Jianye City, one of the three major towns in Yangzhou, there are still many important towns in Yangzhou, such as Chaisang and Lujiang that lock the entrance to the canal, but compared with these two cities, Jianye has his unique conditions. The canal passes through Yangzhou, turns around Jianye City and enters the boundary of Jingzhou, connecting the imperial capital. Therefore, at the diversion of the canal, there are 50,000 sailors stationed in Jianye City, commanded by Cai Mao.

If you want to talk about the most effective troops in Yangzhou, you have to talk about Yangzhou's navy, and Yangzhou's navy will also be transferred to Yizhou to cooperate with the navy when the war is tight. And Cai Mao himself is also a naval talent, although his martial arts cultivation is not high, but the talent of leading troops on the water is not stronger than him except for the elite of the navy in Yizhou of the empire, even if it is higher than some officers of the same level in the navy of the empire, Cai Mao's talent may be higher than them.

At this moment, Cai Mao was sitting in the barracks, and was receiving a person he didn't expect to appear in front of him. Wang Tong and Cai Mao sat face to face at the moment, but Cai Mao's forehead was twisted into a Sichuan character, and there was even a trace of cold sweat, but Wang Tong also had a trace of solemnity on his face, looking at Cai Mao with a solemn face.

"Brother Cai, I know that you are quite unhappy under Yan Baihu's hands, Yan Baihu was born in the infantry army, and it is a matter of course to suppress your naval army, now my lord Liu Fan has occupied Jian'an with a large army, and the next step is to annex the entire Yangzhou, aiming at the world, and now recruiting talents. Brother Cai, your talents can only be realized more haode under the command of my lord. ”

Cai Mao looked at Wang Tong with a solemn face, he and Wang Tong once had a relationship. But there has been no contact between the two for more than ten years, and now Wang Tong suddenly appeared in front of him and asked him to join the Pingxi royal family, and now the Pingxi royal family has become a wanted criminal in the entire empire.

"Brother Wang, it's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't. Now the Liu family is a wanted criminal of the empire, if I defect to him, this is a rebellion, then my subordinates and family members have become wanted criminals of the empire, how do you say I should choose. ”

Wang Tong listened to Cai Mao's words, not angry, but happy: "Brother Cai, Zhang Rang suddenly launched a mutiny, took control of the imperial court, and disrupted the court. It makes the hearts of the people of the empire excited. The Empress Dowager He of the empire is under the protection of our lord, and our lord is now recruiting troops, as long as the troops are ready, we will raise troops to serve the king. At that time, it was the time for Brother Cai to show his talents. ”

"Having said that, after all, Zhang Rang's subordinates control the Praetorian Guards of the twelve legions, and their strength is strong, so with your and ours forces, I'm afraid they are not his opponents. Again. Even if I take refuge in Liu Fan, what can he give me?" Cai Mao's heart also moved slightly, but he still suppressed this abnormal movement, if he really surrendered to Liu Fan. From the general of the navy of the empire to the most wanted criminal of the empire, this gap is a bit big.

"Brother Cai. You should also have heard that my lord is a person who has a divine beast soul beast, and the empire has been in the empire for so many years. As Brother Cai said, my lord is now a wanted criminal in the empire, but Brother Cai, look at the people in the empire who have ever shouted to arrest my lord? Brother Cai, with your talents, you should have a broader stage of your own, does Brother Cai really want to stay here for the rest of his life? As for what my lord can give you, it depends on your brother Cai's performance, and one day a prince may not be indispensable to Brother Cai. After listening to Wang Tong's words, Cai Mao's face changed, lowered his head and seemed to be thinking about something, what really made Cai Mao excited was the title of this prince, you must know that if he has been under Zhang Rang's hands like this in his life, let alone the prince, even if it is a title, don't think about it. ...,

Wang Tong glanced at Cai Mao and said while the iron was hot: "Brother Cai, my father-in-law is determined to win Jianye, but my father-in-law respects General Cai's talent, so he specially sent me to persuade Brother Cai to work for him. Brother Cai, my lord has always attached great importance to the development of the navy, and Yangzhou will one day be in my lord's pocket, my lord has no naval generals in his hands, what can General Cai get by taking refuge in my lord, I don't think I need to elaborate, right?"

The muscles on Cai Mao's face moved, this was an opportunity, Wang informed Cai Mao's mind was moved, and immediately took out the bag that Guo Jia handed over to him before leaving and put it in front of Cai Mao. Cai Mao glanced at Wang Tong, and turned out the tips in his hand, one was a letter written by Guo Jia to Cai Mao, and the other was a thin piece of paper.

Cai Mao's face changed, becoming extremely ugly, he quickly stuffed the note in his hand back into the bag and handed it to Wang Tong, and looked at Wang Daodao with a slightly trembling tone: "Brother Wang, please go back, I'll give Brother Wang an answer in two days, okay?"

"Okay, I'll wait for Brother Cai's news for the past two days, but Brother Cai has to hurry up, my lord's army will arrive in Jianye City in a few days. When the army is formed, it will attack the imperial capital in two ways, one by water and one by land. I think the key to this is that I don't need to explain it slowly to Brother Cai. Brother Cai, take care, farewell!"

"Wait. As soon as Wang Tong's front foot stepped out of Cai Mao's military tent, Cai Mao stopped Wang Tong's shout, gritted his teeth and looked at Wang Tong as if he had made a big decision: "Okay, Brother Wang, I have decided to take refuge in your father-in-law, but I need to ensure that he can ensure that he can keep my subordinates and family safe after entering Jianye." ”

"Brother Cai, please rest assured, my lord will not do such a self-defeating thing. Wang Tong looked at Cai Mao with a smile, patted Cai Mao's shoulder and said: "Welcome General Cai to join our camp, from now on we will be people of the same camp. ”

Cai Mao glanced at Wang Tong with embarrassment and said with a smile: "Brother Wang said that he was joking, and I will ask Brother Wang to help me more in the future." ”

Wang Tong persuaded Cai Mao, according to Jihua did not let Cai Mao change his course early, but waited for Wang Tong's news, and he had to go to the city to persuade the city lord Wang Cang and the town guard general and Zhang Yun. If Liu Fan wants to conquer Jianye bloodlessly, he must persuade the two to surrender together, and at least unite with Cai Mao to take Zhang Yun and control the 50,000 garrison.

The city lord's mansion of Jianye City, the city lord Wang Cang's spirit was very tired after a day's work, and he just walked into the house and saw a person sitting in the living room. He was already in a very uncomfortable mood when he saw someone sitting in the living room indifferent, and the anger in his mood suddenly rushed to the top of his head, and before he could speak, his face changed.

"Why are you here?" Wang Cang looked at his cousin Wang Tong, and was surprised and annoyed in his heart, this Wang Tong could be said to be a waste back then, and after losing all the family's property, he borrowed an account and escaped from the house, leaving behind his elderly parents. Later, I heard that Wang Tong was an official, but Wang Cang didn't want to deal with him, and when Wang Tong's parents died, Wang Cang also kept filial piety to them.

"How is my eldest brother doing all these years?" Wang Tong knew what his eldest brother was ruthless about, after all, what he did back then was a bit desperate, and Wang Cang was also recommended to Yan Baihu by him, it can be said that everything Wang Cang is doing now is created by Wang Tong.

"Come on, beat this person out for me!" Wang Cang was very angry when he received the official letter from the emperor today, the people in the emperor capital actually stripped two of the four kings from their titles and made them wanted criminals of the empire, and even deprived the eight martial marquis of the empire.

What made him even more annoyed was that Zhang Rang in the imperial capital actually cut the Confucian shili from the court officials, and the entire court was now made by Zhang Rang is a miasma, and even the villain of the four permanent servants wanted to be named the first-class title of the empire, Wuhou, ridiculous, when could the Wuhou of the empire be occupied by a group of villains. Wang Tong's appearance ignited Wang Cang's anger even more, and naturally he would not have a good face towards Wang Tong. ...,

"Big brother, don't be angry, you dissipate your anger first, this time I came to you to discuss something important with you. Wang Tong hurriedly walked to Wang Cang's side with a smiling face, Wang Cang snorted coldly and shook his hand and walked in, no matter how Wang Tong was before, but he really didn't hear of him doing anything bad when he was an official in Yangzhou, which made Wang Cang's impression of him change a lot.

"What's the big deal you can do? Are you causing trouble out there again?"

Wang Tong could only look at his eldest brother with a smile, and said with a smile: "Big brother, what are you talking about, this time I came to show my eldest brother a clear way." ”

It's okay not to say this, but it ignited the anger in Wang Cang's heart that was finally calmed down, Wang Cang looked at Wang Tong angrily, last time Wang Tong recommended him to Yan Baihu, and designed him to be the city lord, Wang Cang even suspected that Wang Tong could become the city lord of Jian'an City because he recommended Wang Cang to Yan Baihu, and immediately yelled at Wang Tong: "What can you do? Say what trouble are you causing outside?"

"Big brother, I won't beat around the bush with you, this time I came to persuade you to surrender. Wang Tong immediately put on a calm face and said to Wang Cang: "This time, I am on the order of my lord, and I am here to persuade the eldest brother to surrender, hoping that the eldest brother can change the court to serve my lord." ”

"You are a dog who can't change eating, what works for your lord, how can an official of my empire work for someone? You get out of here, get out of me immediately!"

"Big brother, listen to me, the person who sent me is Liu Fan, the grandson of King Pingxi, that is, the son-in-law of King He Ling, the son-in-law of King Pingdong, and the son-in-law of Marquis Wenwu of Yizhou. ”

"Who do you say?" Wang Cang was stunned for an instant, looking at Wang Tong in front of him in disbelief, and his raised hands stopped in mid-air.

"Liu Fan, the grandson of the King of Pingxi, he has occupied Jian'an, the next step is to attack Jianye, and then annex the entire Yangzhou, big brother, now is the opportunity for you and me, as long as we can dedicate Jianye City to him, the credit is naturally not small. Wang Tong said to Wang Cang in a low voice, with agitation on his face.

"Is it really Pingxi Wang Liuyu?"

Wang Tong nodded, glanced around, and said a word in Wang Cang's ear, Wang Cang's face changed instantly, and then Wang Tong handed Wang Cang a similar bag, Wang Cang nodded solemnly after reading it, and nodded in conviction......)

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