Lord of the House

In order to prevent the alert of the undercover detectives in Nanyang, Luo Xiancheng went to Fancheng, and did not choose another place to travel, but lived in the inner house of Fancheng guard Chen Ji with Nahe Azige, the secret envoy of Yanhu, and Hu Zongguo, the messenger of the She family. .

In the middle of the night, Luo Xiancheng was still unable to fall asleep, sat up in his clothes, called Wei Zhang, who lived in the side courtyard, and asked him: "The king of heaven wrote a lot of things a few days ago, but he didn't say a word about throwing the swallow. What do you think Wang Xiang means?"

Wei Zhang sighed inwardly, even though Luo Xiancheng kicked Wang Xiang to the corner of Chaishan, in the end, he still only paid attention to Wang Xiang's opinion in judging the general situation. As Luo Xiancheng's staff and counselor, how could Wei Zhang feel comfortable.

However, no matter how uncomfortable he was in his heart, Wei Zhang didn't show it on his face. He tried to figure out Luo Xiancheng's thoughts and said, "Lord Wang strongly opposed King Luo's surrender to Yan Ting, and even fought against General Zhong in the palace to make his face red and speak rudely. In the end, he stubbornly left Suizhou and went to Chaishan. At this time, the Yan army was about to sweep Nanyang, and Nanyang and Huaixi could not resist, and Huaidong's reinforcements in Luzhou were suddenly difficult to scale-the current situation is as vulgar as I can also see it clearly, how could it be impossible for Lord Wang to not understand. However, Lord Wang is also a proud and arrogant person, even if he understands it in his heart, he will not be able to recognize it for a while."

"It's true, when no one is wrong, can I still laugh at him about this?" Luo Xiancheng sighed lightly, "If he can recognize the general trend, the political affairs here in Suizhou will always depend on him. Even if he has a grudge in his heart and doesn't want to be with me in the future, Yan Ting can give him wealth and honor. You go to Chaishan again, tell him what you mean, and ask me to let him come back to Suizhou, and it has nothing to do with Zhong Rong. Very arrogant!"

Wei Zhang was jealous, but he didn't expect Luo Xiancheng to be so attached to Wang Xiang.

Luo Xiancheng had already made up his mind to use troops against Xinyang, and the more Luo Xiancheng made up his mind to use troops against Xinyang, the more he felt that Wang Xiang was indispensable.

In battle, Zhong Rong and others may have enough bravery, but the arrangement of the grain supply and the depth of dispatching troops to Xinyang require a counselor like Wang Xiang to be relied upon.

Although Chen Zhihu pressed on Xinyang from the north, attracting the main force of Huaixi troops and horses to the north bank of the Huaihe River, he did not rule out that the elites from Huaidong came out of Luzhou to assist Xinyang.

It is said that it is only necessary to cut off the channel of Luzhou's aid to Nanyang, but is it so easy to cut off the channel of Huaidong elites to aid Nanyang?

Luo Xiancheng's self-confidence is no weaker than when Liu An'er was at its peak, but during the Huaisi War, Lin Fu's subordinates only had 30,000 elites. Didn't he beat the Huaisi army elites like dogs? Only Liu Miaozhen used almost double the superior strength to draw a tie with the Huaidong Army in the end, and became famous all over the world.

Even if Huaidong could only send out 30,000 troops to help Nanyang in the end, Luo Xiancheng didn't want his own troops to fight recklessly with the 30,000 Huaidong elites.

In this case, Luo Xiancheng needs Wang Xiang to help him grasp the scale of advance and retreat. Zhong Rong, Wei Zhang and others cannot replace Wang Xiang. In this regard, Luo Xiancheng will not unreservedly trust Shejia and Beiyan.

Luo Xiancheng's idea in his heart is still to take the greatest advantage at the least cost.

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Wei Zhang left Fancheng in the early morning, traveled all the way eastward, went southeast through Lishan (now Dawu County), and went deep into the hinterland of Huaishan.

Due to Luo Xiancheng's urgency, Wei Zhang felt resentment towards Wang Xiangneng for giving Luo Xiancheng so much, and he didn't dare to delay on the road. He arrived at Chaishan in two days, and his bones almost fell apart.

Chaishan originally belonged to Lishan County, located in the hinterland of Huaishan in the south of Lishan Mountain.

In Luo Xiancheng's hands, in order to strengthen the control of Huaishan, and to leave a way out for himself in Huaishan, he set aside a county from Lishan.

There are two branches of Huaishan that surround Chaishan from the north to the south. Beishan, also known as Daiyan Mountain, lies between Lishan and Chaishan counties. The roads leading from the mountain to the southeast are rugged and dangerous, making it difficult to travel.

The Nanshan Mountain to the south of Chai Mountain is called Hengqi Ridge, which isolates Chai Mountain from Macheng and Qichun in the south.

When Luo Xiancheng first took over Suizhou, Wei Zhang was still only a minor official. He followed Zhong Rong to go deep into Chaishan to conquer the cottage forces in order to strengthen his control over the hinterland of Huaishan.

At that time, the road from Lishan to Chaishan was difficult and difficult.

Although the straight-line distance from Lishan to Chaishan was only a hundred or ten miles, the roads in and out of Chaishan at that time all followed the stream road, and the dangerous path that only accommodated one or two people followed the mountain and the stream road. Walking, the total distance is more than two hundred miles, and it is not allowed for large groups of troops to pass.

At the beginning, Zhong Rong led 6,000 soldiers and horses to build roads and bridges all the way. It took more than a month to enter Chai Mountain. On the contrary, it did not take much effort to conquer the cottage forces near Chai Mountain.

This time, Wei Zhang traveled southeast from Lishan and entered Chaishan. Chaishan had been under the control of Changle Army for more than three years. Especially when Wang Xiangzi asked to leave Suizhou City, it was said that he was running Chaishan for Luo Xiancheng, and he wanted to be there for him. Leave a retreat in the hinterland of Huaishan.

Wang Xiang's rhetoric also catered to Luo Xiancheng's thoughts. Therefore, in the past year, Suizhou has invested a lot of resources in Chaishan. Luo Xiancheng also gave Wang Xiang sufficient autonomy to appease Wang Xiang after he was forced to leave Suizhou.

Although Wei Zhang was in a hurry, the road was bumpy and bumpy, but from Lishan to Chaishan, there was no more dangerous place. All the way, the loess rammed the road, took the straight and curved road, or built a bridge at the river, or opened up the mountain to open up the road, and the original more than 200 miles of dangerous mountain road was shortened into a straight road of only 100 miles.

In the past, it would take two days to travel from Lishan to Chaishan and travel by horse-drawn carriage, but this time Wei Zhang traveled by horse-drawn carriage, and it only took half a day to travel from Lishan to Chaishan.

From this point of view alone, Wei Zhang also knew that he was too far behind Wang Xiang in politics. He thought that although Luo Xiancheng expelled Wang Xiang from Suizhou City, he was always concerned about the changes in Chaishan.

Chaishan City is still very rudimentary, surrounded by low earth walls, and there is no river moat—

At this time, a group of cavalry came from the direction of Chaishan City. Wei Zhang asked the accompanying coachman to restrain the horse. When the team of cavalry came close, they saw that the leader of the cavalry was Zhou Bin, the captain of Chaishan.

Wei Zhang bowed his hands to Zhou Bin and asked, "General Zhou, I haven't seen you for a long time. Wei Zhang came to see Lord Wang on a secret order from King Luo. Can Lord Wang be in the city?" Yao saved Wang Xiang's young son and gained Wang Xiang's trust. Now, the three thousand soldiers and horses in Chaishan have all asked Wang Xiang to hand over to Zhou Bin to lead them.

Zhou Bin was blind and sat on the back of a horse. His face was as thin as a dead tree, but his hands holding the reins were as blue as horns, and his body was strong and burly under his shirt. His appearance is ugly, and his eyes are very sharp, making Wei Zhang not like to look at him.

Most of the people who traffic smuggled goods these days are warriors. The generals of the Changle Army were either from robbers or private gangsters. Therefore, it is not surprising that Wang Xiang used Zhou Bin as a general in Chaishan, but it only makes people worry that Wang Xiang intends to cultivate forces loyal to himself.

However, Chaishan City is very simple, and the king has devoted all his strength this year to building a passage between Chaishan and Lishan, and increasing the connection between Chaishan and the hinterland of Suizhou, which at least means that the king did not rely on Chaishan. The ambition was turned into a subsection with Zhou Binwei.

Seeing that Chaishan City was so rudimentary, Wei Zhang thought to himself: It is no wonder that King Luo still trusts Wang Xiang at this time.

When Zhou Blind saw Luo Xiancheng, he also sent Neishi Weizhang to Chaishan to see Wang Xiang. He knew that Luo Xiancheng had made his final decision, so he bowed to Weizhang and said, "Master Wang had an epidemic a few days ago, and he lived alone for fear of infecting others. The mountain courtyard is not in Chaishan City at this time. I haven't had time to tell Suizhou about this, but I received a secret letter from King Luo a few days ago. Lord Wang guessed that King Luo would send someone to Chaishan in the near future, and specially asked Zhou to wait here. Lord Wei, please come back, don't waste time for Chai Shan..."

Wei Zhang was stunned for a moment, thinking that Wang Xiang would avoid him.

Wei Zhang wished that Wang Xiang and Luo Xiancheng had a falling out, but at this time he had to hold on, so as not to make himself too happy, he said to Zhou Bin: "Master Wang can't ask me to take it to King Luo without a word!"

Zhou Bin took out a letter from his arms and asked someone to take it to Wei Zhang: "Master Wang's words are in this letter."

Wei Zhang saw that the letter was sealed with fire lacquer, and it was directly given to Luo Xiancheng by Wang Xiang. He was also afraid that he would miss the big show in Suizhou and dilute his future achievements, so he had no intention of delaying another moment in Chaishan.

Since Wang Xiang had cut himself off in front of Luo Xiancheng, how could Wei Zhang be kind enough to persuade him?

Wei Zhang bowed his hands to Zhou Bin and said, "King Luo still respects Lord Wang, and hopes that Lord Wang will return to Suizhou to preside over political affairs, but Lord Wang has made up his mind, so Wei Zhang can only tell the truth when he goes back. This is to say goodbye to General Zhou..." The implication is that I don't want to delay in Chaishan for a moment.

"Master Wei, please go." Zhou Bin waved his hand and saw Wei Zhang off.

Watching Wei Zhang go west along Chai Shui, and the carriage was covered by the sparse forest, Zhou Bin ordered two scouts to follow him to confirm that Wei Zhang would not engage in any demon moths halfway before leaving Chai Mountain. Dozens of cronies rode to Jinshui Village in the southeast.

In order to strengthen the blockade and control of Huaishan, Xinyang and Luzhou have all strengthened the protection of Huaishan near their side by training village soldiers, combining Xiaozhai with Dazhai, Dazhai Tongxian, and relocating mountain people. Control and master.

When Wang Xiang was in Chaishan, he naturally used this method in an open and fair manner, merging villages, opening mountains, and building roads around Chaishan City, canceling the relocation of Xiaozhai deep in the mountains, and building a passage between Dazhai and Chaishan City~www.wuxiaspot. com~ Actually, along the valley between Daiyan Mountain and Hengqi Ridge, the channel extends southeast to the deep belly of Huaishan Mountain.

In the name of guarding against the infiltration of Xinyang and Luzhou scouts, a large number of elites were dispatched to completely block off the mountain trails used by some mountain farmers' associations.

Jinshui Village is located more than 70 miles in the hinterland of Huaishan in the southeast of Chaishan City. It is sandwiched between Daiyan Mountain and Hengqi Mountain. Further southeast is the main vein of Huaishan. Dangerous deep creeks, steep cliffs, and inaccessible.

After Wang Xiang took charge of Chaishan, he took Jinshui Village as the boundary, and all the mountain residents in the deep mountains in the east were moved out, and the residents in Shanshui Village also completely moved out of the mountains. The more than 300 people in Jinshui Village were all garrisoned soldiers. In fact, the deep valley in the southeast of Jinshui Village was completely sealed inside, so that outsiders could not see the truth.

Zhou Bin rushed to Jinshui Village before nightfall and entered the village to meet Wang Xiang.

When Wang Xiang saw Zhou Bin coming, he didn't say anything, but Tang Xitai, who was next to him, asked, "Wei Zhang sent back?"

Tang Xitai accompanied Yue Lengqiu to Yuzhang to see Lin Fu some time ago. At this time, Yue Lengqiu never imagined that Tang Xitai would appear in the deep belly of Huaishan and stand with Wang Xiang.

Zhou Bin nodded, smiled, and said, "Luo Xiancheng is determined to use troops against Xinyang, and Yan Hu has made him the king of Xiangyang, and the stake is not low."

Although Wang Xiang asked to leave Suizhou City, the relationship between Suizhou generals and Wang Xiang did not deteriorate. In addition, Huaidong also deployed many eyeliners in Suizhou, Xiangyang, and Fancheng. Before Wei Zhang entered Chaishan, Luo Xiancheng went to Fancheng to meet with the secret envoy of Yanhu to discuss the news of the joint forces. Wang Xiang, Zhou Bin, and Tang Xitai knew about it a day earlier. .

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