Zhu Nao

Inside the Zhengzhou government mansion, Wu Wei and Qin Hou knew nothing about what happened in the barracks, and they were still waiting for Yuan Xiao's arrival.

After waiting for a long time, Qin Hou got impatient and couldn't help getting up and walking back and forth.From time to time, he looked up at the sky outside.The sun was sinking quickly, and the sky was getting darker and darker.

He finally couldn't wait any longer, and asked displeasedly: "Wu Gong, was Commander Yuan so arrogant in the past? It's been more than half an hour, and he still hasn't been seen! Could it be that the Zhengzhou government couldn't invite him? Is it?"

Although Qin Hou and Yuan Xiao had never dealt with each other, they belonged to different camps. The two camps had been competing with each other for a long time. He instinctively disliked Yuan Xiao, and couldn't help accusing Yuan Xiao of crimes.

Wu Wei was also very puzzled, wondering why he waited so long today.He persuaded: "It's not like this usually, maybe Commander Yuan is busy with something today... Would you like to sit down and have some snacks, General Qin? Wait a little longer, it should be here soon..."

Hearing what he said, Qin Hou couldn't say anything more, so he returned to his seat and sat down.

Since Qin Hou just arrived in Zhengzhou last night, he and Wu Wei set up this Hongmen Banquet today, and the action was very fast, so they didn't think about the possibility of news leaking out, they only thought that Yuan Xiao was stumbled by something .

This Wu Wei is a civil servant in Zhengzhou, and does not belong to any of the factions headed by the three generals under Tao Bei's tent. Also closer.It's just that Qin Hou came with Tao Bei's secret order, and Wu Wei didn't dare to violate Tao Bei's will, so he could only cooperate.

After learning that Tao Bei planned to arrest Yuan Xiao secretly last night, Wu Wei's mood was quite complicated.

He knew very well that Shangguanxian was loyal to Tao Bei, and he also knew that Shangguanxian had a hard time defending the city of Puzhou, and he was defeated in the end.But who would have thought that Shangguan Xian had won countless victories, and only lost this time, so he lost everything!Not only was he captured alive by the Shu army, even his henchmen were to be wiped out by Tao Bei... As the saying goes, the king is ruthless.

Wu Wei couldn't help but asked cautiously: "That... General Qin... You captured Commander Yuan today, so you won't hurt his life, right? After all... what is he doing anyway..."

Qin Hou glanced at Wu Wei and saw Wu Wei's intolerance.He said: "Don't worry, Mr. Wu. As long as Commander Yuan doesn't do something unwise, I won't hurt his life. The general's intention is to transfer him away from Zhengzhou. When he returns to Yedu, he will have other appointments." Waiting for him. Maybe, he will be promoted."

Wu Xu laughed dryly.Promotion?It's not completely impossible, but it will definitely rise and fall.Presumably Tao Bei would no longer let Shangguanxian's henchmen hold real power.It's really pitiful for these Zhongliang...

Seeing Wu Wei's unbearable expression, Qin Hou couldn't help wondering, "Could it be that Mr. Wu and Commander Yuan have a very close personal relationship?" When he arrived last night, he had actually inquired that the Zhengzhou government and the garrison had always done their own things and had no relationship. That's why he dared to ask Wu Wei to set up a game.But if the two of them were involved in private, he would have to worry about whether Wu Wei would leak the secret.

Wu Wei was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "No, no, no! I'm just talking casually, there is no other meaning! I met Commander Yuan by chance, and there is absolutely no personal relationship!"

Although he sympathized with Yuan Xiao, he was also afraid of being implicated, so he hurriedly separated the relationship.

Seeing his panicked look, Qin Hou expected that he would not dare to report the news, so his expression softened.After a while, he sighed in a low voice: "Zhu Nao is a man with a deep city, and he is good at winning people's hearts. This time he led his troops to conquer Puzhou, and he still can't go across the river. The general made such an arrangement... There is also helplessness. at..."

Although he didn't deal with Shangguan Xian's subordinates, he also knew that Shangguan Xian's henchmen were really wronged this time.In the final analysis, the enemy Zhu Nao was too powerful for Tao Bei to take any chances.

In this short period of one year, first the army led by Tao Bei himself was defeated in Yunyang, and then Shangguanxian was defeated in Puzhou. If any problems occurred in Zhengzhou, the new dynasty established by Tao Bei would only I'm afraid that his lifespan will be exhausted... Although he is very ruthless, he must be ruthless to the end.

Wu Xu was silent.

He can understand Tao Bei's concerns, but he understands that cold teeth are inevitable after all...

The two chatted for a while, almost forgetting the time.Qin Hou looked outside, and suddenly found that the sky was almost completely dark.There was a bad feeling in his heart, and he stood up again: "It's getting dark, why hasn't Yuan Xiao come here yet? There shouldn't be any accidents, right?"

Wu Wei also felt something was wrong, and hurriedly said, "I'll send someone to urge you again..."

As soon as the words fell, the sound of fighting and screaming suddenly came from outside the official mansion.The two looked at each other, seeing the surprised expression on each other's faces.Is Yuan Xiao here?

They arranged some ambushes outside the official residence, but they were mainly used to prevent Yuan Xiao from leading too many people and escaping from the official residence after discovering something was wrong.According to the plan, those people are just latecomers, they shouldn't do it in advance!

Qin Hou hurriedly rushed out, and Wu Wei quickly followed.

The two rushed to the Guanfu Avenue, only to see that the outside of the Guanfu had been surrounded by large armies.Qin Hou's troops are fighting, but they are too few, how can they beat the large army that surrounded the government?In the blink of an eye, one person after another fell down...

"Yuan... Commander Yuan?!" Wu Wei exclaimed in surprise.

In the dark night, standing at the gate of the official mansion holding a torch, the person with a face full of sternness is not Yuan Xiao, who is it?

Qin Houben didn't recognize Yuan Xiao, and when he heard Wu Wei's name, his eyes widened in disbelief.He suddenly turned to Wu Wei, furious: "You! How dare you leak the news?! You want to join forces to rebel!!"

Wu Wei's face turned pale with fright, and he almost bit his tongue: "No, no, I didn't! How could this be..."

How could Qin Hou believe his explanation?If Wu Wei hadn't sent someone to tip off the news, how could he be rebelled by Yuan Xiao!In a rage, he drew out his saber and slashed at Wu Wei!

Wu Wei backed away in a hurry, but how could he be as fast as Qin Hou, a general who was a civil servant?Just when Qin Hou's big knife was about to hit his head, he suddenly heard a "poof", and the big knife stopped in the air.

Qin Hou lowered his head and saw a long arrow piercing his chest.He wanted to struggle, but his body twitched uncontrollably, and his limbs instantly became numb and uncontrollable.The big knife fell from his hand and fell to the ground, his eyes were angry and unwilling, but in the end, he still fell down...

Wu Wei lay limp on the ground, his official robes already drenched in cold sweat.

Footsteps came from beside him, Wu Wei looked back and saw Yuan Xiao walking in.Wu Wei also didn't know how the news got into Yuan Xiao's ears, but he knew that he set up a scheme with Qin Hou to frame Yuan Xiao today, but Yuan Xiao broke the situation, and he would definitely die.Qin Hou died first, and it was his turn to be next.He could not help but be filled with despair.

However, Yuan Xiao did not attack Wu Wei.He just stepped forward to check Qin Hou's body, and after confirming that Qin Hou was dead, he immediately sneered.After the sneer, his expression gradually became serious.

He killed Qin Hou and the people from Yedu, there is no turning back, and now he can only go to join the Shu army.

——There is no turning back!He only hated that it wasn't Tao Bei who shot and killed today, because it wasn't enough to express the anger in his heart!

After a long time, Yuan Xiao stood up and turned to Wu Wei who was beside him.

"Mr. Wu."

Wu Wei shuddered all over, and responded tremblingly: "Yuan Yuan, Commander Yuan..."

Yuan Xiao said coldly: "This thief Tao Bei is tyrannical and impermanent, with a dog's lungs and a wolf's heart! He has repeatedly mutilated Zhongliang, hurt people and abused the people, and has been despised by the world! Now I want to take refuge in the Ming Lord and crusade Tao thief! "The conversation changed, and the tone slowed down, "I don't know what Mr. Wu's plan is?"

Wu Xu couldn't help being startled.After a long experience in officialdom, he immediately understood that Yuan Xiao was inviting, or should be said to coerce, him to join the Shu people.

It should be known that Yuan Xiao is just a small commander and a surrendered general. He knows that if he goes to the people of Shu, he will be alone and helpless, and will not be taken seriously.Therefore, in order to increase his worth and status, he not only had to take his soldiers and horses to join him, but also took Zhengzhou Mansion to join him.

In fact, he could have killed Wu Wei and held other officials hostage.But he knew that Wu Wei was forced to set up a situation for him today, and when Puzhou was trapped before, he also tried his best to rescue Shangguanxian Wu Wei, so he gave Wu Wei a chance to choose a way out.

When he settles the Zhengzhou Mansion, there are still many old ministries of Shangguan sages in the Henan area, and I believe Tao Bei will eliminate them one by one.Whether it's out of fellowship or for his own future, he intends to instigate and persuade those forces to join the Shu Mansion, and give that wolf-hearted Tao Bei a blow from the bottom! .

And how does Wu Wei feel about it?He knew that if he dared to refuse, Yuan Xiao would never let him go.And even if he survived Yuan Xiao's hand, but Qin Hou died on his territory, could Tao Bei spare him?He also has no choice...

After a while, Wu Wei was crying, but forced out an ugly smile: "Brother Yuan, what Brother Yuan said is true. General Tao...Tao, Tao's thieves have done a lot of evil, and everyone has to punish them! I would like to share with Brother Yuan! Investigate the Lord..."

The night wind is blowing, blowing the branches all over the street, crying like complaining...

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In Puzhou City,

Xie Wuji had finished selecting the new army of the Hezhong Army, he kept some of the elite and sent the remaining more than 1 soldiers back to their original places.The candidates for officers at all levels in the army were also discussed and drafted by him, Zhu Nao and other officials, and the training of the new army would begin next.

After finishing the important matter at hand, Xie Wuji stole a day's free time.However, he is a person who can't afford to be idle, and even if he has leisure, Zhu Nao can't afford it, and it's useless for him to have it.So he recruited Wu Cong and several other officers to study the sand table together in the house.

Everywhere Xie Wuji went, the first thing he did was to order people to carefully survey the surrounding terrain, and then make a well-crafted sand table for military deduction on the sand table.

With nothing else to do right now, he has already discussed with several military officers a dozen plans on how to conquer Henan if he takes the initiative to send troops; he has also discussed seven or eight possibilities of where the troops would come from if Tao Bei sent troops to attack from Henan. .

Several people were discussing in full swing, when there was a knock on the door outside the house.Everyone fell silent, Xie Wuji said: "What's the matter?"

The soldiers outside said: "General, Your Majesty is here."

Xie Wuji and several officers were slightly stunned, the officers hurriedly stepped aside, Xie Wuji quickly stepped forward and opened the door.

Sure enough, Junao was standing in the yard.It's spring now, the flowers in the yard are brilliant and the sun is warm, Xie Wuji was fascinated by that familiar smile for a moment, and Shaoyan said: "Aren't you busy today? Why did you suddenly come to that?"

Zhu Nao said: "Heard some good news, I want to tell you immediately."

Naturally they wouldn't stand in the courtyard and talk, Xie Wuji stepped aside to make way, the two walked into the house, the officers in the house saluted after seeing Zhu Nao.

Zhu Nao waved his hand to make everyone stand up, and saw the sand table in the middle of the room.

Xie Wuji said: "What good news?"

On the sand table, many small military flags made of branches and pieces of cloth with writing were found, which were used to represent soldiers and horses from all walks of life.Zhu Nao stepped forward and pulled out a military flag with "Zhengzhou" written on it.

Everyone in the room was stunned for a moment, Xie Wuji's eyes lit up.

Wu Cong raised his brows with joy, and took the lead to ask: "Your Majesty, did the Zhengzhou army surrender?!"

Zhu Nao was noncommittal, stretched out his hand with a smile, and pulled out the second "Mengzhou" military flag.

"Mengzhou... has surrendered too?!"

The room erupted instantly!

Qian Shi, the commander of the capital of Mengzhou, is also Shangguan Xian's confidant. He had the same experience as Yuan Xiao recently, and he also learned in advance that Tao Bei sent people to take over the military power.But he was not as decisive as Yuan Xiao. Although he was angry when he found out, he was hesitant all the time. He only fought in a stalemate with the people sent by Tao Bei, and he refused to give in easily, and he did not dare to take drastic actions.

Until the news of Yuan Xiao's uprising reached Mengzhou, the officers sent by Tao Bei to Mengzhou were shocked when they heard the news. They were afraid that they would end up like Qin Hou, so they even took people away overnight!Qian Shi took a look and knew that after those people returned to Yedu, Tao Bei would definitely pursue him for the crime of resisting the decree. In addition, Yuan Xiao sent people to lobby him, and he was indeed chilled by Tao Bei's actions, so he and Yuan Xiao Xiao surrendered to the Shu army together.

It is a pity that the troops sent by Taobei to Ruzhou successfully took over the military power of Ruzhou, and have strengthened the military defense in Ruzhou, but they failed to let Zhu Nao's forces penetrate into Ruzhou.Fortunately, Yuan Xiao was very active and had secretly sent people to Ruzhou to help Zhu Nao secretly contact the forces in Ruzhou to see if there were other opportunities to attack.

Upon hearing the news that Mengzhou and Zhengzhou were self-defeating, all the officers in the room were overjoyed, and even Xie Wuji couldn't help but smile a little more.

As the saying goes, the way to use troops is to attack the heart.Xie Wuji naturally knew this truth well, but he didn't know how to attack the heart until he met Zhu Nao.If he sends troops to conquer Mengzhou and Zhengzhou, he thinks it will not be difficult to accomplish, but it will take a lot of troops, money and years...

Xie Wuji asked: "Has Shangguan Xian known about this?"

It has been two months since Shangguan Xian was captured.When he was first under house arrest, he tried to kill himself many times, but the people sent by Jun Nao kept him under strict surveillance and did not give him a chance to kill himself.After waiting for a while, he calmed down a bit, and he was at peace because he didn't know anything about the outside world.In addition, he might be a little curious to see if Zhu Nao would really let him go after four months, so he finally managed to eat and sleep soundly recently.

The people under Zhu Nao would go to him to drink tea and chat with him every now and then to see if there was any possibility of surrender.His attitude is consistent and kind: I want to take it away, I want to get out!

However, right now, two members of Shangguan Xian's old ministry will surrender to Zhu Nao, and more forces are hesitating.Coupled with Tao Bei's ruthlessness, if Shangguan Xian knew about these things, his position might not be shaken.Just like what Zhu Nao said back then when he was trying to subdue Cui Cheng, people's hearts are never static, as long as you keep your life, nothing can't be changed.

But this time Junao shook his head.

"Shangguan Xian's temperament is extraordinary." Zhu Nao said, "Don't tell him yet, let's talk about it in two months."

Xie Wuji was slightly taken aback.After two months?In two more months, it will be the four months that Zhu Nao promised to Shang Guanxian.Did he not let Shangguan Xian know until he was about to release him?How Shangguan Xian will respond at that time, Xie Wuji does not know.It's just that if there is no long-term struggle and acceptance, I'm afraid Shangguan Xian will not turn his back easily.

But now that Tao Bei's new dynasty is in turmoil, the bundles of straw on the camel's back are getting higher and higher, and perhaps there is no shortage of Shangguan Xian...