There was no urgent military situation at Jingzikou, so Li Zhigao and the others, in order to conserve their power, walked slowly along the remaining road in the Danjiang River Valley, waiting for the soldiers and horses behind them to come over, and then march westward together.
After walking for more than two days, Li Zhigao, Li Chong and others stationed at Jingzikou. After meeting Zhang Bao, the general of the Xiangzhou Army who was stationed at Jingzikou, Fan returned from Shaoxi Mountain Wuguan to spy on the enemy.
Shaohei called over to learn about the movements of Liang Guanzhong's soldiers and horses in the area of Shaoxi Mountain and Xiongyu Valley.
The Liang army had not yet launched a large-scale attack, but at this time it was already engaged in small-scale contact battles with the Shouzhou army of Dachu in northern Caizhou and other places. At this time, even though Liang had just captured the Guanzhong area a few years ago, Guanzhong was
The soldiers and horses gathered in the direction of Shangzhou to put pressure on the soldiers and horses of the Chu State gathered at Deng Xiang and to contain them, which was also an inevitable move.
After Li Zhigao learned about the relevant situation, he asked Fan Dahei to retreat first. He personally marked the changes in Liang Jun's deployment in the Shaoxi Mountain (Wuguan) area on the new terrain map provided by Zuo Si.
"Fan Dahei was originally in charge of the Zifang and Workshop in Zuosi. He was quite popular and had good abilities. However, he didn't want to be suppressed by Han Qian because of his marriage to Zhang Qian's daughter. Now he is even the little boss.
Even worse, he probably has a lot of resentment in his heart. I think Han Qian probably has no intention of using him again in the future. Now is the time when the Dragon Bird Army is short of men. How about you go to Han Qian and ask Fan Dahei for him, brother?
For my use?" Li Chong glanced at Fan Dahei's rather lonely figure when he left, and suggested to Li Zhigao that he believed that the eldest brother would personally mention this matter to Han Qian, and Han Qian would not let him go.
Li Zhigao raised his head and stared at Li Chong's face for a while. It was unclear whether Li Chong had promised Fan Dahei anything in private, so he warned him directly:
"You think there aren't enough things going on now, and there's not enough chaos? Don't bother me here to make trouble for me."
After Han Qian returned to Jinling, he kicked Fan Dahei and Lin Haizheng away, and arranged for others to take charge of Zuo Si's barracks and inspect the zifu. He had the intention of warning and intimidating Zuo Si's other subordinates. How could he easily agree to Fan Dahei?
Will Hei leave Zuo Si and have a better future under their command?
In that case, how will Han Qian control his subordinates in the future?
If they insist on forcing Han Qian to agree to Fan Dahei's coming, they will only make the already fragile relationship between the two parties even more precarious.
You can still play this kind of conspiracy at other times, but at this juncture, are you not seeking your own death by engaging in such a move?
Being scolded by his eldest brother for no reason, Li Chong's expression was stern, and he secretly complained that it was his eldest brother who was too forbearing towards Han Qian in the first place, so he made Zuo Si the boss. Otherwise, Zuo Si wouldn't even have a chance to establish the company.
Seeing Li Chong leave calmly, Li Zhigao didn't think much and continued to study the mountains and terrain on the left and right. He didn't walk out of the tent until noon when he was empty and hungry.
Seeing Li Chong and Fan Dahei standing in the corner of the village courtyard whispering something, Li Zhigao was worried that he would somehow win over Fan Dahei and ruin his relationship with Han Qian, so he shouted sharply: "Erlang, come here.
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"Brother, what's going on?" Li Chong ran over and asked.
"You arrange for Fan Dahei to go to Shaoxi Mountain immediately to keep an eye on Liang Jun's movements. Don't hang around here." Li Zhigao said.
"Why bother accommodating Han Qian?" Li Chong asked dissatisfiedly.
Li Zhigao glared at Li Chong and told him to act on his orders immediately.
At this time, the sound of galloping horse hooves came over. Li Zhigao walked to a high place and looked to the southeast. He saw Han Qian and Xi Ying galloping to Jingzikou overnight. However, beside them,
There were no other guards accompanying him.
Li Zhigao was startled and thought something big had happened. He quickly asked someone to open the gate in front of the village, walked over to help Han Qian hold the reins and stop the horse, and asked anxiously: "What happened over there in Canglang? You guys
Why did you come here alone? Are there mountain bandits attacking Canglang?"
"Let's go in and talk." Han Qian glanced at Fan Dahei, who was standing aside with a surprised look on his face, handed the horse to the guard behind Li Zhigao, and then walked with Li Zhigao to the main tent.
Seeing that Li Chong was about to follow him in, Han Qian stopped in front of the tent and said in a deep voice: "I have important military information to discuss with Marquis Du Yu. Please ask Brother Li to wait outside for a while."
Li Chong's mouth twitched, and he raised his eyebrows and stared at Han Qian's face, wanting to ask him what he meant.
He joined the army as a recorder, and his status was ahead of all the Cao Cao's joining the army. At least on the surface, he was higher than Han Qian's deputy commander of the guard battalion. I don't know if Han Qian had something to tell his eldest brother, but he was the one.
Can't listen?
"Erlang, please wait outside." Li Zhigao said.
Hearing what his eldest brother said, Li Chong wanted to endure it temporarily, but when he saw that the maids Han Qian had taken from Xuzhou followed him into the tent, Li Chong was so angry that the veins on his forehead were beating, and he wanted to take off the sword from his waist and throw it away.
go out.
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Walking into the simple tent, Han Qian looked at the topographical map laid out on the long table. The ink on the markings was still wet, and he said to Li Zhigao: "I asked Fan Dahei to keep an eye on Shaoxi Mountain. There was nothing unusual. There was no need to come back to report, but there was no
Thinking of this most loyal and honest person in my family, my mind is much more active than before."
Li Zhigao heard what Han Qianyi had pointed out and expressed his attitude straight to the point, saying: "Someone suggested that I take Fan Dahei in, but it was inappropriate and I scolded him."
"Fan Dahei can also use it, why doesn't Du Yuhou follow Shan Ruliu?" Han Qian looked into Li Zhigao's eyes and asked.
Li Zhigao frowned slightly. He worked openly and honestly, but he didn't like Han Qian looking at him so suspiciously. He asked in a cold tone: "You rushed to Jingzikou in a hurry, didn't you just do this for Fan Dahei?"
"Does Marquis Du Yu know who Zhang Ping is, the uncle of the inner temple?" Han Qian asked.
Li Zhigao's face was still full of doubts. He turned around and glanced at Xi Rong. Then he stared at Han Qian's eyes and asked, "What do you mean when you gallop to Jingzikou on a starry night?"
After confirming that Li Zhigao didn't know that the inner chamberlain uncle Zhang Ping and Yao Xishui had arrived in Xiangzhou City, Han Qian pulled up a chair and sat down and said: "The inner chamberlain uncle Zhang Ping was transferred to the post of eunuch of the Hou Mansion, and then adopted Yao Xishui as his adopted daughter. The day before yesterday
Already arrived at Xiangzhou City - I also went to Xiangzhou City last night to see His Highness, and I found an excuse to travel four hundred miles day and night to come and see you."
"What?" Li Zhigao was also shocked, his mouth opened wide, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
Li Zhigao was so anxious that he wanted to stamp his feet. He never expected that his father and his wife would make such a stupid move, which would completely destroy the trust of the third prince in them. However, regardless of the resentment and resistance in the third prince's heart, Han Qian
How could people like Shen Yang accept such a result easily?
The fact that Han Qian traveled nearly four hundred miles under the stars without any other bodyguards and only one maidservant showed his attitude towards this matter.
And even if Han Qian is forced to admit this, how can he hide it from someone like Shen Yang for how long?
"Since Marquis Du Yu doesn't know about this, I will speak openly. If there is anything wrong, I ask Marquis Du Yu to enlighten me." Han Qian said.
"You guys should go out too." Li Zhigao hesitated for a while, then motioned to the two guards guarding the corner to go out.
"Marquis Du Yu may have known that Madam did not regard the third prince as her only choice. I would like to ask Marquis Du Yu, do you have any other better choices?" Han Qian stared at Li Zhigao and asked, " When I say this, you don't think I'm sowing discord, right?"
"Just tell me, I can tell the difference myself." Li Zhigao said in a deep voice with a gloomy face.
"Ten thousand steps back, even if the three princes fight for the throne, the heir to Xinchanghou will not be Du Yuhou, right?" Han Qian asked.
"It's useless for you to say this. You'd better choose what's important to say." Li Zhigao said with a stern face.
"Your Highness may be a puppet, but it should never be at this time," Han Qian no longer minced words at this time, and said straight to the point, "Our greatest reliance at this time is the expectations of Emperor Tianyou for His Highness, and Mr. Li Marquis and Madam, they only thought about restricting Han, and thought about keeping everyone under their control, but they forgot this fundamental and even had no scruples. It is not enough to make plans! If everything is controlled by him , it will definitely fail, and we will die without a burial place!"
Xi Rong was also frightened when she heard what Han Qian said. She never thought that Han Qian came running to Jingzikou to instigate Li Zhigao?
"What do you want to do?" Li Zhigao asked calmly and calmly.
"It's not what I want to do, but I really want to do something!" Han Qian said.
"Then what do you think I can do?" Li Zhigao said.
"His Highness has an unsatisfactory ambition and is just a puppet. He has no hope of winning the throne. If you want to succeed, you must first return the power to Your Highness. Zhang Ping, Chai Jian, Yao Xishui and we can only assist him, and we must not usurp the throne. Only Only in this way can Shen Yang, Guo Liang, and Gao Chengyuan work together with us to conspire; and only in this way can the Longque Army have the possibility to grow further instead of being trapped under the skirt of a woman." Han Qian said.
"How to return the power?" Li Zhigao continued to ask.
"Your Highness will select young men from the military families as personal guards. The young men's blood is not cold, and they do not know betrayal, but only know loyalty. Zhang Ping and Chai Jian are told to know their own rules. In addition to assisting His Highness, they are not allowed to have any other oversteps or ambitions..." Han Qian said .
"How to do this?" Li Zhigao asked.
"Marquis Du Yu will lead one hundred absolutely reliable direct descendants and trick Li Chong into following us back to Xiangzhou City," Han Qian said.
Xi Rong was still shocked. Han Qian not only simply won Li Zhigao's support, but also directly instigated Li Zhigao to engage in "military remonstrance" and forcibly isolated Chai Jian and Zhang Ping from the third prince.
"..." Li Zhigao pondered for a long time and remained silent.
Han Qian added: "If the power can be returned to His Highness, Zuo Si will cooperate at all costs to ensure that Du Yuhou and his troops are able to achieve success this winter. And after this battle, Zuo Si will also do whatever it takes to ensure that Du Yuhou leads his troops." Yuhou can lead his troops to garrison in Junzhou. In addition, I believe Duyuhou also knows that since Han Qian has come alone to see Duyuhou to clarify this matter, he has no other considerations..."
Hearing Han Qian's conditions and threats, Xi Rong stared nervously at Li Zhigao, wondering if he would be tempted and "instigated rebellion" by Han Qian's coercion and inducement. Otherwise, she and Han Qian would be in trouble.
