Updated: 2012-12-21

Princess Xiyue, Murong Xiyue, finally entered the jurisdiction of Shanyang Army, and then entered the sphere of influence of the Xiaoguo Army through the Shanyang Army. Originally, Zhao Xun wanted to announce the matter directly. But the Shadow Department reported that Murong, Yangzhou

Cheng Ye met the second princess, and then Zhao Xun paused his plans and prepared to let Yangzhou take the lead in taking the initiative.

Sure enough, for Murong Cheng at this moment, the Luoyang incident can be said to be a great opportunity. How could he give up? He immediately announced the matter. But Murong Cheng wanted to do not only that, but then

At the end of April, Murong Cheng issued a manifesto to attack Situ Lei, calling on all heroes to fight against him, to fight against him, collude with foreign tribes, traitors, murder members of the royal family, and kill loyal and righteous ministers in a total of 36 major crimes.

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In addition, it is also widely publicized that all officials under Situ Lei, whether civil or military, whoever changes flags and flags, will be exempted from punishment. Anyone who turns against each other will be rewarded with merit. Those who kill members of the Situ family with official positions will be rewarded with tens of thousands of silver coins.

, the baron was granted. Killing members of the direct official positions, rewarding tens of thousands of gold coins, and the viscount and his marquis were not equal. For a moment, the world was shaking. Murong Cheng was the royal family member closest to the emperor's bloodline, and now he has an imperial edict in his hand.

, it can be said that the momentum is invincible.

After Murong Cheng announced the proclamation of the siege, the first response was the Youzhou Xiaoguo Army. The reason why the Xiaoguo Army responded was to wait for the situation on both sides. If the Xiaoguo Army did not make obvious positions, the rest of the world would be the best.

How dare the princes position themselves easily? If the decisions they made were contrary to the Xiaoguo Army, wouldn’t it be over? For example, the Tang army and Xuzhou army in southern Qingzhou were all under the command of the Xiaoguo Army, so they had to be careful.

However, the correspondence of the Xiaoguo Army was very different at that time. It did not mean to go out to Luoyang, Yongzhou. Instead, it expressed its willingness to go out from the northern line to attack the Turks who were related to Situ Lei. As for the land of Luoyang, it would be exchanged.

From the heroes of the Central Plains, His Highness Qi Wen, who is a relative of the royal family, is naturally qualified to command the heroes to attack the tyrant Situ Lei, who was traitor of the king and treason.

Murong Cheng was a little surprised at the response and announcement of the Xiaoguo Army, but more of it was happy. After all, he and Zhao Xun gathered together, for example, would fight. If the other party was willing to fight against the Turks, it would be the best.

In this way, you will gain all the advantages in the Central Plains. Besides, as the overlord of the northern region, Xiaoguo Army will not only send troops directly, but even if you shout a few times, you can change the comparison of the world's forces.

After hearing this, Situ Lei suppressed his desire to be afraid of despair when he heard Xiao Guojun declared that he was afraid of tyrants who killed the king and treason. After all, if Xiao Guojun did not come, Murong Cheng alone would not be very difficult to deal with.

.More importantly, this Turkic army is not so easy to conquer. If the Xiaoguo army is defeated and he will defeat the Qi army. Or if the Xiaoguo army is defeated and he will take advantage of the Turkic army, who dares to take office?

Of course, Situ Lei also knew that the premise was that he could support Murong Cheng's attack, otherwise everything would be a fantasy. Faster than Murong Cheng, Situ Lei, who forced Liangshan, turned Luoyang City into the shortest time, was not an official in his own city.

Clean up all of them and exiled to Chang'an, the western capital, and stationed in the western capital. Of course, these officials are old ministers and famous people, but after they enter the western capital, they will naturally live under the surveillance of Situ Fei, the remaining subordinate in Chang'an, and want to

What to do is naturally more difficult.

Sure enough, after the Xiaoguo Army responded and expressed the intention of fighting against the Turks, the Tang army, which was always threatened by the Xiaoguo Army, followed closely. Tang Xian, the leader of the Tang army, also responded to Murong Cheng's manifesto to attack Situ Lei and was willing to send troops.

Help each other and attack Luoyang, Yongzhou.

Tang Xian did this, but he had no choice but to force him to do so. In the past, Xiaoguo Army would not go south easily, because he did not want to arouse the joint counterattack of the princes of the Central Plains, and he fell into a stalemate. However, now Murong Cheng is doing this, Xiaoguo Army echoes each other from afar

.If he had no more statements, the Xiaoguo Army would definitely be the first to eradicate him. Even if the Xiaoguo Army did not move, the Xuzhou Army and the Shanyang Army would do it.

Secondly, although he took over the two prefectures in Xuzhou, the subsequent conquests have not been launched. Until now, he still occupied the two prefectures and was stalemate with the Xuzhou army. If Murong Cheng moved the center of gravity westward and conquered the conquest.

Situ Lei. Li Chi, the Xuzhou Army, also raised an army to respond, then the Tang army would be in danger. At that time, the Xuzhou Army would not have a stalemate with him, but would have all the troops recovered the lost territory. Plus, one would have to do with him.

The Shanyang Army, which had a territorial dispute, had to be careful and had to make a decision early.

As Tang Xian expected, after he responded, the Shanyang Army in the south followed closely, and the Xuzhou Army in the east was the same. For Li Chi, the truce with Murong Cheng at this moment, for him, that was

The most advantageous thing is that the Xuzhou army is under suppression from north to south, especially in the south. The pressure on the Qi army is too great, which has always made it exhausted to deal with it. Now, echoing the Murong Cheng's siege, it can at least allow both sides to suspend attacks on each other.

In just over ten days, the situation in the world changed suddenly. In an instant, everyone's spearhead was aimed at Situ Lei and they raised an army to attack him.

There were also rumors in Luoyang City. There were no more people dealing with by Situ Lei with iron-blooded methods. From civil and military officials to ordinary people, everyone was extremely nervous, for fear that the government would come to him if he accidentally came to him.

Come. Now, the government is only going to die.

As Murong Cheng called for a lot of heroes to attack, Situ Lei also began to mobilize the army frequently and exchange the generals in the army. In the shortest time, Situ Lei divided the warriors and the local garrison troops, and the area was under his jurisdiction.

, the soldiers of each state were more than 500,000. Subsequently, most of the head generals of each army were replaced by people from the Situ family and Situ Lei's confidants. For those officers and generals who were not very close to them on weekdays, they all had the same

Once adjusted, it may even be handled secretly.

Although doing so has caused some turmoil within the army, these are nothing compared to controlling the overall situation and saving lives. For this reason, Situ Lei increased the salary of the soldiers, which made the soldiers stable.

Not only that, Situ Lei also increased the reward after the war began. He wanted to use money to increase the courage and morale of the soldiers to fight to the death. For a moment, the troops of the Yong King's army began to move to the east.

In addition to the army, local governments are also one of the targets of Situ Lei's rectification. It's just that there is no serious problem among the army. Although local governments have no direct relationship with combat or directly deciding the outcome of the war, they are the key to affecting the overall situation.

Point. After all, local governments are directly in contact with the people, which is related to the people’s support for the superiors. Moreover, local governments also have deep connections with the scholars.

Therefore, in order to stabilize the local area, Situ Lei did not make too many moves to the local government. Of course, there was not much talent replacement in his hands, which was one of the important factors. However, despite this, Situ Lei still dismissed many people.

Specially, there are some officials who are very good-mouthed but not soft and hard. Situ Lei was not vague about these people and directly dealt with them. But because of this, many scholars and officials in the local area treated Situ Lei.

Extreme dissatisfaction, but it can only be fought against each other. Besides, Situ Lei is not a soft persimmon, and anyone can touch it. Even if he is at a disadvantage now, no one can try the tiger beard. Situ Lei can dominate the government for more than a dozen

Years are not just talk, and countless officials died at his hands.

"Prince, my subordinate's suggestion is that we will give up the land of Jiaozhou and return to Ningzhou. The land of Ningzhou is steep and easy to defend. In today's land of Jiaozhou, we will not get any benefits, but we will be responsible.

Great defense work. In addition, we must always pay attention to the raids of the Yi people in Jiaozhou. These Yi people living in the mountains are easy to climb mountains and often raid our army, so our soldiers are tired of dealing with it. In addition, Ling Xiao means

in this way."

Lin Shucheng paused, frowned and continued: "It is extremely difficult for us to develop a navy in southern Jiaozhou. We risked the attack of the Qi Navy, and we would never think of it in scale in three to five years. To achieve practical combat capabilities, we need to

Even so, I am afraid it will be difficult to defeat the Qi Navy. After all, they have not sailed on the sea for a year or two, but have been trained for many years..." As he said that, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

The tired look on his face suddenly appeared. Even his eyes were covered with two dark circles.

Situ Lei and Lin Shucheng are similar, and they are not much better. Now he is not as beautiful as before. His face is pale and he said in a voice: "Since Ling Xiao said so, I will send him a command to let him come back

Bar."

Since the incident, Situ Lei and his subordinates have been busy, with complicated affairs and chaos. The good situation in the past has turned over overnight. Until now, Situ Lei can only regret not being ruthless in the past.

Come on, imprison several princesses who seemed to have no impact. As a result, such a big problem came into being, which made him difficult to deal with.

"Prince, in addition, the emperor is dead, no matter what, we need to bury the emperor. In addition, there is another person in the palace. We must block Murong Cheng's upward journey to avoid bringing me greater

Disaster." Lin Shiwen said in a voice.

Situ Lei said in a muffled voice: "Then select one from the royal family. I need someone who is not involved in the outside world and is obedient. Do you understand? Is there a suitable candidate?"

Lin Shiwen paused and said, "Emperor Xuanwu has no son, so he can only select among his brothers. The late emperor had seven sons, but only four survived in the end. But now, there are only three. One of them is Emperor Xuanwu.

, already dead, the second is King Murong Cheng of Qi, our biggest enemy now. Therefore, he was also excluded. Third, the third is Prince Huirui Murong De. Murong De is now thirty-five years old, but not in good health

.This is also the reason why the other kings were killed after the death of the former crown prince but left him behind."

"The most suitable candidate for us now is Prince Rui Murong De. The others are all candidates. In addition, Murong became the first to restrict and suppress Murong De, but he was taken seriously. Therefore, Murong De had nothing to do with him.

The backup, of course, may be someone who has begun to win him over now. But judging by Murong De's cautiousness over the years, he will not easily have any connections with anyone else."

Situ Lei frowned and said, "Murong De? Although this person has no foreign aid, this person has been under the restrictions and suppression of Murong Cheng and me for many years, and has developed a cautious and cautious heart in his family. This person is definitely not as he seems to be on the surface.

It's simple, I don't want to deal with Emperor Xuanwu just now and take action to deal with this Murong De. And a meticulous person is even more difficult to deal with."

Lin Shiwen looked at Situ Lei and said in a low voice: "Prince, it's really Murong De who has been suppressed, so he got married late. Until now, his eldest child is only twelve years old. Murong De is not feeling well

It is normal for Wenxi to die unexpectedly. In this way, the emperor is the son of Murong De, so..."

Situ Lei was a little difficult to decide. The emperor had just passed away. If something happened again, it would be even more rumored, and it would be difficult to suppress it at that time. Situ Lei still understood these things very well.

Situ Lei frowned and his face changed constantly. Lin Shiwen naturally knew what Situ Lei was worried about, so he said in a deep voice: "Prince, if you want Murong De to die, it is much simpler than Emperor Xuanwu. Murong De's health is not good, as we all know, we

We can completely let Murong De die in public in order to deal with the matter behind Emperor Xuanwu, and we will never involve us. Besides, the situation is critical now, and there is something more important than dealing with these. The rumors can no longer be stopped.

What's the point if you add some?"

Situ Lei paused and said in a deep voice: "Okay, let's do what you said." At this moment, he had made up his mind that the matter in Luoyang City must be solved as quickly as possible.

"If you pass the order, the Yizhou army will guard the borders of Jiangzhou and Yizhou, with the main focus on defense, and the enemy will not cross the border. The remaining armies will gather in the eastern part of Yongzhou to prepare for Murong Cheng's attack. I want to see,

How many people can Murong Cheng pull up to attack me?" Situ Leihen ordered.

Lin Shucheng said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, if all the princes send troops to conquer, then we don't have to worry too much. The princes in the eastern part are not in harmony with each other, how can they really fight together? It's good that there is no conflict between them, it's necessary

At that time, we can still buy the power of the princes and use it for our own use. Just like the sudden change of the Tang army in the past, they did not attack the Wuwei Army, but instead launched a surprise attack on the Xuzhou Army."

Situ Lei nodded and said, "Let our people act and contact forces other than Murong Cheng to see if they can use it for us."

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Yanzhou City, the capital of Yanzhou. Since the Shanyang Army raised the flag and responded to the Qi army's siege, Zhao Xun returned north and returned to Yanzhou City. After all, this is the center of Yanzhou. In addition, it is also because of Yanzhou.

There will be no war in the land for the time being.

For Zhao Xun, the war between the princes in the eastern region is good and bad. The good is naturally to themselves, to resume production, develop the economy, etc. The bad is that other princes also have this opportunity.

Today, Zhao Xun met a very special acquaintance, who was familiar to him, who could not be more familiar. He was also the representative of King Yong of the past, Situ Wen. Situ Wen knew that the situation was not good when Murong Cheng declared the world. He even

I guess whether Shanyang Jun readily agreed to his conditions at the front end time, and that he also knew the details.

The reason why Situ Wen guessed so much was also related to the announcement of the Xiaoguo Army. You should know that the routes of several princesses were intercepted by the Tiqisi, especially Jizhou and Yuzhou. The front of Jizhou was killed by the Tiqisi.

The one who killed was not the princess herself, but a substitute. But a suspect rushed to Fengwei County and disappeared, which prevented Situ Wen from suspicion. Therefore, after learning the information, Situ Wen left behind his company.

, prepared to escape under the cover of several people.

Unfortunately, things were not as good as expected. I fled from Qi County, but I was caught by the government before I escaped from Jiyin Mansion. It was not that Shanyang Jun deliberately captured them, but because of their household registration and other people.

Different, there was no procedure for entering the city. In the name of not fighting the government, they were naturally suspicious, and as a result, they were naturally arrested.

Subsequently, the Qi County government investigated his identity and was finally sent to Yanzhou City.

"Mr. Situ, I didn't expect that we would meet again. Why should Lord Situ escape? Although I am now on an hostile standpoint with Lord Situ, this is a last resort. All the princes in the world stand beside Murong Cheng, I

The Shanyang Army dared not refuse to follow, otherwise, I was afraid that the Huhu around me would take the banner of expedition and attack our Shanyang Army first." Zhao Xun said with a smile on the main seat.

Situ Wen, with a dark face, said indifferently: "I really underestimate the Governor. I thought the Governor had a lot of thoughts in my heart, but I didn't expect that it would be a complete plan. By the way, what will Governor Li do to deal with me?

Beheaded and sacrificed the flag? I heard that all the princes were preparing to send troops to Yongzhou to prepare for the conquest. I think Governor Li must have done something."

Zhao Xun smiled faintly and said, "Conquest? What's the matter with me? His Wuwei Army occupied the three prefectures in our Yanzhou area and has not yet been returned. The governor has no time to accompany them to conquer anything. Just use the banner, that's it. Besides,

Our Shanyang Army is now in short supply of food and supplies and unstable places, which is not a good time to send troops.”

Situ Wen looked sideways slightly and said, "Governor Li, do you want to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight and take advantage of the situation to rob? By the way, you said that the Shanyang Army was short of food and supplies, and then he readily agreed to me to fight against the Wuwei Army. Then

Let me announce the content, because the Governor knows a lot about Luoyang.”

Zhao Xun's face turned right and said slowly: "You can say this. The governor doesn't want to take care of other matters, and he is not interested in it. Of course, he has no ability to take care of it. However, the governor must not make peace with the Turkic people.

Tolerable. Therefore, I can only let the Xiaoguo Army in the north deal with this matter. Lord Situ, you don’t know the disaster of the Turks on the border. The Xiaoguo Army in the north can defend Youzhou, and you can

The northern part of Youzhou is expanding its territory. So, why can't the Bingzhou area defend its borders? They allow the people of Dayan to be bullied by foreign tribes. Is this still what the local government and border troops should do?"

Situ Wen smiled bitterly and said, "Governor Li, you are not unclear about the land of Bingzhou. Cao Gang, the general of Zhenbei, to the north, did not obey the will of the court, and had already colluded with the Turks. Just rely on our possession.

What can I do with half of Bingzhou?"

Zhao Xun sneered: "Exceptions are totally excuses. In the past, Xiaoguo Army could rise up the Youzhou land occupied by the Marine people. Could it be that your local defenders would not be able to do it? Last winter, there was heavy snow in the north, so could the Bingzhou defenders not be able to do it.

Taking advantage of the situation to counterattack? Not to mention anything else, it is still possible to clear Cao Gang out. What is the reason why you are not moving? It is not because it is to preserve your strength. As far as I have heard, the Xiaoguo Army has been willing to send troops to support Bingzhou many times

They were all rejected by Situ Lei. They could not resist, nor were they willing to resist, but they did not allow others to help. In this way, it would be better to let others occupy it."

Situ Wen said: "Governor Li, I don't want to say much about this matter. Besides, I don't have the right to talk more. The Governor met me today not to explain why he stood on the side with Murong Cheng."

Zhao Xun secretly praised Situ Wen for his quick reaction and said, "Of course, I just talk about the past. The reason I said this is to let Lord Situ understand that I, Li Feng, is the governor of Yanzhou, first

My responsibilities are the basis, followed by others. As I said before, Situ Lei, as King Yong, was in charge of Bingzhou's defense, should support the Bingzhou border defense. So, now the main responsibilities of my Shanyang Army and

The goal is the entire territory of Yanzhou."

Situ Wen took a secret breath and said, "Governor Li wants to attack the Wuwei Army and the Tang Army when Murong Cheng conquers our Yongzhou? This is too courageous and I admire him. But what does it have to do with me?"

Zhao Xun smiled and said, "Of course it's related. Our Shanyang Army is a branch of the conquest of King Yong. If King Yong wants to weaken the hostile forces, then what I do now is what King Yong wants to see the most.

Is it?"

Situ Wen's eyes gathered and he said in a calm voice: "So, how do Governor Li hopes we can support us?"

Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "Weapons, armors, equipment, food and supplies. Of course, we must suppress the Qi army head-on. As long as we are afraid of the Qi army, our Shanyang army can attack the Qi army from behind. Of course, by then,

Maybe it can affect the whole situation."

Situ Wen said coldly: "You want money? Governor, you cheated out more than 700,000 from me last time."

Zhao Xun replied with a smile: "Is that true? But judging from the current situation, as long as you can defeat the coalition forces of the conquest, not to mention 700,000, or 7 million, Your Highness Yong is willing, right? Besides, in the past

In order to support Xu Jie, Lord Situ spent no less than three million silver coins. What was the result? He got nothing. However, I could make King Yong go from unfavorable to advantageous."

"Of course, the most important thing is that if I can succeed, then the one behind Lord Situ will be the prince who has made the greatest contribution among the sons of His Highness Yong. Then, the one who will succeed His Highness Yong and the Situ family will be Lord Situ in the future.

The one you support."

As soon as these words were said, Situ Wen's face suddenly became excited. Zhao Xun's words made Situ Wen's heart beat. If Murong Cheng failed to conquer in the end, then the power of King Yong would have the upper hand and he would have made the greatest contribution to himself.
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