When the tiger-hunting team left Yongbei Road, the governor of Yongbei Road, Du Jianzhou, started to send it from Daozhi City and continued to send it for three hundred miles. This meant that Puhu ignored him, if he showed him some good looks, he might be sent to the city of Yongzhou in one go. Now the entire Central Plains knows that the emperor is not the emperor, and the general is not the general.
But the latter is obviously much stronger.
Therefore, Puhu's trip to the south this time, in the eyes of local officials, has more or less the flavor of an imperial envoy's southern tour. Therefore, when passing through the various roads in the southwest, the governors of all the roads bowed and bowed their knees, showing an intriguing humility towards the tiger. This attitude seems somewhat unusual.
After entering Pingshang Road, I thought that Fang Xie would come to greet him in person, but apart from officials from the prefectures and counties along the way, even a prominent member of the Black Banner Army showed up. This not only surprised Tan Qingge and Pu Hu, but also the girls from Hongxiu Zhao.
"This death solution!"
The little boss gritted his teeth in the carriage and cursed in a low voice, looking out the window with a little wandering eyes.
Xi Canwick, who was sitting on the side, glanced at her faintly, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. The young master got into Xizhuwick's carriage early in the morning, and remained silent after entering. The first sentence he said was to scold Fang Jie.
"Why scold him?"
Xi Canwick was relieved of the scroll in his hand, straightened the hair hanging down his forehead and asked softly.
"He has already entered the Pingshang Road, and it is only a hundred miles away from Yongzhou. According to the logic, shouldn't he come to greet him in person? Is it difficult for him to leave his broken barracks? When he was in Fan Gu, he would go to Hongxiu Zhao at least once a day. Eating and drinking. When we arrive at Chang’an City, we will go there every three to five days at the most. Now that we’re promising, I’ve become a general. I heard that the emperor will give him an official rank, and he’s very prestigious!”
Little Master bit his lip and said.
"If only us Hongxiu recruited Yongzhou, he must come to pick him up, not to mention a hundred miles, five hundred miles, or a thousand miles. But have you forgotten that we are not the only ones here. And... now we are in the Iron Armored Army In the middle, it sounds better to be escorted, but in fact, it is not a hostage in the hands of that tiger."
The little master was stunned for a moment, and then said sadly: "After Master Luo left, outsiders will feel that our red-sleeved tricks can be bullied."
"Lord Luo is here, things should happen or will happen."
Xi Candlewick's voice is very soft, just like her dancing skills.
"If Fang Xie came out of the city to meet us, it would be showing weakness to Pu Hu. And once Pu Hu felt that Fang Jie was really showing weakness, then Pu Hu would also feel that our red-sleeve move is very important to Fang Xie, and we are behind him. In his hand, he can unscrupulously threaten Fang Jie."
"But… "
The little head turned to look at the candle wick and asked, "Shouldn't Fang Jie rescue us early?"
"How to save?"
The candle wick asked back.
Seeing that the young master didn't know how to answer, Xi Zhuxin smiled and said: "Why did the emperor send Tan Qingge to Fang Xiefeng as a reward? Why did the armored general send Puhu to follow him to Yongzhou?"
Without waiting for the little boss to answer, she continued: "Because Fang Jie's current position is very important, the Southwest Dao has always been the land of fish and rice in the Sui Dynasty, and it was the place that paid the most money, food and taxes for the court in the past so many years. At the beginning, Luo Yao had four roads in the southwest. As a foundation, in the past 20 years, millions of troops have been raised, and they have never cut off the things that should be handed over to the court, so that even the court can't believe that Luo Yao can expand the army so much in private."
"Now that Fang Jie has arrived in Yongzhou, although the four roads in the southwest are no longer prosperous and prosperous in previous years, this place is still the most important place in the Sui Dynasty after two or three years of recuperation. We will not launch troops against the merchant country."
She glanced at the Warring States Policy in her hand. It was something handed down two thousand years ago. At that time, there was civil strife in the Central Plains, and the princes stood side by side. Some people recorded the most thought-provoking events in this period of history to warn future generations.
"Now, it's like the Warring States period two thousand years ago."
Xizhuxin said: "During the Warring States period, all heroes stood side by side, and the court was weak. In order to survive, the Great Zhao Dynasty at that time had to submit to the princes. In the late Warring States period, the Great Zhao Dynasty produced a stunning little emperor named Yin Zhong. At that time, the imperial court had already existed in name only, and after the young emperor Yin Zhong succeeded to the throne, the emperor’s orders could not even be fully implemented in the capital. The princes everywhere did not have the slightest respect for the emperor.”
"Most of the emperors before Yinzhong were mediocre and drifted with the tide, and they didn't dare to do anything to end in depression. But Yinzhong thought, since the dynasty is still there, there is a chance to revive the great power of Zhao. Although he is young He was young, but extremely intelligent. Later, he came up with a way to finally weaken the strength of the princes. At the same time, he quietly accumulated an army. After assassinating Liyang Marquis Guo Mu with 800 dead men, Da Zhao began the journey of rejuvenation. road."
"ah?"
The young master asked: "Then how did this Yinzhong do it?"
Xi Zhuxin said softly: "It's actually very simple... It's alienation. He used various means to gradually break up the alliance between the princes. The princes turned against each other and fought for years, and their strength was not as good as before. At that time, the worthless rewards attracted a group of people. For example, he made Chuzhou Hou the king of Chu, and the fiefdom was in the territory of Liyang Hou. Chuzhou Hou did not dare to lead troops to deal with Liyang Hou, so Yin Zhong used the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet If there is an opportunity, use 800 private soldiers to defeat the 3,000 elite Liyang Hou, and kill Liyang Hou."
"The Marquis of Chuzhou saw the death of the Liyang Marquis, and immediately led his troops to capture the land of Chu and became the King of Chu. On the surface, Yinzhong obeyed the King of Chu, but tried to hint at the King of Chu. Some people persuaded him to kill the King of Chu and ask others to defend the Emperor. Du. After the status of the king of Chu gradually increased, he also became domineering, and was furious at Yinzhong's instigation, and immediately sent troops to attack other princes."
Xi Zhuxin said: "In this way, the entire Central Plains, all the princes were mobilized by Yinzhong, and the fight was overwhelming, but he benefited from it and gradually developed. After killing the king of Chu, he began to conquer various places by himself, and finally revived the great Zhao. The dynasty made Da Zhao last for more than three hundred years."
"But, what does this have to do with Fang Jie?"
The little master asked.
"Of course, don't you think that the Central Plains is very similar to Da Zhao at that time?"
Xizhuxin smiled and said: "Jin Shixiong lives in the northwest, and he is the king of the northwest. Luo Tu leads the army in the north of the river, and he is the king of the river north. Gao Kaitai and Wang Yiqu lead the army in the east of the river, and they are the king of the east of the river. From the look of the Mu family, the Mu family is the king of the Northeast. Needless to say, there are various powers and vassals in the south of the Yangtze River. But Fang Jie now occupies the southwest, and in the eyes of the emperor, he is the king of the Southwest."
"What a headache."
The little master frowned, "I can't think through these things..."
Xi Zhuxin smiled and said: "I was also bored, so I thought about it because I had nothing to do along the way... Now there is an iron-clad general in the court, don't you think, this iron-clad general looks a bit like the king of Chu invited by Yinzhong? Yin Zhong borrowed the might of the King of Chu to frighten the Quartet from coveting the imperial capital easily. Then he provoked the King of Chu to fight abroad... "
"ah?"
The little boss was stunned for a moment: "Could it be that the little emperor regarded Fang Jie as a marquis of Liyang?"
"It's not much different... However, there are many changes in it, but the root of the strategy is still the same."
Xizhuxin said: "General Iron Armor is in the court now, and he has the aura of coercing the emperor to command the princes. The emperor himself has no strength. If he wants to get rid of General Iron Armor, he can only rely on external forces. But now looking at the entire Central Plains, no one is willing to stand up and fight General Tiejia fights to the death. Only Fang Jie, because it seems that Fang Xie is a person who can be wooed, he is not from any family, he is more independent. Leading Fang Jie and General Tiejia to fight, even if Fang Jie is dead, to the emperor, to the emperor It doesn’t matter to the families. The emperor doesn’t dare to publicly offend the Iron Armored General, and he doesn’t want to force those families to join forces, so he can only use Fang Jie to weaken the Iron Armored General.”
The little boss was confused, but he had some thoughts.
She was silent for a while and then said: "Miss, what you mean is that the little emperor sent that Tan Qingge to see Fang Jie, but he actually had no good intentions. He gave Fang Jie a reward, in fact, he learned Yin Zhongfeng's routine of rewarding the King of Chu in disguise. , but now there is already a Chu king in the court, and he wants to create another Chu king, so that the two Chu kings are incompatible with each other, and they will fight to the death."
Candlewick nodded.
The little master thought for a while and continued: "Because the little emperor is not sure that he can lead those families to confront the Iron Armored General, so he pinned his hopes on Fang Jie. If Fang Jie loses, with Fang Jie's current strength, he can also severely injure him." Iron Armored Army. It is a good thing for the emperor. Fang Jie died and eliminated one of the princes. It is still a good thing for him. If you lose Fang Jie, you won’t offend people from the family, because Fang Jie belongs to any family! General Iron Armor started killing people in Chang’an City, and Fang Jie slaughtered all the way in the southwest, which completely offended the people of the family…”
"Um."
The candle wick nodded again.
"It's dangerous!"
The little master scolded bitterly, and she frowned: "But, how do you provoke Fang Jie and General Tie Jia?"
A trace of worry flashed in Xi Zhuxin's eyes, and he lowered his voice: "Puhu seems to be very important to that armored general. Although I don't know what the relationship between the two of them is, but... if... pounce If the tiger died in Yongzhou, General Tiejia would definitely be furious. The little emperor might give Fang Jie a secret decree and ask Fang Jie to lead his troops back to Chang'an. It's inevitable."
"ah!"
The little master's face changed drastically: "Then we have to find a way to notify Fang Xie as soon as possible, and we can't let him kill Pu Hu!"
Xi Zhuxin shook his head: "No need... Fang Jie can't come to pick us up, why hasn't he already seen through this layer?"
She glanced out of the window, and said with some regret: "I just have one more thing I haven't figured out... If Fang Jie sees through this layer and doesn't go to kill the tiger, then this strategy will be meaningless. Unless... unless Pu Tiger is here to kill Fang Jie, so this is a dead end."
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Fang Jie rubbed his sore brows, and played with an exquisitely crafted jade unicorn in his hand: "This is not some unsolvable dead end... The tiger is not here to kill me, and I won't kill him either." … If you want to change this situation from being full of loopholes to an unsolvable dead situation, there must be a change that no one can expect."
Wu Yiyi, Marquis of Sanjin, was silent for a while, then shook his head: "I don't know where the accident happened. Now we can only wait for Puhu and his party to arrive in Yongzhou. There is no conflict between our Black Banner Army and that Iron Armored General." , and there is no exchange of interests, there is no reason to kill him, isn't it?"
Fang Jie nodded: "The little emperor's arrangement shows that he has a plan to kill the tiger."
He frowned deeply, because he couldn't find where the arrangement for killing a tiger was.
"We can only wait."
Marquis Sanjin sighed: "Try to keep him from dying in Yongzhou."
Fang Jie was silent, and suddenly thought of something. He turned his head and looked out of the window, but the vague clues were still confusing and hard to find.