Treacherous ministers have deep routines
Chapter 437 I'm Not Here
Pangtu was afraid that Lin Rang would expose him.
It wasn't that he was afraid of Yang Yi, but that it was too embarrassing to be exposed like this.
Pangtu hurriedly said: "My lord, the governor, I still have something to do, so first..."
He walked while talking, and just opened the curtain, "Gudong!" He collided with someone and almost fell to the ground.
With sharp eyes and quick hands, Yuan Hao grabbed Pangtu.
Pontu's nose was flushed red, and he almost shed physical tears.
Jiang Duting strode in from the outside and bumped into Pangtu. He didn't bother to apologize, and said to Wei Man and Lin Rang: "My lord, governor, Chen Jun's captives have been counted. Wu De... escaped."
Wei Man immediately sneered, and said: "This martial virtue is the best at escaping. After besieging and suppressing Chen Jun like this, how can he still escape?"
Lin Rang said: "Let him go, anyway, someone needs to send a letter to Chen Ji."
Let's say that Jiang Duting led a large army to surround Chen's army. At that time, their temporary chief general, General Zhonglang, personally led a thousand elite soldiers to encircle and suppress Yang Yi, and no one in the army was in charge.
Jiang Duting led his troops to kill, and the whole Chen camp became a mess because the dragons had no leader. When Wu De heard about this, he was horrified, and hurriedly took advantage of the chaos and took advantage of the chaos to escape secretly.
Wu De disguised himself and escaped from Chen Ying with some cronies. Although Jiang Duting was outstanding in martial arts, the situation was very chaotic at that time, and he was not as meticulous as Wu De, so naturally he did not notice it.
Wu De led his troops to escape, and now Jiang Duting found out that Wu De was gone when he counted the number of people.
Wu De didn't dare to delay for a moment, and led his people to flee to Yanzhou quickly, without stopping, wearing stars and moons, and finally returned to Yanzhou.
Chen Ji thought that if he sent [-] troops to approach Wei Man, Wei Man would be afraid, but he didn't know that this time not only failed, but lost troops and generals.
5 people came back sporadically.
"Bang!!!"
"No reason!"
Chen Ji smashed the desk hard, swept all the things on the desk with his hands, and shouted: "What is Wei Man?! Captured my fifty thousand soldiers?!"
"What do you all eat?!"
"Yang Yi! It must be Yang Yi, who actually collaborated with the enemy!"
Chen Ji roared, none of the subjects dared to move, they all knelt on the ground trembling, they had lost twice in a row, if they continue to lose, there is probably no room for maneuver.
Chen Ji said viciously: "Yang Yi rebels, is his family still in Yanzhou?"
The counselor immediately came forward, cupped his hands and said: "Exactly, there is an old mother in Yang Yi's family who is in Yanzhou. I heard that it is in Yinghe County. It seems that Yang Yi colluded with the Wei army because of treating the old mother. If the lord can If he catches his old mother..."
The counselor spoke, and there were also those who opposed it, saying: "My lord, it is absolutely impossible. My lord can have such a high reputation in Yanzhou, all because of loving the people. I heard that Yang Yi's mother is seriously ill. If this If you go to arrest a sick old woman, I'm afraid you will be ridiculed by the world and lose the hearts of the people!"
Chen Jizheng was so angry that he didn't care so much, he said in a cold voice: "What do you want to do, you still have to tell me what to do?!"
When he said this, Wu De squinted his eyes, and immediately cupped his hands and said: "My lord! Yang Yi betrayed the lord, causing the army to fall, and even the humble general almost couldn't come back to see the lord. This hatred is wider than the sea. Why don't you invite me?" My lord, leave this matter to the humble general, and the humble general will definitely detain Yang Yi's old mother."
Chen Ji said gloomyly: "Okay, I'll tell you to go, go and come back quickly!"
After receiving the order, Wu De immediately turned around and left the camp, but instead of arresting people, he asked his soldiers to send news to Yinghe County to inform Yang Yi's family.
Although Yang Yi took refuge in Wei Man, Wu De felt that Yang Yi's mother was an outsider after all, and did not understand the situation of the battle. If she was really caught, she would probably die and suffer all kinds of torture. Wu De couldn't bear it.
In this aspect that has nothing to do with his own interests, Wu De is very kind.
When Wu De dispatched troops to Yinghe County, as expected, the members of the Yang family had already fled, because they received the news in advance, so Wu De "ran a blank", and did not catch anything, but carried some Yang Yi back home.
Yang Yi is an upright official, and he has nothing at home. When his family ran away, they packed up their bags and left, leaving behind all their belongings, large and small, which were not worth much at all.
The members of the Yang family fled from Yinghe County and went to the Wei army camp.
Wei Man quickly met Yang Yi's family and settled them down.
Wei Man was a little surprised, how they escaped, and Chen Ji didn't kill them all.
The Yang family member said: "It was a captain who sent someone to inform us, and we ran out."
Lin Rang said, "What captain?"
The Yang family didn't know what the school lieutenant was, he didn't see anyone at all, so he narrated the soldiers he saw.
Wei Man suddenly realized, and said, "It's Wu De."
Whose family's soldiers are not as poor as those of Wu De's family, so it is easy to identify them.
Wei Man was a little puzzled, and said, "Why did Wu De let the Yang family go?"
Lin Rang said lightly: "Isn't this hard to explain? Wu De surrendered to Chen Ji, it must be a last resort. Since it is a muddy old soup, if Wu De is not mixed up, how can you get out?"
Wei Man narrowed his eyes and said, "You mean... Wu De didn't really submit to Chen Ji?"
Lin Rang nodded, and said: "Wu De's surrender cannot be sincere. He is ambitious and has been looking for various opportunities. To be honest, Wu De... must be looked down upon by Chen Ji."
Wu De didn't catch anyone from the Yang family, so he returned to the government office to report to him soon, and Chen Ji scolded him head and face.
But apart from being scolded, there wasn't much else to do. After all, he lost two naturalization battles, which made him look bad, and there were more important things to worry about for Chen Ji.
Chen Ji held a meeting in the government office, and everyone talked about it.
"Although we have a strong army and sufficient food, we have lost two games in a row. While we lost our troops and supplies, the Wei camp continued to expand its captives. Next..."
"Wei Man's power should not be underestimated. Now even if the coalition forces don't join in, we won't be able to directly attack Wei Man."
"Exactly, and losing twice in a row, the morale of the army is unstable. On the other hand, Wei Jun's morale is greatly shaken, which is not good for us!"
What everyone said was true, but to Chen Ji's ears, it was very unpleasant, and his face was very gloomy.
Chen Ji said in a hoarse voice: "What? You are all lonely ministers who carry the tripod. After talking about it, will it only increase the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige?"
The counselors dared not speak, and the generals looked at each other in blank dismay.
Several counselors interviewed each other, "winking", and then someone stood up and said: "My lord, Wei Man is very arrogant now, and the morale of our army is not high for the time being. In this case, it is better to... Others form allies and put pressure on Wei Man together?"
Chen Ji said in a cold voice: "Befriend? Now that the little emperor doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth, he has already criticized us as traitors. Who else is willing to make friends with Gu? Those allies, although they don't want to be with Wei Man, will never run away." Come to the lonely side."
The counselor said: "My lord, the people of the coalition army cannot be trusted, but there is one person, the lord can win over."
Chen Ji said, "Who?"
"Chuzhou, Wu Jingsheng."
If you talk about Wu Jingsheng, the governor of Chuzhou, there is a history.
When Tong Gao was in chaos and Wei Man was still the leader of the alliance, Chuzhou's army had been annexed by Wei Man and became Wei Man's tribe.
However, Tong Gao occupied the capital, and went directly to the table to appoint Wu Jingsheng as the governor of Chuzhou. Wei Man had no time to lead the army because he wanted to attack Tong Gao, which led to Wu Jingsheng occupying Chuzhou.
Later when Tong Gao was killed, Wu Jingsheng, a scholar, was quick-witted and especially quick-witted. He paid tribute to the little emperor, expressed his loyalty, and won the hearts of important officials of the court. Wu Jingsheng was able to stay in Chuzhou and consolidate his own territory. .
After so many years of disputes, this Wu Jingsheng was suspicious by nature, so he did not rush to stand in line, but observed silently, always vacillating, and had been a neutral position for a long time.
Chuzhou has also become a relatively peaceful place among the warlords.
It is worth mentioning that although this Wu Jingsheng has always "advocated peace" and is a literati, his wrist is not bad at all. In the normal trajectory, Wu Jingsheng killed Wu Yan's father, the general Wu Wentai who broke the captives, and also married Wu Wentai. Wei Man fought hard.
Wu Jingsheng is in the neutral camp. He has never participated in the Allied Forces, nor has he fought against Chen Ji. His relationship with Wei Man is also relatively stiff because of Chuzhou.
In this way, it is a good choice to win over Chuzhou.
Wu De rolled his eyes, Chuzhou...
Immediately stood up and asked for orders, saying: "My lord, the humble general is willing to lead troops to Chuzhou, lobby the governor of Chuzhou, and form an alliance with the lord to fight against Wei Man together!"
Chen Ji has no one at the moment, and Yang Yi, a general who has followed him for several years like this, rebelled if he said he rebelled. Compared with him, he believed in Wude even more.
Wu De has always been in Chen Ji's heart, and he has established the image of a villain, so Chen Ji feels that he can control Wu De with military power and money.
Chen Ji thought about it for a while, and said, "Okay, Gu will send troops, and you will be the envoy to Chuzhou to form an alliance for Gu!"
"Yes, humble general!"
Everyone knows that Wei Man and Wu Jingsheng are at odds, but anyone with eyes can see it.
Every year when Wu Jing was promoted to Beijing, he impeached Wei Man several times.
Wei Man was in a very bad mood today, his complexion was very pale, he was sitting in the shogunate tent, not even having lunch, he was browsing documents.
Lin Rang walked in from the outside, but Wei Man didn't notice, and stared at the document with a dark face.
Lin Rang said lightly, "Did Mr. Wei have no appetite?"
Only then did Wei Man discover Lin Rang, and quickly put down the documents in hand, and said, "Why are you here?"
Lin Rang said: "Come to see a doctor for Wei Gong. I heard that Wei Gong has no appetite. He has been busy all morning and didn't even eat lunch."
Wei Man pulled Lin Rang to sit down, and said, "Gu is exhausted, come and see what happened in Chuzhou."
He handed the document to Lin Rang, Lin Rang browsed it roughly, and Wei Man said: "This Wu Jingsheng, who fights alone everywhere, is clearly a fool, and still claims to be a literati? All literati are like this No backbone, back and forth support and defection?"
Wei Man said angrily, Lin Rang frowned suddenly, and said, "Wei Gong...what does this word read?"
Wei Man: "..."
I almost forgot, this document is very obscure.
Lin Rang spat out the stagnant breath in Wei Manxin's mouth when Lin Rang said this. Feeling helpless, he smiled and looked at Lin Rang.
Wei Man said: "Lin Rang, don't you know everything? Come and tell Gu what kind of person this Wu Jingsheng is and what kind of fate he will have."
Lin Rang said: "Duke Wei doesn't have to worry about the alliance between Chen Ji and Wu Jingsheng. Once they form an alliance, Chen Ji's good days will come to an end..."
Wei Man also knew that Wu Jingsheng was a suspicious person, so he was like a piece of grass, except for Chuzhou, he was not sincere to anyone.
So it doesn't matter whether he forms an alliance with Chen Ji or not, because Wu Jingsheng will never really send troops to support Chen Ji, at most he just agreed verbally.
Wu De took Chen Ji's soldiers and horses, as envoys, left Yanzhou in a dignified way, and headed for Chuzhou.
However, Chen Ji didn't completely believe in Wu De, and even sent a guard to follow Wu De to Chuzhou.
Wu De asked for orders this time, for no other reason than to break away from Chen Ji.
He knew that Chen Ji had resentment towards him, and Chen Ji was a very narrow-minded person, so he would definitely find a chance to kill him, but sooner or later.
Therefore, Wu De wanted to take advantage of this great opportunity to leave Yanzhou directly and join Wu Jingsheng in Chuzhou.
The envoy's team entered Chuzhou mightily. Wu Jingsheng was always gentle and benevolent, so he did not refuse the envoy, and invited the envoy into the government office very politely.
The scale of the banquet is not small, but the food is a bit shabby.
Wu Jingsheng was not young, with gray hair, held up the wine glass and earcups, and said: "The envoy from Yanzhou came all the way, I am very honored."
"I just don't know...why did the two envoys come this time?"
That Wei Wei immediately said: "To tell you the truth, Duke Wu, we are here to form an alliance with you and jointly fight against Wei Man!"
Wu De didn't speak, and looked at the Wei Wei quietly.
Wu Jingsheng smiled, very gentle, and said like an old man, "So it's about this."
He didn't say he agreed, he didn't say he didn't agree, he didn't say anything.
Wei Wei was impatient, and said: "Mr. Wu, the war is raging now, which side you are on, at least express your attitude."
Wu Jingsheng smiled, and said, "Attitude...the world is so turbulent, do we have to express our attitude? Isn't it just an attitude, my old man has been staying in Chuzhou for so many years?"
"you……"
Wei Wei said: "Do you want to reject my lord?!"
To be honest, Chen Ji had a prominent family background, so he looked down on others. Wu Jingsheng was born as a literati and studied Confucianism.
Wu Jingsheng smiled very elegantly, but his expression was full of sarcasm.
Seeing this scene, Wu De knew that Wu Jingsheng was definitely not on Chen Ji's side, so he thought to himself.
"Bang!!"
Wei Wei took the table, stood up, pointed to Wu Jingsheng and said, "Old man, don't give you face, you don't want it, our lord intends to cooperate with you, and you got Qiao? You know, once Wei Man gains power, the first One will attack you, Chuzhou, and you won't even have time to cry!"
"presumptuous!"
"How dare you be rude to our lord!"
For a moment, Wu Jingsheng's men and Wei Wei's men were at war.
Wu De quickly stood up, and said like a good old man: "Don't quarrel, don't quarrel, everyone has something to say."
As he spoke, he walked towards Wei Wei and stood behind him to persuade him.
Wei Wei said in a cold voice: "Today we are here for the alliance, the governor of Chuzhou don't show shame..."
face……
Before he could finish the last word, he suddenly let out a "Ho!!", his whole body twitched, his eyes turned slowly in disbelief, and looked behind him.
Everyone also took a breath of air in a "heh—" and saw that Wu De was holding a dagger in his hand, and he stabbed Wei Wei's back with his sword.
Wei Wei let out a muffled groan, and with the sound of "嗤——" the dagger was pulled out, he fell to the ground with a bang, and died with his eyes wide open without even struggling.
Wu De suddenly killed one of his own people, which made everyone unexpected.
Wu Jingsheng squinted his eyes and looked at Wu De. Wu De's hands were stained with blood, but he suddenly knelt down respectfully and said, "Villain Wu De, I pay my respects to Wu De."
Wu Jingsheng said: "Wu De? I've heard of your reputation. Are you...?"
Wu De respectfully said: "Chen Ji is so rude that even the villain can't stand it. Now that Wei Wei died, Chen Ji sent an envoy with five thousand soldiers and horses. The villain is willing to dedicate it to Wu Gong, and I just ask Wu Gong to take it in."
When Wu Jingsheng heard it, it turned out that Wu De had come to seek refuge.
Wu De killed Wei Wei, used Chen Ji's troops to curry favor with Wu Jingsheng, and asked Wu Jingsheng to take him in. This approach can be said to be...
God operates!
Wu Jingsheng looked at Wu De, firstly he admired his courage, secondly, he was dissatisfied with the Wei Wei just now, now Wu De is avenging him, and thirdly, Wu De acted and spoke in a gentle manner, which suits his disposition.
And the fourth point, Wu Jingsheng fell in love with Chen Ji's five thousand gold soldiers, and was very greedy.
For these reasons, how could Wu Jingsheng not accept Wu De?
Wei Ying.
"Report--!!!"
The herald quickly ran into the tent of the shogunate, knelt down and said, "My lord, urgent report!"
Wei Man received the urgent report, which was sent by spies from Chuzhou.
Chen Ji sent Wu De to Chuzhou a few days ago, and now the spies sent an urgent report, which must be about the alliance between the two parties.
Although Wei Man had heard from Lin Rang that it was impossible for Wu Jingsheng to form an alliance with Chen Ji, he was actually a little worried in his heart, wondering if something would go wrong.
So he quickly opened the letter and took a closer look.
Wei Man was taken aback, and said: "The spies from Chuzhou reported that Chen Ji's emissary, Wu De, killed his deputy, and brought his troops back to Wu Jingsheng?"
Wei Man looked at the document and felt that the amount of information was too great.
But for Lin Rang, it was reasonable and expected.
Lin Rang said lightly: "Wu Jingsheng is very optimistic about Wu De."
In the normal trajectory, Wu Jingsheng not only took in Wu De, but also wanted to leave Chuzhou to Wu De when he was seriously ill.
It is worth mentioning that Wu Jingsheng has two sons. In order to compete for Chuzhou, the two sons are also bloody and irreconcilable.
But Wu Jingsheng felt that his two sons were not as tall as Wu De.
Wei Man smiled and said, "There is such a thing?"
Lin Rang nodded and said, "However, Wu De did not accept Chuzhou."
"what?"
Wei Man was taken aback, Wu De didn't accept Chuzhou?
When Wu Jingsheng was critically ill, he entrusted Chuzhou to Wu De, but Wu De did not accept it, saying that Wu Jingsheng had a son, how could he take Chuzhou away?
Later, Wu Jingsheng's son took over Chuzhou, and Wei Man's army approached the city. Many people advised Wu De to occupy Chuzhou, but Wu De said, we are of the same clan, how can I bear to occupy Chuzhou?
Wei Man laughed when he heard Lin Rang "telling stories", and said, "Sure enough, it's Wude's style!"
Wei Man was in a very good mood. He was worried about Wu Jingsheng's alliance with Chen Ji before, but now he is better. Wu De turned his back on him, killed Wei Wei, and gave Wu Jingsheng's soldiers and horses to Wu Jingsheng.
I'm afraid Chen Ji is going to die of anger!
Wei Man said: "It's just... this Wu Jingsheng's heart is big enough. He annexed Chen Ji's [-] soldiers and horses. For the [-] soldiers and horses, he tore his face. Isn't he afraid of Chen Ji's revenge?"
At this moment, the sound of "tattling" footsteps was suddenly heard, and someone "broke" in from outside the tent of the shogunate.
The visitors were in a hurry, and they didn't care about more etiquette.
It turned out that there were quite a few people, including Pang Tu, Yuan Hao, Yuan Wen Ruo and Yuan You's uncle and nephew.
Wei Man smiled and said, "What wind brought all four counselors here?"
Ruo Ruo immediately cupped his hands and said, "My lord, the alliance letter from Chuzhou."
Ally?
Wei Man laughed "haha" after hearing this, and said, "That's right, that old bastard Wu Jingsheng killed Chen Ji's Wei Wei for the sake of five thousand soldiers and horses, which can be regarded as completely offending Chen Ji. Chen is on the same front? He must form an alliance with Gu."
Lin Rang frowned, a little strange in his heart, Wu Jingsheng always looked down on Wei Man, disdained to be with Wei Man, even if he offended Chen Ji, he would not be ashamed to form an alliance with Wei Man.
After all, this Wu Jingsheng is very lofty.
He had doubts in his heart, and before he had time to say more, Pangtu said in shock: "What? Wu Jingsheng wants to form an alliance with our lord? This is wrong..."
As he spoke, he also arched his hands, held up the secret security in his hand, and said: "My lord, the spy secret report that I have placed in Yanzhou, this Wu Jingsheng has already repaired a letter and reconciled with Chen Ji."
Wei Man asked in surprise, "Reconciliation?"
Yuan Hao nodded and said, "My lord, this news must not be faked. The servant's eyeliner in Yanzhou also sent secret security. Wu Jingsheng has already reconciled with Chen Ji, on the condition that..."
Dedicated to Wude.
Wu Jingsheng sent a transfer letter to Yanzhou, and told Chen Ji that Wei Wei's affairs were all done by Wu De. Wu De wanted to use five thousand soldiers to please himself, but he didn't accept it. Not only that, he also wanted to use Wu De to reward him Head, and Chen Ji repaired again.
Wei Man squinted his eyes, and his face was very gloomy. On the one hand, he looked at the alliance letter sent by Chuzhou, and on the other hand, he looked at the spy report sent by Yanzhou.
He said in a gloomy voice, "This Wu Jingsheng, what on earth is he paying attention to?"
Chuzhou Government Office.
Wu Jingsheng was pacing in the hall, Wu De was sitting on the side, the head on his neck was well preserved on his neck, there was no accident at all.
Seeing him walking back and forth, Wu De cupped his hands and said, "My lord, don't panic, nothing will happen."
Wu Jingsheng said: "You killed Chen Ji's Wei Wei and annexed Chen Ji's soldiers and horses alone, is it all right?"
Because of greed, Wu Jingsheng annexed Chen Ji's five thousand soldiers and horses, and after swallowing them, he felt like a stick in his throat.
In this way, he will tear face off with Chen Ji, and he will definitely not be able to join forces with Chen Ji in the future, but Wu Jingsheng disdains to join forces with Wei Man.
If Wei Man and Chen Ji joined forces to directly kill Chuzhou, Wu Jingsheng would have no room to fight back.
That's why Wu Jingsheng was like an ant on a hot pot, suffering from indigestion for five thousand soldiers.
Wu De was very calm and calm, and said: "My lord, please don't worry. My lord only needs to follow the humble general's statement, on the one hand, send a letter of alliance with Wei Man, on the other hand, pretend to use my head to please Chen Ji, and neither side will be in harmony." They will fight against the lord, Wei Man and Chen Ji are at the moment of life and death, absolutely no time to worry about it."
It turns out that on the one hand, this is a letter of alliance, and on the other hand, it is to please Chen Ji. It is Wu De's strategy.
Surviving in the cracks in Chuzhou is not easy. Wu Jingsheng is greedy and suspicious. He neither wants to offend Chen Ji nor help Wei Man.
Therefore, Wu De helped him think of a compromise method, cross the sea and form an alliance on both sides, and then stand on the sidelines and watch Chen Ji and Wei Man fight to the death.
Wu De said lightly: "At that time, the Lord only needs to send out a very small force to reap the benefits of the fisherman. Isn't it the best of both worlds?"
Wu Jingsheng couldn't help laughing when he heard Wude's strategy, and the tension just disappeared, and said: "Okay, okay! I have two sons alone, but they are not talented. Now I see you, but I feel very kind. Sure enough. Have courage and plan!"
Wu De hurriedly said humbly: "I really dare not be a humble general... Before I met my lord, I used to serve everyone, but there are not many people who can make plans like my lord. It is only now that I meet you." When it comes to the lord, it’s really too late to meet each other.”
Wu Jingsheng took Wu De's hand and said kindly: "Wu De, are you not married yet?"
Wu De froze, he couldn't help but think of Xiao Lingxiang, with a calm smile on his face, he said, "Not yet."
Wu Jingsheng said: "In fact, Gu has heard about your matter. Gu knows that when you were under Wei Man's command a few days ago, Wu Wentai wanted to marry his daughter to you."
Sure enough, Wu Jingsheng mentioned Princess Lingxiang.
Wu Jingsheng added: "It's really hard to do it for you. I heard that the master of Lingxiang County has a cunning and eccentric personality and is domineering. His father is so used to it that he doesn't look good. Wu Wentai wants to betroth such a woman to you." , It’s hard for you, but fortunately you are now alone.”
Wu De said lightly: "Actually, Princess Lingxiang is not as tricky as the rumors say."
Wu Jingsheng said: "Wu De, you are not married yet, and you treat you alone like your own son. Otherwise, you have a niece who is old enough now, gentle and virtuous, just right for you. If you are willing , I will promise her to you."
Wu De's heart was shocked, and he quickly declined, saying: "This... can't be done, what can I do with the humble general? Moreover, the humble general is not young, and he has never made any achievements. I'm afraid it will delay the daughter of the princess."
Wu Jingsheng said with a smile: "What's the difference between a thousand gold and a thousand gold? I can only see that you are gentle, courageous and resourceful. You are not an ordinary reckless man. You are the candidate for a good husband. You must not refuse this marriage."
"Furthermore..."
Wu Jingsheng stroked his beard, smiled unreal, and said, "Furthermore, this is a family, so it's easy to talk about it, isn't it?"
Wu De could tell that Wu Jingsheng wanted to use his in-laws to win him over and become a family, which was also an expression of his loyalty to Wu Jingsheng.
Wu De was in a dilemma for a moment, even though he had nothing to do with Princess Lingxiang, he regretted the marriage first, and it stands to reason that it is nothing to marry now.
only……
It's just that there is always a hurdle in Wu De's heart. When he hears about marrying a wife, he suddenly thinks of Princess Lingxiang.
Wu De hesitated, and Wu Jingsheng said again: "What? Wu Lingxiang is the princess, and her lonely niece is also the princess, Wu De, are you still unwilling? Could it be... It's for the little princess of the Wu family. gone?"
"How could this be?"
Wu De smiled, and said respectfully: "My lord, you are overthinking. The humble general is just ashamed, and he has tarnished the princess. I really dare not be a princess."
"What shame is there?"
Wu Jingsheng said: "It's settled like this, I will host it for you alone, and get married another day!"
Wu De's smile was a little unreal, and he cupped his hands and said, "Yes...but it's up to the master."
Chuzhou sent a letter to form an alliance with Wei Man, but they never expected that Wei Man had Yanzhou's eyeliner on his side.
Pang Tu and Yuan Hao were in Yanzhou in the past, one was not a driver, the other was a mastermind, these two people have been together for so many years, it is not for nothing.
Although they left Yanzhou, isn't it easy to find some secret agents?
Neither Wu Jingsheng nor Wu De expected that Wei Man would see through their two-faced plan so easily.
Wei Man sneered and said, "Okay, Wu Jingsheng and Wu De are really a family, and they played tricks with Gu?"
Lin Rang said: "Duke Wei, don't worry about this matter. Wu Jingsheng sent the letter of alliance, it must be because he thought he was sure, and we must have heard about his annexation of Chen Ji's army, and now it must be very safe. Then Let's stretch him first to make him... panic."
Wei Man also agreed with Lin Rang's approach. Wu Jingsheng felt that he was sure of everything and played with everyone in the palm of his hand. Wei Man refused to let him do what he wanted, saying: "Do as the governor said, don't respond first, stretch this old man Wu Jingsheng. , what to do, as for the matter of Yanzhou, just pretend to be ignorant."
"Yes."
Everyone responded, and Wei Man said: "Mr. Yuan and Mr. Pang should pay more attention to the movements of Yanzhou. Although they pretend to be ignorant, they can't really be ignorant."
"Yes."
The two responded and were about to leave the camp. At this moment, Lin Rang said suddenly: "By the way, Mr. Yuan, how is Yang Yi's recovery recently?"
As soon as he said this, Pontu paused for a moment, then turned his head and glared at Yuan Hao with resentment in his eyes, and immediately pulled up the curtain and walked away.
Yuan Hao replied flatly, "General Yang is fine."
"The governor..." Yuan Hao said again: "If there is nothing else, Yuan Hao will leave first."
Lin Rang nodded "smilingly" and said, "Retire."
After everyone left, Wei Man rubbed his forehead helplessly, and said, "Aren't you unhappy if you don't provoke Yuan Hao and Pang Tu?"
Lin Rang nodded with a paralyzed face, and said: "It's boring in the army. Every day there are urgent reports on wars. Occasionally, there are interesting news. Naturally, we must try our best to provoke them."
Lin Rang used the word "provoke" as if it were a compliment.
Wei Man was even more helpless, and said: "If you feel bored, Gu will accompany you around? Or...you can come to provoke Gu."
Lin Rang turned to look at Wei Man, and said solemnly, "How to provoke?"
Wei Man raised his lips and smiled, "What do you think, Lord Inspector?"
Yuan Hao walked out of the tent, unexpectedly Pang Tu did not go far, as if he was waiting for him on purpose.
Pang Tu looked Yuan Hao up and down, and said with strange eyes: "Mr. Yuan, how is General Yang's injury?"
Yuan Hao said indifferently: "If Mr. Pang really cares about General Yang's injury, he can visit the doctor himself."
Ponto: "..."
Seeing that he was about to leave, Pangtu immediately ran after him and said, "Yuan Hao, stop! Do you still remember that my official rank is higher than yours, and this is how you treat your superiors?"
Yuan Hao stopped, looked back at Pontu, and suddenly raised his lips, but the smile was not very big, and the face accompanying him always seemed very gentle and clear.
Yuan Hao said: "If Mr. Pang simply wants to talk to Yuan Mou, next time... you can be gentler."
"You... What the hell are you talking about?!"
Pangtu became furious in an instant, but Yuan Hao didn't stop and strode away.
Pangtu intuitively felt that his whole body exploded, not only his head was swollen, but his face was also hot, and he shouted behind Yuan Hao: "Yuan Hao! Don't be so self-righteous!"
Chen Ji intends to join forces with Wu Jingsheng, governor of Chuzhou, and the most anxious person should be Luzhou.
When Wu Yan heard the news, he couldn't sleep at night. If Yanzhou and Chuzhou united, then Luzhou would be caught in the middle, which would be very detrimental to Luzhou.
However, as the boss of Luzhou, Lin Rang, the governor of Luzhou, didn't look worried at all.
Wu Yan was worried, and wanted to talk to Lin Rang about the situation, but unexpectedly met Lu Jinyu on the way.
When Lu Jinyu came back from training, he saw Wu Yan's worried face, and said, "What's wrong with Young General Wu?"
Wu Yan said: "Jinyu, Chen Ji is going to join forces with that old man Wu Jingsheng, why isn't my lord worried at all?"
Lu Jinyu smiled and said, "So that's what happened."
Seeing his indifferent appearance, Wu Yan said, "Are you so indifferent?"
Lu Jinyu said: "Wu Jingsheng pretends to be noble, but Chen Ji can't afford it. These two people can't get along."
Seeing his swearing, Wu Yan felt a little more at ease, and said, "Since Jin Yu said nothing happened, then it must be nothing wrong."
Lu Jinyu laughed and said, "Why does the eldest son think it's all right when I say it's all right?"
Wu Yan blurted out, "I believe what Jin Yu said."
His words can be described as sweet words, Lu Jinyu was a little moved, and a slight smile appeared on Bai Yu's flawless face.
Wu Yan stared blankly at Lu Jinyu, dumbfounded, staring at Lu Jinyu with tongue-tied eyes, unable to hide the admiration in his eyes.
"Jinyu...I, can I..."
When he finished speaking, he heard the voice of the soldier shouting "Young Master! Urgent report!!".
The soldier rushed over in bewilderment, and handed Wu Yan an urgent report.
Wu Yan had a headache and complained in his heart that the soldier was too good at finding the right time, so he unfolded the urgent report and glanced at it casually.
Seeing this, his face stiffened immediately, and then he showed an angry look, saying: "This damn Wude!"
Lu Jinyu took the urgent report and read it, it turned out to be Wu De...
To marry a wife.
Wu Jingsheng is very optimistic about Wu De, so he plans to marry his niece to Wu De. On the one hand, he wins Wu De, and on the other hand, he also allows Wu De to express his loyalty and become a family.
This matter was very secret, and no one knew about it, but because of Wu De's dumping of his sister, Wu Yan has always "had a grudge", so he put eyeliner by his side.
Wu De is now ushering in the "second spring", and he is still married to the princess, how can he not let the former uncle not be angry?
Wu Yan clutched the military newspaper, wishing he could hold it to pieces, and angrily went to the shogunate camp, ready to find Wei Man and Lin Rang to settle.
Fortunately, Xiao Lingxiang was safe in the army, her marriage was gone, and Uncle Wu De also ran away, so it was inconvenient for Xiao Lingxiang to stay here.
Wu Wentai has already sent someone to pick up Xiao Lingxiang, and is planning to leave two days later, return to Luzhou, and be her princess with peace of mind.
Two days later, Xiao Lingxiang was going to leave, and Xiao Lingxiang was a little bit reluctant to part with Lin Rang and Wei Man, and she was also very reluctant to part with Xiaoman.
In the past two days, Xiao Lingxiang has been getting tired of being with Xiaoman every day, but Xiaoman has suffered so much, every day when he sees Xiaolingxiang, he "runs away with his head in his arms", and has lost his majesty as a wolf.
But every time he saw Xiao Lingxiang holding the little jerky, Xiaoman's scars healed and he forgot the pain, rushing forward to beg for food.
Xiao Lingxiang chased Xiaoman into the tent of the shogunate, Xiaoman stuck his head behind the screen, but clumsily showed a big tail and dangled it back and forth.
Xiao Lingxiang ran over silently, and darted behind the screen, before she had time to grab Xiaoman's tail, she didn't know that someone walked in at this time.
Wei Man, Lin Rang, Wu Yan and Lu Jinyu walked into the tent of the shogunate.
The four people talked as they walked, Wu Yan's voice was very angry, and said: "This Wude is really slippery. If you switch to Chen Ji and then Wu Jingsheng, let's not talk about it. Killing his deputy shows that he is cruel and merciless. Lord of Righteousness, how long has it been since you repented of your marriage, and you are going to marry Wu Jingsheng's niece?!"
Wu Yan's words were careless, purely to vent his dissatisfaction, and he didn't even see Xiao Lingxiang hiding behind the screen
It wasn't that he was afraid of Yang Yi, but that it was too embarrassing to be exposed like this.
Pangtu hurriedly said: "My lord, the governor, I still have something to do, so first..."
He walked while talking, and just opened the curtain, "Gudong!" He collided with someone and almost fell to the ground.
With sharp eyes and quick hands, Yuan Hao grabbed Pangtu.
Pontu's nose was flushed red, and he almost shed physical tears.
Jiang Duting strode in from the outside and bumped into Pangtu. He didn't bother to apologize, and said to Wei Man and Lin Rang: "My lord, governor, Chen Jun's captives have been counted. Wu De... escaped."
Wei Man immediately sneered, and said: "This martial virtue is the best at escaping. After besieging and suppressing Chen Jun like this, how can he still escape?"
Lin Rang said: "Let him go, anyway, someone needs to send a letter to Chen Ji."
Let's say that Jiang Duting led a large army to surround Chen's army. At that time, their temporary chief general, General Zhonglang, personally led a thousand elite soldiers to encircle and suppress Yang Yi, and no one in the army was in charge.
Jiang Duting led his troops to kill, and the whole Chen camp became a mess because the dragons had no leader. When Wu De heard about this, he was horrified, and hurriedly took advantage of the chaos and took advantage of the chaos to escape secretly.
Wu De disguised himself and escaped from Chen Ying with some cronies. Although Jiang Duting was outstanding in martial arts, the situation was very chaotic at that time, and he was not as meticulous as Wu De, so naturally he did not notice it.
Wu De led his troops to escape, and now Jiang Duting found out that Wu De was gone when he counted the number of people.
Wu De didn't dare to delay for a moment, and led his people to flee to Yanzhou quickly, without stopping, wearing stars and moons, and finally returned to Yanzhou.
Chen Ji thought that if he sent [-] troops to approach Wei Man, Wei Man would be afraid, but he didn't know that this time not only failed, but lost troops and generals.
5 people came back sporadically.
"Bang!!!"
"No reason!"
Chen Ji smashed the desk hard, swept all the things on the desk with his hands, and shouted: "What is Wei Man?! Captured my fifty thousand soldiers?!"
"What do you all eat?!"
"Yang Yi! It must be Yang Yi, who actually collaborated with the enemy!"
Chen Ji roared, none of the subjects dared to move, they all knelt on the ground trembling, they had lost twice in a row, if they continue to lose, there is probably no room for maneuver.
Chen Ji said viciously: "Yang Yi rebels, is his family still in Yanzhou?"
The counselor immediately came forward, cupped his hands and said: "Exactly, there is an old mother in Yang Yi's family who is in Yanzhou. I heard that it is in Yinghe County. It seems that Yang Yi colluded with the Wei army because of treating the old mother. If the lord can If he catches his old mother..."
The counselor spoke, and there were also those who opposed it, saying: "My lord, it is absolutely impossible. My lord can have such a high reputation in Yanzhou, all because of loving the people. I heard that Yang Yi's mother is seriously ill. If this If you go to arrest a sick old woman, I'm afraid you will be ridiculed by the world and lose the hearts of the people!"
Chen Jizheng was so angry that he didn't care so much, he said in a cold voice: "What do you want to do, you still have to tell me what to do?!"
When he said this, Wu De squinted his eyes, and immediately cupped his hands and said: "My lord! Yang Yi betrayed the lord, causing the army to fall, and even the humble general almost couldn't come back to see the lord. This hatred is wider than the sea. Why don't you invite me?" My lord, leave this matter to the humble general, and the humble general will definitely detain Yang Yi's old mother."
Chen Ji said gloomyly: "Okay, I'll tell you to go, go and come back quickly!"
After receiving the order, Wu De immediately turned around and left the camp, but instead of arresting people, he asked his soldiers to send news to Yinghe County to inform Yang Yi's family.
Although Yang Yi took refuge in Wei Man, Wu De felt that Yang Yi's mother was an outsider after all, and did not understand the situation of the battle. If she was really caught, she would probably die and suffer all kinds of torture. Wu De couldn't bear it.
In this aspect that has nothing to do with his own interests, Wu De is very kind.
When Wu De dispatched troops to Yinghe County, as expected, the members of the Yang family had already fled, because they received the news in advance, so Wu De "ran a blank", and did not catch anything, but carried some Yang Yi back home.
Yang Yi is an upright official, and he has nothing at home. When his family ran away, they packed up their bags and left, leaving behind all their belongings, large and small, which were not worth much at all.
The members of the Yang family fled from Yinghe County and went to the Wei army camp.
Wei Man quickly met Yang Yi's family and settled them down.
Wei Man was a little surprised, how they escaped, and Chen Ji didn't kill them all.
The Yang family member said: "It was a captain who sent someone to inform us, and we ran out."
Lin Rang said, "What captain?"
The Yang family didn't know what the school lieutenant was, he didn't see anyone at all, so he narrated the soldiers he saw.
Wei Man suddenly realized, and said, "It's Wu De."
Whose family's soldiers are not as poor as those of Wu De's family, so it is easy to identify them.
Wei Man was a little puzzled, and said, "Why did Wu De let the Yang family go?"
Lin Rang said lightly: "Isn't this hard to explain? Wu De surrendered to Chen Ji, it must be a last resort. Since it is a muddy old soup, if Wu De is not mixed up, how can you get out?"
Wei Man narrowed his eyes and said, "You mean... Wu De didn't really submit to Chen Ji?"
Lin Rang nodded, and said: "Wu De's surrender cannot be sincere. He is ambitious and has been looking for various opportunities. To be honest, Wu De... must be looked down upon by Chen Ji."
Wu De didn't catch anyone from the Yang family, so he returned to the government office to report to him soon, and Chen Ji scolded him head and face.
But apart from being scolded, there wasn't much else to do. After all, he lost two naturalization battles, which made him look bad, and there were more important things to worry about for Chen Ji.
Chen Ji held a meeting in the government office, and everyone talked about it.
"Although we have a strong army and sufficient food, we have lost two games in a row. While we lost our troops and supplies, the Wei camp continued to expand its captives. Next..."
"Wei Man's power should not be underestimated. Now even if the coalition forces don't join in, we won't be able to directly attack Wei Man."
"Exactly, and losing twice in a row, the morale of the army is unstable. On the other hand, Wei Jun's morale is greatly shaken, which is not good for us!"
What everyone said was true, but to Chen Ji's ears, it was very unpleasant, and his face was very gloomy.
Chen Ji said in a hoarse voice: "What? You are all lonely ministers who carry the tripod. After talking about it, will it only increase the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige?"
The counselors dared not speak, and the generals looked at each other in blank dismay.
Several counselors interviewed each other, "winking", and then someone stood up and said: "My lord, Wei Man is very arrogant now, and the morale of our army is not high for the time being. In this case, it is better to... Others form allies and put pressure on Wei Man together?"
Chen Ji said in a cold voice: "Befriend? Now that the little emperor doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth, he has already criticized us as traitors. Who else is willing to make friends with Gu? Those allies, although they don't want to be with Wei Man, will never run away." Come to the lonely side."
The counselor said: "My lord, the people of the coalition army cannot be trusted, but there is one person, the lord can win over."
Chen Ji said, "Who?"
"Chuzhou, Wu Jingsheng."
If you talk about Wu Jingsheng, the governor of Chuzhou, there is a history.
When Tong Gao was in chaos and Wei Man was still the leader of the alliance, Chuzhou's army had been annexed by Wei Man and became Wei Man's tribe.
However, Tong Gao occupied the capital, and went directly to the table to appoint Wu Jingsheng as the governor of Chuzhou. Wei Man had no time to lead the army because he wanted to attack Tong Gao, which led to Wu Jingsheng occupying Chuzhou.
Later when Tong Gao was killed, Wu Jingsheng, a scholar, was quick-witted and especially quick-witted. He paid tribute to the little emperor, expressed his loyalty, and won the hearts of important officials of the court. Wu Jingsheng was able to stay in Chuzhou and consolidate his own territory. .
After so many years of disputes, this Wu Jingsheng was suspicious by nature, so he did not rush to stand in line, but observed silently, always vacillating, and had been a neutral position for a long time.
Chuzhou has also become a relatively peaceful place among the warlords.
It is worth mentioning that although this Wu Jingsheng has always "advocated peace" and is a literati, his wrist is not bad at all. In the normal trajectory, Wu Jingsheng killed Wu Yan's father, the general Wu Wentai who broke the captives, and also married Wu Wentai. Wei Man fought hard.
Wu Jingsheng is in the neutral camp. He has never participated in the Allied Forces, nor has he fought against Chen Ji. His relationship with Wei Man is also relatively stiff because of Chuzhou.
In this way, it is a good choice to win over Chuzhou.
Wu De rolled his eyes, Chuzhou...
Immediately stood up and asked for orders, saying: "My lord, the humble general is willing to lead troops to Chuzhou, lobby the governor of Chuzhou, and form an alliance with the lord to fight against Wei Man together!"
Chen Ji has no one at the moment, and Yang Yi, a general who has followed him for several years like this, rebelled if he said he rebelled. Compared with him, he believed in Wude even more.
Wu De has always been in Chen Ji's heart, and he has established the image of a villain, so Chen Ji feels that he can control Wu De with military power and money.
Chen Ji thought about it for a while, and said, "Okay, Gu will send troops, and you will be the envoy to Chuzhou to form an alliance for Gu!"
"Yes, humble general!"
Everyone knows that Wei Man and Wu Jingsheng are at odds, but anyone with eyes can see it.
Every year when Wu Jing was promoted to Beijing, he impeached Wei Man several times.
Wei Man was in a very bad mood today, his complexion was very pale, he was sitting in the shogunate tent, not even having lunch, he was browsing documents.
Lin Rang walked in from the outside, but Wei Man didn't notice, and stared at the document with a dark face.
Lin Rang said lightly, "Did Mr. Wei have no appetite?"
Only then did Wei Man discover Lin Rang, and quickly put down the documents in hand, and said, "Why are you here?"
Lin Rang said: "Come to see a doctor for Wei Gong. I heard that Wei Gong has no appetite. He has been busy all morning and didn't even eat lunch."
Wei Man pulled Lin Rang to sit down, and said, "Gu is exhausted, come and see what happened in Chuzhou."
He handed the document to Lin Rang, Lin Rang browsed it roughly, and Wei Man said: "This Wu Jingsheng, who fights alone everywhere, is clearly a fool, and still claims to be a literati? All literati are like this No backbone, back and forth support and defection?"
Wei Man said angrily, Lin Rang frowned suddenly, and said, "Wei Gong...what does this word read?"
Wei Man: "..."
I almost forgot, this document is very obscure.
Lin Rang spat out the stagnant breath in Wei Manxin's mouth when Lin Rang said this. Feeling helpless, he smiled and looked at Lin Rang.
Wei Man said: "Lin Rang, don't you know everything? Come and tell Gu what kind of person this Wu Jingsheng is and what kind of fate he will have."
Lin Rang said: "Duke Wei doesn't have to worry about the alliance between Chen Ji and Wu Jingsheng. Once they form an alliance, Chen Ji's good days will come to an end..."
Wei Man also knew that Wu Jingsheng was a suspicious person, so he was like a piece of grass, except for Chuzhou, he was not sincere to anyone.
So it doesn't matter whether he forms an alliance with Chen Ji or not, because Wu Jingsheng will never really send troops to support Chen Ji, at most he just agreed verbally.
Wu De took Chen Ji's soldiers and horses, as envoys, left Yanzhou in a dignified way, and headed for Chuzhou.
However, Chen Ji didn't completely believe in Wu De, and even sent a guard to follow Wu De to Chuzhou.
Wu De asked for orders this time, for no other reason than to break away from Chen Ji.
He knew that Chen Ji had resentment towards him, and Chen Ji was a very narrow-minded person, so he would definitely find a chance to kill him, but sooner or later.
Therefore, Wu De wanted to take advantage of this great opportunity to leave Yanzhou directly and join Wu Jingsheng in Chuzhou.
The envoy's team entered Chuzhou mightily. Wu Jingsheng was always gentle and benevolent, so he did not refuse the envoy, and invited the envoy into the government office very politely.
The scale of the banquet is not small, but the food is a bit shabby.
Wu Jingsheng was not young, with gray hair, held up the wine glass and earcups, and said: "The envoy from Yanzhou came all the way, I am very honored."
"I just don't know...why did the two envoys come this time?"
That Wei Wei immediately said: "To tell you the truth, Duke Wu, we are here to form an alliance with you and jointly fight against Wei Man!"
Wu De didn't speak, and looked at the Wei Wei quietly.
Wu Jingsheng smiled, very gentle, and said like an old man, "So it's about this."
He didn't say he agreed, he didn't say he didn't agree, he didn't say anything.
Wei Wei was impatient, and said: "Mr. Wu, the war is raging now, which side you are on, at least express your attitude."
Wu Jingsheng smiled, and said, "Attitude...the world is so turbulent, do we have to express our attitude? Isn't it just an attitude, my old man has been staying in Chuzhou for so many years?"
"you……"
Wei Wei said: "Do you want to reject my lord?!"
To be honest, Chen Ji had a prominent family background, so he looked down on others. Wu Jingsheng was born as a literati and studied Confucianism.
Wu Jingsheng smiled very elegantly, but his expression was full of sarcasm.
Seeing this scene, Wu De knew that Wu Jingsheng was definitely not on Chen Ji's side, so he thought to himself.
"Bang!!"
Wei Wei took the table, stood up, pointed to Wu Jingsheng and said, "Old man, don't give you face, you don't want it, our lord intends to cooperate with you, and you got Qiao? You know, once Wei Man gains power, the first One will attack you, Chuzhou, and you won't even have time to cry!"
"presumptuous!"
"How dare you be rude to our lord!"
For a moment, Wu Jingsheng's men and Wei Wei's men were at war.
Wu De quickly stood up, and said like a good old man: "Don't quarrel, don't quarrel, everyone has something to say."
As he spoke, he walked towards Wei Wei and stood behind him to persuade him.
Wei Wei said in a cold voice: "Today we are here for the alliance, the governor of Chuzhou don't show shame..."
face……
Before he could finish the last word, he suddenly let out a "Ho!!", his whole body twitched, his eyes turned slowly in disbelief, and looked behind him.
Everyone also took a breath of air in a "heh—" and saw that Wu De was holding a dagger in his hand, and he stabbed Wei Wei's back with his sword.
Wei Wei let out a muffled groan, and with the sound of "嗤——" the dagger was pulled out, he fell to the ground with a bang, and died with his eyes wide open without even struggling.
Wu De suddenly killed one of his own people, which made everyone unexpected.
Wu Jingsheng squinted his eyes and looked at Wu De. Wu De's hands were stained with blood, but he suddenly knelt down respectfully and said, "Villain Wu De, I pay my respects to Wu De."
Wu Jingsheng said: "Wu De? I've heard of your reputation. Are you...?"
Wu De respectfully said: "Chen Ji is so rude that even the villain can't stand it. Now that Wei Wei died, Chen Ji sent an envoy with five thousand soldiers and horses. The villain is willing to dedicate it to Wu Gong, and I just ask Wu Gong to take it in."
When Wu Jingsheng heard it, it turned out that Wu De had come to seek refuge.
Wu De killed Wei Wei, used Chen Ji's troops to curry favor with Wu Jingsheng, and asked Wu Jingsheng to take him in. This approach can be said to be...
God operates!
Wu Jingsheng looked at Wu De, firstly he admired his courage, secondly, he was dissatisfied with the Wei Wei just now, now Wu De is avenging him, and thirdly, Wu De acted and spoke in a gentle manner, which suits his disposition.
And the fourth point, Wu Jingsheng fell in love with Chen Ji's five thousand gold soldiers, and was very greedy.
For these reasons, how could Wu Jingsheng not accept Wu De?
Wei Ying.
"Report--!!!"
The herald quickly ran into the tent of the shogunate, knelt down and said, "My lord, urgent report!"
Wei Man received the urgent report, which was sent by spies from Chuzhou.
Chen Ji sent Wu De to Chuzhou a few days ago, and now the spies sent an urgent report, which must be about the alliance between the two parties.
Although Wei Man had heard from Lin Rang that it was impossible for Wu Jingsheng to form an alliance with Chen Ji, he was actually a little worried in his heart, wondering if something would go wrong.
So he quickly opened the letter and took a closer look.
Wei Man was taken aback, and said: "The spies from Chuzhou reported that Chen Ji's emissary, Wu De, killed his deputy, and brought his troops back to Wu Jingsheng?"
Wei Man looked at the document and felt that the amount of information was too great.
But for Lin Rang, it was reasonable and expected.
Lin Rang said lightly: "Wu Jingsheng is very optimistic about Wu De."
In the normal trajectory, Wu Jingsheng not only took in Wu De, but also wanted to leave Chuzhou to Wu De when he was seriously ill.
It is worth mentioning that Wu Jingsheng has two sons. In order to compete for Chuzhou, the two sons are also bloody and irreconcilable.
But Wu Jingsheng felt that his two sons were not as tall as Wu De.
Wei Man smiled and said, "There is such a thing?"
Lin Rang nodded and said, "However, Wu De did not accept Chuzhou."
"what?"
Wei Man was taken aback, Wu De didn't accept Chuzhou?
When Wu Jingsheng was critically ill, he entrusted Chuzhou to Wu De, but Wu De did not accept it, saying that Wu Jingsheng had a son, how could he take Chuzhou away?
Later, Wu Jingsheng's son took over Chuzhou, and Wei Man's army approached the city. Many people advised Wu De to occupy Chuzhou, but Wu De said, we are of the same clan, how can I bear to occupy Chuzhou?
Wei Man laughed when he heard Lin Rang "telling stories", and said, "Sure enough, it's Wude's style!"
Wei Man was in a very good mood. He was worried about Wu Jingsheng's alliance with Chen Ji before, but now he is better. Wu De turned his back on him, killed Wei Wei, and gave Wu Jingsheng's soldiers and horses to Wu Jingsheng.
I'm afraid Chen Ji is going to die of anger!
Wei Man said: "It's just... this Wu Jingsheng's heart is big enough. He annexed Chen Ji's [-] soldiers and horses. For the [-] soldiers and horses, he tore his face. Isn't he afraid of Chen Ji's revenge?"
At this moment, the sound of "tattling" footsteps was suddenly heard, and someone "broke" in from outside the tent of the shogunate.
The visitors were in a hurry, and they didn't care about more etiquette.
It turned out that there were quite a few people, including Pang Tu, Yuan Hao, Yuan Wen Ruo and Yuan You's uncle and nephew.
Wei Man smiled and said, "What wind brought all four counselors here?"
Ruo Ruo immediately cupped his hands and said, "My lord, the alliance letter from Chuzhou."
Ally?
Wei Man laughed "haha" after hearing this, and said, "That's right, that old bastard Wu Jingsheng killed Chen Ji's Wei Wei for the sake of five thousand soldiers and horses, which can be regarded as completely offending Chen Ji. Chen is on the same front? He must form an alliance with Gu."
Lin Rang frowned, a little strange in his heart, Wu Jingsheng always looked down on Wei Man, disdained to be with Wei Man, even if he offended Chen Ji, he would not be ashamed to form an alliance with Wei Man.
After all, this Wu Jingsheng is very lofty.
He had doubts in his heart, and before he had time to say more, Pangtu said in shock: "What? Wu Jingsheng wants to form an alliance with our lord? This is wrong..."
As he spoke, he also arched his hands, held up the secret security in his hand, and said: "My lord, the spy secret report that I have placed in Yanzhou, this Wu Jingsheng has already repaired a letter and reconciled with Chen Ji."
Wei Man asked in surprise, "Reconciliation?"
Yuan Hao nodded and said, "My lord, this news must not be faked. The servant's eyeliner in Yanzhou also sent secret security. Wu Jingsheng has already reconciled with Chen Ji, on the condition that..."
Dedicated to Wude.
Wu Jingsheng sent a transfer letter to Yanzhou, and told Chen Ji that Wei Wei's affairs were all done by Wu De. Wu De wanted to use five thousand soldiers to please himself, but he didn't accept it. Not only that, he also wanted to use Wu De to reward him Head, and Chen Ji repaired again.
Wei Man squinted his eyes, and his face was very gloomy. On the one hand, he looked at the alliance letter sent by Chuzhou, and on the other hand, he looked at the spy report sent by Yanzhou.
He said in a gloomy voice, "This Wu Jingsheng, what on earth is he paying attention to?"
Chuzhou Government Office.
Wu Jingsheng was pacing in the hall, Wu De was sitting on the side, the head on his neck was well preserved on his neck, there was no accident at all.
Seeing him walking back and forth, Wu De cupped his hands and said, "My lord, don't panic, nothing will happen."
Wu Jingsheng said: "You killed Chen Ji's Wei Wei and annexed Chen Ji's soldiers and horses alone, is it all right?"
Because of greed, Wu Jingsheng annexed Chen Ji's five thousand soldiers and horses, and after swallowing them, he felt like a stick in his throat.
In this way, he will tear face off with Chen Ji, and he will definitely not be able to join forces with Chen Ji in the future, but Wu Jingsheng disdains to join forces with Wei Man.
If Wei Man and Chen Ji joined forces to directly kill Chuzhou, Wu Jingsheng would have no room to fight back.
That's why Wu Jingsheng was like an ant on a hot pot, suffering from indigestion for five thousand soldiers.
Wu De was very calm and calm, and said: "My lord, please don't worry. My lord only needs to follow the humble general's statement, on the one hand, send a letter of alliance with Wei Man, on the other hand, pretend to use my head to please Chen Ji, and neither side will be in harmony." They will fight against the lord, Wei Man and Chen Ji are at the moment of life and death, absolutely no time to worry about it."
It turns out that on the one hand, this is a letter of alliance, and on the other hand, it is to please Chen Ji. It is Wu De's strategy.
Surviving in the cracks in Chuzhou is not easy. Wu Jingsheng is greedy and suspicious. He neither wants to offend Chen Ji nor help Wei Man.
Therefore, Wu De helped him think of a compromise method, cross the sea and form an alliance on both sides, and then stand on the sidelines and watch Chen Ji and Wei Man fight to the death.
Wu De said lightly: "At that time, the Lord only needs to send out a very small force to reap the benefits of the fisherman. Isn't it the best of both worlds?"
Wu Jingsheng couldn't help laughing when he heard Wude's strategy, and the tension just disappeared, and said: "Okay, okay! I have two sons alone, but they are not talented. Now I see you, but I feel very kind. Sure enough. Have courage and plan!"
Wu De hurriedly said humbly: "I really dare not be a humble general... Before I met my lord, I used to serve everyone, but there are not many people who can make plans like my lord. It is only now that I meet you." When it comes to the lord, it’s really too late to meet each other.”
Wu Jingsheng took Wu De's hand and said kindly: "Wu De, are you not married yet?"
Wu De froze, he couldn't help but think of Xiao Lingxiang, with a calm smile on his face, he said, "Not yet."
Wu Jingsheng said: "In fact, Gu has heard about your matter. Gu knows that when you were under Wei Man's command a few days ago, Wu Wentai wanted to marry his daughter to you."
Sure enough, Wu Jingsheng mentioned Princess Lingxiang.
Wu Jingsheng added: "It's really hard to do it for you. I heard that the master of Lingxiang County has a cunning and eccentric personality and is domineering. His father is so used to it that he doesn't look good. Wu Wentai wants to betroth such a woman to you." , It’s hard for you, but fortunately you are now alone.”
Wu De said lightly: "Actually, Princess Lingxiang is not as tricky as the rumors say."
Wu Jingsheng said: "Wu De, you are not married yet, and you treat you alone like your own son. Otherwise, you have a niece who is old enough now, gentle and virtuous, just right for you. If you are willing , I will promise her to you."
Wu De's heart was shocked, and he quickly declined, saying: "This... can't be done, what can I do with the humble general? Moreover, the humble general is not young, and he has never made any achievements. I'm afraid it will delay the daughter of the princess."
Wu Jingsheng said with a smile: "What's the difference between a thousand gold and a thousand gold? I can only see that you are gentle, courageous and resourceful. You are not an ordinary reckless man. You are the candidate for a good husband. You must not refuse this marriage."
"Furthermore..."
Wu Jingsheng stroked his beard, smiled unreal, and said, "Furthermore, this is a family, so it's easy to talk about it, isn't it?"
Wu De could tell that Wu Jingsheng wanted to use his in-laws to win him over and become a family, which was also an expression of his loyalty to Wu Jingsheng.
Wu De was in a dilemma for a moment, even though he had nothing to do with Princess Lingxiang, he regretted the marriage first, and it stands to reason that it is nothing to marry now.
only……
It's just that there is always a hurdle in Wu De's heart. When he hears about marrying a wife, he suddenly thinks of Princess Lingxiang.
Wu De hesitated, and Wu Jingsheng said again: "What? Wu Lingxiang is the princess, and her lonely niece is also the princess, Wu De, are you still unwilling? Could it be... It's for the little princess of the Wu family. gone?"
"How could this be?"
Wu De smiled, and said respectfully: "My lord, you are overthinking. The humble general is just ashamed, and he has tarnished the princess. I really dare not be a princess."
"What shame is there?"
Wu Jingsheng said: "It's settled like this, I will host it for you alone, and get married another day!"
Wu De's smile was a little unreal, and he cupped his hands and said, "Yes...but it's up to the master."
Chuzhou sent a letter to form an alliance with Wei Man, but they never expected that Wei Man had Yanzhou's eyeliner on his side.
Pang Tu and Yuan Hao were in Yanzhou in the past, one was not a driver, the other was a mastermind, these two people have been together for so many years, it is not for nothing.
Although they left Yanzhou, isn't it easy to find some secret agents?
Neither Wu Jingsheng nor Wu De expected that Wei Man would see through their two-faced plan so easily.
Wei Man sneered and said, "Okay, Wu Jingsheng and Wu De are really a family, and they played tricks with Gu?"
Lin Rang said: "Duke Wei, don't worry about this matter. Wu Jingsheng sent the letter of alliance, it must be because he thought he was sure, and we must have heard about his annexation of Chen Ji's army, and now it must be very safe. Then Let's stretch him first to make him... panic."
Wei Man also agreed with Lin Rang's approach. Wu Jingsheng felt that he was sure of everything and played with everyone in the palm of his hand. Wei Man refused to let him do what he wanted, saying: "Do as the governor said, don't respond first, stretch this old man Wu Jingsheng. , what to do, as for the matter of Yanzhou, just pretend to be ignorant."
"Yes."
Everyone responded, and Wei Man said: "Mr. Yuan and Mr. Pang should pay more attention to the movements of Yanzhou. Although they pretend to be ignorant, they can't really be ignorant."
"Yes."
The two responded and were about to leave the camp. At this moment, Lin Rang said suddenly: "By the way, Mr. Yuan, how is Yang Yi's recovery recently?"
As soon as he said this, Pontu paused for a moment, then turned his head and glared at Yuan Hao with resentment in his eyes, and immediately pulled up the curtain and walked away.
Yuan Hao replied flatly, "General Yang is fine."
"The governor..." Yuan Hao said again: "If there is nothing else, Yuan Hao will leave first."
Lin Rang nodded "smilingly" and said, "Retire."
After everyone left, Wei Man rubbed his forehead helplessly, and said, "Aren't you unhappy if you don't provoke Yuan Hao and Pang Tu?"
Lin Rang nodded with a paralyzed face, and said: "It's boring in the army. Every day there are urgent reports on wars. Occasionally, there are interesting news. Naturally, we must try our best to provoke them."
Lin Rang used the word "provoke" as if it were a compliment.
Wei Man was even more helpless, and said: "If you feel bored, Gu will accompany you around? Or...you can come to provoke Gu."
Lin Rang turned to look at Wei Man, and said solemnly, "How to provoke?"
Wei Man raised his lips and smiled, "What do you think, Lord Inspector?"
Yuan Hao walked out of the tent, unexpectedly Pang Tu did not go far, as if he was waiting for him on purpose.
Pang Tu looked Yuan Hao up and down, and said with strange eyes: "Mr. Yuan, how is General Yang's injury?"
Yuan Hao said indifferently: "If Mr. Pang really cares about General Yang's injury, he can visit the doctor himself."
Ponto: "..."
Seeing that he was about to leave, Pangtu immediately ran after him and said, "Yuan Hao, stop! Do you still remember that my official rank is higher than yours, and this is how you treat your superiors?"
Yuan Hao stopped, looked back at Pontu, and suddenly raised his lips, but the smile was not very big, and the face accompanying him always seemed very gentle and clear.
Yuan Hao said: "If Mr. Pang simply wants to talk to Yuan Mou, next time... you can be gentler."
"You... What the hell are you talking about?!"
Pangtu became furious in an instant, but Yuan Hao didn't stop and strode away.
Pangtu intuitively felt that his whole body exploded, not only his head was swollen, but his face was also hot, and he shouted behind Yuan Hao: "Yuan Hao! Don't be so self-righteous!"
Chen Ji intends to join forces with Wu Jingsheng, governor of Chuzhou, and the most anxious person should be Luzhou.
When Wu Yan heard the news, he couldn't sleep at night. If Yanzhou and Chuzhou united, then Luzhou would be caught in the middle, which would be very detrimental to Luzhou.
However, as the boss of Luzhou, Lin Rang, the governor of Luzhou, didn't look worried at all.
Wu Yan was worried, and wanted to talk to Lin Rang about the situation, but unexpectedly met Lu Jinyu on the way.
When Lu Jinyu came back from training, he saw Wu Yan's worried face, and said, "What's wrong with Young General Wu?"
Wu Yan said: "Jinyu, Chen Ji is going to join forces with that old man Wu Jingsheng, why isn't my lord worried at all?"
Lu Jinyu smiled and said, "So that's what happened."
Seeing his indifferent appearance, Wu Yan said, "Are you so indifferent?"
Lu Jinyu said: "Wu Jingsheng pretends to be noble, but Chen Ji can't afford it. These two people can't get along."
Seeing his swearing, Wu Yan felt a little more at ease, and said, "Since Jin Yu said nothing happened, then it must be nothing wrong."
Lu Jinyu laughed and said, "Why does the eldest son think it's all right when I say it's all right?"
Wu Yan blurted out, "I believe what Jin Yu said."
His words can be described as sweet words, Lu Jinyu was a little moved, and a slight smile appeared on Bai Yu's flawless face.
Wu Yan stared blankly at Lu Jinyu, dumbfounded, staring at Lu Jinyu with tongue-tied eyes, unable to hide the admiration in his eyes.
"Jinyu...I, can I..."
When he finished speaking, he heard the voice of the soldier shouting "Young Master! Urgent report!!".
The soldier rushed over in bewilderment, and handed Wu Yan an urgent report.
Wu Yan had a headache and complained in his heart that the soldier was too good at finding the right time, so he unfolded the urgent report and glanced at it casually.
Seeing this, his face stiffened immediately, and then he showed an angry look, saying: "This damn Wude!"
Lu Jinyu took the urgent report and read it, it turned out to be Wu De...
To marry a wife.
Wu Jingsheng is very optimistic about Wu De, so he plans to marry his niece to Wu De. On the one hand, he wins Wu De, and on the other hand, he also allows Wu De to express his loyalty and become a family.
This matter was very secret, and no one knew about it, but because of Wu De's dumping of his sister, Wu Yan has always "had a grudge", so he put eyeliner by his side.
Wu De is now ushering in the "second spring", and he is still married to the princess, how can he not let the former uncle not be angry?
Wu Yan clutched the military newspaper, wishing he could hold it to pieces, and angrily went to the shogunate camp, ready to find Wei Man and Lin Rang to settle.
Fortunately, Xiao Lingxiang was safe in the army, her marriage was gone, and Uncle Wu De also ran away, so it was inconvenient for Xiao Lingxiang to stay here.
Wu Wentai has already sent someone to pick up Xiao Lingxiang, and is planning to leave two days later, return to Luzhou, and be her princess with peace of mind.
Two days later, Xiao Lingxiang was going to leave, and Xiao Lingxiang was a little bit reluctant to part with Lin Rang and Wei Man, and she was also very reluctant to part with Xiaoman.
In the past two days, Xiao Lingxiang has been getting tired of being with Xiaoman every day, but Xiaoman has suffered so much, every day when he sees Xiaolingxiang, he "runs away with his head in his arms", and has lost his majesty as a wolf.
But every time he saw Xiao Lingxiang holding the little jerky, Xiaoman's scars healed and he forgot the pain, rushing forward to beg for food.
Xiao Lingxiang chased Xiaoman into the tent of the shogunate, Xiaoman stuck his head behind the screen, but clumsily showed a big tail and dangled it back and forth.
Xiao Lingxiang ran over silently, and darted behind the screen, before she had time to grab Xiaoman's tail, she didn't know that someone walked in at this time.
Wei Man, Lin Rang, Wu Yan and Lu Jinyu walked into the tent of the shogunate.
The four people talked as they walked, Wu Yan's voice was very angry, and said: "This Wude is really slippery. If you switch to Chen Ji and then Wu Jingsheng, let's not talk about it. Killing his deputy shows that he is cruel and merciless. Lord of Righteousness, how long has it been since you repented of your marriage, and you are going to marry Wu Jingsheng's niece?!"
Wu Yan's words were careless, purely to vent his dissatisfaction, and he didn't even see Xiao Lingxiang hiding behind the screen
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