason why the old man forced the emperor to change the crown prince was because the civil and military officials could end up well in the future, not for himself!" Wang Jun couldn't bear it anymore, so he opened his throat and interrupted loudly. "If you don't believe it, the old man can swear to God. If you break your promise in the future, the old man will not have a good end in this life!"

"It's not right, it's just wrong, why do you swear such a poisonous oath?" Wang Yin was taken aback by Wang Jun's resolute attitude, frowned, tilted his head, and whispered. "Besides, what does this have to do with the old man leading troops to kill the Chai family's children?"

"It's not that I won't let you go, it's that I'm afraid that you will underestimate the enemy!" Finally avoiding the most embarrassing topic, Wang Jun quickly shook his head and quickly added, "Now there are many people in Bianliang City who are ready to move. If you don't leave enough soldiers and horses, you can't hold it down. Judging from the secret report sent by Caozhou at the risk of death, although the Chai family has few soldiers and horses at hand at this moment, it is the elite who is inseparable from Zheng Ziming. When I played against the Khitans, I never fell behind!"

"Hey——, that's a real problem!" Wang Yin heard this, and his heart was suddenly not as manic as before. He also frowned and muttered to himself.

The news that Caozhou had been lost was sent to the Privy Council the day before yesterday. In the past two days or so, through various channels, he and Wang Jun have basically mastered the entire battle. Although Jiedu made Yang Wensheng lose very unjustly, he was beloved by his henchman Yang Xuan and the rebels in disguise, mixed into the handsome flag, and directly cut off his head. But at the beginning, Chai Rong led the "rebels" to capture Yang Xuan, but it was a real hard fight. And it didn't take a quarter of an hour to win, and the win was extremely neat!