Governor please stay

Wang Sengzhi said with a smile, he was obviously relieved to be able to catch Chen Baxian and others.

"Take me to see."

Wang Sengbian said in a low voice, his younger brother is not very reliable in his work, if he arrests the wrong person and sends him to Liu Yishou, it will be a lot of fun!

After a while, Wang Sengbian saw Chen Baxian, who was dusty, unshaven and tired, in a thatched hut that he built randomly by the sea.The clothes on his body were all tattered and scratched by branches.

Obviously, in order to escape, Chen Baxian's uncle and nephew also made some struggles, but unfortunately they were betrayed by their own people in the end.

"General Wang, the cunning rabbit is dead, the lackey is cooking, don't you understand this truth?"

As soon as he saw Wang Sengbian, Chen Baxian asked calmly.

He is right, but it also depends on who the owner of the running dog is and how good his character is.

Wang Sengbian didn't even think about it, he waved his hands and said to his subordinates: "Send him directly to Jiankang Dali Temple and imprison him, just say that I have never talked to this person."

The so-called conversation means that both parties must have spoken.

Just now, Chen Ba was the one who talked to himself first, but he didn't follow up, so this wasn't a conversation.

Wang Sengbian comforted himself secretly in his heart.

"Here."

A few soldiers around him escorted Chen Baxian and left.

"I'm just taking a step first, hahahahahaha! The world is about to be unified, and people like you are almost useless!"

Not reconciled before leaving, Chen Baxian turned his head and shouted mockingly at Wang Sengbian, and then a soldier tore off Chen Baxian's clothes and gagged him.

"Brother..."

Wang Sengzhi looked at Wang Sengbian, hesitant to speak.

"Forget it, I'll write to King Wu to report this matter, so don't think too much about it."

Wang Sengbian said indifferently, without expressing any other meaning.

Chapter 667

The autumn harvest is not yet over, and the outside world finally has a direct response to the chaos in Guanzhong.

Er Zhurong personally led the expedition, left Erzhu Tianguang to guard Jinyang, and himself, together with Murong Shaozong, led [-] troops, marched from Jinyang to Pingyang, and sent troops from Pingyang to attack Yubi City.

This time, Er Zhurong was much luckier than Gao Huan.

Because there was no food and fodder in Guanzhong to support Yubi, and the local Hedong clan stopped supporting the forces in Guanzhong because of He Bayue's death.Therefore, Cai You, the guard of the city, had already led his troops back to Puban.

Yubi City has become an empty city, not even a mouse can be found!

Er Zhurong occupied Yubi Xiongcheng without a single soldier. However, this city has lost its meaning of existence.

The forces in Guanzhong control the east of the river, and Yubi City is the barrier to the east of the river.If Hedong is not under the control of the forces in Guanzhong, the forces outside the pass can easily take the Zheguan Road into Hedong, and then directly attack Puban.

During the Warring States period, the Qin army took this road, which cut off the passage between South Korea's Yewang City and Shangdang, and then triggered the Qin-Zhao Changping battle.The rise and fall of Yubi City all have their own needs of the times.

When the times need it, then it is a majestic city.When the times don't need it, it is just a boring earthen city without any economic value.

Er Zhurong, who had a strong military vision, ordered a fire to burn down Yubi City without even thinking about it.In this way, no one can use this place to cut him off.

However, Er Zhurong's march was not smooth.

In Puban, he was directly stopped by Cai You's troops.Er Zhurong sent someone to shoot the letter of persuasion into Puban City, and then Cai You sent someone to reply to Er Zhurong's letter, sternly rejecting the other party's surrender.

At the beginning Er Zhurong committed mass killings in Luoyang, and his reputation was notorious.It is also unpopular in Jinyang. Almost everyone knows that following Er Zhurong has no future, and they will never consider surrendering to him unless it is absolutely necessary.

Obviously, Cai You also looked down on Er Zhurong, and felt that following Er Zhurong would lead to death.

Puban is located at the junction of Guanzhong and Hedong, and it is the water and land hub of Guanzhong from the east.The Yellow River and the Weishui River converge here, and business is booming. Naturally, there is no shortage of food and grass.Cai You has a lot of capital in his hands, so he doesn't care about the idea of ​​being a partial general under Er Zhurong's command, it's human nature.

After He Bayue was killed, Cai You, who was not from an old brother in Wuchuan Town, was naturally unwilling to return to Marquis Mo Chenshun, Li Hu and others.Of course, he was also unwilling to participate in the struggle between He Bayun and Hou Mo Chenshun.

So Cai You gave up Yubi, which had no food and wages, and returned to Puban, which was rich and prosperous, to wait for the opportunity.

As for the timing, in fact, Cai You is also very confused, and can't see where the way out of Guanzhong is.

Nowadays, there are not a few people in Guanzhong like Cai You who are not direct descendants of Wuchuan, and are not natives of Guanlong. Together, these people are also a powerful local force.

However, they were scattered all over Guanzhong and could not form a joint force, and naturally they could not affect the political situation in Guanzhong.

Compared with Er Zhurong's decisiveness, Gao Yang was very cautious about sending troops to Hedong.After he fully inquired about the situation in Hedong, he decided to send troops to Hedong first, and then enter Guanzhong from Puban.

Because of He Bayue's death, Hedong also had a big problem.Gao Yang felt that he could solve this problem, so he could take advantage of the big local households in Hedong and use them for him.

……

In a small courtyard in Wuguan City, Liu Yishou was writing letters in the wing room, frowning slightly from time to time.

"The lord seems to have something on his mind, but he is worried about how to calm down the pass?"

Wang Wei asked cautiously. In recent years, the more he felt that Liu Yishou's thoughts were unpredictable, and the grace and power were not written on his face.

"My family knows my own family affairs. Now Li Zuyi, Yuan Zhonghua and others are already a round younger than me. If the world is unified in the future, it is inevitable that younger women will enter the palace, and the possibility that they will have no offspring is not small.

If one day I am not alive, some unworthy son will definitely let his concubine be buried in order to show his authority, show his filial piety, and even attack his political opponents.

So worry about it. "

Liu Yishou couldn't help but sighed and said.

Wang Wei was dumbfounded when he heard that. In fact, it was rare for the Southern and Northern Dynasties to openly bury their concubines.He didn't know why Liu Yishou said this.

But Liu Yishou knew that when archaeologists in previous lives were archaeologists, they could often dig up the remains of concubines buried in royal tombs during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.Hard facts like these don't end up in the history books very often.What Wang Wei didn't know was no secret in his previous life.

These days, everyone believes in the idea of ​​"a bright house before death, and a shady house after death", and they don't want to be lonely down there alone after death.So things like burying concubines and concubines were done quietly.

From the emperor to the clan, burying a few concubines after death is like playing with them. History books are too lazy to write or deliberately not to write.

"Unfortunately, if something happens to me in the future, you will make this letter public. Whether it is voluntary or not, I don't want any living people to come down to accompany me. No matter what their origins are, whether they are guilty or not, this is the case. Not just concubines , let no one die because of my death.

At the same time, I don't want to have any funeral objects.People live for a lifetime, just come and go naked.Just cremate me and enshrine my ashes in the Ancestral Temple.

If you are gone by then, your heirs will do the job.

I hope you don't refuse. "

After writing the letter, Liu Yishou grabbed Wang Wei's hand and said.

"My lord... I understand."

Wang Wei wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, nodded slightly.

This kind of trust has gone beyond the ordinary relationship between the monarch and his ministers, similar to the trust of a good friend.

"My lord is in the prime of life, why are you so far-sighted?"

Wang Wei couldn't help but said with emotion.

"It's just that I am worried that someone will do my good and do his evil. Maybe one day you or your descendants will be able to see it."

Liu Yishou snorted coldly, there is no family affection under the imperial power, who knows what his descendants will be, it is better to establish the rules first.Taking advantage of the fact that the court structure has not yet been formed, there are few constraints.

Father was so kind to you during his lifetime, should you go down to accompany him?

The emperor was a great talent during his lifetime, should you assist him to dominate the underworld after his death?

Liu Yishou felt that his descendants might come up with such a "logic genius" and use his Liu's prestige to realize his control over the court.There is a precedent of Qin Mugong burying his courtiers. It is hard to say that his descendants will not use this trick to eliminate dissidents.

The more good he did and the higher his prestige when he was in power, the more provocative and deceptive this logic would be. Maybe there are fools who are willing to die for the sake of a good name for the family.

The burial of living people was popular until the Qing Dynasty. In terms of the moral bottom line of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was only normal to use this excuse to attack political opponents.

At this moment, Yuan Shikang quietly pushed the door open, put a letter on the desk in front of Liu Yishou, and then left the room.

"There's something odd about this letter."

Wang Wei looked at the simple envelope with a thoughtful look.

"Correct."

Liu Yishou cherished ink like gold, opened the letter with a slight nod, and handed it to Wang Wei to read.

"Gao Yang wants to go to Hedong and then enter Guanzhong?"

Wang Wei had an unbelievable expression.It's unimaginable that Gao Yang has such a big appetite with the little capital in his hands.However, the letter stated that Gao Yang has a strategy in mind, and the possibility of success in this trip is extremely high.

"Er Zhurong won't be able to achieve great things if he enters Guanzhong. But if Gao Yang enters Guanzhong, it will be hard to say."

Liu Yishou folded his arms and said, then fell into deep thought.

Er Zhurong has first-class military vision, but his political level is hard to describe.Fighting for the world is not just about knowing how to fight.

This letter came in time, and it was sent by a secret line arranged around Gao Yang.In order to obtain long-term information, Liu Yishou has never touched this line.Now that Gao Yang was going to attack Hedong, Liu Yishou immediately understood what the other party was trying to do.

The current Hedong can only be regarded as a "little Hedong", not a "big Hedong" including Jinyang, and its strategic role has not been fully developed by the world.In the eyes of the world today, the strategic prospect of "strengthening the vassal from the east of the river" has not yet been seen.

The four major salt producing areas in ancient China are Jizhou salt in Changlu, Hebei, Huai salt in Lianghuai, Hedongchi salt, and well salt in Shu.Liang Guo took the second place, Gao Huan and the Hebei family took the first place, and the remaining Hedongchi salt was supplied to Guanzhong stably for a long time.

It is the salt from the Hedong Salt Pond that has created the prosperity of Puban.

Now that Guanzhong is in turmoil, the sales channels of Hedong Salt have been greatly affected.More importantly, the Hedong family has a rich Yanchi, but they don't have the military strength to protect it, and the local population of Hedong can't support them to arm a team to fight for world hegemony.

Therefore, the Hedong family can only find a partner who can cooperate, firstly to ensure the sale of salt, and secondly to ensure the income of salt.Without the cooperation of people from Guanzhong, we can only find others, or Gao Huan, or Er Zhurong or something.

In short, they can't do it alone!

If the local rich families in Hedong controlled the production and sales of Yanchi by themselves, it would be like an unarmed child holding gold bricks and walking on the street full of robbers.

If Gao Yang negotiates with the Hedong clan, there is a great possibility that the two will make peace.

Gao Yang has brains, but his military strength is relatively weak.As long as they can offer good conditions to the local clans in Hedong, they will be able to control the sales in Yanchi, and use the local talents and manpower in Hedong to strengthen their military strength.

In this way, he has the capital to fight for hegemony.In order to continue selling salt in Guanzhong, the Hedong clan will also support Gao Yang's entry into Guanzhong.

This is a mutually beneficial business, and both parties have a common goal.

I have to say that Liu Yishou admired Gao Yang's move.If Gao Yang recklessly returned to Yecheng to seize power, then he really wouldn't be worthy of Liu Yishou's serious treatment.

"Wuguan is fine for the time being. Let Yang Zhong lead his troops to garrison Wuguan. Perhaps, this time we have to move to another place to attack."

Liu Yishou said with a sigh.

Gao Yang wants to take advantage of the chaos and win by taking advantage of the chaos.It is impossible for Liu Yishou to indulge the opponent to play like this.

If Gao Yang wants to advance westward, it is imperative for Liang Jun to take advantage of the chaos to take Hanoi.Gao Yang would not feel sorry for the loss of Hanoi, but Hanoi is controlled by Liang Jun, which is no less than putting a nail in Gao Huan's waist!

"My lord, do you want to invade Hanoi, or even get your hands on Hedong?"

Wang Wei asked suspiciously, and he could see that Wuguan is not suitable for entering the customs for the time being, or it is not the time yet.

"You and Yang Zhong stationed troops in Wuguan, play by ear. I asked Wei Xiaokuan to accompany me to fight in Hanoi. Don't worry about it beforehand. I have to go back to Jiankang first."

To attack Hanoi, we must garrison Luoyang.

If you want to station troops in Luoyang, you must have the corresponding supply of food, grass and supplies, and you must also deploy new troops to the north.None of these things can be done remotely.If Gao Yang wants to win Hedong, he must have a conflict with Er Zhurong. Liu Yishou is not in a hurry, and it would be nice to let them finish the first half first.

With He Bayue's death, the north is in chaos again. Obviously, this is an excellent opportunity.Even if Guanzhong and Hebei cannot be pacified at once, it would be good to win a few pieces of land.

"My lord is going back to Jiankang now?"

Wang Wei asked with a sigh.

He already knew that entering the customs would not be so smooth, now that it is indeed the case, the tyrants in the north are all on the move, no one will quietly hide at home and wait for you to call at the door.

"You play by ear, if you have the opportunity to enter the customs, you will enter the customs. If you have no chance, you don't have to force it. This time I can successfully capture Hanoi, and I will start to build Luoyang, the capital of the king. Sharpen the knife and cut the firewood."

"Understood, please take care, my lord."

Putting his sleeves together, Wang Wei bowed deeply to Liu Yishou and said.

"Well, I will set off at dawn, you go and rest."

……

"Cai You, who is ignorant of current affairs, if I break through Puban, I will crush him to ashes!"

On the bank of the Yellow River, Er Zhurong looked at the tall Puban City and sighed.Qihu soldiers were always bad at attacking fortified positions. Cai You had been prepared and defended the city well. Er Zhurong sent troops to attack for several rounds, but they all returned without success.

"My lord, I can't go on like this. The last general suggested that we should flatten the river nearby and control Yanchi. Then use Yanchi to blackmail Cai You, and the opponent will definitely open the city and surrender."

Murong Shaozong suggested calmly.

"Salt?"

Er Zhurong didn't understand. Therefore, Hedong Yanchi and Puban are two different things. Why did Cai You surrender after controlling Yanchi?