Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 1039 The right to withdraw troops

It wasn't until late at night that Cao Zhiyan was sent away. Wang Xiaolie came and went and couldn't sleep, so he put on clothes alone and went to the yard to look at the full moon in the sky.

Now that I think about it, Wang Xiaolie didn't want to rebel. He made various excuses, but in the end, he was opposed to rebellion. Wang Xiaolie personally felt that rebellion was wrong, whether he was opposed to it or not in his heart. Moreover, after the rebellion, everything in the world was concentrated in one's own hands, which was too tiring to manage.

The funny thing is that in this process, everything I do has to be a rebellion. Otherwise, all the efforts you put in will be in vain.

With a long sigh, Wang Xiaolie raised his head and looked at the moon in the sky. The moon in the sky blinks and blinks, looking at the world. I don’t know whether the moon is looking at the hopeful world, or blinking, not seeing anything.

Wang Xiaolie put his hands on his hips, looked at the moon, and raised his chest. There is no other way. When things have reached this point, there is no other choice but to build something. To be honest, if you have achieved what you have now, there is no other way to go. Now that we have reached the point of rebellion, it is better to cut the knot quickly and rebel as early as possible.

In Xiangyang Mansion, Zhao Gou called Wang Lun in and asked carefully about the results of the discussion with Jin Bing.

After hearing this, Zhao Gou said: "Jin General is kind and does not care about killing everyone. He is willing to live in friendship with this dynasty. Xiu Zhuan, you have done a great job by going to Jinting this time!"

Wang Lun said: "The Jin general is not necessarily sincere. Wang Xuanfu marched north to Datong, and surrounded Daming Mansion with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the east. He could attack overnight. It was difficult for the Jin army to resist, so he negotiated peace with the dynasty. .”

Zhao Gou said: "Wang Xiaolie, this person, I asked him to come to Xiangyang again and again, but he refused to come. There are Jin soldiers in the north. Wang Xiaolie repeatedly refused, saying that he wanted to resist the Jin, and he always had a large army. If the imperial court and the Jin army Talking about peace, what else does Wang Xiaolie have to say?"

Wang Lun said: "If Wang Xiaolie can defeat the Jin man, I cannot take it lightly."

Zhao Gou was silent for a while, then he forced a smile on his face and said, "As long as you and the Jin people can laugh, you can handle other things by yourself."

Wang Lun sighed, bowed deeply, and left.

Looking at Wang Lun's back, Zhao Gou didn't speak for a long time. After a while, he said: "If the Jin Dynasty is destroyed, Wang Xiaolie will have to be the emperor of the world. Ministers in the court, can't you think about such a thing clearly? For the current plan, Wang Xiaolie must be demoted first. I am a useless person, do you understand or not?"

After saying that, he sighed heavily, feeling distraught.

Qin Hui walked in quickly from outside, saluted Zhao Gou and said, "Your Majesty, since Wang Lun came back from the Kingdom of Jin, the two countries have reached an agreement, and now everything is great! In the north, in order to cooperate with our army, the Lalan army has withdrawn northward. , Our army in Chuzhou has no strong enemy. Your Majesty has ordered Han Shizhong to be the deputy privy councillor, and it is just the right time."

Zhao Gou said: "Has Han Shizhong returned to Xiangyang?"

Qin Hui said: "The Jin army has withdrawn north. Han Shizhong has no excuses anymore and is on the road. It is expected to arrive in Xiangyang next month."

Zhao Gou nodded and said: "Okay, okay, as long as Han Shizhong returns to Xiangyang, everything will be easy. - And Yue Fei, have you come to Xiangyang?"

Qin Hui said: "Yue Fei has already made preparations. Yue Fei will leave as soon as Han Shizhong returns to his post." Zhao Gou said: "As long as Han Shizhong and Yue Fei return to Xiangyang, there will be no famous generals on the front line, and reconciliation with Jin will be easy. A big thing can be done. When the time comes, we will make peace with Jin, and the Jin army will withdraw. We will be friendly with the gold master, and only Wang Xiaolie will be left."

Qin Hui said with some embarrassment: "Wang Xiao has hundreds of thousands of troops occupying four areas. It is not easy to fight."

Zhao Gou said calmly: "After Han Shizhong and Yue Fei are dealt with, the imperial court will deal with Wang Xiaolie again. At that time, he will not be left to his own devices."

After chatting for a while, Qin Hui said goodbye and went out. Halfway through, I remembered that Wang Xiaolie had hundreds of thousands of troops in Luoyang, and he was never short of money, and I couldn't help but feel worried. Without Wang Xiaolie, with Zhao Gou's current ability and the support of his ministers, it would be easy to deal with several generals who are leading the battle. With Wang Xiaolie, that's not necessarily the case. Within a few months, Zhao Gou released most of the warring generals, and the remaining generals may not be loyal.

After thinking about it, these things are what Zhao Gou should consider, so what should I worry about?

In the tofu shop, Shen Zun sat in front of the table and carefully watched the information received. Comparing point by point, Zai persuades him to think, and sometimes he twists his head and thinks about the entanglement of various things before he can figure out a clue. Finally, he wrote the clues he had figured out into an official document and reported it to Wang Xiaolie.

This kind of intelligence gathering work is not about asking for more information or knowing more things, but about clarifying things and showing clues. Some people are born with a clear mind. They know the order of things at a glance and keep things in order. Shen Zun doesn't have that kind of talent. He relies on his careful mind, taking the trouble to deal with these things with ten times a hundred times his energy. He also took care of things in an orderly manner, and the report to Wang Xiaolie was also clear and logical.

After figuring things out, Shen Zun stretched. When he put the report into the official document, he stood up, walked to the window and looked out the window.

In fact, although Zhao Gou was more careful and thought he was doing everything perfectly, in Shen Zun's eyes, there were flaws everywhere. The ideas of the ministers here are often changeable, and Shen Zun does not dare to use them too much. What Zhao Gou did was the focus of Shen Zun.

In the past six months, Zhao Gou ordered Han Shizhong and Yue Fei to return to Beijing after being promoted to deputy privy envoys. Zhang Junze went to Jiangling to get food. After returning from the food supply, he became the privy envoy. Except for the generals who were in direct charge of the emperor's personal soldiers, they gave up all military power.

Shen Zun saw it and thought carefully in his heart. It should be Zhao Gou who negotiated peace with Jin Bing and withdrew his military power. Under Wang Xiaolie's powerful offensive, Jin Bing chose to go on the defensive. Zhao Gou took the opportunity to seize the opportunity and reached an agreement with Jin Bing for peace. After negotiating peace with the Jin soldiers, Zhao Gou attacked decisively and took back the military power of the generals. After Zhang Jun, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong took back their military power, they concentrated their forces against Wang Xiaolie.

After standing in front of the window for a while, Shen Zun said in a deep voice: "Lu Cheng, come in."

Lu Cheng came in from outside and saluted Shen Zun.

Shen Zunzong picked up the secret letter from the table and said to Lu Cheng: "You will leave Xiangyang early tomorrow morning and go to Luoyang. This letter must be handed over to Xuanfu with your own hands, but you must not pass it on to others! After handing it to Xuanfu with your own hands, , come back here after receiving Xuanfu's order."

Lu Cheng crossed his hands to give orders and received the secret message.

Shen Zundao: "This letter is very important, but don't be careless!"

Lu Chengdao: "Please rest assured, envoy, if you leave the letter in my hands, nothing will happen to you!"

(End of this chapter)