Time flies, and a month has passed in a blink of an eye.

Under the leadership of Jiang Ziya, the Xiqi army was like a bamboo, breaking through the pond, crossing the Yellow River, leveling Mengjin, and approaching the Song City, resulting in turmoil in the court. Because Deng Jiugong was sitting in the middle of the court, Jiang Ziya did not dare to act rashly.

On the other side, Chongying Luan raised 300,000 troops, and the soldiers pointed directly at Chaoge, which made the originally grim situation even worse. For a time, Chaoge, the most prosperous capital, was shrouded in gloomy clouds.

Faced with the imminent collapse of the building, the king of Xuan was angry and ordered Zhi to faint, and at the instigation of Lu Renjie, he relieved Deng Jiugong of his military power and put him under house arrest in the palace. Deng Jiugong was not in the court, and Lu Renjie was promoted to generalissimo of soldiers and horses, the first thing was not to discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy, but to be high-spirited in the court, to do evil, and to eradicate the ministers who opposed him in one fell swoop, and to make a good court a miasma.

"Lord Zhang, why did you come to see me today? ”

Deng Jiugong said with a smile on his face, there was no unwillingness and decadence after the dismissal, which made Zhang Qian very surprised. Zhang Qian arched his hand and said: "King Pingnan, now Chengtang is in danger, please come back and save Chengtang Jiangshan." ”

will be brave, Lu Renjie's ability is mediocre, and it is simply wishful thinking to expect him to repel two strong enemies.

Deng Jiu said fairly: "Lord Zhang's mentality is relaxed, Chengtang has been rotten to the root after more than ten years of perverse behavior of King Xu, and the previous ten years were peaceful, but it was just a return to the light." Do you think there is still salvation? ”

If it weren't for Deng Jiugong's intention to cooperate, how could Lu Renjie's means bring him down. Although he is idle at home, the general trend of the world is completely under his control.

Zhang Qian was stunned and puzzled: "Does the king also think that this country is not saved?" ”

Deng Jiu said fairly: "Breaking and then standing, this is the general trend, the unstoppable trend." Master Zhang is kind to me, I advise you, don't go against Lu Ren's masterpiece, otherwise it will be bad for you. ”

Zhang Qian sighed, and couldn't help but be disappointed: "Since Your Majesty mistakenly believed in Lu Renjie, this prime minister's position, don't do it, tomorrow I will resign and return to my hometown." ”

Deng Jiu said fairly: "At this time, the court is in the whirlpool of power, and leaving is the best way to protect yourself." ”

Zhang Qian glanced at him and offered to leave.

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Lu Mansion, Li Qi and Ma Shan sat in the hall drinking tea, and after a while, Lu Renjie walked in, and the two hurriedly got up and greeted each other: "The last general has seen the generalissimo of soldiers and horses." ”

Lu Renjie said with a smile: "The two generals are exempt. ”

After putting Deng Jiugong under house arrest, Lu Renjie consolidated his power while digging into Deng Jiugong's corner. After some coercion and temptation, Li Qi and Ma Shan took refuge in Lu Renjie very interestingly, Zhang Kui and Gao Jineng were also tempted, believing that it would not be long before these two people would become his loyal subordinates.

Ma Shandao: "Dashuai, Jiang Ziya has been stationed outside the city for five or six days, and he has not dared to attack the city, obviously intimidated by the prestige of Dashuai." According to the general, if he leads a group of soldiers and horses to attack the camp now, he will be able to catch Jiang Ziya off guard. ”

Li Qi echoed: "The last general thinks that what General Ma said is reasonable, please send troops." ”

Lu Renjie said: "The two generals are not in a hurry, there are still many people in the court who are not obedient to their officials, if they are not eliminated, the officials will not be able to sleep and eat." Besides, Zhang Kui has not yet taken refuge in me, and the time has not yet come to send troops. ”

Ma Shan said: "Don't worry, Zhang Kui is loyal to the imperial court, and now that the lord is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, it is the time for me to wait for the generals to show their strength, how can he refuse the good intentions of the marshal." ”

"Listen to what you say. Deng Jiugong, what are you doing these days? ”

Lu Renjie suddenly remembered Deng Jiugong, this person has always had prestige in the army, and he suddenly lost his power, so he was afraid that he would not be reconciled. He was worried that Deng Jiugong would make some small moves in private.

Ma Shan said disdainfully: "What can I do, just hide at home and read books honestly every day." Without power, this person is just a toothless tiger, and the handsome don't have to worry. ”

A touch of pride flashed in Lu Renjie's eyes, and he said with a smile: "Back then, this official went to Deng Mansion to give gifts, but he was rejected by Deng Jiugong three times and twice. mentioned him, the official gritted his teeth, and when the Chaoge crisis is solved, I will slowly clean him up!"

Li Qi said: "Why do you need to be handsome, just a word from you, and the end will ensure that he can't survive and die." ”

Lu Renjie nodded, and said, "What is the situation of the princes outside the city recently. ”

For these two talents who are proficient in magic, Lu Renjie trusts them, and even the work of monitoring the enemy's situation is entrusted to the two of them.

Ma Shan replied: "The princes of the two roads look like each other and are suspicious of each other, Jiang Ziya is counting on Chongjun to attack Chaoge, and Chongying Luan is counting on Jiang Ziya to attack Chaoge, and both sides want to make a profit." ”

"Okay, that's it, Chaoge can be as stable as Mount Tai. Ma Shan, you find an opportunity to provoke a war between the two families, so that the official can reap the benefits of the fisherman. Lu Renjie heard this, he was in a good mood, all along, he was pressed to death by Deng Jiugong in the court, Deng Jiugong was not there, he was squeezed out by Zhang Qian, and now he is finally bitter, and the feeling of raising his eyebrows is really pleasant.

Ma Shan's face was embarrassed, and he said: "I'm afraid it's more difficult, the last general went to investigate, the two camps are heavily defended, unless you lead a large army to ride at night under the banner of Chongbing, it will be difficult to fish in troubled water." ”

Lu Renjie was a little disappointed and said: "Since this plan is not possible, then we will not move for the time being." ”

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"Hmph, this old man is cautious, it seems that Zhang Kui should be allowed to take refuge as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult for him to make up his mind. As soon as the two of them left the house, Ma Shan's face suddenly changed to a look of disgust.

Li Qi said: "This person is greedy for life and afraid of death in his bones, unless he is completely sure, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to send troops and fight to the death with the Xiqi army." ”

Ma Shan sighed: "The king asked us to take refuge in Lu Renjie, and we tried our best to help him make up his mind. It's just that this old horseman is obsessed with fighting for power all day long, and he turns a blind eye to the two armies outside Chaoge City, which is really hateful. ”

In order to make his division famous, Deng Jiugong made some arrangements behind his back, which finally aroused the suspicion of the king of Xu, and deprived him of his military power, pinning all his hopes on Lu Renjie. Deng Jiugong successfully changed from a pillar of the country to a degraded minister, which was more conducive to his plan to win the world

Li Qi said: "Those who are ministers serve the Lord." Since the king has entrusted us with a heavy task, we must complete the task no matter what. ”

"I don't know, let's hold off for a few days, and if this old man refuses to cooperate, let's kill him first. There are many military generals in the DPRK and China, and there is always one person who is willing to cooperate with us. ”

A trace of fierceness flashed on Ma Shan's face, he was anxious, if it weren't for Deng Jiugong's repeated explanations, he would have killed Lu Renjie directly. For him, every time he said something against his will in front of Lu Renjie, he was disgusted and wanted to vomit.

Li Qi instructed: "If you act carefully, you disrupt the king's plan, even if you and I die, we can't afford this responsibility." Now Lu Yue's attitude towards him is ten times better than before, in his opinion, all this is because of Deng Jiugong, he doesn't want to do anything to disappoint Deng Jiugong.

Ma Shandao: "Don't worry, I have my own measure, the king gives us power, let us act cheaply, we can't be too careful in doing things, we have to take risks when we should take risks." ”

Richie nodded nondeniably.

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