Li Ye suddenly became stern, which was unexpected by Wu Gou, but after he was astonished, he did not lose his footing. Since he dared to take the initiative to ask for an envoy to Hedong, he naturally had some rhetoric, and he was confident that he could persuade Li Ye.
He carefully said: "King An asked Zhongwu to send troops, Zhongwu dare not refuse. However, envoy Qin Lian is also a loyal and good minister, and he only wants to serve the country in troubled times. If King An can treat each other with courtesy, envoy Qin Lian will not be afraid to go through fire and water. Envoy Lian feels uneasy, worried that he will be questioned by King An in the future... I am afraid that envoy Qin Lian will not be able to resist the immortals from the Taoist sect when they arrive at Zhongwu."
What he meant was to make Li Ye feel better. After all, he was doing something beneficial to Li Ye. If Li Ye pushed Qin Zongquan into a hurry, he might vote for Zhu Wen.
Li Ye smirked: "It's not that the lonely king looks down on Qin Zongquan, it's true that Qin Zongquan doesn't have the capital to make the lonely king look up to him. This world is not fair, without the power of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, it is doomed to not be able to achieve much success. Although Qin Zongquan is making a lot of noise now, in the final analysis, he is just fish on the chopping board."
"Don't Wu Changshi know that Qin Zongquan's death is imminent? With the support of Taoism, Zhu Wen intends to flatten the Central Plains. Loyalty is the first to bear the brunt. If Qin Zongquan wants to survive, he can only obediently be a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty and bow his head to the lonely king. In this way, If the lonely king is in a good mood, he can still save his life. Otherwise, even if Zhu Wen pacifies Qin Zongquan, there will be no loss to the lonely king. How should the lonely king deal with Zhu Wen in the future? "
Wu Gou opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say for a moment.
He didn't expect Li Ye to be so tough.
From a horizontal and vertical point of view, Li Ye should indeed unite with Qin Zongquan and let Qin Zongquan create chaos for Zhu Wen from behind. However, what Li Ye said was correct, Qin Zongquan did not have such strength, and if he wanted to cause trouble for Zhu Wen, Li Ye had to send a big monk to help him.
And once such a great monk is sent to Xuzhou, Qin Zongquan's life will be in his hands, so why not just do what he says
Wu Gou's brow was sweating. He finally understood what Li Ye meant when he first asked him if he was a Confucianist. Li Ye just wanted to make sure whether Qin Zongquan had the support of Confucianism. No? Then it's not worth looking at.
In the face of absolute strength, even if Wu Gou could bloom a lotus flower, it would be useless at all.
Seeing that Wu Gou had nothing to say, Li Ye waved his hands: "Wu Changshi, go down, and tell Qin Zongquan what the lonely king said, so that he can take care of himself."
Seeing Li Ye's order to see off the guests, Wu Gou had no choice but to stand up and leave.
When leaving the palace, Wu Gou felt that the sky was extremely gloomy, and all the high spirits before had become a joke at this moment.
After Wu Gou left, Li Ye got a report from the Tsingyi Yamen that Shangguan Qingcheng had arrived in Qingzhou and was defending the city with Cui Keli. The third batch of monks from the Yaozu has also arrived, and they have fought against He Jingcheng's men.
Seeing that Qingzhou was safe for the time being, Li Ye got up and went to Chengde.
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In the wing room of the Taoist temple, Wang Jingchong, who was on the main seat, looked around at the people in front of him after the small case, and felt a little weird no matter how he looked at it.
The white-robed Taoist embraced the snow-white dust whisk, closed his eyes and rested his mind, as elegant as a non-human fireworks; the Confucian man sat upright, and the corners of his robes were neatly arranged. Although he didn't do anything special, he gave people a feeling of meticulousness.
The military man's small case is placed next to the old Taoist, and he sits there with a big horse and a golden sword, which is quite a bit like Yuan Tingyue. He is also the most oppressive of the three.
There is a junior standing behind each of the three. Unlike the three who are as stable as Mount Tai, when the juniors look at each other, they all have rivalry and hostility in their eyes.
This posture fell into Wang Jingchong's eyes, which made him feel dizzy. It was hard for him to imagine that these people represented the three schools of Confucianism, Taoism and soldiers to help him stabilize the situation in Chengde and resist Li Ye's annexation.
In fact, according to Wang Jingchong's original intention, whether to confront Li Ye or not is in between. He had heard about the way Li Ye treated Zhaoyi, Henghai, and Tianping. As long as they obeyed Li Ye's orders, they would still be their Jiedu envoys.
For Wang Jingchong, this is not unacceptable. Although he also wants to take advantage of the troubled times and start a career, he has to do what he can, right
Wei Bo, Cheng De, and Lu Longsu are called the three towns in Hebei, and the imperial court only has the power to appoint and dismiss their Jiedu envoys in name. In fact, they all go their own way, and the father dies and the son succeeds, just like an independent kingdom.
In today's troubled times, Wang Jingchong felt that as long as Li Ye did not break this rule, he could respect Li Ye's orders and even follow him in battle. After all, Li Ye represented the Great Tang court to a large extent, and listening to his orders was not considered a loss.
But now that the Confucianism, Daoism and soldiers are here, and they want to help him, he is also happy to walk and watch. In case, as the three schools said, Li Ye has no possibility of revitalizing the Tang Dynasty and is doomed to perish, then it is not impossible for him to fish in troubled waters.
What if it works
The military strategists supported Li Maozhen, and the Daoists supported Zhu Wen. The princes chosen by Confucianism are not known, but Wang Jingchong knew about it. But he doesn't care, in troubled times, the situation in the world is changing rapidly, as long as they can take advantage of each other, there may not be no opportunities.
After everyone exchanged greetings, the first person who couldn't help but go straight to the topic was Zhao Weihuang, the man from the military family. He said: "My military family is willing to send five generals and two generals to help Lian envoy fight against Li Ye!"
As he said that, he looked at Confucian Liu Zhixing, who seemed to dislike Confucianism more than Taoism, and mocked, "What is Confucianism going to do? Are they going to send some scholars to the battlefield?"
Wang Jingchong was overjoyed, he didn't have any generals in his army, and that's what he lacked now.
Liu Zhixing glanced at Zhao Weihuang, and said calmly: "Confucian parents are governing the people, not fighting. Confucian scholars can make the people of Chengde feel at ease and guarantee military supplies."
Wang Jingchong was very happy, and the ability of Confucianism to govern the people is well known.
"Both of you are quick to talk, and it's not easy for the old Taoist to hide it. The Taoist sect can send monks from the fairyland to help Chengde light the fire in the backyard of Hedong." The old Taoist laughed.
Wang Jingchong couldn't help being overjoyed, with monk Xianting by his side, he wouldn't be afraid that Li Ye would send someone to assassinate him.
Wang Jingchong got up and left his seat, and clasped his fists to everyone: "With the help of the three families, I will be strong in Chengde. It's really easy to stop Wang An's attack!"
Liu Zhixing was humble, the old man smiled and said nothing, Zhao Weihuang said forcefully: "The three families work together, no one in the world has such power, if Wang Jiedushi can't do things, it is really unreasonable!"
Wang Jingchong is full of ambition, which is shown in a bright smile on his face, "Wang is not talented, and it is really an honor for Wang to have the three families join in this grand event!"
Wang Jingchong immediately ordered to set up a banquet in the Taoist temple and invite the three of them to drink freely.
However, before the banquet was set up, an urgent military order was quickly delivered to Wang Jingchong: "King An's troops have entered Chengde territory and are heading straight for Zhenzhou, less than a hundred miles away from Tuoshui!"
Wang Jingchong couldn't help but change his face when he heard the military newspaper.
Among the four states of Chengde, Zhenzhou is the closest to Hedong. It was not far away, and Li Ye's troops set off from Hedong and arrived at Zhenzhou City in a few days.
But before that, Cheng De didn't make it clear that he would not follow Li Ye's orders, so why did Li Ye's soldiers come as soon as they said they would
When all was well before, Wang Jingchong didn't think there was anything wrong with being an enemy of Li Ye, but now that Li Ye's troops had arrived in Zhenzhou, he suddenly remembered Li Ye's brilliant achievements. In the shadow of a famous tree, Li Yeping and Wei Bo occupied Hedong, but it didn't take much time at all. The soldiers and horses of Chengde were far inferior to Hedong. How can they compete with Li Ye now
Wang Jingchong suddenly felt startled: "This...how can this be done?"
Zhao Weihuang sneered and said, "Why should Jiedu panic? Li Ye is really here, and my military strategist can help you stabilize the situation!"
Not only him, but the old man was also very calm and relaxed, while Liu Zhiyuan was always serious and rigid, with no joy or anger on his face, but his eyes were very calm.
Seeing this, Wang Jingchong felt much more at ease, "Yes, yes, now that Mr. Wang has all of you to help him, why should he be afraid of King An?" He quickly calmed down, and asked the military envoy, "How many people are here for King An?"
The military envoy looked a little weird: "Ten thousand... ten thousand steps!"
"Ten thousand people? Only ten thousand people?" Wang Jingchong was stunned. Monk Zhang Er couldn't figure it out. He looked at Zhao Weihuang and the others, "What does King An mean by this? Did he think that he could capture it with only 10,000 steps? Zhenzhou City?"
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Zhao Weihuang squinted at the terrified Wang Jingchong: "It seems that King An didn't take you seriously!"
Wang Jingchong became angry with embarrassment, his face flushed red, and he slammed Jie and said: "King An is too arrogant! How dare you offend me by riding 10,000 steps? This time I must let Wang An know how powerful Wang is, let him See and see my Chengde military power!"
When he first heard that Li Ye was attacking, he lost his position, but now he heard that there were only 10,000 troops, he immediately calmed down and became arrogant again.
It's a pity that his arrogance is fleeting.
Because a mocking voice sounded: "Gu Wang really doesn't know what's so great about you, Wang Jingchong!"
"Who?!" The faces of the people in the room all changed when they heard the sound. The always indifferent old man and Liu Zhixing, who had never changed his face, couldn't help being startled at this moment, and looked outside the door one after another.
"You don't need to look for it anymore, the Lonely King is on top of you." The mocking voice became playful and came clearly from the roof.
"Not good!" The old Taoist exclaimed, leaping out in one step, as fast as lightning, lifted Wang Jingchong's back collar, and was about to rush out of the house.
Not only him, but also Liu Zhixing and Zhao Weihuang rushed forward, wanting to leave the house.
However they are too slow.
Before they reached the door, the whole roof suddenly collapsed, and smoke and dust billowed everywhere!
No, it wasn't the roof that was collapsing, it was the whole house, with its foundations, that was suddenly sinking into the ground!
The roof, walls, and masonry ground suddenly cracked, and the wood and stones in the house flew across the room in an instant, and the whistling wind sounded like ghost howling, covering everyone in it!
Before the horrified crowd reacted, they were crushed to the ground by the collapsed roof and walls, like dead people being buried in a mound of earth!
The nearby monks heard the sound, and as soon as they entered the yard, they were shocked by the scene before them and were speechless.
The house was gone, only a smoky ruin in a huge square pit several feet below the ground.
And above the ruins, where the roof used to be, a young man dressed in a black robe with an imposing aura stood with his hands hanging, like a god-man.