Ding Ji returned to Dangliang and reported his trip to Huajun in detail.

Lu Cong laughed when he heard this: "It is said that Princess Yuanxi has come to the door seven times to invite Ning Ze, but such a courtesy has been set aside by this son, which is simply a wolf into the room! As a woman, she still wants to compete in the world, she should have this reward! But Ning Ze is so young, but he can seize power, and quickly defeat Yang Ran to occupy Jinzhou, it must be difficult to deal with!"

"My lord, now Ning Ze has agreed to unite with our army and fight Zhou Ji together. Ding Ji said, "The situation is very good!"

"That's not necessarily!" a person next to him shook his head and smiled.

"Why did the military advisor say that?" Lu Cong hurriedly asked him.

"Lord!" Guang Yixi replied, "Although I haven't seen Ning Ze, I've heard a lot through the military newspapers. Moreover, Zhou Yizi, the world's number one military general, Tang Niu, compared Ning Ze with the wolf king, his person must be cunning! Looking at his reaction now, there are many doubts. In my opinion, Golden State will not send troops!"

But Ning Ze had already accepted the gift and signed the joint document. Ding Ji said, "Aren't you afraid of losing your trust and causing the world to laugh?"

"It is said that he is cunning, obedient on the surface and suffers all the benefits, but behind the scenes, there is a way to shirk. Guang Yixi said, "Even if you agree to send troops together, you can regret it!"

"This move will damage Princess Yuanxi's reputation, how can you do it?" Lu Cong asked suspiciously.

"Lord!" Guang Yixi said, "If Princess Yuanxi is a puppet and the decision-making comes from Ning Ze, how can people in the world say that the princess is not?"

"Makes sense!" Lu Cong lowered his head and pondered, "Even if you lose your trust, it is Ning Ze who controls the princess." It's just that this person doesn't care about the scolding of the world, or does he use this to keep the name of benevolence and righteousness for Princess Yuanxi?"

"Whatever the reason, it's unlikely that the Golden State will send troops. Guang Yixi said.

"What can I do?" Lu Cong hurriedly asked.

"This matter is easy!" Guang Yixi said with a smile, "Bo (bo) Prefecture Assassin Shi Heqi is biased towards Zhou Yi and is unwilling to submit to the lord. The previous Yuetai County was too guarded by Yu Liang and greedy for money, and the border of Chen Bingtong County clashed with the soldiers and horses of Huajun. Now that Ning Ze has promised to unite with our army, he can ask His Majesty to issue an edict to cut off Yuetai County and merge it into Jinzhou. One shows favor to Ning Ze, and the princes of the world will naturally classify him into our camp, and Zhou Yi is even more so. Even if Ning Ze is unwilling to help, he will become Zhou Ze's enemy, and he will have to help our army at that time! Second, if Ning Ze covets Yuetai County and raises troops without permission, He Qi will not respond. Bozhou is between Chizhou and Jinzhou, and this person is afraid and will ask Zhou Jie for help. The main Zhou Jie sent troops, and Ning Ze was bound to fight against Zhou Jie for the sake of Deyuetai County, and he was also forced to choose to cooperate with us. ”

Lu Cong was overjoyed when he heard this: "The plan of the military advisor is really wonderful!"

Three days later, Lu Cong asked Emperor Wen Liu De to issue an edict to assign Bozhou Yuetai County to Jinzhou, at this moment, suddenly a Tanma returned from Jinzhou, and hurriedly reported: "Zhou Zhi's envoy saw Ning Ze, Xu Yidian was appointed as a lieutenant general in the army, and the rest of the officials were rewarded." Invite Princess Yuanxi, Ning Ze, Liang Teng and others to go to the imperial capital Miliang, and take Xie Zong as the assassin of Jinzhou. Ning Ze received an official, and angrily reprimanded the envoy because of the lack of reward, and begged for treasures and military rations. Now Xie Zong stayed in Jinzhou, and Zhou Zuo's envoy returned to Miliang. ”

"What?!" Ding Ji was shocked and came out and said, "Ning Ze signed a joint document with our party, and actually accepted the official position of the puppet emperor Liu Xian?

"Strategist!" Lu Cong turned to his side.

Guang Yixi was not without surprise: "My lord, the minister said before that Ning Ze will inevitably repeat." This person has the interests of both sides, but he will not contribute to either side!"

"This son is really hateful! dare to play tricks on me?" Lu Cong said angrily.

"Your lord need not be angry. Guang Yixi said with a smile, "As long as the edict is sent and Yuetai County is included in Jinzhou, even if Ning Ze resists his greed and refuses to send troops, Bozhou Assassin Shi Heqi will ask for help from Zhou Yi in panic." At that time, Ning Ze will be forced to make an enemy of Zhou Hydroxy, and we will be able to reap the benefits. ”

"In this case, follow the words of the military advisor!" So Lu Cong sent a messenger to send the edict of Emperor Wen to Jinzhou quickly.

Jia Hong returned to Miliang, Yunzhou day and night, met Zhou Jie in the imperial city, and told Jinzhou in detail.

Situ Wang Yu said when he heard this: "I never thought that Princess Yuanxi visited Ning Ze seven times, but she was seized power by this person. This man is young, but he is not a good person!"

"Father," Tang Niu stood up, "I said earlier that Ning Ze is comparable to the Wolf King, and he needs to be eradicated as soon as possible." ”

"This person is so greedy that he blackmailed our army on the grounds of the reward of the puppet emperor Liu De. Wang Yu frowned, "But accepting the official position is surprising, and he is also an incompetent person who is greedy for power and money!"

Zhou Hydroxy's strategist Li Shun got up and said, "Lord, Ning Ze's move must have a deep meaning. If this person was greedy for power and money, he would have switched to the lord in the first place, so why bother?"

"That makes sense!" Zhou Xuan nodded slightly, "In Mr.'s opinion, what is the purpose of this person?"

Li Shun pondered carefully, and then replied: "My lord, I am afraid that this son will see through our plan and stop it deliberately! In this way, the world will only see Ning Ze domineering, and Princess Yuanxi will be controlled by him, so he will naturally be taken out of the game." Xie Zong's stay in Jinzhou will inevitably be hollowed out by him. Princess Yuanxi is still like this, let alone him? Even if our army sends money and food, it will be difficult to transfer her to Miliang. ”

"How to deal with it?" Zhou asked.

"Father!" Tang Niu came out again, "Please give the child 20,000 troops, and we will definitely capture Jinzhou and eradicate Ning Ze!"

Zhou Kui shook his head helplessly: "It has been said that Lu Cong is eyeing him, and the rest of the princes all have different intentions, and if they want to cross several states to expedition to Ningze, they will put us in danger! ”

"My lord!" Jia Hong asked, "...... the reward?"

"Ning Ze is only to defraud money and food, and it will not be as I wish. Wang Yu said, "That being the case, don't pay attention to it." ”

"Then thank you for your ......"

"Xie Zong is quite famous, Ning Ze didn't dare to touch him. Wang Yu replied, "Now it seems that Ning Ze is indeed cunning. It will not lean towards Lu Cong, nor will it lean towards our army. In this case, it is the right way to defeat Lu Cong first and then attack Jinzhou with the victorious army. ”

Zhou Yi nodded when he heard this, feeling very reasonable.

Therefore, he ignored Ning Ze's request.

After a while, Tanma reported: "The puppet emperor Liu De issued an edict to include Bozhou Yuetai County in Jinzhou. ”

Later, an envoy from Bozhou rushed to ask for help, saying that Lu Cong and Ning Ze were plotting against Bozhou, and asked Zhou Jie to send troops to rescue.

Zhou Jie hurriedly summoned civil and military officials to inquire about countermeasures.

The new Yu Shi Lei He stood up: "Prime Minister, this must be Lu Cong's plan!"

"Oh?" Zhou asked what he meant.

Lei He replied: "Lu Cong must have seen that Ning Ze is repeated, and he will not send troops. Therefore, let the puppet emperor issue an edict to provoke the two states of Bojin. If Ning Ze coveted Yuetai County to move troops without permission, he would have a grudge with He Qi and fight endlessly! He Qi asked our army for help, if he should not lose face as a prime minister, if he did, the troops would be sent to Bozhou for Lu Cong to take advantage of, lest he take the opportunity to sneak attack. ”

Zhou Yi frowned when he heard this: "What can I do?"

"This matter is easy!" Lei He said, "Prime Minister Kexiu wrote a reply to He Qi, and our army was stationed in Mizhang County as a backup, so that Lu Cong's army did not dare to move lightly. He Qi was instructed to stick to Bozhou and not to lose a single land. He Qi must be grateful, Lu Cong didn't dare to move lightly, he was not afraid of Ning Ze. If Ning Ze does not send troops, Yuetai County will be fine. If we send troops, He Qi will definitely fight fiercely with them, and we will wait to reap the benefits!"

"This plan is very good!" Zhou Xuan immediately ordered to summon the envoy of Bozhou, and replied according to Lei He's words.

This side of the Golden State.

The news that Princess Yuanxi Liu Yuanxiang was overturned by Ning Ze and turned into a puppet spread quickly, causing several waves of riots among the people.

Fortunately, Ning Ze had already prepared and let Liu Yuanxiang lead his troops over to smoothly pacify and quell the riot.

These sympathetic populace voluntarily joined the army and became a force that supported her, winning Liu Yuanxiang a loyal team, although this team was hostile to Ning Ze, the "usurper", but still strengthened the Huajun army.

At the same time, many talents in Jinzhou suddenly appeared in response to the recruitment order.

It turned out that these people learned that Princess Yuanxi Liu Yuanxiang was just a puppet, and the real person in power here was the military advisor Ning Ze, and he was named a lieutenant general of the army by the imperial court, and they all came to take refuge.

When the owner here is Liu Yuanxiang, the princess of Yuanxi, they can't accept serving a woman, even if the other party is a princess.

However, when he found that the real owner was not Princess Yuanxi Liu Yuanxiang but Ning Ze, he had no doubts in this regard.

They didn't know the truth, they only felt that since Ning Ze dared to stand up to Princess Yuanxi and had the ability to take over the entire Golden State, he might not be able to confront Zhou Xuan and Lu Cong and compete in the world.

For a time, the number of officials increased greatly, which made the problem of lack of talents easily solved.

This was an accident that Ning Ze himself didn't expect.

Emperor Wen's envoy came again and read out the edict to put Bozhou Yuetai County under the jurisdiction of Jinzhou.

Ning Ze received the edict to send the envoy away, and Liu Yuanxiang hurriedly asked, "Military advisor, what does Lu Cong mean by this?"

"It's just to induce our army to attack Bozhou. Ning Ze replied, "Bozhou Assassin Shi Heqi will inevitably ask Zhou Kui for help, once Zhou Hydrate sends troops, it will mean that our army is hostile to Zhou Hydroxy, and we have to lean towards Lu Cong." ”

"How should this be?" asked Liu Yuanxiang worriedly.

"Don't worry, lord!" Ning Ze said, "The small skill of carving insects is not enough to worry about." I want to use Yuetai County to provoke our army to fight against He Qi, and I am delusional. He only needs to repair a letter to inform He Qi that he has no intention of Yuetai County, so that he can be relieved, and then focus on internal affairs and recuperate. He Qi must be relieved to see it, and Zhou Qi raised troops to support and confronted Lu Cong head-on, He Qi hated Lu Cong's poisonous plan, and there was a high probability that he would send troops and agree with Zhou Jie to attack. Lu Cong will not be able to bargain for a bargain, but will suffer a big loss! When He Qi, Zhou Kuijun, and Lu Cong have a lively fight, we can take the opportunity to make a surprise attack and take the platform county!"

"Strategist, do we really want to seize Yuetai County?" asked Liu Yuanxiang.

"Why don't you take advantage of it?" Ning Ze smiled, "It's just that you won't be stupid enough to enter other people's bureaus." If we want to seize Yuetai County, we have to set up a bureau myself, so how can we be used by others? It depends on who can't hold their breath first, and anyway, we will easily stop taking action and continue to build walls, recruit troops, and store food. By the way, my lord, there is good news today. ”

"What's the news?"

"After half a year's training of carrier pigeons, we have finally achieved results!" Ning Ze replied, "Next, it can be put into use, and with the base of the Chamber of Commerce in the 16 states of the country, it will be woven into our own fast information network." When our intelligence is always one step ahead of others, we will always be able to take the initiative! Moreover, we can also use this information network to establish an underground public opinion department of our own. ”

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