The news of Wei Ran's pacification of Linhai County reached Jiankang.

Emperor Xiao Heng of Qi was overjoyed, and praised Wei Ran again and again in the court, since ancient times, heroes have been young boys, and Wei Ran will definitely be my dynasty in the future.

But at the same time, Wei Ran was also in Huiji County and Linhai County, which completely offended the scholars in the court.

Therefore, in terms of rewarding Wei Ran, the Southern Party led by Lu Ke discouraged Xiao Heng from being too generous to Wei Ran.

After Xiao Heng returned to Shangyuan Palace, he threw all the minister's recitals on the ground and was furious.

Xiao Ju came to the outside of Shangyuan Palace at this time, and was hearing Xiao Heng getting angry in Shangyuan Palace. Xiao Ju hesitated at the door and didn't dare to step forward, and looked at the deacon and eunuch who also didn't dare to enter outside the door.

The eunuch cried out for pain in his heart, but there was no way. Xiao Ju was usually quite polite to him, so he had no choice but to go in and say, "Your Majesty, the prince asks to see you." ”

"Ju'er is here, let him in."

After Xiao Ju entered Shangyuan Palace, he didn't say a word, just slowly picked up the book that was thrown on the ground.

Xiao Heng looked at Xiao Ju, and his heart was full of emotion. Xiao Ju is generous, and good at listening to the opinions of others, but sometimes too kind of women, if placed in the prosperous era must be a Ming Jun, but in today's troubled times.

"Ju'er, are you here for the affairs of the Guangling County Prince?" Xiao Heng asked knowingly.

Xiao Heng doesn't have to think about it, Xiao Ju is here today, unless it is for Wei Ran.

"Father Emperor Mingjian, the son of the minister is indeed here for the Guangling County Prince, the Guangling County Duke in Huiji County Linhai County arbitrarily tortured and killed the minister, the son of the minister felt that the Guangling County Duke should be released to Jiangling, and the Jingzhou military should be supervised."

When Xiao Heng heard Xiao Ju's words, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Xiao Ju. But seeing Xiao Ju's expression as usual, Xiao Heng was silently calculating in his heart.

Wei Ran has now made a new great contribution, not only recovering Linhai County, but also taking the opportunity to suppress some southern scholars, and it stands to reason that he should be promoted.

But Wei Ran is only sixteen years old now, although there was a precedent for Sima Yuanxian to be the great Sima at the age of nineteen, but Sima Yuanxian is a member of the Houqian clan, and his father Sima Daozi has long been in power.

Xiao Heng thought in his heart, Wei Ran had now established his prestige in the Huainan Army. The Huainan Army is now divided into two, one part is under the command of Wei Ran, and the other part is under the orders of Yangkan. The military power in Hengzhi's hands has been weakened, and now the Gangneung area is where Hengzhi's base camp is located, and Gangneung Taishou Heng is now also a member of the Hengzhi clan. Although Song Wuwei, the head of Xiangfan, is quite capable, he is subject to Heng Yuqiong. If Ren Weiran is the assassin of Jingzhou.

Thinking of this, Xiao Heng asked, "I definitely couldn't think of this layer, but Wei Chen's idea?" ”

Wei Chen is Weber's name, and Xiao Ju didn't know Wei Chen's true identity, so Xiao Heng asked.

"Father Emperor Mingjian, that's exactly what Mr. Wei meant." Xiao Ju replied truthfully.

"That's fine, Wei Ran has now cut off some of the southern Shi clan henchmen for me, and I am afraid that if I stay in Beijing, I am afraid that it will be easy to be attacked, and I can indeed be released to Jingzhou, let Jingzhou assassin history, and supervise the military of Jingzhou and Xuzhou in the south."

Since the Southern Qi lost the land of Huainan, Guangling City and some nearby areas remained on the north bank of the Yangtze River. So Xiao Heng classified this place as South Xuzhou, which was directly managed by Wei Ran. Originally, the ministers of the central government wanted to assign Guangling directly to Yangzhou to weaken Wei Ran's rights, but they were vetoed by Xiao Heng.

The next day, Xiao Heng officially issued an edict. Wei Ran, the Duke of Guangling County, made meritorious contributions to the conquest of Linhai County. The bounty was 1,000 taels, promoted to the history of Jingzhou, the governor of Jingzhou South Xuzhou and the three Wu Zhujun, and after the marriage with Princess Yanran was completed, he set off for Jingzhou to take office.

The Southern Qi court was in an uproar, and Wei Ran's rapid rise caused Lu Ke to feel strongly uneasy.

"Lu Xiang, Wei Ran deceived people too much, killed my son and the elders of my clan first, and didn't take me seriously at all." At this time, in the Prime Minister's mansion, Xie Meng was spitting in front of Lu Ke.

Lu Ke looked at Xie Meng in front of him, and he was also helpless. Xie Meng's son Xie Chang and several clan elders were beheaded by Wei Ran in Jiankang City, and this old guy was like crazy, pulling people everywhere to deal with Wei Ran together.

"Brother Xie, Wei Ran's matter is not the most important now." Lu Ke interrupted Xie Meng's words, and then pointed to the sky with his finger.

"You mean the prince?" Xie Meng reacted and said.

Lu Cao nodded: "Wei Ran used thunderbolt means in the land of Sanwu, and our energy in the land of Sanwu was greatly reduced. What's even more infuriating is that he brought the private soldiers of the Shi clan to the battlefield near the sea. After the end of the Linhai War, he actually incorporated all these private soldiers into the Huainan Army. Brought back to Guangling. ”

Thinking of this, Lu Cao couldn't wait to vomit blood, this Wei Ran didn't follow the routine at all. The scholars of Huiji County had no choice but to admit this dumb loss.

"If the crown prince ascends the throne, Wei Ran will definitely be in power. Now Wei Ran has controlled 30,000 Huainan troops and more than 10,000 princes. This time, he was appointed as the assassin of Jingzhou, if he was integrating the soldiers of Jingzhou. When the time comes, we will have no military power in our hands, and will we not be slaughtered by others? ”

What Lu Cao said is not unreasonable, now the control of the scholars in the land of Sanwu has been greatly reduced, and the private soldiers who had been hoarded before either died in the Sun Tai Rebellion, or were forcibly taken back to Guangling by Wei Ran. Now the only thing Lu Ke can rely on is Yuzhang County, and when the prince ascends the throne, Lu Ke really wants to eat the northwest wind with other southern scholars.

"I didn't expect this son to have such ability, and he openly used the soldiers of the northern warrior clan who moved south to fight our forces." Xie Meng thought of this, and said hatefully: "What does Lu Xiang think is good, we can't sit still." ”

"Today, we southern scholars have to unite and support my grandson Luan'er to ascend the throne together, so that we can always maintain our wealth." Lu Ke said in a deep voice.

During this time, Northern Qin was not as stable as imagined.

The Shanhu tribe, which was driven to the depths of Mobei by the horse Zhao Youzhi last year, has now made a comeback, going south in winter to rob the population and materials of Northern Qin, and then leaving the country.

Emperor Yuan Zhi of Northern Qin was furious and sent his horse Zhao Youzhi to raise the troops of Yongzhou to fight against the Shanhu tribe for the general manager of the expedition to the north, and Yu Wenzhi was the deputy governor to transfer the troops of the state to assist.

Originally, Zhao Youzhi set a plan for the four-way army to transfer troops from four important towns, and then converge in Luhun Valley and plough the court to sweep the caves. However, after Zhao Youzhi led his troops to Luhun Valley, he found that the remaining three armies did not arrive in time.

Zhao Youzhi led an army of 40,000 at this time, and was waiting for other reinforcements in Luhun Valley, when suddenly the spies in front came to report: "General, the main force of the Shanhu tribe has been found ahead." ”

Yu Jiulu, the Khan of the Shanhu tribe, also received the news at this time, and Zhao Youzhi, the Changqing horse, was in front. Immediately panicked, thinking that Zhao Youzhi was coming with the main force. In a panic, he prepared to withdraw from the camp.

Zhao Youzhi climbed to the top of the mountain, saw the dust in the Shanhu tribe, and thought for a while: "The sudden dust in the military camp must be caused by the panic of the horses." Come on, charge at the Shanhu tribe! ”

The Northern Qin army moved towards the Shanhu tribe, and Yu Jiulu Bodhi was so frightened that he ran away on his horse. The Northern Qin army won a complete victory, killing more than 30,000 people of the Shanhu tribe.

But in the following days, Zhao Youzhi did not wait for the soldiers and horses to meet, and the food and grass were cut off, so Zhao Youzhi had to return the same way, hoping to meet reinforcements on the way back.

Walking for five days in a row, there were no reinforcements, at this time the Northern Qin army had all cut off food and grass, and countless people died of starvation in the army, and the captives of the Shanhu tribe saw that the Northern Qin army did have no food, so they mutinied in an instant, snatched the weapons of the Northern Qin soldiers and launched an attack on the Northern Qin soldiers.

Zhao Youzhi was horrified, and hurriedly led his guards to retreat, and the captives of the Shanhu tribe pursued and killed all the way, but fortunately, Yuwen marched a little faster, so he picked up Zhao Youzhi. However, Zhao Youzhi's 40,000 troops were all wiped out, and Zhao Youzhi almost escaped on his own.

"Why did General Yuwen ignore the military order and only come here today?" After Zhao Youzhi came to his senses, he asked sharply.

"General, this is the order that the last general received. The rendezvous date is still five days away. After Yu Wenzhi finished speaking, he took out the military order stamped with the seal of General Zhao Youzhi.

Yuwen reminded at this time: "General, is this seal fake?" ”

Zhao Youzhi observed carefully, then took out the general seal he carried with him, and after careful comparison, he said angrily: "Sure enough, there is a fake, who gave General Yuwen the order." ”

It turned out that after the dispersal of the dynasty that day, Zhao Youzhi ordered Yuwenzhi to go to Bingzhou first to rectify the soldiers and horses, and then set off after receiving his general order. The other two people are also Zhao Youzhi's henchmen, so Zhao Youzhi sent his cronies to pass the order after gathering people in Yongzhou, but he didn't expect the military order to be transferred.

Zhao Youzhi said angrily: "Who wants to put me to death, if the general does not come." Our army is cut off from food and grass, and even if there is no Shanhu tribe, I will definitely starve to death in this desert. Even if he is lucky enough not to die, the lost soldiers will definitely be attacked by traitors when they return to the court. ”

Zhao Youzhi returned to Chang'an and reported the matter truthfully, and Yu Wenzhi also testified from the side.

Yuan Zhi was furious and ordered a thorough investigation of the matter, and the cocoon was peeled off. All the evidence leads to Min Guan, but at this critical moment, Liu Jie, who sacrificed wine, suddenly committed suicide in fear of sin, and said in his suicide note that he was jealous of Zhao Youzhi, so he falsely passed on the military order.

lost the witnesses, although there was no way to involve Min Guan, but Min Guan was difficult to distinguish. Since then, Zhao Youzhi has completely fallen to the Yuanshan camp.

Min Guan people sit at home, and disaster comes from heaven.

At this time, Yuan Shan was drinking with Yu Wenzhi and said, "The general's plan is very good. The horses completely fell to us, and Minguan now only has military power in Hebei and Huainan. ”

Yuwen did not speak for a long time.

Originally, in his plan, Zhao Youzhi returned the same way after arriving at Luhun Valley and not waiting for reinforcements, at most losing some of his soldiers. Unexpectedly, Zhao Youzhi dared to take the initiative to attack when he encountered the Shanhu tribe, and he was backstabbed by a captive.

Thinking of this, Yu Wenzhi had to sigh with emotion, it was really a trick.