Zhao Kuangyin was not very worried, it was impossible for Chai Rong to kill him. But Zhao Kuangyin knew that Guo Wei still had a little more than two years to live, and it would be Chai Rong's world in the future, and he had to be close to Chai Rong in order to gain his trust, and then find an opportunity to seize his country.

If he knew about the injury to Chai Rong at the beginning, he would definitely be wary of himself, let alone seize Chai Rong's Jiangshan Sheji, and he wouldn't dare to appear in front of him in the future. So this basin can only be buckled to Zongxin's head. Besides, he didn't know Chai Rong in the first place, and it wasn't Zong Xin who asked him to beat him, so this matter was originally Zong Xin's responsibility.

After the group cleaned up, they turned back to Xuzhou City from Matou Mountain, and by the way, they collected all the more than 1,000 captured prisoners and became soldiers of the Great Zhou. They don't have a choice at all, if they don't be loyal to Guo Wei, they will end up being captives, and the end of the captives is to sell them to others as coolies or slaves, even if Guo Wei doesn't agree with this system very much, but now the social atmosphere is like this, Guo Wei can't be the enemy of the world, this kind of system Guo Wei just forbears.

Guo Wei is a true lover of the people like a son, although these people are the Tang Dynasty army, as long as they are willing to surrender, Guo Wei immediately let them enter the army and enjoy the same treatment as everyone else, from then on they are the people of the Great Zhou, and there is no sense of favoritism.

With Han Lingkun's method, any prisoner can enter the army very well, as long as these prisoners are placed in different camps, different brigades and squads, and after they are completely dispersed, each of these soldiers is isolated and does not know the details of each other, so they will not be discriminated against.

Han Lingkun is very smart, and Guo Wei also values him very much. Even Zhao Kuangyin admired Han Lingkun's talent, and felt that Zong Xin really had a vision, and a Legalist heir would definitely come in handy in the military camp. It's just that the people of the Legalist family are a bit dead-eyed, and the sect believes that the sect is a Buddhist, and the two people are not in the same school at all, but they can get along well......

Zong Xin deliberately took people to take a long detour back to Xuzhou, firstly, to delay time, so that Zhang Bo and Li Hongmao had enough time to report to Li Jing that they had been ambushed, and secondly, to prevent Li Jing and Murong Yanchao from discovering their whereabouts, after all, there were only more than 3,000 people, and there were more than 1,000 newly recruited prisoners, if Murong Yanchao found out and then sneak attacked, this army would be finished.

Zongxin is bold and careful at the same time. Of course, the trouble that can not be provoked will not be provoked, because it is such a critical moment, we must be cautious, so as not to let Murong Yanchao see a way out of life in the dead end. Although Murong Yanchao would never dare to go out of the city easily, because the Xicheng of Xuzhou not far away had been staring at him, he was careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years, so Zong Xin was not too ostentatious.

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Xuzhou Xicheng, Zong Xin and his party entered from the north gate, Chai Rong and Fan Zhen had been waiting outside the city gate for a long time, before this Zong Xin had sent seventeen and eighteen to take the first step, and told Chai Rong and Fan Zhen and others all about the matter of Weizhou and the ambush of Li Hongmao, after hearing the news, the entire Xuzhou West City did not sleep for three days, and they were so excited that they almost rushed out to attack the city directly.

Of course, Chai Rong is still self-aware, he is not the opponent of Murong Yanchao and Li Jing, so before Zong Xin comes, he will not send troops without authorization. It's just that there are too many things that have excited Chai Rong in the past few days, and he will be able to meet his father-in-law Guo Wei immediately, as well as the third brother Guo Xin, and the little sister Ning An, these people are all his closest relatives, and they will soon come to Xuzhou Xicheng, and Chai Rong can be excited for a few days without sleeping.

In addition, when Chai Rong knew about Weizhou's great victory, he could hardly believe his ears. 10,000 to 80,000, there were not many casualties, and not a single piece of armor was left behind? Even if Chai Rong himself was killed, he would not believe this kind of thing, but the person who gave the order was Master Zongxin's protector, and Chai Rong did not dare to disbelieve it.

Chai Rong has not received this battle report, this is also what Zong Xin meant, don't tell Xu Zhou about this matter first, let them be vigilant, because Zong Xin still has to ambush a wave, so Guo Wei did not send a battle report to Xu Zhou. However, Kaifeng has already gotten the news, the whole Great Zhou is jubilant, too many people did not expect Guo Wei to defend it, and also won a big victory, now Song Yan is already the king, and in the future, he will resist the attack of the Northern Han Dynasty, and the Song valve will also grow again, and the momentum will surpass the Zhao valve.

When greeting Guo Wei and his party, the whole city of soldiers and civilians came. kept calling long live, everyone was too excited, although they knew that all this was the credit of Master Zongxin, but this reputation was about to fall on Guo Wei's head, it was he who staged a return of the king, so that Xu Zhou, who had been in despair, instantly reached the peak of morale.

After accepting everyone's worship, Guo Wei asked Han Lingkun to appease all the captives, assign them to different camps, and then take everyone to Fanfu first. Because the Fan Mansion is the largest and most luxurious mansion in the entire Xuzhou West City, it was directly requisitioned as a palace. Of course, Guo Wei's so-called palace means that he can live in it, and he doesn't need all the treatment to be the top.

When they came to the living room of Fan's Mansion, Guo Wei sat in the main seat, Zong Xin sat in the second place, and the others were all seated at different levels, and everyone began to discuss what to do next. No one looked at Guo Wei, although all the glory was taken over by him, but everyone who understood knew that the person who made the decision was still Zong Xin.

Zong Xin said: "Then I'll say a few words, we ambushed the troops taken away by Li Hongmao, there should be seven or eight thousand people, this is to remind Li Jing, how capable my Zongxin is, if I dare to defend Xuzhou and support Murong Yanchao, I won't even let him go." At this time, it is not suitable to start a war with Li Jing, after all, the Tang Dynasty is strong, although Li Jing has no money, but the kings of all walks of life are rich and flowing, if we attack the Tang Dynasty, these people will not give up easily for themselves, so it is not difficult for us to defeat Li Jing, but it is impossible to defeat the entire Datang. Li Jing himself is very aware of this, so in order for his imperial power to be secured, he does not dare to fight us, so he can only retreat to the territory of Datang. Murong Yanchao naturally can't evacuate with Li Jing, the two will soon turn their faces, and when Li Jing retreats, Murong Yanchao will also lose the power and opportunity to return to the Tang Dynasty, we can easily win by surrounding Xuzhou City. ”

Zongxin's plan is not complicated, the most important thing is whether Li Jing will leave Xuzhou in the end. Anyway, if he is an emperor, he will flee back to the Tang Dynasty directly because he is afraid of being alone? But if you think about it carefully, the life and death of Xuzhou City has nothing to do with Li Jing in the first place, even if Murong Yanchao is broken into pieces, Li Jing will not have a trace of heartache, as for Xuzhou is not the territory of the Tang Dynasty in the first place, Li Jing is useless.

This time, Li Jing just borrowed troops to take advantage, and now that he didn't take advantage of it, he lost money and lost soldiers, and Li Jing wanted to go back and stay well. What's more, now that Wu Yue has come over, although Li Jing sent Li Hongji and Li Congjia, two princes, to meet the enemy, how could Li Jing sit still?

Guo Wei nodded and said: "What Master Zongxin said is right, then we understand that we will send troops to Xuzhou City and camp at the West City Gate to prepare for war." This will also give Li Jing a space to escape. ”

"Your Majesty, this trick is enough to damage. Zong Xin wanted to do the same, and after saying this, the two looked at each other and smiled, and their hearts were clear.

Chai Rong pouted and said, "Father, it's not right." If we only want to fight Murong Yanchao's grandson, we should let Li Jing retreat first and then attack the city. If we suppress Xuzhou City, what if Li Jing doesn't dare to run away?"

Zong Xin and Guo Wei looked at everyone, and judging from the expressions of these people, only two people understood their plan, one was Fan Qian, and the other was Zhao Kuangyin. Fan Zhen is really capable, he has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he is very smart, so he figured it out...... Zhao Kuangyin is a real slut, and as soon as he looks at his expression, he knows that he and Guo Wei think of one thing. Being cheap is also a kind of ability, and in the eyes of Zongxin, it is also a very big ability.

Zong Xin said: "Master Fan, I should understand your appearance, you can tell everyone about it." ”

Guo Wei stretched out his hand and said, "Yes, I think you understand, you can speak." ”

Fan Zhen didn't dare to move when Zong Xin spoke, and only after Guo Wei agreed did Fan Zhen dare to show his intelligence. After all, he has been a loyal military envoy for so many years, and the strength in Fan Zhen's hands has always been around two or three thousand, and there is no chance of promotion.

Fan Zhen arched his hand and said: "Obey the order, in fact, Your Majesty wants to give Li Jing a chance to withdraw his troops." At this time, Murong Yanchao was a martial arts master, he could threaten Li Jing's life at any time, and Li Jing didn't even dare to escape. But fortunately, Li Jing has a general named Huangfu Jixun, and with the protection of Huangfu Jixun, Li Jing has no fear and dares to tear his face with Murong Yanchao. Even so, Murong Yanchao's strength in Xuzhou City is better than Li Jing today, martial arts are not good to compete with troops, if Li Jing dares to withdraw his troops, it is difficult to guarantee that Murong Yanchao will not jump over the wall in a hurry and fight with the Tang army in the city. Therefore, Li Jing still did not dare to withdraw his troops, because he was afraid of Murong Yanchao. But His Majesty's move made Murong Yanchao dare not do this, there is a large army outside the city gate, if it fights with the Tang army at this time, our army will attack the city, and no one will be able to escape at that time, so as long as the troops are sent to the west gate of Xuzhou City, Li Jing can leave Xuzhou from the east gate without any care, Murong Yanchao can only grit his teeth, but dare not say anything else. This is the purpose of scaring the other party is to make some people retreat. ”

This matter was originally not complicated, but after being explained by Fan Zhen, it felt a lot more complicated, but everyone understood it. If he doesn't send troops, Murong Yanchao will dare to tear his face with Jing, and it's a big deal to kill Datang first, and when Guo Wei attacks the city, he can escape from other places.

But if he sent troops, he would not dare to fight with the Tang army, and could only watch them leave. This is to give Li Jing a chance to escape, and at the same time, it also cuts off Murong Yanchao's back road.

Chai Rong admired: "So that's the case, Master Fan is really smart. It's just one thing I don't understand, why should we let Li Jing have a way out? Wouldn't it be better if we directly controlled the entire city of Xuzhou and then slowly attacked the city?"