As soon as Chi Haonian finished speaking, Zhong Xin's face immediately became ugly, he was not easy to get angry, he just smiled and said: "Brother Lixian, this matter is too big, I can't decide it alone. You also know that although I am the governor of Beihui Road, but now that Da Sui is like me, I am a governor in vain. People give me face and call me Mr. Governor. If they don’t give face, I can only pack up and go home .”
"Where is Mingzhe talking?"
Chi Haonian hurriedly said: "Although the Sui Dynasty is in chaos now, who doesn't know that you have high morals in Beihui? I know this is difficult, so naturally I won't force you to make a decision, and it's not just my head. The way to come out... Is there any difference between my situation and yours, Mingzhe?"
Zhong Xin scolded in his heart, with a smile still on his face: "You and I have been friends for many years, and brother Li Xian has already opened his mouth, so naturally I won't refuse, but brother Li Xian should also understand that I can't make the decision if I want to. You can help elder brother persuade them, if they all agree, I will naturally not obstruct it."
Chi Haonian was also sneering in his heart, he clasped his fists to Zhong Xin and said, "Don't bother my brother, I have already visited several virtuous seniors along the way..."
Zhong Xin's face changed slightly: "Brother Lixian, you have a lot of friends."
He said something in a cold voice, and then winked at the cronies standing on the side, and the cronies said quickly: "It's getting late, do you want to arrange a banquet first?"
Zhong Xin nodded and said: "It doesn't matter, brother Lixian is tired from a long distance, so let's have some wine to warm up and relieve fatigue."
Chi Haonian gave Zhong Xin a hand, and waved his hand to signal the servant to retreat.
"Mingzhe, why are you so confused?"
Chi Haonian lowered his voice and said: "Before I came, I told everyone that even if everyone objects, you won't object, Mingzhe. Because this is a great thing for me, and it will only be good for you and me. .”
"Why can't I see the benefit?"
Chi Haonian said: "You interrupted me before you finished listening to me..."
He pulled Zhong Xin to the front of the map and said: "I just want to lend you a way, not only you, I have already discussed with other people, your North Hui Road will give way, and Nanhui Road and Yongbei Road will also give way. Make a way."
Zhong Xin said angrily: "Brother Lixian said it lightly. Your Yongbei Road is thousands of miles away. If I make way for the Black Banner Army and Fang Jie stops suddenly, your Yongbei Road will immediately block all the gates. It has nothing to do with you, but my Beihui Road is stuck in the mud!"
Chi Haonian had already guessed what Zhong Xin was worried about, he smiled and said: "Mingzhe, you need to understand one thing first... Fang Jie is just a junior with no foundation, by chance, let him With those hundreds of thousands of people, this is the capital we have now. But this person is not blind, the reason why he talked with you first instead of directly mobilizing troops is because he doesn’t want to offend all the families in the southwest.”
"If he wants to achieve great things and gain a foothold in the Southwest, if he does something treacherous in your North Hui Road, who else in the Southwest will accept him? What he wants is not just a little profit in front of him, but the entire four southwest regions." Dao. So you should rest assured, if he takes your Beihui Road, who will believe him if you think about going south? He is not a fool, and he will not fail to understand this."
"Compared to Fang Jie, Nan Manzi is even more of a headache. Nanyan Murong Hui and King He have joined forces and have already turned half of the business world upside down. They are much more greedy than Fang Jie! Fang Jie just wants a piece of money." territory, but dare not offend us too much so we can coexist, but what about Murong Shame? He wants more and he will never tolerate it!"
Chi Haonian pointed to several places on the map and said: "These counties were captured by the Nanyan army, and the Nanyan people robbed the food and plundered the people. And those He people have the deepest hatred against us Han people, and they will kill anyone they see. If this continues, Pingshang Road is not guaranteed, and I am Yongbei Road. Even if I have tens of thousands of soldiers, how can I protect so many places? Although Murong Yongduo of Nanyan only brought tens of thousands of soldiers and horses into the customs, he can There are hundreds of thousands of people!"
Zhong Xin sneered and said: "The so-called cold lips and teeth are nothing more than this? Pingshang Dao can't stop the Nanmanzi, so Brother Lixian can't sit still. You Yongbei Dao Heping Shang Dao is next to you, but you come here to discuss with me. Let Fang Jie's black flag army go south to fight the Nanmanzi, even if I agree, why do you think Fang Jie will agree?"
"He can!"
Chi Haonian said in a very low voice: "There is one thing you don't know, if it wasn't for the fact that Luo Qiu was forced to be anxious a while ago, he wouldn't want to say it... It is because we know this secret that we are sure that Fang Jie will Go south to protect Yongzhou."
"What?!"
Zhong Xin asked immediately.
Chi Haonian moved forward and said, "Fang Jie...is Luo Yao's son!"
"ah!"
Zhong Xin's face changed drastically: "Brother Lixian, you won't make up such a lie just to get me to agree!"
"How could it be a lie!"
Chi Haonian said: "Think about it, when Fang Jie first arrived in Yongzhou, it is said that he went straight to Luo Yao's study and killed the envoy sent by Li Yuanshan with a knife. If someone else did this, Luo Yao would tolerate him? Even if Fang Jie carried an imperial envoy on his back The job, but Luo Yao has turned his back on it, the status of imperial envoy means nothing to him. Not only that, Luo Yao also allocated Fang Xie a battalion of troops, and allotted all of them to the war horses, isn't that abnormal?"
"Let me tell you something more... When Fang Jie was in Yongzhou, he often went to and from the Luo Mansion, but what he met was not Luo Yao, but Luo Yao's wife Chu... Over the years, have you ever met Luo Yao's wife? Foreigner? And if it takes three to five days to get through the door of Luo Mansion, the Chu family will send someone to invite him immediately, is there really no hidden secret in this?"
Hearing what Chi Haonian said, Zhong Xin also began to have doubts in his heart.
"besides… "
Chi Haonian said: "Think about it, Fang Xie left from the left front with a battalion of soldiers and horses, why didn't Luo Yao send troops to chase and kill him? Fang Xie recruited and expanded in the northwest, and returned to Huangyang Road immediately after having an army in his hand. Why didn't Luo Yao send troops to stop him? Tian Xin in Xinyang City shrinks every step of the way, without any intention of fighting Fang Jie, is this reasonable?"
"In my opinion..."
Chi Haonian sneered and said, "This is nothing more than Luo Yao's conspiracy. Fang Xie led his troops to leave the left front, perhaps it was at Luo Yao's instruction. He led his troops to leave the southwest with almost no troops left. At this time, Fang Jie Xie came back with the Black Banner Army, is it just a coincidence?"
"you mean… "
Zhong Xin hesitated for a moment and then said: "You mean, this is something that Luo Yao and Fang Xie discussed. Luo Yao led troops to attack the south of the Yangtze River before going north, but Fang Jie led his troops back to defend the four roads in the southwest. In fact, he is still Luo Yao's soldier! But Luo Yao did this, why?"
"If nothing else happens, I guess Luo Yao wants to see how we react after he leaves."
As soon as these words came out, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Zhong Xin's back: "Try us?"
Chi Haonian nodded: "Seven or eight out of ten are like this, so after I discussed with them all night, I came here to meet you immediately. Think about it, let's let the Black Banner Army go south to Yongzhou Fang Jie is Luo Yao's son, and his mother, the Chu family, is still in Yongzhou, so he will rest assured? Now the Nanmanzi's coalition army is only two or three hundred miles away from Yongzhou, and the troops in Yongzhou are insufficient, so he must be very anxious... Think about it, why did Fang Jie immediately put pressure on you in Beihui Road when something happened in the south?"
Zhong Xin took a deep breath, and his heart was so shocked: "I still can't believe this is true."
Chi Haonian said: "Think about it again, if Fang Jie is really loyal to the imperial court as advertised outside, he will stay in Huangyang Road with his troops, why should he march south instead of go north to relieve the capital? Dao siege? You must know that he has hundreds of thousands of horses and half of the elite cavalry! If the imperial court gets this support, Gyeonggi Province will not be as precarious as it is now."
At this moment, someone came in in a hurry from outside. Seeing that there was a foreigner, he opened his mouth but swallowed the words back. Zhong Xin apologized to Chi Haonian, and went over to ask the cronies why the matter was so urgent. The confidant whispered a few words in his ear, and Zhong Xin's unattractive face immediately turned pale.
"when!"
he asked a little annoyed.
That relative said: "I just received the news that the troops of the Black Banner Army on the east side of Huangyang Road are going to attack Xinkou Cang. To attack Xinkou Cang, a cavalry came over from the side of Xinkou Cang and directly entered our Beihui Road. Now, several manors of adults’ homes have been breached... The purpose of this cavalry is to arrest people, but because of their extremely fast speed Going without a trace, they left just as soon as our troops were assembled, they have already made a big circle in more than a dozen counties in the east, and captured several old ladies..."
Zhong Xin only felt a suffocation in his heart, and thinking about what Chi Haonian said just now, he believed a little bit more.
If Fang Jie really wanted to conquer Beihui Dao, how could he do such a thing that offended several big families of Beihui Dao? He went to arrest those people just to increase the bargaining chip... Fang Jie wanted money and food, could it be used as food and supplies for going south
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Suzaku Mountain camp, meeting hall.
After listening to Fang Jie's analysis, Wu Yiyi frowned and said, "This matter is too big, we must not act rashly. Our Zhuqueshan camp has just laid a foundation. If you lead troops away at this time, I'm afraid All previous efforts have been wasted. Now that several workshops have started construction, and the iron ore and leather transactions have almost been negotiated, if we leave at this time, won’t the foundation fall into the hands of others?”
Fang Jie shook his head: "Of course I don't want nothing and leave."
He glanced at Wu Yidao and Luo Weiran and said: "All the infantry and some cavalry, I will stay in the Zhuqueshan camp. In addition, I will also transfer Cui Zhongzhen's troops back. I will only bring 30,000 cavalry south. You two are the masters of the matter here, I can trust you two. What is our Black Banner Army missing now?"
Fang Jie paused for a moment and said, "It's not about money and food or a source of soldiers for the time being, it's about reputation!"
"If I lead my troops south to fight a few beautiful battles and subdue Nanyan and the Heren, then the reputation of my Black Banner Army will resound throughout the Southwest, and even the entire Central Plains. It will be beneficial to my Black Banner Army... and I myself Proper, if the battle situation is difficult, I will retreat. There are warships to support, and the worst is to go back by water. Aristocratic families from all over the world are planning their own plans. The generals of the guards are all vying for territory. Only my Black Banner Army will go Resisting the enemy at the frontier... This reputation will spread, and it will be of great benefit to raising troops in the future."
"That's what it says."
Luo Weiran thought for a while and said, "But Luo Qiu dares you to lead troops into Ping Shang Dao?"
"I went straight down to Yongzhou by water, he dare not stop me?"
Fang Jie smiled: "Speaking of it, this is a solitary army going deep and it is indeed dangerous, but since ancient times it has been said that wealth and wealth are found in danger, and those guys in the south have neither navy nor cavalry, so they can't stop me. I If you want to come back, there is no need to call back by land."
Wu Yiyi pondered for a while and said, "If you have already made up your mind, we will not stop you, but there is one thing you must keep in mind. The foundation is not stable now. If you can't do things in the south, you should return to Suzaku Mountain immediately to avoid long nights and dreams."
"I know."
Fang Jie smiled and was about to continue when Chen Xiaoru strode in from the outside: "General, Governor of Beihui Province Zhong Xin and Governor of Yongbei Province Chi Haonian came outside the camp together and asked to see the General!"
Fang Jie was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "It seems that someone thinks the same as me..."
"To drive away tigers and devour wolves?"
Wu Yidao sighed: "Hu also thinks the same way..."