Wang Xianping stepped back, and the old eunuch said slowly: "Our prince has said that this time we must not only ensure that our grandson wins, but also that we must win beautifully and shockingly." He paused and said, "But please forgive me for your difficulty, after all."
The prince does not dare to offend that person."
"This official is a little confused." Wang Xiandao: "If the prince wants to satisfy that person, it is a big question whether the grandson can win, so how can he win beautifully?"
"Your Majesty is not trying to satisfy that person. All he needs to do is to explain everything." The old eunuch said with a smile: "And the Prince's apparent lack of cooperation only shows how difficult it is for His Highness to win?"
"I see." Wang Xian understood, "The prince wants to perform a play with his grandson?"
"That's right." The old eunuch nodded.
"Then how to perform this scene?" Wang Xian said calmly.
"As we just said, we need to think about it in the long term." The old eunuch said irresponsibly: "His Royal Highness, it will take some time to arrive in Shanxi. With your wisdom, you can think of a way to get the best of both worlds.
Wang Xian couldn't help but roll his eyes. You have no choice in your feelings. Let me figure it out...
After the old eunuch finished delivering the message, he didn't even drink the water and left without staying for a moment.
As soon as the old eunuch left, Wu Wei came out from behind the screen and said to Wang Xian, "Sir, beware of fraud."
"Yes," Wang Xian nodded and said with a look of uncertainty, "Who knows if they will trick us back then." He said with a wry smile, "But do we have a choice?"
"It seems like there is no choice..." Wu Wei scratched his head. King Jin was not here to discuss so much as to draw a bottom line. The message conveyed by the old eunuch was very clear - we don't have to make things difficult for you, but
You must let the King of Jin give an account to the King of Han. If you are unwilling to recognize the situation, then don’t blame the King of Jin for really stumbling upon you.
"So there is no choice." Wang Xiandao: "We have a total of ten thousand soldiers and horses, and we are fighting on the ground in Shanxi. Without the support of the King of Jin, how can we fight against the Bailian bandit army, which is said to be fifty thousand and occupies a dangerous position?
"But how can we let King Jin give an explanation and we can win?" Wu Weidao said: "Isn't it necessary for the horse to run fast and not eat grass?"
"Yes, but don't just say wisecracks, help me figure it out." Wang Xian gave him a look.
"It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice." Wu Wei shook his head and said.
"And..." Wang Xian was so depressed that he almost vomited blood.
"Ask Liu Zijin and Zhang Wu." Wu Wei held it in for a long time and finally came up with an idea. "After all, Liu Zijin was their leader, and Zhang Wu is quite strategic. Maybe there is something he can do."
"It's true that heroes think alike." Wang Xian gave him another roll of his eyes. Isn't this nonsense? Of course he would go to Zhang Wu and ask...
In Zhang Wu's room, Liu Zijin had been taking care of Zhang Wu with all his clothes on. He even refused to do the work of removing feces and urine, but did it himself.
When Wang Xian came in, Liu Zijin was massaging Zhang Wu's hands and feet. When he saw him coming in, Liu Zijin lowered his face and said coldly: "What are you here for?" He now despised this duplicitous guy. If it weren't for Zhang Wu, he would even
He had the urge to kill Wang Xian with a knife.
"Let's see how Fifth Brother is recovering," Wang Xian said with a smile, "Brother Liu should also pay attention to his rest. Just leave some things to the people below."
"I'm not at ease," Liu Zijin snorted, "This yard is full of liars from top to bottom."
"Why don't you just call me a liar?" Wang Xian smiled nonchalantly, sat down on the bed and said, "Fifth brother looks much better. It seems that Brother Liu has taken good care of me."
"Stop pretending to be a good person here, say what you have to say quickly, and get out as soon as you're done." Liu Zijin said with a dark face.
"Brother..." Zhang Wu stopped him softly: "Master Wang must have something to do when he comes, so let's talk easily."
Liu Zijin just snorted and sat aside and stared at Wang Xian.
Wang Xian felt a little uncomfortable when he was seen. He scratched his forehead and said, "That's what happened. The imperial court sent His Highness the Grand Sun to come to Shanxi."
This news is no longer a secret, but Zhang Wu and Liu Zijin, two people under house arrest, naturally showed surprise when they heard about it for the first time. The latter asked roughly: "Where are you from? Are you investigating King Jin?"
"Prince Jin will investigate sooner or later, but not now." Wang Xian said helplessly.
"What's that for?" Liu Zijin asked again, and Zhang Wu also stared at Wang Xian closely.
"I'm here..." Wang Xian said with some difficulty: "To suppress the rebellion."
"You are looking for death." Liu Zijin stood up. Zhang Wu also changed his expression and looked at Wang Xian with an unkind look.
"Even if you want to kill me, just listen to what I have to say." Wang Xian quickly calmed down the angry guy and said, "The imperial court will definitely not let you continue to occupy the main road in Guangling County. The reason why it has not used troops for so long is
It's just because the emperor hasn't made up his mind as to who to send in command... To be honest, it's the best outcome for you if the emperor sends his grandson here."
"What a joke. Zhang Butcher kills pigs and Li Butcher also kills pigs. What difference does it make who is sent?" Liu Zijin said bitterly.
"The difference is huge," Wang Xian said with wide eyes: "If a general is sent to lead his troops, he must pursue military merit. What is military merit? They want to kill all the heads."
"What about the grandson? He doesn't want military merit?" Liu Zijin snorted and said, "I heard that he lost face in Mobei. I'm afraid he wants merit more than anyone else."
"Brother Liu knows a lot." Wang Xian smiled and said, "My grandson needs military merit, but he needs the name of benevolence even more." He cupped his fist towards the south and said, "I have reported the situation in Guangling County to Mrs. Ming."
Sun, said that although there are some great traitors and evildoers in Guangling County, most of them are still poor people who have been forced to live by corrupt officials and evil gentry. Sun Rende, wrote back that it is important to suppress the rebellion, but it is equally important to reduce the number of crimes and to protect the people.
"
"Did your grandson really say that?" Liu Zijin didn't believe it, "You are full of lies, and you probably made them up out of nowhere."
Wang Xianxin said, haha, you understand me quite well. But he said solemnly: "It doesn't matter if you don't believe me. Anyway, His Highness Taisun will be here in a few days. Please ask him to tell you in person."
"Maybe he is also a liar..." Liu Zijin snorted.
"Brother..." Zhang Wu stopped Liu Zijin softly, and then said to Wang Xian: "Even if the grandson doesn't want to kill people, can the army agree? My lord has just said that military merit is accumulated by the heads, and the grandson must take the army into consideration first.
Feelings."
"Excellent" Wang Xian praised, and then said: "But the army brought by Taisun is called the Young Army. I wonder if you have heard of it?"
"I heard that they are Taisun's personal soldiers." Zhang Wu nodded and said.
"This army was trained by me." Wang Xian said proudly: "I asked them to catch the chickens but they did not chase the dogs. Moreover, as long as the rebellion is suppressed, they will be of great benefit. You can rest assured."
"But the young army only has 10,000 troops," Zhang Wu said calmly, as expected, his brain was not damaged, "You want to attack Guangling with just these few troops?"
"There's no chance at all." Now it was Liu Zijin's turn to feel complacent: "With my Guangling strength, an army of one hundred thousand is not enough. Ten thousand? It's not enough to fill the gap between our teeth."
"No matter how many troops there are, Taisun is now the chief military officer of Shanxi, and all the troops in Shanxi are under his jurisdiction." Wang Xiandao: "We can gather an army of 100,000, but if we use the rest of the army, we will have to kill people. After all, Taisun
Sun and I can manage our own people, but we cannot control the soldiers of Datong and Taiyuan."
"So much nonsense. What do you mean?" Liu Zijin was already a little anxious.
"What I mean is very simple. Fifth brother has understood it a long time ago." Wang Xian looked at Zhang Wu who was frowning and thinking. Seeing that he didn't want to appear that his eldest brother was too stupid, he continued: "I want to ask if there is a way to
With only 10,000 soldiers and horses, the matter was accomplished?"
"Hahaha..." Liu Zijin seemed to have heard a very funny joke and laughed loudly: "Just dream on it."
Wang Xian ignored him and just looked at Zhang Wu.
Being helpless by him, Zhang Wu could only say calmly: "That's what my elder brother said."
"Since even the two of you said this, it seems like it is really a dream," Wang Xian sighed: "Then we can only mobilize a hundred thousand troops to attack Guangling County..." After a pause, he said quietly: "I just don't know now.
How can Guangling County, which is in chaos, still be able to keep the city intact?"
"What did you say?" Liu Zijin's already gloomy expression became even more tearful: "Guangling County is in chaos?"
"Brother Liu shouldn't be too surprised, right?" Wang Xian sneered: "Han Tiancheng returned to Guangling from Wutai County early, and he and Yu Gui began to eliminate dissidents. Those who are loyal to you naturally cannot look at Brother Liu's foundation.
If they were captured, they would go to war with them with the support of the church members.”
"..." Liu Zijin's heart skipped a beat, and when he glanced at Zhang Wu, both of their faces were filled with sadness. Although he had expected this result, before it was confirmed, there was always a trace of luck. Now the luck was shattered.
I was immediately worried: "What's the result?"
"Although there are many people who support Brother Liu, Yu Gui has long had the idea of occupying the magpie's nest. He did it mentally but not intentionally. As soon as he came here, your energy was severely damaged. After a fierce battle, he was driven out of Guangling.
The county is now retreating to Pingxingguan, waiting day and night for Brother Liu's return." Wang Xian said sympathetically: "As far as I know, they are short of food and clothing, and many people are starving to death and freezing to death every day. It can be said that Brother Liu is in danger.
…”
"I'll take you back as a hostage first." Liu Zijin's eyes were splitting after hearing this, and he stood up again to catch Wang Xian. Zhang Wu quickly stopped him and said, "Brother, please be patient. I have something to say to Mr. Wang."
Liu Zijin snorted and stopped abruptly. Wang Xian shook his head. When King Jin chose this person to rebel, he must have thought that he was brave and foolhardy and could not afford to cause trouble.
"Master Wang, I know what you mean. Don't you just want to hear those two words from our mouths?" Zhang Wu looked at Wang Xiandao coldly.
"Which two words?" Liu Zijin said in a muffled voice.
"Recruitment..." Zhang Wu slowly spit out those two words.